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.;-.-.?. .HI r J 'f rrr 01': si ! --ii - .iff? '.to -?ri r ' ; ' - -. a . --' : r '. - - . ; ;.f'.f:A--v ..... rf" .v. y'".'. -.. -ir ' ? ." i."':'v.y..? . i ! -r ;.?,. -3. nv m I ! i! ;-. UiiMW. , f- & - -rfrt-..11. t t w v . - 8.1 51 'Hi: I r.ir j) , ',.'..;::? f' :! . ' ' : VOL. XXVI; RALEIGH. N. C, SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 14. 1886. NO. 102 -1 ' 1 5. , 10;. ! ;; . . ;r ! r:- ?c 1 - ! ; ' t - r m ' ' ; i , Ya I in ..!;;- ' if - if' . i; - .;i rj ":- ;.;;:, I, 5m- --Mi - -;;.. -,.' f''- . ".';; r - i ; . ! 1 t ! r . ;"; t ? ' f Obseryer : I ; ' inn AND 1 'I AbGoIutely Pure. rbu powder aerer Ttrlet. A marrrl of ftiritr, trengtb Mid wbolnomeoeMt. Mpn MiBomioU Uua ordinary klnda snd canuot bt said la competition with the multitude of low ' Mt, short weight, ahun orphophate powder Sold onfr to cmna. Botal Baiino Powbh Vo 103 VTbII Street, New York. f 8old byW C 4 A B StrooMh, Georsre T St onaf h (! J tt Ferrmll Co. f . I'D TIIC'B 1HOAXX UOCSE OF KALEIUII. If people will t&ink for a moment, " ommoa sense will teach them that I- "i ' i the merchant who bays goods on time i , V ' t I -L and sella en time most sell his goods higher to coyer his losses. All lines iof merchandise through a regular chan- 'I ' . ' :i ' ael of trade. There are distinct profits r '-. :. , i'- charged and to each of them an extra : if ? - - 'Li': tea per cent is added to ooTer the losses i . ; iv bj credit. Count this up: ten per cent :" :.i . :' A't bj the manufacturer who sell to the job ber. ten ner cent br the jobber who t ' cell to the ret tail merchant and twentj- .'f iis:;. i i i .if pet cent bt the merchant who ell to jou, and you haye at the least esti- -:- il-j:--:v--':1r"" mate' thirty-five per cent which you have to pay to coyer the losses caused by :-i:-i men who aster pay Upon each ne of these transactions six per cent can be r" - ;i .' ' : " u j.! taken for cash or total of eighteen per cent, making 48 cts. on the dollar. This - .. . .-. v 't . i .. : r, - 1 id i ; is a tax which the consumer has to pay .... x ' y, i' . ...' 3 . jiij , aud it must all come from the hard earned dollars of the laboring masses. Now you can see the difference between the credit and cash systems'. This oredit plan takes ': from the producers just about one half what they crow to foot up the bills of the men who neyer pay. Now how do you like the j system 7 We should think you would get yery tired jf it. Any system which detracts from the prosperity of the country is a curse to it. The! credit system is full of dis aster. Get out of it. , f 1 . The BACKKT STORE has all the ad vantages of having buyers always in the market, with the cash in hand to secure bargains from the disastrous results which come to men who go in debt. Now come to the BACKET STORE, get your goods ancL save your money. - We are SORE i I just opening some Bpring fc. ) lea i-rints. I ri ttiet market, without violent fluotua . Choice forj 5c; worth 7- Ort bargains 0M but generally inclined to greater in Bleached and jjrown . wusuns nu Notions of all kinds.' We aroalso agents for Buttejrick's Patterns and Publica tions, bheets and Catalogues for Spring .Fashions just received. all and- see them and get a oatalogue. r, VOLNEY PURSELL.& CO. BEWARE ; Ml ' n-' W OF- i ' ADULTERATED LARD. ; 'it look well but the odor from it when eooalag detect! 1U Kxmloe-tor youmlvee aad be euro you are not iuin it. 