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J5 cts.. 1,(JOO yds Oil Cloth for Table.. ? & CTS- each. 1,000 Napkins. tflr drs. I,d00 pr; MEN'S and A O BOYS CLOTH GLOVES worth 4'J cts -2 . 81 i,C00 yds CoBtit Cloth worth cte. 10 cta HOODS. TOBOGGANS, : Nubias, eta 50 curl 1,000 tJnlauadried ad Negli gee Shirts worth 75 cts. 10,000 airs Ladies' arid Gents' ll&ee, 6, 71, 9, 10 iand 12c, worth double the money 75c$l, $1 25, 81.48 and $1 50, 1 White .Counterpanes;. rlclays Oiily will sell all our Remnants AB A REDUCTION Of S3 1-3 percent. i: ONE PRICE WIEK BAILING ANDUBNAMKS v TAL WLHS Wuus DUFDH ft C O ., No. llf llO.vWorth Howard itreet, mbi-tami-'i'l, manufacturers of -wire ratting (u i Oiueterin, Balconies, Ac, Hievee uuder "!re. Wood add Coal Screen V4ove9K.ne Iron BedMenis. nOhair Wet Irfl.'fC ': , ' xs- baNains f ' : ::' wooLcof t & m 14 Eat Martin Street. i i- 1 1 A .rrrl 7,00jda Drees Goods. x ? : KJBWS OBSERVATION'S arnes Noble, one of the pioneers iii developing the iron intereBts pf Georgia and Alabama, died at Rome, Ga., Friday, aged 82 years. He was a native of Scotland. A Broclrjyn man, who was more tban delighted to find that one of his Christmas presents was counterfeit, has had the police trying to trace the senders. It ; was a dynamite bomb without the isual filling. Prinl clbths haTe advanced to 311-163 bid i for spots and 3fc for futures. Ths changes the situation in regard to the wage question, which has just -begun to be agitated, and will furnish tie members of the spin ner's' union ,with new facts and figures for their meeting next Tuesday night at Fall Bjiver Mass. A Pittsburg coroner's jury re cently returned the verdict "death from delirium tremens resulting from accidental causes." At another in quest, after Rearing the doctor say that the subject, who killed himself with prussic lacid, "only accelerated his death, ifvhich must have come from consumption in a very fek weeks," the! jury arrived at this unique Terdjctr "Death from con sumption, accelerated by prussic acid." ; New1'- Mexico bas something at last that ro lother country can boast of that is, if trustworthy correspond ents of a St. Louis paper can bo be lieved, viz , a; monster serpent. It is not a sea serpent, although the ac counts of its ,eize agree with those Of the aquatic j.lemon, for its abode is nothing more; nor less than an extinct crater. According to the majority Of reports tho aaimal is fully 100 feet in length and 200 feet in circumference. The forepart are of enormous size, its, head being as large as a hogshead. It can traveL; rapidly. What it lives on is not known. Mr. Xillle Drake, of Constantine, Mich., a two inonths' widow, recently eloped with Vank Shaw, a 17-year-old schoolboy, and the couple were married at Kalamazoo by a near sighted preacher, who accepted the lad's word asito his age. The couple then returned to Constantine, and have settled down to housekeeping, though the bfide insists that her hus band shall continue his school duties until he is 20 years old. Mrs. Shaw is 35 years od, and has a daughter who is but one year younger than the bay husband.- In Camaen, N. J., Saturday, -Isaac Merrick, a married man, forty? five years old, .shot and killed Sally tfarngan, a reautilul girl of nfteen, and then shot and killed himself. The girl bad been adopted on the death of her mother seven years ago by Mr:. and Mrs Merrick, and had been brought tip by them. It had been noticed for sftme time that Merrick had been paying too much attention to the girl, jwho evidently did not like it, and that he was jealous of the attentions paid by others. Mrs. Mer rick went out of the house for a few momenta Saturday, leaving them to gether, ahe heard several shots, and rushing back into the bouse found their dead bodies on the floor with a revolver lying near. Merrick several years ago served nve months in jau for assaulting little girls. . Xtadtlitokn Qulnt.lt Clak Coatcrrt. Every seat' was occupied last night by as fine an audience as ever assem bled at the opera house. The occa sion was thelconcert of the world fa mous Mendelssohn Quintette Club, of Boston, and Miss Anne Carpenter their Soprano. The programme consisting of ten numbers was almost doubled as nearly everytaumber was redemanded. The quartettes and quintettes played last night Jwere listened to with breathless admiration. There is no other organization which so adequate ly interpret the works of the grett Masters. Each one of the soloists is an artist of the first rank. Gustav Hllle was 'rapturously ap plauded after his eolo on the violin. He is one of the