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DUNN, HART CO., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1893.
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OUR ROCKING STONE.
It Is
lp lu
Bronx Park
and Im a
Curiosity.
'I here is a rocking stone in Bronx Park
which now claims a ureat deal of attention
die way and another, savs the Yeics Veol
),( so up by the cars of the West Farm
hue. getting oiT at the lower end of the
reervation for, truth to sav, it does not
hok much like a park just there at
present and following 'the road that en
ters it for a quarter of a mile or there
fthouN, where the stone will plainly seen
on a rise of ground to the left.
It is a sturdy bowlder with a rouh
measurement of something like 10 feet by
8 in length and width, and a height that
will average not far from six feet one
ariirlc of it having an altitude of seve
feet. Th- material U of ouaitz, with a
little mica and feldspar in it, no such
-amount as is found in the gneiss and
course granite of the" neighborhood it
obviously not of them. li spite of the
lichen and the weather, it is evident that
the bowlder was once white. It would
pas for a pretty good lump of stone any
where, ilia region where bowlders were
not too numerous ami formidable.
There are a few, it is-said, in the White
Mountains and on bong Island that beat
it. but it is seldom that one finds a stone
that stands on a point so nicely adjusted
sis thK for it can be moved by a siiode
hand. Though it weighs about lo tons,
it cm I - rocked l' a man of ordinary
Mia-ngth," or by a couple f strong boys.
In order to swing it at all, it has to rest
on a point on a bed of solid stone, and
while this point is rather blunt, it suffi
ces to give it top heaviness without im
perilling its stability. Its platform is a
smooth expanse of gneiss, such as is
characteristic of the upper part of Man
hattan I.-sland and the hills for some dis
tance to the north.. It is apparent to the
careless observer that the swinging stone
d.ie not' have any relation to that which
it stands on. How, then, did it get
there f
It must have come in the ice thousands
of years ago. It is part of the drift of
the vast glacier that overwhelmed all of
North America alxwe us, and that went
grinding and tearing its way southward
breaking otf the tops of hills along its
route, and paring down what were the
noblot mountains on the northern half ol
ur continent the I.aurciitian. This
t.laeier, caused by the intense cold of a
long series of w inters, that were due to
perturbations in the earth's orbit, rested
part of its foot on the site of New York
City Hall less than a hundred thousand
year"- ago.
' What kind of a country it was around
here jui bcfoie. the i -e got in, the geolo
tits are trying to find out, but it is al
most cei tain that there were men here,
and if the supposed . uisoovery of stone
coins and statuettes in the glacial drifts
of lJrookhn count for anything, there
were men not far behind" those of the be
uinuiug of the Christian era in intelli
eii( e. The earth and sand and boulders I
that the ice stream tore and wore from
the mountains it damned into the sea at'
this point, for Long Island is the ter
minal moraine of the glacier, and the
coast line, that is, denoted in shallow
water for a few miles out to sea. drops
suddenly iiito deep water at tlu point
where the ice came to an end.
The rocking "stone may have come
down from the Hudson Highlands, or the
Adirondack, or the almost obliterated
Laurentiahs. It may have been imbed
ded in the frozen mass that moved
southward at the rate of a foot or two a
day, or it may be the mere kernel of a
huge block that was rubbed along the
rocks in the resistless march of tht
glaciers. Of w hat Use is it to speculate
further
There is your rocking stone, a delight
to the eyes of hundreds of thousands.aul
a source of amusement to many hun
dreds of thousands more. If the glaciei
dropped it there, that same glacier was
in very good business, that's all. .
Would Makoa Straight Kiver.
'A Southern Engineer," in the En
gineering Magaine, 'says that- the only
solution of the Mississippi Kiver problem,
'at once scientific- and sensible,'' is to
give it a straight channel from Cairo to
the t rulf, and thinks it a wonder that
the "demands of navigation alone have
not already- compelled' this kind of im
provement' lie admits that in such a
channel that the river would have nearlv
twice its present velocity, and if he had
stopped to think a minute he wovtM
have seen that the demands of naviga
tion' do uot . call for any such current.
Five miles an hour, which is somewhere
near the present rate of the" current, is a
good strong tide for any ordinary steam
boat to stem: and there are many phu-c
in the river now where a boat has to huS
the shore to make any headway at ad,
...i ,-f tv,.. furrfiit was increased to K-Q
nun ii iu. v - - Hnl
miles an hour there is not a boat on te ,(
.- 4t,.f ,.-i.i ,r..t from here to wpn ,
IHCl III. U V ' ,- -
Tlrmrre. Furthermore, with si)i'
at
current the cor
rroding power of the streain
rmouslv increased, ana tne
ectLm'of th current to-
. .i 1. 1 mi Arnn
SUgnie.-i ueueciM'ii - - ,-i
i .m .. i l- i.-.mld spee'ii)
ea
wan is eiuu r o.iun. - v,0j
into it and restore
the bfci wi.-.. .....
been trotteu rid of.
Tf tlo cnannei ji
oeen gotveii .... stmigilt US a
the river could be "lihIo nothing
ftring, an utterly im P - sive Wvkes cf
i.i i-- : tliiin' tun . .
could keejfcit tno v to ,ie i0ttor; of
solid masonry rtither side, and it is a
the stream uj0en,T thev woul ; stand,
question ll0jnincicrV' "solution looks
"S'outbclfon paper, but so f-.r from being
irerensibe or -ientitlc, it is absurd.
