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HALIFAX.
Homicide at Palmyra Strike on the
; Scotland Neck Railroad.
Scotland Neck, Jan. 31.
Special to the News and Observer.
A homicide occurred at Palmyra
last night. J. H. Hewitt and Walter
Bristow had some words about a
watch. Hewitt called Bristow a liar.
The latter asked him not to repeat it
Hewitt started to him with an open
knife, whereupon Bristow knocked
him down with a cart-pin. Hewitt
made a second attack, when Bristow
struck him another blow, crushing
his head. Hewitt lived about an hour.
Bristow has ODly one arm, and is said
to have done the killing in ee'f de
fence. He made no attempt to es
cape, and bad not been arrested this
morning.
There are about one hundred
hands working near this place on the
Scotland Neck extension. They all
struck today for higher wages and
left the road.
OXFORD.
.KLECTBIC LIGHTS THE LSC15DIAEV CASE
MOVED RUN-AWAY CABS.
Bpecial to the News and Observer.
; Oxford, N. C, Jan. 31 1888.
Yesterday the town commissioners
closed the contract for elestric lights
to be in operation by the 15th of
April. The Commonwealth Club
unanimously endorses the- action of
the commissioners.
Freight is being shipped over the
Oxford & Clarksville railroad.
The case of the Oxford incendiaries
has been moved to Durham, i
Two box cars became detached- on
the Oxford & Henderson train this
morning on the top of Horner's hill.
They went backward and gained such
speed that they broke through the
trestle near Oxford. The track was
torn up but no one was injured.
Residence Bvrned.
Special to the News and Observer.
Factory Junction, N. C, Jan. 31.
The residence of Mr. G. H. Brad
shaw, clerk of the Superior Court, at
l Asheboro, N. C-, was destroyed by
fire last night. Everything was con
sumed except a few articles on the
first floor. Cause of the fire un
known. Louttbarg Hews.
JAIL BREAKING PLAN ENGLISH BETTLKBS.
Cor. of the News and Observer.
Loctsbubo, N. C, Jan. 31, 1888.
: An arrest was made yesterday of a
negro charged with assisting the
prisoners to break jail last week. The
evidence, however, was not sufficient
to hold him. ,
: From the testimony of Roman Al
len (the prisoner who has been cap
tured); it seems that two Or three
negroes had promised the prisoners
to aid them in an escape. The
method of.their escape was aa follows:
Bred Dunston feigned sickness and
the jailer allowed bis wife to go in to
see him. She concealed a hatchet
and crow-bar in her clothing and car
ried these in to the convicts. With
these implements they broke and
prized off the locks of their iron
doors. Their plan was, if they could
not force the outer, heavy, iron door,
to wait the coming of the jailer and
then to brain him, and thus effect
escape. Fortunately,' however, the
door yielded. Dred Dunston's wife
made her escape and has not been
canght. ;
I The roads are very heavy on ac
count of the more moderate weather.
- A party of Englishmen are expec
ted here tonight. They come over
Becking farming lands. One of the
gentlemen a Mr. Makin, of Manches
ter, : was here some days ago and
seemed much pleased. He went back
to New York and will come again to
night accompanied by others. If
they are as well pleased as Mr. Makin,
they will locate here and others will
follow them.
' Business is generally good with up
W.
. Terrible Sheeting AfTi-my at KBOxvllle.
A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch says
i A shooting affray occurred Here Sun-
may morning in front of St. John s
Episcopal church which resulted in
the wounding of three men, one of
them fatally.
As James F. Rule, city editor of
f the Knoxville Journal, was entering
the church, accompanied by his wife,
he was accosted by three men who
wanted to speak with him. He walked
i the opposite side of the street with
them where all four stood talking
some minutes. Ihe three men were
John West, William West and a friend
of theirs, named Goodman. They at
tacked Rule on account of a comma
nication which appeared in Sunday's
Journal (reflecting upon Dr. T. A.
West, city physician, and the father
of John and William West. Mr. Rule
refused to give the name of the
author of the communication, or to
make any satisfactory answer to the
question. Hot words ensued, when
John West struck Rule and attempted
to bear him to the ground, ltule drew
a revolver and shot John West through
the body. William West immediately
fired on Rule, the ball passing through
iRule's wrist. John West then
cut Rule in the back seven times.
