Published by Roanoke Publishing Co.
Thomas Htrsoir, Brsisiss Makagxr
"FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FpR TRUTH." '
VOL. 1.
PLYMOUTH, -1ST. C FEIDAY, JANUARY '24, 1890. -
NO. 37,
THE NEWS,
John and Joseph Moora were arrested in
Wheeling, W. Va., charged with manuract!
firing and passing counterfeit money. At
Aldersville, Ky., F. Kernan, dry goods deal-
'er assigned. An Earthquake shock was
felt in Columbia,8.C. Werk at the Henry
Clay Shaft, the largest mine of the Rending
oai anu iron Company, has been Indeffl i
tely suspended.- Three daria.r taievis
4&t away with $500 worth of jeweiry in New
York by breaking a plate-glass window.
; sludge John Loe Logan, associate justice of
'the Supreme Court of Iiiho, died ut Lew
iston, Idaho. W. M. Hatebccck, a mer
chant of Fairburn, Ga,, has been arrested on
a charge of cheating and swindling. Jae.
Bone, Jr., was convicted In Atlanta, Ga., of
the murder of James P. Woodward. Jaa.
M. Fortner, formerly treasurer of Riley
county, Kas., who left with 4J,000 of the
county's funds, has been captured. -Black
measles is raging at Fordaville, Ky., in epi
demic form. John Mass, of Hamilton, O.,
shot himself through the head. Calvin
Briee has been formerly declared elected
United States Senator from Otiio, Henry
Ouinup, of St Lawrence county, N. Y.,wos'
arrested on the charge of attempting to
wreck a vtstibuled train on the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad. The busimss por
tionof Flora, Miss., has been almost totally
dtstroved bv flrA. Rv thu
V J AIVUVU VI. U
steam shovel at Fallston,. Pa. , several work
men were killed and others wonuded.
Conductor John Diftnderfer, on the Read
ing road, was killed at Snydtrtown, Pa.
The strike in the nail factory of the Buke
Iron Company, at Birds' oro. Pa., resulted
in a victory for the men. The saw mill
and furniture facte ry of Simon Oetz.d, in
Philadelphia, was damaged by fire. While
out boat-riding on a lake near Carini, 111.,
two young couples were drowned. -The
Chicago grand jury has found indictment!
n.tulast the three trainmen in charge at the
time of tne Rock Island Railroad accident.
William McEd wards, a pro ninent busi-
"B man or auacK bprings, wyomin, was
frozan to death, while out huutlng. T. H.
Graves, superintendent of tun Hastings and
Dakota D.vi8ion of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul Railroad, is dead. Prof.
Clark, principal of tae Albion Aoadamy, iu
Waltoa, Wis., died from hydrophobia:
John Marshall Scone was Inaugurated gov
ernor of Mississippi Irregularities have
been discovered in the city of Cleveland's
accounts aggregating $3,000,000. The money
was paid out without the consent of tha
Council. The British Bteamer Oxford ex
perienced a hurricane during hur voyage
from Baltimore to Bristol. The wets car
ried Lynchbur?, Va., by a majority of saven.
Alderman Kapp, of New York, shot and
killed himself. Liueal descendants of Rev
olutionary war fighters met in Chicago, and
established an Illinois chapter of the Society
of the Sons of the Revolution. Four chil
dren of Carl Reftalinski were suffocated in
Cleveland, Ohio, through the carelessness of
their drunken uncle. The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company's freight traffic has been
seriously injured by reason of the grip.
The court house and a block of buildings oc
cupied by Irving Bros., in St. Louis were
destroyed by fire. Carnival week opened
in Augusta, Ga.,with a grand trades display.
t A number of women in Maysville, S. D.
gatted the drinking saloons in that place.
"i.Afcfia iia Spence, a young lady of Day
ton, Tenn., died of hydrophobia from the
elleoti of a cat bite. A statement sent to
the Senate by the Secretary of War shows
the annual salary of army (fflaers placid
on the retired list, between M trcb 31, 1833,
and December 31 last to be $173,475.
Millionaire John II. Schomherger be
queathed one million dollars to the St. Mar
garet Memorial Hospital in Pittsburg, and
also left handsome sums for churches.
The Supreme Court of Alabama has rendered
an opinion in tb3 celebrated Hawes case,
affirming the decision of the lower court
A bill was introduced in the Virginia
legislature to incorporate the Richmond
(Railway and Electric Company. A strike
took place in the weaving department of
the lace factory in Wilkesbarre. The
schooner James Carlton was sunk off Cape
Henry by the British steamer Ardangorm.
Governor Richardson of South Carolina, has
offered a reward of $500 for the apprehen-
eion of David Ready.the murderer. Judge
Keliey was interred in North Laurel Hill
cemetery, Philadelphia, Henry and Mar
tin Reimus were killed near Wheeler Sta
tion, Fort Wayne, IocL.by a train, Gov
ernor Campbell took the oah of office as
Governor of Ohio, a 3d sent his message to
the General Assembly. A Chinaman was
left by his countryman to die in the streets
of New York. A package containing $11,
000 was stolen from the Wells, Forgo Ex
press in Dallas, Texas. The Comptroller
of the Currency has authorised the Yardlay
National Bank of Yardlay, Pa,, to begin
business with a capital of $50,000. A cy
clone raged in the South west and Upper New
York. There was great damage to life and
property. ' '
HAWES" TO HANG.
