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mi ft I 5 5 8 M i I ' t 1 .1 OBSERVER. 3WS :'- eeijomW X A P anadWadfal: VOL XXtVI. RALEIGH.. N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1888. NO. 65 Mi AND 'Absolutely Pure. fhis powder neyer Tariea. A mrvtl f purity, strength and wholesemenese. More eoonomlcatthan ordinary kinds and oaanot be sold in competition with the multitude of low teat, short weight, tliim or phosphate powders, sold only in aiU. BOTXL BA.KXNO POWnEB Co., 108 Wall Street, New York. Bold-by W. C. A. B. Stronach, and" JEFwrrallft Oo- j - - wouiLcorr & so.v 14 East Martin Street. o ur fall stock baa arrived and is open for the inspection of onr customers. 2,000 ladies Moriu ) vests, from up. j SOc. phildrcn merino eata, all sizes. M en's undershirts, t row 25c. up teas goods in ll shades, with trim- ming ta match.! Our stock of shoes for Indies and chil dren's wear, for; quality and prce, cannot be excelled. ' 1 p00 drCBfl flann?1' J2 l'2c 'atines, 10o., 13 l-2o. and 25c. a yard. N ew styles in ladies and miss.w hats. gibbons and feathers in all shades. EDWARD FASNAOH. mujuat, o.. SOLITAIRE and CLUSTER Dl.lftW Sold Jewelry, Gold and Silver Watch Oorham's Sterling 8ilverware,Rogers plated silverware, any size and weight of plain 18 karat En S gagement rings constant- . ly In stock. Badges and Medals made to order, . jot Oplieal Depiirtuieut ' Embraces an endless variety of lenses wMch together with' our practical expo Imn enables as tor. coirct almost an v rror of refraction in Myopia (nearaight), Bypennetropia (far sight), Presbyopis (old sight). Asthenopia (weak sight) anu civiAg prompt relief from that distreM- iis jieadacoe which often accompanies imperfect vtoitu. j OUB ARTIFICIAL HtiniiBLn Eyes dH and book like the natural organ sTo vain when inserted. Patients at a distance having a broken 'eys can have another, msd without eall mt personalty Raleigh Marble Worts, ? 417 and 419 Fayettville Bt RALEIGH, N.C.- Kraifk Yard. Ladder's Old SUud, . 'f FATBTTBVILLK, K. a Manufacturer of all kinds of Monument, and Tombstones in Marbles or Granites, Also ConU actor for all kinds of Building Work, Curbing Posts. Steps, Si'U, &c tall dosuriptions kept on hand and sent any address upon application. Chas- A. Goodwin. fi Proprietor JEWELER OPTCi T . . , A TERRIBLE CYCLOVf:. i 1 I IT 8W1J5PS OVER PART OF GATES 01?NTY THE PARTICULARS. Cor. ol tiie News and Observer. $ . G-vrEStrLLE, N. C, Sept. 11,?88 A terrible cyclone swept over this part of Gates county yesterdftyjabout 10 o'clock. The clouds have! been looking sdmew hat stormy fdjr iwq or three dayS and in the morning tllree or four clouds came together, and started their work of destruction. Beginning near the Chowan River it struck the ground first on the Gates side of the creek in the field of Reuben Bid dick, and for a part of the fifeld tore his corn from the stalk and laid a part of hia fence flat on thai ground. Taking a northwesterly direction it cut a path through the woods, up rooting and twisting off trees Jin its course; and striking the house'oa col ored woman, Florida BlancEad, on liichard llountrce's land, anrfliierally tearing her house and fence o pieces and strippteg th clothes frDrft her self and children, slightly wjoignding all of the children and badly 'hurting her. Then it struck the premises of Noah TrouiinananJ demolished every house on - his premises except his dwelling, scattered the rails from his fence in every direction, stripped the corn from the stalks and laid; them about as flit as if a heavy tfro&orse harrow had run over , them But they were not, all laid in one di rection. His buggy was under shel ter and I hear it was j carried about 150 yards and smashed against trees iu the swamp. , Scarcely a rail was left ig its place around his farm His stables were blown down), but his horse was not hurt- Only aboit five trees were left standing in hia lawn and yard, but no one was hurt- Then ft opened away so that we ccutd see, but the whole earth was covered with broken trees for a space of aboiH 150 yards wide across the woods and ewump to Fletcher's Chapel, J. E. Chutch, which it moved about Six or eight feet from the pillars ahd then lore to pieces, twisting thl bines, J large .and small, in the neighborhood the premises of J. Warren Spvy and literally toro every thing to pujeeis. lie and bis wife were both in the? house, and it was torn all to pieces, though, oy some providence of God neither was seriously butt, so the; doctor said. Not a house and hardly a tree was left-standing. Parts of his house and furniture were found 200 yards from there and one of his doors and a. blind from the church were found nearly a mile away in the field pf Mr. Joe Blanchard. Hia horse was not hurt, though his stable was blown from over him. Some of his chickens were found: dead in the back Of the field. Nearly all of his chicking were killed, i There was a box of abffut six doien eggs found among the flebria with not an egg broken, negro boy who. worked with him was blown down ia the kitchen. ' He jumrjed up end rati out of the door, when the cyclone took him and made hki turn a somersault time ana i aagain, hurling; him on the head, eg and side, though not seriously.