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potlishkd at i : ?:,.:sr.x r Tffclh 1 A-A "TFil TF"TFP" TT"-: -X'Tr'" - ''FfTTl'. ""IF-' ;"rV''!"- VEAI'IM'IBTIHOE. s3s3sSSSSSSSSS83S: " S8SSSSS888S8SSS8S i"- gssssssssssiiiiii ; -M,!I0W ssss'ssssagssssas'i ;! 8SSSS88SSS8SS388S 8SS8S8888SS888888 !i 88888888888888888 ; sSSSSSSS8SSS888S , ss8SSS8SSgSS8S88 ' - j gs st s s s ss s s s s s s, Kf , : , : i . . .. . : 00 - " ' Entered, at the Post Office aCWQmington, N. CL, as Second Class. K&tter.) ,. ' . SimSCItIPTIOirFttCrEl I The subscriGtion price of, the "Wkbzi.t Stabis as follows f -i-C" .'2.' Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, V ' 6 monfts, f V " 8 months " " $1.50 I 100 gQ THE SOUTH AND CIVIli 8EBT1CE. The Southern Democrats are much misrepresented, we believe, by even some Southern papers as to the Civil Service. Whether! his is done from j ignorance or not we may not deter mine. We .believe . the true attitude of a very large majority of the South ern white voters is about this: They are disgusted with the Civil Service as administered by the Republicans. As such it was an unmixed : curse. The whole public eerv.ce was abused to the oppression of themselves. UnTnpulois men for the most part were put in control, and active par tisans were the chief instruments employed to carry out the designs of the meanest, most wicked, most per secuting and corrupt party known to modern history. Every office In the South was filled .by an active, earnest partisan, and, as tbe SotUherh Bivouac 6ays, became "a centre of infection." ' . " - ..- The Southern people demanded, therefore, a thorough, radical change in all this and for the best of reasons. To this end, they have insisted that all Republican officials -for they were all partisans and claqueurs should be turned out at the earliest possible day. They expected and demanded more than jthis; that in turning out Republican wire-pullers care should be taken that their places should not be supplied by other Republican "agentp, but by honest, trustworthy, capable Democrat!. ; ?s u ;o ; If this ' is not commonsense we : know not what it is. - It is the. most natural arid reasonable thing in the world that a people who bad been outraged and oppressed for twenty years in their rights by active parti Ban workers should be restless and re solved that thu curse and affliction should cease whenever the Democrats got in power. . . .. Theie is a class of politieal senti mental isls in the South. They are so extremely elevated in their . no tions of ihe dignity and purity of party, that it shocks them in their tenderest sensibilities 7vohen ydntaUt of giving the offices to iJfemqcrat only. Oh, no, say these men of high views, that ; is : awful, It is a great Wrong upon tbe South to have anything whatever to-do with "the "epoiis.'? That sort of thing will damn the party, blast civilzation and ruin the public service. ' . Let there be a civil service law . put to work in : good faith and what if it keeps m thousands upon thousands of the Republicans, that doesn't amount to anything, for they , are thoroughly competent, are a pretty clever set of fellows and have been faithful. . All the years of persecution and active partisanship are thus " forgot ten, and these sentimental" theorists see no danger in importing the British system into these; United , States that fastens a regular set of officials upon the country in per petuity, creates" an: aristocracy, of Government fed officials, andmakes permanent a system that has not one element of true republican-democracy in it. - . ::. ; vw-y The Civil Service law began to operate with all of the offices of the countryn possession of one party. To have it work fair and without friction and free from party bias the offices should have been first equally divided between the two old parties and then have started . the civil ser vice machinery. As it is, the ar rangement was unfair and wrong. Who believes that one solitary Republican in all the North, who is now blatant, in Bis advocacy of the Civil Service system, -would have tolerated: it for a moment if the Dem ocrats had held possession of the 115,000 ofiices and flnder; the law would b'e able to retain a ponsider able proportion of them ? Now the white voters in the South are firm believers in Civil ' Service Reform. But what kind? They be lieve in a system : that - keeps , only honorable, honest, faithful, qualified men in office, and who are not to be meddlers in politics, much less ring manipulators and ward managers. They accept the statement that it is' demorajizing to the country to have partisan civil service. They know ln- their own :sad experience Mom 1805. to 1885, that it in worse than demoTalizing-thkt it is dangerous to the very liberties of the Deoole. I The South wants no fine-span cucuijr, uau a, pracucai, n on est, econ- i omioal, thorough system. The South 'Jcnotot that in - all -.the Presidential elections until:l884, the active parti san ;officials of the Republican party . . . - . .. . . .. I u uu,, lor vnis large ana pata i army of ; workers the country 'would liaye been Spared af vast amount of humiliation, degradation and oppres sion. Vj.y-r ii'ij J-f-i-ij-J-ui '? V-:--:'-- So down with a Civil Service that retains working partisans . in office L ana mates them, the agents and ma-' I nipulators - tof party in - elections. Here is the place for true reform,' To haveoarr-effiolent Democratic Admin istration there must oer men in office ilt.J "- t- ' ... . ' i;;wuvj. mo iu Djuipatoy wiiu xremu orauo policy and principles, ; 8HEBKAB!I PLtN, ; tJen. John " Sherman is evidently very angry with the South. He would likejto hang and quarter if he had a chance. He is not only determined I to have the South placed under the charge of the Federal Government, butHn so far as he can he means to place, bayonets over them again. The General is a terrible fellow.; In the face of recorded facts and election returns he still swears that the negro does not and can. not vote in the South. When it 'is - shown that in the fourteen Southern States Blaine's vote increased -V 146.843 votes over Garfield's vote in 1880, and that the only section in ' which " the vote of freemen was repressed . was , in New England, this General of the Bloody Shirt. Brigade; repeats again and again his false accusations against our . people, and in all bis speeches de clares that the negroes of the South are hot allowed to vote. He is for punishing the Southern people be cause Blaine was not elected, even if the bayonets