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error of refraction in M ropta (nearsisht
ByMrmetropia (far sight), Presbyopia
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144 headaoh Which often accompanies
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bailding, where they are prepared to
execute all orders in law reporting and
tyM-writing. Claoe In short-hand and
type-writing forming.", .
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CONGRESS.
PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY IN
; THE SENATE AND HOtJSE.
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By Tslegrapb to tfie News and Qtocrftf.
Wabhiicqtoh, October 9 Sbsatb
The conference report on tHe defi
ciency bill wis presented and read in
fall. ? i ; f .
Mr. Edmuhda inquired Jpf Mr.
Hale why the Senate conferees had
agreed to the striking out of fae pro
Tisions granti&g! the balance ; of the
year's salary of Chief Justice: Waite
to his widow-
,Mr. Hale stated, in reply, that the
subject had been fully discussed oref
and orer again, and that tbe. House
conferees had taken the groaad that
they oould not assent to it. U-
Washtrotob, Oct. 9 SuuTi. The
oonferenoe report was agreed jib. The
bill as to the ooianting of the: Presi
dential viptes was taken up and passed.
Mr. Harris, from the committee on
pidemio diseaseTeported a joint rea
olation directing the chiefs of the med
ical bureaus of the army and navy and
of the marine ! hospital seryioe to
co operate with the yellow feVer con
ference to be held in Washington.
Placed on the calendar.
The resolution! for an inquiry into
the assassination of Jos. Hoffman, a
witness before the committee on prir
ileges and elections .(inteatigating
the political disturbance at Brenhum,
Tex.,) wag adopted. p
Mr. Edoiunds introduced n lill to
pay to the widow of Chief 'Justice
Waite $8,945, a; sum equal :o the
balance of his salary for the fj-ear in
which he died,' and asked unaoimous
consent for its immediate coasideraT
iien. '
Mr. Berry objected. The bill was
referred to the oommitttee on judi
eiary. f-
Mr. Edmunds immediately left the
Senate chamber, stating in an under
tone that there would be a meeting
of the jadioiary commRlee in;boat
two minuies. 1 m
Mr. Edmunds reported from the
oommittee on judiciary the bill to pay
to the widow of Chief JastioeVaite
the balanoe of his salary, and es Mr.
Berry still objected to its immediate
consideration the bill was plaoed'on
the calendar, after a statement by Mr.
Ooke that he and JMr. ueorgf had
voted against it in oommittee.
Tbe Senate at 2 20 resumed
consideration of 'the tariff bill, and
addressed: by Mr. Hiscoek, a
member of the nnanoe oommittee.
The issue, he said, was fairlydrawn
between the two political parties.
Tbe question was free i -trade
or!; proteetion ' to Americas , la
bor. Neither subterfuge noil new
confessions of faith would coneeal or
obscure the real question. Demo
eratio orators were attempting, in
the manufacturing districts, to shift
their ground and to conceal thepur
pose of their party. But the oMcial
utterances of the : Pesident ana the
reports of the Secretary of theTfeaa
ury, emphasized by the Milk: bill
(which had been endorsed by; the
National Democratic OonTentiofi and
which had passed the House j by a
strict party rote), left no doubt what-
erer as to the true position ol! the
Democratic party On that great eoo-
nomie question; .: -There was no ques
tion as to the amount of the fed no
tion of taxation tbe question was as
to the manner of it. He exam
ined some of i the detsHil of
the Mills bill in order to piroTe
that in the proposed reductions there
were diaftriminationa in faror m thm
indusiriee of the Confederate 8tee
against" the industries of the Northern
States. : ' IS
Mr. Hawley suggested as an expla
nation 01 tnat xaot mat 01 tne demo
cratic members of the House 4 ways
and means committee which made up
the Mills bill six were from the gon
federate States and two from the
Northern States. , i
At the close of 1 Mr. HiscocVs - re
marks Mr. Bate obtained the floor and
the tariff bill went over till tomorrow.
Mr. Edmunds aooealed to! Mr.
Berry to withdraw his objection 3 to
rr.
the consideration 01 the bill for ne
benefit of the widow of Chief.Juatioe
Wwte. I 1 a
Mr. Berry deelined to .withdraw his
objection, stating j that it would ibe
equivalent to "Onsent to the passage
of the bill, Which he considered
thoroughly bad. Mr. Edmunds there
upon gave notice that he would to
morrow morning move to take up the
bill for its consideration, and then at
4:10 the Senate adjourned. 1
" si
HOT. I !.
