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I.---" j-cLinjT .in' Ratine its is i:ot iit-ee kary mil iiouIu inctt an in- int pro'ejif. i .lo.sej h . witlioiit rlris n:izv-i:tu!i Jroeli. will rs a ri nit nhil iniiituiH'stiii igiye, ami Vi.e ieojuiclasts'niiiiht :s well "O on 'now ai l lie u jep'jit, l he hv it nis'. rlinl Mis i'otipl vr. " -France aiul (Jliim are plain am,! any ; J,) : Ktli: VI V. 'l ill i.Ji ;.t. ...u ...... ll.ty 'Hinv-.niav. tell the Torhl. that .iiiCTWii countries have ibined com- , li.ti. It appears tbat hina, has ;:' . -beeii endeavoring to Jiavfj the tron- file settled hy outside arbitration ftjiiicriiiterests .of commerce,' but : ryanc" has taken such positive ground that " iiegoti:itipns 4mve j ; provpn jto be) Anitless. J.Vir hope I ;Htvj;peiicetul adjusthieut' of the , iTifticuIty has not yet vaisislied, but r Jhe French; in their preparations, seem to take war for granted, and 'i-rioiiythovcments in Tonquin are .of i ; 4Miich ji nature that China must j, tight or surrender her pretensions. -! - ; - - - ' .. . ;. oHllirl of tate amt, l'odcial Courts. lAU importaujfc point tohching the ! lonflict between-fedeial and State "y I'u'isuictioir'was yesterdjay settled .1 ly "the ITiiited "States Supreme Point. - The; HiU Mamifacturing t'o'mnanv, of lioston, brought suit . .,iit the Supreme : Court of Massa-rovidence f liusetts agiiinst the r and New. York Seanish p omia- ; ny to: recover, tfie. value of good: bnriieil on one of the detehdant's KteaiiH 'rs; TjUe steimshiU com pan y also began proceedings in the Unit ed States pistrict Court in, New York to 1 nil it its liabijity under , tluv actmf Congtess of 18.11. The . '-"eompaiiy was " shc'cessfnl. iii this : suit, afid the court entered a decree ilii .-bidding .the owners .of... the burn'' edirooils to prosecute their claims ; . further. I Thei Hill eomiiany, how- ii'v;r, pushed its ease, fh Jlassaeh'u- keites, aiid-obtained jufl gmeiit in is favoj'i ..The Supreni - thyiijiifed States- iuiw Court of. stts asijde- this iddirinent. holdinjr that the . United t'ates Court had full juris: Uetion bf'fhe matter under the act of 1851,' aint t Was superior hat this jihisdiction to that of thv Su- pfeniiL'ourt of 3asaehusetts. - i'l'liejlteiHiliIican Candidates. .v -r There Is a good deal of 'anxiety Jn cek t a n quarters over - the fact that the, Kepiiblie:rns have, adopted ' t he old method of electingdelegates til tile liextpNatienal Convention - by Cpngtess districts, each district 'acting iiidei)ciidently of 11 the others, ilow will 1 his afloct some, pi pniinent candidates who arc see k iu. the nomination f j ; j : At has always been the rule in the , ;4w-iiubli can party that a candidate suld not receive' the itoininatibu unless he 'an get the unanimous: j Voi.e, f t lUv tlejlegates fro in his owii! '' State i This test Jof, home strength, "will not be relaxedat tlie Chicago Convention'. ;j ' J ' ' -toga!! mailjv1 despei-ajte etfort to ctarry Illinoi tor ;Craht i!ii the. ConL Vention- of 1880, but neailly half the ib ?e gates' from that,-. Stake refused :. to follow Logan's lead, t .l.ogan is .now 'a candidate Under the dtst fare imv better l ii-i plan will hi t h:;n w hen fig'htiJig (irant's battle I le will eijtrounte jr: Illinois, Who powerful rivals will capture .and ic delegates, and lud'd a shin e Of t ttnislireak lJorans unitl rule and I . : - ; " - destrohis chances I f John Sherman of success.- . A 1 n , conies . to me ; 1 run t n i ( liitr,l h e w i 11 dqubt less lose several districts, whose ('delegates will adhere to thein lavorities to the end of the struggle. In.portions of tin State-Ufaine .is stronger thaii 4 Sherman.. -: f " . . vj Asfto Klaine!: if he ges before 'j- tlie tjon vent ioU, lie c,ouId lMyor;d Question deoeiid! lipon the solid ' vote iif Maine Iroiii the, beginniug f Ut the close of the struggle. Rnt ' Maine alone is a small ;weight to c f hroAV ino so broad a seilt1 1 a i--.rtiiur: isa;ca4nimaie. .j ii-'I' iShepard and J. A. Garland, .ew. j ii yhi New York is divided.) Hie Half j Yo,-k; A: J. CairOn, BaltimtreR ;lj . v iJreedsta.lk smoothly, but they arM v ('0-MiiUf'Nnw Glasgow,! Va. O - pirtsetl to him, and will elect al h i tihu-kfo i.l. Lvnchburir.! Va.J W - t . : . - i . i rw" i . mL- i i i The deleirates they can ami throw ' theml against him at the . cal ihoihent. In their ;ile Stalwarts" were able 7 oulvHl two Thirds of the most critij best day. to secure delegate iVpnt pS'ew, York,. :nid Ailhur is not WAivnii fa vorite of soine nromiiuMii Stalw-.irts. Blaine's friends hope to caml a third of the New York de legates, and those they get will be f a kind that will sHek to htm follow his lortunes. ud v Arthur's supporters ta.k- coiiint ' entlj-. Tliey seem to; rely much. on the use of -tliej Federal patronage to carry him When reiuinded of the failure of,John Tyler ami Andrcy i 1825. Johuson to ret si rciioiui nation by tins incaiis, ; tht'.v cases arc not a!il; reply, that,' the went back on the party tbat clt-et- cl tliem to tlm r!ce-Iivsii!en?y, out ArthniLhas not. ; The chswii from the oM nit!i.)l of electing; Ie!egates lias ilamnenetl the hopes t several Ilejmblicaii aspmuits, and i causing much dis ciission aii:ong ireimbliean polii le ans. The Pool-skinner Cwiitcsi. r .Mr. Tool hits .served notice on congressman Skinner 4h:it he will contest his se:-t in the House upon the 'olliiwiii "toHiids :- 1. That thi proclamation of the (jrovernoi cniliLg the election direct ed it to be held in