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Hie Weekly .Star: FT ;. 3 .v jy W -1 -'-'''v -hGyla'VUizen''ihrmT-.- . kets are supplied mere abundactlv than ww - 7 PUBLISHED AT, ' , :. -j I t 31 I K O X O N i N . t., at' , j . r ever knew thtm with small game. Rab bits and squirrels bang out at every tceai market and partridges, alive and dead, am 50 A V Ji A MM W J. V -C. r8SS88SSSSSS8S SS8SSoSSSS8SSSS3 SS3SSSSSS8 2 -i-niOO ? SSSSScSoSSS8SS3S8 SSS8S8S88S8888888 SSSSSSS8SS8SS8'S 88888838388888,388 V3.V"i I 5 30 h et oa ifi co fc- od a o .h so 10 Ts p r.nii t the Post Office attWllmtogton, Nt C, S L BSCBIPTI02T PKICE. 'Stab is as follows : - I i. J Sinsrle Copy 1 year, postage paid, . $1.50 - . 6 months, ' 1 too 3 month " " J. 50 C3E131HBIES FOR NORTH CARO LINA. ' j We ave gratified to see that the Bahiin.orc Journal of Commerce disc.-.; tlie importance of estab lishing creameries in the South. 1. r - 1 .1!. - e - - j .-. shall rsct be generally done. They 03V t -xcelletitly iin other Southern States--in Virginia, in Kentucky, in I Tennessee and in Mississippi 4nd zhy not ia a well favored State like" oars? Col. Pardee, of Connecticut, a cIo:-c observe, says that the section lying . along tb'e Raleigh & Gaston fliiircad from the State capital j to ivcrren.is miencieu uy nature iur igpss growing country. The same tiling taay De eaiu or -jranvme. ne father of this writer t3ught the ar-mc-rs cf Granville hw to make hay. 1 f r- lit - rpL - Forty years ago be always fed jliia aorres and rmile9 on hay and Sold everv blsde of his fodder; In iten Years after he began to make hay a hundred farmers were also hay. making . It ,-iU he a good thing for the South; and for North Carolina par- ti if the farmers swill diver sify more- One of the ways of ae ive compas&ing tais is oy rais stock and going into the baiter i masiDir business, is is a uiogrue w our people that -they are so depejnd ent end helpless." We were in a erctetv. stcre vesterday and saw great piles ol Northern cabbage, jand shelves filled with canned goods, all froal tee. North. Oar people have to serjd North for apples, for pears, for grapes even? for turnips, for cab bage, for canne corn and tomatoes, for onr tub?, on? buckets, oar brooms, for butter and lard and; sugar, 'and syrupy and bay and eo' on. jThe South is simply an outlying country working for th9 Northern people. Can aay people flourish, prosper, and be happy pursuing such a cotfrse? Wbat folly to raise two or three eta pies and then send lali the mpney Ncr?h to get something to eat. -'Ia North- Carolina out-door can bq done eleven months; iiL the year Apple pears and grape can i great perfection in be tcis State as in any State. We-know thereof we affirm. In all the upper counties cabbage equal to any in the world Lis been crown for a hundred year?.- Corn, tomatoes and veget ables generally can be prodaced in etdless abundirce and equal .to the best. North Carolina apples took'the high' eat premiums, at the first New York World's Fair in or about 185 r. It -can do it again. We know on j far nier in Caswell county to have one hundred varieties of the pea?, and another in Granville to.have twenty five varieties, some of which Lwere more delicious than any we ever eat. l If onr people .would only learn to j live more within themselves : and to raise all they consume, what a change for tbe better there would be in this Told State we love. ' The idea ofj send- ing to Europe or to the frigid North ior vegetables v from this land of the Bun where all vegetation, is so S-ankly luxuriant., is snnorlat.i Tt only, shows what a slavish, inert, unenterprising people we re: - V hen .will there be a change ? When will onr home markets be fully supplied with nice, fresbj sweet but ter from home . creameries f. - How iong shall our people be forced to eat Northern so called doctored but ter, too villainously tank for j health, and at a high price, yheri the grasses grow in profusion every whereand stock raising and creameries may aboond ? The Journal of Commerce says: . - "-totwithstanding the "very superior ad vantages possessed by a large part of the 0Uth for ritiRinir livn otrvrfe nrivmtjirpa ! that make the cost when properly managed much less than-in the Horth or West the oouth is now as in the past a large buyer ot Western butter. The amount of West ern butter consumpd in th Rnnth and of ten in the good live stock sections, is sur prisingly large, while of cheese almost the entire consumption in the Bohth comes from the North and West. In 1880 the etate of New York made more butter than was made in fourteen Southern1 States, the 7v? Proaucuon m tbe bouth being 113, P00 000 pounds against 116,000,000 pounds "ew iorn. me total prdduction of fini1110 United Btates in iSSO was over WO.000.000 pounds, - of which 1 the South o thaa "ne seventb.j Of cheese -iid.ooo.OOO pounds were, made in this country in 1880, and a goodly share of this "IIZ lhe 8oulh. though less than -4,000,000 pounds was made there. This is one of the drains on thetiontbi." There are several . veryl successful creameries in operation in Missis sippi. One began business in ' May of last year. JFrom 100 to 200 pounds of batter are made daily, and it has Bold in the winfer and spring for 30 cents at thefaotory and tn the other months for 25 cents, It ships cream to: New Orleans, -netting from 80 cents to 1 125 .per gallon. These facts arer taken from - a commanica tion in the Baltimore - Manufac turers' Hecord. We copy some other information that ought to stimulate others to oppy the good example! The writer says; ' "The creamery is yery popular with the patrons, all of whom are increasing their herds and paying more attention to im provement of pastures and raising forage. "Butter is shipped into Southern cittes by the car load, coming largely from the Western creameries. There is no reason why this cannot be made here if people will get the stock and give them the nec essary attention. Land ia cheap and good natural pastures readily provided. Creameries have been startedjit the follow ing named places in tha State that I know of,-while there are - several more under way: Aberdeen, Macon, Meridian. Bolton, Vieksburg, Hernando, Bluff Springs, Stark ville, Agricultural O llege, Craw ford, Verona and Tupelo.