y WILLIAM H. BaHNIRD.
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Six Months, 4 " . 4 00
Three Months, " " " ......150
One Month .... Ut
jy To City Subscribers, delivered in any part cf
the City, Twaxv Cknts per week. Our City Agents
ire not authorize i to collect for note than three months
advance.
Sntered at the Post Office at Wilmington, N. as
Second Class Mail Matter. ..
OUTLINES
Washington news Nominations" by
thr President: aDDointment bv Secretary
- j
Carlisle; important decision by : the Su
premeCourt; the trouble with the Choc
taw Indians. Charleston truckers.
In the Senate several petitions were
presented; the case of Lee Mantle;
Important decisions in the cases
against the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. Gov. Carr has requested
that the train bearing the remains of
Jefferson Davis be allowed to halt at
Raleigh. Execution of a negro
i i i rt.t.i . ?
murucrcr uy cictuitu y. j-ciaicauon
of a national bank cashier in; Maine.
Chicago grain and provision market.
The cotton trade. A woman.
in Virginia accidentally shoots her hus
band.. The sale of the South Caro
lina Railroad has been postponed.
A big fire at Carrolton, Ga. Base
ball games yesterday. -Preparations for
the removal of the remains of Jeffer
son Davis to Richmond. Virginia.
New York markets: Money' on
call firm, ranging from 7 to 5 per
cent., closing offered at 5 per cent;
cotton quiet; middling uplands .
cents; middling Orleans 8 cents.
Southern flour dull but steady; common
to fair extra $3.103.10; good to choice
$3.154.25; wheat fairly active and
stronger; No. 2 red in "store and at e'e
vator 74X74Kcr afloat 75 corn
opened weaker and closed firmer and
fairly active; No.- 3, 50 cents at elevator
and 51523 cents afloat; spirits tur
pentine dull and firmer at 3333J
cents, rosm dull but steady; strained,
common to good. $1.3o1.37. j
Galveston, Texas, is preparing to
pave her streets with creosoted
wooden blocks.
No Democrat has yet risen to re
mark that Fonrth AssistanCPostraas
ter General Maxwell does not under
stand his business. A rejcord of 107
decapitations in a day is proof con
clusive that he does.
Complaint is made that vandaltc
relic hunters mutilate the tomb of
Abraham Lincoln, by breaking off
and carrying away" pieces. It is
well, perhaps, that the tomb is fast
in the; ground or they might carry
that away.
A Dakota farmer made a mineral
find some time ago, bat has some
difficulty in locating a claim. He
found a forty-six' pound ! meteor,
which had just dropped and was yet
hot. Analysis of a piece of it showed
that it contained iron, nickel' and
cobalt. " ! !
That Baltimore girl who settled
17,500 on an Austrian army officer
so that he might comply with the
regulations and marry her; seems to
have overlooked the fact that there
were lots of boys in her town who
would have married her for one-tialf
that, and wouldn't ask any Em
peror's permission.
Editor Samuel E. Morse, -of the
Indianapolis Sentinel must be the
proprietor of a grave yard rabbit
foot. He captured the Consul Gen
eralship at Paris which, with salary
and fees, is worth about $50,000 per
annum net. Some editors were born
r l t .t c r U
don't want anything, and couldn't get
it if they did. n
They say mid-ocean is the only
place free from microbes, j; They are
found everywhere else, in air, water
and soil. A single ounce of soil may
furnish a habitation for 60,000,000,
while an ounce of the water of some
of the rivers from which cities get
their supplies of drinking water may
, have 640,000,000 or thereabouts, as
when it comes to microbes a few
ciphers don't make much difference.
It is consoling, however, to know
that of the numerous branches of the
microbe family very few are injuri
ous, the others being useful and per
forming friendly offices for the hu
man family. i 1
Some time ago thetbusband of an
Ohio woman suddenly disappeared.
Ihnnf -Viot tim a mnh tnnfc " ehaftre
of a citizen whose absence was con
sidered preferable to his presence and
hanged him as the surest way to
guard against his: return. The wo
man recognized the hanged man as
her husband and mourned him as
dead. She even went to the expense
of wearing weedsfin testimony of her
bereavement. A few days ago she
heard from her husband who was
frisking around in Pennsylvania ina
style that no hanged man could
keep up. Then she got as mad as a
wet hen because she bad done all
that lamentation and worn those
sable garments for nothing.
