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But when they are elected and take their Heats as legislators they, are just a forget- -ful as were their predecessors' and vote away the people's money .-.with an unstinted delight and alacrity. The people must cure this tendency or it will remain an evil until the end. r Every dollar j uselessly or unwisely expended for Governmental purposes is that much wasted and withdrawn from the ability of the people. - Some or the papers are talking about the appropriations of the pres ent wssion of the Congress aggrega ting 380,000,000. This is an enor mous sum. This would bankrupt the Treasury and compel the Congress to fall back on direct taxation to meet the deficit. It is to be hoped that a Democratic CongreaSf will be able to prevent any such desperate exhibit as that. Since 1866 there has been no such outlay in one year, when the interest atone amounted to $140,000, 000. It is asserted by some that - the appropriations will not exceed $274,000,0.00. That w a very great sum. Buchanan's Administration re quired -some $68,000,000 or a little more. It is a great burden on the American people to raise in each year the tremendous sum of 274 million dollars. The taxpayers should look to this. - - - - There is one view .of the matter th'at legislators overlook utterly -the condition of the .country They Bay, well we will not vote away more . than was voted away in 1875, when the aggregate mini was 274 millions. But they are forgetful of or blind to facts. Editors have not failed to see and t; i.ol 1 lie difference in the condition of the country, in 1875 and id 18SG. Hear; the Louisville Cou rier Journal. It says: " j 'But if thv expenditures should be as sume! at $274 000. 000 the burden upon 'product "mn would b:j verjMidely different. Owitiir lo ihe depreciation of General val ue?, which is 30 to 4per cent., the charge upon preilnct pu in proportion to its capa city would be proportionately great .land it 'would ou-t aiiout $110,000,000 more labor and production to pay the necessary taxes. The country ia growing in population, but tax pa era (-lioiiul not forget that any $1, 000 of taxes now paid would cost them about $400 to $500 more in labor. The times demand economy." . - . !' - : . ' i '-": i - - Now" what are the tax-payers go ing to do about this ? Are the wild schemes of plunder to continue ? If Blair and his tribe in Congress could , havejTtTarried ' out . their schemes the present Congress would have left the people burdened andground down under afl annual tax, of not less than 400 millions, and this would rep resent in labor and production at least 550 millions as compared with 400 millions in 1875, when the people felt oppressed ! and i when the interest on the public debt was much greater than it is row. i ItA It. ROADS AND .THEIR inPOR ? I TANCE. , The town of Lynchburg knows its AO'ti intinnat Tff lino 'inaf VAtarl Ytir an overwhelming majority to sub scribe $250,000 to build a road from that town into North Carolina. T ti " - . - - . ijuuuuurg is . an enierprismg towu perched upon mighty steep hills, and it is determined to reach out after more lrades It believes that the best way to secure help is to first help itself. Hercules told the stalled -wagoner to first put his own shoulder ti) fh& urliool Kafnra T)A wnnld bA aided. The growing little town of ( Oxford taxed its people very severe the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Vjt succeeded and the town has in "orae six years more' than doubled in population, so report says. , It has jast voted $60,000 to help construct a road from that place to Clarksville, v a., where it will get railroad con . nection with Richmond, Va. If the proportion of tax on the people is as heavy as it was - to build the other road it will take the total rents of houses to pay taxes and insurance, We would not advise such a vote as that. Railroads are very necessary . to build up a . town, but their con V fitrucon'need not necessitate great oppression of old citizens. : Here is r VOL. XVII. an instance when "make haste slow ly" would have been prudent and just. " . . .. Lynchburg is able to subscribe $250,000.' It is a town of thrift. It has some Btrong men financially. One of them gave $2,000 a Sunday ot two ago to some call made upon him by his pastor, a Methodist. Lynchburg has flourished in spite of great natu ral disadvantages.. It will yet realize handsomely from its quarter of a million dollars investment in a rail road i into orth Carolina.' It can place $250,000 in a new railroad without affecting the people to a very great extent. " Can Wilmington, with safety and without burdening the real estate owners too unreasonably, subscribe $200,000 to secure early and direct communication " with the Mt. Airy section of North Carolina? What say the men who own the property ? "2y, and not the men who do not pay the taxes, onght to determine this question. . There is no earthly doubt, we be- lieve of the importance of extending the road from Fayetteville ?to' Wil mington. It must " prove a decided gain to our -to wn oi ' the experience must be- altogether different from that : of other towns. Wilmington must go out for trade if it . would grow and thrive. - Wilmington mast show a disposition to help itself if it would ' secure cooperation t from abroad. t To do is the best way to show the world that you mean, busi- nessj 4r -;' : "' j" - The only question to be determined' in this connection is this: How much is Wilmington willing to .subscribe to insure the extension of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway to this port, j A THEATRICAL MOVE. It is .said .by theatre goers that the class of performances that has been given in the1 South for the last few years Iras been exceptionally thin and poor. The ; Stab ave not long ago extracts from the opinion of a cele brated veteran actor concerning the vicious and disgusting jcharacter of most of the plays that ate as salacious as the worst French dramas. We see it given out that Southern managers are trying to make arrangements for the presentation oft a better grade of acting, j We hope for the sake of decency and humanity that they will see to it that they have also a better, a higher, a burer class of plays. Un less the managers present decent, moral plays parents ought to see to it that their daughters do not attend. Perhaps the sons are,, already oad enough to go without any fears of be ing seriously tainted. ! Not long Bince there was a meet ing of managers held at Atlanta, Ga. We do not know how large the at- i tendance was. Matters were dis cussed looking to better performances, and an organization was formed to be known as the ; Southern Circuit. This has no reference however to i oircuses. l his is put in tor tne Ben efit of the "small boy." ; The Sa- vannah Times says of the; delibera tions: i ,v- "It was decided that hereafter none but first-class companies will be allowed to play ill the theatres or this circuit. All poor shows will be relegated to the barns, where they properly belong, ana tne prices or ad mission, it is understood, will be 25, 35 and 75 cents. 