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, ' By WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Monday Lvening, Dec. 29, 1884
EVENING EDITION;
; v - CUTTING WAGES. . . :
Newspaper readers know that for
a year there has been a steady dev
cline in the wages of American'
workingmen. Somehow Protection,
the great panacea of a certain selfish
school of political economists, has
failed to cure the disease it origi
nated. But for Protection the 300,-
000 workmen now idle in the North
would be steadily employed. But
- for Protection this enforced idleness
would not continue. ' ::L :T
i ?8. it a true remedy to cut down
wages because the prices of goods
, are low? -Is that good practice? Of
course the imperfectly informed Pro
tectionist,' that is dominated by one
grand false idea, will say yes to this.
He will insist that low prices of
goods enforce low wages. But the
point is, will a reduction of wages'
remedy the evil ? Can you restore
health by cutting away the vitals ? -What
do better Protection autho
rities say to such a surgery ? The
American Protectionist thinks that
reducing the wages of workmen oe-
. came manufactured goods are low is
the practice. of the drunkard that
"the hair of the dog is good for the
bite." It seems"' to ' regard this
slaughtering! wages as an evidence
of a big scare. It says, that to cut
down wages is to complete the great
discomfiture. But let us quote some
of its words.' It 5 thus illustrates the
folly of cutting wages when prices
are low: .- -
;Say there are 4,000,000 workmen inthe
United States, working at an average 0f
fSSn h -day. This would make
ff..pOO per day. JNow let us hope that
$ 1,090,000 of this sum goes into the sa
vings banks. This would be a large total
deposit, but it is only a hope. ; WelL 1 -
000,000 from 18,000,000 leaves 17.000,000.
1 his will represent the sum which 4,000,000
workmen will expend daily in the market
But -now - reduce this Bum by 20 per cent.
JwiUlower the daily expenditure by
$1,400,000 or $437,200,000 peyear of 313
working days. Why, this alone is almost
enough to make the difference between
Rood limes and bad times. Its loss to.the
market win be sufficient to close hundreds
r faotoneer throw many- thousands of men
out of employment, and call immediately
for still other 20 per cent, reductions in
wages, with a consequent repetition of the
catastrophe on a .still lower: level. We
might have strengthened the illustration by
estimating on a basis : of 8 or r 10.000,000
workmen, for .these reductions in wages
reach all ranks and conditions of employes
whether handling sledge hammers or flour
ishing ateel pens. v There . seems to be a
ofhuS affiff? 861136
We quote this Protection authori
ty because its words may have influ
ence with members of its school. Ex-'
,,cessive bounty (High" 'Protection):
creates excessive stimulation. Prices
go up for a' while. This causes thou
sands of capitalists " to embark as
' soon -as possible in manufacturing.
., Mills are erected by the hundreds."
In a little while the capacity . of the
, mills is far in excesl'of consumptioih;
What follows? Ji&jMUiJe
country are toorepthaxglutteia.
v Prices tumble, and keep on tumbling
- antil, loss, Vdismay, 'rnin stares the
moneyed men in the face.-'-i;;' 1 "
.What. then is proposed? -.How.js
the ..loss to, be remedied? JWhat - is
the cure suggested by the Protection
doctors? -. ' ' -
The proposition is to increase the
bounty to intensify the stimulant.
Now will this do it? Can the patient
being consumed by fever be'eured by
tncramn'the came of: the f ever?
,pan the man almost dying from drink
be relieved : of his dangerous condi
tion by pouring ifr more drink? ,; -r
" The remedy suggested by thei Pro
tection quacks is twofold : First, to in
crease the stimulantthe high boun
ty .offered by the Congress under a
ffigbZWaTariff. -iSecondj make :
the laborers suff erl In other words
to cut down their wages, and make
them pay out of their bard earnings
a large part of the losses that Capi
tal is sustaining. Is that right? . Is
it good practice? ' Turn ubacW and
read what the American Protection
ist says of it.' ' ., : ;;: ;
There are too: many mills in our
country unless the area of the mar
kets is enlarged. The High Chinese
Wall called Protection not only shuts
out foreign goods but shuts in Amer
ican goods-s!; - s.'r ivl'
.' More 8timulationan increase m
Tariff rates will only serve ' to in
crease production. It may give tem
porary comfort, but there. will be a
reaction. A wider field for Anieri
can productions is . what is needed.
The world, and not the United States
only, should be the market of Amer
ican productions. - :
- A BOLD PROPOSITION. ;
When, we read the extract from an
tditorial in the New Orleans Pica'
yune that was deemed so important
that it was telegraphed to the- daily,
press, we thought it to be a poor at
temptfto" get np, a . new sensation.
