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I NEWS OB8ERRVATION3.
Howard T. BUcketoae, diaoount
clerk in the Canil natiocal bank of
Portland, Me., has fled with a shortage
of $25,000 in his aooounla, due to apeo
nlation. '
A bill has been introduced in the
Alabama legialature to establish ; and
maintain an industrial oollege for
Women. Fifty thousand dollars' is asked
for the establishment, and $25,000 for
maintaining it.
I This is a great country. Florida
is sending fresh euonmbers to market;
in Minnesota the ice is thiok enough to
bear teams; in California grapes are
being gathered, and Maine is shireiing
tinder serenl inohea of snow. ; -:
The Chinese code of morality does
not say Wi?e, obey your husbands,"
bat Wives, respeot your husbands."
To whioh an ezohange adds: "This, it
prill be seen, iff yery mueh more diffi
iult of oomplianoe with than the first
torsion." I
The Boston Courier says: "A Chi
naman is speaking to himself as he irons
a shirt; picks np a shirt showing evi
dence ol having been well cared for,
and 6ajs: 'Bachelor; him landlady; fix
him.' Pioks.up another, buttonless and
ill fesjed at tie" wrists and neck, and
says 'Mallied man.' "
The latest invention is a oorn busker,
fhich will prore more beneficial and
valuable than the Manny or MoCormlck
reapers. Mr. MeCormack died, leaving
$33,000. It cost about three cents a.
bushel to husk corn by hand; but this
' . . .... '
macnine win do it tor f of a cent per
bushel.
The Railway Register says : To
isupply an existing need it is reported
tbm Ute r'ennsylvani will build direct
ly south from Norfolk to JaoksonTiik-,
Florida, taking in Charleston and Sayan
iimh. bhooid the plan be carried out it
will, in connection with the roads north
from tape Charles, open a direct line
between New York and Jacksonville,
fthe business of 'whioh are to be large
from the very first.
At High Point, in the all-age
; pointer st&ke, Robert le Diable won the
jhrst prize of $300. In the all-ge set
ter auke in the first series Clifford beat
obleC, Fred Vv. beatLillinn, Glottcr
beat Brandon, L&dj C. beat &t. Elm
IV, Belle beat Fendragon, Roy Monarch
beat Chickaaw H, and Mandan beat
Windemere. We suppose all this is elear
ito sportsmen.
I! William G. SedVwick. a gtn-
ident in the medical department -fof
itne university or ue city of New York,
jhas been sued by Miss May Walker, in
the superior eourt, to reoover $20,000
damtges for breach of promise. Miss
Vyaiker and her parents are well known
in Richmond, Va. Roger A. Prrbr
bring the suit for Miss Walker. Sedk-
wiek we arrested and bailed.
TRIPLE HANGING.
JUCKE
ANOTHER SESSION OF
IlYNCH'S COURT IN TEX IS
THEM KX6K0KS IMPUCATID IX A CILUNO
TAKBX OUT 01 JAIL AMD SWUNG UP TO
i A TKSS-LIUB, AH UNFOBTUJf ATS
OOOI7XXXNCX COTTOX JIXI
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BALIS BUBXID.
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Special to the Newt ud Observer.
Washixqtox, N 0, Deo 3 The Chi-
osgo patent lumDer xun, erected nere ,
by K M Short at an expense of E,ouu,
was destroyed by fire this evening. The
ease is believed oy some to nave been
. e .
snontaneous eomonsuon; oy otners a
spark from an adjoining mill. The loss
of K M Short on tie tun and lumber is
i 120.000; insuranee 11,000. 8 R Fowle
j A Son, $1,000; no insurance.
THE CRUEL COLD
It feeofile
how Brack cradfteoet them
I tbev weld not be seeklnf tMor tt keommoi-
m " ' ' "'J j 'i I f , . i IK'
rxee that the merchant who boy foods a
endlt aad aeOs them on end eaoat aeU hie
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goods bifber to eoyer Us losaea. Ursgnlir
Usee of merchandlae there are three dlsUaCt
r - -' - 1 ' I v I;
profltorhargednpsad each oae there to an
; : ? &'i
extra per eent laid, to eover, tbt leases by
credit.,
Ton eouni tea per east oa each 01
then ad you have at Ute,.leaat eatteaU SO par
jeat which you must pay to cover the
This : the
eoasomer
by meB wha never? pay,
has to pay. It ad comes oat of the hard
earned dollars of tie laboring people. If ytta
borrow money from the bank; at 8 per cent
you tbiak it very high, yet yon will buy you?
goods oa credit and pay 80 per cent more for
: .1 I ! ' : :r ti.
them thai yon odght to pay;; and you wfll
never wink your eye at tt. This credit take!
f torn the producers
of thieeonntry
ir
e-ha!f
thei make. Kow how do you nxe the system
Cone to the Backet StoreAad bby your Jeoda.
