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DE1TH OF THE VICE PBESIDECIT
The whole country will be shocked
to hear of the death of Hon. Thomas
Andbbws' Hendkick - Vice Presi-
dent of the United States. It occur-f
red yesterday afternoon: at Indianap
olis and was very sudden and unex
pected. At the hour we , write we
have'wbnt few particulars of the sad
event.- ,
A true man and a Bound - Demo
crat has fallen. lie has served his
country well and con6cientiou8ly,and
there is no stain on his escutcheon.
A man of decided talents; a man of
courage of conviction; a man of sin
cerity and of principle, he has de
served well of his countrymen, and
has beeiTbf ten honored with high po--fiitions
of trust which he filled with
.fidelity, zeal and capability. He has
iehownhimself to be a statesman who
Jhad opinions he was not afraid to pro-
jclaim and uphold; a man of honor and
scrupulous intergrity under eyefy
trial; a man warmly attached to the'
? great fundamental principles of the
Democratic party, under, whose ban-,
ner he fought so many gallant fights
and won so many victories; he de
served and received the confidence
of his party. 1 He was a Btriot party
man, and people of all parties always
knew just where Thomas A. Heh
dbicks could be found. , By his la
bors and talents and devotion to
sound political principles he has de
served well of his country-and has
been often honored. As Governor
of Indiana; , as a Senator in : the
United States Congress; as a states
, man of true patriotism and broad
views; he has been : identified with
much of the history of his State and
country. He has been a prominent
leader for almost forty years. .
He was born in Muskingum county.
Ohio, the 7th day of September,! 8 19,
and was, therefore, in bis 67tn year
of his age. He was carried to Indi
ana when but six months old. He
was born in a log cabin and died
Vice President of the United States.
When in his twenty-fifth year he mar
ried Miss Lucy C. Morgan, a beauti
ful daughter of accomplished parents.
He read law and soon achieved suc
cess. When twenty-eight he was
elected to the Legislature. : He was
elected to'the U. S- House of Repre
sentatives twice. He was nominated
for Governor in 1855, bnt was de
feated. He was elected U. S. Sena
tor in 1862, and served six years. In
1870 he was again defeated, f or Gov-
- ernor. In 1 872, he was elected Gov
ernor. In 1876, he was elected Vice
President of the United States on
the Tilden ticket. All know bow
he was -defrauded.; In 1884, he nom
inated in the Democratic National
Convention Hon. Joseph E. McDon
ald, of Indiana, for the Presidency
in a fine speech. - He was nominated,
on the Cleveland ticket again for the
Vice Presidency and . was elected,
His election was not only , richly de
served but was retributive justice. '
In a few days he would .have pre
sided of er the Senate of the United
States, but God has willed otherwise.
The -Democratic party of the Union
is sorely bereaved. A champion of
the , people and a faithful expo
nent bf genuine Democratic princi
ples has fallen, full of years and .fall
of honors. All good, true men will
regret his death. We write too hur
riedlyTo undertake carefnl analysis
or to express in fitting language our
APnsA of ttlA lorn tTin nrknnt.nr Tia.a ana.
- T, i
tained. An honest, upright, coura
geous expounder, of sound political
; principles is forever lost to the party,
It may be seen hereafter as events
nnioia tnemseives wnai is tne mag
nitude and signifioanoy of the loss. :
The Montgomery Dispatch is the
neatest daily we know of in the
South. It is ably edited and is
sound and sensible on the infamous
Tlla? Villi -Will MAAil tkA
vitui UIIm V I V TV xax vut m vi
itorial on the subject.
Randall claims to have some fifty
or sixty Democrats who will follow
him out of the caucus and votes for
him for Speaker. Randall is getting
to be an annual or a perennial' nuis
ance. -
Say, what has become of Billee
Mahone? Is Johnny Wisi or other-
wise just now?
.1 ..
vol. xyii. ( ; :
UH SOUTB'K NrPHUnn nvn
The Star, io former article has
mentioned the great and growing
tame of Edgar . A . Poe. .Ii
called
attention to the numerous biographies'
or bim that had abneared within ton l
a a . : -.. 1
years by Americans and Englishmen I
' . - . ; r I
It has also noted from tim In t.imA
the critical articles upon him or that
referred T. to ' him . that appeared -in;
England and ...France, i The interest
oonoerning - this - unique, 1 genius has
not lessenecU'.Theproafeility is that
other biographies or him will follow,
and discussions of his .works and ge:
nins in the leading periodicals of the
world will oontinue., j This is inter
eBting to ' educated people. ' They
may not really, admire of understand
the rare and radiant" productions
of an extraordinary man,, both prose
ana verse ana suu tney mustLbe
pleased when: they sec the greatest
genius of the South placed so high
among the authors of the last fifty
years. . . :
We wiBh to draw attention tOBome
recent opinions of JPoe. Th e British
Quarterly Review has a paper on
American poets in which the author
gives Poe the first place among all
American poets. But not only does
the English critic j give Poe the
highest seat in the American Val
halla set apart for the inspired
singers, .but he gives also a high
place to Poe among the prose writers
of the nineteenth century.; He says:
"Only the few who have studied his en
tire collected remains--not one fifth of his
English admirers know half the wit and
wisdom, the inimitable skill, the wild,
weird, ungoverned, but almost unrivalled
imagination, the marvellous constructive
power, the practical cleverness, the varied
ingenuity, the 'industry a tithe of the
truth and clearness of perception 'that
died, and died so young.' "
. Another late critio is E. Nencioni,
an Italian. ' In Niiova Antologxa he
discusses American poetry also. He
gives Poe the first J place as did the
Englishman, and be says he reminds
him of Keats and Shelley. ' This' is
very high praise. Now we are not
prepared to claim that Poe had more
genius than any other man born on
this continent." He is - admired by
the poets and is j much praised by
foreign , critics. He is the only
American who has done so well in
- - ii - -
two great departments. That is to
say, he is the only; American who by
common consent ranks with the fore
most poets of this land, and who as
a -writer of wonderful BtorieSf
strange, weirdTpowerful, splendid, has
but one rival on the continent, arid'
scarcely a rival in! all Europe. But
Poe was not only poet 'and story
teller, but he was a critio of strong
powers and piercing insight,
The critic that has treated Poe
with most ability and fairness among
Northern men is Edmund C. Sted
man, who is beyond question the
ablest, the aoutest, the most nobly
endo wed of . all Americans who have
entered .. the poetic field as critics.'