'CASdAiilD'S "STAR BRAND" LARD j isuDAAATSao wo. Put up In mli nt le of pacaave. Aajour igroeer lor It and if he luMO't it in stock oena your auurtM to u. u. n w b ebjh. M. C , and you will be suppued. fi fi. Oasbard & Son, i AtAul'liloUa, Hit. Cuxersef the Celebrated btar Brand 'Mild Cured ilanu and Bimknut lUuoa. JNUKiU CAJaOa. QHANITE3 A5Lt SANDSXOKKS. ! " " ' . J : P. Linehan & Co ft : iO0 PayetUvUle 8t Ealehjn, N. p., xre prepared to make eou tracts wa toe Mot r onuie Term tor aeppiymg urauoe oaow Motaas ol the tfeat yuaaty ia any uaaauust desired; tuantae at iteaoenoa aaa fWadar boroy Jf . C. Ample tsoiuttes for aaadlinf aaa maUar4uaek aatpsacnts to any polat, fttiarts .iXJNGRESSIOISALi TI1E LAS r.TSUBlTTB UFHESFECT FAJD ' 'Hii i I, TUE DEAD. ' . V: 5? I ' -I i . ' P Tbo Two HUM lKri Staator BUUoaa Koaaoiaxi t iho totloaf. IWasuinotomI 'March 1 SiaraT. The' Senate assembled atthe osoal hoar todaj; but after prajer ' the chair an nounced that : the order of the . daj would be the funeral exercises oSena tor John Ft Miller, iof California services were attended bj the Hueif Kepresentatires in a boajVewted the speaker and chaplain'; iba wpttiaa court, in official', robes the dlomatia corps, the President and the cabindt. Tb religious semoes vfikMiieif tMr Episcopal chureh, cuot chaplain of the isenate.. k the) conclu- j sion of: the religious seryioes the presi dent pro tempore of the Senate said: The Senaio has Consigned to an officer of 'this' body and a committee of its members the . custody of, the mortal re mains of our honored friend and brother, to conduct i them; to his western home, and $ leave I them .with friends who have loved1 and honored him, to pay the last tribute; of respect to his memory. 4pr Senate! as a body, will also attend tw the railway Btation.'' The Senate adjourned and, aprocession having been formed and the committee arranged, moved to the ihuaic of dirges by the Marine band through the rotunda and to the Baltimore & Potomac depot, wheqee the funeral train ; : started westward, The train was a special one, expected to gd through to California It was made up, of one combined passenger and bag gage car, in which the remains of the dead Senator weige placed; one Pullman hotel car and one sleeping car for the accommodation of the fmily of the de ceased ! and the ; Congressional delega tion, j Chief clerk Johnson of the. Senate' ( was' .:'H in charge of tJbe' funeral party and passenger agent Parke, of the Pennsylvania railroad, was in charge of the trsin. Only two Senators, Messrs. Jones, of Kevada, and Butler, of touth Carolina, accompanied the re mains,;' although; a full delegation from the jj ouse -attended.' The exigencies! of tho political situation prevented the other Senators from jeaving the city i:, M-J'k. I . !' - ' sotsi. I' . .1 : 'Immediately upon assembling, in pur suance of an order made; yesterday, the Uous0 in s body proceeded to the Sen ate i chamber to take part in the funeral ceremonies bter the remaim of the late Senktor Miller, of California. Immedi awij upon; returning the ouJe sjoimied.. ately tiponV returnkir from the Senate i :.' i' rim A m tm,, , ? . iA: i-: V, t jWMo m.taoS)Ulr. ' -5 : . CisCiitHATi, 0., i March 13. The street cars will run nntil today, when they will? stop I unless : the companies grant the -terms 'demanded by the em ployees he; ar Utrik; consultatbn beWeenjthe representiti Tt s of t wo parties in, v interest out; the street railway trouble has ended without agreement and a Etrike,has begun. President Villegeur, of the consolidated couipauy, offered the men $1.85 per 'day for twelve houri' work, or he would give .the conductors $2 per day and, the drivers $1.75 for twelve hours' work; Both propositions was refused by the committee rpresebt ing the conductors and drivers, as they took ground that they could only carry out the instructions of the meeting held last nighti at which they were ordered to demand .of .$2 per day of 12 hours. This action Was quietly communicated to the drifers and conductors at work, and cars ire already running into the stables to mfckc good the determination to clear the tracks; of all cars by noon.: The struing oar men are to hold a mass meeting immediately at workmen's uiy ud take inch action they dfem u,. . tku trik ike fr best. : This strike takes.from the streets all care exoept those of the Mt. Auburn line and those running to Covington and Newport! ; One of the Newport lines ia involved-'with hel strikers. The pes-: ent pay of the men varies from $1.50 to S18a per day of from thirteen to fifteen nours. 