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RaU&OH, N. C, January 10th, 1888;
Theantial meeting of thestockhold
Sum, North CurolinJ Hocoe Insur
nce Cotopany will be held at ttteir oHlce
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If KWfl OBSKKVATIOKS
! Receipts from the oleomargarine
tax are increasing.
A bust of Gan. Logan is to be
presented to his widow.
: Utah wool growers have passed
resolutions protesting against a re
el uction of the tariff on wool.
- Sister Margaret kgan, a teacher
iti St. Mary's Orphan' Asylum, Nor
folk, dropped dead from heart dis
ease. -
Owing to the discovery of a plot
to assassinate the Czar, the arrange
ments for the Kussia New Year's cele
bration in St. Peter burg were sud
denly altered.
; A Syndicate has just purchased
5b,000 acres of well-timbered land in
Florida. Most of the timber is black
cypress. A mill with a capacity of
160,000 feet per day is to be erected
on the land. ;;.
Gov. Larrabee, of Iowa, in his
message to the legislature, says the
enforcement of the prohibition law
has been so efficient in reducing crime
that he recommends a consolidation
I of judicial districts, to reduce the
number of judges from 44 to 40.
A young lady of Philadelphia re
ceived ft special delivery letter. The
messenger handed her the book, to
sign for it She took the book, and
instead of writing her signature fehe
wrote: 'Dear John: Glad to,hear from
ypu. Come up Sunday night-" She
had answered the letter!
An old colored preacher in Lou
isiana, hot very well versed in reading
the Scriptures, once read the words:
"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is
raging," as follows: ".line is a moc
casin, strong drink is a rattlesnake,
p.nd whosoever is deceived thereby is
not wise."
ays an Indiana paper : "For
'burglar meeting' in the heading of
an article in our last issue, relating
to the proceed:ng8 of the town coun
cil, read 'regular meeting.' We are
sorry that the mistake occurred and
guess tho council men are sorry, too."
, The Montgomery (Ala.) Adverti
ser says: "The notes from the coun
try aregrowing decidedly more cheer
ful. Farm hands are arranging for
the year's work. The supply of corn
and meat is greater than in many
years, and if the seasons are propi
tious, 1888 will bring prosperity to
all inddstrious tillers of the soil." :
The New York Elevated Railroad
is to be saddled with a new $15,000.
000 lbaa at the bidding of Jay Gould
through the Manhattan company.
The majority of the stock, which is
owned by the Manhattan, carried the
day, notwithstanding a strong pro
test by Col. Ingersoll for the minori
ty holders.
: ; The strikers in the Schuylkill
Valley have called out the men work
ing in the individual collieries, and
the call has been obeyed. One inci
dent of disorderly conduct a brake
tn sn thrashing the man who took his
plce haa alone marred the general
order preserved by the strikers. .
; An aged and wealthy gentleman
of Americus Ga , died not long ago,
and his family clad hi j body in the
finest garments that could be bought
and buried it in a $300 coffin. Recent
ly it was discovered that the coffin
had been dug up, the body taken out
and' stripped 0 its clothes and then
buried again by the thieves who stole
everything but the corpse.
$ Mme. Janauschek, the actress,
has been given a verdict by a jury; in
Providence, R. L, of $12,000 foV inju
ries received by falling down the
stairway of the Perry House at New
port, Ri I , on May 17, 1887. She
brought suit for $20,000, as the inju
ries she received compelled her to
cancel all her -engagements and dis.
band her company. The corridor of
the hotel, it seems, was not lighted,
and Mme. Janauschek fell to the bot
tom of the stairway and broke her
right wrist.
; An event occurred in San Q din
tins -Lower California, last week,
wh,ich was made an occasion of great
importance. A baby vas born. It
was the first baby born in the new
settlement. The residents assembled
in 'mass meeting, and the result of
their deliberations was a set of reo
lufcions to the effect that the child
should be called Quint in Beaughardt,
and that the loca' land company
should bestow upon it any lot in the
town that its parents should select.
It was also decided to further en
courage increasing the population by
'awarding two lots for twins and a
whole block for triplets.
-r-The Boston Journal uf Educa
tion gives ihese excerpts from the ex
amination papers and essays of "orig
inal thinkers in grammar and high
school grades : "Jaundice, a scandal."
"Mosquito, a child of white and black
parents." "Herodotus was a descen
dant of Herod the Great, and he was
King 6f the Jews:" "Xthe Aryans
hppke the French language' "Virgil
w& a great American auVuor." "Di
ogenese was a great philosopher and
a Successor to Alexander the Great."