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VOL. LII. NO. 11
Between the time that Mr. Cleve
land was elected to the Presidency
and the 4th of March, President Har
rison made a number of appoint
ments to office, Including some to go
abroad as ministers or consuls.
Among these was ex-United States
Senator Pierce, of North Dakota, for
whom his doctors recommended a
change of climate. He. concluded
that he would like the climate of
Portugal, and he was nominated min
ister early in January and promptly
confirmed by the Senate. It took
him a month to pack his baggage
and start, and then he took time
enough on the way to tarry awhile
m several of the most noted cities in
Italy and Spam, before reaching Lis
bon. His first official act-after his
arrival, was sending . his resignation
which was, of course, promptly ac
cepted. There was no occasion
whatever for the appointment of a
minister to Portugal when it was
done, and no occasion for oavin? this
man's salary and travelling expenses
to go and get there just in time to
start back. ,
The editor of the New York
Anzeiger quotes Secretary Gresham
as saying; Bihm himmel, Ich bin der
best .Demokrat in Vashington." It
must be admitted that there is some
thing Democratic about the way in
which ne lets his axe drop. " "
Fourth Assistant P. M. . General
Maxwell was a fireman when a young
man. From the way he is firing
Republican postmasters he is looked
upon as a pretty good fire-man yet.
NSW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Found Pocketknife.
" Harris Lithia Water.
Atlantic National Bank.
I. O. O. F. Cape Fear Lodge.
Meeting Carolna Yackt Club.
Wanted Situation by druggist.
Statement New Orleans Ins. Co.
Taylor's BAZAAR-Millinery epening.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. ,
Pertinent Paragraph Pertaining Prinoi-
elly to Psople &nd Pointedly Printed.
- Mr. Allison .Alderman is re
ported to be seriously sick.
Mr. Walter Coney, of. Savan
nah, Ga., was in the city yesterday.
Mr.Clarence Carr, of Florence, S.
C,is in the city visiting his brother, Mr.
Wm. Carr. :
Mr. O. B. Watson, formerly of
this city, but now of Laurinburg, is visit
ing friends here. -
Rev. P. Mcln tyre and Messrs.
Faison, A. J. Galloway, E. Porter,
Rocky Point; Dr. Sam'I W. Murphy, T.
M. Morse, Southport; S. O. Middleton,
Hallsville, were among the arrivals in
the city yesterday.
The Star had a welcome visi
tor last night in the person of "the Hon.
B. i. Grady, Representative in Congress
from the Third District. He is now en
gaged in getting victims (fourth-class
postmasters) ready for Maxwell's axe.
EASTER ELECTIONS
Held Yesterday for Vestrymen of Epis
copal Cnnrches.
Vestrymen for the Episcopal churches
in Wilmington were held yesterd.y :
St. James Dr. A-1- DeRosset. Clay
ton Giles, W. L. DeRosset, Wm. Calder
T. D. Meares, Gep. G, Thomas, W. A.
Williams. A. M. Waddell, John W.
Atkinson, H. A. Burr, JoshG. Wright
and J. H. Boatwright. ;
St. John's Berry Gleaves, Gabriel
Holmes, T. Wright Meares, W. Catlett.
R. Lee Holmes. H. G. Smallbones, Thos.
C James, T.-'M Emerson, Geo. S. Le
Grand. St. Paul's DuBrutz Cutlar, R. H.
Pickett, Geo. M. Crapon, W. J. Clem
mons, W. G. McRae, B. T. French, W.
P. Elliott, L. S. Belden. V. Hall and J.
J. Hedrick, Jr. , .
St. Mark's Jno. S.. Norwood, Thos.
Brownell. fames Lane, Jno. Harris
Howe. Daniel Webster, Wm. Norwood,
Peter Jackson.
Mayor'. Cour.
Mary Jane Jordan, colored, charged
with the larceny of $75 in money was
committed for trial at the Criminal
Court, in default of bond.
W. H- Robinson, colored, nuisance,
was fined $5.00 and costs.
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
Beoeipta of
27 aval Stores
Yesterday.
and Cotton
Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta R.
R. 343 bales cotton, 15 casks spirits
turpentine, 68 bbls. rosin, 2 bbls. tar.