'Tow YeravVO'ttea Fwtwre. ; u New Yobjc, Marbh 13. C. L. Green k Co.; in: their report on ootton futnros tnHav a Tt'han'heeTi a. eomnaratiirelv .teadinessndl about six nointshieher. At the close the ,4room'f appeared to be al ightljr 1 tulin for a temporary reaction and I there was considerable covering against the recent short sale, with offeringsUn more careful foruU I A few foreign i orders for actual ' cotton have been filed at a fractional adfahce over former bids mostly for .tho con tinent. ?H : if ":. " . :; , tl ii Weeavtjr nak S)tatonaat. iS - wYosjf March 13. The foi&w ing is the weekly statement of the asso ciated national banks i Loans increase, $4,38 1,600; specie decrease, ft2,4ta,6U0; J egl tenaert. increase, ,w oe posits increase, .uto uuu; oircujiuon decrease, $192, UU0; reserve decrease, t2,459$50.The banks now hoidf$21, 10,04? in excess of the 25 per! cent. rate. , i :: ' l . ' ! ' ' I Total VlMtale Huppljr af Cotloa, ij New Jfork Jilarch 13. Theltotal visible supply of cotton for the world is 3,0(52,843 bales of which 2,547,143 are American; against 2,794,859 and 2.275,- 855 respectively; last year; receipts at All interior towns o-,3iz: receipts from : . a . " : " 1 i a . . k k . T: il . I ' A 1 At.1 . I. tne piaukauwue i,-iii ; crop in signt o.su.oi owes. : y$ I Thebasehali season has opened The first game j was; played Wednesay at Savannah, j iJiki North Carolina; will only have local nines. It is not all probable: that there will even a lionaitbaitery ia the State. : T9 Striken at Mt ImoIh. .i TO ABsourra vaiLcwe or attsmpts MOTS ;. ?l FREIGHT TRAINS. ; 8t. Loris, Mo., March 13i The ''Brotherhood of Engineers" employed by th Missouri Pacific railroad com pany held a meeting last night to discuss their future attitude towards the strik ing Knights of Labor. Resolutions were adopted sympathizing with the strikers,! but 110 definite action was taken other than deciding to present the reso lutions to chief engineer Arthur jof the brotherhood and to abide by his de- ISWBJ' . . ; A freight engine 'this soornia was started out from the Missouri Pacifio wnton tne omctais- intended to start nom Earl 1 avenue. - The engine succeeded ifl-luakin'ita irar to that place without the eoginee engineer and fireman were requested by the: Strikers to desert, their I posts, which they did. The -engine was run back to jthe round-house, where i it was again started out byji new engineer and ficeman,:.' but with no better success. The attempt to start a freight train from uiai piaoe was aoanaonea. t - : . ; I : Th T. H. C A. Con. of the News and Observer. Chapkl Hill, N. C, March 13. On the Thursday afternoon train the delegates to the State convention of the Young Men's Christian Association in North Carolina began to arrive. Among them were two of the secretaries: of the national committee, Messrs. L. D; Wish ard and E W. Watkins. The room of the Y- M C. A. had heen put in readi ness, principally by the ladies) of the town and very well had they performed their task. I wish, Mr. Editor, to speak, especially of this act or oui ladies.' Without any intimation or request from the members of the Y. M. C. A , they came up and fixed their room for them, doing many of those thousand little things that only a woman knows; how to do. It was a graceful thing and one that arouses the sincerest gratitude of the boys. I am not indulging! in any unmeaning flattery, when. I say that the ladies at no place exceed those of Chapel IT ill in the traits that make up a true woman's character. .1 . Thursday afternoon an informal meet ing of the delegates Was held ih the Y. M. C. A room. Mr. Haxrett, of Ashe yillef took the chair and appointed a committee on organization and a tem porary business committee. At night a meeting was held in the college chapel. Dr. !flume welcomed the delegates in a Bhort and very appropriate speech, and Mr.Smithdeal, from Greensboro, re turned the tba&kf of the contention.' Mr. Wishard then made a very interest ing general talk on Y. M. C. A. work; tie is a pleasing talker, isy request he sang,; accompanying