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- -3' TFT.. PDBUSHBD AT VILMIUa-TOIir. 2ST- c, &1.50 a Year, in advance. , , SSSSSSS8SS8S8S8SS 8888SSSS8gg88888 7" : 88888888888888888 (8888888888888888 noK8ss8'sg'a'sss'3a'ssgg 8SSSSS8SS8S888888 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8828888888 ' 8888888888888888 88888888888888888 . "3? . . a o T aT 9m o a . a s a s x 9 Z ia a Q Entered at tbe Post Office at Wilmington, N. C, as second-class matter. Subscription Price. The subscription price of the Wkkk Star is as follows : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 " 6 months. " 1.00 " 3 " " " .50 K.1ILKOAO AND WATBIt COMMU NICATION. Au Internal Improvement meeting was heki in Pender some time ago. The Secretary, Mr. R. M. Scott, has addressed us a long communication on ih subject. The proceedings were never received at this office, so far as we can learn, and we have nev er seen them in any paper. The ob j. ct of the meeting was most praise worthy, and deserves the considera tion of every business man in Wil mington. The object of the meeting was "threetoid: to indorse, and urge the construction of Angola Canal; to build a railroad from Burgaw to ilio navigable waters of Onslow coun ty, and to tajwi steps to improve the navtgalion of Lillington river in Pen- I.Vr county a stream of considerable s.ze, auu uuue uavigauie ior Bieam era. Before the war steamers from this place ran up to the village of Liilington, the head of tidewater. Owing to obstructions it is now only accessible to flat.. The obstructions can be easily removed,we are assured by Mr. Scott. We now quote from his letter, and we ask our commercial and business men generally to consider-well, what is said. Mr. Scott says of Lillington river (Long Creek): "This stream is of much -i importance to ur:i;HAin an ....... m 1 .....1 .1 it liiuiugtuu u a buiuiucitiai iccuut uuu of uo Mule significance to tbe country at Urge, owing to the abundant supplies of ship limber, naval stores, agricultural pro ducts, and other resources of trade and c.iaituerce that now lie liddeu in the hun dreds of thousands of acres of rich but uo ic claimed nvami) lands that exist in invi ting prospect along its borders. The meel - tug tesolved to petition Congress for au ap propriatiou of money to improve the navi gation of this valuable but neglected stream, and appointed a committee to secure a charter from the next Legislature of the Lillirtgton Hiver Navigation Company. The people of Pender, as tsliowu by this meet ing, are looking to Wilmington for ap--pinvnl and cooperation iu this. laudable enterprise. A committee of the Cham ber of Commerce and Board of Trade will he iuvited ;o make aa expedition this tall from Wilininglou in a email steamer, aire dy secured, for the purpose of ascend ing this river as far as navigable, for such an exploration. Our people are in earnest u.ion the subject of this improvement, and will push it forward with zeal and discre tion, expecting to convince our Senators and Representatives in Congress that they can well afford to exert themselves to aid in securing the requisite appropriations, if the people and proper authorities of Wil mington will look more to their home and local measures of improving the city, such - as that of this Pender Duplin Canal of Angola, that of the Burgaw & Onslow Railroad, and this new one of improving the navigation of Lillington river, greater advantages will arise to the file fitr thav will all net as fppilrra ti it if wisdom is used. It is all right to contend and compete for all the advantages to Wil mington of trade in Europe, ot whatever mty be secured to the city by western aud other railroad extensions in our owu Slate, and of insisting upon a genuine North Ca lolina railroad policy, but it is surely bad policy for the friends of our principal com mercial city to be lnuillereiit to, or negli gent of, these home and local measures and me mis of land and water communication. "This measure of improving Lillington river, a laige and important branch of the Cape Fear, assumes a practical shape from llie beginning. Unsemsa and energetic men are at the beau or it, and they are Hi w who seldom rail in what they under take. The Executive Committee, duly ap. pointed to push it forward to success, are Mess-rs. U. F. Walker, Bruce Williams, Churles W. McClammy, S. 8. Satchwell, It. C Johnson, IS. Porter, M. C. Collins, B Q, Bordeaux and John C. Broad burst. 