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- I ib Weekly-Star. PUBLISHED AT T i Si I N G J O N , N . C ,1.00 A VEAU. IN ADVANCE. SSSSiSSSSSSSSSSSS sssgssss8S8si"gsts SSSS3SS3SSSSSSS83 milium s S888888888888838S 8S88S888S588 8 8 8 8 88 SS3SSSS8823SSS83S .ni-wji 8 Oft - 0 - W -QD SS388SSSS8S8883S ct ao fc oo O o aj gj - g 38333333383333333 ft 00 MS o t- DO O - 00 o ec :: s : CD lEntc e.) at the Post Office fttrwUmtagton. N. C. as Second Claw. Hatter. BSCRIPTION PRICEi Tiib subscription pr: ce of the Weekly ET am is as iouows :. Sinslw Qopy 1 year, postage paid, $1.00 omontns, . ,uu 3 months: .30 FItESH TEST ;P IOXAITY. - L-r tain Northern Radical papers havf struck a new political tnne. Jt is tb at the South will never be trust- ed as long as there is a class in the South who believe in Calhoumsm or who i nsist upon the great Jeffer son i an theory of State Rights under the onstitution. To hold these views is regarded as criminal and as Bhowiil g mat mere is an element in the South to try secession again, Tod s and I anaticsa 1 he south to- day is more loyal to the Constitu- lion just aDd the Laws than the North is, it loves hperty better than the North loves it. This is a fact, It grows out of two facts. " First, the South before the war well understood the Uepius of our IGovernment. Its stall srnen were the ablest and its vo-. ters were better informed as to the great fundamentals embodied in tho i7o.iL.Li r'no;t.,:n tu i. the Charter of our liberties aa- thorized a peaceful withdrawal from the Federal compact. ew England for fifty years j held the 83me, views.j j An '. attempt to withdraw was made, war follpwed, and defeat. The appeal to arms and th result are - regarded as settling the question off secession being a constitutional right any longer The South has long ago returned to the Union. It meam help lick to remain there. it Will any part lot the I ! Northi that may kick up or attempt to either withdraw or to set up an Emnira for such! is the Northern tendency and especially ainoag Re publicans. . j The South has a ways love iber- ty better than the North lo ed it. - Two causes have operated td bring this1 about the recognition of the great principle and end of soul and civ li liberty, arid the mstitutionof slave- ry. j A profound principlo lies in tins. "j Where ever dominant race is slavery exists the always, intensely jealous of its own liberty. The Chicacro Intet- Ocean is a great I I V . ... " paper, it is KepuDiican to tne core. It mover praised anj act of a Demo crat! : official or indorsed a solitary principle of the Democratic party. It has 1 ved through jthe decades upon faiai iciam in politics and'its mission hafe Ueen to oroclaim the cosUl of hate j It pretends now to believe that although the South surrendered Hi 'rins it did notsurrender "its pur i, in " "Thin pose i to take up arms, jl u in is lupidity and miustice run mad. - . - J a It 'HI savi: . . ow, the war was for a purpdsc, the urpose of making the Nation superior to ny Suteorto any number less than the hile of the States. When" Southern news antra and politicians admit the accompiisu- eit of this Durnose the bloody shirt will ieeen and heard i of no more. JNot till hek" I' - ! hc South must surrender alt of its oivictions as to ibb true theory of our dvernment or tte North will con- tiriue to susnect and denounce the i i the eory emblem of r .wvuyu auu wave tut jbiit9rno3s and hte. Well, Jet it wave. Ce sure tq flaunt it bravely in 1888. The South wishes to crlst-o'ne 11; ,1 . more chance at, the sanguinary gar- ht. The sober, renecting, prpgrfes- e portion of the North willhdlp the in hurv that "blood vhit" so - ;- that a thousand Mier:na i am tooters can never dig it up in. n tne mtantime the ooutEi will d fast to thel reat hrimal. found- on principle of local self-govern ment of home rule that this is a pocratic republican government mated by law and not by a Uen- tralized Power that it is a Giivern m?nt, as Lincoloj a Southern man, b d it was, of the people and by the people and for the people. The neathen mav continue to rave. and diry demagogues may shout Ithenv Belycs hoaree in delivering impreca 4ns upon the Sputb, and the j South will Btill maintain that svstem of in- wpretation upon which depend the prosperity ana satety of free rnsti- "Hions on our soil. Here is an interesting dog yarn. A BDPC.ill In tlia H7-.7,7 .alia if Ua fl I London, August 2 -Mr. McDonald, ;ue Secretarv of tne King's Cross IIosDital. 