North Carolina Newspapers

The 3ft0ttxxtt0 Mime- Iir WILLIAM II. BERNARD, ; , iMSHEO DAILY EXCEPT MONDAYS.' K vtks or sirBSCTtimoo, P advamcx: , ... ,ir (by Mil). Postal Paid ......$a 00 , M,-mh.. 3 00 I vvr Months, -1 60 , !-n:h. " ' 60 l'olity bubscnoers, acirvertHl la mny part of iii&fite ..: the Post Office at W&ningtoii, N. C. 'as Second Class Mail Matter. OUTLINES. tlK- Senate yesterday a conference . .T-ilered on the naval appropriation : !1 the conference reports on the. r academy and army-appropria-: : I Is were agreed to; there was a . r iliscussion of the silver bill; in il ase no business of a general . tcr was transacted. Walter r dropped dead yesterday at Salis . . C. during an altercation with r. lxv. There is great specu- : .u present in London in the shares Kentucky and Tennessee land .niies; the shares now bring I .IV per cent, premium. Superintendent of the Census - that the supervisors are all at ui 1 that the work will be pushed r.i with accuracy and rapidity; he exception of the chronic disease us. the Superintendent says all .iiiestiotis in the schedule must ; we red. Schaefer and Mc- i.". er- closed a billiard contest in San i is.-.) Saturday night; the former ' i continuous run of 3,000 points . :r nights; McClcery had no op iv to use his cue after the first and his score was only 15 points, i "c.e northern part of the city of : :i been wrecked by a hurricane. the loss of a number of lives. A representative of the Panama Company has left Paris for Car ina to negotiate with the Cokim : vernment lor a prolongation of ui.il concession. A fire in a .men: building in St. Louis resulted i n.itnber of persons being terribly and the suffocation to death of 1.1 man. An English syndicate - i. night ten of the principal breweries : San Francisco for $7,500,000. t ; e wife of a New Jersey farmer has en arrested on the charge of 'rviu u poison her husband; her epsons made the charge. e' York markets: Money tight t "12 per cent.; closing at 12 per cent. b'l; cotton dull, middling uplands 12 ents; middling Orleans 12 11-10 cents; ithern flour dull; common to fair ex ."03 00; wheat quiet and firmer; 2 red 1)4 cents at elevator; corn ... nd stronger; No. 2. 4040& . elevator; rosin steady; strained . to ijood $1 421 45; spirits . dull at 37y37? cents. pressman Vaux, of Philadel . iv- all the letters of his name .! i e sounded. He is a sound ,c-n:leman, something more than . i:r.d. however. - -.itor Carlisle wouldn't care if e were three Fridays in a week, h v is married on a Friday, and his ;. i;n, nation for Congress and his n for the Senate were both !:. Harrison has decorated a e of China for a fair in Wash Mrs. Harrison should do iccorating on this administra She is, by the way, the only -.-.:: ve. or for that matter, decor re i'.;ire about it. -"iiie respects New Hampshire i-.eap State to live in, but dog ome high. That's what the :- of a dog paid a neighbor a :.iy- a go, because his dog was ; with a sudden and uncontrol npulse to bite somebody. V . Knglish judge has decided that : married person is a person hav ' husband or wife living. Ac ; to this judge the Chicago -i" : woman who by process of - 1 v -rce courts is declared single '- paini themselves off as unraar- ; " k s in his bailiwick. Western high tariff organ at - the advance in prices of products to the McKinley ; 1, while the Silver coinage -aies claim that it is the result : -: " agitation of that question. ' si , ver men don't propose to let :ar:!t boomers get away with ' " on that. U otern McKinley organ says ' ! ;re has done noble work on tan:! 'and should keep right along "'-'iteming its pledges. Pledges to v,;i m'' The boodle furnishers? Now e- '; ;s organ whacK the Republican V:'-i'"rs over the knuckles for pro ;v:ig to revise and pluck to pieces :,Vn "noble work." 1 cigarette counts another vic 1 a thirteen year old boy in Phil a't:ph:a, who died suddenly last nesilav from congestion of the D-a:n erinduced by smoking ci- iirettcs. It is only a question of rne and the number smoked, when lpc fest;ve little cigarette will get in lts work on the confiding little boy. VOL. XLVL NO. 62.' A Western tariff booming contem porary can't understand why if the McKinley bill "is making so many Democrats" as the Democrats claim, they should be so anxious to- defeat it. This shows that our contempo rary is incapable of sizing up the in -kerent virtues of the Democratic party. It never lets the little con sideration of making votes interfere with its trust or the duty it owes to the people. This is a character istic difference between it and the g. o. p. which invariably pursues the opposite course. Andrew Carnegie paid $3,000 for the fl ower decorations at a dinner which he recently gave in Washing ton. There are thousands of hard working men in this country who find it about all they can do to buy their dinners. But they'do not enjoy the blessings of protection like this favored Scot, who don't mind paying $3,000 for the flowers to decorate one of his swell dinners. It is remarkable how the average policeman can miss what he shoots at and hit what he wants to miss. A policeman in Springfield, III., recently arrested a little boy for misbehaving in the street, the little fellow broke away and ran, when the guardian of the peace, to scare the boy, whipped out his revolver and sent a bullet crashing through the little fellow's head. