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The Weekly: Star. WE H. BERNARD, Editor and Prop'r. WILMINGTON, N. C. r- March 18, 1887. rsrin wrltlna to chanes tvour faddrees, alwayi uwrttlns Reformer direotion as wetfas fall particulars as where you wish your paper to be sent hereafter. Union you do both change oan not be made, CWNoMoea of Marriage or Death, Tribute of Kespect, Resolutions of Thanks. Ao., are chanced for aa ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for striotlyln advanoe. At this rate 60 cents will pay for a simple announoement of Marriage or Death. ' ' ' l PfBemittanoes must be made by Check, Draft- masters will register letters when desired. vnMAi MflneT uraer or xiemuwreu rWOn!y snoh remittances will be at the the publisher. - - .i , risk of J378peclmeu copies forwarded when desired. DR. WIlBY-MONCJfllBNTS, t There, is a movement on foot t to erect a monument to the late pev. l)r. Calvin H. Wiley, arid to male some provision for his family. While a sincere" friend of the deceased; and a warm admirer of his excellent gifts we do not believe that both projects will succeed. We think it would Jbe mach wiser, more considerate I and more humane to first secure some provision for his widow and bis chil dren. Monuments are certainly de- eiraoie wnen tney marx vue yraoo of men of distinguished usefulness or real eminence in any department jpf labor. The Stab has often deplored the indifference of North Carolinians to such things and their failure jto recognize the merits of .the living and the dead. In the way of monu ments they have done less than probably any other civilized peo ple on the -globe or known to history. The greatest men of j tie State arejvitbout monuments, unless erected by their families. And whan . a monument is to be erected a mis- take is made as to the man some- time. . Judge Pearson has a mon ument erected by the bar of Ithe State, while Judge Brooks is neglect ed, who deserved a monument if any Judge in North Carolina 'ever de served one. ' ' 1 .- Of course we would like to see a monument erected to Dr. Wiley's memory. He did more for the com-" mon schools of North Carolina than any fifty men: who ever lived in the State, and he served North Carolina faithfully in the office he held' under the American Bible Society.! He bas done more than any of her sons, to perpetuate the memories of the pasil, and he deserves a monument of brass or marble. But unless a more gen erous liberality and a greater appre-j-ciation are exercised than is wont to be the case we fear there will be no monument. A nroviaion for Mrs. Wilev an . . r - J 'I the children might be secured, but it will have to be done through his brethren in the ministry. That! is our opinion.' The Presbyterian !! churches of the State muBt do it or it will 'go undone. We say this Jte cause we know something of raising money in North Carolina forbenevjj olent purposes. A rich Northern man will give more money to a cans . that appeals to nis benevolence orp.ii sympathies than all North Carolina will give. Our people are not yet educated in the great work of giving Christian beneficence is but little ' - i ii known. In all North Carolina then are but few people, we believe, wn beginto approach the Bible standan of giving, bo .building monuments endowing colleges, providing for the destitute and acts of mercy generally are more talked over than done. We have known but two persons who gave a tenth of their income to reli gious and benevolent purposes in North Carolina, and neither was born in the State. Both were Virginians. N. C. L1W AND SAVINGS BANKS. A law was enacted by the Legisla ture that was needed. It was to fa cilitate the establishing - of Savings Banks in the State. We are anxious to see these useful institutions greatly multiplied. We believe they will prove a decided benefit to the peo ple, and in. the course of years will be very much instrumental in foster ing a habit of saving. Under the law any number of persons can form a banking association. Articles of agreement must be filed , with the Clerk of the Superior Court. The General Assembly have power to ex amine into their management. The Governor shall appoint a Commis sioner, for each bank, whose salary snail not exceed 91,500 annually. The details are full andexplioit. The officers shall consist of three Presi : dent, Vice President and Treasurer, with nine Trustees. There shall also be an investment committ.ee, but ihey may not borrow themselves of the bank. The bank shall declare dividends every six months on all sums in the bank for three months. The law should be taken advantage of and Savings Banks should spring up in every thriving' community. New England they have done great good and are most prosperous. We have given statistics heretofore jpf tneir operations in Massachusetts and other States. The people need 'just such help to induce them to save some of their earnings and have those earnings at work for them while they sleep. When will the largest town in the State avail itself of this law.? Asheville, Raleigh' and perhaps other towns nave or will have Savings Banks not long hence. - L Jonn F. Chamberlain, of Was ington, will ask the Virginia Legis lature to grant to him . the privilege .of erecting a hotel at Fortress Mon roe to costs (300,000 or more, with accommodation for 800 guests. CAHLISLB ON CENTRALIZATION. The Bpeech of Mr. Carlisle in Bos ton was an important one. It had the true ring and willjberead with inter est. We give some extracts from it that should be read with care. 7 tie sets forth the dangers that threaten the country," and the perils that lie in the ; path ) of the ; Democracy. He gave the people of Boston a much needed talk for he reminded them of fundamental doctrine and gave them an old fashioned jState Rights chat. MrrCarJisIe is a 'statesman. .He on demands the true' theory of this Government, and he sees clearly the great dangers - that threaten it from the unmistakable and aggressive cen tralizing ideas and, tendencies of the times. ; - The intelligent readers of the Stab will bear witness to its zeal and ar- n estates in pointing out the danger ous trend of ideas in the North. jThey will bear witness j that the Stab has again and again discussed the great fundamental doctrine of the reserved rights of the Stales under tbej Con stitution and the- 'inestimable bless ings and muniments of local self-go vernmentof home rule. Whatever impairs this doctrine, lessens J its force, undermines the Constitution and the very citadel of the people's liberty. -'"' - I . V ; Mr. Carliwl sees! as with the eye of a iseer the tremendous dangers! that will attend the growth of centraliza tion, and be, therefore, warns nis - I i countrymen against it. It is jvery real, very serious peril that threatens the perpetuity of fVee institutions of a republican, democratic forrh of Government jon ll.ese shores, j The Republican party in the centralizing party. Very few of its representa tive men are faithful to the tradi tions and principle of the wise fath ers who framed our Constitution. Hamiltonianism is rampant in! and out of Congress. We regret to know that so- many men in the last Con gress calling therm lelves Democrats favored measures t iat were subver sive of sound political doctrine and dangerous to the Constitution Lhey had sworn to uphold. A survey of the records of parties fpr tome ysara will show that many Democrats have supported measures! that can not be justified upon Democratic principles, But read what the able Speaker of the 4 Olb .Congress has to tell the the people of country. Massachusetts and GRASSES AND BUTTER SIAKING. " j i While the peoplt of North Caro lina are buying the r butter of the Northern dairymen they should be raising their own ca .tie, having their own dairies and m iking their own butter. 