'n a letter to the 7hm tn-dnv. relates a rn tnarsable case of a wounded collie being fccently brought I to the hospital! by two phite ftnrt hlnr-k I orriAra . HThA lut.t.pr lifirlritil niil the doors were opened, and then went i , leaving the wounded dog in the hands r VOL. XVIII. ftTHB 8BAIL INDUSTRIES. Year after year the Stab has been urging upon J the people of North Carolina the necessity of diversify ing crops andj utilising the small in dustries. Some years ago, in seve ral long editorials, we showed how much Wilmington would be bene fited by having more manufacture?, and by going into- the oyster, vege table and fruit canning business. Of course the oyster industry would de pend upon the building of a railroad to New ftivpr, in - Onslow county. The Stab also urged . upon the far mers to try hop growing that was such a great ponrce of profit to cer tain sections tin the North. lime has served to confirm all that was said. Those communities that have availed themselves of the small industries have flourished. It will be remembered by some of our readers that Col. Pardee, in his prac iicai aaaress in Wilmington some years ago, said that Connecticut, his State, owed most of its prosperity, not to the great manufacturing in-; terests, but to the small and multi- farious industries, Wherever in the South this idea has been pushed with vigor very good results have followed. Wilming ton ought to have now a dozen manu- facturing industries that it has not. Local capitalists are not enteprising enough. They are not as enterprise ing as they are in sorno other towns. The future growth of . Wilmington and its wideniug and assured prospe rity, depend no little upon the multi plication of lesser kind. new industries of the An awakening ardor in this direction could not.' fail to be productive of excellent fruit. It re quires hope, enthusiasm, a firm con viction of success, a determination to f i" succeed, to achieve grand results. It is an excellent and most cucour agmg thing to have big establish ments. Large manufactures are to be desired, but after all a multitude of the smaller i ndustries may prove bet ter. Wilmington ia favorably situ ated for both large and small enter prises. To develop the small indus tries requires but little capital and they are open to hundreds, while the grand establishments can only be car- ried on by the! capitalist of large means. . I'.v. ' i The Chattanooga Tradesman men tions one of the small industries at. I Rome, Ga. It say 8: "A company of thirty three of our most enterprising citizens has lust been organzied to establish a chair factory with a paid in capital of $5,000. with the privilege of in creasing it to $50,000. Another of eighteen stockholders has organized a trunk factory with $3 000 paid in, with the privilege or 35,000. " These sraa 1 industries can be in creased almoBt without limit. In the Rome experiments the total capital required was but $7,500 to begin with. This sum was divided among fifty-ono stock-holders or $157 eacn - A considerable number of peo- pie find employment. The Stab would be glad indeed to see a small industry springing up here every few weeks, lhey would be a sure sign of increasing prosperity. What is said of Wilmington will apply more to many towns in our Su!8 Here is first rate news and we hope it is true The N. Y.i Bulletin - j professes to have information that authorizes the following announce- ment: "There is every reason to believe that the next message will be the. most earnest and uncompromising demand for exten sive tariff reductihn, for free wool and for the cheapening oEDHothmR and food and all necessaries of j life by the reduction or abolition of the duties on the matenaisnna products. TbJe President opposes the -reduction of internal revenue on the ground that such actipn tends to postpone the more essential work of reducing the tariff. Pastor ' Charles W. Miller, I of WashingtonJ Street Church, Brook ... . lyn. N. Y.. is in trouble. He is ac- cused by Mif William Squire of ; :an attempt at improper familiarity, such as sliDbinir his arm around her waist. &c. He denies. Unfounded Rumor, The death pf the Scandinavian sailor who was removed last Thurs day from a boarding house on Nutt street to the City Hospital as men tioned in yesterday's Star has given rise to runiors of yellow 1 fever. Of course the rumors are groundless. The nhvsicians who attended i him say that the man was sick-with ma larial fever complicated with jaun dice. He had been in the city for over twelve months preceding ins death, and recently had been work ing on a dredge boat near the mouth 'of the river, where he contracted the fever.J That the man was sick in- a sailor boarding house and that his complexion was as vellow as saffron, from jaundice probably gave rise to the rumbr that he was a victim of yellow jack. ! A New Enterprise. A eomnanv has been formed in this city for the manufacture and sale of 'The ElixW of Life," a preparation compounded of certain vegetable lex tracts for the cure of affections ofjthe liver, kidney, etc. The company con TtJXff. Hickk G. F. Love and A. H. M,TTla. At present the Elixir is man nfn.At.Tirwi at Teacnev s anu buiuubu in barrels to this place, where it iff Vint.T.iori anA niuikftil for distribution to aeaiers. At is saiu. lu uuvo "c" rvr roughly tested as a remedy fqr the omnlaintsi mentioned, for several vpbts with! th most gratifying re sults. Sentence Commuted. I i Sheriff Manning received a tele gram from Raleigh yesterday after noon, sicrned by Marsden Bellamy. Esq., saying that Gov. J Scales had commuted the sentence of John Jones to imprisonment in the State peni tentiary for life, i 1 I The intelligence was at once com municated to Jones by Mr. Elder, the jailor. ; When the telegram, was read to him he