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. French Bros. Dynamite. Star Office Babbitt metal. Kirkham & Co. Auction sale. Meeting Carolina Insurance Co. Y. M. C. A Excursion to Beach. Notice To telephone subscribers. Munson & Co. Hot weather cloth'g. Cronly& Morris Real estate sales. Excursion Bladen St. M. E. S. S. Y. W. C. A. Wilmington District Convention at Fay ette ville. The Y. M. C. A, District Convention which met in Fayetteville Thursday, May 29th, adjourned Sunday night. The number of delegates present was 83, be ing 27 more than were present at the Convention last year, and showing that the work is steadily advancing and that it is being extended more and more throughout the district. Rev. W. J. Erdman, of Asheville, was present and gave a number of very in structive Bible Readings through the entire session of the Convention. The splendid address of Rev. T. P. Barclay, of Fayetteville, upon spiritual work of the Y. M. C. A., and the inter est manifested by the other pastors in the Convention, gave sufficient evi dence of the staunch support which the Favetteville Association has received in the past, and of what it may expect in the future. Dr. Hoge delivered an address upon "Opportunities for young men through the Association," which was listened to with much interest. An address was also delivered by Mr. W. G. Burkhead. of Whiteville, Tues day night. It was decided to hold the next Con vention at Laurinburg. Y. M. C. A. Excursion. A grand excursion will be given to morrow (Wednesday) under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., to Carolina Beach, in connection with the annual target practice of the Wilmington Light Infan try, which will take place on the same day at the Beach. The combination will undoubtedly prove a most at tractive one. The boat will leave the wharf, foot of Market street, at 9.30 a. m. and 2.30 and 7 p. m. Mr. Warren's Life-Saving Medal. The "Life-saving Medal" awarded by the U. S. government to Mr. R. F. War ren, for his gallant and heroic conduct on Wrightsville beach last summer, was received by him yesterday through Mayor Fowler. It is of solid gold, hand somely engraved and its estimated cost is one hundred -dollars. The medal will be on exhibition for a few days at Mr. Honnett's jewelry store. Fire Yesterday. A two-storv frame house on Eighth and Taylor streets was burned down yesterday morning about 10 o'clock. The Fire Department was on hand promptly, but the nearest hydrant was four squares from the fire, and the house was nearly destroyed before a stream could be had. The house was- owned and occupied by J. C. Hooper, colored. There was no insurance. Audit and Finance, The Board of Audit and Finance at their meeting yesterday afternoon, con curred in the, tax ordinance as adopted by th Board of Aldermen, with the ex ception of a few amendments. Bills for current expenses, amounting to $5,- 159.83, were audited and approved. 1 - f- WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1890, LOCAL DOTS. Items of -Interest Gathered Here and There and Briefly Noted The Cape Fear hose cart broke down yesterday morning at the corner of Market and Second streets, while going to the fire. Mr. F. A. Newbury offers $5.00 gold piece as a prize for the second best shot at the annual target practice of the W. L. I. at Carolina Beach The annual meeting of stock holders of the Carolina Insurance Com pany will be held at the Bank of New Hanover at 11 o'clock this morning, Col. Hall, Chief of Police, writes from Cleveland Springs that he is gaining strength, but his eye-sight (opthalmia) yet gives him much trouble Bladen Street M. E. Church Sunday school will give an excursion to Carolina Beach, Friday, June 6th. The steamer will leave the wharf at 9.30 a. m l nere was an alarm ot nre Sunday evening, caused by a leak in a gas-pipe at the Presbyterian chapel on South Front street. No damage was done. Mr. R. Williams, son of Mr. G. W.Williams, will go abroad this summer. He left for Baltimore last night, and will take a steamer from New York for Liv erpool next week. The Harbor Master, Capt. Jos Price, reports the arrival of 23 vessels during the month sixteen American