The Weekly Star.
WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Prop'r.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Friday,
March 30, 1888.
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tllR BftMOCBlTS AND PUBLIC
schools. . :
While Blair Mb consuming time
md wearying the country about the
illiteracy of the South and keeping
taok the facte, it is known to all who
have investigated the matter, that
the Southern States actually paid 22
sents to their publio schools upon
Bvery $100 worth of property, while
the great State of New York paid
but 11 cents, and Massachusetts, the
great edncational centre and where
wealtbTaboundB, paid but 22 cents,
the precise amount the whole South
paid. The State of North Carolina
has been ' steadily improving in its
contributions to eduoation. The
Radicals about destroyed the schools
while their blighting hands bad con
trol. Ignorance, illiteracy and pro
fligacy shut up the school houses
and wasted or stole the funds.
i In 1870, the Democrats bad Lhe
Legislature, and in 1871, the expen
ditures for the public schools were
$177,497.94. In 1872 they were not
quite so much, the sum being $113,
275.62. In 1873, the sum was 6 till
less, $107,675.07. But in these three
years about $450,000 were expended
in running the publio schools. This
was working in the right direction.
The whites, you must remember, had;
been well nigh ruined by the Radi
cals, who had robbed and wasted j to
an alarming extent, piling up the
State, county and municipal debts!
until they reached the skies.
j Since 1873, the whites have been
able to bear higher taxation for ptib-j
ho education as they reouperated
more and more from the destruction
wrought by Radicalism, lhe ne-
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groes stuck closer than a brother to
the scallawags and carpet-baggers
although the robbery and destruction
under their supremacy meant no edu
cation, bo school houses, no improve
ment in their material or education
condition. They blindly J followed
the lead of bad, dishonest men who
seemed bent on plunder and poverty
plunder for themselves and poverty
for the burdened and robbed white
taxpayers.
In 1874. the tax levied for:
public
schools was $279,090.85, and the
next year about the same amount
was realized for that important purjj
pose. In 1876, the year Tilden was
elected President and Vance wreate
North Carolina from the Radicals i
every department, the sum appr
priated for publio school teach in
was $334,163.14. , In 1886, ten yean
later, uunug wmuu time me istsuiu
crats had exclusive control the'
BChool fund had risen to $652,937.33
or nearly double or nearly fou
times more than it was in 1871, the
year succeeding the Democratic conj
trolof the Legislature. Since 1876.
toe appropriations, exclusive of last
year, already mentioned were:
1877.... ..$319,813 0o
1878 234,827 0
1879
1880...,.
1881
1882.....
1883
1884.....
1885.....
826.040 85
352,882 65
409,658 88
). 509,786 02
623,430 98
...... ..i. 640.245 22
.. 630,552 80
...il. 571,115 00
jjDnring the three years! of Cleve
land's Administration and the Ad
ministration of Gov. Scales the Dem
ocratic Legislatures have caused
taxes to be levied for publio school
purposes aggregating $1,854,602. In
the face of this it is proposed by
some to degrade North Carolina by
making her a suppliant and pensioner
upon Federal bounty, and to allow
the Federal Government in return for
this bounty to have practical control
of the common school system of the
State. ,- : ; ' ,
North Carolina is steadily, jBure
lyj advancing in wealth. There is
nothing like a boom really. That is
moire on paper than in reality, j But
there ia progress. North Carolina in
1890 will have a population not much
short of 1,900,000, if any. Its actual
wealth is much greater in 1887 than
it ' was in 1877. There has been a
great advance in a decade in the
Bchool appropriations nearly double
and-in ten years more, by i 898,
there is no reason that we can imag
ine why North Carolina shall not ap
propriate a million annually for pub
lic school purposes. Nay, so great
may be the population and such the
increase of property that it may! be
that the school fund will then be a
million and a half dollars. By 1898
the population will not be lees than
,2,200,000, and the school population
will, be correspondingly large.
The Democrats have done much for
North Carolina, and this should not
be forgotten. They have done a great
workfor the negroes, but for this
there is perhaps neither gratitude nor
appreciation. Ephraim is still wed
ded to his idols.
We notice that the Raleigh cor
respondent of the New York Times,
we suppose Mr. Loge Harris, says
that it almost certain that Sher
man will receive 22 votes from North
Carolina for his nomination as the
Republican candidate for the Presi
dency. This is good news. We think
Sherman is the very man to please
the North Carolina Republicans, and
if he cannot be defeated, then it will
be impossible to defeat any Republi
can. His political record is very bad.
His personal record is not much bet
ten At any rate he is not believed
to be personally a man of honor; he
is not believed to be a man of politi
cal integrity. His growing riob as
Senator; his using while Seoretary of
Treasury publio funds for private
use, and his identification with the
Louisiana and Florida rape and fraud
in 1876, will be all against him. He
has other vulnerable records. j
MOKfllONISini GBOWINO.
The Mormons are an unmixed. and
unmitigated nuisance. It is very bad
to have a Territory composed mainly
of Dolyeamists. It is worse to have
several Territories
more or less over
run by a people who disregard both
the laws of God and of man. ltj is
an intolerable evil to have them, in
vading the old States and trying to
make proselytes of ignorant and de
praved people, thereby sowing the
dragons teeth of discord and increas
ing the Mormon power for mischief.
Only three days, ago the telegraph
brought news of disturbance in Boti
tourt county, Virginia, by reason of
Mormon missionaries, and these in
struments of the devil were sustained
by an armed force, and they threat
ened to meet all opposition by fire
and sword. If this report be not an
exaggeration, we would expect to
hear thatcjhey had been driven 'out
of the oounty in the quickest possi
ble time. . 'I ' ;-'.. . . -
North Carolina! has occasionally
had a visit from some of these leoh
erous Mormon dogs and they have
made converts and captives. Since
the war they have been actively
working in Tennessee and Georgia,
and Chattanooga was the headquar
ters. In Georgia they have been
roughly handled, and in South Caro
lina a few of the missionaries were
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told to go and they went. The Sa
vannah News Bays:
"Northeast Alabama was then selected,
and in the counties of Clay, Cleburne and
Randolph the eldera have succeeded in es
tablishing their largest mission. For this
territory John Mootry, who moved to Utah
from Randolph county about twenty years
ago and finally became an elder, and six
other eldera were chosen. Their success
has been such aa to cause alarm. When
dren from other sections the missionaries
did not resent the rough treatment they re
ceived, but they have become so strong in
that section that they defy the better classes
of people to force them to leave.