Failure of the Appeal by the Murderer
Who Caused the Montgomery Riots.
The Supreme Court of Ataoaiua, rendered
a decision in the celebrated Hawes case, ep-jeal-id
from the Jefferson criminal court.
Hawes murdered bis wife aud two little girls
ia Birmingham last Decemb?r a year ago.
Hawes crime was the occasion of an assault
on the jail of Jefferson county by a mob, mt
wbicn iOi sheriff fired and kihed a number
of men, including Postinartor Throckmorton,
i .Birmingham, iiawts was tried and con
vict d of murder in tha lirat degree and sen
tenced to be banged list-July. . ' r
The casi was appealed ou a special plea for
a change ot venue and a new trial. Tne Su
preu." 2ours affirms the. judgment of the
Criminal Uourt of Jtffersou county, and the
dale Ot original sentence having expired, fires
f 'bruury IK tbsdato of tt) tieyuucu.
f
A Very Severe Blizzard in the
Northwest.
Loxa of Lire in Wyoming: find In the
.North wrwt Territory iietrflla of
the Tornado Ravages. :
Twelve to eighteen inches of snow have
fallen in the western er.d of Wyoming Ter
ritory. The snow bas erupted and, with the
freezing of the water holes, cattle, sheep and
horses are perishing all over lb 3 range. An
owner received word from his ranch in tha'
section that scarcely an animal that could
not be fed would turvive.
Horses have worn their hoofs to the quick
trying to beat through the crusted snow.
Catt.e and sheep are belpless, game has been
driven from the mountains and antelope have
been killed within the city limits o Evans
ton, while the stock has drifted to the rail
way. Two men have been fruzen to death.
St. Paul, Minn. Sivero weather is re
ported generally throughont the Northwest,
ihedtitts beiug piLd twenty feet high. A
p.ercing northwest wind accompanying the
storm. Traius and wagon traffic i at a
i tindstill. The first great storm cf the sea
sou has struck Grand Rapids, extending all
over toe Upper Mississippi region.'.
At Njw Sileni the very air was darkened
by failing slow and pedestrians could not
tea their Hands before them.
At VVabanh, tturteen incbes of snow has
fallen.. The bignways are Ber.ously block
ailed ami trains are behind sime. From
Ne. h ., N. D., comes an account of a veri.uWe
Liiizzura, whicu raged (or 37 Hours, rendering
all travel itupo-bibie through the heavy
drifts.
Pittsburg, Pa. The ' severe windstorm
jliyed havoc with the oil interests in this
section, of the State. Great numbers of oer
i icks were destroyed, and in tome stctlOus
the loss has been oo great that ail work on
drilling webs has been suspended, owing to
tne iesd ox derricks. The wretcnea condition
of tue roaus makes it almost impossib e to
get lumber to wells to repair tue damage
uone by the storm, and operations are prac
tically suopended.
Olney, 111. At the village of Macbburg,
the cyclone overturned dwelling houses,
barns aud outbuildings and wrought great
damage. The family of Philip Nicholson
were seated around tne fire when the storm
came up. The house was completely de
stroyed aud Mrs. Nicholson Instantly killed,
and the daughter, Miss Anna, seriously in
jured. Aaron McVVtllUius aud family of
seven were alt caught under the rubbish of
thoir bou-e, aud two children sustained se
rious injuries. The Methodist Episcopal
Cnurch and parsonage were destroyed.
Qutils and otber fouls were found dead,
su ipped of their feathers, and many large
trees uprooted, lying along the pat a of tne
storm, which was about 50 rods wide.
Wichliffe, Ky. The following is a com
plete list of property destroyed by tornado;
Masonic Hall and Maosfld.d Bros,' store,
$5,00; VV. M. Sparks's store, $10JO; dwelling
and stock, 1,50U: Wai wood & Bros. store,
$2,000; J. A. Hicks, residence and store,
$3J0; Elliot House, hotel, $300; B. H.Glenn,
residence, $50 J; N. L.' it liugers, house;
Jane Smith and family (colored), home and
furniture, $400; W Ferguson, dwelling;
$600; Jobn Jeuuius, dwelling and ba4cher
snop ( destitute.), $500; Mrs. Stafford, dwell
ing aud furnimre (testitute), $4 JO. .
About fourteen uiore lamiies are destitute
iu all about fifty-three women and children.
Eight were injured; three are in a crjacal
condition. Tuis is new town ; a great many
people are fearfully destitute. The condi
tion is beyond the ability ot the lunabitants
to relieve. .
Amsterdam, N. Y. A cyclone raged in the
Mohawk Valley, and the wiud blew at the
rate of seventy inLes au hour. The telegraph
and telephone wires were prostrated, aud
considerable diinage is reported done to
tarm building. Many cbimues, fences and
trees were blown down. At Albany Bush a
farmer is reported to have been fatally in
jured by being struck by a br.ck from u fall
ing chiuiney, h ch had been b own from a
house.
GORGEOUS DIPLOMATS.
Their Annual Reception at the White
House.