Thpoint of the article was that this
country is not big enough and must
acquire still more territory, but .. this
timer Southward. The voice of the
VcoyMne was--ttThe : whole bound
less continent is ours.w But the
country is large enough already and
there is no pressing need just now
that the United States should enter
upon a career- of absorption. The
idea of the Picayune is that by con
firming ther treaty with Nicaragua
that it will lead after awhile to the
annexation of that country to bur
own. It does npt stop to consider
that such an act on our part might
lead to complications and difficulties
with foreign powers. - t
It would be unwise to ratify the
treaty ifjthere is netterreason fo
it "than aggression and absorption
If the United States .were to ratify
the treaty such is their weakness as
to a . navy, they would be nnable to
carry it out if foreign powers should
object or oppose. . .We apprehend
that the Senate will not be fascinated
by any such glare or caught by any
such alluring promises. . The South
ern people are not specially interest-'
ed in having our extensive territory'
pushed a' thousand miles farther
south. Evidently the Picayune
means business and on a large scale.'
"No pent vup Uticaw will suit ; the
grand notions of such an expansive
journal. Nicaragua first and Mexico
next will be no doubt the order of
procedure according to , the pro
gramme of the Picayune,"
THEBURKBTS.
Mr. Henry Clews, the well known
New York' -banker, thinks 1885 - will
show manifest improyement in trade
overVl884. He says by exercising
more hope, and confidence, "and . by
a united. effort on the part of the
.world-wide recognized enterprise of
the people of this country,' we' will
soon get out of the present gloomy
rut, and prosperity will again reign
from one end of the nation to the
other and be enduring in its charac
ter." So be it. We must hope that
bis confidence is not misplaced.. Last
week wholesale trade was dull in the
commercial centres, bai this was
.owing to the holiday season. There
is no immediate promise of improve
ment to any very appreciable extent.
Business will improve, we believe,
but . slowly. There are no signs to
authorize the expectation of rapid
improvement. The prostration- has
been great, and it will take a consid
eraWe time to. work up. ; There has
been some improyement in ithe,; wool'
trade, and some of the Southern cot-;
ton mills haye put; up prices with sat-:
isfactory results. Cotton . has. ad
vanced say a cent a pound latterly,
which is important.;"" The" iron trade
is very dull, but it is thought the
J anuary pperati6nswiirbe large and
brisk. There is also an increased de
mand fo'rihe shipment of wheat,but
J prices still range low. The .increase
m P106!!8??1 wasfrom ito 1
cent, but corn has declined 1 to . 2
cents. ,The ,Philapelphia Record
' - .-" ''-
'"Much ot the corn that will come East
during the' next few weeks will be immedi
ately cleared for Europe inxecu tion of out
standing engagements. So far as new bu
siness is .concerned exporters can do little
without an, advance abroad or a decline
here, and are generally holding out in the,
belief that larger, shipments from country
potnts will turn the market In their favor. "
Col. -Th6mas L. Casey is the en
gineer whjojjomledjeashmgt
ton monument. -iHe is a- .native r of
New York State and was : born in
183 ft T&sj,fdr
Islanders. V; He .belongs to the U.
Corps of Engineers. He has many
accomplishments. Six years &go the
neignt of the . monument
feeto. Notlnng - had . been
was 175
done to"
complete:,; it ia. twenty-five . ; years.;
The Congress -voted "the peeded ap
propriations and Col. - Casey was put
in charge. Here is an exact descrip-
tion of the highest structure in the '
wbrld,-as it now'stands in its finish-;
ed state:-; -'iCt'C'Zi-i-- .--
."Measuring from the zero mark or brass
bolt set in the masonry ot the foundation at
the southwest; corner it is 555 feet and 4
inches high.' As the foundations are "88
feet 8 inches deep the total height from the
foundation bed is 593 feet. ' At its base the '
obelisk measures 55 feet H inches square,
and the malls 15 fee and one fourth of an
inch thick. The pyramid top begins at the
600-foot mark, where the dimensions, are 34
feet ff Inches "square and 18 inches thick.)
