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jnU. VlL.tS AND THE EE!!IOCBACT
Postmaster General Vilas was to
Lave delivered a speech at u Dem
ocratic ratification at " Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, a few days ago.: Bnt he
did not attend and instead sent a let
ter in which he made a strong review
of the record, of the Democratic
party. He showed how there had
been economic handling of the public
funds; that collections had increased
while the expenses of collection had
been reduced: that the public - lands
had been redeemed for settlement,1
and that sectionalism had been des
troyed by a new -national ; spirit.XIn
the main, he pursued in his review
something of the plan of Mr. Carlisle
to whose timely and judicious utter
ances wc recently called attention at
In his letter General Vilas
CONTENTMENT-WILMINGTON, i
The Scriptures somewhere -teach
that a spirit of contentment is a con.,
tinual feast. We are not. trvine to
give" the language but the sentiment.
Contentment is the very opposite of.
growling,' chronic, complaint and dis
satisfaction. The man who indulges
in a discontented - feeling is inevita
bly .unhappy.-; It grows upon what
it feeds like certain plants.' If you
will make it a constant habit to com
plain you will become soured, mo
rose, and a nuisance. Discontent is
a bad Bpint. It colors life and en
velops one in gloom and often hor
ror, lint contentment is a gracious,
cheerful, happy -spirit that makes life
pleasant and"because with it we can
please ourselves, and, what is very
Important, please others.
If you allow yourself o dwell up
on the dark side of life you will be
unhappy, and discontented of course.
Look upon the bright side of the pic
ture's far as possible. Remember
that every cloud has a . silver lining,
and that beyond the tempest and the
lowering heavens, the sun Bhines se
renely and brightly. -.Whenever you
find yourself . complaining, stop at
once. - Whenever you find yourself
regarding disagreeable objects and
dwelling upon the unpleasant sur
roundings, turn and. look the other
way. See the bright parts in every
prospect. . Ij 1,'. ":
" Thinkst thou the man whoso mansions
" hold j
The worlding's pomp and miser's gold
- i Obtains a richeP prize
Than he who, .in his cot at rest, -.
Finds Heavenly peace a willing guest, .
And bears the promise ia his breast -
; i Of treasure in the skies?"
ment, remembering as the greatest of
all. poets has said, that, --. ':" " x : J
TPoor, - jnd content, is ? rich ; and rich
enough; - . ,.. v
But riches, fineless, ia as poor as winter, .
To Mm that ever fears he shall be, poor."
., This train of reflection all grew out
of a chance talk -with a friend as we
were coming to ; the office Saturday
morning. " ' .
lentb.
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'Ia the ekhleen months which have
" passed, not only the ordinary operations of
thc Government . have proceeded without
difficiiltv or disturbance, but alreadv m&nv
Diedees have found redemction. Vast
quantitiisof the public lands which bad
. f alien under private control have been re
laimcd and saved for Bettlers, and mea
sures of economy in collections of revenue
and in expenditure have yielded good re
sults." ; V
. He then gives tigurss corresponding
with those already before our readers.
He refers with satisfaction to the
Civil Service humbug, but the least
said about funning a Democratic Ad
ministration with "firertried Radi
cals" will be more conformable' to
Democratic sentiment in North Car
, olina. As to the cultivation of peace
able, kindly feelings between the sec-
lions .uir. v lias says:
"Another result, bright with promise to
the Republic's future, is the complete frui
tion of the purposes of the great war in the
restoration of harmonv and cood feeline
between the sections of the country a re
sult which only could have come, by the
success of a national paity. and a result
which the great Captain of the Union bore
witnsrto with the dechr&tioa-lhat, he bud
wished to sec it ever fcince the war; a con
dition of genuine fraternity so nobly mark
ed as to stir the profoundest emotion by the
spectacle now presented of the survivors of
the Grand Army, with golden contribU'
tions. striving to bind the wounds of deso
- late Charleston.
"By many testimonials indeed the secu
rity of the past is fixed, and the impulses
of national ambition to win a great future
are exhibited- The eye is bent hopefully
forward no w, and a wise guidance of the
years before, not revenges for the past, is
the care of the thoughtful citizen. The
duty and opportunity of such leadership
belong now to the Democratic party. Its
. principles are wisely adapted to the needs
of the Republic and the prosperity of , the
people. . . ,,
We trust most sincerely that the
Democrats will act with more cau
tion, nCrre wisdom, more frugality
during the next two-and a-half years
than they have done in the : last
eighteen months. Wei are anxious
for the best possible record to be
made before the parties . arrange
themselves in battle in the fall of
18RS. Wo trnst also that the Ad
ministration will so conduct itself as
to regain the confidence of a considera
ble section of the party that iriumph
ed in 1884, and to unite in unbroken
harmony the great Democratic party
from Maine to Florida, and from.
ocean to ocean. Whatever may be
the indorsements of States and Dis
trict Conventions, it is plain to all
, observers and newspaper readers that
there are hundreds of thousands of
the best Democrats who do not like
the course of the Administration in
dealing with Republican, officials, in
favoring the bondholders in, their
war upon silver, in opposing legisla
tion to reduce the huge and corrupt
ing surplus, and in" sustaining the
mean28t" bill that has passed Con
gress, with the exception of the op
pressive laws in reconstruction times.
We, of course, mean the Oleomarga
rean law, that introduces a principle
in the American Government, and
through -Democratic instrumentality,
that it is just and wise to tax one
commodity for the benefit of another
commodity.
The papers are full of protests
against this kind of action, and we
hope that the Administration and the
party will be more of a unit hereaf
ter, for it is vefv. important to the
prosperity, glory, honor and peace of
the country that the control of public
affairs shall at least continue for an
other term of four years with-the
Democratic party" the party of the
people. With a united party, and
with a wise, economical, fostering,
Democratic administration j of the
Government, we may wll hope for
victory in 1888, provided the right
men from the right : sections are
chosen. - - '
But men not only fall into the bad
habit of discontent in their own per
sonal surroundings, but they become
social grumblers, i! They get in an
unpleasant frame! of mind, and by
cultivating a discontented feeling
they at last turn pessimists and be
come positive bugbears.' Men say of
them, and with truth, "Oh, they are
growlers and nothing suits them."