Wilmington & Weldon R. R. 30 bales
cotton. 12 bbls. tar.
Carolina Central R. R. 4 bales ,cot-
ton,109 bbls. rosin, 3 bbls. tar.
Steamer Cape Fear 2 casks spirits
tnrrvntine. 174 bbls. rosin, 98 bbls. tar.
Middletoo's flat 144 casks spirits
turpentine. " . .
Quince's flat 60 casks spirits tur
J.m an l.Wa tar. .
rfoi rint.x Cotton. 443 bales;
spirits turpentine, 883 casks; rosin, 869
DDIs.; tar; iv dois.
WMM
WILMINGTON, N. C. TUESDAY, APRIL, 4; i 893.
LOCAL DOTS. .
Items of Interest Gathered Hera
and There and Briefly Uoted. "
For other new advertisements,
see fourth page. -
What is the most popular Spring
fad? Kommonly kalled kaukus.
A meeting of the Carolina
Yacht Club will be held to-rMght at the
City Hall.
Cape Fear. Lodge No. 2, 1. O.
O. F Will hold a meeting to-night at
their lodge room.
- A foul chimney burning at corner
of Ninth and Dawson streets caused an
alarm of fire yesterday at 1.10 p. m. .
The Board of Managers of the
Produce Exchange will hold its regular
monthly meeting to-day. It is the last
regular meeting of the current, year.
The meeting of Cape Fear
Camp Confederate Veterans called for
last evening was adiourned until next
Friday night at the court house at 8
o'clock.
Rev. Dr. R. H. Whitaker has
been made the pastor lor the present
conference year of the M. E. Church.
Oxford, N. C, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Rev. JfH. Cordon. D. D.
Workmen began yesterday de
molishing the old wooden building ad
joining the Atlantic National bank
block on Princess street, preparatory to
the erection of a handsome brick "build
ing for the Carolina Insurance Cora
pan v.
A protracted meeting' has been
commenced by the pastor. Rev. W. C.
Norman, at Grace M. E. Church. 'Ser
vices are being held at 10 o'clock a. m.
in the lecture room and at 8 o'clock
p. m. in the auditorium, and some in
terest is already being manifested.
The children's missionary so
ciety known as the Bright Jewels had a
very interesting and proStable enter
tainment of songs, speeches, &c. at
Grace M. E. Church Sunday afternoon,
and a collection was taken up for the
Scarrlt Training School for missionary
teachers and workers.
The funeral of the late James
T. Petteway, of Laurinburg, N. C, was
conducted by Rev. W. C. Norman at
Grace M. E. Church South, Sunday
morning, the interment taking place in
Oakdale cemetery. Messrs. D. H. Walsh,
W. E. Springer, E. P. Covington, R. J.
Jones, J. F. McNair and J. C. Stevenson
were the pall-bearers.
Mrs. Armstrong, an aged lady,
living on Ninth between Market and
Princess streets, appeared before "the
County Commissioners yesterday and
made an earnest appeal for assistance
for herself and her two daughters. Her
husband died in 1865 and her only son
is an invalid at the Confederate Soldiers'
Home in Raleigh. The Board grants
her. an allowance of two dollars per
month, which it refused to increase.
AUDIT ANf FINANCE.
The New Board in Session Bonds of City
Offlolala Approved.
The first regular business meeting of
the new Board of Audit and Finance
was held this afternoon; present, Mr. R.
J. Jones, chairman, and Messrs. Chas.
H. Ganzer, Wm. Calder, W. R. Kenan
and Jno. W. Hewett.
Owen Fennell, the newly elected Clerk
and Treasurer and Tax "Collector, sub
mitted a bond for $20,000, with H. L.
Fennell, Wm. L. Smith. S. H. Fishblate
and K. W. Hicks as sureties, each of
whom qualified in the sum of $5,000.
Bond approved.
S. L. Yopp, Weigher of Cattle, bond
for $200, with J. H. Strauss and R.J.
Jones as sureties. Approved,
John W. Perdew, Standard Keeper,
bond for $200, with W, M. Poisson and
H. Vollers as sureties. Approved.
Bill of rent for Banaker Hose Reel
Co. was referred to the chairman of the
Committee on Fire Department.
Bills for current expenses to the
amount of $4,901.93, were audited and
approved by the Board.
BallTO
oad Telegraphers.