9 There are vide sections of North Carolina that are specially adapted to grazing, The grasses will grow well in three-fourths of ithe counties. In the bill country they grow to perfection. Before the war the tobacco counties did not consume all told five hundred pounds of for eign butter. Now they are like the eastern counties, leaning morel and more upon the North. And still sim ple minded people pi ate of progress. We are glad to see that one section is attending to home interests. The regular Asheville c orrespondent of the Charleston Net w l and Courier says: ' ' j ; - ; j "Tbis fcection of the Slate has Iodic been known as admirably adapted to the growth of the grasses, and numerous cattle men from other Btatts have in the last year or two. been invealicg capital in stock farms throughout Western Noith Carolina, j The mountain beef bas always been pronounced among the mott excellent in the markets of the couuiry ; and now, as more attention is being paid to ca tle raising, it is natuial that with increased production the cattle men should be on the alert for the best markets ' Your correspondent yesterday met a gentleman from Maine, who, with a partner from Illinois, went into the cattle business a year ago Id one of the more western counties. Anxious to know; bis preference for markets and other points of interest in his business, te was questioned He said he had met with exeellent succesi in his venture, and the business wai des tined to be one of tbe big industries tf this part of (he State. As tot markets, he ; said be had tried Norfolk Wilmington and Charleston. After a number of tests be was sure that tbe Charleston market was far superior to either of the others "; j j ' What has been done in . that sec tion may be easily done io other sec tions. When we see a farmer rais ing tobacco or cotton and buying his vegetables, or bjfu it, or breadj or meat, we put him . down as unwise however much he mav boast Of bis achievements and flatter himself that he is on the; high way to prosperity and fortune.; Injudicious farming and the mortgage system persisted in will bring uine ouj of ten farmers to poverty and slavery. Facts au thorize this statement. 1 of N orth Carolina as a whole are tar worse off in 1887 than they were in 1870.' No observant man can possi bly doubt it. K . j . By the way, tbe putter business reminds us of an interesting fact. Mrs. Heathly of this city has firkin of butter that was put up jno doubt in the time of the war.' In digging in the cellar the decayed re- mama 01 inenrKin were structc upon being excavated the butter was found to be perfectly preserved ' in i bulk, and really sweeter and fresher. Mrs. H..say, then some oi the batter" on sale in tbe stores. There were par tides of salt undesolved. v This but ter must have been buried during the war. .At Pompeii, in Italy, there sweet, limpid water that was put the vessels before orj during A. is in b.- 78, or over eighteen hundred years ago. It remained covered np all through the centuries by the light ashes from Vesuvius that enveloped and destroyed the rich and sumptuous little city of 20;000 inhabitants in the year mentioned. The fires in the towns of North Carolina are particularly destructive. Lumberton was tbe first to buffer, then Wilson, and now Oxford. The fire in the last, named town destroyed the business houses on one street, but did not reach Main street: None of the towns is prepared for fire, , They have ao utterly insufficient supply of water,., and not many of them have the needed'engines and apparatus for putting out firesr For thirty or forty years' Oxford had, but two. or three buildings burnt, one a smoke-house. But for tbe last thirty-five years it has suffered from many fires; and id 1854 or 1855, many business honses were burnt,' causing a loss of some (35,000 ; or ' $40,000. Not" many months ago a fire burnt the old hotel and some stores. -Now twenty' eight stores are in ashes. ' A free ferry across tbe Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers, is a positive necessity as tbe Stab bas bo many times insisted upon. The Legisla ture has done its part, now let the people of New Hanover and Bruns wick do their part. We have not the slighttsi doubt that the trade with Wilmington; will be immensely in creased by tbe free ferry project. ,Iet our people pull - together. Tiro way' to build up oar town is to harmonize,' pool all iesues, work together for the good of the whole, and htlp our- selves. . . '."' "'" ' We publish to-day a part ofj the interesting letter of Col. Pardee de scriptive of some of tbe industrial iutereslsof Wilmington. While not new to our people in town, it will in terest them and also give distant readers some idea of what is doing "in thee parts." " :v" - The State papers often mention lie Ufe of the mad stone in case of bites by rabid dogs. Tbe interesting and important point is to ascertain how those really bitten many years sgo by genuine mad dogs have fared.' In some known cases hydrophobia bas followed the bite where no stone was used only after several inter vening eats. . What 1 does Senator Edmunds mean by the Republicans nomina ting "a good man"? Does ho mean character or availability? If be means character then John Sherman, Gen. Sherman, Blair and some. others will have to take back seats. . The "codfish aristocracy" were out in great fclre nglh to greet Sara Bern hardt upon her reappearance iu New York. They piled np pyramids of flowers and. offered incense to the Parisian actress. She played Fedora. Sara is fattening. "" Mr. Gladstone will stand by tbe principle atid basis of his Home Rule policy and will abide by Mr. Par- neU'8 demaud. They both scout re cent Unionist (Tory) demands. . Robenetein's new opera entitled "Nero," has New York. had a great success in The scenic displays were nujierb. The Chinese Minister at Washing ton recently eat for "his ptctur," and wore one million dollars worth of diamond. I ' Tbo country will mourn. The Congressional Record has suspended. P. H. Cher up. it is only tempo rary. : 1 . '- '. In St. Louis tbe price of gas is $1; in Wheilicg, 90 cent ; Toledo, $L25; Washington City," $-1.25. . - . . Pope Leo VIII has been suggested as the arbiter of difficulties in the Eastern question. N . A colored woman at Oxford Petin., died on receiving a pension draft for $3,000.