In the morning hour, Mr. McKe;
of Arkansas, on .behalf of the commit
tee on public ands, called np he
Senate bill to' relieve purchasers ,fl,
and indemnify i certain States for,
swamp and overflowed lands disposed
of. Subsequently . Mr. McRae re
eognising the fast that the bill oould
not oe passea without the presence
of a quorum, asked that the hoorbe
considered as having expired, bdtito
this Mr. Jackson, of Pennsylvania,
objected. l y
Mr. IS. u Taylor, of Ohio "I want
to give notice that there shall be io'
legislation -this session unless there
is a quorum present, except appropri
ation bills and pension bills.'' "I 4
Mr. O'Neill, of Pennsyl yaniaH'I
would not say that- I would except
private bills to which there is no eb-
Mr. Taylor "I mean just what
aay." - - j
Mr. McBae thereupon withdrew his
bill.
nr. Surnes obtained unanimous
consent to report from the oommittee
on appropriations the bill appropri
ating 150,000 fot the enforcement; of
the Chinese exclusion act and it was
passed without debate.
The Senate billwaa passed' sople
mental to the act of February 3, V$$.
(Providing for the meeting of Presi
dential electors, &c) (It prolides
that certificates shall be forwarded; to
the president of the Senate forthith
after the second Monday in January.)
Mr. Burnes submitted a oonferiioe
report oa the general deficieney : 'np
propriation bill. On agreeing to the
report the vote stood 34 to 3, and
Mr. Dougherty, of jriorida, raised tne
point of no quorum. This notion was
instigated by irritation on the part
of Mr.: Dougherty at the notice given
by Mr.. Taylor this morning that no
pusmess except apprppnauou sou
pension bills should be considered.
Mr. Dougherty has pending sereral
bills of importance to his district and
he is especially anxions to secure the
passage of the bill for the suppression
of the yellow ferer. Mr. Djubhert
deolined to withdraw his point and at
0 clock the House adjourned.
REPDBLICAU IKHtTORI
0BTTI50 BK1DT T3 ADiOCRj WITHOUT AC
TIOS oh thb Tutnrr.
Bj Telegraph to the News and Qbserrer.
Wasbinoton, Oct. 9 An informal
conference of Republican Senators
Was held this morning to talk orer
the general situation and more spe
daily to arrange the coarse of debate
1 1 i me ;Til mi li.
on tne tarm diu. ion raauw wpre
meagre, owing to i the doubt every
where entertained whether a quorum
of the Senate can be had in Washing
ton Bhould the tariff .debate be pro
tract e I beyond next week. A dozen
or more Senators were named who
desire to make speeches, and a list of
Republicans was started wnion so lar
includes the names of Hiscoek, Cul-
om, Plat', Spooner. Aldrich and
Teller. The desire of a number of
Senators, however, to get away is
very strong, and with the system of
pairs prevailing in the Senate and al
ways rigidly adhered to, every ab
sentee reduces the voting force by
two. In considering these matters it
became apparent that there would be
grea; dimculty .in keeping a voting
qaornm to act upon the amendments
and finally upon the bill. No action
was taken in the conference and no
definite policy was sketched, but
there is reason to believe that, if trie
Senate finds itself for any length of
time without a quorum, either an
adjournment sine die or a recess for
several weeks will be taken.
A FATAL FIRS.
KIWEBOY aSO TWKTTT SKY IS BOSSES
BOBS Bp TO DEATH.
Nsw Yoax, October 0. A livery
stable, extending from 404 to 410
East Thirty-fourth street, was burned
about 2 o'clock this morning, In it
were burned to death Thomas Carr, a
newsboy, and ; twenty seven horses.
John Roach, another newsboy, sleep
ing in the stable with Oarr, was so
severely burned that he is not ex
pected to recover. The stable, a one
story wooden Structure, was owned
by the well-known horse man D. D.
Withers, who sub-let it to a number
of truck men. The horses belonged
to them and in addition they lost
about thirty cars and . trucks - stored
there. Their total lots w about f 40,-
000. The loss On tbe stable, i about
$1,000 Oiigin of the fire unknown.
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ADaeUUahjr ( tatar-Stata Cnmlalaa
By Telegraph to tb Bews and Observer. '
Wabhisqtoh, D. O, Oe. 9. In the
case of tbe Bpartanbu-cr Board! of
Trade again t the Richmond & "Dan
ville Railroad Company and othets,
tbe Inter-State : Commerce Commis
sion, by Commissioner Bragg, ren
dered an opinion today, overruling the
demurrers and motions to dismiss the
complaint, but decided that it would
pot pass upon the relative reasonable
neaa of the rates at many stations,
in a large extent of territory, upon the
mere lace or tne tariff, and request
iog the parties to present their evi
dence.
Death afa Telegrapher.
Br Telegraph to the MSws and Observer.