William West placed his revolver at
Rules forehead and fired, but Rule
knocked the pistol up, receiving only
a scalp wound. Rule then fired two
,uore shots, one of them taking effect
in the shoulder of Goodman, who
seemed to be attempting to separate
the combatants.
A number of men rushed but from
the church and stopped the blo'ody
:fisht- William West ran away unin
jured. Rule was able to get up and
wulk io church, but John West was
cairjtd LoLio in a dying condition.
Kule-'H injuries are not dangerous,
and CV'odiiiuu is not Boiiously injured.
Rule's wife, who had entered the
church knew nothing of the difficulty
till all was over, the organ having
drowned the noise of the pistol shots.
-Both New York and Brooklyn
had a winter carnival, Sunday. The
lakes in Central and Prospect parks
were crowded with skaters,! and the
jingle of sleigh bells made merry
music on the roads.
CONGRESS.
PROCEK DINGS loTERDAY
SENATE AND HOUSE
IN
A9HEVILLE S PCBLIC BUILDING THE READ
1NO STRIKE OTHER TELEGRAPHIC
NEWS.
Washington, Jan. 'M senate
Among the petitions and
menioria's presented iu the
Senate were the following:
Against the repeal of the internal
revenue taxes on tobacco and cigars,
(from the cigar maker's union in St.
Louis), for a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting the manufacture, im
portation, exportation, transportation
or sale of liquors in the United '
States (from the yearly meeting of !
the Society of Frjnds of Baltimore), j
Mr. Riddleberger offered a ref-olu-tion
to the effect that the treaty be
tween this government and that of !
Great Britain now before the Senate
in executive session be considered in
open BCBsfon, and asked for its iimn j
diate consideration.
Mr. Edmunds objected on ths
ground that the resolution was ono io
be considered in executive session.
Mr. Riddleberger said be had
another resolution to olfer on the
same subject, which he knew ha 1 to
go over under the rule. It was that
rule 61 be amended so as to ailow
the treaty now pending between the
United States and Great Britain to
be considered in open Senate. Both
resolutions were laid over under the
rule.
Mr. Mitchell offered a resolution,
which was adopted, instructing the
committee on commerce to consider
the advisability of inserting a pro
vision fh the river and harbor bill, re
quiring all work to be done by con
tract.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Mr. Plumb instructing the postoffiee
committee to make a thorough inquiry
into the cause of the inefficient mail
service, especially in the West and
South, was taken uplfor considera
tion. After a debate upon it, which
was purely political, the resolution
went over till morrow without action,
and the Blair bill was laid aside in
formally to permit motions to be
made to take bills and resolutions
from the calendar and pass them.
The following were so taken up and
passed : To change the limit of the
appropriation for the public building
at Jacksonville, Florida, to $275,000 :
joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution (known as
Hoar's amendment) ; it provide- that
the term of office of the Pres;dent
and of the Fiftieth Congress (-hall
continue until the thirtieth day of
April, 1889, at noon; that Senators
whose existing term would otLeiwise
expire oa the 4th of March, 1S8'J,
(and thereafter) shall continue i:i of
fice until the 30th of April succeeding
such expiration, that the 30th of April
at noon shall thereafter be substitu
ted for the 4th of March as the com
mencement and termination of tin, of
ficial term of the President, vice- Presi
dent, Senators, and Reprtsenntives
in Congress, and that the 12th a: ticle
of the amendment to the Constitution
shall be amended by striking on: the
words "Fourth day of March ahd
substituting the words "Tbiuieth
day of April a' nooc.
Mr. Call offered a rtsoiutiu.. in
structing the judiciary eomniitUi to
report legislation to prevent United
States courts, in managing rmu .ud8
through receivers, from df;frau ug
creditors of their liens by means of
receivers certihcates, and i-aui
he would "address the Senate ou
that
subject tomorrow.
