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The Weekly $tar. WE H. BEBNABD.EditoraidProp'r; WILMINGTON, lit. fRIDAY, - Apbtt. 15, 1887. have become TUB IilBOR VOTJB. ! The politicians in the North and in the South would do well Dot to try to j cloBe their eyes to a fact that stands oat in bold relief against the political sky. It is that the working! men of this country have united and tyin writing to change yonr f address, always gve former direction as well as full particnlars as where yon wish your paper to be Bent hereafter. ' Unless yon do both chances can not be made. tWNotices of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, &c, are chanced for as ordinary advertisements, bat only half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate BO cents will pay for a simple announcement in .Marriage or veaia. f ' ESf .Remittances most be made by Check,Draft- Poetal Honey Order or Registered Letter. Post masters win register letters when aesirea. tgroaly such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. ! i I EBSpectmen copies forwarded when desired. A VERT INTERESTING 8TORY. Some weeks ago in referring to the death of Col. Rion, of. South Caro lina, and his claim to be the Dauphin of France, the son of the unfortunate Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, who were put to death in the -Revolution, we mentioned the claim set np for Rev. Eleazer Williams, an Episcopal clergyman in Western New Yerk. We mentioned the two elaborate papers upon him id Put' nam's Monthly, written by Rev. Mr. Hanson, who was assistant minister to that eminent sun of North jCaro Una, Rev. Dr. Francis L. Hawks. The matter is of sufficient interest to deserve more than the brief refer ence we gave it. Our. bound copies of Putnam are not ra Wilmington and we caunot refer to Mr. Ha ison's articles to refresh our memor but ' i 1 we have by us a recent article l y no less -an able .and distinguished T 1 already a most potent factor. - The recent elections in some Northern cities show this beyond the power of a blind man to obsoure it. The vote polled by the Labor party tedly small in others! was surprising while unexpeo In the large cities it showed vigor and power, large! vote in New York, nati, j Kansas Louis and perh Labor party All remember what a Mr. George received ; In Chicago, Cmcin City,' Milwaukee St. laps at other points the showed: activity and strength. Milwaukee was captured.' The Demoorats suffered muoh. . r What will be the effect of the La bor party in the elections of 1888?. This is a very important matter for the two old parties. If the La bor' party runs independent jit will be sure to hurt the Democrats most. If ft affiliates with either of the old parties it will settle the election. in favor of the one it selects.' If the Demoorats can placate and win over the working yot then they can sweep the platter. Bat how if the Labor vote goes for the Republican candidate? I Episcopal, divine and author I than Kev. t Dr. C. M. Btftler, conservatism and ability are known. He , knew Mr. whose widely lianas personally well and had free talks -with him. We cannot sjd into the evidence in fall as adduced by Mr. Hanson. We must confine! our selves to two evidences mention! Dr., Butler. Mr. Hanson called his nam articles "Have We a Boi Among Us?" He believed f ulh Mr. Williams was the suppose Dauphin. Mr, Williams visited Dr. Butler's father, who Episcopal minister also. Tie dence seems to be in favor of i hi mat tne Dauphin did not .' ! French history had reported Hanson. Dr. Hawks, Dr. Butleij other able men fully believet identity of Mr. Williams Dauphin. Nov. to the U points of proof as given Butler. The Prince de Joinville, Louis Phillippe of France, sons interview with Mr. Williams, having diligently inquired a i, whereabouts, and this occurre d latedbyDr. Butler yi March list in the Aiken (S. C-) Recorder: "Ine Fnoce invited him to Withdraw with him into a state-room, and informed I him that the King, his father, had Become aware that the son Louis XVI had been re scued from his keeper a"nd that jhe still lived. Tbe Prince assured him thatjhe had become satisfied, by information conveyed to his father, that such was the aCt, and that he, Mr. Willjams, was the Dauphin. Oa the part or his father be hadlcbme to make a proposition to him, which hei hoped Mr. Williams would find it agreeable to ac cept. He then drew forth a document, by the provisions of which Mr. Williams was to abdicate for himself and for the elder Bourbon family all right and titlai to the throne of France. Upon signing this doc ument Mr. Williams was given to (Under stand that he would immediately receive a large sum of monev. The mmmtnf it t have forgotten. " Mr. Williams unhesita tingly declined to sign the paper. For two hours the Prince continued to urge him but quite in vain." j 1 Dr. Butler soon after had tl e full particulars of the interview glv n him by Mr. Williams. Now f or' ai lother interesting fact of which Drl Butler had personal knowledge. The Dau phin had been inoculated for small nai. I ho nalAhrafail Tl. 'C.-.JL: r vv1Vvireu Alt JL'iaut New York, knew of this and termined to make a test of itj Dr. Butler tell the interesting ' seem8 lnat the Queen desired that her child should not be inoculated by a mere linn -W a - . L vi luuaiuD, as was usual, out that the wound should be of such a shape as to form a mark of his identity, and that consequent ly the operation was so performed as to leave a crescent-shapsd scar. Dr. Francis had not inquired of Mr. Williams if there was such a scar upon his arm, but Mr. Wil liams consented to allow an examination made in the presence of a few friends. The Doctor, a man of mercurial temperament was m a high' state of excitement and ex pectation, and the scene with its issue was quite dramatic. When the. whiteJ large arm of Mr. Williams was bared the scar ap peared just where, and in the precise cres cent from that the Doctor expected to find it, ana its examination produced k pro found impression upon us all." f i Mr. Williams was a man of much dignity of manner, was a dlvout, humble, useful Christian' minister. and. was held in the highesi esteem by those knowing him well. He was a man of great simplicity anc. purity, and after he had become acduiinted with his royal origin he refused "to be made an exhibition of' br to make "any capital ont of his Wfnder ful story." Dr. Butler says hi held him in highest reverence and regard. He left sons who are doubtless the real heirs to the French throne! if it should ever be restored. I . j Dr. Butler adds the f olllwing i which is too interesting and impor tant to be overlooked, Hef aja: I "In addition to these proofs there wire two facts which perfectly harmoSwith the theory that tbe life of the Dauphin had been saved, and that Mr. Wilhams was the Dauph n. The first fact was thl sTrikinS resemblance of Mr. Williams to the Bour '. nd especially to Louis XVI JhotAfact?a8 that though tL Du chess d'Angouleme, on the rcatoraHnr. ft m?nu?nt8 to all other mlmben Si the royal familv. she ir, .1.1- "ri v 01 SMS - MSK TIIK IN TEH STATE COnnERCE