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VOL. XXVL
RALEIGH. N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4. 1886.
NO. 120
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THE B.VMAISf UOCBK OF BALEI4IH.
' One more word to the people who are
hunting credit and buying from credit
houses. The tax on credit is taken from
the producer! of this oountry and Li just
about one-half of what thej grow. It
takes from them every other hill of corn
or tobacco or cotton to keep up the bills
owed byjmen who never pay. Now how
do you like that system T The facts are
that any system that detracts from the
prosperity of the country is a eurse to
it, and helieTiugM,w.dn that ajstem
of mortgaging a crop for the means to
raise it is deleterious to the interest', of
the masses, we ay it is better to till a
i '
small crop with a hoe than to plow up
- r j
great fields with mortgages. We say
the credit system is full of disasters and
defeats and you know it to your sorrow.
Get out of it and come to the Racket
Store.
We have all the advantages,
having buyers in the flew York market
all the time -with the almighty dollar
b hand, which enables us to offer
goods in many eases for leas than they
can be manufactured. We are just
opening some Great Bargains in Prints
and Dress Goods; also Cottonades. Big
job in Violin, Guitar and Banjo strings,
4 cents a knot; 48 sheets note paper for
other goods in proportion.
Call and
examine our goods and nave
v
money.
your
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. Raleigh, U. C.
BEWARE
or
ADULTERATED LARD.
It looks well, but the odor f rum it when
ooalnc deteoU it. Kxamine tor; yourselves
aad be tore you are not oslac it. '
CASSARD'S "STAR BRAND" LARD
IS OOAaAVTHD real. i
Put up In all style ol packasa. Aak jour
Krocer lor tt auu u am naao u in mock
lend your addreaa to B. H. WO' DELL, Kal
mtfh. H. C , and you wilt be supplied.
jr. Cosbord Son,
BALT1MOKEL MIJ.
Cureti el the Celebrated 8Ur Brand Mild
Cured Bams and Braakiast Bacoa.
NOKTH CAllOLINA
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COBStESrOHDEIfCK OM THE
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LocUlstlV IrCBt;rMltBal Cadl
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Special Cor. the Kiws and Obsievir. 1
v . Wasuimqtom, April 8,
Up to date; 7,300 bills have been in
troduced, in -the - llouse alone, to say
nothing 6f those , xueaaures which had
their; origin in the Senate during the
present session of Congress. Only 1,300
of these have heeh reported from the
committees tp which they were referred,
and although more than. half the session
has been consumed, at least six-sevenths
of the whole number of bills have re
ceived no attention; for with the ex
ception of a number of private bills
mostly pension bills the Congress has
passed no important measure.save that of
the presidential succesaioni But, now
that the third week's discussion of the
, PRKSKNTIAt. PRXROGATIVXS '
has closed, the Senate may find' time to
devote itselt to work; for, 1 though the
reeolntions were adopted, irthfl acoom
pliahment of any result whatsoever
viiy'are as barren of results as Edmunds'
Laid head is of hair. : The adoption of
the Resolutions will have n6 effect on the
President or his cabinet officers) and he
and they will continue to pursue the
same oourse which has heretofore char
acterised their actions. The silver "dis
cussion" in the Bouse is not half over,
and the tariff talk has not yet begun.
When, it does commence you will pro
bably have to order another font of type
if you keep Vtrack of the arguments. ';'
The fact thai it & more tlian probable
thatafter all thef talk that: will be in
dulgedin and necessarily consume the
most valuable part of the session, no
legislation on either subject will be ac
complished, "makes the waste ofttime all
the more deplorable. The silver ques
tion;; will be again discussed; in the
House today. I , I -
' wKxaanc nikpnun or tbx dutrict
have organised s North Carolina emo
cratio 8ute association here, by the elec
tion of T. B Womaok, president; J. M.
Leach, Jr., vice-president; J. D. Tom
luwon, secretary, and J. W. Hays, trea
surer, i Twenty: names were enrolled
and there are as - many more who will
join, the association. Nearly all the
Utates have associations of this character
here, but heretofore they have been
mostly Kepublican clubs.