"Ijiongteuow wrote 'Paradise LiOst
and 'Paradise Regained-'" "Hw
thbrna . wrote 'Moses . from an Old
Manse.' " "Plato was the Father of
Language, and his language was so
perfect that it is said that if. Jupiter
were to speak he would BpeakPlato."
: The Bulletin of ihe Amer:
Iron and Steel Association gives com
plete returns 0' the production; of
I&Hsemer steel rails in this country J
m lbb7, not including a few tons
which were rolled by iron rolling mills
from imported blooms, but including
.all rails rolled by Bessemer steel
: works. It says : The production of
steel rails by our Bessemer steel
works in the first half of 1887 "Was
1J030.530 gross tons, and in the sec
ond half of 1887 it wai 1,019,108 tons,
ojr 2,049,088 groBS tons in the whole
jtar. ;Tbia result was 487,228 tons
greater than th total production of
1502,410 gross tons of . Bessemer
steel rails by Bessemer steel works in
18C. The production in the last
half of 1887 was only 11,422 tons less
than in the first half. The new year
does not open auspiciously for :our
steel rail friends. Many large orders
ate still withheld, and the works
which cloved down in December are
CONGRESS.
PROCEELINTGS YESTERDAY
; SENATE AND HOUSE.
IN
ttR. CHANDLER OS THE CHESTNUT OF Sl l'
i I'BISSISiS THE COLOBEP VOTE
GTpEB NEWS BV WIRE
J Washing ?on, Jan
1
12 Senate.
Mr. Piatt presented a memorial
in
regard to printing on third-clais mail
matter, andremarked that he did not
think there 'was any fault in the law,
but that the trouble arose from an in
correct interpretation of the law by
the Poatmagler General; also a peti
tion for the Jasuan.ce of fractional cur
rency and the abolition of postal
notes. '
. Mr. Hiecock offered a resolution,
Which Was adopted calling on; the
Pesident fr information as to judg
ements beforip the late Spauis'a-Auieri-c&n
claims commission.
; The resolution offered by Mr. Chan
dler on the JOth of January, instruct
ing the committee on the judiciary to
inquire intcf the suppression of the
vptes of thecolored citizens of Jack
son, Miss., at the recent municipal
election in that city and into the al
leged participation in such suppres
sion by tho U. S. district attorney,
deputy collector of internal revenue
and deputy -U. S. marshal, was taken
up and Mr. phandler addressed the
Senate in explanation and support of
it He paid he had communications from
Jackson asking for such investiga
tion and asserting that the facts stated
could be proved by the testimony of
the best meji of both political parties.
He had not,! in the resolution, pro
vided for thfy power to send for per
sons and papers, because he appre
hended that the facts could all ba
found on, fife in the department of
justice. If (hat, however, should not
prove to be ; so, he would desire to
hive the power given to make a
complete investigation. He sent to the
clerk's desk and had read several let
ters and telegrams received by him,al
80 a manifesto which first conveyed to
thejcblored people of Jacksohthe infor
mation that, they would not be allow
ed to vote. This manifesto, he said,
displayed af its head the engraving
of a couple j of pistols, a -coup's of
shotguns and a powder flask. In it
the young men of Jackson "announced
their ultimatum." ,
It declared that, having seen one
of their cumber hellishly murdered
in; tho dark fey a negro bully, set on
bj a negro policeman of the negro
ciirsed city that the corrupt radical,
negro government should and must
be wiped out at any cost; that if ne
groes ran for office they should do so
at their extremest peril and it warned
all negroes'; against attempting to
"foist upon us this black and damna
ble machinery called government."
The colored .citizens, under all the
circumstances surrounding them, had
met in convention; had resolved that
it would bf)f unsafe for-them to at
tempt to Vote and had conse
quently abstained from voting, bo
that none btit white men voted. The
federal offices ehguged in that busi
ness were liarrie. district attorney;
Wilson, depty collector of internal
revenue, anc Livinghtono, deputy U.
S marshal. He submitted that the
question, although it affected only for
the time being a municipal election
in the city of Jackson, w as one of
national importance, j The country
this year wa$ to enter on a presiden
tial eloctwnjStn election, which was to
decide tn I presidency and also
to decide tyhe complexion of the
national House of Representatives.
Id that election at least twelve mil
lion voters, representing sixty mil
lions of American people, would par
ticipate. Among those voters were
probably on and a half millions of
black men, representing six or Reven
millions of tjieir own race, and it was
an important! question whether these
one and a hJf millions of black men
were or wer&not to be allowed to vote.