conmssioN. I j The sction ofj the Inter-State Com merce Commission in authorizing cer tain Southern j railroads to charge, temporarily, less for longer than for shorter distances for the transporta tion of passengers and freights, is being freely discussed in the North ern papers, 6ome of them taking the ground that thej Commission has ex ceeded its authority, while others go so far as to charge it with sectional bias. ' ' i I . ' ' That part of section four, nnder which the Commissioners acted, reads ai follows: "Provided, however, that . ' l upon application to the Commission appointed undtr the provisions of this act, such c ommon carrier may, in special case;, after investigation by the Commiss ion, be authorized to charge; less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers ' and property; and the Commission may from... time to time prescribe the extent to which such may be of this i- A CORRECTION. -: t The Star aims to be exact and just. : In a recant article on the Pres ident the report oCMgj George WJI liam 'OortUr'fwas' referred - to And the tatement,that only 4$ per cent, of tbe Republicans had been turned oat was made. The article in the Loais ville 1 Courier-jburnail,i upon, which the! statement was based, was also published. We had not examined thej report at the time. : Since then we find that the statement is mis leading, and , we . hasted;: to'oorrecL 'he best way is to $opy what Mr. Curtis says in the report as follows: - '.'It will be observed from , this review that while tbe removals in the classified de partmental service, which includes 5.650 persons, amounted to 61 per cent, in the firat fifteen months of the administration, the per centage ia the rest of the service, which Ipcludes about 100,000 places not affected by the rules, was very much larger. The first class, however, cannot ba fir! assumed to show the proportion of all re movals that ought to have been made for valid reasons, because it is confined maioly to clerkships in Washington, while the se cond class embraces tbe various branches of the civil service throughout the country, including the post offices ia which the. pub lie interest undoubtedly demanded many changes. ( But, conceding the propriety of euuu rcujovau, ma percentage or changes in the unclassified service seems to ba too large; to justify the conclusion that they were generally made with sole regard to the publio interests, and such facts as those shown by Mr. Swift in Indiana, and by the most competent inquirers into the manaze mentof the Indian Bureau may be accept ed as illustrations of tbe reasons other than those; connected with efficient non-partisan service which have produced so significant ly larg a percentige of removals." . . The 6J per oent. refers, it seems, to the "classified departmental service' whatever that is. It numbers 5,650. Of these 367 are Democrats; the oth ers' are Republicans no doubt. A Kow In Brooklyn. - The biggest sensation yesterday was over in Brooklyn, where a colored man named Richard j Dickson; barricaded "himself in a house and defied: jail the ."minions, of the law" to come and take him.:. Dickson was wanted on a peace warrant issued by a col bred justice of the peace, and John Statcher and joe Whitney, two colored constables, attempted to make tbe arrest - They met Dickson i on Fourth street.- over the rail road, and 'told hhn that he was wanted,' when he very promptly knocked : Whitney into the gutter with a blow over the head from the stout hickory stick he carried. He then' ran, but not before taking a crack at Statcher J also, and knocking-; the lattar's hat off., t Butcher fired his . pistol,- but the ball failed to ! stop Dickson, who reached his boarding house,, where he took refuge in his' room and threatened death and de struction to all who should attempt to en ter.. The whole "neighborhood was in a tumult, when policemen Smith and Woebse arrived and after, some parleying induced Dickson to surrender. The- prisoner was committed to jail to await a hearing to-day on the charge of assaulting the pfflcers. Whitney received a very severe blow on the head, and bled profusely. Dlckion is a young, athletic -looking ne gro, and came to Wilniington recently from Onslow county. ! . VV WHOLES ALE ARRESTS. We observe that two leading Re publican papers think that the South . will be unnoyed, if pot injured, in a way. not expected by, the advocates of t ie Intor-State Commerce law. The question of the right of negroes to ride fn any car is to be settled by the law. The New York Times says: ' "Tho Ioter-State Commerce act. for years before; it became a law, has been demanded with great vigor by the representatives of the South. lis main principle is that the ramc pnymeni snail m all cases secure the same sarvica. An effort will now be made for tho application of this principle to the case of a colored man put off a train on the Western and Atlanta Railroad at Dalton." ' The Philadelphia American sa.y a. the South was the first to seek and it is first to rue the law. We quote: CneekaFoud In tha Street A. Rljrat- ' rlona jAffialr. J , Monday afternoon last Mr. Jos. W. Tay lor picked up a check on Second street, be tween Chesnut and Princess. -The check was sent from the Treasury Department at Washington and made payable to Mr T, A. Knntz one of the Signal officers In this city, to whom it was delivered by Mr. Taylor yesterday morning. The govern-, ment employes at the Signal office had not received their pay for the month of March, and tho finding of one of their checks on the- streets showed that something was wrong. Search was made, and scattered along Sjcond, between Princass and Ches nut streeU. jtwo more checks payable to Mr. Kuntzj were found, and also the letter of transmittal from Washington, D. TJL; and the envelope which contained them. But three other checks, for Mr. W. H. Fallon, of She Signal office, which the let ter also contained could not be found after the most diligent search. The Chief Sig nal Officer at Washington, and the Assis tant Treasurer at New York on whom the checks were drawn, were notified and pay ment stopped, so that parties who might find the them.' Nothing toiasiag checks could not use has developed which might designated common carrier relieved from the operation sectiou of this act." The principal features of this proviso are these words: "Upon application;" after in vestigation; fir special cases." We cannot see wherein the Com mission has exceeded its authority,as "application" was made by the rail road companiej", and "special cases" etc., as may bejseen fjm their print ed arguments and petitions; and, to use the language of the Commission in their order, 1 'after investigation of said petitions apd facts presented in support thereof," the authority for chirging les3 for a longer than for a shorter distance was granted in the special cases a entioned. I . ' The Investigation seems at least to have been more thorough than the newspapers referred to would have us believe: for. bv . , ,. r ' 1 1 wen pxpressca. tne Stab stands much telegraphic reborts of tbe proceed- higher in Wilson than any other psper ia : . t 4 ' .. I the 8tp " mgs 01 ine uomniis8ion, as U finds ihit the bill re-enacts a part of the Civil Rights law in a shape which the Supreme Court will hardly find to be un consiitutional It forbids all discrimination betwejen individuals by the railroads. As mis app ie to, passengers as well aa freight traffic!, no railroad will be free to- drive to its stnokinz cars colored have paid for' a firstclass Jpassage. In effect it will break down all forms of dis crimination on account of color." That law may yet prove a perfect Pandora's Box, or a Wooden Horse, or something else eqaally startling and nnexpected. It mav hnrttiA I ' sections that were most eager for its passage. Who knows? Whil e the Stab has opinioas it is always pleased when its views are in harmony with those of men of intelli gence and who constitute the hope of a State. A gentleman at Wilson writjs us on the 12th inst. as follows: "Your editorial in the 8tab of last Satur day on Cleveland was so good and spoke 1 ora'"1 of tha people of Wilson so for cibly,) I cannot help from dropping you a w - " iu ici jou anow now 11 was ap preciated. I nave heard a great many talking about it. You could hear almost every, man say they are my sentiments afford a clue as to when or how the checks were lost. j : The stamp on the envelope showed that the letter containing tbem was mailed in Washington, D.C., at 3 80 p. m., April 9lh, and it should have been delivered at the Signal Office here bv tbe letter-carrier Monday morning DroMrneal' In the Cape Fear. Mr. Job ij Atkinson, of Paj etteville, was drowned fast Saturday morning in the Cape Fear: fiver a few mites below Pay etteville, -'jlle was oa board of a small steam yacht belonging to Mr. A. McLaugh lin of that place. The yacht was going up the river yhen the Hurt passed, and. the swell made by the steamer caused the yacht to careenj jso that the weights oa the safety valve of tbe boiler fell off. The escaping sjeam filial the small boat, creat ing an ioa Jreseiun that the boiler had burst, and in ti.e jalarm that ensued Mr. Atkinson jumped overboard and was drowned. One of the me on the jacht was severely scalded bjf j escaping steam. The body of the drowned man had not been found at last accounts. ed in the a hearing was resentatives 0 he de- Let tory: print- Stab, we find that accorded to the reo- 1 railroads, commer cial bodies and river transportation lines for and a.jainst the granting of the application. 'As to tho action of the Commision we consider it just and proper. The railroads of tbe South, running as they do through a sparsely settled country, encounter ing water linen at numerous points, are forced to make lower rates in order to meet Lhis competition, and this is surely at much in the interest of the publio as in that of the rail roads. , Take, for example, the business 01 w umingtonl Would it be bene ficial to tho commercial interests of this city if the railroads centreing here wtre j not allowed to meet the competition of our water lines, there by forcing j receivers of merchandise and Western produce and shippers of naval stores, riie and peanuts to rely solely on (the water lines for the transportation of their freights? And would it be discriminating against any section to allow the railroads to meet this competition and thus enable ship pers to avail themselves of all routes of transportation ? We believe the Commission has acted wisely m de ciding to make personal investiga tions of these cases, which they pro pose doing by) visiting the South; and we understand that the 'question of continuing tlie relief temporarily granted will be decided, so far as this section is conoerned, at Atlanta, Georgia, on the 26th inst.;. I " t The commercial exchanges of Ma con, Atlanta and other: Southern cities have already, throngh their committees, made an appeal to th commission to reaching those 8IOO than fifte are Itjis now oflicially announced that the appropriations of thn aennnA of the 49th Congress were less for the first session by about en million dollars. Tha firm 10 a $263,914,613.25 and $248,568, ' ou.a4. But this would not have been the case if the River and Har bor iud Deficiencies bills had become a law. There is a tendenov to ex traviganoe on the part of legislators of bpth parties. The Republicans are much worse than the Democrats. Washington Government cierks have started aa insurance nnmntne . ,1 . - 1 j of their own. The number of policy holdjjrs u limited to fifty. Each agrees to pay $100 when one of the number marries. This starts a fellow with $5,000. The idea mightbe ex tended. It U a doubtful experiment to marry on an uncurtain and small salary. If. i3 better to "bemn hnsi- Sadden Death la chureb. Wm. MpDaniei, a colored man about 50 years of age, died suddenly Sunday after noon in Ebenezer Baptist Church. Ha was one of the officers of the church, and had finished taking up the usual collection, when be f j-11 just inside the chancel. He was canied into a room in rear of the church, hut remained unconscious and dted In a few minutes. His death is supposed to have resulted from heart disease, although an inquestjlwag held by the Coroner during the afterDpor and tbe jury rendered a ver dict that b,is dea'.h wis from "causes un known nesa with a paid up capital. The Inter State Commerce law will do good in an unexpected way. It will drive off the road about one half of the poor theatrical companies that afiilct the small cities and towns. The Savannah News says: - ; , "According to the pstitions which man agers of theatrical combinations are sendinir to thd Commission more than two-thirds of oi me country will have to be closed if no concessions in tbe way of re duced transportation iates are granted to travelling companies. It ia. estimated that ;V.l.1.PmpanIe9 were ,oroed to PT full 2SK expenses would be iicreased f.OUQ.OOO a year." - Lot the Commission stand firoiiu It is the opinion of tha Nur Financial Chronicle that an enforce ment! of bill woald memorial We remember, that in 1850-52 or about that time, Mr. Hanson'saLffied our youthful mind that Revj Sleazer Williams was indeed the lostDalphin. . Canada snuffs dange7inih e inlo- . cent looking Cleveland. letter of I Prudent ' relieve the railroads points of the opera tions of the "long and short haul" clause, and they will no doubt be represented at Atlanta. Wilmington Bhould also be there in the person of some of her "horse-sense" i business men to urge the relief so far as her interests are concerned, v Rev. C. H. Spnrgeon was invited 5? a'ted thei next session of the KSurlin? Teacher's Assembly, uPI,nef6a?iontl the Inter-State OummtrM throw into bankrnnrv one-fourth of the railroad mileage. vory uay snows how little the framers of the bill knew of the force it was creating. It is another Frank- ensteinv - ' The Reidsville Times published in a flourishing town and in the excel lent and intelligent county of Rook inghnm says of the Vance interview; "Th8 above from our great Senator rii T0106; pttbllc """mint l?X0h Carolina to far as we have been able to gather tt from exchanges and oTher Surds rnir.n:r"I!,"0. "PHmont of our r f