'Though driven out of the other States
they have not abandoned them. They still
select their territory and work it until com
pelled to leave. There is no law to prevent
them from preaching Hormonism."
The people are not protected by the
i ma ii m i
laws, iney are compelled to ooey
the law of monogamy that prevails
all through the South. The people
are taught, and taught properly, that
bigamy and polygamy are crimes
against God and humanity. But they
see these Mormon propagandists of
lust and decay going about preach
ing their foul, salacious doctrine and
there is no appeal and no protection
from it. Well, the people will have
to deal with the disease themselves.
The knife of excision is the only
remedy. A people who shall become
outraged by the destroyers of society
may resort to measures that are
quick and sharp and effective. The
Mormons have no moral right to scat
ter their pestilential and destructive
doctrines broadcast in the States,
remedy of some kind should
found. Cannot legislation reach
disease? i' '
A
be
the
The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun telegraphs on 25th
inst. as follows, concerning the Chief
Justiceship: t
"Justice Harlan is now the onlv Justice
on the bench who was not appointed from
nia circuit, rnongu appointed from the
Sixth, he ia assigned to the Seventh. Tbe
Fourth circuit Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina and West Virgi
nia has had the Chief Justiceship in Mar
shall aad Taney aixty years, j The vacant
Justiceship should come from the Fourth
circui, to which the late Chief Justice was
assigned. This can j readily be done j by
promoting euner oi me seven associates
A failure to make the annomtment f rom
ine iourtu circuit can only te excused on
two grounds . First, that the South can
not be trusted to have another man on the
bench. This is so aunremelv absurd that
a Democratic President, a quarter of cen
tury aiier tue war is over, cannot afford to
mane so flimsy an excuse, as I believe he
will not. Becond, that no lawyer of suffi
cient ability can be found fit in all respects
for a place in this high tribunal. The
States mentioned have just one-ninth of
me representation 36 out of 825 in the
House of Representatives! and one-seventh
and a half of the Senatorial representation."
Rev. Dr. Moses J. Hoge, the great
est living Presbyterian speaker no
doubt, is to deliver in May at Louis
ville, Ky., a eermon on the Catholi
city of Presbytenanism. This is the
Presbyterian Centennial year, fin
May in the city of Philadelphia
there is to be a gathering of the jin
tellectual forces. Amons? the South
ern speakers are such distinguished
and able men as Dr. Hoge,' Dr.
Palmer, of New Orleans,! Represen
tative W. C P., Breckenridge, of
Kentucky, and Mr. J. R. j Tucker, of
Virginia. If the North can eclipse
these gentlemen it will have to- do
better than ever before. " I j
The death of Mr. Dorsheimer, pro
prietor of theN. Y. Star, will be
regretted, j He was a man of ability
and shrewdness as a politician. His
paper had attained to influence, and
Was the best exponent of Democracy
in the ereat citv. ( , . ' I '
I Senator Jo Brown, Protectionist,
thinks it possible for the Democrats
to pass a "Revenue Reform bill.
He is much in love with Randall.
Will he vote for his obstruction1 bill?
One of the leading North Carolina
editors,' of date of 26th inst., writes
"us as follows in a- private letter, but
it will interest many of the readers
of the Stab at this time:
"I concur fully with you in your esti
mate of Mr. Pearson's Breaching. I beard
him dav and night for three weeks ia Ra
leigh. I never found his equal as a preacher
of the Gospel lie has, beyond any man I
ever heard, iha power to lay his sermon
upon the consciences or ma nearera. in
every effort mere seems to come w mo
bearer too words." l nou art me man. do
delivers bis message as God s servant, ana
he puts the acceptance or rejection or mat
mMMvn nnno everv nan and woman, and
lift mutes them feel that thev must act. L
agree with you that be ia doing a great
wors. '
It is said l that ex "Gov. Prootor
Knott desires to return to the House
of Representatives. :
At the Tabernacle
The preliminary services at the
Tabernacle lastj night were conducted
by Rev. Mr. Primrose, who led in
prayer. The second, .realm was react,
and afterward a very large nuinber ot
requests for j prayer were received,
showing that W deep interest is being
manifested and is growing larger at
each meeting.! I Mr. Pearson : then
came forward and announced for to
morrow forenoon Bible reading on
the "Forgiveness of our Enemies."
His text last night was taken from
Amos 14:4 "Prepare to meet your
God." The point of his discussion
was that God! Mil bring us all to the
judgment seat, and we should be pre
pared to meet Him there. He ; called
special attention to three questions:
1st. How shall I prepare to meet
my God ? :
2d. When shall I prepare to meet
my God? , I ';..;
3d. How can I prepare to meet my
God? . !. K;" V
His remarks' were forceful, tender
and persuasive, and produced a pro
found impression, j A larger number
of anxious inquirers; repaired to the
inquiry room than on any night be
fore. Fifty-one conversions were re
ported, and a larger"number reconse
crated themselves to God.
A Case of Bigamy.
During the proceedings at the
Mayor's Court vesterday a case of
bisramv was! developed, which will
probably be investigated to-day.'
The complainant in the case is a col
ored woman from Brunswick county,'
who gave her name as Sophie An
drews. She alleged that Tom Smith,
colored, a prisoner who had just been
sentenced to "twenty dollars or thir
ty days," was her husband, whom she
had married ten years ago in Bruns
wick: that he had abandoned her
and had since been living in this city,
where under the name of Tom Smith
he had married a woman j named
Maggie Lord, with whom he was now
living. Smith seemed to realize that
he had been caught in a bad fix, but
he didn't deny the statement pf the
woman who I claimed him as her
legal husband.
i moat nrnmrfertiil lTTn
The editor of the Maxton Union
says of the Rev. MrJ Pearson: !
We had the pleasure on Sunday
night of listening I to this noted di
vine. And while he stood upon the
rostrum delivering one of tbe most
forcible sermons upon the "Divinity
oi unnst" that we i ever listened to.
we were foolish enongh to try to dis
cover wherein his power lay. We
think there were at least many others
in tne vast multitude of three tnou
sand souls who were equally puzzled
And our conclusion; ia summed up in
uiese woros: ne is a most, wonaenui
man.
The people Of Wilmington are per
fectly carried away, as is evidenced
by the fact I that his name and ser
vices are upon the lips and minds of
every one, ana as a proof of tnis you
can see the gathering at the Taber
nacle two hours before the hour for
preaching. Numbers daily are being
turned irom tne error of tneir way
under his ministry. He must be
heard to be fully appreciated.