- The Democratic party in Indiana is reported to-be in a rather dis imbed condition. Tbe plot against the Czar is known to b widespread and serious.. Capt. James B. Eads was a native of Indiana, i ILLIAOIS County Officials barced with Con spiracy to Dr fraud and Plad Under - Bonds. -')' (By ToleKraph to the Morning Star.t Chicago, March 18, Five county, offi cials Warden Wm. J . McGaris;!e of the County Hospital, warden Henry Varoelhof tne uounty insane Aglum, dw&rd Mc Donald, engineer of the Countv Hosnital. and two-employcs-Driccoll and Connelly arrei tea isst nigni, wereuKen oeiore Judge AnthoDy in the Criminal Court at 10 o'clock tbis morning. A number of city and county officials were present in the court room, but otherwise ths crowd was of only ordinary proportions. The prisoners were in cnarge or a deputy snerirr. Oen. i. N. Stiles appeared on behalf of the State, and stated that McGarigle. Varnell and Mc- uonaid baa three - indictments pending against tbem which respectively charged them with conspiracy to defraud, and de clare that one indictment involved com plicity in tbe embezzlement of a sum ex ceeding $100,000, while the other indict ments were ror smaller amounts. He asked that these defendants should furnish bail in the sum of $10,000 on each indictment, and that the bail of Connelly and Driscoll be piacea at 15.WO each: : This was done and the counsel and sureties adjourned to the Clerk's office to prepare bail bonds, while tne regular ousiness oi ine court proceeded. ' . WA8HLSGTOX. nsplcioaa l.eoltIns; Rlesi Visltlac money wsmita of Treasnry-Oor-': respondenes Conecmlns; Acnealtn rmi Bxperlmsnt Stations. 'WUBIItOTAII. MtTh 1ft A iiin.V.f suspicious looking men have lately been uia&tuKircijuBUk viaivs w ug money vaults of the Treasury during the hours allowed ior puouo mspecuon. oucn or them as called to-day were notified that they must not come again,- and the officers in chares ntf v 1 l ft. I . . . . i iuo Tauiui uitb oeeu losiruciea to Keeps iwuui on uiiuru mine iurare. ' Twentv.twtv rnnMonnoa . and - .- - -wwwvw- ' M UV. twenty stores were destroyed at Lumberton Pt kk SV & a. a. & A SJIL . "j uu) rmxut una. 100 loas is put at SIM) 000; insurance $35,000. . f X' '.- - FREE FERRY. sy- An Act to Establisb Pre Ferries Aero so (be Capo Foar and Brauowlok Blvora as Wilmington. if . . .. : The following is the text of the act passed bythe Legislature at tbe Tecent aession to establish free ferries across Cape Fearand Brunswick rivers. - v - The General Assembly of North Caro lina do enact: " 8ec.f IThit nDDd the written netmoo oi at least five bnndred aualifled-votersin the counlieaxrf Evm HanoveEeaodi Brunswick -f respectively made avd .presented to the 1 Boards oi uommissioners oi saia rew i Hanover and Brunswick counties, Tespec-, ti vely , on or ! before: the first Monday - in Mayr 1887. U shall be the duty of said board to submit tbe Question of a free ferry and road across the Cape Fear river and Bruns wick ri mr and over Easle'a laland. at tbe site owned and used by the Brunswick Bridge' and Ferry Company, to the qualified, voters of said counties respectively, at a special election io be held for that purpose on the third Thursday In June foilowiirg. ' . Sec 3. it shall be the duty or saia Boara of County Commissioners to give thirty days' notice of the time when said "election is to be held, by causing written or printed notices thereof: to be posted at any voung place in said county. At said election each Qualified voter shall bis entitled tVeast a -written or printed ticket with the 'free lerry and road" or "no free ferry and roaa thereon. ' r . , Sec. 3. That said election shall be held in all respects as elections are held for mem bers of the General Assembly, and any per son qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly snau be quaunea to voie at said election,- ' ( - ' Sec. 4 That; it shall be the duty of the judges 'of election of each of the several voting places in said counties to make due returns of Said elections to the Board of County Commissioners of their -respective counties at the neit regular meetibg held after said election who shall at said meet ing compare the voles and declare the result.;.- - -v Sec- 5 If U shall appear that a majority of the votes cast at such election were for "free ferry and road then said Board or County Commissioners shall certify the came to the clerk of tbe Board .of Justices of the Peace of their respective counties within five days after said meeting, and the clerk of aid Board of Justices of the Peace shall call a loint meeting of the jus tices of the peace and commissioners for said counties, to be held on the first Mon day of August next following, which meet ing shall empower any three of tbe persons entitled to vote at said meeting to act in concert and in conjunction with three per sons similarly appointed by the other coun ty, who shall jointly make such a contract for the purchase of tbe ferries, road and bridges and franchises of the Brunswick Bridge and Ferry Company as to them shall seem proper, and shall report the same to an adjourned meeting of the aforesaid Board of Justices of tbe Peace and Commis sioners, who shall bare power to approre the same should the contract price not ex ceed the sum Of eighteen thousand five hundred dollars ($18,500), and if approved and confirmed each of the said counties of New Hanover and Brunswick shall pay one-half of the nurchase mice of the same. And at said meeting the said Board of Jus tices of the Peace and Commissioners of New Hanover county shall make or cause to le made such contract or contracts as may be necessary for the speedy establish ment and -maintenance at the expessa of New Hanover county of a free ferry across the Cape Fear river and a public road over so much of the road acroes Eagle Island as lies in New Hanover county, and. the said Board of Justices of the Peace and Com- missioners of Brunswick county shall make or cause to be made such contract or con tracts for the speedy establishment and maintenance of tbe expense of tbe said Brunswick county of a free ferry, or the building of a free bridge across Brunswick river and a public road over so much of the road across Eagle Island aa lies in Bruns wick county, ir - ' Sec. 6. Should ' the Board of. Commis sioners of said counties respectively deem It befit to issue bonds to meet tbe contracts made in pursuance of the authority' con ferred by this act. they are hereby empow ered to issue coupon bonds oi their said re spective coudius, bearing date the first day of January. 1881, and due at such times as not to exceed i thirty years from dat-i as said County CommiMioners may think best; which bonds shall be of denominatioos'not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), shall bear interest not exceeding six per. cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. and shall not be sold for less than the par value thereof ; the coupons on said bonds shall be receivable in payment of all taxes and other claims due to the county so ;s suing them. i i Sec. 7. At each annual joint meeting of the Board of Justices of the Peace and Commissioners: in said counties, held for" the purpose t f i leryine taxes, for so lone a time as may be necessary, tbey shall levy a special tax sufficient to pay the coupons as tbey become due, which tax. shall not be used for any other purpose than that for which it is levied and shall be collected as all other taxes K - . .