North Carolina Newspapers

- ) 1 1 - - - W ." i.i v- . . . . - - iNeW 7 ERVERl RALEIGH. N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2G. 1888. NO. 44 !'.-'" j i t - - : "" " i' j S ! AMD : UBS l MM i A - Absolutely Pure. 4 This powder never -varies. A marvel t parity, strength and wholeacmenea' Vfnra Ann n nh i cal than ordicATT ktilds and cannot be of Id in competition with the multitude ejf low test, short weight. dim or phpnate powders, aold only a wans.- Rov BaCino PowdkB Co., 100 Vali StrevtJNew York. : -ldW W. C. St A B. 6tfonah, and DYSPEPSIA i inlurd'Tn)fttneed wbii we suddenly become awari Hiat.ve pmsew diabolical ,ar ranKement calfrd a sUHnach. The stomach a the reservoir frmu whluti eery fibre and tlssae must be nourished. Mill any trouble with it ts toon felt UtrouKhoot tiirtiwhole Usteiu. It will correct Acid ity cf the Stom ach, Ex Dei foul irft8 AUav IrritatioM, Avsist Digestion, aud. at the same time Start tKe Liver to Work- lna, wnen au omer trouijles soon dis-disappear. u wifa ft Minflrmml dmDeDtle. Some three rears agifbjr the advice of Dr.- Stetner. of AoKusta. she Induced to try Simmons LJrer Kesulator. I Met grateful for the relief It has riven her. and fiiay all who read tbU and are af flicted In any wiy, whether icnroiile or otherwise use Simmons Lerer Kerulator ana 1 xeei eonnaen I 1.1. 11 1 krUafnMil ,n all wllA will hA Bil- Tlsed." Wm. M. Kcasd, Fort Valley, . , ' Btt IsBps4 Vssal itvamin tei m thkt Von ret the renulne. v-wj-.i , .11 JL.1ufa mil ImltsHmil Ti oar red X TraSs-kUrk oo front ef Wrapper, and on the liii. theaealand Isnatore of 2elun Co. -t !5 STYLES -OP- SprngHats. We hale this &oy opened the : MOHOtl-CRITTallDKf. TI8TIM05T IN THE CASE ALL IS. Special to the News and Observer. Grixksbobo, N. C , Feb. 25. The taking of testimony in the Morgan Crittenden case closed today at 3 o'clock. The State had twenty wit nesses, the defence eight. Eight hun dred to one thousand men hate been packed in the court-hotue all day. The defence has labored throughout to impeach the character of the State's witnesses for sobriety by showing they were all drunk and thereby in competent authority. Their testi mony, condensed, shows there was a bar-room row among eight or ten men more or less liquor-excited, which had i's origin in the loss of $20 by Morgan, which was won by Critten den. The latter taunted Morgan about his loss till he got angry. Then be knocked off his hat. The excite ment increased. Morgan and his friend Brame, required to leave by the barkeeper, waited at the top of this steps on the street till Crittenden and a half dozen others came up. The shpoting then took place, ivive shots were fired. The Ptate charges that Mprgan fired all five. The defense says Crittenden fired the first two. Uere is the real issue. Some very pointed testimony has been adduced by! the defence, notably by two gen tlemen, li. . .Freeman and JS. M Lee, traveling salesmen who hap pened : to be hern; by J. C. Beck ,of the R&D. Railroad, and by Stephen Bell, a negro waiter in the bar-room. At 3 p. m. Mr, Strayhorn, solicitor, led off m a 45 minutes speech for the State. He was followed by J. iL. Boyd for the accused in a speech of 11 hours, heavy and pointed. Then followed Col. Morehead in a 30-miu- tes talk of most telling eflect, also CONGRESS. The PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY IN THE HOUSE- THI SMUTI NOT t 8ESSIOH DIPOSITI05S IH UNITXD sraTXS COUBTS OTHKB NEWS. for the defence. Here the takes a receBs of two hours. court LATST I STYLES OP LAPIES' AND MISSES' SPRING HATS PLOTTERS, FEATHERS, . if Ribbons land Trimmings, Which we 1 rill offet vance at a small ad- ABOVE COST. 1 r 1 10 500 books pair Standard Work, at 8Vj, cheap at 75c. Sottth.ra Industry. Edward Atkinson of Boston at the banquet of Southern Society of New York Feb. 22 Remarking that the training of the town meeting had made Massachus etts as jealous as South Carolina of the principle of local self -government, Mr. Mr. Atkinson then proceeded to discuss Southern industries. He held that industrial and political con ditions were the same, and that a great industrial system cannot be es tablished in any part of the country by the mere application of foreign capital thereto. "Then watch with the greatest care," he continued, "the records of the progress of Southern industry. I pass by a building of a factory in which it costs $1,000 of capital to set one operative at work as of the least significance. I pass by even, the construction of a great iron furnace, of the opening of a mine, in which again it costs $1,000 or more to set one man at work. I watch for the evidence that the thou sand arts, each insignificant in itself, each calling : for but little capital, each depending upon the capacity of the individual by whom it is being eataliehed and developed, for the trne evidence of that industrial progress which is born