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The Weekly Star. PUBLISHED AT . ; - " ' 'V I L 91 I N G T O N , JT. C.j AT $1.50 A EAE,IN ADVANCE. V 1- Weekly - 8SSSSSSggSSSSSSg I : - SSggsisSSSSSS Ij HHHlH v-t r-i ! 88Sgg8888SSSS8S 82888888882888888 I SS8S8S888S888S888 i! g2SSSSS28SSS888g ! " S3SSSSSSSS8SS8SS8 i a - . : i . T-i . - . . " . J: ::: i :::::: s : 3 3 I - j e-i CO - lO D fc- CD 00 tH a gg VOL. XVII. WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1886. NO. 47 Entered at the Post Office atCWilmlngton, N. C, as Second Class Matter. S URSCRIPTION PRICE. the Wkeei.t do not pay a penny of this'self-as- gamed tax. Men pay for luxuries and ought to do so. ' ' ' There "is no wiser, better tax on earth than that levied on these vices and unnecessary" personal indul gences. The best of : all revenue ia that derived from - taxing the lux uries, and because it is the easiest paid, To blot out the tax on needless and costly luxuries and put the whole burden of revenue to support the Government upon a Tariff system is to insure forall time a continuance of the taxes on the poor man's neces saries of life. The Stab does not choose to favor such an economical system as that. oome of old-fashioned Democratic principles in the "Old Dominion"? In North Carolina there are not pro bably 1 5,000- Protectionists in the Democratic party. We doubt ' if there are 500 who favor the retention of the burdensome, unequal and un just War Tariff. , The siibscri6tion. price of St a is is as follows : " v - Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, 7 $1.50 " 6 months, " " 1.00 , " 3 months " Z" v .50 SV-SV-SM ' ' f " THE REPORT OF THE INTERNAL KKVIVIJE coninissioNEB, The report of .the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Mr. Jos. S. Miller, shows that the total' collections for tho year ending 30lh, of June, .1886, were $116,902,845.54 an increase over the preceding year of $4,481, "724.47. This is a good sign for im provement ia trade. It shows that people are gaining more confidence and business is advancing. It cost $4,300,000 to collect, it being 3.67 per cent, of the sum collected a re duction of $155,000 upon the pre ceding year. This . shows that the service is beiog more economically worked, which is a good thing for the Democrats. It costs less ; per cent, to collect the internal tax than the great War Tariff tax. Remem ber that. . t)f this tax collected $69,092, 263.30," are upon spirits an increase of $1,581,054.67. The tax qn to bacco was $27,907,362.53, an increase of $1,500,274.05. On fermented liquors (ale, . beer, fcc.) $19,676, 731.29, ah increase of $1,445,949.26. Including all the receipts the aggre gate is as given above. It will be interesting-to see what States furnish thef goods that bring the taxes. It will be seen that those States which furnish most are the very States that favor the continu ance of the Internal tax; while those that make the most fuss and growl loudest are the States that furnish a great deal less. It is all nonseuse and bosh when you hear papers Baying that Virgi nia or North Carolina pays this tax or that tax on tobacco and whiskey. It does rio- such thing. Everybody -ought to know that the constjmeb pays the tax. N6 man who'does not drink or smoke pays a farthing tax on either. They who dance pay the piper, and they who smoke imported cigars or chew manufactured tobacco pay the tax. Neither the manufac turer nor seller pays a cent of the tax. It is humbug to say otherwise and only deceives. . Let-us turrrto Mr. Miller's report. What do we find? We find that cer tain States furnished products ipon - which were collected taxes as follows: VITAL STATISTICS FOB JUNE. - In the month Of June the deathB in . Mobile showed a death-rato of 28.44 in the 1,000 for the year; New Haven showed 14.1; Hartford, 17.7; Waterbury, 13.1 ; Wilmington, Del., 9.99; Savannah for April, May and June, population 44,831, ratio of deaths per 1,000 per annum. 42.4; Chicago, 2086; New Orleans, 27.32; Detroit, 19.81 St. Paul, 10.4;Minne apolis, 10.07;;Baltimore, 21.06; New ark, 20.65; Toledo, 8.41; New York, population 1,439,000, death rate 22.7; Brooklyn, population 690,000, rate 10.07; Philadelphia population 971, 363, rate 1,7.9; Pittsburgh, 18.6; Pro- vidence, population 120,000, rate 16.5; Memphis, 22.55; Nashville, 0.79; Knoxville, 17.69; Richmond, population 75,000, rate 23.52; Lynch burg, 19.3 ;j Milwaukee, population 160,000, death rate 17.83. These re ports are for June, with ithe exception of Savannah . Fourteen large British cities show a rate of 20.3; Hull lowest, 16.6, and Dublin highest, with 25.5. Other cities vary, r or instance, Uristol showed 16.7; London, large as it is, but 17.1; Leeds, 19.1; Birmingham, 19.6; Edinburgh, 10.2; Belfast, 24.2; Glasgow,1 24.7, and Manchester, 25.2. On thel Continent we copy some few of the statistics for large cities: Amsterdam, 23.3; Hague, 19.9; Paris, 24.9; Lyons, 24.2; Marseilles, 37.7; Havre, 30.0;. Berlin, 25.8; Hamburg, 28.4; Leipzig, 21.9; Cologne, 25.8; Frankfort,1 21.8; Nuremburg, 38.6; Strasburg, 30.5 ; Vienna, 29.0; Prague, 37.9; Copenhagen, 23.9; Stockholm, 23.4; St. jPeteVsburg 36.5; Warsaw, 29.5; Odessa, 35.0; yenice, 38.5. We have- collected these instructive sta tistics Uom that excellent health i is itso? . The Washington Post says there is .a "modicum of truth" in the gene ral belief that "great men are tall." It says - that great soldiers, orators, and politicians are above the average size of men!, while, the great authors are - as a rule small. . If this be so, and it mayj be, for we have not taken time to inquire into it diligently aad thoroughly then I it shows that the men of mind the thinkers who move the world -f the men .like Homer, Ar istotle," Plator Sprites, CiceroyiS. Augustinej Dante, Bacon, Shake speare, Milton, Goethe Cenlen arii homines the only intellectual great of all time are under the aver- think he is a genius, but a specialist all the same, a trenias holding a perfect mas tery ot its own field and its own method. His mistake is the mistake of all speciallists; he imagines that his specialty covers the world just asm science the analytical mathematician imagines that the vanishing limit of calculus is grander, from all points of view, than the speculations of La Place or the art of Michael Angelo, or the litera ture of Shakespeare, Milton, Goethe 'or Hugo just as a photographer "might like his picture better than those of Raphael or of Correggio I" "This is a clear and succinct statement of the real value of the new "realism, , The mistake made, as Mr. Thompson says, is in thinking that the single phate reprc Bents the entirelaspect." - - '.'