-- Mr. Spivey i had a pretty ' field of corn and thousands of ears arjb scat tered ever the field as completely t Lucked as if it had been done by band, and nearly every ear was pulled from the stalk on the west Bide of (he house, j Hi fodder that he had gath ered actl housed was scattered? in ev ery direction. His buggy was on the trunk of a large tree that wasiblown up by theroots in the yard! Mr. Spivey i and wife were old ; people. Leaviug Mr. Spivey 's the stofm cut its way I up the side of the Jswamp, tearing large pines and gurus to pieces as if they were corn Bt&lks. It struck the premises of AunfSallie Hofier jand only left her dwelling, barn and cart shelter standingiEvery other hduse was ei her blojro; down or parts of the Bide or roof were torn off. Her horse was not hiirt.'ihough the top of the stable, was lifted from the plates and dropped so teat the back of the roof rested on the plate in front. Aunt SaDie and tier son William were in the house and tbey bo h rah out, he to the front! of the house and the to the back. The wind ook her and rolled her till she caught hold of a small walnut tree which she clung to till the wind had "passed. She is about 65 or 70 years o. Her son tried to go out of the gate, but he found the wind was about o blow him away SQ he hugged a swet-gum tree and got his left band split open, separating the forefinger from the other three and running . clear, across his hand, by a piece of timber torn from an Out house a bad 'wound Some of Aunt Sallie's chickefas were found in the back of the. fields dead 250 to 300 ards off. Old mftn Jack Spivey, an old colored man,; living at Aunt bilhe s, bad the top.f of his house -i lorn off. His ooth was scattered and bis cotton stalks were completely stripped of bolla leaves and limbs. , I saw an apple trt quite 12 inches iQ diameter that haa been torn up by the roots and carried fully twenty-live yards Large gums and pines, three feet through, were either twisted off Or torn up by the roots. Now to show you what? kind of people we Gates folks are' every one for three or four miles, white and black, carue to the help of those vis ited by the storm, and cared fpr the wou&ded and their property, and be fore1 night every one's, farm i had a fence put up around it, sufficient to keep the stock from eating -Dp the crops. , But unless we can gt help from outside I am afraid that Fletch cr's Chapel, will never be rebuilt. The day was one that this 'neigh borhood will remember fori years We have no authentic news; as to what destruction was done blhe cy clono after it passed over the 'jswamp from us- It was a black .funnel Hbaped cloud that came down, to the earth and roared like heavy tfeunder i was at home and several vol. my neighbois were with me, and we could both see and hear it. It passed within: two hundred yards ,oi my house, but did not do me any damage c-icepVto blow dowu a little Knee. ; H..J. it "The fact when a man is,", said an old farmer," bee ins to go down hilL he finds everything occasion." greased for tne CONGRESS. PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY SENATE AND HOUSE. IN TAB CHINESE EICLUAION BILL CSDXB COS f IDEUATION IX THE SENATE CONSID ERING AMENDMENTS TO THE . INTER STATE COMMERCE ' LAW IN THE HOUSE. By Telegraph to the News and Obserrer. Washington, Sept. 13 Senate. At the suggestion of Mr. Allison, Mr. Beck was excused from service (on account of illness) on the conference committee on the sundry civil appro priation bill, and Mr. Cockrell was appointed in his place. (Mr. Allison had received a telegcam from Mr. Beck at Fortress Monroe, asking the change and sayiDg that he was "im proving slowly.") Mr. Piatt offered a resolution in structing the committee on finance to inquire whether a foreign syndicate, combination or trust controls the pro duction of copper in the United States and has thereby largely in creased the price of all articles made t herefrom, and if so, whether any leg islation can be devised to relieve the people of the United States from the injurious effects of the operations of such foreign combination, trust, or syndicate. The resolution 'started a general debate upon the subject of trusts and the proposed legislation