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. ANOIHER CHiPTKB "IN THE
BL AINTE HISTORY. ' f
Trjiiif? to wrile up Blaine's wicked
i coiiixt; !nl t help expose his iniiiini-
L ernl!e raHcalities1 are becoming a little,
Lit 'monotonous.-.-:' We have for some
month i rietl to have our readers in-
foniie-l of Iii8 vile political life but it
I i." Iiarl work to k-ep up with the es
, poHiin-N. In -all the world the equal
of Hl.iine cannot be found in icious
. ways and !hort turns and deliierate
pri- aricnlions. It does look as if he
will tell -the truth even when it
viiUI hi? helpful to himself.:; The
si mi ii ways of rascality are s6 faini
I li:ir - dim that he does not know the
rai lit way when liesersit. "There
! is a way that seemeth right unto a
man, hut the end thereof is death.1
Blaine's way will dump ihim at last
. "into that nlotigh of ignominy and obJ
loquy where no hand of political re
Biirreetioii .will ever reach him.
The latest of his villainies is to be
found in 'Ward Beecher's letter con
ceriiiuj Jas F JoyV of Detroit, and
what he said of Blaine. MiBeecher,
of 1. He of Out. 0, 1884, has addressed
a letter to Gen. li. A. Alger, Re
publican candidate for Governor of.
Michigan.' He was forced to write
this defence because of a report that
was in circulation without "his
knowledge or privity' It 'seems
th it it a dining on the 29th of Sep
teii'ibe'r, 1877, Mr. Joy indulged him
giilf in some very free talk. Here ,ia
his ntateiiieiit according to Mr.
Boet:lier, who was present: ,'..-. .....
" Whea a difficulty occurred in regard to
certain lands in the Southwest in which I
- was iuterc-Hied, a committee was about to
be app.'inte! y Congress to examine the
milter, limine hciug Speaker of the louse.
"Tlir .iioli h friend I nsked Mr. Blaine to
" h.i'.f .nics' liiif) l iWM-r appointed on that
c.ii!iniii" e, I d-l nvi care of which Miriy.
Isiint N Hiu e.l. a sound lawyer. In a day
or i -v . i Mr. iii.iiu : ient nu word through a
friend Ui-.t In-, had certain depreciated
h imU. uili t i i.-tl if I would enable him to
pliu-- tin in ai itr 'I could have my commit
tee 7 vitntat it' ..I cannot forifet with
wli i riiuint; scoin Mr. Joy leaped back in
his chair and said: 'Tluit is the man Blaine
. is,' ai id he addtd. 'I refused the offer, and
- as i:e i-uiirs soon settled the mitter no
com mi-lie wh9 appointed. "
.1 iV afterwards became Blaine's
. fuglc:ii in and actually nominated
hiiif in In80, in the Chicago Conven
tioiiy Joy has a denial of the story.
Here il U: v . -'- ---.
- London, Sept. 20, 1 834.-
R. A. Alger, Detroit. Mich.;
Bhiiiii: never made me any offer to ap
point n committee to suit me in any manner
or form or for any consideration ot any
kiifi I whatever. J. F. Joy. ;
Now Mr. I5eecher is not the only
wilness.-r-In his. letter he says there
were "several gentlemen who were
present" when Joy unbosomed him
self. He says further that there are
"other witnesses, not a few" : who
' have heard "the same substantial
statements. .This fellow Joy op-
posed Blaine most bitterly in 1876.
What placated htm in 1880, i9 not
positively known. The- following is
-given in the New York Times, Rep.,
as the .history of the Joy-Blaine
transaction: : '
"Mr. Jov; it was said, was interested in
1869 and 1870 in the Leavanworlh. Law
rence and Galveston Railroad, to which a
grant of land bad been eiven. The most
valuable Dart nf this cant was claimed by
the Osage Indians, whe held that it had
lieen given to them uv treaty. The 'con
flict in a claims of the Indians and the com
pany were to engage the attention of a
committee of the House of Represents
tives. That committee had not been
pointed and its meinliers were lo be named
by the Sneaker. Mr. Blaine. Mr.
Joy believed that a thorough and
impartial investigation by men learned
in the law would result in a confirmation
Of the railroad company's scheme. He dc
sired that the inquiry should be made by
competent legal authority. r He sent word
to Mr. Blaine asking him to put upon the
committee one lawver of high reputation ;
Mr. Blaine did not then promise thatjhe
would do so, it is said, but on the following
nay one of bis intimate friends came to sir
Joy and told him that if be would buy
from Mr. Blaine $25,000 in bonds of the
Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad at
par Mr. Blaine would make up the commit
tee as far as possible just as Mr. Joy de
sired lo have it made np. Mr. 'Joy de
clined to buy the bonds. - He believed that
his case was a good one." : " V
No one need to be surprised at this
revelation of official turpitude. Af
teirjeeing his pqurse against b,e Oath
plies; after seeing .bis disgpaeefu
conduct in bringipg oat - tfce most
scandalous charges against his com-
. petitor, Mr. Cleveland j after, his dis
graceful conduct fin Maine be
, ( fore he entered the National 'balls
pi Jegisation ; after Jjis spepujations.
4p Spencer rifles and 'other fraqds
upon the Government in thp midst of
the great war; after his disgusting
- and disgraceful conductwhile Speak
VOL. XV.
ters, when he bartered his office for
pelf; after his bribery in the Kemble
case when he blackmailed him for
$2,500 after bargaining to do his
work for $5,000; after his lying as to
the Hocking Valley mines and the
way ;the miners have been treated ;
after his very bad conduct inhis
early life in Kentucky; after all this
and more, the public . may not feel
any astonishment at the shameful 1
story of Joy" about Blaine, nor hesi- I
tate a second to believe it. ;,
'': This is the infamous fellow who is J
nippoaroraing in iue ' vv est as tne i
choice of the Republican party for
the Presidency a man of no moral
character whatever; a dishonest
knave who is incapable of telling the
truth. Mr. Beecher knows the man I
and thus paints bis portrait in living I
colors:
Yet I cannot allow myself to be misled 1
by -symoathy with his undoubted kind-i
: "Unsound in ; statesmanlike judgment I
unscrupulous- ill uuiiuuai uicuiuua, uiiu; i
flved in rrfiivin th distinction hetween
truth and untruth, absorbingly ambitions,
fyinehisambiUon. but, with a genial so-
cial disposition and a brilliant rhetorical I
capacity, Mr. Blaine makes an alluring
candidate, but : would make & dangerous
President." ' . - " j ..-
Mr. Beecher is not without con
firmation. Other witnesses will speak.