Mr. Stedman has produced two vol
umes Of masterly criticism the "Vic
torian roets" and the "Poets of
America." They I are well worth
studying. He is jan elegant writer,
and has a positive genius for poetio
criticism. He is a poet himself of no
little cleverness and is well equip
ped for the discussion of the great
and smaller singers. :
' , Mr. Stedman evidentlv considers
'Poe to be a man of striking and orig.
inal genius, bnt does not believe him
to be America's greatest poet, nor,
we suppose, America's greatest ge
nius. At any rate be regards his
poetio powers as' limited, and, possi
bly, narrow. He i says
" "Poe was not a single poem poet, but the
poet of a single mood.' 'Sound always
was his forte. s . He lacked the
dramatic power of combination and pro
duced no symphony In rythm was strictly
a melodist who acnievea wonaers in a sin
gle strain We are on firm ground with
relation to his genuineness as a poet, but
his - narrowness of i range and the slender
bud of his poetic remains of themselves
should make writers hesitate to pronounce
him our greatest one. His verse is as con
spicuous for what it shows be could not do
as for that wnicn ne aia.
This mar be true, and - still the
fact remains that English, French
and Italian critics nave - been more
impressed by his jfew poems than by
anything that; Bryant or Longfellow
or Whittier or Holmes or Lowell has
done. - Not one of these authors has
given to the world poems as original
as The Raven.1 and two or three
other of Poe's! best . productions.
And not one of these has written sto
ries remotely comparable to Poe's
in invention, cumulative power, orig'
inality and interest. Mr. Stedman
does not undertake to depreciate
Poe's prose writings. He .may not
estimate them So highly as others,
but he shows that he has a high opin
ion of their merits - when he selects
the greatest prose writer of America
to compare with the gifted son of the
South. In a paragraph marked by
penetration, analysis and felicity of
expression Stedman says:
- "Poe and Hswthorne were the last of the
romancers.' Each' was a master in his way,
and that of Poe was the more obvious: and
material He was expert in much that
concerns the structure of works, and the
modelling touches of the poet left beauty
marks upon his prose.
his prose. Yet in spiritual
meaning
his tales were less poetic than
those of Hawthorne. He relied upon his
externals making much of their gorgeous-
neat of color, their splendor and gloom of
a?d ade.i Hawt
TT
id
pecta of life an essence of evasive beauty
Which the BenBea of Poe were Aften nnahl
to perceive. It waa Hawthorne who heard
the melodies too fine for mortal ear. Haw
thore was wholly masculine, with the great
virile onto. v. Poe had, with the delicacy,
veuueruene ana gentleness which belong to
1116 opstry and weakness of a nature
lUUlC ur IHJUi FTTAIninftTA HA nnnnBMI. tA 1
Hawthorne the fire, the richness, the inBta I
uiu.j ui ne tropics, against tne abiding
, t, 1 m .T t ,, ...
strength and passion of the North." '
Among the exhibitors at the New
Orleans Exposition : is Gen. James
JET.. Lane, so well known in Wilming
ton and in North Carolina. He ex
hibits "an attractive display of me
chanical drawings - from the depart
ment of civil engineering and draw
ing" under bis charge in the Alabama
Agricultural and - Mechanical and
Polytechnic 'Institute, as we .learn
from a New Orleans letter in the
Montgomery (Ala.) Dispatch.
it 18 to be hoped that as soon ad
possible the Senate will settle the
question of succession. . It is too per
ilous to have the country disturbed
as it is. If Mr. Cleveland were to
die naturally or; be murdered and
two Presidents have been : murdered
in twenty years there would.be no
head of the United States, and chaos
might come. At least three or four
persons should be in the line of suc
cession.
How do yon like Col. Wharton J.
Green's idea that three Vice Presi
dents should be voted for, one to act
as President of . the Senate and the
other two to be in the line of succes
sion in case of death or removal r
By voting for three the people them
selves would choose the succession.
The proposition strikes ns favorably.
It is better than having the Cabinet
in succession. ' . v ,
Two Liberal Ministers have , been
defeated for Parliament. There is
but little doubt of a Tory majority.
The Liberals ought to stand off and
let the Salisbury crowd deal with
Ireland. If they are wise they will
make the Tories and Parnellites sick
of their alliance. ; ' "
Sherman, Logan and Edmunds are
all candidates for the Presidency ot
the Senate. Give us Edmunds. We
would rather risk an ice-man than a
fire-brand. " But will Logan certainly
get in the Senate?
Did Mahone eat goose or turkey
for Thanksgiving dinner, and if tur
key what kind?
CHARGED WITH . MURDER.
Attempt to Arrest a well
Known
Colored RIan tor m Crime Commit
ted In South Carolina Escape of
tne Culprit.
Something of a sensation was created on
Water street yesterday afternoon by the at
tempt to arrest an alleged murderer and his
escape from the officer of the law.
The man accused of the crime is a col
ored drayman of this city known as Henry
James, but whose real name is said to be
Julius Bell, and who has been living quiet
ly in Wilmington for the past eight or ten
years, having a family consisting of a wife
and several children, residing on Seventh
between Nixon and Swann streets. In
"Brooklyn." He is charged with being an
accomplice in a murder committed in Dar
lington county, S. C, some ten years ago.
It is alleged that he and his brother were
arrested for the crime, that his brother was
hung, but Julius managed, to make his
escape, and thus far had eluded the officers
of the law. He was on Water street yes
terdav afternoon about : 2 o'clock, when
Officer Strode came up, and accosting him
as Julius Bell, attempted his arrest. The
man resisted and succeeded in breaking
loose from the officer and ran. He was
pursued up Chesnut to Front street, up
Front to Mulberry and up Mulberry to
Second, where " he ;. took ' refuge . in the
sunken lot on the west side of . that
street between Mulberry and Walnut, and
managed ' to elude, the officer. Bell, or
Henry James as he is known, 1b a short
stout negro, about thirty-five years of age.
and at the time of his escape from the offi
cer yesterday wore a light suit of working
clothes, an oilcloth V coat, and a snuff -
colored cloth cap. As he has been shrewd
enough to evade the law for ten years past.
it is not likely- that he . will be readily
caught.
Bard Times.
