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WJ3L H. BEMTAIID, Editor and Prop'r. WILMINGTON, N. C. Fmbat, - - February 26, 1886. r-Tn writlne to chanee ryour address, alvxafi grfSStonlSwelf aa Ml Particarsaa where you wish your paper to be sent hereafter. Unless you do both chaoses can not be made. CP-Rotlces of Marriage or Death. Tribntesof Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly In advance. Tt tbia rate 50 centowffl pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. . tap-Remittances must be made 5rCecWra Postal Money Order or Registered Lettej. , roet masters will register letters when desired. ,.: -Only such remittances win be at the risk of the publisher. " - "Specimen copies forwarded when desired. THK GREAT FIRE I We have but little heart for work I to-day. The scenes of Sunday and the ruins we have looked upon with such painful emotions ai not calcu lated to qualify us for labor. On Sabbath, afternoon a little, after 2 o'clock the alarm of fire was sound 'ed. The wind was , very high al most a gale. A steamer on fire had landed nar the 'wharf of MesErs. Kerchner and Calder and in a (very Bhort time their large store and the building adjoining that had just been J erected by Mr. Kerehner,were in a blaze. iThe fire then raged from honse to nouBe sweeping in a North easterly direction until it had de voured probably sixty buildings,some of them of much value. The par ticulars will be found elsewhere The loss is probably not far from a' half million dollars, we suppose. But great as the loss is it cannot be esti mated bv dollars and cents. Not only is a great blow given tq. bu siness r enterprises of different kinds, suspending if not de stroying them altogether, and ! in some instances probably in flicting losses that can never be re covered frotn, but it turns out of em ployment many persons, thus in creasing the' calamities and inflicting losses ' upon" those who were not reached by the fire. Bat great as is the loss in a business point of view, the most distressing feature is to be found in the misfortunes that have overtaken so many families, who have not only been rendered home Jess, but who have lost all of the ac cumulations of a life-time in furni - ture, - and household comforts,, and also the thousand and one little arti cles of adornment and Utility, as well as souvenirs and memorials that were preciouB by reason of nallowed asso ciations, that can never be replaced. The calamity that has fallen upon Wilmington is very great. It not only leaves bare and hideous a large area five or : six squares but it comes at a time of great trade de pression and pecuniary stringency. It inflicts a terrible and sudden blow from which it will take years to re cover. It is the occasion for active sympathy and benevolence. I It is the time when our men of mental resource and will should work to gether for the good of the communi ty, and when '"such measures should be devised if possible as shall enable Wilmington to begin as soon as pos sible the work of rebuilding and re cuperation. - Writing on Monday morning our remarks are general, and there is no attempt . at accuracy of estimate, u A public meeting will be held an 4 account of which .will appear in its .proper place. Our people are of course stunned by the shock, but great as the loss is it could have ibeen very much greater, and more -than once it looked as if the fire might sweep clean across the city until there was nothing left to feed upon. . Most fortunately it exhausted itself at the Nutt residence on Red Cross street. If it had turned np Mulberry as it once threatened to do, or if it had continued up Bed Cross and swept over St. John's Church it would not have stopped short of the farthest northern limit. Great and distressing as is the calamity the peo-j ple of Wilmington have very great cause for thanksgiving to Almighty God that itT was not greater. The7 violation of the Sabbath caused the whole destruction. THE BLAIR BILL OS TRIAL AHD HOT THE STAR. ' The Wilmington Star opposes the bill on the ground of unconstitutionality, but it accept hundred of ihomands from the Government for (be improvement of the Cape Fear without a grimmace, and it fair ly bubble over w&h delight at the prospect of the spending of a hundred thousand or so in a government building at Wilmington. Charlotte Observer. The Stab has shown in more than one editorial the grounds upon which it favors an appropriation of money for "Government purposes" in im proving certain great waterways, and it gave the decision of the Supreme Court 'thereon. ' If the Government itself had no interest In developing important rivers, and millions were to be voted merely to benefit com munities then no strict constructionist could possibly favor such appropria tions. As to public buildings' they are owned by the Government. Right or wrong, the Government has charge of the mails and has had charge from the beginning. It has to provide a place for their handling. It has been paying very heavy rents in Wilmington for a long time. It has erected in Bmall towns like Raleigh a large and costly building for Federal purposes strictly. As it muBt either rent or build in Wilmington, and it is proposed to build, the Stab has asked that the- appropriation e large enough to give Wilmington at least as substantial and commodious a build I log as Raleigh has, and Qne that will not only uiei t the de manna oi imai ness now when Wilmington has 20,- nnn ini.ohiiiiiita. hut . when it has grown into a much larger place and has 50,000 or more inhabitants. The Stab would nev'er have asked for an appropriation eyen ior Federal uses if it had "not been the immemorial - custom and policy of the Government to erect ench building. v A long as it controls tbe mails" ami hold oourta it most provide 'a place for' them. If the Observer can see inconsistency in this then it! has icdeed "optica kee:." j - "I . ! Km what if the Stab i inconsis tent ? That fatst, if established most V - nr.r - lnsi veltr. ttnuld not DTOVe that the dangerous Blair bill was consti- tuuonal or that it was good policy for the Federal Government to - turn universal pedagogue and go into the school : teaching business on a erand scaler Let the Blair bill. 1 be discussed upon: its merits with reference to its!