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The Weekly. Star. PUBLISHED AT ' tVlliHING T.O Jt V AT - .50 A YEAH, IN ADVANCE. Btar 11 " ' SSSSoSSSSSSSSSSSS ' sgsssssssssssssss 88888S88888888888 : SSS8S0S8SSS888SSS . 88S888SS8S88S8S8S - - 88SSP888S8S8S88SS 1 .. -v-tw-wdw-lCMgJ 88888888888888888 . -'. .- .... ... , . -' - a -: ; :r ' .-. - -. . . . - . . ." J. -. v. : - v. : r.i g. ...., a..,..- 09 - . 1 . . 80 10 " 00 S 5 3 5"TJS 8 ei In VOL. XVII. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1886. NO. U vanced. : He waa so cheerful, so full of life and good nature, and so loved the humorous side of all. things that we would have expected a very green old age for him and the slippers of the octogenarian. ; But the gentle, kindly man is gone y Loge.Harns informs the New York Times' that the Republicans will probably put a Supreme Court ticket in the field to pee if they eannoi de feat the Democratic ticket. . Bynuxn, Rodman and Reade would make a strong Court. The late Chief Jus and Columbus county, and especially I tice was in the habit of saying when entered- at the Post Office atZWIlmmgton, H. C., -L as Second Class Matter. . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscri6tion price of the Wkekj.v Stak is as follows ; ', . . - Sinsrlc Copy 1 year, postage paid,; - $1.50 " " 6 months, " ;, " ... ' 1.00 -"' 3 months " '. V v. .50 THE SUPREME COURT. . , The nomination of the old Su preme Court waa not a surprise to us. The trouble in defeating it was' there was no efficient leadership, and there were too many obscure aspirants,' none of whom wan probably equal to the preKent Court. When we heard lawyers instituting unfavorable criti cism" as to the ability of the Court as compared with the Republican Court; . and heard them say that it would not bear comparison with the Courts be- fore. the war, we were led lo think this: is it possible -'to make a better Court out of the'malerial now in the State ? Not being of he bar we tuoiigni inai it was pwsiuie iu one sense, for we believe there are abler ' njr,T-n in tfiA Rfat.ft than nnw mm. ... .w pose the Supreme Bench. 'But there are lawyers who wonld tell ns that we were mrataien.in this. But it might have bejn impossible to secure anew Court that would have pre sented such high traits of character however sporior iu mere legal abili ty and learning. The Siab has always moat highly and sincerely esteemed the venerable Chief Justice. He is a man to be held 41 high reverence because' of his virtte, learning and ability. He is an ornament to his profession, and but for age would be above all other lorth Carolinians the man for an- tice. We heard a leading lawyer m f another part of the State say in June, ber of the Court tbafwas sustaining himself. He said that when he was raised to the Bench he was not much of a lawyer," but that he had been steadily learning and growing. Jndge Ashe is io his 75th year, we believe. We never saw him. He is described its poor, is bereaved. A State that loses such a citizen has cause for mourning. He waa the benefactor of his race, and his hand was always' "open as day k to melting ' charity. No more in this life shall the "van ished hand" s be touched' in hearty friendship. ' iNo more shall we hear again that soft and winsome voice as it told qaiet jokes that would set the circle "in a roar." Alas 1 Alas ! - he was in one of his most confiden- dential moods, and lawyers" will un derstand what that meant: . "If you wish" an 'opinion upon religion get Dick to deliver it; if one on politics, get Reade; if one on a. legal point take Bynum or Rodman; but if yon wish the whole case covered, then get the old Chief Justice." '.' Maj. Malone, the flopper in the Ninth District, was thought by some to have only made -a half flop and was lying on his side. But we bus-: pected from the first, as our editorial prophecied, jlhat he had gone not half way, bat all the way, and that he was already a .Radical. That is to say, he had j kicked eo hard that he dislocated his Democratic hips and had fallen prone mso the lap of the Republican Delilah. And we were not mistaken'. The Asheville Citizen publishes a letter , from Mr. J, P. Herren, of Haywood, who is a Re publican i oandidate . for Congress against Capt. JohnBton, the regular Democratic Inominee. In his letter Mr. Herren tells of a conversation he held with Maj. Malone last week. We make room for a part the gist of the correspondence. . Mr. Herren says of Malone: . "He said that he was satis lied that the time had come when it would be wisdom in Vie people to make a departure from the Dem ocratic parly. iThat it had distracted the money matters of the country and brought upon them bard time. That we had made a mistake in not electing Blain President of this Union. ' Cf course I agreed with himT He said that he was satisfied Blain would be nominated by the Republican party two years hence by acclamation and that it was his conviction that North Carolina, if prop erly managed Wouldtgo for him. - He then stated that be had conferred with a large number of Democrats in this district that were in accord with his views, and that farther be had consulted with many of the leaders of the Republican party and that he had understood from them that there would be no Republicancandidate in the field and for these reasons he desires that I shall give Aim a. clear field. I simply stated that I would see him again." i Billy. . Mahone declined to be "a candidate for the House of Represen tatives. ; i What is to pay ? to us as a man of. fine presence, with a mind of the order of the late Gov. Graham's but not so capacious and vifrnrnnn : ''- '--.'"- '- ' o . . .-:v' - - :: Judge Merrimon is about 55'years old, we think.