The Backet Store has all the adVaatagee from
having bayen always in the Nj w To maj
ket, with cash la hand, who boy from houses
which are compelled to take 'their oncrafor
aheae goods. It faf the power of thealmlghtr
dollar euttinc its -Way throneh the centre of
time Which enable us to offer; goods at Ism
than they can be made lor in hundreds ol
The Backet Store is satisfied-with email
The New York Evening Post no'es
it ss "another illustration of the fret
that little things often Count with the
pablio for more than large affairs, ti at
Sir. Blaine's performance in the en
counter with Mr. Edmunds at the Ar
thur funeral appears to have damaged
Mm with many republioane more seri
ously than all the revelation! of kis de
magogi&m and dishonesty."
j There is a lovely love of a woman
iving in Newaygo eounty, Wisconsin.
bpe picked blaokberries last fall for
market, and so industrious was she oh
foot and so nimble of finger that returns
tor her trait were quite ecuuderable
Chicago, Dee. 3 A special to the
Times from Brennan, Texas, says : At
an :eerly hour yesterday morning an
armed meb eime to town., overpowered
the jailer and took out Shea Feldner,
Alfred Jones and Enhraim Jones, three
of the negroes implicated .in the killing
of Dewes Bolton, at Flewellin's store,
in this county, on the night of the elec
tion ; and lynched them; It was so
quickly done that the town wag not
aroused The bodies of the three men
were found barging to a tree in the
morning. It is thought the feeling
against the men had subsided so that
further trouble would not occur, and
Sheriff Dcwer had brought them back
roni Houston, whither they had been
sent' for safe keeping. There is no olue
to sny of the perpetrators. It is feared
the unfortunate occurrence will again
cause race prejudice and raise political
excitement very high.
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' Co Dvatroyetf.
Naw Yobx, Dee. 3. A fire broke out
this; morning on the lighter "Ino",
which was receiving a cargo of cotton
from the Charleston line' docket, pier
29 East river. As soon as the vessel was
discovered to be on fire . she was cut
adrift frcm the dock 60 as: to save thou
sands of bales of ootton stored there. If
this precaution had not, been taken
the dock and contents i might have
been consumed. The fire-boat "Have
meyer" was sent for but suc
ceeded in saving very little of
the cotton on the lighter .' 4,Ino,"
whieh had 2P5 bales of cotton onboard,
which was being. shipped by the Metro-
Slitan steamship company to the Nassau
anufaeturirg eomrany of New Hamp
shire. The lighter is owned by Short
en Bros, of Wall street, but at present
is leased to Ucj. W. Anderson. The
fire was caused by some 'one throwing
lighted cigar stumps in among the cot
ton,: which soon had the eotton and ves
sel in fit mes After the fire was extin
guished the : vessel was towed up the
river and beached. The loss is estima
ted, at 125,000 on the eotton and $10,
0C0 on the vecsel; covered by insured.
Tkt Bfehaaoael Teraolaial aael the XaaA
Naw Yoix, Dee. 8. -Negotiations
were completed today by which the
Richmond Teiminal secures eontrol of
the Est Ttctmee, Virginia & Georgia
railroad, ope of the principal railway
systems m the south.
LAns-v Vice-President Buce, of the
Etst Tetncrtee raUroad, states that the
report that theacntrol of . the eompany
hts ! been sold to the Rich mond Ter
minal jecple is tot tine. As to whether
negotiations . are now progressing, or
have been completed, however, he has
nothing to tay. v :ce- President ixtgan
of the Richmond Teiminal, declines to
make any statement on the matter.
caiaMraaeaa rloaaljr 111.
Special to the News and Observer.
Ashivtu.'. N C, Deo. 8 General T
L Clingman has taken a relapse and is in
a eritieal condition, lie is seriously
affeoted. t
, A sTeatrrait Tawa-odT.