Criminal Court. ; !
This Court ad journed for the term
yesterday at !l0 a. m. The following
is a list of convictions, with the judg
ment rendered : ; I i
House of Correction A. Richard-.
son, larceny, 12 months; Paul Lud
ley, larceny, 12 months; Rena Pear-
ocuj, mrauik ouu uuiiiiery, uu uajrs; oats.
T. Davis, larceny. 12 months: Willis
Singletary, assault ! and battery, 30
days; James ! Capot, larceny, 12
months; Alex. Sutton, assault and
battery, 60 days.
Penitentiary Daniel Mack, lar
ceny, 2 years Samuel Stanford, lar
ceny, 12 months; Abraham Watsqp,
Ephraim Hurst and William Gilyard,
larceny, 4 years; Robert Stokes, lar
ceny, 2 years; Nelson Jackson, lar
ceny, 2 years; George Williams, lar
ceny, 5 years.
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Brnnatvlek Democrat.
The Democratic voters of Town
Creek Township met on Tuesday last.
Mr. Nixon OttaWay was made perma
nent chairman of the meeting an
Mr. J.D. McRae was elected secretary.
The following were chosen as dele
gates to the County Convention to be
held on the 31st inst, at McKeithan's
Store, : viz.: Messrs. George H. Bel
lamy, M. W. Hilburn, Wesley Skip
per, Nixon Ottaway, James D. Mc
Rae. i
lhe Maxton Union learns that
the Carolina Central 'authorities will
Buorxiy replace oia rails wltn new
ones on that road, from a point sev
X 1 . ' m m . ...
eral miles west of .Laurinburflr to nun
mile east. Before a great while the
remainder of the road will be newly
rueu. , ' s t; "
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. : aa a -
Messrs. Alex. Sprunt
cleared the Swedish barque
jiuns yesieraav ior Antwero wi
TV 4 1 m a
1,017 bales of cotton and 2,221; barrels
oi roam, vaiuea at $4V,bou.
Capt. C. C. Morse, of South-
port, has sold the pilot boat Uriah
Timmons to parties in Darien, Ga.,
mu uaa uougnt me Mxceisnor. a
smaller but faster vessel.
Do you ask for a teat of SOZODONT 8
. Dower? ;
Just talk to a ladv for half fin hftnr
ii ner Dream is sweet, it her teeth are white.
xi uw Kuiua are ciean. u ner Piima urn
orient.
If her mouth ia pure and her teeth are clean
one uses me dvUUU4T, Xhen, we ween
' I.adlea
who use SOZODONT have only to open
tneir lips to prove its : excellence. Their
white, gleaming, spotless teeth and fragrant
breath will tell the story. There is more
demand for this wholesome and unexcep
tionable preparation than for any other
dentriflce in the market One day its use
win ue universal. . :-;,(. f
'8FAiara'a Gi.uk" handy and
ful.
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t
X & Son
MCtgnuss
Dantal Blcga Scstcneaa to b Hange
The Criminal Court assembled at 9
o'clock yesterday, morning when, the
jury in the case of Daniel Biggs, col
ored, charged with burglary, came
into Court and rendered a verdict of
guilty. The Court then: sentenced
the prisoner to be hanged, on Tues
day, May 8tn, between the- hours of
ten o'clock in the forenoon and four
o'clock in the afternoon.
Biggs received ) his sentence with
out exhibiting the slightest emotion.
He is not an Ill-looking negro, but
although he has been living in this
city only about a year his reputation
is bad. Biggs is said to be a native
of : Raleigh. He i .came here from
Goldsboro. where he made his
escape from jail while serving a sen
tence for : assault and battery
with a deadly weapon. It is said that
his wife, whom it is claimed he mar
ried while In jail, assisted him in es
caping from that institution. When
Biggs found that the - authorities
here-were after him, to return him to
Goldsboro, he left on one of the river
boats for Fayetteville, but got off tne
boat before it reached that place, and
finally made his way back to Wil
mington. Besides the crime for which
he has been sentenced to suffer the
severest penalty of the law, other in
dictments were found against him at
the present term of the Criminal
Court for burglary and arson.
Anotber Hanglnc Probable.
The Supreme Court has approved
the finding in the ' case of , Stephen
Freeman. colored, who was tried at
the November term of the Criminal
Court for raping a white woman and
was convicted and sentenced to . be
hanged on the 23d day of .December
last, but whose counsel , craved ana
was granted an appeal. The date of
execution will be fixed by the oy-
ernor. the law (passed by, the last
Legislature) requiring that in all
eases of affirmance of a sentence for a
eanital felonv. the clerk of the Su
preme Court, at j the same time the
decision of the Supreme Court is cer
tified, shall send ia duplicate thereof
to the Governor,! who shall immedi
ately issue his warrant under the
great seal of the State, to the sheriff
of the county in which the appellant
was sentenced, directing him to,ex
ecute the death penalty on a day
specified in said warrant, not less
than thirty days from . the date of
said warrant: but this shall not de
prive the Governor of the power to
pardon or reprieve the defendant, or
commute the sentence.
It is said that Freeman's counsel
will now endeavor to secure a com
mutation of Freeman's sentence to
life imprisonment in the State peni
tentiary. , ' ' - I;
Tbe State Gaartf
Adjutant General Jones, as is learn
ed from the News and Observer, gives
a most flattering and encouraging re
port of the condition of the State
Guard. He states that there is a
strong and growing interest in the
approaching encampment at Wrights-
ville, and that the arrangements for
holding it are rapidly being perfect
ed. Tbe order for the encampment
will be issued to the State Guard
shortly. .-j -? !..-
The Governor has filled vacancies on
his staff as follows: Gen. W. G.Lewis, ,
of Tarboro, Engineer in Chief; CoLJ.
Ii. Cantwell, of Wilmington, Commis
sary General of the State; Capt. J. B.
Broadfoot, of Fayetteville, Inspector
of rifle practice,
The "Guilford. Grays" recently! or-
ganizea at ureensporo, nave Deen ad
v m n ' ' m - a J
mitted to the State Guard and or
dered armed and equipped. Mr. R.
P. Gray is captain of the company,
Sptrtta Terpentine Barrel.
