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OUTLINES.
Washington News A hitch in the
Chinese Exclusion Law; Attorney Gen
eral Olney and the Sunday opening of
the World's Fair; the Spanish Princess;
Appointments by the President. ' .
Grand celebration in Texas' over the
opening to navigation of the Trinity
river as far as Dallas. A- big
crevasse in a levee In Louisiana. .
Heavy snow storm in the Northwest.
Escape of a coademned murderer
from a Maryland iail. . Chicago
Bad weather; Sunday opening of the
Fair; the Fair taking in five thousand
dollars a day in excess of running ex
penses. - The N. C Dental Associa
tion adjourned to meet next year in
Durham. Base ball games played
yesterday. It is reported that the
town of Moberly. Mo., has been de
stroyed by a cyclone. Agent of
the Victoria Mills, Newburyport, Mass..
has been arrested as a defaulter. -
Serious shooting affray in Hamburg,
S. C. Chicago grain and provi
sion market. The cotton trade.
Another adjourned meeting of the
Richmond Terminal Company. -.
Southern Presbyterians The question
ot dancing; reports and appeals. - -Northern
Presbyterians Continuation
of the Brig-g's case . yesterday.
Mew York markets:-. Money . on call
easv." ranging from; to VS per
rent., closing offered at 2 per cent.,
cotton quiet and steady;, middling up
lands ? 1-16 cents: middling Orleans
"5 15-16 cents; Southern flour doll and
weak; common to fair extra $2.103.10;
good to choice, $3.154.25; wheat firmer,
win a moderate export demand; No. 2
red in .store and at elevator 77 cents;
afloat 78 cents; corn quiet, llc
higher and scarce; No. 3 at elevator
5151J cents; afloat 52 cents; spirits
turpentine quiet and weaK at 2929
cents rosin dull and weak; common to
good strained $l.251.27.
The total number of immigrants
arrived in the United States for the
year ending April 30 was 334,825,
which was 119,133 less than the pre
vious yean
The State Military Board of Kan
sas sat down on the brilliant plan of
Attorney General Artz, to organize
a Populist Guard of 50,000 men.
This may prevent Mr. Artz frombe
coming a valiant warrior.
A German professor, who has been
cultivating the acquaintance' of the
Egyptian mummies has come to the
conclusion that the Egyptian girls
painted. They doubtless did and
propably wore bangs and munch
ed gum.
Henry Rosenburg, a Galveston
"millionaire, who died recently, be
queathed one half his estate to chari
table and benevolent 'institutions in
that city, and the otheV half to his
family and friends,
level-headed divide.
That was a
f A denizen of Ohio wants -a. young
woman who is post-mistress removed
because for "seven years" she . has
done all her courting in the post-office.
If she could do that for seven
years and run the p. o. too, she must
have -been a daisy manipulator of
the males
The volcano Bandai-San, in Japan,
is assuming business again for the
second time since 1888, when it fired
up after a rest of a thousand years,
.and took people who supposed it
had shut up for good by surprise. It
is on the rampage now and is doing
great destruction. v .
According to the statement is
sued by the bureau of Statistics for
the twelve months ending April 30,
the balance of trade against this
country was $77,602,561. The de-'
crease in exports for the year am
ounted to $162,748,746, and the im
ports increased $94,006,617. How
is this for a protective . (intended to
be prohibitory) tariff? Is it surpris
ing that there should be a drain of
American gold to Europe?
A St. Louis inventor thinks he has
the clinch on the Express robber. He
has invented an iron cage which he
plants into the corner of the car, into
which the Express man jumps when
the robber makes his call. Secure
behind his bullet proof all he has to
do is to level his shooter and fill the'
robber full of bullets. If the robber
is particularly anxious to get in to
him all he need do is to throw a little
door open slightly, through which
the unsuspecting robber forces his
way and., finds himself securely
trapped, when the Express . man can
step out and make all the faces he
wants to at him. It is a big thing,
the inventor says.
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VOL. LII.-NO. 50
: . There was, a strike in Chicago last
week somewhat out of the usual line.'
The horn blowers of the band in the
German village struck, not for more?
pay, but for more and better butter
on their sandwiches, and refused to
toot another toot until their de
mands were conceded to. . The horn
blower who is expected to blow
must be properly lubricated.