Already one has spoken," and - it is
known, as a Detroit Michigan, . dis
patch to the New York Herald says,
that Joy "unquestionably made" a
similar statement as that reported by
Beecher, "to several intimate friends
and at various times.
The following from an editorial in
the New York Times is conclusive:
"The same dispatch (to the Herald) at
tributes to ex Mayor William ii. Thomp
son, of Detroit, who is now opposing Mr.
Blaine, the following remarks made to ex-
Senator Baldwin, also of Detroit, and
quoted in the Free Press of Sept. 26 : 'You
know the particulars of James Jr. Jvoy s
going down to Washington wnen Mr.
Ulaine was speaker of the House to con
sult him about putting a certain man on
the Railroad Committee. .You know that
Mr. Blaine made a financial proposition to
him. and that when Mr, Joy returned he
denounced Blaine in a leading bank here as
a dishonest man.
LIBERTY, DEMOCRACY, CIVIL
. RIGHTS.
"Eternal vigilance is the price of
ljfoerty." There is nothing truer . A
i i i.i- -i-t . ?
people can lose ineir iioerues so
completely and yet so gradually that
they are gone before they know they
are endangered; The tendency in
this country is to the destruction of
States and the erection in their place
of a great Centralized Power at
Washington. We say this is the
tendency. The recent books that
have been published bearing upon
our Government, and the discussions
in the Northern periodicals have
been in the main in the direction of a
Strong Government and in hostility
to the old Democratic theory of
State Rights.
The Democratic party has been
always true lo
the Constitution un-
less when the
V
allurements took the
form of a distribution of money. , In
so-far as maintaining equality among.
the states ana preserving the per
sonal liberty Of the f people are in
volved the Democratic party has;
never wavered or Jaeen untrue. As
Professor Seelye' says, "the Demo
cratic' party has taken its , ground
upon liberty; it has made freedom its
primary care. itence, it was, mat
the last deliverance of the party in
Convention assembled was in bar-
- i Y :
mony with the history and traditions
of the party.
At Chicago, on the
10th of Jnly,
1884, the greatest Con-j
ventioni that Sever assembled in Ame-j
rica, declared
"But the.f unidamental principles of .the
Democracy, approved by the united voices
of the people, remain and will ever remain
as the best and only security for the con4
tinuance of free government. The preset
vation of personal rights, the equality of all
cutzens oejore me uiw, me reservea ngnisoj
1M Stales, and the supremacy of theFedei
I "J I J it I jl T. M 1
ral Government within the limits of the
Constitution will eer form the true basis
of our liberties and can never be surren
dered without destroying that balance of
ml rrY t a on1 nnnrara ujftiK finoKlna o nnnf !.
nent to be developed in peace and social
order to be maintained by means of local self-
government" .
m Wise and tfue words! The States
as such must regulate all questions
that affect the social order. If Ohio
should be so smitten with negrophi-
lism as to demand that the negroes
of that State shall sleep in the best
4
rooms in the beBt hotels, and shall
marry into the best white families,
J 'i
then let Ohio have this to its heart s
content. De gustibus non disputant
dum: . But let Ohio , keep its hands
off North Carolina. We will . regu-
. t ii. i A
late .tuaii matter iu suit ourselves,
There is not power enough in the
Radical party or in the Federal Go
vernment to force social 'equality
upon the white people pf the South
against their will. 1 he Yankees may
practice miscegenation, and rejoice
in the'benign and sweet pleasures of
social equality if they so elect, but
North Carolina y$ff will spurrt aln
who advocate such a despicable,such
a disgraceful, such - a degraded
course, and. will heap qpon the trait
ors to race and civilization "curses
pot loud, but deep."
Here fa what the Republican party
adopted on the 2th of June last, in
the National Convention :
"We extend to the Republicans of the
South, regardless of their former party
affiliations, our cordial sympathy, and pledge
to them our most earnest efforts to promote
to every citizen, of .whatever race or color,
M!il?a
righu.". : . . : ? ii
v Here is civil rights in all of its
breadth and length. When this was
adopted one of the ablest Republi-
can Senators, who has the reputation
of being oije of; the greatest lawyers
in the North,' had already introduced,
a bit! in ihe Senate of tbe mostaii-
gerous' character to the tohttes ot :thie
Sonth; a bill ' that it was' ' claimed
objections that had . been raised
against xue pia law :unaer a aecision
of the Supreme Court of the' United
States. I.The Ednds bHl is ainjeji
at all State lawk that make adistiao-
tions between the. rages. ' 'It is in
tended to be so sweeping that there
shall be no legal barrier between yie
white iind blacks'1 in the matterof
mafriagev: Tt ' destroys
;;i.4-i,0if.Ki.n.i1rKH
sets up instead the Jugq authority OI
. n.... ,,i. ' ' .
V"US," "S B,
vital question. 11 is an intamous at
tempt to fasten miscegenation upon
the Southern people. Edmunds knows
that in Verniont and in New England
generally, the negroes are not numer
ous, whereas in the South they are
numerically not far behind the whites
and are increasing at a more rapid ra
tio than the whites are increasing.
Thie injury done the white race will
be i mainly, ip the South. If there
could be some law framed to compel
Edmunds and men of that class io
intermarry with the negroes it would
be 1 retributive justice. Any white
man who tries to bring about social
equality and miscegenation deserves
no better fate than to be tied to an
ebo shin, aromatic African all his
days. ' ,- " -i: ;
The white people of North Caroli
na will despise and spurn the -debased
men who advocate , this infamous
"doctrine," and will never support
i , .; . L
any men or party that sustain it. It
is to betray ! the great dominating
race of the wqrlij and to degrade so
ciety." . '
In the year A. D. 418, Emperor
Honorius had actually to compel re
luctant provinces to accept the privi
lege of convening in annual assembly
for deliberation. The Roman peo
ple' had grown so corrupt j and feeble
that they refused the gift of a free
constitution. The fine imposed upon
the provinces, for not availing them
selves of the privilege amounted jto
tnfee or livepounas of gold. M
What a lesson ! The Romans had
so lost their liberties and had so
sunk in vice and luxury that an Em
peror had to levy a fine to forpe
them to avail themselves of an im
portant civil privilege granted them.
