The Weekly Star.; " PUBLISHED AT 1 " IV I L?M INOTOS;;R, C i , AT I.JO A VB1R, IN ADVANCE. - isgsS388S2S881SS8 " gSgg8888888888SS: S S g 5 g 35 g 8 S3 S'g'g'g'g'gjj " gS8S88Sg8SgSSS88 S8SS83S888S88388S S2SSSoS8S2SS8SSg ,t.ioWi 3gK2S8SS8Sg " . 88888888828888888 r SSgg88ggSSS8888g " SS8SS88SSSSS8SS3S i 7- a 'o ... V. a" t-i et eo io io fc- cd eft o co io g g Entered at the Post Office aewilmlngton, N. c, as Second Class Matter.! :. rS UBSCRIPTION' PRICE, "i 5 The snbscriOtioir price" of the "Wrkei.y Star is as follows : ' " ft months,' " 1.00 " 3 months " " ;50 GREAT CHANGES AHEAD. The British landlords are about united in , their opposition to Irish Home Rule. If the approaching election should result in a triumph of the Gladstone party it will eventuate not only in giving local self-govern ment to Ireland, but h will be the beginning of a series of events that will end in the abolition of the House of Lords. For a long time that body has tieen losing ground in the aflec- tions'of the British middle and lower clasps. Democratic ideas have so permeated . society ; - and have so influenced British thinking that the 'people have become each year less ami less attached to a nobility with their many and great privileges On the Bt her hand the great landlords have so borne themselves as to lessen the bonds of sympathy and attachment Let ween them and the people. Their efforts in the Honse of Lords from tune to time to thwart thejegislation of the great law making and repre sentative body of the people the Commons- havts only served to in crease, their unpopularity whilst reany eueciiug uui liLiie in ine way of restraint or prevention. . -iJThe handwriting is on the walls of vuu - . . .j w. A v . ... m ....J ........ been weighed in the balances of a Constitutional Monarchy by the peo ple and have been found to be sadly iniiuiual to- the welfare and progress of the people, and to be more blind and stupid . as to the pro- ".. gress of evente .than the most infatuated -French Bonrbon. So when the people feel their full 1 .it. . t . "li i ... n . e - 'i . . sirengiu iney win iiaiuiy tail io use it, ' They may not wipe out the House of Lords in five years, but those living at the close of the pre sent century-' will scarcely see that ancient n ! , noble House standing. British writers, of ability arid obser vation, li.tv- not. failed to see that ahead tu-r? are- gr-at" changes, and that British Aristitcraey Is doomed. Some are confidently predicting that the House of Lords ? must go. The Philadelphia American says of the important results hanging upon the pending election: "If Mr. Gladstone should win, it will definitely mark the beginning of an era of great social and political change in the Bri- usu Kingdom, it me auses are oeaien ' dukedom will presently go to the museums of archaeology; and the decade more than two centuries ago when . the English Re publicans thought a Commonwealth prac ticable will be reproduced under circum stances vastly more favorable to success. On the other hand, suppose that democracy, deserted by men like John Bright, finds it self beaten, what then ? When Bright tarns his back npon his life record and tries to support the tottering cause of the nobility he will find himself deserted by the very classes he has deceived and who stood by him in all of the straggles of the past. Bright is not a Samson. He may seize the pillars 'and try to drag lown'to death the crreat Gladstone, oat he will be crashed beneath the ruins. It begins to look as if Glad stone would triumph. London cor respondents of New York papers are prophecying victory for the great Liberal leader. So bo it. From 40 to 57 majority recounted on; Such is the calculation of the Liberals and ParnelJites at the present outlook. - ; Congrtssman Hammond takes every newspaper published in Georgia and is a careful reader of them He keeps a scrap book appropriately indexed, and is thus full' armed for any local encounter that ' may bear upon his personal or political fortunes.-- Washington. Correspondent of the Awjmta ( Oa ) Chronicle. Representative Hammond is a wiser man than North Carolina mem bers are. They Bee so few home pa pers that they are really ignorant of -public sentiment. If they read the leading papers, daily and weekly,they ; would not only be much better posted than they appear to be, but such reading "would from many a blander free" them. - The Administration is fond of hon ormg South Carolina. It took a prominent natiW'fdr the Civil Ser vice Commission and it now selects Mr.- Hugh S. Thompson for Assistant Secretarv of the Treasury. Both were probably- good appointments, South Carolina greatly rejoices and the Charleston paper fills columns of hne type witb jubilations. -rThe British have been repulsed in a sharp fight with the Burmese re bels. , VOL; XVII. CONCERNING SALARIES. Riddleberger wishes the Congress men to take some of the physic they are commending to others. He pro poses to reduce the salaries of all the high officials, beginning with: Ihe President and .! including) members of Congress. The Congressmen wish' to reduce the salaries of clerks who starve m Washington? on $1,200 salaries. The - Virginian is on ihe right tack, and it is I about the first time in his Senatorial history. If the small clerkships are to be cut down by all means razee the! pay of the men who live in elover board at the fine hotels, wear purple and fine linen,and like Jeshurnn are waxed fat.. It is,a sheer piece of demagogism to begin economy by catting "off the short supplies' f -nnd"er-8trapper8. : If ri- trenchment of salaries mast go on, then go to work at theright place. Let plethoric officials catch it, and not the lean andi hangryj. ' There is- a j great deal of arrant humbuggery in political That sort of i economy i which permits one j to poor in at the bang hole while rpn ning oat at the spiggot cannot be Ire- deemed from contempt and suspicion. The right place for economy is in appropriatiomj The Congress votes away tens of millions annually that ought to be saved ' to! tho people and the money kept in their pockets. The expenditures of 58000,000 , people are more than four times greater than were the expenditures of 38.000,000 people. Why this.? Simply because the war demoralized the couhtry and members of Congress have not re covered from I the sadj effects. If rigid economy the economy of the Nathaniel Macons prevailed now there would be from j fifty to one hundred million dollars