'A final meeting of the managers i9 to be held in Birmingham, Ala., next September, when the details will have all been completed, and the booking for the circuit will be placed in the hands of one of the officers of the organization. We hail the inauguration of this movement with pleasure, and predict that it will be emi- ucutljr nuuraniui. j . V-"-- . Those who attend theatres will be pleased to learn of this determination on the part of the managers. With popular pnees and solid plays with both moral qualities and backbone there must be more pleasure and less harm to those who patronize the theatre, f J The eminent and eloquent Rev. Dr. Palmer was among the speakers at the burial - services ovr Rabbi Gutheim, of New Orleans. His re marks are Isaid 4T6 have been peculiar ly touching and beautiful. Here are a few lines taken from it that would be fitting words for the Rabbi's tomb: "A man of his convictions with princi ples definitely settled, he was ever ready for antion. a man always to be found when wanted, and- always to be trusted when found." I J ' What nobler tribute could be paid than is conveyed in those pregnant words? t "Let meW a Christian flower upon the dead Hebrew's bier and drop a Christian tear over Israel s loss and ours. Of the 140 that voted on the Ta riff bill H the House 4 were Repub licans. Three .of these were from Minnesota and one from New York. Of the 136 Democrats 122 were from the South and West. Of the 157 negative! votes" 35 were Democrats. ... . i . . - Of these 6 were from the ; South Maryland, Findlay; Louisiana, Gay Irony St. Martin anJ Wallace; Ala bama, Martin. Eleven Western Dem ocrats voted nay, ae follows: Cali fornia, Henley; Illinois, Lawler and Ward: 'Ohio, Campbell, Elsberry, Foran, Geddes, Lefevre, Seney,War ner ; and Wilkins. The I remaining Democratic negative votes were cast by members from New York, Penn sylvania and New Jersey. ,So thirty-three Senators declare that the Civil Service laws shall con tinue. It is believed by our know ing ones that nearly all of -these thirty-three at heart have no favor for the absurd law, and would like to be rid of it. ; Six" Senators ' voted against indefinitely , postponing - the consideration of Mr. Vance's resolu tion to repeal . the law. , These - six gave honest votes no - doubt. No Democrat 45 years old is fit to hold office under Civil Service. Such . is the regulation. Let us try . Civil Service in home affairs if it is so good. Why shall not Senators over 45 be set aside and made to stand as examination as to qualification? - William R Cox of North Carolina. chairman of the House Civil Service Com mittee, illustrates the fact that some of the most progressive in the House are from the South." Springfield Republican. Yes, verily, very '.'progressive." A few of them progress -so fast and so far as to favor the .present liepubli- ean War High Tariff. They pro gress so far and so fast as to favor a Republican humbug, known as Civil Service, the intent and result of which is to retain Republicans in office by the thousand,, and to prevent honest and capable Democrats over 45 years old from holding office. Reverently may we say, from all such "progress ive men" with such "progressive" ideas in Congress Good Lord deliv- er us.' The New York Times, Republican, says of the recent vote on the Morri son bill: . "As for the Democratic opponents of the reform, they vote as they think the reten tion of their seats requires. But tbey will not gain in the long run by this endeavor to rival the Republicans Tbey can do it. but only at the cost of serious, probably fatal, injury to their party." ";. - When Democrats seriously resist all efforts to reduce' a Protective Ta riff that is higher in 1886 than it was in 1865, it is full time that the party should define afresh its princi ples and reconstruct itself enough to secure public servants that at least pretend to hold to" those principles. Ah, hah 1 It is now said in Waah- ington that the President will him self remove the forty-five years lim itation in the Civil beryice regula tions. But Geri. Cox was opposed to its being removed and the House voted against it. : Mri Cleveland better understands the wishes of the people, as far removed an he is from them by reason of his office, than many Representatives who are sup posed to be very near the people. New York State retains a most barbarous and absurd law impris onment for debt. A new act has been passed by the Legislature and the Governor has approved it. Un der the new law six months is the imit. Nine prisoners will be libe rated under the act in New York City alone. And yet the North turns up its nose at the - very useful whip ping post. 'All the free trade hay is on the lowered horns of the pugnacious protection bull. -Phil Time. ! - Is not the Times in favor of the Morrison bill? It wrote like it.. The Times is not a Protection paper. Would it support a "Free Trade" bill? The Times knows very well that for a purpose it miscalls 'the Morrison bill. The Times cannot afford to be unfair and false. . Ordination Servleee at St. Tbomae' Cbnreb. . Services of an unusually interesting char acter will be held at St. Thomas' Catholic Church to-day: the occasion being the or dination of three candidates for the priest hoodMessrs. Fred. Price, Chas. E. Burns and John A. McHugh. Mr. Price is a native of Wilmington, and a son of the late A. L. Price of the old Wilmington Journal. He is about twenty-five years of age, and for several years past has been preparing for the priesthood at St. Charles' College, i Md., and St. Mary'a Seminary, Baltimore, Md., having graduated at the latter institution two or three weeks ago. Mr. Chas. E. Burns