The Produce Exchange, as a reme
dy for complaints of gauging spirits
turpentine, have adopted a standard
barrel of the following dimensions :
"The staves to be not more than 35
inches long, the; diameter at the bung
to be from 23i inches to 24 inches.
and to average, 24 inches, and the
head to be 20 inches in diameter and
perfectly round. Also, that barrels
of the above dimensions Bball be
gauged with a j rod whose 50 gallon
notch is 26 2-5 inches from its point,
and projection on the hook to be f of
an inch." Ill-shaped barrels, barrels
not conforming to the above measure
ments, and barrels with poplar
heads, will be rejected entirely. The
rule will be enforced on and after the
10th of June, 1888.
Tarboro on a Boom.
A correspondent of the Star writes
that the flourishing town of Tarboro
is "on a boom;" that a Board of Trade
has been organized which includes
merchants, farmers, and all person!
eligible and favorably disposed to the
advancement and improvement of the
place; that the plans-for three or four
small industries are perfected andwill
soon be in operation, and that a pro
position made by a cotton machine
manufacturing company to move its
plant to Tarboro is now under consid
eration by the citizens.
A Big Defalcation.
The, Stab's telegraphic columns,
this morning, contain full particulars
of the robbery of the State National
Bank, of Raleigh, by the president
and cashier, who absconded and it is
presumed have: found refuge in Can
ada. The news of the defalcation ex
cited great interest here, although so
far as could be learned no one in Wil
mington is numbered among the suf
ferers. Sheriff Manning received a
telegram during the day stating that
the sureties of ; Wynne, the county
treasurer of Wake, would lose noth
ing by the defalcation.
Truntece Appointed.
The Board of Audit and Finance
have appointed Messrs. George Chad
bourn, Wm. " A. French and Isaac
Bates trustees to receive and make
the transfer of bonds and stocks be
tween the ; Wilmineton. Onnlow &
East Carolina Railroad Company and
the city of Wilmington, in accor
dance ; with the law directing the
manner in which the subscription of
$100,000 voted by the city shall be
made, and the. conditions upon which
the said subscription was asked by
the company.
We regret to hear that Dr.
James, of Greenville, N. C, father-in-
law of Mr. H. L. Fennell, of this city.
died yesterday. aftern6on. Coming
so soen after the marriage of his
daughter, his death is peculiarly sad.
Tbe County Convention A. Harmonic
one and Knibnelaetle Aaaemblage
'The . Rcaolntieaa ' A4opt4 Dele-
catc to ibe State Convention In-.
atrnetcd to Tot for Cbarlee m. 8ted-
man lor Governor. . -. -r ;'
The Democratic Oounty Convention
met yesterday forenoon in the court
room at the City Hall, with a full at
tendance of delegates present. ,
Mr. A. D; Brown, Chairman of the
County Executive Committee, called
the meeting to order, and Mr. A. G.
Rioaud was requested to act as secre
tary. -
After the roll of delegates was call
ed an election for permanent officers
was ordered. .
On motion, Mr. A. G. Ricaud was
elected Chairman' by acclamation,
and-Mr. George R. French Secretary..
Upon taking the chair, Mr. Ricaud
thanked the members of the Conven
tion for their unanimous expression
of confidence, and urged upon them
the importance of the impending
contest, by reason of the fact that the
policy of the Democratic party as in-'
augurated and executed by Cleye-;
land's administration was before
the country -; for approval or
condemnation. He then referred to
the closeness of the contest of 1884 as
furnishing the foundation of the Re
publican hope ' of recapturing ' the
reins of government, and of the de
termined efforts that would be made
to carry close and doubtful States,
and of the desperate efforts .that
would be made to displace North Car
olina from her position in the Demo
eratio ' column. Mr. Ricaud then
spoke of our own county and of the
thorough unity and harmony prevail
ing in our ranks as evidenced by the
unanimity of action displayed in the
recent primary elections. Speaking
of the Gubernatorial nomination, he
said that New Hanover county, for
the first time in probably half a cen
tury, would present to the considera
tion of the State Convention for this
high office, the name of one of her
favorite sons, whose splendid abili
ties eminently fitted him for the
place, and. that if the honor falls
upon nim he win not only wear it
gracefully, but will demonstrate the
wisdom of the Convention by leading
the party to victory, and by an ad
minstration of the trust with credit
to himself and benefit to the State.
Mr. Samuel Bear, Jr., offered the
folio wins: resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:
Resotved. That the chairman of
this Convention be authorized to ap
point the delegates to represent this
countv in the State. District and
Congressional conventions ana mat
the chairman be added as a member
of each delegation, and that he j be
sriven such time to announce said
appointments as may be necessary:
The following resolutions, intro
duced by Mr. J. Q. Stevenson, were
also unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we, the represen
tatives of the Democracy of New
Hanover countv. shave witnessed
with orofound satisfaction, the j fa
vorable recognition by our brethren
in other Darts of the state oi ine
claims of this section upon the con
sideration of the party, and have
seen with nride and eratification the
numerous references to our distin-
enished friend and fellow-townsman.
X.t Gov. Chas. M. Stedman, as a suit
able and proper candidate ior
office of Governor, and we desire
the
to
tender our cordial appreciation
these friendly manifestations. - ,
of
Resolved. That the Democracy
of
New Hanover county, now fully and
fairly represented in this Conven
tion, unanimously presents to the
State Convention our distinguished
fellow-citizen. Lt Gov. Charles M.
Stedman, as altogether worthy to re
ceive the nomination for Governor,
nnd wa on.raont.lv hntM that; this re
commendation will receive a cordial
anDrovaL
Mooivea. xnat we commena ia vrov.
Charles M. Stedman to the State Con
vention as a faithful and devoted
Democrat a bold and aggressive lead
er, a man wao py His lnceueccuai at
tainments, bv his creat force of char
acter and by nis untiring industry has
justly achieved a large measure of
success; whose earnest sympathy with
the people and unfailing aavocacy oi
their rights and whose broad, liberal
and charitable dealings have won the
hearts of the masses and will draw
ont their enthusiastic BUDPort
Resolved. That the delegates irom
this county to the State Convention
are hereby instructed to cast the vote
of tbis eountv lor lit. jrov. unauesju.
Stedman so lonsr as there shall be any
Dossibilitv of effecting his nomina
tionand to spare no means by all
honorable and persuasive endeavors
to bring about that result and! to
rjledcra to the Convention that! if
nominated, he will bear alolt the ban
ner of Democracy with zeal and cour
age to a glorious victory.
There being no other business be
fore the meeting the Convention, on
motion, adjourned to meet again on
the first Monday in October next
Criminal Court.