Mr. Kenna gave notice tha, he '
would, next Thursday, submit some j
observations on the President's iu s- j
sage, and on Mr. Sherman's l'-jiy ;
thereto. The senate then took up';
the Blair educational bill and was ;.d- i
dressed by Mr. Evarts in its f:i-yi
The observations which he pn jitd
to make were, he said, includ' 1 with
in a very brief statement of Lis
views and a brief reference to tuch
principal objections as he thought
most worthy of the attention of the
Senate. He could not conceal from
himself that the bi'l had at previous
sessions received ample illustration
and full argument on the constitu
tional question, and a full discussion
of the topics of prudence and ds
cretion. He could not, therefore,
think it worth while to renew tLete
agitations or these discussions. He
was unable to distinguish the bill,
either in its constitutionality or in
the wisdom of its methods, from the
memorial of the trustees of
he Peabody fund presented to
me two nouses oi ougresp,
and which had the support of so com
petent an adviser and so competent
a commentor es Alex. II. Stuart, of
Virginia. Those who looked at the
situation of the illiteracy in the States
most to be affected by the bill hud to
feel that there was no time so good
as tie earliest time to deal with the
mischiefs and dangers which it
threatened. They were confronted
with the proposition that either tho;;e
commnnities onwhi:h thfsu immense
obligations and burdens were thrown
were adequate to deal with them now, i
and henceforth fully and sufficiently,
without aid from the geueral govern
ment, or else that the general govern
mont bad the power to deal with tho
subject. For himself ho u;d
not look with complacency eitLi
or j that political scheine, or t!a'.
personal or sectional fooling which
treated the situation at ihe South a.
a situation of the South. It was a
situation of the United States. The ,
people of this country had made up
their minds that there should be no ,
ignorance where it was in the power
of a State, and within the proper
limits of the United States to prevent
it. Ho criticized n-vorely the letter
quoted ytBUi.iuy uy air. Aioiguu,
from Mr. Mai Lie, superintendent of
common schools in orcester, Mas.,
characterizing il as "a poisoned ar
row in favor of ignorance." "If edu
cation," he Maid, in conclusion, "was
not to diaiMirae tho dark cloud of ig-
norance that la.
I
in
thb
South,
that cloud woul
grow
darker
j and lower. If ignorance could
friot be lifted from where it now
; rested, it would not stay there, but
ould go lower and lower, and would
i liecome brutal, savage and hostile."
: ! Mr. Pugh took the floor and said
j lie would withhold his remarks on the
bill till tomorrow. -
j Mr. Blair made some additional
statements about the bill, referring
particularly to matters in Tennessee,
and quoting from a letter written to
him by Col. Colli3r of Nashville.
j Mr. Bate replied briefly to these
observations. Col. Collier, he said,
was a very estimable and an able
gentleman, but he was "somewhat of
ijorank on the Blair bill." In the
Ust canvass in Tennessee there was
4arcely a Republican elected to the
legislature who indorsed that meas
ure, and it was ii a worse condi
tion now in that State than it. had
pfeviou'-ly been.
' At 1.1 r the Sena'e proceeded to
executive business, and at 4 45 p. m.
adjourn- d.
5 HOUCSE.
The Speaker pro tera announced
the appointment of Mr. Cummings, of
New York, and Mr. Galhg'er, of
New Hampshire a3 additional mem
bers of the committee on printing
charged with inquiring into the ad
uiinistr.ition of the government print
ing oflice. The Speaker pro tern sug
gi sted that during the investigation
ihe committee be known as the spe
: cial committee on printing,
i ' Mr. Oates, of Alabama, from the
j committee on judiciary, reported the
i bll to n gulate the jurisdiction of Uni
ted Slates district courts in Alabam.
Hojso Calltndar.
5 Mr. Dingley, of Maine, from the
committee on banking and currency,
reported the bill authorizing the Sec
retary of the Treasury to investigate
the lawful money deposited in the
Treasury in trust by tho national
bjinking association for the retire
ment of their circulating notes.
House calendar. Mr. Clary, of
Maine, from the committee on com
merce, reported back the Reading
sfnke resolution with a substitute,
requesting the interstate commerce
commission to investigate the matter.
Ijouse calendar.
I Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, in
quired whether the resolution, if re
pprted outside of the morning hour,
wjould not present a question of privi
lege and be entitled to immediate
consideration. The Speaker pro tern
replied that it would not.
j Mr Dockery, of Missouri, from the
comm:tteo on postoffices and post
rdads, reported the bill requiring the
land grant railroads to construct and
.operate independent telegraph lines.
Hjoufte calendar. Mr. Blount, of
Georgia, from tho same committee,
reported adversely the bill to regu
'ate the rates of postage on second
class matter at letter-carrier offices.
Iouso ca'fndar.
In the morning hcur Mr. Dibble,un
dr instructions from the committee
oi public buildings and grounds
called up the resolution assigning
Tuesday, February ; 21st, and from
day to day thereafter until further
ordered for the consideration of meas
ures reported from that committee.
Af substitute was adopted assigning
February 21st, 22 J, 23d, 25th and
2fj h for the consideration of public
building bills' provided tbat on each
of; these days the house shall adjourn
at5oclock, that the Speaker ' shall
entertain no dilatory motions and
that debate on eaeh bill shall be limi
ted to half an hour. Bills were uassed
for the err ction,ht a cost of $100,000
each, of public buildings at
Glcrnvitle, S. C, and Asheville, N. C.
Vjhen the Asheville bill was under
; consideration, Mr. Randall inquired
' whether this was not tho measure ve
. tded by the President during the last
Cpngrt.si.
jilr. Johnston, of . North Carolina,
(aotto voce) : "Don't Bay anything
I about that." '
Mr. Randall : "Well, I withdraw
: the remark." (Laughter.)
! j Mr. Johnston said that the Presi
; dei:t ha l recently visited Asheville,
aid no doubt changed his opinion as
i td the needs of that city,
i Mr. BiUmm, of Pennsylvania, pre
; stilted i memorial of a committee
i representing 82,000 workingmen, ask
iitjf an invcbtigatiou of the Reading
sferike. It was ordered printed in the
. lc -'rd.
iThe resolution submitted by the
I committee on commerce this morn
I mg toaL-'.iirjg the investigation of the
Reading s'rike, was made a special
order f it tomorrow, after the expira
tion of the morning hour.
iOu motion of Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio,
tljy consiJeiation of the banking bill
wjis postponed for two weeks.
j After some further unimportant
business the House at 3 20 adjourned.
; Foreign Siewi.
Lundon, January 31. The Dutch
strainer P. Calandj Capt. Boujer,
which sailed for Rotterdam January
l jtli for New York, has put back, to
Plymouth with three blades of her
propeller gone. She has been seven
diys returning.
iRuME, Jan. 31. It is officially an
n0iincetl from MaSsowah that the
Itklians will occupy Saati tomorrow
.aid thit Gen. San Marsalas, com
lijjunder in chief of the Italian expe
dition corps, will transfer his head
nSarter3 thither.
Kfliit-fwtloitnl !Votc.
J'L'ue Department : of Superintend
' jro of the National Educational as
kiation will meet in Washington
Itvon February 14. 15 At 10. The
r mbershin of thia department in
. iules all superintendents of State,
ninety and city schools in the United
hlitc-i. i-,i2ht important suDiecia
rdlatiui' to methods of education will
bh discu ,scd. Maj. S. M. Finger, Su
plnn'rn lent or Public Instruction of
tlji-t Slate will diNciiHS tho question
of -llu v SI. all tint (Jualiticalious of
1j in ho 1 tnt)incd" at 10 a iu.
oji WVdnei-d'i' oi tlio meeting-
i'i !. ta-olii..i t i of the Associa
tion v.iil 1 at the Ebbitt House,
vrhich will rutcrtaiii members of the
.Hanciation ut $2. 50 per day. The
railroads will givo reduced rates to
ah going to Washington, D. C. du
ring the week of meeting. Full fare
going, one-third rate returning.
DISASTER
ON THE LINE OF THE CANA
DIAN PACIFIC
OWING : TO ;SNOW-8LIDES GREAT LOSS OF
LIFE OTHER SEWS BY WIRE.
Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 31. Latest
reports from the mountains indicate
that there has been great loss of life
on the Canadian Pacific owing to
snow slides. Passengers coming on
the trains from Calgary bring mea
gre particulars of the disaster and
strong cbinook winds have been pre
vailing for the last week; and all along
the line from Donald to Glacier snow
has been coming down on the track
in tremendous quantities. Near Pal
liser station, British Columbia,
several men were caught iu a snow
slide. Only one was dug out alive
and he was so badly bruised and in
jured that he is not expected to re
cover. The mild weather has put an
effectual stop to all through Canadian
Pacific trains and as the mountain
streams are considerably swollen it
may be some time before traffic is re
sumed. THE ICE GORGE AT ST. LOUIS.
ITS DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS ON PROPERTY
i
St.
OKNKRALLT.
Loris, Mo., Jan. 31. The ice-
gorge which has formed on the Mis
sissippi River in front of this city be
gan to move at midnight, last night,
and drifted down stream about 300
yards, lifting two steamers out of the
water and slightly injuring them,
when the immense weight was
checked and remained intact un
til 10 o'clock this morning, when the
January thaw loosened the great
mass and It slowly crashed down upon
nearly $1500,000 worth of property,
which it is now slowly grinding into
ruins. The gorge has been forming
for ten days and every means has
been taken to dislodge it but in vain.
Great cakes, 15 to 18 inches thick,
have piled upon each other, forming
a solid mass from bank to bank, sev
eral hundred yards wide, and from
18 to 20 feet thick. The mild
weather thus rotted only the upper
layer, and beneath is a flinty mass of
blue ice ready to grind many steam
boats and barges that are tied close
in shore; Already several barges
have been sunk, and the steamers, The
Tamm, Mattie Bell, and Hayes have
been sunk. The Hayes is a large ex
cursion'steamer, the property of the
Anchor Line: It is a total wreck and
is probably broken in two and stove
in. She lies near the land and only
the upper deck is visible. She was a
side-wheeler and valued at $80,000.
The Mattie Bell is owned by the Illi
nois Rivet Company. She was a fine,
large freight boat. The Tamm was
a ferry boat. The wharf boat of
the Alton & Grafton Railroad Com
pany was swept away at 11 o'clock.
Thesteamer, City of Monroe, snapped
her lines at noon and is a wreck
Capt. Mason and Mr. Seeborger wero
badly injured. The ice has stopped
running and there is little chance for
the many thousands ofdollars' worth
of property still below the gorge.
Erin's Woe.
Dublin, Jan. 31. A man named
Fitzmaurice, who recently took a
farm near Tralee, county Kerry,
from which two brothers had been
evicted, was going to market at Tra
lee when he was approached by tho
two brothers, who shook hands with
him as if to make sure of his identity,
and then shot him fatally with revol
vers.
The trial of Mr. Cox, member of
parliament for East Clare, on the
charge of violating the crimes act by
addressing tenants at Kilkenny, was
begun today in that place. Mr. Cox
was tried last week at Ennis, on the
charge of addressing proclaimed
league meetings, and sentenced to
three months imprisonment- He ap
pealed and on his release on bail he
was re arrested on the charge on
which he Is being tried today. The
people of Kilkenny and the surround
ing neighborhood gathered this
morning, : and, headed by priests,
marched toward the court house.
They were charged bv the polico,
who used their batons freely and suc
ceeded in clearing the streets. Many
persons were injured, ihe people
collected again and finally the police
decided to allow them to remain.
The coutt room was filled with
priests.
The Bill "Belatlnx to Liquor ."
Washington, D. C, Jan. 31. The
Senate committee on finance has de
cided to request that it be relieved
of the further consideration of Sena
tor Frye'a bill "relating to imported
liquors and that the measure be re
ferred to ihe j udiciary committee as
involving a constitutional question.
The bill provides "that the consent
of Congress is hereby given that the
laws of the several States relating to
the sale of distilled and fermented
liquors within the limits of each State
may apply to such liquors when they
have been imported in the same man
ner as when they have been manufac
tured in the United States.
Nfcntnchet Frozen Ont.
Nantucket, Mass., Jan. 31. It is
two weeks today since any mail has
been received here. Ihe sound is
full of ice and it extends seaward as
far as the eye can see. A three-masted
schooner is drifting with the ico near
Tuckernut Shoals and is likely to be
carried away. There is good sleigh
ing from the town ' to the head of the
harbor, six miles. This has not been
experienced for a number of years.
