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The Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT iv 1LM l X G T o si , c, $1.50 A T 1. A K, N JiUVANC IS. IcooosooooqocabWMS :. f . SSSS88888888888SS: ;: SSSSsgS8SS8SS8SS i.K k S2S'SS??S!ggSSi:S8S8 ' 56eSa88SSSS8888 38S8gSSSSS88888 S3SSSSS8SSS8S888S . - . S2SS$8SS88SS888S8 8SSS8SS8888SSSS38 i : '. I ) S 1 - - x ... i - i . v. j .... . B. .............. c ----- ' 00 i - Entered at the Post Office atwnmlngton, K. C as Second Clasa Matter. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscri6tion price of the WkeUjT Star is as follows : - Single Copy 1 year, postage P&id, ' $1.50 ' U 1UUUUU X.K7KJ g " 3months " . " .50 " ' . .' - 1886. . v - The Stab Bends its best wisher to Vf all of Us patrons and readers. ; The occasion of the beginning of a new . year is favorable to a lay sermon on the past and future, bat we will not : All f iiupiuvo in. aii ui uo pan uuu am ple cause for regret when we review the past year, j There are so many sins of omission and commission; so many neglected opportunities; so i. : 11'. u . . v e . i. uuuii mie bjjcbuu, bu iuuuu ui luti earth earthy in the year 1885, as con- ueuLuu wuu uur lives, tuat wu vauuui fail lo , regret and .deplore. - Oar friends j have died; our joys have turned to ashes ou the lips; our dis appointments have thickened npon us; our hopes have withered;, our songs have passed from paeans into dirges, and we may .not look npon the year that is gone without mm- row.'-The thing for all of as to do is to make fresh resolves and keep them -better than we have done here tofore. Let the jfear that is npon us wiiuees mure uuciiby tu uuby anu higher aims than distinguished our lives in the year that is gone. Who of us that begin this new year shall live to see its cioae r a solemn ' thought ! Let us live each day as if .-. , i... ; . i. j :c i. ib vao uui iooi upuu taitu iiuu ji tuo final summons shall come in 1886, uuu vua uvwuuuo t v wi k auviivva forever and the book of life is to be closed tor tne last time, let us try to be ready so that the record shall not shame us when it is brought to light before an assembled universe, and the Judge of quick and dead shall announce the last judgment " Well - done."" ' ' The year 1885 has been marked by great trade depression throughout the world. Thus far the improve ment has been slight, but the finan cial and commercial writers say there has been some recuperation and that there are signs of more commercial activity and a healthier outlook. The right thing to be done by each factor is not to throw obstacles in the way of recovery from business paralysis, but to do each in his place what he can to foster a more hopeful feeling, and to " encourage all in the effort to hasten the long delayed re turning prosperity. ;' ? Trtovo riatra - Kaan siiaf-.rirKinrr ola merits in " Europe and elsewhere. People are poor and suffering and there are millions of men made des- t- nanfa ii!r)nmit.anrAil vhA ATA ready for any act of violence that .1 T - r . 1 j r -- --- r There have been wars, but none of - great magnitude. In this country there was a change of parties, and after the lapse of a quarter of a cen tury the Democrats again have con trol of the Executive Department. In England there are doubt and per plexity as to the true policy in dealing with Ireland. The Irish peo ple themselves are now standing on the table-lands or mountain tops Luev none win enu in iram lur Liiem. eagerly looking for the promised de liverance and for the glorious sun burst that' is to illumine, hill and val ley and make glad the most beautiful island of the world. We hope they will not be disappointed. But we may not prolong reflection and survey. Let each man do the very best he can and let him perform faithfully the work whereunto he is appointed, and may Heaven's, smile fall upon all, and Heaven's light - shine in upon every soul. Once more we greet one and all with A Happy Nf.W Till! V THE DEAD OF NORTH CAROLINA. The year 1885 was no exception to other years that have preceded it. Millions of the ' earth's inhabitants ceased to live in this world. In North Carolina in every section good and useful and worthy men and women have laid down their bnrdens and en tered upon the life bevond. Men in the professions, men in business ; preachers, editors, farmers, lawyers, doctors, mechanics and men in other callings who were esteemed and hon ored in their respective sections and were useful to the State have passed ' awy forever. The Stab has on the first day of each year noted . some of these men active workers or old men who from age and other causes tad ceased to work who swell VOL. XVII. the necrology of , North Carolina. Without being Able to give all who were prominent or highly esteemed and useful in their sections who have died during the year that is gone we are able to. name some of them. It will be seen that North Carolina has been bereaved and that some of her best, most active and valuable men are numbered with the dead of 1885. We recall the following: s ;Dr. Marcellus Whitehead, Rev. W K, " Morrison, Dr. L. W. Batchelor, Dr. James Craigmiles, William Lea, Dr. H. C. Willey, George M. Smedes, Edward Kidder, Thomas J. Norman, Dr. Benjamin W. Robinson,-Col. Abram S. Kent, Prof. W. C. Doub, Dr. J. ; G. Hardy, Capt. James & Anderson, Rev. B. M. Phillips, Rev. W. 1. Hull, Rev. J. M. C. Luke, J. M. - McCorkle, Chauncey Meekins, Dr. Elam Caldwell, Rev. Henry Gray Rev. William'" Carter,' M; D. Dr;Thomaa L . Hughes, Dr. Benja min F. Green, Maj. Rains Hartley., Rev. Charles H. Phillips, Rev. John N, Andrews, Rev. John W, Lewis, Maj. Ephraim J: Brevard, Rev. L. HXJibbonp, William Henry Jones, fee. Robert P. Bibb, Dr. L. G. Ward, Dr. C. W. Woollen, lr. Gas ton D. Cobb, Isaac J. Young, Dr. I. P. Caveniss Dr. Sydney- X. John aton, Thomas J. Person, Capt. Ran dolph A. Shotwell, John W. Nor wood, Prof. Washington C. Kerr, Samuel S. Harrison,' James J. Lilcb ford, A. S. Shuford, Joseph Dobson, Col. Edward ' C. Tellowly, Col. Jo seph Saunders, Dr. Neill Graham, George C. Moses, Joel H. Muse, William . H. Young, Judge A. A.N McKoy, Robert M. Henry, Dr. James K. Hall, John Kent Brown, Capt. John L. Wooster, William G. Matthews, Dr. W. J. T. Miller, John E. Lippitt and E. G. Ramsaur. THE NBCBOLOGV OF 1886. In the United States, among the distinguished dead are ex-President Gen. Grant, Vice' President Hen dricks, ex-Senators, Gwinn, Fenton, Sharon ; and Toombs, ex-Secretary Thompson, ex-Governor B. Gratz Brown, Cardinal Stephen H. Tyng, McCloskey, Dr. Dr. S. I. Prime, Gens. McCIellan, McDowell and