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NO. 528
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jAbsolutely Pure.
tills powder never varies. A marvel
f purity, strength and wholeecmeneas.
Jote oconomical,than ordinary kinds and
-lino b sold in competition with the
multitude of low test, short weight,
lap or phosphate powders, sold-only to
'n. Botal Badnq Powdkb Go., 1W
Vsll Street, New York. i
9jld by W. G. A B. Stronach, and
J $ Ferrall & Oo.
DARBY'S
PR0PIIYL4CTI0 FLUID
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Tt never fals to re
lieve pain of Burns.
Scalds, Bruises kt
wounds of any kind
Prevents Inflamma
tion and suppuration
and rapid ly heals.
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leaving no scar.
GAflGRKJfK OR PROUD FLESH
Irer Appear Where the) FlsUdUls Usedj
CLEANSES AND HEALS
Obstinate Ulcers, Boils, Carbuncles,
Erysipelasand running 8ores of every
i efflvia arising from Cancers. A.D
? soesses. Ulcere and every kind of
I purulent discharge.
' Shave used Darby's Prophylactic Fluid In hos
pital and private practice ior sen jwara u
sloughing, contused and
. itAd nunits. fonl and indolent ulcers and
as ajdlslnteetant."
Hecstis, Prof. Mobile
Mescal voiiege.
BARGA'I
WOOLLCOTT & SON'S,
14 East Martin Street
tKX) ladies hmdkerchief s at 80c a dozen.
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piece 86-inch black cashmere at5e
ft, yard, lnia is am exuremeiy iun
price for goods of this quality
Todies' and Hisses' all wool nose, 1U, 2tf
4
-r do, rents1 all linen handkerchiefs,
d" . 124c; cheap at 25c ;
76
dos. treats' cotton, seamless i hose
(KmvtI at 14c a Dair. Made in
North Carolina.
00
pair gents' kid gloves, 8M3;
worth 82.00.
adie', Misses' and children.' shoes
j endless variety.
0
roanl nickel plated clocks at $1.00
worth $1.50.
15
8 "day
clocks for 84.50; eo'.d eWe
where for $7.50.
A NEW LINE OF
fTiii, Glass and Crockery Ware
We are opening new lines of
WHITE GOODS,
laces, prints an 1 seersuckers.
Orders for Picture Frames. Bric-a
drack. Art Naval ties, Artist Materials
ffindew-ahadea, all Paper, Cornice
Pses. Jtc, have prompt attention.
IrilBr .A. WATSON
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NEWS OBSERVATIONS.
Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone have
ar-
rived at Cannes.
Lord Randolph Churchill has re
turned to London.
The Pope's jubilee was celebrated
Sunday at the American College in
Rome.
it Petersburg T. A. Palmer,
charged with forgery, was acquitted
on a technicality and re arrested.
Gen. Sherman has selected a
committee to arrange for a celebra
tion of Gen. Grant's birthday.
A mammoth petition against pro
hibition in the District of Columbia
has lieen presented to Congress.
The late Mrs. John Jacob Astor
bequeathed to the Metropolitan Mu
seum of Art her valuable collection of
rare laces.
J. R. Veazey, of Augusta, Ga , a
well known commercial traveler, com
mitted suicide Saturday by taking
laudanum.
jlear -Admiral Jouett makes a
strong appeal for the continued use
of sailing vessels in teaching naval
apprentices.
XlThe jewelry f.tore of Chapman
& Gale, Norfolk, was broken into and
robbed of a large amount of valuable
jewelry, Sunday.
James H. Campbell, proprietor
of the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, &nd one
of Macon's leading citizens, died of
Bright's disease.
Mrs. Ellen Mills, of Baltimore,
made desperate by poverty, cut her
throat and that of her ten-month:old
baby but both are alive.
John Edward Parker Doyle, a
well-known journalist, and for many
years a staff correspondent of the
New York Herald, died in that city
Saturday.
George Dunham, on trial at
Woodbury, N. J., for the murder of
his mother-in-law, Mrs. Barbara Han
dle, was convicted of murder in the
first degree.
Charitable people are discour
aged in their efforts to relieve distress
in Washington by the influx of col
ored people, who, it is claimed, want
to live without working.
Tom Ellis, editor of the Hornet,
at Birmingham, Ala., was shot and
mortally wounded by Detective Sulli
van Saturday evening. Ellis publish
ed matter in his paper concerning
Sullivan which the latter regarded as
libelous.