IfNew OrleaMKoayunc
Shell Money.
the National --iu-collections
of tht dd
.would be inc omplete if thty
.ntain
SlH'Cliiie"
substitute for
wlucIl sery o3 before
means oi .... r - , It
ious meta.s - ca?h
range to rind th ib or . ia
. 1- 11 SClltl"-"-
o this day
"J. . i. tho Tn-
sia. in the
lsianus oi
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.SUlf inCTn those regions
' .vJlK 1UU
;3V shell is the one chiefly era-
; tl e reason that it is of a Con
or tht ica" suplv of it
'Ze hVt one crv Snell may
' S , ci r present" a definite
iered to n r ol find
ti labor in the rrOC fl of .
h.ere is no mat e"i
Kgt'eicone,
ATTIRE.
What They are Dtjng in the General
Assembly.
Bills Upon Billg a'1 Intended for the
Good of North Carolina.
IUt'EiGn, N. C 34th day. Senate.
BilU; introduced: to incorporate the
trusties of the Bapist State Convention ;
a biU in relation to the probate of wills
whe'j witnesses cannot be found in the
Stat ; the bill relaing to the sale of
intoxicating liquori in the town ofShelby
(prJides for an election when a pVition
of dfizens is made) passed its second
rea'Dg; the bill to abolish the Dccem
berjerm of the Superior Court and make
the February term for the trial of boh
criminal and civil cases passed its third
reaiQt; the bill to incorporate the town
of-Uttleton passed its .second reading;
thejiH to incorp irate the People's Bink,
of (Vinston, passed its third readings.
jlouse. Hot many bills were intro
du.ed. The principal ones were as fol
lows: to incorporate Sykesville,
Ar?on county; to amend the
pharmacy law by making it a misde
inv'inor for anyone not properly Jicenscd
to sell drus or compound prescriptions;
thl' unGuished business was taken up,
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s being Mr. Watson's bill to amend
; homestead act. The bill was debat-
etf
and postjoned; the House then took
the lill vhich was discussed at
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ngth yesterd.ij,to allow quite a cumber
counties until May 1 to settle State
xes. There w.as some discussion and
e bill was tabled.
Haleioh, p. C aith dy. Senate.
principal hU!s'intr. duced: To incorporate
Hi J town of Bostick in Rutherford
inty;ab':ll to establish a graded
ho-)! at Hock v Mount; a bill to reou
lite the compensation of directors of
et.al and charitable institutions: the
ill to Amend the chirtcr of the town of
lttleton passed its third reading; the
Ibill to amend the charter of the Maxton
nlid Northwestern Railroad pas;ed its
no reading; the bill to incorporate
tlhe Wdkt3 County Bank passed its third
eactmg; the bill to change the pame cf
Ihtvard BUtion" to "Stmlv Creek'"
??cd its third leading: th bill to
nund the charter of the Eastern Car.j-
tni I'i?c:iti-.ri il As;c trillion n.isspil it
third rcadinn.
House. Principal business introduc
ed: To allow sheriffs o0 ceuts for each
grander petit jutor summoned and 10
ceuts fur each ersun summoned on a
peciul veuire; to piv jurors f 1.50 per
d cy ; to repeal the ace giving Caswell
aa August term (f Superior Court; to
nqu re the publication tur four weeks
of notice iu cas.s.of attachment; to
amend the insurance laws of this State;
amend the ins
to iek:iemer
froai jurf and
rubers of the State Guard
d road dutv.
To unify education in the State and
to cl.va'.ei the University to the apex of
all i he. e ducation. (This is au edd bill.
By it tiii. tiustf.es are directed to abolish
the freshjnun class ia 18 mouths, .and
rte ive n students below the sophomore
"tade; within four years abjlih the
sophomole class and receive no classes
btl w junTor; and in four years abolish
the cthrr grades aad teach nooe of the
piesint rindergraduate branches, but es
tablish i, 'iud develop the desired higher
and fini shing courses and degrees. The
usual $1:0,000 is appropriated and $3,000
a je:ir ti) supply the funds necessary for
the pro
.)0ici expansion of proper Uni
courscs Th3 college having the
.veisity
n-lit t
these t
: grant degree?, the State limits
the usual bachelor degrees em- .
4 years or less of undergraduate
The bill is construe i as limiting
braeiuc
woik
the c:h
iters of the University and of the
college: 8 so far as its provisions may ap
ply to them, and to take effect after its
passage, the public good requiring it.)
T,he follow iog were tabled: To ex
tend the time for the redemption of lands
gold lor taxes; for an astronomical
observatory near Hillsboro; t define
"the ownership of lands in Brunswick
county bordering on the Atlantic ocean ; 1
to make wilful absence from the State
for '2 yeais, by either party, a ground
for divorce; to present fire insurance
companies from foiming compact?,
tsiilt associations, etc; fo amend the act
of regarding the service of summon-
on non residents; a lull was taken
up f provide for the inspection- of
illuminating oils, and to forbid the sale
cf under a certain te.-t. It provides
for a c hief inspector and one inspector
fo: 'ath co .ntv. Hid was tabled.
Kalkiou, N. C 36th day. Senate.