- Sec. 8 This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. - In the General Assembly read three times and rati tied ibis 7th day of March. 1887., A Proposition io tbo capo Fear Ac Tad- kin Valley R. R, Co. A proposition has been submitted to the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad Com pahy by the authorities of tbe Wilmington & Weldoa Railroad- if tbe Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Company are desirous of securing another connection into Wilmiog ton that they build a road from Fayetteyille to connect at Clinton with the branch road from Warsaw, pow under construction by the Wilmington! & Weldon Company.' The latter offer to make a traffic contract with the C. F. & Y. V. Co, to cover a period of years, with tbe use of their terminal facili ties at Wilmington and other advantages. Tbe Cape Fear St Yadkin Valley Company have promised to give this proposition their respectful consideration. . ' " ' - This connection; b ' way of Clinton and Warsaw, it is said would not be more than twelve miles longer than the direct line be tween Wilmington and Fayette ville, and could be built very economically. It would save the expense of constructing a costly bridge at Fayetteville, and give ths Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley terminal facilities in this city which tbey could not them selves supply for less than half a million M dollars. ' x , ,-. aTlro at Lanrlnbarc. A special dispatch to the Star says that the Rivenbark House, a hotel containing thirty-three rooms, at Laurinburg, Nr C was destroyed by fire at half-past 8 o'clock yesterday morning.- There was no loss of life, but the inmates of the house barely had time to escape. The loss on the prop erty destroyed is estimated at $10,000, with insurance amounting to $5,000. The fire is said to have been caused by an incendiary: The three-masted schooner Florence Shay, of Port Jefferson, laden with yellow pine lumber, has been abandoned off BaU teras Inlet in a disabled and sinking condi tion, having lost her rudder and stove hole in her hull in rounding Cape Lookout She is about three miles from the beach. and was left riding at anchor, with the wa ter above the cabin floor. She will sink where she lies or be run on the beach. -Merchants, Read Thit. To those subject to the vexations of busi ness life, dyspepsia and a feeling of debili ty. Irritability and despondency, we say, tako Simmons Liver Regulator. The Reg ulator la free from any injurious mineral substance; not disagreeable; can be taken at any time without interfering with busi ness or pleasure. It is gentle, safeand ;ood digestor. - It la unequalled in the cure ox piles, constipation, bad breath, sick headache and bilious complaints. - Winston is lights, . to . have electric mr; '.winner ana Ibo Eartb. :. - j i Mr. Winner, who made the startling die- , covery on the 8rd inst., that the earth was lagging in its revolutions returned yesterday from hts place at the seaside. He had seen the newspaper comments upon his fliscov ery,' and wasjaot a tall surprised tha$ doubts had been expressed In regard to tne maiier. But he was positive In his asssertioti as -to the correctness of bis observation, ana maintained that the earth was alone in fault. During the day he took obseivatlona'of the fcii-itini flrsthfl f hSB "taken dnc the 8rd Inst, and found that the time lost by the Uggardearth had been: regained. .. To be explicit, Mr-Winner states: tf'; The correct latitude of Wilmington is 84 degrees, IS minutes. 57 seconds; the longi tude la 77 degreeSr W minutes, 45 0-10 se conds, west of Greenwich. On the 85th of February be found the "sua fait ofj , .WU- mlneton time 13 minutes. 85 8-10 Beconds; and On "March 8rd found the sun slow 10 minutes and 6-10 seconds. On the 14th (yesterday) the sua was fast IS minutes,. 13 4-10 seconds. - Mr. Winner has been taking observations for twenty-five years, and he knows what he is talking about : He has all the work ings of his ooservationa ready to send to Washington. The instruments he uses are certified to be correct by Mr; Jas. C. Wat- ton.' of Washburn Observatory. Madison. Wis. " - - : 5 r ' an Dlsaatroaa Fire at Lamberton.. From private telegrams received in this city and from passengers arriving by train on the Carolina Central Railroad, it. was learoed yesterday that a disastrous fire had occurred hi the town, of Lumberton. The fire began early Sunday morning, in a bar ber shop, and destroyed between forty and fifty baildinga before its progress was stayed. Tbe total loss is estimated at about $75,000, with insurance to the amount of $33,000. " " A private telegram received by Mr. C. C. Covington stated that the chief sufferers were N. H. Jones, J. H. Caldwell, Jenkins & Williams, R.' M. Davis, Dr. J. T. Mc Millan, J. W, Hartman, A. A. Nathan, S. A Edmunds, Caldwell & Carlyle, A. C Melke, 8. T. Freeman. J. EL Redmond, and Leak & Edmunds. , ; ! An effort was made to obtain further in tellineence bv wire from, Lumberton yes terday evening.but the special telegrams ex pected failed to come. .. - ! Eicsnlon to Nasbvlllo - . The announcement that the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad will run a free excur sion to Nashville, N. C, March 17th is a mistake. A circular from General Passea ger Agent T. M; Emerson gives the rates from all points on the road toNaeh ville and return as follows: ? ' ' v 1 From Rocky Mount, 25c; Battleboro 50c; WhiUkers, 55c; Enfield. 70c; Halifax 90c; Weldon, $1; Tarboro.' 90c; Toisnotj 50c; Wilson, 70c: Black Creek, 85c; Fremont, $1; Pikeville, $1 10; Goldsboro, $1 25; Dudley. $1 50; Mount Olive. $1 60; Fal- sons. $1 80; Bowdens, $1 95; Warsaw $3 Magnolia. $3 15; Teacheys. $2.40; Duplin Roads, $3 CO; VYilliaid, $2 55; Burgaw, $2 80; Rocky Point, $3; Wilmington; $3 85. ' ; ' PaSaengers on main line south of Rocky Mount can take train No, 78. arriving at Nashville at 1.40 p. m. , - l! Deaib of an Ased Cltiaen or Brans ' wlek Coantjr. . j A correspondent at Excelsior, N. C, writes the Stab announcing the death of Mr. John RoiS. at his residence, one imile from that place. Saturday night, the 5lh inst., at the advanced age of ninety-seven years. He was a soldier in tbe war of 1812, and for his service therein had been in receipt of a pension from the govern ment for many years. From early youth Mr. Russ had been a consistent memtbeof the Baptist Church, and few men lived more generally respected. He leaves an aged widow and one daughter and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. 