best violinists that has been heard in this city. The flutist delighted all present with his sweet toneai: The veteran Thomas Ryan, as al ways, pleased everyone by the bril liancy and Sympathetic tones of Mis clarionet, i while Blumenberg gave a iptrTomanee oh tie violoncello,' which was revelation to most of the audience, as it has bet ix the general opinion of Raleigh peule that very little inde pendent nmsic could be produced from that instrument; but this gen tlemen brought forth the most deli- cite strains of harmony from this in strument without the accompaniment of any . instrument, and displayed bis thorough proficiency in the mas bary of the violencello, and the sci once of mu&ic in all of its depart ments. Last, but by no means least, we must mention the artistic singing of Miss Carpjenter, who made a most favorable impression, both with her voice as wll as her very handsome personality. She was obliged to re appear after each of her songs. Her voice is exceedingly sympathetic and pure, arid she knows how to use it to advantage.; Altogether, the concert must be Bii named up as a genuine sue cess, and it is to be regretted that we qannot have it repeated this season The club is on its Southern tour and we hope it may be greeted throughout Dixie with as enthusiastic houses as.; tbe the one it had last night in the Capital of North Cairo liua. i ; Pnblie ScUool Apportionment . The Raleigh News and Observer ar d the (jharlotte Chronicle are dis cussing the question of public school apportionment. The former think that Wake's $1 50 per capita is th largest, ever made in that count v, wbiie the latter paper says Union county made that apportionment last "year. All of this is very encourag irig. But until our contemporaries can show that the amount reaches $2.00 per? capita Durham county takes tbe lead in this matter. That is bur sum. Hiurah for Wake; hurrah for Union, and three hurrahs for Dur hepL XtttrKam RMOrder. . i I. IS PROCEEDINGS IN SENATE AND i HOUSE. : Domination of mb. limab "b dy" rs TBE HOUSE COSTINUED 4 OTHljjB NEWS BY WIBE VaiiinaTo, D. C, Jan. 10 Srs-ATE.-Tho President's messages as to an iniernatiotoal convent on for the greater security of life and property at sea, in relation to fixing a prime meridian auda universal day; and as to tlie protection of sub-marihe cables, were presented to the Senate and were referred to the committee on foreign relation?; also tbo PreSi- dent'i message as to the reduction of the reservations of certain Indians, which; was referred to the committee on Indian afiliirs. Also memoria's of the New Orleans maritime associa tion; and of he Merchants' Exchange and lloard of 'Trade of Portland, Me ; favorfng the 'proposed exposition of the three Americas, which were re ferred to the;COmmittee on that sub ject. Mr Sawyer, fria the ObtofS;o committee, Reported, with recom-mendatioa-of indefinite postponement, Mr. utler'a; resolution for the ap pointaient of; a select committee on postal telegraph The resolution wjis indefifiitely postponed, with the re mark hy Mr. Edmunds that he should not wish 1 hat" action to be understood as a determination that the propriety of a 6pecial inquiry into the subject at some future .itime had been decided adversely. A bill to crfedit and pay to the sev eral jtates nd Territorie3 and the District of Columbia all the moneys collected uncltr the direct tax act of August, 18(51, reported by Mr. Mor rill, ft'pui tbe" committeo on fiLancr, on th$ 13th of December, was takn from the calendar and considered. Mr.Bsrry offered a resolution di recting, in cases where the tax was cOtlected fronj citizen?, either directly or by the sale of property, that the amount -hsllte paid to the Governor of theStato in trust for txxch citizems, whether tho .V State bo or be not in debted to tho United States. Mr.5 Sherman argued that the amendment would create a grave em barrassment iu the execufion of the bill, if 4 Mr.lBerry Explained the purpose of tho amendment and advocated its adoption. Mr.Beck s;d that the amendment had besn talked over informally among the members f the ficance committee and that theyi were generally opposed to it, tLmkiug it would be in tbe way a nnal settlement, and that the betterf way v&a to have the money paid to the Sfates and leave the citi zens i pursiRB their remedy against them. 3 ,' Theslresolution was rejected; yeas U, naf a 38. . Mr. jBeck glaled that as all direet SAtra lilUst vH) uuifurto, ik - 1 .1 1. necessary eitper to collect a direct tax from thi States which had not paid iiL or to refund to those States which shad pattd