North Carolina Newspapers

The Weekly Star Wit H. BERNARD, Editor and Prop'r. -WILMINGTON, N. C. Fbidxt, . June 18, 1886. t-ln writing to change ryonj raddr fnw eye former direction as well as full particulars as where you wish your paper to be sent hereafter. Unless you do both changes can not be made. -B-KTtf1us nt MrHmfi or Death. TrlDutes 01 rates wnen paia iur nouj v" rate 60 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. Remittances must be made by Cieek,raft Postal Money Order or Registered Letter, rost masters wUl register letters when desired. f-Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. a' "Specimen copies forwarded when desired. SOUTH EBN PBOfiBKSSAND MONEY According to reports in the Balti more Manufacturers' Record the South for the last two weeks still continues the boom and gives farther indications of great industrial devel opment. We; copy a few ot the larger signs of progress. It says: ' "In Alabama, Mr. Samuel Thomas and his aasociates'are preparing to build a large furnace, $6001000 in cash having been put up against $ 400,000 in mineral property, makiug the capital ot the company $1,000, 000. In Arkansas, Pine Bluff is to haye $100 000 railroad machine shops; Little Rock has organized a $100,000 woollen and cotton -manufacturing company; mining machinery is being erected near Hot Springs. Florida shows up withv a $500, 000 company to do a contracting and gene ral wood working business, a $30,000 elec tric light company, brick yard, sawmills, etc. In Georgia there have been a $100,000 granite quarrying company, a $150,000 mar ble Company, a manganese mining enter prise, a machine shop, large planing mill, basket factory and an ice manufacturing company. Maryland has a new $1,000,000 sheet metal company, a slate quarry, grist and flour mill. &c. In-Mississippi a $50,000 spoke manufacturing company has been or ganized, an ice factory, cheese factory, sev eral creameries, new machinery for a cotton mill and brick works.. North Carolina has a new furniture factory, a $40,000 gas and electric company, stave and shuttle block factory, and a number of saw mills, while in gold mining operations there is conside rable activity." . Of course the Stab is glad to see such evidences of go-a-head and push. There is hope for any country as long as industries multiply and capital comes out from its hiding places, or never goes in. There is a great deal of idle capital, even in North Caro lina. We suppose that in the large, Id tobacco counties . there are a full half million -dollars not used and not making a cent for the owners. They do not know how to invest judiciously or are timid, and hence the idle hun dreds of thousands. The farmers are not wise in their day and generation. They will never improve their'oppor tunities as they should until they cease to mortgage and put out their entire strength upon one crop, v Is it not strange that so many farmers should pay an increase nf OK nor fenr. ' for HnnnliPH &r f r: j much idle money in the State ? If arrangements could be made so far mers needing help should be able to borrow at six per cent, and buy all y i ' i . t l . - tremendous saviner there would be. We showed from the reports of the - Federal Agricultural Department that the average of extra prices paid was 25 per cent, in North Carolina. If farmers could borrow at six per cent, they could save 19 per centa fortune in itself. Money is worth - 2 or 3 per cent in the North. Wlfy cannot capitalists be induced to lend their money to the farmers in the South at 6 or 8 per cent, on mort gaged real estate ? Are the laws still so defective that capitalists are afraid to lend ? Such was the case in 1884. But the Legislature under - took to improve them. A HERO AT FOURTEEN. North Carolina is not without he roes even among her boys. We knew a Granville boy who entered the Confederate army at about four teen, and after serving for a year and a half and being a participant in many battles he retired through the exertions of his grandfather at fifteen and a half. His name?was Dick Tay lor. But we are to write of 'another hero at fourteen. Up among the hills of Halifax there was a home in 1860-1 it was delightful to visit. The father was advanced in years, had served in the State Senate many times, was great ly-respected and exerted no little in was one of the saints of the earth .a woman of rarest Christian "virtues sweet, gentle, most lovable. The - hospitality dispensed at this home of nnniAnOA Uria vow aiinnant taw. r " .w.j uuuuuauVj TCijf cordial. In that home were five sons and three daughters., When the "war drum rambled from afar, and the brazen trumpet brayed its thrilling notes," fopr of these manly jvuiijj men- Lwu iii bueir beena lelG their charming and most comfortable ITAnni. miM 4-. a ? . T. I . 1 . hearthstone to try the fortunes war. With these young men it was not "a rich man's war and a poor man's tight." They answered to the roll call at the start. . About two miles distant another wealthy house uuiu Hem out an ot its ; sons able to heart arms, and two these, William and Edward Nichol son, laid down their lives as a uacn ficefor freedom and right. These boys were the kinsmen of the other four. Of the four one was a phys cian in lucrative practice. Young, virile, of commanding presence, with good attainments, a splendid horse man, he gave up all at the first sound of the bugle and entered the service as Captain of cavalry. In. a chai of surpassing gallantry he was killed.' Jiis successorsin command of 1 company told ns that" he was ful twenty feet in advance of hi imaii he dashed into the enemy's infantry after driving! back their cavalry, He eaid 'when they recovered bis body three dead Yankees were lying around him Iwho had fallen Dy nis pistol or his iabre. He was buried at his ancestral home, Rev. Dr. Deems preaching the funeral discourse. , But there! was a fifth son. We knew that biby when not yet twelve i '. ill it '.i . 