A l'i:l in rt-gaid to the crime of rape and
intent to ikpe. The bill to incorporate
th Columbia, Charlotte and "Winston
H ilroad Company (capital stock $1,000,
100) passed its second reading. The bill
to amend the charter of the Roaring Gap
Summer Ilesort Company, Alleghany
ci uutv, i the principd office in Winston)
jessed its third reading.
House. Principd bills introduced
were: To preveut the killing of ducks
for market ia Black Kiver, Tender coun
ty, and to abolvdi the office cf county
superintendent and the county board of
education ; to prohibit hunting by hre-
bght; to allow the mayor ot
Baleigh
ncurrent pawer with
magistrates and
allow police to serve warrants ; to provide
for w orkiDg on the public roads prisoners
tenteuced by magistrates; to reduce from
to 50 cents the fees of registers of
deeds for recording lien bonds; to pro
vide in future for advertising for pro
j oals to do the State pnntiug; to de
clare the diplomas of the Peabody Nor
mal College equal to & State certificate
for teachers; io require solicitois to draw
bills for violation of locol option laws;
to require the litin of all solveat credits
for ttxation; to incorporate the Durham
A- Ch riottt Hallway (J- 9. Carr, W. M.
Mor.-a",-W. A. Guthrie and T. L. Perry,
re named as corporators; the road to
ixtecd through Durham, Chatham,
Moore, Montgomery, Stanly, Cabarrus
and M'Ckknburg; with privilege of
luiKHng and operating branches noi
over 30 miles in length; to operate hnei
of tel graph or telephones along its road ;
to un te, if desired, with any other road;
to have the right to secure, subscriptions
Pv counties, towns, etc.)
"As a special order, the Houve took up
the bill to amend the homestead law
Mi. Wats-jn's sp ech closed th debate,
f,.r at its conclusion he moved me pre
.. . ri.. .11 sustained
viou oU'.Eiioa. i ue can " - -
tl... iiii.ii m.a:ioU
vote
was firet on Mr. Starn amcndictnt
to
signature.
The amend-
ment was adorited
72 to 30. Then the
au.endmeut of Mr
Jone?, of Caldwell.
. that the privy examination of the wift
shall not be required, was adopted. Mr
Adams' amendment was also adopted.
Tne bill then came toa vote and failec
to pass its second reading: 38 ayes, 77
nays; the following bills passed third
reading: To' allow Buncombe countj
to fund its bonded debt; to amend the
charter of the Bank of Madison; for the
idief of Elijah Murrill; to allow Swaic
county (o issue bonds and to create a
sinking fund; to allow a person undei
21 years of age to change name by con
sent of parents or guardian; to prohibit
settlcg of ditch nets in Pamlico county;
bil's were tabled to abolish the home
stead; to reduce the homestead to $500;
Mr. Fuller, cf Durham, by leave, intro
duccd a bill to amend the corporation
liw of the fitate; the bill providing thai
there shall be no dajs of grace on notes
unlets expressly stipulated, was re
referred to the judiciary committee.
Raleigh, N. C. 37th day. Senate.
Pcincipal bills introduced : To establish
a graded school in Lexington; to incor
porate the town of Elizibethtown, in
Bladen county; to incorporate itno Neuse
River and Swansboro Railroad Company ;
a bill in relation to fencing in Robeson
county. The bill to incorporate the
Charlotte, Columbia and Winston Hail
road passed its third reading. The bill
in relation to employment of minors, etc.,
(it offers them protection for payment of
their dues for labor,) pas-ed its third
reading. The bill relative to driving live
stock over growing crops passed its third
reading. The hour for the special order
was announced, being the bill relative
ta the public health. It was amended
al.owiug the secietary $1000 a year, and
passed its sc ni reading.
House. These bills were tbe impor
tant once: To allow one-fifth of the
qualificl voters in any city or county,
tewn or township, to apply for an an
nual special tax for public schools, a vote
then to be taken on the cjuts ioa; and to
allow school contracts to be made for
only one year; to regulate deer-hunting
in Cleveland county; to prohibit the car
rying of tirms at public gatherings; to
allow notices in contested election
cas s to be served at any time before the
Hsstmbling of the Legislature; to fix the
lees of justices of the peace; to pay peni
tentiary guirds $1 per day, aDd to pro
vide for night sessions of the Huuse on
tnd after the 0(h inst ; to prohibit the
distilling of grain into whiskey in Rich
moLd county. Tne tmuiber of resolu
tions una bids today reached 1.000. The
I'jfinished busine.-8 was taken up, being
'he bill to require tire e3caej to be pro
vide! in all hotels and boarding houses
2 stories or more in height. An amend
ment was offered to make it apply to
dormitories in schools. A'ter half an
hour's argument the whole matter was
referred to the judiciary committee. The
hid to change the age of liability to
woik on the public roads from 18 t 21
passed its third reading. On motion of
Mr. Long, of Alamance, it was put upon
its third reading, but the bill was recon
sidered and tabled. Mr Kitchen's bill
to make it a felony to belong to secret,
oath bound political organizations, such
as Gideon's Band, was taken up. It had
many really impracticable provisions.
The report of the judiciary committee
wis unfavorable and the author of tbe
bill move 3 to tdble it. The motion failed.
Republicans and Populists voting against
the motion to tabls. Thu bid then passed
its te.on 1 and third reading?, causing a
gocd deal of laughter. Mr. Allen meved
to reconsider the vo:e by which it passed.