it the amount3 re- pectftilly pagl bv them. Iho Jatter was what the bill proposed to do. Mr.iGray favored the passage or the bill, but argued: that, as the States had dftalt difectly with the general government, k the general govern ment should ,deal directly with the States! in refunding the amounts, and he moed to jtrike but the proviso in the third section, that where the tax was cOllectedf either directly or by the sale of property, the sums so paid i: 1 I r 1 i J it 1 were to pe nia in irusi.ior me Dene fit of the heus of those from whom they were collected. He considered the prbviso tip hampering the bill. Mr. Edmunds moved to amend the proviso, proTDsed to be struct out, by malting its apply only to cases where the ta was collected by the Uniteid Stateji. Agreed to- At two o'clock the bill was laid aside with out farther action. JVfrf Chanaler offered a resolution instructing tEhe judiciary committee to inquire i&to the suppression of the votes of Colored citizens of J ack- Bon, Miss , ht the recent municipal election in tftat city, and into the al legedl participation in such a supprev sion oy the united otates i-i8irici attorney and?by the Deputy Collector of internal revenue and Deputy United States Marsf a1!. Laid on the tabie. The Senate, then proceeded to the consideration of the Blair Educational bill, ind Mr Wilson, of Maryland, made, a constitutional argument against it. At the close of Mr. Vil- sou S-speech, Mr. (Joke obtained the floor! ? A bill wasfiiitroduced by Mr. But ler, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to tetire all the outstanding armyi and navy certificates to lands in SoufcL Carolina by payments to the holdfers of the certificates of the amounts actually paid on the isame, witfc inter es at b per cent. The Senate then took up the execu tive jbusinesf. Ml. Edmiids, from the judiciary coainrittee, iiade tu adverse report on the nomination of Mr. L. Q. C. Lamar to be Associate Justice of the Su preme Courf, and Mr. Pugb, in belia f of the minoty of the same commit tee, Bubmited a fa arable report. Calendar. Mr. Edmtfnds male a favorable ro portjfrom tee judiciary committee on the nomination of Mr. Wm. F. Vilas, to bp Secretary of the Interior. Ca' endar. Mr. Sawyer, from the postoflice committee, iade a favorable report on the nomination of Mr. Don. M. Dickinson, o be Postmaster General. Calendar. I After ten mlnatoa devuted to executive business the doors were re opened aid the Senate at 3:55 ad jouiied. t ' S HoL'aE. I . i WAsniNOtyN, Jin..0. The Speaker announced the appointment of Messrs Wheeler, of; Alabama, and Phelps, of New Jereeyi as members of the bjard of rjE gents pf the Smithsonian Insti tutel A resolution was adopted k authonzingnne committees on ways A . . ... " and means gnd naval affairs to have RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY certain papers printed. Mr. Burne?, of Missouri, from the committee on appropriations, reported tbe urgent deficiency bill and it was referred to the committee ofe.be whole. The call of States for the introduc tion of ; bills, unfinished yesterday, was proceeded with Bills were introduced and referred by Mr. Woodburn, of Nevada, direct ing the purchase of not less than four million dollars' worth of silver bulKon per month and the coinage of the pame into standard dollars. By Mr. Gallinger, of New Hamp shire, for the protection of the public service. This bill requires the dis missal of all persons in the public service who are not citizens of the United States either by nativity or naturalization. By Mr. White, of .New York, to authorize the refunding of the na tional dfbt into a uniform consoli dated bofid. By Mr, Henderson, of North Caro lina, to prescribe tho term of office of persons employed in the civil service. By Mr. Nicholp, of North Crolina, for the repeal of the internal revenue laws. By Mr; McClammy, of North Caro lina, for the erection of a public building at Fayelteville, N. O By Mr, Cowle3, of North Carolina, to iay salaries to marshals and dep uty ma-Hhalf, and to collectors of in ternal revenue. By Mr, SimmonH, of North Caro lina, for the erection of a public building at rsew Berne, N- C By Mr. Harmcr, of Pennsylvania, to increase the pensions of those who have lost eyes or limbs or who are deaf. This is the bill endorsed by the U- S. maimed soldiers' league and the G. A. R. By Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, to prohibit the use of stoves or oil lamps on passenger trains ; also to limic the -premium above par at which the Secreta'y cf the Treasury may purchase bonds for the