The Hon. Andrew Shuman, edi
tor at the Chicago Journal, explicitly
declines to Ve the republican candi
date ior Governor of Ilhnois. He is
quoted as saying: "I am a candidate
for heaven nothing else, mere is
nothing else in this world worth
beiDg a candidate for.''
Col. John H. George died at
Concord,1 N. H. Sunday night. Presi
dent Pierce tendered him the office
of secretary of the Territory of Min
nesota in 1855, but he declined. I he
deceased served several years as
chairman of the democratic State
committee, was a member of the na
tional committee eight years and was
twice a delegate to national conven
tions. He was the nominee of his
party; ?or the United States Senate in
1866 and! was four times a candidate
for Congress.
To drown each care, to kill each woe,
To soothe each evil passion,
As husbands to the wine cup go, ,
80 turn their wives to fashion."
However, as long as their enthusi
asm concerning dress is kept within
bounds and stimulates the formation
of elevated tastes it is not only harm
less but wholesome, for wise indeed
is the woman when she realizes that
a tweet disorder in dress" may be
poetical bat is unbecoming. At this
intermediate season the shop windows
present a most conservative aspect,
for: besides the first invoices of
sateens and ginghams, with a sprink
link of last year's stock cunningly in.
terminerled, there is little displayed
else but embroideries, underwear and
hosiery. Here and there will be shown
a line pi louiaru, tne popularity oi
which the merchants are assured, and
indeed no class of materials enjoys it
more deservedly. They shed dust
quickly, are light, soft and cool and
may be obtained in a wide range of
colors.
; One Woman Wltbeut Corns.
Kansas City Dispatch.
Over two hundred women heard
Sam Jones in his lecture. His talk
was especially intended for wives,
and those desirous of securing his
advice were present in full force.
Jones said: "How you do twist and
squeeze your body to please society.
I never heard of a woman that did
not have corns If there is one here
I ould like, to have her picture."
Here a modest looking young wo
man on a front seat rose up, and,
amid a storm of applause from her
sisters, stated that she did not have
corns. Jones was outdone. He col
ored and looked cheap. After rub
bing his face a moment he recovered
himself and sid : "Well, thank God,
in forty years of observation I have
found one woman who does not have
corxs. 1 will be mucn obliged it sue
will furnish me with her picture."
Then be looked as though he was
was doubtful whether he had said the
right thing or not.
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Down town:
Citizen to Coal Dealer .Say, I want,
a ton of coal.
Coal dealer All right. Shall we
send it up right away?
Citizen Oh, no. If it's anything
like the last I'll just call for it on my
way home and carry it in my overcoat
pocket.
Prompter (to leader of supers at
dress rehearsal of the stirring Roman
drama, "Right Against Might")
Nbw, are you all rigbi with the cue ?
: Leader I am so, sir. Whin the
man in the Bheet (toga ?) hollers to
the gurrul
Prompter The girl !
Leader "Katy Field," we get
ready, and whin he sings out "Rum
and Crackers "
i Prompter (frantic)-"Caitiff, yield,"
"Rome and Gracchus," stupid !
; Leader Jesso, sir we are to go
fOr the chap in the brass waistcoat."
I -Columbus Dispatch.
CONGRESS.
PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY
SENATE AND HOUSE.
IN
MR. PLATT OX THE PRESIDENT 9 MKtSAOK
TDE HOUSE CHAPLAIN'S I'KAYEB FOR
THESl'EAKER OTHER NEWS
BY WIBE.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 7 Sen
ate Mr. Frye offered a resolution,
which was adopted, instructing the
commitiee on commerce to inquire
in'o the right and expediency of Con
gress assuming control of the erec
tion of bridges over navigable waters
within State limi s. Tho Senate
then, at 12.45, resumed consideration
of the resolu ion to refer tbe Presi
dent's message; and Mr. Piatt re
sumed the speech which he com
menced yesterday.
Mr. l'latt said he had shown yes
terday that the President's message
meant the absolute and final destruc
tion of the protective system, that it
meant practical and absolute free
trade, and that it could result in
nothing else than the entire downfall
of the protective Bystem of the coun
try. He could not but assume that
the Democratic party intended to fol
low the recommendations of its commander-in-chief.