Thii motion prevailed. The bill wa?
reconsidered and was then, on a futher
motion, indefinitely postpoatd.
Raleigh, N. C. 33th day. Senate.
A bill to incorporate the Commercial
and Savings Bank of Goldsboro was in
troduced. The special order of the day
was the bill for the support of the Nor
mal School at Greensboro; it appropri
ates $5,000 for annual suppoit, and $4,
500 (as the amendment of the committee)
for two years for debts, etc. It also ap
propriates certain bonds of the State
School Fund; the amendment of Senator
Jones thet the appropriation remain at
$10,000 was adopted: ayci 27, nays 13.
The bill then passed its third leading.
House.. Principal bills introduced:
To require justices of the peace to be
sworn in on the first Monday in June;
to establish a graded fchool in Lincoln
ten ; to allow either party, the other be
ing, insane, to "convey lands; to regulate
the sale of spirituous liquors in Greene
county so that wines and cider may be
sold ; to debar from dower any woman
wno for six years cas voluntarily sep
arated from ter husband. The vote was
reconsidered onthe bill to appropriate
$ 2,000 for a steel, burglar-proof safejin the
State Treasurer's effic?, (tabled yester
day) ; the finance committee urged the
passage of the bill by a unanimous vote,
and it passed both its readings; as a
special order of the House took up the
bill, making it a misdemeanor to employ
women or minors in cotton or woolen
factories over 1 1 hours a day. It was
debated but finally postponed.
Raleigh. N. C 39th day. Senate.
Introduced: A bill to charter the Bank
of Kernersville, The bill to incorporate
the Clyde Lodge of Masons in Haywood
couDty passed its third reading; the
resolution to pcy Abraham Hood, a dis
abled ex-confederate sobdier of Guil
ford county, his pension of $17.50, he
having bled his claim too late with the
clerk of Superior Court, passed its third
reading.
The House took up as the unfinished
business the bill to make it a misderaenor
tjwork women and minors in cotton
mills over 11 hours a day or 66 hours a
w etk. It again caused heated discussion.
An amendment was offered striking out
the word "minor," and inserting "under
18 years of age;" lost.
Mr. Kitchen offered an amend
ment thit the bill should apply to em
ployes in all kitds of factories. Thi3
was voted down. Mr. Watson, of For
syth, offered an amendment striking out
the words "or woolen mills." This" was
also lost. Mr. Watson then moved to
aniead by making it include cigarette
factories. This was adopted, as was also
au fcmendment offered by Mr. Kitchin,
that the bill should apply only to Meck
lenburg ounty. The bill as thus amend
ed pa3ed its fecond leading, 48 to 43.
It then came upon ils third reading, and
Mr. .Harris caoyed ta atatad.it BO as t
require a wi'e's
sttike out the amendment that it shall
apply only to Mecklenburg. . JMr. Har
ris' motion prevailed. The iKmse then
voted squarely on the bill. The result
was ayes 36, noes 53, so the bill failed
to pass. The interest in the . discussion
was general an ! the Lbbien and galleries
were packed. The 'speeches j for. and
against the bill were strong; in fact, the
deba'e was one of the best of the session.
PANT0CRATIC BILLS.
Forty-Six Ludicrous Measures Intro
duced in the House.
Washington, D. C. If the forty -six,
bills introduced in the House to-day by
Mr Miller (Dim , Vis.) should become
laws, Pantocracy would be firmly estab-
bshed in this country, nd what the
author calls the '-reign ol justice" would
be inaugurated ;
All of those bills were drawn by James
S. Cowdon, of Virginia, and are social
istic in their character, and provide for
the Government control of pretty much
everything that can be controlled, and
tome things that cannot be. Thirty-seven
departments, each to ne presided over
by secretary, are provided - for. The
author does not overlook the establish
ment of a secretary of fluids, forces,
fairs, lectures, amusements, etc. The
comfort of the geveral public is' to be
provided for by a department of public
health, their cleanliness enforced by
department of public baths, and their
clothiDg washed through the medium of
a department of public laundries. Mr.
Cowan does not appear to have forgotten
anything in his pantocratic plan for re
modelling the Government, and by means
of general legislation he regulates the
limit of wages and labor, establishes a
new system of taxation, creates a civil
and criminal code commission, regulates
marriage and divorce, pro.vides for pub
lie improvements in Washington that
would bankrupt the Government for
years to come, and lastly abolishes the
army and navy, wipes out the pension
laws, and changes the narile of the United
States of American to ' that of the
"United States of the Earth.
7
' Tales of " the Soil.
They are benefactors of the human
race who have, by scientific research and
life long devotion, discovered Nature's
secrets, and related them for the benefit
ofmmkiud. Agriculture, horticulture,
floriculture, and kindred cultures have
kept pace with the rapid progress of the
World's commerce, inventions, arts, and
manufactures. .
Among the 4 prominent educators of
advanced floriculture,' and horticu'ture is
the old established firm of EllwaDger and
Barrv, Roc-luster, N. Y.
"The Garden's Story" by Geo. H. Eli
wan gcr is a sweet little record of 'the
garden "year:" of the hnrJy plants'f-
spring, summer, and autumn and the
birds and insects attendant upon them.