' t' MBWSPAPIM A; NICI88ITT. Vt
. . The presi of America has long been
regarded as the most powerful innuenoe
ia-tjie eoontry. jDf the vital aeoessitj
of newspapers Jamet Parton has this to
say in the Ust issue of "the Forum":
"The daily press; is the people's univer
sity Half f the readers; of Christen
dom read nothing else , If we had to
decide Srhieh should' be Jcetrved. all
our colleges or all our daily papers, we
should be bblised to duciJe that our
colleges are of immeasurable vlue;but'
that the daily .press is indispensable. r
CAaOUHA : CONOB8aiOSAU CAKCIDATS8.
Mfin- contentions, gossip relative, to
rr nnmi
the possible and probable Congressional
candidatures of a number of prominent
gentlemen in our State grows more pro
lific. In the first district' several aspi
rants will; compete with Capt. Skinner
for the nomination. Among the num-
Wr mtm 3nA era RkanKard rf tkmn!Ap
iti; Maj. liatham, of Pitt, and Hon.
ramored (hat it U nrobable Cant. Skin-
fl AT will nnt aaV '' MnAmimtinn. KnV
of r know nothing definite O'Hira
will probably continue to represent die
second district! for another term at least, J
unless some Democrat defeats him. Col.
Green's friends, think he; will again-be I
nominated: andjelected in the third die-
trict. though'? his nomination mav bo I
contested by ex-speaker Eose, of
fayettevllle, and, . possibly one or two
others. .: . ' ' . ;
i ii COXOBlgSMAN OOX. j ' H '
will, it U said,:hav an opponent from
each of .'the counties of Nash (B. II.
stand, solicitor btrudwick will also be a
candidate for - the nomination. I have
also seen it stated, in different papers,
that "a" 'number" of candidates from
Wake would seek the party nomination.
For some unexplained reason, however,
do names have been called, and Lhave
a letter from one of the leading Demo
prats in i Raleigh which aavs that ilQen.
Cox stands for a renomination. he will
brobably' have no opposition in the
Wake delegation aa long as his nomina-
rill .A
lion seems probable in the convention
Should i be retire from the raee, the
names of several gentlemen from Wake
would be. proposed. Assuming this in
formation to be correct,' Gen: Cox will
probably: enter the convention with the
Wake. Johnston and Chatham delega
tions,, and scattering votes from several
other counties, at his back. 1. His nomi
nation,; then would appear -to be any
thing bnt hopeless. , ; ;
' :i RIPaiaiBTATIVS R.1D :
will be retained without doubt, there
being" .little or no opposition to him.
This is not surprising, for the people of
the fifth district know' when they have
got a good thing '. and : they: are' apt to
keep it
There may be other gentlemen
there I have no doubt there are who
would creditably represent the dis
trict, but li do not believe there a man
in the State who would more creditably
and intelligently and faithfully represent
that or any other district; or one who
'would r attain a higher fminenoe
in the national legislature tbah will, in
time, James W . Reid. He has not been
in thiawoYld long enough (he: has not
got out of the thirties) to have made a
very long record, but he is making one,
about i fast as any man know; mi if
he continues to grow, with the years, in
intellectual grace and experimental wis
dom, 1 expect to see bun stop only wken
he has reached the topmost ruos of the
. ladder of political fame and fortune.
; THB SUCCKSION IN TUB SIXTH
district appears to be the goal for which
the greatest number of ambitious men
are making, f Judre Bennett, I under
stand, will not seek a renomination be
cause of an alleged "understanding"
said to have been had at the last con
vention. However that may be, I
think it is Judge Bennett's duty a
duty which he owes to both himself and
the people of his district to permit his
name to be used, and to accept a renom
ination if his constituents so will it. He
.has made a faithful and an able Repre
sentative, and should he retire he
wil be missed. But in any event
the district is sure to be ' well rep
resented it could not be otherwise
with such a list as this from which to
make a choioe: Hon. Charles M. Sted
mao, of New Hanever; Mesers. Piatt D.
Walker and S. B. Alexander, of Meck
lenburg; Capt. J. A. Lockhart, of An
son; Col. Paul B- Means, of Cabarrus;
Mr. S) M, Pemberton, of Stanly; Mr.