Mc Dougall, John McCulIoagh, the tra gedian, ex-Vice-President Schuyler Colfax,' Richard Grant White, Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson, Hinton Rowan Helper, Henry W. Shaw ("Josh Bil lings"), William h Vanderbilt, Dr. John S. Draper, Gen. James Mc Quade, Rear Admiral George H. Preble, ex-Secretarvof State Fre linghuysen, Emery jStorrs, Malcom Hay, Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, Susan Warner (author ot "Wide, Wide World") Charles Wright (an eminent botanist), ex-Gov. -Gilbert C.Walker, Elizur Wright, and T. S. Arthur. The Southern necrology will have to be given hereafter. In Europe there are also many dis tinguished names among the dead. We name F. J. Fergus ("Hugh Con way"), Col. Fred jBurnaby, Gen. Chinese Gordon, Sir Moses Monte fiore, Dr. Nachtigal (the African ex plorer), Franz Abt, King Alfonso, Victor Hugo (the greatest poet of France), Prince Frederick Charles, Lord . Houghton, Marshal Serrano, and the Mahdi.. There are other men df note but we have not their names at our command. A VIRGINIAN DIVINE ON EVOJbU- TION. Rev. Dr. George B. Armstrong, of Norfolk, Va., is one of the strong and well furnished Presbyterian ministers in the South- His work on Baptism is a work f very genu ine merit, and is in some respects the most conclusive book ori his side that has come from a Southern pen. He is a close thinker. , He has been de livering lectures in . hisi church - on "Evolution," and repudiated the Darwinian theory that Shakespeare, Milton, Bacon and the other "great and sceptred sovereigns were de scended from the gorilla panzee. Dr.-Armstrong and chim stands by the old opinion that man was a direct creation of Almighty God, and not a descendant of monkiesj and apes. He took the position . that matter cannot create life, but thi tt life can come only from the touch of antece dent life Evolution is older" than Charles Darwin. Other minds have worked in that direction. ' His fftt.hflr. Erasmus Darwin, author of a noem once ; much read "The Botanical Garden," held some suon view as mo omiucu veloued and elaborated with so much of patient and protracted observation . and reflection. Dr. Armstrong men- tfnnAd the fact that Evolution had "agitated the world three times since the latter part of the last century, and that the evidences were that ere long the theory, as enunciated by Darwin, would be entirely discaraea. Tn nroof of this, be cited the fact that in the public schools of Prussia it la now forbidden to use ibooks in which Darwin's theory is advocated." In this country .there are many discinles of Darwin. "A little learn thine;" Men au 0 o w adopt opinions without sufficient in 1- vestigalion and study. There are men of science and men of theology who receive Darwinism as the latest and final outcome concerning' . man's origin. - But : all around the world there are men of profound ' learning and scientific attainments who- have studied Darwia's theory with exceed ing care and reject it. Many a man who surrendered blindfoldeded to Darwin will yet have the bandage removed from his eyes. . THE EL1SHA BIITCHBIL SCIEN TIFIC SOCIETY. ' The contributors during the year 1884-5 of the Elisha Mitchell Scien tific Society of the University of North Carolina were Professors Gore, Venable, Holmes, W. B. Phillips, Chas. ; Phillips and Graves, of the University, and E. A. de Schweinitz, J. C. Roberts, Max Jackson, I. H. Manning, J. L. Love, M. E. Hyams, J. L. Howe and F B. Danoey.' The publio 1 leoturera- were '.. Prof eBsors Winston, Venable;&ore and Wood.' Prof. Hyams furnishes "A prelimi nary list of additions to Curtis's cat alogue of indigenous and naturalized plants of North Carolina." These "additions" occupy five pages of the report. There is a report from the late estimable Prof. Washington C. Kerr, so long State Geologist, on the "Distribution and Character of the Eocene Deposits in Eastern .North Carolina," and another paper from him entitled "Notes on the Geology of the Region about Tampa, Flor ida." The roll of members embraces many of the leading names of the Stale. The papers to the unscientific eye appear very scientific, and for that reason we cannot venture any opinion as to their merits. We are pleased to see the Society so much in earnest and doing such faithful work. We are indebted to Prof. Venable, Secretary for 1885, for a copy of the proceedings. A letter in the Charleston News and Courier of a few weeks ago gave an account of Spartanburg railroads,and discussed this question : "Has any benefit been received from the $425,000 tax" that the county had voted ? It represented that the people a were in doubt as to whether the county had been bene fited by its railroad taxes or not, and he said that the rates were no better than when there was only one railroad.The writer says it would take the county ten years to pay off the debt at the rate of $50,000 annually. We quote: ! i- "So it seems that after paying out near ly half a million of dollars for these rail roads and burdening ourselves . with an onerous tax, we nave no advantages except what could be derived from- a single road. It is reasonable that the people should be come restless and "kick" against the building of more roads. As to pooling, the people are hopeless and h 'lpless. Monopo lies have the power to do this, and no rail road law or commission can prevent it. A combination of all the business men of any town or city to use one freight line would not bring relief, for the fortunate line could keep up its freights and compensate the idle line. Some of our business men believe that direct communication with Wilmington over the Carolina Central would solve the problem and give us the desired competition. We will wait and BO Senator Beck gave a high opinion as to the President's ability and de clared that his first message was the "most statesmanlike, taking it as a whole, that has ever emanated from the Executive Mansion since I have taken part in public affairs." -But he did not agree with him in all he said. He in dignified and courteous terms said: "I disagree with the President and his officials as to the management of our cur rency and our coinage, and I propose, re spectfully, but plainly, to state the reasons why, and to point out the remedy I recom mend as a substitute for changes proposed in the message and official reports." Holding such views he would not be fit to represent a great State if he had hot the manliness to speak out. In December, 1882, the circulation of the New 'York World was 460,540 copies. In December 1884, it was 3,086,403 and in December 1885, 5,1 