and seven foreign with an aggregate tonnage of 12,595. The new buildings to be erected on the Poor House grounds are to be completed November 1st, 1890, and will cost io,od4. ine contract, as pre- viouslyvstated, was awarded to Mr. Jacob S. Allen. There will be no drill of the W; L. I. to-night, but the company will have its annual target practice at Caro lina Beach Wednesday afternoon in fatigue uniform. The boat will leave at 2.30 p. in. The German barque Elise Linckc cleared yesterday for Bristol. Eng., with 4,778 barrels rosin and 300 casks spirits turpentine. Cargo valued at $12,548 and shipped by Messrs. Pat erson, Downing & Co. The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners says the financial con dition of the county is good ; that the estimated expenses for the fiscal year ended Nov. 30, were $29,790, but the expenses were only $24,134.61. The policemen will have their annual excursion to Carolina Beach on the 10th of June. A game of ball and target shooting for a policeman's belt and club will be among the attrac tions. K. M. Uapps, Lr. VV, Oanord ana W. R. Smith are the committee of ar rangements. CITY AFFAIRS. The Board of Vldermen in Council Dis cussion of the Onslow Railroad Bonds Delivery and Other Matters. The Board of Aldermen met in regu lar session yesterday, with Mayor Fow ler in the chair. A com m u n ication was read , stating the non-concurrence of the Board of Audit and Finance in the appropriation of $2,000 for a plan and estimates for a sys tem of sewerage. It was commented upon by the Mayor and Alderman Pearsall, and on the latter's motion the com munication was referred to the Sanitary Committee with instructions to ask for conference wifh the Board ot Audit and Finance in regard to the matter. Petition of Wilmington Cotton Mills relative to drainage was referred to the Streets and Wharves Committee. Petition of Banaker Hose Reel Co., referred to Chief of Fire Department and returned without recommendation, was ordered filed. Petition of G. W. Mills, asking per mission to put a shelf between two trees in front of his store on South Front street, was not granted. Complaints from James Madden and others in regard to a nuisance at foot of Chesnut street was, on motion, referred to the Superintendent of Health with instructions to report to the Sanitary Committee. Reports of the Chief of Fire Depart ment and Superintendent of Health were read and ordered filed. Petition of Fifth Ward Hook and Ladder Company for better accommoda tions for truck, was on motion referred the Aldermen from that ward with a request to ascertain if a suitable lot can purchased for a truck ftouse ana me cost of same. Several complaints and petitions from citizens in regard to the condition of certain streets and lots were referred appropriate committees. to A communication from Messrs. i. Rates Geo. Chadbourn ana vv. a. TTr.nrh. trustees, stating that they would deliver certain bonds to the W., O. & E. ;. R. R. Co. on the 7th instant, (as pub ished in the Star) was read. Mavnr Fowler stated that the matter had been placed in the hands of attor neys representing the city. Alderman Smith asked, when the at torneys would give their opinion in the matter. He submitted a motion that the city give the reasons asked for, and if not, that the" bonds be delivered to the railroad company. Alderman Post argued that the mat ter should be left to the attorneys. Alderman Pearsall said that if any reasons existed why the bonds should not be delivered the members of the Board should know what those reasons are. He did not want to say anything to jeopardize the city's interest; had not yet read the reply of the attorneys to the trustees; but as a matter of right he thought the city ought to have pretty good reasons for withholding the bonds He was opposed "at the outset to the subscription to the Onslow road, and was iust as much opposed to it now; but the people had voted the subscription and the bonds should be delivered un less good reasons existed to the con trary. The Mayor said that good reasons did exist, and he hoped the Aldermen would stand up for the interests of the tax payers. Alderman Morton said that when the resolution asking the trustees not to de- liver the bonds was adopted it was stated that the railroad company had not come up to the contract; while the statement of the attorneys was quite differ ent that the terms had been com plied with, but ' the company had not acted in good faith. He asked ij that was the only reascn why the bonds were to be withheld; if so, he was op posed to it. The Mayor said the attorneys for the city would give the aldermen all the in formation they wanted on these points, City Attorney Cutlar explained and argued that if the work (on the railroad) was not done in good