1),; B. Covington, of Union; and the
three "Kichu-onds," who are said to be
the field, viz; Messrs. Steele, Shaw and
LeGrand. ' These gentlemen are all
willing Barkises, X am told, and there
are probably others who would not
"decline the honor" of representing the
sixth district in the 50th Congress. :
; ASPi&aiiTs in abuxvilli ;
are not numerous and it is generally
supposed that either Mr.- Johnston,
Hen. Johnstone Jones or Richmond M.
Pearson, Esq., will be the next Con
gressman from, that district, though
there may be other candidates of whom
l have not heard.
HJENDKSSON HAPPXNS TO HA VI
the inside track in his district, I believe,
and his friends think he will be re
turned. I am not posted as to the op
position to him, if any exists, though I
have heard that Mr. Brads haw might
again contest the nomination with him.
' COwilS CAM CABBY THB COMVXJITIOM
in his district, it is said, without a great
deal of trouble, and his renomination is
regarded as very probable. He, too',
may encounter some opposition, how
ever, i To snm up, there will probably
be two "fresh-men" in the next North
Carolina delegation, and possibly three
or four of them.
j j PBNC1L PABINQS.
j W. Garl Browne, the artist, is en
gaged in painting a portrait of the late
Gov. Morehead, ordered by relatives of
the deceased, which will be presented to
the State when completed.
O'Hara'f "Mississippi murder" reso
lution' were short-lived. The objection
of Mrf Reagan was very properly made,
and may-bo some day Republicans trill
realise the fact that Congress is not
charged with the execution of State
laws. J This observation has no refer
ence to the merits or demerits of the
Mississippi case, so many diversified
"accounts" of which have been pub
lished that one is at a loss to know what
to believe. Llbwxam.
A Hanafaetorar DttllnM tn
Arbitrators.
BeogntB
CoiuMBOi, Ohio, April 3.-Secretary
Turner and his associates made every
effort to arbitrate with the Champion
reaper works at Springfield yesterday,
but Willism Whitely, although receiv
ing them kindly, would not recognize
the board of arbitration or the repre
sentatives of anv organization. : The
Knights of Labor then proceeded to St.
Louis.
. Ttl TU1U apply f Ottow.
New York, April 3.-The total
visible supply of cotton for the world is
2,758,859 bales, of which 2,269,750 are
American: against 2,637,783 and 2,090,
738 respectively last year receipts at
all interior towns 20,lzU; receipts
from the plantations oo.obo; crop in
Bight bl8,055 bales.
abrlaat4l Klvr OTtrflawa
Nashvillb, April 3 The Cumber
land: is forty three feet, five inches at
this i point, rising an inch an hour,
also rising rapidly at the head, heavy
rains having fallen last night. Mill and
lumber men are afraid all rafts will be
swept away. Shops are injured. Over
two hundred families have been forced
to abandon their homes.
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Vrla-nt TralB e Bcranaad.
St. Lotus, April 3. The resumption
of the freight traffic by the Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain railroads hai
i now become an acknowledged fact. For
the past few days the officials of that
road haye been sending out regularly a
I a A A m a m
number of trains, which, although
smaller at nrst man they were accus
tomed to be before the strike, yesterday
assumed their more natural proportions.
and today it is expected that they will
be as large as ever.
lira at at. Lnala.
St. Lodis, April 3. At an early hour
this morning a fire was discovered in the
rear portion of the Planters' house. It
threatened to assume aisastrons pro
portions at first, but was finally sub
dued. It was thought at first that all
the inmates escaped from the building
in safety, but after tbe fire was. extin
guished the blackened remains of Kate
Cassidy, Mary Comey and Mary Burke
were found ; all servants in the hotel.
WMkl; Buih SUUarat.
iNaw Yoek, April 3. The follow
ing is the weekly statement of the asso
ciated national banks : Loans decrease,
$6,252,000; specie decrease, $624,800;
legal tenders decrease, $2,537,600; de
posits decrease, $9,426,600; circulation
decrease,' $15,500; reserve: decrease,
$305,750. The banks now hold $12,
737,203; in excess of the 25 per cent.
CONGRESSIONAL.
the no car. passes the bill, fob
ARBITRATION
la Cum of I)lput Btwu
rs d Employ.
Employ.