- The .Order of Railroad Telegraphers
held its regular monthly meeting Sun
day, April 2d, at 2.30 p. m, and had a
number of members present. It was
decided to change the time and place of
next meeting. All the members will be
notified in due time to attend. There
was one sick benefit authorized to be
paid to J. H. Dixon, of Lake Waccamaw.
Every member seems to take great in
terest in the meetings.
Schooner in Distress.
The American schooner John G.
Schmidt, which was reported at
Southport Saturday evening in distress,
lost her jib-boom and other head-gear
and sprung a leak in a gale some days
ago. She is from Savannah bound to
New York with a cargo of lumber. She
will make temporary repairs at South
port and will be towed to New York by
a tug sentfrom that city. .
Messrs. D. K. Wright, j. W.
ingold, D. R. Richard and W. H. Pem
berton, of Fayetteville, were visitors in
the city yesterday.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Monthly Meetlnx of the Board The "W.
& W. B. B. Makes Formsi Tender of
the Amount of Taxes Due for 1891
and 1892-A Prolonged DlBOtLsaion
Mr. Strange Presents His Ketolution
Both Matters Deferred for Considera
tion.
The Board of Commissioners of New
Hanover county met yesterday' in
monthly session. . The members of the
Board in attendance were Messrs. H. A.
Bagg (chairman), B. G. Worth, E. L.
Pearce and B. S. Montford. Besides,
these there were present, j Mr. War
ren G. Elliott, President of he Vi. jk W
R. R. Co., Messrs. Junius Davis, Jno; D
Bellamy, Jr., and Thos. W. Strange,
attorneys. J
RAILROAD TAX MATTER.
Mr. Junius Davis and Mrj. J, D. Bel
lamy,. Jr., appeared before the Board in
behalf of the W. & W. R. l. Co., ask
ing that the proper entry he made of
taxes against the railroad company ac
cording to the report of the railroad
commissioners, and asking that the as-v
sessment be put on the tax book; that
Mr. Elliott, president of the company,
was present and ready to
taxes.
Chairman Bagg said that
bay the said
inasmuch as
there was a vacancy on the Board he
thought it best not to take action in the
matter now. " .
Mr. Thos. W. Strange, attorney, urged
that the Board take action.
Mr. Bellamy, also, said that action
should be taken at once.
Mr. Elliott addressed t! le Board at
length, reciting the action tak en by the
late General Assembly, the prolonged
controversy and the final adjustment of
the "back tax matter." phe city of
Wilmington, through its Board of Alder
men, had taken action lastj Saturday to
keep this matter open. He sus
pected that something of this
kind might happen, at the meet
ing of this board, and ne was -here
to prevent that; to make application to
the board to make the levy for 1891 and
1892, and to make formal 1 ender of the
sum ' of $1,134.51, which the railroad
commissioners says is the amount due
the county of New Hanover. The act
of the Legislature says that when the
railroad company accepts i is proposition
the payment shall be n- final set
tlement of all claims lor taxes. The
railroad company accepted the proposi
tion, and within the next week if the
county refuses to take this money it will
be paid into the State Traisury. and will
operate as a final discharge for all taxes
claimed to be due prior to 1893. It you
refuse to receive it you are cut off
from collection of any ' back tax
whatever. It the Board! was going to
continueacontroversy that .has already
cost so much time and money, he was
going to protect the interests of the cor
poration he represented. He asked the
Board to pass upon, the tender he now
made of the taxes for 189l and 1892.
Commissioner Worth said that the
Board only wanted time so -that s the
matter could be considered . by a full
board. j
Chairman Bagg said
of Justices would oi
the Board
convened
Wednesday to elect a commissioner to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of Col. Roger Moore. He said
that the matter ought tc
adjusted.
be equitably
Mr. Elliott said the railroad company
had made every effori
to have an
equitable settlement.
and were not
going to ngnt unless iorcea
to it. The only trouble tiey had was in
the house of their friends every county
in the State along the line of road, ex
cept New Hanover, would " have its as
sessments made to-day and the matter
settled.
Mr. Worth asked if the matter could
not be deferred to a special meetingT .
: Mr. Elliott said that they might take
all the time they wanted for considera
tion, but if they attempted to bring in
this other matter the railroad company
would show fight. f
Mr." Strange said if tjhey postponed
consideration of the other matter it
would be too late as the Bix montks dur
ing which action could be taken under
the law to put properties of the railroad
on the tax list, would expire. It must
be acted upon to-day.