himself jpn the organ, a beautiful Song, "The Mother's evening the committee on organisation reported the following officers: J W. Gore, president: Mr. MeLeod. ; from . Davidson, fiist vice- president; I). ' P. Coleman', Bing ham s, second vice-presidsat ; W. D Akers, Asheville, secretary;. S. Bl j Wilkes, Chapel Hill, assistant secre tary. ' Prof. Gore took , the chair and proceeded immediately to business. Led by; Mr; Watkins, the following subject was discussed in a conversational man ner:, "Whatjcan each delegate do to wards making this a successful? conven tion." After this reports of the several associations1 represented were heard. The associations in the State were not found to be in as flourishing condition as could ' be desired. Mr. Worth in making the report from Bingham's took occasion to pay a high tribute to the ex cellence and unflagging seal in the in terest of the young men, and indeed of all Christian work, of the late Mrs. Robert Bingham. . . ! Pndar afternoon the following sub jects were discussed : "What features of our work in this State need special emphasising i conducted by Mr. John ston, from Salisbury. "Report of State executive committee, by MrL Garrett, of Asheville. ' 'Financial Management, ' conducted by Mr. Smithded, bf Greens boro. S "Boys' Work," conducted by Mr. Bett, or Baltimore. These discus sions were for the most part- conversa tional, and in this way some very inter esting Suggestions were made. At night the meeting was again' held in the chapel. : Some very pretty male quar tettes were rendered Dy Messrs. Akels and Garrett, of Asheville, and Smith and Harris, of the students, Mr. Akers accompanying on the organ. Mr. Wat- kins gave us a good address on "inter national Y. M. C. A. Work.t' He is a very rapid, but interesting talker. Mr. Wishard, in his admirable iway, sang; one or two songs for us. Other inter esting topics will be discussed today. A. Oraaa Wark far Farelara aUaalaaa. Staunton, Va., March 13. At the conference of the M. E. church, South todav. Dr. Keeler delivered a nowerful address in behalf of the foreign mission-' ary society, giving an account of the work and nardsnips of the missionaries. He stated that in the past few years the amount collected for foreign missions had increraed 400 per cent hnd that the work of the M E. church South in this connection has been pronounced by an eminent bishop of another denomination a wonder of ohureh history! Prealdeat Vara am Djlaa;. ; BaiooaPOBT, Connecticui March 13 A despatch was received from Lime Rock late last night, stating that Wm. 11. Barnum, president of the Housatonic railroad and chairman of the Democrat ic national eommittee,was Reported to be in a dying condition. Thi nature of the .-m-... i. i i jlXEWXAM. FAKBA6HTOUS -JFKAftjr F FACTS) FBOM THE FEBEJtAli imosr. Prettjf Freomial Poa-Fletare mt I la, ' BOMtO. Special to the Niws akd Observer. Washirotoit, March 13. Never, since my residence in Wash ington, have 1 known so much interest to be manifested in a congressional: de bate as has been exhibited this week in the discussion of jthc Presidential pre rogatives in the Senate. ! ' Lust Monday nornto great throng, of men. women TanhTloi& ''marchSl t. r ui ktii thx oaowns at thi cajitol. up the hill" (capitoi hill), but only to 'march flown again, , pretty much as the famous and courageous king did; and these people were fully as mad as was that eminent warrior. H hue Mr. Bowlegged Bowen, of Colorado, was wearying the waiting audience with his triad (three rolls of MSS, warranted a yard-wide) on the silver question, Sen ator Miller, ef California, was so un mindful of the desires of those under the dome as to permit the silver cord to bo oosed, the golden bowl to be broken. The Senate, of course, adjourned upon the announcement of his death. The frigid form of Iceberg Edmunds was also aid up with a cold, (think of Edmunds having a "cold i y and there would probably have been no debate on his resolutions in his absence. But Tues day and the balance of the