There is general complaint among retail
dealers of dull and unsatisfactory trade for
the season.' The low prices for cotton and
other country produce probably . account
for it; farmers holding back their crops
from market with the expectation of getting
better prices.! A merchant in South Caro
lina says that never before has he seen such
a disposition on the part of farmers to hold
back the cotton crop. This he says ac
counts for the fact that although the crop
is better than that of last ' year, no better
speed is being made in the ' settlement of
their accounts. ''m m
Foreign Exports.
Br. schooner Julia Elizabeth, Ingraham,
cleared yesterday for Harbor Island, W.
L, with 12,000 feet of lumber, 4 pairs of
window sash, ' 20 barrels flour, 2 barrels
tar, 2 barrels pitch and 81,000 shingles,
valued at $729.13, shipped by Messrs.
Cronly 8s Morris; schooner HattU Turner,
Keen, cleared for JPonce, Porto Bico, with
287,715 feet of lumber, valued at $4,618.62,
shipped by Messrs. E. Kidder & Son, ma
king a total of exports foreign amounting
to $5,842.75. : r
A xtaplln County Bear .
- The appearance of a big black bear in
the neighborhood of Sarecta, Duplin coun
ty, on Wednesday last, created great ex
citement among the people of that place.
The bear was pursued and. killed by Mr.
Branch, ' Mr. . Williams, Mr. Bond and
Others, after being shot twelve times and
stabbed with a pitchfork. The animal
weighed 250 pounds.
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WILMINGTON,. N. C, FRIDAY DECEMBER 4,
pir. Jeannette and His Guano Iilnlit
Samuel O. Sloan, of New York city, one
of the parties charged by Mr. Jeannette
with abandoning sailors on a gnano island
in the Carrlbean sea, as published recently
in the Stab, tells a story that differs mate
rtaltv fmm that rol atari fr .TcHinnAttA
j ... mm. -
He disputes the claim of the latter to Bon
cador island, and says that Jeannette was
employed as superintendent' On" May
23rd, 1884, he says," the brig Havana sailed
for the Island.? The Havana was stocked
with six months' provisions and lumber
for houses, tools, &c. - She Was famished.
with a yawl and three cat-rigged boats
capable of crossing the Atlantic. Soon af
ter the arrival of the Havana at Boncador
island, Jeannette told the men whom he had
hired that he owned that island and other-
islands,- and the company had no claim to
them or on bim. The Havana sailed for
yew York and arrived there with, a
cargo of sand. Sloan continued: "He
had shown us a sample - ofthe euano-
on the island, and it was worth $16.50 per
ton." :The cargo of. sand was sold for be
tweea (3 and $ i a ton. We chartered two
other vessels, the Ida Francis and another
whose name I forget. We furnished them
with provisions. In due time they arrived
in New York from Boncador Island, and
their cargoes consisted of sand. Early this
year I ascertained that Jeannette bad sailed
from Boncador Island to Aspinwall in one
of our cat-rigged boats, and that he had
chartered three vessels with a capacity of
1,704 tons, and had sent them to Wilming
ton, N. C, loaded with I guano, which
brought over $19 a ton there. We learned
that he had drawn against these cargoes, or
attempted to do so. We sent an agent to
Wilmington with instructions to fight our
case in the United States Court. Our coun
sel had Jeannette imprisoned, Jeannette
made a claim of $1,200 against the cargoes.
The Court allowed him $400. We paid the
men at Wilmington and seized the guana
We were not aware that there were any
men on Boncador Island until after No
vember 11th, when I was presented witb a
complaint by James Cook. He claims to
have been employed by Jeannette at $40
per month. He states that he sailed in the
Havana on May 23, 1884, and remained on
the island until September 6th. His claim
for services amounts to $683.67. The mat
ter will come up in the City Court. We
claim that if any marooning was done it
was done by Jeannette, who hired the men
whom be left on the island. But the
charge of marooning is a foolish one at
best. There is an abundance of turtles on
the island, and more fish can be caught
in an hour than a dozen men could eat in a
day . There is a well on the island, though
the water is a little brackish. Then it is
only seventy miles from the British Island
of Old Providence.
Supreme Coart Deelalona.
In the Supreme Court on Monday decis
ions were filed in the following cases':
Beck et al vs. Bellamy, 'executor, from
New Hanover. No error.
State vs. McNeill, et als, from New Han
over, jno error.
State vs. Lewis, from Sampson. .Error.
Navassa Ouano Co. vs. Bridgers, from
Robeson. Error.
Rowland et als vs Rowland, from Kobe-
son. .Error.
State vs. Alonzo Thompson, from Robe
son, judgment arrestea.
Covington et als vs. town of Rocking
ham, from Richmond. No error. ,
State vs. McDowell, from iiiaaen. Ap
nea! dismissed.
Btate vs. f reeman, irom ivooeaon. juug-
ment affirmed.
Joint Tnanksclvlnc 8ervlee.
The joint Thanksgiving services of the
Presbyterian, Methodist, First Baptist and
Lutheran Churches, held at the First Pres.
byterian Church, were well attended, and
the following order of divine service was
observed: l
Anthem by the choir. Beading of the
103d psalm by Rev. T. H. Pritcbard
Hymn 503, "God of the passing year, to
Thee our hymn of gratitude we raise;
read by Rev. J. W. Primrose and sung by
the choir and congregation. Prayer by
Bev. Dr. Pritchard. ' Scripture lesson
186th and 188th psalms, by Rev. F. W.
K Peschau. - Hymn 504, "Swell the an
them," &cv -' -'
Bev. J. W. Primrose then delivered an
impressive and appropriate discourse from
the words, "Thanks be unto; God. for His
unspeakable gifts." He tenderly alluded
to the death ef Vice President Hendricks,
whose family, were remembered in the
prayer by Bev. . F. JW.'E. Peschau, which
followed the sermon. A. collection was
then taken up by Col.' John D. Taylor and
Messrs. CP. Mebane, G. W. Williams and
D. G, Worth for the Oxford Orphan Asy
lum, when the exercises were closed with
the dozology and benediction.
Tne Blver and Harbor Convention
The delegates from this city to the Con
vention in Savannah speak in glowing
terms of their hospitable reception and
entertainment in that city. The occasion
was one of . profound importance to all
cities on the Atlantic coast, and tne action
taken by this "body of representative, men
cannot fail to be felt by Congress. Eight
States were represented. Mayor Hall was
chairman of the delegation from this State.