In his chapters on. the rock-garden and
hardy fernery he also carries the reader
to view the "haunts of nature" in the
wildwood. The story is most. charming
ly told aud is interspersed here and ther
with appropriate quotations from Shakee
speare, Bryant, and ether poets. The
botanical terms of the different plants
are given and altogether the book is in
structive, interesting and phasing to the
most aesthetic lover of flowers and flower
gardening.
. "Barry's Fruit Garden" by P. Barry is
the acknowledged standard of the modern
fruit culturist. He enlarges upon prun
ing, propagating, transplanting, the kind
of soil required, the best varieties of fruit
as well us picking, shipping, etc.
While the author adheres to principles
etill the book h preeminently a practical
one.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Development in a
Single "Week.
The Tradesman, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
in its review of the industrial situation
in the South for last week reports the
industrial development very gratifying,
not only in ths number of new industries
projected, but also in their diversified
charac'.er and the amount of capital in
vested. Cotton mills are to. be erected
at Concord, N. C, Danville, Va., and
UnioD, S, C. , the one at Danville tahave
15,000 spindles and the company at Un
ion having $100,000 capital. Flouring
mills are to be erected at Danville, Va ,
High Point, N C , and Obion,- Tenn.,
and grist mills at Cave Springs, Va.,
Manchester, Va., and Steele's Tavern,
Va. Among the wood-working plants
reported are saw and planing mills at
Bristol, Tenn , Rural Hall, N. C, tnd
Summerfield, N. C, furniture) factories
at Winston, N. C, High Point, N. C ,
and box factory at. High Point, N. C.
Among the new industries for the week
not already referred to are electric light
plants at Suffolk, Va., machine shop at
Bedford City, Va., and a mining and
quarrying company has been formed at
Riverside, W. Va.
He Will Have No Mystery.
I akkwood, N. J. Mr. Cleveland
i ide his first official Cabinet announce
ment and here it is :
Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham
of Illinois. f
Secretary of the Treasury John G.
Carlisle of Ktnlucky.
Secretary of War - Daoiel S. Lamont
of New York."
Po?ttnaster-General Wilson 8, Bissell
of New York.
Secretary of Interior Hoke Smith of
Georgia.
Mr. Cleveland also said that he would
announce the names of the "members of
his Cabiuet j.s soon as he had selected
t'-iera and received fetters of acceptance
and permission to mike the names - pub
lie. He alsos.M that he did not tee anj
rc?asou for making a mystery of the
mines of his Cabinet officers un'il ho
presented the list to the Senate. j
Millions tt Spindles Idle. v
London, iCabh g am ). More of the.
master cotton spinners of Lancashire have
given notice t .it tin-v are willing lo act
in unison with the Mister Cotton Spin
ners' Fed. ration, and ceas work in order
to prevent ti oe of th-ir employe! who
belong to the i-i ei i ive's union from aid
ing tho e wh aie n x ftiike nqainst tbe
5 per cent n duct 'on ia waes proposed
by the F ifenti n m Ii owners.
Seventeen m I'i !isc f spindles are now
idle and one million woiking short.
SHOOT, THEN PRAY.
.
-jKe Adventures of Two ' South Caro
. f linians in New York.
5p - '
'hey ( Mortally Wounded fa Green
I' M Goods Sharper, Geo. Appo.
s The N. Y. Sun prints this special from
ipoughkeepsie, N. Y. : There came to
Fvoughkeepsie on the 10 o'clock north
fjound train, a gray headed, gray-whiskered
man, apparently 70 years old, and
Another man, apparently 40 years of age,
gdth heavy black hair, black whiskers
t'nd moustache, and piercing black eyes.
iiB soon as they alighted from the train
(bey went to the New York Hotel and
fecured room No. 9. They had not been
ia the hotel long before a third man in
quired for them, and he was shown to
the room. After the three had been in
tfie room about half an hour a pistol.shot
"was heard. The proprietor of ihe hotel,
;3paniel Madden, and other attaches of the
djouse hurried to the hall and saw the
black-whiskered man coming out of room
'lo. 9 with a smoking pistol in his hand,
and the caller staggering along the hall
';ith his hand to his head and blood flow
iljg down his face. The pistol was
j-enched from the man's hand, and the
founded man was taken to a room ad
j pining No. 9. The police were notified
aid a doctor and ambulance were sum
moned. Policeman McGowan responded
the call and took the black-whiskered
naan and his gray-headecf companion to
police Headquarters. The one with
lyack hair and wiskers gave his name as
lift Hogshead of Greenville, S. C, and
iftid that the elder man was his father-i$-law,
Ephraim! Cassle, and that he, too,
ifved in Greenville. They told their
sjOry as follows:
"We had been having a correspon
dence with a man in New York city who
g'jive his name as James Mansfield, and
h0 offered to sell us $1,000 worth of
counterfeit money, which could not be
identified as counterfeit, for $100, and
ifce made arrangements to meet him here.
"VThen we left Greenville we telegraphed
hm that we had started, and when we
reached Philadelphia on Saturday we
telegraphed him again. Our instructions
vjere to go to the New York Hotel,
Bjbugbkeeppie, and meet a man to take
irt to New York. We came up on the
"Vest Shore road toNewburgh, and then
crossed by boat to the Hudson River
Bftilroad, and arrived here at 10 o'clock.