Mr. Elliott laid if the
Board admitted
this tender and would not receive it and
then put upon the tax book the property
alleged to.be taxable, th
end of it.
t would be the
Mr. Worth said the board was not pre
pared to deefde; they
wanted a full
board.
Mr. Strange said: .Unless you put. it
upon the tax books to-day it will be too
late. .
The tax law of 1891 was read. It says
the commissioners may put properties
upon the tax books at aj regular meeting
within six "months after they become
delinquent. Mr. .Bellamy argued that
under the law there Jwere only two
regular meetings the June and Decem
ber meetings. Special meetings "could
be held once a month.
" A resolution as follow s was then sub
mitted, viz; ' .' 1
i it resolved. That because of the fact
that there is a vacancy hpon the board,
and the question of the tender of the
Wilmington it WeldoniR. R. Co. of the
amount alleged to be due the county of
New Hanover, in lieu; of all taxes due
by said company, is a very important
one that the matter be postponed
until the next meeting of the board.
The resolution was adopted
TAX LISTERS.
The chair said it was in . order to elect
tax listers for 1893. Several nominations
were made and the following were
elected, viz.: : '
Wilmington township JasG. Burr.
Federal Point Jacob H. Home.
. Masonboro Jno. G.'. Wagner.
Harnett J. N. Macumber.
Cape Fear Jas. Cowan. - :
Jas. Aj Hewlett was granted license
to retail liquors at Ocean view.
BACK TAXES AGAIN.
After the disposal of other routine
matters, Mr. Strange asked permission
to bring the matter of back taxes again
before the Board." He then read the
resolution submitted to and adopted by
the Board of Aldermen of the city of
Wilmington last Saturday. He said he
would not discuss the matter, but would,
leave the paper to be considered by the
Board. If they did not take action at
once, that is the last of it. Iniving his
figures he read from the report of the
Railroad Commissioners.
Mr. Elliott replied to Mr. Strange's re
marks and pointed out errors in his
statement. He contended that not one
dollar ot the property named in the
resolution was owned by the railroa'd
company in 1892; it was sold in 1891;
they did not own a dollar's worth of
taxable property in 1892. He warned
the board that when they spread upon
the records property for taxation that
does not exist they would be making
enemies of a corporation that desires
to maintain the most friendly rela
tions with the county. With regard
to the real estate in the list alleged to
belong to the W., C & A. R. R he said
there is not , a dollar's worth of real
estate that is not owned by the W. & W.
R. R. If there is ' anything thought to
be due by the W., C & A. R. R., send
your chairman and I will show him the
books. - . ;
Mr. Bellamy argued that. the report
made by Mr. Strange should be sworn
to. He regarded it as only an intent to
harass the railroad company and make
something out of h. After the conclu
sion of Mr. Bellamy's remarks the chair
man said the Board would take a recess
until 2.30 p. m. to-day. :
- FIRE IN FLORENCE, S. C.
A Disastrous Conflagration A Score or
More Buildings Burned Iioas About
$150,000.
Intelligence was received here yester
day that fire broke out early in the
morning in Florence, S. C, and was
spreading through the town. It began
in the grocery store of D. F. Parker,
caused by the explosion of a kerosene
oil lamp. At least a score ot buildings
were burned and ' destroyed. Among
them are the Central Hotel, the bank, ef
the Carol inas, the City Hall, the
Knights of Pythias , hall and the hall in
which was all the paraphernalia of vari
ous secret societies in the town, and the
Derrick machinery building. Several
firemen were injured by falling walls.
The estimated loss at noon was $150,000.
There was a very high wind and the
fire department worked at great disad
vantage, the water supply being inade
quate. Among the other sufferers are
Barringer's general store; Ives' market;
four buildings belonging to Sanders Ellis
threepf them occupied; Cox's under
taking establishment; S. A. Gregg. -general
merchandise store; Western, Union
telegraph office; Willoughby's printing
office; F. N. Lake, general merchandise;
Nachman's general store; Fulake's drug
store. The insurance is estimated at
$60,000 to $75,000.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Charleston, S. C, April 3. The
business portion of the town of Florence
was destroyed by fire this morning,
Flames started during the night and
burned until after 9 o'clock this fore
noon. The loss is estimated at fully
$150,000, with only partial insurance.