the district es tablished liy the Legislature at the last session beginning last JauiN ary, ,-which district iricludetl the I county ii uarteret and did j not in elude the county of Bertie, wherea I he1 election should have been hel m ine disti let iis it existed previous to tbe, reapportionment; -that estim ating tint vote of lU-rlie. county from the record for the ; past- ten years it would, have given a major ity of not less than COO against; the' conlestee, and "that it was detached from. the 1st disfrictby the Legisla ture for the known reason that it woulu give such a majority. .2. That in certain precincts 'naSned in Pitt county, frauds and irregularities were practiced and votes were thrown out tipoh4'rivol ous pretexts, changing; the result of the: election. . ! M - The contestant avers that if the frauds and irregularities be correct ed and the vote counted as it was cast or meant to be cast, it will ap l)ear that he tnid not the cohtestee is entitlvjl to the seat in qujstion. , ltepudiating Kcifer's Icalerh!pk The liepublicau side of the House iu a very emphatic maimer, decided Wednesday not to follow j the at tempted leadership of ex-Speaker Keiler. W hen the nonse met on the first day of its session JVIr. Keifer undertook to assume the leadership of the minority. There was some objection to it heard then oh the liepublicau side, but the .op position did not crystallize until, Wednesday afternoon. It was Mr.' Keifer, who, on MondaV last, ob jected to the swearing 'in of Mr. Skinner as a member from1 the first district of North Carolina. ; Wed nesday he insisted on following up the position he then took, and com4 pelling'Mr. Skiirtier to - wait for a report from the committee, on elec tion, lielford, of Colorado, lead the break on the liepublicau side He said 3Ir. Skinner had the Govern or's, certificate, and Lad as much right to bo sworn in as, had 3Ir. Keifer himself. or anf otlier. mem ber; that it was dangerous to inter-, fere with, a Governor's certificate. Hiscock. of New York, j followed;; taking a si miliar position, and soon; afterwards lieed, of IMaine, indorse! ed the views ofX)oth,!and ieiveu went i step, further. They all argued that Mr. Skinner should be sworn in ami that his rights in the matter could be considered afterwards by the election committee. Mr. Keifer was urged by several leading lle livblicans to withdraw his opposi tion, and was about doing so when Mr. Hiscock said he dejnanded a vote on his substitute, .Which al lowed Mr. Skinner to bej sworn in. With the exception of two votes the entire Republican - side of the House voted with Mr. Hiscock and against Keifer. It xrasjtlie most severe turning-down a elf-constituted leader ever received in the House, and was done in such man, ner it could not be misunderstood. The Virginia, Midland Railroad. The-annnal meeting of; the stock holders of' the Virginia Midland railrcnd was held in Alexandria, Wednesday. Gen. W, II. PayneJ presided and Col. L. AV . Iieid acted as secretary. The report Jofpie president of the company, ! thfl Jolin S Barbour, ' and directors, was submitted. It showed that the gross earnings of 'the road for the iiscal year ended September 3D, lSS3,fwere $1,004,201.04. Of this amount $(KG,lU4.67-.was expended in the operation of the road, $4SG, ;JoS.27'in interest and rentals, $74, 1)77.01 iu construction, 44,380.33 in equipment and ."44.7o for re pairs.to the Union, street, Alexan j drialeifving a balance of $101, 1 43.01. Ascompared.with the pre viously ear the gross earnings shov an -increase of ' 172,1? 73.35, while the'expeiises were only increased 811,078.44 Diiriiig the year'828, 151)0 passengers were' transported, nil increase of L'2,0 12 as compared y i t h (lie ..previous year The re port recommends. The building .of a grain elevator at Alexander, iu or-, der to .properly; handle the gnin carried on. the road. The report was accepted a ml referred toj the incoming board .of directors, iwith power to cany into-effect any. of the m'oiiuiiendat ions therein made. i .Tlie-. election ot officers was then proceeded witli, : wheii Hon. John S Barbour was unanimously rer elected presMlentaml tlie follow ing also unanimously elected) di rectors for the ensuing year : Geo. S. Scott, George F. Baker, Calvin S. Brice, W. P. Clyde, John Mc ? iici iii'V. Georire Parsons, A.! D. T Loiiell, I rouf lioyul, V a.; A. o. 15uford aiuli James Brvair, Rich niiiiid, Va., and C. G 'Ilollanil, liinviHe.jj X--'--- . i rTiiet!dcst'losilma;er.. -"' Air examination ot .the records of the Post office Department ishOws that Mr iiejiry Beanlsley.ofjNiirtii Lansiuir. New YoVkv is the senior N jiostmaster in the service. He has lit bl his office since June, 1S2S, hav ing servel all of .that time under his original j commission. .The Ioudsmeii that he gave have been dead for nearly forty-years. II Pavne, aueiiton, a.; J I Conffressloual. t.",U i The Senate, on the 19th; of De cember, liscns:el the new rules.! i i A bill adopting tlie meantime of the seventi'-fiftj'l meridian as the standard I time of .the District of Columbia1 was reiMiriecl from- the eommitrei; ami auopreti wuuoutie I ate. . I Inthe House." Mr. Scales, o North Carolina, presented the cer tilicate of election or Thomas lr Skinner, representative elect, frun from the first district of NortI Ciirolitia., , After the; reading of tu' certificate,! Keiter, of Ohio, offere a resolution reciting-tnaf at ine November election V . U. l'ooi was elected! sis. I a rei)resentative fnh the first district Of North Carolina that he died August 25, 1S83, that since tjie electiOit of Pool the leg lslature redtstricted the btate am created a new first i district, tha the -Governor of North CaroliiUi ordered an I election ! by virtue - o which Skinner claims a seat, am that to; admit him would leave on countVf : without representation. while another county would have i wo representatives,; aim re Skinners credentials;. to. ..the com mittee on elections , with power to ii.vveiiuui iiiu report si i me iaers pertaining to tho vacancy and the J.