could. scarcely speak, so intensely werehis feelings wrought. upon. The throbbing of his heart could be plainly j seen beneath the coarse shirt he wore. "In a few m'o- mentSj however, Jones somewhat re covered his composure and struck the iron bars of the cage with his open hand, saying in a tremulous voice, Thank God! Thank God!" Jones' fellow prisoners were over joyed at his escape from the death penalty. The place of execution in the jail building lis on the same floor on which all the prisoners are . con fined and is separated from them only by an iron partition that does not extend to the , ceiling, so that al though they could not witness it they could not avoid hearing all the preparations and the horrible sounds attending the hanging, which, but for Executive clemency, would have taken place next Tuesday. New Cotton. .-. I I ' . - 1 Mr. KB. Morse, of Little River, S. C sends the Star a handful of new cotton, picked from open bolls on his farm. It is the Vfirst of j the season' seen here; ..- - I j 1 ' - i . WILMINGTON D1 STRICT CONFERENCE. HiDitor moRsraira star Trie ses sion of Wilmington District Confer- erence for tne year 1887 convened in the Methodist church, of this place, at 3 p. m. to-day and was opened with religious exercises conducted by Rev. T. W. Guthrie.' Presiding .Elder of the District, tifter which the uonierence was canea to oraer, ana the secretary of the last session called the roll of ministers And lay dele gates. The Conference is legally composed of all ministers resident in the district, and four lay delegates from each or tne seventeen pastoral charges in the district, which embraces the counties of New Hanover, Pend er, Brunswick, Col uinbus, Bladeh, . j Sampson, Duplin, Onslow, and j ai part of 'Cum berland. Among the laymen can be seen the faces of many prominent far mers and business men in the afore said counties. Rev. J. L. Keen, of Topsail circuit, twas elected secretary, and W. J. Toomer. Esq.. of Wilming ton, assistant secretary. The usual committees on church records, tem perance, etc., were appointed. After a- pleasant session the Conference ad journed for the evening. At 8.15 p. m. the introductory ser mon was preacned by Kev. J. J. Crisp, of Whiteville, N. C. A large number of pretty Methodist ladies give attractiveness to! the occasion. Clinton has put its best foot foremost as usual and is entertaining the Con ference handsomely. Every thing wears a bright face except the chick ens: they seem to realize that they will soon be "down in the mouth" of some preacher whose practice in the business has made him perfect. Yours;, DAN. " second datt's session. Clinton, N. C, Aug. 4, 1887. At an early morning hour the good old song 4 'Come Thou Fount of Fvery Blessing, " at thejMethodist Uhurch, told of the assembling of tne follow era of Wesley. I I At 9 a m. Kev.! T. J. .Browning of Waccamaw circuit conducted the opening exercises with singing and prayer, after whichj the minutes of yesterday were read and approved. The roll was again caned ana other ministers and delegates answered to their names. Question 1st: i; under the head of District work. was then taken up, and reports on the spiritual condition of the churches were then heard irom all pastors reports! generally good. These reports show the attendance of membership in preaching of the word, sacremehts, social meetings, etc. Some of these preachers travel over circuits 50 and 60 miles long, and of the proportionate width. In these circuits churches rich or poor nave an eaual amount of preaching thus the poor have the gospel preached nnto them. At this i point Drs. . Bobbitt and Robev. of I the Methodist Advance, and Rev. F. Li Reid, of the Raleigh Advocate, and Rev. B. B. Culbreth, of Pope, of the Raleigh district, were in troduced to the conference. A com mittee was appointed on the endow ment of Trinity College, consisting of Rev. D. B. Tuttle, Kev. J. Li. Jveen and Grattau Williams. Esq. Friday, at 4 p. m., was made an especial hour to hear the report of said committee and take an endowment collection. Here the Conference took a recess for preaching by Rev- W. A. Forbes, of Magnolia. At the evening session tne rengious exercises were conducted by Rev. J. M. Ashby, of ISouthporf station. Minutes of! morning session were read and ap droved. . Other arrivals of delegates were an nounced, aftet which a discussion as to the best way of promoting me spir itual welfare lof the Uhurch : was en tered into. Rev. J. C. Criso leading. He was followed; by Kevs. Yates, Tut tle. Robey, Pope, Reid, Culbreth and J. B. Bobbitf, among the ministers, and W. M. Farfcenand J. u. Davis. On motion! of Dr. Yates, the Con- ference adjournedJ There will be preachinsr in the Methodist church by Key. JJ. n. lut- tie. DAN. . THIRD DAY. ' Conference! opened with religions services conducted ov itev. j . m. Downen, of Whiteville High JSchool. The minutes fwere read and approvea. A letter to the Conference from xr. Jones. President of Greensboro Fe male College was read, in which tne merits of that renowned institution were set forth and the Methodists of onr district requested to send their