of liberty. I find evi dence of this progress taginning to show itself in the new South on every side. These things are the secret of Massachusetts success. fApplause.! Do sot think ! that I underrate the factory,! the furnace or the great workshop. The imperial deposit of iron of the world, as it was rightly called by the late Sir Isaac Lotham Bell, lies down among the fields of Alabama, flanked with coal on the one side and with limestone on the other. In no other place in the world, I believe, can the materials of which iron is made be brought to the furnace at so small a cost of labor measured in time or hops of work. You can not help making iron if you would and you would not if you could. f "We welcome every success in the construction of a cotton factory in the South. The world is not yet half clothed, and there is enough work for all of us in providing the cloth. The wonderful supplies of your oak bark will draw to- you the hides for tanning, whether you will or no, un til through the diversity even of agri cultural labor, which is born of lib erty, your home supply of hides will make you exporters of finished leath er, beside supplying your own wants. ui wuat snouia we ouua our lacto nes except we had the abundant sup ply ox southern pine T lour wealth of hardwood timber compels you to By Telegraph to the JTews and observer. WiiJiinioTOPe& 25 There was no session of the Senate yesterday. Shocsx. On motion of Mr. Lanham, of Tex as, the bill was passed providing an additional mode of taking the deposi tions of witnesses in causes pending in United States i Courts. (It provides that it shall be lawful to take a depo sition in the mode prescribed by the law of the State in which the court is held). Mr. Yost of Virginia called up the bill granting a pension of $50 a month (with arrears from 1878) to Mary B. Kir by, widow of Maj. R. M. Kir by, who died in 1842 from disease con tracted in the Florida war. On motion of Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee, tbe arrears feature was eliminated from the bill, and Mr. Struble, of Iowa, moved to reduce the rate of pension to $30, contend ing that Congress had made no pen sions exceeding that amount to of ficers of the rank of major. Mr. Yost regretted that the House had seen fit to strike out the arrears clause. The widow would have been entitled to a pension of $71 a month from the time of her hus band's death had she asked for it; aud in justice the Government owed her $40,000. He trusted the amount of the pension which it was now proposed to grant her would not be reduced The amendment was rejected and the bill passed. Mr. Stewart, of Georgia, from the committee on the judiciary, reported the bill rendering eligible to any po sition in the army any person who has served in tbe military, naval or civil service of the Confederate States House calendar J Also, adversely, for punishing the passing of Confederate money as genuine United States obli gations. Laid On the table Mr. T. H. Brown, of Virginia, from the committee on commerce, reported the bill to establish a quarantine sta tion at Cape Charles, Va- Commit tee of the whole. The bill for the organization of the territory of Oklahoma was considered in committee of the whole for an hour, the time being chiefly occupied by Mr. Mansur in explaining the bill. i The floor was accorded in commit tee of the whole to the committee on public buildings and grounds. The first bill called up ' was the one ap propriating $75,000 additional for a public building at Chattanooga, Ten- nesee. Mr. Bland renewed his oppo sition to what he considered a loose method of dealing with public building matters and final It offered an amendment providing that no public building shall hereaf ter be constructed unless some one of the Executive Department shall first certify to Congress that no suitable accommodation for the service of the Government can be obtained in the city or town specified at a less rental than $5,000 a year. The amendment was ruled out of order, and the bill was agreed to. 1 Upon the next bill, appropriating $250,000 for the Purchase of a site for a public building at Buffalo, a. x., Mr. Bland took occasion to renew his attacks upon the tariff and to advocate a reduction of the surplus by tbe lies ttiacK uKe ar. iw, rorth 20o a pur. j new lot olj TinWare. j lOpfOOCOITON I 2jX) yds each at 1 St Ceijits a Spool A New let o! Latta Taylor's Foiling Bustles. W0011COTT & SON,- Street. S i 14 East! Martin ! 