St. Louis, Dee. 3. A speoial from
Chattanooga, Tenn., says: A tragedy
ocourred last night at Stephecson, Ala.
James Turner went to the house of
Frank Carter and called him to the
door. Turner fired two shots from a shot
gun at him, both taking cfif.-ct in the
breast. As Carter fell, he caught up
his rifle, which was standing behind the
door; and shot Turner. Both are now
dying. The cause of the trouble is not
known. The men have always been
intimate friends.
A Bale Cheek.
St Louts, Dee. 2. A pension ehcek
for $3,000, altered from one for $6, was
presented at the sub -treasury for pay
ment to-day. It came through the
Merchants' bank for collection for ad
count of the Kansas City bank.
The latter bank will be the loser.
Hear? Verdict AftralaaS Boa Bailor.
Bostow, Deo. 2. In the ease of the
National Sailors' Home against Gen.
Butler, the jury today found a verdict
for $16,537 against Gen. Butler.
Fmtaroa at slow Toe.
flaw xonxj; uee. o. ureenc & uo.'s
report on eotton futures says: Con-
What did she do with the money ? Buy J?' irregular market Md while kliHLv
A new jmey and some stockings or :the tppearaBecs early uttho day looked McBoc who killed Joe Hardwick.
prcmisug tor runner a am, we nno tne
I? Cbaao for m JBTairdoror.
OArTUXXD BT HIS VICTIM'S BBOTHIBS ATT KB
: TWIHTT OHB TSARS
Rom, Ga , Deo. 2. John and La
fayette Hardwick, having in charge
Carroll MoBee, who killed their brother
twenty-one years ago, passed through
here this morning and are now at their
home in edar Uluff, Ala la I860
MeBee's father moved from Tennessee
to Cedar Bluff with his son Carroll. Tho
latter always estimated himself the best
man in the community, and on reaching
bu new homo and learning that one of
the Hardwicks was the bully of the
place was anxious to fight him. He
boasted of his ability to throw Hardwick
in a wrestle. The boys urged him on
and went to the village store, where
young Hardwick and his brother
Joe ; were found. MeBee here
repeated his boast, but Hardwick
declined ; . to enter such i a test.
Then MeBee, turning to Joe Hardwick,
who was sitting on the eounter, said:
'If I cannot get Hardwick to wrestle
with me I can throw his brother." In
the attempt MeBee was thrown to the
ground. ; Crestfallen, but still anxious
to show his strength, he attacked Joe
again with the same result. MeBee
then went out, and, putting . his open
pocket knife up his sleeve, returned and
said: "You may be able to throw me.
but you can't whip me," accompanying
the words with what annearod to bo a
blow of the fist, but really leaving be-
una a ratal xnixe siao. mooee ran to
his horse, mounted it, and rode off The
other Hardwicks gave pursuit, follow
ing him into the Indian Territory and all
over the West, finally after twenty-one
years, capturing him and bringing him
back to the scene of his crime. The
admits his identity with
Winter hat 7 Naw. She went to town
land "blowed in" the whole business on
a fiddle for her husband.
3 i
At a fashionable wedding whieh
occurred ap the Hudson last week, the
brde was attired in a prince see dress of
white saun with trimmings of pearl-bead
ed passementerie in addition to flounces
lof duohesse lace. The five bridesmaids
wore gowna oi pmx ana wnite stnpea
satin and velvet, the wide satin stripe
brocaded with pink sweet-briar roses
and foliage. The bodices were pointed,
and the sleeves elbow length, with fichus
over the shoulders of Milanese laoe, the
designs band-painted in very delicate
natural colors. They carried bronaed
wioker baskets filled with full-bloom
crimson roses and sprays of tender fern.
'Qae of the elegant toilets was of helio
trope satin, brooaded with palest pink
roses. Ibis costly fabric was made up
with p iik velvet the exact shade of the
rosea. ine Josephine eorsage was
trimmed about the open neck with oo
quilles of old(laoe and clusters of helio
trope and blush-rose buds. - The train
was absurdly long, and the sleeves (for
we
result wipes out the advance and leaves
most months a frtction under last eve-
nine with ue leciing quiet, rort re
ceipts, together with interior towns
movement and the stocks greatly ex
ceeded calculations, and under this dis
appointment the "bull" element seemed
to lose some of their nerve; though still
making something, of an effort , to hold
position.