week, the SCXNXS IS THX SIN ATE, in the galleries and on the floor, were enough to enrapture the student of hu man nature. There were the staid and stately matrons, the bout and saddened maidens past thirty), the goody-goody, giddy and girly girls, representing the eminine gender, every State in : the Union, and almost every civilised coun try under the sun. The sterner sex was equally well represented. There sits the carping ''ex-Congressmen; over nere we nave tne convivial notei 'colonel." Just behind those valuable members of society sit the bankers and the business man, while the dear deleo- table dude poses in a most conspicuous i seat and grins at tne giriy gin. saniDO is both prominent ana numerous. Fred' Douglass drinks in. the wosds of wis dom from this -seat, and the black-as-night bootblack spits ink in this corner not understanding a word that is being said, and not caring if ho doesn't. He u an American citizen V. however, And means to keep that seat until some late comer effers him dUai(fisW:4h diplomatic gallery are : seated reresen- tatives of nearly all nations. Th China- man and the Jap. sit as far apartas pos-1 sible. ! Although they much resemble I one another, there never has . been a great deal oi gooa oiooa between inem. On the floors nearly every Senator can seen except love-sick Charley Jones, of Florida, who sent a MDassion Doem." Among them are not two finer looking men than bur own Vance and Ransom, and the . people in the galleries point them out to each other. Manytnembera of the Souse stand in the lobbies. A Senator: is speaking the wires have told you what he said. DEBAT AND DECLAMATIONS. Wednesday fully as large a crowd filled the Senate galleries. I listened to the entire delivery of the speech of Sent ator Pugh, of Alabama, in reply to Mr. Edmunds. Mr. r ugh has a strong, res onant voice and a good delivery. That he is learned, is known of all men, and have Eheard no impartial critic deny that he completely demolished the straw house of verbosity whioh the Vermonter had builded the' day before and that is what became of the house that George built. The f effort" of Wilson, of; Iowa,, delivered Thursday, was a weak one both in verbiage and delivery. Senator Kenna's speech, of yesterday,; was a masterly one; but the substance : of all ; these was telegraphed you and the readers of the N. & O. are already aware of the merits of each. The Miller memorial exercises will take place in the Senate chamber today (Saturday), " J V and the debate on the presidential pre - roiratives will probably consume - all of next week, after the morning hours. : TSE POSTAGE OM rACXAGBS of merchandise will not be increased. the attempt of Senator Wilson to in crease the rate on fourth-class matter having been nipped ' in the bud. The UOUSO commitiee on puoiiuiucee uiu juob- roads (has just decided to oppose the ohanee and it is likely that the Senate ' i.E J . committee will taxe tne same view oi the matter. It is not probable that there will be an increase of the present rates on any class of mail matter. On the contrary, I think the tendency of legislation will be gradual reduction until ; we reach penny letter postage. with corresponding reductions on all other classes of mail matter. VANCE AMD HIS "BILL." The Senate committee on civil servioe reform having reported adversely the bill of Senator Vance to repeal that law, itis expected that "the governor" will deliver his promised speech in a few davsJ The committee was not: unani- ' . .. .1 I'll 1 , mous in reporung tht bi I adversely; w our Senator is not alone in his opposi- j -.