Surely this is a very unhappy condi
tion to be in. These growlers always
pok upon the dark side of politics,
the dark side of trade, the dark side
of the earth; They are f oreveAsross
ing the bridge before they get to it.
They will not agree that there is "a
good time coming."
If you meet one of this army of the
Discontented and begin to speak en
couragingly of Wilmington and its
prospects you at once call forth a
growl, of opposition and presently
the sun is shut out and all is black.
And yet the fact still remains
tnat
Wilmington is steadily improving
and isJldiiiglta-OJdTnirabXyLAa:
encouragingly in spite of the growl
ers and the prophets of evil. There
is not the slightest doubt f this. At
tend to the following:.
The writer of this came to Wil
mington just ten years ago this Sep
tember. ! He can. take any one over
Wilmington and -show him a hundred
nice dwellings costing from $15,000
down to $800 that have been erected
in that time. Possibly there have
been two or three hundred. He can
show better stores than were here
when he came. He can point you to
more than double the business houses
than he found here ten years since.
There are more j than forty grocery
stores of all sizes' in Brooklyn alone.
There are twice the number of de
livery wagons running now in our
streets that there were in 1 876. In
a word, there are signs in every
direction of growth of increasing
trade. And still the army of the
Discontents only talk of hard times,
of no future for Wilmington, of bad
this and bad that. . v
Now let us all stop this way of
talking! i liet us cultivate cheerful
ness. - Letus try to be happy. Let
us do-as St.1 Paul said , he would do
tian- ha landed in Italv on his
way to Rome 'Thank God and take
courage." Let all strive to make
Wilmington a thriving, growing, ac
tive, go-ahead city in all respects.
Let us always take the brightest
view, and when we talk to strangers
do not let our strain be one of dis
content, disappointment, for as Ed
mund Spenser says in his wonderful
"Fairy Queene,"
"It is mynd that maketh good or ill,
That maketh . wretch or happie, rich or
poore.
: He' says with true wisdom that
there is a man who "hath little" and
"asks no more," and adds:
"But in thut little is both rich and wise.'
. Wilmington is progressive.' It is
not doing all that it should do, but
there is advance. We have now the
electric light; we have water works;
our streets are better than they were
ten years ago, and the city is grad
ually being relieved of its debt.. Let
us hope for the best. Let us talk as
if we were pr ond of Wilmington and
not ashamed of it. We need more
first rate hotel accommodations;
. -1- ..Hi-nail facilities. '
we neea ! mure :--"7--- -
We need a steam ferry over the
Cape Fear and a free bridge over
Brunswick river. We need a broad
er, deeper, niore imperative spirit of
enterprise.: Let u fltrive after these
things, But above ,aU, let us culti
vate assiduonslya .spirit of content-
A (10,000 GIFT.
An additional subscription of ten thou
sand dollars to the Randolph-Macon Col
lege endowment fund has been made by a
North Carolina farmer, and a Connecticut
gentleman has promised another thousand.
Richmond Advocate. .
This liberal : and worthy Jorth
Carolinian might have found in his
own State an excellent opportunity
for the exercise; of ) his benevolence
and sympathy. ! Trinity Uollese is
sorely in need of an endowment, and
the $10,000 bestowed on another State
would have given Trinity a. great
hoist and at the same time set such
an example of Christian beneficence
as , would 1 have stimulated " "the
brethren" who seem to be in need of
some such help.! Trinity languishes
Bimply because of the stinginess of
well-to-do Methodist laymen. - The
other denominational colleges in the
State are endowed. .
In the bestowment mentioned
above there is a clear example of the
impropriety of dividing church fields
as the Methodists do, putting a part
in one State and a part in another.
The 'Methodists . beyond Roanoke
are not half - as much North
Carolinians as j those who live
this side, we may believe. They are
so interested in the .Church and be
come bo identified with Virginia
thereby that they are perhaps more
Virginians in feeling than North
Carolinians, we have no doubt.- It
is probably so with the transmontane
counties also. They are more iden
tified with Tennessee than with
North Carolina, and lose to some ex
tent what little State pride they may
have originally j possessed. It is a
fact that many; North Carolinians
have but little State pride. They
have never felt that glow of clanship
and devotion to soil and home as to
make them feel deeply as they ex
claim, j . - . .
"This is my own, my native land."
We wish North Carolina was di
vided into two or three Methodist
Conferences and its : territory now
given to ; other States was taken
home, then wealthy Methodists in
the ; foreign territories, would) help
their own struggling educational and
benevolent institutions. It is a true
and good way to first help your own
jiebplg beforeshowerlng ypnjLbenfeL
factions upon strangers, rsut we are
glad that there is one Methodist in
the State, if on tjhe Virginia side of
the river, who is generous enough to
give $10,000 to a literary institution
seeking an endowment." Will not
other rich members of that denomi
nation imitate the exampje in behalf
of Trinity College? j
Wilmington, Onalow & East 'aroll
ni Railroad. , , V
..i In the proceedings, as published, cf the
meeting of the Board ot County Commis
sioners on Friday last, it should have "been
stated that the directors of the W.; t. &
C. R. R Co: withdrew the t application made
previously by them to the Board. ' Ta pe
tition, signed by some eleven hundrejl vo
ters,' asking the Board to order an election
on the question of a subscription of $100,'-
000 to the road was not withdrawn;-The
Directors of the Railroad Company sub
mitted a new application for a subscription
by the county, in conformity with the Act
ofJAssembly under which the Company was
organized. The law recites that it shall be
the duty of the County Commissioners up
on the written application of the Board of
Directors, together with ". a petition of at
least one-fifth of the qualified voters or the
county, to appoint a day upou ; which an
election shall be held in the manner pre
scribed by law for tho holding ol other elec
tions, after thirty jdays notice. V $
That if the result of said election shall
show that the majority of the qualified vo
ters of the county favor subscription, the
County Commissioners shall immediately
make r uch subscription to the capftaj stock
of (he Company, payable in cash or "bonds
as may be agreed ' upon,v and appoint a
board of trustees, consisting of not less than
three resident tax payers, who shallissue the
bonds to the amount so voted for-at the
election, and said trustees shall deliver to
the said V7.. Q. & E. C,,R. R Cii.j ;ooe
fifth of the amount subscribed in bonds or
cash as agreed, at as early a date after said
election as it is practicable to have the bonds
prepart d. the balance by " installments of
one fifth as the woik progresses witnin the
county, until the grading is done an 1 cross
ties procured for the track ia the county,
when the amount remaining shall be paid
to the Company to complete thetraclt.com
mencicg at Wilmington, and placing (.here
on one freight and passenger train com
bined. ' - - .- - j :.
otton Facta and Figure ,
Increasing daily receipts of cotton give a
renewed impetus to business of all descrip
tions. - - '' .' '
The local freight on the Carolina Cental
which came in yesterday evening, consisted
of a train of fifty cars, laden principally
with cotton. ; !