;It was a question which concerned
those citizen who desired to protect
the tariff, whether that matter should
be settled by a fair vote of all who
are voters under the Constitution or
be settled wthone and a half millions
of these voters disfranchised in pur
surance of that policy which had been
deliberately fl ! opted in the capital of
the State 0$ Mississippi, which State
wis seekingSLoday to have an Abbo
cijUo Juatice;of the Supremo Court' to
uiQ in passipi on tho validity- of Con
stitutional amendments.
HUKKAlJ FOB MDDLEBEBOER ! :
iMr. liiddleberger remarked that
there was nt concealment of the fact
that the resolution was intended to
affect matters ihat ought to be con
sidered onlj-in executive session and
he gave notice that as to himself, he
would vote 46r tho confirmation of
Mr. Lamar, 'l
Mr. Walthall said hd had not rioun
to? offer an j Opposition to the pro
posed investigation. On the con
trary he waff anxious that the resolu
tion should pe adopted by the votes
of those Senators whose views on
the Constitutional power of the Sen
ate differed from his own. If
the proposition were to investigate a
town election in New Hampshire
he should vigorously oppose it. He
cqurted tbe7 fullest investigation of
the occurrences at Jackson, but he
protested against any prejudgment
of the caso. j Instead of mere anony
mous commtlnications, he desired that
the motives provocation, grievances
aul surroundings of the people of
that city, together with their actions,
should be laid bare before the coun
try, and thajt the verdict of the coun
try should in had upon them.
Mr. Jone of Arkansas, sent to the
clfsrk's deskand had read a telegram
sent on thli third of January by
Attorney-Gneral Garland to Dmtrict
Attorney Harris, of Jackson, in these
words: "I io!ice ia the papers that
yciii a: e iuec'iiohed personally as pir
liciijatiiig in political meetings re
cently at Jackson to suppress tho
colored vte of that city : and
t( prevent the colored people from
running foroffice by violence and in
timidation, j Report fully to mo at
once the wole proceeding and your
connection with it."
M.' OWr8 IMS that hU fit im-
pulse hal been to let the resolution
Ue aJp'ed without any debate or
objection on his part He would vote
for it, except for ono insuperable ob
jetion. nnd that was that it embraced
laatters entirely outside of the juris
diction of the Senate. If it had been
confined to an.y investigation of the
conduct of the Federal officials con
cerned he would have voted for it.
For fourteen years a Republican mu
nicipal administration had existed1 in
Jackson without difficulty, without
protest, without any violent efforts to
overturn it. Up to Christmas Eve
there was no opposition to the Re
publican mayoralty ticket, the election
being for the first Monday in January,
but, on Christmas Eve, an occurrence
happened (the murder of a quiet, re
spectable white man by a colored
man), which excited the passions and
apprehensions of the white popula
tion. He did not mean to say that
even such a brutal murder justified a
violation of the law, but only that it
was well calculated to excite passion
and to produce irregular and illegal
action. The resolution was adopted;
jeas 29, nays 24 - a party vote, exoept
that Riddleberger voted with the
Democrats, while the two Mississippi
Senators were excused.
Mr. Mitchell called up the bil' i
trouced by him on the 12th of De
comber abrogating all treaties hereto
fore made and now operative between
the United States government and the
Chinese empire in so far as they per
mit the admission of Chinese to this
country, and spoke in its favor. Mr.
Stewart followed Mr. Mitchell upon
the same side of the question, but
the method he proposed was some
what different. He had offered a res
olution requesting the President to
regotiate 11 treaty with the Chinese
empire excluding Chinamen altogeth
er, except diplomatic agents and
those engaged in foreign trade, but
it; would be necessary also to have
treaties with Great Britain and Mexico
1 3 prevent those powers from open
ing their doors and allowing Chinese
to come into tho United States
through their territory. If such
treaties could not be negotiated he
wpuld b3 in favor of Mr. Mitchell's
bill. Hd moved a reference of the
till and of his resolution to the com
mittee on foreign relations. They
were so referred. The Senate then
proceeded to executive business, and
half an hour afterwards, (at 4.55) ad
j lurned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Caswell, cf Wisconsin, from
the committee on the judiciary, re
ported adversely a bill limiting the
time for the presentation and pay
ment of claims against the United
States. Laid on the table.
Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio, under in
structions from the committee on
banking and currency, called up for
present c ondideration thef bill provid
ing for tho issue of circulating notes
to national banking associations.