1; 1: Tbo Ftro Last Nlcbt. - f A fire broke out about eleven o'clock last night on the premises of Mr. John R. Mel ton, on (Seventh between Bladen and Har nett streets. The fire began in the feed room of the stable and spread with great rapidity, destroying the dwelling, stable and other buildings, and also the house on the premises adjoining, occupied by Mr Robt. C. Buwden. Mr. Melton lost all his furniture and the clothing of his family, two horses, a mule and a cow. The family barely eccaped with their lives from tbe burning building-; one of i his children was rescued by a colored man after the house was in flames and with great risk of life. Mr. Bowden Saved some of his furniture. - Both houses were the property of Mr: Melton, and were to sured,. but for what amount could not b learned. The alarm was given from box No. 81, and responded to promptly by the Fir TMnnrtmfint r Reported Chance In tbo Atlantic Coast alno4 ;;.-:;4-.jL,: The Petersburg (Va.) Appeal says: " " It is reported that a 'change is to bo made in tbe Atlantic Coast Line system of railroads between Quantico and Charles ton, 8. C . after the first of April. - Exact ly what the change' will be bas not-been made publio. but it. is stated that the At lantic Coast Line system will have full con trol of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, and that the present superintendent of that road, Major E. T. Myers, will be General Superintendent of all the roads between Quantico and Wel don. At Weldon. wbicb is to be the ter minal point for all trains, a large engine round-house is to be built, the building of which will require about - one million bricks.?- ; -.y'y --:': ' - -Tbo Lnmberton Fire. ' .1 So far as could be learned only two of the sufferers by the fire in Lumberton bad insurance with agencies in this city. Messrs. Atkinson & Manning had insurance on property of A. C. Melke amounting to $6,600; $1,750 each in the Phoeaix and Im perial, and $1,000 each In the Hartford, Queen - and Hibernia, and ' insurance jon property of N. H. Jones amounting to $3.000 $1,000 each in the Hartford and Phoenix companies. Both of these gentle men sustained very heavy losses. Only two or three of the merchants burned cut saved any of their goods. V : , t j i ,ft' ' ' ' 'Tbo Pay of Jnrors. ::- ; r The following act was introduced a. the recent session of the General Assembly by Representative Holloway. It increases the pay of jurors' from one dollar to a dollar andahalf per day: , 1 - Section 1. That the pay of jurors of both the Soperiocand Criminal Courts, and offi cers of these courts in New Hanover coun ty, shall be one dollar and fifty, cents per day and mileage. - j- - . j x ' Sea 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. -' Sec. 8. This act shall be in. force from and after its ratification. , ! Ratified this the 4th day of March, A. D. 1887, ' m m m 1 There are twenty-five prisoners in the county jail awaiting the next term of the Criminal Court, which convenes on the third Monday in this month. . . t j. If you wish a good artiole of Pldo To bacco, ask.your dealer for "Old Rip." -i. f- TEBBiBliE OCCIDENT. A'HsllwiT Train sjroaao iqroasu - Brldso - in fBIasiacbaiMM xniny-r tbreo Poraono Killed and Fifty In jnred Tbo Beads of Sonto of tbo Tletlma .Entirely Severed from ibelr Bodied. ' . ' L By Telegraph to the KorntncBtar, Ttrnfmii March 14. -It is reported that a tiv loaded oasseniter! train on the Bos ton andProvidence Jtailroad-met with a terrible accident at i o ciock inis muroiug, hetween Roslindale ana jrorestvwe. r our cars are said to have gone through a bridge. and many persons are reported, xuiea. a. wrecking train has left for the scene of the accident ...,v--.. 1 ; ' '...'.': --v 'J.- " ;;V-.- ; . : r ..b. L-Thot. Intent " kdvia from'' the yi ------ to scene oi tne acciaeuk oa we Dvawa a iiw vidence Railroad indicate that thirty three persons' were killed, and forty injured. Among tbesb are many women. Conduc tor TUden is among the killed- . .':. : . Rortok.. March 14 j The accident this morning occurred oa . the Deaham branch of tbe Boston es rrovioence rwiroaa. Be tween Forest Hill: and Roslindale, at what Is known a3 Bussey Park- Bridge. The 7 o'clock train from Dedham, consisting of seven cars and a baggage car, under charge of Conductor TUden. broke : through the bridge : The . engine and three cars went over safely but, five others went through the bridge to the road beneath, a distance of thirty feet. The last car, which was the smoker, turned completely over and struck on top of the' others, all being crushed al most out of shape. Tbe cause of the acci dent is said to have been the breaking of tbe bridge.- j '- ' ! ', . i Bohton, March 14 It is stated that the bridge, where the accident occurred this morning is a comparatively new one, and that the accident was ciused by a truck on one of the cars, givingj away, causing the car to strike against the abutment of the bridge. The smoking car after it fell took fire but tbo fire department was promptly on hand and prevented ny spread of the flames. - .: '!-.' "''i:.s':i;--.k- rl r' 'J'. . The bodies of the dead have all been re moved, and of the wounded ! some are at the hospital , and some ! have been taken home, to that it is very difficult to ascertain their names and the extent of their injuries at the present-time Among the killed are Conductor Tildeb. Sergeant Naylor of the West Roxbury division of the Boston po lice, V E. Snow. Alice Burnett of Rosin-" dale. Mabel Adams and Frank Morris of Dedb&m and Harry Gay are mortally in jured Dd dying. I Among the Injured are Frank Plummerf Willie Palmer,! George Lord. Mrs. Ames, L. A: Carr, Mrs. Lip p'ncoit. Cassie Smithers, Driscd, George May and Fred E. Scbroeder. j j Many of the injured were brought to the ho.-pitals in this city, end some of the killed have not been identified. .1 v j - Twenty-seven dead; bodies have been identified. There are. at the: morgue the bodies of three men and two women which as yet remain unidentified. . . The train was crowded with working people and tbe most i intense excitement prevails among ! their ! friends, who are anxious to learo the names of those killed and injured. There are no reliable details of the number of dead as yet. The police eav that twenty-three were killed outright, and tbat nearly as many will die. A. Web- ster Clapp died in Forest Hill station, where be had been taken. j-'- ' - I -1 -. v Tbe engineer, when his engine broke from the train, kept right on to Forest Hill and gave the alarm, instead of stopping to ascertain tbe extent or the accident, - ana on tbat account it was impossible to eet as sistacce at once. I The officials of the road are present and are doing all they" can. Many doctors are there doiog everything in 'their' power. : I , - ...-V"..