- . "...1 ' : .t. r : election to fill the same. i Keifer contended that the resoi- lution presented a-fltiestion whicli should be inquired ibto bythecomp mittee on v elections,! and asserted that the paper read I could not b called h certificate at all within the meaning of the rules which have prevailed in the House. The very fact that the paper bore date of December 13, 18S3, suggested thai it had post a. good deil of trouble! time aiid mental anxiety to get a pal per which would not show what the) law required should be showii. As a matter of fact, there had not been a vacancy in the district which Skinner claim pd to repre sent. He quoted from precedents to .snow that in cases or vacancyj when in the interim between the, first and second e ections, the State had been redistricted, the second election had been held id the old district and not as in the pending case in the new. - ! There was, he admitted, a piece dent to be found in j the Perkins case in the 3 1st ; Congress which might be cited to; strengthen Skiu-j ncrs position. Perkins was elect ed irom a new district to fill a va cancy occurring in an! Old district! ami he was admitted to his seat by a vote of 98 to 9pi biit the authori ties -presented grave reasons for: questioning the soundness of that decision. I-H Scales, of North Carolina, out lined the history f the case 'and contended that tpere was no reason why suspicion should attach to, the act that the certificate bore date of the 13th of December, 18S3, be cause the canvassing board did not meet aud act until tbat day. There was no weight in the; claim that! the paper.read was not a certificate of election" It was a commission to Skinner declaring that he had s been duly electeci as the represen tative of the first district-of North Carolina, and with that commis sion in his hand he came aud in j sisted that he should be accorded mi ogn'' iu me seau, xuere was but one precedent to this liaseJ hat of Perkins, I of New Hamp shire, .cited by the gentleman trom Ohio (Keifer). i Perkins, stanamg m the identic al position in which. Skinner now stood, was sworn Ju and actinjr uu-l der the only precedent known to the law, the Governor of North Carolina had issued his writ. Scales argued at some length that Skiuf- ner presented an invulnerable irtia jacxe case If1 the Douse should lereafter come to the conclusion that Skinner was not entitled o the seat he could be unseated," but it should not deny his prima Jacie right. N . !; . Springer, of Illiuois, waiving an irgument on' the prima facie case which he considered to be perfectly made out, passed on to a brief dis cussion of the merits of the ques tion, contending that the -decision of the Governor of I North Carolina as to the place of holding the elec tion was binding upon the House, and that the election ot Skinner was in accordance witlrthe law of that State. . V ' - . Mills, of Texas, confined himself o a.review-of the precedents m lection cases, assenting that in an unbroken line they showed, that when a member came to the House with ii certificate from the proper authorities, he was j entitled to be sworn. iu. ' !'.:;.':.- ' j -i Bel ford, of Colorado, said; that in the blazing light of; the nineteenth century he thought that the Re publican and Democratic' parties could afford' to be honest. Each had endured as the fortune of the parties had alternated a large num ber of political outrages. They had been practiced on both sides, and it was idle to conceal their comuiit al. Now a gentleman comes. to the House claiming to be a representa tive elect from ;North 'Carolina, bearing a certificate from the Gov ernor of that State.l It was bis de liberate judgment that the gentle man should be sworn in on a prima facie; case, whether he was a Demo crat, Greeubacker or Republican. He thought that the position of the gentleman fromj Ohio (Keifer) was unsound and could be over come with a purely logical answer, and if the House should, set itself up. to ignore, refuse and- repudiate -certificates issued by the Governor ot the respective. States, it was committing a great mistake into which he for' one did not propose to drop. I ''-' ' 'After much debate Mr. Skinner was called to the bar and qualified. A resolution was then adopted,' re ferring the case to a committee. . rThe New Berne Journal says: "We regret to hear that Mrs. Mary Bayard Clark is yet confined to her room with paralysis." GREENSBORO, C, THURSDAY, JANUARYS, 1884.. Heaven Save U, i fBwtoa Pott Colonel W. P. Canady, of North Carolina, the newly electetl ser geant at-arms of tlie Unitel States Senate, defeating Col. Hooker, o Vermont, almost five to one, is an ex-Confederate soldier; a reallive specimen of those terrible, blood thirsty rtbels; a man who Iove( and admired Johnston, Lee and Jackson, nnd even Jeff Davis; in fact. Heaven save I the mark, he used to bate us Yankees with bitter hatred, and some years ago would have