daughters there for education, i The subjectj of missions was jthen taken up and pastoral reports as to this work were heard. Resolutions were passed raising Waccamaw mission to a circuit, and recommending the establishment of missions on JNew river in unsiow ana Pender counties, and on the . eastern Ride of Waccamaw river in Bruns wick countvl At this point Dr. B. F, Dixon, of the Oxford Orphan Asylum, was introduced to the Conference. Resolutions were adopted granting Rev. J. W. Guthrie one month's rest from his Work on account of afflic tion 'The Conference then adjourned to hear a sermon by the earnest ana eloquent Dr. jKobey, of o-oiasooro. ' At the evening session Rev. H. M. Eure, of Brunswick, opened the exer ises with relierious services. The main work lof the evening was the re port of the Committee on Endowment of xrmity uoiiege, py me cuwtuuui, Rav. D. H. Tuttle: after jwhich a col lection was taken up and over $1,300 raised on that fund. Preaching to night by Ret. J. L. Keen, of Topsail circuit, xaore to-morrow. jjabi. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12,1887. R1VKK IMFROrPMENT. Sixteen Feet Draught from Wllmhns- ton to - tbe ; Ocean Development of Foreign Commerce Work on tbe Upper Cape Fear-Becommendttloni of tbe Engineer in Charge-' The forthcoming report of Capt. W. , H. Bixby, TL S. Engineer in charge of river improvements in North and South Carolina, has been prepared for transmittal to the De partment at Washington, -D. C. It comprises three hundred and seventy foolscap pages ; of type written mat ter, and embraces detailed statements of all the government work now in progress under the direction of Capt. Bixby. From a full summary of the report a Star reporter has been per mitted to , make extracts in relation to the improvement of the Cape Fear river, L&bove and below Wilming ton. . . . . The Cape Fear below Wilmington, when placed under governmental im provement in 1829, had three bar en trances, with least depth as follows: About nine feet atBaldhead channel. nine feet at the Rip channel and ten feet at New Inlet; these bars beina respectively nine. I six and two miles below the point which was then the head of the river's delta. From T the head J of this delta, twenty miles up to Wilming ton, there were several shoals with a least depth of 7.5 feet at low water, The complete Closure of New Inlet, in order toj deepen the water at the main (Baldhead) bar entrance, was finished in 1881. ! During the last fiscal year, ending June 80, 1887, no dredging or diking was done until; October, 1886, on ac count of lack of funds. After that time, $7G.234.51 was spent' in opening a continuous channel of at least one hundred and eleven feet in width and sixteen feet in depth at low water from Wilmington to the ocean bar, in placing stone in position upon the dike extending southward from Zeke's Island, in dredging upon the newly projected I bar en trance iat Baldhead channel, in repairs, minor surveys ! of the river, etc. TJn to June 30, 1887, a total of $1,773,946.25 has been spent in all upon the proposed improve ments of 1870 to 1882 with great suc cess, obtaining thirteen and a half to fourteen feet least depth of water at the main bar entrance, and com pleting a channel of sixteen feet depth and at least one hundred and eleven feet width 28 miles further to Wilmington. This depth, combined with the. average rise of tide, of four ana a naif feet at tne oar ana two and a half at Wilmington, is such that at present vessels loaded to six teen feet draught can readily go from Wilmington to the ocean in a single tide any day of the year. The total commerce of Wilmington, exports and imports, foreign and coustwise, Capt. Bixby says, has in creased from about $13,400,000 in 1880 to about $15,000,000 ; in 1886, and the foreign exports alone, from $1,500,000 in 1871, to about $6,000,000 in 1886: showing that each dollar spent in the improvement has al ready be'en accompanied by the de velopment of about $2.40 of annual foreign Commerce, although the last increase! of two feet in draught in the river channel is ! too recent to have produced its natural effect on such developments. I , The officer in charge recommends that the improvements be ; carried on as originally projected by complet ing the Unfinished dike south of Zeke s Island so as to thoroughly secure Smith's Island from further erosion, and by widening and deepening the existingjriver channels to their full dimensions of 270 feet width and six teen feet least depth at low water, and bv further protecting them against subsequent deterioration bv submerged! stone dikes where necessary and by straightening deepening and fixing the bar en-f- trance; at a total expense Jof $265,000 in addition to! the funds available June 30,! 