-constitutionality and fat reaching policy and not as to whether this paper or any other pa per is consistent or not in defending or opposing it. j- Try the bill by the plumb and squire of the Constitution ami then see if it if it will stand if i it haa any other foundation than 'hay and stubble. , J -. t j Tbe bill is either right or wrong conntitutional j or unconstitutioni and no real or sujpposed j inconsis tency of any newspaper affects it' in the least. Thj Observer a no doubt consistent. It has favored measures that were more Kepublican than Democratic - like the , Blair, Tariff and other billsi-if we are : n.bt mis taken. We will not insist upon this, as we Lave never been an attentive reader of the editorials of j the Ob sterver. except iia locals. ! and we would not make a positive assertion without more knowledge of its de liverances. But some how we have got a notion in cur bend that it has not been Democratic! on several j im portant measures, and has to say the- least, "wabbled" or "ired in and wired out." If iu error we will be gratified to make the correction The arguments of Senators Coke, Saulabury, Beck, Morgan, Maxey, Wilson, Butler, and; perhaps one or two others among the Southerners, and of Ingalls and others among the Northern Senators, including Minister Pendleton when in the Senate, and we think ala Secretary Bay ardr if 'bur memory U o& at fault, in which the Blair bill was opposed upon Con etitulional ground?, show very plainly that the ablest men in the land hold very different views from those now pat forth by the friends and advo cates of the Great Grab bill. Then there are such able Constitu tional iawvera as Curtis in the North and are iu the South who are dis cussing the -bill with a learning and powe.r .that many editor and lawyers can tcarceiy understand much less answer. .Then the very ablest; Dem ocratic paper? in the North -wilh but few exceptions are fighting this unconstitutional and unwise bill. In the South, with but few exceptions, tbe whole press la united in a strong pull and loug pull for "the old flag and a big appropriation." j We .BUDoose that there is not a . i - 1 i. man who has ;any claims to intelti Ugence who does not know what a great lawyer the late Judge Black was. The lawyers who spoke before the Supreme Court on the occasion of his death, and our Senator; Vance among them, eo.-.caded hit grandeur and greatness, and in any I of the speakers gave him the first place among American lawyers. Now it is impossible that any gne who haa read Judg" BteckV masterly discus sions cic doubt where he would be i to-day, if living, on ibis Blair bill. He would oiiwose it with all of ' his tremendous .powers . and wide learn ing. We feelj warranted in saying this frooi the whole tenor of his life from his known opinions and dt TOtion to the Consiitution from bis common sense wisdom, pare and un- seldrh patnotism and constant' refe rence to law. The student of bis published writings will find in many niaces utteraiiCi- toat aatuonse me .... j belief that if living to-day he would strike such bjows a only Jerry Bkivk Vnld trike, with that keen and ponderous jbutle axe of kU that bat few men in all the world could have lifted even, for the Constitution of tbe fathers of the Republic and against a bill that proposes a grab game of tbe most remorseless kind. We may show" from bis writings what Judge Black thought of a strict grammatical construction of tbe Con stitution of the United States. A Serloaa Chars. . iticn lioone, colored, was arrested yes terday charged with commuting a criminal assault on Eliza liar die, a young white woman living on Twelfth uetween Market ana uock streets. Boone wa committed to jail to await an examination before .Jus-, tice Millia to-dsy. . It is alleged that Boone broke Into tbe bouse on tbe night of Feb- ruary out last and assaulted the woman. lie has mtnerto bees considered a respec table person, is married, and lives in the souineaatern part of toe city. i 1 aa-sa-sawp A Geaereae OaTer The Wilmington. Colombia asd August Railroad and Wilminrtoa k, Weldon Bail, road Companies, to eneoursge sufferers by ue recent ore wao expect to feoouo, gen erously offer to ecmlribut twenty-five per cent, of tbe freifht oa all bulldioc material transported over their road for that pur pose from mis date to Beptemner 1st, vim. r The steamerTjEbtW, Cpt, i, U Thornton," will take the place of the burned steamer Bladen on tbe river between Wil. miogton and FayettevlJie; The muufar has accomowdtuofl for a few passencers and u of about twp band red barrels - pacny. A. TEHK1BLK FIRiS. . A Lars Portloa of tbeBnInea Part or tbe City Lal Bslas-Two RttSHcn u a Sehooaer Biratl Uatlroad Vreigbt Depots la Rain idaar Valuable BeaMeneea Swept A war-Seeaei ad IncldeaU of tbe Great Fire. This city was visited Sunday afternoon last by the mostj disHSiroua gconflagration, probably, ever known 10 its hiaiory. It has inSicted immense loss upon business 'men and oshersy. ead UiU waste large portions of its busiebt and' most thickly settled tbor ougbfarei." It U a calamity from which we feu our lair city will be Joon in recovering; but it should be a consolation to know that beyond tbe distress and Buffering that must necet airily ensue to maBy, there has been noluoa of life and no serious personal in jury to any one. . ' The fire began About 3 o'clock, on the steamer Bladen,' which had just arrived from Fayetteville, having on board a cargo of cotton and naval stores. The boat was within an hundred and fifty yards of the foot of Chesnut street when the fire was first discovered, in bales of cotton on the lower deck near the boiler. The steamer was at once headed for the shore, but be fore she reached the nearest wharf that of the New York (Clyde) Steamship Com pany the flames had enveloped 'the whole forward .part of the . boat, had reached the upper deck, and drives the seven passengers back' to the stern of the Vtsitl. :. Fortunately, several boats'- were sent to the assistance of the buraing steam er from vessels across . the river, and the passengers were assisted" into these and safely landed. .The passengers oq the Bla ' den were Miss Erambert and Mr. Hunley and child of Favetteville. Mr.'Al J. Har mon of Bladen. Mr. Robert Lee of Wil- minclon, Mr. Dodson, commercial trav eller. and two other, gentleman whose names could not be learned. They all made a narrow escape and lost all their bag ra Meantime, the blazing steamer had set fire to a lighter filled ' with wood that was alongside, and to tbe wharvts and sbeds of the Clyde .Steamship Compauy. : The wind was blowing almost a gale from the southwest, and the flames spread with great rapidity sweeping up the wharves. and to tbe ytrjs, warehouses and offices oo Water street- Oil, tar, rosin and spirits turpentine in yards adjacent were ready fuel for the - devouring flames, aud iu a verv short time the whole river front from Chesnut to Mulberry was ablaze, and tbe stores and offices on the West side of Water street for the same distance, were enveloped The firemen fouzhl manfully and dtterrainedly, but their efforts were futiie; nothing could stay tbe progress of tbe flames, which leaped and roared like a demon, sending aloft 6bowers of sparks and burning brands, that the high winds carried and hurled on the roofs of build ings squares away from the raging conga graiioo. To add to the difficulties ibat the firemen bad to contend with, a-dense black smoke filled the etreeta to tbe leeward of the fire, rendering it almost impossible for any effective work to be done in that quar ter. ';. "'' ' V. " The fire pressed steadily onward along the river front, burning Wharves and sheds and Quantities of naval store and other merchandise. Tbe schooner Lillie Holme, lying at ibe wharf beyond tbe steamship wharf was soon wrabped in flames and consumed; tte men escaped, but saved nothing of ihir effects.. 