There is a Detroit doctor who got
a pull on one of his fellow-citizens
and got into truble at the same time.
The fellow-citizen dislocated his an
kle joint and the doctor in pulling it
into place, pulled so hard that he
pulled the knee out of joint, and now
the' man wants to pull him for $5,
000 damages. . J .
New York Republicans are talk
ing about nominating ex-Vice-President"
Morton for Governor. They
want a victim who can put up the
cash for them. But Mr. Morton. has
the reputation of being a man of
sense and will hardly permit himself
to be buncoed.
. The New York World estimates
that the shrinkage in stocks and
other ecurities in Wall Street will
foot lip ; $500,000,000. This repre
sents the'amount of Water that was
pumped into them.
The best speaker in the Roanoke,
Va., College, is a full-blooded Choc
taw from he Indian Territory. He
will deliver the valedictory and then
go West to grow up with the country.
, .They say- President Cleveland
never wears gloves. He's a clean
handed man and doesq't need 'em.
JSEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Star Choice books.
D. O'Connor Real estate agent.
Heinsberger Webster's Dictionary.
hew susnrzss locals. -,
W.S Walker Plumber and gas fitter
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Pertinent Paragraph Pertain tnc Princi
pally to People and Pointedly Printed.
Mr. William Ledbetter, of Ra
leigh, was in the city last night.
Mr. Geo. H. Bryant, of Long
Creek; was in the city yesterday.
Mr. P. B. Manning was re
ported as resting easier yesterday.
MrJ E. A. Pates, of Pates, N.
C, was a visitor in the city yesterday.'
Mr. E. F. Early, of f Raleigh,
N. C , travelling agent lor the News and
Observer, is in the city.
Among the Wilmington people
who are visiting Southport are Mr. Geo.
Penny, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Maunder and
Mrs. E.Warren. m
Mr, Geo. Mclnnerny, formerly
of this city, but who has been residing in
Savannah for the past few years, is in
the city visiting his family.
Misses Maggie Sbepard, Etta
Shepard and Lottie Saepard, of Top
sail Sound, who have been 'in the. city
visiting the family of Dr. J. C. "Sbepard,
returned home yesterday much pleased
with their visit.
Messrs. W. E. Kyle, General
Freight and Passenger Agent, H. L.
Fry. Chief Engineer, and J. W. Fry,
General Manager, of the Cape Fear &
Yadkin Valley Railroad, were' in the
city last night. " 'K "
:- Messrs. J. H. Maxwell, White
ville;" BrucevWilliama. Borgaw; W. H.
French, Rocky Point; A. H. Slocumb,
B. R. Taylor -fayetteville; . C L.
Stevens, South port; J. H. Johnson,
Hope Mills, were among the arrivals in
the city yesterday. '
Cotton .Region Bulletin.
The cotton region bulletin reports
light ram in the Charleston and Savan
nah districts yesterday. No rain in the
other portions of the cotton belt. The
average maximum temperature ranged
lrom 84 to 92 degrees, and. the average
minimum from 54 to 70 degrees. . -
In the Wilmington district the highest
temperature was 90 degrees at Florence.
The minimum temperature ranged from
50 degrees at Weldon to 68 at Florence;
average minimum for the district, 58 de-
BY RIVER AND RAIL. ".
Beoeipyi of. Uaval Stores and Cotton
. Yeaterday. .
Wilmington. Columbia A Augusta R.
R. 1 bale cotton, 54 casks spirits
turpentine. 148 bbls. rosin, IS bbls. crude
turpentine.
C. F. & Y. V. R. R-28 casks spirits
turpentine, 574 bbls. rosin.
Williams' flat 6 bbls. tar, 84 bbls.
crude turpentine. "
Larkin's flat 8 bbls. tar, 82 bbls.
crude turpentine.
Total receipts Cotton; 1 bale;
spirits turpentine, 80 casks; rosin, 722
bbls.; tar, 14 bbls.; crude turpentine, 129s
bbls.
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WILMINGTON, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 26 v 1893.
LOCAL'DOTS.
Items of Interest Gathered Here
and There and Briefly Noted.-
Business Locals on fourth page.
Raleigh Letter on fourth page.
The banks close to-day at 12
o'clock noon for the Friday half-holiday,
An order for books came to the
Star office yesterday from . far-away
Florida. '
. The Maine ice now landing
lrom the schooner Thelma looks very
natural.