., age size, true as a Whether this be .really rule or no we know not. The Post says: i i , J - . - ."Washington was a large man; so were Cortez. Charlmagne and Wellington; so were Webster, Clay,1 Tom Corwin, Tom Marshall, Lincoln, Chase, Sumner; so are Gladstone, iBismarck, i Ferry, Cleveland, James G. Blaine and Gen. -Sherman." How about Machiavelh and Met ternich and Tallyrand ahd Mirabeau, and Thiers and Gnizot and other illustrious statesmen and actors of France? Bismarck is burly. The Post names among smalt men Bonapartej, Sheridan, Cicero, Aris totle, Bacon and Pope..;. It might have added DeQaincey, who was di minutive. ! It also says that Alexan der Hamilton and Stephen A. Doug lass were small men. It mentions among 200-pounder editors who have been very'successf ui the following: "The elder Bennett, Thurlow Weed, James Watson Webb, Horace Greeley, Wil bur F. Storey, Murat Halsted, Joseph Me dil. Whitelaw Reid. Joseph Pulitzer and Charles A.. Dana all fine specimens of full grown men." Bnt then there have been doubt les many iyery successful editors who were men' under 150 pounds. ThePosJ says the following well known Ame ricans weigh 225 pounds each, name ly, Joseph Cook, Henry Ward Beech er, Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Mr. Moo dy, Roscoe Conkling and DeWitt C. The canvass between Bob and Alf in Tennessee is attracting tremens dous crowds. It beats a circus "all hollow." They travel together, wait together arm-in-arm, and diseuss poli tics with each other. Before a vast audience they will sit on the stage and entertain it with good music, for both are Dracticed tiddlers. lhrj,r neffliSeHbey know nothing oftiolins Here ia a description of the two wor thies from a Nashville special to the New York World: - - 'Robert and Alfred are both men Of stal wart mould and good intellect. Physically they are both striking,, both heavily built, but 'Boh' is fully eight inches taller and of much more commanding presence. Their heads are large and well made, and set firmly on their shoulders. The eyes of both are black, these of Bob full of fire and svmDathv. while those of his brother are more quiet and less piercing. Their com plexions are the same, swarthy, but the character of each face is given it by the eyes. In disposition they differ greatly, Alf being phlegmatic and thoughtful.while his elder brother is lymphatic,' magnetic, fond of telling jokes, of which he has a great stock, always being able to knock out argument with a funny story." V Berlin is the third city in size in Europe. It has 1,200,000, or not quite as large as New York. But it has 150,000 paupers and is happy. Only 2 per cent, of its inhabitants attend church.' It is almost as hea thenish as Pekin. Talmagej Rev. Dr, journal, the New York for August. Sanitarian ' SOUTHERN OPINION . IttlSREPRK ; . ; S ENTED. The Memphis Avalanche is owned by a Mr. Phelan. It is a very ex treme Protection 3heet. How " its readers pan stand it, three-fourths of whom cannot possibly favor, the car dinal doctrine of J the Republican parly Protection, Js more than we can understand. Now the owner of Alexander Stephens and Deems would be classed among the small men physically. We would like to see au exhaustive classi fication jand know precisely how much there is in the prevailing be lief. None of the greatest orators we have heard were email men. Clay, Manguro, Badger, Winter Davis,, WebBter Miller, Kerr, Lowe, Heze-f ziah G. Leigh, and others we have heard, were men of full average or above. CRITI- A NORTHERN NOVELIST CIZED. When Mr. Howells,the well known Northern novelist,- a man of unques- the paper is a Kicker, and is running tioned power and a delightful writer against; the regular Democratic nom J 0ften, became associated v with Har- Illinois , .". . Kentucky. ..... New York .. Ohio . .. .... Pennsylvania. Missouri ...... Wisconsin .. New Jersey. . . . Indiana Iowa... ... Massachusetts. . California . ; .. TotalJ..:,. ....$23,852,252 60 . . . . 15.746.40 59 .... 14,365,808 96 .... 12.91,849 10 7,847,230 56, ... 7.060.649 29 -3,095,316 63 .. 3,951.655 75 .... 4,873,230 48 .... 2,547,340 94 .... 2,292,678 83 .... 2..090.784 84 ....$99,795,638 57 inee in j the Memphis District, Col. Patterson. When ,hi8 Mr. Phelan, the Kicker, was arraigned for the ut terances of his paper what did he say? Like an hoLest man did he face the music ani defend tho Pro tection utterances of ' his own paper? Not aj bit of it. He is reported as denying all responsibility for the sentiments of th6 Avalanche and declared he was opposed heart and pet's Monthly as one of the editors, he besan to discuss the novelists and t " how novels should be written. Be- the realistic school, he of is a strong advocate of it, and make it appear that it being bo much the real and true art hence forth the great novelists of the past Fielding, Scott, Thackeray, Bul wer, Dickens, Reade will be, neg lected, and writers like himself will ine of course tries to Here are . twelve States that fur nish the goods that fetch nearly one "hundred millions of the less than one hundred and seventeen million dol lars of tax under the revenue system. Not one of these States asks for or " favors the abolition of the tax. They all stand by it, and very wisely and sensibly. ; Does any man t eally helieve that these States pay the the tax, as the ' phrase is in certain papers when try ing to make the internal tax look 'awful and monstrous ? Does Illinois pay the enormous tax of nearly $24, 000,000, or more than one-fifth of the whole? Every man knows that Hli inoia would make Washington "howi" a thousand times worse than "Rome is said to have "howled," if the abso- . lutely ruinous tax was indeed and in truth laid upon her people. Why, if the people had to pay the tax really it would not take five years to bank rupt the State of Illinois." -So it is only misleading when pa pers tell their readers that they pay the liquor and tobacco tax whether thy drink and smoke or no. We re peat, the consumers only are taxed. North Carolina is always fussing and fuming over the "damnable" and "infernal" and "detestable" internal tax, and yet North Carolina' fur nishes goods that pay but $1,744, 59.29 tax, not one cent of which -comes out of North Carolina. . The tax on liquor, beer, wines, cigars, tobacco, cigarettes, snuff, &c, that North Carolina does pay is said to amount to six or eight million dollars yearly. But mind, this tax 'voluntary and is what is paid for. private, personal- indulgenoew - Men who neither smoke, chew, nor drink ular in Tennessee. The Nashville American, a pape of a. very differ ent strioe. savs that this disclaimer may hot shield Mrj Phelan from pop ular resentment because of the alse teachings of his papSr, and it points out that "in the i Congressional dis trict where the Avalanche is most widely known ani read," no man suspected of - sharing the paper's views can hope to receive a Demo cratic nomination for office. It is known thai such able papers as the Augusta chronicle, Atlanta Constitution, Macon Telegraph, Mo bile! Register, Chattanooga Times, Birmingham Age, New Orleans Picavune and Times-Democrat soul to a Protective Taff and the j be always at the fore. His views THair hill, which is extremely unpop- have been deservedly iauehed at in England and are being punctured and discussed in this country, j As ! long as Howells remained a citizen of Boston and was identified with its reputation as the cultured centre of the country he was not critized by the papers of that. city. But paving shaken off the dust of that j literary mart, he is now dis cussed with a freedom, that would be admirable if it did not betray some thing of revenge. Howells is now shedding the light of his bright mind on New York, and Boston is jealouB it may be. - But be that as it may, Boston is handling his fictions and his art without gloves. The Post recently referred to him as absolute ly dull, and in another issue it refer red to his "new and strange doctrines concerning the present or future pro vince of the novel," and that, too, af ter jJbston had professed to be quite delighted through the years with his numerous stories illustrative of Bos ton', and" New England life. We copy, the following from the Post, premising that Mr. Thompson : lives m the North, but is of Southern birth and served in tire Confederate army. He is a man of high gifts a genuine man of letters and a poet. The Post says: . t - "Mr. Munce Thompson, who discusses Mr. Howells in a recent number, of the Critic, may perhaps be set down as on me conservative side himself. Mr. Thompson does not admire the realists, and gives them umnl hn-rA hits whiflh we cannot helD ap- In Virginia it! is perhaps different. proving. He says very truly, aa we think , : a ,M o.tlia that nothing dus creative power is iuu We suppose thaj such papers as the HJerMl tnatuie realistic Richmond Dispatch and Whig and method (so called) Is a vogue,' and the - , um" -.- . ,.f claims of-its aportles "palpitations of a lite Petersburg Index-Appeal represent rary faahion wave whoae enthusiastic gene-, the - nrevailine opinion in their re- rators imagine itto be eternal.' And to this trie prevailing juyi excellent generalization he adds an especial snective localities. -" fln t rmwh nh la ant: fnfinn minaieB. What has be-1 " 'To speak frankly of Mr. Howells, I very pronounced tection, and yet tionist can go to are advocates of Pro- no avowed Protec- Congress from the .-(a-. . Districts in which these papers are printed and circulate. In Louisiana every mothers Son who Doitea tne Morrison bill to der the Tariff wt Tbe Carolina Oil and Creoaotlns Com i pany. The Times Union, of Jacksonville, Fla.. says: . . . "Col. E. R. Btink. of Wilmington, N.C , and Mr. Ross, formerly contractor on the jetties at the mouth of the St. John's river, have lately been visiting Jacksonville and Fernandina with a view to finding a suita ble location for works in which to carry on the creosotiDg of timber for bridges, piles, railroad lies, etc. ' "These gentlemen are members of a com pany which has a capital stock of $500,000. They have works at Wilmington, and fur nish creosoted timber for the South Ameri can tr&d9, having orders ahead, it ia said, to the amount of $8,000,000. They want still greater facilities for the prosecution of their work, and it is understood they have about concluded to locate at fernandina, on account of the deeper water there. "This is a very important enterprise, and further developments are looked for with interest. The creosote .is distilled from pine 'butts' from the mills, or other so called worthless pine timber." . The company have no intention of re moving, their works from this city, as might perhaps be inferred from the above. But it is in contemplation not only toestab lish a plant at Fernandina, Fla. , bnt at othe places on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, as the necessities of the business may require. The Bird Law. Many persons labor under the impression that the bird law in this State protecting birds permits hunting after the first of Octo ber. This is a mistake; We subjoin the law as it applies to North Carolina: "Deer, August 15 to February 15, except in the counties of Johnston and those east of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. Partridges, .quails, doves,, robins, larks, mocking birds and wild, turkeys, October 15 to April 1, except in the counties of Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Henderson, Ma con Jackson, . Swain, Transylvania, Tyr -rell, Johnston, Jones, Dare. Onslow, Car teret and Columbus, in which these birds are not protected. In Currituck county, partridges and quails, December 1 to April 1. Exportation of partridges, and quails. alive or dead, from the State is probibitea. Sunday shooting is prohibited. Killing wild fowl for sale in Currituck county or ship ping them out of that county is prohibited between March 10 and November 10. Non residents are forbidden to shoot wild fowl in the waters of Currituck and Dare counties from blinds, box and battery not on land at the time. Eggs of partridges and quails areiprotected. Fire-hunting of wild fowl is unlawiui- . Charged with Passing , Counterfeit Money, . . j- Ernest Jones, a young white man from Stump Sound, was arrested yesterday, charged with passing a counterfeit ten-dollar bill, and pending an examination was committed to jail in default of bail, the amount of which was fixed at $500. The case will come up for investigation to-mor row morning at 11 o'clock before U. S. Commissioner Gardner.' The counterfeit bill i3 