He wanted the Dem
ocratic party to follow its leader, to
obey its commander, to take off the
mask and have a square fight on the
issue presented by theJPresident; and
he quoted from the speech of Senator
Eenna where he declared that "both
internal and external tax sys
tems will be treated as a whole".
Were the Democrats in Congress go
ing to attempt to play
that game and then go to
the country claiming the President
to be a free trader? He further quo
ted a sentence from Senator Kenna's
speech to the effect that iron and
coal and wool and other products
would not be sacrificed in the proposed
revision and commented on it by say
ing that it was pretty hard
to find a free trader who was not a
protectionist for ma'ters in his own
State. He instanced also the Senator
from Alabama, (Morgan) who had
lauded the President, declaring him
self as standing with both feet on the
message, but did not want any free
iron ore for Alabama.
Mr. Piatt concluded his speech at
2.15. After some unimportant proceed
ings ( the Senate at 3. 15 p. in. went
into executive session, aud at 4.35
adjourned.
HOUSE.
In his opening prayer ihe Chaplain
said : "Oh God, we render Thee our
devout and hearty thanks that Thou
hast brought back to us our Speaker
with renewed health. Increase his
bodily strength that he may be equal
to the arduous duties of his respon
sible trust, and may all members be
able to give him their support."
On motion of Mr. Landes of Illi
nois, a resolution was adopted calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury for
information showing whether at the
date of the act of 1878 fixing the
amount of United States notes at the
limit of issue of $316,681,000 such
amount was actually in existence, and
whether any portion of tne amount
had been at that time lost or destroy
ed. Also whether, since 1878, there
has been any loss or destruction of
said notes.
Mr. Seney, of Ohio, lrom the com
mittee on the judiciary reported ad
versely the joint resolution proposing
a constitutional amendment in relation
to the manufacture, importation, ex
portation, transportation and sale of
alcoholic liquors.
At the request of Mr. Parker, of
New York, the joint resolution was
placed upen the calendar.
Mr. Belmont, from the committee
on foreign affairs, reported the diplo
matic and consular appropriation
bill.
Committee of the whole. (It ap
propria'es $1,403,865).
Mr. Springer, from the committee
on territories reported the bill to or
ganize the territory of Oklahoma.
Committee of the whole.
Mr. Compton, from the committee
on labor, reported the bill to limit
the hours of labor of letter carriers.
House calendar.
In the consideration of the morning
hour, Mr. Adams, of Illinois, called
up and the House passed the bill to
amend section 5,209 of the Revised
Statutes. This section provides
a punishment for false entries in the
accounts of bank officers and em
ploy eees with intent to defraud or
deceive, but it omits bank exam
iners and the Comptroller of the Cur
rency from Us provisions. It ap
pears that there is no provision of the
law to punish a bank examiner for
making a false entry in the report
made by him to the Comptroller of
the Currency, or for suppressing or
concealing any material fact with
intent to deceive that officer. The
only effect of the passing of the bill
will be to supply these omissions of
the existing law. The change in the
law is approved by the
Comptroller
of the Currency.
The House passed the bill to pro
vide for tLe recovery of internal
revenue taxes and penalties errone-
ouslv assessed and paid in certain
cases.
Mr. Oates called up and the House
passed the bill regulating the juris
diction of United States district
judges in Alabama. It providesjthat
the judge of the southern district
shall have jurisdiction throughout the
middle district
Mr. Henderson, of North Carolina,
called up the bill to amend the inter
nal revenue laws by abolishing the
minimum punishment in revenue
cases by prohibiting tho issuing of
warranto upon information and be
lief, except upon affidavit made by
.the collector or deputy collector or
revenue agent, and by authorizing
the commissioner of internal revenue
to compromise any case under the in
ternal revenue laws, f as6ed.
The House passed the bill amend
ing the existing laws so that the
death penalty shall not be indicted
for casting away a vessel upon the
high seas unless loss of life re
sults from such act, but providing a
penalty of imprisonment : for life or
for a term of yjears, with line.
jThe military committee reported
tne mibtary academy appropriation
bin. n
jMr. Warner, of Missouri, intro
duced by request a bi!l for the sp
ppintment of.;a commission on re
forms of orthography.
Adjourned;;?
OXFORD.
TBI KEW HOTEL.
C()r. vt the News aitd Observer.
j OxFoitnj N. C.,.Feb. G, 1888.