1 ... V i m Kof tor years old. vve uew w. when at fourteen he baa caugai tun. martial ardor of his brothers and his young hearii fairly burned to be in Virginia anjid the shock and "fiery pangs of battle.'' He was of splen did proportions jyoune as he was. Full six feet! high, erect, muscular, with a sweet!, open countenance and a brieht eyell he was a noble specimen of a boy of fourteen, vvnen v,oi. Hamilton, of South Carolina, oked his presence in his tent, he said, "And you are bul .fourteen ? What did mother feed you upon it ine boy promptly replied, "Buttermilk. This boy was far too young tor camp ife. He Was the good mother's baby." The tithe for "grinding the seed corn" had not yet come, but this young lorthj Carolina Marcellus resolved with; himself that he would go. So he made af haversack, got him canteen and a! blanket, ana one night left for th nearest depot, ten miles distant.!; He was too sharp to go to Virginia, as! he knew his father would follow him as soon as his de parture was known. He -tooK tne other end l or ! the! road, went to the camp near Goldsboro, and attached himself to a South Carolina regiment. But his father go on his track, found him and told him ! he must return. The boy J with pleading tones and brimming eyes, entreated his father not to take him back. The father said: "Yommoth it is mourning over her lost child with an almost broken heart." The mothers cries .broke down all resikancfj He staid alt home ioT a while, but pis manner was so differ ent, all boyish glee having gone out of his young heart, and he seemed so melancholy that the mother, brave as her sons! ancj jas dejvoted to her coun try, could not stand out any longer, so she told him that be might o. men tne strong ooy pui on reneweu life, the bright 4ye gleamed with -1 , ; excitement, j and lad of fourteen the brave hearted j took his way to the stirring j scenes in Virginia The pious mother said to the writer: "I gave np: my four oldest boys to the service of their country with a willing hearjt because they were stout and manly, (and it j was their duty to peril all. E ji I I could not at first agree to surrender my youngest born my darling. J But I could not see him sorrowful and actually grow- ing : thin ovr his disappointment, r I i S and so I sefit' him put too, young as h - H. "Thl mother was a woman t of faith an: of prayer. ; When she sent tut hep kons phe invoked each day Heaven' benediction and pro M tec iion upon: them ached the army of Gen, Lee, and ut a few weeks thereafter received his baptism of fire" and - i bis nrst wound in the feeven day's battles around Rich mond. Of course such a boy hi ad e M I a good soldier, Thrice was be wounded. But we cannot follow his fortunes farther, That boy grown to man's estate, has spent the last; eleverryears in Wil mington and! on Sunday afternoon last, aged 38 years, all that, was mor tal of him was; borne toOakdale. We do not believe that (among the many Confederate dead who sleep . the sleep of the brave in thafTcefnetery there i onje who had a more conra geoua, soul than E'itgeste B. "Wo Two ytaf8 ago last January hornet with the ffarfnl accident in South Carolina that at last unded his life The phvsicaan who attended him that awful night and dressed his horribly mangled body, and I was with him through much of his long protract ed sufferings, and who came in his last illness kt his call, told ns an inci dent on Saturday afternoon last, that is worth repeating ' as! it illustrated a phase of character that is very en gaging. Ilwtory repeats itsejf . The hero ism and self-sacrifice of one age are reprod need in another age. As long as the world lasts there shall ' be given for the encouragement and elevation ofj the human race beau ti ful examples . of heroism and endu ranee and self-abnecation. When that rare son of genius. Sir Philip Sydney, was lyine mortallv wounded on the battlefield of keutphen. one of his comrades fetched him some cool water with which! to quench his consuming thirst. . Just then a com mon soldier lying near biteously beg ged for ;' water, water!." The chiv alrous knight heard the complaint and said, "Give the cup to that wounded comrade, for jhis sufferings are greater than' mine.'? -, When thfe physician reached the scene of Capt, Wigging's disaster in the night, the awf ully mutilated man was told by an attendant that the physician bad come. At once - said, 'Take him to ! the .two young men who are hurt and let hip make tnem comiortable u he can, tor he can do nothing for me.!' The physician ' said to us that he had never known a man of so much resolution, and fortitude He cave us particulars that showed this, but we forbear. After nearly two and a half years.ot suffering the strong man is laid low. A mother's prayer was answered. He accepted the Crucified and Risen Saviour, was baptised,took the emblems of the Redeemer's bro ken body and shed blood, was fully resigned, and died ib great peace. low often do we live . among men who have the grand, heroic in them and- we know' it- not. Long intimate with the family of the deceased, and being fully informed of the heroism of the lad of fourteen, this writer has thought it " worth while to turn aside from the usual discussions of the times to lay this well won wreath upon the newly made grave at Oak-: dale. . Lord Garmoyle, (Earl Cairns)' is the young, buck who had the suit with Miss Fortescue and had to pay $450,000 for breach of promise. , He has been or is ingaged now to Miss Adele Grant, wealthy, of New York. lis income is said to be $50,000. A report is he tried to borrow money from the bride's mother and m conse quence the engagement is broken. Now it is his time to sue. lie might possibly get back some of that $450,- 000. Ex-President Davis, in acknowl edgement of a copy of the Henderson Gold Leaf, sent ; him by its editor, Mr. T. R. Manning, has written a etter in j which he says: "I am particularly indebted to the people of your State for the steady support they gave to our cause during the war, and the generous defense they have so often made against the unjust attacks with which I have been pursued during the long period which has elapsed since active Hostilities ceasid. " Probably before the year 1886 ends there will be war in Europe. If not that, then grave social disturbances. W. H- HurlbeTt writes from London to the New York Sun : . "Tho aiimmtr nrnmltm tnh Rtnrniv. not only in England but in France, which is nrnfminrilv ilitnrlw1 not H(V much bv the expulsion of the Princes as by.8ociari8tand - -. - . : l. . I. n x aw VJommuniBi muveuicuui, ui wuwu tiic ex pulsion is only a symptom. ! New Orleans isto have a Sunday law. So the Legislature hasdecreed Well it was badly neededi and we hope it will be rigidly enforced. It is time the people of New Orleans had heard that there was a day to be kept holy and in which labor was to cease, including theatres and cir cuses and rum mills. Xhat was a prompt reply a young Wilmingtonian made to another young man of an inquiring turn of mind. Queried A: "Where were artesian wells first dug?" The re sponse was: 'In Artesia.n The an swer was every way satisfactory. The best specimen of reasoning thus far developed by the friends of the Blair bill is, that it is a Demo cratic measure because so many Southern Democrats favor it. Jess so I There is hope for the country Gen. Wheeler has asked for a com mittee to revise his speech on Stanton and to strike out all that is not true, That is a good move. If it is an hon est committee they will let the record remain. No State Gnard Encampment. We regret to hear that, the probability now is that there will be no encampment of the State Guard this year. As the rea Bon fur this, it is stated that the funds on hand that could be used for the purpose are insufficient to pay the expenses attending the encampment, unless the railroads would make a further reduction in rates, and this arrangement, it is found, cannot .be made, CU UN TYONrEN TI ON. To the Democrats of the