alleged to have been passed at Messrs. Holmes & Fillyaw's grocery store on Saturday, the 4th inst. The accused (Jones) is about- twenty-five vpnra of aee. He savs that it is a case of mistaken identity, and claims that he can prove by his employer, Mr. McMillan, of Pender county, that he was not in Wil mington on the day mentioned. He came to town yesterday with a note from his em ployer to Mr. T. J. Southerland, who gave him an order for some groceries and direct ed him to go to Messrs. Holmes & Fillyaw's store and have it filled, and while in the store was arrested on the charge above men-tioned. - THE RICE CROP, . Planters- Busy Harvesting A Good Yield ot Excellent Quality Fromlied. Rice planters are busy harvesting their crop, for. which the weather so far has been favorable. ' Despite the heavy rains in the early part of the season the summer on the whole was a propitious one for rice planters, and , the general outlook now is for a .good crop and of fine quality, in the Cape Fear section. ji The crop in South Carolina is also in good condition. It Is later thanusual, and is not such a heavy crop as was harvested last year. ;":,v : -. iy .-.'f ':::':"fr?':r .The Louisiana rice crop is reported re markably good in condition also, and the estimated harvest is put down at 800,000 sacks of rough rice, if hot more. " The re ceipts at New Orleans the past season com prised 889,212 sack's of rough and 57,923 barrels of clean" ric. i! The amount of the hew crop received thus far this year com prises 112.807 sacks : of rough and 3,127 bbla of clean. The market for Louisiana rice openeu one cent lower man n aia-rai year. : Northern dealers say the difficulty now amoBg rice men is to get a supply of infe rior iiee. It iB all -good. Some dealers have determined to put old rice forward as a cheap grade and use the new for prime. . An interesting subject to Southern rice growers is the foreign rice trade Ground foreign, by the well known tariff inequali ty, is permitted to be entered ar a twenty per cent, duty, while the same thing whole is dutiable at nearly one hundred per cent, This rice is ground in Liverpool, England, and has a good sale. Among certain in dustries it is almost indispensable. Owing to tbe amount of starch contained in it, ba kers buy a poorer class of flour, and by mixing it with this rice, in certain propor tions, they may raise the quality of the flour to that of the finer flours. It is also used by the manufacturers of yeast pow ders. Brewers use some grades of this rice. It is more effective than either cord, wheat or potato starch, because it is pure rice, simply ground up, and the others are treat ed to numerous chemical processes Con siderable effectiveness is lost in these by the process of fermentation. The powder ed rice is very popular among confectioners also, who use it as a body for their product, and for sizing it has a large use among bleacheries, cotton mills and print works, and is becoming a distinct branch of the trade. Ii j si Robeson County Democrats. The County Democratic Convention that assembled at Lumberton on the 15th inst, was the largest sinc. the war. Tbe fol lowing ticket was nominated: Representatives U- McMillan, D. -C. Regon. j Clerk C. B. Townsend. Sheriff F. J. Floyd. Treasurer W. W. McDiarmid. Reeister S. W. Bennett. Coroner-ADr. J. D1. McMillan. Surveyor J. M. Buie. All of the old county officers were renominated. The administration of the Bureau Veritas has just published the following list of maritime disasters reported during the month of July, 1886; concerning all flags: Sailing vessels reported lost 7 American. 3 Austrian, 18 British, 2 Dan ish, 5 French. 7 - German, 1 Greek, 2 Ital ian. 4 Norwegian, 2 Swedish. Total, 51. In this number are included 9 vessels re ported missing. Steamers reported lost 6 British, 1 Norwegian, 1 Spanish. To--tal. 8 Causes of losses Sailing vessels Stranding, 27; collision. 1; fire, 2;foun dered, 4; abandoned, 2; condemned, 6; missing, 9. Total. 51. Steamers Strand ing, 4; collision, 1; fire, 2; foundered, 1 Total, 8. The Cotton OntlooK. , . The following letter to the editor of the Star will be read with interest by those who handle the "fleecy staple." While the weather during' the next thirty days may have considerable iufluence on the crop, the position of Messrs. Latham, Alexander & Co. seems to rest on a sound and conservative basis: New Yobh, Sept. 15, 1886. Deab 8m: Your favor of the 13th inst. in at hand. We take a cheerful view as to the outlook for cotton. - The rate of con sumption is as you say large, and stocks of goods reduce taxation un 1 be left at borne, it is said. In Alabama MP. Martin, a Randallite, has been superseded. In the territory aroiihd Atlanta no Pro tectionist can misrepresent the peo ple. The Democratic Representative from the Augusta District does not share in the Protective opinions of the leading paper. It is very certain that Southern sentiment as to Protec tion is very much misrepresented In the views of many leading papers The Bnrgaw Barbecue. The grand Democratic demonstration complimentary to Maj. C W. McClammy, the nominee for Coneress in the Third Dis trict, will take place at Burgaw on Wednes. day next. ' The following named gentlemen have been invited to attend and address the people; Messrs. A. M. " Waddell, of New Hanover; Rudolph Duffy, Onslow; O. H; Allen, Duplin; W. G. Burkehead and W. R. Allen, Wayne; E. W. Kerr, Sampson; D. H. McLean. Harnett; T. H Sutton, Cumberland;" W. B. Murchison, Moore; and R. S. White. Bladen. Cotton Receipts.' - . ' : Receipts of cotton at the port of Wil mington so far this month have been small as compared, with the corresponding pe riod last year, owing to the .season being from two to three . weeks later. The re ceipts for the week ended yesterday "were 794 bales, as against 3,221 the correspond ing week last year; for the month to date (September 18th) the receipts amount to 979 bales; for the same period last year they were 4,743 bales a decrease of 3,764. in first hands are moderate. Ac counts from the crop are not so good as they were at this time last year; leading most persons to believe that this crop will fall a quarter million bales under the last. The total visible supply is smaller than it has been for years past at this date. Spin ners in Europe are said to have1 larger stocks of cotton on hand than they had at last year at this time; but this is probably owing to the fact that their prospective needs are greater and because they regard cotton as cheap, At best, however, these reports regarding what spinners hold the . . . . . 