1 RALEIGH, N. C, DC .1 vtt IT wo . n r: A - X&rt BOTalties, Artist Materials, 4es, Wail Paper, Coraise develop j a 1 the arts of the wood worker, : sending tbe partly-finished material for the present to the North to be completed. And you will have to send until the men in tbe work shops of the South have learned the tine art Which accompanies the com prehension of the difference between a cent and a pickle. Applause. iThe ! factory, the mine and the metal works have their true place, but their relative importance must not be exagerated. The collective work which can be ! carried on by the fac tory principle of great subdi vision of labor and by the bringing together of large numbers of people under one roof or under one control now gives occupation to less than one in ten of all those who are occu pied for gain in this country, the workers numbering about one in every three of the population. The other nine work with brain or band where the work is to be done, and each one depends on his own per sonal capacity for his success. The product of the dairy exceeds that of any single branch of the textile in dustry, and it is nearly equal to that of the whole. Tbe value of the hens' eggs consumed every year in the United States is greater than that of the pig iron. We must maintain the true balance of power in industry, as in politics, and in tho science of gov ernment. To these lesser arts chief a tention should be given in a coun try which had been so long devoted almost exclusively to some of the cruder products of agriculture. Ap plause. ; It is stated that the Pennsyl vania Railroad and the Pennsylvania Company have agreed upon an equal ization of wages for trainmen, to go payment of the j bonded debt. He appealed to the ; House to cease to waste money on these public build ings and to come down to the Demo cratic doctrine Of economy and re duction of taxation. He referred to the President's message (a reference which was received with applause on the Democratic side) and as a Demo crat denounced every attempt to take the teoDle's monev from the Treasury by the Blair educational bill, public building measures and other squan dering propositions. Mr. Dibble suggested that the gen tleman from Missouri (Bland) by his course "of action in regard to public building measures was violating the spirit of the resolution miking those measures a special order. Mr. Bland replied that he would not permit a handful of men to sweep these bills through in shame and scandal, but he would avail himself of his constitutional right to require a quorum to vote on every proposi tion. Mr. Cowles, of North Carolina, wishing to ask Mr. Dibble a question, the announcement by the chair that the gentleman from North Carolina desired to ask the gentleman from South Carolina a question gave rise to much laughter and the changes were rung on the character and spirit of the question to be propounded. The next bill was the Senate bill appropriating $1,200,000, for a build ing at Umaha, JNeo., with the pro posed substitute appropriating $500, 000 for the purchase of a site, but making no appropriation for the building. Mr. Bland, by onering numerous amendments, prevented a vote being taken on the bill and, the committee having risen, the House, without action on the bills reported, at 5. 10 adjourned. Threatened Strike of Knglneera and Flremem. By Telegraph to the News and Observer. Chicago. Feb. 25 On the Bar- lingtou road this morning everything is running as usual and it is now stated that the threatened strike of engineers and firemen, if it occurs at all, will not take place ior several days yet. i Delegates who have been here presenting the men's demands to the omcers of tbe road, left ior their homes yesterday without having accomplished their mission, bat be fore the strike can occur their report will have to be heard and adopted by the different lodges. One of the del egates is from Colorado and will not reach Denver before tonight. The officers of the Burlington road have drawn up an elaborate reply to the men's demands embodying their rea sons for refusal, the changes asked for by the committee and the sched ule of wages paid Dy tne Chicago, Burlington and Qoincy. rhis reply says that in substance the demand) made by the men were : 1st. Pay to be governed solely by miles run, without regard to other conditions or circumstances. 2nd. Average increase of pay. 3rd. Aboli tion of classification based Upon length of service, age or experience. 4th. No more examinations or tests, except such as are agreed upon by the general manager and the general grievance f committee. To these the road Bays; "The present system is in force upon many important roads in this country and is preferred beoause it is tho best one to fairly provide for the differences in amount of labor, time and responsibility required by en ginemen upon different runs. : The trip basis, in view of all the varying conditions, covers value received. The arbitrary mileage basis disregards the value of the service rendered and in tha long run we fear would be unsatisfactory to the men and to the company. For example; on the Galesburg division of the Ch;cago, Burlington. & Quincy an engineer with a light p&SBesger run of two cars between Buda and Vermont, under the- present schedule, earns in twenty-si days $123.50 and afire man $74.10. Under the schedule which you propose the engineer would earn $175 08 and the fireman $10264"! HE PLEAD1 HOT GTJlL.Tr MISAPPLICATION OF FUNDS AND MU- ISQ A FAXSB STATEMENT. By Telegraph to Uie News and Observer. Cincinnati, Feb. 25. Wm. Means, president; of the Metropolitan : Na tional Bank, appeared before Judge Sage and pleaded not guilty to the indictment found late yesterday I which charges him with misapplica tion of the funds of the Metropolitan Bank to - the amount of $234,288. His bf XL was given at nfty thousand dollar and Henry Hanna and Capt. C. M. iiolloway were accepted aa sureties. 