against them, into which entered a good deal of current politics. The resolution went over without action until tomorrow. The resolution offered yesterday by iur. opooner as to murders ior politi cal causes in Texas was referred (under the rule) to the committee on contingent expenses. The Chinese exclusion bill was then taken up, and Mr. Jones, of Nevada, proceeded to address the Senate in favor of its immediate passage. Mr. V est followed, in opposition to Mr. Blair's motion to reconsider. The debate was continued by Messrs. George, Blair, Butler, Morgan, Sauls bury and Harris (all in favor of a re consideration of the vote), Mr. Blair giving notice that if the motion pre vailed he would move his amendment in a modified form,: and Mr. Harris giving notice that in the same event he would move to refer the bill to the committee on foreign relations. Mr. Biair s amendment as be pro posed to modify it was to the effect that the bill shall not take effect till the first of November next, unless the pending treaty shall be rejected by China before that time, but shall take effact immediately on such rejec tion, and that the President shall at once make known to the Chinese gov ernment the passage of the bill. At the suggestion of Mr. Sherman it was agreed that a vote on Mr. Blair's motion 'o reconsider shall be taken at 2 o'clock j tomorrow, and then after! a brief executive Besiion the Senate at 4.45 adjourned. 't i 80CSBV On 'motion of Mr. Forney, of Ala bama, the joint resolution was passed extending until October 1st the exist ing appropriation for the sundry civil expenses of the government. The House resumed the considera tion of the Senate bill amendatory of the inter-btate commerce law. Mr. Anderson, of Iowa, offered and advocated tho following amendments:, That in all civil actions and proceed ings of whatever nature arising un der ah act entitled "An act to regu late commerce," approved February 4, 1887, and under all acts amenda tory thereof concurrent jurisdiction with the United States Courts Is hereby conferred upon State courts of competent jurisdiction and the 1 : j : : :. 01.1. HtUU CUUlUilBBiUU llUwCOUIIn UUIU merce Commission) is hereby . au thorized and required to pre scribe for-the use and guidance of said common carriers in making their schedules of rates and charges for the transportation of persons and property one nnilorm classification and shall transmit copies thereof to the said common carriers on or be fore the first Monday in January, 1889, and thereafter, and the failure or refusal of any such common carrier to observe the said classincatioa in making schedules or rates shall be an unlawful act, and all rate) and charcres not in conformity with the said classification snail be deemed and be . unreasonable rates and charges. Both amendments were adopted. Mr. Anderson, of Kansas, also offered two amendments, one of which was adopted as follows That the following section be added to the act of 1887: That the. com mission is hereby authorized, empow ered and required to execute and en force the provisions of this act and upon request of said commission the Attorney-General of the United States shall institute and prosecute all necessary proceedings in the proper court for the enforcement of this act and for the punishment of all violators thereof Mr. Grosvenor, of 'Ohio, submit ted an amendment making it unlaw ful for any common carrier, subjected to the provisions of this act w, trry refined oils and other petroleum pro ducts, cotton seed oil and turpentine for any shipper, in tanks or cylinder cars, who shall own lease or control tne . same in any manner except upon conditions that said carrier shall charge the same rate for transportation of said pro ducts in wooden packages or barrels in car-load lots, as in said tank or cylin der cars, and said wooden packages and barrels being carried free in each case. The amendment was adopted. The bill, as amended, was then passed without division. Mr. Wilson, of Minnesota, on behalf of the committee on commerce, called ud and the House I passed, without amendment or discussion, the follow ing bill t Section 1. That where any rail road company heretofore char tered or incorporated, or which hereafter miy be chartered or in corporated ' by act of Congress, has built or constructed and oper ates, or shall build, construct or operate a railroad through, across or Into the territorial limits of any "Stajte tjr Territory of the United Stales, tollo, rates and fares made or I charged for transportation of property and passengers over or upon such road or roads for traffic within th a limits of the State or Territory, and the lariffs and schedules thereof shall be subject to legislative con