There is ho Buffering on the island at
present although there is a scarcity
of many tilings, including coal. The
weather is moderating.
Sir John Pender, chairman of the
Direct United States Cable Company,
has invited the cable companies to
hold a conference for the purpose of
fixing upon a tariff on a basis of one
shilling per word.
Democrats in New York are dis
cussing the question of Governor
Hill's alleged candidacy for the pres
idency ;
A TRIP AC OSS THE C0.TI.K3ST
13V THE SOUTHERN ROUTE, RECENTLY
OrENED A PLEASANT LETTER OF PER
SONAL EXPERIENCE FROM BISHOP
LYMAN.
Los Angeleu, Cal., Jan. 17.
Mr. Editor: J reached here last
evening, and found tho city so
crowded that I found difficulty in se
curing a room. Today I hae been
driving about the city and am greatly
surprised by its immense expansion
since I paid a visit here in the spring
of 1873. It is becoming one of the
mot t prosperous cities on the Pacific
coast, and i3 spreading out in a most
remarkable way in every direction.
Large numbers of elegant residences
have recently been built and others
are rapidly advancing toward comple
tion. I am simply spending the day
here, and expect to leave for San
Francisco at eight o'clock this even
ing. My trip, since I left Greensboro
on the 0th inst, has been rather a
tedious one. My trunk was misplaced
at Chattanooga; which caused a
twelve hours' delay there. Then the
journey to Memphis and thence to Lit
tle Rock was anything but agreeable,
as there was no through sleeper on
that road, and for sixt miles, during
the latter part of the journey, I was
compelled to go into a crowded car,
with a very rough class of passengers,
including a large number of negroes
and a multitude of dirty babies. We
arrived in Little Rock in the midst of
a heavy down pour of rain, and as
our train was over an hour late we
missed the connection and were de
tained twenty-four hours. After
leaving Little Rock we went on to
Texarkana, quite a flourishing border
town, and the road from that point
passed through, one of the most
dreary and desolate regions I have
ever visited. For one thousand
miles, with the exception of a small
oasis here and there, I might easily
have imagined myself in the desert of
Sahara or the wilderness of Sin,
which it more resembled than any other
spot on earth. And yet, strange to
Bay, in parts of these dreary wastes I
found occasional villages where en
terprising Americans were striving to
create a boom, and flaming advertis
ing sheets were thrust into our cars,
telling of the wonders of the climate
and the adaptability of the soil for
raising almost every semi-tropical
fruit and vegetable, just so soon as
their schemes of irrigation should
make this horrid desert to bud and
blossom as the rose ! But it seemed
to me that, when a kind Providence
had prepared for us millions of acres
now uninhabitated, all ready for the
abode of man, with a genial climate
and a rich, productive soil, it is hardly
necessary to be spending so much
energy and money to reclaim a dreary
desert. It made me feel proud, when
passing over these wastes of Texas
and Arizona, to think of the goodly
heritage in which we, of North Caro
lina, may so justly rejoice. Surely
any of our people must be strangely
misguided to turn his back on such a
country, only to seek his fortune in
this howling wilderness. We reached
Kl Paso, on the southern border of
Texas, about 9 30 last Saturday even
ing. A e were detained nine hours
on the road by a freight train
which had been wrecked and which
blocked up our way. And, owing to
this detention, our train lost its right
to the road and we waited in El Paso
until 12 50 Sunday afternoon. I went
to the hotel and- lodged and the next
morning rose early and after break
fast took a street car and crossed the
Rio Grande, over into Mexico, a trip
of twenty minutes. I went in order to
visit a Mexican church, curious in its
construction, and 300 years old. It
was nearly 10 o'clock when I entered
tho church, which was partly filled
Jby a motley crowd, in gay Mexican
attire, kneeling upon the stone floor,
while waiting for the priest to com
mence the 10 o'clock masa. I re
mained only a few minutes, after
carefully examining the singular old
building, and returned to El Paso, to
attend the bright service in our own
neat little church at 1 1 o'clock. Di
rectly after the service, I resumed my
place in the sjeeping-car, and by 1
o'clock we were pushing on for Cali
fornia. I was surprised at the ex
treme cold of this far southern point.