4od the steamer Biter Queen, with cargo, -just from Fay ettevilie, suffered a like flo. ! Oo Water fetroel thu fire spared the buil ding on tbe went side occupied by Messrs. Smith & Gilchrist, but swept, a ay tbe stores act! omoca of Messrs. nercDner cs Calder Bros., S. P. Bholter A Co., and A fL Orcen. and en the east tide from the store of Mi. H. J. Hejer.,(which was bad ly damaged) including a dozen other brick stores and tenements to Mulberry, the flamea then cru&sed that street to tbe larice warehouses aad ofilcu of . Messrs. Worth & Worth and Paterson, Downing is Co., which rapidly succumbed Sweeping on ward, tbe fi&mes nett attacked aud de voured on thewesf tide of Water si rest, the premises of Messrs. , Alex. Sprunt & Son, Mr J. A. Fore's sawmills, the Champion Cotton Cumpreas, and the two lare freight warehouses ofthe Wilmington, Columbia & Auausia and Wilmington & Weldon Railroads, with about a dozen box card la dvo with niiscellaGe-jUJ: freight. After at tacking the large brick! building occupied by Mtsir Worth & Worth and Paterson, Downing & Co., tbe fire crossed to the east side of Water eti eat, and 8 wept a way every- thiug from the corasr of Mulberry to the railroad, including the large merchant mills of Mr J. G. Boney and Mr. C. B. Wright and the block of brick stores extending from Mulberry to Walnut streets. During the progress of the fire on Water street, the high winds carried burning brands far and wide, setting fire to many buildings squares away, even so far as Fifth and Hanover Etreets, where a square and a half of wooden houses occup ied by colored people were"- burned.- Before the fire biid crossed Mulberryitrcet on Water, burning brands also set fire to the residence of Hon. Geo. Davis, on Second between Walnut a. d Red Crass streets. This house turned a!o !j, but tbere were no 'means available to ava it until U was too late. The First Methodist church, on Front street at the corner of Walnut, caught fire in tbe large wooden belfry on top from sparks borne by the winds from tbe burn log merchant mill of Mr. C. B. Wright, and aion the whole interior of the large edifice was in flames. . - 8oon after the whole square, consisting of residences, branded by Second and Front on the east and west and Walnut and Red Crofea on tbe south and north, were burn ing, until nothing was left nnconsumed on the square but tbe Methodist parsonage, in rear of tbe church on the corner of Wal nut and Second streets ; 1 " '. : the buildings on the west side of I Front street, from Walnut to Red Cross were also burned, inclndinir the offices of tbe Atlantic Coast Line, in the large build ing on the corner of Front and Red Cross treeta. "-.y: : ; y . v-i-' After burning the square on the west tde of Second, the fire crossed Red Cross street and destroyed the residence of the late Henry Nutt; This was the last building boned; the further progress of tbe flames being stayed by the wide gap caused by the railroad excavation just be yond, is a northeasterly direction. -gtTbf scene in and around the burning district were beart-rending. Many of the resldsnU of the burned buildings and those adjtcent removed their furniture and house bold goods, only to see them burned in the street, others were removed to places of safety; bot try far tbe larger part of the eufferen were enable to save anything, of either furniture or clothing. . - Early during the gprogressof the fire it was seen tbatg tbe Fire Department of the city was unable to cope with jt, and the Mayor attempted to open communication with Goldsboro for assistance, but all tbe poles and wires of the Western Union Com pany were burned gdown along Water street, and also the wires of the Wilming ton & Weldon - Railroad Company, and - it wasj impossible to- do ao. Mr. Clem Brown-; manager of . the Western Union, however, succeeded after a bile in mkmg connection with the wires beyond the burned-district, and soon opened communication with Goldsboro, and also with Florence, S. C. ; The call for assistance was readily responded to from both these places, and the fire company from Florence with' their apparatus aoon arrived and assisted in extinguishing the flames. Toward nightfall the Wilmington Light Infantry were requested by the Mayor to assemble at the company's armory, and as spscia policemen, post sentinels in and around the burned district for the protec tion of property exposed on the' streets. The company turned 1 out with thirty five muskets, ' which " ' number was s welled during the night to forty-five. . Under the command of CapL.W- C. Jones, the com pany performed efficient service, in several instances driving off pilferers and stopping disturbances among knots of drunken men, gathered on the streets. They were relieved at seven o'clock Monday morning. . ir Many of the firemen were also on duty throughout, the night, extinguishing tbe burning debris and preventing other ' fires . They: woifeed heartily ana iaiininiur throughout the' progress of the fire, and although their efforts seemed to be ineffec tual. they really prevented a more disastrous conflagration. , They fought ' the flames in front and tear unfalteringly and on the fire's flanks, all along . the line, with the grim . aeierminauon oi veterans. ineir ater supply was inadequate. They were cut off from the river, except in the rear of the fire, and had to rely elsewhere entirely on the Water ; Works, and although these were working to their full capacity, the great drain upon it from steamers and every hose that could be attached to flre- nluits. greatlv weakened the force of the streams. " ' The fire in "Brooklyn" began on the roof of St. Barnabas scbo 1 house, corner of Fifth and Hanover streets, and erected by St. Marks (colored) Episcopal church. It caught from burning cinders carried by tbe winds fr joa the fire raging on Water street Being, a wooden building it was quickly destroy ed. f but