trol! of and by the several States and Territories through, across or into whtcb such road or roads are; con structed, bnilf or operated; anything in the charter cf, or acts of Congress oreAtingj such company or oonapauies or any Taw of any State or Turritorinl legislature enacted in pursuance of iucIi charter or act of incorporation to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2 That section one of ibis ct -thall ba limited in its operation, an 1 shall apply Only to the carriage and trarisportation by such company or corrpatiHs of pBfrifr8 ainl prop erty wholly by railroad or partly by railroad and partly by wat.r (whtn bath are used under common man agement, control or arrangement) from one place or station to nothr place or station, both being witbin the territorial limits of one and the same State or Territory, and shall in no case apply to any commerce be tween the States, Territories or into foreign countries. The contest over the Oklahoma bill waB then resomed. The motion made by, Mr. Springer that the House go into committee of the whole for consider ation of that measure disclosing no quorum a call of the House was or dered. Only 132 members, 31 ; less than a quorum, responded to their names, and Mr. Sowden, of Pennsyl vania, offered a resolution revoking all leaves of absence except those granted on account of sickness. The discussion on this resolution was con tinued iintil-5 o'clock, when, without action, the House adjourned. f- m i . ; ' Hurra It for tchari, ;- . BxELiin, Sept. 13. Hon. Carl Schurz has written a letter to the Na tional iSeilung combating an article which appeared recently in : the Kretizer 3itung2on corruption inci dent; to American elections. Mr. Schurz attacks especially the assertion that the Presidential election is from; first to last merely an affair of money. He declares that this dishonormg suspi cion' cast upon the American national character is unjust, and denies that political-life in the United States is in any wise so corrupt a pande- momam- sb ' the Kreuzer ZsitUDg represents. The American nation, h.e saygj is staunch, great-hearted and self ye spec ting. WuhlafUn Votes. By Telegraph to the News and Obserrer. WASHtifaTotN, Sept. 13. A telegram has been received at the Marine Hos pital Bureau from Mr. M. McCoy, of Allegheny Springs, Tenn , saying that he can entertain from 200 to 300 refu gee?, and the people of Camp Perry have been notified accordingly. Mr. W. A- Hfemphill, business manager of the Atlanta j Constitution, has tele graphed as 1 follows: "Our people would gladly furnish lunches to the refugees if they knew the hour the train would arrive. I will attend to this if yau will post me as to arrival of trains." : Removal ot the Pope From Ron. By Cable to the News and Observer.. Rome, ept-13. Mgr. Schaffinp has presented to the Vatican a memo- ranaum on me eventuality oi tne Poce's leavin&r Rome Ha approves Belgium as the papal residence owing to its neutral and Catholic character, but he is. not in favor of the selec tion of Belgium except under guarantee of the Powers. He approves of departure from Rome only in the event of a vigorous application of the penal code or war with f ranco, when the Vatican would become the. object of euepimon. ?The. Maine Election. By Telegraph to the News and Obserrer. liEWISTOS,: Me., ept. ,id.-ine Lewis ton! Journal has returns1, from all the towns in Maine. Burleigh has 79,603, ptutnam 61,108, Cushing 2,. 971 SimmoriB 979. Republican plu ralitv of 8,435. Legislature and Sen ate all Republican; House 123 Kepub 28 Democrats. Bottd Offerings. By Telegraph to U)6 News and Observer Washington, Sept. 13. Bond offer ings at the Treasury today aggre gated $4f268,000. Accepted, four per cents, $1,500,000 registered at 1298, $269,600? at 128i except interest; four and; a half, registered, $400,000 at 106 90 and $1,500,000 at 106g. Total, $3,660,600. " A Opera Houe Rnrned. By Telegraph to the News and Observer. Syracuse, N. Y. Sent. 13. Jacobs & Proctor's: Grand Opera House and ad joining property was destroyed by fare i at 3 15 this morning. Lobs $250,000, The Q. A. B. liy Telegraph U the News and Observer., Columbus, O., Sept. 13. The en campment has elected Hon. Wm. Warner, if Missouri, commander-in- chief for the ensuing year. Beaofurt County Convention. WashluKtori Progress. A large crowd of Democrats had assembled in the court house at 11 o'clock on Friday, the 7th inst. Col Geo; H. Brown, Jr., chairman of tne Democratic county committee intro duced Bon, W. II. Lucas, of ttyoe, one of the Democratic nominees for the second Senatorial District. : He spoke upwards of an hour and his speech j was manly enioyea. . iur. Brown then called the convention to order. Col. R. W. Wharton