The next man who says "moon
light and music" will be hanged "with
out benefit of clergy."
. A business meeting of the retail
merchants of the city will be held at the
Mayor's office to-night at 8.80 o'clock.
The Seacoast Railroad will sell
10 cent tickets for children Saturday
afternoon on the three o'clock train
-
only.
The new building ot the Caro
lina Insurance Company, opposite the
Star office, has already entitled itself
to be called "a thing of beauty."
The "Pinafore" Opera Com
pany has decided not to repeat the per
formance given a few weeks ago for the
benefit of the Naval Reserves.
Orders for Star coupon novels
have been received from six members of
one household in Wilmington. The
Star id evidently read in that family.
A book order was received at
the Star office yesterday addressed to
"The Morning Dazzler," and bearing the
following slogan: "Don't lose the tin
cints." No, niver!
Wilmingtonians who have stop
ped with mine host Sorrensen, of the
Hotel Fisher, at "The Rocks," speak in
high praise of the "good cheer" be pro
vides for bis guests.
Between the southwest breezes
and the new ice house, everybody will
keep cool in the Star office until some
incorrigible fiend comes in and asks, "Is
it hot enough for you?"
Mr. Sami; E. Clark, of Wilson,
sends a second order for -STAR coupon
novels, and writes: "The books ordered
first have reached me safely, and, as to
their merits, they are very good."
The Star is requested to call
th: attention ot the city authorities to
the bad condition of Cbesnut street be
tween Front and Second, where several
buggies have been broken recently.
A forest fire near Myrtle Grove
Sound, which bad been burning for
several dajs. wasvput out yesterday. A
good deal of fencing was destroyed, and
some damage done to growing crops.
Subscribe, to the Star, if you
are not already on its list; and receive
the benefit bf its great offer of standard
novels at nominal prices. See adver
tisement in another column for par
ticulars. .
Including the seventh order,
mailed to the publishers yesterday,
orders for over seven hundred of the
Star coupon novels have been thus far
forwarded, and there is no let-up in the
demand.
The C. F. & Y. V. R. R. will
sell rpund trip tickets to Durham, N. C,
for the annual commencement of Trinity
College, Tickets on sale - June- 5th to
8tb, The rate from Wilmington will
be $8.20.
The C. F. & Y. V. R. R. will
Fell round trip tickets for Charlotte, on
account of commencement at Biddle
University, (colored.) Tickets , on sale
June 8d to 6th. The rate from Wil
mington will be $6.30. ..
Closing exercises of the Lu
theran Parochial School will take place
this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Luther
Memorial Building. After the exercises
the ladies of the church will give a free
picnic to the children in the premises
surrounding the church buildings. All
friends of the school are invited.
Brother Feele'a Experience.
Rev. R. E. Phele, who has so many
friends in Wilmington, thus writes to
the Fayetteville Baptist of his personal
experience at Trap Hill, Wilkes county;
"After a two day's tiresome ride and
some anxious waiting I reached this
place. The occasion that brought me
here was the closing of Bro. D. T. Oates'
school. ' My part in the programme was
to preach the sermon, which I utterly
failed to do. I was as solemn as a meat
axe and as dull as a frow. I thought
my gun was loaded, but from the way
the cap popped I must have forgot to
put in the powder. I simply poured
out my shot and made for the next sta
tion." mmm ' '
COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES
Receipts of cotton here yesterday
1 bale; same day last year, 232.
New York futures closed steady at
prices about the same as Wednesday's
closing figures; May opened at 7.20. and
closed 7.23; June 7.20, and closed 7.23;
July 7.31, and closed 7.84; August 7.89,
and . closed 7.42; September 7.44, and
closed 7.48; October 7.51, and closed
7,45. -
liNINGf
INTERESTING TO RAILROADERS-
An Invention That It Is Claimed "Will
Bare 42 Per Cent, in the Conanmp-
tlon of Fuel by Locomotive.
. While the railroad world at large has
exercised itself over the 'wonders per
formed by tne compound engine as ja
fuel saver; says the Charleston News and
Courier, Mr. E. M. Roberts, bf the South
Carolina road, has succeeded in con
triving a simple device which enables an
ordinary locomotive to run at a given
speed with the consumption of little
more than half the coal which a com
pound engine would require on" a simi
lar trip. The test's of this device, as
they have been made up to date.j de
velop, facts which will startle the loco
motive, engineers of the world when
they see them. .