The price of the staple advanced a six
teenth in this market yesterday; middling
being quoted firm at 9fcc. per pound.' Bar
vannah was firm yesterday at 8 15-16c,
Mobile quiet at. 9c.', Augusta firm at 8ic.
and Charleston firm at 8c,
. Messrs. Evetett Brothers Gibson & Co.,
of Norfolk. Va; in a circular letter to their
customers under date of the 18th icst , give
the following information in regard to cot
ton and cotton goods: j
"Warehouses which, at this time last
year, were' filled with . brown sheetings
waiting for buyers at 5c , are now empty,
with the looms sold at 5c, while cotton is
13-16c per pound lower. As a further
illustration it has been stated that a contract
lor yarns, completed within a few days,
will require six million pounds, or two
years' full production of the mill at the
rate of sixty thousand pounds per week.
Yarns that were slow one year ago at 15c.
are now quick at 20c. for future delivery.
The stock of print cloths now on hand is
268,000 yards against 1.068,000 at same time
lut yea," while the price tnwycurts ojy,
against 3 3-1 6c. last
six years.
viaihje
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, ONSLOH' RAILROAD. ,
Action of tbe Board - or County Com
: mlssleners on the Petition Presented
by the Board oCDlreetorortho Rail'
road Company " ' . - - "f ' j' ?
' The Board of County Commissioners met
in adjourned session yesterday afternoon to
consider the petition presented at .the last
meeting asking for an election on the quea'
lion of a subscription of $100,000 to the
Wilmington, Onslow & East Carolina Rail
road.' ' 4 J
Judge Russell was present and submitted
the following-communication from the
Directors of tba Railroad Company asking
a withdrawal of the petition presented by
them at the former meeting: i - ?
: Office Wilkin aton, Onslow &
. East Caboliha R R. Co,
. x WnJCEKGTOir, Sept., 25 -
To the Board of Commissioners of New Han
I l over County : . i
Gentlemen: The application of this
company for a subscription to the capital
stock by -the county of New Hanover,
(which was submitted to your honorable
Board on the 21st day of this month, after
having been frequently published in the.
newspapersjmpon certain -conditions which
have not been accepted;, is hereby with
drawn. : This- 'company ia iadvised ' that
theVe may be doubt about the' validity of a
county subscription founded upon a con
ditional application, where the charter ex
nresslv defines the terms of the application,
the rights of the company," and the duties
of the county officers. If the subscription
shall be voted by the people, the sums and
stipulations proposed in our former appli
cation may be thereafter made the subject
of negotiation between this company and
the county, if your honorable Board shall
so desire. - - : -.r ;".'
The Board of Directors of the company
have filed with your Board the petition of
largely more than one-fifth of tho qualified
voters ot tne county or ew uanover ask
ing for a subscription of one hundred
thousand dollars to the capital stock of this
company. -The said Board of Directors,
by Authority of 'the act of Assembly, en
titled : "An Act to incorporate the ; Wil
miagtoD, Onslow and . East Carolina Rail
road Company, ratified on the fifth day of
Man b, 1885, chapter 233 of the Laws of
1885. : hereby make application for a sub
scription by the county of New Hanover
in the sum of one hundred thousand dol
lars to the capital stock of the Wilmington,
Onslow and East Carolina Railroad Com -pany,
payable in cash or bonds of the
county of New , IIanoverr as may hereafter
be determined. This application and the
subscription asked for, to be in accordance
with the Act of Assembly heretofore recited
by its title, r
By order ot tne jjoara oi wireciore
E. 8. Martin, Secretary pro tern.
The following resolution was adopted :
'Whkbkas, The petition presented to the
Board by Mr. E. S. Martin. Secretory pro
tern, of the .Wilmington, ; Onslow & East
Carolina Railroad Company, bears upon its
face sufficient to cause grave doubts as to
its being the bona fide petition of one-fifth
of the qualified voters of the county, may
names appearing twice upon the list, many
in tbe hand-writing of the same; person.and
the certificates on tbe back of some of the
lists being made by persons in whom the
Board has little confidence; and whereas,
no ward or township is given opposite the
names of the signers, so that it has been
impossible to verify the lists in the short
time the petition has been before us.
Resolved, That action upon tie appliea
tion of the said company for the calling an
election upon the question of j this county
subscribing to said road be deterred until
this Board has had time and opportunity to
examine and ascertain if the said petition
bears the bona fide signatures .of one-fifth
of the qualified voters of this caunty
Another xntet jmre7V
t; ? burgaw: . j ., .
Pafclle Speaking The Birbceait, ice.
' The day opened fair and pleasant, and at
an early- hour a large crowd had assembled..
At It o'clock the tp of the Court House
bell called the large audience together, comv
prising as it did, much of tno intelligence
and beauty of the county, - ;,
; The meeting was called to arAer, by Dr.
G. H. Lucas, the gifted chairman of the
County Democratic Executive Committee.
. Dr. Satchwell, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Invitation, read several letters' from
distinguished speakerd who were prevented
from coming. ; , u . - - .
"The chairman then introduced Mr. O. H.
Allen, the Democratic nominee for Solici
tor, who made a short but pointed speech,
which was well received and applauded.
Mr, Allen is a great favorite in Pender and
she will do her whole duty for him at tho
election.' ' ' .. ; " .. ..