Let not North Carolinians so lose
their sense of manhood and- of race
- , i .-. .. i
privilege and their love of right and
of liberty itself as to countenance,
much less to actively support, any
men' or combinations of men who
would rob them of their virtue, their
rights under the Constitution, and
degrade their race. Let the bright
fires' of liberty be kept eternally
burning upon the altars of our hearts,
and let no Vandal invasion either
deprive us Of our inborn and, natural
rights, or of those great laws of races
which the God of Creation has him-
self erected. Let uq set of men be
alio ived to ruthlessly t invade - the
rights of free-born white men, and
to break down the everlasting , natu
ral law ' which . the Maker framed.
The instincts and prejudices of races
.cannot be obliterated by the legisla
tion of a thousand Edmunds'.
..Pension Commissioner Dudley has
his clerks scattered over Ohio, and
i . i i 'ni:'
they re ang votes for Blaine by
giving preference to pension claim
ants who will support him. A Wash-
ington 'special to the N. Y". Times
I I
says:
"Their claims in many instances have
been on file for years, and In all cases for
many months, for the business of the Pen
sion Office Is greatly in arrears. Having
the names and residences of these appli
cants, it is the duty of the Special Examin
ers, who are, of course, under Government
pay, to hunt each one up and see that be is
TuranailoH In trnta tha T?omihl!ran tifcct
next week. The usual method is to inform
tne applicant that his case will be reached
in a a hnvr tima onrl will iinriAtihtoHlai ho
1 favorably : acted upon. .After this is im-
pressed upon hw mind it is pointed out to
IhA vtp.rnn that if tn pxwiitivA ntncfia of
the Government should pass into. Demo-
cratic nanas contusion ana aeiay wouta
follow, and it would be a longtime before
bis case could be taken up, if at all. The
next duty of the Examiner is to make the
applicant believe that with the Democrats
in power a niggardly policy would be pur
sued in the matter of pensions, and. the re
peal of the arrears of .pensions act would
follow." .
, Logan has elevated views of states
manship. - He admires purity and
nobility in men. . He has a high ap
preciation of the qualities that make
up a great and ingennous and grand
character. If von think otherwise
just read Ahe -following V from his
speech in Philadelphia. ' Blaine is
his theme and ; here is . what Logan
said
"f you want the old Ship of StaUa again
called tq peaceful waters - and guided
through them, freighted with the hopes of
mankind, and safe Into a harbor of refuge
and safety, where she will rest In peace
and quiet, "you want to put at the helm a
man who guided that craft through stormy
seas ana ' in Boisterous times.. t jli you uo
that vou will elect one of the grandest men
any nation ever produced, and that man is
James G. Blaine. Loud and prolonged
WILMINGTON, N. C.,
The Sunday Union and Catholic
Times h&s this to " say of . James G. .
Blaine: ......
.7
'Blaine was a. Know-Nothine editor: he
was Buckshot Foster's all v against Parnell;-
wan the rlnfamAr of Archhishon Huffhes: tie 11
circulated the Maangan circular to ugnt j
a name 01 tngotry against tna tjamoncs imi
: . . i . ; n iqivk hat
utue jrcaro ago; uiat oauio jcir 114. itiii-m
lntroaucea in uongress a sectarian amena
ment to the Constitution of the United
States; in 1871 he made an Grange speech,
of July riots. There is, no escape ror
we must face the most repulsive' chart
of modern politics: we must oppose him
supporting his only opponent,' Cleveland
At the Episcopal .jCongress,. in sei
ston at Detroit.the Confessional car
up for 'discussion. A special: to tr
New York Herald saysr -;- - aa
i! "A paper was 'read by the Re-r. JJ :
Hopkins.-of Willramsport. Pa., sustaining
me" question. .: lie believed . thajt couns
should be given by the priest as well' as i
any' other professional man. ' Abuse A
not the use of ' the confessional was objec
tionable. .He relieved., in true. and. TOlira-
tary confession and favored absolution as tf
powecjiiven D aoov-Tfee'Kev. u, oeorge
Gurriel of Philadelphia, feared the confes
sional, beoause. it became compulsory in
the end. "The economy of the Church was
Opposed to it. Auricular confession be
held to be contrary to Anglo Saxon belief
and unbeallbtul to Americans, ineuev.
Edward W. Osborne, of Boston, said he
was a believer in the confessional. He
claimed that the whole sense and feeling
of the Church holds that confession and
absolution are needful and lawful."
For a pious good man Mr. Blaine
gathers a strange sort of crowd
around him, just as Grant was wont
to gather a very curious set with
which to associate; he claiming to be
honest. Bad associates are apt to
exert t an evil influence even oyer
politicians. .
Both sides are badly scared in
Ohio, and both are claiming. We
are not.looking for a Democratic victory.-
r If it comes it will surprise the
writer. We would be willing to
compromise at 10,000 majority.
The Democratic demonstration in
New York on Thursday night was a
very big thing. It is said to have
been the grandest gathering since
the war meeting of 1860. ,
A Pleasant Surprise.
On Thursday evening last a number of
the friends of Mr. Thos. E. Wallace, the ge
nial and accommodating superintendent of
the Robert Portner brewing establishment,
together with a number of invited guests,
gave him a complimentary banquet at the
Gem saloon, as an evidence of their appre
ciation of his worth as a friend and gentle
man, he being about to leave the State for
another field of labor. Mine host, Mr. West,
ably assisted by Mr. R. J. Lewis, had pre
pared one of the most sumptuous repasts
that has been spread in our city for some
time past. His Honor Mayor Hall presided,
and after full justice had been done to the
many substantial before them, toasts were
offered to the guest of the evening (Mr.
Wallace), the city of Wilmington, the pro
prietor (Mr. West), the commercial interests
of Wilmington, the ladies, and the Old
North State all of which were ably and
fittingly responded to. Mr. Wallace carries
with him to bis new home the good wishes
of all of our citizens with whom he has bad
business or social intercourse.
A Hovel Hap.- I
We examined yesterday a map drawn
by Maj. W. L. Young, to be embraced in
the book be is preparing for publication.in
reference to the "Semi Tropical Area of
Southwestern North Carolina." It shows
.the area of the sugar belt, the gulf stream,
the snowless area, the mean temperatures
of the various towns, the counter currents, '
the area of great black phosphate deposits,
and gives a graphic impression of the topo--
graphical and climatic situation of the re
gion embraced in his forthcoming' work.
His ideas, are certainly illustrated in an
.unique and novel way and j will doubtless
attract the- attention of Northern people.
The map will be handsomely lithographed,.
