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NEWS OBSERVATIONS.
Republicans in Congress favoring
Uriff revision will introduce a bill to
that f nd
The Presidential bee is buzzing
loudly in iho bonnet of Governor
Beaver, of Pensylvania.
-Ei-Vinister Soteldo, of Vene
zuela, denounces the recent seizure
by Grea'. Britain of the Yurari gold
mines and claim? that the United
States government should interfere
in the matter.
-Notwithstanding the differences
of opinion amODg the miners, who
claim that their' leaders have misman
aged their affaire, work will be re-'
sumed generally in the Schuylkill re
gion. At Reading, Saturday, Thomas
J. Wajfall died. He was a most pro
lific inventor, being second only to
Edison in the number of his patents.
His patents were mostly in connec
tion with the rubber business.
't-Among the passengers who ar
rived at New York on the steamship
Lessing from Hamburg Saturday
were a hundred poor Slavonians. On
account of their poverty-stricken con
dition 26 of their number were not
permitted to land.
The Mississippi Senate Saturday
adopted the House bill to pay $30
yearly pension to officers, soldiers
aud sailors and their servants who
served in the Confederate army from
Mississippi, and who are now unable
to labor because of injuries received
in the service.
The Rev. S. V. Cole, a Metho
dist minister at Chatlanoogo, Tenn.,
committed suicide Saturday by taking
poison. He had been melancholy for
several days, and returned home on
Friday night with a pint bo'tle- of
medicine He asked his wife to take
some. She refused, and he took sev
eral drinks, and died in great agony.
F. D. Poupart, the confidential
clerk of Adolph Schrieber, treasurer
of the New Orleans Co' ton Exchange,
is a; defaulter for $23,000. Poupart
had charge of the bank box which
contained the city and State bonds
belonging to the Cotton Exchange.
He pledged the bonds to three banks,
the Germania, National Bank of Com
merce ad Mutual National Bank,
and squandered the money received
in lottery tickets.
-The New York Sun is entitled to
credit for the following leap-year
squib: "Charley is coming to see me
tonight, ' remarked haia. "1 don t
know why I feel so nervous about it,
but I have a presentiment that some
thing is going to happen." "Oh,
there's no use feeling nervous about
it if you've made up your mind to do
it," answered Clara. "Very likely
he 11 say yes ; he was always soft.
Why, how is this? The editor
of Sporting Life, London, has warned
Sullivan to hold his tongue with
thumb and finger or he will extin
guish him. Such language seems
exceedingly rash. The New York
Herald says: As related in our Com
mercial Cable dispatch, this editor
threatens "to knock John L. into a
cocked hat," not with his fist oh no,
but with his newspaper. John the
First, or, rather, John the Only, com
ing home looking like a cocked hat
would be a national humiliation. No
flowers. Boston papers please cepy.
I have noticed for many years
that if you wish and expect to have
an early garden you must plant early.
I hear some say that there is no use
planting until the ground gets warm,
but I have always observed that it is
"first come, first served" in garden
ing as in other things, and those that
Eut their seed in the ground earlie t
ave the earliest vegetables. This
must be taken with grains of allow
ance, for I do not mean for things
to be put in the ground in mid-winter.
but I do mean either in the last winter
month or the early part of March. It is
not often that the ground la in such
. a condition that a plow or hoe can be
used before the middle of March
Last winter I was lucky enough to be
able to plant some things in Feb
ruary and X availed myseil ol it to
sow lettuce, onion seed for sets, and
kale on the 7th of February. The
lettuce and onion seed came up nicely
and A had lettuce long before any of
my neighbors and such lovely heads
too. I selected a spot on the south
ern slope of a hill and had it made
very rich with hen house manure and
wood ashes, and sowed my seed in
drills and covered them up with
bushes. My kale seed were not good
and did not come up at all,
but the other seed came up
beautifully. When the lettuce
was large enough I transplant
ed it (being compelled to change my
garden spot). When I set out the
plants I covered them over, each
plant with leaves, say about as many
as I could take up in one band to
each plant and they were twelve inch
es apart. As soon as the plants had
recovered from the moving and be
gan to grow I had put around each
plant a small shovel full (a hearth
shovel) of well rotted cow-pen
manure ana never nave X seen
plants respond to treatment
more kindly. One plant made
a large dish. Lettuce is not so de
sirable, except that it comes so early
and one longs so for something fresh
and green in the early spring. It is
never a drug in the market on a farm,
for pigs that are up in pens and poul
try that are up in yards where they
can not get grass devour it greedily,
and it is excellent for them too. It
is a great advantage to bow onion
seed early, for the earlier you sow
them the finer sets they make. JVr.