The entire cost has been more than $1,100,
000." ;
j. - The bill that ; passed the house to
make a new (the eighth) Cabinet
officer out of manager of the De.
partment pf Agriculture ,: will prob
ably meet with' strong opposition in
the Senate. It will not make the De
partment' any more efficient we sup
pose, but it will increase the patron
age of the President. If there is
reallany. substantial reasons rea
sons based in public necessity for
the proposed change then it ought to
be . made..; The Washington tPost
says of the bill: . - r - ; -
"It does not appear from a reading of
the bill that any change in the duties,scope
or organization of the existing department
is contemplated;' only that it provides for a
division t of " veterinary science and a divi
sion of forestry, but these additions are
scarcely such as to i invest the office with
the higher honor - The proposed legisla
tion simply lifts the Commissioner bodily
to the dignity of a Secretary, and this is all
there is of it It is not enough." .i
t
North - Carolinians . are familiar
with many of Senator Vance's clever
jokes. " His ."latest" in the papers are
sometimes old acquaintances. Here
is one in the Augusta Chronicle of
that sort: '
"Senator Vance is jubilant over, the
North Carolina election, which, he says,
was won after a 'fair ballot and a free
count." Some time ago, addressing a home
audience, he said: "God bless the old State 1
She is worthy of me!' When the laugh sub
sided he added, 'Would that I were worthy
oi nerr
COL. JULCIiUBE VISITS GOV.
CLEVELAND. ;
The Presldent-Kleec a Seen by an In
v ' ' dependent BepnMlean.
T. V Philadelphia Times.
Most' persons who - have known
Governor Cleveland only by his cam
paign portraits will be very agreea
bly disappointed in the genial frank
ness that brightens his face when in
conversation .with - visitors. . . He evi
dently has never been in the picture
business himself to boom his political
fortunes, and the hardened lines of
his face, which, are given even in the
best campaign portraits, are the nat
ural result of an unwilling subject
for the artist. He plainly shows that
the art of wreathing his features with
smiles to make an attractive picture
has been neglected in his education.
All of his portraits give him a heavy,
obstinate appearance, indicating a
sluggish temperament and a slow
moving intellectual .' organization;
but if the photographer bad -caught
hini unawares when " in - conver
sation he would have been pictured
as he really is a ready and delight
ful conversationalist and with a face
that bears the unmistakable impress
of frankness, manliness and uncom
mon keenness of perception. His
features are soft liis hair light au
burn, his eyes bright 'and merry and
he must at once teach' all who meet
him that he is a stranger to dissem
bling. He bas abundant caution,, but
he does not shrink from possible mis
understanding, as Lincoln did; he
does not employ words -to conceal
ideas,, but he, talks freely and potnt
edly on subjects he chooses to discuss
and always means to be understood.
He doesnot talk about - theijeaoji'
nel of his Cabinet, for the good rea
son that he has. made no Cabinet and
is not likely to make one, or any part
of one, for weeks to come; nor does
be declare any purpose or policy lhat
would provoke antagonisms and pos
sibly require reconsideration jwhen he
becomes President; but he discusses
with the utmost candor and evidently
with pleasure all questions relating to
the public administration of the gov
ernment. ; He is a natural, business
Executive. He loves business fidelity
he believes in business methods and,
be will faithfully fulfil his rpublicly
repeated pledge to . oonduct the "ad
ministration; of the government on
thorough business principles. He
does not merely look to business ad
ministration as the limit. of his : duty
in enforcing honest government. -He
carries his business! statesmanship to
the extent of : business ; legislation to
promote .healthy andr, enduring-bnsr-ness
prosperity. - ji :
i He understands thatiariff revisioa
is to bel one-oftidutffes of Lbi$ ad-f:
ministration as the:' national t plat.,
forms of both parties thave'valike de--manded
it, but; if: either - tariff mo
nopolists or f ree trade dreamers ek- '
pectto enlist the newjtdmlnistration
in their cause they will .be- disap
pointed. The,, same practical. busK
iiess m ethods that . he applies to all.
public duties hewill fitly apply 'to
ethe revision of the tariff and he will
BCCA. tU (1U III ill due IXIUOW ?iabMbai
bu8jnesTlikeway. iH.e looks to the
legitimate and substantial revival of
all the legitimate business interests
of .the wtoole. countrr: asione of the
foremost duties ot-hia. rule, and
shall be? greatly -disappointed if he
does not so assure.the country by hisv
selection for Secretary ox the 'lreas-
ury.
t' ...'- -: ': ' ' : ' .
CURRENT, COMMENT
v 'The tax dxk sugar.ia obnoxious
to the Protectionists for three rea
sons. . First, it is primarily a revenp
tax; secona, ine inciaeniai protect""
it affordsis for the benefit of ricul-;
.ture; third, the agrionlturaF-masses
thus .benefited are locat in "the
South." We fail to see io anyone of
these threeor in irtT a case strong
enough to justify, ine abrogation : of
the tax on BngirIouisviUe Courier
Journal, PeniSi-y;- r rrx j -.-v""';
The last of -a'' line : of orators
illustrions in vIassachnsetts Annals
will h ave passed a way when Robert
CWinthrop dies, i'lus associates, in
that remarkable peerage were men of
the calibre of Choate, of Webster, of
3amner,' arid vtMToday s the
old Bay Chimori wealth cannot boast
of one who is fitteito take the place
of any of these. The; latest children
of her loins are but pigmies compared
to them. BrHyriSagUf Bern. , 0
r An. esteemed Republican ooni
tempor?ry argues that -the Demo
cratioAd ministration will only serve
to' make the country eager for a re
turn to Republicanism at the end ot
four "years, and' says: "Even the
New York 'World, the great apostle
of Democracy, concedes that Cleve
land was only elected by an acci
dent,K The World makes no suclj
concessions.' The misconduct of Re
publican - Administrations," the ideh.