"V.fe went to the New York Hotel and got
atiroom. We had been in it about half
ajj hour when the agent of the' man we
hfjd been corresponding with entered.
i5"I was lying on the bed, restiDg,"
a:id Hogshead, . "and we had a talk about
g4ing to" New York. The man who
cttme to see us wanted us to go, but we
wanted to stay here until morning. ' We
sJd we couldn't get away, that there
were no trains till night, and we didn't
cjre to go to New York to stay over
nfght. He wanted my father-in-law to
giive him some money to buy the tickets
wjth, and we did give him $5, but ho
afterward gave it back. Then the talk
continued, and his manner and talk were
BWch that I considered my life in danger,
ad I shot bim, thinking he was going
tefmurder and rob us."
fWhen the two men were searched at
Ptptice Headquarters Hogshead had $176
concealed in his clothing and Cassle had
$46 concealed about his person. The
revolver used was a British bulldog, 38
cstibre, and belonged to Cassle, but Hogs
head had it in his valise and took it from
the valise to shoot -his victim. Hogs
head said that they had brought it along,
thinking they might want to use it.
The wounded man was shot in the nese
atlthe corner of the right eye. He was
utjable to talk after he was shot, and
SQijn afterward became delirious. He
ws promptly' admitted to Vassar Hos
pijal, but before he was taken thither Dr.
Line attended to the wound and went
w$th him in a carriage to the hospital.
Alter he had been there a short time he
ws able to talk, but would not answer
anyr questions until Chief McCabe and
Cliief Humphrey arrived. Then he said
hit;. cams was George Appo, and that he
liVed in New York, but he would not
Bat? where he lived in that city.
ij'They tell me I am shot," he said.
"m I?"
i-3 e was told that he was. He then
safcJ:
t'i'The man must be crazy to shoot me."
1 . . . . . . . ....
;ae tlien tola the Chief that he wanted
weird sent to Lena Miller, 111 Sixty fin-t
sUeet, New York, second floor, his wife
He said that he was in this city to visit
a skater and that he had become intoxi
cated. He said he had no green goods,
A ,-
ana that he wasn't in the room five
minutes before he was shot. - He said he
made no threats whatever. He is 6mall
infitature, weighing about 120 pounds.
Hehas jet-black hair like an Indian, but
no -moustache or whiskers.
f;hief Humphrey identified Appo as a
'notorious crook. He has been here sev
en! times, and list spring was ordered
oun of the Nelson House as a suspicious
chjracter. His father is the notorious
Qtjpmbo Appo, now doing time in Sing
8ig prison. Chief Humphrey says that
Anno came here on Saturday night and
registered at the New York Hotel.
,Cld man Cassle saya that when Hogs
head shot Anno the latter was fittine at
th?. foot of the bed on a chair, atd Hogs
head was sitting on the l ed wi-h an
opr-n valise alongside of him, and that
Hogshead reached over into the valise
antj got the pistol,
lifter Cassle and Hogshead had been
Bi;ea in a ecu aown stairs at .Police
:)dquartcrs Chief McCabe went down
thee for something and found Cassle on
hisrknees in prayer. Hogshead was also
on.riis knees alongside of the old man,
witii his face buied in his hands.
t dispatch has been sent to Mn. Lena
er informing hei of the shooting. A
preliminary examination will be held in
thecase tomorrow. Coroner Frost en
deayored to get Appo to make an ante
mcttem statement that afternoon, but he
would cot. At this time he is delirious.
DrLsne Irs not probed for the ball,
lutbe lelieves it to.-k a downward
couise. -
, Appojs the son of the dwarf Chinese
muejerer, Quimbo Appo, by an IrUh
womiD, Catherine Fitzpatrick. The
fathl-r was in prison many time', always
for deeds of violence, never for theft.
The son has bees a thief from his youth
up, and yas in Sing Sing for theft when
his father murdered John E Kelly in
1876, in the Howe lodging housenow
the Eclipse, at 6 Chatham square. Quim
bo Appo wore a red wig and preteuded
to be a half-breed. Before he was sent
upfor life for murderiog Kelly, he-fevr-ed
ten years for stabbing to death Mary
Fletcher, at 45 Oliver street, in 1S 0.
George Appo, known also as Geoige
Wilson and Little George, is abou 35
years old. He has served several terms
for picking pockets. He is a dantr
fellow and a good talker.
LAWLESS LAWMAKERS.
Peace Legislation at a Law Ebb in
Kansas.
Tofkka, Kan. A Lloodless buC ex
citing battle took place between the Re
publicans and Populists in the House at
the entrance to the representative hall
this morning. The Populists, who have
had possession of the hall since yester
day afternoon, adjourned yesterday until
this afternoon, and, as has been the cus
tom since the beginning of the session,
the Republicans expected to hold their
regular morniug session today, but last
night the Populists swore in a large num
ber of assistant sergeants-at-arms, who
were placed on guard, and the doors aud
entrances to the hall were locked this
morning. No one was admitted to the
hall excepting the Populists and mem
bers of the press, aud they were required
to show a pass and run the gauntlet of a
dozen guards. The Republicans were
fully informed of all these preparations
to exclude them and last night a hun
dred men were sworn in as officers of .the
Republican?, and at 9 o'clock the mem
bers of the Republican House, with
their officers, staried from their
headquartets for the State house. The
n. a-ch through the long corridors lead
ing to the representative hall was unim
peded and the little column forced its
way through the line of guards stationed
at the foot, of the stairs in the west wing
and started up the stairs. On the first
landing wns a crowd of Populist House
officers under the command of Adjutant
General Artz. They were armed, and
the advancing Republican crowd were
met with muzzles of revolvers and Win
chesters. The Adjutant commanded
tliem lo haU, but no stop, was made, and
the advance guard pushed into thecrod
of Populis's aud three or four of them
succeeded iu parsing the doorkeepers af
ler a brief tt niggle and getting into the
hall, but the Populists succeeded in clos
ing the doors and bailing them. The
Republicans on the outside demanded
admittance and. when it was denied
them, b"pe;iker Douglas swung a large
t ledge hammer and beean to batter the
heavy doors leading from the cloak-room.