82,363. A Beld Bad Burglar Shot at. Several burglarious entrances have been made recently into the store of Mr. A. W. Watson, on North Water . street. The first time, about two weeks ago, the thief carried off an overcoat.a pair of gold bracelets, part of a box of cigars and dther articles, and since then.on the other occasions, carried off two pistols, and small sums of money. Friday evening last Mr. Watson engaged two men to watch in the store for the thief. He armed one of them with a loaded double-barreled gnn and instructed him toshoot the thief if he could. The store was closed as usual for the night, but the watchers did not have long to wait for a visitor. Between seven and eight o'clock the fellow came and entered by the front door, which he managed to open in some way known only to himselr. The man with the gun fired at the burglar but missed his mark and the fellow put out, pursued by the other man on watch. He ran down Water to Chesnut street, up that street to front, np Front to the alley-way leading to Second street, and thence to the railroad, where he managed to elude his pursuers and disappeared. ; ; Foreign exports yesterday 2,- 631 barrels of rosin and 1,000 casks spirits turpentine, valued at $20,218, and shipped to Hun, England, per Norwenian barque Hooding, by Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co. EEKLY WILMINGTON, N, C, FRIDAY,, JANUARY 8,1886. -ARCHAEOLOGICAL. DUeoverv of Interesting Belles of an Extinct Raeelntbe Snbnrba of Wll mlncton. .-y A discovery that may prove to be of some archaeological interest was made in the southeastern suburbs of the city yester day an Indian burying ground, or perhaps a place of interment of ; the "Mound Builders," that mytterious prehistoric race whose remains have been found from, time to time at various places on this continent, and who were described in Indian tradition as a light complexioned, fair-haired race of people of tail stature.! " :' ''Y A brief visit to the locality and a cursory examination of the surroundings 'resulted in unearthing a number of human teeth,' skulls and bones, and a quantity ..of beads. The teeth found were in a remarkably good state of preservation; souwTof the bones were soft and crumbled at the touch; none of the skulls were : intact, but a great number of pieces were found, several of which were: quite large and thick . The beidB, found scattered in the loose sand, were pt various shapes and size, some being quite small; all were pierced with botes ap parently for stringing. Some of the beads were white, some black and some blue in color; most of them were round, flattened on two sides, while others were oblong. AH appeared to be made of stone or earth enware and were perfectly preserved and fresh in color, v v : i The configuration of the ground where these relics of a by-gone race were found would sustain the theosy that it is the last resting place of some of the mound builders.'and this is further sustained by the fact that no arconv or spear-beads were found, whica are almost invariably met with in the burial places of Indians. There is a slight elevation pf the ground at the place, covering an area of about seventy five or a hundred feet square, with a ap parent depression in the centre. The re mains were found about' three feet below the surface some distance from the centre. Hereria an opportunity for ' the- Historical Society of Wilmington to make some inter eating discoveries and to add something valuable to its collection of antiquities and curiosities 1 A Rice Thief Cornea to Grief. . Over the river iu Brunswick New Year's eve, a colored preacher who had an engage ment to hold a ,,Watchnight" meeting, got into a little trouble which not only forced him to forego his religious duties, but has since kept him confined to his bed with his lower extremities pretty well peppered with small shot It happened in this wise: The overseer on the rice planta tion of CoL Jno. W. Atkinson had reason to suspect that some one was robbing thu barn where rice was stored, and set a watch for the thief New Year's eve. "The night was dark and the wind was still," when he saw a dark object emerge from under the barn, but there was nothing in its appear ance that would even suggest a preacher in disguise. The overseer cried stop 1 but his cry only lent wings to the flying feet of the luckless wight, and s moment after he was floundering in the grass with his bag of rice, both of his legs being filled with small shot from the overseer's gun. The watch meeting was held, but the familiar voice of the preacher, was not heard there. Labor Going Sontb. About two hundred able-bodied negroes passed through Wilmington last night on their way to the turpentine forests of Georgia. Some of them were hands who had gone home from the South to spend Christmas and were returning to the field of their labors, but there were large acces sions to their ranks, gathered up by agents of turpentine men from the State named in Onslow, Duplin and Wayne counties. Mesrss.JEHis, Peacock, Baker and Lemon were in the city yesterday gathering up all who could be engaged here. The high prices prevailing for fine rosins and spirits has stimulated the turpentine industry in the farther South, where new areas of large extent will be worked the coming season. M rosin is quoted in Savannah at $4.62, N at $5.00, window glass at $6.00 and wa ter white at $6.50 per barrel. Jtlontbly Exports. The following is a statement of the for eign exports from the port of Wilmington for the month of December, as compiled from the books in the Custom House: ' Cotton 7,956 bales (3.619,200 lbs), valued at $335,029. 