C. in Home and Farm.
A Raleigh Man's Generosity.
The Norfolk Virginian sa s in its
Portsmouth department
"LfiBt week Major J. W. Jett wrote
to Mr. P. Lin-han, in Raleigh, to
know the cost of four pieces of dress
ed granite eight inches thick, to be
fitted on the pedestals of the
Confederate monument on Court
street in order to raise the
metal statues that high. Mr. Line
ban promptly responded, stating that
he would gladly donate the four
k pieces of granite needed. " "
I Major Jett returned his thanks."
CONGRESS.
PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY
SENATE AND HOUSE.
IN
MESSAGES FIIOM THE PRESIDENT AD
JOURNMENT OVER TODAT
NEW8. OTHER
By Telegraph to the News and Observer.
Washington, Feb. 21. Senate.-
Messages from the President, with
reports from the Secretary of State,
relative to the invitation of the Impe
rial German Government to the United
Stales Government to become a party
to the International Geodetic Associ
ation, and relative to the invitation of
the Belgian Government to partici
pate in the International Exposition
of Science and Industry at Brussels
in May next, were presented and re
ferred to the committee on foreign
relations. j
Mr. Sherman, from the oomttiittee
on finance, reported back (adversely)
the bill authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to overrule and reverse
the decisions of all inferior officers of
the Treasury Department in relation
to tetters of account. Indefinitely
post, pned.
M . rloar, frem he committee on
privileges and elections, reported the
resolution authorizing that committee
and any sub-committee thereof to con1
tinui the investigation (ordered last
session) into the events alleged to
have taken place in the State of Texas
and set forth in the petition of Steph
en Packworth aud others. Referred
to the committee on contingent ex
penses.
The remainder of the day's session
was spent in the coc side ration of the
bill to incorporate the Washington
Cable Electric Railway of the Dia ricfc
of Columbia The bill was finally
laid aBide informally and the Senate,
after votiDg down the motion to ad
journ over till Monday, proceeded td
executive Dusmess, ana at b 3U p. m.
adjourned.
Shortly after going into executive
session the mi unci ion of secrecy
upon the fisheries treaty was removed
and the document was given to the
public. The Sena'e afterwards de
bated for more than' an hour the
policy of having the treaty con
sidered with open doors. So
radical a departure from the
time-honorel precedent awaits bit
ter opposition, but there have been
a number of influential converts to
open the session movement eince the
late action on the British extradition
treaty, and Senators who have never
before favored the movement now
openly declare that they can no long
er endure the present condition, and
predict that secret sessions, except
where affirmative reason exists for
secrecy, will not last three months
longer. The Senate adjourned with
out action today, but enough was
said to show that the majority of the
Senators are in favor of discussing this
treaty at least with open doors.
BOUSE.
Mr. "Wilkee, of Ohio, from the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency re
ported the resolution calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury tor informa
tion as to the number of steam power
presses used in plate printing in the
bureau of engraving and printing;
whether they are owned by the gov
ernment; if pot, from whom tbey are
leased and the amount of royalty
paid and the reason why the govern
ment is not owner of the presses; the
number of hand plate presses used
and whether the work performed by
steam presses is equal in quantity,
quality and workmanship to that done
by hand presses. Adopted.
; The direct tax refund bill was re
ported from the judiciary committee.
Referred to the committee of the
whole. Also the joint resolution
proposing anti-polygamy amendments
to the Constitution, giving to Con
press power concurrent with the
States to enforce its provisions
Placed on the calendar.
; Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkansas,
from the committee on ways and
means, reported the bill authorizing
the consolidation of certain customs
Collection districts and providing for
the compensation of certain collectors
and surveyors of customs. House
calendar.
Mr. J. D. Taylor, of Ohio, intro
duced a bill to change the common
law of marriage to the customs of
modern civilization by the emancipa
tion of married women in the District
of Columbia and the Territories. Re
ferred.
The House then went into commit
tee of the whole for the consideration
Of public building measures.
Bills were passed providing for
buildings at Charleston, W. Va. ; Al-
lentown and Lancaster, Pa.
Pending consideration of the bill for
a building at Lowell, Mass., the com
mittee rose and the House took no
final action on the bills agreed to in
committee but at 5 o'clock adjourned
until 1 hursday.
Pardoned by the Governor.
By Telegraph to the News and Observer.
New Orleans, La., Feb. 21. Dan
Brown, who waB convicted of man
slaughter and sentenced a few days
ago by Judge linker to six months
imprisonment in the penitentiary at
hard labor for the killing of A. Senec,
of Mascot, for the publication in that
paper of an article concerning his al
leged intimacy with a lady in Algiers,
was pardoned yesterday by Governor
McEnery.
A French Crisis Looked For
By Cable to the News and Observer;
Paris, Feb. 21. Several journals
fear that a government crisis will
ensue should the cabinet insist upon
the Chamber of Deputies voting the
sum of money on account of the e
cret service niid declare that it will
make the voto a question of confi
dence. The Radicals and Socialists
of St. Etience have decided to run
Gen. Boulanger for the Chamber of
Duputies notwithstanding the fact
that he is ineligible.
Fierce Gale in Britain.
By Cable to the News and Observer.
London, Feb. 21. A fierce easterly
tale prevails throughout Great Brit
a.
A BOLD THIBP.
DOTS FROM REIDSVIXLE A FICTITIOUS
REPORT.
Special to Hie News and Observer.
Reidsville, N. C, Feb. 21. John
Hughes, an idle youth aged 19 years,
slipped a planter's check for $50
from the Star warehouse and got it
cashed at the bank. He was arrested
aud the money recovered. He has
been lodged in jail.
The story going the round?, taken
from a newspaper bere,of a conductor
on the Richmond & Danville Railroad
treating a poor woman and child in a
brutal manner is all fiction. A pious
looking tramp worked it on the ed
itor. A large mass-meeting of the citi
zens of Reidsville has been called for
Saturday for the purpose of consider
ing the question of a cotton factory.
There will bo an extensive leap
year party by tho ladies at the Rock
ingham club rooms tomorrow night.
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A TRl'g BILL.
Will Keen to Stand Trial for Harder.
Special to the News and Observer.
Salisbury, N. C, JCeb. 21. The
grand jury has returrred a true bill
for murder in the first degree against
Will Keen for murdering John Mur
phy. I he trial will begin aionday
next.
Business Failure.
Special to the News and Observer.
Falkland, N. C, Feb. 21. King
Bros., merchants failed yesterday.
Liabilities eighty fivohundied; assets
two thousand.
Failure ofanBxtensi ve Iron Manufactory.
By Telegraph to tha News and Observer.
Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 21. Graff,
Bennett & Co., iron manufacturers of
this city, filed a deed of assignment
to P. H. Miller, of Pittsburg, today.
The failure was a grtrnt surprise, as
nothing of the kind was looked for.
In 1883 the firm failed for $120,000
and was granted an extension. Since
then they have paid off about two
thirds of their indebtedness and were
supposed to be doing well. The
cause of the failure was trie invest
ment of all their profils in the exten
sion of their plant. No statement
has yet been made, but it is under
stood that secured liabilities are
about 600,000 and unsecured liabili
ties from $000,000 to $800,000. The
latter consist of notes for ore anu
other materials. Aiuong the liabili
ties is a mortgage for $450,000 held
by the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, which is not yet due. The as
sets are. believed to be about $800,000.
Judgments aggregating $70,000 were
entered against the firm this morn
ing. The Last ot the Fidelity Indictments.
By Telegraph to the' News and Observer.