tification of Mr. Blaine . with- the
worst methods of the party, and the
fact that he was nominated because
of his unclean record, despite the
protest of honest Republicans, were
the causes that led to Grover Cleve
land's 'success. Treachery 'in the
Democratic party and the free use of
Republican money made the contest
in the State very close. New York
World, Dem.
AUDITOR'S RETORT. '
Raleigh News-Observer. .
This report is a full one, as usual.
The table showing the aggregate
gross amount of State and county
taxes' frem the various subjects of
taxation is one of the most interest
ing. Some of the items ' are as fol
lows: From land, t249,5&$6; town
lots, $67,225.95; horses, $19,241.54;
mules, 3,933.69; cattle, 111,823.24;
farming utensils, etc, $29,527.46;
money on hand or on deposit, $11,
340.37; solvent credits, $41,172.80;
other personal property. "$39,780.20:
dealers in liquors, $24,327.80: mer-
cuanis ana omer aeaiers, 3 1,280.20;
deeds in trust and mortgage deeds,
$10,875.20. The gross amount of
State taxes is $583,308.51.
. The taxes levied for school pur
poses are as follows: On liquor li
censes, $30,882.47: orr 134,732 white
polls, $153,327.82; on 62,143 colored
polls, $69,780.26. On the taxable
Eroperty in the , State, .(including
ank stock), $548,576.87. The coun
ty taxes, for all county purposes, ag
gregate $984,441.89. J
The number of acres of land is
shown to be 28,223,640, valued at
$101,106,387. Value of town lots
$23,028,990. Value of real estate
property$124,135,77. 'Number of
horses 161,728; value $10,559,055
Number of mules 91,230; -value - f
127,782," Number of cattle 825,325 1
value 5i209;828. - Number Tf- hogs
1,892,320?: value $2,129,380.:" Num
ber of sheep 626,340; value $637,879.
Value of farming utensils, &o., $73,
372,880. Money on hand or on de
posit $5,199,728. Solvent credits 16,
927,372. , Stock in incorporated com-,
paoies 2,086,344.- Other ., personal
property 14,006,32 7rrRailroad fran-i
chises 1.972.347. Acrerreirate valno
iof personal property 77,087,346, Ag
gregate vaiue or real ana personal
property 201,222,723. . j
! THE BIGGEST OE ALL BETS. '
- Prom the Hartford Times.
Y A bet was made in the Presiden
tial election of 1832, or rather in"
agreement, by which the sum of
$200 was given outright to one of
the paities to the bet, the condition
being that he should ' pay the other
majone cent forjondeletdral ' vote
that Jackson should'jget over Clay;
two cents for two votes; four cents
for three ; eight cents for four, sixteen
cents for five; 'thirty-two. cents for
six, and so on, according to the .mar
jority, Jf ; any, that Jackson .might
get in the electoral college. The
man to whom the offer, was, made
incautjously: jumped at it, ' arid
eagerly took the $200; but he found
that he had obligated himself; for
more than he or afl his friends could
ever "pay. The simplest arithmetic
will show that, by a y rule of Hhis
doubling up, even if thei majority
had been but twenty," it would have
involved $5,242.88, to say nothing of
a majority of ninety?five, which wpuld
bankrupt all the Goulds and Vander-t
biltsv'Eyeri a majority; of oilf thirty
would produce $5,368,709.12; while a
majority of thirty-six would involve
$343,597,383.68; If the majority only
reached fortyy the man,s: obligation'
would ' already n have mounted antbj
billionsfirid reached the astounding
sum of 45,497,558,138.88 n : V . ,f s
pi?, Vice President-elect Hendricks
was. born, baptized and bred a blue Presby
terian. Now - he ia senior warden in St;1
Paul's Cathedral (Episcopal), At Indianapc
THE LATEST WEW.
FU0II ALL FAHT3 OPjnfiTZOELP'
FOREIGN.