MrJ: F. W. Kerchner was one of the Vice
Presidents, and was also: appointed on the
committee to personally inemoralize Con
gress, for adequate appropriations to con
tinue and complete improvements now in
progress without delay." Mr. J.'H. Currie
was a member of the committee on resolu
tions.' " A grand banquet . Was given to the
members of the Convention on the steamer
City of Augusta, at which Mayof Hall, in
response to the toast to North Carolina,
made an eloquent response. -
Tne Gunners. i: ;--
" - The woods and fields around Wilmington
were filled with sportsmen on Thanksgiving
Day, and the town seemed almost deserted,
Outgoing trains Wednesday night were
crowded with men equipped for the , fray
with breech-loaders, muzzle-loaders, game-
bags and pocket-flasks. It reminded one
of war times, when the "Home Guard" was
ordered out. The "slaughter of the inno
cents" may have been immense in me
aggregate, but we doubt if an equitable
division would have eiven each sportsman
even a feather. They had lota ' of
fnn. though, for all their bad luck, and
fortunately no accident occurred. - ;
- ai an -
Foreign KxportaV""- '" .V ' ':
:- The exports foreign yesterday comprised
1,847 casks of spirits turpentine and 2,660
barrels of rosin, valued at $26,861; and
shipped by Messrs. Paterson, Downing &
Co., per brig Alaska, for London. .
KJLY
DEATH OF MR. heudricks.
Tb Tlee Prealdent trleken Down
with ParalreU or tb Brain Sudden
End of a Busy and Eventful life
Reception "of the Announcement
In Washington- A RteeUns of : the
t Cabinet Called bj the President. ,
. By Telesrapn to the Mornlwr Star.i .... .
Indianapolis. Nov. 25. Vim President
Hendricks died very suddenly at his resi
dence a rew minutes before 5 o 'clock this
afternoon. He eame home, from Chicago
early in the week and ompjaiaed of f eel-r
Ing unwell,' -but, nothing serious was
thought of it av the time. Last night he
and Mrs. Hendricks - attended a receDtion
at the residence of Hon. . John J. Cooper,
ana alter he returned home he complained
of pains in his side and stomach. This
morning he was no better, and his family
physician, Dr.: Thompson, was called in.
He gave him an emetic, and later in the day
an injection. Mr. Hendricks remained in
his room all day, and most of the time in
bed, although he sat up at frequent inter
vals. He received no callers, but about 5
o'clock Mrs. Hendricks left his bedside to
see:a caller for a few minutes in the parlor.
one was detained longer than she expect
ed, and when she returned to the room
she found that Mr. Hendricks was dead.
The end of a busy and eventful life had
come, peacefully and quietly? OutMa-face
there was no indication of pain or suffer
ing, and his eyes were only half -closed, as
if in quiet sleep. He died of paralysis .of
the Drain. - :
Washington, Nov. 25. The announce
ment of the death of Vice President Hen
dricks has cast a deep gloom over the
Capitol. Mr. Hendrick's health had im
proved so much during the last year or two
that bis mends looked to his contiauance
in public life for many more years, and
the news of hs sudden death came with a
shock. - The first news of' the sad occur
rence was an Associated Press bulletin
from Indianapolis. The President .and
members of the Cabinet were informed at
once, and the President immediately called
a meeting of the Cabinet to take suitable
action.' ' ' -'..-i 'ti -: -; .
Senator Edmunds was apprised of the
death of the Vice President by an Associa
ted Press reporter, and was greatly affected.
tie said that he had known Mr. Hendricks
a great many years, and they were intimate
friends in old times in the Senate, and he
added, "I have always had a personal re
gard for him. I regret exceedingly his death.
I shall call a meeting to-morrow , of all
the Senators in the city to make such ar
rangmento to have the Senate represented
at the lunerai as are proper."
! Secretary Bayard said : 'The news of Mr.
Hendricks' death is painful to us all, but
tne condition in which the American peo
ple are placed by his death, through the
failure of Congress . to pass proper laws
regulating the Presidential succession.
tlie fact that there is now but one man's
life between the American people and no
President is most painful to contemplate,
Secretary Lamar said: "My acquaint
ance with Mr. Hendricks was not intimate.
He has been for many years a great favo
rite in the South, and I think he was re
garded all over the country as a very safe.
conservative statesman; a man of great
dignity and force of character. He had
the faculty of attaching his friends to him
very warmly. Although his death is very
sudden and a great shock to us all, I have
often heard his friends express apprehen
sion as to tne condition of his health ever
since his attack some years ago."
senator voomees eaidi 'inereisnotnioe
kind that can be said' of Mr. Hendricks
that would not be true. He was a man of
stainless life and great courage and ability,
and a leader of men To say that he was
timid in politics was a great mistake. He
never was in a position In hid life that be
did not feel it. Hisldeathlwill cause a great
void.
Senator Voorhees and Judge Hoiman. of
Indiana, were Informed of the. Vice Presi
dents death by telegram from Hon. Wm,
Ogelvie. They immediately telegraphed the
following to Mrs. Hendricks: "We tender
you the deepest sympathies of our hearts
m your great iobs. iaa nauon mourns
with you " They also sent the following
to Hon. W. H. English: "When will the
funeral of the Vice President take place?
It will be fully attended officially from
here. It is understood that the President
and his Cabinet will attend the funeral
Washington, Nov. 27. The regular
meeting of the Cabinet was held to-day;
all the members were present. The resi
dent's message, so far . as completed, was
read and unanimously approved. It is
said to be an unusually strong paper, con
taining many new and valuable - sugges
tions. . .
The question of attending the funeral of
Vice President Hendricks was considered
and two or three members of the Cabinet
said it would be almost impossible to leave
the citv lust at this time without neglecting'
many matters which it is important should
De setuea neiore tne meeting or uongress.
The President expressed his determination
to anena ine iunerai. - nis message was
almost ready and could be completed on his
return. , The Postmaster General and the
Secretary of War and the Secretary of the
Navy said their reports were all in shape
and they thought theyjwould beable to acc
company the President. The Secretary of
State also thought he could arrange to go
with the party. Other members thought
the affairs of their departments would pre
vent them from leaving the city, finally
it was decided to leave the matter entirely
to the discretion of each member, with the
understanding that all who could would
0. The party will probably leave . here
ionday morning. Details of the trip have
been placed in tne nanos oi uoi. iiamont,
and are not yet completed."
The Chairman or the senate uommuiee
has added Senator Beck to the committee
to attend Mr. Hendricks' funeral. Ser-geant-at-Arms
Canaday of the Senate and
Leedom, of the House, have made arrange
ments for the committees to go to Indian
apolis via the Pennsylvania Railroad, leav
ing Washington at U.3U a. m. Monday;
arriving at Indianapolis 8 a. m. Tuesday.