;Mr. Weaver, of low, made the
point of order that the bill was not
ac.comp.v.iie'.l by a feport such as was
contemplated in the rule requiring
the committee to feubinit written ie
ports with every meafeure. The report
upon this bill was one merely "recom
mending its passage," and yet upon
tuch report the House was asked to
aci upon a measure whose certain
effect was to increase national bank
circulation to the extent of 20,000,
000, and whose possible effect was.to
increase it to the exteut of more than
$400,000,000.
Mr. Bland, of Missouri, made a
further point of order that the bill
must receire its firet consideration in
the committee of the whole.
The Speaker overruled both points
of order Mr. Weaver's on the
.round that it was not within the
province of the chair to decide upon
tbe sufficiency of a report, and Mr.
Bland's on the ground that the bill
made no appropriation of money.
Mr. Wilkins stated that under this
measure the national banks, if thev
taw fit, might increase circulation to
the extent of ten per cent. There was
in the treasury as security for a cir
culation or $167,000,000 United States
bonds to the amount of $189,000,
000. If this bill should become a law
the circulation of the national banks
would be increased in round numbers
SS21.000.000. Mr. Wilkins offered
to yield the floor to any gentlemen
who desired to liscuss the measure
but its antagonists noticeably,
Messrs. Anderson, Kean, Brumm,
of .Pennsylvania, Bland, of Missouri,
and Weaver, of Iowa, demand recog
nition in their own right. Mr. Wil
kins then attempted to enect a com
promise, offerina; to allow the debate
to continue throughout the day, pro
vided that the provious question
might be ordered tomorrow. This
beini; objected to, Mr. Wilkins then
demanded the previous question on
the third reading of the bill. On a di
vision the vote was 113 to 59 in favor
of sustaining tho demand, and the
yeas and nays were ordered, pending
which, tho opponents of the bill re
sorted to filibustering tactics. Mo-
lions to adjourn, and to adjourn to a
certain day consumed tho remainder
of the morning hour in which the bill
was being cousidere 1 and the matter
went over. It will probably be further
considered tomorrow.
Mr. Townsbeud, from the military
committee, reported back theBoutelle
"battle-lltg" resolution as amended
by the committee on military aflairs.
Mr. Boutelle had no objection to
the amendment, though he did not
thiiik that the broadening of the scope
of inquiry so as to obtain information
as to the return of the flags to the
Northern States had any bearing upon
the purpoau of tho original resolution-
No banners belonirinir to the
loyal States bad been- captured by
the United States, though he had
so;c it stated that certain flags cap
tured by rebels and recaptured by
Union troops had been returned to
tnu survivors of the regiments which
had borne them into battle.
Mr. Cox, of New York, rejoiced at
the unanimity with which the com
mittee on military affairs had report
ed the resolution. The country was
to be congratulated upon the fact
that thia resolution, which had touched
the public sensibility so greatly, could
be reported unanimously and even
reeelY (tils tffttSVttSSA of IE ffcnw
man from Maine (Mr. Boutelle). The
resolution was adopted.
Mr. Blount, of Ga. from the com
mittee on post-offices and post-roads,
ieported the bill relating to permissi
ble marks, printing, or writing upon
second, third .and fourth class matter.
House calendar.
She speaker laid before the. House
a message froin the President trans
mitting an invitation of the French
government to the government of the
United States; to participate in an ex
position to be held in Paris in 1889,
to commemorate the taking of the
Bastile. The House then at 2 30 ad
journed. BAttTlia,UAKE8l
A Smart Shaking up In CharlotteCitizens
Excited A Shakelet at Shelby
Chablottk,-N. C, Jan. 12, 1887.
Special to the News and Observer.
Two slight shocks of earthquake
were felt hereithis a. m. The noted
time of the firt was 9:45; the second,
eight seconds later. Signal officer
Barry says the vibrations were from
north to south. The shocks were
greater in the western part of the
city. A mirror was shaken off the
mantlepiece at P. E. Limell's. No
other damage reported. The people
are excited, fearing another '86 disas
ter. A ShAkelet at Shelby.
Special to the News and Observer.
Shelby, N. C, Jan. 12
A slight shock of earthquake was
felt here at 10 a. m.
Colombia ! Waked Vp.