i saved to the country every i year. Let Congress men watch their appropriations and not attempt to stop a! leak of millions by robbing small salaried clerks f of a few hundreds. I This is the penny wise and pound foolish System. I A few words as to! salaries. , It is well known that all legislative bodies waste a great deal of : time. A Leg islature, for instance, wil literally from fifteen tol 1 fool away thirty thou sand dollars every session in windy rhetoric and buncombe iflourishes, in needless and criminal delay. this goes ! for nothing and be cause legislators do itJ But these very Solbns i. ., will j higgle i -. over an apppropriation of a few thou- sand dollars that would do great good to two i hundred i orj three hundred orphan children and make them use ful for life. The policjy advocated by the Star, through j.he years is this: let the! public officials in every department! practice a rigid economy as is their bounden duty, for it lis not their money which they are ex pending, but s the money of toiling tax payers, i rbey are merely stew ards and custodians, and honesty and fidelity require that they should be scrupulous ana careiui in auexpenai- tures.. Public charities Should not be stinted. Public officia s should be paid fair salaries, No man should be expected to serve the! State with out proper,! sufficient remuneration No man goes, to war at his own charges, is the teaching of 'St. Paul. The Governor of j North Carolina ought to ' have salary enough to be able to live well, to entertain corn- pan v. and to bear himself at all times in a manner equal to his high office. The people of North jCarolina are liberal and appreciative enough to give their Chief Executive pay suffi cient to allow him to live like a-gen tleman and not hide himself in a pri vate boarding house or i hotel. And so with other salaries, it is doubtful if the Supreme Court J udges are paid enough. It is fair and right that the Superior Court Judgesi should have their travelling expenses paid. Their salaries are not large, and the State ought to pay the costj when they are sent j over i a I large- territory to try j causes. Legislators have their travelling expenses paid. Thp Stab does not I favor j any extrav agance in salaries. It jbelieves tbajt a faithful public servant ought tp be as well paid for Jhis work as he would be paid . for it by the people direct if working on his own account J In other, words, a man ca- pable of filling well the; very impoir tant office of Chief. Justice ought not to be expected to give up a id crative private business; to serve the people for a comparatively insufficient salary, f i Th6 salaries ought not to be so low that the very best talent and the very best men cannot afford to take office, fin saying this we mean in no sense to favor- extravagance, nor on the other handr to justify mean and stingy system of salaries, Get the best talent possible, get the best learning, get honest and pure and sober men to fill ofiices of public trust and pay them .well for the work and the responsioiiiiy. i It is claimed thai the first fiscal year of Cleveland's Administration shows a redaction of the public debt of $96,000,000.-; If true it is good. Arthur's last year - showed a reduc tion of only $68,000,000. FOREIGN BORN POPULATION. The last census shows that there were in the United States 6,679,943 people of foreign birth. It is now estimated that there, are nearly 9,- 000,000 in this country. The total population is estimated at 59,000,000, leaving 50,000,000 of native born population. The noting population is about 17,000,000. Less than one- sixth of the voters were born abroad. According to the census of 1880, there were. less than 3,000 persons in North Carolina of foreign birth. So nearly all of the voters in this State are natives. The probability ia that in 1890, there will not be much more, if any, than 5,000 foreign born pop ulation the entire State. " Sincejwriting the above we have sought the census -reports and 'find that there were 3,742 foreign born in North Carolina in 1880. Some weeks ago, trusting- to memory, we said there' were lesB 1,500. North Caro lina had less than any other State. South Carolinawas next, with 7,686 inhabitants of foreign . birth, Vir ginia had 14,696. The nationalities in these three States were distributed as follows: 'Virginia. Germans. 3.759: British. 3.815; Irish, 4.835. . "North Carolina. British, 1.16b. "South Carolina. Germans, 2,816; British, 1,028; Irish. 2,626." Thers were not 1,000 each of Ger mans or Irish in this State. In the Union there are 1,966,742 Germans, 1,854,571 Irish, 917,598 British, 717,157 British . Americans, 440,262 Scandinavians, 106,971 French, 104, 468 Chinese, 88,621 Swiss, 85,361 Bohemians, 68,399 Mexicans, 58,060 Dutch, 48,557 Poles, 44,230 Italians, 38,663 Anstrians, 35,722 Russians. There are many other nationalities represented bat in smaller numbers. The Scotland Neck Democrat, edi ted by ex Representative Kitchin', is staunchly Democratic. There is nothing of the milk and water about it. The editor never occupies a front seat on a fence. Long ago he got on the Democratic side and there he sticks like a man. He knows what Democratic principles are. He says pertinently: "Whenever the Democratic party says in convention that it endorses the retention of seventy-five thousand Republicans in of fice under a Democratic Administration to the exclusion of that number of Demo crats, it will be a cold day for the party in this Btate. The leading Republican papers do not favor the Randall dodge al though they admit that it is intended to help Protection. The able Chi cago Inter- Ocean, as implacable and nncomprismg Republican organ as there is in the whole country, says: "The fundamental provision is the aboli tion of the tobacco tax and the lax on fruit wines and brandies. By this stroke of policy it is hoped to win favor with Vir ginia and Kentucky, also with California. The removal of these taxes would result in the surrender of about $30,000,000 of taxes annually. In a general way the repeal of internal revenue taxes tends to strengthen the impost system The Wilson Mirror praises highly Dr. H. E. Shepherd's lectures before the Normal School, and specially commends his fine English.. We fear willing evidence to the excellence of his written and spoken English. The Mirror also commends Prof. Hassell's lecture on the "Harmony of Science and Nature." He is a man of intel lect and of