sinking fund. By Mr. Phelan, of Tenn., to extend the free delivery system to monthly periodicals. By Mr. Enloo, of Tenn., to punish dealers ia counterfeit money or pre tended counterfeit money. By Mr. Wise, of Va., for the erec t:on of a public building at Manches ter, Va. By Mr.: T. II. Browne, of Va., to grant pensions to widows and or phaus of surfmeh who lose their lives in the line of duty; also for the erec tion of a public building at Newport News. By Mr.Guenther.of Wis., to create a commission for the investigation of combinations having for their object the enhancement of the price of arti cles of inter-State commerce. ' By Mr.Norwood.of Ga ,for the erec tion of a public building at Bruns wick, Ga. Adjourned. Ktport ot I he Judiciary Committee on Mr. Lamar. Washington, D. C , January 10. The judiciary coratnittee of 'the Sen ate took final action on the nomina tion of Mr. Lamar this morning and first executive session. The majority report is adverse and the minority report favorable to confirmation. Tho nornmauon of Mr. Vilas, to be Secretary of the Interior, will be re ported favorably and unanimously, and that of Mr. Dickinson, to be Postmaster-General, will probably be reported ,by Senator Sawyer, of the postoffice committee, at the same time. There is an understanding that if action in the Senate is delayed upon the nomination of Mr. Limar, those of Messrs. Vilas and Dickinson shall h-i taken up and acted upon. A Plot Against the Caar. Vienna, Jan. 10. The Alleyime Zeitung says it has received informa tion from a reliable source in St. Pe- tersbuarg that a plot against the Czar has been discovered and that numer ous persons, including several army officers, have been arrested on the charge of being implicated in it. A Big Conspiracy Against tlie Caar. Berlin, Jan. 19. A private dis patch received here from Warsaw says that a conspiracy against the Czar had its centre in St. Petersburg and that it was of unusual magnitude as regards both number and position of persons implicated. Mortally Wounded. Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 10. Dur ing a quarrel Detween ijew uwens and J. t. Barnes, of the boot and shoe firm of Barnes & Nix, this morn ing. Tho former was shot three times by Barries and tbe latter was cut by Uwens. I Le wounds of Owns are mortal. Hade an Assignment. Baltimobe, Md., Jan. 10. John L. Syckel and John F. Hellen, trading as Syckel, Hellen & Co , notions and white goods, made an assignment to day for the benefit of their creditors to Wm. J. Dixon. The bond of the trustee is 200,000. Washington Hotaa. Washington, D. C , January 10- Secretary Lamar took informal leave of his assistants at 12 o'clock today. Assistant Secretaty Muldrow assumed the duties of the office of secretary pending the confirmation of Mr. Vila:3. . s Cold biooded Murder. BiuMi.soHAMjOi Jan, 10. News was received here yesteiday of the shoot iog of Paymaster Ruflin at the rail way camp on the Birmingham Mine ral railroad. He became involved in a row with a negro, and another ne gro compelled him at the mouth of a revolver to hold up bis hands while his assailant shot him. Ruflin is still alive put will almost certainly die. The negro who 'did the .shooting es caped but his partner is in jail here. A UIb Verdict for Breach of Prom'Ue of . Marriage. New York, Jan. 10. The jury in the case of Miss Campbell against the oofl'tje merchant Arbuckle for breach of promise of marriage returned a verdict for the plaintiff in tbe sum of $15,000. Many of the finest farm lands in the South and West are mortgaged 1 to foreign capitalists at usurious rates of interest MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1888. ANOTHER SMASH. SIX LIVES KNOWN TO BE LOST OTHERS HORRIBLY WOUNDED. GREAT PLOT AGAINST THX CZAR PAR- TIES OF iHISH EOeiTIQH UIMJCArEn Havkbhll, Mass., Jan. 10. The Portland express which left Boston for Portland at 1 o'clock met with a serious aonident at Bradford thij af ternoon while crossing the Haverhill bridge over Ae Merrimac river. The train consisted of a locomotive and eight cars.) It had passed on to the bridge from t&e Bradford side in safety, when suddenly tho forward trucks of; the Smoker broke. The s roker Was hurled upon its side, and two coachtjs were thrown off the track and completely wrecked, being piled up against the Bradford car-house. The train was on time, running at an ordinary speed. The fire alarm was sounded immediately and the depart ment responded, but their ser viced ' were not needed, as the cars did j not ;take fire. Physi cians were summoned and the wounded -and dying