- He is man of decided ability, -and .is. industrious and Btudious. We learn that some of his opinions have given a portion of the bar dissatisfaction, and some have gone so far as to say they were not good law. Of this we know nothing. judge Merrimon is a man of great purity and integrity. His .. naked statement with us would go as far as any man's. We .now mm jn. very high personal esteem. It is the duty the nominees. are elected.' . We hope they will be elected by a very large - -. .ii iL..i iii n i;ta majoruy ana mat niey win n to serve out their term of eight years, however improbable such calculation may be. We do not think it was wise to nominate two honored gentlemen whose places will in all human calcu lation have to be supplied before 1895. The Governor will have the appointing power in case of vacancy and Governors are very human. They have "friends to reward," and they are quite apt to take "their set," ir respective of the fact that there may be better qualified men in the State. Of one thing Norh Carolina has great cause jto be thankful, its Su preme Court Judges are men of the highest morality, of the most distin guished virtuerrr As long as the pres ent members live there will be integ rity and justice in the Court. . ' ; A LAUREL WREATH. We yield a portion of our space to some selections from the graceful and acute critical essay on . the - poet Hayne from the pen of his very dear friend, Rev. Andrew A. Iiipscomb, LL. D. of Athens, Georgia. ; No man living is so well qualified as the" emi nent Georgian, theologian and phi losopher to I write the life of the greatest of Southern poets since Poe. They were knit together by such ties of tender good will and fellow-feeling as , only harmony ; of . personal qualities andj a close agreement and sympathy in literary tastes and cul ture could possibly authorize or establish." They were - in constant fellowship Whether separated . or together, and being both nobly en dowed intellectually they were drawn to each other! in a higher and more etherial and spiritual sense than can ever be common among men. We would be delighted to know that the able and gifted Lipscomb was in his enforced seclusion because of uncertainj health giving his best hnnra to writinsr a bioerapuy of his dead friend who is not truly dead bat sleepeth that when pub lished shall take its place among the most beautiful i and engaging mono graphs in the language. We beHeve strongly in the' qnalities of Dr. Lips comb's charming and elegant style and in the power and penetration of This superb intellect. His "Studies in the Forty Days" will satisfy any man of real culture as to the perfection of his style and! the grace and philoso phic cast of his mind. In reproduc ing m part jwhat he has to say of Paul H. Hayne' we conceive that we are conferring a positive favor upon our readers, j t - . They Did Not Lemrn to Talk In Their Sleep. I .- - -A city reader of the Stab says: "In your Issue - of Friday you suggested' talking in one's . sleepjis j;ood burglar alsm and mentioned one instance in which it proved soccessful. :j This experiment, however, may not always Rive satisfaction. It is thought that in one of our . up-town groceries on Friday, all hands must have been Bleeping, a little after their dinner hour, as no one connected with the store could account for the missing money drawer, with its con- tents. An alarm drawer has since been provided, so that if the "spring fever," as one of our old school teachers termed it, returns, the ringing of the bell to the drawer will arouse the sleepers and prevent the funds being .carried off to some other locality." - Funeral of tbe Late Col. II. B. Snort. The funeral of tbe late Col. H. B. Short took place yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, at Lake Waccamaw. Bishop Watson and Rev. W. H. Lewis, of this city, conducted the ceremonies, which were ; held in the large grove in front of the late residence of the deceased. The interment took place in the family burial ground, situated about half-way between the residence and the lake, where the remains of the wife of the deceased and his son, t Dr. Warren Short are buried. The pall-bearers were Dr; Al J. DeRosset, Dr. W. Q. Thomas, and Messrs. B F. Mitchell, J. G. Wright. A. ; H. Van Bokkelen, C. D. Myers, DuBrutz Cutlar, Junius Davis, Clayton Giles, Isaac Bates and Jno. F. Divine. ! . A large concourse of people were pres ent, including many persons from this city." U. . Letter Sheet Envelope. Tbe Postmaster General is introducing for sale at the principal postofflces through out the country a unique device for corre spondence through the mails. It is a cbm- bination in one of a letter sheet, envelope ' and the new postage stamp of the denomi nation of two! cents bearing the military portrait of General Grant. They will.be sold at the rate of twenty-thiee dollars per thousand, in any desired quantities, or in packages or pads of twenty-five, fifty or one hundred i each, or folded in encased packages of -twenty-five each, especially adapted for use when travelling. The sample sheets sent out by the department are of a good quality of paper, nine inches long by five and a half inches wideA-quite large enough, for ordinary bus iness letters. They will no doubt prove to be a great convenience: A FRIEND GOIfE--v'. : in the death of Col. II. B. Short North Carolina- has lost a very de voted and valuable citizen. He had served her faithfully and most intel ligently in the Legislature. As Trus tee of the University he was one of the truest, most active and most in dependent friends it had. He was in the best sense of the word a gen tleman genial, approachable, over flowing with good nature, fond of his pleasantries, generous, kindly, liberal, charitable, hospitable. We have known bat few men who.were so fall 'of human sympathy and affa bility as our friend who has just pass ed away. A man of rare sociability he was held in high esteem by all who were so fortunate as to know him. The "genial-currents of his soul", flowed deeland wide. We are surprised atrttre giving way of his vital forces so completely at an age not more ad- The American dentist in Paris,. Pr. Evans, is said to have pnade at least $10,000,000. A Paris letter to the Cleveland Header says: . ; .. I . - "Evans said one day that he supposed he was the only man in the world who had pulled the noses and hurt the jaws of every King upon a European throne. Evans went to Francs in the time of Louis Napo leon, and went in with an American named Brewster, whoi was dentist to the Emperor. Young Evans was a pretty good tooth-puller and understood how to polish his man ners as well as the gold which heput into teeth, and fie became so popular with Louis Napoleon that" he succeeded in freezing out Brewster and taking his place. -I have heard some stories of Eugenie meeting Na poleon at Dr. Evans's office during the courtship oflthe two, and that in fact T.nni Nanoleon t first saw her in Evans s dental chair.".! -1 . - . ' Hon. W. P. Breckenrid ge, of Ken tacky, in a recent speech to his . con stituents, told them that the Presi dent is a Democrat, but not our kind, but as good as any man can be who is born in New York, and has never been west of the Alleghanies. . ; Little Governor Foraker had the bad taste and vicious appetite to pre side tver the Republican State Con vention1, He is a small potato at