- The last two are just starting. Organizations for open ing new factories are being formed in a dozen other places, - so that we will no doubt soon have- them spread over the State." Surely, what is done and what Is found profitable and desirable in Mississippi will apply to North Caro-. lina. - No State offers better advan tages for stock raising and butter making than our own. ; PIORE' AS TO THE PROPOSED : : FAIBS. ; Strike while the iron is hot. The Fairs in the Slate being jost over, it is a good time for the press to con sider how they can be improved, and how the; attendance can be made larger. Some . of ' the' Fairs - had smaller attendance and poorer exhi bits this year than formerly. Fairs are either useful or not. If useful then they ought to be strengthened and multiplied. : Some few of the papers' two or three have thought the 'suggestion of the Stab relative to fA Fair Week" for all the coun ties of sufficient' importance to dis cuss it. The Stab has no special in terest above others in the plan. . It occurred to Wtbat something ongbt to be doncTto make our Fairs better .and j more attractive, and we " fell upon the plan neretot ore aiscns3ea in these columns, l Every journalist ia as much concerned in the improve ment of stock raising, farming, &c, as we areand it is as much his busi ness r to consider measures or plansH looking to their improvement as it is ours. The press can do a great deal towards stirring this question of County, District and State Fairs if it will take hold. The election is over, and it is a good time to give variety to the columns and introduce practi cal topics as well as ornamental. A Fair for each county "in North Carolina is what the Stab has ven tured to suggest. - Our ; good friend of the Goldsboro Argus suggests a District Fair. VTe can see no objec tion to ' a District Fair for the Albemarle Bectidn ; another - Dis trict Fair for the section lying with in easy reach of Goldsboro; "another for the Charlotte section: another for the Piedmont section; another for the Asheville section. TheCoun tv Fairs can be potent and effective feeders of these fairs,' which should follow immediately, we think, the "Countv Fair Week," and then all can send their; best and -choicest fraits of the farm, the orchard, the garden, the loom, the workshop, and the best horses, cows, sheep, etc., to the State Fair, which can thereby be made a grand affair, the rival of the - best, whether North or South; We hope yet that other papers will Bpeak out and let the Fair questieh have a boost in North Carolina. WORKING TBE ROADS. lhe South Carolina Legislature has a Convict bill " under considera tion. The plan is to utilize the con victs by building good roads. This is tbe subject that has engaged the attention of North Carolina editors for some time, and it is alike needed and practical. In three-fourths of the counties in the. winter season the roads are .very bad, and often al most impassable. In the red clay counties travel is very greatly ob structed and hauling almost an im possibility. If: the .roads .in Soutn Carolina are in as wretched a state in the winter as they are in this Caro- Ima, then the Legislature should Ptake tbe matter in hand and remedy as speedily as possible the evil. .- The South Carolina bill proposes to' send all convicts for one year nr leRB to the- countv iails, and these are to be worked in gangs npon the county roads. The counties are to bear all expenses. The Sa vannah News, noticing the features of the proposed law, says: "Several advantages are claimed for this bill1 One is. that it will very materially lessen the number of convicts in the peni-tntinrv- or convict camos. Another is that u win senarate those capable bf being TPfnrmprl from the lone termed hardened convicts, and still another is that it will re sult in giving each county good roads at eomparativaly utue expense. . , "It is nrobablv safe to say that the In crease in the value of real estate and the saving to fanners and otners mat good roads will bring about, will be .far greater Is the1 saving in the wear and tear of wagons, vehicles of , all kinds, and the eain in the amnnnt. tianlod nn good roads-: as compared ; with bad roads will more than compensate for an expenses incurred. There is no better way to employ convict 'labor than in constructing . macadamized roads to the county seats... - f " VANCE. - We must felicitate Seuator Vance 'upon his admirable ' lecture before the Bostonians. How they relished so candid and so forceful a presen tation of the war theme he selected we do not know.' They ought to be educated up to the point of toler ance, and to hear .with patience the other idel . Audi alteram vartenu We-have not been ; able to get ; the full report of tho . lecture that occu pied two full hours, but we have read a somewhat full abstract and it is very appetising. "We are like little Oliver i Twist we "are hungry and are "asking for more." Onr readers need not to be told that we have very. kind feelings for our gifted and able Senator. We have made no mistake in the past as to his capacity. We have recog nized all along those powers that have made him so - popular and so dearto the North . Carolina heart patriotism, common sense inexhaustible humor, courage,' and integrity, liut we have gone be-, yond this. Holding him to be a singularly upright and honest politi cian, and. a man who had been fully tried amid 'the "fiery pangs" of bat tle and the most vexatioue,lroublous, suffering times of -war and the calam itous epoch following war, we have believed him all along to be patriot and statesman. A man of cultiva tion, a man of singular and abound ing humor, a "man of study and of business, he is also a man of ideas, of broad and enlightened statesmanship. He is the fullest, . roundest, wisest, ablest of onr North Carolina politi cians. 