scholarship. The bolters affiliate with the Dem ocrats in the City Council in Rich mond, Va., and reelect incumbents. Rain and tbe Crops. Farmers and truckers are getting appre hensive of serious results to their crops by tbe long-continued and excessive rains. The melon crop is said to have been already greatly damaged Cotton is injured, and if the wet weather continues the effect will be decidedly disastrous to crops of all kinds. Excessive rains seem to have been gen eral throughout the South Atlantic States. In Sooth Carolina, in the Pee Dee section, considerable land which had been planted in cotton and worked untilJunel, has been abandoned. It is estimated there that on the whole the cotton crop prospect is fully 25 per cent, behind what it. promised on the 1st of July last year. Many farmers have planted over their corn for the third time, and it is feared that the third planting will now be drowned out Foreign Export. Messers. Paterson, Downing & Co. ship ped yesterday to Liverpool, per Norwegian, barque Hanna 850 casks spirits of turpen tine and 1,042 barrels of rosin, valued at $16,548. Messrs. Northrop & Cumming shipped to Monte Christo. San Domingo, per schr. Lizzie Lane 166,000 feet of lumber and 50, 000 shingles, valued at $2,549.50. And to - Buenos Ayres, South America, per Nor wegian barque Vanadis, 362,494 feet of lumber, valued at $7,205.81. Personal. Mr. D. M. Williamsi of the firm of Wil liams, Rankin & Co., was severely hurt yesterday morning In a bath house at Ma- sonboro Sound. While preparing to take a bath he slipped and fell, striking his neck on the rail of the bathing house with such force as to render him unconscious for some time. Medical attendance was sum moned from the city, when it was found that while he was badly hurt .his injuries were not at all aangerous, Fact Time. Engineer Thos. McMillan, of No. 40 the fast mail train on the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad made the run yesterday on this road in three hours and nineteen minutes. Tbe distance from Weldon to Wilmington is 163 miles. The best run ever made before on this road was in three hours and twenty-eight minutes, - - I , : - -it . i- i . : - r . . 1 WILMINGTON, N. C, B B UNS WICK , CO UK TT. Democratic Convention An Enthnl- astle Gat Bering-Delegates Appoint ed to District and State Convention Resolutions Adopted Recommend- lns tbe Nomination of JM Gov. Stedman for Congressman. - The Democratic-Oounty Convention met at McKeithan'a Store, yesterday. It was -a very harmonious and enthusiastic assem blage. ' j The Convention ' was called to order by S. J. Standiey.Esq., chairman of the Dem ocratic - Executive Committee. Dr. W. G. Curtis was made permanent chah man and Mr. David Ward secretary. - After the "report ; of the committee on Credentials Messrs. P. M. Moore, J. J. Adkins. R. W. MeKeithan, S. J. Stahdley. Jesse Knox and--G. H. Bellamy on mo tion of Mr. F.'M. Galloway the chairman was authorized to appoint delegates to the. Judicial, State and Congressional Conven-' lions 1 The chair announced the following ap pointments: . , ' Delegates to the "Congressional Conven tionFrancis M. Moore, J. A. Riley , J. J. Gay. Dickson McRae, Geo. H. Bellamy, W. W; Drew. Geo. M. McHeitban, w. U. Curtis, J. J. Pigott, Richard Dosher, Jabez Prink. R. W. McKehhan, D. B. McNeill, Jesse Knox, Sam. R. Chinnis, M. W. Hil burn, J. J. Adkins, Jno. N. Swain; J. C. Swain, David Ward, S. J. Standlcy. W. J. Henry, J. 11. Koobins. t State Convention u. u. Mcrseu:, m u. Guthrie, W. G. Curtis. Saml. R. Chinnis. Jno. N. Bennett. P. m. Moore, 1 . ii. Mercer. 1 - I Judicial Convention J. Dickson McRae, Jno ' R. Long. A. V Goodman, Jas. C. Grimes. P. M. Moore. W. W. Drew; G.H. Bellamy. 1. W. Harrelson, D. B. McNeill, J. J. Pigott, Nixon Atloway, J. T. Batson, Henry Addix, Jos. W. Gay, G. M. Mc Keithan, Wm Rourk, E. G. Goodmap, Thomas Lewis, Jno. B. Evans, S. J. Stanly. Mr. George H. Bellamy offered the fol lowing resolutions, which were adopted unanimously: . I Whbhkas. The people of Brunswick county remember the brilliant canvass ot Lieut. Gov. Charles M. Stedman in pur last campaign, in which he stepped to the front as one of our ablest debaters ' and a most zealous champion of the rights and liber ties of the peoplei; nd whereas, the people of Brunswick county nave never naa a can didate for Congress of their own. and whereas the Hon. Charles M. Stedman has always been more or less identified with the interests of our county, therefore; be it liesolved, That we claim the tion. (Jnaries Manly Stedman as our own son one who has ever been our friend in the walks of private life, and always ready to aid ns in our political contests, whose nomination to Congress, would so thrill our people with political entnusiasm mat we couia ieci as sured of our own local success Resolved, Thatl we recognize in Hon. Charles M. Stedman a man of sobriety, of morality and of business integrity; a faith full and unflinching Democrat; a Democrat in its pure and undefiled meaning one de voted to the interests or tne people one who has always worked for their social and political advancement, and one who. as the people enlarges his sphere of useful ness, will continue to labor witn mat un tiring industry j which has characterized him in public and private life. liesolved. That we recommend lion. Charles M. Stedman to the kindly conside ration of our coming Congressional Con vention. and that wo do hereby instruct our delegates io cast their votes for him as long as there may be any reasonaDie nope or success, and to use their influence to secure that end which will be hailed with enthu siasm and delight by the Democracy of Brunswick county. j V On motion, the names of the Chairman and Secretary of the convention were add ed to the lists of delegates appointed- : On motion df Dr. McNeil a resolution was adopted that none of the delegates be allowed to cast his vote by proxy, j On motion of! Mr., W. W. Drew the con vention then adjourned, to meet at Lock wood's Folly on the 11th day of September to nominate county officers. Fire In Grain IOJ1I. Shortly after nine o'clock last night an alarm was given from Box 21, corner of i root and Orange streets, for a fire discov ered in the merchant mill belonging to Mr. W. P. Oldham, on Dock street between Pront and Water. The Fire Department, with steamers, irucks and hose reels, was on the ground in a few minutes after the alarm was given and in a very short time the fire