best and badly damaged. Blaine, of Maine, has made a seo-; ond speech. Whose afraid? Go it Jeems. Railroad Notea. A line of railroad : Is now being located by the Raleigh & Augusta Air Line from ;Winder to Carthage, in Moore county, a distance of about eleven miles. All the in dications are that it will be quickly budt. The country that this .road will open up between Carthage and Deep River is very productive, and its further development will no doubt be! creatly : enhanced by this road. """, :'': V. ':; ;:'-r'': n r-''; ' "An item in' the Charlotte Observer hinting at the probability of the Carolina Central removing its shops to that place must be erroneous, as no remarks from any officials In this city have been heard tending in that direction. i Confederate Notea. A firm in Savannah, Ga., engaged in the coal business, has been buying up Confed erate money, offering two or three cents apiece for each bill, to be used for adver tising purposes. The Savannah Sews says: "At first the notes came in rapidly, but of late there have not been many offering. The market seems to be pretty well bought up. Bills were picked up at every point from Virginia to i Texas. Some were tat tered and showed wear, and some were as brighl and crfcp as new.. One packageof $1,500 looked as if the notes were just from the press. Altogether the firm has pur chased 20,000 bills which once represented millions of Confederate dollars." : 8 tate Democratic committee. The names of the Executive Committee men chosen by the various Districts ana presented at the State Convention in Raleigh are as follows: 1 , ' ' 1st district: Harry Skinner, R. B. Win borne, W.-G. Lamb, L. S. Smith; 2d dis trict: R. B. Peebles. Clement Manly, R. Ov Burton, jr .W. H. 8. Burgwyn; 3d district; Thna. H. Sutton. G. A. Ramsey. S. B. Taylor, Jas. D. Mclver; 4th district: H. A. London, W. H. Pace, A. W. Graham, J. TT Ahelh 6th district: R. E. Little. H. B. Adams, D. Lewis, John D. Bellamy; 9th district: R. M. Furman, M.H. Justice, B. F. Posey, Moses Peterson. No names were handed in from the oth, vtn ana in ais- tricts. m m m An Earthaake Shock. . A press dispatch from Charleston, 8. C, gays that an earthquake shock was felt at Summerville in that State about 8.30 o'clock: vAnterdav . morninz. that lasted several seconds . The Bhock was noticed in ; this city also. A gentleman who was .lying awake in bed about the hour- mentioned, felt it distinctly, the tremors lasting two or thrfiA BAttinda. and beine intermittent. He had no thought at the time' of its being actually an earthquake, but mentioned it during the day as something very singular and similar to what he supposed would be considered an earthquake shock. At the Bottom of a Well. . . A stray mule was found at -the bottom of an old well yesterday morning in Mr. Mad- den's lot, on Front street between . Walnut and Red Cross. It was gotten out with some difficulty a derrick being procured nd used. . Ab a. sailor said, ."she went down stern foremost," and sustained no in jury, i -. A Good Burglar Alarm. Talking in one's' sleep is an atrocious habit, and on general principles ought . to be discouraged. Like other bad .habits,, however it may sometimes stand one in good stead in preventing something in finitely worse happening as it did. Mr. John Farmer, a trucker, who lives on Swann street near Fourth. Oo Wednes day night Mrs. Farmer, his wife, was aroused from her slumbers by the wind blowing upon her. ,The night lamp was flaring and threatening an explosion, .and when she arose she ' found the front door of their dwelling wide open, the lock having been forced.;- Nothing in the house had been : disturbed, however, and Mrs. Farmer is thoroughly convinced that they were saved from being plundered by : some midnight prowler only through .Mr.; Far mer's habit of talking in his sleep, which frightened the burglar off as soon as. he had succeeded in getting the door open. It is Buggealed that it would be a capital idea for householders especially the "un protected female" portion of the community to learn to talk in their sleep. " It might on occasion be a means of protection, and ill some instances, perhaps, relieve them from a tendency to . undue loquacity : when? awake unless, indeed, they can talk night and day "without breaking down.', 1 ". A Core for .Diphtheria. E. Munch, a druggist in Leipsic, Saxony, published- some time ago in the Pharmacist, a medical paper, a remedy for diphtheria which has had surprising success, being nothing more nor less that spi.its turpen tine. Dose, one teaspoon ful in tbe morning and the same at night. The result is really marvellous. The inflammation of the abnormal diphtheritic spots in the throat grows lighter at the edges, and in this way they eradually shrink until io twenty-four hours they dis appear entirely, leaving no sign.. "To quiet the inflamed tonsils the throat was gargled at first every two hours, and then every three hours, with he following gargle: One ounce chlorate potash to forty ounces of distilled water. , "This remedy has been used with perfect satisfaction both by adults and children. not one case ending fatally. ; ine Mil waukee Volkmatt quoted 'this remedy from the German paper, and afterward re ceived a letter from a subscriber in Mitchell county, la , saying that a child in the wri ter's family was attacked by diphtheria, treated by local physicians and died; then four members of the same family were sim larly attacked, treated by this remedy, and, I am happy to tell you, all recovered " .,. That myateriona Suicide. . i Coroner Jacobs is in receipt of another letter from Mr. W. G. R. Frayser. of Dan ville, Va,, who seems still to doubt that the unfortunate man who killed himself in this city on the 13th inst . is his missing son. In relation to the note (published in the Stab) signed "P. C. Wilson," and written by the suicide in Messrs. Chess, Carley & Co. 