Sampson County. 1
Capt. A. A. Moseley, of this county, who
has been spending several 'days in Samp
son, says the Democratic county candidates
commenced their canvass , in Franklin
Township, on Friday. The Republican
candidates or "Independents." as f they
call themselvcs--will not meet them on the
stump. Capt. Moseley says the Democrats
are solid in that county. Maj. S ted man
created a splendid impression and the best
of feeling prevails everywhere.
cotton. m m m : ' - -
The receipts of cotton from the 1st to the
11th inst. footed up 10,843 bales, as against
12,623 bales from the 1st to the 13th last
year, showing a decrease of 1,779 bales.
The receipts for the crop year from Sept.
1st to date foot up 22,932 bales, as against
21,318 bales for the corresponding period
last year, showing an increase of 1,614
bales. -i;. ! '-'.-. ,i
the State Exposition, j
A dispatch from Raleigh to the Stab
ssys: "A large number of people from
Eastern - North Carolina are in the city.
Private houses are accommodating the visi
tors to such an extent that the ' hotels are
doing but little business. Quite a large
number of colored people will attend their
Fair, which is to be held during next
week." o " " '
Good Work. ' . . :-'-'
The British barque Harriet CampbeU,&ii
patched yesterday by Messrs. Alex. Sprunt
& Son, for Liverpool, with 2,115 bales of
cotton, was loaded at the Champion: Com
press in ten ami one half . days, and takes
63,194 pounds more, cotton than she -did
from Charleston on a previous voyage.
Thanks to Mr. W. E. Daniel,
Secretary, for complimentary.tickets tq the
Fair of the Roanoke and Tar River Agri
cultural Society, to be held at Weldon
from Noyember 10th, to the 14th. It is the
purpose of those having the exhibition in
charge, we understand, o make it superior
to any previous one in its history. '
' The German brfg Diana, Capt. Schro
der, which arrived here from Liverpool on
Wednesday last; report the Italian barque
with signal P M L H, bound from N?w
York to 'AnjJer, spoken in 25.25 north lati
tude acq 31.03.0 west longituae, oi Green
IRY,; OCTOBER 17j
: C4 VG,IIT kAT JLAST. ,
ta'trtnFe of W; Ht. Wain, a MotM Horse
K jThleCe-r Braanrlik (tosstr. :
In the month: of j September, 188 a
yoang waite man, by the name of W. H.
Swain j av resident of .Brunswick county,
s to a horse front Mr. i James Jlowers, of
Bladea county; and Bueceeded in effecting
hiffeacape into Gaorgia. LAtiithe time this
theft took place SherifE Taylor, of j Brun:
wick, had ihis rxssesamnpers for the
arrest of Swabi on she charge of' stealibg a
aaule f roma-party In Soutk Caiolipa. i An
effort A wai made -td . capture the daring
''thief;.- but -i fee ". was : tooJ'Sharp i , for:: his
puisuem, About u ihrse Arceksv i jagb
Swain ventured back ioUi f Brunswick
county; the fact eoori bee&me whispered
about, and yesterday a posse, consisting loif
'Hi M,-'WUl'iamSi A.- B. J Williams. J. S.
Williams, S; J.-Ro well, J. D. Butler, T4B.
Chianls -and iothers,! tracked bim to the
house of Mr. S 8i Garrason, his btptber-In-Jawv
In 'Northwest township; near Bom-
merville.and succeeded - in capturing him.
He war hereupon ali sureljDd kept
m the custody of offlcers, while Mr. J. S.
Williams was sent in haste for Mr. Flowers
to come and attend a preliminary examina
tion to be held , before Justice W. L. Hall
to-day. . .
Swain is a professional thief and a des
perate fellow. ' About twelve years ago he
was tried for killing one Eli Cobb, colored;
and subsequently he was, tried in the Crim
inal Court of this county, convicted and
sentenced - to the Penitentiary '- for three
years for . stealing a pair of geese. He is
about 28 years old. r ;
Exposition matter Special Days.
A correspondent at Point Caswell, Pen
der county.says he has beard several persons
inquire what is meant by special days' for
different counties at the Exposition. It is
understood that special days are named for
various counties merely in a complimen
tary.' sense, with the hope at the the, same
time that it will prove an incentive to those
interested to try and have as large a crowd
present as possible. A . great many go to
the Exposition on the days set apart j for
their respective counties merely as a matter
of pride, and take as many along with' them
as possible. ' Then there are days set apart
for certain trades, professions and callings,
complimentary to the same, and with
the expectation that the day set
apart for each will attract large
ly of those for whom it is named. Then
again, matters connected with such trades,
professions and callings may be considered
and discussed on the days set apart for
each. For instance, on Fishermen's Days
it is expected.to hold a Fisherman's Con
vention and have a lecture from Lieut.
Winslow on -oyster farming, etc.
State Exposition New Hanover's Ex
position.
Below we give from the Raleigh News
and Observer a synopsis of the New Hano
ver county exhibit in the State Exposition:
"The general view of this county's ex
hibit is very interesting, and presents a
tropical appearance with small palm trees
.at each .gate post and. the . great palmettos
prominent at each front corner, and at
tracting the eye from a distance. Taken
from directly in front it resembles an art
gallery, the walls - being richly adorned
with oil pictures, crayons, photographs,
hand-painted china, with easels bearing
speaking likenesses of .Gen. Scales in cray
on, and Major Stedman in pastelle, the
Democratic candidates .for Governor and
Lieutenant-Governor. The arrangement
has been from the first under charge of the
skillful M. O. T. Thomas, of Wilming
ton. There are also upon the walls speci
mens of map drawing, which are very cre
ditable to the pupils of the Wilmington
schools. The blending of colors in the ar
rangement is very pretty, the. background
light lead color, with windows and other
decorations in. deeper , tints. The railings
are covered with maroon, and the posts are
large and gilded. The name "New Hano
ver is suspended above the centre ana at
the east end in large blue letters. Upon
tables in front arc cases containing
delicate work on china and photographs.
A figure of .Mary Anderson in crayon is also
very fine and attractive, and. with the
many other specimens of crayon work, does
Mh Thomas great credit. A large piece of
tapestry in zephyr, : containing 196,000
stitches, the handiwork of Mrs. A. W.
Rieger, of Smithville, represents the happy
days' of Charles the First Miss Bessie
ml lard has two fine portraits in crayon.
one a life-size bust of Mr. Primrose. Mrs.
Dickson Munds has a crocheted, highly per
fumed satchel, hand-painted by herself, and
there is a fine oil painting of a Spanish
man-of-war, which attracts much attention.