was extinguished. It is not known how it originated: but as it evidently began in the neighborhood of the boiler, which is situated in the rear of the mill, it is sup posed to have been accidental. The place was flooded wilh water. The amount of damage could not be ascertained last night. but it is supposed to have been fully cov ered by the insurance, amounting to $3,000 on building, -stock and machinery, in Messrs. Northop & Hodges agency. Mr. Oldham had about two thousand bushels of grain on band. Tbe mill had been run ning all day, but closed down before dark. THE OH SLOW MEETING. Richxasds, N. C, June 29, 1886. Mb. EpiTOii There appeared in the Stab of the 26th inst. the following letter from Mr. James B. Huggms to Dr. S. S, Satchwell: 'I see in tbe Goldsboro Messenger of yes terday's date the proceedings of a meeting held in Jacksonville, Onslow county, in hich it appears that a resolution was passed instructing the delegates to the Ju dicial convention. to vote tor juage tsy num. 1 'Dr. R. D. Ward, who was in that meet ing, was here yesterday and stated to me that not only was no such resolution nassed. but that the delegates were in structed to use their judgment in voting for the Judgeship. As I was secretary of the meeting re ferred to, and wrote the proceedings for publication, this letter does me great in- iustice. I in reply to inis: ur. uuggms couiu not have seen in the proceedings lust such a resolution as he mentions. For the resolu tion as passed and published, while it did not formally instruct, simply aeciarea tnai the meeting believed Judge Boy kin to be the county s choice. And Dr. Ward was entire lv mistaken when he stated that "the dele gates were instructed to use their judg ment. For no instruction, other than the resolution as published, was given by the meeting, it was passed without a dissent ing voice ; was passed as published, and pub lished as passed. As to the accuracy of my statements, I refer to Mr. A. J. Murrili, Col. S. B. Tavlor. Mr. A. C. Hueeins. Dr. C. Thompson. Mr. j. MurrilL Mr. IV a. Oilman, and other prominent eentlemen of the county, who were present and took part in the meeting. - I would suggest to Mr. Huggins that his letter gives the,! public a very uncharitable estimate of one whom,-though be did not know, he could have considered a man of honor. Of Dr. Ward. I could have ex pected a more careful handling of the good name oi a menu. Respectfully, - Jambs L." Nicholson. Battleboro Headlight: Mr. T. V. Avent, a prominent farmer of this coon tv. has eiehtv ; acres of verv fine tobacco Last year he: planted seventy acres and has already received $6,000 for a portion of his crop and expects to get $2,000 for tne remainder.! ho much lor good laming. FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1886. Wilmington's Foreign Exports. The general statement of exports to for- eigti countries from this port during the fiscal year ended June 30th, 1886, as com piled at the Custom House, shows a total valuation of $4,390,331, as against a total of $4,425,812 for the year ended July 80th, 1885. A classified statement of tbe exports for tho past year is as follows: Cotton September, 2,408 bales; October 24.347;" November; 15,129; December, 7.- 958;' January. 4,870; February, 7,640; March, 3.700; April, 3.013; May, 1,844; June, 2,506. Total 73.213 bales; valued at $3,169,232. - . ' , Spirits turpentine July. 336,696 gallons; August,' 249,312; September, 360,559; Oc tober, 177,427; November, 127,711 ; Decem ber. 307,098; January, 176,787; February, 7,242; March,' none; April,- 21312; May, 74,108; Juno, 297,809. .Total 2,139,091 gallons, valued at $782,643. IRosin July, 15.323 bairels; August, 12,- 993; September. 15.910; : October, 6.650; November, 12.037r December. 81886; Jan Uary, 26,648; February, 38.689; .March, 39,443 April, 16,930; May, 45,341; June, 21,657.1 Total 288,499 barrels, valued at $300,538. i - Tar-A total of 9,075 barrels, valued at $11,585.- Pitch and Turpentine 8 barrels, valued at $13. ' Lumber 9,053.000 feet, valued at $135,- 928. i ! Shingles 1,589,000, valued at $8,749. Miscellaneous value $15,584. Total valuation of . foreign exports $4,- 390,331, of which $1,663,021 was carried in foreign steam vessels ; $2,618,765 in foreign sailing vessels, and $107,645 in American sailing vessels. j' Tbe New Jail. The Board of : County Commissioners awarded the contract for building the new county jaii to Mr. Jno D. Fred, of Macon, Ga. ; his bid being the lowest. There were eight bids in all submitted, as follows: W. J. Bueland. for jail complete, $15,- 500. " ; Jno. D. Fred, for iron work. $7,646.06, or jail complete $14,897.20. Jacob S. Allen, the building, $10,737. -Manly & Cooper Manufacturing Co., calls alone, $7,970. -i Van Dorn Iron Works Co', cells and iron'.work, $5,500 . ! R.' B. Wood, mason work, (including old material) $2,916. F. B Austin, .nil complete. $15,650. Hall Safe and Lock i Co., cells alone. $8,610 v j Only three of the above bids could be considered those made, for building the jail complete in conformity 'with the pub lished advertisement of the Board inviting proposals. ! - - The jail is to be completed by the 25lh of December next and the contractor intends to begin work at once The building will be in the Renaissance style with slate roof front, with a capacity for sixty prisoners; every sanitary arrangement' is to be pro vided. There will be six steel-clad cells ot prisoners, and a place for private exe icutions. The building will be constructed of brick, concrete, iron and steel. ; Tbe Storm-Excessive Rainfall. Warning signals were ordered to be dis played at the' Weather Bureau Station in Ibis city yesterday at 9.20 a.m., for a storm central southwest of Augusta, ;Ga,, and moving northeasterly. High easterly winds, with rain, were , indicated. The rain fell in torrents during tbe forenoon, and show ers prevailed throughout the rest of the day, but tbe high easterly winds did not reach us, although a heavy blow was reported at Smithville. . I i j The rainfall for the .twenty four hours ending at 6 p. m. yesterday was 4.40 inches, for the forty-eight hours previous it was 2.73 inches. The total rainfall for tbe month of June, as recorded at tbe Sig . . i' nal Office, was 8.81 inches. For the same month in 1885 it was 8.H inches. I At 6 p. m. tbe southeast storm signal was changed to the southwest signal. The sky was clear at 12 o'clock, but the weather may still be considered unsettled, j Electric Llgbt Bags. People about town arc astonished at the number and variety of bugs that have made their appearance since tbe streets have been illuminated ! with the electric light attracted, evidently, by the brilliant glare of the lamps, around which jlhey flut ter in ceaseless swaims all through tho night. There are big bugs and little bugs, beetles and olber insects; but the bug that takes the cake and excites the greatest wonder, is that "comm tly called" the water wolf" the biggest of the big bugs, and a stranger to most people until the ad vent of the new light.