were rapidly cared for. j The work of clearing up the wreck was imhiediately pushed for ward with energy and at 3.30. six bodies had been taken from the Wreck. Several of them were disfig ured beyond recognition. The list of the killed and wounded as far as can be ascertained is as follows: John O'Brien,; John Madden of Bradford (railroad section . men); C P. Good win, wife and child of Kinnebuhk, Maine, and an unknown man having in his pocket a card on which was the name J. Hizeltoh. SREENSBORO. The Water-works Problem Solved. Oor. of the NeWs and Observer. I Greensboro, N. C, Jan. 10, 1888, The contest for waterworks for Greensboro has at last been sighed and the matter is a certainty. At a meeting of Uhe city board, Messrs. Taylor and Hubbell, waterworks con tractors, representing a firm in Balti more, were present and laid a propo sition bejore the :board which was ac cepted. The waterworks problem has been a; perplexing one and the final disposition of the matter is a subject of general congratulation. : the new deal in the personnel of the management : of the Richmond & Danville railroad, which was "made atf New York last week, resulted in the appointment of Col. John N. Staples, of tbis cityi as first assistant general council for the company. This is a well deserved acknowledgement of Col. Staples' talent and professional acumen, lie is one of the most gen uine orators in the State. His home is in this city and not in Washington, as some papers have stated. .Politics us beginning to be discuss ed here to someejtent, though hot Very gTTroTSin', niiu vuunuuo rtle liui yet sufficiently formulated to deter mine the cards for the fall campaign. Guilford will go democratic this time by a reusing majority. A good many prohibition democrats who were; so eager for the third party measure : at the last election,; in consequence of which the democrats were defeated and a gap mde for the radicals 1 to lope into office, have about concluded that it was a case of "swapping the devil for a.; witch." Radical court house rings etd , have sufficiently amused them. Judge J. A. Gikper seems to be popular in this, section as a Gubernatorial candidate. Col. James T. Morehead will in all probability be the democratic nominee in this dis trict for Congress, and no man in the district oould roll up a handsomer majority, pol. James E. Boyd is prominently spoken of as the proba ble nominee of the republicans. Both are regarded as among the strongest men in their respective parties in the State, and If the; contest is between them itVill be an interesting one.; Mr. J. Van Lindley," proprietor of the Pomona Hill nurseries near this city, leaves in a; day or two for Cali fornia, where he goes on the great excursion of the American Horticul tural Society which leaves Kansas City the 12th inst. for San Jose, where the meeting of the socity takes place. Bishop Lyman, Of Raleigh, has tele graphed Mr. Van Lindley; that be will accompany him cn the trip. The board of aldermen have closed the contract with the Houston-Thom-Bon Electric Light Company to illu minate the city by electricity. The company have placed additional lights upon the streets, placed a new dyna mo in position and otherwise increased their capacity. The railroads leading into the city and the hotels here have published reduced rates for the benefit of those at tending the Farmers' State Conten tion which meets here this week.! A tremendous crowd and a grand time are expected. The convention will be addressed; by several' distinguished persons. ! ! j The State Assembly of Knights of Labor will convene here the 14th inst. j ' The Grand Lodge of Knight of Pythias of this' Statfe will meet here in annual (session on the second Tues day in February. The local lodge will give the visiting members a ban quet. A large attendance is expected. Tne reported, marriage in Philadel phia a few days ago of Major R R. King and Mrs. Nannie McAdoo, of this city,; bas been positively con firmed. Both are prominent and pop ulcr in society here and congratula tions come from all sides. The new graded school building is now rapidly drawing near comple tion and will probably be completed by February 1st. The buiidingwill present a very: neat appearance; and when fully equipped and furnished will have post about $14,000. The question of organizing a Cham ber of Commerce is under discussion here. It is to be hoped that active steps wil( be taken in that direction, as the institution would prove inval uable to the growth and development Lof the town. Capt. L. M. Hawkins has opened hii new and elegant eating