The fire originated in T. G. Parker's
groecry on Dargan street and spread
southward to Cox's furniture store, then
westward to the city halL After the fire
was gotten under control at the city
hall, an incendiary set fire to James
Walter's store, on Evans street, and all
buildings from (he Central Hotel to the
Western Union telegraph office were
destroyed. -
A Grand Affair.
The Hibernian Benevolent Associa
tion gave their annual ball last night at
their hall. It was one of the . most
pleasant affairs of the season. The hall
was crowded, and many ladies were
present. Dancing began at nine o'clock
and was kept up until an early hour this
morning. Refreshments were served at
intervals by a committee of ladies, who
were well equipped with" nearly every
thing that could tempt the palate. The
committee consisted of Mrs. T. Donlan,
Mrs. Thomas Torpey, Mrs. M. O'Brien,
Mrs. R.Geen, Mrs. L. Flanagan, Mrs.
James Madden, Mrs. Wm. Bate. Every
body enjoyed themselves hugely and
went away well pleased. '; '
; Messrs. T. Quinlivan, M. O'Brien, Col.
J. L. Cantwell, T. Donlan,, T. Torpey,
Robert Green, L. Flanagan, Wm. Shee
han,J. H. McGarity and W. R. Bate
were the Committee of Arrangements.
WHOLE NO. 8,095
CITY AFFAIRS. V
First Begnlar Meeting of the. How Board
Policemen 'Elected Various Applies
' m Hons, Propositions and Petitions Re
ferred to Committees The Treasurer's
"Beport-A Big Balance on the Wrong
. Bide of the Xiedger.
The Board . of ' Aldermen met last
night in 'regular monthly session, with
Mayor Fishblate presiding, . Alderman
Northrop, Gore, Latimer, Yates, Fow
ler, Harriss, Moore, VonGlahn, Walker
and Nixon were present.
Alderman Harriss of the Police Com
mittee placed the policemen in nomina
tion. ; ; '
I Alderman Walker moved to vote on
them as a whole and not seperately,
which was carried. The following were
elected for the ensuing two years :
Captain, L. Flanagan; 1st sergeant, R.
M. Capps; 2nd sergeant, B. R. King; 3rd
sergeant, S. J. Bryan; 4th sergeant, J.
L. White; privates, D. h. Bender, (day
man) J. H. Williams, C. E. Collins, D.
W. Chadwlck, R, L. Dixon, L. Gordon,
Robt. Green, Chas. A. Marck, J. H.
Hewett, H. R. Kuhl, Thos. A. Lawther,
R. H. Moore, G. J. McClammy,
Wm. Murray W. C. Moore, E. Piner,
J. L. Sailing, J. D. McDufie, G. W.
Smith, T. R. Sneeden, W. B. Savage, B.
F. Turlington, M. E.. Walker. H. A.
Woebse, C. E. Wood, A. W. Wiggs, J.
G. Swann, G, W. Woodcock; substitutes,
1st. J. W. Williams; 2nd. J. W.'.Willett;
3rd, E. H. Batson; 4th, R. P. Porter.
Alderman Northrop, chairman of the
Public Building Committee, recom
mended Mr. J. Dickson Poisson for po
sition as day janitor, and Mr. W. W.
Mintx as night janitor.
On motion of Alderman Fowler they
were elected. --
Alderman Harriss recommended W.
M. Hays for superintendent of city carts
and ditches, and David F.. Pratt and
B. F. Swann as health officers.
On motion of Alderman Von Glahn,
the recommendation was adopted. '
The Mayor read recommendation of
Dr. Potter to appoint three extra health
officers temporarily. .,
Alderman Harriss recommended Jno.
H. Scarborough, J. R. Davis and J. M.
Nelson for those positions. Adopted.
Petitions were then read and referred
to the different committees.
Bid for lighting the city from the
Wilmington Gas Light Company was
referred to the Committee on Lights, as
were also several petitions tor superin
tendent ot lights.
Bids fr6m W. L. Parsley, Jas. H.
Chadbournand Fore & Foster to furnish
lumber for the city, were read and re
ferred to the Finance Committee.
Bids for city printing from S. G. Hall
and Wm. L. DeRosset, Jr., were re
ferred to the Finance Committee.