Cincinnati, Feb. 21. Miss Josie
Holmes was brought into tbe United
States court today for the purpose of
hearing the Judge pronounce the
words that would release her from
jail. The District Attorney made the
usual motion to witnaraw itie indict
ment against her, in consideration of
her having given testimony in the
case, and the court granted the mo
tion. This is the last of the eight
Fidelity indictments. Two of the
defendants have been convicted,
Harper and Hopkins; Ammi Baldwin
died, and Pogue, Chatfield, Zimmer
son, Wilshire and Holmes were re
leased upon nol pros.
The German Crown Prince.
By Cable to the News and Observer.
San Remo, Feb. 21. A bulletin is
sued this morning says : The Ger
man Crown Prince rested better last
night and was less troubled with
coughing and spitting. He appeared
at the window ol ms bed-room yes
terday and many people saw him. The
Prince of Wales paid him a visit last
evening and found him better than
he had expected.
Arbitration and Fair Trade.
By Cable to the News and Observer.
London, Feb. 21. The association
of chambers of commerce of the
United Kingdom have unanimously
passed a resolution advocating an ar
bitratym treaty with the United
States ior tne settlement oi an uu-
ficulties that may aribe between that
country and England. A resolution
favoring fair trade was rejected by a
vast majority.
A Gloomy View o' Ship-building.
By Cable to the News and Observer.
London, Feb. 21 The Clyde ship
owners held a meeting today to dis
cues the business outlook, xt was
shown that a gloomy view of ship-
buildincr prospects was generally held
Mr. Allan predicted a total conapse
before the year was ended.
Collieries Si 1 11 In Operation.
By Telegraph to th News and Observer.
Ashland, Pa , Feb. 21. The same
collieries that worked yesterday are
in operation today. No employees
have been discharged or suspended
in this district and the miners feel
satisfied but say that if ordered out
again they will obey the order.
Gen. 8b ""'-'in Will not Acaept.
Kaltlnuirp Klin
The Wa ington agent ol the As
sociated Press had an interview with
General Sheridan last evening for the
nurpose of ascertaining whether he
would consent to make an authorita
tive statement in regard to his alleg
ed presidential candidacy. In reply
to nuestions he said : "I know noth
ing more about this alleged 'boom
than what I have read in the papers
except that now and then some friencj
has twitted mo .about becoming a
candidate. But if the matter is really
now discussed seriously, it is time
that all parties concerned should be
informed tha they are wasting their
breath. I have never had the presi
dential bee in my bonnet, and I don't
intend to have it, for there is nothing
that would induce me to leave the
profetision in which nearly forty years
of my life have been spent to enter
upon a career. So all talk about my
bein& a candidate may as well end."
"Bat suppose the republican con
vention should "
Gon. Sheridan. "Nominate me T
would not accent. But thero is not
the lightest probability of my being
nominated, and in any event I would
not accept. No ! not under any cbi
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want mat or
any other civil office.
EN ROUTE
THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY ON
THE WAY TO FLORIDA.
BUT ONE STOP BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND
; JACKSONVILLE THE ELEGANTLY AP-
POINTED TRAIN OF THE PARTY
OTHXB H1W8.
By Telegraph to the News and Observer.
Washington, Feb. 21. A Presiden
tial party left Washington at 11.45
O'clock this morning by the Pennsyl
vania railroad and the Atlantic Coast
Line for a short visit to the Sab
Tropical Exposition at Jacksonville.
The party consisted of the President
and Mra. Cleveland, Secretary and
Mrs. Whitney Col. and Mrs. D. S.
Lamont and Sinclair, the President's
valet, and Mrs. Cleveland's maid.
They used a special train composed
of engine, baggage car and drawing
room car? The latter car is elegantly
furnished and appointed and was
provided with everything that could
add to the ease and comfort of tbe
distinguished party during their long
journey. " The train will make its first
Stop at Savannah, Ga , where it will
arrive at eight o'clock tomorrow
morning. The party will remain there
an hoar and will take a drive over
the principal thoroughfares. They
will arrive at Jacksonville at 1
o'clock in the afternoon. A visit is
to be made to the Exposition and a
reception iB to be held by the Presi
dent and;Mrs. Cleveland in the even
ing. The next day, Thursday, will
be spent in St. Augustine, where an
other reception will be held.