In a line in the centre of the space are
fruit stands arranged similarly to those of
Park & Tilford, of New York, which show
the fruit splendidly. - In the practical line
S. P. Shotter an Co. present a large exhibit
of tar and turpentine "tools: and a sample
case of rosin by -Worth & Worth represents
all grades from A to w, arranged in mosaic
so as to blend in colors. . The Acme Manu
facturing Company, of Wilmington, pre
sent a large variety of their fibre work and
oils made from pine boughs and cotton seed,
The fibre is novel, and includes "real pine
hair," "bear grass fibre." bear grass, pine
wool, distilled water.dust as a fertilizer, pine
needles of eight grades. There is also a
cabinet of woods, embracing all varieties
grown in the county, some highly polished,
including the handsome curly pine. The
palmettos shown represent the northern
limit of the growth tf that tree. There is
also a great variety of plants and grasses in
pots, Including the celebrated Venus fly
trap, the only plant known that feeds on
insects. ; The turpentine tools include the
hacker, puller,, scraper and boxing axe,
just, as taken -from- the woods, with a
bucket for scrapes, and a barrel of crude
turpentine ready for the distillery, which is
also on hand, in which the whole process
of distillation of spirits of turpentine and
production of rosin is explained. There is
a very large and increasing demand for
these goods now from the North. There is
also an exhibit of tripoli. an article which
is found in Moore county and manufac
tured in .Wilmington by Mr. swann. it is
found nowhere else in the country except
one deposit in California. It is equal to the
best of German triooli: Tripoli is used as
a polishing article, r Ma. Swann also exhi
bits fine clay found In Moore county. It is
equal to the best English battersea. This
fine clay can be found all .along the ridge
lying between., therupper and lower Little
Rivers, which empty into trie uape e ear.
The Tblrd District. -.''"'
' Maj, C. W. McClammy, Elector for the
Third District, was in the city yesterday,
He'is just back from Bladen, where he has
been talking for Cleveland -and Hendricks.
He says the Democrats have a good chance
of carrying their county ticket, as the curs
ored Republicans are. Yery, uidignant be
cause not one of their number was placed
on the, Republican county ticket.
. Major McClammy next goes to Onslow,
Duplin and Sampson,, and will work for
fifteen hundred majority m the District.
xie is in uue spirits. , ,
The Gerniati " 'liarqne Yreilh
Capt Jancke, was cleared - from this port
for Cork for orders,- yesterday, by Messrs.
Alex. Sprunt f. Son, with. 1,84,9 casks
spirits turpentine ana l.qiQ narreis 01 roan,
1884.
THE-STATE EXPOSITION. H
. Large Attendance Pleasant - Wea
tner Tne Electric - Ugnc Attrac
tion, e. .f i j !
; ' ISpecial Star Telegram. V; P
Raxehh, N. C.i Oct . The crowd ik
attendance at the Exposition is increasing
every, day...",: The . weather ,is delightfuti
Elecjtric Kghjs are now m position and in;
full use, and add greatly to the display,!
x cupio are yicocut iiuui mi parts 01 wp
Btate.''r'5-tt-'-,"',;''.:t?' .-. ifc'-ii
State.
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u. s. 'Sn
tmXin. prento.Conrt. .;,-is-r
-Washington. October'9. The Supreme!
uourt 01 tne umtea states win meet Mon4-i
day next for the Octoben term v 1884. Six.
of the Justices are alieauv m the city, and
all are expected to take their seats when the
Cpurt reassembles. The number of cases
on the docket is 1.025. or 54 less than, were:
docketed up Jo the corresponding ime.last
year.. The Court holds under advisement1
ten cases which were argued or submitted
at the last term, but only one of them has:
general interest It is the so-called "Head-:
money oase," of the Livorpeol.NeW Yer'a
fnuaaelpuia fctteamsuip uo, against; the:
Commissioners of Emigration. A : num-i
ber'0f.eR8e;aye been speciallv assigned:
for the second, day of the forthcoming!
term of the Court, and the indications:
are that most of them will be argued, i
The longevity pay case of the United States
against liieut. Charles Morton, was brought
up by appeal .from the Court: of Claims.
The argument and decision in this'case
will have more than usual interest in mili
tary circles, since the principle involved
anects, it is said, tne pay or nearly a:
thousand army officers. The question
in controversy is whether the ; period
of military training at West Point Mil
itary Academy is to be regarded as ser-i-
vice in the army in computing an officer a
longevity pay. Chief J ustice Drake, in 'deM
livermg tne opinion 01 the court below am:
favor of the claimant reviewed the laws
and regulations relating to', the Military
Academy.and said; "In view of these plain
and express provisions, we are at loss to un
derstand why a cadet at the Military Acade
my is not in service in the army. That he is
pursuing these studies and passing through-
discipline wnicn are to nt mm tor ; higher
duty and perhaps greater achievements:
in military iife,oos not, in our opinion, at
all affect or even touch the status given!
him in unmistakable words by the laws!
under which' both the academy and the!
army exist. No private soldier in the army;
is more in service than a Cadet at West!
Point" If the decision of the Court of
Claims is sustained, it will add four, years!
to the period of. service of West Point
graduates- in - the computation of their
longevity pay. j
WASHINGTON.
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: 1 .
Tbe Canadian Postal Service to be
Represented at tbe New Orleans Ex
position Annual Keport from tbe
Bureau of Statistics. v -
By Telegraph to the Xornig Star. :
W-SH-naTON. Oct 10 In response to
an invitation from the United States Post-
office Department to take part in the ex
hibit of postal appliances at the New Or
leans .Exposition the Canadian Postomce
Department has replied that the Depart
ment will take pleasure in contributing ny
article in connection with the postal service
of Canada that may appear to be worthy of
a place in such exhibition as that content
plated.
Mr. Ntmmo, Chief of the Bureau of
Statistics, to day handed his annual report
to the Secretary - of the Treasury. The
matter of chief importance treated of is the .
enormous magnitude of our internal com
merce, it is shown that the value of the
products of the various industries of the
United States is seven times the total value
of our foreign commerce, nearly three
times the total value of, the foreign com
merce of Great Britain and Ireland, and
five times tbe total value of the foreign
commerce of France; including in each case
both imports and exports. The total value
of products of industry. in the United
states is also shown to he a little more than
twice the total value of the exports of mer
chandise from all the countries of Europe.