Returning, leave Indianapolis at 6 p. at,
Tuesday; arriving at Washington 6 p. m
Wednesday. . y; .
Washington, Nov. 26. About twenty
Senators assembled at 11 o clock thisjmorn
ing. upon invitation by Senator Edmunds,
in the Judiciary Committee room of the
Senate, to select a committee to represent
the Senate at the funeral oi the vice .Presi
dent. They were in session about half an
hour, and selected the following commit
tee: Senators Edmunds, Sherman, Harris,
Allison. Voorhees, Pugh, Cullom. Gibson,
Conger, Blair, Dawes, Camden and Vest
Most of the Senators named as members of
the committee were at the meeting, and in
addition there were --present Senators Lo
gan, Morrill, Walthal, Dolph, -Van Wyck,
Morgan, Jones of Ark.,: Berry, Cockrell
and Ransom. There were expressions of
sorrow on all sides, but in view of the near
approach of the meeting of the Senate no
formal or eulogistic speeches were made.
The Chairman of the meeting, Senator
Edmunds, and Sergeant at-Arms Canaday
were authorized to make all necessary ar
rangements for the transportation and en
tertainment of tne committee.- -
" There was also a meeting of about twen
tv five members of the House in the Speak
er'rfroom. at which the Clerk of the' House
was authorized to request the attendance at
the funeral of the following named mem
bers, as representatives of the House; ! Car
lisle. Randall. Hiscock. Lone. PhelDS.
Hepburn, Browne, Bynum, Morrison, Hoi
man; Hubert, Blount, Barbour, Hewitt
and Geddes. . General Clark has notified
by telegraph those, of the gentlemen named
.who are not in the city oi tneir . selection,
and has requested their attendance.
. - Washington, Nov. 26. The -draping
of the White House. Interior and State.
War and Navy, departments buildings is
nearly comDleted. JTlags all over - the citv
floated at half-mast all day. At the Treas
ury department telegrams poured in from
the custodians of public buildings through
out the country, asking to oe autnorizea to
drape the buildings, under their charge
with . the L emblems of r mourning. ; Tele
graphic authorization to do so was sent in
anouh suu cases. . ,e- ,.';
The Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate this
afternoon received a telegram irom Hon,
Wm. H. English, saying that the funeral
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of the dead ; Vice President would take
place Tuesday next, at 13 o'clock.
Indianapolis. Nov.. 28 The flags, on
all the public . buildiugs here are at half
mast, and forces, of men are engaged in oat-
ting up various insignia of mourning, out
oi respect to the memory of vice President
Hendricks.; In several of the churches
to-day, instead of Thanksgiving services,
there were Memorial services, and Bishop
Knickerbocker,, of the Episcopal church.
to which Mr. Hendricks belonged,, aban
doned his services altogether. .:-'t
Mr. nenuncK8. oody, 1 which was em
balmed this morning, will remain- at his
late residence Until Sunday noon, when it
win oe removed to tne court house, where
it will lie in state until Mondav evening.
.The local military companies and detach
ments oi the regular armvare doing guard
duty. The funeral services will be held at
ot . Paur Uatnedral, Tuesday at noon:
The burial will take place' at Crown Hill
Cemetery, north of the city. . . . - .
liov. uray wnl issue a Memorial procla
mation to the citizens of Hhe State this
evening. The State i House is " already
covered with emblems of mourning. AH
public offices and business houses here will
be closed on the day of the funeral: -'
Messages of condolence were received
this moaning from hundreds of prominent
menUjBver the country.among which were
the following: j V: .
Wetstone, JS.X.. .November 26. Mrs. T.
A.- Hendricks: I am inexpressibly shocked
by the surprising and painful intelligence
of the sudden closing of the career of your
husband. .He has fallen with honors thicK
upon him, and in the acme of his popular
esteem. In your personal bereavement I
deeply sympathise; while in common with
tne whole country l deplore the loss of Mr.
Hendricks as a public calamity.
i signed HAinxETj .1. itlden. ;
Washington, November 26. The Japa
nese Minister Kuki sends his very sincerest
sympathy to Mrs. Hendricks in her bereave
ment., and his deep sorrow at the death of
the Vice President, for whom he enter
tained the highest personal respect and re
gard. .''.--:'-'
Similar messags were received from Sen
ator Dawes, of Massachusetts, Congress
men Ward, JUiner and Cobb, of Indiana,
John.T. Agaew, of New York, and S.
Corning Judd, of Chicago, i
It was decided to-day not to have a post
mortem, Mrs. Hendricks not thinking it ne
cessary, as she is satisfied that her hus
band's death was the result of paralysis of
the heart.
INDIANA.
Observance of the Death of Vice Presi
dent Hendricks at Indlanapolla Em
blems of mourning all Over the City
Sympathy for Mrs. Hendricks Ar
rangements for the Funeral The
Pall-Bearers Selected The Coffin
The Indianapolis Journal Deprecates
President Cleveland Intention to
Attend the Funeral. j
i iBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.l !i
Indianapolis, Nov. 27 All t public
buildings here are covered with emblems
of mourning, and flags are displayed at
half-mast all over the city. Citizens gene
rally are doing everything that suggests
Itself to make the observance of the death
of Vice President Hendricks appropriate
and fitting. On account of the strain upon
the nerves of Mrs. Hendricks visitors were
excluded from the house last evening, but
this morning the parlors were again filled
by sympathizing friends. Mrs. Hendricks
is almost prostrated to-day from grief and
exhaustion, and her physicians have given
orders that she shall see nobody unless on
business of the greatest moment.
It. H. Parks, of Chicago, accompanied
by H. Mueller, of Indianapolis, and X . a
uessner, of Cincinnati, took a plaster cast
of Air. Hendrick s face. It was not alto
gether satisfactory, however, and at Mrs.
Hendrick's suggestion Mr. Parks will make
auotner cast to-morrow morning, irom
which he will model a bust. The burial
casket which will be here in the morning is
Use that in which tten. tirant is buried.
with the exception that it is covered with
black broadcloth and made entirely of
cedar, there being no metallic lining. A
force of men is engaged in building a white
marble vault in the Hendricks lot at crown
Hill Cemetery, and it will be finished to
night.
There has been no change in the arrange
ments for the funeral, which will take
place at noon on Tuesday the body lying
in state all day Monday at the couit house.