hung; and quartered every mother s son j of us if could have had the chance. he It strikes tlie liiitlaml Jlerala as something new. in the Republican party when sin ex-Confederate, hacked by John L. feried to a gallant backed by Geo. F. Logaa, is pre- Union soldier, uiumuds "Papa, what made you go to war?" Jennie, c-liiubinir trom a chxir. Upon my lap. "what did -ou for?" "Papa., ehe urtred, "wliy did you go ?" ; "My child," 1 iid, "I do not know." , But. we can tell tlie Rutland ller aid that.it isn't anything new. Bill Mahoue, a f'rebel brigadier" of un doubted cruelty as a-soldier, and possessing no honor as a politician. is oi iar more account in the lte- publican party to-day than is Geo. F. Edmunds. Look -at Riddleber- ger, another "rebel,"! and a man upon whom the Repnblican party heaps its honors; look at old man i- . i if . . ivey, u ceoei .-ongamer, wnom tue patriotic, pions old lady from Ohio called to the cabinet a fey years i since ; j look at Jas. LoustreetJ ' Guerilla Mosby, " Fort Pillow " Chalmers, and a dozen others ot their ilk all honored and active workers for the republican party. And while hon oring such as these the party would hound to tlie death so grand a sol dier of the union as Gen.Fitz Johu Porter, whose crime is that he is a democrat. 1 ! Mortality in the Forty-eighth Congress. The list of changes that haveal- readj' taken place in the member ship of the Forty-eighth House of Representatives is extraordinary in extent, if not unprecedented. First. in govern oer, uv5, came ine aeatu of Ms. A. Si Herron of Louisiana. who has been succeeded by Mr. E. T. Lewis; next that of Mr. J. T. Up degraff of Ohio, whom Mr: J. D. Taylor succeeded; tieii Mr. J. E. Kenna of West Virginia resigned, and Mr. C. P. Snyder was chosen in his stead; soon after came the death of Mr. T. H. Herudon of Ala bama, whose successor is Mr. J. T. Jones; then j followed, iwithin fouf days ot' each other,! the deaths of 3Ir. W. R. Pool of North Carolina, whose-successor, is Mr.T. G. Skin ner, and Mr. M. - lE.j Cutts of Iowa, in whose place j Mr. J. C. Cook has already been sworn in; while last September came the re signation of 'Mr. John Paul of Vir ginia, and now the list; is further increased by the death Of Mr. D. C. Haskell of Kansas. Here are eight changes, and six of them caused by death, in a House which only came together a fortnight ago. JSo niauy casualtics at so early a date iii the history of a Congress are certainly rare, and perhaps unexampled. , : j 1 ... . i Through to I.eaksvillc. Uanvillo RegL-iter.) The Danville, Mocksville and L. ;W. railroad is uow finished to !Leaksville and we understand that a special train, will go that place .to morrow. . ;The line will be oper ;ated by the Danville & New River railroad . company, land oii next Monday a regular train will be run between Leaksville land Danville, ou a schedule independent of the trains running to Henry . and Pat rick, and arranged with special reference to the convenience of the people of Leakesville and vicinity. These trains will leave Leaksville in the morning, say about 8 a. m., for Danville, and wi'l return in the evening, giving visitors an- oppor tunity to spend several: hours in Danville and go back home the same day. j J " j Heretofore trains ou this ' road have been running to Smith's river only, two miles this! side of Leaks ville. We congratulate the people of that town and surrounding country, as well as I the J people of Danville, upon thisj connection by rail, which will have the effect to establish still closer social and business relations between the communities interested. Eioudoii Disquieted by the Threats . Avenge O'Donnell. to It is reported that the Lord Mai' or has received anonymous letters containing threats to blow up Lo dn Bridge ami Newgate prisojn. The detectives who were withdrawn from the prison after the hanging of O'Donnell have therefore been replaced, and an extra! force of po: lice has been stationed on and about the bridges I toj watch the arches, examine all craft sailing underneath the structure, aud to scrutinize all persons crossing it. In consequence ot threats. made to avenge the execution of Q'Don nell, several armed policemen have been seut to Ha warden Castle, the residence of Mr. I Gladstone, to guard the Prime Minister. The police are closely ! watching the houses of the leading Irish Nation- tioualists in London; ' ' . j ,. Strange, Indeed. ' INew Yorkun.1 i '. . Strange to say, some of the mem bers who supported Carlisle on the tariff issue have introduced bills to abolish the internal revenne system. The Georgia delegation, for instance,! was almost solid in support of Carlisle, aud professed ly because Carlisle represented rev enue reform.! . Yet Georgia; comes forward with a bill to abolish the internal revenue system, and the Georgia delegation say that no po litical measure could be more pop ular in Georgia. This is true, also, to some extent ! in Tennessee, North Carolina, and some other States from which Mr. Carlisle ob tained support. , j ) -j IIow Ton OehUtree has Changed.! National ReMtUkmn.1 1 '' '."There's nothing changes a man iiKe being elected to Congress,", aiu uu aucientineuu of Tom Ochil tree in Wiluutrs the other uicht He and I used to be inseparable wnen no was iu Washington be lore. It was Tom7 and j Joe' be tween us then. He's a member o Congress now and he calls me 'Mr lie used to wear a imisliu shirt with pink and blue horse-shoes on it as biz as trade dollars. He