is a graduate of St Bonaventure'a Seminary, Alleghanny, N. Y., and Mr. John A. McHuTgh, of Mount St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Md. The preliminary orders have previously been conferred upon these gentlemen at different stages of their preparation for tbe priesthood. They will be ordained by Rt. Rev. Bishop Northop, and. the ordination Bermon will be delivered by Rev. Leo Haid, O. S. B., a Superior of St. Mary's College, at Belmont, Gascon. N. C. He is said to be an able and eloquent preacher, The services will begin at half-past 10 o'clock j this morning. Vespers will take place at five in the afternoon and will be conducted by the young priests. . At half past 8 o'clock the Rev. Leo. Haid will deliver i a - lecture his subject being 'Monks," - The public will be cordial! vaWmnl nt all tliMA AArvSnAfl. First National BanK. - Hon. W. ,L. Trenholm, Comptroller of the Currency, gives official notice in the columns of the Stab that the First Nation al Bank of Wilmington, having complied with all the provisions of the law necessary to extend its corporate existence, is autho rized to have succession until the 2th or June, 1908. Cotton Receipt. The receipts of cotton the past week foot up 80 bales, against 88 . bales the same week last year a decrease of 8 bales. The receipts for the crop year up to and in eluding June 19th. 1886, foot np;i01,372 bales, against 03,889 , bales for the corres ponding period last year an increase of 7,487 bales. . W T " t t v : W e: ; ) I t - v. - i WILMINGTON, N. C, A Postal Thlefcaosht. , . , J.! M. Barlow, one of the letter carriers, was arrested yesterday mormne on toe charge of robbing the mails. At the prelim inary investigation of the case in the after noon,! before U. S. Commissioner Gardner, he waived examination, made a full confes sion of his guilt, and was committed to the custody of TJ. 8. Marshal Richard son, u default of bail for $1,000. ' Barlow was appointed to the position he held in the postoffice by Mr. Brink, thi- late postmas ter,) in i May. 1883. He is a Republican; but: was popular with every one and con sidered a good 'official. Tbe arrest was made' by Postoffice Inspectors W. B. Smith and Thomas Troy, of Washington, D, C, who have, beett in ' the city several days working up the case. ' Barlow, was taken; iuto .custody by them near the corner of Princess and Eighth streets,' on his way -home after delivering this morning mail He was searched and seven "teat' or de coy letters that had been taken by him for delivery that morning, ; were found irr his .1 i . - i n . . -1 possession Droaen open anu imeu oi vueir contents thirty six dollars. Besides tnese,. there were found upon his . person- eix other letters addressed to people In the city, which bad been broken open and rob bed of valuable 'contents. iWhufj, taken into custody Barlow broke right diwn and owned up to everything. . Be said that, he did not know what impelled him to steal, unless he was crazy.- When asked what disposition he had made of missing checks and drafts he said that he had burned them. Complaints have been made for. three months past to Postmaster Parsley of the failure to receive letters containing moneyj checks, and drafts that had been posted to person in this city. The first complaint was madej in February last, and in May and June following the complaints were in numerable. One gentleman has lost checks and drafts, amounting to over $1,500, and another reported acheck for $3,350 miss ing. Barlow's delivery was what is known aa the Fourth district of the city south of Market, east of Fourth and north of Nun street. Nearly all the complaints were embraced tin this district, though a number of the sufferers from his depredations were in other parts of the city. Every com plaint was reported promptly to the de partment kt Washington. ; Barlow will be taken to White ville, Columbus: ; county,- for confinement in tbe jaii at that place until the next term of the U. S District Court which meets in Wil- miheton in November. Famine Amons Flxnee. . A correspondent of the Star, writing from Shallotte, Brunswick c juuIv, relates a very singular circumstance, under date 01 June 17tn. "Yesterday, he says, "a crowd 01 us 'stopped' the creek, near Tubb'a Inlet, with a net, and to our great surprise, jthe fish in large numbers and va riety, moved about a such a manner that great surprise was expressed by all present at their peculiar action. The t'.sh finally began to float or drift with the current against the -net, perfectly helpless at the first of the ebb, and when the tide was at M ' J .... its .lowest, they were all dead. With a view to .ascertaining the cause of this . i 1 . . . ... strange circumstance, we searched ' adjoin ing creeks that had not been 'stopped' and found the fish in them in the same condi tion! They would jump up out of tlw wa terl and turn over on their backs and die. Onj opening. sotne of. them we found that they were perfectly empty." The cor respondent adds: "This would seem an improbable statement, but is nevertheless true and! will be vouched for by twelve of us who were engaeed in the stopping. 80 strange was it to us that we left the flab in the creek, as anxious as we were for fish to j eat. we couia nave tasen out at least '. : . .... twenty-five bushels, Narrow; Escape. Mr. WL H. Bass and wife barely escaped with their lives from their burning resi - denceabout2 o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. Bass and his wife occupied a small frame building on Second, between Orange and Ann streets,' recently erected by Mr. N. Jacob! The fire was first discovered -1 i by Mrs. Baas, who was aroused from sleep by the intense heat and stifling smoke. She awoke her husband, who found the building on fire in front and rear, and egress cut off except by the window of the room, through which they escaped in their night clothes. After escaping from the i building they gave an alarm which quickly brought the fire department, when the j flames were speedily, .extinguished. The building, however, was badly dam aged and nearly all of the furniture de stroyed. Tbe house was insured for $300 and Mr. Bass had insurance on his furni - ture for $100; both in companies repre sented by Mr. M . S. Willard. The cause of the fire is. not known. A Cblld Serlonaly Injured. Moses Blumenthal, a child auout six years of ase, met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon about four o'clock. While playing in the new dwelling which Mr. A. ! David is haying built on the corner of Seventh and Market streets, he fell from the top! story to the 'first floor. . Doctors Thomas and Bellamy were summoned to attend the child, who was removed from the building to the residence of Mr. Stern- berger, 1 on Seventh street They found him unconscious, and bleeding from ears, nose and mouth. It was feared that he had sustained serious internal injuries. The child was removed to his parent's residence on Fourth street about 9 o'clock last night. still in an unconscious condition. Tbe Index.. The Index appeared yesterday. Consid ering the difficulties and embarrassments incident to the starting of a daily paper, the Index 'makes a creditable beginning. Its specialty seems to be local news, of which Jit contains a goodly quantity and variety. The size of the paper is 18x20, and the subscription price six cents per week, or 75 cents for three months. Issued every, after noon except Sunday. It has our best wishes! . Crop mosquitoes, &e. In Pender. A correspondent of the Stab, writing from Caintuck township, says thatfthe very wet weather is having a bad effect on crops, which up to this time were very promising. Mosquitoes ate very bad and annoying; so much so, that one -can hardly travel the roads for them. There will be a new mail service in Pender by the first of July, from Viola by Dewdrop and Keith Postoffice to Colby and back to Viola twice a week. FRIDAY, -JUNE 25 1886, Female Knights of Labor. f ',; It was currently reported a "short time ago that colored female servants in Wil mington were being organized by a number of the Knights of Labor,: and that as boos as the organization was perfected they in tended making a movement for increased pay and shorter hours' of labor.' Inquiry set on foot developed the f act that secret meetings of the character mentioned were being held in a hall on Third street, but further than thi nnfhf b1 UumoA mt- . ! 1 " -'I That there may be more than mere rumor in this the following, from a St.- Louis (Mo.l paper,, will go far to: convince some of the readers of the Stab, particularly when It is stated that the order in Wilmington em-t braces four -assemblies, aggregating fifteen hundred members. - - ' -- - The St, Louis paper save: "For some time past a cumber of prominent Knights Of Labor organisers have been industriously at work among the servant girls of this city wita veiy satisfactory results to the Or-t der. - A local assembly has been organ! iztid, and they will, be admitted- to the Knights pf Labor as a part of the National District Assembly, to be composed entirely of, servant girls. . The Assembly :already number in the i neighborhood of one hun4 dred and fifty members and is increas4 ing at every meeting.. The place of meeting is kept secret for the present, the principal reason being the desire of the girls ot withhold , their names from the public lur lear luat ui idcj weru nuun u w in members of the Knights they might lose their situations.' There will be admitted to the assembly hotel waitresses also, (and the combined strength of these and the. servant girls will, they are confident, bring their employers and'mistresses to terms. " Tbe C. F. ic .Y. V. R. R. Commlaalon. The gentlemen composing the commis sion appointed by the Board of Aldermen to treat with the Cape Fear & Yadkin Val ley Railroad Company concerning sub scription to tbe capital stock of that coco; pany or a purchase of its bonds by tbe citjr as an inducement for the company to ex tend the road 1 from Fayetteville to Wii- mington, met in the Mayor's office at the City Hall yesterday afternoon. ; Col. W. L DeRosfet presided, with Mr. B.F. Hajl secretary. After discussion a resolution was adopted to refer tbe whole matter back to the Board of Aldermen, with a statement of the proposition made to. the commission by tbe railroad company at the meeting re cently held in this city. - It will be remembered that the commis sion was appointed at a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen held in September last, with the powers contemplated in the act of Assembly providing for subscription or purchase of bonds of the - road by the city, but in terms limiting the commission to the amount of $100,000; a proposition which the railroad company at the recent meeting held with tbe commission refused to entertain, proposing that the city sub scribe $300,000 to its capital stock. "The Little Glrle God Blesa Tbem." -.-.: Under this beading the Oxford Orphan't Friend publishes the following: f- WrLiONGTONN. C. June 11, 1886. Dr. B. F. Dixon. Superintendent: Dbab Sib: It becomes my privilege to enclose herewith, for tbe benefit of the Asvlum. a check on New York for $65 52, the proceeds of an entertainment conducted by some little girls of our city.rwno nave become very much interested in the noble charity of which you are tbe superintend ent. I also enclose , a note which was handed me by the committee with the re quest that I forward the same with the re mittance to you. ; With an earnest "tioo Diess you in your work, end a sincere desire for the happi. nesi 01 yourself and, those committed to your care, l am yours, iraternaiiy. .. SAMUEL JN0RTHBOF. The following is the note alluded to by Brother Northrop, and we give it space with especial pleasure. North Carolina has many noble little girls, who are constant! sympathizing with and helping then un fortunate little brothers ana sisters, Dut none of tbem have done better than these I mue gins iruui it iiuimgiiuu. May God i bless them and prosper tbem. I tt7 xr n T.., Wilmington. N. C June 11. 1886. Dear Little Friends: We had an enter tainment for the benefit of your Asylum. and ire made enoneh to Fend vou Sod. and we hope you will receive tbe small amount we made for you. r Sierned: Kate JNorthroD. uerue liiiiy, Marv NorthroD. Ruth Harris. Kate Ber nard. Katie Lilly, Fairie Brown, Maggie Brown, Maggie Alomtt. Anotber Burglary. The residence of Mr. Martin O'Brien, on Front- between Mulberry and Walnut streets, was robbed by a burglar aoout half-past twelve o'clock Tuesday night Mr. O'Brien had retired a short time before the hour mentioned when be was! awaken ed by a oung man who was lying on a sick bed in an adjoining room, and arose just in time to see a masked mani whom he thought to be colored, escaping' from the house. The sum of twenty two dollars and flftv cents was taken Irom Mr. L O'Brien's clothes, and a fine gold watch and chain, which were in. a pocket of his jvest, were left, showing that the object of the robbery was money. An unsuccessful attempt had been made only a short time before to rob the same premises. I - . 