The start for home will be made
Friday morning and the train will
make no stops except such as are
necessary for coaling, etc. Col.
Lamont said the President had pre
pared no speeches for the trip and
did not expect to make any.
The Presidential train was made up
of two cars, the Pullman "Newport"
and a combined smoking and bag
gage car.i The train was drawn by
engine 303 of the Pennsyh ania road.
Before the hour of departure Secre
tary and ; Mrs. Endicott, Mrs. Fair
child, Secretary Vilas and Postmas
ter General Dickinson, who came to
isee the party off, bad reached the
station About twenty minutes to
12 o'clock Col. Lamont and his wife
drove up, preceding the President
but a few minutes, and took their
places in the car. As the President
was about to pass through the gate
he was greeted by Senator Ransom,
who detained him in conversation lor
minute in the midst of a little
crowd that had clustered about the
gra'iug. Entering the enclosure the
President stopped to chat with Mr.
Richard Crowley, of New York, and
exchanged salutations wiln a few
other persons who were in waiting.
He was looking very well, dressed in
frock coat and 'lark pantaloons
and wearing a light weight overcoat.
On bis left arm he carried ''rs. Cleve
land's long mantle. Mrs. Cleveland
was attired in a dark green dress
trimmed with light fur, and wore a
closely fitting fawn-colored jacket.
Taking their places in the Pullman
car, the party supplied themselves
with newspapers and the tram started
quickly at nine minutes to 12 o'clock
on its long trip down the coast. Be-
sides the President and wife, becre
tary and Mrs. Whitney and Col. La
mont and wife, there were on the
train General Manager Meyers, of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
and Mrj Albert Reed, representing
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company, who will take charge of
the train when it reaches Richmond,
the northern terminus of that line
The Presidential train was the sec
ond section of the Southern fast line.
On the first section, which started at
10.57, were a number of Senators,
who will reach Jacksonville, Fla-, to
morrow about noon, a few minutes in
advance of the second section. This
party was in charge of Senator Call
and was made up of himself, wife and
two daughters, Senator Faulkner and
wife, Senator Daniel and wife, sena
tor Pugh, wife and daughter, Senator
George, wife and daughter, Senator
Pavne and wife. Senator lieagan, wife
and daughter, Senator Jones, of Ar
kansas, wife and daughter, Senator
Stewart and wife, Senator Butler's
two daughters, and ex -Senator Simon
Cameron.
The President at Battlefcoro.
Special to the News and Observer.
Battiebobo, N. 0., Feb. 21. Presi
dent Grover Cleveland passed here at
7.13 on a special train running as the
second section of train No. 27 or fast
mail, ei. route for Florida. A large
crovsd assembled at the depot to see
him go by, notwithstanding the in
clement weather. Our citizens will
ask that he stop a few minutes on his
return to Washington next Saturday
that they may shake his hand.
Charleston Wants Cleveland.
By Telegraph to the News and Observer.
Charleston, Feb. 21- At a special
meeting of the city council today a
resolution "was passed requesting
Mayor Bryan to appoint a committee
of the council and citizens to extend
to President Cleveland an invitation
to visit Charleston and to welcome
him to the city as its guest. -
ST5.000 PnbUe Building for New Kerns.
New Berne Journal.
A telegram from non. F. M. Sim
mons yesterday evening announced
the gratifying news that the House
committee on public buildings had
directed a favorable report to be
made on the bill appropriating $75,
000 for a public building for New
Berne.
Internal It e venue 'Appoint meats.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
appointed the following storekeepers
and gaugsrs: Jno. W. Biddix, at
North Cove, N. C; Jas. L. Joines, at
Edward's Cress Roads, N. O; BeDi
F. Rives, at Olin, N:.C. and Jno. Rol.
ling, at Columbus, N. 0.
A Timely Caution. Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland will be warmly welcomed
in Florida, but they Bhould let the
alligators alone. Personal contact
with a first class alligator is not con
ducive to a second term. Cincinnati
Enyalrtr.