For a number of years inventors have
been attempting to contrive some means
or other bv which engines will consume
less coal. The latest and the most con
spicuous step in this direction has been
the invention of the compound engine.
It was claimed for it that it would not
oiwy run faster than the ordinary ma
chine, but tbat .it would con sunre far less
fuel, the latter consideration being the
most important one. Recent test? of
compound and simple engines made by
the Boston & Providence railroad
showed that in a trip of the same dis
tance .the former machine consumed
about 25 per cent, less coal than the
latter. .
This was considered a wonderful eat
and has been widely commented on by
railroad men. It is nothing, however, to
what ' has been' accomplished by en
gines on the South Carolina Road
which have been provided with jMr.
Robert's invention. The tests have been
made on engines 15 and 12, running' be
tween Charleston and Columbia. These
experiments show that while the com
pound engines consume over 25 per
cent. less fuel than the ordinary simple
engine, this same simple engine, provid
ed with Mr. Robert's device, will con
sume over 48 per cent, less fuel than the
compound engine does. This is! of
course a most remarkable achievement,
and one which will not only -astonish
engineers, but which will bring fame and
wealth to its inventor. Another impor
tant thing to be considered is the fact
that while it : costs a great deal
-more to construct a compound engine
than it does to build an ordinary loco
motive, Mr. Roberts' device can be built
into the latter machine without any ad
ditional expense.
As it is a difficult matter to describe
intelligently a piece of machinery on pa
per, little need be said of Mr. Roberts
invention at this time. It consists for
the most part in the control of the
draught in the engine, and is so simple
that it is wonderful that some one has
not thought of it long ago. j
Mr. Roberts ha$ applied for a patent
on the device. Speaking of the experi
ments yesterday he said that while he
believed that his invention would save
much fwel on an engine in which it was
placed, he believed that much of the cre
dit for the wonderful results already ob
tained with it was due to the intelligent
and careful hands in which the engines
were placed. The experiment had been
made under the supervision of some of
the most experienced and efficient engi
neers and firemen which the road em
ployed, and to them was due no little
share of the admirable results obtained.
It is from their estimates that the figures
given above are taken.
THE TRUCK TRADE,
Philadelphia and Hew ; York Price
Southern Fruits and Vegetables.
tor
Palrrer, Rivenburg & Co., in their, re
view of the New York market report:
Blackberries. N. C, .12 to 16c;
cherries, black, 26 to 82c; red, 20 to 23c;
huckleberries, to. 16c; -strawberries.
Norfolk, 8 to 10c; Georgia peaches, car
riers, $3.00 to 5.00; Florida pintoos, j $3
to 8.50; potatoes. Florida. $3 to 3.50;
Charleston rose, $3 to 3.50; Chili reds,
$2.25 to 8.25; Savannah, $3 to 8.50; beets,
Charleston, per 100 bunches, $4,00 to 6.00;
Savannah, $2.50 to 3.50: cabbage, 50c j to
$1.00; cukes. $2.00 to 8.00; green peas,
Eastern shore, $1.50 to 2.00; Norfolk,
$1.00 tp 1.50; scuiash, 50 to 75c; string
beans. N. C. wax, $1.50 to 2.00; Charles
ton wax, $1.00 to 1.25; Savannah, 75c to
$1.00; tomatoes. $2.00 to 2.50.
Sharp, Cox & Seaman report prices at
Philadelphia : Cabbage, $1.40 to 1:50;
peas, $1.25 to 1.50; potatoes, primes,
$4.00 to 4.50; mediums, $3.00 o 8.50;
beans, $1.25 to 1.50, half barrels. Mar
ket well cleared up and active. - j
A telegram from Palmer, .Rivenburg
& Co. to the Star, quotes New York
prices yesterday- as follows: Blackber
ries 12 to 16c; cherries, black, 22 to 37c;
red and white, 18 to 22c; huckleberries,
14 to 16c; cabbage, 50c to $1.00; beans,
wax, boxes, $1.50 to 1.75; baskets $2.00
to 2.25. m-m"m'-"- " " ' '
A Bnake Caught. With Hook and Line.