1 Spirits turpentine 30,798 gallons, val ued at $111,152. - Kosin 31.880 barrels, valued at $33,842. Tar 516 barrels, valued at $694. . Pitch 6 barrels, valued at $9. Lumber 1,325,000 feet, valued at $22, 936. Shingles 202,000, valued at $1,153. . Miscellaneous, $155. Total value of exports for the month, $504,970. Tbe Negro Exodus. '' More colored laborers went South yester day, to work in the turpentine woods. This exodus, if not checked, may prove a seri ous matter for farmers and planters Be sides the hundreds that have passed through Wilmington, "going to Georgia," two hun dred passed through Charlotte tbe other day for Kansas, and it was stated that more were to follow. The Goldsboro Argus says the majority of the best labor of that section is being thus spirited away, leaving mostly weak women and children to do the work and be supported by the whites. Mr. John E. Lippitt died at his residence in Wilmington about two o'clock yesterday morning from paralysis, with which he was stricken about two weeks ago. Mr. Lippitt was about fifty-two years of age. He had long been engaged in mercantile pursuits in this city and was universally esteemed in social and business circles. His wife and four children survive him. Cape Fear River Improvement, Messrs. R. Moore & Co., contractors for dredging the channel of the river between Wilmington and Smithville, finished their contract Thursday last, and yesterday the dredge ' boat Pugh, the tug Ethel and a fleet oi scows were orouent un to me cuv, Thev will be repaired and refitted and" re main here in charge ef Capt. ' Lord, agent for tbe contractors. Superior Courts. Gov. Scales has authorized an exchange of the spring terms of the courts of Wayne and New Hanover, bo that Judge Connor will hold the latter and Judge Gilmer the former. - . : WASHINGTON, - , - A Large' Delegation to Attend Pita Lee's ; . Inauguration Tbe Indian - Troublea-The Late Ex-Senator 8b a rns Estate Commissioner Eaton's Report Relative to Civil Service. ' (BTiTelegraph to the itornlnx Star.i . ' Washington, Dec. . 31. A" great many people from Washington are expecting to attend the inauguration of Gov. Fitzhugh Lee; so many, in fact, that the Pennsylva nia Railroad Company has made special excursion rates and is preparing to carry a 1 JJ...I!.. -!- . . . . ucavjr utaegauon to racnmonu to-morrow. " ' Adjutant General Drum said to-day he thought it would be unnecessary to organ ize the proposed body of frontiersmen to hunt Indians. He was of the opinion that Gen. Crook : will have' accomplished- the task of subjecting the hostiles before the frontier troops can be organized.;. Gen. Crook ; has a large force of men and has been supplied with everything he desired to carry on the campaign, and Gen. Drum thought be would soon be successful, in either subjecting or exterminating the hos tile Apaches. ' . ." - -. - Agents of the estate in this city "of the late ex Senator Sharon, of Nevada, to-day placed on record the deed which was made by Sharon November 4th, 1885f a short time before his death, by - which he trans fers all his property in this- city and else where to his son. Fred. G. Sharon, and his son in law, Francis G. Newland, in trust for the heirs. rwho are mentioned in the deed by name and division ; of the estate described. This deed -has already been published in full. The property was with drawn from -the market because of Miss Hill's claim to the right of dower. As soon as tbe trustees notify tbe agents here all the property belonging to this estate, which consists of unimproved property ljing en tirely in the heart of the most fashionable part of the city, and is valued at a quarter of a million of dollars, will be placed again in market. Most of this property was ac quired by Sharon in satisfaction of a trust which be had given to ex-Senator Stewart and Judge Sanderland, members of the famous California Syndicate, which in 1871 bought large blocks of land ia the northwestern section of the city. Washington, Dec. 81. Commissioner Eaton has just made tbe following report relative to dropping applicants from the civil service records: It was anticipated when civjl service examinations weie pro vided for, that tho time would come when, for various ttates and offices there would be so great and needless a number of appli cants as to make necessary some limitation of the time they should be allowed to retain their places upon the record books kept of those seeking to be examined. As the CommisaMa is required with certain small exceptions to notify all applicants for ex amination io the order of tbe entry of their names upon these records, it is plain that so large numbers might in a short time have their names entered, therein as to prevent perhaps any other persons being reached for examination. To enable the Commis sion to prevent so unreasonable a monoply. Rule 13 authorizes it to provide 'by regula tion for dropping from the records appli cants whose names have been thereon for six months or more without haying been reached in due course of examination. A regulation of that kind, while preventing such monopoly, would allow equal chances to all for being examined. If any of these dropped desire another chaDce of. being reached for examination they cad make new application and be en tered upon the foot of the record. It hardly need be slated that the object of the exam ination is not primarily to examine ail of those who may apply but to give all appli cants equal opportunities for examination, and to examine so many of them as are required to secure a sufficient number from whom to make selections of competent persons for filling vacancies in the public service. The number examined is sure to be many times greater than the number appointed. It would obviously be a waste of time of the examiners and needless labor to go on with unlimited examinations re gardless of public needs by which the chances of every one examined for an office would be made more and more remote. It may take some time tooause supply and demand in the matter of examinations and appointments to fitly adjust them selves to etch other, but with proper regulations for dropping applicants from the records, it need not be doubt ed j that 1 in this matter, as in all others, such an adjustment will before long be reached. In most of the States thus far the number of applicants has not been beyond the number needed at examinations,' while in some of them and also at several of the postoffices and custom offices, and in the District of Columbia especially, the excess has become considerable. It was natural that solicitation for places and skill in se curing them should be most developed in localities near Washington. The natural result has been that m these localities the number of applicants is most excessive. The primary object of the provision in the Civil Service act that appointments shall be made among the States and Territories in the ratio of population, was doubtless to prevent the natural consequences of this office-seeking habit near the capital,: but it is in spirit none the less applicable to exces sive office seeking in other States. . On tbe first of November last, tbe re cords of the Commission showed the fol lowing facts: The District of Columbia is entitled to only four appointments out of a thousand. It had 285 applicants seeking examination, baing more than any public interest requires to be examined in the next five years. Maryland, which ia entitled tc 19 appointments out of one thousand, had 284 applicants; more than twice the num