j. "iutcsing m mi direction." Rocky meant. A correspondent writing from Rocky Mount, says: The sending of money from the poitof flee here has inoreased so much it has in duced thej; Postoffice Department to place on the line to Richmond, V., "inner reg istered money sicks" for the safe transpor tation of money sent from this office. Tnere are only twelve such offices in this State; this one being tbe last established. The Totter, weekly paper printed at this place, has changed hands.and a new paper, The Phmnix, has filled its place. Mr. Jno. B. Lewis becomes the sole editor and pro prietor. The first issue appears next week. The Military Eneaaapmeau The gentlemen who havo charge of ar rangements for .tha military encampment to be held here itf May next are making good progress in their work. The railroad authorities, both of the Coast Line and Carolina Central, have promised to make liberal excursion rates for the occasion. It will no doubt bring a great many visitors to the city, besides the military. . A Freneb Crnlaer Comloc to ffllmUii- The Savannah (Ga.) News reports the Prenchjpruiser2)Muf5 at that port; that she will remain there five or six days, and will then go to Charleston and Wilmington, N. O . and from here back to Martinique via Bermuda. The Ihteouedic la a small steam cruiser barque rigged and spar decked, of 1,290 tons burden. Her . arma ment consists of six guns, sixty pounders, and five Hotchkisa cannon. She is manned by a crew of 150 sailors and marines, and commanded by Capt. Boulet. Entertainment mt Hmltbvllle. . A letter to the editor, dated.the 12th inst1., contains tbe following: ' Our little town by the sea was entertained to-night by Woodward A Lewis' Art Ex- nibition and illustrated Lecture, - a stereo scopic panorama embracing the "Life of Christ, Scenes About Jerusalem,: Rambles in Egypt, etc. These young gentlemen very generously divided the profits of the exhibition with the Baptist church of this place. . f Mr.l Armand D. Love died at his residence in this city yesterday about noon, of heart.' disease, in the 63rd year of hit age. Mr. Love had been an invalid for montns past. :. He was a brother of the lata Mr. Jno. D.Love,and for a number of years wasireigni agent at tne uarouna Central auway depot in tnis city. . ' j J ' Steepleames. ' Narcotics and sedative murder sleep; the unnatural stupor is soon followed by ill ef fects. ..Simmons Liver Regulator removes the cause of . restlessness and sleeplessness by regulating the - bowels, by establishing good digestion and by quieting the nerves-. . I have been a great sufferer from dys pepsia and loss of sleep. As soon as I feel the least nervous I take a dose of Simmons' Liver Regulator, and sleep all night," UBS. K. HBYAHT. Orlswoldsville. Ga. 4- i .-1.. Bfandreda of Men Employed on the . Pan-Handle Road Arreated for Bok berlea Committed In the Past Two or Three Teara-The Arreata Idade All . Alone the I. Ine at the 8am e moment ;. vT tBy Telegraph to the Xorninc Star. PrrrsBUBG, Pa. April 11. The most important arrests ever made in this part of tne country were begun at an early sour this morning. They will be comple before late tnis evening, ana at mat time, tne om- cers of the Pan -Handle Railroad will have 4n custody the most darins gang of railroad roDoers tnis country nas ever known. How many members belong to it Is not known. but they run up into the hundreds. Their stealings extended over a period of two or turee years, ana tne amount stolen .reaches nearly nan a million dollars. " - Simultaneous arrests were made all along we une 01 tne ran-nandie Road between nereana Uolumbus. : Warrants have been in the hands of officers for some time, and tbe persons arrested will comprise nearly tue cuure ireigns men 01 tne une. rney include conductors, brakemen, engineers ana nremen. i ne ringleaders of tbe gang, outside the railroad business,' are known. and some of them are now believed to be unuer arrest.- .-. , .. - ;. :.: .-; -'-.-j The first arrests -were made about o clock this morning, the police surprising eighteen men at their boarding houses, and who were taken at once to jail. Further arrests were made between 3 o'clock and daylight, when forty-six men, all railroad employes, conductors, brakemen, firemen ana engineers, were behind tho barn ; Ia speaking of the arrests a prominent umuor ui me ran-nanaie road said: "For three years past the Pand-Handle road has been systematically robbed. Cars on sid ings ana cars in moving trams were broken open ana gooas stolen, including every de senptioa of merchandise. It is estimated mat at least $3UU,uuo worth of goods were taken for which the company had to pay . In August last, we got a clue, and the com pany aciermmed to puan it to the end. D tectiveawere employed, who followed up every scent, and finally we had information upon wnicn to proceed when everything wa ; ready. We had decided to make a move att aiong tne line, from Columbus to Pitts- ourg, ana 2 o clock tnis morning was fixed to strike the blow. About eighty warrants were issuea ior men in ttttsburg. : I can not tell now many for other places; but at every point along the line it will run up in the hundreds. It is the Diggest tniog or the kind that ever nappenea in Pittsburg, or in railroad matters in the world, for nothing like it " tr Happened oeiore. i cannot tell who tbe men are nnder arrest., or , who-the ring leaaers are. Tnis 1 much I ; will say, however, we suspect outsiders of being im plicated in the robberies but know nothinz positive." . .,1; a Among the prisoners is a' man named Baker, against whom there are thirty-eight charges Early one morning, some months ago, at Sheridan station, near this city, a miu was Bioppeu ior water. An attack was made on the crew, and in the fight the fireman was shot. He afterwards died from his injuries.. At day.break it was found that two cars had been broken open and their conteats stolen. Baker is ac cused of firing the shot that killed the fire man and this is understood to be one of tbe thirty eight charges against him. . John H.. Hampton, attorney T for the Pennsylvania Company, was seen this morning in the offlao of a detective agencv, where sitting amidst a hetrosceneous cdllec' tioa of plunder, he said: "These robberies have been carried on systematically for several years. The company have long been aware that there was leakage some-, where and as eariy as September, 1886, wj (juicujr commeocea investigations Detectives were placed on trains where goods could be watched and the thieves caught. Wo have already .discovered that the culprits were employes of the company. In September there were eighty crews of freight trains on the Pan Handle Railroad comic-? into Pittsburg. Of these not less than seventy-five were found to be crook ed. A crew consists of a conductor, flag man and two brakemen. In some cases all the men were involved; in others, only a part. The statement that engineers and firemen were mixed up in the robberies is wrong; sot a single one is involved. Goods were stolen in various ways. In many in stances seals were broken, while in others naicneis were usea to cut a hole