was made chairman and H. A. Latham and W. Jv. Jacobson, were made, sec retaries,' "The chairman then an nounced that nominations for the leg inlature were in order. Messrs. J. S Mai sh, R. Calloway, W. H. Stancil and L. R. Mavo. were Dut in nomina tion. and oh the 4th ballot Mr. Jas. S M&ah. of Bath, was nominated,- tne nomination being made unanimous For fFsEBLK Fomc." Very choice old, French' Brandy(Oognac) specially for medicinal use. Old Port (Wm. and John Graham). Fine Sherries, Dublin! Porter, &o., &c Positively no liquors sold to be drank, on the premises f E- J. Hardin. STOPPED ON THE WAY. NURSES WHO START SONVILLE. TO JACK- PASS THBOUun A 8ADLT STKICEGH D1S TBICT BEFOSE ARBIVINO THEBE AKD STOP TO MINISTER TO THE : SCFTtHISO. By Telegrspb to the News and Obserrer. Washimotos. D- C , Sept. 13. Miss Clara Barton received this morning from Col. S uthmayd, who left New Orleans Tuesday with eighteen nurses, the following telegram dated Baldwin, Fla. : "Kept here all night. Jacksonville nineteen miles away. Left ten nurses at McClenny and have wired to New Orleans for doctors. ' People are dying at McClenny for need of atten tion and the country around is panic- stricken. The situation is very sad and much help is needed." KXCrtEHENT IN AL.AB.IH. A CASE Or YELLOW FEVEB APPEARS AT DICATtTR. By Telegraph to the Mews and Observer. Washington. D. C. Sept. 13 The first case of supposed yellow fever at Decatur was that of a hotel keeper named Spencer, who died Tuesday night. A few nights previous a Jack sonville refugee came to the hotel and was allowed to sleep with' Spencer. The police heard of it next day and made the Jacksonville man leave town. A day or two after Spencer took sick and died after five days' illness of uraemia. 0 BEAT EXCITEMENT AT DECATUR. Memphis, Sept. 13. A special from Decatur, Ala , says: Another case of yellow fever developed today. : There is great excitement among the people and all trains leaving are crowded with citizens 'fleeing from the town. Memphis has ordered non-intercourse with Decatur, which is 180 miles east of this city, and trains on the M. & C. Road are not allowed to stop there. Dr. Jerome Cochran, State health officer, telegraphed from De catur this morning jblb follows: "I be- heve'Mr. Spencer died of yellow fever, although the case was not typi cal I do not think that it is neces sary for quarantine to be established against Decatur unless other cases occur. Persons exposed are not likely to leave the city. I will remain here until the question is settled and will promptly notify the public if any thing suspicious occurs. EI0HTEX5 SEW CASES. Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. 13. Eighteen new cases have been re ported for the eighteen hours ending at noon. One death, Wm. Jones, at the Sand Hills. The weather is still wet and unfavorable. A (lunitlu Against Dccatmr. By Telegraph to the News and Obserrer. Memphis, Sept. 13. Strict quaran tine has been established against Decatur, Ala., on account of a suspi cious death occurring there last even ing. A regular stampede from that town is reported. Telegrams from the health officials at Memphis to the health officials at Decatur have not been answered. Dlometroms Storm. Br Telegraph to the News and Observer. Pittsburg, Pa , Sept. 13. A seyere hail storm, accompanied with thun der and lightning, passed over East em Ohio and Western Pennsylvania last evening, doing great damage. At Barnesville, Ohio, lightning struck a tobacco house on the farm of Ezekiel Urier, fatally mi raring Cbas. Urier, a son. Three others were prostrated and rendered insensible. At Johns town, Pa., a young man named Merritt was struck by lightning andinBtantly killed and a young lady was severely injured. All the glass in green houses and many on the western sides of dwelling-houses and in the munioipal buildings were broken. It was the most disastrous storm that has ever visited this section. At Washington, Pa., bail-stones measur ing from 5 to 8 inches fell. Window panes by hundreds were broken and fruit trees trimmed bare. The green houses of A. B- Caldwell, Samuel Hostetter, John Lowe and Mrs. John McOlaine' were badly damaged. At the latter place 900 lights were dashed to pieces. P. J. Finn was struok on the bead and seriously in jured. TARIFF RKSOLUTIOHS ADOPTED BY THE FARMERS STATE ALL! ANCX AT RALEIGH, AUG. 15, 1888. Whereas, is members of this State Jurisdiction we are pledged to secure cheaper living for the farmers ; and whereas, one of the leading methods to secure for ourselves this cheap living has been declared by the Na tional Alliance to "consist in such a revision of the tariff as will lay the heaviest burdens on the luxuries and the lightest on the