Ice was Been on the streets, and the
people seemed dazed by a degree of
cold which had not been known for
over twenty years. But when we saw
the papers, the next day, and read of
the terrific cold at the North, we were
not surprised that the outer edge of
the blizzard had penetrated bo far
South. It was very cold all the way
over to Los Angeles,and the mountain
ranges, on either side of us, were
covered with snow. Today the air is
much softer, and I hope we shall
have no return of this unusual
weather. As regards this south
ern route to California, it
certainly has no other attraction be
yond its exemption from the severe
cold, and blockade of snow, which
have so interrupted travel on the
more northerly lines. To any who
may be disposed to avail themselves
of the cheap rates now offered for
coming to California and return, let
me say come by all means direct to
2few Orleans, and take the Southern
Pacific road to Los Angeles and San
Francisco. The road by Memphis
and Little Rock should be carefully
avoided.
But I have spun out a longer letter
than 1 intended. 1 hope to write you
again after I have visited San
Francisco, from there I go to St- Hel
ena, .Napa Co., to visit my son, and
it is my purpose to turn my face
homeward the latter part of Februa
ry. I have been sleeping unusually
well since I entered upon this jour
ney, and my only trouble now is an
attack of influenza, occasioned by the
severe cold of the last four days.
But I am much better already.
Very faithfully yours &c,
T. B. Lyman
Tobacco Shipments from Danville.
Danville, Va., Jan. 31. Over half
a million pounds of manufactured
tobacco were shipped from this city
during this month, and more than
a quarter of a million of pounds o:
old leaf were shipped today.
John R. H. Davis, a well-known
citizen of Petersburg, died Sitardrr'.
VIRGINIA.
THE STATE PENITENTIARY
BURNED.
THE CONVICTS NOT DIFFICULT TP
AGE ACTION OF THE ASSEMBLY
OTHER NEWS BT WIRE. ,.
man-
Richmond, Va , Jan. 31. -Soon af
ter 5 o'clock this morning the ; build
ings of the Virginia penitentiary,
leased by the Davis Shoe Co., of Bos
ton, and operated as a shoe fac
tory were discovered to i;be on
fire. The flames spread rapidly
and despite the efforts of the
fire department the buildings occu
pied by the company were totally
destroyed, together with all the val
uable machinery and stock.;' The
buildings burned were thref-story
bricks and covered an area of about
seven hundred feet in length by sixty
in width. The loss to the shoe com
pany is estimated at from $150,000
to $175,000. ;i
The amount of insurance is pot yet
ascertained. Soon after the fir broke
out the bells of the city ounded the
military call and in a few minutes
about two hundred soldiers were on
the ground to guard agairut any
emeute of the prisoners, but every
thing was entirely quiet,and, after the
walls of the burned buildings had
fallen in and fears of further : spread
ol the fire was over, the military were
ordered back. The buildings were
State property and the loss caused
by their destruction wiU amount to
$250,000. The shoe company worked
between three and four hundred con
victs, w'
The insurance on the Davis Com
pany's machinery, stock and fixtures
foots up $136,598, divided among
seventy-five companies, home and
foreign. The buildings, which were
owned by the State, were not insured
and are a total loss. The origin of
the fire as yet remains a mystery.
There had been no fire in the build
ing since work closed yesterday even
ing. All the convicts, about: seven
hundred in number, remained! qniet
in their cells when the fire firs broke
out and for some time afterwards;
but when the majority of the cells
began to smoke the occupant made
considerable clamor to be let out
Thia was soon done and the prisoners
were turned into the galleries facing
the inner court where they remained
under a strong military anaj civic
guard till the fire was gotten! under
control, after which they were re
turned to their cells- :
The General Assembly n today
adopted resolutions providing for
an investigation and report ; pf the
cause of the fire, the extent pf the
damages done, the loss to the State
and to recommend the proper action
to be taken.
in, the senate a resolution was
adopted instructing the finance com
mittee to inquire into the expediency
of selling the penitentiary grounds
and buildings now owned by the
State with a view to locating the in
stitution at some other more suitable
point in the State. ;
1
Inert km ef Wuti D erne !.