1887. This whole 'amount ti be appropriated in one sum, during the next fiscal year. After the improvement is finished, the report says, its proper mainteh ance ; may cost from $5,000 to $15,00i per year, for a few years, but the im provement should be fairly perma nent..., ' : j ! UPPER CAPE FEAR. Of the work done and the further improvement of the upper Cape Fear, Capt. Bixby says: The present estimates for the final cost of the improvement of the river above Wilmington are placed at $480, 000, the object being to provide a continuous channel over its upper end sixty-six miles by dredging and. by artificially contracting its water-way through j at least thirty-two shoals, During! the last fiscal year, ending June 30, 1887, ho work was done ;be fore October, 1886, on account of lack of funds. After that time, $1,302.13 was spent in repair of office, and care of the property and office work. Up to June 30, 1887, a total of $65, 832.94 has been spent - in all upon this improvement, giving a moderately well cleared channel over the whole length of the river, a mode rately good four-foot - continuous channel during the entire year from Wilmington to Kelley's Cove, forty- four miles; thence a similar two-foot channel I thirty-six miles further to Elizabethtowh, and thence a similar one-foot channel forty-two miles fur ther toj Fayetteville; increased to five- foot draught ! from Wilmington to Fayetteville during seven months of the year. The commerce of the river has in creased about $200,000 per year, ! and is now over $2,000,000 of transported goods per year, showing that each dollar spent on this improvement has been accompanied by the develop ment of about eighteen dollars of an nual commerce. The officer in charge of this work recommends that this, improvement be completed in Accordance with the present approved: and adopted pro ject, so as ; to secure a thoroughly cleared four-foot ehannel from Wil mington, seventy ,; miles," to.;Eliza bethtown: thence a sjmilar three-foot channel,' forty-two miles f urthefc to Fayetteville,: during" eleven months of the year, . at" a total expense of $403,950, in addition to the funds available June 30, 1887. .This amount to be appropriated in yearly instal ments of about $120,000 until com plete. Smaller yearly appropriations involving-the alternate disorganiza tion and -reorganization: of working parties, damage , to unfinished work. deterioration of, plant and extra su perintendence, will increase the cost. further improvement, so as to ex tend navigation" above favettevilie. or to increase the; depth of water be low Fayetteville, is not recommended. After the completion of the proposed -improvement lTjs proper maintenance . . .X a - may cost from $1,000 to $3,000 : per year, RIVEK IMPROVEMENTS. Capt Blxby'a Keport on tbe Work Progreaa' ou Klacls and New Rivera. : The'following are extracts from the forth-coming report of the U. S. en gineer in charge of Government improvements on Black and New Rivers: BLACK RIVER. -This river, a tributary of the Cape F ar, has with its own main tributa ry a total length of about 175 miles and a drainage area of about 1,547 miles. Prior to government improve ment in 1886, it possessed a moderate.. ly well cleared channel from its mouth, 14 miles above Wilmington, 22 miles upward to Point Caswell, with two and "a. half feet depth at low water, and four feet at high tide. The original recommendations of 1887, as continued to date, proposed for $33,500 to secure a thoroughly cleared channel of natural depth over the seventy miles of river from its mouth to near Lisbon, and after wards a four-foot channel at low water below Point Caswell. The gregate amount appropriated for is project up to June 30, 1887, is r. .r. n. i ! .. I .1 -cttIVi n atouu; li ilia ueiug oiiuuiupauicu , iu c promise that all private claims to the rijrer navigation should be ceded to the U. S. government . before the mmencement of such lmprove- ents. Nothing was spent upon this provement before 1887. During e last fiscal year $42.70 was spent in ce work and preparations for com encing work. During the year cor- spondence was carried on with a View to the required cession of rights of way, and in June official notice was received from the' State authori ties, to the effect that the State acts, granting such claims to private par ties Ifad" been" " officially-- repealed. Work in this field will now be com menced as soon as practicable and advantageous to the government. The river is obstructed by seven bridges without draws, above Point Caswell. These bridges at present allow about '.fourteen feet clear height above mean low water; they will probably be provided with draws at the expense of the local authorities as soon as the river navi gation is much improved. It is recommended that the improv ment be completed in accordance with the recommendation of July, 1885, so as to secure first, a fairly cleare'd natural channel over the en tire river from its-mouth up seventy miles to near Lisbon, then a four-foot channel below Point Caswell and then an improved channel through the Narrows, at a total expense of $30,500, in addition' to the funds available June 30, 1887. This amount to be appropriated in yearly instal ments of $20,000 each until completed . new "river. New River has a total length of about fifty-two miles and a drainage area of 492 square miles. Its lower fourteen miles, from its mouth to Jacksonville, forms a fine basin of brackish water of from five huri4 rlrAfl to ten thousand :. feet width and of at least five feet channel depth i with 20,000 acres' of oyster farms and with rich agricultural surroundings. When placed under governmental im provement it had very - poor facilities for transporting its goods to market. The outlet to the ocean was blockeid bv an ovster-rock barrier; Its com merce, limited to wagons and boats, was estimated to be about $400,000 of e-oods ner year. The original project as continued to date proposed to se cure a 150-foot channel, five feet deep at low water from the upper river to the ocean, by dredging. No work was done upon this improvement up to June 30th, 1885. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, no work was done before October, 1886, on ac count of lack of funds. After that time, $181.80 was spent in minor sur veys and contracting and preparing for dAdging to be completed before January 31, 1888. Up lo June 30, 1887, there has been spent in all upon this improvement $999.04, in replacing the long and crooked channel by. a short and straight channel of forty feet bottom width and three and a half feet depth at low water. This new channel gives great satisfaction to tle, neighborhood and is ' already n daily use by the craft entering New River from the ocean, and is steadily deepening under the scour of the river and tidal currents. The' im provement is too recent to show as yet any marked improvement in the commerce of the river. I The officer in charge recommends that the present adopted; project completed so as to secure a channel of from 100 to 150 feet width and five feet denth at low water from the ocean up to the upper river, at a total expense of $20,000, in addition to the fnnds available .Tnne 30. 1887. to be appropriated in a single amount with- I in the next year. Star r -- i DRSTRVCTIVK FIRK. A Number of Buelneee fflouara lo Bal timore Burned One Plreman Klllrd and Another Sfrlouklr Injured -Lok Over $500,000. By Taleerapb lo uu Morning star. Baltiuorb, Aujju-iI 4 Win, lirofce oxxi this morning in the ' nt-iisivo c:ackr bakery of James D j Ms m A Son, ou Pratt street, near Light, uruu-.k was entirely destroyed with all 1 s cnowim ami ni chinery. It t-x'eixlt-d ou l:- riittiL to the double building of Heuders-.il. Lavcs &- Co.'s cracker. Cake t.n I can4y facory, wbiou was also aestni-. r-.j. j ! William SchiiUe. foreman of Engine No. 12, was on ne of the lower floors when the upper fl u.rs fell; in, and - w Imrird beneath the ruius and killed. Hi hxiy has not yet beeu recoveied. Cbit-i Euti neer Heniitek, of tbe Fire Department. was on tho same flior ns fe-ri- ously injured His d.-ui ti is faicd ' The names cuntmued to Sjreail u the right to the stove wurebou.-u of Liebmudt, McDowell & Co , which was dtihi roved, and to the agricultural warehouse of E. Whitman & Hon, the upper part of which was burned out. On the left f the build ing in which the firo originated, ibe book and stationery store-of T Nc-vl(;i Kurl z os Bon, containing; a large stock, was burn ed, and the upper floors of the grain and produce commission house of E. 15. Owens Co. were destroy eC j . ! Tbe fire spread to the south and took hold of the rear of the warehouse of E L Parker & Co. , fronting on . Charles street. Which was wrecked and the stock ruined. Tbe damage is estimated at $60,000. The entire damage is now estimated at upwards of $500,000. i i V J til Kf iUlO DHIIUUUU UU UCU. nile account of tho loss could be obi ne;1. Fireman were still at work on the ruins. and the walls of the hoiisH of Mas u & Sjons and Hend roi. Laws & Co had been pulled down, 't'he body of Lebulte is still under the ruin-i and it wiii be seve ral hours before it cau be i r ached. It is now said-the loss of Mason & Sons will be pearly $200,000. upon wh ch there is only partial insurance. . They tre said to have had on band nearly 2 600'bam-ls of fluur. HendersoD, Laws &i Co. are insured for $75,000, which will about cover their loss Liebraudt McBjwell & C; yesterday ob tained additional insurance and the r dam age ia said to be about $ 30,000 E Whit man & Son saved all the machinery on the first floor, but It is damaged by water Their stock is estimated at $20,000 am! is in the bauds of a .trustee NewUm Kurtz loses his entire btock of books a;id station ery, but he has as yet made no estimate ot the damage E B 0eus& Co., are dam aged about $5,000; fully insured. E L Parker & Co's building is burned out. and a large part of the walls have fallen. Their damage is estimated nt $300,000, ou which there is partial insurance. I he building on Pratt street adjoiniriR Piirker's wareboune is occupied by . Fiizeerald, Wedge & Co., wholesale grocers, who lost about $18,000, insured j nd the building Adjoining on the south, by Sadler & Co., wiiol. fah liqu'tr dealers, was slightly dam- &sel. Tbey are fully insured. KENTUCKY. LOUISVILLE. AueJ 4 There are no re turns in this morning in addition lo those in the morning papers A very, fair index of the situation U contained m tb'. stiinnte of the Courier Journal, which sayt: "Additional returns tbi looming do u it give any indication of & ground swell. As far as we can Judge the Denwcr! ic lossrs are due lo the confidence aud indifference in bur partv. and the unusually good or -gauiziliou on the part of tho Republicans. The Republicans voted and the Demo crats stayed ut home. Our returns are from fifty-six counties, which cast 60 per cent of the whole vole of ihe State The Republican vote in the counties reported is a little over 60 per cent, of the totxl. and the Democratic vote a little over 58. These fifty-six counties bow a lesa from the Cleceland majority (34.839) of 7.710 If the ratio of gains lo losses continues the same for the remaining 40 per cent , the net Democratic loss will he 12.850. leaving Guckuer a inai-iritv over Bradley of 21,989.