'I'd. y will hold their first meeting at Li! in gi; n, on Tuesday, the 21st inst. There is only one woollen mill in the State of Texas, and it netted to its owners $81,000 last year. It is situated in New BraunfeN. Exchange. This is hard to believe. If this paragraph concerned the North we might readily credit it. But can it be possible that a woollen factory should really tarn oat as clear profit in one year $81,000 ? Even so, marvellous as it may appear. If there was dog law in North Carolina and sheep husbandry was fostered, we might in a few years write some saoh para graph as the Above about some wool Jen mill in oar State. A considerable drought is pre vailing in the central portion of the State. 1 HE i:v';.Vl:.r-:;:,;.;-.l : m VOL. 10. LIORLL1NO WOUIRIV. The English courts protect females from the tongue of the slanderer. A newspaper may riot give burrency to scandal against women without being in danger of punishment. A man named Adelph Risenburg, evidently not an Englishman, finds himself in prison to await his trial for defaming, iu a scandalous j paper called loion Talk, two ladies eminent for their beauty. The celebrated Mrs. Laug tryVWd Mrs. West, another marked beauty, had been assaulted in this vile sheet and very j grave charges were brought against their charac ters: .'" Tbe dirty; publisher confessed his rascality and begged lustily for mercy. Every one will be glad to know that he is well punished for li belling the characters of two persons who had been regarded always as adies. I .1 !' ' ,'. The defamatiou of female character is not confined to England. In this country it is far too commoD. It is a very serious business, and it has grown to be such an offence that the Legislature of North Carolina, at the ast session, passed a bill the intent of which is to guard the character of woman from the wanton attacks of malicious and unprincipled liars and slanderers: "It was enacted 'that auy person who wanton i and malicious may attempt in a manner to destroy the reputation of an in nocent woman by words written or spoken, which amounts to a charge of incontinencv. shall be guilty of a crime, and on convic tion thereof shall be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the Court.! " It is to bo regretted that such a aw was found to be necessary. It is enough to make a decent man hold down his head in shame when he is forced to believe that' ihereare per sons in the community depraved and vicious enough to wickedly traduce the character of woman, and with hellish vindicliveness set afloat the most blasting and yet the most false reports, scribed No wonder) Spenser de- i a slanderer as "a foul and oathy- creature. Htuft with rancor and despite up to the throat, pouring out streams ol 'gainst ail that professe." Wo poison and of gall truth! or virtue doe are glad that the law i as there was a ne It ought to be en- has been pa&se: ceasity, for jt, orced. We agree with the Oxford Free Lance m these reflections. It ays: f "It is a sad commentary I upon the times to think that such a law was necessary in this boulbern land of ours, or that any Southern born man could be found euilty of such a 'heinous , crime a crime at which every instinct of a gentleman re volts knd nhichl strikes at the very vitals of society. ! i In general terms we regard such an offence as ot the most malignant Character, and de serving not only of the severest punish- ment at the bands of the courts, but an of-! fence which should be visited with the out spoken denunciation of Ian outraged com munity. '.,!!-.' 1 "What! A white man claiming to be a white man indulging his spite at the ex pense of tbe character and reputation of an innocent woman I M : "Can any one imagine a crime wore re volting or one belter calculated to stir to anger all the better instincts of our nature? We have no hesitation in saying that a wretch capable of deliberately committing such a crime is a, fit inmate for tbe peni tentiary, there to drag out the miserable remnant of a still more miserable exis tence." : 'T': The law may reaeh the open, de liberate, malign aut slanderer, but there is a class who are less accessi blewho lie and slander indirectly or by innuendo, A hundred years Swift saw this ago the famous Dean and cauterized it. He thus describes this9 form of slander this mode of stabbing character: j "Nor do they trust their tongues alone, isui speaK a language of their own ; Can read a nod, a shrug; a look. Far better tbau a printed book ; Convey a libel in a frown, Aud wink a reputation down." We fear there is 'no euro for this form of a malignaut disease but pub lic sentiment. ' Whenever the slan derer and libeller are properly esti mated by society at large their occu pation will be gone and their charac ters with it. I MANNER!, j. Wo were o'nCelaslng through New Jersey in the urs, which were much crowded. t Alargewell-dresssed woman entered the' co3oh we were in, at some station fifteen or twenty miles from Jersey City. All the pas sengers near the door kept their seats. The woman stood: for- a minute or two looking over the coach. A gen tleman from this .State was sitting immediately in our front. He arose and invited the woman to occupy his seat. This she did readily, thanking him for his courtesy. 