'a office In this city, two or three days before th deed was committed. Mr. i ray ser says: - "The handwriting is certainly not that of my son; nor could he have known any thing about the matters therein mentioned. The person who wrote it was familiar with the sea and inuet have known something about the parties he names; all of which my son could not have been, so aa to have written the note off-hand. ! "With the photograph you have please make other efforts to .find my boy's where abenria. H may be -- work- -brakes man or fireman, or some other labor, as he would not beg if any work could be bad He did not drink. He may have changed his name again after the sad suicide; pos sibly traded coat ana vest wiu we man who killed himself. My son's pants were of tbe same material as tbe coat and vest; his drawers were marked with the letter P. He wore a straw hat when be left home, and he was in Raleigh on Sunday the 14th, unless they have made a mistake in the date. - ' - - ' . ' ; "Again thanking you for your kind at tention to an afflicted father, brother and sister, and that we may yet find our dear one. I am truly yours, W. G. R. Fkatsrk." River and Harhor Appropriation. The River and Harbor bill as reported by the Conference Committee and adopted and signed by the President on the last day of the session, contained the following appro priations for North j Caroli na : Beaufort harbor $15,000; Edenton bay $2,000; be tween New Berne ana ueauiort f iu,uuu; Cape Fear river $168,750; Contentnea Creek $15,000; Currituck sound $10,000; Neuse river $22,500; Pamlico and Tar rivers $5,000; Black river $3,000; Roanoke river. Thoroughfare and Cashoke $20,000; i Trent" river $3,500; Dan river $10,000. Yadkin river $10,000; Boguo Bound $10,-000. New Cotton In New York. - . ; A telegram to the Stab. . received last night, says that the first bale of cotton of the new crop, received at New York from North Carolina, was sold at auction yester day in front, of the New York Cotton Ex change, at 8i cents. The price was re garded as a little below actual value. The cotton mentioned above in all pro bability was the bale received in Wilming ton last week by Messrs. Hall & Pearsall, and sold to Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son at 11 cents per pound. ' It was graded strict low middling. Tbe Old JalfT v Workmen are busily . engaged preparing the foundation for the new county 1ail, to be erected on the site of.the old building de stroyed by fire some months ago. It is stated as a singular circumstance that the pitch pine planks laid down for the found ation of the old jail thirty years ago are found to be perfectly Bound, showing no signs of decay whatever. . Several free- flowing springs of water have been exposed by the excavatirg that has been done, which will probably give the builders some trouble. - Onalow Railroad. ; . The executive committeeof the incorpo rators of the Wilmington, Onslow & East Carolina Railroad have caused books of BuhscriDtion to be opened at the banks in this city and have appointed Mr. S. D. Wallace, Cashier of the Bank of New Han over, and Mr. Asa K. Walker, Cashier of the First National Bank, to receive sub scriptions, under certain rules and regula tions that are published by the committee . ' Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared the British barque Jane Barney yes terday, for Hull, England, with 548 caBks of spirits turpentine, measuring 27,237 gal lnnn. find 2.144 barrels -of rosin, weighing 811,860 pounds; of the total value Ot- $17,-. ooo. m- " :" ; a New Cotton. . . ' v -v '.-. W Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son received two more bales of new cotton yesterday both from Marion, S. C The first bale of hav . "Mnrt.h Carolina cotton has - yet to make its appearance. Last year the first bale was received on the raa oi August, vy Messrs. Hall & Pearsall. RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. , Earnestness in exhortation is apt to be in inverse proportion to violence of style and boisterousness of elocution. " No theory of ministerial culture is either scriptural,; or philosophical, or sensible, which cannot bridge the gulf be tween tbe clergy and the masses. . .. The American Churches which call themselves evangelical,1 claim 11,318, 287 communicants. In a year they have contributed $3,830,931 for foreign missions. The number of missionaries in the field is 2,893; and these are assisted by ever 10, 000 native workers, representing nearly 370,000 converts. f - 'i ; A lady' has placed the sum of $200,000 in the hands of Rev. H. S. Hoff man and Mr. C. M. Morton, for the pur pose of establishing in TOest Philadelphia a divinity school for the Reformed Episco- Church. .With the seminary a church is to be established, and the parish and seminary are to be so connected that thepastors shall ; be professors, and the -young students are: to assist in parochial work. Richmond Advocate. - " Beware of educational processes that dwarf the conscience and the affec tions. -Our young people want the side of faith and reverence in their nature strength ened, and not weakened. ' Religion is the crown and the completion of the human nature, a Lei., the school of your child be one whose manly virtues or ; womanly ten derness and spiritual sympathies of the principal and teachers will lead your child to the fear of the Lord, the beginning of all wisdom. liichmona Meltgums Meraia. ; Dean Bradley, - successor of Stanley in the deanery . of . Westminster, tells an anecdote of him as be neared his sixtieth year. He was travelling in Ger-. many on a Rhine steamer, and getting ac quainted with a boy (he loved children), the boy asked him his age, which being'an swered, he said, "Why all your life is over." No," said the Dean, "the best time is yet to come." "You must be on the wrong side of sixty." said one acquaint ance to another. "No'."- he replied, " I am on the right side." Old age Is cheerless enough to one lacking faith in God and . Christ ; " but bright with divinest hopes when one has for bis portion the Christ; whom to know with the Father is eternal life. m m m, POLITICAL POINTS. Mr. Blaine's bugle blast has a slight twang of the fish-horn. Providence Journal. -. ,': .'. . . . .