- These water-wolves are ugly flat things with large eyes and broad wings, and fiy around the street lamps like so many leather-winged bats, Yesterday morning the globe on Ihe light at the corner of Seventh and Campbell streets was more than half full of these bugs, while hundreds of them were scat tered on the sidewalks in the vicinity; some of them alive, but the larger, number dead A kitten that ventured to play with one of the live bugs was bitten on its lower lip, and is said to have died shortly afterwards. These water wolves . appeared in Raleigh and Durham in great numbers when the electric light was introduced at those places, and specimens were sent to the ento mologist of the Department of Agriculture at Washington. The entomologist said they were water-wolves bugs that lived in ponds and streams, preying principally upon small fish, and migrating during the summer nights. Their bite was said to be severe but hardly poisonous.. ' Yet the North Carolina darkey says they are "elec trie light bugs," and that theii bite is poi sonous, and our Washington entomologist had better make a note of the fact and file it among the "archives of gravity." , Ruildlngs Going TTp. Building operations on Nutt street, that were suspended for a day or two on ac count of the rain, were resumed yesterday with renewed vigor. The : walls of the brick buildings for tbe Messrs. Worth and Messrs. Sprunt & Son, are going up rapid ly. The handsome iron front of the latter building is being put in position. ; Work men are putting the roof on the large build ing for the Champion Compress Company. Messrs. Kerchner & Calder Bros, began work yesterday on the foundation for the new building to be erected by them on the site of the one destroyed by fire on Water street, between cnesnut and MuiDerry. STAR: WASHINGTON. nia Jonn Porter Hill Signed by ine president Status f mils in (be Hands of Committees. - . Washington . July I. The President usk sigueu i ne mtz J i h :i IV.i ier bill . - i i no tsenate UommittHi Agriculture nbnc-ii jmn mnrning Oy a '.ui.-t !p.trtv vnle , : ' " V"1 i ue uieiinrunne oui, unout amendment. - ! - -. Tbe House Committeu on R-iies lo-iNy raoiyeu to allow the coo.rouuc r.n M,t uiswct or Uolumbia a day next vt rk wi b out restricticu (or promotion t.f-iocal legis lation. - The Coiirniiuee on Pnhlio T'.nr.fliniF iii be jttvou to evening sessioim m the same week for action nn bills rpp rt?d ty thai ;:s A-resolution will be renorted: iiiniti'ni until the next session of Congress the time y. uuiuu s rjjcuiai jauur uoinmiuee in which to report, but the scope of its in vestigations will not be extended . Tt was the seosc of the committee that, the state of business before the House precluded the iaea or an adjournment over next Monday. July 5th. - , The President this afternoon : anoroved the joint resolution nrovidincr for fifteen dajs for expenditures f tbe -Government not provided for in appropriation bills al- reauy passea. ... i WA8HIHQTON, July 2 The House Com mittee on Invalid Pensions has resolved to attempt to pass over the PresidetiCs veto tne bill granting a pension to Andrew J. Wilson of New York, and Mr.! Sawver to day reported the measure back to the House. giving notice that it would be called up to morrow." It appears from the report of the committee that Wilson was drafted into tbe ajmy, notwithstanding his allegations that he was suffering from deafness and an eye complaint, t. In service he contracted rheu matism and kidney disease, on; which he based an application for a pension. His application was rejected' by ; the Pension bureau on the ground that he was disabled before enlistment, which was also the .reason for the veto. The committee take the position that under tbe circumstances the government is estopped from setting up Claim or prior disability. Mr. Taulbec, who is a member of the Invalid Pensions Committee, also reported. back a bill grant- Inn a luinninii tr O UT TiMuiimll. mendatipn that it be passed over the Presi dent's veto ;This is the case of tbe Louis ville policeman whose application for a pension as a dependent parent was denied oy tne Pension Bureau on the: ground that the dependency of tbe claimant was not es tablished. ' Washington, July 3. Horace A.Whit ney, of New York, cashier in the Treasur er's office, died suddenly about 11 o'clock this morning from an attack of apoplexy. tie was employed in the cash room: about twenty one years and was promoted! to the omcf oi casnier a nine over a year ago. He was -on duty yesterday. aS usual, and seemed m particularly eood spirits.- - By the direction of the President all the Executive departments will be closed Mon day. .-'.-! The following promotions have been made in the office of the United States Treasurer to-day : E R .1 True, i to be cashier; James F. Melina, to be assistant cashier, and David A. Rittei to be chief clerk. j " FOKKIGS. Demonstration at Marseilles in Favor of tbe Count or Paris -Tbe English Elections The Result So: Far About a Draw. j Paris. July 3. At a religious anniversa ry at Marseilles, yesterday, two thousand Royalists made a demonstration in favor of the Count of Paris, i They carried tri-color flags and copies of the Count s manifesto. iiQsrnoH. July 3 At 3 o'clock this-after- noon 120 Tories; 22 Unionists, 42 Liberals and 12 ParnSJIites had been elected to the House or Commons. London, July 3. Both political parties are disappointed at the present results of the election. The Tories, to use an expres sion 01 Liord ltandolph Churchill, were. 