faith the bonds should not be delivered. Let the courts settle the question; if the railroad com pany think they are entitled to the bonds let them sue for them. Alderman Post offered a substitute for Alderman Smith's motion, and it was adopted that consideration of the mat ter be deferred, until a special meeting to be called before the 7th inst. The Mayor stated that the city attor ney had filed a written opinion with the Board of Audit and Finance that the subscription of $750 voted for the Permanent Encampment at Wrights ville was not legal. Upon the recommendation of the Mayor an ordinance was adopted to impose a penalty of five dollars on mer chants whose places of business are found left open or the doors unlocked at night by the police. On motion of Alderman Pearsall an appropriation of $500, or so much as may be necessary, was made to defray the expense of codifing the laws and ordinances of the city. An ordinance submitted by Alderman Craft to prevent the fouling and littering of streets with waste paper, trash, etc., under penalty of $10 fine was adopted, after amendment making it applicable only to streets and alleys within the "fire limits." Alderman Post, from the special com mittee appointed to draft rules for the government of the Fire Department re ported, i Alderman Hicks moved that the rules be laid on the table. He could see very little difference between those in exist ence and the new rules offered. Alderman Pearsall also saw very little difference, and he did not think any thing should be done to hamper the Chief. The new rules gave powers to the Committee on Fire Department that belonged to the Board of Aldermen. Alderman Post said the ordinance now gave the Chief supreme control; the new rules gave it to the hire Committee; the special committee pro posed that the Fire Committee should make rules for the government of the department. Alderman Pearsall said that if there was anything in -the rules intended to cast reflection on the present Chief he was opposed to them. He moved as a substitute for the report of the committee that the matter be re ferred back to them with instructions to draw up rules for the government of the Fire Department. Adopted. Alderman Pearsall then moved to amend the ordinance adopted August 5th in relation to the Fire Department, and the motion was adopted to read as follows: The Chief of the Fire Department shall have and exercise supreme control over the entire Department at all times; he shall see that all orders ana regula tions of the Board of Aldermen are rio-idlv enforced. He shall see that proper discipline is maintained and ob served by the officers and men, and shall make a monthly report of the number of men on duty and of the condition of the several horses, apparatus and equipment. He shall have charge of purchasing all sup plies, and issue them upon requisition under direction of the Committee on Fire Department. He shall visit each department house as often as practica ble and inspect and see that the quarters are in good order and well kept. He shall not absent himself from the city without the consent of the Board of Al dermen, and if permission is granted he shall immediately notify his assistants in writing. if Joint Meeting of Board of Magistrates and Board of County Commissioners The Tax Levy. etc. A joint meeting of the Justices ofNew Hanover County and Commissioners was held - yesterday morning at the Court House, with Dr. W. W. Harriss, Chairmanof the Board of Magistrates, presiding. The tax-levy, as recommended by the Board of Commissioners, was adopted, as follows: On real and personal property For general expenses, on the $100, 26 cents; Criminal Court, 18 cents; Hospital, cents, a total of 47 cents on property On polls, for general expenses, 78 cents; Criminal Court. 54 cents; Hospital, 10 cents; a total on poll ot $1 42 cents, and a total on property and poll of $1 90. It is estimated that the levy on property and on income and franchise will real ize $28,500, net; that schedules B and C will yield $4,000 and a collection of 25 per cent, of the poll tax will yield $1,- 750, making a total of $34,250. With this levy the whole tax (State and county) will be as follows: On prop erty lor county, 47 cents; on proper ty for State, 40 cents. On poll for county, $1 42, and on poll for schools and poor $1 21; a total of $2 64 Capt. E. W. Manning was re-elected Superintendent of Education, and Messrs, H. A. Bagg, B. G. Worth, Roger Moore, E. L. Pearce and J. 