The United btates is now the : largest
manufacturing country on the globe. The
value of products of American manufac
tures consumed at home, is five times the
value of manufactured products of Great
Britain and Ireland exported to all other
countries, and more than fourteen times the
value of exports of manufactured products
from France to all other countries. '
The relative value of the internal as com
pared with the foreign commerce of the
country is also illustrated by statements
snowing mat ui per cent, ot tne coal mines
in this country ; 95 per .cent of our . iron
and steel products; 95 per cent, of the pro
ducts of our leather industry; more than 99
per cent of our manufactures of wools; 95
per cent, of the products of our cotton
manufactures: more than 99 rier cent of
our manufactures of silt and 97 per cent.
of our manufactures or glass, glassware,
earthenware and stoneware, arc consumed
in the United States. ' ' : ' ;
Mr. Nimmo sets forth ' the conditions
which restrain a large and general exporta
tion ot American manutactures, and also
the conditions favorable to the exportation
of certain articles, of American manufac
ture. 4 Referring to periods of phenomenal
prosperity and of phenomenal depression
which have from the beginning marked the
commercial and industrial growth of the
country, he says; "Experience has proved
these fluctuations . to be but the symptoms
of the exuberant and 'uncontrollable spirit
of enterprise outrunning the possibilities of
healthy and well proportioned develop
ment, even , in this land of abounding na
tural resources." :
KENTNCKY.
Destructive Fire in Rlcbmond Ags;re
aate Loss $125-000.
(By Telegraph to the Morning star.l "
Cencenn.T-. Oct. 9. The Commercial
Gazette's special from Richmond. Ken
tucky, says: A fire broke out in the plan
ing mill of C. Zafford, last night, and aided
by heavy j winds the flames proved' very
destructive. Engines were sent for from
Lansing, and the fire was under control
after burning two hours. The following
are the losers: " C. Zafford, planing mill,
$35,000; W. W. Potts, flour mills, $66,
500; city gas works, $15,000; W. F. Fran
cis, marble works, $2,000. Smaller losses
make an aggregate loss of $125,000; total
insurance $18,000.
THE HEATHEN CHIN EEL
He Denies tbat be Ottered a Penny (tor
r tbe mulligan- Letters. -. i
By Telegraph to the Xornlng Star.l
. Canton, Ohio, October 9. Mr, Blaine
said yesterday, in answer, to an inquiring
newspaper reporter, that the assertion: or
Warren Fisher, that he (Blaine) has oxtered
a sum of money for the. "Mulligan letters.?'
was utterly untrue. It was a mere mali
cious invention. Mr. Blaine added, there
was never a time when he would have paid
a single penny for . the letters, though he
always maintained "that it was a gross inva
sion on nis private rignts a& tne letters
should be hawked about ana puwisnea. 1
ALABAMA.,
Double
murder Perpetrated 1
"... atesrv llle. ..-.'
By Telegraph to.Ute Xomlnic Star.
Chattanooga, Tknn.- October 11. A
special to the Times from Gatesville, Ala.,
gives fuller particulars ' of the double mur
der perpetrated there a few days since.
when Mrs. Mary C. Payis and ' a boarder
named ' C. ' C. Jones were assassinated at
her house by her uncle, J. R. porsey, and
a prostitute named Jane Wales. Jones was
killedby mistake, it- being thought he was
Mrs. payis husband. The murderers were
arrested and an attempt was made to lynch
them,- but they -were spam gled ot of the
county. - r
HUT-
NO. 51
CROP REPORTS.'
Corn Average Hlgber tban In Past
TTears A Wbeat Crop tbat I.ar-elr
Exceeds Last If ear's deduction of
Estimates or tbe Cotton CropCaused
-jr Drought. -.
r - v, JBrTelecraph to the Xqtuc Star.l
. Washington, Oct 10. October, returns
of com average higher for condition than
in the past five years;, but not so high as in
any of the remarkable corn years from 1875
to 1879 inclusive. The general average is
93 which is very nearly the average of any
series of ten years, and - indicates about
twenty bushels per acre in breadth.approx
imating 70,000,000 acre's. The region be
tween the Mississippi and the Rocky Moun
tain slopes again presents the highest figures,
which in every State rise a little above the
normal standard of full condition. No
State east of the Mississippi returns a con-
-iitinn na hifrh na 10A ;Tho n
re 73 in West Virgin..; Ohio -74.' Louis
iana 74, Texas 80j South Carolina 83. The
.reduction was caused -by drought There
is complaint ot urougni in the Ohio valley
and in the Atlantic and Gulf States; but
not sufficiently severe to reduce seriously
the yield. 'The early planted is everywhere
matured- Late., plantings in the Southern
States have suffered for want of summer
rainaandtWiUi lia.lia;W.slHi-aotweH filled.
Yery.little injury has been done by frosts.
There was frost in Vermont on the 25th of
Angust, and in several border States about
the middle of September;. with slight in
jury to late corn. The damage by chinch
bugs and other insects has been slight.
The wheat crop will exceed that of last
year by about one hundred million bushels.
The quality of the present wheat crop is
generally very good, especially in the East
ern and Middle States, on the Western
slope of the Allcghanies. in Michigan,
Wisconsin' and Minnesota. Some depreci
ation in quality is noted in Indiana, Illi
nois, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas. The
average for the entire breadth is 96. The
indicated yield is about twelve bushels per
acre. The quality is superior.
The yield of oats is a little above the av
erageryielding about 27 bushels per acre,
and making the crop approximate 570,
000,000 bushels of good quality.
The barley crop makes a yield of nearly
23 bushels per acre and a product exceed
ing fifty millions of bushels of average
quality. :
, The condition of buckwheat averages 87,
indicating a crop slightly under an average.
The condition of tbe potato crop is rep
resented by 88, which is five points lower
than ' in October of last year. It is two
points lower than in 1879 and 1883, and the
same as in 1880.
October returns of cotton indicate a re
duction of nearly eight points in the aver
age condition from 82.5 to 747 as a' re
sult of continued drought in arresting the
development and destroying the vitality of
plants. The prospect of a top crop is re
duced to a minimum, -and its effect is man
ifest in every State. Of ten successive
crops only two have averaged a lower con
dition in October. ' These were in 1881 and
1883, when the averages were 66 and 68
respectively. The average was 88 in the
great crop year of 1882. The State aver
ages are as follows: Virginia 81, North
Carolina 79, South Carolina 80, Georgia 79
Florida 84, Alabama 74, Mississippi 76-'
Louisiana 77, Texas 62, Arkansas 76, Ten-!
nesaee 85. Returns: pf local estimates of
the yield per acre in fractions of bales indL,
cate an average ratio of yield of 36-100 of a
bale per acre'. - '
THE G ALLOWS.