All the rooms at the principal hotels are
already engaged by distinguished persons
from abroad.
At meetings of various political organi
sations this morning appropriate tributes
of respect were adopted and committees
aDDointed to arrange for ' narticination in
the funeral ceremonies. The Hendricks
Club, composed of 1,000 young Democrats,
appointed a committee to make preliminary
arrangements for starting a subscription to
raise means to erect a monument to Mr.
Hendricks in the city, and they are en
couraged in this undertaking by assurances
of generous donations from all sides., -
Mrs. Hendricks has received several hun
dred messages ' of condolence. Among
those that came this morning were tributes
of respect and assurance of sympathy from
liov. Pattison of Pennsylvania, Associate
Justice Harlan. Mayor Francis of St. Louis,
Gen. James A. Eakin of Louisville, and
fifty or more political organizations i in all
parts of the country. "' ' " . -
rrbe National Cattle and Horse Breeders
Association, of St. LouiB, at whose exhibi
tion at Chicago last week Mr. Hendricks
attended, also sent a message of sympathy.
Pall bearers at the funeral were selected
by the committee this morning, with Mrs.
Hendricks' approval. - They areas follows:
iGov. Isaac V. Gray, ex Gov. Albert G.
Potter, Hon. Wm. A Woods, Judge of the
U. S. Supreme Court: Hon. John Li.
McMaster, Mayor of Indianapolis; Aquilla
Jones, David Macy and Judge .Frederick
Rand, all of this city. . -
(Indianapolis, Noy. 27. In connection
with the announced intention of the Presi
dent to attend Mr. Hendricks' obsequies
Tuesday next; the Journal of to-morrow
will say: While the citizens of Indianapolis
and the State of Indiana would be both
proud and pleased to meet the President of
the United States, for whom a plurality of
the people cast their votes a year ago, with
such honor and respect as the proprieties of
the sad event of the funeral of the late
Vice President would permit, and while
the friends and neighbors of Thomas A,
Hendricks fully appreciate the honor that
would be done to his memory by the
presence of the Chief Magistrate here on
Tuesday next, the Journal feels constrained
to say that it believes Mr. Cleveland should
not leave the White House at this juncture
to make the journey. The perils incident
to the necessarily rapid movement of a
special railway train should not be hazarded
by a President whose life and active services
are now peculiarly valuable to the people.
There are too many risks attending the
trip, as it will necessarily have to be made.
As was remarked when the honored Yice
President was so suddenly taken away, it
is the unexpected that happens, and against
the unexpected, ana we trust ana oeneve.
the improbable, it is Mr. Cleveland's im-
nerative duty to take all proper precaution.
The country has gone through successful
ly many perils during the last quarter of a
century, om tne nne nas on more man one
occasion been drawn to-its tightest tension.
There Bhould not be a possibility of anoth
er strain it human prudence can prevent it,
Every honorable citizen of the country, re
gardless of party faith, pravs for the life
and health of . the President, who stands
alone now as the embodiment of constitu
tional power and : authority, and from the
moment he should leave , the Capital until
he reached . it : again in safety; . the
country - would be 4 in . pain, and unrest
and anxiety. - The Journal feels free to
make this suggestion , as a Republican
newspaper,aiid aeone published at the home
of the late Yice President, . and as one
against which the charge - cannot be made
that it would do or say anything to interfere
with the largest possible measure of honor
to the memory of the distinguished dead.
But Mr, Cleveland r is not his own : he : is
not his party's ; - he , cannot : follow merely
the dictates of his" personal or political
friendships. 1 He is the notorious head, the
only life between the government and. an
inter regnum. . Id view ot this, we would
not have, hire take the risks incidental to
the rapid transit that would mark his jour
ney from the National Capital ta Indiana
polis. Let all the secretaries come who can
be spared from their official duties, but the
President should not leave Washington.'
Indianapolis.: Nov. - 38 Arrangements
for the funeral of Vioo President Hen''
dricksare now about complete, and"" the
order of the procession has been determined
upon as follows : . Mounted and unmount
ed police; military band from? Columbus
barracks; General Kneffler, marshal of the
day, and staff ; Adjutant General Koontz
and staff; military companies; hearse and
guard of honor ; Mrs. Hendricks and fami
ly; the' President cf the United States, and
members or his . Cabinet; . ex -President
Hayes; judges of the United States courts;
United States Senators; members of the
House of 1 Representatives: Governors of
States and their Btaffs; civic organizations:
mayors of cities and officers members of city
councils ana oiaer municipal bodies,- and
citizens in carriages. ' This procession will
be in three divisions, each under a grand
marshal and bis aides-. - The line of march
will be from the church through the win.
cipal streets to the cemetery. v
At tne nenancKs residence this morning
Sere were a large number of callers and
e usual s curious ro wd in front of the
house.: . Mrs. Hendricks had a good night's
rest and-orose this morning much refreshed.
At iu o ciocK sne ana other relatives united
in private devotional exercises, there being
no minister present, out afterwards Dr;
Horace G. Stnngfellow. of Montgomery.
Ala... who was the first Rector of St. Paul's
Cathedral here when - Mr and Mrs. Hen
dricks united with the congregation, came
in and participated in the services. Mr.
and Mrs. Niles, of ' Washington, .inti
mate friends, arrived to-day. The burial
casket came from Rochester, N. Y., this
morning. It is very richly and elaborately
mounted with solid silver and lined with
fluted white satin. On the head cap is a
saver snnne plate, bearing in old English
letters tne words, "Thomas A. Hen
dncks. The body 1 was dressed and
put in the casket shortly after noon and
then removed down stairs to the front par
lor, where it will remain until to morrow,
when it will be taken to the court house to
lie in state. At present it is exposed to
view through the nlate glass covering and
on an sides are elaborate nor al dressings.
None but intimate friends are admitted to
the parlor. The face of the dead man pre
serves to a remarkable degree its natural
appearance. , me eyes are silently closed,
but there is no perceptible discoloration of
the features, nor ghasthness of expression.
rnis j morning, Mr. h. K. parks, a
sculptor, took a plaster cast of the face
and succeeded in securing a fine impression
from which he will model a bust for the
family.; - .: ' -"v-v-
Telegrams of condolence continue to
come in. John Kelly has sent to Mrs.