County of New Han over: The Democrats of the different. Wards of the City of Wilmington and Townships of New Hanover County 'are requested to TTOet on Tuesday, June 22d, for the pur pose of selecting ward and township execu tive committeemen, and delegates to County Convention, to be held in the Court House in the city of Wilmington, on Sat urday, June aoin. at 11 o clock a. m. Said Convention will select delegates to repre sent tne uouoxy in tne state Convention, to be held in Raleigh, August 25th, 1886 will also select delegates to the Congres; sional Con ention of the Sixth District, to be held in Wadesboro, July 21st, 1886. and delegates to the Judicial Convention of the Sixth District, to be held in Goldeboro June 30th. 1886. The First. Ward will meet at Brooklyn tiaii. at o ciock p. m. Second Ward will meet at the Court House at 8 o clock p. m. . Third Ward will meet at the Mayor's office at 8 o'clock p. m Fourth Ward will meet at the City Court room at b o ciock p. m. . Fifth Ward will meet at the Wigwam corner of Seventh and Castle streets, at 8 o clock p. m. Cape Fear Township will meet at Castle Hayneat 12 o clock m. Harnett Township will meet at Macom- ter 8 more at 12 o clock m. Masonboro Township will meet at the usual voting place at 12 o clock m. . Federal Point Township will meet at the usual voting place at 12 o'clock m. Each ward in the citv of Wilmington win elect nve aeiegaies lo the Countv Con venuon ana nve executive committeemen The townships will elect three delegates and three executive committeemen. Two of the five from each ward will be elected to act as Countv and City Executive Com mittee, and one from each township to act on me ujumy .Executive uommittee. By order of Executive Committee. I J. W. Kiiro. Chairman, Congressional Convention ot tne 6th DUtrlct. -At4neeting of the Democratic Execu- tive uimnuuee, neia pursuant to a I call ot the chairman, at the Central Hotel m Charlotte May 20th, it was determined by the Committee that thn Tlomnoratin rW- vention for this district be held at Wades boro on Wednesday, the 21st of July, 1886, ttk 11 O B. III. ' Paul B. Means, Chairman. E. K. P. Osborne, Sect'y. The Democratic voters of Brunswick county will meet in their respective town ships, at the usual voting place, at twelve o'clock noon, on the 26th day of June. 1886, to elect delegates to a County Con vention, to be held at Geo. McKeithanls store, on July 3d, 1886, at twelve o'clock noon, oaiu uonvenuon win select dele gates to the State, Judicial and Congress Tonal Conventions. By order of the Executive Committee, 8. J. Stanly, , June 7th, 1886. ' Chairman. Judicial Conmntlan. ; By the direction of the Executive Com mittee, the Convention of the Sixth Judi cial District will meet at Goldsboro on the Both day ol June. 1886, in the Messenger vpet nuuw, aauuiy lenaerea Dy JHX. l. i Bonitz. DtjBbtjtz Cutlab, May 81, 1886. Chairman. Desperate Little Villain, John Littleton, a little copper-colored boy about eleven years old, was caught yesterday morning behind the counter in a store on South Front street. It was sup posed that ho had designs on the money drawer, and the proprietoi of the store de tained him -until an officer could be found, when he was given in charge and locked up in the city prison, preliminary to a hear ing of the case against him this morning. Yesterday afternoon the. janitor at the City Hall had occasion to go down into the base ment where the prisoners are confined, and was just in time to prevent Littleton from making his escape. He .had managed in some way to break up the stationary seats n two of the cells, had torn down a large heating pipe or cylinder, broken three of the large iron hinges on the door of the prison, and was at, work on the fourth and last one when he was discovered. When the officer seized the boy and tried to put him in axll he fought like a wildcat, biting and scratching in such a desperate manner that assistance had to be called to secure him. Young as Littleton is, he is said to be a notorious character. His father can do nothing with him at home, and has sent him away several times, but the boy always manages to get back to Wilming ton. . He was sent to Florida a short .time ago, but succeeded in working - his way back, reaching Wilmington last week! He was on the train from Charleston, S. C, that was wrecked on the Santee trestle, and is the same "small colored boy" mentioned in the account of that accident as the only one who escaped unhurt in the second class car. '"-' ' v"'. :-y -;-'!" ''HV,'';' Tne Papal mesaengers. An item in a Northern paper contains reference to former residents of Wilming ton that will be read with interest. The Episcopal minister referred to is the Rev Mr. Terry, who was in charge of St. John's Church in this city for several years after the war. He subsequently removed with his family to Brooklyn, N. T. Germano 8tranero, the bearer from Rome of the berretta for Cardinal Gibbons, and Count Stanislas Muccioh. who accompanies him, are expected to arrive in New York on the aervia on June .20. Monsignor Stranero is a native, it is believed, of Por tugal, and was formerly secretary of the nuncio at Vienna. Little is known in this country of Count Muccioli. - He is a Ro man, and it is understood that he is the husband of a Miss Terry, of North Caro lina, whose mother, the wife of an Episco pal minister in Wilmington, N. C, Cardi nal Gibbons confirmed when he was last at Rome. The Noble Guard, of which Count Muc cioli is a member, is composed of young men of noble families, who, as an honor and distinction, are attached to the per anna! service of the Pope. Their number varies at different times, but is now about sixty. Although they have their own pri vate residences, they live at the Vatican un less a special permit allows them to visit their families. There is no dimculty, how ever, in obtaining such leaves of absence. Well fitted apartments- are provided for them in the Vatican, and when the Pope was at the Quirinal there were similar ac commodations for them. They rank from lieutenant upwards, their position . being one grade higher than they ' would occupy in the regular army. Their pay is norm nal, as most of them have revenues of their own. Tne c. F. tc Y. 