in the end of a- car, through which the men crawled and . took what iney coveiea. - Tbeu they reported the car -in bad condition, claiming that the hole had been make by accident. The operations wore u me result 01 comDinauon; tbe ar rangements were carefully made, and nh rascal wa3 assigned to his particular part of tut won m mucn tne same way as a bank robbery is conducted bv Drofessional men. I do not know that members of the combination were oath bound or any thine of iuui uus it 19 certain tnat a tborouzh unaersianainz existed tmnnir thnm they acted ia concert to cover each other's misaoings. une tbing which alarmed us more than anything else was that they stole large quantities of whiskey and drank it in their houses. They needed vessels to hold the liquor, so they stole milk cans and kept iv m mew; uui noiaanng to Keep whiskey openly in the cans, they tore up the flooring vi iuui uuuscB sou am it unaerneatn. Men were continually reported drunk on duty and the probability of disaster was som3 thing fearful to contemplate. All kinds of goods were stolen, including sewing ma- cuines, guns, revolvers, cutlery, silver ware, cigars, clothing, liquors, groceries, furni ture, ana every imaginable article that can no camea on a car. were auietlv m. moved. The depredations were nnmmtllo1 all along the road, and the losers reside at points as far west as Denver. Fences were esiaousnea in tnis city where stolen proper ijr u itmen ana men soia; tne money be mg evenly divided among the crews. It is impossible to give the aggregate value of ue property stolen, out it will not reach $300,000 as reported." The arrests have created the arreateat ex. citement among railroad emnloves of this . a rri. . .." uivy. xne scenes aoout tne doors this morning, where relatives of the prisoners naa garnered to learn the causes of their arrests, were of. the saddest description tv-gs, cniiaren, parents, brotners and sis ters, with tear-stained faces stood around tne entrances to the prison, eager to hear the latest developments and nlenrlintr with officers for admission to the j ail to see the prisoners. &t x. o ciocE ten more men were captured at the pay car while : receiving uir wages. 1 nis maaes a total 01 fifty six now in jail here, and it is supposed that as many more have been apprehended at other points along the line. . Consternation prevails among the - proprietors -of the fences and dens where the goods were ocurcieu ana soia. in one instance the proprietor of a. notorious den was de- tectea in tne act of burninz stnlen nrnner. ty. Nearly 200 warrants are still nnt nH it is expected that the list of arrests in this cuy wm oe Bweuea to eignty to-night. A number of houses in various parts of the cuy were raiaea to-day and a large anan tity of goods recovered. Evsrv man aiu rested had stolen goods somewhere. Among w pueuuera are - several aesperate cnarac ters who were wanted by the police for other offences. They were all armed and wnen not taken bv surnrise res toted anvat Numbers overpowered them, however, and ail were safely lodged in jail. The most important arrest made here waabrakeman Young. He called at the jail to see one of tne prisoners mis morning and was imme diately locked up.. At first he protested that he was innocent, but finally admitted that he had a large lot of property at his house, and told how the goods had come into his possession. This confession, it is ooiu, w ui uuu rc uiirieeo crews, r ; Telegrams from Cadiz, Steubenville 1 and points west of Columbus, Ohio., report the arrest of a large number of railroad em ployes implicated in the robberies. The preliminary hearing will be held on April 18. - , . Specials from Dennison, report the arrest there of J. R. Dunlap, leader of -the gang, and James and W. Collis, with sev eral thousands of dollars worth of velvete and high priced dry goods in their posses sion; articles taken from U. S. bonded cars en route to Chicago. St. Louis and other points West. One Busby, the worst man in the gangr slipped his handcuffs and recklessly threw himself from a train whilst it was going, and escaped. -1 . THE RAILROAD THIEVES. Farther Development Attending the Wholeeai Arreete of Employee on - the Pan-Handle Ronte. fr-':;fi ffeb By Telegraph Jo the Morninc 8tar : j : PrrrsBDBO, Pa.. April 13.i The whole-' sale arrests of employes of the Pan-Handle route for robbing freight trains continues to be the. principal topic of ii conversation among railroad men and citizens generally.' Superintendent Taylor's office was besieged from early morning.- by men in search of .employment. They flocked to the depot so fast that aline of them extended outside of the office-- waiting for their applications for altnatioos as freight conductors or brakemen to be heard. Many . were given employment. The road is now fully equip-1 pea and there is no delay in the movement of freight. . No arrests have been reoorted since last night. It is thought officials of the road are satisfied with the work of the detectives, and that no more arrests will be made in this city. Speaking of the.proba-. ble conviction of the men now in Jail Spe cial Agent Rue said this morning that out of sixty men now under arrest there were not more than one or -two of them who stood any chance of being shown not guiU ty. Said he, "we bad our evidence so com plete that we did not make an arrest until we bad sufficient' proof to show that tbe man was guilty. We expect to make eight or tea more arrests of men who walked around successfully for a time and then for fear of detection took positions on other lines. This will swell the total number Of arrests to 68 or 70." Ml i i Rue said the saddest . cake ID. conneytlnn with the arrests was that of a man whose child was dying. . When the officers ramied at the door of his home Sunday night he mu Bittiug wim ma wne oy tne oeasiae or the sick child. - He aooearea to be a man nf more than ordinary intelligence and.hia home hid an air of refinement. When the officers told him they had a warrant for his arrest, he seemed to realize at Once the dis grace into which he had fallen and broke down campletely. . ; i i 1 ne capture of J. K. Dunlap. at Denni son, Ohio, yesterday, particularly pleased the detectives. . He made' a' Confession in which he said that , the stealing bad bpen going 00 for months ; He said he could give tbe names of all the men imnliRatml nn the Pittsburg Division, but was afraid, saying: "I would give their names, officers, but great God I they would kill me!" There was nt organization amnnir the rnhhnra said tbe prisoner, and there was no regular plan of work Each crew (worked by itself.