The interior of the White House was a ver.
itable bower of foliage and flowers and bril
liantly illuminated. It was filled with the
beauty and fashion of the capital in atten
dance upon' the annual reception of the Diplo
matic Corps by the President and Mrs. Har
rison. The extensive rooms and corridors
resembled a tropical jungle, with palms con
cealing the windows, roses and cut flowers
obscuring the mantels and wreathes of sinilax
and evergreen suspended over the doorwaye.
Through the rooms, to the inspiring strains
of Suosa's Marino Band, wandered richly at
tired women on the arms of gay diplomats
arrayed in their court costumes, army and
navy officers in brilliant uniforms and Sena
tors and Representatives in regulation full
dress.
Precisely at 9 o'clock President and Mrs.
Harrison descended the stairs and entered
the Blue Parlor. They were followed by the
Vice-President and Mrs. Morton and the
members of the Cabinet and their wives. A
line of chairs and Bofas formed an aisle at
the entrance of this parlor, and here tba
members of the Diplomatic Corps and their
ladies, woo entered by tne Kaa rarior,. were
presented by Secretary Blaine. As fast as
they were presented they took positions be
hind the line with the ladies of the Cabinet.
The Senators and Represontatives and
officers of the army and navy were intro
duced by CoL Ernst. Then followed a gen
eral promenade about the rooms and the con
servatory, which was thrown open for tho
occasion.
INITIATED TO DEATH.
A Minister Fatally Injured While
- Taking Masonic Wi'sree.
The Rev. J. W, Jonusou, ot tne M. E.
Church South, of Huntingtjn, W. Va., died
at the parsonage from injuries received on
Friday evening las!1, when in company with
the Rev. W. F. Marshall, of ths? Episcopal
Church of Uuntiogton, he wot passing
through the initiation caremoniee of tha
Royal Arch Degree in the Huntington Chap
ter ot tne Royal Aroh Masons." During tue
ceremonies it seems it was necessary that he
shoul i descend a vauit thirteen teet deep by
means if a rope-tackle suspended from tha
ceiling auove. Two otner men. bad descended
the vault previously, ouecf thetn being Rjv
Mr. Marshall. After preparing the tackle
RiV, Mr Johntoa starved to descend, wben
the knot fastening the tackle to the lower
block gave way, aud Mr. Joanson led to the
bottom of the vault, ... . .
Medical aid was summoned and his injuries
seemed to be tf a paint ul though naudau
ceroui natm e. He was removed to his home
and received th c ireful attention of h
CABLE SPARKS.
The strike of the colliers in Western Bohe
mia is extending.
Prince Bismarck is suffering from weak
ness and dejection.
The condition of the young King of Spain
Is reported to bo encouraging.
The influenza has oompletely disappeared
ir jrn St, Petersburg and Moscow.
The elections for rnamberi of te German
Reichstag will be held February 20.
European courts will go in mournins; for
tha Dowager Empress Augusta of Germany.-
It is reported that the Queen of England
will spend a month at Hoinburg, Giraiany,
in the spring.
The stateui9nt of the imperial Bank of
G'rmany shows an increaaa in specie pf
marks. , -
The theatre an 1 Bourse at Brussels and
p rt of the Sims lace factory at Nottingham,
E inland, were burned.
The Marquis of Conyngham has reduced
by twenty per cnt. the rents on his lands in
cjunty Donegal, Ireland.
.' Advices a Paris from Senegal stats that
Governor Vajil, of Southsrn Henezal, has
been imprisoned by the King of Dahomey.
An official decree promulgated In Brazil
separates the church and state and continii S
the life stipends granted under the monarchy:
It has now been definitely learned that six
f the craw of the English yacht Iiva, wdich
iva? wrecked oa the Aceiteras rocks, were
irowned.
The semi-offijial press at Rome says that
Ruasia'j obj iction to the Italian treaty with.
tiyssinia relates to matters of form rather,
shan to etsintials.
Sixteen American and Canadian engineers
i ml architects are engaged in desizniug plans
'or tna propos-d tower ou the banks of, the
Thames river at Loudon.
The French government is about to nego
late a loan of IC'O.OUJ.OOO francs for the pur
ose of constructing railways, is "Tonquid
tad otuer French colonies.
Dr. Dollingeri th? bead of the Old Catho
lo movjm nt in South Germ ny an i one of
iie famous oppo lents of the; doctrine of
pipal intadibility, is dead.
Mr. Underwood, formerly United States
:ounsul at Glasgow, speaking at a dinner
Zivea in hU honor at Glasgow, said Ameri
ca greatness is to be found In private life.
It is denied that Princa Bisihirck has bad.
t dispute with Herr Furtb over tne proposed
iddition to the socialist law, giving the gov
ernment authority to expel socialists from
in empire. -
The Portugese cabinet, after a protracted
lessiori, decided to yield to the demand of
Lord Salisbury for the withdrawal of For
inese forces from tlu Shire district and
Mashoaland in Africa. ,
Secret sailing orders have besn given Rsar-'
A.dmiral Freemantle's British squadron at
Z icz bar, and great excitement prevails in
eiew of tbe trouble between England and
Portugal over African affairs.
Tbe Americans in London have tendered a,
banquet to Henry M.-Stanley, at which the
Uuited States minister to England will pre.
ude and present the explorer with an Ameri
can fl ig and a massive silver shield.