Tbe next speaker was Mr. J. D. Ecrr, of
Sampson, who made a good speech and left
a good impression on tbe audience. v
"Br. Geo A . Ramsay then introduced
Maj. C. VV. McClammy, our candidate-for
Congress: Maj. McClammy - thereupon
took the stand and ably discussed the poeti
cal issufes of the day striking heavy blows
at Republican mis-rule. : We were made to
feel proud of Pender's gallant soni. The
speaker showed himself entirely familiar
with all the issues of the day. both in State
and national politics. His speech was well
received and generated much, enthusiasm
in tbe large crowd present and much good
will be tbe result, as will appear on the 2nd
of November, v r,-..,', - -r J-.
At the close of the Major's speech, the
ladies, through Mr. O.; H. Allen, presented
him with a beautiful bouquet. -1 -p --i j.
Mr. Jno. D, Kerr then introduced Capt
W. H. Kitchen, of Halifax, who. made a
strong old-fashioned speech. For an hour
and more he held the audience spell bound.'
' His speech was well received -and - was an
honest and able exposition of Democratic
principle Sr r-.;. :- ' . .'.i : j - :r-: --' .
At the close of Capt.. Kitchen's "speech,
Mr.: E. W. Kerr, of Sampson, wss intro
duced by the chairman. ; Mr. iKerr dis
cussed tbe Questions of the day.. 1 Dealt a
beavv blow at Reoublic-ia misdoings. Said
they have rut no ticket in the field, bnt we
know that they are at work they are try
ing to organize the disaffected elements of
the i Democratic party and thereby pull
down its power. Be not lulled to sleep or
deceived. Wake upl The Democratic
nartv: the hope of the country I Beare of
independents.
Mr. J. E. Robinson,' of the Goldsboro
Argus, was introduced by the chairman and
responded very happily :rt : ;'
The big dinner provided for tbe occasion
was spread in the oak grove near Dy.
There was a bountiful supply provided,
and ample justice was done to the feast by
the great crowd in attendance.
Criminal court. .
The business before this court yesterday
was not of much general interest.
The jury ; in the case of J. T. Edens,
charged with slandering his wife, came into
court soon after ten o'clock with a verdict
of guilty. 'Defendant's counsel made
motion for a new trial, but the motion was
overruled, when motion for arrest of judg
ment was made. J
. Judgment for costs was given against
Jeff Sears, who submitted to a charge ot as
sault and battery
, Henry Foust, a colored boy, convicted of
embezzling about twenty dollars in moiiey
from a nez ro ' who employed him t sell
watermelons ancLothpr trunk ' -sea
i tout years 'in tne btale penuen
.tiarj"
The Knights Templars at St. Louis
when parading formed a line three
and a half miles long.1 The follow
ing officers were elected: ;
"Sir Knight Charles Roome. of New
York city. Right Eminent Grand Master,
was elected Most Eminent Grand Master,
and Sir Knight John P. Gobin, of Leba
non, Pa., was elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the former's promotion ."
Fraud .Wiggins bases his so-called
calculations upon "a conjunction of
planets," he says, but among them
are "visible and invisible moons."
This shows up the unscientific hum
bug. He knows as much as we do
of what is going to happen, and that
is absolutely nothing.
John Adams bought a billiard table in
France, set it up m the White House, and
sent the bill to Congress ! That's the way
the frugal fathers did Washington Post.
Jnhn Adams lived , in France too
long. See his wife's letters, and you
will find they liked style.
mm
Mr. Bartholomew was a roDoer or
the orphans to the tune of $20,000.
Other corporations than the Charter
Oak are ruined or injured by his de
falcation and rascalities.
The i Candidate at 8mlthvIHe-Col
Charlea R. Laid Ont.
Col. Alfred Rowland, Democratic candi
date for Congress from this District, and
Col. Chas. R Jones, Vlndependent," had
a joint discussion at Smithville yesterday.
A gentleman who was present says: "Peo
ple who heard the speaking were much
pleased." Col. Jones was handled in such
a manner as to even enlist the pity of good
Democrats, who advised him in a friendly
way to go home and remain there, for po
litically Bpeaking, the funeral over his re
mains was held here to day."
Cotton Reeelpte. v
The receipts ot cotton at this port yester
day were 939 bales, being the largest for
anv one day so far this season. The re
ceipts for the past week: were 8,708 bales,
against 5,209 the samo week last year; The
receipts for the crop year from Septem
ber 1st I to September 25 th were 4,687
bales, against 9,052 for the corresponding
period last year a decrease of 4.265 bales.'
Republican Primaries In RrunawlcJsV
i A meeting of Republicans was held in
Smithville yesterday, - Win. : Brown presi
ded and Franklin Gordon was secretary.
The delegates appointed to the county con
vention were Robert O. Smith, John Evans
and Frank Gordon. A township commit-
mittee was appointed, consisting of S. P
iim.n itmiriTiiui. Robert C bmitn ana
WVTA&u ,
Win. Brown, Jr.
The Burglar Jones. " 4
I Every day brings to light additional
facts which eo to prove that the colored
man Johu Jones has been engaged for a
long time past in numerous thefts and rob
beries in this city. Yesterday a lot of sil
verware stolen from Caroline H. Jackson,
colored, on the 20th of June last, was taken
to Justice Millis' office and identified by the
woman as her property. It had been sold
by Jones to different parties in the city:
Jones saying that he had been authorized
by Mr. Davis,. the former proprietor of the
"Racket" store, to. dispose of it; Jones
was suspected of this robbery at the time
it was committed, and was arrested on the
pharpe: but at the preliminary cxamiha
tion the evidence was not considered suffi
cient to warrant his detention and he was
discharged. In May last he was ar
rested at the instance of a colored woman
named Fanny Hill, who is thought to have
come to Wilmington with him from New
bern. She charged him with beating her,
and said that he had killed a man in New-,
bern. Afterwards, however, she withdrew
the warrant and took back the statements
she had made. . . ... 'I
Officers engaged in working up the case
have found several other persons than those
heretofore mentioned who have bought ar
ticles of jewelry and clothing from Jones,
which are supposed to have been stolen.
Klnnn Point. -
Captain Lorenzo Stanland, master of the
small schooner Mcvry, of Smithville, was
fatally injured last Wednesday, while his
vessel was taking in freight at Sloop Point.