'A. Mont gomery were again chosen as County Commissioners. A resolution was adopted that the Board of County Commissioners formu late a plan for building a new Court House, and present said plan to a joint meeting of the two Boards, to be held not later than December 1st, so that the necessary application may be made to the Legislature. The idea seems to be that an amount not to exceed $60,000 be expended for this purpose, and that if necessary bonds to this amount, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 4 per cent, be issued. This, of course, will necessitate a vote by the people CITY TAXES. The Ordinance as Adopted by the Board of Aldermen. A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held yesterday at noon to consider the tax ordinance for 1890. As adopted, it is the same as lat year, with the following exceptions: Buyers and shipper of naval stores and cotton, are taxed $1 00 per month and l-10th of one per cent, on all pur chases. Retail liquor dealers (including bar keepers) $20 per month, instead of $11, as heretofore. Commission merchants are taxed the same as "buyers and shippers of naval stores and cotton." Wholesale merchants and retail deal ers. $1 per month and one-fourth of one per cent, on sales. Drays, trucks, wagons, 55 cents per month for each horse. Express companies, on business done wholly within the State, one-half of one per cent. Lawyers and attorneys, 1 1-10 per cent. on income. Real estate agents, 1 1-10 per cent, on commissions received. Sailor boarding houses $1.10 per month; instead of $2.20 per month. Telegraph companies, on business wholly within the State, one-fourth of one per cent, on receipts for messages. Ticket scalpers; $5.00 per month; in stead of $25. The Board also re-enacted the dog ordinance; the same as last year. Mortuary Statistics. The report of Dr. F. W. Potter, Su perintendent of Health, for the month of May, shows the total number of deaths in the city during that month to be forty whites 12 and colored 28 in-. eluding fiye still born (colored) and two drowned (white). One white and three colored adults died of apoplexy; four colored adults of heart disease; two whites of typhoid fever; two of pneu monia. ONSLOW RAILROAD BONDS. The Other Side A Letter from Colonel "Waddell. The extraordinary speech of the coun sel for the Citv of Wilmington, in that extraordinary forum, the Sunday news papers, before the extraordinary jury chiefly an unwarranted attack on the Trustees of the Onslow Railroad bonds for doing their duty as honest men, bound bv the obligation of a written contract, contains such misstatements about the Railroad Company, that it becomes my duty a& its attorney to ask a brief hear ing. I cannot hope to be as entertain ing as the counsel for the city, because the element of anger will be absent from my remarks. I, also, represent a "real party in interest," and not "a merely nominal party," as they say they do. They undertake to speak for the tax payers, it is true; but their service in that respect is entirely gratuitous, except in the important particular that, the tax payers "will have to be burdened" with their fees, unless their "merely nomi nal clients will do the handsome thing and pay the expenses out of their own pockets. The tax-payers have not em ployed them, and it is quite certain that a large majority of them are opposed to attempting the repudiation of these bonds, and thus destroying the credit of the city. WHOLE NO. 7.387 The people of Wilmington have twice, by a clear majority, voted to exchange $100,000 of bonds, or cash, for $100,000 of the stock of the Onslow road. The first election was held by the Supreme Court to be "ineffectual' and void," be cause the registration was not author ized by law. The second election, has not been, and cannot be impeached. The people wanted the road and voted accordingly. The road is built to Jacksonville; twelve miles of 56-pound steel rail are already laid, and track laying is proceeding as fast as it can be done. Property in the southern part of the city, where the terminus is located, has risen in value aver joo per ceni.. thus largely increasing the city's taxable resources. The city has got what it bargained for, fairly and squarely. Why should it dishonor its obligation? The counsel say: "The general who dis closes his plan of campaign to the enemy is shot;" which tempts me to say "Johnny, get your gun." Their plan of campaign is no longer a secret. The stubborn honesty of the Trustees has forced a revelation of it. With evident irritation, they are forced to ad mit that they cannot risk an injunction, because they cannot find anybody who will swear to enough to sustain it. They say, "the railroad company could get affidavits by the cord." Do they speak from experience as railroad attorneys? Or is this a mere ill-tempered insinua tion that the railroad company would resort to subornation of perjury? Would it not have been better to leave out such evidence of the weakness of their case? The charter ol the railroad company provides: "That if the company