Cbas. W. Butler, a Noted
Criminal,
Ind., for
tbe Blurder of bis Wife.
FojtT Wayne.Lnd.. OctlO.- Chailes W.
Butler, one of the most noted criminals in
the State of Ohio, son of Dr. George But
ler; a wealthy citizen of Columbus, Ohio,
was executed to-day at Columbia City, Ind.,
for the murder of Abbie Butler, his young
wife, at Pierceton, Ind., on Sept 29, 1883.
After his arrest for the murder Butler was
incarcerated in jail at Columbia City to
await trial. During his confinement in
jail he succeeded in effecting his escape.
ano ior some days was at liberty, but was
subsequently recaptured. His trial occu
pied nearly a month. All that wealth and
influence could do was done to save him
from the gallows, but without avail While
a priest and the sheriff were with him in
his cell last , night Butler played several
airs on nis accoraeon, and at 1U o Clock
took an affectionate farewell of i his
sisters. Just before the march to the
scaffold he again itook up his ac-
cordeon, concluding with a long farewell
chord, and then began' dancing; but-was in
terrupted by the entrance of the sheriff to
read the death warrant. At 12 o'clock the
prisoner was handcuffed, and accompanied
by a priest the sheriff and bis deputies, pro
ceeded to the scaffold.' Butler stopped near
the drop and made a rambling, incoherent
speech of a few minutes' length, in which
he said that all who were connected with
his trial and execution would be sorry for
it After the conclusion of his speech, priest,
prisoner and attendants knelt in prayer.
after which Butler walked to the edge
of the drop and kicked it viciously to see
if it was solid. While the noose was being
adjusted and the black . cap put over, his
head he cried out in piteous tones, "Please
take this off. The rope is too tight; please
loosen1 the rope; it aint right" The re
quest was not needed, lie was assisted on
to the drop, which -fell at 12.08. Butler
stood too near the hinges of the drop and
his descent was slow, his feet scraping the
drop. The noose was. however, adjusted
properly and in Beven minutes be was pro
nounced dead by strangulation. The exe
cution was witnessed by 250 people and an
immense crowd surrounded the jail.
X FOREIGN.
Advices from Egypt Tbe massacre of
Col. Stewart's Party Cbolera Re
ports French Operations In Cblna.
By Cable to the Xomhig Star.l ,
. Cairo, October 11. A messenger from
Aveberkal reports that after Gen. Gordon
returned to Khartoum, a boat with forty
Europeans and Egyptians, accompanied by
five negroes and three servants grounded at
Salamat "The Shiekhs offered hospitality
to the patty, and enticed them to their
houses, where they massacred all but four
teen who are now prisoners. It is unknown
whether there are any Europeans among
tne survivors. ;
Waddy Halfa, October 11. A messen
ger . sent out by Col. ' Ketchener has re
turned. He confirms reports of Col. Stew
art's murder and says the only survivors of
the party are four black slaves. All the
Europeans, including M. Nicola, the Greek
consul, were killed.
Naples ' October U. There were 109
fresh cases of cholera and 42 deaths from
that disease reported in this city during the
past twenty-four hours. : The increase in
the .number of cases is ascribed to the par
ticipation of many people in the festivities
. ' . t mi a
.wiiicn kkk piace nere on t nursaay,
' Rot, October 11. Reports from cholera
infected 3 districts of Italy for the past
twenty-four hoars, give a total of 309 fresh
cases and 117 - deaths, against 121 cases and
70 deaths for the preceding twenty-four
nours.
Pabis, October 11. Admiral Courbet
telegraphs from Kelung as follows: "lam
erecting defences for the troops to occupy
at 'the post and mines. They will take
several days to complete. : Landing parties
.from Admiral Lespea squadron at Tamsin
. reconnoitred the posts from which Chinese
torpedoes were fired. They found that
the posts were defended by a large number
ot infantry, .which were ambushed in
dense thickets. An engagement took place.
Three of the xeconnoitering party were
killed including a naval lieutenant. The
harbor is defended by torpedoes. Only tie
shallowness ot the water prevents the ap
proach of large vessels. I am making an
effective blockade of the only points avail
able on the island of Formosa for the land
ing of reinforcement-.
! Secretary Lincoln will leave Washington
in a few days for Illinois, where he will
make a number of speeches in support of
.1 -D--I.13.- .. AiAt ..U,.il-f 4 '.
SUV ncuuuuuau uauuiuaie aim & irawsun
Spirits aurpentine:
fJ W&desborolntelliffencer: Diph
theria is prevalent around Norwood. Sev- :
eral deaths have occurred from that much
dreaded disease. - Sally Crump, the
negro girl who poisoned Capt. P. N. -Jen- -nett's
little girl last spring, was- sentenced
to twenty years in the penitentiary by Judge
McKoy. , -.
Goldsboro -Messenger:- There
were lively- times at a negro meeting at
Pudley on Saturday night in which seve
ral Goldsboro darkies took a conspicuous
part It was "free whiskey and free fight"
but not free speech. -, A colored man
named W. H. Baker, who announced him-'
self a candidate for Register of Deeds, for
which position he was endorsed by the
Dudley Blaine and Logan Club, was pulled
off the stand, set upon and outrageously :
abused; others received similar treatment f
who favored him. The whiskey was fur-
nished by same of the Republican county
candidates in whose interest the intimida
tion was practiced. -
. -xvaieign jyews- uoserverr 1 es
terday Mr. Julian 8. Carr was observed by
a reporter marking a boxful of cigarettes to
Madras," British India,-" 'These cigarettes
were made in the main building. One
of tbe most beautiful exhibits at the Expo
sition is shown by Mr. C. A. Armstrong,
who represents tbe Sam. Christiana gold
mine, in Montgomery county. This exhibit
consists of two small trays containing up
wards of $2,000 worth of nuggets of native
gold, just as they were taken from the mine.
One of them weighs four pounds and is
worth $1,000. The members of the :
Press Association were unanimous in say
ing that the exhibit at the"-Exposition far
exceeded their highest expectations. The
magnitude and character of the exhibit
prove whavwe have long claimed for our.
dear old State, that .North Carolina ia the
richest State 'In the ' Union in natural re
sources. , - , . ,
Charlotte Observer: With the
beginning of the ginning season, comes the
usual' report of the bloody work of tbe
saws, the list being beaded this season bv
Mr. David Lee, a citizen Of Providence
tewnship, who was very badly cut up by
his gin last Monday. Two negro wo
men and a negro man were yesterday put
in jan at itoc-ingnam on cnarge ot having
committed a murder that in its details is of
thevmost shocking character. Lying beside
a public road near Laurel Hill, was last
Monday found the body of a sixty-five years
old colored man named Charles McNair, in
a terribly mutilated condition, the head be
ing battered in with an axe and partly sev-
frtwrprl frnm t ho lulv va tit oo m a in efrrii.'
inent. McNair's wife, Annie, was arrested
on suspicion of having committed the mur
der and she made a. confession forthwith
implicating a colored man and woman aa
her accomplices. The three murderera
were at once arrested and lodged in jail at
KocKingnam ior sale Keeping. -
- Raleigh Visitor; Messrs. M. I. .