Niw O&xxabs, Oat. 9 Benjamin C
Higdon, night manager of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company office
at New Orleans, dird at 1:45 o'clock
this morning, after a brief illness.
BobI OSTertaa; sad Aeeaptaaeaa.
By TeletTaph to the Newt and .Observer.
Wasbimotox, D. C-, Oct 9 Tbe
Treasury today accepted tenders of
bonds aggregating $7,174,300, at 108$
for four and a halls and 129 for fours.
Other tenders were made but all
above those figures were rejected.
A Draak Soa Kill HI Owa Fathar.
Greensboro Workman. :. - j
Abel Rippey, an old gentleman 80
years of age,who lives near McOrav's,
T , i' i:.'t.a .t
in Aiamance county ,came to nis aeavn
at the bands of his son on Friday
evening last, under circumstances
most appalling. His son Albert, had
Den on a drunken debauon for sev
eral months past, and came home on
Friday evenine last After unhitch
ing tbe horse he had been driving, he
turned it into the cornfield. The old
gentleman, on seeing what he had
done came out and remonstrated
with him and , told him to go and
catch the horse and feed him at the
barn.
Albert as feeling his whisky con
siderably, and became greatly in
censed at bis father. He went into
the house and got bis . shotgun and
shot his father through the heart,
killing him instantly.
The murderer was soon arrested,
and is now in jail at Orahani. We
learn there was some talk of lynching
him, but presume it is not so. We
learned the foregoing from a near
neighbor of Mr. Rippey.
oorroR ILBVELIRD.
XX SEOBX AST It CUtLOCB WILL VOTB TBB
DEMOCRAT 10 TIOKBT.
Wsshlngton Star, 8th. ;
Secretary McCullocb, who served
as Secretary of the ; Treasury for a
short time under Mr. Lincoln, then
under Johnson, and was again called
to that office by President Arthur
daring the latter . part of his term,
has authorized the statement that if
he is able to get to the polls he will
vote for President Cleveland on the
6ih of November, j He is led to this
by his faith in the soundness of Mr.
Cleveland's tariff-reform policy, which
is consistent with; his utterances on
the subject.
SsxiToa Vascb speaks on the fair
gro'nnd9 at Warren ton today and at
Durham tomorrow. I Senator Ransom
is also to f peak atDarbam tomorrow.
CHICAGO'S STRIKE
TWO GREAT STREET-CAR SYS
TEMS NOW TIED UP.
KXOOTIATIOKS FOB FKACB FAIL TBI PIS-
AaBXXHDtT BXISp OH THX 8UEJICT
Of WAOXS OTHXB XBW3.
By Telegraph to tbe Mews and Observer.
; Chicago, Oct. 9. The two great
street car systems on the West and
North Sides re now tied up. The
strike on tbe West Side bean tbis
m6rning as soon a the last night ear
was run into the barns. For a time
last night it seemed as if this new
complication could be avoided and
the original strike settled amicably
Out the negotiations, which were cou
ducted in Major Roohe'a privm.
office, failed, because tbe oompniv
and the men oould not agree on the
subject of wages. President Yerkts
opened the conference with an offer
to correct the present system i f hours
as far as possible. An agreement was
reached on ; this point but when the
wage question was taken up the men
ions ted jpon twenty cents per
hour for gnpmen, 23 J cents for train
and grip conductors and 22 cents
for horse-ear men. Mr. Yerkes of
fered 20 cents for horse-car men and
21 eents for grip-ear men. The strik
ers refused to make any concessions
and after much argument the confer
ence broke up. A oommittee of West
Side car men was waiting to learn the
result and when the failure to reach
an agreement was reported the chair
man said a strike would be ordered
and hurried away.
A committee of strikers waited
upon the Mayor early in the evening
to complain about , the retention of
special detectives to guard the com
pany's barns. TheBe specials, they
argued, were a menace to -life and
they also denied that they were
needed , by the company. The city
Eilire, iaid their chairman, can give
r. Yerkes all the protection he
needs and while they are around
there will be but little danger of any
serious outbreaks. . The committee
left and a short time afterward the
Mayor sent for President Yerkes,
whom he asked to discharge, the de
tective. ' He said he would furnish
enoughpolioemen'to protect the com
pany. Mr. Yerkes promptly acquiesced in
the request, and the specials were
supplanted by regular police.
It is said this morning that the ex
ecutive oommittee of the South Side
Railway organization has tendered
the North and West Side strikers fi
nancial assistance if necessary.
" Tarfcera,
Oor, of the Newt and Observer.
Tabbobo, N. C, Oot. 8.