A dispatch to the Berlin-Tageblatt from
Ztnzibar states that fears are entertained
there that Banab.'ri has captured Lieutenant '
Gravenreuth,- on Major AVissmann's com
mand, and two other Garman olUors.
A ukase has been issued at St. Petersburg
extmding nu'til January 1. 1SU5, the law re-,
latin? to the privileges on loadiug grains
and flmr in foreign sacks to bj exported
from ports on the Black sea and the Baltic.
The Birlin Vossiscbe Zaitung reports that
Sir Elwurd Baldwiu Maiet, t:ie British min
ister, his taken a villa ut Homburg for
Queen Victoria, and that her daughter, tbe
ex-Empress Victoria, will join her tnere in
Mirch.
It Is officially announced that Quien Vic
toria, wnile able to perform tbe ordinary
duties of her position, has lately been suffer
ing a great dial with rheumatism, and tnat
it will be imDOSdble for her to undergo the
fatigue and exposure of opening Parliament
in person.
A BIG BLAZE.
destruction of n Grain Elevator in
Baltimore Three JLives Lost.
Elevator No. 3, of the Baltimore Elevator
Company, used by the Northern Central
Railroad Company, was burned, with all its
contents. Tbe less is between $700,000 and
$800,000.
The British Steamship Sacrobosco, which
was lying alongside, was also totally de
stroyed. Loss $150,000. v
Three of the steamer's employees were
plther burned to death, or drowned. TUe
Sacrobosco was an Iron vessel; belonging to
Charles Turnbuli, of North Shields, Eug.,
and was commanded by Capt. Henry GUI.
She was buiit in 1853, was of i476 tons.
A general alarm brought all ihe flreecgines
in the city to tae scene, but the combined ef
forts of i ha force proved of little uvail. The
tire rapidly enciroied the elevator and em
braced the steamship before she could run
out in the stream. There were 500,000 bnsbels
of wheat and corn in the bins and this too,
ia entirely destroyed. ; ,
The British steamships North Erin and
Khio, which were lying aiougside waiting to
load, bad their masts burned away.
So quickly did tbe fire spread that the men
on the vessels were obliged to jump overboard
into tbe water, and the excitement and con
fusion was so great that many ot them did
not get ashore for over an hour, having to
cling to spars and floating timber.
MARKETS.
Baltimoris Flour City Mills, extra, $4. 25
a$4 50 Wheat southern Fultz. 80abl;
Corn-Southern (White, U6a2 cts,. Yellow
8tia37c Oats Southern and Pennsylvania
JiSaaicts. : Rve Maryland & Peanasylvania
67atKk-ts. ; Hay Maryland and Pennsylvania
13 0ual3 50;Straw-Vheat,7.5Oa$b.50;Butter,
Eastern Creamery, Vda!i8c., near-by receipts
lOaaOctss Cheeaie-luustem FaucyiCreain. w
all cts., Western, lOalUX cts: Eggs-i;U
al ; Tobacco Leaf Inferior, la$2.00, Good
Common, 3 00a$4 00, Middling, $5a7.00 Good
to fine red,Sa$tf ; Fancy, 10ai3.
Naw Yobk Flour -Southern Commpn to
fair extra. $a.50a$i.85:Wheat-No 1 White fc5
a5k- Rve State. 56a5tf; Corn boutnerrt
x-eltoW,89a40K-Oats-Wbite,State28a28i
cts. Butter atate. 12a23 eta. Cheese titate,
cts.Jiggs-4a24Hcta. a, 1 ;
1'hiladki.phia Flour Pennsylvania
fancy, 4 25a 1 75 Wheat Pennsylvania and
Southern Red, B8a3K Rye Pennsylvania
uSafX)c: Com-BcHithrik Yeltow,87a37cto.
Oato ?JaS!K eta. ; Bsttertate,la25 cts.
Cheese-N.i Y, Jactoryt a ctft Eggs
State, 24ii5 cts. : V
m t; .'f!" 'CATTLE. - ' .:
Baxtjmobe Beef, 4 i!5a4 S5; Sheep J 4. 0Q
a3 50. Llosrs $4 60 a 4 75.
1 ew Yi na: Beef 3 fs5a5 Co ; Sheep-1 4 00
Eabt Libkrtt Beer $4 25a4 0; 6he?p-
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS,
Senate Sessions.
Eiohteentu Dat Mr. Frye Introduced
a bill to place thj American merchant ma
rine engaged In- the foreign trade on an
equally with those of other nations, aud it
was referred.
Mr. Plumb addressed the Senate on his res
olution respecting tbe lease, of t'aa Islands of
Sr. Paul. and St. George to the Alaska Com
mercial Compiny, offered last Week.
, Sbnators McPherson, Morrill, Stewart and
others discussed the matter. Tbe resolution
was referred to the Committee on Finance.,
A message shortly before received from
the House pf Reprentative8, announcing
Its action upon the death of Representative
W. D. Kelley, was called up by Senator Mor
rill, who, in the absence of botn seuators frdm
Pennsylvania) offered the following resolu
tions: . . V , .
Resolved, That the Senate has heard with
deep sensibility the announcement of the
death of tbe Hon. ,W. D. KeUey, late a mem
ber of the House of Representatives from the
State of Pennsylvania, . ."'. ;,
Hesotped, That, as an add:tional mark of
respect to the memory of the daceased, the
Senate do now adjourn.