The petition for superintendent of
fire alarms was referred to Fire Com
mittee. Bids for feeding mules and keeping
harness and city carts repaired, from
C B. Souther land, J. H. Jones & Co.,
and R. C Orrell, were referred, to the
Streets and Wharves Committee.
Applications for positions as clerks of
markets were referred to the Market
Committee.
Jno. Sheehan proposition to feed city
prisoners at 6 cents' a. meal, was
referred to committee. ;
Dr. Potter's mortuary report was read,
showing thirty-two deaths during the
month of March; twenty-five colored
and seven whites. -.
Chief Newman's report showed five
.fire alarms during the month of March;
loss $207. He recommended that Phoenix
engine house be sold and the money
used to build a new house on city
property next to the Fourth street mar
ket house, and that the Cape Fear
Engine Company be moved from its
present location to the Fifth ward, near
the corner of Front and Castle. The re
port was referred to the Fire Com
mittee. - ... ;
Petition, from the Dread-Not hose
reel company for a house and to supply
the company with a reel, as theirs was
burned about two years ago.
Alderman Nixon offered a resolution,
with the Board of Audit and Finance
concurring, to appropriate $300 for that
purpose.
Alderman Fowler moved that the re
solution be referred to the Fire Com
mittee to investigate and report at next
meeting. Carried. . -
Alderman Latimer said although he
favored the protection of the suburbs
from fires, he was for -an economical
administration and with a $48,000 deficit
from last year staring them in the face
he advised the Board to go slow and not
spend any of the city's cash that was not
necessary, j , .
. The Phoenix hose reel company t peti
tioned for a new reel and house as theirs
was in bad condition. Referred to Fire
Committee. ' '
The report of thr retiring Clerk and
Treasurer, Mr. W. A. Willson, was read.
It makes the following exhibit, viz: Re
ceipts from all sources, $204,727.44; ex
penditures, . $253,080.697 deficit, $48,-
353.25. In accounting j for this, the
Treasurer says that the receipts from
taxes listed by the W. & W. R. R. Co.
are-about $13,300 less than the preced
ing year, the general depression in busi
ness caused some falling-off in license
: BATES OF ASVKRXXSVTe
One Square One'bay ..........I 1 00
" " TwoDayi.... .....178
1 Three Days... 8 60
" Fowr Dayt S 00
" Five Days 1 50
" One Week.... 4 03
.--.. Two Weeks........ 8 5C
" " Three Waeks 8 50 -
" One Month... 10 00
Two Month 18 0C
Three Months.... 24 CC
Hi Six Months... ,. 40 CO
One Year..... 60 CP
Contract Advertisements taken at proporttcs
ately low rates.
Ten lines solid Nonpareil type make one square.
taxes, and , expenses incurred in com
pleting the funding of bonds and the
efforts of the administration to finish'up
various works of street improvement are
the main causes. Permanent street im
provements cost the city $28,683.96;
streets and wharves, $16,036.02; police.
$20,612.55; salaries, $7,350; fire depart
ment, $11,817.05, lights, $10,758.12; water
works, $6,750; miscellaneous and extra
ordinary, $8,598.96. : .
A yery strong petition to break up
the buttonholing of visitors to the city
by a crowd of drummers of a low char
acter, with explanations showing that it
was a nuisance, was referred to the Ordi
nance Committee to draw up an ordi
nance prohibiting it. . - .
Alderman Nixon offered a resolution
to appropriate $12,000 to fix up Fourth
street from Mulberry to Nixon, iand
Njxon street between Fourth and Ninth,
making a speech favoring its adoption.
It was referred to the Streets and
Wharves Committee.
Aldermen Nixon and Walker both ad
dressed the board in regard to the poor
water supply in the First ward, r j
Alderman VonGlahn spoke of the
bad streets in the Second ward, j and Al
derman Northrop called the attention of
the. Board to the poor water supply in
the Fifth ward and the need of street
improvement.
The Board then adjourned.
THE WEATHER.
U. S. Dzp't of Agriculture,
,TURE, )
ril4. S
Weather Bureau,
: Wilmington, N. C, April
Meteorological data for twenty-four
hours ending at 8 p. m. last night:
Maximum . temperature ' 75; mini
mum temperature 52.
Normal temperature for the- day,
deduced . from twenty years' observa
tion, 58.