Washington, April 8. Hoes
-The
speaker laid before the House a com
munication from the acting secretary of
the treasury transmitting estimates from
the interior department for an appropria
tion of $1., 000,000 to pay the additional
pensions allowed by the act Of March
19th, 1886. Referred.
Mr. Robertson, of Kentucky, sub
mitted the minority-report of the com
mittee on elections m the contested
election case of Hurd against Romeis.
It was ordered, printed.
Mr. James, of New York, called up
the adverse report on the free coinage
bill.
Mr. O'Neill, of Missouri,, raised the
question of consideration in order to call
up the labor arbitration bill.
After an informal discussion in which
an amicable arrangement was sought to
be arrived at, Mr. Bland signified his
willingness to yield one hour to the
labor bill, as the gentlemen in charge of
tnat measure thought it might be passed
within that time.
Mr. Reed, of Maine, thought the
hour would avail nothing as the oppo
nents of the bill could talk an hour
away, and there was language enough
on the other side to do it.
On a division the House refused, veas
68, nays 72, to consider the silver bill,
and the yeas and nays were ordered.
A proposition was then made that in
stead of taking the yeas and nays one
hour might be given to the discussion
of the silver bill, but to this O'Neill
objected, stating that he wished the la
bor bill to come up immediately. The
vote yeas 8ft nays 125 only empha
sized the previous action and for the
time being the silver bill was laid aside,
and the House, went into committee of
the whofe (Mr. Springer in the chair)
on the arbitration bill.
Mr. Warner, of Missouri, offered an
amendment providing that members of I
the tribunal of arbitration shall receive
a compensation of $10 per day for the
time actually employed. It also pro
vides for fees and compensation to be
allowed the clerk, stenographer, mar
shals end witnesses ; provides that the
tribunal shall have power to limit the
number of witnesses in each case whose
fees shall be paid by the United States,
and appropriates a sufficient sum of
money to carry the provisions of the
bill into effect. , - f .
Mr. Browne, of Indiana, offered an
amendment to Mr. Warner's amend
ment, requiring the party who refuses
to abide by the award to pay the costs
and expenses of the arbitration. This
was lost; 54 to 92.
Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, submitted
a number of amendments, limiting the
number of witnesses to be examined and
the number of the tribunals to be estab
lished at any one time. They were all
rejected, Mr. Lowery, of Indiana, char
acterizing some of them as frivolous,
and Mr. Rogers retorting that the whole
bill was frivolous.
Mr. Tillman, of S- C, offered an
amendment to Mr. Warner's amend
ment, providing that not exceeding
$1,000 shall be paid out of the treasury
to defray the expenses of any single
arbitration, lie said that if a large
body, let us say 1,000 miles away from
the strikers, were afraid of them, what
could be expected of three arbitrators in
the presence of the strikers! I hey
would summon every witnessthe strikers
suggested and the strikers when they
got tired of work would get up a circus
at government expense. There ought
to be some limit to the appropriation
The amendment was agreed to and Mr
Warner's amendment as amended was
adopted. Ihe committee rose and re
ported the bill to the House.
Mr. Hewitt, of N. I., moved tore
commit the. bill, with instructions to
the committee on labor to report in lien
thereof a concurrent resolution expressive
of the sense of this Congress that so far
as practicable all controversies between
employers and employees should be sub
jected to arbitration, either by volunta
ry agreement or in accordance with law.
i -.it
The motion was lost: 30 to 76, and tbe
bill was passed; veas 195, nays 29.
The following is the negative vote
Messrs. Allen, of Miss.; Barnes, Bel
mont, Bennett, Breckenridge, of Ky
Crisp, Craxton, Davidson, of Ala-; Dan
lei, Foram, Farney, Uiover. Hale. Ham
mond, Harris, Hemphill, Hill, Hutton,
Irion, Jones, of Ala.; Norwood, O'Fer
I .
rail, Perry, Tillman and .Tucker
On motion of Mr. Ivelly, of Fennsyl
vania, the title of the bill was ami ndrd,
so as to read: "To provide a method for
Be tiling all controversies and difficulties
between railroad corporations engaged
in the inter-State and lerritorul trans
portation of property and passengers
and their employees.