1 . H J .4 U invismie supply as is caueu musi i ceived with caution. Their holdings are generally exaggerated. All things taken into account we think that cotton at the present price, 9.80c. for January, is already cheap enough. ! That, so far from going below 9 cents, prices should go higher than their present level. Such, too, seems to be the opinion of themajority now; for in the last few days the tone of the market has been decidedly, firmer, and we hear no more predictions of extremely low prices. I Yours truly, Latham, Alexander & Co At Best. Tho death of Mrs. Sallie Norment Mac Rae. which 'occurred at the residence of her'mother, Mrs. C. K. Price, in this city yesterday afternoon, is a sad blow not only to her relatives, hut to many devoted friends. Hers "was indeed a lovely charac ter. She possessed in happy comDinauon all those beautiful traits which make up the true and noble woman, and her loss will be keenly felt by loving relatives and friends and by the church of which she was a aost exemplary and consistent member. Mrs. MacRae was the widow of the late Major Robert B. McRae. whom she mar ried during the war. She was a bride of hut a few weeks, her lamented husband having been seized with a fatal sickness be fore his wedding-day had passed. A Queer Fish.- ; : Messrs. W. E. Davis & Son had an odd- looking fish a "sand-scale skate" on ex hibition at their place of business on South Water street yesterday. Althongh it was beautifully mottled with small round spots on its back, it was altogether an ugly look ing object, with . a head like a dog and a snout like a hog, and withal a long tail like a whiplash, upon which there were two or three venemoua stintrers. It weighed sixty- five pounds, and measured about three feet in width and two or more in length, not including the tail which was some four or five feet long. It was caught at the fishery at the mouth of the river yesterday morning. - . CHARLESTON: I Store Slight Shocks Applications ror Assistance in Rebuilding and Re- pairing Houses A Contribution and Letter from Bon. Simon Cameron The Relief Fund 9309,118. r Chableston, September 16. There was an earthquake shock yesterday at 4 a. m. It was unaccompanied by any great rumbling orv detonation and was only noticed by a few persons. Possibly a light shock occurred last night, hut this is un certain, as any vibration caused by passing vehicles or pulling down of walls is apt to be regarded as caused by an-earth quake. There has not been a shock io some da s worth reporting. ' . f The Relief Committee has issued over a thousand forms of application, for assistance in rebuilding bouses. Attention has recently - been directed to the character of the mortar used, consisting largely of sand, and the City Council will probably take action on the subject to pre vent any "Buddenseik". disasters in the hurry of rebuilding , - ; j -.. V i Chableston, September, 16. Ex-Senator Simon Cameron, in a 'letter covering one thousand dollars, into the relief fund, says: "I always associate your city and State with my recollections of your great statesman, Mr. Calhoun, who occupied s commanding a position in the Senate and before the country at my first entrance upon public life, more than forty years ago. He received me in the Senate with the greatest of kindness, and during the re mainder of his life I was permitted not only to show with others "adm.ration of his singular simplicity, elevation and digni ty of character, but also to experience al most daily some . proof of his personal consideration and regard. It naturally gives me pleasure, therefore, to associate my recollections of him with this contribu tion towards the relief of citizens of a State he loved so well." ji i The fund for relief now amounts to $309,118. W Charleston, Septembtr 17. La3t night was quiet.. Work is going on actively, but bricklayers ana plasterers are Daciiy neeaea. The Subsistence Committee are now is suing rations to nearly 7.000 persons ; A large maiority of these are colored. ' No case of distress fails to receive prompt at tention. ' ' Charleston, Sept. 17.! Mayor Cour tenay to day issued the following procla mation: . , Citv of Charleston. Executive Department, Sevt. 17. 1886. To the Public: The City Council of Charleston, at its last regular meeting on the 14th inst., took the follow, ins action: I . "Whereas. A terrible calamity has be fallen Charleston, vast and ; wide BDread in the loss it inflicts, and far greater in extent than was at first realized; and whereas. it is evident that the liberal and sponta neous assistance which has come to us from all parts of this country and from England, and which is deeply, appropriate ly and gratefully acknowledged by our people, will be wholly insufficient to meet our unexpected exigencies,: be it "Besolved, That the Mayor be requested to Dreoare and issue an address to tbe public. setting forth our condition and invoking additional aid for this stricken city. "In making known to the general public this declaration ot the municipal govern ment as to the condition of our city at this time, it seems to be unnecessary that I should add any words of i my own. The unfortunate facts are before the country by the statements of visitors from different narts of the land after personal observation, and are known here and deeply felt. I ask the Dress of tbe United States to give this proclamation the benefit ofits far-reaching circulation. TSienedl "Wm. A.! Courtenat There was a slight shock of earthquake at 2.25 this morning. j fin-ATtLKSTOir: BeDtember 18. Contribu tions continue to come lrl for the relief of tbe sufferers by the earthquake, but at best they cannot cover one-tenth of the actual loss. For this reason the Relief Committee is classifying applications and will deal first with cases of widows and of those who have no personal means for repairing dam- area bv the eartbouake. i A scarcity of skilled bricklayers and plasterers, and high wages, retard the work of reDaralion. and many citizens are de termined to let plastering lie over until the return of a normal condition or anairs Every competent mechanic has full work at extreme prices, ana mere is room ior nua fired a more. ! I The Subsistence Committee submitted an