Columbia, & C. Jan. 12. A sharp
earthquake shock, the first in many
months, startled the citizens of
Columbia at 9.55 this morning. Build
ings were severely shaken and doors,
windows, crockery and glassware rat
tled in a lively manner. People
sleeping were rudely awakened and
many rushed into the streets. The
direction of the wave eeemed to be
from north to south. The vibrations
continued about ten seconds and
were accompanied by loud detona
tions. Charleston Gets a Slice.
Chvklestos, S. C, Jan. 12. An
earthquake shock this morning was
generally felt throughout the coast
country :and a$ far west as Augusta.
No damage has been reported at any
place.
Charleston, ;S. C Jan. I A. J-is-
patches tonight show that the earth
quake shock this morning was leit at
Georgetown, Conway, Beaufort and
Newberry. ,
(aruuuh 1. Shaken Vp.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 12. A distinct
earthquake skock was felt here at
9 32 this morning. Houses were
shaken and many people were fright
ened, but no damage was done. The
duration of the shock was about five
seconds.! It seemingly passed from
west to east. ;
Another Shock at Sumiuervllle.
Charleston, Jan. 12. There was an
earthquake shock at Summerville at
9 55 this morning. The disturbance
was also noticed by some persons
here, (hough it was so slight as not to
be felt by the majority of people. ISO
damage and no alarm.
I 1 : i
, One at Wilmington.
WirjasoTON N. C, Jan. 12. A
sharp earthquake shock was felt here
this morning about 10 o'clock. No
damage done. ;
Foreign News '
LoNDoii, Jan 12. A seel ion of un
ionist members of Parliament will
oppose the appointment of the min
ister of agriculture by Lord Salis
bury. 1 London, Jan. 12. The fog con
tinues extremely dense and shows no
signs of lifting. Forty loaded ves
sels are : fog-bound in the Mersey
river; among them is the White Star
steamer Celtic which was to have left
for New York yesterday. Service on
the various packet lines has been suspended-
: Several vessels have gone
ashore oh account of the fog. The
fog has demoralized the railway ser
vice and makes it impossible to run
trains on schedule time. Namerous
fatalities have Occurred.
No Nomination Yet.
BATONjRocai, Dec. 12. The com
mittee on credentials not being ready
to report, the Democratic State Con
vention adjourned until tomorrow.
Wreck onTle C. 4i L If . G. R. K.
Hickory Press and Carolinian.
The mail and passenger train on
the N. G. Railroad after passing
Hickory ; Tuesday night for Lenoir
was entirely wrecked and burned at
a trestle about a mile and a half west
of here. : A second-class passenger
says his car seemed to sink down with
just a little careen to the right. The
front end of the first-class car feU
down, leaving the rear resting against
the trestle until it burned. The en
gine and tender reached the filling,
fell over.to the right and now lie bot
tom upward alongside of the embank
ment. The other part of the train
a nd about one hundred feet of the
trestle aire burned up.
Rev. Mr. Beil, of Lenoir, is serious
ly, if not fatally, injured. Mr. J. E.
Wilhelmi of Atlanta, received painful
bruises on the-, head and a cut on his
arm. but it is not thought to be se
riously injured- Mr. Clark, of Blow
ing Rock, was; in the rear end of the
car and fell me whole length of it
and was , slightly bruise J. Lhv en
gineer and fireman were both ca ught
under: the engine, but scratched out
with Blight scalding and bruises. The
mail was taken from the burning car
and .all saved. It seems a miracle
that none were killed or that any es
caped. :
The berry of the China tree,
which is; so plentiful in this viciuity,
is u preventive of the destruction of
the jOuhg plants of cabbage and col
lards by the cut worm in the spring.
The method ol using the berry is to
insert one of them in the earth by the
aide of the plant, at the time of trans
planting. The cut worm, which is
such a pest to a vegetable garden, will
not come near enough to the berry to
reaon toe-plant, ihis is the experi-
exoe
trted
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A FUSILADE
IX THE ARMORY Ob' A MASSA
CHUSETTS TOWN.
TWO THOUSAND ROCN'DS OF CAETKIDOES
AND SEVERAL KEOS OF POWDEK EX
PLODE IN A BURNING BUILDiro
OTHER NEWS BY WISE.