-. . -'. As between Blaine and his tem perance views, we prefer plain hypocrisy. Newark Journal, t ; The launching of the Prohibi tion party in Pennsylvania with Wolfe at the head is a terrible menace to Republican supremacy. N. T. World,- Dem. Mr.: Blaine's speech disappoints his enemies. They find it lacking intterest, and it lacks interest because it is not full of fire and blood. PhiL Press, Rep. : Mr. Blaine's second speech of the campaign differed considerably from the first. While the first was on the Tariff and Prohibition, the second was on Prohi bition and the Tariff.Piii. Becord. . It must be a very unthoaghtful person who imagines that the great body of public men who are led by Mr. Carlisle will long consent to be hampered by the small array of Mr. Randall's followers. N. -T. Star, Dem. The Republicans of Philadel phia are going through with their biennial elegant little comedy of putting up Mr. Randall for re election to Congress. No wonder tbe Morrison Democrats call Mr. Randall a Republican in disguise. Wash ington Star, Ind. ? - The Republicau platforms of Ohio and. -Iowa and Mr. Blaine in his speeches have utterly ignored the. question -oi ine cueap snvcr qoiim. . taera seems to be a general understanding among the pol iticians that the currency question shall he dropped this year. Phil. Becord, Dem. SQUIBS AND SHOT. A good Irishman on dying con gratulates himtelf that in the Lord's land there are no land Lords. -Judge. The Queen's speech is like those of a good, many members of Con gress. It was written for ber. Mobile Register. A Toronto woman proposes a society for the prevention of kissing. Hasn't this reform business gone far enough f Atlanta Constitution. "Just throw me half a dozen of the biggest of those trout," said a citizen to the fish dealer. "Throw them?" queried the dealer. "Yes. and then I'll go home and tell my wife that I caught 'em. I may be a poor fisherman, but I'm no liar." N. T. Times. -' During an affray in a - Texas town a man was shot and badly wounded. Sympathizing friends raised up the faint ing man. "Take bim to the drug store," suggested somebody, Slowly the wounded man opened his eyes and whispered faintly : What's-the-matter-with-the-saloon ?" Texas Siftings. "Yes," said the mother, "Mary is very amDiuous. ae vows sne win marry a foreign Count or some grandee of some kind, and she wants to be accom plished." "Accomplished ?" "Yes; noth ing will satisfy her short of being fitted to become the wife of a nobleman."- "And are you educating her?" "Yes; I am teach ing her how to wash and ; iron." Boston Courier. . PENNSYLVANIA. . .-. Diaereaeetf Between Nail JHannfaetu rare and their Employes at Pltta- . bora -State Prohibition convention A Fall Ticket Nominated. PiTTSBTJitQ, Aug. 26. An unexpected change is about to take place with our man nfacturers and the nailers. -The lockout between them which lasted thirteen months. ended in a compromise of eighteen cents on a $2.25 card. During the strike the manu facturers' card, which they made at Cincin nati, was accented bv Borne of the men in the Wheeling district and factories were I startea i iiie Pittsburg: nailers rerused to work - the seventeen cent card and did not -i start V. till- the compromise waa reached, which was for eighteen cents. The manufacturers started up, but when they found the -market could be supplied wun nans maoe tor less ; tnan tney were "paying, and haying to contend with the cutting of prices, they refused orders and one by one shut down their nail factories; Men employed in factories at points down the river have resumed at the 17-cent rate and an effort will be made to have men ac cept the same terms here, as the manuf ac- turns claim tne condition or trade will no) permit them to' run and pay the 18-cent scaie. ,. . r-":--i.A 'sfi-p ": - - : ' Habrisbtjbo, -August 26. The State Prohibition Convention completed its labors to-day. A full ticket was . nominated Charles S, Wolfe for Governor, A. A. Par ker for Lieutenant Governor; Charles L Hawley for Auditor General, John N. Em. ory for Secretary of Internal Affairs, and Rev J M. Palmer for Congressman at Large. . - Palmer is an eloqnent speaker and di vided with Wolfe the honors of the Con vention. At the conclusion of one of his speeches the Convention joined in chanting the negro hymn "Keep in" de middle o' de road," while Palmer walked up the aisle ami shook the outstretched bands of scores of the delegates. ;t The platform is composed of fourteen resolutions, nearly every one of them long. THE STOCK: MARKET. Dullest Day for many WeekaFlne tnatlona Slight. LBy Telegraph to the If orning Star. ' New Yobk, August 28 News received on the street to day was very meagre, and had little effect upon prices. - Tbe day was the dullest for many weeks, and fluctua tions were small generally under one half per cent, for tbe entire day. Tbe acknow ledgement of a demand for i an increase in wages on the New York Central was made to-day but had no effect. The most im portant movement in prices wss a drop of 2i per cent. ; in Manhattan consolidated. Prices opened steady. The changes from ast evening's figures were insignificant and were evenly divided between gains and losses Trading was extremely dull, except in a few special stocks, until the afternoon, when prices yielded tmall fractions, closing steady . The business amounted to but 66,- WASHINGTON. '9: ThomaaE. Benedict of Ellen vllle, N. If., Accepts the Appointment of Pub lic Printer. : ' iBy Telegraph to tne Morning Star. , WASHitraTOH, Aug. 27. The Ellenville (N. Y.) Press, announces thai. Deputy State Comptroller Thomas E. Benedict, former editor of that paper, .has accepted the ap pointment of Public Printer; at Washing ton and will take charge of the office early next week. Gilbert H. Benedict, the pre sent editor of the - Press, will act as chief clerk. Thomas E. Benedict is about forty five years old. He was chief editor of the Press from 1870 to 1883, during which time he represented his district two terms in the State Assembly. He has always been a Democrat. 1' . OHIO.. Editor of Cincinnati Enquirer Arreat- - ed on Charge or Periury Tbrae or Four Persona Killed and Several Serloualy Wounded by a Railway - Accident. ' - - - , CracnrHATT, Aug. 26. Allen O. Myers, managing editor of the Enquirer, was ar rested at the Enquirer office . this morning and locked up on the charge of being a fu gitive from justice. The arrest was made by order of Mayor Smith, who is in Colum bus, and who telegraphed that Myers was wanted there on the charge of perjury, and that the warrant and officer were on the way to Cincinnati. Myers was at the Co lumbus Convention yesterday, and swore out a warrant before a magistrate charging ex-Auditor Cappellar, of this city, with bribery in connection' with his election on the Republican State Committee yesterday. Myeis then left for Cincinnati. Cappellar was . arrested, , and : after being released caused a warrant to be issued for the arrest of Myers for perjury. Comptroller Eshelby. or tnis city, whose name was also mixed up in the charge of bribery, joined with Cap pellar in the affidavit, declaring that they knew nothing of any briberyr Myers was released on bail about 3 o'clock. t f Columbus, August 26. A collision oc curred about midnight at the crossing of the Bee Line and Pan Handle railroads at Melford Center. The Pan Handle freight was standing on-the, track when the Bee Line through passenger train from Cincin nati dashed into it at full speed. The Mar shall