elaborate report to-day. They show that an equal number of white and colored canvassers are employed who visit daily all narts of the citv and report all persons needing rations, which rations are then de livered at residences. The committee re' commend that the distribution of rations on the nresent scale continue until about Oc tober 1st, and that then accommodations at the city alms houses be augmeniea. ine committee sav in conclusion that they have looked upon the funds entrusted to them as a gift from our generous fellow-citizens of the United States and to be used for the benefit of sufferers by the earthquake with out distinction, all classes being placed up on an equal footing. The only question asked is "are vou in want of food? The old Colonial Church of St. James, at Goose Creek, the favorite resort of visitors to Charleston, is reported to be in ruins. About one-third of the west end of the building is entirely gone and the east end is badly shattered. VIRGINIA. Delegation from Winchester to At tend a- Celebration of New Hamp shire Veterans Decision oi tbe mate (Supreme Court Concerning Superin tendents of' Sehoois The .! Spencer Terry BInrder Trials at Martinsville Sec. ,. . . s Winchester, Sept. 16. -A number of citizens beaded by the Union Gurnet Band of seventeen pieces, left this morning via Harrisburg and New York to attend the celebration oi tne flew tiampanire veteran Association on next Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday at Winchester, New Hamp shire. All are guests of the Association and left in anticipation of a royal good time. The Virginia Militia Rifle Team that had also been invited, were obligwl to decline the invitation. ' . ... Staunton, Sept 16. The Virginia Su preme Court of Appeald, sitting here, ren dered an opinion to day involving tno con stitutionality of a joint resolution passed by the General . Assembly of - Virginia on April 26. 1886. relating to appointment or County Superintendents of Public Schools. .The Court declares the act repugnant to the State Constitution, and null and void, and the action of the Board of Education taken under it null . and void and of no avail. A peremptory mandamus is ordered requiring tbe-defendant Miller, who had been appointed uouoty superintendent tor Smythe County under the resolution, to re store the Office, books, pap ra, &c., to C. W. Fendelton, the Superintendent dis placed. This decision covers all School Su perintendents in the Stale who had been re moved by the Board f Education. Norfolk, Sept 16. The trial of tlie Exchange National Bank cases in the U S Circuit Court was continued to-day by the joint consent of the prosecution and defense, to the November term of the same Court. -, Danville, September 16. P. D. Spen cer, who wrote the 'card that led to the Martinsville street nght, between tne ler rys and Spencers, was tried to-day for the murder of J. K- Terry and acquitted. Four of the participants of the fight have now been tried and all acquitted. The feeling in tbe county against the Spencer party is intense. NEW YORK. Our old met with a PENNSYLVANIA. coke Works Closed in the Connells ville Section Rollins mills Shut Down. .. . ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Pittsburg, Sept. 18. The Coke Syndi cate his decided to cl ise down all works in the Connellsville region next Wednesday until further notice, on account of the f al line-off in demand. No change has been made in mice, because the present slack ing demand is not considered as indicating mv decline in the volunle of the iron trade. It is caused bv a number of fur naces having gone out of blast for repairs. and everv oneaf these will go in blast mr&in aa anon as rertairs are completed The production of Pig iron during July and August was greater than during those months of anvl Drevious vear. Thus, al though the demand is large and steady. stocks have been increased so as to be abun dant to meet it. i ; Lebanon, Sept. 18. All the rolling mills in this citv have' ceased wort. &m- ployees asked for Philadelphia prices and were retuseu. - , MICHIGAN. , The Terrible Railroad Collision .on the Nickel-Plate Railroad -Nineteen Persons Killed Fixing Responsibil ity for the Aeeldent. Buffalo, Sept. IS. The list of killed in the Nickel -Plate Kailroad collision, which was further swelled to nineteen by the find ing of three more passengers, mangled be vond recognition, is no supposed to he comnlete. The responsibility or the dis aster has been settled as nearly as possible pending a full investigation. Engineer Brewer has not yet been found, out a leuer from him, addressed to the editor, appeared in this morning a mcpress. t he-letter iwre no date and the postmark en the envelope was that used bv the clerk on tbe Lake Shore train. In it hems I see that it is reported that I ran away for fear blame would be put upon me for that terrible accident at Stiver Uretsk. have not run away, nor do I intend to; but in iumDing from mv engine 1 hurt my uack and hip. and as 1 was unable to assist l ieit the wreck . in regard to my stopping hi bh ver Creek, I did stop and took on p iseu tiers. I had orders to meet the local at tv.lver Creek. There is no side track there and never having had orders before to pass train there. I proceeded, the conductor having given me the signal to go ahead which be should not have done as he had the same orders that I bad, and when be saw me starting the traij be should have used the bell-cord or automatic brakes in the coaches to stop me. ISiencdl Lewis Brewer. Engn'r. Engine No. 159 " If the above statement is true, it relieves those in charge of the freight train and tbe train dispatcher from responsibility and places it solely upon conductor Harrington and Engineer Brewer. Parties at Silver Creek assert that Harrington signalled Brewer to go ahead, but that he did so on the supposition that tbe engineer had no orders to the contiaty. there having been no orders given to either of them at Silvrr Creek. The railroad officials state posi tively that Brewer'B orders were to pass the freight at Silver Creek, and that he dis obeyed them Coroner Blocd of Dun kirk, will begin an inquest tomorrow morning " MEXICO. El Cavote and his Raudlt Band Sur prised bv Troops and a Number of Them Killed Tbe Bandit Leader Pierced by a Dozen Sabres Courte ous Action of tbe Mexican Autborl -ties. ' . Chicago, September 18. A special to the Times, from