The trial of Daniel Biggs, a young
colored man indicted for burglary,
began in the Criminal Court yester
day. Most of the forenoon was occu
pied in obtaining a jury, and the fol
lowing were finally selected from the
venire summoned: Oscar Batton, Jr.,
Gibson Register, C. E. Hall, T. S. To-
lar, C. B. Yarborough, Isham Quick,
Elijah Hewlett, Fred Rhew, W. H
Barnes, D. W. C. Love, Samuel
Smith, Oscar Batton.
Biggs is charged with breaking into
the dwelling house of Charles John
son, colored, living on Market street
near Thirteenth. The chief witness
for the State, Laura Johnson, testi
fied that she saw the prisoner run but
of the house the night of the bur'
glary, and the articles found at the
prisoner's house a few hours after
wards by police: officers were; stolen
from her house. This witness admit
ted that she -had served a term in the
State penitentiary for larceny, about
twelve years ago. Her testimony,
however, was corroborated by that
of other . witnesses. ' The plea.
put up by the prisoner was that he
had bought the stolen goods found in
his possession. "
The State was ably represented by
Solicitor Moore in the proscution of
the case, and the prisoner was de
fended by Messrs. Junius Davis, Jas.
T. Elliott, and Du Brutz Cutlar, jr
who were assigned as counsel by the
Court. , . t . '
Argument was finished and the case
given to the jury about twelve o'clock
lastnignt. -
Sixty-seven additions to church
membership Sunday last are re
ported, as follows: Grace ' Methodist
E. Church. 20: St. James EDiscoDal.
14; Fifth Street Methodist 9: First
Baptist 7; First Presbyterian. 7; Bla-J
den Street Methodist, 6, Brooklyn
baptist, o; (second Presbyterian, l.
Chairman RltlU Condition vatat
' Fire Appoiatmenla, Ee. s.
Washington, March 26.-rTbe condi-s
"tion.of Chairman Mills, of the Way a and
Means Committee, la not so favnraoie to
day. . There is nothing alarminct in nia
condition., but his physician says lie needs
absolute rest. ' - ' . - 1
A fire at 2 o clock this moromg de
stroyed a frame building.corner of 9th una!
JL streets, northwest, occupied by a family
earned Duffy, consiotiog of fatner, motner
and . five children Two small chiMrfcai
were badly burned, ana one boy. agea aix,;
died tbia forenoon of hla injarles.- . i
The Senate Has confirmed tbe nomina-
tion t.f S. M Btcckalaeer to be Commie
eioncr of the General Land Office. t
. The Birmmenam public building bill, re-
norttd to the Ucnate to-day. appropriates
T - .. n ti t jrt : a. ! 1 1;
SsUO.UUU. ana ine weeuvuie, o. ui uut
$100,000. ' r, , i
Tne Jrresiaent to-uay . nommaiea joun
M. Brown, Medical Director, to be Chief of
the Naval Bureau of Medicine and Sur
gery, with relative rank of Commodore . "
The condition of Representative Mills is
somewhat better this evening than it waa
this morning. - The lever nas abated, anq
he appears rerreBnea ' aiier several bours.
A bill was reponea uy oenawr tiarriBt
to-day, from the Committee on Epidemic;
Uiseaees, to periect tne quaraauae eyBit-m
It provides that whenever any pilot, mastef
or owner ef any vessel shall enter a port of
the United States, in violation of quiran-f
Una rules and regulations, he shall be Ha
hie to a fine of $300 and imprisonment for
three months, tit also authorizes the Secret
tarv of the Treasury to establish additional
quarantine atationa and makes, appropria-
tiona tnereior. - t
The Secretary of the Wav r has directed
that the double turretted iron-clad monitor
"Terror" be : transferred from Cramp i
yard at Philadelphia to the navy yard at
League island. , i ne " l error" nas been at
Cramp's yard for nearly fifteen years past.
The petition of citizens or uainoun
countv. Ala . who represent nbemeelvea as
engaged in "agriculture, commerce and
manufactures, presented in tbe Beiiate to
day by Mr. - Morgan, protests against any
reduction of customs duties and prays for
the repeal of the internal revenue taxes.
The petitioners say that the internal reve
nue tax ia imposed upon consumers, and L
of a domestic nature, while the customs
dutiea fall upon foreigners. f I
TVASHHieTON, March 28. The House
Committee on Rules met lo-day and
agreed upon a report which will, if adopt
ed by the Bouse, dispose of all of the time
of that body now open to general business
duriog the next two weeks Certain lead
ing Republicans had announced their inr!
tention to defeat all tbe snecial orders or
assignments of the days to committees uni'
til tbe senate direct tax bill anould have
been acted upon in the House. From to
day's action of the Rules Committee, It
appear that tbey bave prevailed, for It
was agreed to assign Tuesday and Wed
nef day.of next week to tbe Judiciary Com-
miitee, upon condition that the direct tax
bill be the first measure taken up, after
which other judicial bills may be coa-
aidererf. !
The Commerce Committee will be given
Thursday and Saturday of next week, and
the Committee on Military Affairs will be
allowed the time afforded by two evening
sessions. The following week separate
da 8 will be assigned to Committees tin
Agriculture. Public Lands, and Territories.
Tbe last named committee will call up the
Oklahoma Territorial bill during its day,
and will also be allowed two nignt sessions
for consideration of local Territorial
m"KSures.
' ALABAMA.
Heavleat Barn on IReeord Dlaaatroaa
Flood Feared Railroad Aban
doutd. "
Br Telegraph to the Horning Star. f
Mohtgomkbt. March 27. The total
rain fall since Bunday night has been 7.77
laches, the largest on record. In the un
precedented flood of 1886 lit was only 4.80
inches. Tbe heavy rain ceased about ten
o'clock this morning, but there has been an
intermittent drizzle all day. The Ala
bama river haa been rising at, the rate of
a foot an hour for about thirty hours, and
aa the rains have been cqualy heavy at the
bead waters of the Coosa, the greatest rise
here ia not expected till the day after to
morrow. A flood higher than that of 1886
U anticipated. AH trains on the Western
Railway to Atlanta east, and Belma
west, have been abandoned. Trains on the
Moot eomerv & Eufaula road are also aban-
doucd. Two trains which left here this
morning on that road are now laid up be.
tween landslides near Union Springs
The train on the Louisville & Nashville
road, from Louisville to New Orleans, due
here Monday morning, came in to-night.
That road is now open and trains are leav-f
mg for New Orleans witn some uncertainty
about getting through. jj
Ri FKR AND HARBOR BILL.