1 He took a seat on the side of the seat we were occu pying. Presently the woman turned and said: "youftoWtlie South are yon not?.". Xrpbn an affirmative reply being given, she quietly added, WILMPiGrTPNj N. C:, EBIDAY, OUTQBEE 24, 18794; "I pought so." j Wo are reminded j of this by a long editorial in th'e Chi- cao Inter- Ocean upon "Manners in the Street Cars." So little courtesy is extended to females in the! North whp travel in the public ; convey ances, an editorial upon the subject is regarded as necessary by this able paper. It is an every-hour, every minute occurrence, to 'see strapping men seated,and delicate, well-attired lady-like females clinging to straps and thrown about -from 'side, to sidei we do not suppose such a sigh1 could; be witnessedin the "barbarous Soiith."' Our people are not yet civilized enough for such refined exhibitions1 such exalted "manners." PBOF1TABLB SI1BUP RAISING In one of our exchanges we find; the following paragraph: j "jVIr. Benjamin nance, of Calvert coun ty, Md., from 30 sheep kept on his farm on the Patuxent this year, realized the hand some sum of $254 50. The lambs. 49 in number, sold for an average of $4, making $196. Tke old sheep sheared 7i pounds of wool each, which at 28 cents per pound made $58 50." f ' - This we copy for the encourage ment of our farmers. Suppose Mr. Hanoe had 3,000 sheep, of what ; a fine revenue he would be master. Ho. would have an income from this source of $25,450. Many! Texas farmers have more than 3,000 sheep. Before the last Legislature met the Stab bestowed unusual care upon sheep husbandry and its profits, and its peculiar adaptation to North Car olina; but after the experiences of last winter we have had but very lit tle to say about it. ' When legislators refuse to protect as far as possible an important industry, we are hot dis posed to waste much time over the question. ; !' it is to be hoped that the next Le-' gislature that which meets January 1881 will do something to encourage and foster the raising of sheep. . It can be mado a great source of reve nue, but not until something is done. to insure bheep owners against the ravages of dogs. The whole correspondence be tween Gen. Mahonol and j ex-Go vn Kemper appears in the- Richmond State ot the 16th. There is one level headed man in i Virginia., who . has shown himself a peace-maker.- But for Mr. John S. Wise, of Richmond, there would have been a duel. He deserves much credit for the: admira ble discretion, honor and humanity he displayed throughout. In his let ter of the 16th he says; "I knew from the moment .Gen. Kemper received Gen. Mahone'a first note that there was no cause of strife. Every step in this correspondence met my hearty approval. 1 pretend to and aspire to no skill in conduct ing affairs of honor. God grant I neter may. According to my humble idea of ho nor and courage every step taken: was right. The result, as I maintain; was sen sible. Through life it will be a delightful reflection that being the only actor friendly to both where a difficulty was ! so easy, I was instrumental in averting a collision be tween two brave men men who if they have not now convinced their felkw-citi- zes of their courage, would not do so by a resort to that very doubtful test ;of the so- called code of honor." He saw that two brave men were about to seek mortal combat upon a mere punctilio, and by goodWnage ment he prevented it. . . It is interesting to turn I to New York now that. the smoke has cleared frpm the battle field iu Ohio, and see how things standin the Empire State. We avail ourselves of the careful correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledqer. Let us look first at the Democrats. He writes: MAs for Mi. Tildeu and. his Immediate friends, they are positively delighted . with the turn the thine has taken. This is easily understood. It removes from-the-path of the Gramurcy Park statesman Senator Thurman, who promised to be his most for midable competitor in the National Con vention, and to thai extent, it is a 'Tilden gain. If tbe election bad gone tbe other way, moreover it is thought quite possible that Ewing himself might also have been a competitor. Now let U8.8ee how the esmt in Ohio affects the fortunes of: Republi can aspirants. He says: "As for the Kepubucans, they assume. with great unanimity, that it brings Secre tary Sherman to the front as the standard bearer of the party for 1880. The feeling seems that Gen. Grant will be taken up only under the moral certainty that i the Democracy and tbe solid South were likely to wia. Now that Ohio has gona so badly against them, tha xeaaonmg j that the Ke publicans will have no occasion for Gen . Grant. ' The followers of Mr. j Blaine ara disposed to take this view also, as likewise those of Senator Conkling. Curiously enough, there is a sort of morbid anxiety on tbe part of all this class of politicians about the possible status of the Genera! that is unavoidablv suecestive ! of a busdi cion that they are not altogether easy in their minds respecting it m its future rela tionship to their own ambitions. Mean while, one thing is certain, and that is, Gen. Grant had nothing to do with tbe Ohio election,- boVthe--OhiceleettoB, in its far-reaching consequences, may have much to do with mm." i The WorkingmenV Central Union in New York have nominated John Kelly for Governor. T OONkLING. Conkling is a man of parts, but he is a political blatherskite. He is ut-' terjy reckless in his 'statements, evdn In ibattera of iinance, and has adopted both the manners aha style of the Lamars (Iowa) ! Sentinel. : ; Hear hitai id f recent speech : ' ! " 'The HeDUbllcak party Baved tha Go yerftment then, and it can and will save it gain I . . ... "Unte more serious ana suoue pern tuts in the future. Shall we take heed iu TThe danger, with all Its facideuts. Is the oae cpief public concern ol which patri otic , discerning men should think. " a:' ' Finances, prosperity, eeonoaay, safety, rigl t and justice are all Compassed by its redds.- - . ' , 'fEvervthinff ol heresy and assumption. which the war was fought to make an end of forever, is airaln on the march to pri- -maiy and donSThlbl. ' """ ' ' ILetvsnot, br indifference, spner the foundation stones of the rebellion to be aid deeper than beforer "' ' i Let us sec to it thauhejiaur sVaoe which ourj armies broke down doe not again oe conke the head of the corner: -- He knows very wfell that the peo ple of the South desire peace and re conciliation. He knows that they have no evil designs upon the safety perpetuity of the Union. He knows that they are the truest friends I fcivil and religious liberty. But it suits his purpose just now to malign anfl .misrepresent the South. It is in his way he hopes to conquer. He is indifferent to the consequences so he caaf carry out his own plans. The cotntry may suffer, the people of a grlat section may be grossly wronged, bnb this is nothing if he can restore ma party to power, mis taise state ments in resard to the proportion bot ne by the South in meeting the expenses of the government were ex posed in the Senate and the news papers, bat this makes no difference wafi Tjord Roscoe. When he speaks he! revamps his old falsehood, just as if he did not know it was a false- obd. ! Only last week he reaffirmed what ho uttered in the Senate, and he did this knowing he was speaking falsely. ' ! Conkling expects his party to suc ceed through the wonderful virtues ofi slander, sectional 'strife and the free nseof catch-words. He tells the country that it is threatened by the .South with "a bloody revolution" and Tiass the chancres upon "the Public JPeril." This Bonsense is well exposed by the Louisville Courier-Journal in this paragraph: f'Look at the inconsistency of this repre sentative Stalwart. He dwells long upon tbe 'pauperism' of the Soutb.ber impoteney and impecuniosity, the magnitude ot bet 'waste places,' and yet be declares in another breath that this iQBigmncaat ana weaKportieftoc the Union is about to 'overturn free institu tions,' destroy tbe 'finances, prosperity.ece Domr. safety, right and fuatiee-'of theooun- tri! ReSlFy, these Republican orators do not know what a sorry figure or raconsisteacy tney cut before the public. ; When Iioscoe and his precious set of liars go out in search of politioal game ; they go prepared for r every emergency. Roscoe himself never carries a "shot-gun," but he wears the biggest of yellow eye glasses that Hb peculiar tinge may be gixenio South ern political matters lie acts upon the suggestion laid down in the fol lowing lines from an old play: . . "Get thee giasi eyes And Uki a tovrvjf fotUieian teem i To see the thing thou -dos't not" There is at least one sound, just iable paper published fn'New York cily. ! Itist aqd it is sot eournatoj commerce, sore to take a 'Stand ' on 'alt pnblionestlplDBOn Sfiif ' side of honesty, dquity and truth. It never abuses the South'; if never misrepre sents the faots: it never lends its in fluence to increase dissension, or fan! the flames of sectional discord. It is a wise and honest paper. Read the following, and see how a paper con ducted in the interests of candor, las' tice aiidf peace regards the question of increasing ftierarmy. Referring to 'tbe Ute outbreak it says fudP ciously:- - ; . ! 'Inconsiderable as the affair is, however, it serves the. War Department and the gen erals as good's purpose as' another old ex cuse f or BtengtbniBgth4 ariny.