- It was a common Understanding that every man should take all he could dispose of to the best advantage. There were a number of "principals;" that name being applied to those who reaned the larg est benefits from the robberies by giving others pointers as to what cars contained the most goods. These neranna were onn-t erally regarded by the less prominent thieves after the plunder had been disposed of. The fences, Dunlap said, were located in ew rnnaaeipaia, Dennison, Steubenville, Cincinnati, Pittsburg and Columbus. Not withstanding Danlan's ennfesflinn nffloAm of the road still believe that the plunderers were thoroughly organized and were carry ing on tbe robberies under j the systematic direction of shrewd leaders: When a new man entered the service of the road if he waatnougnt tne right kind of fellow he was initiated into the earn? with a ritrirt bath binding him to secrecy. After he had ubcu lum&tea it was easy enough to keep TEXAS. Almoet the Entire State Suffering :- from bronght The People GreaUy - Diaheartened at tbe Gloomy Oat look. . ' ByTelegraph to the Horning Star. ! : Galvestoh, April 10. Tho past week has .been one of expectancy and -disappointment to- the people of Texas. ; No rains- of any consequence have., fallen throughout the immense area now suffer ing from drought. Dispatches and letters to tne waives ion jxew. Ban Antonio' JSx press and other papers of the Biate continue to aetaii tne widespread and .threatening uuwwki ut.uie urougnt, me seventy MLj.L ., t . . SpintsTirl r:.?r.l8 Wilson Mirror: Vflnt e4U! .... tUHTOl kf..i j tuucient rauroad agent it 7k &d we learn that 21 23hai. .at thls PUoo been ishipped dttaiS Shelby a; AWL L Doggett on Thursday lastcommutam mous assault upon a white Ih & Wo City, He has Pbeen anettld lT PoW tried at the next termTn1 which has rrcepUbly increased since T the toe n"o r'5a-fve ?ineral mi 6 last report. The drought now i extends .1 ?u & Rauroad was sent to p " f mm the fi. wyoet m mjl. I DUrg a Short While turn T J? L " f "Utl. an undeveloped nine ta Buffi" fr9 Aionmond 77. t . Dixon, Jr.. heads hiaartmu'..b,v;. lh98. Pen.'' We shall employ hTmtri" -uu iu a cnurcn norm of this asfeo ,r Ul a $5,000 salary would ntUer pack up and come North. We thfu N He cares very litUe for money,! but If fond Of "Spirits Turnenun rft18 from the far western grazing lands across t-gv "waUa ago, It was rwu the State for a distancfof , fight "undred D- Barnes had &h?P. miles into the pine regions bordering on Louisiana,-but' decreases in severity as it approaches the pineries.- from which sec- tion the complaints are of recent date. The general rains, which usually set In at the iull of the moon, are wanting; and the cool dry winds of the past fortnight con tinue to prevail, excepting the district im mediately west and southwest of . San Antonio, embracing Medina, Bandera, Uvalde, v Frio ; and f Btazcosa counties, where there s were . very , moderate . rains fell yesterday, but not enough, say the dis patches from that vicinity. This ia one of the grazing sections of .the State, where stock was dying. Between San Antonio and the coast, embracing such fertile coun ties ,as Guadaloupe. Gonzales. Laocva, Colorado. tJald well, Bastrop, and a7 dozen others, the drought has assumed aiaerinna aspect, putting an embargo upon all agri cultural development, especially cotton, the chief product of. this section One corre spondent describes its roadway throughout 4 k lea Wn1a k a J a 1 v . . 0 .1 ucu oa cuvereu to tne aeptn or several inches with dust. Pielda are barren , even of weeds, while strings of cattle &l moat too poor to stand up; are travelling constantly in search of . grass and water. In i central Texas, embracing! about thirty counties surrounding Waco; Corsi cana and Burnett, the, situation , is scarcely les3 promismg, ajl Ireporto agreeing that nothing but very early and plentiful rains will avert serious damage or failure of the crops. In Northern and Northwestern Texas the drought is not as severely felt as in the other sections, but the complaints are increasing daily. A slight SP.mk.le,.ot rain ,eU during the week in Mitchell county along the line of th Texas & Pacific Railroad, but no report of rain fall in the great Pan-Handle district has been received. One result of the drought is a notable scarcity of early vegetables at tbe principal pointer The anxiety over the situation is becoming greater every day. The wholesale houses of this city are call ing their drummers off the road, as tho uuumrj umrcnanw reiuse to buy during the uMvvmiuijr Ul UU3 Crop OUtlOOE.! took out a patent on that .o;LllLne .war years aget-Ed. Star:! '"P nearly 0 h-Charlotte Chronicle: About. & ago Dan Ciouse desertea his wi? 4 ttils city and left her to shift for hl e ,D When filoiiBo loft nu.i Ior "erseW. v , , . . v vuaiiuuu no Olio his destination.-but a telegram rcceM1 lay byMra..Clouse broughuK r wood, in Moore county, whereL at the tit!" the telegram was sent! he was ly Z 'e critical condition, having broken iukV by an accidental fall. S f hli S i The Winston Sentinel waal tablishedinl852. It is one of thToU and most extensively read papers l& CaroUna, The present editor. Mr r f Oldham, formerly of Wilmington hi made a fine success of it. Tn hi. i".'.i? hesays: "With this number the enters its fifth year under iu pres'ntS agement. Pour years ago we found it wuh an edition of less than four hundred coou and to-day our circulation averairp m 1 1 tuPes per Bahev (i reach close to four thousand wees," - - Shelby Aurora: Mr. Eskridge's residence was struck by hehtl nmg last Monday a week ago, demoliahinf his chimney and stove. His little ghi 3' a narrow escape from death, but is not da. gerously injured. Rev4 L. R. PrueU was ordained on Saturday, April 2 Re? W.;H. Strickland, moderator, and Rev g' H. Hamrick conducted the ordination ser 7"? ,vMrPrueW Poached a good sermon in Shelby Baptist church oa Sunday and returned to Wake Forest College on Mon day, where he will graduate this summed INTER-STATE COMMISSION. 'nose looiey on the Suepenalon of the IiOBc and Short Hani CJanae of : the Law. -. ; tBv Telegrapb to the Morning Star!) Chicago, April 13. Judge Coolejf.chair man of the Inter-state Commerce Commis sion, is m the city, engaged in settling up bis account as receiver of- the Wuhuh T).l . r. railway, in conversation ta7irfl Q nmsiaftAa OI & lOCAl nftrVPf nmvr1 nn f U aMA..i ..4!. bim ia check if he beetm m foi n nanna I of the Onmm agfmi i enAMt ". A - - wuwwa.. aa. wbji i in in 1 1 1 v fi in ron 1 wa ana iuui' mi 1 1 annrr n o n 1 10 inem mat any wrong move would result QI8aSirOUMV. aa railrnarlins fnn,!.!,. ed a Bret-class opportunity for putting men out of the way. Young! men from the country who were just beginning to run on the road were the easiest orev. iThev hcmA soon be persuaded that there was nothing wrong about stealing from! a rich railroad company. Being unused to the tricks of the old beads they were easily led on until they were so dep in the toils they could not gel out if they wanted to. ( 1 While rumaging tarouffh th Fpti nr one of the ringleaders this morning special ofllcer Miller discovered a package contain ing six dynamite cartridges, sufficient to blOW UD the largest bnildmor in tnnrn Tho discovery created considerable alarm and the cartridges were handled very gingerly. Further examination dianlnaoH lnt ri and caps; in fact, ail the necessary para Duernalia for thn tnMxuahi .u. cartridges. Immediately after! the finding of the dynamite an investigation was be gun, the result or which, however, the de tectives refused to make nuhlin ThAir even declined to give