1 The bond of John R. De camp, late vice-president of the same bank, was fixed at S35.0UU. it has not yet been given, but his previous bond will hold until the new one is given. His indictment charges him with making a false statement to the Comptroller of the Currency of the condition of the bank on December 10th last. Senate Rales. Washington, Feb. 25. The Senate committee on rules acted today favor ably upon Senator Blackburn s reso lution to make it not in order for the Senate committee on appropriations to report back an appropriation bill (except the urgenf dehciency bill) within five days after its receipt from the House of Representatives. The original resolution said ten days, but tbe committee amended it. I his is a notification to the House of Repre sentatives that the Senate will not hereafter consent to adjournment tine dit until it can see its way clear to tbe opportunity of at least five dayB within which to consider appropria tion bills, Last session three im portant bills reached the Senate for the first time within two days of nnai adjournment. The committee also agreod to so amend the rules that no debate or remarks shall be in order upon the presentation of petitions or memorials. The Piatt resolution for open exec utive sessions was talked over an hour without definite result. It waB developed . that the majority of the committee,' namely Senators Aldrich, Sherman and Blackburn, are at least in favor of eotue modification of the existing rules both with respect to treaties and nominations. Another meeting will be called Boon to con sider the matter further. THE PRESIDENT WITH HIS PARTY AT CHARLES A DRTVZ THBOCOH THS STBIETS UNDEB MHJT ABT XSCOBT FLORAL. OFFEB rNOS OTHKB HEWS. Chablxstos, S. C, Feb. 25. The presidential party arrived here at 9.54 this morning and were received at the station by the mayor and a com mittee of eighty aldermen and citi zens. They drove through the prin cipal streets with a military escort consisting of the Charleston Light Dragoons and the German Hussars. Upon arrival of the train a Presiden tial salste of twenty-one guns was fired by detachments of the Ger man and - Lafayette Artillery. At least 40,000 persons were on the streets during the pas sage of the party and the air was rent with enthusiastic cheers. There was a sky of unclouded blue and the tem perature was that of spring. The party left Charleston at 11.15 o'clock a. m Tbe 1 Presidential train was loaded down with flowers, the baggage car being entirely filled with floral offerings and tropical fruits. Two pet alligators are part of the museum of curiosities from Florida. There was no formal speech-mak ing in Charleston. Un oiarion Square the soldiers of the city were drawn up in line and the President and his party were received with military honors. The only stop made by the visitors on their drive through the city was at the Charleston Orphans Home where baskets of flowers were presented by the children. THE PtlKSIDKNT Iff NORTH CARO LINA. HIS TBAIN PA93E8 THROUGH FAIB BLU1F THE TOWN OUT 5 HASfS. Special to tbe News and Observer. Fai Bluff, N. C, Feb. 25. The President's party passed through our town on a special train at 3 o'clock p. m. The citizens were at the depot en masse, and cheered him lustily. He responded by bow ing and doffing his hat. He has our entire good will and support. THE PRESIDENT AT OOLDSBORO. AF OVATION TENDXBED HIM GILMEB FOB OOVEBNOB AND SHEPHERD FOB THE SUPREME COURT. Special to the Newt and Observer. Gousbobo,;N. C, Feb. 25. President Cleveland and wife and Col. Iitmont and wife, passed fcere at 6.47 this evening en route for Wash ington. The President stood on the platform, Mrs. Cleveland in the door as the train barely rolled through the town, which was illuminated the en tire length. Such an ovation has not been accorded to any one passing by since tbe days of R. E. Lee. Our county is a unit for J. A. Gil mer f or Governor aud J. E. Shepherd for Supreme Court justice. AStlBVlLLB ENTERPRISE. A SHOOTINQ AFFRAY AT BOUND KNOB. Special to tbe News "and Observer. Abbeville, Feb. 25. The Board of Aldermen last night passed a resolu tion to submit to a vote of the people the question of authorizing the ex penditure of sixty thousand dollars for the construction