'V. project, The President and some of the Directors of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Rail road Company were in this city yesterday, and during the forenoon were closeted with the railroad commissioners appointed by the Board of Aldermen to confer with the officers of the Company an J ascertain the terms and conditions upon which the road would be extended to this city. The meet ing was held ic the Mayor's office at the City Hail, and continued In session nearly two hours. There were present, represent ing the road. President Julius A. Gray, of Greensboro; Hon. J. Turner Morehead. of Leaks ville; Jnr.. D. Williams and E. J, Lilly, Esqs., of Fayetteville; Dr. D. ff. C. Benbow, of Greensboro, and R. T. Gray, Esq., of Raleigh. The full board of Com missioners was also present Col. W. L. DeRosset, Mr. B. F. Hall, CoL Roger Moore, Mr. B. G. Worth and Mr. J. H. Chad bourn. , The proceedings of the meeting have not yet been given to the public. It is under stood, however, that a tentative proposition was made by the railroad people, .that the city should eubscribe two hundred thou sand dollars to the capital Block of the Com pany, when the road would be built to JrYilmingtonr . Almost immediately after the adjourn ment of the meeting President Gray and party embarked on the steamer D. Mur- ehison for Fayelteville. Some of the commissioners contemplated holding a meeting last night to disru9s the proposition submitted by the railroad com pany, but for some reason, of which we were not informed probably because the full board could not attend the meeting was not held. Tbe Ortoa to be Enlarged. This new hotel, which was opened last fall under the management of Mr. W. A. Bryan, is to be greatly improved and en' larged. Col. K. M. Murchison, of New York, the owner of the property, will build a large addition to the house that will more than double its present capacity. Among tbe improvements contemplated, we under stand, will be a large dining room, thirty by eighty feet, on the first flior, passenger elevators, additional bath-rooms, and hand some billiaid parlors and bar-room. The Orion, under the excellent manage ment of Mr. Bryan has already won for itself an enviable reputation among tourists and others, many of whom say that it is the best hotel on the road between Baltimore and Florida. ; v: The Charleston Zfyws and Cou rier of Sunday says of the victims of the recent railroad accident in that Slate: "The reports as to the condition of those who were wounded in the recent disaster on the Northeastern Railroad were of a very encouraging nature yesterday.-1 Mr. F. W. Renneker's condition . was some what Improved, and Mr. R. T. West and Mr. B. G. Mazyck are both said to he on the high road to recovery. The rest of the wounded people are also doing well." . ' The Lottery Prize. The lucky holder in this city of the ticket in the Louisiana Lottery, drawing a tenth of the $20,000 prize, did not come forward yesterday as it was expected he would and "set 'em up for tbe boys." Conjecture was rife all day as to the identity of the fortunate individual. Rumor had it that the holder of the ticket was a dry goods dealer on Market street, and another report was that an agent of one of the beer brewe ries represented in Wilmington was the man. It was currently reported, also, that Col. B. R. Moore had drawn the prize. That gentleman said, however, that such was not the fact, unless some one had without his knowledge purchased a ticket in his name something entirely improb able. He was not the holder of a ticket. The Irish potato crop' tis about over in the New Bern section, and the truckers report to the Journal that it was fairly remunerative. WASHtNHTON. Tbe Sundry I ivll Appropriation itui a Agreed 'Upon Amendments oi tlonse Rnles. t By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar.l ' WiormiaTnH .Tnnn 14. A 8 acreed UOOD in committee, the Sundry Civil Appropria tion bill appropriates $21,053,822. The es timates aggregated $33,554,600 The ap propnation ior ine presen year wa 053,822. This bill shows a larger . reduction as compared with estimates taan any other reported this session from the Appropria- hod uommmee , n wju uo repuncu w tuv House in a day or two. . - v DAPMantoii0Aa TTrtlmftn onrl Rnrincwr tV day proposed amendments : of the. House rules so as to make it m oraer wnen appro hilla n under consideration to re duce the number and compensation of ofll- . i j : Ik. cers ana. employes urawiug pay uuiu United States, Representative Storm also offered a reso lution amending the rules for the remainder of the session so as to require ten objections to prevent the consideration of any measure . . . i -s - -a.! a B A flougbt lo De canea up ior action om oi ui der. . - v " ; - - . XXT l oTTTunmAW ' Tuna 1A .Thp Apnntihflfl rejected the nomination of John C. Shields, of Michigan, to oe umer justice oi me du preme Court of Arizona, and Abraham Rose, to be Postmaster at Vinton, Iowa. - -The following nominations have been confirmed: David L. Hawkins, of Missouri, to be Assistant Secretary of tbe Interior; A. P. Swinford, of Michigan, Governor of m t " a Tv n S"1..m Alaska; u. A., nesson, ourveyor oi cus toms at Memphis; J. V. Harris. CollectOrof Customs at Key West; T.- M. Favre. Col lector of Customs at Pearl River, Miss.; and a large number of postmasters, army officers and minor civil officers in the differ ent departments - i: - ; - Senator Logan, from the Committee on Vilil.nr Affaird ronnrrpH fLVnrAhlv fhp hill already passed by tbe House appropriating $ o.uuu to conBiruct a roau to tun xinuuuiu Cemetery at Knoxville, Tenn. GEN. FITZUUOU JJEE. if. -V " He Ulves tbe Lie to a Kansas Par son's Statement Tbe Conduct of this Bloodthirsty Preacher and the Trne : Soldiers : of tbe North Con trasted.' . ;; '- -iai " St. Loots. June 16. On Decoration Day Rev. 8. McChe8oey. pastor of tbe Methodist Church at Topeka,Ks.,delivered an address in which he used the following-language: I will not attempt to conceal or describe my emotion when 1 learned that, on tne 4in of March or Ist vear. at tne ume or tne in ausuration .ceremonies at Washington, .an ex-Confederate General, Fitzhugb Lee. led that military procession in a Confederate uniform, with tbe gallant Sheridan rele gated to an inferior position in that line." The address attracted considerable alien tion at tbe time, and met Gen. Lee's eyes, for yesterday the Secretary of tbe Demo cratic State (jommittee received ineionow ing letter from him: Commonwealth "op Virginia, 1 . Governor s Office, Richmond. Va . June 10, 1886 The statements of Dr. McChesney are false, viz: that an ex-Con federate General led the military in the: procession ic a Confederate uniform, as well as his statement that Lieut. Gen. Sheridan, In blue, was placed in an inferior position; and that the military was tnarlialcd by a man in the color of ashes. Just after reading his absurd sentences, comparing the color of gray to ashes, etc . I read in another pa per of tbe action of some Federal soldiers in Wtertown, N. Y., who had received pensions under the laws of tbe Uni'ed Slates, but who. not requiring them, had sent them to some Confederate soldiers re siding in this State, because they thought their necessities greater. Which is doing the most for the promotion of a restored Union of co-equal States, the narrow-minded, blood-thirsty preacher, who has probably never smelled gunpowder, or the ex-Union soldiers who stopped fighting when the war was over? lean only pny tbe man who remains a belligerent so long, and ex press the hone that after death his ashes may be at peace J Very respectfully, yours, Fitzhdgh Lke, Wl ,C(TNSIN. A Dynamite Bomb Exploded In