house at tho depot. West Market Street Methodist church bas raised the funds to buy a new $500 bell. , From Washington. of the News and Observer. Cor. Washington, D. C, Jan. 0. The House had another "bill day"' today, over 1,500 bills being intro duced. Two bills changing and mod ifying the internal revenue laws were introduced by Representative Hen derson. They were referred to the ways and means and judiciary com mittees. It is Mr. Henderson's pur pose to press both bills and be will endeavor to effect immediate commit tee consideration. in the senate. Senator Brown, of Georgia, ad dressed tbe Senate on his resolution to repeal the internal revenue laws. The resolution declares that the pres ent internal revenue laws, which were enacted as war measures in time of a great emergency, which are onerous, oppressive and undemocratic, have ex isted for almost a quarter of a cen tury after the emergency has passed, and that there being a very large sur plus in the Treasury which it is the duty of the government to provide against by a reduction of the reve nues, it .is the imperative duty of Congress to enact appropriate legis lation for the repeal of such internal revenue lawg. It was a carefully prepared and ex haustive speech, and commanded the closest attention of the Senate. Senator Vest followed in a telling and vigorous speech in opposition to the Blair bill. The democratic side of the Senate listened attentively to the Missouri Senator, who is regard ed as one of the ablest lawyers and best talkers in the Senate. Nearly all the opposing Senators are booked for speeches against tbe bill. Tbe Senate opposition is more pronounced than last session, but Senator Blair does not entertain a doubt as to tbe early passage of the bill. It is his confident expectation, too, he said to day, that it would not be strangled to death by tbe House committee, but that it would be considered in the House on its merits. He believes, after a careful study of the House, that a large majority favor the bill SPECUL 1TION ABOUT THE VICE-PRESIDENCY. A veteran Indiana editor, a close political friend of Senator Voorhees, said to me today that Voorhees did did not want tbe Vice-Presidential nomination. Neither does the State, he said, want the nomination. Gov. Grayis an aspirant, but it is a Gray movement, not an Indiana movement. Indiana can be carried by the demo crats without any reference to the tail-end of the ticket. Gov. Gray, our informant said, is a very strong man in the State and can easily carry the full democratic vote. He is a bold, fearless, courageous man in politics. The republicans hate him cordially, for up to the Greeley move ment he was it is said, the meanest republican in the whole State of Indi ana. He is not a popular democrat in the ' - rtoo io ji to r, nr in the stronger sense of Hendricks pop ularity, but his democracy is sound to the core, and of the sort that brings out a full party vote. His name will add nothing to the national ticket, and as Indiana is safe without a place on it, and really does not want the nornmauon, Gov, Gray does not seem to be a political necessity in 1888. This is about the drift of the talk. With Indiana out of tbe question, Gen. Black, Commissioner of Pen sions, looms up as the strongest and most available western man. He has a distinguished civil and war record. He was a brave, fearless Union sol dier and a fighter. He fought his way up through Southern shot and shell, and his shot riddled body tolls the story of his daring and courage. He has made a splendid record as com missioner of Pensions. He has cor rected republican abuses, instituted new reforms, and today the Pension office is one of tbe best managed bu reaux in the whole department ser vice. His private life is improachable. "The brightest star in the demo cratic firmament now," said an en thusiastic Illinoisian, "is named Black." All the indications point to his nomination for the Vice-Presidency, and should anything happen to Grover Cleveland, which God for bid, Black will make a splendid Presi dent " Unmistakably the drift now is towards Black. It is understood that his nomination would be entire ly acceptable to the President. Of his own volition, said a close friend of the Senator's today, Vor hees may be considered out of the race. Apart from his decided dis inclination an emergency may arise in Indiana politics which will neces sitate his candidacy for governor. PERSONAL. Gen. W. R. Cox arrived here Satur day from New York. He Was horri fied to hear that his name had been mentioned in connection with tbe civil service