C. A. Cooke and Col. Martin spoke
here today to a crowd of colored peo
pie. air. uooke spoke one hour and
a naif. , Air. Martin not quite so long
Bom -gentlemen ' expressed them
selves, of course, as certain of the
election of the national and State
tickets. .'
xnerenas been considerable con
a . a .
fusion in county politics here among
the Republicans owing to the with'
arawai oi uobo from the campaign
for the office of sheriff. As will be
remembered, Cobb and Kilibrew were
both in the field, each claiming to be
tne regular nominee of the party.
Mr. Cobb expressed : a desire to with
draw. He came out in a card to that
effect some time ago. He is now
charged with having sold out to Kili
brew, Humphrey & Co., as you see
from tne enclosed handbill, which is
being freely circulated here :
; A PBTVATX CASS!
$500.
Received of W. W. Watson for L.
W. Humphrey Five hundred dol
lars, re imbursement money. This
21st Sept. 1888.
j Joseph Cobb
To my many friend and support
ers: Today for sufficient reason, fl
withdraw from the contest for sheriff
of Edgecombe county, as a Republi
can', and thanking my many friends
for their support, but am too old to
enter a contest tot political office
with no candidates in the field on the
Republican ticket. I must decline
for reasons such as the action of the
Republican convention here assem
bled August 10th and 11th, who
nominated inferior men for the most
important offices to be held by the
ReDublic&ns.
In declining to be a candidate I do
say emphatically I shall take no part
in this campaign, but support tbe
beet meb for the places they aspire.
have the honor to be
Your obedient servant,
JoeiPH Cobb.
Mr. Cobb denies that he sold out
The facts, he says, are these:
When Humphrey heard that he
(Cobb) was thinking of withdrawing
he (Humphrey) offered to reimburse
bun to tbe amount of his expenditures,
say about fire hundred dollars, which
Mr. Cobb accepted and withdrew.
Mr. Cobb does not deny this, and
say" he feels that he has done noth
ing worthy of censure. As Mr. Cobb
is now out of politics his friends hope
he will stay out.
Rev. J. A. Leslie, pastor of the Mis
sionary Baptist church here, closed a
very: successful meeting at Mildred
last Sunday. A dozen people were
baptized by him last Sunday after
noon, in tne river at renuy jam, in
the presence of an immense crowd of
people. Mr. Leslie had the assistance
at ainerent times or Rev. j. D. Hut
ham of Scotland Neck and Rev. J. W.
Powell of Rocky Mount At the close
of the service last Sunday night the
sum of nearly four hundred dollars
was quickly subscribed to build a
chapel at Mildred, i
Mr. J. r . Shackleford's knitting faC
tory js in full operation. ThOv cotton
factory is progressing raoidly-
' A little child of oor townsman, J
H. Bell, Was buried today from tbe
Missionary Baptist church.
Mr. Powderly, in a private letter
to a prominent Knight of Labor in
I nttsburr, JTa, says that the Repub
lieans tried to buy him la 1881 a ad
again this year.'
ASRKTlLX.su
6BBAT PAX rOB aOtTHODISJI IX TBB
XOUXTATX METBOPOLIS.
Cor. of the Newt and Observer.
Ashxvtixb, N. O, Oct 8.
Yesterday was a great day for
Methodism in Asheville. Nearly all
the pulpits of the city and vicinity
were supplied with clencAl members
of the Conference. At the Central
church Bishop Hargrove preached in
the morning ; Rev. C S. Wiley in the
afternoon, and Revs. Ooke Smith and
Johnson in the evening at a mission
ary mass-meeting. Methodist preach
ers ministered at the following
churches and chapels: Riverside,
North Asheville, College Street
Northern M. E . Presbyterian, First
Baptist Second Baptist, Christian,
Second Baptist (colored), A. M. E.
Zion, Beaverdam, Trinity, Weaver
ville, Balm .Grove and Henderson-
ville. The servioes were for the most
part largely attended.
I he greatest .preacher in the as
semblage is Rev. A. Coke Smith, of
Spartanburg; s. U. tie preached a
powerful sermon at the Presbyterian
churvh in the morning on the old and
new covenants, and delivered a stir
ring, eloquent, and effective address
on missions at the Central church
mass-meeting in the evening. He is
a man of striking personal appear
ancetall, straight spare-built, with
dark features and jet black hair. He
has a commanding voice sonorous,
clear, far-reaching, perfectly modu
lated as the tones of an organ, and
ranging from the lowest to the high
est pitch with readiest facility. He
is earnest and animated, free in ges
ture, and thoroughly graceful in de
livery, it is his first appearance in
the pulpits of this city, and he has
made a profound impression on the
religious community. There are a
number of able and eloquent divines
present, but none with the splendid
oratorical gifts of this young and
brilliant preacher. He is now a pro-
lessor in Wofford College. He is the
son of the late Rev. Whitefoord
Smith, who was one of the strongest
pulpit orators of the South in his
day.