ber from the six New England States, with New Jersey and Delaware added. Virgi nia, which is entitled to 30 appointments ont of 1,000, had 261 applicants, or more than twice as many as all those from Texas and all other States bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, : with those from ' South Carolina added. Delaware, which is entitled to thirty appointments out of a thousand, had more applicants than Wisconsin, Minnesota, Florida and Vermont combined. But there are other States not so near Washington from which the excess is .considerable. Pennsylvania, which is entitled to 86 appointments out of 1000, had 258 applicants or 89 more than New York, which is entitled to 102 ap pointments out of 1,000. Ohio, which is entitled to 64 appointments out of 1,000, bad 232, the applicants on the records being almost twice as many as there are from the States of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. Indiana, which is entitled to 40 appointments out of 1,000, had 132 applicants on the records, which exceeds all those from the six States last named. West Virginia and Ken tucky are the next - States from- which applicants most tend to an ex cess. Few persons, I think, can regard it as just to allow those who have needless ly crowded on to these records to monopo lize all opportunities of being called for ex amination for the long time which must elapse before they will all be examined. Where all who may present themselves cannot be examined, it seems plain that each should have a fair and equal chance, and that if not reached they should give way to others absolutely; or. if they prefer, go to the foot of the record for a second op portunity. It is especially worthy of notice that the excess of female applicants is much greater than that of male applicants. More than one-half of the applicants from the District of Columbia and also of those from Maryland are females. There are 81 female applicants from Virginia, 75 from Pennsylvania and 74 from Ohio.; But as many as Bix times as many males as females are requested by the departments for ap pointment, ana tne uommission uaa uo au thority whatever on the subject, f such facts may well be considered by persons who are in the habit of advising (an excessive number of women to attend the examination, and of complaining because no places can he found for them. Rule 13 has long since given general notice that applicants not reached within six months are likely to be dropped, but to make the matter very clear in tbe future, l think there should be a definite regulation, as contemplated by that rule, and I herewith submit the draft of such regulation. The report was accepted and the regula no tion has been adopted for carrying its re- uumiueuuauons into errect. .' ! Washington. TWpmhop ai a i i: tho government departments nlnhAil t day. . . . - j The Comntmnpr nf tha rnrrcnni, ho. received information of the suspension of the First National Rant nf jto fit-tr Minn. The hunk ling hMn nlanu) in rd.nu of Bank Examiner Taylor, and hit report is awaueu io aisciose .tne condition of the institution. - . . J - ' I Washington,' January 1. For the first time in several veara'-New - Year's dnv dawned clear and beautiful- The hoar irosi was soon dissipated bv the rising sun, and long before noon the temperature was like that of a spring day. - The occa sion was observed' here as in former yearB by general calling. Business was suspended to a considerable extent, and all the Execu live uepartmente were closed. - , ; At - the entrance to the White House grounds two policemen keot back the crowd of curiosity seekers who gazed with interest at tne nanosome equipages of the diplomatic corps, high officials of govern ment and distinguished persons. ..Mounted policemen kept clear the carriage approach, and a long line of officers was formed on either side of the doorway. The full Ma rine Band occupied the main vestibule and discoursed strains of music during the progress of the . ceremony. -.The . deco rations of the mansion were exceed ingly simple, and confined to tasteful floral arrangements. Graceful palms and rare tropical plants there were in profusion. Boquets-of great size and harmonious col ors atood on the centra tables, and delicate garlands of smilax contrasted w ith crvstal chandeliers. At 11 o'clock, to the accom paniment oi "Hail to the Chief," by the Marine Band, the Presidential party en tered the reception rooms and took up their station in the Blue Parlor.. Mrs. Bayard leaned upon the arm of the President, Sec retary Bayard escorted Miss Cleveland, and the remaining members of the Cabinet followed with their ladies, Secretary La mar being the only- absentee. Thev ex changed cordial greetings, and the ceremo nies opened with the reception of the diplomatic corps. The Portugese Minister, Count Dos Noguerias, acted as dean of the corps in the absence of the Hayti Minister, Mr. Prestan. The representatives of for eign powers were introduced to the Presi dent by the secretary of Htate The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the U. S. Supreme Court came next in order, and were followed by the Judges of the Court of Claims, U.S. Senators and Rep resentatives in Congress, Judges of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and Judicial officers of the District, ex members of th Cabinet and ex-Mlnisters of the United . States. A few minutes be fore noon the band burst forth with a mar tial air from "Black Hussar," and the officers of the Army and Navy flled into the reception room headed by Lieut. Gen. Sheridan and his staff. As the officers passed through into the East Parlor and mingled their glittering uniforms with the elegant toilets of the ladies there assembled, the scene was one of most notable bril liancy, j Next in the order of reception came Prof. Baird, Commissioner Coleman; the Civil Service Commissioners, heads of Bu reaus, and other government officials. Next came the veterans of the wars of 1813 and 1846, few in number and bowed with age. The Grand 'Army of the Re public made a very fine display and were received with marked deference. Many colored men, some of them crip pled and maimed, were included in the ranks of this organization. While the Oldest Inhabitants organization was passing through the Reception room, the citizens were being formed into line on tbe sidewalk. Their number ran up into the thousands, and the line,beginning at the gateway nearest 17th street, stretched west over towards 15th street Shortly after 1 o'clock the public reception began, and is now in progress. TEXAS. Tbe mysterious Blurders in Austin A Rlan Charged wltb tbe murder of His Wire Tli e Suspected fliexlean Still in Custody A JXotber Charged with tbe murder of ber Son. j Galveston, Jan. 2. A special to the News, from Austin, says: James Phillips, who was so seriously wounded Christmas eve, when his wife was outraged and mur dered, is still in a very critical condition, but he was placed under arrest Thursday night, charged with being his wife's mur derer. 