1 ti o is the most many-sided of our men. , He writes wll. His style is one of his very best points. He has cultivated the art of conveying his thoughts in' limpid, direct, vigo rous modern English. He writes with scholarly, accuracy, and often with the felicity of the genuine man of letters.' Wet doubt if he has ever been wiser in his public utterances thanhis talk before the Boston Yankees. He had a most difficult labarynth to thread. To change the figure there were dangers lying right before him, and on j either band rocks and shoals. Scylla and Charybdis were there. But with the skill of a master mariner be "avoided all dangers and went put into the! open sea of success beyond "with his Southern gonfalon floating proudly, and from the masthead tjbe ensign of the Union streaming in the Northern breeze. The lecture, has impressed us as being capital from first to last. He has presented facts with accuracy and he gave his audience views that were doubtless as : novel as entertaining, but they will not be new to men of reflection in the South. We will copy a few j characteristic paragraphs from North Carolina's favorite son. May it be far into the coming century be: fore the asterisk of death is placed against his name in the catalogue of the illustrious men of North Carolina. May he, like good, gentle, dear Col oael Newcomb, answer for a Bcore of years to come the 'roll call of the Senate each morning Adsum. NOTES OF OBSERVATION A recent hurried visit to Granville revealed signs of improvement on the line of railway's, and especially along the Raleigh: & Gaston t Rail road. All of the villages seem to be improving, and especially Little ton and Macon. Henderson is on a steady progressive road. We no ticed the going up of several large buildirfgs we .took to be tobacco. warehouses and factories. We also noted two new brick stores since our visit in Jane last. We saw but little of Oxford. It was very stormy and cold and when we left j on ; Friday morning snow lay on the ground and the ponds were frozen up. The railroad to Clarksville, Va.; distance 20 or 21 miles, is an- assured fact, we believe. The road from Richmond, Va., to Clarks'ville is already com pleted. .. The road, when built to Ox ford, will no doubt be extended with out delay, either to Raleigh or Cary, or to Durham. .From -Oxford to Caryand thence to Clarksville is a perfectly straight line. It will be the shortest line from Cary to tbe North "when completed. The tobacco crop.; in Granville, .Vance, Person, Orange , and; other bounties is the great staple. ; The last crop was Inferior but the - prices are very satisfactory, good tobacco crops averaging some forty or fifty -dollars a hundred. The best Granville far mers will realize, from '$250 to $400 to the hand for their crop, poor as it is regarded. There is great improve ment in rtbedairy -business and in WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, cattle raising. The leading merchant of .Oxford told . us he could have bought 10,000 pounds of fine beef within two. days,.some of which be thought equal to. the best Western." The Block law,. we were assured, was proving of immense benefit and was growing iu favor. J - - Granville and, the adjoining coun ties need the improving hand of con flict labor on the public county roads. Oxford is not yet a finished ton, al though a growing, town.' .Itneeds more - attention to its. streets and sidewalks. It has between 8,000 and 4,000 inhabitants, 'and if like all North Carolina towns it' puts on a city name it should also put'on"""city" airs and have good sidewalks, -We were glad to.see that the burnt dis trict'was showing signs of recovery. Two- brick stores are', already ap proaching completion. There- ought to be a handsome-and large brick hotel erected opposite the courthouse on the old hotel site. It ought to be in modern style with latter-day com forts and handsomely furnished, and then put iu ciiargo of a trained and experienced- man who really knows "how to run a hotel." . - To show, how great the improve ment at Henderson we mention that -some eight years ago there were but two brick buildings in the town; now there arc thirty-five brick stores alone, and many factories and ware houses, and a very attractive court house. " We were interested in seeing what newspapers were sold to travellers over the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad. Ane iiewsooy ioiu ue mat ne aver- aged daily 50 copies' of the Rich-j mond Dispatch. 20 copies of the i New York World, a few copies of the New York Times, and not a copy of the New York Herald. He also fd Raleigh and other papers. How the newspaper business has changed. We met a legal gentleman of con siderable political shrewdness while absent. We: asked "Who will be 4l.ii r. u f An!;AtA nA.Anft9H cue ucb vauuiuaic - ivi jwci vi . The reply was . prompt and emphatic "Jarvis. He has already been spoken to to save- the State?" There is food for reflection just here. Another gentleman who was a dele gate to Chicago said, to us "Jarvis will not begin to do, and he is might-' ily overrated." A leading Granville lawyer said "He can , make a. more effective popular speech than Vance, or than :Abram -.Venabler Ker or. any of the old ones." We replied . "Jarvis makes- a good speech, when he discusses North Carolina matters, but his field is limited." We met an unusually intelligent gentleman on the cars and he said of Maj. Peter M. Hale, that he was the best qualified ni&n that had ever been State printer and- was the only man in North Carolina who was qualified to do the proof-reading. To all of which we heartily agreed, because he is the only man who has the scholar ship j and mechanical kno wled ge necessary, it the legislature intends to have the public work thoroughly done Maj. Hale will be unanimously elected, The gentleman referred to has had experience in book proof reading in which technicalities abound (as in the State printing) and is a man of classical attainments. The indications in London all point to a vigorous coercive Irish policy. The gods have made the -Tory lead ers blind that they may be destroyed. So be it. Mr. O'Connor cables to the New York Star on the 16th as follows: "The triumnh of the cosreionists, and possibly the reconstruction of the Cabinet on the basis of coercive government ia Ire land , are stated to night to be as good as settled. Lord Salisbury havine a clear ma jority in the Cabinet, and tbe Marquis of Hartington having been heard from in sup nortlof Lord Ashbourne's policy. Hart- ington'a de vision turns the scale and affords Salisbury the excuse has been seeking to putliis foot down on Beach, Churchill and theyonna- Democrat-Tory element in tha Cabinet." i ". A' We received a valuable pamphlet of over ono hundred pages on "Co operation in a Western City." - It is by Mr. Albert Shaw, Ph. D., and was written for the American Economic Association. It is full , of informa tion as to tbe manner of conducting cooperative enterprises includmg'ag- riculture, and mercantile! ; laundry, building and other associations based uponthe actual work in the city of Minneapolis. 