'M-OBt- j - Tbe Hornet'a Neat Riflemen to io Into Camp at Smltbvllle. I The Charlotte Observer says that in view of the probable indefinite postponement of the State Guard encampment tnis year, tne Hornet's Nest Riflemen of that; place have taken steps to have a company encamp ment at Smith ville next month M At a meet ing of the company a committee was ap pointed to arrange for an excursion from Charlotte to Smithville about the 12th of July, at popular rates, and with a good limit to the tickets. All arrangements, the Observer says, will be effected in a few days, and lished. a regular announcement pub- The administration of the Bureau Veritas has just issued tbe list of maritime disasters reported during the month of April, 1886, concerning all flags. Sailing VASflpI s rennrteri inat K American. 2 Au strian, 28 British, 1 Childean, 1 Dutch, 4 French. 3 German, 3 Italian, 6 Norwegian, 1 Swedish total, 54. In this number are included 5 vessels reported missing.Steam era reported lost 1 American, 8" British, 1 French, 2 German, 3 Norwegian total, 15. In this number is included 1 steamer re ported missing. I m m m - r New Enterprise. The following is clipped from the j Inde pendent; a journal published in the interest of the oil trade: I i 'A Dorooise factory has been established at Hatteras, N. C, with the aid of Wil mington capitalists, and, the . company having procured special macmnery ana Bkilled laborers from Europe, purpose to supply the market with leather, oil and fertilizers. Sometimes 80 or 90, powerful creatures about eight feet long are netted at a single haul j Star. A'ttRTK CAROLINA. Tbe State Preas Aaaoelatloit la Seaalou at ffllareneatf salem Female Aead emr Commencement. ' ' ' t By Telegraph to toe MornuiK Star.l " Raleigh N. C, June 17 -r-The North Carolina State Press Association met in annual-convention: iti the Atlantic Hotel, Morebead City,' this mornirrg t us presi dent, Jamea A. Robfnson, presiding. The attendance ot members in the largest tor several years. The Association ' acceDted V.m.. visit Washington. D. C. and will 'eo there iu a bodv 8aiurdav; return ing -Tuesday, -jis,. To-day at Salem A he commencement ex- ercisea of tbe famous old Female College were held. 8enator Z. B. Vacce delivered an address before the graduating class, which is composed of twenty -six members.' uen. V. ... w . Urecfeenndee. member of Congress from the 7th Kentucky district.; who was to have delivered the address. was ; unable to be present, and Senator Vance look his place. Hia subject was ''SalemJTemale Academy; its past, present' and future." The address was delivered in the old Moravian Church, before an I enthusiastic audience of 1,200 people. .' WioTTTvnnwMtr " tn no 1 S Th : n,,. I Committee on Education met to-day only CAiBd, June 17. An appallias mor kilty to adjourn to the fast day "of the session, t is reoEted : among tbacBritish trpopa ta This action finally disposes of the Blair b tioiS-i at Assouan . One hnndre &nd kit Educational bill. sofar as this committee is concerned. Messrs; O'Donnell and Willis went on the record jts opposing adjourn- MISSOURI. j mnrdcr and Salelde by Crazy Doctor v at St. JToaepb. . - s ( St. Joseph, June 18. At 11 o'clock this morning as Col. J. W, Strong, manager of the Herald, was sitting in the counting room with bis back to the door. 1 Dr. S A. Richmond entered and drawing a revolver fired. The shot struck the victim in -the left side of tbe neck. Strong staggered to wards tbe back office. Richmond fired two more shots and Strong fell. Richmond then turned, walked outside and when some twenty feet from the door placed the re volver to his temple and fired, and dropped to the sidewalk. ; At the time of the shoot ing. Strong was engaged in conversation with an unknown man and was totally-un conscious of the approach of an enemy, un til he was,truck by the bullet. Richmond drove up to the office in his carnage.' He is said to have alighted coolly and walked to the Herald office door without exhibiting any signs of excitement. When be came back after sbootiog Strong, he found the carriage had been driven "away and " it was iben be : shot ' himself, j Strong fell, struck by two bullets, one of which struck him in the neck, ranging upward into the brain, tbe other in the back and is believed to have penetrated his heart. He died, in! five minutes after the first shot. . Richmond's bullet took effect in the, left temple and as yet it is impossible to tell whether it will prove ratal or not. Tne trouble which has! resulted so - fatally is solely of Richmond's own making. He has long been known as the discoverer and manufacturer of Samaritan Nervine, and has been an extensive advertiser and has had an enormous business in his nostrum. Some five months ago he disappeared from this community and lett a lot ofpjipers, evidently the work of eii her a knave or hope less lunatic. Be charged Strong and other prominent attorneys of this city with hav ing ruined him and indicated that be had ended his career in the river. At that time opinions differed as to his condition, j'6ome icgaruiug aim insane ami timers ueueviug him simply making a ruse to obtain $85,- 000 insurance on his life. Since then be had become hopelessly insane. The deed of to day proved his lunacy beyond doubt. Col. Strong leaves a large family,! con sisting of wife, three sons, tbe eldest of whom is John P. Strong, editor m chier of the Herald. The Colonel was CI years old, a lawyer , by profession, and a man who has been very prominent ia the Re publican party of north west Missouri for nearly thirty years. Bis home originally was Jacksonville, III., where he has a large number of friends and relations : j i TEXAS. A Terrlfle fetorm Great Damage to Crop Many Bnlldlnga Destroyed and Lou of Lite Reported. Chicago, June 18 A special dispatch from Fort Worth, Texas, sajs: The storm which did so much damage at Denton Wednesday evening passed on to Cook county. Reports from there are to the ef fect that it was the S heaviest ever known. At Valley View a drug store was moved from its foundations and turned around, and other buildings were badly damaged, while fences, orchards and grain stacks were carried away and scattered in every direction. Large trees were twisted off and carried away, j Several lives are re ported lost further west, where the storm is known to nave assumed tne rorm or a full fledged cyclone, I . At ltaska two chimneys were blown down, several farm houses.