1 . The Mexican, Martinez, who was arrest ed a few days ago on suspicion of being implicated- in the recent mysterious mur ders in Austin, turns out to be a rag picker, which accounts for the bloody clothing and ladies' handkerchiefs found about his premises. He is still in custody. j Mrs. Eaves, charged with the murder of her son Claude, was remanded to jail yes- teruay wiinout oaii. CALIFORNIA. Insufficient Clothing Furnished TJ. 8. Sailors Going to the Arctic Ocean, j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. j San Francisco, Jan. 2. Sailors of the United States" Revenue Cutter Richard Rush, which leaves for the Arctic Ocean in a few days in search of the crew of the whaling barque Amethyst, which is sup posed to have been lost, have manifested much discontent over the clothing issued to them for the voyage. They say it is in adequate for the rigorous Arctic trip, espet dally at this season of the year. Senator Fair proffered $500 toward the purchase of warmer clothing, but Capt. Hooper was obliged to decline the offer, It is believed, however, that the Senator will be permit ted to give each individual sailor some extra winter clothing as a New Year's gift; and in this way provide them with neces sities PENNSYLVANIA. j A Family ot Five Persons Attacked with Tricblniosls. : By TeleirraDh to the Morning Star.) Pittsburg. Jan. 2. A German family of five persons, named Bennett, living in Pine township, this county, partook of almost raw pork sausage for supper last Monday. Yesterday they were seized with a violent illness, which the attending phy-i-sician pronounces trichiniosis of the most violent kind. The family consists of father, mother and three children. The old people were first attacked. The doctor thinks the children will die; the others may recover, although the chances are against them. There is great alarm in the neighborhood, as several' other families partook of the same sausages, but may have cooked them thoroughly. The hog whose flesh the sausages were made from had been kept in a clean, dry pen and f at- wnea on corn. FOREIGN. The Agreement Respecting the Union of Bulgaria and Roumella Anotber meeting of the Emperors to be Held; By Cable to the Morning- Star. : , j Philljpopolis, January 2. An agree ment has been arrived at between Madgid Pasha, Special : Envoy of Turkey, and Prince Alexander, respecting .the Union of Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia. It has received the concurrence of the Powers. London, Jan. 2. The Standard's Berlin correspondent says: Arrangements are in progress for a meeting of the Emperor of Germany, the Emperor of Austria and the Czar during the manoeuvres of the Aus trian army in Galicia, the coming summen COTTON. . A Summary ot the Crop to Date. ; By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .. ' New York.-Jan -2. Receipts of cot ton for all interior towns, 115,418 bales; re ceipts from plantations 219,098 bales; total visible supply of cotton for the world; 8,058.726 bales, of which 2.745,626 bales are American, against 8.094,253 and 2.629.-I 053 bales respectively last year; crop m sight 4,D4U,vw Dales. AR NO.. 11 ' ' CINCINSATt. Narrow Escape from Drowning of a Vang or Street Workmen - Flood or Wster Suddenly Sural (Jpon Them-Coolneas and Heroism or tbe Foreman or tbe Gang. . P A By Telegraph to the Morning Btar.l : Cincinnati Jan 1 . Th VWmca a. nil heroism of John Beckley, foittuuu nf u gang or street workmen, probably savtd several lives veKterduv s Riirhi nr tor, under his direction - jnere if pairing a leak age m a iorty-incu mam. corner or ismiilh street and Egglesion avenue The. had dug a bole, about twenty feet tquure ai d ten feet deep Tn the middle of the strett.and were quietly at work this morniug, when suddenly a sound like an underground ex plosion was heard from the east bank of the cavity. f ... The earth on one side began slip away rapidly.: and waa followed by overwhelming flnnrl c.t vat lmr for your lives, boys." the foreman shouted : ii. is. i. . i . ,. Gumu ui, cuao out, or urown. .The men began to scramble up, but it was almost iihrxttsible. and th ter began pouring in like a mill race, and' the heavv banks of earth Ya-o,, ling in. It looked as thoueh tbe men would cauirht. and drnwnerl libn rata in u n t before help could be givn, when Buckley called to them to climb up on his shoulders.. In that manner every man was saved. Becklev was the last ; tn Hh mi )lvl Mir'nf the ditch, and when hie left it the water was up to ma arm pits. Just as he was era n out two Sides of the hole caved in. carry ing several tons of earth , into the place where the men had been Rinia-uHno- hm a moment before. But, for Becklev's action several would have been caught' in it and lucYivnujy urowneu. NEW YORK. Assistant Treasurer Acton Declines to Turn Over his Office to Treasurer Jor danCorrespondence In' Regard to the Blatter Treasurer Jordan Takes Possession. iBy Telegraph lo the MorntogStaM Nbw Yore. January 2. Thos. C Acton. Assistant Treasurer of the United States in this city, received a letter December 30th, 1885, from Secretary Manning, ordering him io turn over his office to 'Mr. C. N. Jordan, Treasurer of the United States. this morning. Acton at once obtained the tO.lOWine Opinion from Messrs. . GenrcrR Bliss and Elihu Root: ! "To Eon. Thos. O. Acton.Sh- We advise you that your term of office expired on December 20th, 1885; that you have since been holding over, and that your relations in wis respect win not change on January 1st, 1886"; that you have no legal right to turn over your office and the orooertv in your charge to any person not nominated ted by the President and confirmed bv the Senate, and that vu cannot safelv obey any order so to do. No person not confirmed by tbe Senate as your successor', can give you a proper receipt or release you ana your oonasmen irom tne responsibility of turning over the office to a person not confirmed by the Senate. In order that the operations of the great office, of Assistant Treasurer should not be brought to a stand still, you would doubtless, as a good citizen; feel disposed to obey any order to that effeot. but as the