the name of the man in whose room the stuff was found. iThe orBcef s intimated that the object of the robber in securing dynamite was known, and that it would make good reading when me proper ume ior its disclosure came FLORIDA. Deatrnctlve Fire In SU AngaaUne, Pla. . The Anelent Cathedral and the Principal Hotel Among the Bnild 1bs Burned. . ') ! ! - Boston, April 12 A dispatch from St. AugusUne, Fla., dated to-day, says St. Augustine Hotel took fire at 2.80 i this morning and was destroyed. The old slave market is also gone, and the ancient cathe dral is in flames. Edwards Hotel and a half dozon small buildings are also on fire, and it seems inevitable that jthe Florida House and Opera House must go. iThe danger of the destruction of the whole town from the plaza to the city gate is im minent. All of the seventy-six neatn at the St. Augustine got out in safety, as did also all of tbe help of that house and the guests and servants of the Edwards House. JACKSOSVILLL. Anril 12. Firo in Rl Augustine this morning destroyed tha ftt Augustine hotel, the old cathedral, which was me pride of the city and one of the most interesting structures in Amenca,and a number of stores. The estimated loss is $800,000. I I t 1 WABHHtaTOK. D. O.. Anril lO Tk. fal lowing telegram was received at the Treas ury Department to day from the collector of customs at St. Auguatine. Fla.: Princi pal part of the city destroyed bv fire. The county court house aa alsn hnrneH n.n t offer assistance in the way of rooms in the postoffice building, not occupied T It: ia impossible to procure rooms outside of this uuuumg. i ne records exposed. n Secretary Fairchild tiWmrhd : lows in reply: "Render every assistance lo the city officials, in the way of providing rooms in the postoffice building." j . Boston, Mass., April 12. A dispatch from St. Augustine. Pla rUfori inrii ion 5W.n - - ' I wwrw AMJ, .80 a. m .. 8aV8: Tbe fire haa hwn .nnni The main portion of tbe town is safe. The county court house and , Vedder's Museum were destroyed. All the county records were removed to a place of safety, but many valuable paners in the hnnria r.r la yers who had offices in the county build ings were destroyed. Telegraph wires to all points are at rjresent 1 down h..t ...I- re establishment of communication is an- In the St. Animati ,1 . T , www vuww TT M UU, tbe slightest accident to anv one nf ia in guests, though it ia rennrto.1 ih. . ored scrub-woman lost her life by running . a 4uarirB ior ner effects. But little nronertv hn ia n.,.M as the buildings In theown are mainly of " wiuiHwujr nuns, ana tne place is provided with onlv one thii-i- fire engine. The aVerage 75, TJ TwZ, " seeins to be 6, per cent, and this has ope rated as a prosctiotive tariff. The rif JtZ. apoMnn nf IK. new Jaw for roads in thn flnnihor-n Tnyr and j Steamship As3ociaUon, which has called forth so much unfavorable notice. Judge Cooley said the Commissioners, after moroughly discussing the arguments pre sented by tho various roads Came to the conclusion that justice required that they Bhould move slowly on a question of such great importance, and they should riot take action that would be definite and final eueuia wimout nrst making them selyes fully acquainted with the situation. Ibis was deemed particularly important because the law went into effect so soon arter the appointment of the Commission, and the railroads had hardlv lime to adapt their tariffs and rules to accord with the provisions of the new law. TheCommis Bion; he said, did not recognize the South ern Railway and 8teamship Association aa naa oeen claimed, but based its action upon individual arguments presented by representatives of various roads in that association, especially the Louisville & Wash., East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia, and other leading Southern roadsj The claim that the Commission erred in extend ID the order to all Southern roads south or the Ohio river and east of the Mississip pi river he did not think held good, as not only competition by steamship lines had to be taken into consideration, but also! com-i gouuou oy Me jnuaissippi river and! other Southern navigable rivers. He did not think any injustice was done to roads this side of Urn Ohio river by granting tem4 porary relief to Southern roads. To change rates to conform with the new law by the roads in this part of the country was but trifling as compared with the changes neces sary by the roads in the South, and the de cision that they must conform with the ? and Jhort haal BecUon of the law without affording them reasonable time to do so. might havesubjedted them to serious trouble and loss, r If the nnmmiM! Z. upon personal investigation that no good cause exists for giving Southern roads, or mj meet me alleged water competiUon, it would at once compel those roads to conform Btrictly with the provtejonsofthelongand short haul sec- Xm . . , BWieauial lne Commission would not tolerate any discrimination on rtTaKTi - w"""" .f0B(" attest mer totem ciues NEW yore:. rwrja a w a. a ---- UH oidx f-rison ood Be- raeonera-A Ben ot swiaaiera Broken NtwTerkCltr. I By Telegraph to the Morning Star, l tntio 5' Airii 13'""A fire broke out ISeJaund.? dryin room ot the Sing SIPfl"011 tnuL momiaS and destroyed the nnnA tl lm anil mt . -"j" iuui. ine prisoners be haved splendidly, and worked meet effetl uiaiiy ro put out the fire. Ths village fire inmnnjia . . ou 1x10 n, kbtii prompt ana valuable o.UU J . A larire nnmhm r .-u:-.. fia.vSL11 Possible to calculate the w7mT PDt. it wiu be consid- w.v4 uuncror. VP In Backlen'a Arnica alve. Thb Best Saitk in the world for Cuts, Braises, Sores, Ulcers, , Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands.- ChUblaine,; Corns; an5Pall Skin. Eruptions, and nnsitivaiv . uco, ui uv aj wiuirea. a 11 us jma- ranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or moneyrefnnded. Price 25 cents per pox. or sale by W. H. Green Sc tion of wires at an earl nta f . f?y? 0811 bSiD made on Jacksonville for assistance, and it was not until nearly 5 o'clock that a special train was ordered to proceed to Jacksonville for i,iJ: l!SL tsm Mnj . . L'f hn-,T-I. . up in tne locomotive, however, it was evident that the local del partment was able to cope with the danger, so tbe order waa flnoii . 7. "? i' frit . j wuuwiuiaauMi . fJ?K on the Bt Augustine Hotel is esti mated by conservative hotel men and build . yJ1?? of; which sum wpivavvu aa ud inn nni ninff avtrfl Kn ..i. der on the furniture and fittings. The in- tl- f u v 8 Propeny expired within tWentV-fonr honra niwmulin. k ... of the fire. ;: T BTvull7M Ooed Besults In Every 3aie. : dealer of ChattTenn.! that, hn -or a a aa;fl7a! X nriWSS aa ,7, , 1 7;,' luuictea wita a Nhw Vatjtt a v;i to a j . I , . r '. .. uen 01 a gang wSl1 Bwindlewas raidea to-day. "5 IZ"lhTf: Pce was.ifull r r;" 4B5,w.noie an? was arrested ThoVi" XUBre wera 'our of them. The prisoners are named Joseph Little. W. . ctuwo, ueorge W. Tteaon n,l n Piatt. They were found making uVcfi to express packages of alleged SKlSSSr -!t. substiffi . .uu oujpuaeu 10 oe lull of "green mZZ "vubb ia Drown - stone flat VM A P" atJonJ The Hiaiia. v j uaia, one ior work and the other for bed-rooms, luxuriously fitted up. The police seized $2.080 Tta newcrisn genuine bank notes. Two men werT? Pmg circulars and directing them from mercantile agency books. Six dry Woods boxes were filled with addressed Ttamn envelopes, most of themTa?umeM 2a5 circulars as - tne same section, thf t!J0IB APrfl 13.