The resolutions wera agreed to, and at 3.35
the Senate adjourned. , .
Nineteenth Da v. Bids were introduced
as follow,,: By ilr. M tcheil, a l.;It.uthoriz
lng the taking 6f final proof in land cases by
the remaining otlictr wbenever there is a
vacancy in tne otliee of either register or re
ceiver of a land office.
,By Mr. Harris a idU anthorlzingthe Post-muster-Geuf
ral to extend tbe free delivery
system to all plices having 1,UU0! population.
By Mr. Manderson. a bill authorizing tha
Prebidcnt ti appoint upon the. retire,! 1 st of
tbe army, with the rank of a brigadier-general,
any general f tbe araiy of tha United
States in the late war vfh j was in command
when Queonnor-j laities were f ught aud
won, aud wbo.w8 promoted for gallant ser
vice In tbe field, and who by assignment of
the President commanded a military depart
ment or district. . -.
The resolutions heretofore offered by Mr.
Call in relation to the claims of Florida un
der tba swamp lani nr.tat and it relatioh to
the alleged unlawful selections it land in
Florida were taken up, and Mr. Call address
ed the Senate upon 4uein.; . , i;s . ..
Without iciion on the re'solutiou the Sen
ate proceeded to the consideration. of. execu
tive ouiiness, and at 4 o'clock adjourned, .
20th Day. -In the S na tell r. Sherman In
troducd a bill to provide or a permanent
national bank circulation. Referred.,.
Mr. Sherman, from: the committee 6n foi
eign relations, reported the following concur
rent resolution, which was placed on. the cal
endar: , - , ,. -f .... - ,'. '
Jiesolve , That the PresidentiiPion hereby
is, nq Jested t? iuvite. from time to time, as
fit occasions may arise, negotiations with any
KoVernment .wiih which the Un ted .StatfS;
has or may have Ufploniitfp relations; to tbe
end that any differences Or disputes between
tbe two governments that cannot be adjusted,
by diplomatic ageucies.mWy be referred fo
arbitration and t& ' Poacfcf ully adjusted by
such means. , . i ...,.'
Tha Senate then took up MftSMorgan'sreai
olution. recognizincc the Uni'tsd States of
Braz.l as a free.- independent and sovereiin
State, and Mr. Turpie proceeded to make a
speech in support of it.' "' ;" ' .
The1 reto ution wtnt over without further
actfbu. . , .,, : 4 , '.;"
The Senate took up the calendar and passed
the foilowmg Senile JLilI :
Appropriating $300,000 for tbe purchase of
a site and the erection of a buildinginWah
in -ton for a hrdl of records.
TheS nitelhen rroceededtothecdnsidera
tion ot executive business, and at 4 SO ad
journed. . '- ' "'
Honse Sessions
s ' . - .
Fifteenth DAT.-J-Mr. Adams, of Illinois, ,
Chairman of the Silcott Investigating Com
mittee, submitted a report, accompanied by
a bill appropriating $73,0W"for tha purpose
of supplying a dtfiQieraoy.in.iht appropriu
tion tor the pay and1 cdileage if members and
delegatts, occasioned by the recant defalca
tion iu the office of tne serjreant-at uruia.
Messrs. Hemphill, of South Citrolma,-aiM -Hoi
man, of Indiana, submitted minority re-,
ports. They were all ordered printed in the
Record, and rscommitted. , .
Among the bills introduced were: V-
By Mr. Struble, of Iowa For the admis
sion of Wyomiug and Idaho into the Union. .
The House then proceeded in committee of
tbe whole (Mr.' uurrows; of Michigan, in the .
chair) to the consideration of the bill to pro
vide tor town site entry of lands iu Oklaho
ma. ! ; , ...
In order to enable members to examine tho
bill at their leisure, noact ou was taken, am
the committee rose, and (ha Houe at 3.15 ad- -journed.
" ' . '
f iXTEENfu Dat. In the liousa Mr. Mc
Kiniey,oi Onto, from the committee pn ways
and nioanp. reported back the hi 1 to simplify
thu laws in' relation to tbe Collection ot tha
revenue 'It wa ordered printed ad refcom
mi'.ted, and Mr.. McKinley stated that he
hoped to call it upj4ui'itig tue present week.
Mr. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, introduced
the loliovriug blds.wbicji wpraappropriately
rtferr"d: . ' ,' ' . . . . .
To provide for ocaah mail service between
the United Stnt: aridf oreigb ;j)ori..' To
ciassiiy and fix the salaries of persons in tbe
railway mail service. Providing for the ap
pointment of ui assistant general superinten
dent and duet cli-k of.tbe. railway mall ser
vice." Providing a postal stamp redemption
card. Fot marking the lines of battle and
the position of tbe troops of the Artnytof
North rn -Virginia' ntf Gttysbur, Pa: "
Mr. Adams called up 6e4ilco.;t report. ac
conipamed by a bill appi opriauu $75,0UO to
reiuiburiieHf.metebers lor JGSsea" lnvorred '
through the Sikott 4letai.tipo, and alter-a
long debate the Hou at.5 o'ciocic adjourned,
17th Dat.- Th House resumed the coni.
sideration of the x ort of the special eom-
vor
ippropriallon
to-reimburse memoersfbr their lost salaries.