Appropriation Beeomoaended by tbe
Hem Committee. ;
Washington. March . 27. The River
and Harbor bill was completed in commit
tee to-day, and will be reported to the
House Thursday. It makes an aggregate
appropriation of $19,432,783 73, and ia the!
largest bill of tbe kind yet brougnt in;
Chairman Blanchard says the bill of 188
whictt was the largest up to that time, ag
gregated $13,123,000; but since then many
new proiecisoi improvement nave Deen pre
sented, the demands of the country for river
and harbor improvement nave increased,
and accordingly the present bill ia - large.
The bill for last year, which carried nearly
ten millions, failed to become a law. and
hence the present bill is really for two
years, lie aiao says mat mere are no car
nal projects in tbe present dul ana no pro
vision is made for the improvement of the
Washington flats, because of the unsettled
title to land. While there are a number of
email appropriations made, the committee
confidently assert there is not one which is
not sustained by the engineers' reports.
In making up tbe Dill tbe uommittee baa
had reference to the commerce to be bene
fited by each appropriation, and the smaller
appropriations are oftentimes ior streams
which penetrate sections of tbe -country
where there are no railroads and where
the people are dependent upon these water-
ways for access to a market, ine large
appropriations ior rivers in tbe bill are:
Missiasiippi river, from the mouth of the
Minnesota river to the Gulf, $3,886,000;
Missounr iver, $669,000: St. Mary's river;
at the falls and Lake channel, $1,500,000;
Ohio river, $515,000; : Tennessee nverj
$285,000; Cumberland river, $210,000; 8ti
John's river, $150,000; Black Warrior
river, $100,000; James river, $225,000; Cape
Fear river, $100,000; xork river, V a., $30.
000; Chincoteague bay. $50,000; Great
Peedee river. smuUO; Bantee river. S24.
000; Coosa river, Ga., $60,000.
- The following are some of the moat lm
portant harbor itema:
Charleston,$350,000; Cumberland SoundJ
$112,000: Mobile. $250,000: New Orleans;!
$200,000; Aranzas Pass, $100,000; Galves
ton, $500,000; Sabine Pass, $250,000; Nor-:
folk, $60,000 (in addition to f 1U,UUU of
nrevioua appropriation made available
Beaufort, N. C, $35,000; Winyaw, 8. C,
$100,000; Savannah, $W,UUU; fensacola.
$35,000; Key West, $25,000. . .
OBITUARY.
Deatb of Bx-Iileut.
of New Xork, In
tov. Dorabelmer,
Savannab, After n
Brief Illness. .
Nkw York, March 27. Ex-Lieut. Gov,
William Dorsheimer, publisher of the New
York Star, died last night at Savannah, Ga.
Gov Dorsheimer left New;, York March
16th" and waa then in perfect health. He
waa accompanied enly by Mrs. Dorsheimer.
They had purposed leaving on blizzard
Monday, intending to spend a few days in
Washington, and take Thursday's vestibule
train to Florida. Mr. Dorsheimer caught
a slight cold, and - stopped at .Pulaski
Hotel, Savannah, Ga. His illness was not
considered serious, and in fact was not
announced to the employes of tbe Star.
by Mr. - Ackerman, the business manager,
until late yesterday, when word, was re
ceived that the cold had developed into
pneumonia. -Although Mr. . Dorsheimer
died at 9 23 last evening, the hews was not
received in this city until this morning
He had been ill but four days. The re
mains will be brought North.' Mr. Dor-
abeimer was born in Lyons, Wayne county,
anu waa o years oi age.
Mr. J. Schrader. a Bookakeener at 11
German St., Baltimore, Md., states: "I've
used 8alvation Oil for rheumatism
which I've suffered greatly for a long while
auu can say it entirely : relieved me.
would not be without it at any cost" - f
PrVeldeut, raabter aud Porter of tbe
; state -National Bank' of Ralelcb Ab
aeond witb Panda of the Bank Over
260,000 gtolen-Tbe Trio Believed
to be In Canada.
' -" Special Star Telegram. 1 '
-. Raleigh, N." , C, March; 27 There
never waa such excitement in the city fee
fore, ; It waa caused by tbe absconding of
President CLE.. Cross "and CaBbier S L.
White, of the State National Bank of this
city: They left here on Saturday after
noon last, and it is supposed they went di
rect to Canada Ostensibly their destina
tion was Chapel Hill, N, C., where Cashier
White had relatives. Late yesterday after
noon suspicion was aroused, and last night
the directors of the Bank met, and the mat-,
ter of the defalcation was made public to
day. It created an unprecedented sensa
tion. It appears that the Bank had been shaky
for some time, but Eome additional direc
tors had been recently elected, and it was
thought to be in a sound condition.
- Bank Examiner Tate has been telegraph
ed to come here at once. The amount of
the defalcation ia not known. It la e&ti
mated to be near two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. " j
White waa a leading Methodist. Cross
la quite young, and was until two years
ago a clerk in the State Auditor's office.
The other Banks here are not hurt by
the defalcation. There were no runs on
any of the Banks to-day, and no sign of
one. Tbey are ready to meet all demands
made on them. :
There are no tidings as to the where
abouts of Cross or White.
By Telegraph to tbe Horning Star.
Raleigh, N. C, March 27. There haa
been nothing whatever in the nature of a
run on the tfanka or this city, other than
the plundered State National Bank. Con
fidence in their soundness seema to be ab
solute. 'v-pv.-..;'':;-
The broken Bank haa remained closed
tight to-day, awaiting the coming of the
Bank Examiner, who is expected to-night
or to-morrow morning. i
Tbe amount oi tbe defalcation 18 various
ly estimated at from $250,000 to $340,000.
The cash carried off is supposed to be about
$45,000, including $20,000 in gold, to bear
which tbe absconders took along tbe color
ed porter of the bank. The trio are be-
eved to be now in Canada, having left the
city Saturday afternoon for the North via
Greensboro. .
Baltmobe. Md.. March 27. The fail
ure of the State National Bank, at Raleigh,
did not create surprise in bank circles in
this city, as the bank was looked upon aa
weak. Ten days ago eamuei u. vvnue.
cashier, stopped! at the National union
Bank, of this city, and askea ior a discount
of $20,000 of a planter's paper. It was not
looked upon aa sale, and was reiuaea. ine
National Union iBank has been its corres
pondent in this city, but had discounted
nothing for it since laat November, and
therefore lost nothing. White told the
president of the National Union Bank that
he had had no difficulty In getting the ac
commodation in New York which had been
refused - in Baltimore. It is supposed
White then was on his way to Canada.