Th Carthonake SUofclca l "P"
Great Lou of Mfe and Propety
Shocks Deported In Anatrla : and
Walee-Threatened rronUe Between
. Germany and .ia-Honor to
" Mr. Gladstone 'ir 96th.mrtUAmr
--Failure of a J& Xim on'
" Aon. - .v'sy ."f: -Jt'&'ii l
-'''-f;IBy"rietota.elloraln 8tar.l,':i;; -
llADEnvOea 3.4.Accbrdirig to official
news of ae earthquake, np '- to midnight,
K9.ft rsona were killed in. the .province of
GraadV and 100 in Malaga. At . Alhama
rer 350 bodies hive been already recover-
- . Am 1Tk - III I - k m J.l.inln
ecu xv.s ireriana, a ' miaics iu - auuiuiu
about thirty miles from Malaga, great dam
age was done,: and - many -lives- were "lost.
Sixty bodies so ' far liave been recovered.
Many persons died" Of ; frights The -con5-vlcts
in the State-prison at Serine took ad
vantage of the excitement occasioned by
the earthquake to create a mutiny, -with
the hope ! of escaping; -The' disturbance
was quelled nowever. -;--w::;,f. ir.t
' "t TSiAnKrn, Dec;.29.Irihe Cortes, on Sat
urday; government 'wasaskeChelher
it was awatethatthe textot rthe pending
HUpanp-American treaty had been cabled
to a New York newspaper i whether it ought
not "to 'have- kept the treaty secret "until
i t had .been approved;: by ;, the " American
Senate) and whether it knew who the per
son was that sold a copy for $2,000r To
allthOBe. questions the t government made
evasive replies.;';. It. said that telegraphic
correspondence was private,an'd with it the
governmeol &ad no power to ihterfere. '
4 BEBLI9, December 29.The Britiah: an
nexation of St. Lucia Bay, on the coast of
Siluland wflt probably increase the friction
ready - existing, between" Germany and
England, in regard 1 to -colonial matters.
Herr Einwald, aGerman explorer; now in
Zululandhas written home that he has ac-
?uired by treaty from the Eing- of Zulu
and the right to St Lucia Bay and 100,000
acres adjacent thereto, in behalf of Herr
Ludentz, a German merchant, who bad es
.tabli&bed a tradihgpoSt atAnra Pequevaf
Vienna December 29. A severe earth-if
quake shock was experienced in Corinthia
to day. - Considerable damage was done to
many bundings. a - ' : j v ,-
Lotoos, December' 29. To-dajrls Mr;
Gladstone's 75th birthday, and the occasion
is being celebrated with great festivity at;
Ha warden. Birthday greetings reach the
great leader ' from all ' parts df the empire.'
The Prince of Wales has' sent cordial con
gratulations. Many Liberal bodies take ad
vantage of the day to present the "grand old
man" with; addresses, expressive of their
continued confidence arid profound admi
ration." The newspapers, without distinc
tion of party, devote their leading articles
to a eulogy of the great statesman. v
. Lobdon, December .Messrs. - Trun
inger & Co., bankers rand merchants at 41
Threadneedle street, have suspended, owing
to severe losses. .? ' ""
' Loudon, December 29. An earthquake
was felt in Wales to-day. Many houses
were injured. ;
WISCONSIN. :
The Opera Bonae at Baefne Destroyed
sty; Fire Several llvea IoeC, Inela
dlBK Two Well Known Vrofeaelonal
Sincere.' t-;--r
(BvTelearaph to the Moraine Star.l
Racike, Dec. 27. Mrs. Glover, who per
ished in the Opera House fire, was last seen
running through the hallway screaming.
She gradually became bewildered in the
excitement, was suffocated, and went down
with the falling walls. Her husband was
not seen at all. and most likely perished in
. bis room. The chambermaid was probably
burned in her room also, as she was not
t teen- after the fire broke out A servant
girl named Hicks was frescued from the
third-story window. . Manager Thompson,
of the Opera Company, says he met Mrs.
Glover in one of the halls on the upper
floor, and in answer to her question as to
what she had better do to be saved, he told
her to go downstairs as soon as possible,
as the whole building was in flames. In
stead of so doing she went to her room and
began dressing. 5 x k.
Chicago, December 28. Mr. and Mrs;
RusseH Glover, wholost their lives at the
Opera House : Are, in Racine, yesterday,
were people well known socially in New
ITork city, and have a limited acquaintance
in Chicago. They were not professional
singers, but frequently accepted engager
iments with travelling companies, and a
few weeks ago appeared in this city with
the Company with which they were con
nected. Both Mr. Glover and his wife
jwere highly esteemed by their Chicago ac
quaintances. . :-iV 3 '
p- HON. & Jr, HAND ALL.
nil Arrival at Lonlsrlllo-Formal Be-
eepuon y the Board or Trade, ete.
rByTeleRTaphtothoXorBhutStar.l
! Lottisvcllb, Dee. 29. Hon. Samual J.