It took many blows to beat the passage
way through, but the doors finally gave
way and tbe Republican legislators
swarmed in with loud shouts. The Pop
ulisfs promptly retreated and the Repub
licans are in full possession of the hall.
Every since the opening of the sessior
fie Popu'ists have had the committee
rooms, set geaut-at-arms' room and chief
clerk's room. These were all locked and
guarded cwi the inside, but after the
House had been called to order the Re
publicans battered down . the .doors and
took possession of them without .encoun
tering any resistance. At 10 o'clock
there were few Populists in the repres
entative hall and the Republican House
had settled down to the regular order
of business as if nothing unusual had
happened. Assistant sergeant3-at arms,
each wearing a bright redjribbon, prom
enaded the aisles and lobbies. The
Republicans and Populists are both
sweariDg in officers as fast as possible to
be in readiness for any emergency.
COTTON TAaREEUND
Mr. Oates' Bill Receives a Favorable
Report From the Committee.
Washington, D. C Mr. Oates' , Cot
ton Tax bill secured a favorable report
from the majority of the House Commit
tee on Judiciary. The bill provides that
the tax collected by the United States
dunng tbe war times on raw cotton shall
be refunded in the event that the United
States Supreme Court holds the laws un
der which" he tax was collected to have
been unconstitutional The act author
izes any person who paid cotton tax duty
to bring suit in the court of claims
against the United States for the recov
ery of the money, the right of appeal to
the United Stat.-s Supreme Court being
g'.ven to each side to the suit. One test
case is to be made and no other cases
tried, uuless the Supreme Court decides
the taxing act to have been unconstitu
tional. If the act be declared invalid the
court of claims shall try every cotton tax
suit commenced withiu ne year after the
cbcision of the United States Supreme
Court.
Bynum will put in the minority report,
and will probably be joined by other
members of the committee. The refund
of the cotton tax would cost the Govern
ment some millions of dollars, and this
fact alone doubtless will be sufficient to
prevent the bill passing Congress at this
session. Its introduction by Mr. Oates
o M fh results of the filibuster
against the Direct Tax refund bill in the
previous Congress. At the time of that
riht Mr. Oates endeavored to have the
cotton tax refund tacked on to the other
proposition. "
Verdict of Manslaughter.
Danville, Va. The case of J. T.
Clark, indicted for the murder of Rev.
J. II. MofTetr, was concluded in the
Hustings Court sfier a ten days' trial.
The jury, which wss brought here fiom
Lynchburg to try the case, rendered a
verdict of manslaughter, fixing the pun
ishment at five years in the penitentiary.
Moffett, having been a Prohibition
lead er and editor of a Prohibition paper,
it has bren charged in Church and Pro
hibition papers that his murder was the
result of a conspiracy. Counsel was em
ploye! by tbe friends of the deceased to
assist the prosecution. Counsel on both
sides said in their speeches that nothing
in the evidence showed any conspiracy
and that it was merely a personal matter
only a fight between two men in which
one was killed.
The citizens of Montelair, N. J.t will,
at their own exp.nse, send Anot Polly
Davis to Washington on th 4th of March.
She is a ncgrrss over COy.ais of age, and
has seen tight Presidents inaugurated.
DL1ENEVS.
The Beloved South Gleaned and
Epitomized.
All the News and Occurences Printed
Here in Condensed Form.
L. R. Mayo, of Aurora, N. C, killed
175 ducks in one day during the freeze.
Winsten-Salem is to have' a fine new
Hotel costing 3T0,O00.
John Hambriht was hung at Shelby,N.
C, last Friday for killiug Macobson, a
railway employe, a year ago.
A ruaguificeut new hotel, to be called
the Jefferson, is to be erected in Rich
mond, Va , at a cost of $500,000.
John Garrison, residing near Fayette
ville, N. C, slaughtered' a hog last week
which weighed ticht hundred pounds
met.
Ten ton cf gold on. have been shipped
to New Jersey from Tebe Sounders' gold
mine in Montgomery county, N. C. It
is worth from fOO to $100 per ton.
Congressman Douike Cock ran hns been
invited and will address the literary
societies of the University of Virginia at
their final joint celebration in June.
Messrs. Hobgood it Cannon, of Pitt
county, who last year cultivated together
a tobicco cf. p of eleven acres,, rind that
the net proce eds from their sales amount
ed to $1,628 14.
There are 8 native Syriaus in Winston,
N. C. They ar Catholics who fled the
presecut'ons of Mohammedans iu their
native country. They do a small mer
cantile business .