The debate on the Bilver bill was be
gun. Mr. Fuller, oi xowa, argued m
favor of the double standard and
charged that the officials of the treasury
tr ,i i . "W
department were violating me laws auu
thwarting the will of the people iu re
fusing to pay out silver on the . obliga
tions of the government. The course
of the administration, he said, had had
much to do with the decline in the
price of silver bullion. Let Congress
give, the world to understand that there
is to be no suspension of the silver coin
age and there was no doubt that there
would be a decided appreciation in ' toe
price of silver.
Mr. Barksdale, of 1 Mississippi, op
posed a suspension of the silver coinage,
declaring that it meant the ultimate ex
tinction of silver as a part of the mone
tary system of the country. He would
advocate that measure which aimed to
bring back the government to the posi
tion from which it had departed in
1773; the coinage of both metals on
precisely the Same footing.
Mr. Caldwell, of Tennessee, contro
verted the assertion; that the further
coinage of silver would drive gold out
of the country, and quoted statistics to
uphold his views of the question.
Mr. Adms, of Illinois, spoke in op
position to the free coinage proposition
and at 5.30 the House took a recess
until 7 80.
CHAITABOeOA UNDER WATER.
Flvo Tbtauad Pipl Drtvoa
tholr Houioa.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 8. The
river at 11 a. m. registered fifty-two
and one-fifth feet and was stationary.
The river will be begin falling by 6
E. m. Some 5,000 persons, who are
omeless, are well taken care of by the
citizens' relief committee. A third per
son was drowned late last night. The
damage to property cannot now be esti
mated, though in this city it will be
quite a large amount, most of it to the
railroads and the balance divided in
small amounts among a number of fac
tories. There is one foot of water en
the front of the Times office, two feet
in the Union passenger depot and one
foot in the Read hotel. The weather is
fair. There are no mails either way.
Aaothcr Flood.
Selma, Ala., April 3 The river at
this point has ceased to rise after having
risen two feet higher than at any time
within the recollection of the oldest in
habitant. The destruction of property
has been great all along the river and
many lives have been lost. The entire
eastern: portion of this city is under
water, including two cotton compresses;
also the East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia railroad depot and shops, gas
works, the Union iron works and foun
dry and about 300 dwelling houses.
Citizens' relief committees have been
organized and have gone rapidly to
work and parties nave been dispatched
nth provisions in all directions, ihe
steamer
Lamer, in the employ of the
. r tf I
citizen!, hap brought in about 300 peo-
pie, mainly negroes picked up from the
1 z' I ' 1 I . a i I
house-tops and tree-tops in the over-
flowed districts. A fire broke out in the
gas-works today and vonsumed two of
the outhouses, causing a damage of I
ft 1.500. It will be two weeks before the
city wilt again have gas.
Tfe)jrv ft 'EfflM tttm Uat.
Washingtoh, April d. lhe ways
and means committee today took up Mr.
Hewitt s customs bill, as agreed upon at
yesterday's meeting, and added to it
the free fist of the Morrison bill so far as
it applies to lumber; fish, salt, flax and
hemp.: iWool was also added to the free
list, under the head of dutiable goods.
lhe chemical and cotton schedules of
the Morrison bill were added, with
amendments relating to fine qualities of!
cotton goods, and the sugar duties were
reduced ten per cent.
Tua Gbarefcna Taday.
Rev. D. N Gore, pastor, will preach
by appointment at the Primitive Baptist
church today at 11 a.m. The public
are cordially invited to attend.
Services at the 1 lrst Baptist church at
11 a. m. and 7:80 p. m., by the pastor,
Rev. iThos. E. Skinner.
Services at the Second Presbyterian
church.' at 11 a. m. by the pastor, Rev.,
Dr. Atkinson. Sunday school at 3:30
p m.
At ibdenton street Methodist church
Services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., by
the pastor. Rev. W. C. Norman. Sun
day school at 9:30 a. m.
Kev. Levi Branson will preach at
Brooklyn ' Methodist church at 7:30 p,
m. ui&ss-meeting at iv a. m. ana aiso
at 2 p. m. Sunday sctool at 6 p. m.
Rev. Levi Branson and D. L. Schively
will conduct services . at Macedonia
Methodist church at 11 a. m.