not before the flames . had pre&U to other, houses, nearly, all occupied by colored people. Tbe store of Mr. M. Rilhlea, corner of Sixth and Swaiiu streets was burned, the proprietor saving but little of its contents, and the colored Methodist Church on the corner of Seven h and Bladea streets. Sev eral other buiioiogs were, burned on this street; and in all eighteen or nineteen houses in tbat section of the city were destroy ed, the inmates losing tbe jgreater part if not ! of tbeir household gaoae. The following is a partial list of tbe suf ferers by the fire o far as we have been able to ascertain tbi m. . ON BEOOSO 8TBBET. Mrs. S- R. Bunting, dwelling;'- no in surance. Furniture aavec. Hon. Geo. Davis, dwelling; insured. Furnituie sived. . Col. E. R Brink, dwelling and furni ture; part of the latter saved Insured. ' Brick dwelling house belonging to the estate of the lgte Henry Nutt, occupied" by Mrs. W. L. Parsley. H. Emerson, and Ir. J H- Duibam. Pertly insured ON BED CROSS STBEBT. .Two brick dwellings belonging to Mr. 8ol, Bear; one occupied by Mr. Wm Aldridze acd tbe other by Mr Bear. In sured. : Two frame houses owned by the Messrs. Chadourn and occupied by Mr.' 8. P. Me- Nair and Mrs. Winskn. Insured, j I " ON F&ONT STBBBT. Lrge brick dwelling occupied by Mr, Smith. leceutlv from Buraaw. who saved nothing. ; '' Mrs. B- FlanQf-r'a residence. Insured. Frame house owned by Mr. J. Alves Walker. Insured. The occupants saved part of their furniture. Frame dwelling owned by Mr. P. Donlan ; insured. Front Street Methodist church; partly 'insurtd.: .-..v'- "-'V .' Frame house opposite tbe churcb.belong ing to Mr. D. - L. Gore and occupied by two families; insured. Brick dwelling belonging to Mr. James Madden; insured.; Frtme house occupied by Mrs. Pridgen, whoe furniture was partly insured. Brick building, offices of the Atlantic Coast Line; no insurance. ON WATER STREET. Messrs. 8. P. Shotler & Co , naval etoies found s.-ife and books all right and were fully insured. - " . - v Mestrs Swith & Gilchrist, grocers and commission merchants, ' lots . small, fully insured.. Building owned by Kerchner & Caldtr Bros. " V Mr. C. B. Wright; merchant mill a total loss; insured for $10,000 on mill and $6,000 on stock.' - . ', . ': Mr. A. W. Watson ; loss $1,600; no in surance. '-s" I - Mr. H. W. Bryant, grocer. Loss $3,000 insurance $1,000. - ' - , Mr. Owen -Fennell, 86 bales of cotton burned; fully insured.- . BIL J Uever, grocer and commission merchant, damaged principally by water. Loss about $10,000; fully insured. Build' ing owned by J. C. Heyer; insured. , Messrs. Worth & Worth, commission merchants and grocers; loss $75,000; fully insured. Mr. C. H. Wessell, grocer; loss $3,000 insurance $1,500. - Mrs. Bryson (Mariners' Hotel); loss $0, 000; insurance $3,000. Mr. John G. Oldenbuttel, loss on build ings $3,000;insurance $1,200. Martin O'Brien, three brick stores and stock a total loss $7,000, One wooden building, insured. Champion Compress Company, $50,000 lots; insurance $27,000. ' Threee thousand bales of cotton - burned; insured. ' New York! Steamship Co.'s wharf and sheds, owned by Kerchner & Calder Bros., insured. " The officers of the . Atlantic Coast Line estimate that company's total loss at $30,000. They ; have purchased the resi dence of Mr. Wm. Calder, corner of Front and Mulberry streets, which will at once be fitted up for the company's headquarters. . The Southern Bell Telephone Company lose $300; American Bell Company, $700, ... No estimates of losses were obtained from Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co., Alex. Sprunt & Son, and Kerchner & Cal der Bros, "which were large, but fully in sured. Messrs. Sprunt & Son's loss was stated by other parties af $120,000.- ; . : '". The steamer Bladen was insured for $5, 000 and valued at $7,000. The steamer River Queen was insured for $1,000. " - ' - The ccbooner Lillie Holmes was burned to' the water's edge. She wav valued at $30,000 and uninsured, - - The insurance companies doing business - a the city furnish the following list of their liabilities: - -, With Northrop & Hodges: t ,.-.' J M Forshee, .. $1,000 on mdse; .heirs, of Henry Nutt, 800 on frame store; heirs of Henry Nutt, 400 on shed and office; Robt Robinson,; 1.800 on frame building; Sam uel Bear, Sen, 990 on mdse; J G Oldenbut tel; 200 on frame building; Champion Com press, 2,000 on building; 8ol Bear. 2,800 on : furniture; v;naries wesseu, i,w: on stock; Bladen? Steamboat - Co, 2,000 on steamer ; W H .Sprunt, 200 on horses and harness; James Sprunt, 175 on horses and buggies; Alex 8prunt & Son, 1,500 on wharf structure; M Bear & Bros, 400 on frame building; N Giles & Co, 1.000 on rice in the W & W R R warehouse; estate of John McRae, 1,000 on saw mill build ing; all in the Phoenix, of Hartford. - 8amuel Bear, Sen, $ft36on mdse; Worth & Worth. 4.080 on cotton; all in London and Lancashire, of Liverpool, Eng. j! M J Heyer, $1,000 on stock; D Q Worth and estate of N G Daniel, 1.500 on frame sheds; Champion Compress Co, 2,500 on building and machinery; N Giles & Co, 2,500 on rice in W W R R warehouse; Sol Bear, 3.500 on dwelling house; Hall & Pearsall, 887 on cotton; all' in the Home, of New York. ' " - ''' ?-''' " Champion Compress Co, $5,000 on build ing and machinery; Alex Sprunt & Son, 2.500 on building . and office furniture; Front Street M E Church, $3,000 on build ing and furniture; all in Royal Insurance Company, of Liverpool. Front Street M E Church, $1,800 on pipe organ; muds rearsall, z,l3 on cot ton; all in Georgia Home, . of Columbus, Worth & Worth, $4,000 on merchandise; Champion Compress Co, 5,000 on building and machinery; all in Lancashire, of Man chester.' ''- . -. - ' ; '' . ";. ' : Champion Compress Co, $5,000 on build ing and machinery Worth & .Worth, 4,185 oo cotton ; George Davis, ' 3.000 on dweliinn; Kerchner & Calder Bros, 2.5C0 on building; John C Heyer,' 2,000 oh building: all in New York Underwriters Agency. ' ' , " -. . Worth & Worth, $5,400 on merchandise; John R Turrentine,l,500 on merchandise; Mary A W.inton, 1,200 on furniture; all in Germania. of New York. Bladen Steamboat Co. $3,000 on steamer; Charles Wessel, 1,500 on building; J. G. Oldenbuttel, 5,000 on frame building; Champion Compress Co, 5,000 on build ing and machinery; J W Taylor, Agent, 1,500 on saw mill machinery; all in West ern AEBurance Co. of Toronto, Conn. Hall & Pearsall, $1,032 on cotton; Hall & Pearsall. 1.72 on cotton ; all in Norwich Union, of Norwich, England. With Jno W Gordon & Strith: Jno C Beyer, $2,000 on building; M J Heyer. 2,000 on stock; E R Brink, 8.T50on dwelling and furniture; Hall & Pearsall, 4,750 on cotton; P Donlan, 1,600 on dwell ing and furniture; Mrs 8 A Planner. 