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;ooBBraUvo Cottoa aiousnoai.
Naw Y obi, Dee. 8 The fol'owfng the
comparative cotton statement lor. the week
eadtoglfcc 8:
i . loco. 1880.
Net receipts at U. B. ports, 474,899 242,166
Total receipts to date, 2,104,844 1,616,811
xporu lor ute week, 178,248 101,620
Total exports to date, 1,488,677 1,414,229
Stock at all UB. ports, 0,lt 810,081
stoea at ail Uitenor towns, zzo.uio its. no
8toCk at Liverpool, tt'8,000 483,000
For Great Britain. 289,000 203,000
" 1 11 TaWaaV-SSB
Total Wot Beeeljata.
N&w Yoi x, Deo. 3 The followirg are
the total let rtotipts of cotton at all
potts since tfptembcr 1, IS 86, in bales:
Galveston, 444,313 bales; fiew Or
leans, 727,268 bales; Mobile. 103 854
SUFFERINGS OF TH03E WHO GO
DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIP3.
PAD XBSULT 01 THS CHICAGO OSf ALOATIC-N
A BOLD ASSASSIN THl fKVNOa
aOVXBNMINT D1FIAT8D
OTHBR OBNSKAL HSWS
BT WIKB. ;
Washihotob, Deo. 3. Report are
coming m of marine disasters on the
lakes and the north Atlantic eoast,
which indicate even greater hardships
to mariners in the present than in the
reoent storm. A large schooner bound
for Chietgo eame in sight of the harbor,
but was so oovered with ice that she
i blown past and finally beaehed at
Michigan City, where the crew got
ashore so badly frosen that they are in
the hospital. A number of vessels are
missing and every oae that has made a
harbor in the last two days was almost
unmanageable because of the weight of
iee which loaded then from the water
line to the eross trees.. All report frost
bitten crews. Two vessels are in sight
off the New England coast stranded and
flying signals for help. Oae is a large
sohooaer and one is a sqitre-rigged
vessel on Hand Rook Shoal. In the
present gale no help can reaoh them.
A Had State of Attain.
Cite to o, Deo. 3 Liter estimates of
the defalcation of Theodore S ; M'xi,
cashier for the millionaire oaal merchant
Ames, makes the matter worse than was
it first stated, the am mnt being now
placed at $112 000. The developments
reveal a state of affairs sad in the ex
treme. While the family is ruined by the
recklessness of a son who has brought
a gray haired father from tfBaenoe to
poverty, from heUh almost to tie verge
of the grave, the homis'eal of tin
aged parent, the home of his sister and
brother-in-law, the residence of the em-
besiler, the jewels of his wife, and his
very birthrght and heritage all have
gone to sitisfy the claim of Mill's em
ployer sni save the son from the. peni
tentiary. Yesterday transfers to Ames
were recorded for all the property enu
merated, and Theodore S. M i), jrintly
with his father, signed away all his
right and title to his share of his father's
property that would revert to him by
the provisions of his father's will, al
ready made. A brother of Mixe Who is
in Atchison, Kansas, also eame to his
assistance.
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onoe this worn phrase must be used)! bales; cavsnnsh, 525,545 bales; Chsrles-
enCO. . I VU u,voo uuee, ti uiuiugvuu,
profits and we shall make oa:bargatna make
S . i.
oar busl&eas. Now come to the Backet Star8
and buy your goods and save your money. ;;
TjU week we shaU offer some gmX bwg la
In GenU' Boys' and children' caps ; also la
Gents' clothing pt all kinds.! Triple
plate oa steel knifes and forks worth B3.W at
I 7fte t t.
Ureal lb in dents'. Indies' and Misses'
Gum Bhoaa. Persoee wishing such goods W ill
eava,saoney by purehtslug frons us.
Bespoctlaliy shbaatted to
a'7' VOLNE yIpURSELL! k CO.,
cash' trade
lOhUUrtiaSL
a a s a
oonspicuous oy tneir aosence
Instances often oocur of one farmer
making a good living off of land on
Whioh previous workers had failed to
trucoeed. This is often set down to good
management, and justly so, A man
must know his land, its wants and oa-
pabilities, before he can properly farm
it. We quite agree with the writer who
says that it is one sign of a good farmer
if he pi lies manure, it does not re
quire a good farmer to raise bountiful
crops on a farm already rich, but the
art lies in so managing the farm that tt
will produce good crops every year
Without losing its fertility. A man may
make money from bis farm while he is
wasteful f fertilisers, but ho is not a
good farmer, for he is eonstantly run
ning his land into debt. Good farming
eons'sts of suoh management as will
make the farm produce the best possible
results without deteriorsiog the soil.