-Danger along TheMa.Tk. ' fm lgh water 18 "O" Pawed! The jcentral tracks were found torn nn more! than was Anticipated pS, trains are run on the West Shore road! NEW JERSEY. Oloae wf F? 1?,d that settled oa bds funis ; hfl led many, 'enedies witiSu Denefit. Reinv inln.il x i-. time he haa ntU It in n all CougbJ and-Cold8the8Vre: suits. This ia th LT4JLrlr r"e and8hose lives bar; ben saved by this Wonderful Discovery. Talbot ties free at W. H. Greeft cSK . "rwrauy coatett tn witfc open IBy Telegraph to the Morning star. ; Nbw Bstobwioc, April 13. The Mavi PfW" here yesterday was M dot the supporters of V .r.mS. D7 the slim majority often. BomYidea if mThJiwi11 manycaae it is declared that Tk. r "BTB ne mto tne boxes rfnnr?Ur?8in!tJhe 8ad were held midnight before beingTurned sd? ' Propei officials. Hwrj OJlSS- Raleigh News-Observer: The many friends ofIrs. Sarah Smede relid of the late Rev. Aldert SmedesJ win" to hear of her death, which occurred at her residence in this city at 6 o'clock last eve nmg. The receipts of thd street rail way company last Rundav the receipts of any other day since the com. raencement of business. The receipts far the week were $65 in excess of any other week so far. ----The offerings of Christ Church were 250. Tho offerings o? the CoiUor0 0f tae Good Shepherd ware fulo oa, . " Charlotte Observer: Forty-oi e colored persons were baptised at the First Baptist (colored) Chnmh Sheriff Nixon, of Lincoln county, passid t Vl rait 7 & . . uiuuKu iuu vuy yeswraay on I nis way to Raleigh, having in charge five prisonejra for !i the HtAtA npnitontia.rr fAn. ,, r. wuom were white. Thev were ennvliMprf nt tu. term of Lincoln court just closed. Crim inals are piling up and still crime is abating sayjthe Judges. Star. - i-The State Medical Convention will meet in the Opera House to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock and the attendance promises to be unusual ly large. 1 Tee address of welcome will be delivered by P. B. McDowell; Esq.. and will ba responded to by the President bf the Convention. Dr. H. T. Bahnson. J- Lenoir Topic: Anyiodv who thinks that Granite formerly Lovelady-Ms in the woods will find himself going to there. There are three chnmhi-i. tho newest, the Methediet, being quite a pretty modern building, newly painted- a handsome Academy, several Uran aw. houses and a number of pretty dwellings. f The tobacco business is at a low ehb. Mr. S. M. .Whitener did well ltwt considering the hard times In disposing of about 400 pounds at Hickory, jfor $25. A number of farmers around Dudley Shoals have sold $3,500 worth of tobacco of year before last's crop for which they have never S!paid- ..T1" hold a mortgage on1 a 35,000 pound lot of tobacco stored at Hick ory in security and it wilt have to sell 110 cents to make them whole. - ' Z Kaleigh Visitor: Mr. John McL. Harrington died suddenly of paraly sis at the residence of his parents near Harrington, Harnett county, on Saturday night, the 3d inst., aged 47 years. 4 The young man Carpenter, who was shot, in the leg by his father. Solombn Catpeb ter, we understand is in a very precarious condition. The facts of the Bhooting aire about as follows: The siro. who k ahdut 18 years of age, .found employment from borne, his father having driven him off, but the father collected all the money f or bis hire and . the son returned home. The fa ther then attempted to drive him off again, . put the son refused to go unless he was al lowed to retain the wages he should earn. This was refused and the son said he would stay at home. He was told that he should not eat there, but in the afternoon of tbe "me day ho asked his mother for fo&l Which She gave him. Whernnnnri l ho falHpr f,wa uau ttuu ueiioerateiy snot hsm witn snot gun. . v. Mr.- J. Charlotte Chronicle: iraiaweii. editor of the Rtotocwriiio Tj,r,n. nar. has been nominated for reelection io the ofliceof Mayor of Statesville. W. f. Davidson, Esq., died at his home in this city, at 4 o'clock yesteday morning, at tbe age of T7 years, after a long and painful ill ness. He was a son of Maj. Wm. Davifl--son who once represented this section Jn Congress. Roy. J. s. Moffat, who his served as pastor of the Associate Reformed Church in this city for a couple of years, left yesterday for Chester, having accepted a call to the pastorate of the Associate Hie formed Church at that place, -i A war rant was yesterday issued by Justice Mat well for the arrest )f a colored man named Columbus Jeter, upon the charge of having criminally-assaulted Lula Green the nine year old daughter of Millie Green, colored, About noon yesterday residents on Seventh street, between C and D street!, were startled by the reports of pistol show, and those who looked in the direction from which the reports came saw three colored men in the middle of the street, shooting t each other. Three shots were fired, and it . the last shot one of the men broke into V run and soon disappeared. The combatant were George Crockett, Ike Crockett and Mack Patterson. George andj like af brothers and thev made war m.hn Patter son about a woman. One of the three shots took effect , in Patterson's left I hand, bullet passing entirely through ithe hand. The Crockett brothers were not hurt. - Raleigh News- Observer: W trust the proposed celebration of the battle of Bentonsville will be taade with all tbo pomp and circumstance possible. As i known the battle was a signal victory for the Confederate forces and lent additional lustre- to tbe achievements of Southern arms. We am intVu-tnoA hir Ffnn. F. M. Simmons, of New Bern, that tbe pe crop in that vicinity will fall short at least i. e. tbe early crop. lie say tbat the potato crop ia iniured hut little it a5y,L -Z Th6 Weekly Bud, lately publish' ea at Smithfield. isr n ho wn pur chased by ten of the leadirig business men uu, . jn wnere it will be puuiuwf weekly under the name of the Selma Nw - The Pittsboro railroad relnhration will occur May the 20th. Gen. I Joseph R Johnston has Written lto- in vhirh bt signifies his intention of being at Smitbfietf on the occasion ,ot the unveiling of Uf Ooniederate monument on the 10th of Mayl However he will not deliver the addressj A minstrel trouna ban been formed' amone the stndenta Will. It i said that the troupe will give an entertain ment in - Durham anon fien. Mati . Ransom will , deliver the address at tb? rniTITnAllnAvnnft St a a t I o.I.aaI At vxiora. v Wakb Fobkst, N. C. AP" -r-At 3 o'clock p. m. to-day, Mrs. I j W In rata died hora tha iiiMni nf ner daughter. Mrs.'!. O. Waltera. I A few day ago she had a stroke ; of paralysis. 8M was the mother of the late Dr. W- lD. ateiWho.was twenty-five years President 1 v n aa.e rorest uouege.
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