3,000 on dwelling and furniture; C B Wright, 2,500 on building; Kerchner & Calder Bros, 3.000 on sheds; F A Newbury, 500 on building; Alex Sprunt & boa, 4,000 on brick building and sbeds; M Rathjen, 1,200 on building; J W Taylor, 1,000 on ma chinery; all in Liverpool & London & Globe. ' Paterson, Downing & Co, $8,000 on naval stores; C S Love & Co. 2,000 on naval etoi'ea, Worth & Worth, 2,000 on navai stores; Christine Oldham, 600. on furniture; T B Henderson, 1,000 on mer chandise; Hall & Pearsall, 344 on cotton; S P Shotter & Co . 6.500 on naval stores; all in Hamburg Bremen, of Hamburg. Hall & Pearsall, $88 on cotton; estate of John McRae; 1,000 on mill; C B Wright, 3,000 on stock ; 8 P Shotter & Co, 600 on office furniture; all in Phcenix Assurance of London. : E K Pridgen. $280 on furniture; Hall & Pearsall, 869 on cotton; Louis J Poiasoa 150 on furniture; all in the Rochester Ger man, of Rochester, N Y- M Rathjen, $900 on stock and furniture 'James I Metis, 900 oh furniture; Hall&j Pearsall, 129 on cotton; all in the Virginia Fire and Marine, of Richmond. J W Taylor. $750 on machinery, in Alaj banid of Mobile, and 750 on machinery, iti the Citizens, of Mobile. . With Atkinson & Manning: Pembroke Jones, $5,625 on cotton ties; M J Heyer 2,500 oo stock; Mrs A M Parsley, 1,500 on building; Worth & Worth, 13,200 on build ing and stock; D Q Worth and estate of N G Daniel. 10.950 on building: Hall & Pear- sail, 28,800 on cotton; George L Arr, 2,000 on guano; J Gl Oldenbuttel, 500 on building; Samuel Bear, Sr, 4,325 'on dwel ling and furniture; C B Wright, 5,500 On 1 building and stock; Mrs C R Gause, 300 on furniture; Bagley, Stewart & Bagley, 1,000 on steamer River Queen; St Barnabas School House, 1,500; H R Kuhl, 1,000 on dwelling house; Thomas Rivera, 300 on dwelling. ; . These amounts are divided between the following companies: . ". ' - Queen, North British & Mercantile, Hart ford, Phoenix, JEtna, Commercial, Union, Fire Association, City of London, Hibernia and North Carolina Home. With DeRosset & Northrop; Worth & Worth. , $18,500 on mdse; Smith & Gilchrist, 1,000 on mdse; Bladen Steamboat Co, .1,500 on steamer; M J Heyer, 1,006; on stock; C B Wright. 2,500 on building; Champion Compress Co, 2,500 on buildipg, machinery and all in North America of Philadelphia; J M For shee, 1,000 on stock, . in Springfield Fire and Marine, of Springfield, Mass. With M 8 Willard: Owen Fennell, $3,000 on cotton ;E Lilly. 1,600 on cotton; A H Greene, 2,500 on cot ton ; D L Gore, 1,000 on cotton ; Kerchner & Calder Bros, 1,000 on frame warehouse; W I Gore, Son & Co. 1,000 on mdse; Smith & Gilchrist, 50 on cotton seed; heirs of H Nutt, $1,800 on brick stores; M J Heyer, 2,500 on stock; Alex Sprunt & Son, 1,500 on spirit barrels, &c; James Madden, 2,200 on brick building; G J Boner, 6,000 on ma chinery and 2,000 on stock ; Mrs E H New kirk, 1,500 on brick building, occupied by G J Boney; C B Wright, 800 on hay; heirs of H Nutt 4,300 on brick dwelling; Mrs Emily Gerhardt, 350 on furniture; Alex Sprunt & Son, floating insurance. These amounts were divided as follows :' $8,000 in Continental; 10,250 hi Fire Insurance Asso ciation; 1,800 in German American; 4,950 hi Sun ; 5,195 in Northern - aggregating 30.195. With Wm" L Smith & Co: : f IDelia Bryson, $2,000 on brick'hotel; M J Heyer, 1,000 on Stock; H W Bryant, 1,000 on stock; all in Scottish Union & National. . Kerchner Calder Bros, $3,500 on brick building; Bladen Steamboat Company 1,000 on steamboat; J H Durham, 800 on furniture; J A Walker, 2,100 on dwelling; all in Connecticut Fire. Worth & Worth. $3,000 on naval sjores;. C 8tevenson. 500 floating solicv:C B Wright. 2 500'"on" mflluilding; all . in" Crescent Insurance Company, h' '- In tbe Germania 'Mutual Fire Insurance - Company, Louis J Poisson. agent: . . . x M J Heyer. furniture, etc. $500:Kerchner & Calder Bros, cadse. 500; L C -Kerchner. building .2,000; M - J O'Brien, 700; E J Pennypacker. "compress. - 1,000; Geo L Arp, 1.000, ' ' - : . i HOPE BTB AIC TIRE KNGrNE CO." The Hope Steam Fire Engine Company of Florence, - which so gallantly came to our rescue at the fire Sunday evening, re turned . home j esterday . afternoon at 2 o'clock..- The company did gallant service While with us r They were on - duty all night hi - the railroad warehouses, extin guishing the flames and preventing the fire, from spreading: The1 company was com manded by Captain J. Jellico. and has "thirty-five members. They . responded promptly to the appeal for aid and in twen ty rninutea- after receiving the dispatch from Mayor Hall were at the depot in Flo rence with their engine, and three hours afterwards were in Wilmington ready for wots.. - . . : - .; ' PTJBLIO MBBTTNO. . - X" A public meeting' was held at the rooms of the Produce Exchange at? 12.30 o'clock yesterday. -,- ".";':. On motion Mayor Hall was called to the chair, and J. L Macks, Esq., was requested to act as secretary. ?: ; , On motion of F. H. Darby. Esq.. a com mittee of five was appointed to draft suita ble resolutions expressive of the sense of tbe meeting' . Cols. J.-W. Atkinson. W. L. DeRosset. Messrs. F. - H. Darby, Samuel Bear, Jr., and J. D. Bellamy were appointed on said committee. ' - -On motion, the Mayor was re Quested to close tbe bar rooms of the city for the next twenty-rour nours. ; - - The special committee, through Cob J. W. Atkinson, offered the following pream ble and resolutions : - : : A fearful disaster has befallen our city by the fire which . rendered homeless so many of oCr citizens, and ' destroyed vast amounts of property; and it seems right that some action shall be taken promptly to alleviate the distress that must ensue in this calamity: therefore be it : ' Resolved. That a committee ofj fifteen be appointed by the chair to solicit subscrip tions for the relief of - the destitute and to collect and turn over the same to a special committee or rive, to be likewise appointed, who shall be fully authorized to distribute the same according to their best judgment. -1 Resolved, That the thanks of the entire community be extended to tbe Fire De partments of Florence,' 8. C, and Golds boro. N.'O. for their prompt response to the request for assistance which was sent by our Mayor to the authorities of these towns, and that the Mayor and authorities of our city be requested Fto 4ender to the fire companies of the Jeame towns reim bursement of : their expenses incurred in coming to our relief. .-?.... Resolved, That we desire to express our high appreciation of the efficient and un selfish services rendered by our own gallant firemen.