This etn only be aeoompliabed by a
rigid economy in the making and using
of manure, and by sueh a systematic
rotation of crops as will bo the least ex
haustive to the soil. Baltimore Market
JJommaL
081 bales; Norfolk, 312,763 bales; Bal
timore, 17,465 bales; New York, Zi,-
678 bales; Boston, 18 231 bales; Phil
adelphia, 14,788 bales; . West Point,
130,930 balei; Brunswick; 15.467 bales;
Port Royal, 11,086 bales, 11,086 baits;
Pes saovia, 8,044 bales. Total, 2,704,-
844 bales.
Vitrdored ataa Blow.
Chicago, Dee. 3. A Times Helena,
m a w ' w-k
Arx., special says: iavmia jorown, a
eolored woman, after a trivial domestic
unpleasantness, struck her husband with giving examples of Tom's insanity
BliaS Toaa.
Augusta Chronicle.
Testimony is being taken i in New
York to prove or disprove the unsound
ness of iilind Tom s mind
The mother of this strange creature,
Charity Wiggins, told her story to the
eourt. She is about 80 years old, and
has had twenty children, twelve of
whom are still living. Tom was born
in Georgia, and is now 37 years old
He was born blind, and, from the first
dawning of reason exhibited a faculty
for imitating sounds. The mother said:
If he heard a rooeter crow he would
W m . 0 '
crow, it he heard a bird sing he would
sing.; 'He would go for the noise,' she
continued. We bid to watch him. His
father would l e awake half the n;ght
and 1 would lie awake the other half
tie played the piano before be was ; a
year t Id. The witness said that at a
friend s house one day, while she and
othera were sitting at the table, Tom
crawled into the p trior and began play
ing on tne piano, vv aen ne was a iiitie
over two years old he began to take les
sens. He was about three years old
when he first played in public
, Tom was taken away some months
after emancipation, by one of the Ba-
thunes, who had owned his parents be-
oause "there wes money in him
A former advanee agent and treasurer
of Bethuhe testified that Tom s exhibi
tor cleared 820,000 a yean This B.
thune was run ever by a railway train,
at Wilmington, Delaware, when intoxi-
oatea.
Professor rosnanski, a musioal ex
pert, testified that Tom was rational on
two points -mut io asd eating, and then
rather impeaohed his own testimony by
in
an txe while he was playing with their
children and nearly severed his head
rota his body. She made no attempt
to escape.
! A Bad affair.
i m V W 9 -mm
A fetersburg, va., speoial says
that in an anray in rut eounty,
North Carolina, between Thomas
Smith and John Dennis, the latter
shot and killed tho former. Friends
of Smith then assaulted Dennis and
eat him nearly to death with a large
knife. It is not thought that Dennis
eu reoover.
both matters. Ihe negro could not be
taught musie as a aoienco. He was
simply imitative and gifted with a pro-
cugiouB memory.
One eunoua oiroumstanee eame out
on the trial, and that was the recovery
of Tom's sight. He is now no longer
quite blihd. Ue u therefore "Blini '
Tom, just as the mature Mr. Harrison
ia the Boy" Preacher.
A Bold Aeeasatau
Chicaqo, Deo 3. A speoial to the
Times from Parsons, Kuisas, say: A
stranger registered at Centropolis, Wed
nesday evening, as Jim Uummings, and
soon went to supper. Whea he own
out he put on the landlord's hat and
departed. Polieeman KUer was put on
his track, and arrested him near the
depot. TBey had walked a short dis
tance when the man pulled away from
the policeman, and, stepping back a few
paces, drew a pistol and fired. Tin
policeman dropped, fatally wounded,
and the assawin made his escape down
the track, stampeding the crowd which
attempted to Stop him by flourishing his
revolver. The polioeman is dying.
A Crlal tm Braao.