- Only ' fpW vnnra tk.arm were told that niftn and order could fact bbjjveri aV the; South witnoox JB largeioxceraaonea ; :ia:nu principal ' cities ..-and 'towns. On . that theory- theJ flower 'ofthel army J war kept do wncrtbeTe.'o tCdngreBa j -has ndjn forced he AcUninisMratjLoa to withdraw the largerpart 6f 'tfctftrocpsonce quartered at thetkruthi ;Txrat'8ectiottbainx!e been aa peaceful and qqiet as the North or West, aad thdolpretenceJof a neCessrty'oi keet: ing tbe 8outhranderipiliUr7wateh:and ward is exploded. No, .one pretends any thing of the kind now. -With peace among ourselves and not the slightest likelihood of a foreign war, there is' nothing for tbe army to do except to fight a few turbulent In dians. -For this purpose one-half of the present force,' properly distributed, would suffice." j :-i r. i-i f ; ; s ' ? j.Sf ; & ? ; . ; ; -m;: j Both parties are ., straining every nerye in New York. . It is said, that the ainews of war. flow freely and tbe iroise of oJUng ."bw may he heard at the headquarters of Cornell and of Robinson. t ' " ' nOOHSBINK Bma Rosotf -ia ' DUtlUen , 0 : frandlaa tbe Ooverumeui p Gaston Conntr, ' t ' Special to the lfGrntag8tir.l iJ ' Gabtonia, N. C, October; lJirBevfinue Agent O. S. Blocker, assisted, by Deputy Collector j Gyles, have unearthed , gross Irauds in Gaston county, u., car ried on by registered grain distillers in collusion with government officers. Seizures of over five hundred gallons : of i com whis key abstracted from the dtstUteries and se creted by the distillers have already, been made, and revelations point to more impor tant results. The plans of the ring have been exposed, and large sehsttres- of spirits and distilleries and important events may be looked for. - The frauds J.to a great extent, haVe been perpetrated through the sale and shipment of corn whiskey in kegs, Oiled from unstamped packages. The citizens praise the skill and conduct -of the revenue officers who ' have disco vered these starUina irauds, i . . D.- C. n A to C1TAK ACrBB ArreM of ihe' FIkber Brotbvrs for AMaciloBt &c. more Abo at Tom JohDaoB th4 Outlaw, dee. 'I'wo notable characters were lodged in our county jail yesterday on- a somewhat notable charge. These were the well known Fisher brothers (colored). William and John, the former being eharged with harboring and secreting the notorious Tom Johnson alias Alonzo Elri, and tbe latter with assisting in the abduction of the wife of Johnson and carrying her off; and also with putting .her in fear of her life by pointing a gun at her through an open door at the time she was kidnapped at the house of a colored weman in Brooklyn sometime last year These men were arrested by Officer Carr on tbe affidavit of Johnson's wife. They will be remembered as the same two men who attempted to assassi nate Mr. George Harper, near this city, some few years ago. Johnson's wife, or widow, states that On tbe same night that she was abducted, a full, account of which appeared in the Stab at the time, she was carried to the house of William Fisher,' on Eleventh, between Orange and Dock streets, where they kept her concealed in a sort of cave, where potatoes were kept, until the next night.when she was removed to another point. At the latter place she and Johnson remained until the following Sunday, which was after the Sheriff's posse of fifty men had scoured the woods in the vicinity of Wilmington in a vain search for the outlaw and his companions, when they took their departure, and finally succeeded in makingheir way toCheraw, S. C, where Johnson bad a Bister living. Here he soon afterwards got into a difficulty with his sister and attempted to kill her with an axe when Bhe went for an officer to arrest him, but during her absence he took his wife and left for other quarters. Johnson's, wife Bays her husband was killed about the mid dle of July. The Fisher brothers were required to give a justified bond in the sum of $100 each for their appearance before Justice Gardner on Monday next, in default of which they were committed to jail, as be fore stated. j PrepMlUoa for b New Tetsrpa ! Mne. A meeting of our business men was held at; the Produce Exchange, yesterday at noon, in response to a call from Vice Pres ident R. E. Calder, to. hear certain proposi tions in regard to the establishment of a new telegraph line here at an early day. The meeting was addressed by Capt. F. W Foster, who stated that he had been taking some interest in the matter of cheap tele graphy, and who read a letter from the I President of the-American Union Telegraph Company, throwing out certain hints and suggestions in reference to. the proposed tide, and asking for an expression of opin ion on the part of our merchants and other business mea, in reference to the exten sion. A -map Was exhibited showing the present