The Republicans Failed to Appear.
Cor. of tbe News and Observer.
Wakb Fobzst, N- O, Oct 8.
Knowing that the Republicans had
refesed a joint canvass in this county
ana tnat they were making a cam
paign of alander and. misrepresenta
tion, quite a number of the students
of Wake Forest college, went to For
estalls, a mile from the college, on
Saturday nizht at which place the
Republican county candidates had an
appointment to speak, determined
that their slanders should not go un
noticed nor their arguments unan
swered. Arrived at Forestville they
waited for the Republican speakers,
intending to compel a division of
time, but no Republican speaker ap
peared, and it is to be supposed, as
they had spoken at Rolesville during
tbe day that either in keeping with
the principles of their party and the
practices of their leader in this .State
they had made whiskey free and were
hora du combat or were afraid to
meet the young Democratic speakers
who were there to meet them.
After waiting some time for their
appearance, Mr. U. Al. onaw made a
short speech and introduced Mr. R.
ij. JDurns, who made a convincing
tariff speech. After him, Messrs. to . It.
Merrit and J. E. White made ringing
Democrauo speeches. Mr. Bedding'
field, who is one of the Democratic
nominees for the House, being pres
ent, was called oat and made a forci
ble and practical speech on the issues
oi the campaign. Jar. Ueddingneld
is a young man, a farmer, and a suc
cessful one. The people of Wake
county ought to elect him. The
young men are enthusiastically Dem
ocratio here, and always surround tbe
train and cheer Judge Fowle when he
passes.
Sttoxbt.
Oub esteemed
friend
Mr.
B. B.
Winborne of Murfreesboro writes
3-.
us to the effect that Levi P. Morton,
Republican candidate for Vice-Presi
dent, is in his own person interested
in the special tax bonds and is press
ing the tax bond suit We have
shown this to the readers of the
News and Obsxbvxb time and again.
As Mr. Winborne says the suit is
brought by Morton, Bliss Sc. Co. as
owner and holder of coupons Ac.
and Levi P. Morton, once Moses P.
Levi, is the senior member of the
firm. Morton is undoubtedly the
owner of a portion if not all of the
principal and interest to about
$30,000,000 and for which the people
oi worth Uarolina have never re
ceived any consideration, and he it is
who is seeking to use the courts to
compel the tax-payers of the State
to pay these infamous legacies of
Radicalism. And the case may be
taken up in the Supreme court at
Washington tomorrow!
Mr. Gudokb made an admirable ad
dress last night logical, clear, elo
quent, convincing. It ought to have
made votes if it didn't. It showed
the dodger Pritchard, the leader of
tbe Republicans against aiding our
disabled veterans, the lawyer Radical
candidate for Lieutenant-Governor,
in his true colors, holding him up to
the contempt be deserves. It is safe
to say the dodger will not be able to
dodge him much longer, and that he
will suffer merited castigation at his
hands wherever he (the dodger) may
appear. The campaign of misrepre
sentation and slander of the Radicals
will not avail the negro party much.
It is being exposed with terrible ef
fect for them by the champions of
Democracy.
Wx print with, great pleasure the
announcement elsewhere made by
Chairman W hi taker to the effect that
Gov. Scales will enter the campaign
Monday acd will speak almost every
day thereafter until the election. He
will be accompanied part of the time
by Hon. Geo. W. Sanderlin, and the
remainder by some other distm
guished speaker hereafter to be
anj&otmead.
DURHAM ASTIR.
DWELLINGS, FACTORIES AND
STORES GAY WITH BUNT
ING. TBS OBBAT XXPOSmOX TO OPKX TODAY
TBB TBOU8AXDS VISITORS XX
PEOTXD THX0ITT SrBXAP
rXO IT8XLT.
Special to the Hews and Observer.
Durham, N. O, Oet 9th, '83.
Durham is astir today. The dwell
ings, lactones and stores are gay
with flags and bunting. The ware-
bouses are filled with ladies and
workmen preparing the stands for
exhibits and decorating the walls.
The Exposition opens tomorrow. Wed
nesday, and will be tbe greatest event
of its kind that ever happened in the
State a history. No expense has been
spared and everything is on a grand
scale of .magnificence. Fifty floats
take part in the trades display to
morrow. They are gorgeous and
costly. The indications are that the
crowd will be immense. Accommo
dations are provided for ten thousand
Seople. Special trains run from all
irections. Telegrams have been re
ceived from General Gordon, Sena
tors Ransom and Vance, announcing
their coming. Sunset Cox, 1 Wade
Hampton and John W. Daniel have
promised to attend. Durham is
spreading herself. It will be a won
derful display.