of the army are to be forced again into service. A cor respondent of the Raleigh Register heard Gen. John Sherman in Wash ington as be waved bis blood-dyed garment to a wondering j and sympathetic band of . conspirators and it is plain - enough ! what kind of a campaign is to come off in 1888, and what the Southern people may expect if the South haters triumph. ; This John Sherman; said : " 'The remedy for these election frauds in tbe South.' be said, 'is a strong Federal law, whioh shall govern all elections for Congressmen and Presidential electors; and let tbe polls be in charge of officers ap pointed by the United 8tates courts. If these officers-cannot enforce tbe election laws. : then . we will send United i States troops to every voting precinct in the South It must, it shall be stopped- If there bad been a fair vote and a fair count in tbe South James G- Blaine would this dsy.be President , Thus he continued for more than forty minutes, and nearly every man in the vast audience seemed to be in heart v svmimtbv with bim. for they were all Renublicans-i'sUlwart of the: stal warts.' . He wound up his fiery discourse by saying: 'If all other remedies fail us we will take from the Sooth the 88 electors and .representatives which she gains by the nesro vote -Probably they say we cant do it, but' (pounding tbe railing of the bal cony with a fierce energy; we win snow ibem.'!' , iky '. 'Is it not astonishing: the' good die young? What use there is for such a rogue and rascal in the economy of nature would be difficult to telt He has' grown very, rich with his million and a half by twenty years public serf ice. j -He has' grown rich whilst honest men have grown poorer. He is utterly destitute of honor ;as he showed in helping to steal Louisiana in, i876. He is without decency or the- ordinary feelings of humanity or he would not be so willing to tear open the healing, wounds of war and open the flood gates of sectional dis cord. To get elected 2 President he . . . s ' - - - i- . i L. . would start a .new, war and j deluge the; land in blood, so he could keep his own carcass away from danger ' 'Thousands of intelligent people in North Carolina will regret to learn that the venerable Professor De Bernierre Hooper, of the f Univer sity, - has been compelled j by ill health to resign his place. Me is, we suppose, dot far from seventy- three or four years of age. 1 tie is one of the finest scholars North Car olina has ever produced, j We hope leisure and rest will aid in prolong ing his valuable life through; many years and so restore him as to enable mm to enjoy iu ; i : The Charleston News and Courier has very complimentary words to savof Col. Trenholm. We copy a part.' : It says: ' C i I 1 L"He Dossesses solid acquirements and i large information, and has often times ex- . .... . : t . . l;i I .1 . . X a. J.iilfn. . nioitea singular bkui suu inuii iu uouiug with difficult and'ComDlicated questions. A Charleston merchant bv inheritance and in practice, he will not be regarded as a mere theorist, while the piominence he has' aermired bv his discussion of divers public nnwtinnn will aatlsfv those who as vet only know hini by reputation that be isoompo- LP TIL III ami BUCCBSBlUlir.- 11 BUT ! MUO van, with the problems presented Dy tne kjiyu oerviuc sjavciu. ;. j. Rev. Dr. J. W. M. Williams has been pastor of - the . First Baptist Church, Baltimore, ' for thirty-five years, He resigned recently ;but his members are not : willing to let him . ask him to continue. A well merited attachment and compli- .. . . . - - i . 'A i . " ment. Dr." Williams is an earnest Christian with good abilities, ,and . is an honor to his denomination; c - i I fobakeb floored, Fraket, the Lieutenaal of Geri Jonn Sherman, id the new warac&inat i the Southern whites, and,the Southern uegrue-aiao, bdokq at Staunton. V a., during- tbe late campaien,. as . the readers of the Stab have been al- ready i informed. Buf an incident occurred, that iilastratea the Ohioans i . l- : I ' ' . t-i-.-j' ; j iguorauoB to. presume io ; m- i outuvk. - luuoillifeub 5 UeUDlCi JULLIIH Foraker' was, d wellins on the'erreat need1 of Protection and the vastblesa- ings to the laboring classes that j at tended a High Tariff. One of these blessings was the: protection given to American laoor agamet the "pauper lahor of EiuropW Ab account says; 'Hexited Snain as an examDle. "where tha' nrtaft rJ lnlww la ST tn Kk Mnta : m riav At tau point he was interruDted bv the old farmer, who courteouely-ali old Vinriniana are courteous asked hlnrif Spaiit iiMn't a protecuve lantc, ana the gushing Gov ernor, alter Jirat saying be 'didn't fcnowr was forced at last to confess that he 'be lieved Spain did have some kind of protec-; live system.' uunonsjy enougn the name of tbe Virginia' farmer, who brought tbe udio uovernor elect up with such a round turn, is r. j. jaefcaoB ' called bv his neieh ooi8s-ionewtu.' And this was the neat and effective way the Ohio ' bloody shirtet had; hia heels knocked 'completely? from under him. by a.' plain farmer in Virginia." "Ighorance. is" never "bliss" ; when there is some one standing around to show it up and give it a punch just as soon as it shows its head. ' ' The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun - makes a very ab surd statement relative to the TJ. S, Senate. He ' says the recent elec tions "give conclusive evidence that the Democrats ' have still an even chance, if not more, to get the United States after March, 1887." : This is incorrect. To tie the - Republicans the Democrats must lose none and gain four. In Virginia there is a gain of one. ' But we have no show ing in New York, Connecticut and New, Jersey, as the Legislatures of those States are Republican. We may possibly gam one in Indiana two ii all of the needed four." : I. It seems that Gen. McCIellan did go to wors on anotner volume -or personal reminiscences after his first work was burned. It will be pub lished soon. Here is what Gen. Fitz John Porter says of it: "The naners and records were all saved, and only a few weeks ago be was engaged on a description of the Peninsular cam paign. As to the book creatine a stir, I cannot say, but it will be different from tbe Grant Johnson controversy. Mr. Depew's statements were not proven, ln lien. Mc CIellan s case every statement la conclusive ly proven. Tbe publication of the book is necessary to Gen. McUIellan s reputation. and,! furthermore, it will set right many misapprehensions. . ; Two Montreal editors are prepar ing to fight a duel. They