tbe c:arrlaee-way of tbe mayor- of Ra fine. Bv Telegraph to the Mornlnic Star.l Chicago. June 16 A special from Ra cine. Wis., says: At 10 30 last night i dynamite tomb was hurled into the car riat-e way of Mayor M. M. Secor's house, The bomb exploded with a report that startled the whole city. Mr. 8ecor drove over tbe fube t bat exploded the bomb about fifteen minutes previous to the explo sion A Bohemian, nmed Jambor, was severely hurt, as he was traced by blood from his wounds for over a mile and a half to the residence f ex-Alderman Palico. He claims that be was passing Secor's resi dence at the time or the explosion, on his way to the 11 10 train, on the Northwestern Railroad, but will no doubt have a chance to explain why he did not call for help. when so severely hurt, instead of running away. NORTH CAROLINA. Strike or Convicts Employed on tbe ' Plttsboro Road. I By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l Raleigh, June 16. On the Pittaboro railroad there is a gang of 73 convicts em ployed Yesterday 67 or these convicts refused to work. The officer in charge came here and had a conference with the penitentiary authorities, which resulted in his returning with a large force of extra guards The convicts refused to come out of the blockade or work. Instructions have been given to- give no food to those who refuse to work. It is a new and ciiri ous phase of the convict labor question Tbe men make no complaint of their treat ment or lure: they simply. decline to work They are very closely guarded, and it is thought the means taken will prove sue ctesful. The ringleaders will be punished TEXAS. Severe Wind and Rain Storm Fears that Great Damage Has Been Done -Galveston Cat on. from Railway or Teiegrapble Communication. 'By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. St Louis. June 14. A severe wind and rain storm prevailed in Texas last night and early this morning, and it is feared that great damage has been done. JNo particu lars are obtainable, owing to the fact that telegraphic communication has been severed since 7 30 this morning. ' At that hour Gal veston reported a wind blowing at the rate of sixty miles per hour. The lower part of the island on which the city of Galveston is situated, was under water. ! Later Communication; with Galveston has not yet been restored.' It seems that the storm of this morning washed away a part of tbe two.bridges which span Galves ton bay, and swept away every telegraph line running into Galveston, and the city is completely cut off from railway or tele graphic communication, i NEW FORK. The Law Regarding Imprisonment , lor Debt. " By Telegraph to the Horning Star.l Albany, June 16. The Governor has signed tbe act promoted by Erastus Wyman and others amending the law regarding im prisonment for debt. Hereafter six months is to be the limit of imprisonment on arrests in civil actions, and operation of the law releases within five days all prisoners in Ludlow street jail. New York, and else where, who have been incarcerated beyond six months. MARYLAND. T Tne First New Wheat of tbe Crop of tne Present Tear Balttmobb, June 16. The first wheat of the crop of the present year was offered on 'Change to-day. It was grown in the Rappahannock region of Virginia and sold for 80 cents per bushel. The small lot was of the Fultz variety, and very green and wet. ' : r:;viw.C: VIRGINIA. j;"V;. Lynchburg Totes f 250,000 to a Rall- road to Bob to Durham, N. C. Lynchburg, June 16. The city voted a subscription of $250,000 to the Lynchburg, Halifax & North Carolina Railroad to-day by an overwhelming majority. Tbe road will run from this city to Durham, N. C, and will be commenced immediately. FOREIGN. King Lodwlg, of Bavaria Drowns Hlmseir in a Lake His Physician al so Drowned In Attempting his Km cne Qaeeu Victoria Offers Claremont raatle to Comte P Paris, Which Is Declined. ' ',..". i ; Munich. June 14, King Lad wig. wbo was recently deposed from the Bavarian throne, committed suicide at 6 o'clock yes terday . evening.- lie nad gone: out for a promenade in the park of Berg Castle. -ac companied by Dr. Gudden, his physician.. The King suddenly . threw himself into Starnburg laku , and ' was drowned . ' The physician : lumped Into tbe water to rescue tbe King and was also drownedJ The Medic 1 Commission, which exam ined the late King Lud wig, report that be had ordered the members of the Ministerial Deputation, headed by Count flolatien, who had called upon him to procure his consent to a regency, to be flogged untiLtbey bled, and then to have their eyes extracted. Before his death the belief was spreading among the common people of Bavaria that tbe Kings deposition was illegal The people did not believe be was insane. Pre cautions had been taken to prevent the populace from rising to restore the King. London. Judo 14 Queen Victoria has offered Comte de Paris, during his exile from f ranee under tbe terms of tbe expul sion bill, tbe use of Claremont Castle. where Louis Phillippe found a home and where he died. Comte de Paris declined the Queen's offer, on the ground that he does not inttnd . to reside in England per- maneuuy, Munich, June 12. There are. evidences that a violent struggle occurred in the lake between the King and Dr. Gudden in the endeavor of the latter to rescue bis patient. Many footprints can be seen in the soil at tbe bottom of the lake near where the bodies were found, and there are several bruises on Dr. Gudden's face, which were probably made by the King s finger nails; The marks consist of two large and two small scratches on tbe rieht side of tbe nose and forehead. These signs show, beyond doubt, that a struggle took place. ; j Munich. June 16. The funeral of King Ludwig wul take place Saturday. The fu neral mass will be said in St. Michael's Church .. The chief celebrant will be Arch bishop Steicbele. who will be assisted by a large numoer or clergy Belfast, June 28. The Orange Grand Lodge of Ireland has issued a manifesto protesting against the betrayal of tbe loyal minority or Ireland at the bidding of ulad stone and Parnell. in the interests of rebels, outrage mongers and other violators of law; London, June 16. Advices from the British Consulate at Nouemaj capitol of tbe French colony of New Caledonia, state that the French militaryand naval expedi tion which recently proceeded thence to the New Hebrides Islands, hoisted the French flag over them on June 1st, and that. the captain of the French transport which performed the ceremony! exchanged visits wiiu the commander of a British man-of-war lying in the vicinity. England as engaged in seeking from France a state ment aa to the truth or falsity of the above report. Mons, June 16. Twenty-five hundred miners at tbe Flenu coal mines have gone out on a strike. A 'strong band of strikers marched , to the St. Fiorent mines at Quargnon and forced the miners to leave the pit : Police prevented them from pro ceeding to other pits. Lnncers are con fined in their barracks, in readiness for any emergency. Conversion from "Protection" to Freo Trade." ) Washington correspondence New York Herald, June 13. Here is a queer and amazing case of the sudden conversation of a nam ber of eminent statesmen from "pro teclion" to , what is called "free trade." The majority report of the Ways aud Means Committee against the Mexican 1 reaty is signed by Messrs, Kelley, Eliscock, Browne, Reed and McKmley. These gentlemen say With your European competition on rLnropean terms, yon must under sell to gain a market under any cir cumstances. No, treaty can effect this. And then they viz: Messrs, Kel- ley, Ui.