-. I Resolved, That we appreciate the valuable services of the Wilmington Light Infantry Company, acting as special guard and'po lice, and recognize the good results of their presence in maintaining order and quiet among the large number of people assem bled on the streets during the entire night. ; ioe resolutions were unanimously aaopi edand the following committees anDointea; j On Subscriptions Messrs. J. W. Atkin son, x . itneinstein, tu kj. Mcuueen, ueo. W. Kidder, H. Toilers, J. D .Munds, F. H. Mitchell, Samuel Bear, Jr., H. A. Bagg, A. H. Green, J. H. Currie. B. F. Hall, D. G. Worth, F. W. Kerchner. R M. Mclntire. ! On Distribution Donald McRae. G. W. Williams. Roger Moore, Clayton Giles, W. L-Gore. : . un mouon, toe committee havine in chargef certain funds raised on a previous occasion for the relief of the cyclone suf ferers, and which had not been expended, were requested to turn over the same to this committee on subscriptions. . On motion, the Secretary was requested to furnish the press of the city with the proceedings of the meeting and that copies of the resolutions be sent, to the cities of Florence and Goldsboro. " r- About $1,000 was subscribed at the meeting, in addition to four hundred dol lars in the hands of the Merchants com mittee. . - , On motion the meeting adjourned., t Contrlbatloaa for the Fire Saflerers. Mr. W. T. Walters, of the Atlantic Coast Line, Baltimore, telegraphed to the Fire Relief Committee to draw on him for the sum of $250 for the benefit of the sufferers by the recent Are. The guests of the Orton contributed the following amount for tbe sufferers: Pro prietor of the Orton, $10; W. A.;Kimberly, New York. $5; John C. Hiss, Baltimore, $5; Gideon "Lamb. Baltimore, i$2: R. T. Burton. "The Orton." $5; Thoa. W. Cash. $1.75; J. D. Church, Charlotte, $2; J. 8. Fleming, New York, $3; C. M. McNet, Washington. D. C, $2; L. H. Clark. Balti more, $2; D. Hoffman; Philadelphia, $2; l. Jj. Ucbuyler. New York, $5; Walter G. Wilson, Philadelphia, $10; Geo. W. Gates, Oshkosh, Wis. , $5 ; Mrs. : Kingsbury, Brooklyn, $5; Mrs. MacKay, Brooklyn, $5; Lister's Agricultural Works, Newark, N. J., $5; 8. B. Bispham, Baltimore. $2; Marion Faucett, $2; H. W. Wood. Balti more. $2; Editor Morning Stab, Wilming ton, fa; wm. Aiaen tmesa, $a. Tbe Pa Mte BaUSIac Cemmlttee. ine ruoiic tsuuamg uommittee, ap pointed at the recent meeting of citizens to consider this matter; have not forgotten the important trust confided to their care. Yes terday they sent the following telegram to Senators Ransom and Vance and Represen tative Bennett: v The recent fire should induce a full ap propriation ior a public ouuaing in favor of Wilmington. Such patronage would afford much needed relief to the suffering ana aesutute. F. W. Kerchner, E. D. Haul, A. M. Waddell, Jas. Sprout, : D. G. Worth, D. McRae. Tbe Fire Relief Coaunlttee Offers of Assistance from Abroad Deellaed The relief committee appointed at the re cent meeting of citizens held in the rooms of the Produce Exchange have promptly extended relief wherever it was needed, by sufferers from the recent fire. - They have received liberal offers of .aid from all sec tions of the Union, snd while appreciating the many proffers of assistance, have thank fully and respectfully" declined to accept any contribution outside of this community, feeling that it is abundantly able to care for its sufferers. . -: ' Among others, the Rt. Rev. Catholic Bishop of Charleston. S. C..H P. North rop, offered a very liberal contribution to the relief committee, which was respectfully declined. V: ;: :;" . - ' -; . v-. .CoL A. K. McClure, of Philadelphia, in a letter to Lieut. Gov. Stedman, expresses his sympathy for suffer era by the recent fire, and tenders assistance. CoL McClure is one of the most distinguished journalists in the country, and has always manifested a most kindly feeling towards the people of the South. . . : . " Mr. W. H. McRary, who is in New York, telegraphed to Mayor Hall to draw on him for five hundred dollars for the re lief of sufferers by the late fire. If". v aaaaasj - ' BallroaS Bridge Repaired. The bridge over, the Northeast river at Hilton, one span of which was knocked down by a derailed car last Friday, has been repaired and trains passed over it yesterday evening. AB trains are now running on schedule time, on both the Carolina Central and the Wilmington, Co lumbia & Augusta Railroads.. The through Pullman Sleeping-car Service to Charles ton. Aiken, Savannah and Jacksonville has been resumed. - . - - la tbe Burned District Large n umbera of -workmen were ..em ployed. esterday in clearing away the de bris in the streets, r The city authorities had a force of fifty hands assisting the firemen in pulling down the walls of. burned buildings on Water, Nutt and Front streets.' '. The linemen of the Western Union Conv pany were busy as bees in straightening out the tangled wires,, replacing burned poles.- snd getting everything in their line in good order. .. ' v ; ' . :' itziy The approximate estimate at the Produce Exchange - of some of the r merchandise burned is:. Cotton, 2, 671 bales; spirits tur pentine,. 77 casks; rosin, 10,165 barrels ; tar, 1,123 barrels; crude turpentine, 139 barrels. Mr. R. Morrison's residence, on Front street ' between - Mulberry and 7; Walnut; like a good many others not actually in the burned district, Buffered loss.- In the removal of 4 his : furniture some' of it - was badly smashed, and he lost three fine framed pic-; tures. His house caught fire on the roof three times, but was not seriously damaged. The residence of Mr. Sam Bear, Sr., -on Front between Chesnut and Mulberry- streets, was in great -danger of ; burning Buiraav nut was saved. - ms furniture was insured, but he removed it, and placed it lor security jn-' tne nouse of bis brother, Mr. SoL Bear, on Red Cross street. . This house was burned and with it Mr, Sam Bear's furniture. '. - ;. ;r ? - y Mr. A. F. Lucas, Front Btreet, next to, the corner of Red Cross, lost all of his fur niture. Part was burned; the rest was car ried off and he has been unable - since to find it. -v--r-- . . The agent of the Wilmington Mutual In surance Company declined to furnish par ticulars as to policy holders in the burnt dis trict. He states the full amount to be about $8,000. v:!;---.-..-----".', , Firemen were busy yesterday with hose extinguishing smouldering fires in heaps of partially consumed merchandise. Messrs. Kenan & Forshee had a large pile of meat in the Kerchner building which was well cooked and tempted many plunderers. - Most of the "burned-out" merchants are already located in new quarters. Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co. are at the corner of Water and Chesnut streets, un-stairs; Messrs. Sprunt & Son are m the same building; Messrs. Worth & Worth are over the Produce Exchange, corner of Water and Princess streets; Messrs. Kerch ner & Calder Bros, are in the Person build ing, at the foot of Chesnut street. .. . The work of rebuilding in the burnt dis trict haa already begun; Messrs. Kerchner & Calder Bros, hope to be at their old loca tion within ninety days, and preparatory thereto have laborers at work already. Mr. L. Toilers has begun work also, at bis place nearly opposite. Messrs. Haar & Tienken, No. 420 Nutt street, lost $1,000 on stock of beer, &c A well posted insurance agent places the aggregate amount of loas at $600,000, about naif covered by insurance. Others, equally well inf onned,c however, place these esti mates much higher. ; The Clyde Steamship Company will use the wharves formerly occupied by the Bal timore jsteamship uompany. The work of removing safes from the debris in burned buildings progressed yes terday. The contents of most of those re covered were found uninjured. The Champion Compress Company are ma King preparations to rebuild at once. Alleged Highway Robbery. A stranger in the city, who gave bis name as W. M. Walker, was found by a police man about 4 o'clock yesterday morning lying unconscious on the sidewalk on Dock between Front and Water streets, and was taken to tbe City Hall. It was ascertained that the man had several severe Wounds on his head, which, it was supposed, were inflicted with a ; bottle found lying beside him. After the man recovered conscious ness he said that he had teen robbed of about two hundred dollars in money, and gave further information which led to the arrest of two white women named Cornelia Johnson and Bertha Smith, living in the southern part of the city. An examination of the case was begun by Justice E. D. 11 all yesteraay afternoon, when it was shown that at 11 o'clock the night before Williams was at a liquor saloon on North Water street, in company with one of the women arrested; that he was very drunk and had two hundred dollars in his posses sion, which the barkeeper offered to take care of,' but this offer was refused, and that the man and woman then left together. In the absence of witnesses whose testimony was considered important, ; the further hearing of tbe case was postponed, the women in the meantime being held in custody. j...-:v Front Street n. K Cbureb. At a meeting of the Official Board of Front Street M. E. Church, held at the library rooms of 'the Pastor of the congre gation, the following communication was read: WnaoHGTOir, N. C, Feb. 23, 1886. Rev E. A. Tales, Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church, City: Rnv. Bra Heartily sympathizing with yon and your: congregation in your great loss, the undersigned Rabbi and Directors of the congregation "Temple of Israel, " hereby offer you use of their Temple, cor ner Fourth and Market, during such time and on such days and evenings as you may need a honse of worship, and as will not conflict with the services of onr congrega tion, which are held Friday evenings and Saturdays. Fraternally yours, i ' - 8. Mendelsohn. Rabbi, i A. Weill, President pro tern., r M. M. Katz, , F. Rhjbln STRUT, v - N. Greekswald, ! Nath"i. Jacobt, Wm. Goodkah, r H. H. Kasfrowicz. ' Attest: J. L Macks, Secretary. - In reply to this the Board addressed the following communication to Rev. - Dr. Mendelsohn and the officers of the congre gation Temple of Israel, thankfully accept ing their generous offer: . WnJaTHOTOH, N. C. Feb. 24th, 1885. To the Rev. Br. 8. Mendelsohn, and others. Gentlemen: At a meeting of tbe Offi cial Board of Front Street i Methodist Church, held at the parsonage last evening, Feb. 23rd, your communication tendering the use of your house of . worship, the "Temple of Israel," to the Front Street congregation, was read and unanimously accepted, and the undersigned were ap pointed a committee to convey to you and your congregation the thanks of Front Street Methodist Church, for your sympa thy and very generous offer in this time of their heavy loss. C. L. Graffltk, J. W. King. E. A. Yates, The Board also received offers of accom modation from; Rev. Peyton H. Hoge, on behalf of the First . Presbyterian Church; Rev. J. W. Primrose, of the Second Pres byterian Church; Be v. F. W. E. Peschan, of 8V Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, and Rev. D. H. Tuttle. of Fifth Btreet M. E. Church. For all oT which the com mittee were instructed-to return thanks with the assurance, that" the sympathy and kindly offers were highly appreciated. . " -- An invitation was received from the Fifth Street congregation to worship with them on next Sunday, which on motion of Dr. Yates, was unanimously accepted.. I All the services of the Front Street con gregation wQl thereafter be, held in the "Temple of Israel," corner of Fourth and Market Streets. Great unanimity of sentiment prevailed as to the necessity of vigorons effort to build another house of worship, j The Board also passed a vote of thanks to the firemen and citizens who labored so effectually in saving the parsonage and furniture, m g, m 1 - -' ' The steamer Bladen was not running on a Sunday schedule. She was delayed in leaving Fayetteville on her last trip, and had a flat in tow. - - - Sni rifct nViTmptif-i-n -High Point Enter -arise: Mr Wm .SpurgeoD, who lives near Abbott's Creek" nunc uere i&8i Batnraay. was KicKeu by a uviaa sun uau toe none or nis leg broken in two places. States ville Landmark: fever is prevalent and fatal among the chil- dren of Gwaltney's township, Alexander county. . We are informed that four or five died last week.- . : . . s. At Beidsville recently Uall's factories were burned. Ahnm omrwi pounds of tobacco stems were burned. The ouuuiBgs were oi. wooa. me 'insurance aggregated $3,700. - : - ; , The Weekly Herald is the ' name of a new paper just begun at Webster by Chas. Edward Wilson, late of the Asheville Tribune. Our best wishes attend the enterprise. . A' drove olx Mormon recruits from Wilkes passed through Taylorsville, Alexander county, Monday, on their way to Utah. Wilkes is a gainer by their leav ing, the Journal thinks. 