He was Bitting on the deck of the schooner
when a barrel of rosihthat some of the
crew were taking on board.slipped from its
fastenings and fell with crushing force up-'
on the Captain's back, crushing him to the
deck and inflicting such serious - injuries
that he died from the effects four hours af
terwards, at the .esidence ; of Mr. ' James
Nixon, where everything possible had been
done to relieve his sufferings. Capt. Stan
land's family, consisting of his wife and
one child, reside at Smithville, whither ins
remains will be taken for interment.,
Criminal Court
In this Court yesterday the greater part
of the day was occupied - with the trial of
Louis LeGrand, colored, chareed with lar
ceny.; The case was given to the jury in
the afternoon, when a verdict of not guilty
was rendered. -
The case of the State vs. F.Mayer,
charged with bribery, - was continued by
consent until the next terra, on account of
the absence of an important witness for the
defence.
J. J. Ryan alias J. - J. Gilbert, charged
with larceny, was : arraigned. Defendant
submitted, but judgment against him was
not pronounced.
Wake Up.
? If Wilmington does not contribute to the
increase and extension of her railroad fa
cilities, both East and West she may as
well "shut up shop" and hang out the red
flag. : Sitting down and waiting for trade
baa never yet brought prosperity to a peo
ple, and it never will.- The extension of
the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley road to
this city and the building of the Onslow
road is what we need and what we must
have.
milled to Jail yesterday morning by Mayor
Hall, in default of bail for his appearance
at the prt sent term of tho Criminal Court
to answer to the charge of larceny.
Ryan is a young man, not more than
twenty or twenty-five years of age, small of
stature, of fair complexion, with light hair
and gray eyes, and of rather prepossessing
appearance. : He is a stranger in the city.
On Thursday last about noon he applied
for board at the Marlboro House, on South
Front street He registered as J. J. Gil
bert, of Elizabeth City. N. J., and Informed
Mr. Turlington, the proprietor of the house.
that he was night train-dispatcher on the
'Atlantic Coast Line, and that his trunk
was at another boarding house in the city
and would be sent around later in tbe day.
After dinner be went to his room and asked
to be called at five o'clock An hour or
two afterwards he came down stairs
and; asked 'for water, which was sent
up to him by a colored boy, and soon
afterwards he quietly left ' the house,
having in the meantime entered a room
on the same floor occupied by Mr.
noron Hollincsworth and wife, and rob
bing it of a set of jewelry, between three
and four dollars in money, a knife, hand
kerchiefs and other articles which he found
in a bureau ' drawer. The robbery was
soon discovered by Mrs. Hollings worth,
and the new boarder was at once suspected.
A warrant was procured and the pro
prietor of the house and officer Latham of
the police force went to the railroad de
pots in search of the man. They found
him at the Carolina Central depot and at
once took him into custody. Ryan appeared
to take the matter very coolly; was indig
nant at twiner susnected. and said that he
would make some one suffer for the treat
ment he was being subjected to. He ac
companied the officer willingly, and was
matched qff to the City Hall; but when the
party reached the corner of Walnut and
Third streets the prisoner made a break for
liberty and running down Walnut street
jumped into a sunken lot on the south side,
where he. endeavored to conceal himSelf
but was finally captured and dragged out
by the officer. Ryan made two or three at
tempts after this to escape, but was finally
taken to the guard house and locked up.
4.11 the articles stolen from Mrs. Hollings
worth were found in his pockets.
At his examination yesterday morning
before the Mayor he had nothing to say be
yond admitting that his name was not Gil
bert but Ryan; two or three letters ad
dressed to J. G. Ryan being foundupon
Mnnn ' Tnr!nr thfl fnrenOOn ; Of VeB-
uia o" r -
terday his case was sent before the grand
4nn a tma hill won f mind, and he WUl bO
triad' nrnhfthlv. at the nresent term of the
The Allesed Burclara. - ' (-.
Facts are daily coming to light which
seem to settle bayond question that the col
ored men John Jones and Monroe) Haw-
kinsare connected with, if not the leaders,
of a band of thieves wh3 have been depre
dating upon this and other communities
for some time past Several 6tore keepers
have notified the city authorities of articles
of jewelry being left with them from time
to time as pledges for purchases made by
the prisoners, and it is known that whl,
they have had no regular occupation, both
Jones and Hawkins seemed to be in good
circumstances, and were always trading
watches, rings and other trinkets on the
wharves with colored people from the
country. - It is strongly suspected that they
had confederates in other places, and that
the "plunder" stolen here was Bent to mem
bers of the gang in other cities for dispo
sal, while most of the articles sold by them
here were received from coafederates else
where. .:
THE OX SLOW RAILROAD.
CHARLKSTOW
The Situation at t'harleaton more
Sbocka-rThe., Work! of. Repair Pro-
CreaalBs BostneM .Brlghtenlnc and
Public confidence Rcetercd.
1 By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Charleston. , Sent. . 23. There have
been no shocks here to-day and the t iiy ia
quieter than at anytime since the great
August shock. The work- of : repair; is
maKiucr good progress, and the labors of
the relief committee are attended with grat
ifying results. . Railroads,) steamship com
panies and business men generally, speak
hopefully at,- the future' und : cua on a
large trade in all branches. The railroads
report an- increase In passeBger business
over the corresponding period - last year.
ana say tnat ireignt movements aurirrg tne
past week " indicate ; a " large increase of
trade in the near future. The situation is
as encouraging as could be desired under
the conditions. ' t;-t--;-'-i:'-i. sf:,r s gvf '-1.: ':
About 900. applications have been made
to tbe .Executive Committee for money to
repair dwellings. ' The Sub Committee on
Buildings, of which the Mayor is chairman,
passed on 43 cases, ordering repairs to ba
made. Nearly all of the destitute persons
in the city have been supplied witn food
and clothing. Camps are nearly all de
serted and the houses are generally vtcn-
piea. a. lew more' a ays witnout sn cks
will fully establish public confidence;
Ueportg have been circulated that the
city is not ready to do business. This s'ate
ment is couspicuously unirue It is enough
to say that any order or contract, or other
business obligation can be met ss promptly,
as fully, and as satisfactorily in Charleston
to-day as it could have been met on the last
of August. The case is even better than
this. It is practicable for our wbol-bal and
retail merchants and busiintsr men, iu al
most every branch of , trade, to fill orders
now that could not have been filled a few
weeks agv for the reason that their stock
has been largely replenishtd in anticipation
of the fall trade, and new supplies are ar-
riving every day r :,,;; . .,;; . :u;?