H. K. B. Plmafara."
As announced in our advertising
columns, this beautiful opera will be
presented at Metropolitan Hall next
Thursday evening for the benefit of
St John's Hospital. Everything
points to a brilliant revival of the de
lightful opera. Tbe east for the prin
cipal parts is as strong as tbe musical
and dramatic talent of the city can
make it ; the chorus good and effect
ive. Tbe role of "Josephine, the
Captain's Daughter," will be filled by
the same young lady who lately made
so charming a debut as "Phyllis, tbe
Shepherd Maiden.1 St Mary's
school, always forward in every
good word and work, furnishes
WRnLtwonn" anrl Wflnnain Haha"
in the persons, respectively, of the
accomplished head of its department
of vocal music, and of another of its
musical faculty, whose noble contralto
voice will be heard for the first time
on our stage. A young gentleman
well-known in insurance circles makes
his debut as Ralph Rackstraw, and
will make melodious love in the tenor
clef, ihe clever comedian who does
everything well that he undertakes,
and who has covered . himself with
laurels as the Lord High Chancellor
and in half a dozen other roles upon
our stage, will find ample room for
his fine powers as Sir Joseph Porter,
iuB. Tbe University furnishes a
scholarly Dick Deadeye, whose fine
bass voice will be heard for the first
time in the lines ot that first-rate
part Of Capt Corcoran it is only
neeessray to say that be is the same
highly accomplished gentleman who
walked the deck of the good ship
Pinafore as its Captain ten years ago.
The Boatswain is a "sure-enough"
Englishman; the crew, as gallant a
set of tars as heart could wish; and
Sir Joseph's "sisters and his cousins
and his aunts, will present an array
of loveliness in yachting oostumes
which might well drive the entire
British Navy to the verge of distrac
tion. Mr. A. P. Bryan is business mana
ger, and Uol. W. to. Anderson treas
urer. Every dollar Over and above
the expenses absolutely necessary in
putting the opera properly on the
stage will go to St John's Hospital.
The Hospital sorely needs it For
sweet charity's sake give them a full
house. You will get the worth of
your money in good, healthy fun and
lovely music, and contribute at the
same time to a cause that ought to
be dose to the hearts of all of us.
A number of our ma ms have
kindly given their serviot.nd have
organized a most efficient orchestra.
Pardonie .
Cora Wright, oonvicted in Edge
combe county of infanticide and sen
tenced to bejunged Nov. 2nd, was
yesterday granted a commutation by
tbe Governor and her sentence
changed to a term of life imprison
ment Commutation was granted in
consideration of the fact that the
Judge, the solicitor and the jury
asked it on the ground that the wo
man was used as a witness against an
accomplice and that her mind was so
weak as to render her irresponsible.
It was a very distinguished honor
paid Senator Vance that he should
have been chosen to open the discus
sion on the Democratic side of the
Republican tariff bill but it was an
honor well bestowed as was abund
antly proven by the great speech of
which we f printed a resume yester
day. The distinguished Senator
stands among the first men of the
country in knowledge of this tariff
matter and speaks with great power
thereon in the people's interest
always.
Ureljr Times A band.
With Anna Dickinson stumping In
diana for Harrison and . Morton and
Don M. Dickinson preparing to take
the stump in Michigan for Cleveland,
it looks as if times were going to be
very lively soon about eight de
grees of longitude west of Washing
ton. To the young face Possoai's Complex
ion Powder gives fresher charms, to the
old renewed youth. Try it
Fresh oocoanuts, oranges, lemons.
eta, etc, at Stronach's.
Concord and Delaware grapep, ten
pound baskets, 75 cts., at Stronach's.
mm mi ii.
It will pay you to inspect Whiting
Bros.' stock of clothing, hats, shoes,
underwear, Sec, before buying else
where as tbe goods taust be sold to
pay off creditors.
Stamps Ve Dxvxaxux,
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ANNIHILATED BY BIS AKTMJONIBT.
Cor. of the Hews and Observer.
. Pbbstobvixlb, N. a, Oct 6, j88.
The joint canvass between CoL J.
T. Morehead and Hon. John M.
B rower commenced here Monday.