- l he Republicans are claiming better things than this from the mountain counties, but some of their beat counties have reported, while the counties in ihe western por tion of the state have been very slow with their returns. There is nothing whatever iu the selection, we think, which indicates a greater propor tionate li)83 in the rcmuininfr conn lira And With ihe information obtainable this morn ins we do hot doubt Buckner will have 22,000 more votes than Bradley. If the ma jority is not as large as our price demands, the Democrats have only themselves to. blame." ; ! The Commercial summaiy is as follows "Seventy-eight cduutics hava reported to far, leaving forty-rone to jreport The3e fifmrea urn from thfl m04trclitthldiRnntrhfji agreeing with the ! returns received at both the Republican and Democratic headquar ters. The average gam per county from the reports so far received i3 325. On the same ratio the net! Republican gsin of the whole State Will be 38,675. This will leave a majority for Buckner, counting the vote; for Knott at 44.400, ot 3.723. The gross Republican gain, so far as heard, is 23.000. Six counties snow a .Democratic gain or 589, leaving a net Republican , gain of 24.441. i HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. Macon, Ga.. Aug. 6. Information has been received of a most horrible tragedy, occuring last night about twelve miles from here, in this county. Reports say that Capt. Richard Wool I am, a well known farmer, his wife, four children, and -Mrs. West, aunt of Mrs. Woolfalk, were found murdered in their house this morning, having been knocked in the head and their throats cut. Thos. G. Woolfalk, son of Capt. Woolfalk by his first wife, is sus pected of the crime, and was arrested. The deputy sheriff and coroner went out to the scene of the murder, but owing to the dis tance from the city full particulars cannot be had just now liater and fuller details from tbe scene of the Woolfalk tragedy develop the fact that there were nine Victims instead of seven, as first reported. Captain and Mrs. R F. Wool folk, their sis children ranging iu ages from eighteen months to twenty years, and Mrs. West, an aunt of Mrs Woolfaik, aged 80. I ' " The coroner st jury round a verdict or murder against Thos. G. Woolfolk, son of the Captain's first wife, who was sleeping in the house. Hia statement was that some time before daybreak he was aroused by groans and the sound of blows, proceed ing from bis parents' -room. His half brother Richard ran into the room which adjoins his, and thinking that a murder was being committed, he (Thomas) jumped from the window in his night clothes and bare feet and ran to the house of a negro, three or four hundred yards distant, to get them to arouse the neighborhood. He says he was. afraid to return, fearing that he himself would be murdered, but .went back .after half an hour. No help 'had arrived,, and he went in to see if the family had been murdered. He found them all dead, i He stepped in a pool of blood in passing and left foot prints on the floor. He found i his step-mother lying so that her bead was on the floor and her body on the bed. He raised her up and placed her on the bed. - He then changed his clothing. By this time a crowd had arrived and soon after he was taken into custody. f The evidence before the jury was cir cumstantial throughout. ; The crowd con-. tinued to grow in size and indications! pointed strongly to lynching. Sheriff Weet-i cott told the jury to withhold their verdict! until he could get the prisoner away and! then making; all arrangements slipped Woolfalk out of the house In a hurry and! drove away so rapidly that the crowd had hardly time to realize the departure. The prisoner was brought to Macon and Bafely lodged in jail, where he talked of the crime coolly but made no admissions. His mo tive is said to be a desire to gain possession of bis father's property for himself and two sisters, children of the first wife. ; I NO. 41 WASHINGTON. Cabinet Meeting The Preeldrnt Delegation from Piempbla. Washington, August 4 The President came in from Oak View at 10 o'clock this morning and the Cabinet met at the White Bouse at the usual hour. All the members were present except Secretary Bayard and Attorney General Garland. The President has virtually decided to make short stops at Columbus and Indian apolis on his way to St Louis in October. Washington, August 5. The Siamese Prince, accompanied by several members of his suite and General Halderman, was formally presented to the" President at 11 o'clock this morning, accompanied by As sistant Secretary of State Porter . The Prince was attired in citizens' clothes, but members of his suite were ia full court costume. The visitors were received iu the Blue Parlor, and Were shown through me omer rooms. The J&ast Room was tastefully : decorated and other plants. with many tropical citizens from Mem- Tne delegation of phis, Tenn., waited on the Presfdent at the White House to-day and invited him to visit that city on his western 1 rip this autumn. It consisted of B. M. Estes, J. T. Jefferson, H. B. 8eblos3, F.