Mr. Gates, of Alabama, also lnaifeBn ar
gument in supporc bf tbe majority' repefrt.
Mr. Herbert, of Alabama., favored- the
Hemiibul pioposition to .rt'er the matter to
the Court of Claim. MrMorgan, of.Mis
btstppi, was nn advocate of the mrjofity re
port. Mr. Mcltie, Of Arkansas, dui nof be
lieve thu the iJeusinnoaidfiisgrace itself by
making the appropriation.
Tbe vote was thrtfi taken 'oh tne Hemphill
bill (is a, G,ubstjtute..: qr, the majority bill,).,
permitting members' 1 6 sjiOjin tue Cogrtof
Claims. Iwas defeated by a close vptf yeas
136, nays 133 and a', moticn to reconsider
was made by Mr; Bland, ot Mwsoari, who '
bad oted in he negati ve- ie rder'o eaablo'
him to maka-JJie motion.-. -t ; " .,-'?. M'
The motion was proiaptly tabled, however,
and tho tote reeuired otj.drdering. tbe ma
jority bill' ( impropriating 175. OiK) to refund,
memoers or their lohtialane :d be eniip,
edand read a third time. This navltii; t3n
done, Mr. Bland demande 1 the reading jot tbe
engrossed bill, but , the Speaker, faeid Huat
under general parliamentary law this wai not
n.'ceisary. : . ' ' ' - '
The vote was than tiken on tho bill, and it
was defeated yeas 121). uuys 14 1,
A motion to reconsider and a uio'.iontoluy
that motion orx the table were entered, and
tijej (it tj.r-.Ht I "I mJ"-'r - -
STATE OF TRADE.
Slight Improvement Caused by !
More beasonable Weather.
Collections Sllll Tery Slow and the
Outlook lr 0.nlcKer l'aymenti
Not rro:nlsliisr Demand for
Flourand Wheat UnlL
Special telegra ns to Bsadstreit'a note the
temporary appearance of colder weather, fol
iowadat important Western cities, particu-
1 rlyCh'oago,St Paul, Minneapolis, O nahi,
Kansas City and St. Lauis by a mod;rateiy
Improved distribution of clothing, boots and
ihoes and grooary staples. Tne gala is not
largo, bein? m;t by lower temperature an I
hampered by the unfavorable condition cf
wagon roads at the interior South and West.
Leather and lurcher are quiet, and c tttle and
togs, wltn freer rev jipti, tend to weaknesj
ut Western centeri
' Mercantile collections generally are slow,
and the immediate outl ot is not for material
improvement. , At tha West, Indian corn is
moving with freedom, butSoutn farm pro
ducis are shipped with less freedom, HOtabiy
cotton. ' Hog products have bsen more aoti ve,
with firm or steady prices and in some in
S.ances slight .advances.
imports to Bradstreefs of gross earnings
of ninety-two ram o id companies to." lWJag
, rebate $3J7,5dO,k53, an increase ovr WAS
of nine per c;nL
'. The demand for flour- and for wheat has
been dull both at home and abroad, cash 2io.
2 Hid c oiing at only over tbe previous
week, . , Indian corn is more active, 8 ecula
t velv. with the close showing an aJvanca of
ftc on nearby options. 0t follow d corn
witu rathar less activity. Stocks of wheat
in toe United States, bath caiscs and Cana
da, out of farmers' hands, with lilce stocks in
Australia, in Europe, and oflaat from all
countries for Europ , a9 cabled to Brad
street's aggregat lbi.aOO.OOJ bushels ou Jan.
' 1, 15i9d against 13i,0J,OUO .bushels on J anuary
1, 18Saa decline of 18.0J0 bu-hels, Vi)4 per
cent. Exports of wheat and ilocr as woeat ,
trom both coasts, United Statss and Canada,
this week aggregate 2,317,221 bushels against
l,fcM,(51 busbels base week and I,6i2,b8
bushels in the like week of 1889. Tha total of
wheat (and flaur ai wnat) exported July 1,
1889, to date is 56,063,521 bushels asaiast 53,
188,000 bushels in a like portion of 1888 9.
; Notwithstanding free receipts of raw sugar
rentiers have enjoyed a gooi demand whicn,
with firm cables, is responsible for an ad vane j
of 5Vlbc. for raw and e for refined sugars.
Stocks of refined iu tbe Uaitad States are re
ported to be 20,0i,0 tons less than they were a
year aro. There has beeu more act.vity iu
coffee, with prices a higher.
Spi t g trade in cotton goods ha opened en
cout agiuxly. a goo 1 package trad a being re-
ported. Print cloths are only moderatuiy ac
tive. Woolen goods are quiet. Daiiver;es
by ageiits of Spring goods on orders are large.
Haw wool isst.'ady but in moderate de uand.
'Prices are firm. Lght crop movement and
' improved specula tive demandhave advanced
cotton prices o to 5-16c.
' W0RK AND -WORKERS.
' . In bis address to the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers Chief Arthur said that tbe
membership is over 20.00U.
The amount of benefits paid from Brother"
hood'of Carpenters' general treasury for No
veniber was $3,208.39.
Taunton .(Mass.) Locomotive Works and
the .Southern, Pacific Railroad Company, at
San" Francisco, have reduced the noursof
labor to eight Lours per day, and pay by the
hour.