- tion to the law, senators uecx and fcustis are with him. BXADJCSTEa KIDDLEBBaGSa's "EYE." The junior Senator from Virginia was again on his high horse this week, and last Wednesday he pitched into Black Jack Logan for publishing in the Record the private letter which Ship Railway Eads had written to Logan. He de nounced both Logan and Eads in severe ti-me. Indeed, so bellicose I did his words sound and his demeanor seem that a friend at my eibo w ttToluntarily x- olaimed, "That must be fighting whisky Whioh Biddleberger drinks!" j But report speaks truly,, it does not require "Dutch courage" to make Biddleberger fight, and ho brought with him to the Senate the sobriquet of "The Gsme Cock." Logan stood his denunciation very tamely. He also got the laugh on Senator Cockrell after that gentleman had eulogised Capt. Eads as "a native of his State," tc. Biddleberger hitched this exclamation right-on to the i last word of CockreU's period : "That's enough he's from Missouri; the Sena tor could not,- if he talked all day, , toy a worse thing of him !" The galleries shook, and even Edmunds smiled with out going into the cloak room to do so. A LOOK AT LITTLXVnLB. . ' " Gen. M. 8. Littlefield, New Yorit," is registered aiWillard's hotel... I jbte- f!Si&iS&SA f? MmonTifirhe w herefor what purpose I am not m- purpose formed. He is very poor now, I under stand not a mendicant, but, still, poos. The fact is apparent, too, to thosA who knew him in his palmy days. He doesn't look, near so slick and fat and saucy as he did when he ran the North Carolina carpet-bag legislature of 1868 '69. "Poor" Milton ! "., "His object all sublime, t ; He may achieve in time, To make the punishment nt the crime ; The puniahment fit the crime J" r. But poverty, though it may be a "cruel, " is not an "unusaal" punishment How ever . : I flHCIL PARINOS. I Among the North Carolinians t in Washington this week was Mr. F. W. Kerchnerr ' Representative Reid's committee Will recommend the enlargement of the pres ent government printing office a much needed "reform." : j Dr. Tyre York may console himself with the thought that he has a double in the present Congress, whom I mistook for him the other day. ! There is a good deal of serious talk among Southern and Western Congress- tien in connection with Speaker Carlisle nd the Democratic Presidential nomi nation in 1888. The chairmanship of the Senate com mittee on foreign relations, made vacant by the death of Senator Miller, i is a bone of contention with the Republican Senators junt now. .hither iivarts, Sherman or Prye will get it, probably tne lauer Mr. James Y. Christmas, deputy ser-geant-at-arms, is seriously sick with pneumonia. ) He is well known in North Carolina, and is a son-in-law of the late Myra Clark Gaines, the famous litigant, li The successor to civil service commis sioner Dormant B. Eaton has not fret been decided upon; He will, of course, be a BApublicaa. ,Th retirement of commissioner Trenholm alio hi inoted, and a report is i current that chief (ex- ammer Lyman is to be promotea to a commission ership. I ! -i 1 1 : The North Carolina delegation! is a house divided on the civil servioe law question. While Gen. Cox and senator Ransom Uphold the law, or, rather,: the principle and system, and are working for its perfection, Senator Vance ' and Judge Bennett are opposed to it in toto, and have introduced bills for its repeal, The published report that Messrs. Cox and Ransom are the only members of our delegation who favor the law is in correct, as will be shown when a tote on the question is reached. LlswxaM. Tbe Ckarebea Todaj, , Church of the Good Shepherd: Ser vices today at 11 a. m. and 8. p. m. i Brooklyn Methodist church: Class meeting at 2 pt m.; Sunday school at 3 p.m. Preaching at 7.30 p. m.; by Rev. Levi Branson. : Service in Second. Presbyterian churoh at 11 a. m., by the pastor, xtev. Dt. Atkinson. -' Services in the Christian church by the pastor,! Rev. Dr. J. Maple, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Subject for the even ing: "Sowing wild oats." f i Owing to the continued illness of Rev. Dr. T. E. Skinner, pastor of the First Baptist church, his pulpit will be occu pied by Rev, Ri T. Vann, of Wak Forest, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. I At 4 p. m. persons will be received into the church. At 9 o'clock the Sunday school i . 