are both French and i they are wroth about Riel. Mr. Sanvalle, on La Patrie, issued tne challenge to bis con frere on La Mxneroe. Tne FayetteTllIe PIre. ' . From our correspondent, MJ. R.; M.' we have some additional particulars of the late fire in Fayetteville. ... Tbe hotel build ine included, besides hotel property, two public halls, the clothing store of F. W. Thornton, the grocery stores of J. M. Lee and Charles Marsh, tbe office of tbe Sing er Machine Co., and the office of Gen. A. Q. Brady, all of which were burned. The goods ql Messrs. Thornton, Lee and Marsh were saved, but badly damaged. The fire had a damaging., effect upon the Fair in progress there, many people taking their departure on the first train leaving the 'town. It is probable, says our correspondent. that the hotel will be at once rebuilt, and it is thought that one of the handsomest structures of the kind in the State will be erected. ; Tn Pree Perry. A 'subscriber at ' Supply, Brunswick county, writes as follows concerning the Stab's suggestion concerning a free ferry; "We notice an article in your issue of Oct. 80th. relative to the establishment of a free steam ferry across the Cape Fear river and a free bridge across tne jsrunswiCK river, makine free passage for the people of Brunswick in and out of tbe city of Wil mington. Nothing more : profitable to tbe citv and more - convenient to our people could have been started. . we cannot nope for a railroad in this county and we would like to have all the possible conveniences that can be offered us ;' We hope to read more of this in your columns, and at a day not xar distant to enjoy tne privilege or en tering the city on a 'free bridge t and : 'free steam ferry.' Wilmington Cotton Slllla. We hear ; that the Wilmington Cotton Mills, which have been k closed for several. months, will resume operations again early next week. The management propose to run off the cotton now' on hand and in the looms, which will require about a month's timeafter which they will turn their at tention to the experiment of manufactU' ring yarn. The starting up of these mills will give employment to quite a number of operatives i f,' . 7 . A Total wreck. The schooner Vapor, Capt Chamberlain, from Philadelphia for this port, with a car go of coal for Messrs. .Anthony & Bryce, stranded on Cape Fear bar Thursday night. and U a lauTwreck. Jio lives were lost' 'i ne vessel was consignea to massrs. wo. na - V -. ''.. .'aJ "AaT - Harriss & CoM and had been chartered by Messrs. J. H. Chadbourn & Co. to taRe out a cargo of lumber on her return trip: Large Potato. ' Mr. S. W. Corbett brought to town yes- terdav mornlnir one of the largest sweet . T " - . -.. W potatoes we have ever seen. ' It is of the Norton yam variety, and weighs exactly seven pounds. . The "fruit" was raised by Mr. J. M. mark, Jr., or Clarkton, -. J. u. and truly la "some potato. The German barque Louise Wiehardt,' ,CapL "Ehmcke, was cleared from this port for: Glasgow .yesterday, by Messrs. Robinson & King, with a cargo of 3,515 barrels rosuvyalued at fa.aoo 43. WILMINGTON, N. G., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, F1BE IN FA YETTEVILLE Destmeuve Conflagration m onr si- ter Town FrettTllle Hotel Bqrn ed i Great Excitement Among; . tb ClUzena Heavy Iioaa Inanranea lt,000. Quite an excitement waa created here yesterday afternoon by reports lb at a tre i A ... .-x . tn sn TneBe reporu were e meagre mna to vague tDat thonKhtfdl men could form no conclu the 'jwhole town was burning up." The first reliable information that could be obtained by a Stab reporter .was that a ; telegram bad been sent from Payetteville to - Major John ' C. Winder, :: at 'llalerghj stating that the town was - threatened with a destructive fire, 'and asking that one of the Raleigh steam fire engines be sent tjt sponded promptly, and tne engine soontoa its way at a thirty-mile gait. '. was : -it ; Ket came a report that the entire' bloeb of buildings from Fayetteville Hotel to the Williams buildrae inclusive had been de- stroycd.and that the fire had crossed Donald son street and was spreading ia an easterly direction." j; "" Then came' a telegram from Mr. Jobn M. Rose saying, "Nothing burned down except Fayetteville Hotel. Other buildings under control." .' "u Meantime, the Star bad ordered a spe cial. .' If that special comes it will be given below. Otherwise, the above is all the information we can give,, ". Special 8tar Telefrram. . i ... Fatettkvillb, N. C , Novembers. At 12 o'clock to day the Fayetteville Hotel was : discovered to be on nre. me rair being in progress the town was somewhat deserted and the flames spread rapidly be fore mach force was brought to bear upon them. As the news reached the Fair Grounds great crowds of people, hurrying in carriages and on foot, rushed wildly into the town,' and very soon good work was being done; but it was too late. With a somewhat inefficient fire organization and an insufficiency of water, it was impossi ble to arrest the. destructive and luried flames, which leaped high and grew fiercer. The crowd worked manfully, but to no avail. The Fayetteville Hotel building, covering about a block, was consumed, and for- awhile it seemed that all of npper Hay -street, including tbe Opera House, would be burned. ' About 2 o'clock Raleigh was telegraphed to for assistance, and at five a special train brought their : fire engine and part of the company, l he names are now (at 7 o ciocR) fully under control,' and no further danger is anticipated. The loss is quite heavy. The building, which was owned by a ioint stock company, and was insured for only $11,000, not half its value; and W. G. Matthews, keener of the hotel, loses nearly everything in tbe way of furniture, &c., having not a dollar of insurance. The fire created great excitement for a while, it ap pearing that tbe. whole town' would burn. but every thing is quiet now. J. R Eaeaped Prlaoner Captared. A colored prisoner at the County Work House, named Dan Hoggins, who was sent out at the last term of the Criminal Court for six months for an affray with some women, made his escape on the 9th of October. It seems that on that day Capt. Savage was sick, and tbe prisoner, taking advantage of the guard, left for bet ter quarters, earring with bim an axe be longing to the Superintendent On Wednesday, Capt. Savage, hearing that Huggins was at a certain house in Pender county, just across Island Creek, started after bim. He waa accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Chadwick, 