UHAKLE8TON, dent 24 Letters bavins
been received from all parts of the country
asking whether the period of the great dis
tress in Charleston has not . passed, the
statement is authorized that ibe; Relief
Committee, through the trenerosiiy at their
fellow ; countrymen, feel themselves in a
position to furnish subsistence and tem
porary shelter to all who need it. But at
the same time the committee mimatc that
the relief funds at command or in pros
pect, fall short of the mouey needed to put
in habitable condition the- homes of per
sons who are unable to repair thtir build
ings without public aid. Government en
gineers have -inspected;' six hundred
buildings out of seven . thousand ' in
the ! city, and estimate . the damage . to
those; inspected at two million dollars.
Their ineptction, however, covers most of
the costliest structures., The Relief Com
mittee; in assisting needy householders to
make residences habitable, t. will deal firt
with those whose losses are tmall, tbe ob
ject being to make as many roofs as possi
ble tight, foundations secure aiul chimneys
safe before cold weather pomes. The homes
of widows and orphans and other helpless
persons wilt have paramount claim.. - No
lot s or 6 ny person owning more than one
house will be considered at this time; ' The
intention, also, is to diollo v all claims for
plastering-as -not being indispensable to
reasonable safety and comfort ;. V. 'V'
The subsistence Uommi-tee have tup-
plied nearly all persona rtqviiiing provisions
and tne number or ratiuns issued to-iay
was the smallest sine the commisswrywas
established ' The fhce of clerks and tbe
working force is being gradually reduced.
: To-day was very quiet. "No shocks were
felt here, and only a tl-.ght tremor at Sum
merville. Business is active and merchants
are hopefuL V
Charleston, Sept. 21 To-day passed
without incident and without , shocks.
; The Relier Committtes are making pro
gress in examining applications and will
Criminal Court.
The Jewelry Thief. .
J. J. Ryan, alias Gilbert, who robbed one
of the guests at the Marlbpro House.Thurs
day. last, was arraigned in the Criminal
Court yesterday to answer to an indictment
for larceny.- There, being, an error in the
bill of indictment, the prisoner was told by
the Court that if he permitted the bill to be
amended his case would be disposed of at
the present term of court; otherwise, he
would have to remain in 1ail until the next
term, unless he could give Dan. - nyau -fered
no objection to the bill of Indictment
being amended; but submitted and prayed
the clemency of the Court. . Judgment will
be given in his case before the final ad
journment of Court Wednesday. . - ,
Editor Siab: There seems to be some
opposition among the County Commission
ers to the proposed subscription to the
OubIow Railroad on the ground that a
syndicate has taken up the stock and that
this syndicate- may control the road by
means of construction companies and other
devices by which railroads are built in
these days of speculations, consolidations,
syndicates, &c. Now suppose the county
does not control it. Does it follow that the
city of Wilmington (which is the county)
will lose by the investment?- Is it not beU
ter that private parties should control and
nnemta a. railroad rather than a county T
TTa nnt everv attemnt to run railroads by
nnliticul nnrnorat ons nroved a failuret ; Ia
,t riooirohlA for New Hanover county to go
into the railroad business? Suppose the
loses money, its receipts b less
than itn Binensed. is it desirable to have the
countv footing the deficiencies? If a pri-
mtA avndinate is willinc to take all this
risk, to subscribe its money and go into the
enterprise for better or for worse is it not
better ior tne county to imou uu uu
ra !! we do not want to take this
risk? we will assist you to the extent ot
taking so much stock, but you can ope
rate it and take the risks incident to that."
, : Tf th stock turns out to be worthless the
city has still secured the railroad and gets
;ta mnnAv hank in the increased trade of its
merchants and the general improvement of
its property. If we wait till we get a
ihaiK tn take stock in a Tailroad which is
sure to pay dividends, we'll wait and wallow
in the valley , of sloth for many a year to
come. Wilmington gave largely w i
thrnfl railroads. The city has paid thous
ands, nay. millions in interest on the debt
nrhioh ia atill owinar for SubsCtlDtionS ' tO
these roads.The city never received any divi
dends and lost its stock, long ago. cut wno
will deny that we have - not . made largely
more than we lost by aiding these roads r
Where ia the countv outside of Wilming
ton which hesitates to aid railroads that
bring business, trade and money to its peo-
Besides, from what we can learn of the
nnmKnntinn nf the svndicate of the Onslow
road, we hear that it is composed largely of
our own citizens, men. who are ? enlisted in
an pntnrnrisa that Dertams to the best in
terests of tbe community. Why should we
viniinr and delav them for fear that they
may make some money, when, on the other
hand, they" may lose? : - . . m
By all means let the Commissioners sub
mit the Question of subscription or no sub-
oorintirm tn the rjeonle ' If done at once
the election can take, place at the regular
election in November. If delayed a special
election will of necessity do neia, ana uub
will cost at least (750, which sum will pay
intarwat nn 412 500 worth Of bonds.
Let us be up and be doing something for
Wilmington s advancement.
.......... . j - - ?. A CrngEN.
houses owned by widows and poor persons.
All cases of relief for persons who do not
own houses are acted on at once, and small
sums granted to replice personal property
destroyed or to reiiev; pressing wants.
The weather continues fine, with no in
dications of the usual September gale, i
Government engineers - sent here to in
spect damaged buildings estimate the
moneyed value of real estate damages by
the earthquake from five to six millions
The heroic bronze statue of the . states
man, John C. Calhoun, arrived here to-day
bv New York steamer, and will be un
loaded Monday and stored until the monu
ment ia completed. Tho statue is the work
of Albert C. Hcrnish, of Rome, and cost
fourteen thousand dollars- The monu
ment, when ; completed, will cost about
seventy thousand dollars.
WASHINGTON
National Baaka ttreatly Disturbed by
the t'alllnx In of Three Per Cent.
Ronda.