1 - Z- There is a Tariff fight in prospect in Congress, : and the kicking Ran dallites will lead, assisted by Demo cratic kickers who howlj for .free smokes - and free drinks and believe in a high tax on shoes, hats, blan kets, &c. The' Philadelphia Times, that - blows both, wvs. is no doubt happy over the prospect of defeating . . Bf Tariff reform. , J iThe South Carolina Senate has passed a bill to prevent interference with employes by outsiders. The avowed pb ject of the bill is to pre vent the- Knights of Labor from in terfering with hands;. If such a bill is needed it ought to." become Jaw and be enforced. About a Box or Tobaeco. v James Barrel!, colored, of Rocky Point, arrested upon the charge of larceny,' was tried yesterday before Justice MiHjs", the l case being removed upon affidavit of the defendant from Justice E. D. Hall's court. Justice Miihs dismissed the case at the cost of the prosecutor, and discharged the de fendant, upon the ground that the affidavit upon which Harrell was arrested was de fective,- in that it did not show to whom the property alleged to have been stolen a box of tobacco belonged. The prosecutor, Mr, Bam'l Bear,. Sr., appealed the case to the Criminal Court. , Harrell it seems brought a ; written order to Mr. Bear from Mr. Gamberg, a mer chant at Reeky Point, for two loxea of to bacco. He delivered enly one nox to. Mr. Gamberg, and claimed that he received but pne. r - ' . ThQ dissolution of the well known firm of Aaroa. A Rheinsieiu of ihis city isan nounced in the advertising columns of the Stab. Mr. David Aaron, the senior part- ner, withdraws for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture and importation of em' broideries as a member . of the firm of Meyer, Heine & Co., of No. 48 White 8trect,"New York, the manufactory being at St. Gali, Switzerland. Maay citizens of Wilmington -will lust of the severanca of Mr. Rbei ostein's business connection in this city with rertt. As a member of the late firm for twenty one years he has been closely identified with its commercial inter ests and has been eminently 'successful in rbuilding up a large wholesale dry goods trade. Mr. Fred. Rheiostein, the junior membar f the late firm, will continue the business established in this city.- TVilmlnsion & Weldon Railroad Com pany. The Board of Directors of the Wilming ton & Weldon Railroad at their meeting in Baltimore on the 14lh inst., in order to re imburse their stockholders for the increased value of the property growing out of the construction of branches, additions to equipments, and large expenditures for steel rails and other impiovemeDts. author ized tbe issue to its stockbolders of record, on the 3lstinst., of a non-cumulative obli gation to be known as a certificate of indebt edness, upon which a rateof interest not ex. ceeding 7 per cent, per annum is to be paid semi-annually out of the net income, in pre ference to dividends on stock. Tbe Carolina Ceatrat. ' The new schedule of the Carolina Cen tral Railroad, which will go into operation Monday next, gives tbe time of -departure of the day train from 'Wilmington, (daily except Sunday,) at 6 a. m ; striving at Shoe Heel at 10.17 a. m., Charlotte 3-45 p . m , Shelby 7.06 p in., and Cbampton 8 35 p. m. Returning, leave Cbampton at 6 a. m., Chariotte-10.28 a. m . Shoe- Heel. 3 45 p. nf . and arrive at Wilmiugton a.? p m. The night train runs as heretofore: Tbe 8y train makes connection both ways at Shoe Heel with trains on the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad. The night train connects at Hamlet with -trains to and f rom Raleigh. Through sleeping cars will be run between Wilmington and Charlotte and , Charlotte and Raleigh. I '' Cotton and Naval Stores for Knglani Messrs. Alex. Sprunt&8on cleared tt British steamship . West Cumberland yestej day for Liverpool with a cargo of 3,! bales of cotton, weighing 1,791,567 pounds and valued at $161,800. Messrs Paterson, Downing&Co. cleared the German barque Rhea, for London, with 2.065 barrels of rosin, weighing 626,560 pounds, and 1,345 casks of spirits turpen tine, measuring 66,861 gallons;cirgo valued at $25,280.. y y:';-, Sylvester Pope Pardoned. The" Raleigh News and Observer of Fri day says: : 'r. .;- His Excellency, Governor Scales, yes terday pardoned 8vlvester Pope, who was tried for bigamy at the spring term of New Hanover Criminal Court, 1888, convicted ; and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. The circumstances in the case show that Pope was married about ten years ago to a lady in Lunv berton. Within two or three years, from some cause, there was a separation, and Pope went to South Carolina, where he lived about seven years, tie men returned to this State, and being under the impression that seven years of sepa ration from a wne constiturea a legal divorce, paid attention to ad married a lady of high standing in Magnolia. He then moved to Wilmington, wcere, in tne course cf time, it became known that his former wife was living, and he was arrest ed on a charge of bigamy, of r which the fac s before the law convicted mm. tie was sentenced, but the court, Judge Meares presiding, together wiih' Solicitor Moore and others, signed a petition for his par don, staling that they believed that Pope acted under a full conviction oi . doing right, and with no intention whatever of committing the crime with which he was charged." - Pjpt'S home was in Marion, S. C, when he married tbe second time. He met his second wife, and was married in Wilming- lon,f lelurning at once to Marion, S. C, where be was arrested on the .charge of bigamy and brought back" to this city for trial. .