; Randall arrived on a special train at 9
jo'clock last night ; He was immediately
driven to the residence of Hon. Oscar
tTurner. To-day he will be formally re
ceived at the Board ofJTrade, and will
'speak at the Liederkranz Hall to-night. A
: committee, composed of Judge W.- B.
Hoke, Dr. W. H. Wattren, Col C. E.
Sears, Col. J. .8. Miller, and W. Reed,
;met the train at Winchester and accom
jpanied ' Mr. Randall's party to the -city;
Mr.. .Randall js accompanied by Mrs. Ran
jdall and Congressman McAdoo of New
Jersey. The train wasr delayed a eouple
'of hours at Buckner's, a station twenty-five
iles out, by the engine breaking down.
VIRGINIA.
1
Destrnetlre FIro In BfbrfolkI,M $1&r
I ,r,-ooo, . v
j rBv Teleaxaph to the Xonuna star. ,
j Norfolk. Dec. . 28. Shortly before mid
night last night a Are was discovered in the
wooden-and wmowwarevforks of K W.
Reld, on Roanoke Avenue.-. The flames
spread rapidly and extended to the adjoin
ing building, destroying Lewis'1 sash and
blind factory, andlbadly" damaging F. A.
Roth's saloon, B. A Richiardson'B paint and
Oil: establishment,;; lT.W.WaTren,a seed
Store, Thosv Dalton's second-hand furniture
store, R. Morris & Co. "a furniture estab.
Ushment, and J. F. Bigbee & Ca's whole-;
K?yogerJ ine loss-vs-estimated at
1 ' Minnesota: : " -
Failure or a Firm of Clear Dealers In
-j. r'ailnneapollfc-r.,?,;.:,-.? -7
By Telenanh to the v Arntn at . i
i, U'vm.n.n.'.- "TS-1 J. iu .'.J --- ' " 1 ''
' "jkAi-uijiB, :juec ay. smith & lio
bach, wholesale cigar dealers; ?made an as-
Bijtuuicni, oararaay nignt, with liabilities es
timated at h $40,000; assets r$35.000. A
mlv "Kia meetin ot creditors was held,
and the failure then threatening was avert1
ed to the presents The stock' arid fixtures
Mueh more important ai;n people
generally sunnose to hftvj. m -JL7 JLl
bladder in, sood.worktiMi- iwi 'xktJZ
geseoff m9 are nght.jojaid , happiness.
tM.rvr H- fe Wheelock, Texas,r
writes,? I i
ur uiseasea-oiauaer and kidneys and have
j. - rr ' '"' 9. i on, .outers
n & w . a, "OUMUU your suneis
H$.t l Werfulf and pleasant
tonic may be had at the drug store , f
i y t : OHIO. r -t "
Cxtensl.e isannfactsrlns CataLlUb
, ' meet at canton Destroyed Ty -Fire.
' '. , I ry Telejrraph to the llornlmc Star. J -
v- CiiivKLAHD, ; December' 29- A Special
dispatch from Canton, .Ohio, says the ex
tensive saddlery and hardware works ot
Eloel, Gilliam & Ca, caught, fire at mid-r
n.eht last' nisht. and are now in ruins.
I The building destroyed cost $160. 000.. . The
loss or isibel, Oiiiiam ss uo. win reacn
$200,000; inturance $100,000. - TWO bun-,
dred men are thrown out of employment.
The works will be rebuilt. .
FINANCIAL. ;
W ew;Vrk Stock ITlarket "Weak and.
iK.A"-Ci-Mwer. t
IBi Telegraph to the Homlxur Star. " ' '
, New Yobk, Wall Street, Dec. 29, 11 A.M. )
Stocks opened weak and declined i to 1J;
per cent. the latter in Delaware & Hudson, 1
which sold down to 8 Near It-o'clock a!
rally of f to per cent, took place, and the.;
market MM-f.Tmg0f::,;. :
The severest cases tf Asthma are imme-'
jdiately relieved by the use of Ayer'a Cherry
sectoral. - . . v , .
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COMMERCIAL,.
W I LMINCrTON MA R K ET
VfilfAR OFFICE. DeW 29, 4 RM;'
SPIRITS TTJRPENTINE-rThe iharket
was quoted firm at 28 cents per gallon bid,
with sales reported of 30 casks at that price.
, ROSlNThemarket wjui quoted stead v
at J'OS cents'fo?" Strairied and $1 00- for
Good drained, with sales as offered: r i
TARThevmarket; was quoted ' firm at
fitlO'-ptf-bbV'pr lbs,rwith sales at
quotations.. .,t.St - r!
; CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm,
with sales reported at $1 00 for Hard and
$1 60 for Virgin and Yellow Dip.