Departure from normal, plus 6". Sum
of departure since January 1st, 1893,
minus 192.
Rainfall for the day, .00 inch;' rain
fall' for the month up to date .00
inches. V
FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.
For Virginia, occasional local rams,
southerly winds.
For North - Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, eastern and western Florida
and Alabama, generally fair, southwest
erly winds.
DIED,
SELLERS Mrs. MATTIE J. SELLERS, wife f
TeS D. Sellers, died Monday. April 3d. 1693. at 13.80
a m, in the 29th year of her age.
Funeral this (Tuesday) morning at 10 o'clock, from
her late residence 613 South Seventh street.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
Noncxs For Rent or Sale. Lost and Found.!
Wants, and other short miscellaneous advertisements,!
inserted in this Department, in leaded Nonpareil type,!
on first or fourth page, at Publisher's option, for 1 0
cents per line each insertion; but no advertisement
taken lor less than 25 cents. Terms, positively cash
in advance. Fractions of lines counted as whole lines.
DRUGS A Registered Druggist wants situation
at once. Address "Ovistol," care of Stab. I
FOUND Pocket Knife. Apply at this office aad
pay for this advertisement. j
WRAPPING Paper. In order to get rid of an
accumulation of old Newspapers, suitable for wrap
ping paper,, they will be soid without regard to price
in large lots. ' Apply at the Star Office.
FOR Rent, several small houses, four rooms each,
on Castle between Eighth and Ninth streets, and on
Eighth and Ninth between Church and Castle streets.
Apply to D. O'CONNOR. .
SALiJESMKN. Energetic men wanted. Free-
prepaid outfit. One of our agents has earned over
$20,000 in five years. P. O. Box 1371, New York.
FUKNISHED Rooms for rent for gentlemen in
good location, in five minutes walk of Front and Mar
ket street. Apply at Star Offic.
WANTED To work in Machine Shop. A first
class Machinist can find steady employment by, ad
dressing E. T. STEWART, Washington, N. C
THY this Department, if yon wish to rent a house
or have lost anything. Advertisements 10 cents pet
fine each insertion. Terms, cash in advance. . I
PRINTING Ruling and Binding of all kinds
neatly and promptly executed at the Stab Orno. M
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS .
UNITED STATES COURT-HOUSE AND
Post Office Building, Wilmington, N. C, April
1st. 1893. Sealed proposals will be received until: 12
o'clock noon, Tuesday, April 11th, 1893, for furnish'
ing fuel, lights, water, ice, miscellaneous supplies,
washing towels, hauling ashes, and sprinkling streets
for this building during the fiscal Tear ending June
SO, 1894. or such portion thereof as may be deemed
advisable. T he righi to reject any and all bids is ( re
served by ' the Treasury Department GEO. I Z.
FRENCH, Custodian. sa tn ap 1 2t
: . . I
To Contractors.
"DROPOSALS ARE INVITED FOR THE
erection of a two-story brick addition to the First
Presbyterian. Church, Wilmington, N. C, to con
form to plans and specifications furnished by J. Apple
:' ' I
ton Wilson, Baltimore, Md. - Plans and specifications
can be seen at the office of J. H. Chadbonrn tc. Co..
or will be seat to parties depositing a certified check
for $500. All proposals must be in by April 80th,
1893. ' Satisfactory bond will be required of the party
to wnom tne contract is awarded. .1 ne ngnt to reject
any or all bids is reserved.
J. H; CHADBOURN, Ja.,
0, A. WIGGINS,
WALKER TAYLOR,
ap 1 3t - sa tu th
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Committee.
The Carolina Yacht Club
jyjTEMBERS are urged to' attend a meeting this
(Tuesday) night,' at 8 o'clock, at the rooms of the
Board of Audit and Finance, to discuss roles in regard
to admittance of visitors to Club House. By order of
the Commodore.
ap 4 It ' JAMES McK. COWAN, Purser. -
.'Cap Fear loteo. 1. 0, 0. F. ..
BRETHREN Yott are hereby notified to meet at
your Lodge room this (Tuesday) evening,! 4th
inst., at 8 o'clock . Business of importance requires a
full attendance of members. '
Election- of Representative to the Grand Lodge,
and other matters of importance to be attended to.
By order of the N. G.
A. J. , I
apt It
Secretary.