extent of the; line, that portion of it to be completed try the end of Decern! ber, 187, and that expected to be finished T during 1880. There was considerable in terest manifested in the matter by those present; A and liL was finally reqaested of Capt. Foster, as the sense of the meeting, i mat bshouWwriteand. obtain more defi- nite information from the President of the 'American Union Telegraph, Company in reference to the proposed scheme. The movement here T shadowed forth looks, of course,' to a reduction of rates in the matter of telegraphic messages. ' Capt. poster 8ay8the Company can have the lines In working order by the first of February ensuing. i r t ' L Ti0 Ojrater Trade. Pl Nearly two months with" the traditional in them have passed, and yet, owing to the warm weather that has prevailed, very few of tbe luscious bivalves have been brought to this market In a conversation. Vlth'Mr. J.' H. Marshall, one of our extent sive" oyster dealersyesterdayy he informed hs that tbe prospects of a good oyster 8sa- son are very promising, and that as soon as the cool weather sets in, providediwe are to have any winter to speak of, oysters will be 'more plentiful, of a finer quality, and cheaper than they have been in our market for inaoy years. He bases this opinion npon the fact that mors attention is now . being paid to their, cultivation than formerly, especially in the r New River section. from whence bur finest oysters, are received. He tells us of some quite extensive oyster gardens, particularly mat or jar. iiui &.mg. located not far from the moath - of New River, which covers aa area, of ; thirty acre, nearly the entire surf ace of which is lined With oysters, and In ome instances piled upon each other. . These, too, are very ne NO. 52. ones, as he has ta&eo very few , irom ine beds during the past year or two.. A party whd went pn a reconnoitering expedition through Stump, Sound and its adjacent waters, recently, states that the supply of oysters in that section is also much larger and finer than usual. So, "weather permitting," we may look for the market to be well supplied when the season fairly opehs. The Increased demand, predicated oh the fact that more will probably be shipped hereafter than formerly, will only have the effect of increasing the supply; while the greater the demand the more at tention will be paid to their culture, which will necessarily have, the effect of im proving the quality of oysters brought to market. '- -:;:--JV : - -' Terrible Accident. A fearful and- probably fatal accident happened to .Mr, Frank Williams, living near Sommerville, Brunswick county, on . Thirsday afternoon last. It seems that Mr. Williams was oa his-grape -arbor picking gra es, when one,itheail9 pf jehich the iVbbr was constructed broke and 4e fell upon the jagged end of one of th pieces, which entered a portion of the- body and wai projected through another, n this horrible conditioh the poor man '.remained untjil his wife and a colored man came to hisiassistance, when, after much difficulty, they finally succeeded in pulling the piece of rail out. The unfortunate man was then- carried to his bouse and a phy sician sent for, who did what he could to relieve his intense sufferings, but we learn that no hopes are entertained of his recovery. Indeed, it would be a miracle if he iwere to do so, under the circumstances. lir. Williams is about forty-eight years old, and well known among the majority of Our business men. ) THE STATE FAIR. The Trades' Procession appears to have been the chief attraction on Wednesday. We have only space for the following, , which .we copy from the Raleigh' News: Then Ream's Durham Tobacco Warehouse was represented by a large wagon laden with the bright 'yellow leaf," and upon the traveling piitfbrm a mimic sale was going on, as tne ncuuous diub were put iu thb auctioneer was greeted with ap-' plause. - And then the old rename ouiiaer and contractor, Jacob b. Allen, brought up his six-horse wagon with the results of his handiwork,, from Gothic oriel mouldings to bedroom sets, displayed in good taste, and his workmen reigning supreme by the fruit of their labors. Edwards, Broughton & Co., with a miniature printing office, "That was to be to the larger plan, What the child is to the man," with racks and cases and compositors swaying with the wagon. Unsteady it may be to the vision, out tne nouse is too solid to be shaken by every wave that sweeps along. Ellington, Koyster as Uo., with a miniature cottage on wheels, with all the accessories that go to make a cot tage neat, and iu the receiving room was a little lady doing the honors of a cottage home. This wagon at tracted much attention. The crowd was estimated at 4,000. The races formed an attractive fea ture for many. The News says: iBy far the