'cocksure" of making greater headway than they have achieved. The Liberals profess to be gaining in spirit: They point out that although the Tories have made a net gam or two, vet the lilaastoneues won Carlisle and Steith against the Unionists, wbich practically makes the battle 60 far a draw. i-j Edward Henegie. one of the most promi nent Liberals, who seceded from Mr. Glad stone's support, and resigned the ministe rial office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on April 8, upon the occasion of tbe introduction or the ttome Uule bill, was re elected to-day from Grimsby, Lincoln shire, as a Unionist His majority was ouo. against 814 at ine last election. P. R. Coram, Par nel lite, has been elected without opposition in the- East Division of Tipperary county. 1 Paris, July 3 The report that eight French torpedo boats bad been lost on the Atlantic was erroneous. The boats referred to are safe. London. ' July 3. At 4.30 o'clock this afternoon 123 Tories, 23 Unionists. 43 Libe rals and 17 Parnellites had been elected . The Pall Mall Gazette, pointing to the re sult of tbe elections so far as they have gone, says tbe Irish vote, in lfingland has failed to work tne wonders promised lor it oy 1 . P. O'Connor. He- declared I that the Irish vote would be a. decisive factor in seven teen of the) English 'constituencies. Yes terday's pollings, however, have shown the net result that tbe Irish turned the scale m but two places in favor of the Liberals, leaving tbe others unaltered. 1 CHICAGO Tbe Knigbts of Labor Getting Rid of tbe Anarcblst Members All of the Ilk to be Expelled, and None to be Admitted Hereafter. - ly Teleeraph to the Mornais ntac Chicago, July 3. -The most important action by the Labor organizations of the city against tbe Anarchists j since the May- market riot, was taken by iJistnct Assem bly No. 24 of the Knights' of Labor, at a meeting last night. A series of resolutions were passed calling upon all the local As semblies of the District tol expel the An archists who may now belong to them, and ordering them to admit j none or the UK hereafter. The - Assembly ha ' over ;one hundred and ten local assemblies on its roll, and its action will tend to cool down some of the rampant Anarchists who have been endeavoring to use the Order to work up sympathy and assistance for the eight prisoners : now : on trial; in tbe Criminal Court. north Carolina A mystery Solved A "Wife Charges her Husband . with ' tbe Murder , of Young Virginian. : : i Raleigh, July 2. A young man.named Monroe Madison, of Virginia, was some time ago found dead in Buncombe connty. in this btate. The manner of bis death has since remained a mystery, but it was sup posed that he had committed suicide. Yes terday a man and -woman, charged with the murder, were arrested in Buncombe, and bound over tor trial. The woman volunteered evidence against the man. She says he shot Maaieon and left a pistol at his side to suggest the idea of suicide. The Btory is plausible ana may clear up : tbe mystery. ( The parties were placed in jail at Asheville last night. : ; THE GALLOWS. I A Negro Ravlsher Hanged at Salisbury IBs Telegraph to tbe Horning 8tar.l i CJhablottb. " N. C. July -2. Frank Gaston (colored) was hanged to-day . at Salisbury, in the presence of a large crowd. for rape upon a white woman some weeks ago. He ascended the scaffold with a urm step. After v the Binging of a hymn and prayer Gaston confessed the Crime in a rambling speech and asked the sheriff to execute him quickly. His neck was not broken by the . fall and he strangled to death in eighteen minutes. The culprit showed no signs of fear. r. . . x NO. 36 . NEW WORK. AWreca on tbe Erie Railroad Two meat Badly Burt Large Sblpmenta of Gold to Europe. Yovlt Jbbvis. N. Y.. Julv j The St. Louis Express on the Erie Railroad, drawn by two engines, when a mile east of the Susquehanna, at 5.30 o'clock this morniue. was derailed by a misplaced switch, while running at the rale of 25 miles an hour. Botn engines, the baggage car, express car and the end of the smoker were thrown off the track. Tbe second engine ran into the first, wrecking both badly. Engineei Rose and fireman Higgina were, badly but not dangerously injured. None of the' past sengere were hurt' The accident was caused by the blunder of a switchman who had the switch turned the wrong way. The passengers were delayed two hours.: New York, July. 1.- The steamer Les- smg which sailed to-day for Hamburg took" $600,000 in gold bars.- The total shipments ofieold this week were 3.581.- 000. The firm which has been shiDOine the largest amount of gold says that just now there is a greater demand for cold and it Is worth more in Berlin wbere Russian securities are negotiated to better ad van t age than in any other European city. 3 Vnew 'tomk: " f Heavy Sentences Imposed Upon Boy- cotters by Judge Barrett. ? iHy Telegraph to the Horning Star. New Yoke, tTuly 2. The convicted boy cotters of Thess, proprietor; of tbe Concert Garden, were arraigned in court to day for sentence. ; Judge Barrett made some strong remarks to them on the lawlessness of the crime of wbich they were convicted. . He said that this was a violation of the peace of a country that welcomed foreign born citizens; to a country that offered freedom and privilege of right : They had violated public lights and opinions and iher of- fenc3 was not .short of blackmarTThe distribution of circulars before placets of business was a conspiracy aud punishable as such. Th. ir conduct, if untiinihed. would lead to savagery. ;. Tbev niav bave been mi-sled by bad advice, but tbi-ir coun sel should have rebuked them. They did not use money for their own; advantage,' and this pallitated their offence. We are told that it had been the custom to rob in that manner. He would not impose the full penalty of the law, as they were work ing men. The Judge then sentenced Paul Wiltzig and Henrv Holderf to two vears and ten months at hard labor: Michael Strobe and Julius Rosenberg to one vear and six months' imprisonment. 'Dan. Daun hauser, the most violent of any of the boy cotters, got three years and i eight months in the State prison. 1 i : 1 VIRGINIA. Heavy Rains-The Lower Part of Richmond Overflowed interruption of Railroad Traffic. i : tBy Telegraph to the Horning Star.) 1 Richmond, July 2 Tho heavy rainfall in the past forty-eight hours has caused a damaging rise in all tbe streams in this: section of the State. The James river at this point is ten feet above high water 1 mark, and all the wharves in the lower part of tbe city (Rockett's) are submerged. the water being about two! feet deep in lower Main street and still rising. People living in that vicinity are moving out their goods to places of safety No apprehen sions are felt, however, of a serious freshet. At Columbia, 55 miles above Richmond. the water is 22 feet above low water mark and rising slowly. Sevetal trestles on the Richmond & Alleghany railroad have been washed away, causing a temporary suspen sion of travel.. .:..., "T. .: !: r-;i' The rise of water in North Anna river has caused I a stoppage of trains on the Richmond, Fredericksburg od Potomac railroad.,, no prum uttuls have been received here' this afternoon or - to-night. nor have any gone North lover the road. Washouts on the Richmond & Danville railroad have also ttopped traffic over that line. ' ! 