Lowell, Mass., Jan. 12 Two large
four-story brick dionses were totally
destroyed by fire this morning -the
building occupied by the fire depart
ment and by companies "C" and "G,"
Sixth Regiment, as an armory. -In
the building were 2,000 rounds of
cartridges, which kept up a constant
fusilade, and several kegs of gunpow
der, which explode;! with such force
as to be heard all over the
city. Both buildings were com
pletely gutted. The fire alarm
telegraph system was rendered useless
and every electric light was extin
guished. The electric light station
was in close proximity to the fire and
the wires were destroyed. Ihe build
ings, owned by the city, were valued
at $35,000. The uniforms of compa
nies C and G, with their arms, were to
tally destroyed. At 3 a m, the
fire wa3 under control. The roof
of tho adjoining buildiDg was broken
in by the falling walls of tho adjoin
ing building and the building and its
contents are a total loss. It was oc
cupied by grain and hay dealers. It
is ntjw thought that 5575,000 will
cover the total loss The brick build
ings are not insured. All ihe fire ap
paratus was saved, but the firemen
lost nearly all their persona! effects.
Serious Uatlway Accident.
Albuquerque, N. M , Jan. 12. A se
rious accident occurred on the At
lantic & Pacific railroad about three
miles from Coolidge, N. M., yester
day, in which eight persons were
slightly injured and , three probably
fatally. It appears that the first-class
coach attached to the regular passen
ger train jumped the track, and turned
over, making a complete wreck of
the car. Miss Florence Wilson, from
Woodetock, 111., had her skull frac
tured and received injuries from
which she will die. The other two
persons who have sustained probably
fatal injuries are women whose
names are unknown. Owing to the
secrecy which prevails amongst the
officials of this road it is difficult to
learn the exact facts.
Nominations Confirmed.
Washixoton, D. C, Jan. 12. The
Senate has confirmed the following
nominations :
To be pootmastere, Louisa T. Long,
Greenville, Ala ; Mary L. Clay, Hunts
ville, Ala ; Maurice B. Throckmorton,
Birmingham, Ala.; Wm. N. Conoly,
Tampa, Fla.
The Senate talked a half hour this
afternoon in secret session with re
gard to the "order of business,'' a
number of Senators wishing to ad
journ over till Monday. It was con
cluded not to adiourn over, but an
understanding was reached that the'
nominations of Messrs. Lamar, Yilas
and Dickinson shall not be taken up
till Monday.
Winston News.
Cor. ot the News and Observer.
January 11, 1888.
Our warehouses are crowded with
tobacco this week, and prices are
higher than they have been for sev-
erel years. I notice today that far
mers are generally more than satis
fied. It is a good thing for them, too,
for last year's farming transactions
were quite disastrous, and it was with
a heavy heart and a light pocket that
they started into another year. They
have learned one thing by experience
and profited by, it, too, and that is it
will not do to plant large crops of to
bacco to the neglect of other crops,
but on the contrary plant less to
bacco, make it good and make all nec
essary home supplies, and above all
go slow on commercial fertilizers. I
think Col. Polk will endorse my opin
ion on this question at least.
Tho negro woman, Adeline Allen,
who is accused of throwing her one-
year-old child into Belo's Pond, was
captured in Kernersville and brought
back here by officer Maroney and
now occupies a cell in the county
jail. It was a very cold-blooded,
heartless allair.
Mr. lien Vaughn, the bachelor
member of the firm of Lockett,
Vaughn & Co., gave a reception to
his friends, male and female, last
night. There was a large attendance
and good things in abundance, sub
stantial and sweet, were enjoyed by
the delighted party.
It is rumored today that Mr. Sam
Small, who is billed to lecture here
Friday night, will not be able to ap
pear here on account of the illness of
Sam Jones. He will have a crowded
house if he comes. Ho is, or was to
lecture here under theauspiciesof the
Reform Club, This organization is
doing great good here and its mem
bership is large. They have a large,
comfortable hall, reading room, &c.
Maj. J. Q. A. Barham succeeds Dr.
Montague as its president for the en
suing year.
Mr. J. B. Mosely has returned from
the South, where he has been to visit
his brother. Hew.
The Best Medlara.'
The best advertising mudium is
undoubtedly printers ink; for local
purposes, in a daily newspaper. Prin
ters ink, it has been said, can out-talk
aoy salesman or out-argue any obstl
nate buyer. It can't be talked back
to, and when its opponent has ex
ponded every argument against the
subject, cornea up smiling every time
with the same old statement, and
finally convinces and leads him in.
Xatijiuil Journal.
Disease is the center of weakness. Use I
Warner b Log Cabin Hops and Buchu, j
the beat Hop remedy known. Driv dis- j
ease out of the utomach, the center of i
weakness.
Fob Sale. A pair of fine Mules.