The snake season -opens with report
from Mr. J. S. Wilson, of Talbot. Wil
son county, N. C; who writes the Star:
On Saturday nighC the 20th inst I
caught in J. J. Wilson's mill pond a snake
which measured 4 feet 8 inches in Jength;
and 4' inches in diameter. Jt was the
largest ever seen in this section. I did
not weigh the . snake, but cut bis bead
off with an axe. Who has ever caught
one as large in any small stream with a
hook and line? . !
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That Moonlight Exouraibn. . . "
The announcement that the moon
light excursion on the steamer. IVilmtn
ton would take place last night was a
ntistake; but it will be on the programme
to-night in immense shape. The fine
steamer Wilmington will leave her wharf
at 7.30 p. m returning about midnight.
The low fare, 25 cents, should command
a crowd. v
- MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES.
Savannah Adda Another to Her long Xiiat
Whav'a the Matter With Wilmington.
The Star has often expressed the
opinion that - Wilmington will never
reach that degree of prosperity to which
she is entitled until a sufficient number
of, factories are established to give em
ployment to : her idle population. The
non-producers are too numerous here.
There are hundreds of people walking
around or standing in the streets, or sit
ting idle in their homes to-day, who
would be regularly employed if manu
facturing enterprises were created here
and then fostered and encouraged. ' " :
Read this, and ask yourselves the
question : "What's the matter with
Wilmington?"
"Savannah is soon to have another ad
dition to ber rapidly Increasing manufactories-.
It will be known as the
Georgia Coal Kindling Company and
will manufacture a kinder that its in
ventors claim is destined to revolutionize
thingb of its kind. The invention is of
home origin, the patentees being Justice
S. Elsinger and Mr. J. S. Tyson.
- The kindlers are-pieces of oak about
six inches long, two inches in width and
about an inch in diameter, thoroughly
saturated with a resinous acid. the pro
perties ot which are known only to the
inventors.; . Six of these pieces of wood
make a kindl.er. They are placed in -a
piece of paper together and can kindle a
tirst-clsss fire among the 'hardest coal in
a grite or stove in fifteen minutes.
. Justice Elsinger and Mr. Tyson yes
terday afternoon gave a practical test of
the I workings ot the kmdler, and in
twelve minutes from the time the match
was put to the paper a grate full of hard
coal contained a glowing fire. The new
invention will do away with the neces-,
sity of the use of soft coal for kindling
purposes, and also be a means of great
saving to railroads and factories which
have to use now great quantities of pine
to start their coal fires.
The patentees will shortly make ap
plication to the Superior Court for in
corporation, and hope to . have the
kindling factory established and in run
ning order within a few months. About
$15,000 will- be required to equip the
plant, and it is claimed that the stock
holders will easily realize 25 per cent, on
their investment. .
THE WEATHER.
TX S.
Dep't of Agriculture,
II
Weather Bureau,
Wilmington, N. C May 26.
Meteorological data for twenty-four
hours ending at 8 p. m. last nighj.:
Maximum temperature
80
p.
mini-
mum temperature 60. .
Normal temperature for
the day
observa-
deduced from twenty years'
tion,'72:
Departure from normal, plus 2.
Sum
1893,
of departure since January 1st,
minus 94.
Rainfall. for the day, .00.' Rain
fall for the -month up to date 3.88
inches.
FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.
For North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, gen
erally fair, south winds,
W. I. I. Athletic Club.
Members of the W. L. I. met at the
armory last night to organize an athletic
club. There were about thirty members
of the company 'present. Mr. Jno. D.
Bellamy. Jr., 3rd, presided. 'A sub
scription was started to raise funds
necessary to carry on the organization,
and liberal responses were made. Two
rooms in the Armory have been reserved
for the club, and a meeting will be held
next Monday night at 8 o'clock for the
purpose of electing officers for the first
year.! -
The Naval Reserves will organize a
like organization at their next meeting.
The Band Withdraws.
-The Second Regiment Band decided
at their last regfflar meeting to with
draw from the Second Regiment, North
Carolina State Guard. This will be
learned with' regret, as this' band is one
of the best in the State, and has en
deavored ever since ts organization to
do as much possible for the regiment.
The notice or- withdrawal was mailed to
Col. Jno. F. Bruton, at Wilson,- N. C,
but no answer has been received up to
this time. The withdrawal is on ac
count of the State or regiment not con
tributing to its support.