COTTON The market.' was quoted
firm, with small sales reported on a basis
of 10i cents per' lb. for Middling. .The
following were the official Quotations: -Ordinary.
. ...... . . 8i " cents Tbx
Good Ordinary. 9T " "
Low Middling 10 3-16 "
Middling. ..10 " -
Good Middling....... 10 11-16 "
VPEANUTS Market steady, with sales!
at 5560 cents for , Extra Prime, 57
cents for Fancy- and 7580 cents for Ex
tra Fancv. ' -y -" '
RICE. Rough : "Upland 90c$l 05 ;
Tidewater $1 101 25. Clkan: Common
4i cents; Fair 4f5i cents; Low Good 5i
5i cents; High Good 55J cents; Prime
5f5f cents; Choice 5J6 cents per tb.
Market steady. -s
BEorarrs.
i Cotton..:.
162 bales
57- casks
1,342 bbls
41 bbls
'.Soirits Turbentine:. .
r Rosin.......
Tar........ ........
Crude Turpentine, .... .
bb
DOMESTIC BIAB&ETS. V
By Teleirraph to the Morning Star.
Mnanetai. -
Naw York. Dec. 29, Noon. Money
firm at 12 per cent. Sterling ef change
480i480J and 484484. State bonds
auii. Governments steady.
Commercial. x
Cotton dull and easy, wlih sales to-day
xii zoo D&ies; miaoung uplands ll l-iec;
do Orleans 11 5-16c. Futures steady, with
sales at the following quotations: Decem
ber li.ioc; January 11.00c; February 11.08c:
-juArcu ji.4c; -apm n.soc; May li.ioc
Flour firm. Wheat higher. Corn higher.
Fork steady at f 12 5012 75. Lard firm
at f 7 00. Bpints turpentine dull at Slc
Roein dull at $1 22il 27. Freights firm.
j Balttjcobs, December 29.' Flour stead v
ai tue iQuawiag quoianons: nowara street
ana western super fz zo3 65; extra
Z 753 87; family f3 504 25; city mills
super. f2 75; extra $3 00&3 50:
xao uranus f 004 00. w neat southern
steady and quiet; western higher, closing
strong; southern red 8284c; do amber
8890c; Nor 1 Maryland 88c bid; No. 2
western winter red on spot 82i82ic Corn
souuern nrmer, with an active demand;
western higher and active; southern' iwhite
H4c; yeiiow 405lc.. . -
FORKIGN HABKITTR. -
tBy Cable to the MoYnm 8tar.1 .
f Livkhpo6i; Dec. , 29, Noon. Cotton
quiet and rather easier: unlanrta M rtrioon.
6Jd -sales to-day 10.000 bales, of which 1,000
X;01. "Peculation and export; receipts
62.000 bales, of which 43,400 bales were
American. Futures dull at a decline ; up-
auuo, u w, icemoer aeiivery 5 61-old;
January and" February delivery 5 62-64
mfSSi """y 40(1 March deUvery
5 2-6d; March and April delivery
6 6-646 4-64d; AprU and Mav deliverV
o io-46 -64d; May and June delivery
5 Ju and August ddff;
Breadstuffa strong and advancing. Ba
con short clear middles 83a Lard prime
western 36a fid. - rhMAitn OIAfltt 4imtV
J-i WeaJr5a,rnia No- J 6a Hd7s
i . "wW! iw; reu western
spring 6s I07s lOd; winter 6s 9d7s ld.!
Corn new mixed 5s 5idf .
; Tede to:day 800 bales' new docket ';:
i f. ' M; Uplands, l m c, December
delivery 5 60-64d, sellers' option; December
and January delivery 5 60-64d, sellers' op
January, and February delivery 5
6WJ4d,- buyers Option; February and
March dehvery 6d, sellers option ; March
andApnl euvery 6 4-64d, sellers' option ;
April and May delivery 6 &-64d, sellers' op
uon ; May and June delivery 6 12-64d
sellers option June and July delivery 6
SSS e6as ' . option. Futures.
Sales of cotton to-day include 7,700 bales
American. --. v '..-". .
1 8.30 P. M. Uplands 1 tri c; January arid
February delivery 5 60-645 69-64d; Feb
ruary and March delivery 5 63 64d
iltkMRZE?iandf; 1 m December de
livery 5 59-64d, sellers' option r December
and .vj anuary delivery 5 59-64d, iellers op
K"1' tod ' Fehruary dehvery 5
59-4d, sellers' option? February and March
delivery ' 563,-sdlers' option ; -Mci
April and May delivery 6 7-64d, sellers op
tion;' May and June delivery 6 ll-64d-seMers
option; June and Uuly delivery 6
752;' vaJue:, July and Aost delivery 6
19-64d, sellers' option. Futures closed weak.
savajmsJt Rlee market. . ...