Apply to Jno. Robinson, Com'r of
Agriculture, Raleigh, N. G.
a- -n
Old newspapers and a lot of heavy
stiff paper for said at the Nrws Aire
WESTEIIV K'.VS
Sertoli, ('fitting Aff"lr
liolnl to Lli-
Cor. i'f the News ( )!..
Uf-v. Mr. Prariton
In Ahr tile, v
Asiikvii.lf. N. C-, Jan. 11,.
A serious no 1 mo' uaforturiate Cut
ting ivfl'iiir took pla-'e here yesterday,
the criminal au l his victim being 13
year old Tails. A difficulty occurred
between Charlie Floteher hd 1 Charlie
Nowell, in which the latter received
a severe stab through the right ajm,
injuring a main art-ry, anJ causing a
painful, if not dangerous wound. The
Fletcher boy was arrested and com
mitted to jail to await results.
Upwards of four hundred chilJjeu
were enrolled in tho whit graded
school yesterday. Tho number, it is
thought. will reach seven hundred.;
Another cold wave struck us yes
teiday. The ground this morning is
hard frozen.
Fairview township was one of no
two townships to avail itself of he
amendatory act of 1887 to vote on ihe
stock law question. An election fas
held and the htoek law war, repealed
by a pmall majority of She votes cdtet.
Last week the stock law men, avail
ing themselves of the provisions1 of
the gene -al law, laid olT a district,
taking in mere than half of the town
ship, its best part, and voted back
into stock law territory by a majority
of about th ee to one. A similar state
of things exists in Swannanoa town
ship, the oidy remaining township
that has taken advantage of tbe ire
peal law. ;
It is reported that Mr. A. Garrett,
of this city, has given Kev. R. C. Pear
son, the evangelist, a residence hot,
in the vicinity of .'r. Garrett's new
hotel in South Asheville, or Victoria;
that Mr P. will a' once build
a homo for himself and family and
make Ashevilie Lis headquarters ix.
the future; and that he will spend
part of tho coming summer here.
THE FARMERS.
Proceeding of the State Cont ention,
Special to the News and Observer.
Greensboro, N. C, Jan. 12.
The Farmers' Convention assem
bled this morning with a much larger
attendance than on yesterday, the en
tire delegation numbering about, 200.
All parts of the State are represented.
The morning session was devoted
to discussions and the reading ahd
adoption of the reports of committees.
The homestead law question was
taken up and discussed at length.
Several rirging speeches were made.
The committee made a report recdin
mending a modification of the law,!!to
which Mr. H. E. Norris, of Wake, of
fered a substitute favoring the enure
abolition of tho law, which was unani
mously adopted. 5
Capt. S. B. Alexander, of Char
lotte, chairman of tho commit
tee on public roads read an
able report and a interesting de
bate followed on that ;subject. The
convention also took up and discussed
foreign immigration and other ques
tions. Opinions were expressed as to
favoring discrimination rather j than
absolute prohibition of immigration.
The election of permanent officers
having been fixed as the special orqer
for this morning the convention unan
imously re-elected the old st of of
ficers. At the afternoon session
Agent Elliott of the National Far
mers' Alliance addressed the Conven
tion. He. was followed by Col
L. L. Polk, who stated
that there were at present
272 Alliances in the State. John
Robinson, E6q , Commissioner of Ag
riculture delivered a brief addreis.
Rev. J. F. Crowell, president of
Trinity College, will address the con
vention tonight. The discussions and
deliberations throughout have been
most intelligent and decorous and
the convention promises to be very
beneficial in its results to the farmers.
The Greensboro Tobacco Association
had Beveral carriages placed at the
disposal of the visiting farmers, jdl
day, free of charge. The convention
will probably adjourn tomorrow. .
A Youns; Lady Klll Deer.
Uuldsburo Arus. i '
One day this week Miss Laura.
Wood, a young lady living in the
Bucklesberry section of Lenoir
county, shot ana Killed a deer in the
yard of her home. There was a chase
going on, and Miss W ood saw that
the deer was making to pass through
the yard, whereupon she got her
brother's gun out of the house and
shot the animal as it passed, the ac
curacy of her aim resulting as above
stated. Miss Wood is a splendid
type of physical womanhood, and has
a wide circle of friends, who rill
read this item with real enjoyment
.Wilmington Star-. Yesterday morn
ing at a colored Bchool at Long
Creek in Pender county, James Wil
liams, one of the scholars, drew a
pistol and fired a shot at Andrew Mc
Intire, a colored youth about sixteen
years of age. The ball struck Mcjn
tiro in the face, traversing the right
eye and lodging near the upper part
of tho nose. The wounded boy was
taki n home and a doctor summoned
to attend him. Williamo, after firfrjg
the shot, jumped out of a window; of
the school house and took to he
woods It is annouueed that a com
mittee of the board of directors of
the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley rail
road company will have a conference
in this city today with the comnjis
siouers appointod by tho board of al
dermen to arrango terms for the Ex
tension of the road to Wilmington.