1 begins. At the Second Baptist church, at 11 a. m., the pastor. Rev. Dr. Nelson will preach a sermon especially for the beu cfit of young converts. At 7.30 p. m he will preach on the subject of "Res titution." Sunday school at 9.15. The public invited. First Presbyterian churoh: Sunday school 9 30 a. m.; services at 11 a. m and 7.30 p. m.. by the pastor, Ret- Dr John S. Watkins. ' J . Elder D. N. Gore will preach at the Primitive Baplist church today at 4 p. m. All are invited and may expect; a good sermon, lie is an able divine Mew Advertlaemeata. Treasurer v ass announces a two per cent semi-annual dividend on the sapital stock of the tt. & G. R. R. Mr. A. W. Fraps offers special bar gains in bagatelle, pool, billiard and dining tables NorriS & Carter always have some thing attractive' at their pretty store.- Thnt week it is prints and curtains and chenille zephyr cloths. - - j I JUV Ml UlV UUCBH BUWM U UlVVkCt J ; d lt88WMe ,Ter hoirn the 8u . , , tk .m t. is at W. II. Hughes. ' There arc thou sands of articles and bargains in all de partments. . Mr. Hughes has much taste and experience in his business and it is a i a V a a matter of pride that Jtaieigh has one of the best equipped crockery stores in the South. Mr. Hughes deserves the most liberal; patronage. Mr. Charles A. McKimmon, of W. H. Jk R. S. Tucker & Co., returned from the North! last evening. He has purchased a very large, complete and e6ghnt 9took of spring goods, and the itoro wn now blossomlike the rose, I jt pe a (tonj, as the bazaar of the sprin lash- ladies will discover, AN AWFUL OR ME. AW EXPSf SS BESSEN6ER MCRDEBED IW BIS CAR. Tbe Dead Ma lloldiaar loeks of Ill Hardtrtn Hair. Cuicago, March 13. An express messenger on a west-bound train on the Rock Island railroad was killed on his ear last night between Joilet and Merrys and his safes were broken open and robbed of all the valuables, amount ing tov a large sum, which can not yet." be exactly stated. The ear -bore evidence of la terri- U4 ttruggle. The messenger, ; whose nrawir Wa Ificllots, was foundJ dead when his car was opened at Morrey's. Hii throat was cut in a manner that sug gested the use of a hatchet or dull knife, and his skull was crushed with a stove-poker. This poker was found in the car and did not belong there. In Nichols' clenched right hand was found a lock of black hair and in the other hand a lock of red hair. So far there is no clue to the murderers, but the coun try is already alive with searchers, both profession 1 and volunteer, and there is every reason to believe tfeat'the mur derers will be lynched if discovered. SeJtt'a Senteae Commuted, For an outrage committed last Jan nary, Henry Scott, a young negro man, of Wilmington, was convicted and sen tenced to be hanged February 24 j Ap plication for a respite was made and Gov. Scales granted this, making the date of execution March 17. Applica tion was made for a commutation of setf tenoe to imprisonment for life.. Gov, Scales was sent petitions bearing the signatures of the judge, of nearly all the jurors, of .clergymen and a large number of citizens of Wilmington. The judge stated that the guilt was technical; and it was stated by others that the prisoner was almost an idiot. : Upon these representations Gov. Scales yester day commuted the sentence to imprison ment for life. Han. Thames Oabbe. ' -t , ' ' 1'The chancery court for Lawrence county will meet here today, Thursday!, and continue several days. Chancellor Thomas Cobbs, the Moulton Advertiser is informed, stands for re-election. . He will have no opposition either - in the convention or before the people, and will therefore be triumphantly, elected. It would be folly for any man to oppose an!: officer who has given ' unitenal satisfaction, and the chancellor can now (consider .himself in fet-Another term. xne moulton AQveruser eouia support chancellor Cobbs for - any office which hejmay aspire to fill, and if President Cleveland is looking around for a basket full of brains and a gentleman I of fine legal attainments, to place on. the su preme bench of the United States he can not find one more worthy upon' whom to bestow