commission.' He thinks he knows when he has got enough of a thing, lie was at the White House, and it is possible that something was said about the mission to Mexico. He disclaims this, however. Capt. Harry Skinner was here last week. He is very close to Minister Jarvis, and is reported to have said that his candidacy for the Senate is by no means certain. Many of his best friends have advised against it, in view of the certainty of Senator Ransom's re-election. Mr. Joel Kinsey, a leading Craven county Tarmer, and his wife are here on a brief visit. What am I to Do. The symptoms of Biliousneei are un happily but too well known. They dif fer in different individuals to some ex tent. A Bilious man is seldom a break fast eater. Too frequently, alas, he has an excellent appetite for liquids but none for solids of a morning. His tongue will hardly bear inspection at any time; if it is not white and furred, it is rough, at all events. The digestive system is wholly out of order and Diarrhea or Constipation may be a symptom or the two may alternate. There are often Hemorrhoids or even loss of blood. There may be giddibess and often headache and acidity or fletulence and tenderness in the pit of the stomach, To correct all this if not effect cure try Green's August Flower, it cost but a trifle and thousands attest its efficacy. SUIT FOR DAMAGES BROUGHT BY A PROMINENT: MINISTER 1 AGAINST A RIVAL CHTTRCH AND SEVERAL CHVRCH PAPERS DARK ACCUSATIONS OTHER NtW3 BY WIRE. S Jacksos, Tenn., Jan. 10. At thi term of the circuit court, which con vened yesterday, one of the most, inieresting suits for damageB ever; tried in the State was called. It i the case of Rev. Frederick Howard, D. D , pastor of the Central Baptist church in this city, for $5,000 damages; against 16 of the leading members of the First Baptist church, including the pjastor,and also against the r onked Deer Blade, of this city, the Teniii see jfaptist, at Memphis, and the Hap Ust li factor, of Chattanooga. The pipers included in the suit published: strong articles in 1886, signed by 16" members of the First Baptist church, in which the past record of Dr. How ard was painted in very dark colors.? They charged that he had borne; two or three aliases in South Carolina and Georgia, as "Howlett," "Hewlett."" and "Howard;" that he had eloped with? another man's wife in South Carolina, and had associated with negroes; had: been guilty of malfeasance while aa official, and other damaging charges.; Howard is an Englishman by birth,? and his father lives in London. Both sides have taken voluminous testii; mony in Europe, and attorneys Bul lock, for the defence, and S. D. Hayes, for the plaintiff, have just returned from South Carolina and Georgia, where they have searched the court records and taken depositions compris ing hundreds of pages. Eminent legal talent has been employed, and the case will be ably handled. An Important Convention. Chattanooga, Tenn , Jan. 10. A; convention composed of more than one hundred delegates from the lead-: ing cities of Alabama, Georgia, Mis sissippi, North Carolina, South Caro lina, Floiida and Tennessee, assem-.; bled in this city today to take action;- for the purpose of securing cheap! rates on all the southern railroads for. excursionists from the north who desire. to take up residences in the south or visit this part of the country to make; investments. Most of the delegates: were appointed by the boards of trade in the various cities. The fol-! lowing eommittee was appointed to; confer with the railroads and see what can be done I Edw. Scott, Chattanooga, commit" teeman at large; W. R. Golden,, Ala-' bama; W. K. Hyer, Florida; John'T Graves, Georgia.; J. W. Rockford, Mississippi; T. A. Frierson, Tennes see; W. B. Gwynn, North Carolina R. M. Anderson, South Carolina. A resolution was adopted approv-. ing the object of the convention; which will be held at Decatur, Ala., on the 17th inst. to ask Congress to annropriate money for the comple- canal. This is the first convention, of the kind ever held in the South, and wajs called by the Chattanooga Cham ber of Commerce. It has been a grand success. Miss Bowland taught school at Norway, Me., and Bhe evidently understood how to make the boys and girls put tbe best foot forward. One day she was putting the class through the toe-the-line drill in the presence of two young gentlemen visitors from out of town. These lively spectators, at some feat of the youthful squad, indulged in a giggle. "Children," exclaimed Miss B. in her loud, clear tones, i "what is it a sign of to see people laughing?" "A; weak