Hendricks assurances of his sympathy and
regrets that his bad health will prevent his
attendance at tne iunerai. A dispatch from
Hon. Edward T. Phelps.: Minister to
England, reached Mrs. Hendricks through
the State Department, and fifty or more
similar messages came this morning from
the mayors of cities, chairmen of memorial
meetings and political clubs in all parts of
tne country. .
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
A Passencer Train Wrecked on the
Chester tc Lenoir Road Twelve Per
sons Severely Hart A Freight Train
Thrown into a Blver on the West
ern if. C. . Road Engineer and Fire
man Killed.
: iBv Telegraph to tne Moraine Star. I
CHABLOTTa. N. C. Nov. 25. A broken
rail on the Chester & Lenoir Narrow
Gauge road threw all the cars of the pas
senger tram on tne track ana down an em
bankment near Gastonia to-day. Twenty
passengers were in the first class and ten in
the second-class car. Twelve, including
four ladies, were severely hurt. The most
seriously wounded are Conductor Williams.
leg injured; Will Hunter, of Atlanta, head
cut; brakeman Johnston, colored, leg
broken; baggage agent Capps, ear cut off.
The cars were all badly wrecked.
A&hevxllb, N. C, Nov. -25. As the
west-bound freight train from Asheville
approached Deep Water iron bridge, near
Warm Springs, this morning at 6 o'clock,
the engine struck a rock which had fallen
upon the track and turned over into the
river in water forty feet deep. Engineer
Geo. Parrish, of Lynchburg, Va., and
fireman Whitford, went down with the
wreck. The engine and cars are out of
sight under water with the bodies of the
dead, which have not yet been recovered.
NEW JERSEY.
A Nimfcer or Persons Burled In the
Debris of a Fallen Building In Jer
sey City
fBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.l
Jessey City, Nov. 25. A four-story
frame structure, No. 44 Morris street, with
an adjoining machine shop, fell this morn
ing and buned in the debris at least half a
dozen persons. The building was con
demned by the hoard of aldermen several
months ago, and was unoccupied. Boya
and girls were engaged in tearing the struc
ture down when it fell. Mary bchensky.
aged eight, " or No. 7 Morns street, was
killed outright, and removed to the morgue:
Maggie Smith, aged seven, of No. 59 Mor
ns street, had several ribs broken.- She
was taken to a hospital. The building is
a complete wreck. The groans of the dv
ing could be heard above the hum of voices
and the noise otthe workmen. . The fire
department was called out and assisted the
laborers in removing the debris. The ten
ement was owned by John Mitchel, propri
etor of a boarding house opposite to. Pier
No. -8, New York. Immediately in the
rear of the buildings stand two or three
two-story frame structures which are
unoccupied. They have also been gutted.
and stand ready to falL The inquiries of
mends after the missing are heart-rending,
Maggie Smith, who waa removed to a
hospital died a short time after her arrival.
A lad about twelve years old was dug out
from under the logs. - To ail appearances
life was ' extinct. He was removed to the
City Hospital. Policeman Finley was on
the post when the accident happened,' and
was tne one nrst to reacn tne scene alter
giving the alarm. He states that at least
two dozen women, boys and girls were
running in and ont of the building all the
morning, carrying away wood. He aid
not know-how many were in the building
when it fell.
ST. LOUIS.
mysterious Fire In n Hotel A We
With Her Throat Cut Throws Her
self From a Third Story Window A
nan Nearly Suffocated.
St. Loots. Nov. 25. At 2 o'clock this
morning fire was discovered in one tV the
north rooms ot the Jnetropouton Hotel, on
7th street The fire department arrived
nromntlv. but the flames had : gained such
headway that it . required considerable
effort to confine them to the building. ' One
man was taken from his bed nearly suffo
cated and very seriously burned about the
head and body. ; He was taken to the hos-
rjit&L ' A woman was seen at a window on
the third floor, but seemed powerless to
open it.. A fireman threw a rock,-breaking
the window, and the woman threw- herself
head foremost to the pavement She died
a few minutes later. She was badly burned
and had a deep- incision in her ..throat
which looked as though it had been done
with a razor. It U thought the building
was accidentally set on fire by seme wo
man's lover, although there are rumors that
the woman whose throat was cat had been
murdered and the assassin set fire to the
building to cover his crime.
Charlotte Observer: Tne eran
ery of Mr. E. J. Funderburk, a well known
citizen of this county, was totally destroy
ed by fire at 2 o'clock yesterday morning.
In the bunding were, storea eignt oaies oi
seed cotton and 1 two hundred bushels of
wheat,. , besides a small quantity of other
grain. His loss is f l.uuu; no insurance.
Incendiary.
Spirits Turpentine.
.Wilson Mirror: The low price
of cotton coupled with a short ciod has
conspired to flatten trade' to an unusually
low ebb. - Elsewhere we publish the
prospectus of the Wilmington Stab, The
daily Stab is by all odds the very best pa-
n.vii.Lj -vr .1- -t i . -
(juuiuujcu iu xiurtu varuuua, sou me
weekly is a perfect model of excellence.
Goldsboro Argus : A peculiar -
combination of colors was witnessed in this '
city yesterday in the person of a darkey -'
irom Sampson county his stun was black
and his hair red.- Mr. James Exum.
ex-sheriff of Greene county, died at his .
home in that county on Sunday morning,
after a long illness.; - The 750 pound
prize hog of Mr. Henry Lee, which he sold
to Sam. Cohen & Co., was visible at the -market
of the latter yesterday in the shape
of fresh pork. The sad news comes to -
us that from Saturday morning until Sun
day evening death visited the home or Mr.
Wm. Earns, in Brogden township, and
bore away into the "silent land" his wife
and two children -his whole family. . Bad '
indeed is such a visitation, r. : ' - -..
; Raleigh News- Observer: Sena
tor Z. B. Vance arrived here from Char- -lotto
Sunday morning, and attended the
services at the Second Presbyterian Church.