Lampasas, regarding the killing of El Cayotcstys: Capt. Jose Maiia Herrera and seventy men of the Tenth Cav alry, surrounded El Cayote and thirty of his band yesterday, whiie enjoying an af ternoon nap at Santo Domingo ranch. Their horses were staked out. their guns stacked, and the bandits had their kboes off. w hen the soldiers quietly approachi-d with drawn" swords and began the work of , extermina tion . The bandits were laken by surprise but made a desperate hand-to-hand tight, and twenty of them fought their way through the ranks of the troops. Eight were killed and tnree wounueu.a.moug me killed are Col. Juan Rodriguez Martinez. better known as El Cayole; capt. uanuer Perez Vela and Lieut. Paulino Chaverz, The troops lost one killed and one wounded. It is a matter or general surprise mat ine wily Cayote, who has long been a terror on the border.should be caught napping When the troops closed in on the slumoenng bandits El Cayote was first to awake. He fought like a demon and tried io rany nis men, but his herculean lorm went uown, pierced by a dozen sabers, amid the exult- . . . m v. ant yens oi nis victorious trooper, i uo bodies of eight of the bandits were butied where they fell. New Laredo. Mex , Sept. 18. Yester day afternoon U S. Consul Mackey, of this city, on bearing mat an American cit izen, named Robles, was under arrest, charged with dese tion from the Mexican army, called upon tne regimental com mander, and through his influence had the prisoner released. His release was purely r . it- TTi..J CI-.-. a matter ot courtesy to tne uniieu oiateo Government, as there can be no doubt that the man was really a deserter, this action on the part of the Mexican auinonties causes mucn iavoraoie comment iroiu Americans on both sides of the river. The most Destructive Hurricane Ever Known In the State. : Bv Telegraph to the Horning Stair. Lansing, Sept. 18. A hurricane which swept through Southwestern Michigan Thursday evening was tbe most destruc tive ever known in' the State. Lerewane, Clinton. Livingston and Wayne counties were the chief sufferers; but serious dam age has been reported at other points. At Brighton . barns were blown to pieces. orchards and crops ruined, and the new German Lutheran Church blown from its fnnndation. In Victor township. Clinton countv. houses and barns were wrecked And hav scattered broadcast. - At Howell, the greatest fury was apparent; buildings were literally torn to pieces and many hadlv damaged. The southwestern part of the town is mostly in ruins. The cloud resembled a huge wheel in the western sky . . . . . i a a 3:t and moved witn wenaenui rapiuny. NEW FOUNDL.A.ND. A Wrecked Steamship In Belle Isle : Straits. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. . St. Johns, September 18. All that has been ascertained of the wrecked steamship in Belle Isle Straits is that cattle.oak-grain- ed paneling and doors, spars, bedding ana cabin furniture, have been driven ashore. The shin has not vet been identified. There lis no telegraphic connection with Belle Isle Straits. ODD FELLOWS. Kiftat Thousand En Route from Chicago to Attend the csrand su preme Lodge at Boston. : tBv Teleferaph to the Horning Star. I Chicago, September 18. More than eight thousand Odd Fellows, many or. them accompanied by their wives and friends, left for Boston over tne urana Trunk road this morning to attend the meeting of the Grand supreme ixoge, which begins next Monday morning. It took more than one hundred and seventy cars to carry them, ana trains started every twenty minutes after 9.30 olclock from Polk street depot, mere were represeuw tives on the trains from every lodge in the West and Northwest; many coming irom as far South as Texas and West as far as Ran HVancieco. Seven car loads amvea from Denver and seventeen from Minne apolis and St. Paul, MISSOURI. A Coal Sllne to be Worked on the Co- ... operative Plan. ? St. Loots. Sep 16. A special from Huntsville, Mo., says: Mine No. 3, the largest in this vicinity, after being idle more than nve montns naa jubi iwihuw on the cooperative plan, rue minera-aoi to have use of the company's machinery and to nav the latter a royalty oi one ct per bushel, retaining for division among themselves the remainder of the profits. Spirits Turpentine. Graham - Gleaner: The cotton manufacturers in Alamance county have heretofore been running seventy hours per -week; but a regulation ia just going into effect reducing the time to sixty -six hours per week, with no reduction in wages. Revival reports condensed for the Star from Raleigh Recorder: Enon, 15 baptisms; Link's Chapel, 13 baptisms; Reidsville. 8-baptisms: Jerusalem. 16 bap- . tisms; Polkton, 20 professions, 13 baptisms; islam, 23 professions; Sparta, 4 professions ;- New Salem, 20 professions; Shiloh, 6 addi tions; Company Shops, 5 baptisms; Car- tnage 40 professions. Clayton Hud: "... A severe wind storm, accompanied by heavy thunder, ' Visited the Clayton section, last Sunday evening. Several trees were blown down and the clock dial in the west side of the cupola of the court house was blown out, besides several chimneys there and at Brooklyn were demolished. The storm was much severer just across the river than it was here. ; I ' Winston Republican: . In a conversation with Dr. , Mott on the train to attend the committee meeting on the 10th nit, we distinctly told that gentleman, af ter listening to an explanation of the line of policy he was in favor of, that if we be lieved as he did we would go home and stop publishing a Republican paper. Judge Settle s card convicts Dr. Mott, and through him the late executive committee out of their own mouths, of a traitorous attempt to betray the people and destroy the party. Henderson Gold JLeaf: The congregation at Cokesbury are making preparations to build a new ; church. - A part of the lumber is already in place. The building will be 36x54 feet, 13 feet pitch. in travelling over .the county we see many evidences of prosperity on the part of pur people. The, corn crop js an excel lent one and an abundance of fodder has been saved. ' Cotton is fair : and the out look for the future is bright and promi sing. Well tilled ' f arms and neat farm houses tell the pleasing story. Raleigh Chronicle: The Joneses in Tyrrell countv must be numerous. Three men of tnat name were nominated ror county officers Sheriff. Clerk and Treas urer. . Mr. Daniel It. Goodloe. ot Washington, D. C, who has been spend ing some days at hi j old home in Warren - ton, has returned to Washington much im proved, lie probably knows as much or the history of North Carolina as any man in the State, and promises to write some historical and biographical articles for the vnrontcie at an early date.