-cock, McKinley, !Reed and Jirowno go on to tell the House and the country what ought to be done. I hey say: Reform and reduce the tariff, and neither offer nor ask special treatise or provisions from any nation, but openly, fairly and honestly in the markets of tbe world compete for the trade of all nations. j 'Reform and reduce the tariff that is what Mr. Hiscock urges, what Mr. Keed demands and what Mr. McKinley requires. That! is what they have all signed their names to in a a public document a 'report to the House of Representatives from its more important committee, ad vising the House as to its action on a'n important matter, It comes somewhat suddenly, this conversion of Messrs. McKinley, His cock, Reed and the rest. Yet there is the announcement over their own signatures. "Reform and reduce 'the tariff," they say that is the true and only way TUETCiriL SERVICE LAW A HUMBUG, j j Ben Bntler Interviewed. "I suppose you mean civil service reform." ! "Yes, that is what they j call it, I believe. But the law is a! humbug and a cheat. It was passed by a Congress in which thf re were not ten men that , wanted or knew what it meant. 'It was a Democratic scheme to lessen the power of the: Republi can party, and it was the j entering wedge to its downfall. Upon this, as upon many other important ques tions, the Republican party showed its cowardice and its lack of honesty. The Democrats said, 'If we can get this law it will cripple our oppo nents,' and the Republicans' said, 'If we get this measure and are beaten in the election they can't turn our fellows out.' They now see how badly they were fooled. The Dem ocrats, however, are as much disgust ed with it as tbe Republicans, but neither party just now has .the cour age to say what it feels about the measure. The only real benefit this law is to the Congressmen, .relieves them of a great deal of of It re- sponsibility and gives them an ex cuse for getting rid of the demands unon them for nlaceH." I 1 I r r TWINKLINGS. 1 he" question whether brides be required to obey as well as love and Cherish in the marriage ceremony is i not worth discussion. - They won't do it, cere mony or no ceremony. dittany Times. , News comes that the j United States troops are about to surround Gero nimo and his band. When this occurs the U. S. Navy might create a pleaasnt diver sion of bombarding the planet Jupiter. N. Y. World. j j Tbe man who takes the red. red wine Can never glue his lips to mine - f The man who chews the navy plug i Will in our parlor get no hug. . j Who smokes, drinks or. cuts a deck I : Shall never, never bite my neck. j Don't you monkey with the cards I Or we can never more be cards . 1 The man who guzzles lager beer Can never, never chew my ear. j i Drink nothing stronger than redpop ur in your lap i u never nop. i Afloat, r S"$ . ' is t i .. Maj. Roger P.: Atkinson ! has been appointed Chief Engineer on tbe Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad. 1 L BRITISH COLUMBIA. A Terrible Conflagration The Town' of Taneonver Swept by Fire People. Forced to Flee for Their Lives A Dozen Persona Burned to Death..1 . Westminster. Ju ne 1 5. Parties arriv ing from Vancouver state that at 2.80 yes terday afternoon the wind rose to a gale and caused the nres.which were burning on the Canadian Pacific Railway reserve, to spread toward the city. A bouse on the extreme west end caught' fire and the flames spread rapidly to the adjacent build ings, and at 4 o'clock the ' last house in the town was in ashes Iloving'S saw mill and the Royal City planing mill, being situated on ; points of land outr side the town, were saved. : Fiye nersons are reoorted dead, and several oth ers to have been seriously if not fatally injured. The Armor J . M. Clute cs uo. loses $5,000, on which there is insurance of $ 2,000. The total loss is esumaiea at $t, 600.000, and the insurance at $10,000. One thousand persons are homeless. It is impossible to obtain further particulars at present on account oi we wires ueing prostrated. . New Westminster, B. C, June 15. The city of Vancouver, situated at the Pa cific end of the Canadian Pacific Railway, is in ashes. Not half a dozen houses re main out of five hundred, and, the worst of all, there Is a large loss of life. Ten bodies thus far have been recovered, and a num ber pf persons missing are supposed to have perished . One short .hour did the whole work. The property saved is insignificant. A "clean sweep" defines the situation. One thousand men are at work clearing up the debris for the Railroad Company. Twenty contracts for rebuilding already have been let Many men lost their all, but are determined to start in again. The property loss falls directly on the pioneer c.lp.n ent of thn nnw flv FTnnrimria tf . people are camped'out. . r - r mere are meagre. i acuities ror the relief of the sufferers, but tbe people of this city are especially open handed in their efforts to relieve the' distress. Prompt aid from the Canadian Pacific Railway is expected. Families were compelled to abandon their homes at a moment's warning, and flee for their lives. Business men in search of valuables were forced to rush through the flames and smoke or perish. The whole populace were panic stricken. A number of persons sought refuge in the water. , One man was found in a well, where he had lowered him self to escape the flames. A few of the people have no more than the clothes they stand in. . u - . .. Of ten bodies recovered only three have been identified." Most of the burned frame buildings will be replaced with brick structures. Contracts for a large hotel and other extensive build ings, representing half a million dollars, were let ust before the fire. Portland, Oregon, June 15. The Ore gonian's Victoria (B. C.) special says: - All day Sunday there had been a steady wind from the northwest, and tbe brush-clearing fires on the Canadian Pacific Railway lots were fanned to such an extent as to fill the terminal town of Vancouver with smoke. Nobody, however, bad any idea of danger. Shortly, after one p. m. several persons be gan to consider the situation . threatening, but the smoke was so dense that they found it impossible to direct their steps to the exact location of its source. Soon a stable near the Colonial Hotel was seen to be on fire. An alarm was given, but so skeptical were people