The barbers' union, of Grand Rapids, has
established a rule fining a member 50 cents
whenever caught smoking a non-ui.ioti cigar,
$1 for the second offense' and expulsion for
tbe third offonse.
The date for the joint convention of the
National Progressiva Union of Minera and
the Knight ot Labor has been changed frnn
January 2 to January 23, in Columbus,wutn
amalgamation is possible..
"The American Flint Glasi Workers' Na
tional Assembly, in its latest report, shows a
yearly income of $100,C0o, and total member
thipof 5,655. There are less than one hun
dred non-union men iu the entire trade.
The Boston freo-stone cutters get tbeeijbt
hoiir day aa a New-Year's presaut, both em
ployer and emp.oyed favoring the reduction
ot, working hours. They will accept 44 cents
per hour lor their work until April 1, when
a demand for 50 cents will be made.
The socialist labor party of Italy has
achieved brilliant victories in its first march
into the political Held. Wherever toe work
men nad candidates in the municipal elec
tionsiarge votts were cast for them, iusoma
places not only several candidates but the
entire labor ticket has been elected. Through
out Daly, from Lombar'dy to Naples, tue
wording class has raised its voice.
The organising committee of the Central
Labor Union ot Indianapolis., Iud., wilt give
special attention to the organization of work
imi women auriug the present year. In tho
federal unions : women can find a Simple,
practical aud inexpensive method of organi
sation which secures taita member au tne
advantages to be fouud in any other labor
organization, and many ttiat can be found
nWhere else. . They can have absolute con
tfoi of all mattirs affecting tbeir own Unr
est, "The total number of failures in tbe Unitnl
States during 1S59, as reported to Brad
streets, is 11.719, or 10 percent, more tuuu
in 1883, while in lb88lue total of 10,587 was
847 in excs of that for 1887, or 8 per cent.
Tna iucrease in tne number of laiiures as
compared with - 18S7 is 1,;9. cr 2 J S 1J per
cent, while tue increase iu tha totaijiai'ili
ties lora like per.od is only about$9,00,0u0,
or 7J p. r cent., and in the total assets It is
atoub 5,00O,p0J, cr 9 1-10 per cent.
' Mr.'Powderly 's lata addres3 to tho working
men of Pennsylvania on the value of tue bal
lot intelligently and boueVtly used is ancth-r
example of tbe wise aud honorable meihoia
by winch he aims to improve the conditioa
oi orgamzad wage- workers. He tells tbe vast
army of laborer mthat Statthac they must
cease being purtisans. He urges them to ig
uore party and work together for a secret
ballot so tnat tbey may vote henceforth ab
solutely as they onoose, without any fear of
coercion. Tbeo fhey can compel the power
ml corporations of Pennsylvania at least to ,
respect existing laws.
. ROBBED AND MURDERED,
An. Obio; Cnttte Dealer Waylaid in
Weat VlrBlula.
John Laflin, a cattle buyer from Ohio, was
waylaid and robbed by some unknown par
ties near Limestone Hill, W. Va; He wai
found by the roadside in a dying condition
with a bullet bole in his head. He was re
moved to a neighboring farm bouse, where
be. died soon after. Laflin bad considerable
money about him, being oi a tour for cattle
in Wood and Jai kaOu counties. His pockMi
were rifled, whiun show that tho murder
was evidently cflmm.Htei.for-.f
SOUTHERN ITEMS:
I INTEHESTING NEWS COMPUD
FROM MANY SOUIICB3.
The first train on the Norfolk, and Caro-,
l'ne Railway will be run from Portsmouth
to Tarboro, this week, transfers being made
at tbe Roanoke river. v f '
A syndicate of Baltimore and Warren :
county gentlemen have purchased sixty acres
of lnd east of Happy Creek, Va., where they j
contemplate establishing a lime-kiln.
A A -...,1 m.l.:it. W.
county, Va., between Ashbury Carter and
Robertson, iu which both parties were killed. -An
old grudge was tbe cause of tbe flihe.
It is proposed to ei ect a memorial chapel
in connection with the Virginia Agricultural
und Mechanical College at Blacksuurg, Va.,
in bonor of the late Ma jor-Ueneral J. . B.
Stuart. ; .
Texas ponies are being sold at auction
ail over Georgia, one or two carloads at a
time. A cowboy, expert with : the lasso, is
carried along to astonish the natives and tho
While the assistant cashier of the Bank
of Wytbevilie, Va,, was at tea. tbe bauK was
entered and tue Eafe deposit vault robbed of ''
a set ot nil ver wai e and a book containing
stock certificates and small bonds.
-B. O. Jenkins, owner of a distillery near
i Ear.o fctatiou, Cleveland couuty, N. C, wa
sbot through tue bodvauu mortally wounded
by J. H. Mt Neiliy. Tue cause ot the quarrel
is not known. McNeiily has escaped. ,
Marion Strallman, an employe of the
Maryland Hedge Fence Company, at Fred
erick, Md., is bufferings from poisoning, con
tracted while working on a bedge fence and
coming iu oontacS with a poisou oak... ,
The iron bridge on the Norfolk and Caro
line Railway across the Roanoke river is 455
feet in leugtu and will cod6 $70,U00. There
is au eighty-feet draw for teats and 6,300
feet of trea tie work leading to the bridge.