- Cotton Receipts. The total receipts of cotton at Wilming ton this season from September" 1st to December 18th exceed the entire receipts of the season of 1885-86 by 4,057 bales. The total for this season is 106,099 bales, against 74372 bales'up to December 19th, 1885: an increase of 31.727 bales. The re- ceipts for the weekr-ended yesterday wtre 7 235, against 4.630 bales the- correspond . inir week last vear. The stock on hand a" this port is 24,049 bales,- against 13,967 at the same date last year. Mr. i John F. Garrell was se verely injured last night about the head and face, in a difficulty with Mr. John R. Melton, that took place at the Front Street market, house. It was reported on the streets that kr. Garrell's injuries were of a serious naturo, but upon inquiry being made at his residence the report was denied. Messrs. Stolter & Haar, two of Wilmington's enterprising German; citi zens, have .started a new Business me manufacture of candies for the 'wholesale and retail" trade. - The -firm announces its readiness to fill orders at short notice at No. 16 North Second street. - The British steamship Jtssmore, Capt. A.miot, varnveu yesieruay itjii, iuwiwi S. ' CV thirty-eight days :ago with ; a cargo of cotton for Liverpool. -She made the run back from the latter port to Wil mington in eighteen days; 1386. .TllK STEAM ER DISA.STKR - Further Particular of tbe Burning of the Steamer Job a m Wbft Lo of Life Not. so Great aa Flrot Ueporied Heroic foodici of Sailor Pieraon. Chicaoo. Dtc 16. A Dailv New cial from New Orleans siys;. Fullv forty, nve ol tne passeceers aod :rew f itie il!- fated steamer John Jtf. VVLiic wre "'tiiil missing.' Of these thirty - are nezro btDor- era, who took pasBace on lhe tnu at tbe landing just - about tbe points wbere ibe. accident occurred. - It is believed that at least twenty perished.' ; -..i i - - - Uapt. -atuscy. I tie . commaader of the steamer was ill in fais room ut tbe time tne steamer wes discovered on fire. ; He was awakentd by tbe alarm, and . ran from bis room to tbe upper deck only to find that retreat to tbe deck tn-low was already cut off by the flames, l He swung out f r m the uppsr deck on a chain, sni in this way reached the bank. .... After ward be tried to return and assist tbote fcliil ua boards but -discovered : that he. -would, i Jnse his' own life if he persisted. He then immediately organized a relief force from tbe bank, and buperinlecdcd the sailor Piersdn ia the yawl t rescue 4 sose strag gling in the wter. Pieraou'a conduct du ring tbe confusion was most heroic Piiitiiog his way through the crowd of shrieking passengers at the steamer's stein, he cut the. yawl loose from ;tta fasU-nings, and after a" desperate struggle lowered it to thewater. Four negroes jumped into tbe boat and cut the pa inter, but the sailor foresd them back,' and taking twenty human beings in'o the yawl landed them safely on shore. Then rowing quickly back be saved twenty more On tbe third tr'P be rescued nine, aad od the fourtn trio three. Bv'lhe time he reached the thore on: the latt trip all that remained of tbe steamer was her bull,. Capt. Aiu8ey said last nizht that he did not think more than five of the Cibia pas sengers and ten of tbe deck Lands perished." His estimate is regarded as very low. rEXXSFL, VA If I A. Tanuers Discharged for Jolotng tbe Koisbta of Labor Only One In a U aad red of tbe Iron Workers Wil ling to Affiliate yltb tbe Knights, Pittsbtjeg. December 16. A Clearfield paper says that forty laborers employed at tbe large tannery of Foyer..Weatber Q Ladow, were discharged today for joining the Knights of Iibor. -Several hundred men are employed -by tbe firm, and a large number threaten U quit work -if the dis charged men are not rciuc-taud r The Labor Tribune. Just issued, sivs: The popular vote of members of the Amal gamsted; Arsociauon of Iron aed Steel WoTfcers on the rrooosltioa of General Master Workman Powderlv. to join the Knights of Labor, so far as beard from up to Saturday last, shows that 99 percent. are opppsed to affiliation RICHMOyD DA .V Yi L,LE. Col. Buford Resigns tbe Presidency and Alfred Sally Elected to tbe Va cancy A New Board ; of Dtreetora Cboseu. - . Richmond, December 16. An adjourned meeting of the stockholders of tbe Rich mond and Danville Railroad Company was held to day at which Col. A. 8. Buford resigned the Presidency of1 the company and Alfred Sully, of New York, was unani mously elected his successor. The follow ing board of directors was then elected: Thos. M. Logan JIB. Pace. J H. Dioley and B Christian!, of Richmond; 1. A. Rutherford.Ger ree F.. Stone.H. Mr Floger. John H. Intnan. Emanuel Lehman, - Isaac G. Rice. R, K Dow and John G. Moore, of New York. The meeting adj -urnedto Thursday next, when Thomas M. Logan win be made first Vice President. ALABAMA.' Blontgomery Shipping Cotton te LlTer- pool--31 ethodlst Conference. J Mohtoombby, Dec. 16 The steamboat Alabama left her wharf here to-eight with 1,200 bales of cotton on a through bill bf lading for Liverpool She connects at Mo bile with a Liverpool steamer. Tbe-Alabama Conference of the Metho dist Episcopal Church South is in .session here; Bishop Keener presiding. O ver . 200 clerical and lay delegates are present HEINOUS CRIME. A White Lady Outraged by a Negro at .Oxford, N. C He Confesses his Gnllt. .. 1 Raleigh. N. C.,Dec. 16. Joseph Black well, negro, was committed to jai! at Ox ford yesterday, charger with. outraging Mrs. Alice Dement, a highly respected white woman, living near Oxford. Black well confesses his crime. - ' VIRGINIA. Tbe Body of a murdered Slan Poond at Winchester. W1KCHK8TKB, December 17 The body of Andrew Bray, a young man who resides four miles from Stephen City, and who has been missing for five weeks, was found by a hunting party : recently hidden under a log and covered with leaves. It i3 supposed that he was waylaid and murdered while going through' the woods. The body has a bullet bole over the left eye and the face is crushed T. R. Rittenour, a reputable youDg.man, 22 years of age. wat arrested for tbe crime ana after examination was held for the grand jury. ;:-.; :-- -v ; Norfolk, December 18. The trial of George M. Ba!n. Jr., cashier of the late Exchange National bank, for making false reports ss to the actual condition of tho bank to the Comptroller of the Currrency, terminated this evening with a verdict of guilty. A motion to arrest judgment pend ing a motion for a new trial, was granted, and tbe defendant was baued. . .ILLINOIS. War Declared on Trades Assemblies : bv Knights of Labor. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. Chicago. December 18 It is announced to-dav that District Assembly No." 1755, of the Knights of Labor,' has declared war on tbe Trades Assembly ana witnarawn its delegates George Rodgers, Robert Nelson and John Foler. .--This is an acceptance in Chicago of the challenge on the part of the Federation of Trades conference at Colum bus against . the 'Knights, and tbe move is of more importance than is apparent at first clai ce. when the fact is taken into consideration that Rodgers, Foler and Nel son have fieured (or a long time among the leaders cr labor organizations. 1 ny nave been among the tnest activeworkers, and thev have with rare exceptions bees found the antagonizing element in tbe Trades As- - I sembly to whose councils they have always . 1 . . . . 1 1-1 U I.... nan entry, hu m wiubu. vucy uac r.UCu material influence. Nelson has been a candidate for the presidency of .the Assem bly, but never ' succeeded in , securing an election. George Rodgers is a member of the State Executive and Lnstnct Assembly 24, executive board, and John oler is also on the executive board 01 no. S4.; . Th prominence of the gentlemen gives a tinge of sensationalism to tbe action 01 no 1755, in calling them tcwithdraw from the Trades Agsemblv. and Ahe meeting of tbe latter body to-morrow; afternoon give promise of being a live one. It is denied in what ought to be authoritative circles' that Grand Master Workman Powderley's order to the Knights to withdraw their del- eates from trades assemblies bad reached here, but if it has not, it is asserted that it is Expected, and No. 1755 has forestalled it It is believed other assemblies will un doubtedly follow suit and the much an ticipated internecine war in labor organiza tionsbaa begun - Wadesboro Intelligencer: Judge Bennett was detained in- Wadesbore by pressing professional duties till Saturday nlffbt. wben fie leit ior asningron, ac companied by Mr. H. O.- Parsons. 1 The latter gentleman, it is generally nndef stood. will receive an appointment, -With a thousand dollar salary. . - - NO. 8 , WJLSIIINGTOK. - . Itlllilons to be Paid Oat on Public Di bf . Interest Dae Janaary 1. Wabhihgtos, Dec. 1G Tbe Secretary of the Treasury has directed the pay mem, without rebate, of the interest due January 1, 1887, on the United States four per cent, bonds of the loan of 1907, amounting to about $9,000,000; and also the interest on the bonds issued to .the Pacific Railway Companie8,upon the presentation of coupon and interest checks at- the Treasury at Washington or at any of the Sub -Treasuries. t Checks for registered interest will be mailed to 'bondholders as soon as pre pared. , , r , - , ; CWASHiNGTOSDec 16. The President to-day nominated Frank B. Gendoar Col lector of Customs at St. Augustine, Fla. ; Washes gtob; December 17 A meeting of Southern ' Representatives who favor a reduction in internal revenue taxes, was held in the room of the House Committee on Judiciary to-day. Tbe States of V11 ginia. North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia were represented by Messrs. Ca bell. Daniel; ; Wise, Barbour,. Crowton, O'Ferrall, Cowles. Henderson. Johnson. Skinner and Bennett. Mr. Cabell was made chairman. As the proceedings of the con ference were regarded as- of a confidential nature, it is somewhat difficult to asceitiin the exact result, but it Is . learned that M call for the meeting was for the purpose of nncertinir measures to be engrafted upon one of the tariff bills, looking to the aboli tion of ; the internal revenue tax upon to bacco and spirits distilled from fruits. From the tone of the discussion it appeared that nearly all of the persons in attec dance regarded a9 impracticable the proposition to reduce materially the tax on whiskey. They were practically unanimous, howev er, in favor of the propositions to abolish the tobacco tax and to abolish the fruit brandy tax or reduce it to a nominal figure, with a view to continuing govern ment supervision over its manufacture. A committee consisting of Messrs. Wine, Bennett, Johnston, Barbour, Candler and Tilman was appointed to formulate amend ments embodying those propositions, which it is tbe intention to offer as amendments to the Morrison Tariff bill if consideration of that measure is secured in the. House. Another committee was appointed, com prising nearly all of the remaining mem bers of the conference, to sound other repre sentatives, with a view' to a certaining whether it is feasible to pass independent measures embodying the foregoing proposi tions in the event of the failure of Morri son's attempt to secure consideration for his bilL These committees will report at a subsequent meeting of the conference. All of the proceedings are regarded as tentative in their nature and tbe propositions above referred to and plan of procedure outlined may be greatly modified hereafter. A caucus of Republican Senators took" place this afternoon. It was called, osten sibly to fill vacancies in the committee lists. Mr. Dolph was selected to be Chairman of the Committee on Claims, and Mr. Spooner for Chairman of the Committee on Coast Defences: Half a dozen other vacancies in the committee membership' were also filled. The Inter-State Commerce bill was briefly criticized and discussed, - and the tariff was talked about more at- length, but no, action was taken in reference to either. An advisory committee cn he order of business was appointed and the caucus then adjourned. , Washington, Dec 18. 