Stewart and T. Patrick have charge of the
correspondence at the State Exposition.
Died, at the residence of her husband.
in Selma. Johnston county, yesterday, of
consumption, Mrs. James Tisdale, aged 2?
years. At a meeting of the directors
of the Oxford Orphan Asylum, held in this
city yesterday, the Rev. Dr.' C. T. Bailey,
editor of the Biblical Recorder, was elected
a director in place of Mr. H. II. Munson,
of Wilmington, who resigned. The
first thing that greets the eye in the Robe
son county exhibit is a pine-tree ten feet
high, a section of a turpentine tree hacked
just as it came from the woods, surmounted
by a branch 01 the original leaves and burrs ;
clustered around the base for a pedestal
are blocks of white bay, blackjack..
sweet gum, beach, poplar, maple, dogwood,
&c Then a simple pine sign in the rough.
represents one of the "goodliest soils under
the cope of heaven," bearing these words,
"Robeson decorates with garlands from her
own soil; these are her jewels." No North
Carolinian can behold this structure with
out feeling the simple eloquence and expe
rience an emotion of State pride. , The
whole is so plain, substantial, so valuable,
bringing back the old, old times. If you
want to see country life represented as it
truly exists go and see what is ia Robeson
corn, cotton, wheat, oats, rye, chufas,
pumpkins, eggplants, potatoes, peas, wild
rosemary, bonesett, catnip, worm wood,
marl of various kinds and bird eggs.
i Raleigh Farmer 6 Mechantc:
A clergyman's wife in Raleigh last week
bought 500 yards 01 carpeting at $3 a yard,
to overlay her floors. This shows the cost
of city residence. We hear that the
crowd that heard Gen. Hawley's address
was small. What was up ? Wru Stab.
Hawley was up. Ask us a harder one I .
A Mr. Uhearin, formerly 01 - Warren.
sold in Raleigh the product of 12.000
hills tobacco, for $1,600, averaging $400
per acre. He lives near tbe urange-ferson
line, we believe. rror. Junius a.
Wheeler, an uncle of Maj. John W. Moore,
the Historian, has resigned from West
Point Academy, and returned to North
Carolina to reside. - Dr. Paul Z. But-
ner, a young physician of fine promise, died
of consumption in Forsyth on Friday. He
was a son of Prof. A Butner, county Supt
of Public Instruction in that county.
When Col. E. G. Stevens, one of our
Massachusetts subscribers, was in Gran
ville, he politely smiled his skepticism over
stories that tobacco land- in the North
Carolina "Bright Yellow Belt" often
brought$300 per acre. "Well," said
Mr. John A. Williams "there is a sale
now in progress; let us go and interrogate
some of the farmers. Messrs. Crews, Hog
good, Tilley, Currin, and others, were ask
ed if they had any land to -selL Not a
foot 1 was the reply. Well then tell us the
best returns you ever had from an acre.
Six hundred dollars was found to be the
highest and only one could claim that; but
several said they had made from four to
five hundred per acre I ! -
Raleigh News- Observer: The
immense apples in the State department at
the Exposition were collected by Mr. P.M.
Wilson, with the assistance of Senator
Neil. They came from Buncombe Madi
son, Yancey and Mitchell counties and are
the largest ever seen here. ' Mr.
Vaughan, of the Albemarle exhibit, baa
arranged for 100 barrels of the famous jun
iper water to be sent here for the public
use. ! He has now a supply of it here. The
cypress tree in the Albemarle- exhibit is 42
feet in circumference. 14 feet in diameter.
It was cut on the farm of Mr. Arthur Collins,-Creswell,
Washington county. . The
Worth manufacturing company, of Ran
dolph county.have a machine which makes
seamless bags, which is certainly a curiosity.
' Some time ago a prominent clothing
firm of the city found that much of their
stock was mysteriously disappearing and
they called to their aid in solving the mys
tery, Officer Henry Lewellyn, of tbe police
force. This fine officer, whose specialty is
detective work, applied himself to the prob
lem a few days ago. Yesterday he recov
ered some $300 or $400 worth of clothing
and last night he succeeded in jailing the
thief. Randolph - county is under the-
capable supervision of P. Reid Parker, of
Trinity College, Who has displayed much
skill and taste in arranging the details.
The J- M. Worth manufacturing company's
looms occupy a conspicuous position, and
are surrounded by a group of interested
spectators as they turn out seamless bag
and sheeting. Upon the walls are draped
plaids from the factory of the Randleman
manufacturing company. On the corner of
the centre and . west aisles stands
a case of shuttles finely q finished.
These - are from the factory - of W. C.
Petty &. Co., of Bush Hill, who also
show some splendidly finished rims, spokes,
hubs and complete wheels and handles,
with sash, doors and blinds from the fac
tory of J. Roberts & Co.. Bush Hill. Some
chairs come from the factory of Mace peace
& Son, of Franklin ville. and they are so
nice that they will, make peace in any
family. In leather there is a large and
I varied display, both of black And russet
There is a large exhibit of pottery, very
complete and varied, and a heavy collec
tion of beets, corn, apples, pears, dried ap
ples, peaches, canned fruits full line by
Mrs. M. N. Brower, of Franklinville. The
potatoes Are very large, especially the white
! elephants, out of which a vegetable me-
: nagerie might be easily constructed. There
are cornstalks fifteen feet high, and oats.
rye barley and wheat The latter is of
specially fine quality. There are on exhi
bition 52 varieties of wood of superior
quality, and the manager says he hasnt
: brought all down, as there is some still
standing. In minerals there are gold, sil
ver, iron and copper. Jackson. N. C-
October 6. The citizens of the little towa
of Jackson, in Northampton county, N. C.
have to-day forwarded to the. National!
Democratic Executive Committee,' in an-
Iswer to their appeal for funds, a check foe
$25.
er as is revealed in the Mulligan let'
wich ime, on the 13th of September.
yaiueu at.o,uo.