- ( ."j. Superintendent Folsom says he does not know how many are killed; or injured. Tbe bodies of the killed were horribly mangled, some heads being entirely severed from the; body 'and many - of the bodiea crushed beyond recognition.: " The latest computation shows twenty three killed and fifty injured.! . i - - - The scene of this morning's accident! s about s mile from Jamaica Plains, where the main line of the Boston & Providence Railroad leans to the right then turns to the left to Read ville and Providence, while to the right runs in a sweeping curve the Dedham branch Tbis arm built through tbe valley, and the embankment for a long distance, is a high oner South street which leaves Newton i street near 'the Buzzey woods, runs diagonally, under the track of; tbe branch, and it was in this cut that the; cars of tbe train plunged from the bridge which crossed lit It bas been stated that owing to the arrangement the abutment of the bridge was really the weakest on the cot cave side of the curve where the heavi est strain was experienced. Tbe train was a local one. heavily laden with people, a! majority of whom work in Boston and live in suburban villages. ) It was composed of i seven passenger and one baggage car and engine The engine and three cars passed safely over tbe bridge, but when tbe fourth car went down it drew back the three which had crossed the bridge and j broke loose from the engine! thus leaving the engine alone standing in; safety f upon the track The engineer immediately ran his I engino to the nearest station and telegraphed the news to the railroad officials. Messengers ! summoning surgical assistance were sent out on horseback, and surgeons wen at once in attendance and the injured passengers received prompt at tention. In the meantime a force of nen set to work to relieve those t who; were pinioned under the wreck and a wrecking train was made up and at once sent to the scene." One hundred and fifty mat trasses were obtained at the City Hospital and sent to tbe scene of the accident by a special train, which also Carried a large number of surgeons. - J ..!'.: " ; . !" The bridge evidently gave way when the fourth car was passing over it. The five rear cars went through to the roadway, landing in a mass of splinters in the street. Tbe strain of the! five falling cars pulled the three cars in advance from the rail. They remained on top of tbe embankment; but were pulled off their trucks and the floor of each was forced nearly to the roofj while the seats were jumbled together in great confusion: The end of the second car was a mass of splinters, caused by the car ahead grinding against it when the others went down the embankment- j The third coach was flattened td the ground, as if it had fallen on its trucks from a great height although it remained on the edge of the embankment " The roof of the fourth car also remained on the embankment, having evidently been torn clear from; its fasten ings, where the coach went through. : The next four cars went down in a heap. The smoker, falling in the mid-t of the coaches and being actually ground into splinters, the inmates were either all killed or in jured; ootone escaping without injury of some kind. . Two Of the coaches went clear acroes the roadway, landing against a stone wall that bounded; a large field at tbe foot of the hill. - As the cars lie in their present location they, present a picture Of such ab solute demolition, (that it seems remarkable that any person in, them escaped alive. That the horrors of fire were not added to the terrible disaster was due to tbe promptness with which relief was sent. A chemical engine from Rosalind was at the scene within twenty minutes after the wreck occurred, brought by a letter-carrier who gave an alarm upon seeing fire issue from the debria.-j The flames were soon ' extinguished, and the firemen then did ex cellent work in rescuing the injured, f The stoves in all the cars were securely fastened to the floors by iron bolts and the doors of tbe stoves were locked. ; In only one car did the stoves upsetj - although in one in stance the stove. was smashed clear through the roof of the carin which it had been. - The only person1 known to have been an .eye-witness of the disaster who was not on me train was J. U. JUennon, a flsh dealer, whose stable was on tbe hill just above the bridge. .Lennon was harnessing his team - when the train came along, and he turned jo see it pass, tie was horror-struck when he saw the train take its awful plunge For a moment Lennon through the bridge, says there was perfect quiet, and then the cries of the injured were heard issuing from the debris. Seizin? an. m fmm. ih barn Lennon started for the train which be reacnea in a moment He climbed into tbe window of one of the coaches that bad landed against the stone wall and set to work to release those persons who had been pinned down by broken timbers. With his axe he released four badly hurt men and handed them out' uoi a window to other men who had eoma tnthA Mm tta also handed out the. bodies of two dead women ; one of whom was nearly -decapitated and had both armB severed from her body. During all. this time Lennon says the shrieks of the wounded and the groans of the dying made pandemonium around him. In the meantime other . passengers from coaches that had remained on top of the embankment and .who had escaped ae-. rious injury, had joined id the work of res cue. In a short time a corps of rescuers and surgeons were at the scene. " As the dead were removed they were laid in a row on the stone wall, while tbe wounded were laid on cushions which were hastily gath ered together. Ambulances : and -hacks bad been sent from the city within half an hour after the disaster occurred, and as these conveyances reached tbe scene they were at once started back to the city laden with the dead, bound to tbo City Morgue, or with tbe injured destined for . hospital. A large number of injured were also taken to residences in. tbe vicinity, while others were sent to the depots at Forest Hill and Rosalind. Those passengers who escaped serious injury and were -able to proceed, were taken to the junction of Forest Hill and others forwarded to their destination in the city-proper ss-si t fvf GEORGIA, A Family of Necrooa Polaoned by n - . Voodoo Doctor. ' . .- r-r By Telegraph to the Morninx Star. I v i Chicago, March 15. A special from Mil ledgeville, Ga.,says: Mr.Spights, who lives near Brown's Crossing, came to town yes terday and reported that the entire family of John . Harriss, colored, consisting of himself.; wife and nine children, were pois oned on the plantation oi Mrs. J. M. Mor riss, last Friday. . The poison acted slowly, and medical attendance was not summoned until Sunday evening. - By that time one of the family was past hope, and the others in a very critical condition. Every mem ber of tbe family was, when found by Dr. Hardeman, in a semi-unconscious state, from which they have ' not yet recovered. One of the children ' died Sunday ' : night The verdict of the coroner's jury was that the child came to its death from poison, at the bands of some unknown person or per sons. Suspicion rests upon a voodoo doc tor in the neighborhood, and is grounded upon the fact that he makes the treatment of poison a hobby, and the suspicion is also strengthened by the fact that tbe poisoned family incurred his anger by ridiculing his powers.! It is supposed that he placed the poison -in the- meal bag, by slipping it through a crack in tbe log house. Several articles of food and the child's stomach have been brought to the city and will be thoroughly examined by experts. The mother and two other children are almost certain to