The State National Bank, of Raleigh,
was started by a! wealthy man named Wil
liams, with a capital of $100,000. Wil
liams assigned shares to his sons-in-law,
and they, with him, became directors. Af
ter the death of Williams hi3 widow be
came president! of the bank, and acted as
such until two or three years ago, when she
cured, and her sonsin-law, Cross, was
elected president. The National Union
Bank, of this city, always accommodated
lhe Raleigh bank by, reduscountlng its pa
per, except on one previous occasion, ana
lost nothing by the transactions.
The circulation of tbe dosed Dank is said
to be not over $25,000, which ia secured;
but the deposits are said to be above X200.
000, for which the stockholders arc respon
sible. !
RALEIGH'S SENSATION.
Tbe State National Bank Defalcation
Less tban Reported Tbe William
Family Said to be Homed, j ,
1 By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Raleigh, March 28. Bank Examiner
Tate arrived in the city this morning and
took charge of the wrecked State National
Bank. As the ! result of his preliminary
investigation, it ia said the amount of the
defalcation is about $75,000 only.: The
wreck, however, is a bad one. The Wil
liams family, main owners of the bank, is
ruined; but it i is believed depositors will
be paid nearly if not quite dollar for dol
lar. All the private boxes, put in the
vault for safe-keeping merely, have been
returned on identification. All letters re
ceived since the . failure have been opened
and properly disposed of, under directions
from the Comptroller oi tbe currency.
.Everything is going on as usual at tne
remaining bankB, save that there is a mark
ed increase in the number of depositors.
(.Raleigh correspondence Richmond Dis-
h paten. j ....!. 1"
"There were Borne large depositors, and
these were wrought up of course. There
were many stories of people who had
just saved themselves by checking out.
One Wake county farmer had $50,000
on deposit. The last quarterly state
ment of the bank was made February
14th, at which time there was $300,000
on deposit subject to check. Although,
aa has been said, some people thought
the bank perhaps a trifle shaky, the ma
jority regarded it as perfectly sound, and
had confidence in the president and cash
ier. The former is a young man, a native
of Gates county, this State, and is a mem
ber of the First Baptist church. He married
a daughter of: Mrs. Miriam C. Williams,
who was, for years after her husband's
death, president of the bank. The family
was rich' and influential. The property
was left by the late president, John G.
Williams, to be divided among his family
when his youngest child became 21 years
of age. That event will transpire the 8d of
June next. '.
: White was a teacher in the Sunday school
of the First Methodist church and very
popular. He had been cashier since the
bank was established. He is a brother of
Mrs. Williams. It is the belief that Cross
and White had taken all the money of the
Williams family upon which they could
lav their hands, and seeing that thev must
make a final accounting June 8d, as above
stated, they determined to take the . re
mainder of the funds' they could lay their
hands on and l fly to Canada, where they
had previously beeu and made due ar
rangements. j
r CONNECTICUT. .... .
. . " i u . " v i m
Explosion of a Locomotive Boiler Near
Hartford Enclneer and Fireman
- Killed.
Hartford. March 28. The boiler
of a locomotive attached to the early
morning passenger train on tne JNew
York & New England road, due here
at 8:15 this morning;, exploded at
7:30 o'clock hear North Manchester.
1 a a " J m -M-1- i a
nan amue west oi tne station is a
high railroad bridge over the - Hock
amnn river. I As the train approached
the bridge the engineer shut- off
steam to slow up, when, without warn
ing, tne Doner Durst. . Tne force of
the shock was terrific. The locomo
tive was shattered and the tender
tnrown irom tne track. The mo
mentum of the train was sufficient
to pnsn tne wrecked engine 200 feet.
xii0 irom piauorm oi tne Daggage
car was demolished, but beyond that
no serious damage was done to the
train, i The f fireman was - killed I in
stantly, and the engineer died before
reaching Hartford. Nobody else was
uurb ine engine nad been con
demned and this was the last day it
was to rnn.i Had the explosion, oc
curred half a minute later, the train
would have reached the bridge and
would have been thrown off, with
irigntlul results. - . - - t
' , .. j aayb afa -aananawn .. ' ' :
Thomas P. Miller & Co., private bankers.
; of Mobile, Ala., who have been in trouble
! ior some months, nave tailed and made
; general assignment. It is thought that
! their liabilities are about $160,000, and the
HBHeiB $OU,WUL , - - .
Raleigh ' Visitor: T?n.
iKJMas? wis
morning. Rev. Jaenh tth"
able and hichlv esteemM n.,;1.lS 4
ville on Sundav last. lU
TfaomaBvUle Gazette
Piedmont Reduction Wort '
ful operation. CBpt. Croslemire a
eotic and crentlemanlv
making chemically pure zinc.
fnrmprl that thlo ia tha fl,. , lt
in tbe world at which this has hl Jt
Capt. Croslemire discovcrpii
anH haa it Mtmtnj V. L . u" -M
He haa been offered $100,000 wi.vM
dava for hi8 natent for iho TTi:"iu
cUnTd. : ,"im8' ac(1 W
Durham TfetnrrJi. n
i . . xtovt
a.w.uvu -, aLUQ lo oe i
uwui. it ia inougni thp r..
buu ittUB.111 YBiiey Mauroaa eyndir.r
build a branch road from WninJ n'1
WUkesboro. . Next Sunday
8th of April, memorial
in the First Baptiat church iB ml
the late Dr. M.T. Yates. JIS
nenitenta wera immftrapH c
tiat church on Sundav ninht
Tnanv fripnrla nf Mr Tf n tT,.i
and proprietor of this paper'
regret to learn that hn in "i,11 n9 del
rnnm with a irnnhltunn... . .tu
Ann Davis nnntinips nr ' "311
' 1 uiu ULLUDVlM, .
cottaeeon Madison strpor tI:0
eloried in an elevation hnU
often attained by the structure of SI,
ing some six feet from tbe earth 2
uuiu wuius ucKaa 10 Dlow, the thTJ
hpoan tn mar (ha lnv.t.i .' a tnuei
mmM ao, i-jcmbu auu a II U 111 DIP pnt I
dflWIl vrifh a nraah All t L . .'l C
and hoiiRnholii pffpto
pvxyjeu. a. uauj iu nu nujUjniDg lonni
thrown from a bed on to a stove, y
Hio mu 10 Bay no person was curt.