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TUB I1ELL Hl'RDEB.
THE CRIMINAL: IDENTIFIED A REMARKA
BLE CARERS OF CRIME.
A Chicago special says : The mur
derer of millionaire Snell is now said
by the police to be undoubtedly Wm.
B. Tascott, son of Col. J. B. Tascott,
the wealthy manufacturer of this city.
He has been identified as the man
who acted so suspiciously while board
ing with Mrs. Wicks, on Madison
street, and the police on Saturday
arrested a man who confessed that he
was engaged in the Snell burglary
with Tascott and stood watch outside
the house while Tascott entered and
robbed it. Ou coming out he says
that Tascott told him that he had
shot Snell
Tascott is about 21 years of age
and is tbe son of Col. James B. Tas
cott, president of tho J. B. Tascott
Manufacturing Company, a wealthy
and prominent citizen. Young Tas
cott was incorrigible by the time he
was seven years old, and at sixteen
I ran away, and at eighteen or nineteen
was sentenced to two years in the
Kentucky penitentiary for burglary.
Since his return to this city, a few
months ago, he has been doing news
paper work occasionally, and his, spe
cial articles in the Times attracted
considerable attention. He took a
special fancy to Reporter Houseman,
of tho Inter-Ocean. At 212 a. m. of
February 8, the morning of the mur
der, a telephone message was sent to
Houseman at the central station, say
ing that a man had been shot in a
hallway on Washington Boulevard.
Tiie reporters could not verify the
information at the time, but early in
the morning the Snell murder was
discovered. Tascott is said to have
been the mysterious informant.
During Wednesday, after the tnur
de', Tascott went to the house
of Jennie Clifford and forced her
to give him $20, Baying that he was
in a bad scrape. At 4 o'clock in the
afternoon ho went to tbe office of the
Herald and the city editor offered to
assign him to write up part of the as
sassination, lie declined, and said
he was net after work just at that
time.
F. B. Tascott, brother of the sus
pected murderer, haa been seen and
claims that he can prove an alibi for
Will.
Col. Tascott has explicitly denied
that the supposed murderer is his
offspring. The question was put to
the old gentleman: "Was he your
own Bon by your present wife ?"
"No, ho is not my son at all, but X
have regarded him as such." His
family relations are of the best, and
there is no necessity of giving them
pain or pointing them out. The
young man was adopted by Mr. Tas
cott, it is BaiJ, when he was about
three months old, and is said to come
of a most respectable family in Ken
tucky. He has a relative in Louis
ville, Ky., wiio is in the paint and oil
business.
Tsrboro Rotes.
Cor. of the News and Observer.
Tarboro, N. C , Feb. 21.
The temporary jail being con
structed for the accommodation of
our boarders is about completed, and
probably they will ye
removed from
Williamston this week.
It will be
remembered that on January 24th
our jail was burned, nd the prison
ers, thirteen! in all, were removed to
Williamston and lodged in jail there
for safe keeping. Yesterday Mr.
Will L. Landrum, representing the
Pauly Jail Building and Manufactur
ing Company of St. Louis, Mo., ap
peared before the county commission
ers and exhibited models, plans and
specifications, etc , for a new jail to
cost about $9,000. The commission
ers were well pleased with the plans,
etc., and will probably a opt them.
Messrs. E. V. Zoeller, the secretary,
and Elias Carr, Jr., the superintend
ent of the Shiloh Oil Mill Company,
have returned from their tour of in
spection through the South. They
examined the machinery, plans and
workings of several large oil mills in
Georgia and the one in your city.
Tbe mills will soon be built here.
Preparations are already being made
for burning the brick, and the con
tract for machinery, ace., will proba
bly be given this week. The gentle
men composing the Shiloh Oil Mill
Company are business men, and will
push the work.
Mr. W. i. Xsarker, agent for the
New York Mutual Life Insurance
Company, with his family is spend
ing some time in town, and stopping
at the Hotel r arrar.
Mrs. W. A. Dunn, wife of W. A.
Dunn, Esq.. a prominent city lawyer,
of Scotland Neck, who has been vis
iting here for the past week, returned
home today.