wouh take off his coat and vest, and the peoile would gather in crowds to look at the resplendent shiit while he would play billiards. He never comes into the billiard room and and the other day when I went to his room Ii had to send! up liny wini ursi ue was being ; dressed by four colored boys, bodV-servahts,! he called 'em. One was 'shaving mm, another was putting on socks and be was ordering the other two around the room for a shirt that had more starch in it. and a stiflVr hair-brush and a bottle of perfum ery and a manicure set andaiii em broidered pocket handkerchief. He just sat there and let those four boy 8 dress him. ; i' i - A Bridegroom's Welcome. IF UBioatown (Pa.) Herald. The arrival home with his yonng nnae ot a rant J lieiim, who figur ed! in the sensational wedding in .Baltimore a few days ago, jmarry ing .Miss Zimmerman atter He , was pursued .about, the city several hoars by; his rival, young! Ham mond, of Virginia, was made the occasion of quite an enthusiastic demonstration by his mends. Hel- liu's mother is a step sister of Dnkes and Dukes was the guardian of the Hellin boxs. Williatn,' the youngest, is one of the men . men tioned in Dukes' letter to Captain Nutt. Frank's older brothel, Joei has left here for ""Baltimore,! where he will hunt up young Hammond for the purpose of fighting a duel with him. Joe is a dare-devil fel low, haviug figured in many adveu tures in the West, aud if he meets Hammond trouble will likely en sue. -i i . I ;r St. Ixiuls and Chicago. - . i A review of the building Oiera- tions in St. Louis during tha cur rent year shows that the growth of the city has been steady and uni form. The total number of Imild ings erected during the year was 3,752, of which 2,973 were brick and 7S9 frame, the total cost of the improvements being ?10,423,bOU. Among the grand improvements projected is a family hotel off 2,000 rooms, to be erected on the site of the old Wesleyan Cemetery: The n a in ber of buildings erected in Chicago during the year wlas 2,- 6S4, over 1,000 less-than in St. Louis, but their cost was $15,U4Sr 70O, more than 5,000,000 in excess of St. Louis.! Both cities are mar vels of progress. Possibilities of Cheap Telegraphy Representative Charles Sumner, of California,! who has prepared a great amount! of statistics and in formation on the. question of the Government assuming the . tele graph business by the adoption by Cougress of the postal telegraph, says it now ! costs tue teiegrapn companies but one mill and a half per word to send aud deliver! tele graphic messages, lie Hunks that iu less than . five years after its adoption the postal telegraph would pay almost enough in one year to pay the ordinary expenses cif, the Government by a tariff of five cents for each ten words in mes sages. -'.;.. II - ! I Uhere Prohibition Means Something. Prohibition means something in Pottawatomie county j Kansas. Saloon-keeper Aulen, having been convicted on twenty counts Avas fined $100 on each count, ami on the twenty-first count the Court committed him to jail, to stay until all the money . is paid, oaioon- eeper Shaw, also havingi been convicted on thirteen counts, was sentenced to pay $100 and costs on each count and to spend (thirty days in jail arid stay there till he pays, up. Saloon keeper Pittman got $1,100 fine and a moutii tii jati. Upon twenty dealers the usurc mi posed fines aggregating 87,000 aiid .T000 costs and ninety days in ail. .-!:'- New Channel for Convict Labor. 'The Legislative Committee of the Labor Congress .of New Jersey lave agreetl upon their iroposeu substitute for the system of con tract prison labor. They ask the abolition of the f contract system; that Iwo hoars each dit' shall be devoted to the moral and intellect ual instruction of the inmates; that a portion of the earnings of jpriso ners tobe placed to their credit, lfmr ovnetisps i are deductetl the remainder be paid to their 'wives mid families, and if thev have noiie, f tiwtncl-a nt the. exniratiou lof their term of service. a,J feu v nwv t ; j I - Free Fruit Distillation. 'Senator Brown, of Georgia, has introduced a bill which j repeals all aws nrohibitiug the distillation ot apples or peaches into brandy, or the roanuiaciunng oi w dy from grapes by producers or Owners of fruit or by )iuy distiller who acts as his agent) or who dis tills fruit and receives part of said frnit in oavment of his services ana provides also, for leaving the; ques tion of taxation of sqch products to the States, j The Rush to the Southwest, immigrants from the East are arriving daily in St. Lfmis in strong farce on tlie way to Texas aim otn-; er southwestern and western points. Extra coaches for their accommo dation have been attached to al most all the regular trains, j The general passenger agents, say tuat; they never knew ot ncu oris movements of settlers, and that Texas is largely tho centre ;of at- traction. 4 Eixeeation of the ' Urate, Guilford Soon. Guilford So6irJ the black i brute resectable ; widow lady.' ntpiij in Renoir couuty, was jiuonciy uang: cvt iii Aiuaiuu xcc4 otu.. -Mie uib . ' a ' . . i 4 ' ' I iory oi tue , crime suows it to nave been one of the most brutally devil Uh ou' reciirt."Mrs. Jones, was a wo mau of irreproachable ch and" lived alohe. ,f j aracter t -4 fl , : t ! : uu uie evening ot Jiay eti Guilford Soon went rb Mrs! . Weai hjS&i Jones' after 9 door and knocked.' It was' iii'iiwir nun run uiiv iai nnin. . , v"vj'f,ii. simple cuRtorn of the.fiountry5, where uuiiiim uie is so jnucu resected, of its eompauion. The female rcir had retired . in jerfect security. I cled about in the air for a few; miii- j.ue nonse was an ;m uarthess as tue kuock at tue tuuuireu ii sue am not Know her own son. Thinking it was jihdeed h6r boy, who had beeu; forborne uio nuocuu niir uiHsutMi iiih iionr Minion i lunner aiio. ami admitted - ' , r 1 i.: .