! At the regular meeting of the Com
monwealth Clnb, a stock company
was organized with a capitul stock
of $25,000, forrthe purposeof erect
ing a -hotel ; $uildiDg. Maj. N. A.
Gjregory was elected president, Dr.
E. T. White secretary and Mr. John
Webb treasurer. Books of subscrip
tion were opened, and a large part of
the stock was taken at once From
tlie interest that is manifested, and
frpm the ability of those taking stock,
oie thing is certain, and that is that
wb will have 6ne of the handsomest
arjd most thoroughly equipped hotels
iii the State. It is our aim to induce
visitors to spend their summers here,
aqd to make it pleasant for the Nor:h
erin huntsmen vho wish to spend the
fall here. ; .-. A. F.
A Steamer Bui-iicl.
8pcial to the Nek aud Observer.
j NewBeene, N. C., Ftb. 7.
News was received here toJay that
the Clyde line steamer Margie, ply
ing between N;ew Berne ; and points
iniHyde county, was burned to the
water's edge at Bayboro, N. C , last
night. Insurance $4,000. Loss about
$500. r
j Boulangtr lUtclvron Ovallun,
JPabis, Feb. 7. Gen. Boulanger at
tended the jChaielet theatre ' last
night. He received an Ovation and
was greeted with cries of "Vive Bou
lapgerf ' and 'fYive la Russe!" from the
people both - in the theatre and
streets.
j Gen. Ilafd'e's Laat Charg.
a father's tears avenoeb.
Majttun Union. f.
This distinguished chieftain, sc
prominently identified with the west
eih army during our civil war, was
the senior jCorps commander in
thfe different campaigns of the army
of j Ea6t Tennessee, and was usually
conceded to be to Gen Johnston what
Stpnewall Jackson was to Lee his
ri;ht arm. The high esteem in which
he held his commander can be duly
apjpreciated when it will be remem
bered that, ir "President Davis' mis
take" in the Fall of 1864, he refused
the command;; of the army when it
wis tendered. him, choosing rather to
y if Id to a subordinate than wear the
mantle of him to which no one should
have felt entitled. But true to his
cause and a sense of duty, he remain
ed: at his poati and was found at the
head of his shattered columns when
Johnston was. restored to the com
mand of the demoralized and retreat
in (?j army. '
The incident I will now relate oc
curred during the last encounter be
tween Sherman and Johnston, in John
ston county, and has previously been
referred to by.different ones, unknown
tolthis writer, s "the critical period
atiBentonsvilje." The engagements
of jthe two previous days had appa
rently quieted down to a dull but
continuous fire between the picket
lines, with an occasional volley as if
from some r,econnoiteiing party on
pajrt of the jjljne, when suddenly a
strong force . of the enemy's cavalry
raided in our rear, not only covering
this river bridge and intercepting our
Btipply train, but cutting off all re
treat of Johnston's army. Fortunately
for the Southern troops, Hardee hap-
' p4ned to be; iiear by : and without
waiting for anything like an organized
force of his own command, quickly re
paired to the scene and gathering up
sojme fragments of infantry, cavalry
arjd a battery of artillery (all having
been relieved ' from the main line
aljout day break resting and sleep
ing in the rear) placed himself at the
head of the confused and promiscu
ous body, hd charged the enemy
frpm the position, not however with
out a personal sacrifice worthy of the
deepest sympathy of all who read this
ba of reminiscence. Having driven
the raider 8 about a quarter of a mile,
a momentary halt was made to re ad
just the Jine", when he dispatched his
o n son, acting as one of his staff of
ficers, 'o a different point, while he
(tie General) remained personally su
pervising the position bf a couple of
pieces of artillery just arrived. But
a few moments had elapsed, when a
courier rodq up, saluted the General,
aid informed him that his son was
killed. Suddenly and silently he fell
weeping on hiB horse's: mane without
even an utterance. But presently the
ptoud, stately form of the faithful
od warrior! 'Was seen rising in his
siddle, his' head towering aloft in
calm, dignified demeanor over his
, ht-eed, while, without even a quiver in
i his voice, in a loud shrill tone, rang
0k the lone solitary word "Forward."
Oie more bound across the woods,
another crash of musketry and a few
'mjore clapB from the artillery and he
wias master of the field: with his son's
death revenged.
A Participant.