tbat they paid no attention for some time. The wind by this time had in creased to a gale and fanned the names to a mass of raging fire One of the first build ings to go was McCartney's drug store. followed by the office of the Vancouver News. The flames shot across Abbott street with astonishing rapidity, and almost be fore people could realize it the whole of the western portion of the city was in a blaze. The excitement was now in tense. Water street was tilled with dense smoke and flying cinders and people were hurrying with what effects they could gather in their haste to a place of safety; the general direction of the flight being east, though many ran to the elevated ground owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. Others, again, made for Falls Creek. Those who endeavored to save their goods were so wrapted in their efforts as to ap pear heedless of the danger they ran, and it was found especially necessary to compel many women to relinquish their effects to save their lives. In some cases there was only just time to place them on improvised rafts which were pushed out from shore beyond reach of the flames which literally filled the air. In less time than it takes to describe it, the fire had reached Car roll street. Some merchants in .this vicinity and in the Ferguson block were en gaged in conveying their goods to a place of safety, but so rapid Vas the conflagration that before their horses were ready the teamsters themselves were obliged to fly for their lives. All hope of saving any considerable amount of property was abandoned, and each contented himself with hastily putting together what he could carry in his hands i without seriously im peding his speed, and hurried from the spot. But even after leaving the houses, the danger was not over, for every road had become an avenue of fire. Falling timbers and stumps: on each side of the road glowed with fire and proved as serious a menace to the fugitives as the burning houses of the doomed city. During theconfuBion which prevailed, when rowdies and roughs saw that every one was leaving, they entered saloons, which were entirely unprotected, and commenced drinking. Many a one was seen staggering along the streets with a keg- of beer on his shoulder or carrying as many bottles, of liquor as he could appropriate. Men were Been sitting com pletely hemmed in .by .fire, and appa rently oblivious of their surrounding, drinking liquor. There were of course then already partially intoxicated. A large number of fugitives collected at the Hast ings Mill Company's wharf, but the large majority collected at Fall's Creek bridge. Nothing was to be seen from either of these points but a lurid rolling bank of smoke banging over the ashes of the city, from which stragglers could be seen occasionally fleeing. . The steamer Dunsmire was at the wharf to receive the people and with seve ral other steamers conveyed a large number over to Moodyville. The dropping of the flames was as sudden as their rise, and by 6 p. m. some adven turesome persons had already made their way along the roads to the destroyed city and before dark the work of searching for the bodies of those overtaken by the fiery element had begun. In a short time the incinerated remains of several persons had been discovered. Up to 10 o'clock Monday morning nine bodies, some of which were burned beyond recognition. had been found. There is some uncertainty about the exact number already found, as in some cases a handful of charred bones were the only indications of human life being lost One of the searchers said be thought the number could be truthfully estimated at twelve. - -'".'.-"v. ' v; 1 The general ' sentiment of the people appears to be one of hopefulness, and there is a determination to at once begin the reconstruction of - the city. Some have already got building material on the ground.) so utbTernitems. . i Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock, Miss Elizabeth Florence Rosser was buried at Rugby, near Charlottesville, the estate of her father, Gen. Thomas L. Rosser. Two . colored men, Thos. Dog gettand J as. Jones, had a dispute near Chesapeake Saturday morning. Jones drew a pistol and shotDoggett dead. Jones was captured a short time afterwards. Mr. Dunn, superintendent, and Mr. .R. B. Cooke. General Agent of the New Yerk, Philadelphia & Norfolk Rail road, made an inspection Friday of the proposed railroad route from Cianey Is land, on Hampton Roads, up through the trucking region of Norfolk Nansemond counties to the Nansemond. river, and ex pressed themselves pleased with the out look. ; It is surmised that the N. Y., P. & N. R. R. is 4o become interested in the trucking road. Felergburg Index-Appeal. - Feedebicksbubg, " Va., June 12. Last night about 12 o'clock the resi dence of Mr. W. B. E. Waller and sister, situated near Waller's Tavern, in this coun ty, was entered and robbed of about $200 and a lot of jewelry, and both Mr. Waller and his sister were badly - beaten and left for dead. '-: A report is in circulation tbat Miss Waller died of her injuries. When the outrage .became known in tbe neigh borhood this morning Mr. Waller had re covered sufficiently. to give information re specting the perpetrators of the deed, who, from the description, are two negro women living near by.-. Spirits .Turpentine. The venerable Jam pb Stii J Oxford, is dead, aired 84 'He M father of Mr. Steeall. fnrmni ..... 7 l" town. i Scotland Neck Damnm, r-L . - -- . - -j - m.o.uv s rain Never were nnr rmtnin : u u. 1.1 1 1 , 1M aw , llll,.,!., 1 -j ""airs mani Bgeuso weuas uunng tne last four vearl - We learn that in the neighborhood It by lightning. " ",M!K"wl Rockv Mount Tall-,. L.t J W.'-Ii: Meadows and f-miiir a,;n 1 J . -i Oxford, their future home, next vLnv ine Protracud meeting at the Metho: dist Church closed last Tuesday night Tt . was an interesting meeting and manv itJ benefited by it There were eleven aWo sions to the church. i J. : Goldsboro Messenger: The i;rorj outlook in this section is reported tn u highly ; encouraging. Preaches nre ' now plentiful in this market at ?5 cents to $1.00 a bushel. Mrs. Gay killnd 4 mad dog in Rocky' Mount yesterday but not until he bad bitten several hogs! and two other does, -s Mrs. Fannio A 1 wife of W. B. Wiggins, proprietor olr tile New Bern ! House, Morehead City; died Thursday morning Itbc 10th iast.'; '4 her residence, in Morehead. ()n Thurs day last a passenger train made the trip from Wilmington to Goldsboro, eighty-' four miles, in one Jiour and fifty-seven minutes. J- .. . j j Beaufort Jtecord: At the meet ing of justices held on Monday the fojlow ing gentiemenwerei elected county comL missioners for the 1 ensuing year: Allen Davis, Joseph Pigott jr., G. N. Etinett W. L. Arcndell and Otway B. Davis. Dr C. N. Mason of Harlowe was elected couniy - superintendent of public instruction. Thefarmeis complain of the the damage done by the cut worms and curlew bus the past few weeks. The lighthouse steamer Holly is engaged in replacing the buoys on the reefs off the Jiforth Carolina coast that drifted from their moorings du ring the last spring storms. Two large saw fish measuring 16 and 13 feet respect ively were caught in our waters this weelf by Messrs. John Johnson and B. Cj. Con- jjtClUUi ; i ; - f, , -u Charlotte 'Chronicle: In the Criminal Court this morning Judge Meares passed sentence upon George Moore, alias Robert Hall, colored, who was convicted of an assault on his own daughter, of! which mention has been made in these columns. He was sentenced to be hanged on-the 2ith -of July. The Criminal Court adjourned to-day after a session of one week! The docket was pretty well cleared. f Chief Justice M. L. Waite and Judge Hugh L Bond, arrived at the Belmont Sunday morning: They opened the U.