die. while the fate of all is very uncertain. -: - : - ; . JLLABAMA Vlneenr, tbo Defaulting ; State f Trea surer Lodged In Jail Tbe Coosa Klver Convention. ''; -- By Telegraph to theKornlnc Etar.' Mohtqohxbt, March 15. IsaacH. Vln cent, Alabama's defaulting treasurer, who has been missing since 1885, having got away with over two hundred thousand dol lars of public money, was lodged : in jail here to-day. He was caught near El Paso, Texas.? He left Montgomery on the night or January 29ih. 1885. A reward' of $3,000 was offered for his capture. His securities and his own property paid about $50,000 of the defalcation. i 4 The Coosa River Convention is well at tended, large delegations from Rome, Ga., zno MoDiie and intermediate points being present. Gov. Seay is president MoHTflOKEBT, March 15 The Coosa River Convention adjourned to-night after adopting resolutions urging tbe benefits of opening the river and appointing a Com mittee to present . the matter to Congress. A strong effort was made by Col. Hodgson, of Mobile, to secure action looking to tbe incorporation of a private company to do tne work. OXFORD, N. C. Half of tbo Town Borned Loss 910000O-Tbo Fire Caaaed ! by No cro Incendiaries and Fartber Trouble Feared. j. ' -I' By Telegraph to the Horning Star. - Raleigh, March 15 Fire broke out in Johnson's warehouse, at Oxford, at 1 .30 o'clock this morning. There was a high wind and the flames spread rapidly in a Southerly direction, jumping to Commercial avenue and burning the houses on both sides of tbat street for some distance. Half of tbe business part of the town was de stroyed and twenty-three firms were burned out Tbe loss is about $100,000, and the insurance scarcely one-half tbat amount;. The general belief is that tbe fire was the work of incendiaries and great excitement prevails, i The white people think they can' lay their hands on those responsible for the conflagration and further trouble is feared ILLINOIS A Cblcago, Defaulter Gone to ranada-j-Tbe Alleged Marriage of misa Nina - Tan Zandt and . Anareblst August Splea. j By Telecrraph to the Morning Star Chicago, March 15. The Inter-Ocean this morning says: The Chicago manager of the Ansonia Clock Co., of- New York, John E. Gledhill, has defaulted to the tune of from $28,000 to $31,000 and absconded to Canada. The book-keeper of the Chi cago branch, Wm. Watson, has also de faulted 'for $5,500 and bas been arrested and placed under $6,000 bonds to appear for trial. A. A. Cowles, vice-president of tbe Ansonia Clock Company, and J. Swit'j zer, arrived in tbis city last week and. have since been quietly at work on the case. ' j Chicaoo1, March 15. The county clerk to-day returned the alleged marriage certifi cate of Nina Van Zandt and the Anarchist August Spies to Justice Engelhardt who claimed to-have performed tbe ceremony.' The clerk reminds the justice that as Spies was intbe county jail at the time of the al leged marriage, be could not have been at tbe village of Jefferson, where the justice certifies that the marriage occurred. '- i COTTON OIL MILLS. j Tbo New company Blean Business Tbo Work of Building to Proceed Rapidly ,".-'".' - i Baxttmoee, March 16. The 2lanufae turer's Record of this week will state that It is officially authorized to announce that the new cotton -seed oil mills, about which there has been much discussion, will posi tively be built all reports to the contrary notwithstanding.. Henry C. Butcher, of Philadelphia, President of the Southern Cotton Seed Oil Co... telegraphs the Jfan yfacturer's Record as follows: 'You cam assure the press and people of the South that this company mean business in its broadest sense. We have taken but one position from the start, and will maintain it: We have &U the funds io hand necessary to accomplish our purpose, , and have no favors to ask on tbat score. ' The com pany propose to build mills at the most de sirable points as fast as tbe machinery can be turned out, and to go into business on a purely legitimate mercantile basis and de velop it as it should be." ; -' , i c. f Large contracts for machinery have already been closed, and the work of build-, ing mills will proceed as rapidly as possi ble. Tbe mills will be of not less than 150 tons capacity f oi twenty-four hours. VIRGINIA. Extra Session el tbo General Assembly j The Governor's Recommendations. ' fJSv Telegraph to the Morning star.l . 1 RiOHHOsD, March 16 Pursuant to the Governor's call the General Assembly of Virginia met here to day at noon in extra session. Both houses promptly organized and a joint committee was appointed to no tify the Governor that the Legislature was ready for business. Soon thereafter a mes sage from tbe Executive was received and read. The Governor first calls attention to the condition of the public debt and devotes the greater portion of tbe message to re viewing the action taken in the past years for the settlement question. He recom mends tbe appointment of a commission on the part of the State to meet a similar com mission on the part of the bondholders in Virginia orhlaAvhmai tViA i j commission to be distinctly defined, the on-' presentation or tne reven ue nd resources of tbe State and what the State can do. He urges immediate action on the report of the revisers of the Code, which was submitted to-day. He also sug gests a law which he thinks will cover the situation brought about by the recent deci sion of the U. 8. Supreme Court on the sample merchants or drummers' tax. He concludes with the hope that the Legisla ture will be equal to the requirements of the occasion, r.-" .'.--- - r-- At. Lynchburg. Va., at' 9 o'clock last night, fke" destroyed the large furniture factory of J. L. Winston; Just below the city. .The loss is about $13,000; Insurance nnknown. The fire is supposed to have -been incendiary. ''-.. spirits TurpentST Nashville Courier: Hon L wwearegladtoannoun-.r- Kitchen. w ar "on- W. R at tbe railroad cclebraUou o Mar?h&? is a colored man working 0nv Fht Point section, who was marrfeJ if & Birt not yet fifteen years aeo 'if time .he nw presented ftV 4 children. - - The Randolph Tconn mers. Institute begins at Ashehn tyt Wednesday morning. This o ? maae a new enoch in v::.v'Vn Randolph farmers, irai.4. - Jrnae Wilson Mirror: The Pr;L litive 118 y.wvusio, entireties ireachers, 249 churches anrto.08 crs. As a body there is no J 9 680 br thoroughlv conLnis Christians on earth. We T net a change is to be made !n the 7 t cooducters on the Atlantic Coast T ilf that after the 1st of April they w, ! from Wilmington to Weldon L .T 1,111 before, We are delighted dij that Gov Scales will deliver the a& erary address before the youna i!?, "K' the- Wilson Collegiate Institute ft ft ot of the session in June. j cloe Shelby Aurora: James ?owell last week was bittpn hv j. w dogisnowdeadl Mrl Powell wZtt alarmed. appUed a mad stono to ZV$ which: adhered four times, much W mental relief. There ncemf &i ? Rutherford county a lady over 100 Z old a rare old age. Mrs. Annie C&tim died at the residence of her son John Island Ford, on. February 28th 1P8?' , &! 101 years, 5 months and 4 days ShB born Sept. 24.