of Milford Center and a citizen stand ing .Btar by were struck by the debris and the marshal killed and the other seriously wounded. Two passengers are reported killed and several seriously wounded. The fireman of the passenger train la missing and is supposed to be. buried in the wrtcft. HYDROPHOBIA. . Horrible SnflerlnK and Death of a 1.1 1- tie Boy at Fort Worth Texas. - Chicaoo, August 26. A special dispatch from Fort Worth, Texas, says: On the farm of W. K. Gaudy. near this city, August 8th, a rabid dog bit Waller Gandy, four years old. in the face. Several of the animal's teeth entered the flesh io the cheek above the eye. The little boy did not suffer much from laceration, but the pan-Dis at once took him to Denton where a madntone was applied. It would not adhere and it was said no virus had entered the system. Not satisfied, the father took the boy to Mansfield , where a second madstone was applied. It also refused to adhere. - Satur day the little fellow said bis throat was .'ore. and refused to eat. He would cry when water was brought near him. and soon be came frantic. Physicians went out from Fort Worth and exhausted their skill, but the boy grew worse and a greenish foam poured from his mouth. His piteous cries and contortions were simply horrible. A little playmate came to see him yesterday and Walter snapped at hhn, biting bim slightly in the face. Physicians fear this boy has also been inoculated rwith poison. Last evening tbe sufferer became quiet for awhile and slept for a few moments, . He awoke with a tremor, barked like a dog. . bent himself nearly double and gnashed his teeth . Blood and foam gushed from bis mouth and he was dead. I Mrs. Gandy, mother of the boy. is pros trated with grief It is feared she will die from the shock. : - ' . ; NEW YORK. 1 GEORGIA. Bar Annual Bleetlns of the Georgia Association. Ry Telegrapir tirtb omiDB e Atlanta, August 27. The third annual session tf the -Georgia Bar Association closed to-day, after two days' session. Im portant reports looking to remedies for re form in the administration of j justice and raising the standard for admission to the bar were adopted, with practical unanim ity. Reforms in the jury lawi were advo cated and will be acted on at the next meet ing. Tbe officers elected for the ensuing year are Clifford Anderson president and Walter B. Hill secretary.- j VIRGINIA. Elopement and marriage of a Young; Couple from Harrisonburg. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. , Habbisohbubg, August 27.-4-Last night Algernon Dangerfleld, son of Foxoall A. Dangerfield, and nephew of James R. Keene, of New York, eloped jwith Miss Tete Thomas, a Richmond, Ya j lady who has been here visiting Hon. C. L O'Fer rall. The pair attempted to take the mid night express for Washington on Monday night, but the groom's parents arrested him. They were successful last night, and were married in Washington. The groom is 19 and the bride 18. i OCR STATE CONTEMPORARIES. . We touch on this first, btcause our sym pathies are with tbe farmers and we are and ever expect to be always ready to de fend their rights. We do so again because tbe time of holding the township conven tions ia fast approaching, and if tbey mean business by their demand for a farmer candidate for the Legislature, it is their duty to attend these conventions and se cure the nomination of tbe man they want, BO that there will be no cause for com plaint, Laurihburg Exchange . If the editor of the Observer couldn't take a . " Georgia swivel plow. And, with a two mule team and a good plowman, Terrace the five acres of the capitol grounds for ' - Ten thousand dollars. He will agree to leave the State. ,. - V--.V Charlotte Observer. ' That's the kind of man the farmers- and business men of the Sixth District need to represent them in Congress. ' Not a law yer, but a plain, , practical working man Uke Chas. R.,- who can at odd times or when "paired off" save the government a vast deal of money by doing such little odd jobs as plowing up the capitol grounds for the small sum of ten thousand dollars. Besides, Chas. R. would have such a big pile after paying for his team and swivel nlnw that thfi enmmtiner influences - of the lobby would reach him not. FayetteviUe Observer- uazeue. ; Goldsdoro Argus: The Durham Light Infantry passed through the city yes tfirdav en route for home on their return trin from Morehe&d CitV.'" In the death of Mrs. J. C. Eason, Goldsbprohas lost one whose walks among us were for ministrations nf kindness and whose paths were those of peace and gentleness, one was a consistent member of the Methodist nhnrch. ; Tn due time we will again take up and dUcuss the propriety of retir ing our Supreme Court Judges at the age of seventy. t. Goldsboro Advance: Glorious meetings at all our churches: 149 acces sions to date; nearly all ot the 400 converts of last vear are firm and zealous. Thank Godl everything is hopeful. . Yours truly, J. T. Kkhdaix. KENTUCKY. The Superioress of the Immaculate Academy at Newport Burned to ': Death. " I iB! Telegraph to the Homing Star.l Cincinnati, Aug. 27. Sister Eulalie, superioress of the Immaculate Academy, Newport, Ky., who was convalescing from typhoid fever, accidentally set fire to the mosquito netting of her bed j and her clothing, and before assistance reached her she was so badly burned that she died in a couple of hours. She had locked her door before retiring and was unable to find the key when she found herself to be on fire, and the door had to be broken down. VIRGTNIA. The Salllvan-Herald Flgbt Stopped by a Sheriff Donovan's Jumplrom "Brooklyn Bridge. ! By Telegraph to the Morning Star.) New York. August 28 The Sullivan Herald fight is off, owing to the hard heartedneas and obduracy of the sheriff of Queen's county, on Long Island, where the match was to be. The ' pugilists, their backers and friends, were na the spot and tickets had been sold in large numbers for reserved. seats, but the sheriff was on band with such o-dioplay ot force that Sullivan seemed .glad to make haaUiaway from the ibornood. . - A bet was made two weeks ago. in the course of a discussion about the chances of escaoine alive from the venture of jumping from Brooklyn bridge. Donovan had clothed himself in a pair of : well padded drawers and canvas shoes, with two pounds of lead on the soles He was taken in a covered wagon to tbe centre of the bridge, where tbe distance to the water is about twenty-eight feet greater than where Brodie jumped. At the proper point be alighted, ran quickly to the side of