1 . The rainfall in Richmond 111 the lat 48 hours was 2.75 inches. ' : 1 NEW TeRSRY. ! Terrible Explosion at a Powder -Mill Ten Persons Killed and a Doaen Others Injured. . 1. Morristown, July 2. A terrible explo sion took place at 7.30 this forenoon at the Atlantic Giant Powder Works, situated be-' tween McCainsville and Drakeaville, N. J.i resulting in the loss of ten lives and the in, jury of ten or twelve others. ; The explo sion took place in the mixica hmise ,The cause is as yet unknown. 1 he loss is not known at present, but will be very heavy.' The concusssion was fell distinctly twenty miles around and glass in house3 five miles away was shattered. 1 RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. Rev. Alfred A. Curtis, of the Cathedral, Baltimore, has been made Bishop of Wilmington, Del. "Our custom is to pay $35 a Sunday for supplies; but as you have come a long way, the Supply Committee has di rected me to pay you $75 for this day's work." i 80 said a New Jersey-brother, as he handed a Virginia preacher his check for f 7a. What would some of our coun try churches in the . South say to that? churches that pay not more than twice that much for a whole year's work Richmond Religious Herald. - - The denominations have usually neglected two very important matters in connection with education. They ought to station their ablest ministers near State Universities, -and, in their preparatory schools they should drop the text-books treating of cats and dogs and introduce ele mentary books on morals, so that little boys and girls may learn early the differ ence between right and wrong. Generally moral science comes too late in the college course. ' Most boys leave before they reach it Sometimes they form and fix their bad habits before they learn any better. John a. Mills In Kaleigti aecorder. It is to be feared that too many professors are spiritually selHah in their ha bitual frames of mind. They are satisfied with a religion that will prepare them for death, but think too little of their responr sibility as stewards of the mystery of faith. It is, in fact, as solemn a thing to live as to die, and the great business of a true disci ple is to bear much fruit in his daily exist ence. "00 shall ye be my disciples, are the words of tbe Master. The problem, then, is not so much how to die happily as how to live usefully in ' the - kingdom of Christ. For the great end of this kinddom is not the happiness of an individual, but the salvation of the world, and the glory of God in its consummation. Richmond Ad vocate. Keep clear of personalities in general conversation. - Talk of things, ob jects, thoughts. The smallest minds occu py themselves with personalities. Person alities must sometimes be talked because we have to learn and find put men's char acteristics for legitimate objects; but it is to be with confidential persons. Do not heedlessly . report ill of others. There are times when we are compelled to say, "l do not think Bouncer a true and honest man." But where there is no need to express an opinion, let poor .Bouncer swagger : away, Others will take! his measure, no doubt. and save you the trouble of analyzing him and instructing them. - And as far as pos sible dwell on the good Bide of human be ings. There are iamuy boards where constant process of depreciating, assigning motives, and cutting up cnaracier goes ior ward. - They are not pleasant - places. Rev. Dr. John Mali. - We think that the Republicans who are trying to make political capital out of President Cleveland's vetoes of certain private pension bills had better go slow. Though deeply important to those con cerned, the bills are too small a matter to form the material of a national question. and. besides, the President - seems to .be right. PhiL North American, Rep. Spirits Turpentine. Gen. EsteB and H. L. Spraggins. had a very tame fight at - Rocky Mount; says tbe Wilson Advanoe, on last Monday. Both are Rads. - Darham Recorder; Col. - C has R. Jones wants to be Judge Bennett's sue cesser. Maj. Cbas. "M.. . Stedman, -from present Indications, wiJbe tbe sue- ' cessfnl man for Congress- in Judge Ben- nett's district.. The Judge will not, be av candidate for re-election. ' " . Wilson Advance: Crops are bet ter everywhere than they are on the line of; tbe railroad, said a gentleman to us. They T otc umuuiiu ui urecuo vtiuuiy, Willie luev i are very good indeed in Nash. ' r- Juds'e - : Connor will have no opposition for renom ination this year. A just tribute to an up right Judge. A leading lawyer of Oxford told us that Dr. M. V. Lanier thinks a -highly of our friend Judge C. as be does of any Judge he has ever seen on the bench. Stab. Clinton Caucasian: - Alice, the two-year old daughter of Mr. James W. Boney, fell out of the front door a few -. days ago and broke her right arm and dis located the elbow joint. There will be a teachers' institute for whites at Manle . Grove Academy, Sampson county, com mencing Monday, July 5th, and continut ing foui or five weeks. Several prominien educators have consented to attend and ec ture. .... - Mrs. Berilla Alderman, wife of Owen Alderman, died recently at Moores - Creek, Pender county, aged 72 yearfe. The Democratic Congressional Convention for-the Third District will be held at Clin - 1 ton, on Wednesday, August ilth, 1886. ; - oaiiBoury xieraia; a it wilt oe -; of value to our readers engaged, in mining to know the different prices for tbe follow ing minerals in New York eity:. Asbestos, . - nlfUlll llialttv' ftQA not- tAn. HorafM white, $18 per ton China Clay, kaolintte) $llper ton; Corundum, best lump,-$25 to $30 per ton; Feldspar, best white,: $8 per ton; Manganese, 70 pert cent.; lamp. $15 per ton; Mica, 20c to-$8 per- ton; Phos phate Rock, $6 to $8 per ton; Plumbago, $20 to $30 per ton; Pyrites, 20 per cent, sulphur, $2 50 per ion; Quartz, pure white ground, $15 per ton ; Talc, pure white, $12 per ton. : There are in the State many other , minerals of value. L - - Weldon News: t The recent . rams have prevented farmers from keeping up with their work as well as they would have done, but in this ' immediate section ' have done no direct damage. Lice are complained of in many portions of tbe county. A gentleman writing from Murf reesboro to a citizen of Petersburg, says: "Oar merchants are anxious for a r railroad to connect with the Atlantic Coast Line by which we would have direct com munication with . Richmond and Peters burg. It is only seventeen miles from this place to Margarettsville which is the ter minus of the Mehemn Valley , railroad, which I believe connects with the Atlantic Coast Line at Hicksford. V Goldsboro Messenger: Rev . B. F. Marable, D. D., occupied his pulpit at the Presbpterian Church, last Sabbath, both morning and evening. : We are glad to know his health is greatly improved. iwt. ui.