The shipping of persimmon wood from
Washington. county, N. C, seems to be
quite an enterprise. The wood ia shipped ,
to Philadelphia, where it is usid for
rucking shoe lasts. This wood is tho
hardest aud most valuable of all native
woods. t
Mountain lake, a large elevated inland
body of water in Giles, county, Va, , i
reported to le rapidly disappearing. It
is believed that a hole has burst through
the bottom aud tint it is rapidly being
drained. This lake was originally formed
by a powerful spring,. the outlet of which
wa3 dammed up by, cattler and it is
thought that this has beeu opened again,
allowing, the water to es( ape iu the o'd
way. It is one of the most popular re
sorts in Southwest Virginia.
Killed the Postmnstcr.
Bium Ingham, Ai.a. T. T. Kiik, Post
master at Guin, Marion county, was shot
and killed in a street duel at that pl.ee
by "Dock" Side. The killing was tho
result of an old fend One of Sides'
brothers wts wounded in the fight; Kirk
was cine of the leading c itizens of the
pla e and respected by all.
Good toads will incrcise the value of
a farm, thoittn the distance t iiioket;
save time, wagons, harness, I ics, en
large the territory which contributes to
the home market, cjuicken soc'al commu
nication,' and add to the weahh of the
individual and the State
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
In the Senate.
45th Day. A bill was discussed to ap
praise the improvements made by actual
settlers upon trio public lands, holding in
good faith under the United States, in the
Dequioa and Yosenaito reservations in
California The Car Coupler bill was
passed by a vote of thirty-nina to ten
The conference report oa the Fortification
bill wan agreed to Mr. Sherman then
moved to take up the Nicaragua Caail bill,
60 as to make it the "unfinisritid buine39."
The motion was agreed' to yeas thirty
three, nays nineteen.
40th Day. The Senate refused to take up
the bill to admit New MeafcJntoia"
Union thirty to fourteen- Messrs. Fry
and Morgan urged the iasage of tne Nt
caraguan Canal bill.
47th Day. The Niczuan Canal bill ,
was before the Senate ffa couple of hours,
and was then laid asidS that the Sundry
Civil Appropriation J might be proceeds 1
with.
48th Day. TtHawaiian annexation
treaty was rece'i from the President and
considered. but7aa not made public -To
AppropriationCommittea opposei the river
and harbor itfcg ia the Sundry Civil bill
Tbe Dipanatic and Consular Appro
priation billygg placed on the calendar.
49th DAfThe Hawaiian annexation
treaty an'oorresponaence were made pub
lic Tl,iriver and harbor items cut from
the 8unu Civil bill by the committee were
restored.!
SOth U f. The Sundry Civil Appropria
tion bill Wing been taken up the vote was
taken on ae amendment retaining the laws
for the siterf ision of Federal elections. It
was agret to. Yeas, twenty-seven; nays,
twenty-fov. Mr. Sherman's amendment!
authorizing the issue of three per cent,
bonds wa discussed, but no action was
taken . 'lie Senate, then on motion of Mr.
Sherman, toceeded to executive business.
I In tbe liotLse.
48th DAlL-Tue Mouse resumed, in Com
mittee of tf Whole, the consi'leration of the
Invalid Pcyjion Appropriation bill. Re
publicans Itbustered against limiting ths
pension deb?e The committee then rose,
and, public t&ness having been suspended,
the House pliits meed of respect to the
memory of to late Edward F. McDonald,
of New Jersey Eulogies were delivered by
Messrs. Engtoh Geisenhamer, Bergen,
Campbell, Cuflfclngs, Covert, Cadmus and
Newberry, anttLan, as a mark of respect to
the memory of deceased, the House ad
journed . i - .
49tu Day. T conference report on the
Fortification ApT- priation bill was agreed
to The DistrJt of Columbia Committee
then took the noT. Ilalf a dosen measures
of entirely local D; ?rt were passed--l be
House refused to Tohibit the use of wins
at the InatujuratioA ill op March 4.
50th Day. TheTalid tension Appro
priation bill was tea,p. Atter farther
debate tbe comoiitt'-. ad the House,
without coming to ;7 conclusion thereon,
adjourned.
5 1 st Day. The BHP3 passed tbe 8eoat
bill granting a peaai of t-J "K5nth
the widow of Ueners Abner Doubleday
The house resumed Ad consideration of the
Ffn in n An nrrrvr i , f3XX bill general debits
on which was cio eu.
: 1 n.v a MwJnHmi was aac
relation to the contest 1 election
) cf
neynoias versu onoax, nw
District of Fimsylvauia, conarm
title of the coniestee to his seat J
. : A 1 t.l It aa f YnT L
Jweittli
the
( be fen
ned'.
The amendintait for a transfer of the Fj-
non Jtnreau .-from me ioioi ,
Departmentlwas defeated bj a vote of fltty
three to ninlty-ava A similar action was
taken on thf otber committee amendment.
-. 1 r. . -irhnnti division. ir.
Turpin, o Alabama .
Indiana,
to DM j.
bad to be adjourns 1 bacaus
and the
of the
53d
. -TVi. Pension ADDroDriatHn
AY.-
bill wa
' 1 Vinirtra.tion of tot
,. .1 . y-Cil Kill ariu nostnaned The
Postcffle Appropriation bid was Ulsen up.
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