Assignment In Charlotte.
t'iarlutte Clironitle.
j Hargrave & Alexander, the well
kpowu dry goods merchants of this
city, yesterday filed an assignment
fr the benefit of their creditors, with
Mr. E. K. PI Osborne as assignee
The liabilities of the firm amount to
$3.8,000, mostly due to Northern
creditors. In the way of assets the
fiVm has on hand a stock of goods
that cost $10,000, and notes and ac
counts to the amount of $6,500, and
$1,500 in ciiah. In the assignment
there is a preferred credit of $7,000
to the estate of the late J. C. Har
grave, who was a partner in the firm
Up to the time of his death.
Messrs.' Hargrave &. Alexander
made a full assignment of all theid
possessions, except alone their house
hold furniture. They did not claim a
homestead exemption. They do not
deserve the fate that has overtaken
them.
PRUSSIA.
FURTHER FROM BISMARCK'S
SPEECH.
MORE TREATIES CF ALLIANCE THE MILI
TARY LOAN BILL APPROVED OTHER
TELEGRAPHIC NIWS.
Berlin, Feb. 7. A committee of
the Reichstag has approved the mili
tary loan bill without modification.
Bismarck in his speech referred to
certain other powers with which Ger
many has concluded treaties of alli
ance similar to those between Ger
many and Austria and Germany and
Italy. It is rumored today that
Spain, Roumania and Sweden are the
countries referred to.
TH French Preu oil Bismarck' gpeeeli.
Paris, Feb. 7, The leading organs,
including the Journaldea Debotsy the
faix and the Siecle, credit Bismarck
with pacific intentions. They Bay
that his speech will make a favorable
impression in Europe, despite certain
reservations. The iSiecle says that
-"France only followed Germany's ex
ample and strengthened herself in
order to be prepared in case of need.
The Radical papers demand that
France enter into a defensive alli
ance against the "unscrupulous Teu
ton." Tho Hat field-McCoy VeidctU.
Charleston, W. Ya., Feb. 7. Gov.
Wilson today commissioned ex-Congressman
Eustis Gibson to rep
resent the State of West Virginia in
the habeas corpus proceedings to be
begun in the State of Kentucky for
the return of the nine prisoners in
the Pike county (Ky.) jail and who
stand charged with having been im
plicated in the recent Hatfield-McCoy
vendetta. The case will be brought
in the United States District Court
now in session at Louisville, Ky. Mr.
Gibson left for Louisville this morn
ing. Wake County Bridges.
Cor. of the News and Observer.
Raleigh and the surrounding country
have suffered very much of late from
a want of mutual dealing.
This trouble has risen from two
causes the extremely bad roads and a
lack of bridges. As every one must
know, the first of these has been the
chief trouble; for not only has the
trade of Raleigh with the eastern and
southeastern sections been small, but
its dealings with all other sections of
the county l.ave also been very
limited.
From this fact we may therefore
conclude that the immediate com
pletion of two or three bridges, at a
considerable cost to the county, is
not of prime importance. If this be
not entirely true, may we not
say with absolute certainty that a
month's delay in making contracts for
the erection of iron bridges about
which our people know literally noth
ing cannot be of much injury to the
whole county ? This is what our
most respectable Board of Commis
sioners desires the good of the whole
county. No good citLien in any one
portion of the county wishes that any
other section should be injured.
But in a matter of grave doubt as
to the feasibility of changing the
whole manner of bridge building
from wooden to iron bridges, would
it not be extremely advisable for the
Commissioners and the people too to
bo certain that the change will be for
the better T Let our Commissioners
then consult with others before they
let out the contracts.
Citizen.
. W h Stanford Voted for Ltintr
Washixoton, Feb. 6. Senator
Stanford, of California, has written
the following letter to a constituent
who asked his reason for voting for
the confirmation of Mr. Lamar as a
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court:
'Washington, Feb. 6, 1888.
"Your letter asking my reasons for
voting for Mr. Lamar received.
I voted for him because I considered
him one of the best men in the South
for the place. He is, in my judgment,
a broad, liberal-minded man, of a
great deal of learning. He was pro
fessor of law in a university in Mis
sissippi. I think he is a thoroughly
converted Unionist, and I do
not think it wise to reject
any one (on tho ground alone
that they were engaged in the late re
bellion. I think tbat we want to be
one people, politically and socially.
Gen. Grant expressed the idea when
he said 'Let us have peace.' Mr.