Rev. R. It. Acree, pastor of the
First Baptist Church in Petersburg,
Va , passed through town today ou
his way to Greenville, where he will
assist Kev. J. W. Williams in revival
meetings. Mr. Acree is one of the
finest preachers in his denomination
in Virginia,
Mr. Henry opraggins, one of Tar-
boro's best known young citizens,
died hero yesterday morning of
Bright's disease.
The report reaches us that Mr.
Shade Shivers, who lived in our town
seve al years, committed suicide in
New lork a few days ago. Mr. Shiv
ers left iarboro about one year ago
Tau
A conference in the interest c
education is to be held at the Van
derbilt University, Nashville, Tenn
the first week in May. It will be
composed of educators representing
the various institutions of the South
ern Methodist Episcopal Church. The
programme, which is not yet com
pletcd, will embrace a variety of in
teiesting topicB for discussion. The
meeting promises to. be largely at
tended.
Smoked Jowls. A fine lot of
Smoked Jowls, Ferris Hams, Wes
tern Hums, Baltimore Hams, Beef
Tongues, Codfish, Mackerel, Herrings
and other seasonable provisions.
E. J. Hardin.
Fine Cakes. A fresh invoice of
Wilson's Cakes, Sponge Fingers,
Vanilla and Lemon Wafers, Butter
BCOfeb, &fj.,fec. E. J. HaSbiS.
MOUNT VERNON.
FURTHER FROM THE
TER THERE.
DISAS-
THE MEASURES OF RELIfcF THE HOB BIBLE
DEATH OF AN OLD MAN.
By TclegTaph to the News and Observer.
Mount Vebnon, 111 , Fed. 2 Ad-a
jutant General Vance and Dr. Raugh
arrived here at 11 o'clock last night
and immediately met the citizens'
committee and arranged to hive for
warded immediately a number, of
shelter tents for the use of the)' home
less until permaneut quarterscan be
furnished for them. For the con
venience of many without homes, the
Air-Line and tho Louisville & Nash
ville roads put specials on to carry
such as choose to go to friends in
neighboring towns during the night
and return during the day. f
A message was received froei Gov.
Oglesby asking the advisability of is
suing a proclamation for aid. He
said if no answer was received soon
he would call upon the people! of the
country for contributions of clothing,
groceries and money, but as there is
plenty of clothing ano groceries on
hand and dealers show a willingness
to come generously to the front, the
members of the committee are more
desirous for cash contributions than
other aid. There are many persons
who believe that all the people have
not been taken from the ruins and
many point to Crews' Block as a fu
neral pyre from which the remains of
three or five unknown may vet be
taken. The upper stories pf this
building were used as a boarding
house, and it was much frequented
by railroad men who stopped there.
An effort was made in the building to
release old man Murray, but he was
pinned by tha head and hips in Buch
a manner that he could not be moved
Hib cries were piteous as the flames
crept upon him and literally roasted
him to death. His charred remains
were taken from the cellar; of the
bank at 10 o'clock yesterday njorning.
A LETTER FROM JKFFKIVSON.
A VALUABLE DOCUMENT OWNKp BT A
MINNESOTA MAN.
Harrry Hill, of Fairbaulty. Minn.,
owns an autograph letter written by
X somas Jefferson in 1814, wmch
gives in a measure a cause for the
JefferEonian simplicity" of the
famous lawmaker. Bishop Whipple,
tne eminent Episcopal divine, re
cently found the letter among his
papers, and it is now published for
the first time. It was given to Bishoo
hippie by a New York gehtleman
many years go, and hem turn gave
t to his relative, Mr. Hill. It is an
interesting literary relic. The fol
lowing is a true copy, even to punc
tuation, spelling and capitalization:
Monticuxi, July 23,11814.