- were torn to pieces, and Joseph Fairchild killed. ! i At Jsloomneld similar damage was done and Dr. Riley's dwelling was blown to pieces. . ' . A: -i At Mcrunnev a bridge over wiiaon Creek was completely wrecked Gullet's. grocery store was badly damaged, the roof being carried on and the front oi tne ouua- ng blown in (Jorn was laid low and cot ton severely damaged. i i At Pleasant Valley tbe wind was more violent and blew down the Presbyterian and Metbodiat churches, completely wreck ing both. I ' At Waco. J. U. Bonaitr was struca Dy lightning and severely injured. I He will probably die. The storm is regarded as tne most seri ous ever known in this region, and tne damage to the crops, it is feared, j was very great. Further reports or the loss oi lire are expected. ILLINOIS. Tbe Line of Defence of Rlngleadera In tba Cblcaco Riot Acltatora Ar rested and Fined. j ; By Telegraph to the Morning Star.! . f Chicago, June 19. Florent Bourjean, Dietrich Otelgen. Jacob Michaels and Au gust Leek, members of the Carpenters' Union, were arraigned before Justice Meecn yesterday, charged with visiting a new building and attempting to incite the car penters working there to quit work. Tbe iu8tice said, after he had heard the testimo ny: j"l reel use severely nmngyouioreign ers. You come to this country and in a few weeks join some union, and Im mediately proceed to regulate- industrial affairs here." Bourjean and Michaels were each fined $200. -. . - The line of defence of Spies, Fielden, Schwab and Nee be has been mapped out and an application for separate trial for each of them has been filed with State Attorney Grinnell. Affidavits filed by the four men indicate that they will attempt to save themselves by sacrificing Engel, Lingg and Fischer. t hese amdavus set lorta that the affiants are ready to refute th charges of conspiracy and cooperation in plans of violence laid ana executed at tne Hav market on the night of May 4th. They hold that being innocent, the trial of all the accused would jeopardize their chances of establishing their claims. Arguments on the motion were beard by Judge Gary this afternoon. f SO UTH. CAROLINA. A IllardererSet Free by an Abbeville lEr Telegraph to the Homing 8tari Charleston. June 19. At Abbeville to-day the jury in the case of John C. Fer guson, alter being out tour or i nve nours. returned a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of self defence. This is the third trial of the case.a mistrial had on previous occaions. Ferguson- killed Benedict about three years ago. without provocation. In reviuos trials the defendant set up the plea of insanity. ; j NO. 34 Tbe Inaanlty of tbe Late King CndwlK AQairvlD France Mor tall ty Amane Brttlab Troope la Ecypt. t i ! By Cable to the Moralnr Star. 1 Munich. June 17. Among the docu ments which have- hcen i subraittert to tb& Diet Va prve tbe insanity of the la' King Ludwig. is a decree of tbe 'dead monarch sentencing all ministers to death, t:-p es cf which jwere sent to -all members of. the Government, and the decree sentencing a number! of ministers to banishment to America. Affidavits of thirty persons have also been submitted in which it? is stated that the! King : injured theur by throwing, at. them: pieces of China and i-lass. There ia also a document relatiotr to the pr poal to the King to form a Cabinet witbi his valet as president. I L - 'J j ; Pabis, June 17. M. Goblet, Minister of Public Instruction, has prohibited a meet ing of tbe Church Congress arranged to be held j at, Toulouse -The Archbishop of Toulouse protests that 1be Congress' io toj be devotional and not deliberative, and de nies that the officer of Public Instruction has Dower to nrohihit its meeting. Thn Archbishop announces that the Congress will therefore be held despite. Ooblei'e or- derg t - ,1 - Oz'L I t men of the deser; legiment have died with in tbe past two montnsr. and of five hun dred invalids on their way to Cypres, ten acoppea ae&a from neat on Sunday, last Lohdon. June 18." Sir William Vernon Harcourt Chancellor of the Exchtauer. in his election address to his Derby constitu ents, says the Brinah people could not ex pect that the Irish would quietly submit to the Marquis of Salisbury's policy of twen- .ty years or resolute and unnincnine govern meotin Irelaud. I -.-W-.i- ..-' 1- .-.I IThe Times of to dav. referring iii Mr. Gladstone's vCamDaien tour, savs: - "J ;. i-t undeniable that within its limn the pil grimage! of passion' has thus! far iWeu a success. The crowds to meet! Mr. Glad stone hive been greater than ever before, and the personal enthusiasm us greai. Thin surprised nobody; but the pushing d1 cheering of workmen is no answer to he great question " : i ! JSDinbukgh, June IS Mrs GiariVone is in fine spirits to-day. He has taken a Ionic drive about the city. He speaks here to night, and again Monday night. He will speak all Manchester some time during the coming week. j I London, June 19 The meeting held in Islington, a northern suburb of London, last night, to support a Conservative candi date for a seat in the Houe or OommoDS, ended in a riot. Tue furniture of the room in which the meeting was held was broken by the turbulent mob, and sevtrai women were so badly frightened bv tbe uproar that they fainted. One lady had an arm broken and Was conveyed to a hospital. The Speaker's platform was stormed by the crowd. The Duke of Norfolk, who is a Whig, was an occupant of the platform. He wssiroughlv seized bv the neck. itm med up j against the w all and hurtled off the stage. A number of aristocratic com panions! with the Duke were badly bandied. The police were summoned and succeeded in stopping the not ! JCdinbuhgh, June 19. The scene in Music Hall, on tbe occasion cf Mr. Glad stone's jspeech last night was impressive and memorable . The hall was packed to the extreme limit of its capacity. The audience, when word was given of ; the Premier's advent, sung in chorus "See the Conquering Hero Comes." . Mr. Gladstone came upon tbe stage accompanied by ! bis wire, wnen tney saw u.aastone, the