Lamar's loyalty and integrity to the
Union was passed upon most conclu
sively when both houses of
Congress provided for the suc
cession to the presidency and
made him an heir only a few re
moves from the Presidency. . I was
reluctant to find myself not in har
mony with all tbe Republican Sen
ators, but it was a case, so far as my
action was concerned, entirely for my
own judgment and conscience, and I
voted accordingly.
Respectfully yours,
"Leland Stanford."
A young man went to the house
of Amos Grant, a colored farmer, in
Baker county, Georgia, Saturday, and
found the body of Grant hanging
from a rope thrown over a projecting
joist in the rear of the house. Inside
he found Mrs. Grant's body in bed,
her head crushed into a jelly, as if by
a club. On the floor was the body
of the wife's sister. Further over
was the body of Grant's 15-year old
bOM. It is thought that as Grant was
a hard task-master his wife was about
to leave him; that Grant, frenzied by
he thought of her departure, took a
club and brained them all while they
slept and then committed suicide.
John Doney and John Mack es
caped from Jefferson Market prison,
New York, Saturday night by filing
a bar in their cell window and lower
ing themselves to the roof of the
market by a rope 36 feet long made
out of bed-clothing. This is the first
m ?a I
eacrgpe irom me prison since it was
built, in 1875. ;
EXTRNSIVK ROBBERT I NORFOLK
81NDAV MOOUe.
a safe openkd.'and a
QI AMOUNT
OF
DIAMONDS, jewelry
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D MONEY 8TO-
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LEN NO CLCE TO T. f yjRQLARS.
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The biggest burrj.Ly ever com
mitted in this State was brought to
light Sunday morning in this city.
It was worked sometime between
12 and 1 o'clock a. m. in the estab
lishment of Messrs. Chapman & Gale,
whose safe was broken open and its
contents, consisting of diamonds,
gold watches and jewelry and a large
amount of cash, were carried off.
Messrs. Chapman & Gale have as yet
refused to give the exact amount of
their loss, but rumor has had it at
various sums, ranging from $30,000
down to $8,000. '
Entrance was gained through the
rear from Mill street, lrom whence,
by a shed, access was had to a win
dow on the second floor of Messrs.
S. J. Thomas & Co.'s shoe store, and
by forcing the iron bars which pro
tected this an entrance was gained to
the store, where tho nrst attempt was
made to get into Messrs. Chapman &
Gale's. The first attempt was made
by boring through what was taken
for a wooden partition between the
stores, but finding that a brick wall
interposed, Thomas' was left in the
same way as entered, and the second
and successful attempt to enter Chap
man & Gale's was made. Situated
directly over the safe, towards which
the labor of the burglars was direct
ed, was a sky-light by which light
was admitted to the rear portion of
the store. Using an inch bit the
sash Was soon cut through and a hole
opened sufficiently large to admit the
passage of a man. Below the sky
light, as a protection, iron bars had
been let into the wood, but it was the
work of only a few moments to bore
a hole above the end of one of these,
jerk the bars up and then the way
to the safe was clear.
Entrance to the store having been
gained, protection and immunity from
interruption was the first thought,
and this was successfully secured by
a simple device. To a large bundle
of paper a piece of small string was
tied and then carried along the stone
to the front door and under it to a
confederate, who was stationed in
some convenient nook near by when
by an almost imperceptible movement
of his hand a signal was given to
those inside that poss;ble danger was
at hand or had passed. This caution
on the part of the cracksmen was
shown in all of their movements, for
in Thomas' store stroDg evidences of
the presence of a sentinel in tbe front
part of the second story was found
where they had evidently placed one
at the front window, to watch for pos
sible interruption.
Having laid their plans for safety,
work was begun on the safe and here
the evident skill of the burglars was
more clearly Bhown. The safe, a Hall
patent about 3,000 pounds in weight
with double door, was badly demolish
ed as far as one of the doors was con
cerned, and from the marks on it the
principal effort of the cracksmen was
directed towards removing the outer
plate, which being done, to tear the
belts all to pieces was but the slight
est job. The outer doors of the safe
being opened, the reward of their la
bors lay under their hands, for the
inner doors with which the safe was
protected, were not locked.