There was a good audience composed
almost exclusively of white men. The
discussion was opened at 2 o'clock by
Mr. Brower, whose speech was the
most remarkable over delivered by
a candidate for Congress.lt consisted
of misrepresentations and mis state
ments from end to end. He flourished
a lot of buncombe bills,some of which
were written by another man and
others copied, according to his own
admission. He alsc exhibited a num
ber of printed resolutions which he
had offered in Congress, calling upon
the oommittee on ways and means to
report his "buncombe bills." It was
in regard to one of these resolutions
that his most absurd story was
told. Said he: "I went to Tom Reed
and Joe Cannon, the two Republican
members cf the Oommittee on Rules,
and got them to promise to re
port on this resolution to
call up my bill for abolishing
tbe internal revenue taxes. But there
were three Democratic members of
that committee, Carlisle, Mills and
Randall. So I had to get one of them
to take sides with Reed and Cannon
in order to get a favorable report. I
therefore went to Mr. Sowden, of
Pennsylvania, and got him to ap-
firoach Mr. Randall on the subject
or me. But Mr. Randall said to Mr.
Sowden : "Tell Brower I am in sym
pathy with his resolution, but in or
der to have myself placed on the oom
mittee on rules I had to promise Mr.
Carlisle that I would not agree to re
port any resolution without his con
sent" When Brower was uttering
this slander against Randall and Car
lisle in order to magnify his own im
portance, he looked at me, and as he
saw me taking down his words he
trembled and faltered, and stammered
like a perjurer on the witness stand
He knew that in charging Mr. Ran
dall with a surrender of his inde
pendence in order to secure an ap
pointment for himself, he was utter
ing a falsehood. I do trust that Mr.
Randall will say over his Own signa
ture whether be ever made any such
statement to Mr. Sowden.. I trust
that Mr. Sowden will say whether he
ever communicated any such state
ment to Mr. Brower. Let the slan
derer be exposed as he ought to be.
This part of Brower's speech was in
keeping with the rest - He claimed
that lie had forced Mr. Mills
to incorporate into the Mills bill the
provisions relating to the internal
revenue, and that he was the author
of those provisions; that it was Brow
er's bill which Mills had taken bodily
into the Democratic measure. .Now,
I wrote that bill which Brower boasts
so, much about There is nothing
original in it but the preamble. Hun
dreds of such bills had been intro
duced by Democrats, Mr. Henderson
was the author of one of them, and
his bill was incorporated into the
Mills bill not Brower's.
He claimed that although he had
voted for the Mills bill, he was a pro
tectionist He raved about the Blair
bill, and said that be had introduced
a similar bill, which he admitted was
a verbatim copy of Mr. Blair's. He
strongly commiserated the farmers
who, the said, "were devilin' 'roun in
the terbacker patch while Democratic
officeholders were gettin' rich," and
in conclusion he made several, char
es against Col. Morehead which he
mly believed would anninuate tne
Colonel.
At three o'clock CoL Morehead be
gan to speak in reply. He pro
nounced nearly all of Brower's char
ges to be absolutely false. He ad
mitted that he had voted for a negro
to be assistant door-keeper of tbe
Senate, to clean spittoon, make
fires, sweep, and wait oa white
men. He said that was what negroes
were boilt for. 'But he declared that
he had in voting for, that negro only
made a choice between a decent sort
of negro and a Radical free negro.
He then charged that Brower had
voted for a negro to be a town com
missioner of Mt Airy against a. re
spectable white man. Brower admit
ted the truth of the charge, but tried
to excuse his vote by sarin
Z that
"Mt Airy was only a Uttlo oue-horse
town;" whereupon Morehead literally
excoriated the sniveling slanderer of
his own townspeople, whose affairs
he had tried to commit to the hands
of a negro officer.
Morehead tb charged that Brower
had voted for a peremptory stock-law
for a part of Iredell county. Brower
neither admitted nor denied tbe
charge; but Morehead proved it by
the record.
Coming to Brower's record in Con
gress he showed that while Brower
had failed to secure the passage i of
a single measure for the benefit of
his own constituents, he had got one
little bill passed for the relief ! of
somebody in Kentucky, and another
for the' relief of somebody in Mary
land two trivial war claims in which
our people had no more interest than
they have in the wages of the man; in
the moon. In fact, he showed that,' as
a statesman, Brower was a most ridic
ulous and contemptible failure, and
that as a politician he was an ignorant,
Eresumptuous, treacherous, snd false
earted demagogue, without one re
deeming trait of character a candi
date for whom even the Republican
party had denied all responsibility in
a set of formal resolutions the re
cognized candidate of no party, but
the candidate of the negro raoe, and
one unfit to lead even that race,
"largely savage", though it be.- .This
part of his speech was interlarded
with many humorous and pointed an
ecdotes which kept the crowd in a
roar of laughter . and applause in
which men of both parties heartily
joined.