au dience to a soul rose to their, feet and let their lungs fully out io repeated ringing cheers, accompanying tbe applause with wild waving of canes, bats and handker chiefs, i Mr Gladstone, wore full evening dress, with Sowers on bis lapel. His exor dium was ovist earnest and effective., To day Mr; Gladstone speot. tbe greater part of the time driving about tbe city. He is everywhere followed by crowds of Scotch men, -cheering and holiday making- in! his honor. !He is simply receiving an ovation wherever be n ppears. j ; Munich, June 19 King Uuau w buried this afternoon The concource if people at tbe funeral was immense. A umn bers of persons were crushed iu the crowd and injured. Many people wept and sob bed aloud as the King s coffin was borne along to its last resting place. MR. GLADSTOSK. A Grand Ovation Accorded tbe Great Premier on Hla Departure from Lon don on bis : 8cotch campaign He Stakes a Brief Speecb and Forcibly Presents tbe Home Rnle Question. London, June 17. Mr. Gladstone started this morning at 11 o'clock on his Scotch campaign, tie was accompanied ny Mrs. Gladstone. Thousands of people congre gated at the railway station to witness his departure. The crowd was simply enor mous. It seriously blocked and delayed the approach to, the Premier's carriage. When Mr. Gladstone finally succeeded tn reach ing the station platform, he found it packed with people, who welcomed htm with en thusiastic cheering. At last he reached hia Seat In the special coach assigned for his conveyance. The window at his seat was open, and when the crowd saw him through the window it set up another cheer, which was repeated several times. The people appeared desirous of having the Premier address them with some parting words be fore going away on bis arduous errand, -tie arose and spoke from the coach win-. idow. He thanked the people for the honor of their "extraordinary demon stration.'.' He adjured then to allow nothing to hide from them the "bare question of tbe hour." "Attempts had been made," the i venerable orator exclaimed, "and will be made, to divert your-attention from the real question at issue. This question is solely, whether Ireland shall be trusted to manage her own affairs. Those who deny Ireland this right, admit that Canada-? and other Uriilsh colonies enloy such rights. Are we to trust our fellow subject in Ireland, and govern by love, or are we to adopt tbe policy of the Government s ene mies and introduce into Ireland a govern ment by force?" Mr. Gladstone then bade his bearers good bye, and the tram moved away. .Enthusiastic and prolonged cheer ing accompanied its departure, and : hun dreds of people, waving handkerchiefs and hats and God-speeding tne rremier. ran along tbe platform beside his coach .until tne tram outspea tbem . TFXAS. Destructive Cyclone In Denton and Adjacent Counties Hoases Blown Down and Otber Damage Done A Lady Fatally Injured. Denton. June 18. This and the adia cent counties were visited Wednesday af ternoon and night by a cyclone, which did great damage. In this. Denton county, the storm demolished the house of Mrs. Preg- ruone, who, with her daughter, was buried in the rains. The siothcr was fatally in jured ; the daughter will recover. The residence M ur. J. w. Kuinerioru was blown directly . from its foundation and turned over on its side. The family es caped, having - fled to their storm cave. Many- barns, sheas . ana outnouses were blown down, and the school house : at Btoney was completely wrecked. The school had been dismissed, however; and there were no fatal results. AtFilot Point signs and awnings were carried away and hoases unroofed. Williams & Newbury's ware house was moved by the force of the wind forty feet from its foundation, .nendau s grain warehouse was unroofed. VIRGINIA. Sadden Deatb of an Eminent 'Pbysl- elan. (By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Staunton, June 19. Dr. A. M. Faunt- leroy, late superintendent or tne western Lunatic Asvlum. and one of the most em inent Virginia physicians, died suddenly in ia evening. . tie was a orotner oi 4uuge Fauntleroy, of the Supreme uourt, Spirits .Turpentine. Alexander county some years ' -ago abolished the office Of county treasurer -The finances ' of tba county soon got wtir such a tangle that at tha, meeting of magis trates and commissioners last week the -office was reestablished. - r Charlotte" Observer: Yesterday - afternoon the employes of the express office were suddenly disturbedintheir, duties by - a sharp report at one of the windows front ing on Fourth street, and an examination revealed the fact that some one had fired a shot through the largo, plate glass window - - Goldsboro" .Argus We havo been told by Mr. Geo. C Royall. the cour teous ticket agent of the consolidated rail road ticket office in this city, that ot la to whenever the Raleigh train has failed i . make its Southern local connection here, the fast mail has been instructed to tako passengers for all points between , here and 'Witoington. ! "" v.-; .. . ' Wilson i Mirror i The " medal which was awarded to the student who attained the highest scholarship at Trinity , College was won by Dred Peacock;; a very . ' talented son of Wilson. -Mr. Joseph Ferrell who lived near Black Creek, died on Tuesday. 5 The wheat crop is unu sually large' and other cereal products are decidedly promising. Senator W. W. ; Farmer on Tuesday chased a large fox, and caught and killed him without the aid of a dog. .