8. H. Terry, James Murray, James Newton and Wm, B Savage, the latter' a son of Capt. S The posse arrived atjhe house (which was occupied by one . James Wilson) Wednes day flight, and were refused admittance. whereupon they forced their way in, found Hugginsj handcuffed him and brought him to the Work House, arriving there about 4 o'clock a. m. The prisoner is regarded as a very danger ous man, and much credit is due capt. Savage and his posse in thus securing and placing in the elutches of the law so des perate a character. The Recent mall Robbery. A correspondent at Red Banks sends us some additional particulars in regard to tbe mail 'robbery at that place on the 'night of October 31st. Red Banks is a flag sta tion where a crane is used for 'hanging out the inail pouches, and it is tbe deputy's duty, betwen 12 and 3 o'clock a., m., (train time), to exchange pouches. ; He, on the night in question, on examining tbe pouch put off by the western bound train, found there was no ; mail in it. : Upon a closer inspec tiori Sunday morning it was found that tbe pouch had been cut open and robbed of its contents after it was thrown put of the mail car. The perpetrator of the theft was tracked Sunday morning by articles of the Star first and then by letters directed to different parties, torn up and scattered pro misCuously, for nearly two miles. A young colored man. that suspicion pointed to, was I -arrested and is .now under bond awaiting developments. , i ; -There were no registered packages in the pouch, and it is supposed that the thief got nothing of value for his trouble. . j . Wilmington Presbytery. The Presbytery of WilmihgtonmetWed. nesday last at Duplin Roads, Rev. Geo. W. McMillan Moderator. ; There were present seven ministers and ten ruling elders. The principal object of. the meeting was to license Mr. Jno.D. Standford, of Duplin county, to'preach the gospel. His trial ser mon before the presbytery was satisfactory and he was licensed after the usual form. The Presbytery resolved to hold an ad journed meeting at the First Presbyterian Courch, this city,' on Saturday before the third Sabbath in December (the 19th), for the purpose of receiving Rev. Peyton H. Hoge from the Presbytery of ast Hanover, Virginia. Oottoi The receipts of cotton at this port dur ing the past week footed up 8,869 bales, as against 5,687 bales for the corresponding week last year; a decrease of 2,818 bales- , ; The- receipts of the crop year to date foot up 49,839 bales,-asagainst 51,290 bales for the same period last year, . show ing an increase for this year of 1,451 bales.. 1 WASHINGTON. ' DOrman . u. Eaton TemporarUr Ap pointed Civil Semee Commtaaloner Poartn Clasa r Poatmastera rTbe- Cbfneae Tronblea .In ; Waablngton Territory, Ete. :-f -IBf TelesraDta to thollomlnff Rt.nr-K V ASHTNGTOBT.- Nov..' '5. ThB .Governor. or Washington 'territory yesterday tele graphed to Secretary Lamaf ' that the citi zens of Tacoma bad, expelled about 200 Chinese from the city limits. The Gov ernor; then telegraphed the local authorities at 'l acoiua,, asking if they could preserve .order. He was informed that while order bad Bot " been perfectly -Dreserved. vet ' no one had, been serioualv, injured. Another telegram from the Mayor of Seattle stated that in view of the-: outbreak- at Tacoma trouble; was apprehendedat .Seattle.,;, The iiiuuese in uie i erniory nave maoe an ur gent appeal to the Governor for protection: and a gubernatorial proclamation has been Issued, 'calling upon all citizens to assist In the preservation of jorder.This action. was reported to-day to becretarv Lamar. 'and after a conference with the President a telegram was senrTo theTGovemor of Washington Territory; approving the issu ance oi nis prociamauon, ..and, directing him, to ose all means in bis power to pre vent further troubles. i;s ' & WASH-TNOTOW . Nnv ' A Thfl "Pi-fifiirlent this afternoon appointed Dorman B. Eaton- to be a member of tbe Civil Service Com mission ln place of Thoman, whose' resig nation was accepted to take effect Nov. 1: The appointment is but a temporary oner- nowever, as u is propoead to appoint a per manent' successor to rnoman in a short time. Eaton ; consented to ; serve on the Commission for a few weeks in order to assist the newly appointed Commissioners in familiarizing themselves ' with their du ties, and in order to close up certain un- nnisnea matter uvbtcrbe is greatly inter ested. It is not known who will succeed Eaton beyond the fact that the new ap pointee will be a Republican, in full sym pathy with Civil Service reform. ;. iTourth-cla8s postmasters were appointed as followf : Virginia Fair Oaks. Daniel C. Turlington ; Fairport, N.H.Thomas. North Carolina Crossings, William H. Hoge. ;.'-4-.-'. -?. .- Washihgton, Nov. 6 On . the recom mendation of Dr. Kimball, Director of the Mint, Secretary Manning has authorized a suspension of all operations at the mint at Carson, Nevada. ' since the suspension of the coinage of the standard silver dollar at Carson, in June, 1885. this mint has been conducted as an assay office. The depos its, however, have been insignificant du ring the last few months. ' The reason as signed by Director Kimball for the present action is that 'the yield of the mining in dustry once centering at Carson is now practically reduced to nothing, so that whatever reason there once was for the ex istence of the Carson mint is no longer in force." The building will be left in the custody of the . superintendent and a few watenmen, out no wors of any character will be carried on. t .. .. . Washington, Nov. 7. The President has issued a proclamation commanding all persons of Seattle and t other, places . in Washington Territory, who have assem bled for unlawful purposes, to desist there from and disperse and retire peaceably to their homes on or before twelve o'clock tomorrow, Nov. 8th. Tbe assemblages referred to are the anu Chinese mobs On the 20th inst. Col. 8witzer. Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, will leave for Charleston and Columbia 8. C; and Atlan ta. Ga., to gather important information for his contemplated report to the Secre tary of the Treasury on the internal commerce of tbe Southern States. He will be present at tbe Industrial Exhibit of South Carolina, which opens at Charleston on tne sr-joa. ana aiterwaras at Columbia, where tbe Legislature will be in session. Mr. - Courtney, Mayor of Charleston, ex presses his gratification at COL Switzer s intended visit, and tenders him the hospi talities or the city during his stavr antr quarters at tne Charleston hotel. Col. Farrow or Gariney City. B. C. Chief Clerk of the State: Senate,- and Chief of Division in the Sixth Auditor's office of the Treasury Department, will accompany Col. Switzer. They will go by the Bay line from Baltimore to Portsmouth, and thence by rail to Charleston. FIRE RECORD. Deatrnetlve Conflagration In Cbleago Iiosa $400,000. Chicago, Nov. 7. The fire in the Far- well building, as now estimated, caused damage amounting to $400,000.. None of the losers can yet give close ngures. - The amount of insurance involved was about $700,000. - The loss on the building is es timated at about $100,000; insurance, $85, 000. J. Y. Far well & Co., dry goods, loss small; they carried $97,000 insurance. W. T. Moore & Co., silks and velvets, loss 1 40. 000: insurance $65,000. Lapmond & Co., cloak manufacturers, loss about $100, 000; insurance $70,000. Turner' Bros. & Co , loss not . stated ; insurance $58,500. Sweet, Orr & Co , overalls jactory. loss about $30,000; insurance $45,000. C Gross & Co., dry goods, loss nearly $60,- 000; insurance $48,000. Jenkins, Greer & Co., dry goods, loss $50,000; insurance $22.500. . G. W. Uoyt Co., dry goods. loss about $30,000; insurance $35,500. & H. Marshall & Co., jackets and bedding, loss $20,000; insurance $16,000. 8. M. Wineman, clothing, loss about $15,000; insurance $9,000. PHILADELPHIA. Damaged raueed by tbe Bursting of Ply, Wheel. . Philadelphia, Nov. 5. The large fly wheel in the engine of the Times Finishing Works of Samuel Lea & son, on bt. John street, below Girard Avenue, burst to-day. Portions of the rim passed through the wall of a house adjoining the mill, occu pied by the family of, Max Mackennder, and buried itself in the yard in which the dwelling's situated. At the time there were a woman and ner tnree cnnaren mine room to which the fragments of the frac tured rim were thrown. All escaped in- 1urv except the bady. Josephine, which bad two teeth knocked out and its head badly cut. It is impossible at present to determine the extent or inecniid s injuries. Another portion of the wheel was hurled northward and entered the building of theMidrigbt Tarn Co., No. 1,150, German town avenue, but no . one was injured by the falling missile. Tbe engine of the Times Finishing Co. is a complete wreck. -. . CHICAGO. ' v . -if ' - . Deatrnetlve Fire Lose Estimated at ' 1 $200.000.. Chicago, Nov. 6. A fire in the Farwell building. Nos. 229 to 240 Monroe street. about 8 o'clock this morning, caused dam age to about $30,000, which is fully covered bv insurance, i ne - nre onginatea on tne third floor, occupied by S. M. Marshall & Co.. dry goods commission merchant, and burned its way up through the roof; 8weet, Orr & Co.. pants manufacturers, and occu pants of tbe fourth floor, and Manbeimer, Lipman & Co., dealers in. silk dress goods, on tbe fifth noor.suffered considerable loss. W; T. Moore & Co., and James L. Libby & Co.. drv goods merchants, on tbe nrst floor, will lose heavily on their ; stock by water. y. ..-r:- v-i Later estimates of- losses by this morn ing's fire in tbe Farwell building show that tbe total-will probably teach S200.000. The chief losers are Manheimer, Lipman & Co., who earned a very expensive line 01 goods, and whose losses are , placed at $100,000, principally by. water, the entire building being thoroughly nooueu. PENNSYLVANIA.' : ' Striking SUnera Reanmlnc work in - - CoUleiiea"ITear Delaho. - ! Shenandoah, Nov. 6.-Lentz, Lilly' Co.'s collieries, near Delano, will , resume work on Monday. -the operators acceding to all the demands of the striking miners. Tbe men have been on a strike all tbe sum-. mer. . The number employed at these col li i TZ i ja r- - - ueries is ueoriy w ; , , . ' i'i" v: ! J885; FA TA I, COLLISION. -:i f -r . . - .: -. . ' . Two Steamer Collide on tbe Ohio "Rlyer-Kne or them xantr and Seven ' llf en and Tblrty or - Forty Borae , Drowned. - . . Cihcihnati. November - 6.-A special from,' Lawrenceburg to' the 'Daily -Newt, states that between. 3 and 3 o'clock this morning the steamers ' J. W. Goff and Mountain Girl collided 'at " Split Roek, two miles from Aurora, and that the latter yes sel was sunk, carrying down - with' her' seven men . and between thirty ! and forty horses. ' ;The Mountain Girl was leased by a portion of John Robinson's 6how. which was travelling. us a cheap circus and varied concern. A performance ; was given at Lawrenceburg last night, and the company was on itei way to Rising Sun at the time tbe. disaster took place. : With the excep-: tion jof a yonng man "named , Harrel, of Lawrenceburg. who, was .connected with tbe show, the drowned men were all deck '-bands 2 t l , : V4i'.i,v: 1 . i--f 3 1 7T MISSISSIPPI. . i ill I. Bloody Difficulty , Ik ColnmblarOne : man Killed and a, Woman Fatally : , Wonnded. ' ' i - - -' . ' , .... ! 1 ev Telegraph, to tiia Horn tne star.T . v nCoxTJMBiA, November 7. A difficulty occurred here between Bill Moss and John and Eliza Cook Thursday nighf Moss shot John-, Cook,, through the , bo wejs, . killing him, and also shot Eliza Cook in the right breast, inflicting a dangerous and probably fatal wound. . Moss ran from the town. and. escaped to the woods. Pursuit was organ ized by the citizens yesterday," but Moss succeeded in eluding those after him until two I bloodhounds were nut on his track. The animals tracked him deep into the woods and overtook him..,. He turned and fired twice at the dogs, killing one of them. By this time the pursuing party, which was close behind the dogs, came up and threat ened Moss with death unless he surrendered. He gave himself up and is now in jail small-pox. ! Twenty-tbree Death a from tbe Seoorse : ln ; ISontreal Another:. Caae Dlaeoy ered ln Toronto. ; MoNTBBAt, Nov. 7 The official re turns at the Health ' Office to-day show . 23 deaths from small-pox in tbe city yester day. The small-pox ambulance yesterday took seven children and their mother from a house in St Charles, Borromco street. Tobonto, Oht., Noy. 7. Another case of small pox has been discovered in the east end of the city, making . eight .cases since the outbreak of the disease in ' Mon treal. : The patient, an eight year old boy, was removed to tbe hospital. The Lieut Governor has issued an order that every individual in the service of the Province "be vaccinated forthwith. THE FAR FEST. Heavy Snow Storm 'Along the Line of . tbe Union Paetfle Road A Blockade Feared. . - , Omaha, Nov. 7. Dispatches received at the Union Pacific headquarters state that a heavy snow storm is prevailing along the line and is coming eastward. At Laramie and Cheyenne the snow was falling all day yesterday and drifting so badly on Laramie Hill that a blockade was feared. There is a heavy snow also at Denver Junction: At Ogalala, Neb., fourteen inches fell and drifted. One freight train was blocked in a cut east of Ogalala. The snow was still falling at last accounts. At North Platte four inches have fallen and the storm is still in progress The temperature at North Platte is 30 degrees. .... PERSONAL. ; Bismarck admits that there nev er has been hot one Frenchman whom he esteemed Thiers. - v f - ". .. .. . ;.'