of a sewerage system for this city, the election to be held in April. There was a shooting anray at the Round Knob hotel Thursday evening. S. Carraway, editor of the Jeffer- Bon Uounty, xenn., y isiior, nrea several shots at J. H. Millster, the barkeeper at the hotel, but failed to hit him. The cause of : the shooting is alleged to be a domestic scandal. Mr. Chalmers of the Department of Justice has been here this week in vestigating the affairs of the United States court for the Western district. THE PRESIDENT. SHAKES CHIEF ARTHUR ; The Court of claims look up the French spoliation claims again yesterday. ON THE PROPOSED STRIKE OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS. HZ SATS, IT WILL TAKE PUCI UNLESS AN ADJUSTMENT IS BEACHED BEFORE TO MOBBOW. cm ar Sn. pension of an iron BfJU. By Telegraph to the News and Observer. Reading, Pa,, Feb. 25. The sheet mill of the Reading Iron Works sus pended this afternoon, throwing 275 men out of employment. The com- Eany had previously laid off 200 andsnn its other mills on account of dull trade. It is believed by leading iron manufacturers that the coal strike has had tho effect of diverting a cer tain amount of the iron trade to other sections. Small-pox In Cabs. Rv Telecraoh to the News and Observer. New Yobk. Feb. 25. An American gentleman traveling in Cuba writes from Havana, under date of February 6th. as follows : . A protest by the local board of charity to the mayor of Havana dwells upon the fact that be tween May last and January, lbbo 2,000 persons have died of small-pox in the city of Havana, and further, that during the same time 4,000 per sons in other parts of the island have died, Santiago de Cuba contributing over 1,000 deaths. The protest goes on to state that the petitioners are at the beginning of an epidemic and that the authorities are doing nothing. Regla and Guanabacoa, on the har bor of Havana are full of it. Cuban anaihv ia beat illustrated bv the fol lowing discovery made within a fort night. It was generally supposed that the citv had a DroDer small-DOX hospital. An inspection revealed a shed with; 48 patients, one negro at tendant, with a few .quarts of milk that in the heat of the city of Havana, a city whose proud boast is that it is the Meccaf of the Antilles. HANDS WITH THE PEOPLE OF MT, OLIVE. Special to the News and Observer. Mt. Olive, Feb. 25 At 6 23 t evening the Presidential party, turning from Florida on a special train made a short stop at this place. Five hundred persons, white and black, shook hands with the Presi dent and greeted Mrs. Cleveland. Weekly Bank Statement. By Telegraph to the News and Observer. New York, Feb. 25. The following is the weekly bank statement : Re serve decrease, $2,736,950 ; loans in crease, $431,200; specie decrease, $2,832,300; legal tenders decrease, $515,500; deposits decrease, $2, 441,800; circulation increase, $19,. 500. The banks now hold $15,201, 425 in excess ofthe 25 per cent rule A Rumored Appointment. By Telegraph to the News and Observer. Washington,. D. C , Feb. 25. It ia rumored that Gen. John Newton, Superintendent of Public Works at New York, is to be appointed Super intendent of the Coast Survey,, but in the absence of the President it is im possible to obtain information on the subject. An Offer to Return to Work. By Telegraph tothe News and Observer, Tamaqua, Pa , Feb. 25. At Lons- ford, yes 'er day, District Assembly No. 87, composed of striking miners of the Lehigh region, adopted reso lutions offering to return to work provided the company would bind themselves not to discriminate against the strikers and to arbitrate the ques tions at issue within tendajs after the accomplishment of actual re sumption. SUDDEN DEATH or A prominent new yobk cotton bbo- KEB. By Telegraph to the News and Observer. New Yobk. Feb. 25. Chester L. Greene, of the firm of O. L. Greene & Co., cotton brokers (whose, cotton re port is sent South each day), dropped dead on the floor of the Cotton Ex change yesterday afternoon. Mr. Greene was a member of the Jix chacge. The came was given erro neously last night as Chas. Greene. A Card. As I have had many questions asked me in regard to the Zephyr Cotton Seed which I ' am selling, some persons seeming to think them very high, I take this means of an swering them. Tho seed I bought of Hector Bailey cost me over one hundred dollars cash, per bushel. But these are not the seed I am now Belling. The seed I am selling under the trade mark of Zephyr, were bought from two dif ferent parties, and for which I ! also paid a fancy price. As these seed were mixed I had them all picked one by one, at great expense, giving em ployment to quite a large number of persons in this city. The , remainder of these seed not being of this kind were Worthless for planting, and could only be sold at the market price, thereby largely in creasing the cost cf the salable seed. The