operations of the office have gone on for tea days since your ' term expired, we see no reason why they may not continue in the same wav for a few days until the President and Senate can act. In view of these considerations. we hardly think that the authorities at Washington can be contemplating the ac tion reported by the press, but it would be well for you to call their attention to the views entertained by yourself and your counsel." Tho following letter was delivered to Mr. Jordan this morning, at tbe Sub-Treas ury, in answer to his demand for tbe sur render of the office: '-'Hon. 0. N. Jordan, Treasurer XT. S : "Dsab Sir I hav received a letter from Hon. Daniel Mannine, Secretary of the Treasury, directing me to surrender the office of Assistant Treasurer of the United States to you- You now desire to take possession of this office and of the various funds in my charge as Assistant Treasurer, and basing your action upon the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, demand from me my consent to and cooperation in this action on your part. In reply, I have to say that I am here ready to continue the performance of the duties of this office and cannot assent by word or act to the as sumption of conduct or control of this office by any one not appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate as my succes sor. You have caused your seal to be placed upon the vaults containing funds to make necessary payments from day to day, and thereby interrupt the performance by me of the regular every day and necessary duties of the office. If this interruption is relieved, I shall be glad to act in the office in the same manner that I have done since the 20th day of December ultimo. If this is not permitted to me, whatever shall be done by you in regard to the business of this office must be done without my assis tance or assent, and against my protest. No one can regret more than I that the action of the Government to furnish a suc cessor to me in the office of Assistant Treasurer has been- disappointed and that the temporary embarrassment to public business should possibly occur, but 1 have no right by any act or omisssion of mine to jeopardize the rights or increase the risks of my bondsmen. "I am, air, your obedient servant, ' Thomas C. Acton, Assistant Treasurer." Mr. Acton made no further objection, and Mr. Jordan took control. For an hour no business was done, the vaults being under seals, placed there on Thursday by Mr. Jordan. Finally, Mr. Jordan.at 11.40, broke the seals and commenced business. ; Washington, Jan 2. The Secretary of the Treasury to day received the follow ing telegram from Solicitor McCue, who is in New York: Mr. Acton refused to remove the seals 1 from the sub-treasury vaults. Under my advice . the treasurer has done so, to carry on the current business." Treasurer Jordan telegraphs as follows: "Have taken possession of the office under solicitor's advice." - OHIO. A Handcuffed nan AecldentallySboots and Kills Himself. Columbus, Jan.2. Daniel Osborn, want ed in Prospect, Ohio, for forgery, was arrested at Winchester yesterday, and afterwards met his death in a singular manner. The officer was on horseback while the prisoner, handcuffed, walked in front. . At some point on the road a far mer was met, who informed the marshal that the prisoner was armed, as he had seen him trying to get a revolver out of a breast-pocket of his coat The .marshal thereupon dismounted to disarm the fellow, and as he approached Osborn, he saw him "draw the weapon from his breast pocket, and apparently point it at him as well as he could, handcuffed as he was.' The marshal seized his hand and at the same instant the revolver was discharged, the ball entering Osborne 8 leftside, between the ribs and passed through his heart. NORTH CAROLINA . Serious Rencontre at Davidson Col lege J. D. Hood Fatally Injured. ; Charlotte, Jan. l'. At Davidson Col lege to-day a street rencontre occurred be tween J. D. Hood, merchant, and J. W. Summers, lawyer, in which Hood was shot and it is supposed latauy injured. , Hood and Summers are brothers-in law and Quarrelled about the settlement of an estate. Hood was attacking Summers with a hatchet when the latter used jiis pistol. FLORIDA. Am Artillery Sergeant - Commits sui cide at St. Augustine. , ; Jacksonville, Jan. 2. Adolph Rose, first sergeant in Battery L, Second Artil lery, stationed at St. Augustine, commit ted suicide to day in a fit of temporary insanity, by snooting himself in tne head with a Colt's revolver. i ; Spirits rrurpftritintj Elizabeth City Carolinian: The large barn of Dr. F. N. Mullen, of South Mills, was destroyed by fire on last Saturday night. The contents, including about 1,000 barrels of corn, were all de stroyed. It is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Greensboro State; James Kuf fin Mendenhall died last Friday and was buried Saturday. Jason Thompson, of Oak Ridge, the "old" for hunter, is paralyzed. Just think of it ! Decern ber 22 and the thermometer 22 degrees -above zero. That will do for a pleasant winter climate. i Lexington Dispatch: A party of partridge hunters went on an extended hunt, in this county, and killed 350 birds before they came home, and no one knows how many they shot and crippled. Mr. James Doreett, of Trinity Township, Randolph county, raised one hundred bushels of sweet potatoes this year, on one seventh of an acre. '1 Kicbniond (Va.) State: Col. S. B. Paul received by express Friday a box from Hill8ville, N. C. . Upon opening the same he found a large apple with a card attached. "This apple is for 'Old 8orrel,' Stonewal Jackson's war horse," from Miss Anna A. Cameron. Hillsville, N. C. Col. Panl went out to the Soldiers'. Home, where Old Sorrel is spending his remaining days, and gave him the apple, which he seemed to enjoy very much. Asheville 'Advance? Yesterday -morning, shortly before 5 o'clock, Ada Edwards, the young girl who was so terri bly burned on Monday night, an account of which we have heretofore published, died of her injury after about thirty-six hours of - excruciating pain. Work has been commenced on a line of wire from Ashe ville to Spartanburg, S. C , through Hen- " dersonville, and it is hoped that the new commercial wire from Charlotte to States vine just completed will connect at Ashe ville. - Yesterday evening Mr. Wm. T. Reynolds, of this city, received an official notice f torn Judge J. C. L. Gudger, at Waynesville, of his appointment to the office of Superior Court Clerk of Buncombe county, to fill the unexpired term of Major E. W. Herndon. . Goldsboro Argus: ;Mrs. Eliza beth Nixon, in the 75th year of her age, died at her home in this city yesterday morning at 10.30 o'clock, after a lingering illness of several months, of consumption. She was the mother of a large family. On Monday night about 9.15 o'clock as the north-bound freight train No. 21, of the W. & W. R. R.. which is due in this city at 9.32 p. m., was coming down the grade on the other side of Neuse river, at about a 25-mile speed, without steam, it was thrown from the track near Moore's crossing by coming in contact with a cross tie that had been laid across the road. The engine was hurld from tbe track in an instant and turned completely upside down ia the ditch, and three of the box cars followed suit In the engine at the time were the engineer, Mr. Eugene Knight, the conduc tor. Capt. J. H. Nurny, the fireman and wood-passer, four in all. The two darkles jumped from the engine just as it struck the cross tie and were uninjured, but Mr. Knight and Capt Nurny stuck to their post and went over with the engine. - And now the most wonderful of all, neither was seriously injured. Mr. Knight was not hurt at all and Capt Nurny received only a slight cut on the back of the head. Their escape from a crushing, shocking death is inaeea miraculous. - . I 'Raleigh Observer: At is under stood that the Supreme Court has issued amercements againstt Quite a number of sheriffs for a failure to return executions. The Raleigh bantf statements as pub lished to-day are interesting reading. They show that Jbc individual deposits subject to check aggregate $966,731.21. Jttr.g Ao.;uorrel,;aof .Greensboro, a member of the leading firm of Messrs. J. W. Scott & Co., died suddenly Monday. He was on the street Saturday apparently in his usual health, and the news of his demise was therefore a great shock to the community. Mr. GorreO was about thirty years of age. ; Thelname of the post office at Whiteville depot has been changed to vineiana, tne change to go into effect on the first of January, 1886: - The capitol never looked so beautiful as it does under the electric . light It is exactly like marble, and the tracery of the trees upon it is marveiously beautuui. - At 4 o clock yesterday morning the tobacco factory of Merrs. Carroll & Co., at Greensboro,! was discovered to be in flames. The fire had gained such head way that it could not be extinguished and the factory building was consumed. This was the property of Messrs. J. L. King & Co., was valued at about $6,000. and was fully insured. The loss of the Messrs. Carroll was about $12,000 and the amount of their insurance was between $9,000 and $10,000. About 60,000 pounds of tobacco was burned and all the machinery of the factory. it Charlotte . Observer: Another accident occurred on the Chester & Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, near Chester, yes terday. Three rears left the track and promenaded down an embankment. No body hurt. The C. & L. kills only about every other time.S A colored individ ual from Morning Star Township, arrived in tbe city yesterday, with, an interesting loooking face, the work of a female artist in vitriol. SHia name was Adam Slough, and he was fresh from the scene of a cake walk. What he wanted was a doctor to give him something to reduce the tempera ture of that portion of his face which had been vitriolized. 1 A colored man, whose name we have been unable to learn, was shot, and, it is supposed.fatally injured, by Mr. John McFadden last Tuesday night, at Mr. McFadden's home, in Deweese town ship. The particulars of the affair could not lie had, but it seems from what can be learned - that the negro was ' shot while trespassing ! upon Mr. McFadden's yard in the night time. Tbe bullet entered the negro's abdomen. The incoming train on the Air Line road yesterday morn ing, disturbed the equanimity of a colored man, who was enjoying the luxury of a snooze on the end of a cross-tie. He was sitting on the cross-tie, with his head bowed to his knees and his back to the rail, sound asleep, deaf to the appeals pf the en gine whistle and the thunder of - the train as it bore down upon him. He was lifted out of the cut and ; sent whirling over a fence and through a clump of briars, and when the train hands found him he was unconscious. There was a loud smell of whiskey about him, and as he was lifted np, the broken fragments of a bottle rat tled in his pocket. ; One of his arms was broken in two places, his clothing was torn and his body was filled with bruises, but when the next station was reached, he was able to leave the car and walk to a doctor's house. . ; "' -. . - Charlotte Observer: The board of directors of the First National Bank of ' this city have declared a dividend of $5 per share to stockholders. The emigrant agents yesterday arranged to take two hun dred colored people out of the city to day on a -special emigrant train for Kansas. Still the crop is not exhausted, for the Car olina Central train last night brought in a fresh colony. At Hnntersville, yester day, a colored man named Johnston took down his gun preparatory to going hunting, but halted at his front door step and low- ered the gun with one of his hands over the muzzle. As he did so, the gun exploded, and his hand was torn into shreds. Thomas Jolly, a lad aged 13 years, shot and killed a companion named David W.Settle meyer, in Cleveland count, last Christmas morning, at the house of young Settle meyer's father, Mr. J. J. Settlemeyer, who is the keeper of a ferry near the town of Shelby. This affair Is an other of those unfortunate accidents due to the careless use of firearms, which are of such frequent occurrence, and which carry lessons that unhappily are too often un heeded. The congregation of the Presbyterian church in Concord made their pastor, Rev. C. M. Payne, happy on Christmas day by presenting him with a complete outfit of clothing, including hat, overcoat shoes and dress suit The over coat and hat were the 1 gifts of his Bible class.: A colored man named Peeler. living in Cabarrus, near the Mecklenburg county line, was killed at a "cake walk" held by the colored people in that section on Christmas night. Peeler became in volved in a quarrel with another colored man named Howzer, and some hot words passed, though nothing further occurred until some time later, when Howzer slip ped np behind Peeler and shot him in the back, t Peeler's wound proved fatal. hi death occurring within three hours. How zer escaped and is still at large. . .
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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