- S. Federal Court this morning at 10 o'clock. A rumor reaches the city that the dead bony of an infant was found in the sjilmrl's if Statesville yesterday evening.- A negro - woman has been arrested upon snspicion, and we are informed that the cvidenceis very strong against her. The time and place for holding the Republican State Convention will be announced in ,a few days, the State Committee hav ing . given to the chairman, ' Dr. Mott, the question of time and place. When the early train coming in from svlsv sin r . Atlanta reached the city this morning one rt rkn noanniiiVAM vera a Trn r t r Kn r"l r 1 ami Ut Uls Jjaoov. U a vv co xuu uu uvs uv, turn u tin stiff in the embrace of death. He was . rather a stout built, gray haired man. pro bably fifty-five or sixty-years of age. . v A . . . j, . i . r t jeiier was iouoa on ma person iron. ,iaue Wilson, mailed at Winston, N- C, and from it his name was discovered to be John Wilson. The Baccalaureate sermon before the senior class of Davidson College was preached by Rev. John L. Girardeau, -D. D., yesterday morning (June 14). For an hour and forty-two minutes the Doct6j kept his audience thoroughly interested by the depth of thought displayed in the ser mon, and by the eloquent manner in which it was delivered For want of lime Dr. Girardeau was unable to discuss in full the second division of his sermon, and many of i, : i : ,1 i. : . ..., v. .. did not do so. Raleigh News-Observer: Ox fohd, N. C, June 11. Oxford and Ox ford township yesterday voted, almost unanimously a donation of $60,000 to, the Oxford & Clarksville Railroad Company. - "After ten week's illness, of cancer of the stomach, Mr. Joseph Krelh died at 1:40 o'clock this morning at his borne, 116 West Edenton street.' He was in the sixtieth year of his age. He was born in Germany, but since youth had been a resident of this country. '- Last evening, at Metropoli tan Hall, a military company, composed of - . . ., - i .i ,t exceuent material, was organix.eu uuuer iin.--name of the "Governor's - Guards." There are lony-seven memuers on me rou. i ue following officers were chosen; Captain, G. D. Rand; first lieutenant, Samuel C.White; second lieutenant, Joseph-F. Ferrall. Since the commutation anoV respite have . been refused by the Governor to John Card well, sentenced to be hanged at Wilkes boro June 17th, the Solicitor of the district has made, request that a respite be granted the prisoner, that opportunity might be given to investigate certain evidence discov ered since his trial - and conviction. The Governor has therefore' reprieved John Cardwell until Friday,' July 2nd. The decision of the Circuit Court made yesterday in the case of James T. McClel land vs. the North Carolina Railroad Co. et al., was important in that the suit in volved some $700,000 or more. As wc ' printed, the case was dismissed, the opinion in the case having been filed hy Chief Jus tice Waite. : The cotton seed oil mills have shut down for the season. It does not appear af all probable that an en campment will be held this year. The last Legislature made a loan of $3,000 out of the public funds, for this purpose, condi tioned upon its repayment. Gov. Scales decides that this sum must be refunded now out of the present resources. Unless the railways give transportation at almost nominal rates the project of holding the en campment appears to be impracticable. The railway authorities have been written to upon the subject and in a few daysupon their replies, the Governor's definitei aecK cision will be based. ; From Raleigh News- Observer's account of commencement exercises at Trinity College we copy as follows: Prof. TPll,f A 1 l . i a xxi.b nuuicwcu ma icujania tu tne -vuuuk gentlemen of the literary societies, ,and . took as his subject the worn-out theme of "The New South." .While the subject thread-bare, though, it was far from being ' barren of original ideas as presented by the progressive professor.. He is a clear, 'ag gressive, clean cut speaker and presented the "New South" in'an entirely new light to many. June 10,- 1886. At half-past 8 Wednesday night the alumni, met in the. caapei. mere: was music, aiier wmcn Rev. N. M. Jurney, chairman of the asso ciation, introduced Dr. W. G. Bradshaw as the annual orator. Dr., Bradshaw .was . applauded again 'and again as he told of college days.' His subject was "Heart Culture; the Hope of Society." Certificates in the commercial class were won by C B.i Miller, Goldsboro; E, C. Winchester, Monroe; A 8. Copeland, Wil son; R. H. Ballance. Lewiston; R. S. Anderson, Mocksville; L. C. Smith, Polk ton. The degree of A. M. was conferred in course on Mr. Isaac Sutton. The socie ties were represented by W. E. Fentress, of the Hesperian, and W. P. Andrews, of the Columbian. Both presented the medals of their societies to the chairman 'of the faculty in , appropriate speeches, and the latter in turn announced the following young gentlemen worthy of degrees: J. A. Bell. A. B. ; Lola P. Skeen, A. B. ; Jesse A. Carpenter, Ph. B.; Jeff B. Jenkins, A. Tt nhoo T. TanVino A T? . nntr IX Andrews, B. S. ; Jeff. Davis, A. B. ; Chas. W, Robinson, A. B. ; Lee 'J. Bert, Ph. Bi; Jos. C. Pinnix. A. B. ; Jno. A. Rackley. Ph. B. ; R M. Whitehead, A. B. These de grees were conferred by President Heitman . Presentation of the Craven medal for the student; who received the highest grades; given by J. 8. Carr; won by Dred Peacock. D. B. McCullen won tbe Columbian deba- Hesperian declaimer's medal. J. W. Scar borough won the : Hesperian debater's medal. J. A. Regan won the medal given by W. J. Exum for: declamation. W. F. Stevens, of the Freshman class, wojn the Mathematical medal.. . G. T. Adamsl won the medal as the best speaker of the Fresh; given hy J. C. Pinnix. The Gay medal was won by G. N. Paper. The Wiley Gray medal for best speaker among the seniors was presented by Col. Paul B. Means to Mr. Lola P. Skeen; : Prof. Heitman gave a history of the college for 1885 and 11886, and stated that the deportment and scholar ship were as good as he had ever known. He pointed-to the graduates as fair samples, and to 146 students in attendance, 41 moie than last year.