The Colonel next proceeded to dis
cuss the principles and the legislative
and administrative achievements of
the two parties both in national and
State affairs, touching upon the tariff,
tbe internal revenue, the public lands,
tbe Blab? bill, cffioi&l appointments,
the public debt, the county .government
system. State taxes, &0-, all of which
- ' ... ahuaaaa: . -
he handled with a degree of abUity
and fairness which convinced and ear
tirated the entire audience. The effect
on the people was so apparent thai
Brower announced the expiration of
his time seventeen minutes before it
had really expired. Morehead would
not dispute with him about it how
ever, and sat down amidst prolonged
and enthusiastic applause.
Brower's rejoinder was a confused
and silly mass of misrepresentation
which disgusted everybody- -an igno
minious failure which served only to
emphasize his pusillanimity. He was
listened to with contemptuous si
lence, and closed the first day of the
joint canvass without eliciting even a ,
hint of applause from beginning to s
end There were many Republicans
present but they were white men,
many of them intelligent men, and
they were evidently too much dis-.
gusted with Brower to give him even .
the semblance of a recognition. .
Morehead concluded the debate in
triumph. He had won a complete
victory in his first speech, and now he
sought only to confirm the good im
pression he had already made by a
strict recapitulation and a brilliant
illustration and enfercement of his
arguments. When he had finished
speaking the people thronged around
him to shake his hand in congratula-
tion and assure him of their cordisl
support, while Brower wended bis
solitary way to his buggy and set off
for Danbnry. Even I felt sorry for
him.
t "Pity thee Soldo;
I pity the dumb victim at the altar ;
But does the robed priest for his pity
falter?"
I pity the stammering criminal at
the altar; but does the judge for pity
hesitate to pronounce the sentence of
the law t
"Lay on. McDufT: .
And damned bs he who first cries
enough."
hold,
RXOTTLCS.
Public Speaking-,
Hon. A. M. Scales will address the
people on the issues of the campaign
at the following places and times:
Reidsville, Rockingham county,
Monday, Oct 15.
Oobal's, Guilford county, Saturday,
Oct 20. 3
Walnut Cove, Stokes county, Mon
day, Oct 22.
Mt Airy, Surry county, Tuesday,
Oct 23.
Baffin, Rockingham county, Mon
day, Oct 29. '
Randleman. Randolph county,
Wednesday, Oct 31.
Liberty, Randolph county, Thurs
day, Nov. 1.
Yadkinjille, Yadkin county, Satur
day, Nov! 3.
Jamestown, Guilford county, Mon
day, Nov. 5..
Hon. George W. Sanderlin will also
be present at Reidsville, Baffin, Ban
dleman, Yadkin ville and Jamestown,
and some other distinguished speaker
hereafter to be "Darned will be with
Got. Scales at Oobal's, Walnut Cove,
Mt' Airy and Liberty.
The local committees are urged to
advertise these appointments by hand
bills and otherwise. I
Spier Wbxtaxxb,
Ohm'n Dem. State Ex. Com.
ADVTCX TO MOTHKK8.
Mrs. Wlnstow's Soothing Syrup should always
be ased when children are eotttns teeth. It re
lieves the little sufferer at once, it produces nat
ural, quiet sleep by relieving the children trom
pain, and the Little cherub awakes as "bright as
a button." It Is very pleasant to taste soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays all pains, re
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known remedy for diarrhoMLwbether rising from
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CBeap Feet-Wear.
Heller Bros, are pleased to inform
the public that they are daily receiv
ing portions of their immense fall
stock from the most reliable manna
facturers. Among the shoes already
received, they have selected the fol
lowing as leaders, and will make spe
cial prices: To begin with, we will
mention our $2.13 ladies kid button '
shoe, equal to most shoes offered in
this market for $3. We have them
in all sizes and widths and in narrow -,
or wide toes. Can furnish them with
Ktent Leather tips if so desired. We5
ve also received a large stock of
gents' hand sewed Congress bals and
button which will be sold for $4.75.
If you wish to see a real bargain ask
to see tbe "$4.75 band sewed shoe."
We: have just received a complete
line of 'W. L. Douglas" and "Hel
ler's" ever popular $3 shoes in all
styles, etc., for gents wear.
If you wish to purchase a trunk
and wish to see a complete line of
trunks, do not forget that we have
the largest stock of trunks as'Well as
valises, travelling bag, etc, in the
State.
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131 Fayetteville streetj
Raleigh, N. C
Sea Fowl Guano, Acid Phosphate
Kaihit and Blue Grass Fertilizer, at
I. Stboxaoh's.
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Delaware and Martha grapes, five
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A weak girl baby born at the Wardf
Island, N- Y., immigration hospitsl
has been kept alive for thirty days i
an incubator.
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