. Edwin Arnold is soon to start. on a long' visit to the scenes he has so well described in bis "Light of Asia.'' Elihu Vedder, the artist, is said to have cleared $25,000 from his illus trations for the poem of . Omar Khayyam. George W. Cable, the novelist, wag the guest of the Lincoln Club of Col ored People, at Meriden, Connecticut, last night. ' . . ! Prince Victor Napoleon has fallen heir to $30,000, left by an admiring bid madame who shone as a belle in the glittering period of the Empire. Bayard Taylor's memory is to be kept green by a memorial window in tbe Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ad vent at Bennett square. His mends in New York are raising the money. - J t M. Bartholdi, the author and designer of the statue of "Liberty Enligbt- ening the World,' arrived in the steamship It Amenque in Hew York Wednesday morning, accompanied by his wife. . 'The New York fiuns portrait of Mary Anderson was evidently taken just when she discovered she was losing a skirt. , no other, event in a woman s ca reer can cause such an expression of alarm? Exchange.- V.S : 'y'j inr 1 The new president of Magdalen College, Oxford, is about the youngest man ever appointed head of the . house about thirty five. ' The place is worth $7, 500 a year, with a spacious residence and certain allowances. . ' ' POLITICAL POINTS. - If the Mugwump is down it is a consolation : to remember that he kicked until the end. Phil. Times, Bid. Sep. There is much mourning in Mugwumpia and a yard of crape on the Independent bell-handle. Boston Globe. - The universal Democratic opin ion seems to be that tbe result of the elec tion is an indorsement of tbe administra tion. If. T. Mail and Express, Sep. It was the triumph of Democra cy, pure and simple, over corrupt Repnbli- cacism. "hypocritical Mngwumpery and general humbuggery. N. x. Star, Bern. Republicans their ways have gone They're marching to the rear; The days are melancholy days ; To them through all the year. ' -: -- :. N. Y. Star. ' It is the exact truth that if Mr. Cleveland had been , a candidate this yeai instead of Governor Hill the State would have defeated bim most overwhelmingly as a rebuke tQ bis Mugwumpism. N. X. World, Vem. Republican saints are multiply ing. St. Burehard, but a short year ago filling so conspicuous a niche, is now over shadowed by sts. Foraker and Sherman. Even tbe doughty Xiogan . is near to saint hood. Wash. Post, Bern. SOUTHERN I TEMS. John S. Wise made seventy speeches daring bis recent campaign. Mahone was 'defeated in 1883, I Man one was defeated in lata, Manone was defeated in 1885. Rivhmond State. Governor , Cameron seems to have been- "indicated'' in-Virginia. He felt the Mahone ship sinking and . yelled "Tats and left It. -rh.w. JXeies, Hep. There has been nothing in our history to give such' perfect and acute jsatis f action as the final andcjnclusive removal from political power of .William Mahone. Waakinaton Post. - i ? J Weldon Jvwa-There will be plenty of music , at the fair. . Two brass bands will be on the grounds each day. An Italian band will play for the hops, and the orchestra in the ball will be excellent. Mr. G. W. Thompson. Who was stricken with paralysis on tbe lSthinsti diedTburs- dav last, at tbe residence of bis son m law. Mr. W. T. Herrin, about ' twelve miles from w eiuon. , -.. - ,j. h- NO. 3 " MICHIGAN. . ,v Bank Caahler In.JaelcBon DefaaUer ; to the Amount of $18,000. , - " itBy Telegraph to the MornfaR'Slar. v Jackson, Nov 5. Westry Burehard, Cashier of the Farmers' Bank of Gruss Lake, is missing. J It is ascertained ttiat he is a defaulter to the ura-uut of $18 000.; He was in the habit of appropriating -tn his own use two or three bandred dollars et a time until the amount reached a tLousit od dollars. He was also in tbe habit of mak ing a promissory note, signing : it Pratr af Burehard, Jand- then falsifying it in bis statement. When confronted by ibe riiiec tors of i tbe bank 'on Tuesday last be -acknowledged ' having -done' wrong and promised to make the amount good. He Was 1 not arresJd. and 'disappeared - that night It is thought the funds were lost in speculations in Texas.- Burehard Is over JJ0 years .old, and has a wife and grown daUghteryj;-'. j "'r PENNSYLVANIA, A'Female Poatnaaater j Charged with uiopenlnc and Readlna- l.nttnn mrnrM. : ly Througb Cariosity. - By Telegraph to tbe ;HonlnK Star, j- . Phtladklphia, Nowember 5 a; spe cial from Allentown, Pa., sajs Mrs Catba rine Trump,-"postmaster at the village of Coming,, has been arrested, charged with opening letters out. of curiosity and read-' ing them for Jhe" purposeof keeping her self posted in regard to the business secrets of her neighbors, and the love affairs of the young people of the community. . She ad mitted her guilt, and in justification al leged that she did not know she was com-' mitting an offence for which she could be punished. She was put under bail to an swer at the next term of the U. 8. Court in Philadelphia, x - 1 s::' :- Georgia: - : Two Colored Well-Dlggera Blown to A to ma. - Atlanta, November 5. Two' colored men William Kennebredd and PhiL'John son, well diggers, were blown to atoms yes terday by the explosion of blasting powder. Thirty feet down they struck granite and commenced drilling' for the purpose of blowing up thfe rock. After one explosion they descended, drilled several more holes and -inserted the explosive. Instantly an explosion followed, when the two bodies were shot up fifty feet in the air. One of the bodies fell on the ground about one hundred feet away from tbe well, horribly mutilated, the head being ' almost severed. The other body shot straight up in the air and fell back into the well. NEBRASKA. Chinamen Sne a Newspaper Damagea. - : "' By Telegranh to the Morning Star. for Ouaha, Nov. 5. Probably for the first time in history Chinamen go to court for damages. Tonn Lat and A. H. Quongsue the Omaha Bee for $1,000 damages in tbe publication of a suspicion that leprosy exisieu in meir launory. . ,r - y, . ' VIRGINIA. Governor-Elect Xjee Reeelrea a Con- gratalatory Dispatch from Vice Prealdent Rendrlcka-Death of f Prominent Citizen. - , (By Telegraph to the Horning 8tar.l Alexandria, Nov. 4. Among hun dreds of congratulatory dispatches received by Governor-elect Lee was the following irom vice irresiuent uenancKS: - "Indianapolis, Ind.,. Not. 4. Gen. Fitz Lee: I congratulate you and the Virginia Democrats upon your splendid victory. T. A. Hendricks." , To which General Lee replied : "Alexandria, Va. , - Not). 