finest display ot vegeta ies. as to variety, size and get up, ori the grounds, is that exhibited by Mr. Eugene Grissom, Superintendent of! the Asylum. This display would do credit to any exhibition any where. i GLASS BALL SHOOTING. iYesterday, fourteen entries, score of three highest: !J. D. Pullen broke 13 balls, shot 18. C. T. Wormly broke 12 balls, shot 18. John Creech broke 12 balls, shot 18. .There were fourteen contestants, Mr. Pullen being victorious, winning the breech loading shot gun Seoond match,? prize, hunting suit. Nine entries. : Mr. Wormly, ot Kich mond, broke nine .balls, winning the suit. Mr. Fuuen broke seven. Mr. Creech, of Raleigh, five and Mr. Pemberton, of Fayetteville, six. Thursday was the big day. The y owd is estimated by the Raleigh Observer at 7.500. Three teams con- tested, namely, the Raleigh Light In fantrv, the Elm City (New Berne) Riflemen and Hornets' Nest (Char lotte) Riflemen. The Raleigh Light Infantry won the Champion , Jb lag, I Lieut. Patten (of thesame company) won the rifle, and Corporal Ferrall (of the same ' company) won the plume. The command is congratula ted upon its success this year, and we hope may be able to keep the colors it has won so well. Mr. Jf alien won another rifle. The additions to the exhibition made during Wednesday brought it up to such a point of perfection as has not been equalled here, Dr. Sprunt, of Eenansville, shows bouquets of cut flowers, containing one hundred varieties, which are ar tistic. . . " . , : There was a parade of stock, and several running and trotting races. The Durham Light Infantry, the Ra leigh Light Infantry and the Bing ham Cadets were on the grounds. --vjij Bur Every Oar.; f Aaheboro Courier. The Wilmington Stab haa entered on its thirteenth year and gets better every' day- Without a doubt it is the brightest Stab that flashes from the journalistic firmament . of . the sunny South. ; We read it every day and Sanday too. Spirits . TurpenuiiH The "Dixie Agricultural and Mechanical Association, of Wadefilmro, will hold its first Annual Fair on the 18!h. 19th, 20lh and 1 21sl of November. Over $2,000 in premiums have been offend. IJach day'a exercises will he varietf hj h destrian and base bail matches, trotting and running races, glass ball shooting, &e. , , Ex-Treasurer Jenkins is well pleased with himself, according to an in terview reported in tue Chailoite Observer. He can be nominated for Governor, if he desires it, be can beat acy Democrat yet spoken it, can get 5,000 Democratic votes, but would not need them, can cany nioie negro votes than any man in North Curt Una, and so on. . He is evidently iu lavor of inflation. " , Durham Recorder: We learn that the colored solicitor of the Halifax" district boasts that he has sect six negro preachers to the penitentiary tor larceny. It used to be said in old times that the negro driven :on the plantations were more dread- ed than the white overseers., Now. here is a colored official exulting in his power to strike down high game and humiliate the -clergy of his own race with penal servi tude. , i ...... r- KTmstQn journal: A little riDDie of excHement occurred oh Friday evening -last. J. C Kennedy bad a small execution agajnst the A.&N. C. R. R. and placed it in a constable's hands for collection, who levied on the freight engine while at the de pot on its up trip to Uoldsboro. The mat ter was finally arraogedaftef detaining tbo' train three or four hours, by the railroad giving bond before the Justice by whom the ' judgment was rendered. .Wilsao Advance: . 'The - Tar River Baptist Association convened with the church at Louisburg on the 9th of " Ocober,'1879, and was called to order: by u the moderator, when the introductory ser mon, was preached dv itev. u. Al. Duke. - The annual Conference of the : Metho dist Episcopal Church of this State con venes in this place December 3rd. " There arej about 250 preachers and delegates be longing to the Conference, and it is safe to estimate that about 500 visitors will be in Wflson at that time. t- Revival meetings reported in Raleigh .Christian Advocate: Louisburg, a ( gracious revival, but no statistics; Liles ville circuit. 50 conversions: Rolesville cii- cuij, 20 converts, 10 additions; Rutberford- ton circuit, 200 converts, 133 additions during the" year; Salisbury circuit, 20 con verts, 8 additions: Lincolnton circuit. 