necessaries of life and as will reduce the incomes from imports to a strictlv revenue basis:" and whereas, the demands of our fra ternity require that we should be vig ilant and active in civing force and effect to this demand of our National Alliance; and wheieas, it is the bounden duty of every true Alliance man to stand to and abide by this declaration of the National Alliance ; now therefore be it Resolved,, That we do hereby re new our obligations to abide by and give effect to this declaration of prin cides as announced by the National Alliance. Reiolved, That, as true and stead fast Alliance men we pledge ourselves to give neither aid, support nor com fort, nor to vote for any person or p arsons who cannot and will not co operate with this Alliance in standing by and giving practical effect to the demand of said National Alliance. The Democrats of Pitlsboro are going to raise the tallest Cleveland, Fowle and Bunn flag-pole in the State today and there is going to be some mighty good speaking on the occasion. There Is no discount on ths Democracy of old Ghathiou DOCK CRY AS A FARMER. CERTIFICATE OF HIS NEIGHBORS SHOWING HIM TO BE "A DEAD FAILURE." Correspondence o( the News and Observer. Laurinburqh, N. C , Sept-13. I see that in the joint discussion at Hillsboro O. H. Dockery in hia re joinder asserted "that the Democrts of Richmond county had nominated a negro for the legislature, he declined to run, they then nominated another negro, and he was beaten by a Re publican." This was "news" to every man, woman and child in Richmond oounty, and there is not another man in the cbunty who has such habitual disre gard of the truth as to join "my son Oliver" in the charge, nor wUl he, with all his cheek, go before any country squire and make affidavit that it is true. He poses as a farmer and im poses also in that, as the following letter to Emery K. Raper, chairman Cleveland and Fowle club, of Lexington, David son county, who wrote to this county to know what kind of a farmer he was, will show. It was written yes terday and signed by his neighbors who were attending our county Dem ocratic convention, viz Rockingham, N. C, Sept. 12 JJmeri E. Raper : Dear Sir : We, the undersigned, who live in the same township with Oliver II. Dockery, and some of whose farms adjoin hip, have known him intimately, the most of us, all of our lives, and tee hereby cert! fa, ttat as a farmer, it is well known, not only in his own neighborhood, but in the whole county, he is a dead failure, and that he has never been, and is not now, anything but a professional pol itician : WJ F. Brookshirk, R. It. Little, T. F. Stanback, N- G. Nicholson, J. P. Little, Jr., Alfred Baldwin, O. C. Capel, D. C- Stanback These men are among the best of our citizens and the best farmers of the Pee Dee country. Others of his neighbors say that his crop this- year will not not compare with that of the average 'negro cropper" of this neighborhood. It is true he was born and raised and has always lived upon a farm, but he has never been suspected of being a farmer no more than a mule. He resembles a farmer only "as a mist resembles a rain." Pardon the paraphrase. Yours, tc., W. H. McLacbin, President Laurinburg Club Cleveland Fowle Democrats: WORTHWGTOI AT LOCISBURO. THE CROPS IN FRASKLIN- -THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK. Cor. of the News and Observer. LomsBUBO, N. C , Sept 13 Col. D. Worthington addressed the Democratic Olub in the court house last night. His address was a well-studied, earnest and scholarly one and showed that the Colonel had given the Bub- S'ects discussed much thought and lad carefully prepared his data. lie dealt mainly with the tariff and the present Bystem of county govern ment. His presentation of the tariff question and the amount which every one pays to the protected manufacturer was very good and "catching." On the county .government subject the Colonel grew eloquent in the ne cessity of having a white man's gov ernment- High water has injured much corn in the low-lands and the continued rains of the past few days has injured cotton very much, rotting that which was unopened and causing that al ready open to sprout. The Democratic outlook in the county is promising. U. U. A Register of Deeds Shot. The Charlotte Chroniole of yester day Bays : Passengers who arrived in the city on the Carolina Central road brought news of a bloody affair at Elizabeth, the county seat of Bladen, laBt Tuesday afternoon, in which Mr. Alex. McDonald, the regis ter of deeds for Bladen, was shot and Erobably fatally injured, and one of is sons was shot and painfully wounded. The shooting was done by Mr. White, a well Known young lawyer of Bladen. It appears that White had