- i : i Goldsboro Argus: Twice now . within a week has the W. & W. local pas sen ger train going South pulled but just as the Raleigh-train rani in without waiting for a transfer of passengers, or anything else. -It does seem that under such circurn stances, it might wait a minute or two for the accomodation of the travelling public. ' Yesterday, for Instance, this thing, wan done, and a number of ; people destined for local points between this city and Wilming ton were left here, when a delay for two minutes or less would have given them time to ret aboard. - t " H Sylva Journal: There was over $5,000 illegal taxes collected from the' peo ple of Jacksonlast year. In other, words there was 58 cents on every hundred dol lars worthjof property and 75 cents on every poll over the constitutional limitation col lected. . ' A majority of the Magistrates last Monday voted a levy of 83? cents to ward building a court house -The -constitutional limit of 66 cents was previously voted for ordinary purposes after which this extraordinary tax was taken up and . . voted. It is clearly without authority of law and in direct conflict with recent de cisions of the Supreme Court r i ' Gaston Current : On! Monday of last week Mr, W. M. Wilson," of Crow der's Creek, when he had gone to his home, after plowing in his orchard, was approach- ed by his daughters with the remark: "father, here, is some money you lost," holding out some $7. . Mr. Wilson had' not lost any money and was surprised. He went to the orchard and the children to point out the place where they had found the money, and commenced the search for more. He found about $25 in old coins, some dating as far back as 1853. The ma jority were old coins. Mr. Wilson has dug up his whole plantation in search for more money, to such an extent that he will never need to subsoil it again. , Tarboro Southerner: c .The oat crop in the county is very fine. Re ports of the crops continue most favorable. Last Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock, after a short illness, Mis. John S. : Dancy. died. The funeral took place yesterday at the Episcopal church, k Friday even ing, in Rocky Mount, Mr. Joe Taylor, about 22 years old, son of Mr. J. Ai Tay lor of that place, shot and dangerously wounded a negro man from Goldsboro. Mr. Taylor, it is said, had been drinking and got into a quarrel with the negro, who is said to be a veritable desperado. The negro advanced upon him and he fired his pistol at nun. as he continued to advance Taylor fired twice more, one ball striking him in the side. A half an hour later Mr. Taylor left . i' r i Raleigh News-Observer: It is ' said that Mr. Moncure Robinson is having a survey made for a railway from Hamlet to Florence. It is also said that steps will be taken to build the already paftially gra ded road from Petersburg to Ridge way . There are rumors of these things.- and a further rumor that Raleigh is to be on a great through line. The Cape Fear & Yadkin valley is finished to a point eight miles beyond Greensboro. - Fayette- vine nas raised some noted colored men, among whom may be found Bishop Beebe. wnose diocese extends rrom north Carolina to Texas. He now lives in Washington, -N. C, bought his freedom from his master -ante beUum and made his last payment post beUum. '- 'B.earj Collins, colored, is a track-- " er; nas made and bas in bank $10,000: farm well stocEed, and:, mtraoile dictu, has no - conceit ; --' .- - . - Wilson Advance: The ' Edge combe Guards have a big barbecue at their election of officers to-day." Gov.' Jar- vis says he expects to be home next winter. Wonder if he will not give Senator, Kan Bom a. tilt fnr releo.tinn? Rnma nf our young men are talking of organizing a mil itary company here. judge George V. Strong will go into the Democratic State Convention with a strong backing for - the nomination as one of tbe Judges i of the Supreme Court The commission ers of Edgecombe county have elected H.- Uourne. xisa.. to nil the vacancy caused by the death of John R. Stanton, Sheriff of that county. .The propects for a good . attendance upon the Normal School are ' very nattering. The school will be one or the best sessions ever held, and tbe teachers from all over Eastern Carolina should be in attendance. - i Charlotte Democrat : Judge Clark is one of the rising men of the State. and deservedly so, for he is capable, worthy ana laithiui, in tne discharge or public duties. Mr. Stanton, Lincoln's Secre tary of War, was a native of Carteret -county. North Carolina. We published . . the fact eight or ten years ago, which we . first obtained from Hon. R. R. Bridgers, Fremdent of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, and Mr. Bridgers had the state ment from Mr. Stanton himself. He told Mr. Bridgers that he was born near Beau- fort, and,- although he was removed when a small boy, ne said be remembered the -town of Beaufort We afterwards verified the statement in a conversation with a gen tleman living in Carteret county, where there are still living (or were a few years ago) some of Mr. Stanton's relatives. Very sorry I Hope still there is a chance for a - writ oi error. stabj.' - . Wadesboro Intelligencer: T It '. is stated that the druggists of Monroe have , pladged themselves to sell no man whis- -, Key, ior meaicinai purposes, uniess tne man be realty sick, ana mat tne doctors have pledged themselves to write ho man a prescription, unless he be sick and really need the liquor. This will make prohibi tion a reality in Monroe. After the late freshet Mr. Ed . Ingram, it is stated, made sundry finds on his land which was overflowed, where the soil was washed away. In one place he found a stone pot. holding about one bushel, supposed to have been an Indian culinary utensil; in another place a gallon crock of quaint de sign; in another place a huge human skull,. which, as soon as the air struck it, crunv bled to dust, and any quantity of human, Vamas -' ei4 staaflnrA1 - tsYta - Thaea UU1KB' OUU iVwlliUvU U sSJa. M. utau . things would doubtless interest the anti quarian searching for curiosities, but they ;, are a poor recompense to Ebinezer Ingram for $4000 damages, sustained by him in consequence of the flood. . - I Fayetteville 1 Observer-Gazette: We learn that a new steamer, the Cape Vm m aAM. (a: Ka nnt All tlin T VCT witK Capt T. J. Green as captain. - Tbe new boat could not have a more efficient com' man der. , Rev. W. D. Snod grass died on the 28th ult at Goshen, N. Y, at the advanced age of 90 years, having filled the pulpit Of the Presbyterian Vhurch of that ' town for Bearly forty years. The deceased . was for years, pastor of the Presbyterian .- church of Fayetteville. The recent heavy rains have of course put the crops " badly in the grass, but with a few days of the right kind of weather the farmers can ' generally put themselves straight, though, in some neighborhoods the damage to corn and cotton is almost irreparable. Rev. W. S. Lacy baa received a pastoral call to -Davidson College. If he accepts it will be to the great ' gain r of Davidson, but to the irreparable loss of Euphronia and Buffalo " Presbyterian j churches and - Fayetteville -Presbytery. r- The Cumberland County Agricultural Society have already received from the hands of tbe printer their catalogue of ceneral and special premiums for : the 24th annual fair, Nov. 9, 12, 1886,