25 converts, 18 additions; Alamance circuit, 9 coi verts; Asheboro circuit, 94 converts, 44 aafitions; Henderson circuit, 227 additions: ; Mti Pleasant circuit, 83 converts. f-r- Goldsboro Mail: We were in formed by a friend from Sampson county last week, that the jail was then without a teriant. Mr. Wm. Bonitz has erected . a botel building that reflects great credit upon him as an enterprising citizen. It adds much to the real improvement of the to-n. He moved into it .Monday last, 'w-r- John Fair cloth, a young man, a native of uhis county, fell or was pushed off the cars as they were .moving off, : on-tbe A o5 i. C K. lv, on Sunday . last, ana had his right foot crushed by the train. Th,e limb was amputated. -The State Agricultural iJureau . wants the dogs all killed.. The North Carolina Agricultural, Sobiety have dogs on exhibition as rare" trophies.; t rye saw six cotton gins that were run by steam on our trip from'lbis place, to and from Piney QroVe Church, in" Sampson county, last week. -Typhoid malaria, .biliOus chills and fever and tbe like, with an occasional limb to cut off, keeps our corps of city doctors pretty busi ly employed. -Goldsboro Messenger:' Rev. A. C. Dixon, of Chapel Hill, is conducting a series of meetings this week in the Baptist Church. We learn that an old man named Markham, said to have been very deaf,- was run over and killed by the down " train on the N. C. Railroad, Thursday, about one mile west of Brasfield, in Orange county. The old man was walking on the track, with a bag of meal on his shoulder, and. all efforts on the part of the engineer, Capt. Whitsett, to make him hear the train failed, and he was killed instantly. No blame is attached to the engineer. - Mr. B. S. Sheppard, of Greene coun- tyi bas an apple tree in his orchard which bare a full crop of early fruit, which was consumed by his family in June, and as sopn as the tree was freed from the June crbp, the same tree reblossomed and is now hanging full with the second, crop, which will mature in a few days ready for use. Strange but nevertheless true. Rev. J.!N. Stallings, ,ot Warsaw, was in town Tuesday. - His school, we are pleased to learn, is well patronized. Greensboro Patriot: The sweet potato crop this year is remarkably fine, the dry weather being favorable. There is a revival in progress at the Baptist Church this week. At she meeting of DirectorsSof theC. F. &Y. V. Railroad, atFayetteville, last Friday, it was decided tot adopt tbe straight line as near as possible from Ore Hill to Greensboro, and all idea of curving around .by way of the fac tories was abandoned. New Gar den Fair will be. addressed by Prof. Kerr, State . Geologist, : October 23d. Up to to-day there have been in the Federal Court twenty convictions eicht acquittals, fourteen noL pros., and Kforty-eight cases continued. Work on the grading ol the e. X3 x. v. Kaiirpaa iskprogressing splendidly. The force of . convicts on the eastern end have been moved to the stockade five miles from Mat thews', and the force at this end will be moved to the new stockade.five miles south of here, next week. There remains but twenty-six miles of . road to grade and a cduple of jniles at Buffalo, which is skipped far the present. Some of the ground is so level that two miles a week can be done. At tbe present rate of progress the comple tion of the grading may be looked for in side of twelve- months. r Tarboro Southerner: On Fri day night of last week the Commissioners of Tarboro met and broke the deadlock in electing a chief of police. There were two, nominees,' A. McCabe, Republican, and ; John W Cotten, Democrat. Mr. McCabe received two votes-apd Mr. Cotten four, - resulting in Mr. Cotten's election. :W. , K Thigpen, Deputy-Marshal, armed with j a proper warrant,jwent to Martin - county last week- to .arrest a revenue defrauder. By num Robinson." Not finding bis quarry ' he went to his house that night and en tered through a. window. - The" bird was not there. The next morning Thigpen was arrested - for trespass and bound over to court. Rev Dr. Pritchard will address She Sampson County Fair. Ex. Sing that low around' his domicile! Asbury .Thorn, convicted last term of Superior Court of borniBg Sharp & Weath erbee's gin house, and appealed to the Su preme Court, escaped' jail on Saturday last. He would have been resentenced at this term. - A popular way to argue: What I say is fight; anybody who says differently is a fool. The latest invention is a hog scraping machine that teare the hair off seven hogs in 57 seconds. Some of these land sharks can clean up seven fellows in , lesaUme, and have seven laps to spare. Rocky Mount item: The Rocky Mount Dramatie Association has organized and will present to the public a very interesting play at Matthews' Hall on the 23rd instant. The Cotton crop of Nash ia thought to . be larger this than last year;; v Wash ington dot: There are now ten steamers running to and belonging .here, viz: , New bern, Pamlico, R. L. Myers and Pitt,of the., Old Dominion Line, aad the Defiance, Geo. H. Stout, Tuckahoe, Greenville and Edge combe, of the Clyde Line. j r
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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