The sight which greeted the bur
glars on opening the inner doors of
the safe must have made their eyes
shine, for there in trays, cases and
loose were lying jewels in great num
ber, watches by the dozen, diamonds
and other stones in endless variety and
size, shape and value, and last bnt
by no means leaetjaccep table, a good
round sain of money. The rascals
were discriminating in their selection
of what they would carry on as
plunder and nothing but what was
gold and rare stones are missed, the
cheaper stuft Jing left behind. A
back room of the store was evidently
used in which to divide the booty, for
when the robbery was ' discovered
this room, which was entirely invisi
ble from the street, was littered with
the trays and cases which only a short
while before had glittered with their
costly contents. That the men had
plenty of tirie in which to work and
then to divide the booty is shown by
the fact that not one article of value
escaped their eagle eyes nor was any
thing dropped by tnem
The police were notified as soon as
the robbery was discovered and they
made an immediate examination, but
found no clue on which to work. The
cracksmen left an incomplete set of
tools behind them, but what they did
leave were of the finest character and
amply sufficient for the work for which
they were needed. Those found
around the safe Sunday morning
were a complete set of wedges of
finest steel, a screw driver, a sectional
iimmv, a cold chisel, a sledge ham
mer, a brace and several bits, a num
ber of punchers, a dark lantern and a
bottle of whiskey, the latter an in
strument frequently used for raising
courage. These form the only clues
on which the police department has
to work.
Although Messrs. Chapman & Gale
received a heavy blow in the robbery,
they did not close their doors, and
the senior member of the firm is now
in New York purchasing a stock
which will! be sent on immediately.
Lester Singleterry and his wife,
colored, of Clarendon county, S. C,
wishing to go to a prayer-meeting
and not to be bothered with the chil
dren, locked them up in the house,
six in all, ranging in age from 18
months to 13 years. In their absence
the house was set on fire by the chil
dren, probably by overturning a
lamp. The door was locked and the
window-shutters strongly bolted.
When the parents returned, about
midnight, a pile of ashes and the
bones of the children marked the
spot where the house had been
Salvation Oil is the celebrated Ameri
can remedy for cuts, brutses, sprains,
burns, scalds, chilblains, &c. All drug-
tfists sell it. It cilia pain. 23 cents.
Old Deacon Dobson boasted that he
was always "prepared for the worst;"
and so he wan, for he always kept Dr.
Bull's Cough Syrup in the house, the
only safe remedy forooughs and colds'.
A SENSATION
PROFOUNDER THAN ANYTHING
THAT HAS HAPPENED YET li
IN THE CASE OF CINCINNATI 8 METROPOLI
TAN BASK PRESIDENT MEANS
ARRESTED.
Cincinnati, Feb. 7. The National
Metropolitan Bank is in the hands of
a bank examiner. Vice-President De
camp gave bail today in $20,00d;
President William Means was arrea-?
ed at noon, charged with violating
the national banking law. Means4 ar
. sat creates a profounder sensation
than anything that has previously
happened. His character has stood
so high that the announcement
of his arrest was scarcely credited.
Means has held a leading position
among business men for a number bf
years, has been reported quite
wealthy, served a term as mayor,
when he was elected, not by a party
vote, but by a combination whom
support was a compliment to their can
didate. To have a man of such promi
nence put in poril of imprisonment
I i mi . -
causes proiounu ieenng. xnere is a
fairly, -well authenticated statement
that the examination of the bank's
bocks and papers shows gross viola
tion of the banking law in loans to
officers and others connected with
the bank very largely in excess of the
limit allowed by the law to any one
It is possible that thia wrong-doing
may have been carried to such
an extent as to impair the bank s sol
vency. A warrant was issued this
morning but was not served in the
usual manner out of regard for
Means. District Attorney Burnett
notified him after 12 o'clock of tbe
issuance of the writ and arranged
for Means to go voluntarily with his
Donasmen to tne commissioners
office at two o clock.
Cornellna HaraeCt.
Col. Jas. G. Burr In Wilmington Messenger,
Before the era of quiet had given
place to that of progress and of mod
ern improvement, bo called, I strolled
through the old church yard of St
dames one aiternoon in the spring
time of the year, a place venerable
from its antiquity and sacred from its
memories and associations. One can
learn a lesson of the vanity of life
from the still remaining records1 of
those who, "after life's fitful fever
sleep well," within its hallowed pre
cincts. It is now almost deserted'
and also greatly changed in appear
ance, but at that time tall trees waved
their untrimmed branches over the
graves of those who once trod jour
streets, and the rank undergrowth
grew over and above many an old
sandstone slab bearing a brief notice
of the last resting place and virtues
of the departed. It was towards th
close of the day, and the mild
beams of the westering mn shone
with tempered radiance. Here,
there, ail around were the graves
of those who in former years carried
life, and it may be happiness, wi bin
the social circle. As 1 approached
tbe northeast corner of this ancient
burying ground, I noticed an old red
sand-stone, upright and about two
feet high, on which was inscribed ihe
following :
: Cornelius Harnett, ;
: Died April 20, 1781, j' ;
; Aged 58 years. f :
; Slave to no sect,, he took no pri-:
; vate road. I '
; But looked through nature up to '.