shall fail to begin the construction of the road within twelve months from the ratifica tion of this act, all county or municipal subscriptions shall be void" Of course, therefore, if they failed to begin the con struction within twelve months, they are not entitled to the bonds. Nobody de nies that. The counsel admit that con struction commenced within the time. "We do not pretend," they say, "that no work was done within the time." Well, I should say not. Considering the fact, that about (wo miles of the heaviest grad ifig on the road was done, and that about two months were occupied in the work, aside from the surveying, securing rights of way, etc., it would require a sort of audacity that the counsel would never be guilty of to deny that the work of construction was begun. But they ex press the opinion that this work "was unsubstantial and illusory; a mere pre tence, an attempted evasion of the act," and they are indignant at the trustees because they will not assume that to be the case, and, on this naked assumption, without a particle of evidence, will not violate their written contract with the railroad company. They are told that they are mere stakeholders, that they stand indifferent between the city and the railroad company, and that, if they deliver the bonds, they will put the city at a disadvantage. But shall they avoid the plain path of duty to which their written obligation compels them, and thus go out of their way to put the railroad at a disadvantage. They arc not mere stakeholders. They signed a contract as parties 01 tne tnira part," in which they "covenanted and agreed" to deliver the bonds whenever the certificate of a rep utable engineer should be presented to them. The certificate of a reputable en gineer has been presented to them that ten miles of the road are completed. No evidence of any kind has been offered, no reason on the face of the earth has been assigned why they should refuse to keep their part of their contract. Ought they to deliver the bonds under these circumstances or not? If honest and faithful to their obligations they cer tainly must deliver unless restrained by legal proceedings, the city has not yet attempted to get an injunction, and cannot successfully do so, as its counsel practically admit, and apparently because it cannot, the trustees are arraigned in the newspapers as unfaithful agents who are engaged in a "campaign against the rights of the tax-payers," and as not disposed to act fairly and impartially, because they will not give the city an advantage in a suit! Does the city want an advantage to get rid of its promise to pay? Has it been reduced to that ex tremity of degradation, and do the coun sel advise it to resort to such a means of escape from its honest debts? When the trustees demand protection, or at least some reasons from the city why they should join in an act of repudiation, they are reminded by the counsel that a famous character (Falstaff) declined to give reasons upon compulsion." The same famous character also said that, asking him for security was "rats bane under his tongue," and it would have been more appropriate to the situ ation to have quoted that utterance. As to the illustration used by the counsel to show the propriety of for cing the railroad company to sue, and making the city defendant, 1 have to say that it amazes me. Do the counsel real ly believe that intelligent citizens can be gulled by such a bold perversion of the tactsi 1 hey say : "A claims tnat is owes him a debt which t denies. A will not sue to establish his claim; but insists that B shall bring suit to estab lish that he does not owe it. There, fentlemen, is the case in a nut-shell." Jow, A is the railroad company, and B the city, in this illustration; but where do the trustees come in.' In all sinceri ty, 1 ask if this was ingenuous in the counsel? Let me, in common justice to the owners of this railroad make a simple statement to show the outrage that is sought to be perpetrated upon them. They came to this city to make inquiry about the road. They learned that the subscription had been voted on March 1st. 1888, and that two months and a half afterward (May 14th, 1888), the city had signed the tripartite agree ment for the delivery ol the bonds the year in which work was to commence having; ended on March 7th, more than a month previously. They went to both banks in Wilmington to make inqniry of the presidents, who were trustees, as to the validity and regularity of the bonds. They received the most posi tive assurance that the bonds had been duly signed and deposited with the trustees, that there was nothing wrong about them, and that they would cer tainly be delivered whenever an engi neer S LlllCtlLC Ul Lltt LUlllltllUll UI t RATES Or ADTETtTItlflO. Om Sqaara Om Ir-.. ......... I I W " Twoltartv. I T " 44 ThfMliirt. .nr....... rowDin, ........ 