tbe bridge, climb ed down to the cable to which he swung by bis hands long enough to straighten out, let go, and . went straight, down to the water. He came to the surface all right and able to swim a 'hundred yards. His friends awaited him with a boat and took him ashore, where be was arrested, r There were plenty of . bridge policemeo at their posts, but Donovan was over the side be fore they could lay hands on him. and it was of no nse to follow him after that. PENNS YL VAN I A. Pension Clerk Gay's Peeulatlona Over $11,000 Taken. I By Telegraph to the Morning Star.l Pittsburg, August 27. The special ex aminers have completed the investigation of ex Chief Pension Clerk Gay's accounts. They found that the shortage amounts to exactly $11,337. The examination of the books was very laborious, occupying over six weeks. Each account of 18.000 pen sioners in the district had to be gone over separately and compared. The examiners' found that the peculations began over five years ago. At first Gay took small sums. ranging from $zu a aay upwaroe, udiu within the last year, when the embezzle ments amounted to as much as $700 a day. There will be five or six charges of f orge-y brought against Gay. It is not thought he will bo tried on all of them, but they will be entered to make certain of conviction in case one or two should fail. Spirits Turpentine.- ; Oxford Torchlight: Of the twelve colored prisoners confined in the -jail at Oxford, five have recently professed ; religion and others are on the-mourning . bench.... ;'..' -. - Revivals reported in Raleigh Advocate: Salisbury circuit, 13 professions; -Guilford circuit, 18 professions; Carteret circuit, 5 additions; Hatteras, 85 additions; . Whiteville circuit, 17 professions; Anson ville, 23 additions; High Point, 5 additions; Shelby circuit, 5 addition; Bladen circuit; 13 additions; Youngville circuit, 15 profes- : sions; Bath circuit,' 25 professions; 8t. John's, 25 professions. - V i " .t Durham Recorder: The Demo cratic State Convention acted wisely yester day Lin nominating the present Supreme . Court Justices. - The corn crop from j Durham to Roxboro is the finest we' have -ever seen. There is a similar report through out tbe counties of Durham and Person. - - The tobacco crop has improved won derfully and with fair seasons in the sec-': tions we saw and heard from will be the best for years. " Charlotte Chronicle: It is, we believe, the first time in the history of our civilized world, that gentlemen of so ad-. vanced age, were ever put forward as the exponents of the law in so exalted a pcsi- . tion (Supreme Court Justices.) That these old gentlemen are all pure and incorrupt!- . ble, and enjoy in an extraordinary manner, the entire confidence of .the people, is evi denced by ' the ' action on the part of the ' convention. We will work unceasingly : -for their election. C ' i - ; ; k ; Charlotte Observer: J. T. Da- lin, of Cabarrus county, has been brought over to this place and lodged in jail, on the charge of selling property mortgaged to a citizen of Mecklenburg county. The thermometer reached 92 degrees yesterday, making the third - day this summer on which that degree of heat has been record- ed. . . The highest In bar office was 90 de crees, and but twice has this been reached. It has been an exceptionally cool, pleasant summer. Stab. -L:x;.:--: - Raleigh Advance: .if Rev. J. N. Cole has had a good meeting at Tabernacle, on the Rldgeway Circuit- There were be tween 25 and 80 conversions, i Rev.R. P. Troy writes that he is having a glorious meeting at Bethesda, on the Madison Cir cuit. There were 32 professions of faith. Rev. C. W. Robinson, who has been in charge of Pleasant Garden Circuit since Rev. John Tillett's health failed, went from -hirwork to his father's at Wadeville, N. C, a few weeks ago, and was taken with typhoid fever. He has been critically ill ever since.'-': ..-. ; - A correspondent of the Golds boro Argus says the Stab was placed in the corner stone of the Baptist Church at Teachey's. He says of the addresses: "Dr. Pritchard came forward, and you may rest assured the Doctor did full justice to the subject. He held the large audience in perfect quiet, while they feasted on the learned sayings and useful information as it flowed from his lips for more than an hour. Grand Master C. H. - Robinson came forward, and in a few pleasant, well said words, introduced Deputy Grand Master Martin, of Wilmington, who de livered one of the finest and most sensible Masonic addresses I have ever heard. It was the very essence of eloquence, and was Masonry in its purity. ; Charlotte Observer: Mr. Walter 'E. Toy, Professor of French and German at the State University, who has been . spending his vacation in Paris, has reached his native city, Norfolk, Va., after a favor--able voyage of eight days. Mr. Wil son Furr, a young' man of Locust Level, Stanly county, was found dead in his bam on the night of the 21st inst., by his wife, and it is supposed that he was kicked to death by a mule. Prof. Matthew 8. Solterman was elected superintendent of the teachers' training school, the same po sition formerly held by Prof. Corlew. From parties who arrived in the city yes terday morning on tde Richmond & Dan ville road, our reporter learned that late Monday night, a heavy nre occurred in Reidsville, destroying- a tobacco ware house and two stores. . The burned out merchants were Messrs. A. M. Burton & Co., and Williams & Co. - The tobacco' warehouse was owned by A. M. Whitsett & Co. The loss is very heavy, and will probably reach $18,000. The amount of insurance is not known, but it will not be sufficient to cover the loss. The fire is be lieved to have been accidental. - Reidsville has a steam fire engine, and it did good work on this occasion.' News-Observer: The CALIFORNIA. Failure to Make a Democratic Noml i, nation In tbe Eighth Congressional District. ! Albxaotbia. .Aug. 26. The Democra tic Congressional Convention, after an all aay. ana mgni session, aujuumeu o'clock this morning, after taking 205 bal lots, without result. All efforts to effect a compromise failed, as did also an attempt to make Hon. j. . isarnour me canaiuate. The candidates had . conferences, but could come to no agreement, and in despair an adjournment sine die was carried by a dose vote, after the adoption of- a resolution endorsing the Administration. MISSISSIPPI. , A Negro Shot to Death for the murder of a While Lady. ' St. Louis, August 28. A special from Vicksburg, Miss.,; says: Mrs. Davis was murdered with a hoe oy a negro