-., . r. .. i. uiui, w ituoui. iigutiug -uie lamp, as ue tcpiet in a iu! site closed the aoor. An instant later she was hor rifled and frightened past all power -- . . - . t . - of speech as the burly negro, wild win mussioiu seizeu ner. xue de - tails of the crime, as told jliy the oniorcunaie woman m her evidence, are too horrible tor. publication. J ust before dayligh oa the! morn- iug of May 9, the scoundrel arose and opened the; locked door j of the hoilSe. A frfr (1n!nr tilts lia tncal' mwi tiinn .i naJv- un on;.;ni.;J he stepped back to where the ioor woman lay tremblinsr with ifearl Drawings dirk with a seven inch blade, be told her he would M have to kill her so that she could neve tell the Mory of the crime. ! Givei strengtl by; fear, she sprang out uioii the floor and managed to slip by the negro and get out of the dooi how, she could hardly tell. She ran all the way to the cabin of ;a - negro some hundred yards awayj screaming as she ran. Hearing her voice the negroes opened the door aud admittetl her. She fell ou the floor, faint-with exhaustion ami, fright.' Presently, Vail yiug.she told her pitiful story. She begged the; people to go after boon ami patch! I. Z 1 A. A 1 -- .1 A i L J ? 1' him, but.they said they were afraid 1 and would not go: This occurred! iK'fore dawn. When bright day liirlit iiw fru .liti.ioi u-i.nt i ' ti tlm house of a Mr. Kilpatrick and to! hi in related the facts. Site describ ei ner assailant so wen iuao it was known that it was Guilford Soon.' Guilford Soon was arrested and taken before a justice of the teace. the knite found "pon him was id en tified bv Mrs. Jones. It was found that he had 'robbeir her h iise of $30. and this amount was found iiMin his iersou, f together with a revolver. lie answered the descrip- tioe in every particular. ihree different attempts jwere made to Ivnch hitu, but the lyuch- era were failed by the yigilance-aiid determinetl resistance of the offic ers of the law He was : hanged yesterday in the presence of several thousand people. Boon's father was a murderer. - What Norfolk Hopes For. rChicaao Timee.l Last spring a special party, com posed of Danish and English cap talists, representing 31oO,ooo,ouu, arri-el ' at Baltimore, and after completing arrangements set out for Norfolk and points along Ches apeake Bay, with a viewof deter mining the advisability ot building an air line oerwceii uuicago anu the East. . The idea ! was to erect arge grain elevattirs at Newport News, or a poijit "opposite. Hamp tou Roads, but the Chesapeake aud Ohio and the Norfolk and Western1 eople pre rented the contemplated move, they having large elevators at these seaports. At last fit j was determined' to locate at Norfolk and build au airline between that; city and Chicago, with branches to Washington aud ltichmond. , To this end matters are now uu-; der way. Amoiig the surveys made the one selected is almost an air ine between the termini. .The route. lea vi iii? Chicago, taices a Southeasterly urse, passing thrp' Fort Vjayne, ImT.; Columbus; O.; Parkersburg, V a,; ; atauntou iml Petersburg, -.VV.; and thence to Richmond and Washington; will cave the main line at Petersburg, and another branch to VY ashing ou will be built from Parkersburg. The profile of the road is uowHbe- ng made in rinladeiphia, prepara- trv to letting the work. Jine oi- fice's will be at Walnut Placf, Phih idelphia, until the road is so com- deted, when they will rtmpve- to Chieago. It is the intention ot ine company to make jsonou re port point, and large ! gram jeleva tors will be located there and ! the harl)6r improvements are to divert grain and other export trade from New York, Philadelphia and! Balti more. The route will be the 'short - est between Chicago and the At- antic. It is intended to have com ipfert nreiliniiianej -i fi""t so that the contracts.cau be et bv that time. Something In Name. nna i.r tlm stories iu circulation in Washington is that the Noith Carolina delegation has i called P- shaker Carlisle and urged the appointment of Representative sl-des of that State, as chairman f the committee i on coinage, ti-eiirhts and measures. Among other considerations it was claimeil i.t i.; a name soeciallv fitted him for the place. It was said that Mr. Carlisle replied thathehadthoaiht that Mr. Scales' name sjeciany fitted him for tbe position of chair man ot the special , committed Jon the fishery question, but that; the recommendations of the delegation would have speeial weight. Sifik er Carlisle says Le has received a number of , suggestions that Mr. Afrti.v. of Mississippi, would (be for the same reason as well as o era siecially suited for the ooipn tee on banking aim currency . SSSi8a,tUip-ll,fe1 ;-a"d ca,Hd ont She then flew to a mile post near left, saying -Mary would, not see "YV ho a there. The negro answer- by, and for a long time gave utter- Wn for; twenty years. He was fr.l,e"r0uatin er sol, ' 4ai inff. ancc t the nionruful notes peculiar never Theard from until Tuesday "Why it's me, mammy." arid then to the species. Snddenlv h kpoih. niirhf x( last weekwlitm h.. .nii0li NEW i Death of the Craxy Dove. r.i female dove,! whose peculiar actioms for some time pas: gave it the name of the "crazy dove, wys. killed -..on. Satunhw nndo, 'tU.ll curious circumstances: v . , V- - i'.i-? rfs. ?