- This is good news ior our readers. ABheville Citizen ; friend, Mr. G. N. Hawkins, painful accident yesterday. While at work on a building a piece Of timber fell upon him, striking him on the left side of his head and cutting his i Scalp straight across from rear to front, laying the scalp over upon his left ear. Yancey correspon dent: "We have travelled extensively over i ancey county in the last few weeks, and have not found a single fiopdoodle in the county. The Democrats are solid for Thos. D. Johnson for Congress, and the Republi cans generally are for John G. Heap. The 'Majah' will be found wanting in Yancey. . Concord Register: A man at Gold Hill, who was 700 feet down in the mine, says that he did not feel the earth- -quake. A squad 400 feet down said there was a terrible racket where they were, and they called to be drawn up. After they were drawn up the man at the bottom was called to come to the surface, as there was an earthquake prevailing and the mine was about to cave in. . The man from the lower -, regions replied, "Go to h 1; there's no earthquake down here. If you like earth quakes, stay up there, but I don't want to get acquainted with anything of the sort. N. C. Presbyterian: On the evening of Tuesday. 7th inst, a congregational-meeting of the Presbyterian church of Fayettevillc unanimously elected Licen tiate Egbert W. Smith of Greensboro as pastor. Mr. Smith is a recent graduate of Union Theological Seminary, a son of Rev. Dr. J. Henry Smith or Greensboro, and brother of Rev. Samuel M. Smith of Washington. The Rev. Carr Moore was installed pastor of "Old Grassy Creek church," Granville county, on the 5th Sun day of August "Old Grassy Creek" should be remembered by . every fresoyterian m the Synod of North Carolina,- as it is the oldest Presbyterian church in' the State, having been established in 1750. Raleigh News-Observer: Ra leigh has in all collected over $1,000 for the Charleston sufferers. It was learned yesterday that James H. Miller, who was taken to the workhouse Tues day, will, after having been there twenty days, take the insolvent debtor's oath. The First District has now an. Independent candidate for Congress in the person of Capt. L, J. Barrett, of Pitt county, and of course he is taken up immediately by. the Republicans and adopted as their own. J)r. Shepherd's lecture at Chapel Hill last Saturday evening, on "Sir Walter Ra leigh," one in a monthly series by five scholars, is well spoken of. Truths of his tory were presented which cannot be usual" ly found in books of history. New Bern Journal: Mr. Mc Nettsgent for the Thompson-floueton Electric Co., reqnests us to state that he has withdrawn his proposition, from the Board of City Council for the franchise to erect poles and run electric lignt wires, as he finds, after canvassing the city that the people have an idea that electric lights can be furnished for less than ten dollars per light He states that Raleigh is paying fifteen, Wilmington twelve and Durham ten.- The latter place uses the twelve hun dred candle light while the former uses the two thousand. Jones county item : A fatal accident occurred in Tuckahoe town ship, at the home of Mr. Gibbon Eubank. Mr. Eubank was out In his field, and when he returned home missed his wife and en quired of the children where she was. They told him that the last they saw of her she was at the well. Stepping out he saw at the well that the bucket was off and . some of the planks of the curb, were torn -oft. He looked in the well and saw his wife drowned. It - is supposed she was drawing water and the bucket falling off. she slipped and was precipitated into the well head foremost. Charlotte Observer: CoL and Mrs, Duncan K. McRae will spend to-day at the mint, on their way to Cleveland Springs. Mrs, Dr. D. O'Donoghue, while walking ia her yard yesterday morn ing, made a misstep by which she was thrown to the ground with such force as to break one of her legs between the knee and -ankle. A notion prevails among some of the colored people here that the world is is coming to an end on the 29th inst, and ' they are making their preparations for that event. Mr. Philip Tevepaugh, of Steel Creek township, this county, relates that in 1838 this section of the country was visited by an eartequake almost, if not quite, as severe as that of the 31st of last August Mr. Tevepaugh says that in the 1838 earthquake, all the china in the closet of Mr. Jonathan Reid (father of Mr. 8. W. Reid) . was broken, and chimneys were thrown down in various sections of the conntrv. It is renorted that in the re cent earthquake the old brick residence of Mr. Williamson Wallace, on the Lawyer's road, four miles from this town, was badly damaged. The house was built in 1835, and the walls are unusually thick. " Raleigh News- Observer: Last evening the "Two Tramps Abroad," Mr. E. S. Harrell and Dr. W. A. Lodge, re- -turned after a tour in Scotland and Eng land and a flying trip to France. They are ' both exceedingly well. - Their return trip--. was a rough one. For four days there was a dreadful gale and the vessel was half seas under two-thirds of the time. Thus far $1,050 has been privately contrib uted by the citizens here to the Charleston relief fund. The Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and other orders have made separate contriDuiions. an. Omega Foster, who is certainly an enter prising man, will establish a cotton com press here, and has now gone North to purchase the machinery. The Cotton Ex change has officially endorsed the plan. Wm. DurrelL formerly of company K., 4th N. C. Infantry, a 8. A., died m Chicago Aug. 4th last He left a wife and three children. He served -his cause hon orably and lost an arm in .battle at Spott nvlvania Court House. Mav 12th. A letter from Oxford says that the tobacco crop does not seem to be so promising, as it was a few weeks back. A good deal has been cured, and, although the color gene rally is pretty good, the tobacco is unusu ally short and small, and is probably light er than It was thought it would be. . i i i , j ft -4 i! i!
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