selecting of the choice seed I am confident, increased their value to the planter five fold. The expense of selling and adver tising them has been so great, that the original price paid for them, al though very high, is but a small part of the total cost. So convinced am I of their merits, that I give a guarantee with each box that I will ; refund the purchase price with interest if they &x& not all they are represented to be. I havs also offered six premiums amounting to one thousand dollars for the largest yields of lint cotton per acre from these seed; not so much to induce persons to buy them as to advertise my pianos aud organ busi ness, i ' Now to those who think I am mak ing so much money out of this busi ness, I will make this offer: I will sell to any one for cash all the notes I have taken for these seed at an ad vance of 15 per cent on the amount they have cost me, including seeds, packing, expense of Belling, advertis ing and premiums. This lis a genuine offer. I mean business and will Bell even a half in'erest on these terms. J. L- Stone. into effect on March 1. The basis .decided upon is mileage instead of time. A Bank Als;n. By Telegraph to the News and Observer. Canon City, Feb. 26. The Ex change Bank, operated by Murdock Bros., yesterday made an assignment to A. P. Garner, their cashier. Assets $122,000;: liabilities $144,500 Sinking oil wells in the Florence die r triet is thought to have .caused failure. Total Visible Supply of Cotton. : By Telegraph! to the News and Observer. New York, Feb. 25 The total visi ble supply of cotton for the world is 2,907,50 .bales, of which 2,385,050 bales are American, against 3,148,764 and 2,607,364 bales respectively last year; roceipts this week at all inte rior towns 39,490 bales; receipts the at the plantations 59,197; crop in I sight 6,195,094 bales. The Chicago Journal recently sent a circular to the editors of number of papers in Illinois, asking for an expression of presidential pre' f erences. So far as answers have been received every Democratic edi tor expresses a preference for Presi dent Cleveland. With the Republi can editors there is a decided prefer ence for the Hon. Rbbt. T. Lincoln, though Senator Sherman is the first Vinin.fi of several. A number Bav thev would like to see Mr. Blaine elected President, but question the wisdom of nominating him. Says the Boston Record: "Elec trio kisses have been discovered Shuffle your feet over the carpet, thus charging yourself with electricity and then kiss your best girl- A spark at the point of contact can be plainly seen in a dark room. : Antiquarians who have been consulted about this interesting phenomenon say that was well known to tbe ancients, and commonly practiced by them. The custom doubtless gave rise to the term Sparking.' " The colored people of Augusta, Ga.. are displaying great interest in the great exposition to be held that city next fall They have al ready subscribed several thousand dollars towards the enterprise, and nropose to make an exhibit which will reflect credit on their race. Craven County Fisb, Oyster and Game Pair. The New Berne Fair looms up apace. It promises to be one of the most extensive affairs ever known in North Carolina. Interest is daily growing and new features are being added to the programme, Railroad and steamboat lines have agreed to give reduced rates and a tremendous crowd is expected., Many features of amusement are promised for the oc casion. A tournament, a parade of the best fire department in the State, glass-ball and clay pigeon shooting and various other things! are among the features of attraction, j Besides a full exhibit of fish, oysters and game, thorewill be shown native woods, arm products, live stock and poul try, marl, antique relics, fancy work and art. Many valuable premiums are to be offered. Wanted In RalelgkAn Opera House. There is nothing which is more needed in the "City of Oaks," just now, to keep pace with the general tone of all surroundings, than a first class opera house. This need is pal pably f olt by all and has hnaliy re solved itself into absolute necessity. The dramatic taste of Raleigh has been educated up to a very high de gree of culture, and as a consequence its gratification has come to be a very important element in the social pleas- ures oi tne aay, id iocs tneatre-go-ing has become sufficiently popular to demand that a first-class opera house be built. There is nothing which more characterizes a place as a city, and reflects upon it a more sig nificant comment for progressiveness than the existence in it of a first-class opera house. No one doubts that Raleigh ought to have it. Y ho will take the lead T By telegraph to the News and.Observer. Chicago, Feb. 25 Chief Arthur was asked this morning about the proposed strike of the locomotive engineers and firemen on the Burling ton system. He said he had given his consent to a genernl