- ii' The bird was one of a lVair that 1 belonged toU youuir ladV living near the Erie Raihvaf track, a mile or two from Rathboneville. - aJ few i inoutiis aco. in Hviikt oomu. iu 1 ;ii i i :,'-'" Milroadtrack, the male bird came moutllS ,ago. lll.tiyins across the in contact with the smokestack; of the Pacific express locomotive! It i n.n n i.:ii . i ; . . iueii, insiauuy,- ana was thrown suddenly out of the silit otes, la evident amazement at the t ed. to realize what; hail midmI hi. companion trom her, and she rose j in the air and flew swiftly in the I - iitavii I i tiirpc'rmn iiia Train itati tnL-un- I. she'dnl not. retnrn frti- 1at i- . time, V hen . she did returu she I alishted at her eotpJ whom kK ra. I . I I ; w I maiued for the rest of the dav nt Iterih? her vlaintire cries. a next morning, just before 7 o'clock, 1 sue new to her position on the mile post, near the spot where her mate had disappeared the day before When the exnress trait i Vnniv1nt she flew at: the' locomotive, hover- ing about the smokestack and cab as if looking for her mate. She aninmnoi.in.l n.. ' L,ii n.i .i . - Every day she repeatetl her I stranire actions' takine- hr ilan at her iookout'on the mile .mst at. exactly the same time and wait ing for the train no matter how late it might be, and then going through the same Inauceuvies, and returning to her cote to tuourn as before. , She ate but little. OuJ i'atnnlay she collided with the . smokestack of the express tain locomotive, i ust as tier mate had done, ami met the same fate at nearly the same spot. 1 Tlie Colossus ;Among Worlds. I Jupiter, the greatest world in the solar system; a Iilanet in comparis- on with which the earth is as a. -rab. apple to , 'ni pumpkin, is just now the, most conspicuous celestial object after the sun and the. moon. Venus is brighter, but she sets so eaIy that her big brother praclic ially has the field to himself, and he shines among the lesser lights of the firmament like an alderman's diamond at a ball. Jupiter is well up in the southeastern heavens by. 9 o'clock, and to find him it is or necessary to look for the brightest star then visible. His light is yel lowish and steady, while Sirusthe jonly star which could possibly be mistaken for Jupiter, on account of itsjbrilliancv. shines with a dazzl ing white light, in which shifting rainbow hues inay at times be seen. It is the steadiness of Jupiter's light which reveals at once to the- pfac ticed eye. his planetary nature. Turn a spectroscope upon him, and immediately the fane, liar lines which characterize, sunlight aref seen, it is a thought caciulated to give a vivid conception of the inag- iiibcent scale on which thestilar sy stem is constructed, that, although between four and five hundred mil lion miles from the earth, Jupiter is so brilliantly illuminated by the sun that he shines like a stir in the depths of space. The Jennie Cramer Case Again. John Wilton, son of a Brmklyu restaurant keeper, is charged with the ruiif of Julia Piddmg, aged 10, years, and very pretty. The moth er of the girl made complaint against Wilton, incidentally be traying him as one ot the murderers of Jennie Cramer, at New Haven. t seems that. Wilton became an gry with the girl when she begged him to marry her, and said ! that it she didn't keep quiet he would serve her the same.. way mat. ne helped to serve Jennie Cramer. VJohn told me all about the mur der," said Miss Pidding. "He used to live in Connecticut betore Ins people came to Brooklyn. . He told me he was with the .Maiiey boyson the night of the murder, and that he got $1,000 from them for helping to kill thesgirl. He also told me that he drove the wag.n in which Jennie was taken down to the beach, and that she was uncoil . .. .1 t ii.il. i i .; i i 8cious ; tuat ine? .uaney oays uau drugged her. lie said-he 'helped Walter and .lames Malley to choke Jennie before she was thrown into. the water." ' The Grand Divisions of the Hon ofTeni- i 'i j -. peraiice Will meet iu qnarterlj" session at Marshall on. the jloth ot -.lanuary, 1884, at 2 o'clock p.m. Subordinate ! Divisions will see that the election for delegates is "duly had at the time and in the waj' required by law and delegates ; will reiort to the committee on Credentials im mediately on their arrival. All A. W. Iws. and acting W. P's. are eligible as delegates, and all mem bers of Subordinate Divisions in owl standing are. welcomed as visitors. J. L. Ueney, G. W. p. !! . 1 Unhappy Postmasters. ! b ! Fortv-seveu postmasters iu the United States receive a salary of ! i n year. After the Republican campaign assessments arc dednct-: ed their sinecure must excite com miseration in the breast of a Dig- ger Indian. The best tome tnedicine onej that i not comosed - mostly of al Icohol or wbiskey'i is Brown's Iron. Bitters. It is guaranteed; to be non-intoxicating aud will absolute ly kill alii desire for whiskey and other f intoxicants. 7It has been thoroughly tested and proven itself in every instance a never failing cure for dyspfpfia, jndigesHon,'bif liousness," weakness, debility, o t r work, rheumatism, netiralgi 'sumptivediseas4'S,livercoiuj kidney troubles, etc. laiuts, uuur Huuiiueu. i suuuen uisniitiearitiiPA ttr i m.iir 1 eu over ji inn nt i unnn - itr. SERIES, NO, 888 ' ! ; : Buflet Innrh. iX The Pimlmont. t :. - J. t Midland and4Mchmond DanlleK railroads are now sui)brWn;i, V "i,"" U1 .U- t i "uu iiu i uiimnn nntroti mn iiir ears, ami i. -1Z? K: . I-tiii iirJ .nm,A .lni ..i - T V" m Vl.Til Y, '? b K S'Z"?; buffet laVieh ru. Tl I t.,..t;n ...i ii . - i ..v. p.