Services in the Christian church by
the pastor. Rev. Dr. Maple, at 11 a, m.
and 7:30 p. m. Subject for the even
ine : "The cords of vanity." Isaiah
5, 18. A Sabbath school will be or
canned at 9:30 a. m. AH who are- in
terested in building up such a school are
invited to attend and help in the good
work. The pastor will organizes young
men s Bible class.
First Presbyterian church: Sunday
school at 9.30 a. m. Services at 11 a.
m. and 4.30 p. m. Baptism of infants
and sermon to the young by tbe pastor,
Kev. Dr. John S. Watkms.
Jln( Iranian Sfcrrvirva Christ Ctanrcb
and Cbareb of tb Uood 8 iuhri.
Christ Church Good Friday
and Sundays in the church, at 11
o'clock a m., and 5 o'clock p. m
Other services in the chapel, as follows
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays at 1U a. m. Wednesdays and
Fridays at lz m. and o p. m. ,
Uburch of the Uood bhepherd Good
Friday at 11 a. m. and 6 p. in. Sun
days at II a. m. and 8 p.m., Other
services as follows: Mondays, Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 p.
m. . Wednesdays at 10 a, 'Jd 8 p
m. v Fridays at 1U a. m.
Maw AdvarUaamont.
Mr J Hardin, besides bjs regular
announcement, today has some local an
nouncements of interest. '
The annual statement of the - JEtna
fire insurance company appears today.
It is a widely known and everywhere
popular company, and is represented in
North Carolina by Air. is. H. Urow, of
this city.
To teiuitorize with your health instead of
ro!iiitly uxing Dr. Bull's Baltimore pills is
suirenH folly.
lfositively the best. Day s Horse Powder.
See that you get no other. All druggists keep
it.
The "Iwby's lest friend" is the most appro
priate title for Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. It is
guaranteed to be free from opium and laud
anum, '
BLOODSHED.
THE NTKIKERS ABJ OFFICERS
DEADLY CONFLICT AT FORT.
WOBiH.
in
Tb Strlkom Ambush m Train, but Art
Finally Driven Off.
8t. ; Louis, April 3 A number, of
specials from Fort Worth, Texas, report
that fighting occurred there today be
tween the strikers and the sheriff's
posse, iit which several persons were
killed and wounded on both sides.
Winchester rifles were freely used. It is
difficult from these dispatches to state
the exact order of events. One special
says ; : "At 10 o'clock this morning
1,500 people assembled at the Missouri
Pacific depot, to see sheriff Maddox
send out the train which he said
last j night he would or dfe in
the attempt. At 1 o'clock an engine
with twenty armed deputies backed into
the yard, to take out a train of twenty
cars. When ready the train pulled out
for the south and reached the New Or
leans crossing, twq miles south of the
city,; at 1 o'clock. Sheriff Maddox and
his posse were there attacked and a
regular battle ensued. : Three deputies
are shot and several of the strikers are
id to have been killed. The
names of the deputies wounded are
Chas. Sneed, J, J. Bulford and Dick
Townsend. Sneed will die. The sheriff's
posse numbered thirty men."
Another hort Worth special says:
"The citiieris are arming on all sides.
A fight is now going on between the
strikers and fifty mounted police. The
strikers are well armed with Winches
ters. I Everything is in an extremely
feverish condition."
2 30 p. M.-f-Another " special from
Fort Worth says : , Several hundred
merchants and citizens are now march
ing down Main: street, all armed with
Winchester rifles and shot guns. Seven
men are now dead and a number are
ounded. The gun stores are closed
n v uuuvu jl uy e
tnj Q under guard
a pi at. Details of the
desperate af
fair at Fort Worth, Texas, are given as
follows : The j suggestive quiet that
marked the passage of the freight train
through the city was not without its
sequel. When! the train left the depot
it was under the protection of a posse
of officers commanded by Jim. Court-
wriirht. The train proceeded to the
crossing of the Fort Worth & New Or
leans road, when it was stopped, as is
customary. . What followed is reported
by a railroad employee who was on the
train iHe says that when the train stopped
it was noticed that several men were
congregated on the track in. front of the
train, lhe commander of the posse
approached the men and asked why they
impeded the progress: of the train, to
which they replied that they had noth
ing to do with it; that they were not
armed and had no intention of interfer
ing with the road. As the officers re
turned to the train . they noticed several
men sitting or lying on the grass a few
yards from the train. The entire posse
advanced toward the men in ambush,
until they had reached a ditch along
side of the track, when they commanded
them to throw up their hands. The
command was obeyed, but as the hands
came up they brought Winchester rifles
with them, which belched forth a neaaiy
fire,! it is said with fatal effect.