6. To Vice President i uendncks. Indianapolis. Ind. : Accept thehajoks cf., Virginia Democrats lor your congratulations. Mav the soirit of the sage of MonWcello waichyer the Fitzhugh Lee.' Habbisonbtjrg, Nov. 6. Hon. Robert Johnston, Judge of the County Court, died to day, aged about 6. tie was for many years Auditor ot the state of Virginia be fore the war.and was a member of the Con federate Congress. ejs-senator'sharon. Hla Condition - Slightly Better-He Stake a Will Hla Eatate Valued at $6,000,000.. San Fbancisco. Nov. 6.' Ex-Senator Sharon was' reported to be slightly better last evening, tie is suffering from neural gia : of the heart. In anticipation of his approaching death, be yesterday deeded all his property to bis son, Fred Sharon, and his son-in-law) Frank G. Medland, in trust for his heirs. His estate is valued at $6,- 000,000, and embraces property in Nevada, California, Missouri and the District of Co lumbia.- vlt is to. be divided : into three I equal portions among his children, Clara, Fred and Flora, (Lady Haskett), or their heirs.. The., three , children of Clara, who is deceased, will each receive one-third of her share. 'The deed ignores all other rel atives of ex-oenator Sharon. : MONTREAL. A Mother Throws Her Boy fro: ISoving Train Because he haa Small- Pox. Montreal. Nov. 6. A woman named Fortier threw, her ten-year-old boy off a moving tram near uonaventure to-day be cause ne naa small pox. .Before the atten tion of tbe physician in charge at the depot. when the woman boarded the train, could be drawn to the fact that , the boy was suffering from the disease the train was on. T he loud muttenngs of the pas sengers evidently frightened tbe mother. for just after leaving the . yard and while the train was running at a rate of Bix miles an hour sne took ber boy to the platform ot tne car-ana threw him from the train. She has been arrested BALTIMORE. A JSan, hla Wife and Three Children Affected by Eaeaplnc Gaa Two of tbe Iiatter Dead..' y by Telegraph to the Morning Star. Balttmohk, Nov. 6. John Kneel, with his; family, consisting of wife and three children, were found at their home on St. Mary's street, to-day, all apparently dead, except his son. who showed signs of lire. They were asected bv escaping gas. .Eliza beth, aged 13, the second daughter, is dead. and Mary, the elder daughter, is in a pre carious condition. Kneel and bis wife and boy are likely to recover, though when found father and mother were both sup posed to be dead. The father was discov ered under tne bed. . , , ; 8HALL-POX. Three Caae a Fonnd ln n New Cork Tenement. '- " By Telegraph to. the KonungStar. " 'New Yobk. Nov. 6. Three cases bf small-pox were found to-day by the sani tary authorities in an East side tenement. The patients are young children, and were removed to the hospital, n is tnougm they contracted the disease at school.. OHIO.: - Testimony In tbe Alleged Election j. 4 ' Frands In ClaetautaO. -' By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l Cincinnati, Nov. 7. In the . Circuit Court to day the relator in the election mandamus case filed a reply to the answer to which the defence demurred, but argu ment was waived, and the Court proceeded to hear testimony. It first took no tbe question, of the alleged disagreement be tween tne total votes accreanea to we Dep atorial candidates and the total number Of names on the poll books." This involves an Inspection of the returns, and will probably prolong tne neanng, J Spirits jWrpentliier- Warrenton Gazptf.p Mr '. TTnl- - den's fine three story prize house is nearly completed. The pea crop was a fail ure this year, I . . . . . -iShelby Aurora: The Carolina Central Railway has 200 laborers and a construction train at' work in ' and near- . Shelby. Messrs. Wright & Co. have forty mules and carts, also 100 men at work on. each side of Broad river, and they are vigorously-moving dirt.?; Messrs. -j ; Wright & ;. Co. are responsible, contractors of -fifteen ' . years' experience in railroad building and -say. they will finish their twelve mile con- tract.by next July,' when: they will reach ' ' Piaeyr Ridge, two miles west of Moores- f. boroi Piney Ridge is the present objective point ot the Carolina Central Railway. Ibeir route from, Pmey Ridge is unknown I and awaits future developments. . r-r New Berne' ! Journal: vWe are - authorized to ' state r that the first ' num ber of the Kinston item, will be issued on or .'about the 16th of November.1 Secure yoar seats for Clara Louise Kellogg Company, Thur8daay 9 a m.at Meadows's drug store,- as ihemanagement must know on that day whether or not a sufficient num- -ber is taken to lustify him to make a con tract ' In Craven county there '. were ' polled in the last general election, 1,338 votes for Scales and 2,525 for York, a total of 3,873; The present year there has been listed for taxation 2,127 polls. Now, is it possible out of a voting population of 8,863 there are 1,736 of this- number above -the ageof fifty? We hardly think so, , -Charlotte Observer. r - While ' standing in one of the business houses up -town yesterday Mr. Joseph McDade was . suddenly stricken with paralysis. An ex- , aminanon proved that the stroke was a serious one, all bis left side being paralyzed. In Lemley's township,, night before . last, arau6ing big corn shucking was held -at Henderson's, near Sheriff Pott's farm. While the shucks were flying one way and ; the com another, - two while men, Will Brown, and? A. J.;White, got into a diffi culty which soon" culminated in blows and bloodshed.