$1 A YEAR, CASH IS ADVANCE. " LET ALL THE EHDS THOU AIMS'T AT BE THY COUSTRY'3, THY GOD'S Ai- BEST ADYERTISIHG MEDIUM. VOLUME XXV. WILSON, X. C OCT NUMBER 40. i I 1 roiinu One Here is your opportunity. We put on sale this week a lot of SILKS of various styles and qualities, suitable for Ladies Dresses and Shirt Waists at prices so low that all can dress in Silks. We have Silks' in nearly all colors at 24c. a yard, worth 40c. Colored Satins at 25c. a yard; sold elsewhere at 50c. Brocades in Blue. and Brown at 27c, worth 65c., and many other styles and qualities. The above, we know, sounds like a fairy story, but we only ask that you come and see for yourself. tUtJClP J. M. LEATH. Manager If Hi II ash and Goldsboro Streets. Major Armes Again In Trouble. "Washington, Sept. 30. Captain George A. Amies, better known by his brevet title of Major Armes, a retired United States army officer now engaged in the real estate business, is again in trouble. He is the man who pulled Governor Beaver's nose. He wrote an insulting letter and sent it to Lieutenant General J. M. Schofleld, his superior officer and act ing secretary of war, who thereupon caused his arrest last Friday night at his home, at Chevy Chase, in the suburbs of this city. Armes will be court martialed. To Investigate a Negro Colony. MAPIMI, Mexico, Sept. 30. Lieutenant Charles G. Dwyer, military attache of the United States legation in the City of Mex ico, has been ordered by Minister Ransom to visit the Tlahualilo colony, near Jiere, and make a thorough, investigiitiqn in be half of the United States government intof the treatment of the negro colonists and the causes of so many doaths among them when they were preparing to abandon thi plantation and return to their homes in SIIV. FVIONS Y regulator7 Are you taking Simmons Liveb Reg ulator, the "Kino op Liver Medi cines?" That is what our reader want, and nothing but I that. It is the same old friend to which the old folks pmned their faith and were never dis- appointed. But another cood rfio.nm- mendation for it is; that it is better than Pills, never gripes, never weak- xb Qns' ut works in such an easy and natural rehef conies quick and sure, and one feels new all over. It never fails. Everybody needs take a liver remedy, and everyone should take only Sim mons Liver Regulator. Be sure you get it. The Bed Z i on the wrapper. J H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia 1 ndersell! ce to All! pyrt FTnnEP M y - STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS. Closing Quotations of the New York and Philadelphia Exchange. New York, Sept. 27. There was a further contraction of the volume of speculative transactions today, but the professional character of the market was as clearly marked as heretofore. Closing bids: Del. & Hudson-...133 N. Y. Central 102 D., L. & W 169J4 N. Y. & N. E Erie 13 Pennsylvania 66 Lake Erie AW.... 24 Lehigh Nav........ 48 Lehigh Valley 41 New Jersey Cen..ll3 Reading 22 St. Paul 77J W. N. Y. & Pa.... 4 West Shore 106J General Markets. ' Philadelphia, Sept. 27. Flour firm; win ter super., $2.252.40; do. extras, $2.502.75; Pennsylvania roller, . clear, $2.85(3; do. "do straight, $33.25; western winter, clear, $2.90 3.10; Wheat weak, lower, with 64c. bid and 64jc. asked for September. Corn quiet.lower with 33c. bid .and. 39c. asked for September Oats quiet, steady, with 27c. bid and 27c asked for September. , Hay firm; choice tim othy, $1515.50. Beef steady; beef hams, $15 16.. Pork higher; family, $1212.50; short clear, $11.5013.50. Lard firmer; western steam, G.30. Butter steady; western dairy, 913c.; do. creamery, l(i,22c. ; do.factory,8. Ic; Elgins, 22c.; imitation creamery, 11 16c; New York dairy, i22Uc; do. creamery, 21(3.22c; "Pennsylvania and western cream ery prints, fancy, 24c; do. choice, 23c. ; "do. fair to good, ,1U&22c; prints jobbing at 25I 8c. Cheese quiet; large, GSc; small, 528c; part skims, 356c; full skims, 22c. Eggs steady; New York and Pennsylvania, 1718c; western, fresh, 17e. Live Stock Markets. New York, Sept. 27. Beeves very dull; 10 15c. lower except for prime steers; native steers, poor to prime, $3.505.10; stags and oxen, $2.054.75; bulls, $1.853.25. Calves steady for veals: little firmer for other calves; poor to choice veals, $58; grassers and but termilk calves, $2.37Jr8. Sheep and lambs very dull and lower, exoept for choice lambs; poor to prime sheep, $1.753.25; common to choice Jambs. $3.50t&4.75. Hogs higher at $4.50 . &4.y. Blighting Frosts In the West. Chicago, Sept, 30. Blighting frosts swept over Minnesota, "Wisconsin, north ern Illinois and portions of western Mich igan Saturday night. Fruit growers and celery pickers in these regions were warned twenty-four honrs in advance, but it is im probable that they were able fully to pro tect themselves. The maximum temner- ature in Chicago yesterday was 51 and the minm The drop this morning to 40 degs. is sufficient to produce a killing frost in this section. Eighteen Tears for Robinson. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 30. Jack Rob inson, who pleaded guilty on Thursday last to participation in the murder of Bar ney Reick, and one of whose confederates, J am es Hendricks, is now serving, a twenty year sentence, was brought before Judge Woodward here for sentence. Judge Woodward sentenced the defendant to eighteen years aepumte and solitary oon finmnt in the Eastern penitentiary. IE General Miles Will Command the United States Army. A BRILLIANT -MILITARY 0A2EEB. The First Commander cf !k Army Since General Winfleld Scolt Who Was Ntt a Graduale of West Point Kis Services' as an Indian Fighter. New York, Sept. 30. There is now no longer any doubt that M;.j or General Kel- son A. Miles, will succeed Lieutenant Gen-4 eral Schofield in the oflice of general in . command of the United State army. Gen- eral Miles made a statement of the fact , last night to a reporter of the Associated Press, saying that he w;is informed of ; President Cleveland's d -rumination, to appoint him on Friday 1;'.-1 Uy Secretary of. . War Lamont, whom hoji;.. cm this city by special appointment at tlie Metropolitan club. ! General Schofleld retire 1 from active ; service at noon yesterd:.-, and it i? prob able that the appointment of General Miles will be announced within a day or 1 two. The general will go to Washington . in a few days to assume the duties of his high position. This announcement will set at rest the rumors which have agitated army circles the past year concerning General ; Scho- GENERAL NELSON A. MILES. field's probable, successor. Vvrhile General Miles was the senior major general of the army, and one of the most popular, per sanally. with his subordinates, it wes re ported that he was, for some reason, per sona non grata to the president, and that the fact that he had no diploma from West Point might weigh against his chances. General Ruger was the principal rival for the appointment mentioned. The rank of lieutenant general expired with General Schofleld's retirement, as it is a grade created only by special acts of congress in recognition of distinguished services. It has been bestowed upon six generals Washington, Scott, Grant, Sher man, Sheridan and Schofifjkl. General Miles has received all his mili: tary training on the' field of experience, instead of in the schools. He will bo the first general for many years who was not a West Point graduate, and as. the West Pointers are reputed to esteem themselves the aristocracy of the arms it has been re ported that his volunteer .-antecedents would militate against hisjap;ointmeut, so far as the influence of t i ; army circle had to do with it. General v luIt.'ivL bcott ,was the last commanding general who was not a West Point man. In appearance General. SHles -if the most stalwart and soldierly the service. . He is over six . foe t does not look his fifty odd years. . 5 one of men in toil and Two Killed at the Gun Ir viig Grounds. N"ew York, Sept. 30. During a test of a Canct rapid fire gun at tlv3 Sandy Hook proving grounds the breech block blew out as it was being screwed in, instantly killing two privates of the ordnance de partment, who were serving the gun. and injuring two more, one of whom will prob ably die. Lieutenant Montgomery, -who was conducting the test, escaped with a concussion of the ear drum. The dead are: Corporal Robert Doyle, 35 years old, of Philadelphia, instantly killed;- Private Frank Conway, of Green Island, instantly killed. Private James Coyne was cut on forehead and neok and face, and will prob ably die. Private William McDonald had his left arm above Hie elbow blown away. ISzeta's Arms Detained. City of Mexico, Sept. 30. A number of cases of arms and ammunition which were brought from Mazatlan in the Pacific mail steamer City of Sydney by Antonio Ezeta have been detained at Acapulco by the custom house authorities. Ezeta was on his way to Guatemala, but stopped off at Acapulco because the captain of the steamer refused to take him any further, as he feared international complications. Murdered for Her Diamonds. Providence, Sept. 30. Mrs. Lucy Lind sey, 55 years old, was found murdered in her home at No. 166 Math emson street. She had been killed for her diamonds and what other property and money was in the place. There is no clew, and the medical examiner and