. Washington, Sept. 23. Inquiry was
made at the Treasury Department to-day in
regard to tbe published statement that na
tional banks are heine grcxlly disturbed by
the calling in or ihree. per cent Donas
which form the principal base of their cir
culation. It was learned that several of
these institutions have given notice of with
drawal from the system and tnat otnera are
trying to have their called bonds retained
as a basts tor circulation, preiernng vj
forego the interest altogether rather than
risk buying 4 per cents and 41 per cents, at
the present high premium, it nas aiwaya
been held by the Treasury Department that
when bonds cease to bear interest they be
come unavailable as a basis for circulation.
This ruling, however, has lately been con
tested by some or the dhks ana tne ques
tion has been referred to the Attorney Gen
eral for decision. Until this decision is ren
dered the Department still of course adheres
to its practice In many cases however,
banks. whose bonds have been called are
deferrlnir their replacement, expecting ap
parently a decision allowing tnpse oonos to
remain. In the meantime the Comptroller
of the Currency, the Treasurer and Regis
ter are so busily engaged witn replacements
and withdrawals that it is not considered
likely that tho Department will be very ex
acting witn Danas tnat nave lamu iu sur
render their called bonds.-'
A letter was received to-day trom a lead
ing financier of New York suggesting that
as the exenange 01 dodub win iw. up
good deal of money just at this time when
it is in great neea in tne movmg ui uupo,
&c, it would not be well for the Govern
ment to force banks beyond a reasonable
degree of diligence in substituting other
bonds for called tnrees. -1 w unuerBwwu
that the question will be left open until the
return of Attorney General Garland,who is
expected back about tnenrsi 01 me monut.
Waohtnoton. Sent. 25. The Atlantic
Coast Line will run an excursiou train from
here to Charleston October 2d, returning
October 4th ; the proceeds to be given to the
Charleston benefit runa. ine price 01 mo
round trip will be $10. . Pullman cars will
be attached to the train so as to give sleep
ing accommodations to . those desiring
them. , .
- The ' Light House - Board has prepared
plans and specifications for two new steel
ligrit-saips, ana win auucuj wioun
proposals for their construction.?: One ot
the vessels is to be stationed near Cape
Charlea and tbe other near Whiter Quarter
Shoals, Va, -' J - -
? NOJ3.TH CARQLZLA. v. ?
A Merchant Mardered by: Rnrslara a
Creawell.
-Ri-r vniTr Omt. a. Earlv last evening
A. D. Dowea, a merchant of Creawell. Nl
C, while sleeping up shuts b aa
heard some one breaking In. Became
down and saw two men-- He was fired
upon and forty buckshot took effect in his
stomach.' lie aiea in aoou uuo uum w.i -
ward. . ' - "
. CJlinton Caucasian.' Esther
Beaman, colored, was accidentally shot in
the face and neck by Barney Jones at Mr.
j. R. Beaman 'a Jr., one nightlast week.
5 Spirits Turpentine. :,
- ; Revivals reported in ' JV. r U. :.
Presbyterian: Mark's Creekll additions;' !,.
Hawtleld, 20 additions; Chinquepin. 21 ad- '
ditioos. . --.; . - -
. VVilson'-lrfwancei llev. J.r R.
Brooks, D. D., spent a portion of last week - "
asssisting Rev. Mr. Raven" in a protracted - -J
meeting- at Whitaker's. There bad been .
eighteen conversions when be left and the -interest
still continues ' Tbe train was " -run
through to beyond Selma on regular ; ' -'
schedule for the first time on ,-Wednesday
of last week. A regular schedule will bi
run to Fayetteville on and after the first of
next month. ,
Raleigh Chronicle:'" Mr. Julian.
8. Carr has promised to give $1,000 to the .
building of .a new Methodist church at - -.-
Chapel Hill. (500 has been given for the . -
same purpose by the late Mr Walter Scar- -boro,
of Wisconsin, who was a brother of ;
Mrs. Rev. j .-, B. Martin, of Chapel Hill. -
In the illuminations in tbe torch-light
procession two years ago one of the trans
parencies read : , "Nichols was not - with
us; Gorman was," Mr. Nichols is such a .
died in the-wool Republican , that in the t
election of 1884, ' when Gorman and other . .
good Republicans repudiated the Republi- -
can ticket, Nichols swallowed the nause
ating dose i And yet he is .the "indepen- ..
dent." From such "Good Tord deliver
us r 'it 'vt'y-' 'i: ' -'
-4 Revival notes in Raleigh Me- .
eorder condensed for Stab: Smithfleld. 2 '
baptisms; Asheville, 6 baptisms; Richlands,
14 baptisms; Morris ville, 25 professions ;
Chalk Level, 85 professions, 24 additions;
Palmersville, 29 additions; Olive Branch,, " "
28 baptisms and 73 professions; New Beth- '
el, 6 additions; Bay Leaf, 8 baptisms; Swift t ,
Creef, 11 professions; Neil's Creek 8 bap
tisms; Buie's Creek, 8 baptisms;Piny Grove,
14 baptisms: Cameron - Grove, 37 profes
sions, 9 baptisms; Hopewell, 16 additions;
Windsor, 8 baptisms; Ephesus, 60 profes- -sions,
54 additions; Lumber Bridge 85 ! ad
ditions; Unity, - 27 baptisms and 12 re- '
stored; Enon, 4 additions; Shiloh, 12 bap
tisms; Carthage, 40 professions; Bethlehem,
26 converts. Do not steal this work. - j -
? We have oopied 4 many revival -' -notices
from our secular exchanges. The
following notes are condensed for the Stab
from the Raleigh Advocate, omitting any '
that have previously appeared, as far as we .
remember : Franklinsville, 85 professions,
19 additions; Wadesboro, 50 professions;1 '
Kelter, 244 professions.. -124 additions;
Youngsville circuit, 19 additions; Farm .
ington circuit, 60 professions; Mattamus
keet circuit,-12 additions; Marvin Chapel.
7 additions; Carteret circuit, 16 professions, -II
additions; Mt. Pleasant circuit, 175 pro
fessions, 107 additions; Stony Hill Church.