ooy, ageu eighteen years, employed by her husband. The neighbors caught the murderer and shot him to aeatn. ; , ; - r : ; , so uthTcarolina . Charleston Again Shaken up T an -v '?.':'.? Earthquake. I- Charleston, 8. a; Aug. 28. Another shock of earthquake " was felt here this morning at 4.48. It extended as far north as Bummerville, twenty-five - miles from here. ' ' ' PENNSYLVANIA. : cigar-Makera strike Declared Off. f Reading, ' Aug. 28. The cigar-makers strike, inaugurated several months ago or increased wages of 80 per cent, was de clared off at the meeting last night. The manufacturers have successfully operated with non-union men. Of the 500 persons involved a large number went elsewhere and the remainder are out of employment. The strikers ever since the strike have re ceived weekly payments from international onions. - Jno. F. Swift Nominated for Governor . by the Republicans. Los Anqblos. Aug. 27. In the Repub lican State Convention this morning John F. Swift was nominated on the eighth bal lot for Governor. Swift was one of three anocial envovs sent to China to negotiate the amenaea treaty oeiween we uniteu States and China. He is considered one of the best newspaper writers on the Pacific coast. Did- He Swear at the President t Washington Letter to Baltimore American. A story is in circulation here that soon after the rejection of Matthews Senator Harris, of ' Tennessee, went np to see the President about an ap pointment in his State which some of his" constituents ere mteressea in. He stated his case, and the President replied: "Well, it seems to me that you have a good deal of assurance to come here asking for an appointment when you voted against-my man Matthews." The Senator got hot in a second. 'Til have you know, Mr. President,' he said, "that it is none of your business wnat I do or do not do in the Senate. I am the master, sir, of my own actions therer as you are here. By G , sir,"! didn't come here asking any favors of you on per-, aonal grounds, t The people of the State of Texas, whom I represent,: asked me to do this, and that is why I came here. You may do as you d-d please, air, about the; matter; but, sir, I want it distiBctly under stood that what I do-as a Senator, is beyond your jurisdiction.'' And the irate Senator bounced out. He had voted for Matthews,, but the Presi dent had made him mad, and he did not choose to make any explanations. Raleigh Bgpao- inji. i who proposes to run in the Asheville juai- rial District for Solicitor. Although Judge Merrimon's name was brought for ward for the position of Chief Justice, it is but proper to say that ' on no occasion has he ever stated otherwise than that he pre-: f erred the retention of the "old court" and -the renomination of Chief Justice Smith and Justice Ashe. Capt. R. B. Pee bles, of Northampton county, who six weeks ago gave such unfavorable reports of -the crops there, now reports a remarks- , ble change, and says a late fall the crops " will be the best in many years. At Johnston county court a negro convicted of attempted assault upon a woman, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the . penitentiary; a negro woman who killed her infant chua was given twenty yean; white man named McCown, who was , an imposter, pretending to be a postofflce inspector, was given ten years for larceny. i-The vote was taken amid half-suppressed excitement. It was as follows: Smith, 407-1-10; Merrimon, 887 9-10; T- S. Ashe, 7; M. V. Lanier, 8. A meet- ing of North Carolina citizens of Noithern birth was held last evening in response to an invitation to form an association for the . purpose of encouraging Northern and Wes tern manufacturers, mechanics, capitallists and farmers to settle in Wake county, and as an organization to welcome and assist in every way possible the members of the proposed convention of Northern settlers or those intending to become such, who will meet here during the next State fair. Many persons yestcrdy saw the por- ' trait of the late Chief Justice Ruffln, in the Governor's office. That distinguished gen-. tlemen was born in 1787, and died in Hills boro in 1870. Judge Ruffln was born in Virginia. So was Gov. Morehead. Judge Kerr. Henry W. Miller, A. W. Venable, Judge Cameron, John Peon, and many other.leading men of this State in the past. Stab. . - , " Raleigh News- Observer: Capt. G. D. Rand and first lientenant S. C. White, of the Governor's Guard, having resigned, Mr. E. B. Englehard was elected captain and Mr. D. S. Waitt first lieuten ant at a meeting held last evening. Reports from Oxford say that tobacco in that section has been greatly damaged by wet weather, but that the prospects are brighter than they were a month ago. - It is two-thirds of an average crop as to weight Some tobacco has taken a second growth. All crops except tobacco are fine. . At Moore Superior- Court last week William Morgan and Mrs. Lovely Jane Davis were tried. Morgan submitted. Lovely Jane did not want to put in an appearance. It appears that Morgan and Davis, the husband of Lovely Jane, had agreed to swap wives. ; Davis paying Morgan $1 50 ' boot. " This arrange ment was acceptable to Lovely Jane, . but not so to the wife of Morgan, who ab- -. oolntelv refused to be awaooed off. Davis fled to parts unknown. Morgan, being in terrogated by the court and solicitor, said that he had been livine with Lovely Jane about fifteen years; that he was young and ignorant at the time, being then only some thirty-odd years of age, and did not know it was any harm to trade his wife; that he wanted to get back his ; license money. Morgan is now in Carthage jail, undergoing j sentence. Some days ago mention was made of the fact that Mrs. Paul C. Came ron, of Hillsboro, would present a portrait of her father, the late Chief Justice Ruffln, to the Supreme Court of North Carolina. The portrait is in oil, life-size, and is by J. A. Elder, of Richmond, Va. It represents Chief Justice' Ruffln standing near a table. The accuracy of the portrait ia remarkable, Gov. Scales says, as do others who have 7Tx4 feet, is handsomely framed. ; On the u. narl nf thA f ram ft ia tha following in scription : "Thomas Ruffln, Sr.. who sat as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina for twenty-four years, of which time he presided more than nineteen years as its Chief Justice. 'Labor ipse est toluptas. ' Presented to the Supreme Court of North Carolina by Mrs. Paul C. Cameron, as a token of respect for the Court and venera tion for her father." ,
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