-xneouore wmmeia leit ior New Bern yesterday afternoon to assume charge of the pastorate of the Baptist Church of that city, to which he was called several weeks ago.i - Capt.1 N. Lafay- ette Whitley, died at the residence of H. D. Finlayson, Esq., in Pikeville township, on ' the 28th ulto., from the effects of paralysis with which he was stricken some weeks ago. Capt. Whitley was a native of 'John ston county. One of the best speeches oi yesterday s convention was that of Mr. D. B. Nicholson, of Sampson, in returning thanks for the honor conferred upon Samp son's popular son, the upright Judge E. T. Boykin. Raleigh News Observer: The revenue collections for June in this dis trict were $55,686.12. The collections for the year ending June 30th were $512. 854.59. Hon Thomas R. Jernigan. consul at Heogo and Osaka, Japan, wrote - an interesting letter to a: prominent gentle man of this city, which was received yes terday.- Heogo is a place of 80,000 inhab itants, - while Osaka has 1,000,000. -Yesterday, about twenty miles, north of this city, a team, of i mules, becoming frightened at buzzards on the side of the roaoV- ran- away, throwing 4ai driver, - a white man, out, breaking one of his legs below the knee. Our informant said that so terribly was his leg j crushed it adhered to the body only by a small piece of skin. The wagon was smashed to pieces, and one of the mule's legs was broken just below the shoulder. Now that the anniver sary of our Mecklenburg declaration of in dependence approaches again, it may be interesting to note, &c. 20th May is - Governor has declined to issue pardons in the following cases: James i P. Hensley. con victed of larceny in Buncombe county, at the fall term of 1885, and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary; David ; Swinson, ' Martin county, slander of an innocent woman, spring term. 1886, six months in jail; Peter L. Sellers, Alamance, assault and battery, spring term, 1886, six months jail. Washington dot in Goldsboro Messen- ger: .Late in tbe day O tiara spoke against the committee s proposition. The debate developed great bitterness among the Dem ocrats after Bragg s speech attacking Kan dall. Morrison tried to throw oil on the troubled waters. Randall exhibited great anger. He brought out the history of the Chicago Convention, but did not tell the House about the action of the delegation, and how by misrepresentation the platform was arranged to suit him. The latter part of tbe debate showed great division among the Democrats. Bragg was invidious, and Randall gloried in his treason on tbe ques tion to his party. Raleigh News- Observer: T. M. Argo, Esq., secretary, gives notice by or der of the executive committee that the next meeting of . the North Carolina Bar Association will be held at Raleigh, July 20. John Card well was under sen tence to be hanged at Wilkesboro July '2d. Gov. Scales yesterday- granted him a fur ther respite until . July 80. -.- A large number of Durham men were here yester day. One of them remarked that he had run down to see how "East Durham" was getting on. That's what they call Raleigh. Greensboro is "west Durham." i The weather has had ! a bad effect upon the peaches. They are not ripening well, . though there were brilliant prospects for a crop. Ridgeway is an important point for the culture and shipment of peaches. Sun day night a calamity befell owners or or chards in that vicinity. The most terrible hail storm on record swept through there and utterly ruined : the crop . where it struck. After a number of candidates - had been presented and many .; speeches made, Mr. Eben Alexander, of tbe Univer sity of Tennessee, at Knoxvule, was chosen to the chair of Greek. He is a graduate of Yale College. For eight years he has been chairman oi the faculty and hence virtually president of the , University of Tennessee ana professor of t ureek and Latin there. He is a native" of Tennessee, bat is a relative of the Alexanders of North Carolina. His age is 36. He is a Presby terian. . Charlotte Chronicle: There is some talk of reviving the street car enter prise. It is now a foregone conclu sion that a prohibition weekly newspaper will be started in this city at an early day. It will be owned and managed bv a loint stock company. : Mr. James, Harty, of this city,-has shown us. a copy of the DaUy North Carolinian, published in Charlotte March 23d, 1865, by P. G. Defon taine & Co. Price $20.00 for three months, or 50 cents for a single copy. Farm ers were in the city-yesterday from all parts' of the county, and report crops looking badly. : - Mr. : C. Columbus Hinshaw, of this, city, died at his residence this after noon of typhoid malarial fever. A Raleigh correspondent says it is said that Tyre York, who was so. terribly beaten in the race with Scales fiy the Governor's po sition, will make the greatest effort of his life to get to Congress - from : the Eighth District. - A fracas in which the pistol was used occurred at Kernersville yester day evening in Watkins' drug store, wbere Mr. R. B. Watkins, pharmacist, was as saulted by W. H. . Leak, of the firm of W. H. Leak & Co. We did hot learns from what cause the trouble originated. In the affray we are informed that Mr. Leak drew a chair and Mr. Watkins hauled out a hjiAueju, w vi v. bpuw, nuu uiou uu uio niwauauf) who with the aid of the chair turned the coarse of the ball and it lodged in Watkins hand, causing a painful but not dangerous .wound. . - i . Umvrti Mr. IAS oaunn ais ftsMtst his aooai lour

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