- 'vuu.iiuS,,uiu auo luxury w pe n hrreat aeeommmlnHn,. ttuJ f temnrin'ov-hn ' ka i.iV ft eling public, v '-i-iillSU ;l y- A Ifriifoirranm. T . l. f At Cantoa. Oh .. " " " ' ""UH -iimmcv 1SG3, William Craiir. ajred twpntv and M jiTj Barker, tw o years y on 11 g- er, eugageu to oe married, qunrrcl- 1 on 3iarv. lie h.nl ; imnA rn ni,;i,v. delphia and enlisted in the army -under ap -assumed name -and 'alter i luul n:ifi wmia ti -ini 4 v Aivuiiioaa UV& iKi ouired a larm. If m mnunia i,..i i . : - - . "" ffiven h m up for dead, i but Miss I liarker alwava Unmii ; fnt hi . - f, k, ---'' - ' v u9 a.- t""i. They were . to i have been married on Christinas of v3 Tl.v l married on Cliristmas of I oo. Itro. Gardner Philosophy. r ; .i " ' ' V" ' -' 'Ihelfolt PrM. ' ' ' ' f--. V: "It doan look 'zactly right furl ; one man to have a brick house au' ! aiioder man a rough bo'd shanty but 'long 'bout tax-time de I Ie shanty kin sit ron do fenee nn' cuckle over de liwk that he aint "..',pA. , I '"-. . ' ' . . lt aoan' look zactly right; to-see; - T m"V S Pnsl,11,,ln 8e n an' cro.wu'n Ti botlyblse off de side, ;walk to tet.Ue , puhJie:kDow,dat ho, a.king bee, but:,8.cli men have: I carp :the anxiety of bein' in debt , T- uMV"Vus' e grocer f" "l "M:"oin:. twenty-nve del-; , loPImVia church without a p? nl ab,e A l,ay ten cents T v , heaps aii' heaps o' things datdoan' look 'zactly right to us at fust ah lata, ui iisir - iiim .. I 9- ; -m ; - - - glance, but when ye come to figger 16 -UP ai divido-aii'sub8tract weH-c au &ot l neap to be thankful fur a ' to encourage u to git up airly '"f'o iiminuiii . Illilll HIU UHICO his legs an' lay back like a mule au' kick away at de hujl wbrld an' hate everybody an' ; be hated in re turn, or he kin pick up sartin crumbs o' coiisolnshun, inter a seat in ue . imcu eand or cle wagin, an' take a heap o' comfort. knowihMat somebody istwnss off dan himself.. Let us accumulate to bizness." i Can't lie Cured! W ho : says so T ;The ;best oh v. sicians fhave been cdnsultedy and they -alt -agreed tha the case is be- . .y.ond t.he reach of inedicino.'t IJaye you trietl the new Vitalizing Treat- ment, which acts directly uponWhe great nerve centres and gives to all ' the vital organs a new life '-force. f and a higher activity ? . "No; never 1 (iieanl of it. What is it called f : Compound Oxygen. 'Oh ! yes, I;; have seen it; advertised,' but sup-j Io-sed it to be one of the medical humbiigK of the! day.';. If all that- , we have read about tlie cures it is t making is true,' it is tho 'most won- : derful therapeutic agent ever dis-. .i covered." Where" can it be obtain ed !" Only of Dis. Starkey & Palen, 1109 Girarti '.Street, Phila-1 delphia. Now, take ur advice and- write to them, giving a statement of your condition. You'will get a prompt ; answer, and it will cost V you nothing as they make no ' charge for consultations. If, like your physicians, they ! see no hope i in your case, tiiey will honestly tell i you so. But if they have treated similar cases j successfully they will, iu making a favorable report, , jiend such evidence of their profes- i v ional integfitj' aiid skill, with such H reports of cases whicli they havo ''," treated, and the j remarkable re. suits that have .followed - as can hardly fail to give you confidence loth in them and their new and wonderful Treatment, i All this, as a we have'already said j will cost you . nothing. ' ;.,; -.;; i! . : ;. ; j .",-' .; The Merry, !lerr- Christmas. Time. -- The joyou holiday season brings to miml the; elegant gifts present ed iu the city ot New Orleanon November 13th, by the l2d Graiuf iputhly Distribution of the Iotiis iatitate Iottery, uiuler the sole, -care aiid-:in'aii"ageineiit of (ienerrls . T Beauregard, '-ot Ixmisiann, -ami Jiibal A Early, of Va.J when over 20.!,000vere scattered broads cast. The sanie 'thing will take;, place again Tuesday, January. 15th, 1884, the full attieutars of" which ' can be had from M. A. DauhTn, New Orleans, ha.r Ticket No. 08"' 589 drew the capitil prize $75,0001 sold ill fifths, at $1 each one hehp by Mr. M. A. Sacerdote, No. 50 St. IxniiS Street, Ney Orleans; anoth er by Mri N. B. Phelps,- a clerk in the City Treasurer's office at New Orleans, La.; the others decline publication. No. 00,718, drew' the; second capital $2o,000, also sold iu fifths at $1 each-rone eollecteil through Bank Madison, at Jackson. J Tenii.; another -by a party in Mal- Ieu, W. Va. The third capital prize $10,000 was w on by No. 40,-;-1 2(M, soM in fifths also, two of which '' were collected by" the' Ni O. Nation al Bank. The fourth tfprttil. prizes of $0,NH) each, were wpn by tickets No. 14,898 and 3.'J,709tolil in fift hs also, to Robert Alexander, coliect- tnl through Messrs. IjoekwiKMl'& Co., San Antonio, Texas ;: C." C t - Fant, Madison C'." II., Va.. "collect ! ed thionh State Bank, RichinOiid, ', Va.ndjSii on to the end of the -in terminable chapter, among the ! ' tnany otlier part icijiynts iu the Pac ' tolean Stream of wealth. ..-'.'-. Bridal tours neetl not last .-river" three days now. It seems oss!ihe foriiiy yonng couple to sta. in doors fur that length of time, iiind talk about the merits of Dr. Bull's cough syrup, a safe and pleasant Teineily. 1- 1 - :;i- ! J