Savannah' TTavb TVa 00 . ..
: j Kick. The market continues quiet and
JS:; The sales for the day were 800
bblsBeloware the official quotations of
the Board of Trade: Fall- AXftx.
ml Prime 5f 55.
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t A CinD.-i-To all who are suffering from
errors and indiscretions s ot yontir,? nervous
weakness earlvdecayrrioss of manhood;
&c X wul send a recipe that will cure you
Ja. - This great remedy was
discovered bv a, mlaxinnt. in aw x '
elf -addressed envelope to Rav;
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n m l-I ) mi-U
yfereasesof
Itdoesnotinj.uretheteeth,eausehekS.
t produce constipation-o Iron md
It enriches and pnrtfies the blood BtbmJof '
3 the apatite .aids the awlnflattoSof foSdS
: lievea Heartburn and Belching, and sSStfS"
ens the muscles andnerves. "rength.
For Intermittent Fevers Lassitude, Lacv nf
Energy, it has no equal. ."ickoi
peulne has above trade mark
- crossed recTllnes on wrapper. Takelno other
IT BHOW1 CHMC1L CO, BALTIXOEE,
Jy t)AWly too or frm nrm Jy27
BtLffiUbLitliia Water
FOB MAIABJAL POISONINQ
TJSBpPlT m A CASH OP YELLOW pEVer -ruy';
' .
J, Da. Wju T. Howabd, op Baltimore,
Professor of Dlseases ot Women and Children in
v T vthe University of Maryland.
Dr. Howard attests the common adantminr, .
Otis tooter in"avdde range of ci& tC
the far-famed White Sulphur BprtaK-ft!?
brier eounty. West YlrRinia, and' addsthe MoJ
"Indeed, hi a certain class of cases it ia mni,
superior to the latter. I allude to the ibS
debutty attendant upon the tardy conkSe
from grave acute diseases; and more esnwffi
Wtte OKtoand petolncidenttofflS
Fevrii, In all their endez and varieties, tocw
tain forms of Atoa Dymejma, and all XAfi
Ciont Peculiar to Women that are remediable at n
by mineral waters. In short, were I called vim I
staUfrom what mineral waters I have sekn the mint
est and most urmistakable amount of good accnL
Vulargest number of eases in a general way 1
would unhesitatingly say the Buffalo Snrinm ii
Mecklenburg county. To.' pmgs' w
. Db.).F.Hahsoh, 01 Richmond, Va.,
Late Professor of General Pathology and Phwin
r , lojry in the Medical College of VirginS:
I have observed marked sanative effects from
the Buffalo Water in Malarial Cachexia, IXl
Dyspepsia, some of the. Peculiar Affections ef
men, Anatmia, Hypochondriasis, Cardiac Mvita
ttonx, fe. It has been especially efficaciois Si '
Chronic intermittent Fever, numerous cam orHhit
character, which had obstinately withstood the ilmai
remedies, having been restored to perfect health
in a brief spaceqf time by a sojourn at the Springs."
.' . Db. Joeh.Willuxboh, Jackson, Turn!
Extracts from Communication on the TherawMc
v Action qftt BxffaVo Lithia Water inthe .
"nrgnia IftdUal Monthly"
T . r JorFelruaty.VSl7.
' "Then- great value m Malarial Diseases and
Sequela has been most abundantly and satisfac
torily tested; and I have no question that itwould
have been a valuable auxiliary -in the treatment
of the epidemic of Yellow Fever which so terribly
afflicted the Mississippi Valley during the past
summer. -.-I prescribed it myself, and It gave
prompt relief in a case of Suppression of Urine, in
Yellow Fever, and decidedly mitigated other dU
trtssing and dangerous symptoms. The patient re
covered, but how far the water may have contri
buted to that result (having prescribed it in but
a single case) I, of course, cannot undertake to
say. There is no doubt, however, about the fact that
its administration was attended by the most benei
cial results." .
)rtnes now ODens for enesta.
'ater in cases of one dozen half e-allnn hnttips
$5 per case at the Springs.
Springs pamphlet mailed to any address.
For sale by W. H. Green, where the Springs
pamphlet may be found.
THOS. P. GOODJE, Proprietor,
aplOtf nrm Buffalo Lithia Springs, Va
Christmas is Coming
AND WK
Are Laying in a Stock
OP
FIRECRACKERS
COCOA-ICUTS,
And Other Holiday Goods,
tTOrder early and avoid the;rush and prob
able detention. - i
ADRIAN & VOLLER,
: - WHOLESALE GKOCEBS,
' deo 5 ti S. E. cor. Dock and Front Sts.
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