Pabis, Ddo. 3 In the . Chamber of
Deputies today M Sarrien, Minister of
the Interior, speaking in opposition to
the motion for the total abolition of the
offices of sub prefects, promised that ha
would introduce a bill providing for a
nartial abolition of the offices. Prime
Minister DtFrcycinet supported Bamn
and reproached the opposition for seis
ins every chanoe that was offered to
overthrow the government. The eham
ber, however, adopted the motion for
the total abolition by a majority of
thirteen votes, thus defeating the gov-.
eminent. It is reported that DeFrey-
emet. Barrien and Goblet. Minister of
Public Instruction, will resign. There
was intense excitement in the lobbies
of the chambers. After the vote
announoed the sitting of the chamber
was suspended at the initanee of De
Freveinot in order that: the cabinet
might consider its position The minis
tors are now (5.30 p. m.) holding i
meeting.
a sic rtrr
BmocKioa. Mass., Dee 3 A fira lat
last uieht destroyed the opera houv
bloek.eontaining eleven business houses
Loss estimated at S2ZU.0UU; lnsuranoc
$145,000.
The Kalelgh Cottoa Bfarfcot.
Business in the Cotton Exohange fur
the last two days has been unusually
active. Yesterday there was suoh
great demand for the staple that the
local market prioe advanoed considera
bly. The loss of eotton by the fire last
Tu'sdsy cut snort the supply in tnu
market, henee the strong and' active de
mand. This is the only eff ;ct the fire
has had. The condition of t uyers and
cotton handlers has not been effected
one particle, exocpt in runn'ng them
short of stock with whioh to fill
ou'side criers. The necessity of mik
ing ud this lost stock no doubt
accounts largely for the "boom" now
m the market, and for the advance in
looal prices. These opportunities for
produoers to real so extra good prioes
for their cotton seldom occur, and when
they do, the long-headed and prudent
farmers are careful t take imtaodiato
advantage of them. There is no dearth
of money in the Raleigh market and it
Cannot nOw be overstocked in same
time; in fact the supply will now hardly
meet the demand dnr'.ng tfie entire sea
son, and the scarcity of the article will
keep the market up to the highest notch
in prioes.
These facts are given, that farmers and
those who havi cotton to dispose of,
Tne fbodtsts.
PROC1XDINGS or TUB NORTH , CABOUMA
AN107AL C0HTIEX50B.
8pocial Cor. of the News and Observer. '
Rudsvixli, N. 0., Dee 2. 1886.
. BBOOKD DAT.
After the usual opening exercises
Rev. R. O. Burton, D. D , made a mo
tion to make Friday at 10 o'olook the
hour for consideration of the interests
of Trinity oollege. After considerable
discussion the motion was adopted.
Col. L. D. Palmer, of the Southern
Methodiet publishing house, presented
the interests of the publishing house.
In his talk he brought out the fact that
of about 7,000 Methodist itinerant
preachers in the Southern ehuroh, only
120 were not taking the Nashville
Christian Advocate; that the publish
ing house was sending out Sunday
school literature for 600.000 children
Rev. W. W. Royall, of the Virginia
conference, returned missionary from
China; Rev. J. J. Lafferty, editor of
the Richmond Christian Advocate, and
Rev. Mr. Craig, of the Presbyterian
ehuroh in Reidsville, were introduced
to the conference and invited to be at
home in the oonferonoe.
I The following committee was ap
pointed to try the Rev. J. T. Bagwell
oa the charge of immorality that was
preferred against him. L W. Craw
ford, chairman; P. L. Herman, T. A.
Boone, W. C. Norman, G. W. Ivey, J.
W. Jenkins, J. T. Gibbs, A. R. Raven,
J. D Arnold, W.8. Rone, T J Gattis,
J. N. Cole, J. J. Renn and B B. Cul
breth. J. E. Mann reptesent the
Church and W. M. Robey Che defendant
in this ease. J. H. Southgate was ap
pointed secretary of the committee. ;
I Rev. Mr. Dickson, of Charleston, S.
C , represented the condition of the
Methodist church buildings in that citj
as being bad indeed. In response to
his call for help the oanferenoe gavt
him $446.
The routine business of the confer
ence is moving along very nicely.
Blalao mad Kdaaaaaa.
TBB BiCBKT ItCIDIHT IS RBW TOXK MB.
XDMUNDS'S LBTTSX BIISRXIHO TO
. THl PEBSIDBHTIAL COTTB8T.