Deab Sib : Your favor of fixe 13th
is received indorsing my account, by
wuicu j perceive you are greatly in
advance on the stock of my Spur now
in your nands. x am m hones von
have eold it, as I see little iujmediate
hope from holding it up. liey tell
us indeed of 7,000 militia and reo-ii-
ars collected at Norfolk, these would
call I suppose, for 500 Barrels! of flour
a week which might give a little mo
tion to sales on James river.. as thev
can get it nowhere else, but I; see that
no effect from so feeble a cause can
make the produoe in your hands ade
quate to my calls, an ordinary living
price wouid oo it, out nothing short
of that; besides a draught of this day
in favor of Joseph B. Proctor ior 63D
9c, I owe neighborhood debts, chiefly
ior corn, ine consequence ol ;the un
exampled drought of the lastiyear, to
tbe amount of 600D of which 200D
are immediately wasting and the
rest soon demandable. I have
to remit to Philadelphia : shortly
140D and in the course of 2 or 3
months Bhall need 1,000D thore, for
all which I have no resource but the
produce in your hands, the wheat
juBt now served, and the tobaccco
now growing. Of the former the
crop is indifferent, it will yield about
500 barrels of fiur only; the tobacco
probably about7 30,000 weight, until
these come in I shall be much dis
tressed to get along, unless the bank
will indulge me with an additional
1000 or 1500, D to my note at its next
renewal. I had counted confidently
on a very contrary operation on that
note; but embargoes and blockades
have defeated all the resources count
ed on, I must request you to ask this
favor from the bank and to send me
by post the 200D above mentioned
as wanted here immediately: and I
shall be anxious to hear from you;
for I assure you I am in & state of
great uneasiness from the suppression
of the ordinary means oi paiment,
occasioned by the times, my mill too,
which has heretofore rented ior 1280,
u now Drings nothing, because peo
ple avoid the expense of manufactur
ing what cannot be sold. Accept the
assurance of my great esteem and
respect.
Mr Gibson Th: Jefferson
A Woman's AJlscoverje.
"Another wonderful discovery kas
been made and that too by a lady in this
county. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its saverest testa, but her vital or
gans were undermined and death seemed
imminent, r or tnrea, montns sue cough
d incessantly and could not sleep. She
bought of us a bottle of Dr. King's New
uiscovery ior consumption aaa was so
much relieved that she slept all night
ana witn one Dot tie nas been miraculous
ly cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther
Lutz." Thus write W. C. Uamrick &
Co., of Shelby, N. C. Get a free trial
bottle at Lee, Johnson's & Co. s drug
store.
Many Foraker clubs haye sprung
up in Ohio since Mr. Blaine's declina
tion, and they are said to mean Blaine
first, with Gov. Foraker as the second
choice for President. ;
It is not always convenient to call a
physician for every little ailment and in
many cased it is not only inconvenient,
but impossible to reach one promptly
Having Pond's Extract in the house, you
have a physician always at hand. It is
easy of application, safe, and reliable,
tor sore throat, stiff neck, chapped
nanus ana iace n if oi inestimable value.
Frosted limbs and chilblains are prompt
Jy relieved by Pond's Extract. For sale
everywhere. Be sure to gef the genu
me.
About one hundred mou, aban
doned by a railroad corporation which
owes them nearly $200 each for work
done, are riotous and threatening
mischief at Billings, M. T.
Salvation Oil is an infallible cure for
headache, backache, pain in the side and
limbs, and alt rheumatic and neuralgic
affections. It relieves pain and extir
pates the disease (hat causes it.
It is said of in old physician in Phila
delphia, when;: cal led upon to prescribe
for a cough of cold, that he invariably
refuses to do bo, but i ecommends his pa-
tientato take Dr. Ball's Cough Syrup.
iS. S '
Telegraph companios are to be
put under the Kupervision of the
Inter-State Commerce Commission.
Its. superior excellence" proven In mil
lions) of homes for more than a quarter
of a century. : It is used by the United
States Government. Endorsed by the
heads of the ' Great Universities at the
the Strongest, Purest and most Health
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does not contain Ammonia, Lime oi
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Unequalled for Feathers, Ribbons, sad all Fancy
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Tie Only Safe and ' Unaduhtrattd Dyes.
Send postal for Dye Book, Sample Card, directions
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JEWELER I OPTICIAN,
RALEIGH, N. C.
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gagement rings constant
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which together with our practical expe
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