-1785, and was buried a? PrM . vidence Church. She was the grandmnth of Revs. J. B. and J. D. CarpenuV ! oUhe p. C. Conference. P e ' ba was raised at the Methodist church SumI night for the purpose of building missirl chapels in this city. We learn that 7 . Southern Improvement Company hag e'vll out Its 'contract for the construction 0t, large hotel in the suburbs of the city on th! premises of that company. The Batter? Park Hotel has greatly increased its capacity over last year. . The new hotel at Bulohn, Springs, four miles west of the city j, nearly completed, and will be a beautiful and popular resort The Swahnanoa Hoiel bas added to its comforts and attraction! and the Grand Central keeping abreast of the times, bas invested in costly and eiien. sivo improvements, and will during the coming summer erect a largfe addition. -New Bern Journal Tb net steamei! Alpha, erected in Wasbiagton b; Commodore Clarke, with David Siddon g chief builder, wes launched on Thursday presence of 1.000 spectators. A farmer of this county was in the city oa Monday and told a pitiful tale of the ravages bf the bull dogs in his neighborhood. ITe sid they had. outstripped the cholera, had eaten the last sow that a man had leaving abunch of little pigs. On Sunday morning last the little son of Theopilus Bland, Jt, named Zib. Vance, near Johnson's s Milk Pitt county, was shot in the right ankle by ' -u: . . l i i - . a kuu luiiiug lrum mo raca, wuicu canted the foot to be amputated. The gin house of Mr. Sam. Quinnerly, near "John son's Mills, Pitt county, was fired last Thursday night, but was discovered id time to prevent its destruction. Eebsene oil had been freely used on tbe lumber around the gin bousu by the incendiary. ' - Raleigh Chronicle'. We havo already given the amendments to the rail road laws which were adopted. Charters were granted to the following twcniylseun railroads: The Georgia, Carolina & North ern; the Tbomasville & Silver Valley; tbe1 Manly & Troy; the Atlantic. Asheville & Baltimore: the Roanoke & Southern -, tie Atlanta, Franklin & Knoxville Short-Line; the Danville & Carolina; the Wilmjogtoa & Sea Coast; the Polk County; the Durbum & Northern; the Albemarle & Pantegb the Shelby, Glen Alpine Springs & Cranberry: the Southport Terminal Company!; the Statesville & Western ; the Harnett County; the Hiawassee; the East Carolina Land & Railway Company; the Atlantic,. Hender son & Virginia; the Central & North 'West ern; tbe Einston & Snow Hill; the Raker City & Greensboro; the Durham & South era; the Asheville & Tennessee; the Salem, Winston & Dan River; tbe Murfreeeiwro; the Northern & Southern North Carolina, and the Roanoke Railroad J This would seem to indicate great activity in railroad building in the near future. We hope ae. Atlantic Mutual, New Bern, and the Wash ington, N C, Mutual Beneflt),and two Are (the Carolina, Wilmington, and the Mutual Benefit, Raleigh,) were incorporated Im portant changes in the insurance law were made. - j ; r.'.-': ' i Raleigh. News- Observer: It is very gratifying to note that a savings bank such as we have advocated for years it soon to become an accomplished fact in Raleigh. 1 Public-spirited men have takes hold of the matter The Rev, Thos. Dixon,- Jr.. of Goldsboro. has accepted an invitation tendered him by tbe Young Men's Christian Association 'of Charleston, S. O.. to ; lecture in that city on the 24tb inst." The railroad will soon be run ning to Clinton, which will make fifty-one of our county scats accessible by rail, j boa is being laid on the railroad to Taylorsville, and grading has begun on . the railroad to Carthage.. When will railroads be built to the remaining forty-three of our County seats to which no railroad is built or is in progress of being built? Gov. Scales yesterday granted a commutation of tbe sentence of Stark Simpson, colored, b was sentenced to be banged May 31, 1887. Simpson is ono of the negroas implicated in the murder of. Alonzo D. Owens, a mer chant of Washington county, on tbe 23d of last September, and was the only one of Km . 1. . : .i .. wlin hid uirccjjtuuea uicu lur uie uiuiun was sentenced to death. The other two were Mrs. Owens, wife of the murdered man, and Isaac .Jones, a negro, both ot wbom were sentenced to the penitentiary. Simpson's sentence is commuted to fire years in the penitentiary. Asheville, N. C, March 12. The jury; of Madison Superior Court has returned a verdict of guilty of manslaugter ; in the case of tbe State against Gosnell for killing his wife, "big foot Sal." The jury recommended the judge to give the prisoner tbo highest penalty of the law. j Charlotte Chronicle'. For the first time within' the past thirty years the civil . docket of Mecklenburg has been cleared up. Our attention was Called on last Sabbath to the remarkable record of me oecona . rresoytenan unurca oi city, and in a way most interesting. The oocasion was the receiving of new members and the administering of tbe rite of baptism and Communion, 121 were added to tbe membership, of whom 21 joined by certifi cate. A revival is now in progress t Church 8treet Methodist Church in Sibit city. Col. Johnston says that on April 1st regular passenger and freight business will be opened on his line between Blacks and Rutherfordton, a distance of 45 mil" The line between these two points is now id excellent shape and ready for business. At the Bt at ions neat passenger depots bave been built after .the New England plan, and flanking each passenger depot is a ware house, or? freight depot. . The passenger schedule will be announced in a few day. Col. Johnston- further says that tbe con tract for extension or the road from Black's tor Camden, has been let out to Smith fc Ripley, of New York, and ba they are required to have the road comple ted by January 1, 1838 At Camden theC. O. & O. will connect with the South Caro lina road for Charleston. In the meantime a branch of the road will be built from f J . T - , . T nnaBtRf vAiuueo in ijaucasier, ana iruui iw-- to Charlotte. A meeting of the stock holders of the Georgia, Carolina and North ern Railway Company,: the .road wbicn" to be builtf from Atlanta, Ga.r to Monroe, Union county, this Bute, was held ic A1 lanta last Saturday. Gen. R F. Hoke. tw President of the company, reported tbat sn agreement r for the consolidation of tne three companies in Georgia, SoutbCsrolmj and North Carolina, had been prepared wo executed by the board- of directors of w three companies, and tbat at the stoct holders' meeting in. North Carolina t agreement of consolidation had been rati' fled. It is highly probable tbat when the next county campaign opens, there wm be less of a scramble for the office of Sberin than has been known in Mecklenburg '" yeare past kThe cause will be found in tne fact tbat the Legislature, at its recent ses sion, passed a law releasing the Sheriff frp the duties of tax collector, and providing for the election of a county tax collector oy the people.! TheJresult of . this will bt materially reduce- the salary of the county Dnenn. - . 7 2
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