The reevnt ooourrenoe in New York
where Mr. Blaine and Senator Edmunds
met, and where Mr. Edmunds proffered
the hand whioh Mr. Blaine declined to
take, has baen the theme of mueh com
ment. The seene occurred on Sunday.
November 21, and it was only two days
before that day that Mr. Edmunds's let
ter reflecting on Mr. Blaine's honesty
had been published in a New England
paper favorable to Mr.Edmunds.Though
' ' A M 1DOE . . "
written in Apru, ooo, n was not given
to the puoiio till then, ana it was it is
asserted, given out with Mr. Edmunds'
knowledge. Tho following ia the letter,
referring to the presidential eontest:
Wajhivstox, D. O , April 15, 1835.
Dear sir I have your very kind and
welcome letter of the 10th, and thank
you heartily for it. it is true myp Mo
tion was trying, for on reflection I felt
that it was far better that the Republi
can ticket should sueoeed (whatever my
personal opinion had been and was con
eerning a candidate ) than that the gov
ernment should go into the hands of the
democratic party, but I eould not under
any cireumstaneea or temptation say that
I believe something about a candidate
that 1 did not believe, and if 1 were to
make speeches and say what I did be
lieve as to oertain transactions, etc, dr
was (so speaking) to refuse to answer
questions on these topics, it would be
especially worse for the party than stay
ing at home. 1 know, therefore, that
did the beet thing for the party that an
honest man eould do.
i I believe, then, that the sober minded
republicans of Vermont will not on-
demn me because 1 eould not and would
not tell untruths or be a hypocrite, even
to retain our party in power. I under
stand perfectly tho bad souroes, one ab
infra and one ab extra, whence came
the sort of things to whioh you refer,
but there is nothing that I wish to do
about it, other than to go on manfully
ahd try, as I have always done, to do
my duty in the Sonata, and, so far as I
have the ability, to honor the common
wealth that has bestowed upon mc un
asked, great trusts and honor. I can
never be a "wire-worker" or beggar for
the gift she haa hitherto freely plaoed
in my hands, not as the consequence of
importunity, but (as she supposed) for
the advancement of her own interests.
If the people believe that these interests
may be better confided to other handr,
it is their right and their duty to act
accordingly. My only ambition is thtt
the honest and intelligent men of Ver
mont and of the country shall think
that lam brave- enough to walk ao-
oording to the light that I have, and
not to worry about eonscquenocs.
My dear sir, I am not posing as
martyr, for the pride and place of power
is, as it seems to me, more, as the swift
years go by, among the least of the
pleasures or benents or life. There is
ah inextinguishable jiy in having be
faithful to truth and self respect, ai d
there will always be with mc a glad
gratefulness to those who have honored
me with their respeot and confidence,
am, in haste, sincerely yours,
Gbo. F. Fdmubds.
Congress will resume business
r m . a m 4 AAA a. a
Monday with iz.wv bills on its ni
and hundreds favorably reported on the I may lean of god opportunity to sail
to advantage.
oatawoatoaa Htwo.
OCB SSBLBT iLBTTBh.
?peciCor. of the News and Observer.
ISbuxbt, N. d, Dee. 2. 1886.
The railroads eontinne their progress
towards Ratherfordtda. The Charles
ton, Cinoinaati and Cjjhioago are laying
at the rate of three to four miles per
week. All thtt is laid in one day ia
surfaced up at ono, bo the road is in
good running order ai far as the traok
is laid. The first cotton platform is
nearly completed It is 2'J0 feet long.
Others will be added as fast as required
Timber is being hauled for the freight
house, and the plans for the passenger
depot are almost ready.
Contrary to ihe statements of the
bridge men the Carolina Central road
oroaeed Seoond Broad river on Monday j
and will reaoh their ;preaent proposed ,
terminua in about ton days. It u ru-'
mored that the management will- soon
place double passenger trains on this
end of the road. If so it will be what
our people have hoped for for a number
of years. , ?
Rev. Dr. PritcharcL ot Wilmington.
delivered an excellent lecture in the
Baptist church on Tuesday night. His
subject was "The Todgue." Last night
he preached at the Baptist ehuroh to a
ergo congregation, s
The Forest uity Record, the paper ;-
whioh was burned out! on Friday night, :
will probably be republished at an early
day. , j if--. J-
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; Hon? Tbomaa Seay, who was elec
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last, was inaugurated at Montgomery,
Wednesday, lie declared himself in
favor of federal aid to education in the
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