80 additions; Forsyth circuit, 9 additions; -Forest
City circuit, 17 professions; Con
cord circuit, 126 professions, 83 additions;
Waccamaw circuit, 40 professions, 54' ac-
cessions; Pittsboro circuit, 110 professions,
56 additions; Pamlico, lb additions. 1 In'
all during the year on Concord circuit,
there have been 206 professions and 143
additions. Snow Hill circuit, 34 additions.
Do not use without credit, as all this baa
cost much time and labor, ; ; ; 1 ; 4 ; . .
Durham Plant: We learn that - -two
young men, Messrs. Johnson, of Ber
tie county, and Cooper of Cherokee county,
were expelled from the University' on Sat
urday laat.for hazing. Served them right.
r On last Thursday night the large
prize room occupied by Mr. T. A. Noel,
was destroyed by fire. The building was
the property of Mr. W.f R. Cooper; upon
which he had insurance to the amount of
$2,500. This did not by any means cover
the value of the building. ' Mr. Noel had a 1
very large, quantity of bright wrappers
in the burned" building, -upon which he had -'
an insurance policy of $9,000. - Dur
ham shipped last week 113,800 pounds of
smoking tobacco, worth $35,301.57. 4.
565 pounds chewing tobacco, worth $1,300. . . ,
175,000 pounds leaf tobacco, worth $30,000.
7.638,700 cigarettes... worth $22,15i. At
the warehouses last week- 310,375 pound of
leaf tobacco was sold at $30,257. The to- , -bacco
was generally poor quality and the t
price rated low. - -. - .... .--T
, A , Shoe Heel ? correspondent .
writes as follows of the Rowland-Jones
discussion Sept. 22: ."Col.- Rowland mot -Col.-Jones
here to-day in discussion, and,
while we all knew that Rowland could
handle Jones in a very proper manner, all .
were surpiised at the way in which he de-1
molished him. ' In fact some of our good ; -
people wanted to advise Jones to jreturn
home and stop making a fool of himself.'
Jones claimed to be on a uemocratic plat-
form, but or " rr'; '
Bffe-nsfeSdTlhenDolonel.' has a hack
ed, wo-brgone expression about him. and
while he says newui oe eiectea you can .
tell from his tone that he don't believe what
he says himself, and I know no one else . .
does. The crowd was not very large and .
especially the colored people were scarce.
Those that were present seemed to think
that it was no fight of theirs, so they were
bands off. Jones would have been better
oft if he had never met Col. Rowland In
discussion at this place."
Raleigh Visitor: The follow
ing nominees in tbe Republican Conven- .
tion were recommended to be voted for at
the coming election : Chief Justice Su
preme Court,. W. P. Bynum; Associate
Justices, John W. Albertson, R P. Bux-
ton; Superior Court Judges : 3rd district,
B. F. Bullock ; 4th district, T. P. Dever
eux;6th district,- D. M. Furches; 8th dis
trict. W. 8. O'B. Robinson: 9th district, A.
E. Holton; 10th district, - Mareh; 12th
district, P. A. Cumming. The following
State Executive Committee was chosen :
1st district, C C. Pool; 2nd district, H. E.
Davis: 3rd district, G. C. 8curlock;4thdis.
trict, John H. Williamson; 5th district. R
M. Douglas; 6th district; W C. Coleman;
7th district. H. C. Cowles; 8th district, W.
G. Bogle; 9th district, V, 8. Dusk, State
at Large : R E. Young, James H. Harris.
A. V. r Dockery, T. B. Hargrov, G. T.
Was8om, After the adjournment of the
Convention the new Executive Committee,
met and elected Cob T. L. Hargrove chair
man. No secretary was chosen,, and Mr. J.
a L Harris will act in that capacity tem
porarily. : ;; : -';-',
. . J Wilson Mirror: x Steps are be
ing taken to make application for the crea
tion of a new county out of parts of Wilson,
Johnston, Wake, Nash and Franklin.
On Sunday morning : Mr. Moseley, who - ,
lives on the plantation of Mr .Calvin Wood,
was kicked by a horse and so severely was
he hurt that the unfortunate man died the
next day. Mr. T. R Batts, who has
been a patient sufferer for months, was re
leased from pain on Wednesday night. He
was a young man whom Wilson can ill
afford to lose. .,- F. M. Simmons, our
candidate for -Congress, will address the
people of Wilson on Wednesday night, be
6th of October, and at Toisnot the next day
at 11 o'clock. On Wednesday morn- .
ing, while Bob Boyd was coupling the cir
cus advertising car to the through freight,
he was caught between the cars and terri- ,;
bly crushed. Billie McSween, the
brave and fearless hero, who stood at his
nnat nf Antv in the terrible accident that
befel his engine sometime ago near Wel
don, and who by standing at bis post amid
scalding steam, saved the lives of the pas
sengers by endangering his own, has recov
ered from his injuries and is at bis post
again. We salute thee, brave, noble,chival
rous spirit, and give thee tbe homage that
is due to true heroism and knightly gal
lantry. - Raleigh News- Observer: A re
duction of 8tate taxes f fom 25 to 20 cents
on property, is a reduction of 15 cents on -
the poll. . Sunday night while Mr. W.
L. Hunter and his daughter, of Graham,
were at church, their house was entered by
several burglars and $500 in money woe
tafcen tr.ftrefrnm. There are three dis
tricts lathis State of Knights of Labor,
each of which has chosen two delegates to
the national assembly at Richmond, Va.,
next month. The delegates from this dis
trict are J. M. Broughton, of Raleigh; H.
G. Ellis, of Durham. Mr. Broughton said
yesterday, in response to an inquiry, that
there are five assemblies of the order in Raleigh,-
with about 1,300 members. There
are other assemblies in the county. Some
Knights estimate the number here as high
as 1,800. Lenoib, N. C, Sept. 20.
1886.-Col. R Z. Linney, independent ,.
candidate for Congress against CoL Cowles
in the Eighth North Carolina district, with
drew from the canvass at Downesville,
Caldwell county. Saturday, a toint can
vass had been agreed upon and published,
out for soma unexplained reason CoL Lin
ney bad an appointment at Downesville to
speak at 2 p; m; Saturday, which was not
a part of tbe programme. He was met by
Mr. H. S. Blair, of Cedar Valley, and after
each had spoken CoL Linney announced
his withdrawal from the canvass. His many
friends in the district will rejoiee at the
course he has taken.