-' During the encounter Brown whipped out a knife and used it with dead ly effect upon White, who was cut in five or six different places before tbe tight was over.; He bled copiously and was . very nearly dead before medical assistance could .be. procured, v-; ,; j Hickory iPress: President An drews tells us that the many Northern cap italists who have recently visited Western North Carolina are highly pleased with our - mountain and piedmont country- Not withstanding our market is full up the best mountain produce ; is bringing very fair prices. Apples 50 cents and chestnuts $1 per bushel, and cabbage It cents per pound. - The protracted meeting in the Metho dist Church at Statesville has been continu ing for several weeks, and much good is being done,. . The popular young pastor, . Rev Mr. Cordon, has been assisted in these meetings by Revs: Willis, Stanley, Kowe, Bagby; Dr. Wood an others. There have been about one hundred conversions. -Two little boys, aged about ten years. sons of. Franklin Houston and AbelKnipe were loading a shot-gun with wheat and shooting rats in Huffman's mill, Thursday last, when the Houston boy discharged one barrel of the gun, emptying the contents into the back part of the head of the other sportsman. - Raleigh News- Observer: Rev. Dr. Sutton says the . attendance at St Au gustine's normal school- is not as large as last year. .About 60 students are present. ormerly the state exchanged its su preme Court reports with other states Now it has made a new departure and ex changes also with quite a number of for eign countries, dependencies and colonies, such as Canada, New Zealand, etc. Mr. Jere Perry, of Louisburg, last week took 242 lbs net of honey from four bee hives. .This beats the best lecord. There was some ice yesterday morning. Buncombe county takes a good step in sending a professional tramp to the penitentiary for five years, for vagrancy. -Mr. Thomas Payne, at stone wail, a. C, n attempting to take a weapon from Dorsey Grogan last week, was shot and in a few minutes thereafter expired. " A Jew named Abrams, who was arrested by an officer from Caswell last Friday, - at Ruffin, for stealing money, and was carried to Yanceyville and lodged in jail, committed suicide in bis cell the. same night. - Goldsboro Messenger This town is full of gamblers and tricksters. We are glad to learn that steps have been taken, to exclude them from the fair grounds."- Our music-loving friends will learn with pleasure, that Mr. Bonitz has about secured the engagement in Grand Concert and Opera of the eminent Ameri can Cantatrice. Miss Clara Louise Kellogg is supported by the best available talent. About a, ooo poxes oi nsn were trans ferred from the Atlantic Railroad last month by the Southern Express Agency in this city. Judge McKoy came here from Carteret on Saturday quite unwell, and had to subject himself to a surgical op- -eration, which was performed by Dr. J. D. Spicer. He left for bis home on Monday in hones that he would be strong enough to preside at Onslow Court next week.. uur townsman, Mr. it. u. freeman, nas a Jersey cow from which he has realized 24 pounds of butter per week. He thinks she will reach 28 pounds during this winter. In a side show at the fair grounds is a real monstrosity in the way of little Mat thew, a colored boy 16 years of age, half frog and half human, lie was corn in . Kershaw county, South Carolina. - Raleigh News-Observer : A.big . mass meeting will be held at Metro poltan Hall next Wednesday night in the interest of the Industrial School movement Isaac Bynum vs. Raleigh & Augusta Air Line Railroad Company, ln court. In this very interesting case, i-whicn was tnea Wednesday and Thursday before bis bonor Judge Clark and given to the jury, it ap- p eared from the evidence that Isaac mnum was seriously injured three years ago while on duty as fireman on an engine of the company. . The injury was caused by the en gine running off the track and turning over, about midnight, near Hamlett The switch was locked and in good order the night be- - fore. Some mischievous person brose the lock and opened the switch for the pupose of wrecking the train. ' No special switch- mau was employed at the switch, nor was it usual to employ switchmen, for such switches. The . train was running about fifteen miles an hour at tbe time of the ac cident. Upon this state of facts his honor Judge Clark held, that the plaintiff failed to prove a case of negligence against the - company and directed a verdict in its iavor upon the plaintiff's own testimony. Raleigh News-Observer: There are two lines of electric light poles on Fay etteville street. Yesterday the work of leading the wires into business houses, &c, began.- Gov. Scales, the Treasurer, superintendent oi ruDiic instruction ana Attorney General, Mrs. Scales and Miss Katie Scales left yesterday afternoon for Greensboro, on their way to .f ayetteville. They will arrive at the iatter place at noon to-day, in a special car.: There was a fire at Durham Tuesday nignt, caused oy the explosion of a lamp in tbe store of W. A, Day, colored. A sixty-gallon oil :bar rel caught fire. Considerable damage was done tbe stock and the ; woricman printing office was also injured. The house of Mr. J. S. Carr narrowly escaped destruction ' Tuesday night, owing to the carelessness of a servant in leaving ashes in a wooden bucket on a porch. At a late meeting of the executive committee of tbe Univer sity, a letter was received from Mr. J. DeB. : Hooper, professor of Greek, resigning his professorship on account of continued ill . health. The committee, accepted tne resignation . with strong expressions of regrei at -losing the valuable Ber-; vices, of .,. this j accomplished and i ex cellent gentleman. It was resolved that the faculty continue to supply the necessary teaching in this department until the an nual meeting of the board of trustees about the 1st of next February, the. exact time to be designated by the Governor. The re tirement of Prof. Hooper is an epoch is the history of the University; Graduating, in 1831 in the class of such men as Judge Grant, of Iowa. Hon. Jaeob Thompson, Chancellor Calvin Jones, of Tennessee, Hon. Giles Mebane, Rev. Thomas R. Owen, Rev. Dr. W. W. Spear, Jme8M. .Willisn son, of Memphis, and others, with the first distinction, he served as . tutor for tws years, and prof essor of modern languages from 1836 to 1838, when be became profes sor of Latin.: He continued in this office until " his . resignation in 1848. He waa . elected professor of Greek and French in -1875 on the reorganization of the Univer sity, and bas ably conducted these depart''! ments for ten years. 1 , t ' i: 't -.is 4 :4 NJ I M. . ' ,. 1; i i I ; 1 " "j -;V r. 'fl 'Ma il 3 y -il B -1 h- .1 fi 1 1 -1!- i? I ' - ;':f '! , ft; 'S 1 .rr- i r L l1!
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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