; nature's God. ;
Such is the brief biography written
in liol oi Ajornenus narnott, the
first president of the Provincial Coun
cil of the State, the first member of
the Provincial Assembly from the
borough of Wilmington, who was
unanimously elected to that position,
and who was one of the three dele
gates from North Carolina who signed
the original articles of confederation
of the United States. He was the rep
resentative mstn of the Cape Fesr sec
tion in revolutionary times bold, el
oquent and incorruptible. His beauti
ful home at Hilton, situated on the
northeast branch of the Cape Fear
river, embosomed in a grove of ma
jestic oaks and luxuriant cedars, "was
the seat of a profuse and refined hos
pitality. It was there that the brave
hearts of the olden time met together
to listen to his words of wisdom and
take fresh courage from his example.
It was there he entertained Josiah
Qoincy, of Massachusetts, on his re
turn from his mission South, and
those congenial spirits met for for.the
first and last time and parted frith
mutual feelings of admiration and
esteem. Quincy in his diary mentions
this meeting and speaks of Harnett
in the warmest terms, calling hint the
Samuel Adams of North Carolina.
Such was the influence he exercised
upon public opinion that when ' Sir
Horry Clinton issued his proclama
tion of amnesty to the people of
North Carolina on the 5th of May,
1776, which proclamation is dated on
board the Pallas transport then inf the
Cape Fear river, but two names
were exempted from its benefits,
Cornelius Harnett, of New Hanover,
and Robert Howe, of Brunswick. He
waB one ot the earliest and most de
voted friends of the independence of
the colonies, and threw into the
doubtful struggle his influence, this
property and his life. Unfortunately
he did not live to witness the success
of the cause for which he had sacri
ficed so much. While lying sick at
the house of a friend on the old New
Berne road, about three miles from
Wilmington, he was captured by a
party sent out by Major Craig, the
British commandant of the town.
His merciless captors compelled him
to walk until he sank to the ground
from utter exhaustion, and then
they threw him like a sack f
meal across the back of a horse, and
thus brought him into Wilmington. A
youth passing along the street at the
time, noticed the party and enquired
who tbat man was lying in that posi
tion, and was answered "Cornelius
Harnett." Many years afterwards,
when that youth had become the old
est inhabitant of Wilmington, having
lived more than a score of year be-
yond the period assigned by the
Psalmist as the limit of human life, he
mentioned the circumstance to the
writer and added that it w&s the first
and only time he had ever seen Har
nett. The effect of such treatment
upon a system enfeebled by disease
could have no other than a fatal re
sult, and Harnett sank under it. He
passed away while' prisoner and in
chains, and the oldchurch-yard of St
Jamesf contains all that was mortal of
the first scholar, s atesman and patri- '
ot. of the age in which he lived
in the days of the revolution he
was a terror to the mother couutrv.n
later days the Legislature of theState
honored his memory by assigning
his name to the cdnnty of Harnett,
created from the county of : Cumber
land, whose fair "proportions were
once before shorn in making he
county of Moore, which was also
named after a son of New Hanover.
Is not ihe inquiry; a pertinent one,
Has New Hanover 'properly honored
him whose name so much honors hert
Should not a monument have been
erected to his memory long years
ago? Is it too late now? It not,
shall it b where he now lies, within
the limits of the town he bo faithfully
served, or upon one of those lovely
mounds in Oakdale cemetery, where
the ashes of soma of his compeers
have been carried t o slumber midst
their children's children, apart from
the bustle of town,'amidst ihe beauty
and grandeur of the country ? Are
there any who will undertake this
pious task, ibis labor of love for one
whose only deseendan is his memory
and his Dame -
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"Why, Ethel," '-said her mother,
"what is the matter?" "Oh!" whined
Ethel, "my' teetjh stepped on my
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