4 : Albemarle Observer: We have not yet realized that Mr. Page's departure from North Carolina journalism has created any considerable vacuum at least it is by no means irreparable. With him the State moved on in the even tenor of her way -without him she does likewise. : Rocky Mount Talker : The Board of Trustees of the Rocky Mount Graded School unanimously accepted the resignation of Albert - P. South wick as principal of the school, and unanimously elected Prof. E. W. Wilcox to the! va cancy.! The paper commends this action of the trustrees. Greensboro Workman: At about 1 o'clock to-day an alarm came from the interior of the McAdoo House, and screams of excited and alarmed females. News came to the outside after seme little delay, that two of the hotel waiters had come to a misunderstanding, and that one had shot the other. Chief of Police Reese was soon on hand and arrested George Lindsay who, it was understood, had shot Henry Jerrall both bright mnlattoes, and employed as dining room servants j Hickory Press: Mr. Page's in dictment of the mummies is rather indefi nite. When he comes down to specifica tions be fails signally. Mr. J. C. Blair, a prominent citizen of Alexander county, died on tbe 12th inst.. aged about 40 years. On. portions of the mea dows of Col. Lenoir, Mr. W. P. Reinhardt and Mr. Walton Yount near Hickory the cranberry grows without cultivation and in considerable quantities. The cranberry has a wide habitat in this Slate, growing in marshes in : the mountains west of the Blue Ridge and in swamps near the sea coast. It flourishes in cold climatesand may be found very far to the north of us. Elizabeth City Economist: We regret to learn that the venerable L. S. Webb of Windsor, .N.. C. had his arm broken near the shoulder by a fail on tbe ice during the late cold weather in that place. Dr. Speed has returned from Manteo, where he was detained by the cold snap for some days. He reports the talk there, of oysters, - oyster packing, oyster gardening, and. oyster shucking. Really, when Amadaa and Barlowe came here over 300 years ago, they landed on the best part of North Carolina, wben they landed on Roanoke Island. All Roanoke Island wants is mail facilities and quick steamboat trans portation, to make it tbe paradise of North Carolina. ' ! ' Goldsboro Argus: The special tiain which started with our Are company for Wilmington made Mt Olive, 13 miles, in 11 minutes, so it will be seen that due 8ped was being made to the rescue. The water works injunction case of this city, which was to have been heard before Judge Connor in chambers at Raleigh yes terday, has been continued by mutual con sent of the counsel on both sides until the Spring term ofnur Superior Court. We are sorry to learn that the butcher of Mr.T. B. Parker, who is a young German by the name of Stronixst, while engaged in killing some hogs yesterday morning, had the misfortune to slip into the large kettle of scalding water and got his feet and legs badly scalded. - To her many friends in this community it becomes our dnty to announce the death of Mrs. Susan A. Bryan, which occurred suddenly while: reading one of her favorite hymns on Sun day morning, at the home of her son in law, Mr. W. G. Hollowell, in Johnston county. Deceased was 75 years of age. Raleigh . News- Observer c Wil mington has one reason to congratulate herself on tbe occurrence of Sundsy's fire and tbat is that the fire swept away the moral plague spot known as Paddy's Hol low. Saturday afternoon tbe house of Mrs. Whitley, relict of the late Capt. Michael Whitley, in Mark's Creek town ship, was burned. All its contents were destroyed. The outhouses, barns, cribs, etc, were also burned.. The loss is said to be about $3,000. There was no insurance on any of the property. Durham, N. C, Feb. 22. -Two fires in two days is Dur ham's record for the week. The first was the burning of a railroad shanty Friday night; the other was more serious By this the tobacco bag factory of Mr. J. S. Lockhart was burned about 4 a. m. Sunday. Parties first on the ground say it was most clearly an incendiary- fire. The con flagration at Wilmington was along the riverside and the fine fire department of our sister city had thus an absolutely full sup ply of water. (It was impossible to use the river on account of the gale and smoke, as -we understand. At least, after the fire got a good headway. Tbe hydrants had to be relied upon and the water supply was short. If -there had been abundant water many houses, some costly, would have been saved, that were burned. Wright's large millj that cost $40,000 originally. Front Street' Methodist church, Mr. George Davis's resi dence indeed many others would be now intact if the water supply had been equal to the crisis. Star.) ..." Salem Press: Lee Phillips says horses are dying with something like blind staggers in Moore.county. i Some 25 have " . v I'm. J, 1UWU VJU rad caught since October last 507 rabbits. ' We regret to learn that Mr. A. N. Reich of this vicinity, broke his leg near mo iuuc uu xriuajr uusv, oy acciuen uy striking it against a stump while driving his wagon. Solomon 8mith died re cently near Wilson's Store, in Stokes coun ty, aged 91 years. He was a soldier in the war of ! 1812. A dangerous . accident happened on last Thursday. Samuel Lam beth's little son, Johnny, was cutting wood at the wood-pile, and a little two-year old son of Mr. Lambeth started to him, but Johnny did not see him. and struck nim on tbe head with the axe, cutting a gash to the skull bone, across tbe top of the head, about three inches long. The aoctor lamas ine Done is not injured. - On last Friday the community around Bethany received the sad intelligence that Mr. Barna Livengood had been killed by accident. As no one was with him at the time the particulars can only be conjec tured. He was hauling logs to Grimes" saw mill, and while driving along a slant one wheel ran over a stump and turned the wagon over, throwing the log across Mr. Livengood'a breast. When found he was dead, with the log still across his breast. A person hearing his dog howl looked in that direction and saw the horse lying down in the road as it had. been thrown down when the wagon turned over. Mr. Livengood leaves a wife and three chil dren. He was a clever young man. " OoBiBsastlsa Care Would be a truthful name to site Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Disco verv," the most efficacious medicine yet discovered for arresting the early development of pul monary disease. But "consumption cure" would not sufficiently indicate the scope of its influence and usefulness. In all the many diseases which spring from a de rangement of the liver and blood the "Dis covery" is a safe and sore specific Of all druggists. - . - . f Strike Ik Boot anal Sb.ee Factories In Blllwaakee. ; IBy Telegraph to the Horning Star.l Milwatjxse, Feb. 24. About six hun dred employes in six of the largest boot and shoe factories of this city went out on a strike last evening because of a refusal of the manufacturers to sign the scale of wages as prepared by the Boot and Shoe Makers' Union. The strikers will be as sisted by the Knights of Labor, which now has a membership of five thousand in the city. , 1 7-
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