strike but that the men would not leave their posts today. He added that unless the differences between the men and the officials were adjusted before Monday morning the locomotive en gineers and firemen would leave their posts. Skoppera Notes. Note the advertisement by Alfred Williams this morning of a room for rent Messrs. Woollcott & Sons have just received a whole cargo of the latest styles of ladies' spring hats, feathers, trimmings, &c , which they are offering at rock bottom prices. They always keep up with the season and their goods will bo found to be of the latest aud most fashionable. Read their announcement this morn ing. Messrs. W. H. & R S Tucker & Co. offer in this issue their spring purchases of new China mattings exhibiting, they say, the latest novel ties in fancies, and at prices lower than can be given later in the season. All housekeepers who will need mat tings this spring or summer would probably do well to lake advantage of these low prices. The mattings are all in stock ready for inspection. The Messrs. Tucker & Co. have also decided to reduce their line of Anglo Indian art carpets, we are informed, to $1.50 per square yard. A special exhibit of these carpets is made on their carpet floor. Ask to see them. Some beautiful work is now being turned out by the Raleigh Marble Works. Any one wishing tombstones should call at their marble yard and examine the work done there. Note the change of advertisement today. Mr. M. H. Aufrecht is doing some beautiful work in artistic wall-paper hanging and decc rating. He is a French artist of high reputation and undoubtedly possesses genuine talent in his profession. He comes with the highest press recommendations from the places where he has been, and has made for himself a high reputation by bis artistic work in this city. See bis new advertisement this morning. See the advertisement of Messrs. Hutson & Co. All kinds of furni ture cheap. It will pay you to look at it. W. C. & A. B. Stronach come to the front as usual this morning. Their stock is always noted for Us com pleteness and when yoa xaafee theia a call you can always be sure of finding what you want if you are looking for anything in their line. In their mam moth stock you will find jellies, pick les, preserves, cigars, tobacco and everything in the staple or fancy gro cery line. Everything is always cf the freshest and best. See their ad vertisement. The old reliable firm of Norris & Carter is offering some of its big in ducements again this morning. They always lead, both in prices and in the style and quality of their goods. It is a pleasure to go into their estab lishment. Their goods are all of the most attractive and stylish, and em brace a variety and profusion to se lect from which is confusing. Cus tomers always receive the most cour teous attention and can always get a good bargain. Read their advertise ment this morning. The most troublesome, and dangerous effects, sometimes aiie from the slight est cause, and often the baby's serious sickness could be prevented by prompt- t If, using Dr. Ball's Baby Syrup at the ' beginning. Price only 23 cents a bottle Gen'l Grant, on his trip around the world, maintained remarkably good health. Query. Wonder if the General had not a supply of Laxador with him, to.regulate the system? - ;- -oawe-n Too Rich by Fifty Cents: Mr. GraBp&ll (to his bookeeper) "Wil liam, how much aro we paying Jamer, the office boyV Bookeeper "Two dollars a week, sir." Mr. Graspall "And yet I see by this! published re port that he has given more to the pOor fund thiB year than I have. The impudent young scoundrel ! He's get ting too big a salary. Cut him down, William, to $1.50 a week." Chicago Tribune. : When, by reason of cold or from any other cau.e, the secretory organs be come disordered, they m'ay be stimula ted to healthy action by the use of Ayer'e Cathartic Pills. Sold by1 all dealers In medicine. "Was St. Paul a. dupt?" asked the Rev. Joseph Cooke iu a recent lecture. And a Boston newspaper allowed him to appear in type as ask ing, "Was St. Paul a dude?" . .. ana . -J ' Jf R C (BMEAEI Perfect Its superior excellence proven in mil lions of homes for more than a quarter ef a century. It is used by the United States Government. Endorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as the the Strongest, Purest andi most Health ful. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder does not contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only in Canal PRICE BAKING POWDEK CO. WKWTOBK. CHICAGO." BT LOU'S Who la Tour Best Friend! Your stomach of course. Why? Be cause if it is out of order you are one of tha moet miserable creatures living. Give it a fair, honorable chance and see if it is not the beet friend you have In the end. Don't smoke in the morning. If you must smoke and drink wart till your stomach is through with breakfast. You can drink more and smoke more in the evening and it will tell on you less. 