Pittsbubo, Pa., Jan. 31. The car
penters of Pittsburg and vicinify have
notified their employers that ion the
first of May next they will demand
an advance in wages of 10 per cent,
half pay for all over time, and
nine hours work a day. The em
ployers claim that if the demands are
enforced a general paralysis of busi
ness will be the result. f
James Red path Paralyse,' ;
New York, Jan. 31: James; Red-
path is reported to be easier this
morning after having passed a com-
ortable night. Dr. Dana Bays his
patient will survive unless the paral
ysis extends to thr bram or the Dron-
chial tubes
Fayette vllle for the Convention.
Cor. of Uie News and Observer.
Mr. Airy, Jan, 27.
We see the desire expressed from
many sections of the State, to hold
the next Democratic State Conven
tion in'Fayetteville. This is a good
move, and we hope that that good
old hospitable town, will be selected.
wee . e si I
With her railroad ana steam poat ia
cilities, her ample hotel accommoda
tions, and large and elegant
hall, no place in the , State
can offer . better inducements
for holding the; convention.
The rail-roads and steamboats lead
ing into the town, will give as jiberal
rates as can be wished for. The wost
will Bend a fuller delegation than to
any other point, and all portions of
the State will be well represented.
Let us by all means have the next
convention in Fayetteville. ;
si P.
THAT UTTER OK ISG ALUS .
PUBLISHED IN KANSAS CITY, SUNDAY.
Washington, January 25, X886
Dear Mb. Blank : I was glad to re
ceive yours oi lucn. we are stui
waiting for the President, who moves
with great deliberation, listens to
everybody and does what he pleases.
His principal nominations so iar nave
surprised Democrats as much as Re
publicans, but they are generally
strong men, whose selection will be
approved by the conservative forces
of the country. He has no imagina
tion or sentiment and his policy will
not be sensational, but if he keeps on
as he has begun, his administration
will grow in popular favor. :-He is
self -possessed and confident and ex
hibits no perturbation or timidity.
Good humor prevails, thougbi there
is much inaudible grumbling' among
Democrats at the delay in "turning
the rascals out.''' But if Cleveland
can stand the racket fov the next
twelve months he will bring his party
to its knees and become a strong
leader. He has a great opportunity and
evidently intends to improve i.
Yours, J. J. InaixLa.
Archbishop Corrigan's ftsigna
tion as trustee of the new Oatholic
university is said to be the result of
grave dissensions among the Ameri
can merarcny.
Notice of Reduction In Wafts.
PiTTSBCRG, J?a , Jan. 31. The Na
tional Tube; Works Company, of
McKeesport, Pa., employing 4,000
men, have posted a notice ordering a
reduction of 1,0 per cent in the wage
of all employees. If the reduction is
not accepted the firm threaten to Bhut
down their entire establishment. The
men say they will not submit to any :
cut in their wages, but are willing to
refer the matter to a board of arbi
tration. A general strike would throw
over 6,000 men out of work in this
district alonei.
DOE
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-Prince Oscar of Sweden was for
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Who I Your Beet Frleudl
Your stomach of course. Whv? Be
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Give it a fair, honorable chance and see
if it is not the beet friend you have in
the end. Don. smoke in the morning.
If you must smoke and drink wait till
your stomach is through with breakfast.
You can drink more and smoke more in
the evening aid it will tell on you leas. 1
If your food ferments and does not di- -
gest right if; you are troubled with '
heartburn, dizziness of the head, coming
up from the food after eating, bilious
ness, indigestion, or any other trouble of
the btomach, you had beet use Green's
August r lower, as no person can use it
without Jim mediate relief.
By a systematic reorganization
the Democrats hope to carry Michi
gan in 1888.
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The Virginia commissioner of ag
riculture is In receipt of numerous
letters from the Northwest from peo
ple who wish to purchase homes in
Virginia.
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remedy for diarrhoea, whether riling from teeth.
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Mr. Thoebe's memorial asking a
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document in point of signatures as it
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