9 o a m 4 00 M M IM OTeca.,, . Two Wnb ,,M Three Weeks , 4 . ..,... na Moats... 10 00 J 00 M 00 o on W oo 1 wo Moot ha... Three MoMkt. Sii Month One Year Contract Adrrrtiarmrata tk ! fmpvrtkm teljr low rmtes. Ten lines solid Nonpareil tyi mmkm oam aqaar. mile of road was presented to the trustees. They then cot the opinion of counsel as to their validity, and upon the faith of the assurance to rrenved. they bought the road, and have built every foot of it to Jacksonville When ten mile of the steel rail were laid they presented the certificate of a reputable Wilmington engineer (Mr. Rod. Mac Rae) to that fact, and asked for $25.(KK) of the bonds, being $2,500 per mile, according to contract. The bonds were withheld at the request of the city, without giving the railroad company the poor courtesy of a reason or excuse for the refusal, but the trustees have determined to deliver them rext Saturday unless restrained by an injunction. Let me state another fact or two. The original railroad company did begin the work, not only actually, as the counsel admit. butT-iC6Cd faith and with the intention to complete it to New river, and with the financial barking neces sary to finish it; but, owing to a dispute about the terminal facilities in Wilming ton and other matters, the financial backers of the enterprise, ajtrr tkt two miles of grading were done, withdrew from it, and left the others, who only had limited means, in the lurch, and they subsequently sold out their inter ests to the present company. The rnt overwhelming proof of these facts eiis. and I am perfectly willing to exhibit aII of it to any tax-payer who want o know the truth about the case A. M. Vaiii i i . Att y for the W.. O. h E. C l K. Co Valuable EnI Estate. Messrs. Cronly y Morris advertise for sale a large numtcr of valuable pirrs of real estate in various sections of the c ily See their sales for this day. Weather Foreoast. For Virginia and North Carolina, (air weather, followed in North Carolina and Southern Virgina ry showers, continued high temperature and southerly minds NEW ADVERTISEMENTS A. G. McGirt, Auctioneer, BV W. I. K.IHKHAM4 CO HlllAV A I 10 o'clock, in front of nut Sain Kivma. T, MaW treet, we will m-II for whom 11 m- twrtn. whImxi. rmerve, one very fine Mule, nr fine Mill h and Cslf one fine l'h-ton of Kntkaway. a full Si ..( Hlackumtth Tools, and a lot of I urnnurr. ( i.kmv Stove, Ac, Ac. n li Dynamite JOR SALE IN I.OIS To SI I I 1 k 1 NC M I'K v je 3 3t KM k I'oml ot Wilmington. S- ( The Annual Meeting QFTHF.STOCKHOI HKkS ul Mil UVn lina Inatirance Co , will U- hM .-.!i , at II ., . I a. m., in the Director' room of the Hank of Nw Hanover. (.. W W I.I A MS. rte.,tle..l M. S. W1LLAKD, Sorrnary H 1 1 Excursion. yHK H La PEN STREET M I St'NDAV School will give an Eitirion on i hf MIVAN GROVE In Carolina I'.aat h. Inrla. Jun- ftih Steamer will leave the wliarf at Ct a m. i 1 if Y. M. C. A. Day. -yyEPNESPAY, JUNK 4 I II. MUSI MmiN light Excursion to Carolina Hra )i Military Parade, Shooting Mal h, Mmi anil othrt attraction!, including Rtfrrthmrnta Through the couririy of Cap) Kenan ili Wil mington Light Infantry will have their Annual I atgrt Practice in the afternona) at the lleai h KoaH leave Market treet wharf at B VI. If and " o'clo k. Last Iloat leave lleaah at II p m i- H Pi Auction Sales Real Estate THIS DAY. 10 O'CLOCK A. M . DWFI.I.lNo. M UM ture. Piano, Home and liuggy and Mitnm. on Second, between Nun and Churth atreei A T12 O'CI-OCK M . THE Lot I'I'iiN Con ner Front and Walnut streeta. See previou advert lament fr full Mirtitiilar CKONl V A MOkklh. je 3 It Auctioneer Valuable Improved Real Estate AT AUCTION. M. CIIONLY, Auctionoor. ys THE OWNER HAS Pt'RC HASED A Plantation in the State of 1 enneaae. and will remove there a soon aa he can diaptne nC hi Real 1 ataie we will sell on Thursday, June 5th ncit, at ,11 ' Um a m., at the cornet of II laden and Seventh atteer. three Houses and Lots, st and near the slxrve lotnet , and immediately thereafter right nrodiHtive House and Lots upon Sixth street and Miliaria Alley, lie tweet Swan and Nisoo streeta. 'term -third caah, balance one and two yrn wuh A per nt in terest per annum. Interest semi-annually Plot at office of the Auctioneer. my 3H 4t 8H SO Jane 1 I HOT WEATHER REMINDS ONE OE THIN CL OTZEEZOSTGr. OEFICE COATS AT M CENTS STRIPE FLANNELCOATS AND VESTfc l hO COLORED AND It LACK Alpa-cca Coats and Vests. DRAP D'ETE 8UTTS, NEOLEQIE BLTIBTB, WHITE MARS. VESTS. MUNSON & CO., je 8 tf Enmiskers Bwd Cb'thter Telephone Exchange. TyjEMPERS WILL PLEASE ADD To Till Ik list, J. H. Hank' Drug Store. Nn (W K. 1. COOHII.L. jeSlw Manager Wll lei Estnange. VI. r i ; ' -1 i : C t i, v i , ' 4 f - f - '