police ean And no blood, to chow where the woman was struck down. The deed mm committed with an ax. iO-SD - CCEED mm A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED . Toenday, sept. 24. Diphtheria is practically epidemic in St. Louis, 170 cases having been reported since Sept. 1. Ten-year-old Alfred Graham died at Newville, Pa.; from burns received by pouring coal oil on a fire. The twenty-ono Cubans charged with violating neutrality were acquitted by the jury at Wilmington, Del. The verdict was received with cheers. William Mosher entered the bedroom of 19-year-old Mrs. Canedy at Wellsboro, Pa., with felonious intent, and the young wo man shot and killed him. The coroner's jury exonerated her. , ! The first yacht race between the half raters Etheiwynn and Spruce IV, repre senting America and England, resulted in a victory for the American boat, Ethei wynn. Wednesday, Sept. 25. Sir Herbert Murray has been appointed governor of New Foundland by Queen Vic toria. It is reported ..in 'Berlin that Emperor William and Czar Nicholas will, meet shortly at Kominten. An electric trolley from Chicago to the lake region north is proposed, to be ready for service next summer. , j A Paris dispatch says it has been decided to construct a ship canal to connect the Rhine and the Elbe, at a cost of 200,000,000 marks. The congress of th. South German Dem ocratic party,in -session at Munich, adopted resolutions condemning any tampering with the gold currency. I Mathias Bonanzi, Andrew Tristrupo and Jacob Go vruns were k 5 lied by the caving of a sewer trench in which they were at work at Meriden, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 26. Mayor Schieren, of Brooklyn, announces that he will not accept a renomination. A gas rate war in Kansas City, Mo., has reduced the price to consumers to fifty cents per 1,000 feet. " Senator A. O. Bacon, of Georgia, was one of the passengers' on the steamer Teu tonic, which arrived at -New York yesterday,;.- .. At Fort Smith, Ark., the five - members of the Buck gang of outlaws, who recently terrorized the Creek, nation,1 were sen tenced to be hanged Oct. 31." A Washington dispatch stating that the Satana, a four masted schooner, is being fitted out in Oakland creek for a piratical cruise to lower California, is not credited in San Francisco. Friday, Sept. 5J7. Four horses were killed by lightning on the fair grounds at East Towanda, Pa. Rev. T. De Witt Talmage has accepted a call to the assistant pastorate of the First Presbyterian church in Washington. John F. Hickey, of Troy, was granted a verdict by the supreme court for injuries received while crossing the "tracks of the New York Central read near Herkimer, N. Y. Father P. Lancartec is soon to be made "bishop of the City of Mexico, and is now busily engaged in preparing for the fes tivities in honor of the coronation of the Virgin of Guadaloupe. Edwin Clarke,' a diamond brokers who disappeared from Denver on J uly 25 with several thousand dollars' worth of dia monds intrusted to him for sale, has been arrested at Situ Francisco. Saturday, Sept. 28. Ex-Postmaster General John Wana- maker arrived at JNew York from Europe yesterday. ; - . , It is believed that the British ships Star of Austria and Lord . Spencer have been j lost in recent Pacific gales: - , Premier Blair has dissolved the New Brunswick legislature, and the general elections take place Oct. 16. Albert Babco'ck, an old resident of Jack son township. Pa., was digging a well when he fell into the pit and was killed. E."'W. Bull, the propagator and origin ator of the Concord ".grape, and a promin ent agriculturist, died at Concord, Mass., aged SO. , JI6ml;y, Sept. 30. Senator Quay favor.5 holding the next national Republican convention at Pitts burg. The condition of the czarowitz of Russia is steadily growing worse, and prayers are being said for him daily in the churches. In a trolley car collision at Ridley, Pa., five passengers were seriously injured, J. F vBaker, of Q hester. haying a leg broken. New Yerk's Democratic Nominees. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 26. The Demo cratic 6tate convention finished its work yesterday by nominating these officers: For secretarv of state. Horatio C. Bang of Brooklvn: comDtroller. John B. Judson Gloversville; state treasurer, D. C. Dow of Cobleskill; attorney general, . Norton Chase of Albany; state engineer, Russell R. Stuart of Syracuse; judge of the court Of appeals, John D. Teller, Of Auburn. ' The Rothschild Bomb Thrower Sentenced. The State Democracy withdrew from the : pARIS Sept. 27. Victor Boutcilhe, who convention on a fight over the question of j a few weeks ago placed a bomb in the door representation. The leaders announce that ( way of Rothschild's bank, was yesterday they will make a fight against Tammany sentenced to three years' imprisonment for New York citv offices. ' and fined 100 fr." - Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ill BRITISH DEMANDS. I ------------------- I They Will be Enforced by a Strong Fleet of Warships. j THE ENGLISH ADMIRAL WILL ACT Unless Within Fourteen Days an Edict Ik Issued Degrading the Viceroy of Sze Chaen London Newspapers Urge Post tire and Determined Action. , Shanghai, Sept. 30. Failing the entire compliance of the central government with the British demands, it is understood , that a fleet of fourteen warships will make . a demonstration before Nankin tomorrow ! or Wednesday. The British demand is ! that within fourteen days an edict must ; be issued degrading the viceroy of Sze j Chuen, or otherwise the British admiral i comman..lin-T will act. Th3 wife and family and the treasure of the viceroy of . Nankin have been brought to Shanghai ; for safety. Rich Chinese merchants are coming here from every side seeking shelter. ! The British warships Rainbow, Plover, Spartan, Swift and iEolu3 are at ports on the Yang-Te-Kiang river. The Caroline, Undauuted, i Edgar, Archer and Alacrity are at Woo-Suug. The Daphne and Fire brand are at Shanghai. The British ad miral is on board the Edgar. URGING- DETERMINED ACTION. The 81 anchu Dynasty Imp Tiled by the. Existing: Controversy. London, Sept. 30. The Standard say9 regarding the Chinese situation: "The position of the Chinese government is ex tremely periloiis. It has enough on its hands, without a quarrel with England. . It is too soon to say that the fall of . the Manchu dynasty is imminent, but the news of the spread of the Mahommetan insurrection is alarming. The British de- ' mands must be supported by the presence of our fleet in the Yang-Tse-Kiang, if not by the occupation of Nankin. We doubt if the Manchu dynasty could survive such a shock. If the Mafiommctans of the west find a leader, and if, at the same time, the imperial -government- iritrh enough" to defy the western powers; a revolution is inevitable." , The Times dwells upon China being a huge and inert mass whose friendship is not worth cultivating by feeble concessions to her pretentions and pride. "What we want done," The Times continues, "we must insist on having done, not by futile representation at Peking, but by going to the spot in question and seeing it done our selves." Will Contest nis Mother's Will. San Francisco, Sept. 30. It is stated that Jesse Potter, the son of Mrs. Charles Lux, will attempt to secure the f 4,000,000 estate left by his mothsr. When the widow of the cattle king died her estate consisted almost entirely of a one-quarter interest in the cattle firm of Miller & Lux. She left $100,000 to her son and a number of smaller bequests to relatives and charities. The remainder, amounting to over $3,000,000, was left in trust, the income to be paid Jesse Potter during his life. When Potter dies the estate is to be divided between hi i son and two of Mrs. Lux's sisters. A clause in the will provides that in case any lega tee contests the will he shall forfeit his legacy, . To Extend Our Trade with Japan. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 30. A Japanese syndicate is soon to put on. a steamship line between Japan and some point on the North Pacific coast, and Seattle is making a strong effort to have the American term inus of the line located here. The Japanese diet will in October next consider a sub sidy bill which has for its object the execu tion of navigation to foreign . countries. In case of favorable action on this it is thought to 'be pretty cortain the company will immediately send v.n agent to this country. The United State.-:, ports from Japnn C-'X)..ii),' goods while it .sells to that annually im-' 0 worth of country onl 0,000. ' Lieutenant IVary SUM at Halifax. Halifax, X. S., Sept. SX In spite of the published fact that Lieutenant Peary, the famous Arctic" explorer, who arrived here from St. JoIinV, N. F., on Saturday left for Boston immediately afterwards, he is still here. It Las developed that Lieutenant Peary played a sharp trick on the newspaper men by having it announced on his arrival that he would leave for Bos ton with his party at once. Several mem bers of the party did leave for Yarmouth, and all the evening papers announced of ' that Lieutenant Peary and his wife had gone. Lieutenant Peary appears anxious to avoid publicity, and it is not known ' when he will leave Halifax. , -

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