There were ! perhaps one hundred
shots fired, j After the first , fire
the (posse advanced 'and continued
firing. The ambushed men retreated
behind some piles of ties, which proved
a'most excellent breastwork and from
the I security of which they poured a
murderous fire into the posse. : From
this position they were finally dislodged
8nddriven beyond range of the pOsse's
pistols. The casualties among the posse
were found to be three; police Officer
Ford, shot through both thighs; special
officer Dick Townsend, shot through t
left breast near the nipple, fatal; special
officer Chas. j Sneed, shot through te
heart and jaw. The casualties amon?
the ambushed men are only a matter
ooujecture, though there seem, to e
good grounds for saying that three or
more of them were wounded, probably
fatally. The same authority says there
were half a dosen or more horses visible,
from the train that was ambushed.
which it is believed belonged to the a n-
budhing party. The posse carried the
wounded men aboard the tram,; w men
backed into the Union depot, where the
wounded were lying when the reporter
saw them. I
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Wi regret the fact that we are unable
to produce in this issue alii the letters
we have received on the subject Of the
stock law. What we cannot handle to
day will appear from time to time in the
early future
Wi present today about a third of
Senator Vance's fine effort on the civil
service system. We cut the speech in
sadness of spirit because such mutilation
necessarily destroys to a great extent the
effect of the argument, but we were anx
ious to give our reader at least the
pith of what was so well said and this
must be our excuse for the) frequent ap
pearance of asterisks in our reproduc
tion. ! .
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Washingtok, April S. Secretary
Manning continues to convalesce slowly
but steadily, and there seems no longer
to be any apprehension of a fatal ter
mination of his illness. The only mem
bers of his family now with him are hif
wife and two daughters. His son and
other relatives who came here wheat v. ho
was first taken sick, have returned to
their homes. j
A Prlso In b Lottery
of life whiclf is usually unappreciated until It
is lost, jx-rtmpft never to return, la health.
What a priceless boon it is, and how we ought
to cherish it, that life may not be a worthless
blank to us. Many of the diseases that flesh is
heir to, and which make life burdenwme, such
as consumption (scrofula- of the lun(f), nd
other scrofulous and blood diseases, are com
pletely cured by Rr. R. V. Pierce's "Golden
Medical Discovery" after all j other , remedies
have failed. Dr. Pierce's treatise on consump
tion mailed for ten cents in stamps. Adore,
World's Dispensary Medical Association, ,668
Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The great floods are abating.
The St. Louis Review says: We de
sire to call attention to the reliability of
the preparations manufactured by the
Liebig Company and to the high charac
ter of the indorsements accorded to its
Coca Beef Tonic by leading physicians
and medical journals of all schools." In
Valuable in debility, dyspepsia,! catarrh
biliousness and nervousness. , -
; Frosts and rains have
truck.
damaged early .
Henry A, Mott, Jr. Ph D., F.C.&, Prof,
fbemiatry, New York Medical Collcce, and
late Government Chemist, aava : "My lnvaati
gatisn of AUcack's Porous Flafter shows it to
contain valuable and essential ngredlnts not
present in any other plaateri Theaa Ingredi
ent are bo perfectly proportioned that the
Attack's Porous plaster will not cause .blis
ters or excessive irritation; and I find it su
perior to and more efficient than any ether
planter." Imitation and counterfoil at this
valuable remedy are being offered tar sale; m
when purchasing Allcock's Porous Plasters
do oot fail to see that the registered trada
wark atamp is on each plaster, a none arc
genuine without it. j ! .
This 1886 is a phenomenal ytttr
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Get thee hence, ye diarrhoea, dysentery,
crump colic and all pains in the bowels. Is the
charge Dr. Bigger Huckleberry Cordial rives;
for we have found a dose of j it at once drive
away these attacks, and relieves you ot any dis
turbance that follows the eating of green or
tul e fruit. It is also a panacea tor the child
teething. ' ;
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