Dunkard College, at Bridgewater, Bock '
ingham county, Va., was burned. ; Tbere
are only two other colleges iu the United
States belonging to this denomination
one at Mount Morris, lib, and oue at Huut
lugdou, Pa. ' ' ' '
An almost inexhaustible quarry of brown
stone has been . discovered near Sulphur
Springs, in Montgomery county, N. C ;tTbe
nw West End railroad, wbich is being ex
tended to Troy, will pass wituin one mile of
tbe place
Gov. Fowle, of North Carolina has fixed
Feb. 7 as the dale tor the execution of four
men now under death sentence, two for mur
der and two for burglary. There will prob
ably Le as many as eleven hangings witnia
the next month. . . , . :
Work on the Grange and Kcysville Rail
way has been commenced in .earnest la
Prince Edward county, Va. A commissary
department has been opened in Farmvllie.
Men and mules have been gathered from '
every quarter, and its speedy completion is
expected. -; ... ... , . . - a j-
The Hickory Oil Field in Washington '
county, W. Va., which was thought to be so
fu.l tf promisa, is not showing up in an en-
aroused by the promised developments is ox.
the wane.
The Mingo Iron Works, of WheeUng.W. 1
Va., are sbutdown in every department, and
extensive repairs are being made. Connec
tions are being made between the furnace
aud tue new water works tnat the company
have receutiy comDleted. 5 ... ,
William Boiler, of Graoeharo, Frederick
county, Md., while working at a threshing
machine, caught his glove between tho coga.
and in a second was drawn into the machine.
Tho arm was ground and bruised to a pulp
as far as tbe shoulder, and Mr. Boiler; being
eigb ty-t hree years of age,died from the shock.
A rooster belonging to J. A.' Fleming, -
or Williamsport, Md.. was killed forthe New
Year's dinner, when an examination of the
craw of the fowl revealed the fact that it .
contained twenty-five pieces of copper and
iron, among wbich were several good-sizid
rivets. How the fowel lived is a inistery. -The
new dwolline ot Mr. B. H. Chinr,
in Stafford county, Va., was entirely con- ;
mined by fire. Tne building was unoccu
pied, and the origin of the fire is supposed to '
, , k. . . ... 1- ; 4 : n At ("'hint.
had stored in tbe house fifty barrels of corn
und a quantity of provender, which wai
also destroyed. There was no insurance.
Ben Webster, a colored man living sl
miles below Lynchburg, Va. undertook to
t-.ci a email iivm lfl buui ujunwivn
Piecing one cartridge in a large stump, be .
iit the fuse, but before he could reach a place '.
nl G.tu IF UTnln.1.,1 tt r,A lilar.llv ttPB l I IY1
v ui. , V . VIVUVU BUU f.. .v, v -
to pieces. Wbat was found of bis body was
umecognizable. - S ?
A small white boy and a colored boy ol
Norfolk, Va., obtained about six ounces .ol .
cannon powder. Tho colored boy was hold
ing the paper bag containing tbe powder in"
his hand, when the white boy threw a lighted
maich iu tbe bundle, causing an explosion
and burbing the colored boy so that it is
feared he will die. . ? ;
Sam Adams and John Ward, two young
wuite tuyii, neither being more than eighteen
years of age, quarrelled about the ownership
of a valise near Progress, Va. Adam i be
cama greatly-nraged, and procuring a pistol
from Ward's own brotber, shot John Ward
through the to ly, killing him almost instant
ty. Adams tUd and baa not beon apprehen
ued. A bill to incorporate the Caroline Rail- .
way Company has been introduced in tha
for tha construction of a i ail road frum som?
poiut on tbe Richmond, Fredericksburg and
tion, in Caroline county, to some point at or .
near Port RovaL Tbe capital stock to be .
not less than $100,OUO nor more than $2,000,- .
IKW. . , .. . m
A son of one of the employes of the Bal
more and Ohio shops iu Wheeling W, Va.,
climbed into .n engine standing iu the yard
and pulled'open the throttle. Tuelococtiutivf
surted off at a lively rate down tne track,
tua boy not being able to ktop as.; J Altei
crashing through the remains of the engin
that blew up last week, a yard hand managed
to board tne engine and sautt on tne steam,
but not bef ore tne end of th boiler-house wai
smashed in. . ,
Willie Uitermohlen, eleven years old, on
returning from Ben wood to Wheeling, W.
Va., after delivering bis uncle's dintuer,
amused himself by jumping on and off tbe
cars which were bjing shitted iu tbe yards ol
the Riverside Iron Company. . His bead
struck a standing car witn such force as to
kuock bun from his place and under the
wheels of tbe moving car, cutting botla bH
legs off above the knees.
Tbe Bessemer Steel company, propose to
erect at an early day a large plant in Ui oens
boro, N. C, have purchased of JL-X. Cl ump
ier Jackson Guthrie and S. Morris, of Ger
mauton, Stoifes county, the priviiuie oS
working tbe lime roolt p i their proj f-rty.
Tbe deposit begins on the eaat side of Red B -1 1
creuk, an Forsyttt coanty, andruutwoiu,.fs
Hortiiwt'st into Town Fork week, in Sio' s,
'The wnole of this watii" bheil on ll U'Cit ut
lied Bar.k. i" '