,t Keidsviiie JJemocrat: J. C w
..-ll- . a M
oe, an inieiugen. negro ana a tcatM
uuo ui wa uwinci bcqoois in mis
presented two cleverlv forced school J
on. Treasurer Smith for payment yestaj
One of them waa for $50 and the otlnl
eon rru. . j .i . .
Vv. iuo uuiuuut uue tuuii uittinct W15 J
" "u ius inu uiucio lAiiou iui, ii L'U WSi
eaness. air. omitn, nowever, semvuv
ne signatures cioseiv ana detected &
amerencem one oi mem in compa,
with a genuine one, and he had V,K t-
arrested. It waa afterwards shown
both of them were forged, and Corbett
commuted to jail.
- Raleigh News-Observe
server
urn, jsiJ
of - tPrrj-J
T. C. Harris, of the museum
received several specimens of tm&
from the Pomona Terra-Cotta YM
. - i mi -
ODerauon near wreenouoro. me j
mens include fire brick, drain tile andsJ
piping. Air. Harris aaya me good:
much superior in every re8pect to ifc
northern make. Rev. 8. H. Thd
son,! the new pastor of Third ft
Church, preached Sunday morning
nigmto large congreeauons. & nnnf
oi those present apoke in very high w
oil me new pastor ana oi nia aernj
4 The executive committee of tbe I
Carolina Agricultural Society have 1
the time of the next State Fair for Octtt
ltt, 17, 18 and 18.
I Charlotte Chronicle :
Charlotte Cotton Mills are now bum
further enlarged. One whole wall a il
torn cut and a new addition, 53 fee!
length .constructed, Mr. David M
8aur, a prominent citizen of Lincoln J
ty, died at his home, about two miles y
"Lincolnton, on last Sunday evening, i;
73nd year. The Mecklenburg Cotl
Sunday School Association was orewj
in this city last Sunday, and starts oflij
a large membership, and z jalous, mrd
ofneers. The association was iomw,
the mass meeting held in the To on m
Methodist Church Sunday afternoon, si
the address by Mr. Reppard. There
1,500 Sunday .School teachers and pi;
present. Newa reached the city ji
teraay oi tne killing near Beaver uaai,
Union county, last Sunday, of Will Rs
a son oi uain none, colored, by & yea
white man named Alvin Morgiio
said that Alvin's brother Will was eceeJ
ry to the killing. The parties got M
dispute about an old debt and a Gibil
sued. During the melee Alvin itic.ti
drew a pistol and tired upon Rorte, kiU
him. The Morgan boys made Ibeir n$
into South Carolina.
J
Ashevule Jbun: Some timea
8. Marceller, a gun and lock smith,
erected a small shed room on the mi
space between Levy's and the Pioneer tl
and in DUttine ud this ehed he allowed 1
building to go over -on the Pioneer tl
property, it is stated, which is partiil
owned by Mrs. Olara Ueaver. it is ciaini
that Mrs. Deaver.had notified Marceller
move his building back eighteen
from the oroDertv she claimed
not havmc - done so. on batuci
evening she took an axe and went upon
ladder in the presence of a large crowd m
bad assembled, and witb a dett-rmi!
spirit, commenced to cut down the builii
from over its occupant. The crowd ca
tinued to increase, and this seemed to gi
her renewed energy. Finally Bhe tut
her axe over to a negro man and told $
to go to work. : Mrs. D and the crol
stood looking on until the eighteen r4
claimed bad been cut ore.
Sanford Express; The ThiH
Congressional District ia to be coneralmj
ted already. There are three ecM
who are willing to serve it in the Nat
House next yearthe present mcumDci
Mai. McClammy. ex Congressman Whart
J. Ureen and Thomas H. Sutton, tq. -1
This moraine, at 5 o clock. Rev. Man
McQueen passed from life unto deatb, sfl
a very painful illness or typhoid pneua
nia of about a week. Just a week II
morning his wife and hia molber-iaiif
Mra. Margaret Robeson, passed sway.
heads of a household and the Daieats
large family of children have died witif
one week. Rev. Martin McQueen
many years been the pastor of Carthage
union rresbvtenan churches, ana m
preacher of considerable force in tbe Pi
pit. ; lie waa a Scotchman of strong m
acter and prominent characteristics,
was a native of Robeson county, was
cated at Davidson College, and, we tl
was about 60 years ef age.
Raleich News Observer: Am
others Mr. Patrick has just received a
ter from parties in Canada who repress!,
company who are operating ja mam
wood work factory and whb represent
capital stock of $1,500,000. They W
written to inquire concerning a favow
location in North Carolina for establish
a plant. They propose to manuM1
everything In wood work, from a cP
pin to a set of furniture, and desire &
tion in timber lands upon a Btream. '
Patrick has also received a letter iron
parties in Rhode Island, of whom me
was made in the News and Qbservertv
weeks ago, desiring to secure a subsw
tion of $7,000 in a North Carolina toj
and proposing to supplement tbe euu"i
tioU with the neranaftrv ranitol to estj)
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a mammoth cotton1 factory.
VTLLH- N. OL' - March 23.A fire
ing at five ofclock burned the fun
house of Neal & Bradley, and damag"
dwelling house of N. White, m
Bradley carried two thousand dolisrj'
Burance on stock. The building
to ; R. P. Richardson and wsflj
sured for $1,000. Mr. White's 4
ling was insured. Oxford "
At 12 o'clock . nodn; on the
of April, the excursion trains m
Oxford & Clarksville and Oxford & v
dersbn railroads will arrive at tbe new (
ford depot. A grand procession '
formed of the citizens, military. baa
music aud farmers in their covered
loaded with tobacco. This prce89ol
march through town and go to the
Orphan Asylum, where Maj . N. A.
ory will deliver the address of wewg
Mr. R. W. Winston will then mWW
tt n i w:t. . f me w:
after which there will be speeches by
T !A -r: i i tn ci.Hinn T)r '
1 1 i 1 1 . M-rkwia inn riru 1 1 ii ui
Grissom, Messrs. J. 8. Carr, Chas. W
Col. B. Andrews, J. S. UunninBua-
nthnra Tha nrnmA mill thfin be ID"1
one lof the most extensive barbecues
linma aa.. n.r Hfr S H. V"'
AtoA ! : VJa nna nf th nl rlest cu
prominent citizens of our Mg
leaves an estate valued at about l'
Work on the Oxford & Drna5r.
road is progressing rapidly. .
H. Gregory, formerly with the
and now with the Orphan's jrrww,
sick at his home near here.
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