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 stomach, you had best use Green's August Flower, as no yram can use it ,hout immediate reliei. Oar Cnnrck.a Today. Edenton Street M. E. Church South Sunday school at 0.30 a. m. Services at 11 a. m. and 7.80, p. m. by the pas tor Rev. J. T. Gibbs. The public cor dially invited to all the services. First Baptist Church. Services at 11 a. m. and 7.80 p. m. by the pastor. Rev. J. L. White. Sunday school at 9.80 p. m. Strangers and the public cordially in vited to all services. Christian Church-Services at 7.80 p. m. by the pastor, Rev. vv . G. Clements. No 'other services. Sunday School at 9.80 a. m. A kind invitation to alL Brooklyn Methodist Church Sunday school at 8 p. m. Services at 11 a. m. and 7.80 p. m. by the pastor, Rev. E. Pope.' Public cordially invited to attend all services. Person Street Methodist Ohurch at Briggs' Hall Sunday-school at 9.80 a. m., R. C. Redford, Superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7.80 p. m. by Rev. L. L. Nash, pastor. - Seats free and the public invited, who will be seated by polite ushers. Church of the Good Shepherd. Rev. W. M- Clark, rector. Second Sunday in Lent. Holy Communion at 10 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon at 11 a. m. Sunday school 8.80 p. m. Even ing prayer and sermon at 7.3(1 p. m. Services during week Monday and Sat urday, 5.80 p. m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 10 a. m. Tues day and Thursday, evening prayer and sermon at 8 p. m. Allseats free. Polite ushers. All cordially invited. Blount Street Presbyterian (ihurch Service at 11 a. m., by Rev. Dr. Atkinson. Seats all free and the public invited. Sunday School at 4.00 p. m. Baptist Tabernacle Sunday school at 9.15 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. and at 7.80 3. m. by the pastor, Rev. G. S. Williams. Public cordially invited to attend these services. Christ Church Second Sunday in Lent. Morning prayer and sermon 11 a. m. Evening prayer at 5.00 p. m. Sunday school, at 4.00 p. m. Services dur'ng the week as follows: Monday and Saturday 10 a. m.; v edneday and Fri day 12 m. and 5.30 p. m.; Tuesday and Thursday 5.80 p. in- All cordially invited. Brilliant! J Durable!; Economical! S3 COLORS. to csnts each, ' The PUREST, STRONGEST and FASTEST of all Dyes. Warranted to Dye th matt good, and five the beet colors. One pckge colon one to foul pounds of Dress Good, Carpet J&ags, Yams, etc Unequalled ior Feather, Ribbons, sad all Fancy Dyeing. Aay one caa us. them. Tt Only Safe and UnaduQtr-mted Dyes. Scad postal for Dye Book, SampleCard. directions fee coloring Photos., aukinc th finest Ink or Bluing (io cts. a quart), etc Sold by Druggist. Address WELLS. RICHARDSON & CO., Turlington, ft. For Gliding or Bronring Fancy Articles, USB DIAMOND PAINTS. Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper. Only IO Caa .t i EDWARDFASNAOH, JEWELER baxeioh, n. c. SOLITAIRE and CLUSTER D1TODS,, - Gold Jewelry, Gold and Silver Watches, tiorham'B Sterling Silvertvare,Rogert plated silverware, any size and weight of plain 18 karat En r gagement rings constant ly in stock. Badges and Medals made I to order. ' Our Optical Bepartmeiit Embraces an endless variety cf lenses which together with our practical expe rience enables us to correct almost any error of refraction in Myopia (nearsight), Hypermetropia (far sight), Presbyopic (old tight). Asthenopia (weak sight) and giving prompt relief from that distress ing headache which often accompanies imperfect vision. OUR ARTIFICIAL Witt Smoked Jowls. A fine lot of Smoked Jowls, Ferris Hams, Wes tern Hams, Baltimore Hams, Beef Tongues, Codfish, Mackerel, Herrings and other seasonable provisions. E. J. Habdiw. Prince Louis, erandsos of Emn peror William, ia dead. Disease lies in ambush for the weak a feeble constitution is ill adapted to encounter a malarious atmosphere and sudden changes of temperature, and the least robust are usually the easiest victims; Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier will give tone and vitality and strength to your entire body. Fim Cakes A fresh invoice ofi Wilson's Cakes, Sponge Fingers, Manilla and Lemon Wafers, Butter Scotch, Ac., Ac E. J. manix. Human Eyes Move; and look like the natural organ. No pain when inserted. Patients at a distance having a broken eyoan have another made, without call ing personally. THE STATE INSURANCE 1 AHECY, FIRE AND LIFE. V.ILS0I, JE&IA1 A COOaE, Manage., KAXEIQH.N.O The undersigned have this day estab lished an agency for writing insurance, both On life and property, and will be glad to have the patronage of the people of Raleigh and the State at large. The companies represented by them are among the very best in all respects and will guarantee protection at tbe Lowest Rates and in a satisfactory manner. rKflLSOX, B.I,mA, 1. J.CCOXt. t