such high honors than the sub ject of this notice." Moulton Adver tiser, Ala. ' 'i j 'The subject of the above notice was born in Raleigh, N. C, and has a num ber of friends in this city who knew him when a school boy here. He is the son of the late Capt. Thomas Cobbs, who resided here for many years and filled the office of mayor of the city for several years. The family removed to Alabama a short time prior to 1840, where his son completed his education and studied Uw, and is now holding the high posi tion of judge of the chancery court in one of the districts. A Fire at WLlmlartoa. It was stated at the telegraph office last evening that there was another d is- astroua fire at Wilminsfton and that a block of buildings, near the scene Of the recent fire, had been swept away. Noth ing further could be learned, despite in quiries, the Operators at Wilmington showing remarkable reticence in regard! to the matter. M State Treaeary Hot. Washington county, settled his- taxi s, paying in 2,511.60. A drummer s license was yester .y issued Brown, Rogers & Co., Wiust-n. A fertilises license was yesterday is sued the Upshur guano company, oi Norfolk, Va., for "Bone and Peruvian Fertilizer." Ia Pear Health.. Prom the New York Sun. Lady: "Are you familiar with the game of draw poker ?" Gentleman: "xes, ma am. Lady : "Do you look upon it as a healthy game?" Gentleman : "JNo, it is not a healthy game, in fact, l have sat up with it night after night. " Ha Ua4 Jett fieat Oat. A prominent gentleman committed suicide the other dav in Paris, and be- fore doing so thought it his duty to in- i ll V" . . AV l T - - . A m- m lorm nis vaiet oi nis intention, u ust as he leaped through the open window to the parapet below there was a, knock at the door. A friend entered and asked the valet: "Where is yokr master?" "He has just gone out, sir," was the nonchalant reply. ! Kaaadard Aak Wadaeadar Jake. Lowell Citizen. , Borrowed money is of all things 'the tnost scrupulous about keeping Lent. Ta IXUaa Suffering from functional derangements 8t of th reserve value. Where valU'assign L 5 .;nA,l ...t. enUof the Pellcies can he made as collateral yr muy w r w wb Jesses incident to their sex, Br. Pierce's treatise, illustrated with wood-outs and Colored plates (lbO pages), suggests ure n11" of complete self-cure. Stint for 10 cents in stamps. Address World's viBpenaary jaeumai Association, uunaio, Fire la Tray. THX COURT HOOBB DESTROYED. ',' ! of the Niws and Observer, ').?" Cor Trot, N. C., March 11, 1888, ' The court house is In ashes. It took fire at 8.30 this morning in the jury room, on the second floor,: occupied by Mr. B. F. Simmons as a law office. The fire was discovered from in adjoining room, occupied by J. M. Brown, Esq., as a law office, in the temporary absence of Col. Simmons and 1 too late to save the building. The alarm was given 'by the court bell and brought the full force ' of the town to the aid of the oficers in saving the records, and through' the efforts of all combined but few of the records are lost. .; k j ;i : The chief loss is to - the tKunty,and, : next, to Mr. J. M. Brown, j some $600,. besides the losses to : his clients; next, Col.. bimmons, who lost some $200 or more. Messrs. Douglass & Shaw, at torneys, also lost in broken furniture and some Bmall articles. j i - ; We are thankful that it j is no worse. It required much work to Bave other houses in town. jC. C W. L. McCurry, deputy tax! collector of Rutherford county, has fled to the far west with $1,875 of the county funds. Two hundred chartered! institutions in this country educate the sexes to- gether, vVhat is the matter with that! man. mother t He has a bad cold, mj child., Thn he should i ouy a botil oi Red star L'ougH Cure, mother. You know a few tei-moonrful bt it tnsde me oener, i na it nas no opiuetu isk JiuTTSR. Hi an arrangement with Dr. Richard H.; Lewis, I will be able to offer every week a limited quantity of the finest fresh butter, made at his dairy farms. 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