1.37 P. M. Mr. Morrison has just moved that the House go into Committee of the Whole upon the Ta riff bill. . -- 2 P. M. Mr. Morrison's motion was. lost yeas 148. nays 154. The following Dem ocrats voted in the negative Bliss, Boyle, Campbell of Ohio, Curtin, Ermentrout, Foran, Gay, Geddes, Green of;N. J., Irionf Lawlerr Lef evre, ... Martin, Mc Adoo. Memmau, Muller, Randall. Seney, Sow den, Spriggs, Stahlnecker, St. Martin. Wal lace, Ward of Ills , Warner ,"of Ohio, and Wilkins; and the following Republicans in the affirmative Hayden, Nelson.. Stone of Mass., Strait, 'Wakefield and White of Minn. ; '- SOUTH CARO! IN A. Execntlon at Spartanburg, S. C York County IIarderers In Jail at Colom bia. : ; - : Ceableston, December 17. Bob Jeter. colored, was hanged at Spartanburg to day. He broke down on tbe scaffold and the scene was a most pitiable one. Columbia. December 17. The jsix ne groes implicated in the murder of the boy John L. Good, in York county, were lodged in jail in this city last night. Both prison ers and deputies were very much exhausted when they arrived here. They left 1 orfc ville by private conveyance on Tuesday evening tor Gastonia station, on the Air Line Road, twenty-four miles from York ville. The road was rough and they were constantly expecting lynchers to overtake them. The party missed connection at Gastonia, but took the next train for Char lotte, N. C.. and missed connection with the south bound train over the O, C. & A. R. R. They came through last night un molested, but in fear of an attack at Rock Hill and Chester. The delav of the party in reaching there may have thrown the lynchers off the trail. . NORTH CAROLINA. A Tragedy at Concord-$50,000 . Pre sented to . Wake Forest College by JT. A. Bostwlcfcof New York. , Chablottb, Dec. 17. At Concord, this morning. J. Frank Green, of the firm of Hayler. Motley & Green, grocers, commit ted suicide by shooting himself through the heart. He had seduced a daughter 01 tt C. Goodman, and was to have been tried upon the charge of seduction at 9 o'clock . this morfiing. He shot himself at 7 o'clock. on rising from bed. . tie leaves a wife and five children.- . - Ralbigh. Dec. 17 J. A. Bostwick, of New York has presented to Wake Forest College, in this state, SoO.uou, in addition to $20,000 given some time ago. IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. The Dignitaries of tbe CatboIIe Cbureh Consulting as to tbe Relations with the Knlgbts of Labor Nothing Known aa to their Deliberations. Philadelphia. Dec. 17. The Record of this morning says an important conference, bearing on the relation or tne Uatnolic Church to the Knights, of Labor, in the United Btates, is believed to nave tasen place in this city vesterday. i between Car dinal Gibbons. Archbishop Corrigan, bf New York, and Archbishop Kyan, of f nit adelphia, at the residence of the latter JtTrom noon until 0 o ciocs m tne aiternoon the three prelates were closeted, and at the latter hour Cardinal Gibbons and Arch bishop Corngan departed for their homes. Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati, was ex pected at the conference, but he was suf fering from pneumonia and unable to come. Whatever occurred at the confe rence is kept a close secret, but it is un derstood the meeting was for the purpose of discussing thoroughly the .principles o labor 'unions and . labor political move1 ments. with a view of either condemning or approving them, according as they ap pear to be in conformity with the Church; also, that any action that might be taken should be uniform throughout the country . It is believed that the action of Archbishop Corrigan, in suspending Dr. McGlynn. formed tbe leading subject 01 the deiibera tion." - -;:" -' : '.: A prominent priest said last evening, in referring to the meeting, that the labor question was .certainly assuming sucn pro portions ana arming into suca.cnanneis that the Church could not very long ignore it He referred to the interest taken in tne labor movements as exemplified by the heavy vote polled fpr Henry George, and thought Catholics, should be advised by 4heic spiritual superiors whether-or not it was dangerous to sunoort sucn movements. "Of course, henoncluded,no action will be taken by the Hierarchy withoDt delibe ration and, cafe," and if any change is made it will only be for the best interests of the Church and the spiritual weirare 01 its aa ..TheCharlottefvArontcis'au- irnrA tr. . L . n. IT.. .. Kinnon is to retire from tbe Presidency of Davidson College bt cause of ill health. Dr McKinnon's health is improving, and thera is no reason to suppose that be will have to retire. - . - vv Mr.' J, A. :Bostwiu.k, ; of- New York, has just given $50,000 to Wake For- . est College. Very generous! This makes the endowment $164,000. Those Northern. Baptists know how to do big things in gen erosity, . . Greensboro North State, Rep.: Judgo Connor opened court here Monday. -He was here at last, court, and made a fine- : -Impression. He Is regarded by the bar aa -one of the very best Judes in the State. He " -is a quiet, modest gentleman, conscitntious and painstaking. During the - past -week upwards of 15.000 birds have been . bought by dealers in Greensboro, at prices... ranging at about 75 cents a dozen,- As thu law. prohibits shipping them, it looks aa -though the people of Greensboro havu " -abandoned pork, beef and chickens and taken to living on quail and toast. - , . New Bern Journal;, Parties from Onslow inform us that the jail at Jacksonville was burned on Tuesday night ' last. The fire was accidental . There werw four prisoners, all of whom were rescued and are now being kept under guard until ' the CouDty Commissioners -can make ar rangements for taking care of them. The . loss is a heavy one to the county, which is already financially embarrtssed . Mr. T. P. Clarke, taxidermist, exhibited at Ihis office last night a while squirrel, killed on -Mr. John Dillard's plantation near Croatan -in this county. He was about half grown and as white almott as snow.' .- -Raleigh News- Observer: y The . la&t sad rites over the earthly remains of Mrs. Mary Winder Bryan were held from -Christ Church yesterday morning at 11.30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. V. W. Shields. of New Berne, assisted by Rev. Dr. M. M. Marshall, of this city. . A large attendance - of friends, ; deeply sympathizing with the -bereaved family, sorrowing from a sense of the irreparable loss of a much loved com panion and associate and fuliy exercising v tbe last and only privilege left them of tes- tifying their attachment and, devotion ' that of bestowing flowers., the purc3t and most tender emblems within reach of hu manity. . . 