New BerDOiowrW: WilHam Green
Bryan died at his residence in New
New Berne, N. C, on Wednesday
morning, 11th of January, 1888, after
a short illness. Mr. Bryan was born
in New Berne on the 12di of January,
1807, and would lwe been this ilay
Si y-ttr., old He lntb fcr many le
cndeH of M.irn oc-cui i-d prominent
poM(ii): in thin i-ounumiity, and; he
haa iiih-d his various t .fiuts and tra'sts
with nbibty nnd p puln iry.
cvijSin beef. :;
Etra ihoice briakett, eo. i:ed to'or
der about ten days in salt i-nd in
line condition. Baltimore sausages
twice a week. E. J. Harm.
In Lynchburg $150,000 haa been
subscribed for a new cotton factory,
in addition to which a land" improve
ment coafprfht ta fdrmid.
GEN. iiRAUG
NOMINATED BY THE PRESI
DENT TO BE LSVOV EVrilioBDISAUY M MI -lrtTER
l'LESIl'OrSTl.RY TO MK
ICO OTHER S'.EOli.U'llU
NEWS. WA.snix..r..N. Jau. 11.--The IVcsi
dent has sent the" following nomina
tion to the Senate: State Depart
ment, Edward S. Bragg, of Wiscon
sin, to be Envoy ' -Entraordinary at d
Minister Plenipotentiury of the
United States to Mexico.
( l on Mill Dut.oyril.
PiuLAbi.Li fiiA. Jan. 12. The exten
sive cotton mill (if Rump Bros at
Hancock and Hunliuyton streets was
completely destroyed by fire at seven
o'clock this morning. The loss on
contents, muchintry and building will
reach 75.000, almost entirely covered
by insurance. Over one hnndred
hands are thrown out of employment.
-.
Intensely Cold Wrnthrr.
Winchester, Va., Jan. 12 The
weather was intensely cold last night.
The thermometer registered lour
above zero this morning, the 'o vc-t
this wiuttr. It is moderating now.
CURRENCY.
Wlun yoj uiuke ray little gravoU-f . 1'K
it very, very ileop.
And tu"k mt? in with caution for mv la-a
and snoreless Sleep :
Forlwuuldbe free from troubling by
the man who Wants to know
If I think 'twill Booh be warmer, or if
colder it will grow.
Warn i Ohio Triimnr.
The consfquences of tenieritj:
Uncle Bildad (who has unwisely lam
pled the side-dish of Rocquefort
cheese) "By gum:' That butter ain't
in no trance."
Visitor "Don't you miss your lit
tle nephew, Freddie?'' Freddie
(whose nephew died the week before)
"les, I miss hint very much, but I
iiketobo tho uncle of an angel."
Life.
Country Minister (lo deacon i-r-
"Deacon you havo the reputation of
knowing something about horses. I've
got an animal that's balky. What do
you do in such a case?" Deacon "I
sell him."
Countryman (ia jlv Bowt-ry picture
gallery) "The coirs are all right, anl
the trees look kinder nateral, but the
river there behind 'em is painted
m;ghty poor." Dealer "If you are
up in art at all, my friend, you will
know it impossible to make water and
oil mix well."
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First Citizen "I see that there ia
a red flag out just around the corner
from jour housed" Second Citi.en
(alarmed) "What-: a red. flag t " First
Citizen "Yes; a cane of smallpox, 1
hear." Second Citizen (relieved) -4
"Oh, smallpox. My wife has justg-oik
back from the country, and I wan
afraid it miirht be an auction." 77i
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bless Dr. Bull for many a day. 25 cents.!
"This wi'l last out & night in Russia
when nights are longest there," he said,!
clapping his hand over his aching tooth.
Salvation .Oil was applied, and ho was
fast asleep in twehty seconds. Price;
twenty-five cents a bottle.
The trouble among the crofters
and the Welsh farmers is causing
grave anxiety among the political
inetods of the government.
Stop that couzu, by the use of Ayci 's
Cherry Pectoral the best specific for all
throat and lung diseases, it Will anay
inflammation, aid : respiration, aDil
strengthen tfee vocal organs. Aycr's
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