been reported by Mo- Donald in an unpleasant way in the papers, and was met by McDonald afterwards, and a quarrel ensued, which resulted in a B9vere beating for White. Afterwards the quarrel was again renewed, and McDonald knocked White down and was giving him a drubbing, when White man aged to get out his pistol. He shot McDonald in the body and also shot son of McDonald who had come up. After Aiouonaia was snot ne wrenched tne pistol from w rates hand and continued beating him until they were parted. The reporter's in formant could not learn the exact na ture of McDonald's wound, but it was described by the physicians as being of a very serious nature. All the parties to the affair have been ar rested. ttlCHMOND. THE NOMINEES OF THE DEMOCRATS. Cor. ot tbe News and Obserrer. The following ticket was nominated by the Democrats of Richmond county in their convention held in Rocking ham, September 12th, 1888: For the legislature, Thomas J. Woo ten; for Sheriff, B. F. Little; for Register of Deeds, John A. Nicholson; for Sur veyor, John A. McNeill; for Coroner, D. Gay. W. H. Tbe Hlntls Senatorial Cssnsuss. New Berne Journal, ltth. The Democratic convention of the Ninth Senatorial district was held at Polloksville, and Benjamin Brock, of Jones, was unanimously nomina ted by acclamation. Mr. Brock will prove a useful representative in the Gen eral Assembly. . . Teacher: "How is the earth di- vided!" PupU "By earthquakes, ma am. You can always find the latest ii i i a li s craze at any weu-conauotea lunatic sylom. AUGUSTA. THE EXT KMT OF THE DAMAGE IT HE RE PONE BY THE OVERFLOW OF THE R1VEB- i ONI MILLIOS DOLLABS THE ESTI MATE f HE LOSS OF LIFB QTHIB NEWS. Bv Telegraph to ttie News and Obserrer. Augusta, Ga , Sept. 13. The dam age to tne canal, streets, bridges, warehouses, residences, stores and merchandinA Will rnanh nn mill inn dollars. No Estimate can be made of the damage tq farms and crops from Augusta to Savannah while the coun try along the river is submerged. It is thought two hundred thousand dollars will bd required to repair the canal, streets and bridges. All the railroads have been injured and the cotton mills are shut down and will be for a mont i or so until the breaks in the canal are repaired. . Elevc n persons have) been drowned. The citizens are f u .1 of pluck and energy and have gone to work to lepairixe damage. THE WKIT. A TRAIN LOAD Of YELLOW FEVEB REFUGEES BENATOrvaKCE AT GOMBROON. Bpeelal to the New and Obserrer. Asheville, l. C, Sept. 13. A train with two hundred refugees from Florida arrived at Hendersonville last night. Theyj are are quartered at the hotels and; boarding nouses. 'Senator Vance is at Gombroon on a Bhort visit. ! . THE IDKIr.JIDE.VT VOTE. It VT III Support tlereland as It did Before. A Boston telegram of the 9th says : The most important political work of the campaign to date has just been completed, and the result is Bignifi CMit. So much has been said of the present attitude of the Independent f.d Mugwump vote of 1884, that it waa thought desirable to make a can vass of the Presidential preferences of those most; active and prominent in that movement, and the following circular was mailed to those mem bers of the ''Committee of One Hun dred " whose present addresses were known, also to the delegates to the two conferences in New York in 1884, and the officer!! of several Independ ent dubs in the Commonwealth Massachusetts Mciependents, 1888 9 Fremont place, Boston, Aug. U 27, 1888. 388.) Dear Sib : It has been decided to ask for an expression of Presidential preferences in those who were active and prominent Independents in 1884. If you continue to support Grover Cleveland for the Presidency, and are willing to ,be publicly quoted as in favor of his re-election, will you kindly send repty to me at once T If not favoring the re election of Cleve land have youjany objection to stat ing your reasons in fall ! Very truly yours. j A. J. Sowdoh. Late Assistant Chairman Executive Committee Massachusetts Independ ents. 1 Of the Committee of One Hundred 87 are living, and of these 60 support President Cleveland for re-election, and 5 are understood to be for Har rison. The preferences of the others are not knowi ! Those who do not support Cleveland are, it is said, strong protectionists. Of the gener al list many, ap is well known, have already joined the Democratic Party. The list of supporters of Cleveland is a notable one, containing nearly every name of note among those who bolted Blaine in th last campaign, and from most of I these Mr. Sowdon re ceived letters! defining briefly the writers' positions on the main ques tions at issue, j A Square Back Down. Baltimore Ban. Gen. Hovey,! the Republican candi date for Governor