Bobbing the Mails.
A correspondent of the Star writing
f rom M axton, N. C says that . George
A. Smith, assistant postmaster at that
place who was arrested by a special
agent of the Postoffice Department on
the charge ot abstracting a letter con
taining money from the mails, was yes
terday tried before United States Com
missioner B. F. McLean." and gave bond
in,the sum of $500 for his appearance af
the United States District Court which
will convene in Raleigh early next
month.
Book and Caah. - ' .
. Mr. J. S. Thompson, of Hasty, writes
as follows: "Enclosed you will find
$6.00, amount ofmy subscription to your
DJily from Dec. 12. 1892. to Dec 12,
1893. ! Also, ten cents and four coupons
for three books, I don't see how I
could do without . your valuable paper."
There are "whole families" of Star sub
scribers iust like Mr. Thompson.
" ; - j ' -'. DIED, .
TONES In Raleigh, N. C, May 82, 1893, at 8 a,nu,
Mrs. MARGARET A. JONES, relict of the late
William G. Jones, of Wilmington, N. C
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WHOLE NX). 8.145
DENTAL ASSOCIATION, y
Adjourned to Meet Next Tear at Duxham
.... Officer Elected. ' --
Special Star Telegram.'
Raleigh, May 25. -The Dental As
sociation adjourned this afternoon to
meet at Durham the first Monday in
May, 1894. - The following' officers were
ejected:
. President Dr.' Rominger, Reidsville.
First Vice President Dr. Harker,
Kinston. -
Second Vice President Dr. .E. K.
Wright, Wilson.
Secretary Dr. Wyche, Oxford.
.Treasurer Dr. J. W. Hunter, Salem.
Essayist Dr. Carr, Tarboro.
ICE IN ABUNDANCE.
A Cargo of Hlne Hundred Tons" per Scnr.
.Thelma from BocUand, Me. --
The schooner Thelma,lrom Rockland,
Me , with a cargo olC ice, arrived here
yesterday afternoon, and will - begin dis
charging to-day at Messrs. WiHiams &
Murchison's wharf near Princess street
dock. The -Thelma is a brand new ship,
and a neater and prettier craft never
visited the port. She is under command
of Capt. Leo, and this is her first voy
age. Her registered tonnage is 499. She
is well built, ' and is designed especially
for the Atlantic coastwise trade. All her
appointments and fittings are first class;
she is equipped with a donkey-engine,
for hoisting purposes generally.
Miss Annie' McCauley, of East Boston,
Capt. Leo's neice, accompanied him on
the voyage.
The Thelma brings 900 tons of the
celebrated "Lily Pond" ice, for Col. K
M. Murchison. It will be stored in the
new brick building recently erected for
the purpose adjoining the Star build
ing; on Princess street, and put on, sale
to the public at once.
- This is the first cargo of natural ice
received in Wilmington for several years
past.
ALLEN WILLIAMS. -
The ' Colored Freight Car Bobber Com
mitjed to JaaL
Allen Williams, the colored man ar
rested at Goldsboro, N. C on the charge
of robbing freight cars on the Wilming
ton & Weldon railroad, was brought to
this city Wednesday night by Constable
Millis. Yesterday morning he was ar
rainged before Justice R. H. Bunting for
preliminary investigation on the charge
of larceny, but waived examination and
was committed to jail in default of bond
in the sum of $400 for his appearance at
the next term of the Criminal Court.
Williams was identified by the detec
tive employed by the railroad. He ad
mitted having committed the robberies,
and also confessed having assisted an
other negro- in "holding up"- and rob
bing a white man near Goldsboro last
week.
Bitten by a Spreading Adder.
A colored woman about forty years of
age was brought to . the city last night
by her husband for- medical attention,
having been bitten by a spreading adder
near her home , in Brunswick 'county,
about twelve miles " from town. She
reached here last" night between eight
and nine o'clock, and was carried to Mr.
R. R. Bellamy's drug, store, where she
received medical attention.
Appointed Postal Clerk. '
Mr.T. J. Murphy, of Tomahawk, Pen
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as Railway Postal Clerk on the Seaboard
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his examination under the Civil Service
rules be received ninety-nine and a frac
tion, out of a possible one hundred.
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