4 " Kinston ree Iress: -VV edrfes- day night week Mr. Lemuel Taylor's eiu - nouse in tnis county was uestroyea ny nre. Loss about $800; no insurance. Tues day night week Mr. B. W. Hardee's gin nouse, on tbe ttreenvule road, about ten miles from Kinston, and about three bales of seed cotton were burned; eight bales of lint cotton near the gin house house were badly damaged. W. J. Murphy, col- ? ored, cut Sarah Grice, colored, severely on tno arm last d riaay, near udd s Mill, mis county. Murphy was arrested, had a pre- - linunary trial before J . M. Wooten, Esq., and was bound over ia a bond of $500, in - . default of which he was put in charge of an officer to bring to Kinston jail, but es caped cn the way and is now at large. Charlotte Chronicle: There ap pears to be a hitch in the revenue depart- -r ment at Washington by which the LlJcited- -States Marshals have not received their pay. and we learn that their salaries have been withheld for a period running back nearly - twelve montbs. in tbe United States - court yesterday the following persons were found guilty of illicit distilling: Edward Foster, Reuben Price and J. C. Campbell-. . judgment was not pronounced in either case. - Cris Bogar. colored, of Harris burg, is the boss rabbit hunter of . this sea son, so far as tho record has been ascer- ' tamed. During the late snow be salted down two hundred and twenty-five. ... j We learn through Mr. W. F. Denman.who is in possession 01 tne iacis, mat uoi j rea a. Slith, of Tbomasviile, N. C, and late of Baltimore, Md., where he was engaged li" ir . c : 1 . : , 1 id Eeiuog maogauese aunsa, una isiieu iu. . . his enterprise?. Chatham Record; Much in terest is being manifested in our proposed railroad celebration.' which from present . indications promises to be a grand suecess. -The committee heretofore appointed to so licit contributions 'for the. dinner, held a meeting last Tuesday, (not witbetanding the. - fact that several came four or five miles : through the snow) and made proper ar rangements to perform their duties. T Between 12 and 1 o'clock on last Saturday night, while the wind was blowing violent ly and the sleet was beating down pitiless ly, our town was aroused by the startling cry of "Firel" The heavens were aglow and tbe deep snow intensified the glare of tbe names, and everybody at first thought - a destructive conflagration was raging, but . the only property destroyed was an unoc cupied building on' Sheriff Brewer's lot. formerly used as a servants bouse. - 1 ne origin of the fire is unknown. The build ing was insured for $75 in the North Caro- -lina Home Insurance Company. -; j Charlotte M)ening Times: A colored woman named Prudie Lane, living in "Log Town," this city, was attacked last tnight .witn a violent headache and died within : five minutes after she was seized, although she had not complained previously, i She was about 40 years old and married. Yesterday morning Messrs. George Howie and J. R. Wolfe, . of Pineville started ;tjwCharDtte, driving two horses in a buggy. Thewrses became frightened, ; jumped ; a bridge into tne stream, and. carried the buggy with them. The occupants jumped out in time to es cape a good wetting. 1 Mr. Robert Walker, of this county, carried a youngr" ladv to a party at Mr. John McCord s resi- - . dence, in Paw Creek, last night, and while there, some person With evil intent, or or mischievous desire removed tbe tapirom one of the wheels of his buggy, and on the sin nnmn inn vnwj rnmp dtt. inrnwino- inn occupants but They escaped injury. - Greensboroi Workman : The - work on this end of the road is being push- ed forward . as rapidly as possible the t workmen i having reached a point about 1 twenty-four miles from this place. On yesterday ! the local eaitjor, in company with Maj. R. P. Atkinson, Chief Engineer, and Messrs. R. P. Gray and C. G. Wright, took a trip to the head of the road. The ; bridge force is now at work building a bridge across Robinson's mill pond, which -is on Bellne'8 Creek. There is some pretty heavy work on the bridge and it is not sup posed mat it will do nnisnea neiore -jurist-mas. -The road is within six miles of Wal nut Cove,iand it is surprising what an im- . petus it has given the place Building lots . have been sold, a nice hotel erected, store houses built, etc., I and several days ago a car load of furniture passed over the exten- -sion for the new hotel. At Pond, ten miks this side of Walnut, Cove, tberc-ia also a boom, i ' ' - ' Greensboro Workman: One hardly knows bow to write on such a sub ject M iUBt Ul LUC UUU&CUUCOO UUR VUDIU npon our Representative m uongress, tion. James W. Reid, j of Rockingham- . We have been: sincerely grieved at tbe reports which have of late appeared in tbe news papers not those! of the opposite party. but the'friends who. to the last supported him in tbe recent campaign. The latest ia furnished 1 by the i Danville Jiegtster, tnat paper being decidedly outspoken on the ' subject We' quote at some, length : Mr." Reid has deceived bis nest menus ana nas involved some of them in great financial trouble. We are advised, upon the best authority, that for years his debts have been accumulating and in order to raise money he made false , statements to bis friends, and gave mortgages on, property - -already encumbered, so that while bis property is worth only some nve tnou sand dollars, his debts to his friend amount to something like thirty - thou sand - dollars. Such implicit faith bad his friends in his integrity,-and so shrewd ly did he impose on them that not even bis own family knew of the desperate game he was playing until ne; leu for parts un known. The man's acts condemn him sufficiently, God knows, and it is not for us to add another sting to the affliction he haa brought upon bis family and friends. Tbe demoralizing effects of such a case as thin is one of its worst features. Let th city of Wilmington put ner nest root iore moat and subscribe a sufficient amount tr" extend the C. F. & Y. V. Railroad to that; place, which would give direct railroad communication to the fine tobacco belt, and would open up a new and prosperous country and make Wilmington a port of importance and a city of magnitude.
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