of Indiana, has de clined the proposition to meet his Democratic competitor, Col. MatBon, in joint discussion. His fx;ose is that ioint debates would tend to "so lidify ' the parties, and thus prevent the expected Republican inroads on the Democratic) rank? In other words, Gen. Hovey confesses that the false cry of "free trde" against the Dem ocrats cannot be1 worked successfully if confronted py Democratic orators with fair and unanswerable arguments in favor of tariff reform and a reduc tion of taxation. Tex Pittsborp Record has just cele brated its tentH birthday and the fact gives occasion to the friends of the paper, who ar0 legion, to remark on its constantly increasing excellence. It is in the hands of a gentleman and a scholar, an astute politician and an able patriot and it does credit to the whole State ingly. in every issue accord- Tne JoMst Dtaemaelon. There will be a joint discussion of 1 the issues of the campaign between Hon. Daniel G. Fowle and Hon. Oliver H. Dockery, Democratic and Repub lican candidaies for -Governor, at the following times and places : Winston, Friday, Sept. 14. Lexington, Saturday, Sept. 15 . Mocksville, Monday, Sept. 17. Hickory, Tuesday, Sept. 18. ' Lenoir, Wednesday, Sept. 19. Morganton, Thursday, Sept. 20. Marion, Friday, Sept. 21. Mooresville, Iredell Co., Saturday. Sept. 22. j I Spier Whitaxeb. Ch'm'n. Pern. State Ex. Com. The Babies Crr For 11. And the old folks laugh when they nnd mat inei j pleasant Uautornia liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs, is more easily taken and more benefi cial in its actioh than bitter, nauseous medicines. It; is a most valuable family remedy jto act on the bowels, to cleanse the jsystem, and to dispel eoidfs neaoacnes ana levers. . manu factured only py the California Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, CeX John S. Pescud, Sole Agent for Ral- APPOWTJIEnj Or HON. B. H. BOSK, D,-..i, r,,:j, Wrnmsi front , fc wria District. Hon. 1. 11. Hunn will addrea. th fol- people of lows : the Fourth District as CHATHAM COUNTT. Henley's, Thursday, Sept. 13. littsboro, Friday, Sept. 14. Harper's X Roads, Saturday, Sep tember 15. Osgocd, Monday, Sept. 17. WAKE COUNTY. New Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 18. A. J. Smith's (Middle Creek), Wed nesday, Sept. 19. Partin's Store, Thursday, Sept. 20. Auburn, Friday, Sept. 21. Hood's Store, Saturday, Sept. 22. Rolesville, Monday, Sept 24 New Light, Tuesday, Sept. 25. Hon. John Nichols is invited to these appointments for a division of time. The chairman of each conntw executive committee is reauested to give notice and arrange for the meetings K. B. Bhouohton, ' Ch'r. ii Long. Ex. Com. 4th Dist. ECOSO ..DISTRICT. JOINT DISCUSSION. There will bo a joint disoufisionof the issues of the J. J. Marti. i aud campaign between Jno. E. WoodarA Presidential cUctors of the second North Carolina Congressional district, at the following times and places: Tarboro, Sept. 18 Halifax, Sepumber 21 Little ton, Sept. 22. Henderson, Sept. 24. Warrenton, Sept. 25. Wilson, Sept. 26. Kinston, Sept. 27. New Berne, Sept 27, at night Trenton, Sept. 28. Snow Hill, Oct. 2 Jackson, Oct. 5. Windsor, Oct. 0. Oj.NO. E. WOODARD, J. J. Martin. Appointments of Messrs. Stradwlck and Pou. Hon. F. N. Strudwick, Democratic candidate for presidential elector for the State at large, will address his fellow citizens upon the issues of the campaign at the following times and places : Pittsboro, Friday, Sept. 14. Holly Springs, Saturday, Sept. 15. Franklinton, Monday, Sept. 17. Pleasant Grove, Tuesday, Sept. 18. Kenley, Wednesday, Sept. 19. Dunn's, Thursday, Sept. 20. Auburn, Friday, Sept. 21. Durham, Saturday, Sept. 22. Rolesville, Monday, Sept. 24. New Light, Tuesday, Sept. 25. Hon. E. W. Pou, Jr., Democratic candidate for presidential elector from the fourth district, will speak as follows: Pleasant Grove, September 18. Eenley, September 19. Dunn's, September 20. The local committees are urgently requested to advertise theee appoint ments by hand-bills and otherwise. Spier Whitaker, . OTun'n Pern. State Ex. Com., ADyiCKo' mothers. Mrs. Wtnslow's Soothing 8rrue should always fi used when children are catting teeth. It re lic res toe little sufferer at once, it produces nat oral, quiet sleep by relieving the children front pain, and the little cherub awakes as "bright as a butum." It is very pleasant to taste ; soothes the ehUd, softens the gums, altars all pains, re lieves wind, regulates the bowels and Is the best known remedy for diarrhoea, whether rising from teething or other causes. Twenty-fivs cents a bottle. Mother : "Now, Emma, what is the tenth commandment T" Emma, aged five. 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