mind," shouted every voice, and; the young men subsided. Secretary Lamar's Resignation. Secretary Lamar has tendered to the President his resignation as Sec tary of the Interior, and it has? been accepted by the President. The fol lowing is a copy of the Secretary's letter of resignation, dated the an, at the Department of tho Interior: i "To the President. Sir: V hen, some mouths ago, you invited me to accept the vacant judgeship in the; Supreme Court, you expressed the wish that as the court was not in ses sion, I should postpone the resigna tion of my present office until the meeting of Congress allowed you to send my nomination to the Senate, as there were certain matters before the department, inaugurated by me, which it was, therefore, desirable that I should close before leaving, and as J would have been very reluctant to take the place upon the bench until your nomination had been confirmed oy the Senate, I cheerfully consented to your request. My nomination has now been submitted to tbe Senate, and, recognizing both their right and duty to subject its fitness to the most criti cal examination, I would still wait in my present position their decision. But I think I am warranted in sup posing that the final decision may be delayed for some time. As you have at the same time nominated both my successor in tbis department and his successor in the Postoflice Depart ment, this delay may to some extent) at least, embarrass the administration of the public busineso in the depart? ments affected. To avoid such em. barrassment, which is my duty to yo'4 and to the country, and to leave be fore the Senate in. its final judgment upon my nomination the sole que si tion of my fitness for the position, dissociated from any other nomination and unaffected by any other consider it ions, I now respectfully ask you to i.eeep my resignation as secretary or the Interior, which I hereby tender In terminating my relatious to you i,8 a member of your official family J desire to express my grateful sens of the obligation I am under to yoo personally for tho consideration and kindness which have always characr terized your treatment of me, and for the generous confidence and support which you have steadily given me ill the trying and arduous administra tion of the department. I shall ai rways be proud to have been aasocia-1 ted with the honorable record you NO. 160 :lwiu ,.pu Pag8 Cf your 3 ! oountry s history. sincerely and respectfully, T1 L- Q- O. LaImar, Secretary. The President a reply, also written Saturday, January 7, is as follow: "My Dear Mr. Larhar: When. I de termined to nominate you to a posi tion upon the bench of the Supreme Court, the p3rsonal gratification af forded by the tender to you of so honorable and suitable a place.and the satisfactory conviction that an im portant executive! duty would thus be well performed, led me almost to forget thjtt my action in volved the loss of your conscientious and valuable aid and advice in cabinet counsel, which for nearly three years I have so much enjoyed and appreci ated, lour note of "today forces me io contemplate this contingency with the most profound aid sincere regret But since I know that the separation you now insist upoa4 arises from that conception of publie duty" which has always so entirely guided your con duct in our official relation, I am con strained to accept the resignation you tender, hoping that it Only anticipates your entrance upon the discharge of higher and more congenial functions than those now relinquished. i"What I have thus far written seems very formal; indeed. I in tended this, because? I am sure that the closo confidence and tho relations of positive affection bicb have grown up between us need -no expression or interpretation. And yet I find it utterly impossible for me to finish this note without assuring you that the things which have characterized your conduct and bearing in the po sition from which you now retire all your devotion to your countrp arid your chief, all four self-sacrificing care and solicitude for public in terests, all the benefits which your official service have; conferred upon your fellow-countrymen, and all the affection and kindness so often ex hibited toward me personally I shall constantly remember with tenderness and gratitude. Your, very sincerely, "Grover Cleveland." V Deeper than e'er'pTummet sounded ' ' ouaie people s coughs eeem to dome from. yet a Dottle of Dr. Bull's Couirh Svrun will cure them. It goes away down to the bottom cf matters and works won ders. 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