He received . a number of visitors at the
Yarhoro in the afternoon. ; Yesterday
morning he left for Henderson, to fill an
engagement to" lecture. , The Supreme
Court has not yet filed an opimon in the
Sampson county school tax case. Attorney
General Davidson said yesterday the matter
was;or such importance the court would
give it the most careful consideration, and
that he did not look for an opinion in the
case until towards the end of the term.
i ahjboko. rtov. 7ta. ijasi saturaav
night the principal male academy here, an
jd land marK, was burned by an incen
diary., . t ' ' -
FayetteviUe Sun: We learn
that there is a movement on foot to accom
plish large tobacco break in Fayette ville ' .
on or about December -15th. - Now we are
getting to -it Yesterday Isaac Cog
dell, pretending to take the cars for Hen
derson, 'evaded the officers ' by alighting
from the cars and making his way across
HaymoHnt. to parts unknown. , On
Saturday afternoon. Mr. J. i. Young,
who uvea in iflea Hill township, star tea
from town driving a mule to a cart; on the
road the mule ran away, turning over the
cart and throwing Mr. Young out - He
was found by the road side, his left eye
was knocked out and a deep wound was
between bis shoulders. His brother asked
him what caused it, he said that the mule -
ran awav with him. He lived after the
accident about three hours, dying abouVlu -
New Bern Journal: We regret -
to hear of the death of Mrs. Joseph A. f-'
Smith, of Trenton, which occurred yestar- -'
day morning. Mr.' Oxley, of Jones -
county, reports as the result of his farming
operations this year, with one horse, seventy-five
barrels of corn and ten bales of cot
ton.1 He invested only . thirty-two dollars
for featillzer kainit being a firm believer
in the old compost heap. Knowing when
to plant and when to plow, he says, is just
as important as having plenty of manure or
rich land. A gentleman from Jones
county informs us of a moat diabolical at
tempt at arson in unsiow county, near
Mayesville, Jones - county, on Tuesday
night last ; Mr. Charles Gerock and wife,
aged and highly respected in the communi
ty, and wall known to many in this city,
came near being burned out of house and
home. ' Had Mr. ' Gerock . retired at his
usual hour his entire buildings would have
been swept away and in all probability he
and his aged wife would have perished in
the flames. It is thought that the perpe
trator of the . outrage will be ferreted out
and brought to justice.' ' ' ' " " '
Tarboro Southerner: A negro
man at Mrs. Martha Knights, in this coun
ty, had his hand last. Friday caught in a
gin and cut to pieces. The Edge
combe Guards have rented the second story
of the King building for an armory, it is
one room 80x37. Tobacco breaks
were held at Whitakers and Rocky Mount
Wednesday and Thursday of last week, the ,
first thing of the kind ever seen in either
town. At the first named town about ten
thousand pounds were sold at prices rang
ing from five dollars down to half as many
cents per pound, the average being about
eighteen cents. At Rocky Mount the quan
tity sold was much greater, estimated by
some at forty thousand pounds, but twenty
thousand would cover the Bales. The
prices were good though there was no
lancy price given ana tne average was
about fifteen : cents. At both places there
was a number of buyers from a distance,
Raleigh, Richmond, Henderson and Ox
ford, having one or more on hand. At
each place there were also several local
buyers. .
Charlotte . Observer: " Owing
to unforeseen accidents some of our good
citizens who had engaged to entertain
guests during the conference, find them
selves unable to do so. In consequence of
this a number of guests have been thrown
on the hands of the committee. Early
last Sunday morning, Mr. George Farnng
ton of the city police, force received a mes
sage to repair to the corner of Tenth and
raptor streets, where . the dead ooay oi a
colored man had just been found. The
officer responded to the summons and on
arriving at the spot indicated, saw a small
group of people surrounding an old build
ing on the corner premises. ' Inside the
building, which was used as a wood house,
lay the dead body of Clabe Cooper, a well
known colored man of this city, who had
for a longtime been in the employ of Mr.
John W. Wadsworth. About this time a
section hand of the North Carolina railroad
arrived at police headquarters and reported
that the dead body of a colored man named
John Jackson had been found lying on the
railroad track at a point directly opposite
Sugar Creek church. . The statement of the
track walker sustained the theory or the
coroner's iury. which was that Jackson
had been murdered and his body placed on
the track in the hope of concealing the
crime. ..w . . -
Goldsboro Argus: The colored
M. E. Conference meets at Kinston at 10
o'clock to-day, Bishop Lomax, of Char
lotte, presiding.- The Kinston colored
Cornet Band are furnishing the music for
the colored Fair here this week, and they
make good music, too , The colored
man, Barrel Harrison, who was so badly
injured by the train in this city some weeks
ago. nas oeen removea to ms nome lnxois-
not. He continues to improve.
Young Eugene Head, of this city, while
out hunting a few days ago, was painfully
wounded about the face. He fired his gun
at a squirrel; the lock flew off, striking
him across the bndge of the nose
and lacerating the flesh over his left eye.
Tha annual Fair of the Eastern Caro
lina Stock and Industrial Society, which
opened in this place on Tuesday, and fs
now in progress, is a credit to the colored
people, as a race, and more especially to
the managers and those directly interested.
Borne of the departments are full and the
displays are wonderfully good. So far the
attendance has been small much smaller
than we expected to see. The Fair was
opened with an address by the Rev. C. D.
Dillard, pastor of the colored Presbyterian
Church of this city. The admission of
gamblers into the fair grounds is very det
rimental to the success of the Fair. We
counted i nineteen of their tables in one
place yesterday. .
-- Clinton Caucasian: Some coin
cidences in the life of the late Judge Mc
Koy : . He was born in Clinton in 1825, and
died in Clinton in 1885. He held his first
court in Carteret in 1875, and his last court
in Carteret in 1885. Thus : was completed
the circuit of a well rounded life.
Died; at her home in Clinton, N. C, on
Sunday morning, Nov. 22nd, 1885, of
paralysis. Mrs. J. A. Spivey, wife of Rev.
H. 8. Spivey; aged 60 years and 1 month.
-r-Died, at her home in Sampson county,
on the 20th day of October, 1885, of con
gestion of the lungs and brain, Mrs. Theo
dosia E. King, wife of David King, aged
25 years and 11 months.1 Judge Boy
kin is the son of Isaac and Eliza Boykln.
He was born in Clinton on the 28th of De
cember, 1854, and is consequently nearly
thirty-niie years of age. . His : father at
one time - occupied the position of
Deputy Sheriff of Sampson county.
Rev. L. M. Curtis, formerly a local
preacher in the Methodist church, joined
the Baptist church at Mt Gilead last Sat
urday, and was immersed on Sunday by
Rev. W. B. Pope, of Warsaw. , ;- CoL
Ashford sold a part of his tobacco crop in
Durham last week. It sold from 12 J cents
to l&i cents per pound, and was his poor
est tobacco. One tenant who had no expe
rience in tobacco at all made $210 net on
four acres, against $72 on sixteen acres of
the same kind of land in cotton.
knew how to capture from the plainest as-