-D. Seward, E. L. McGowan, R. C. Stevens, J, A. Tay lor, Tnomas Garry, w. A. Evermoo, W. L. Clapp, F. T. Anderson, B Mc.Vlahan, Lymas Wallace and J. II. Carter. The two last named are colored. Senator Hauls, ex-Representative Casey You 02 and General U pshaw accompanied ihe dele gation. Judge Estes was the spokesman for the party and in extending the invita tion he assured the President of a most cordial welcome. He said that tbe people of Memphis were thoroughly in earnest in the matter; that they were not content to send an invitation by mail, but insisted that a committee should come to Washing ton and orally urge the President to accept. tie would Iiko tor the 1'resident to see the people of the city, he said. who had met and surmounted so many afflictions and who had transformed it from a desolated city into a prosperous healthy dwelling place. They would esteem it a great privilege to have the Chief Magis trate of the nation in their midst, and he thought the good results of such a visit vir tually made it incumbent on the President to visit them. The speaker dwelt on the glories and advantages of American citi zenship with all its blessings and immuni ties, and said that it should be the aim and dutjr'of public men at all times to improve and elevate the standard of such citizen ship. It was not with any idea of hero- worship that they asked the President to come to I Memphis. : Their sole purpose was to honor the office of President of ihe United States. Inclosing, Judge Estes re minded the President that he must be sure to bring Mrs. Cleveland with him, as the daughters of the South had a gtcut de sire to welcome her in their midst and to testify their admiration for her modesty And worth. The President said in reply that he whs extremely gratified at the cordially and earnestness of their invitation, andlthat while it was impossible to give a positive answer at present, it was more probable than improbable that be would accept Ilia contemplated trip to the West, he remarked, was becoming a matter of some embarrass ment. Invitations were pouring in from every where. He was anxious to make the most of his time and oppoitunity, and to see j as much of the Western people as possible within the short space of time he could afford to devote to this purpose. People, he said, must not forget however, public exigencies and the limitation of time, His plans for visiting St. Louis Kansas City and Atlanta were already made, and he was cot without the hope that pn his return from Kansas City by way of Chicago he might ar ranee his trip to Atlanta so as to include Memphis. He ex - ipected to be able before long to mark out a route through the West and South and fix all the dates; but until that was done be could only speak generally of his plans The committee, said the President, may rest assured, however, that if he could ar range it to visit Memphis he would do so. ile thought ne could let them know defi nitely through Senator Harris in a few ays. He remarked jokingly that Senator arris had troubled him a good deal about his matter and it might be well for him o give him a rest for a few days Senator iiarris said that the people of emphis would be very indulgent to the President, should be come there, and would appreciate the visit from him no matter, how short it might be. I Judge Eetes suggested that the Presi dent might find it more convenient to visit Memphis on his return from Atlanta i The President replied that he thought ot; as he wanted to return by way of the .tlanlic coast. At this point Senator Harris remarked that he felt absolutely confident the President wanted to visit Memphis and was equally confident he would do so. This caused the President to smile, and he turned to Mr. Harris and said, "Then you will have to keep away from me. -j The committee then presented a hand somely engraved invitation to the Presi dent and retired very much pleased with their reception. In the invitation they say : 'We are persuaded that with you it is need- ess to multiply words in favor of acceptance f our city s generous hospitality, for at last your own conviction of duty rather than your inclination to indulge in pleas ure, will, we have no doubt, decide your course in the premises. .Besides, the rules I of hospitality are too sacred to be unduly urged nor lightly declined. Without more I words, therefore; we on behalf of our fel low citizens of Memphis, of every class and degree, invite you to -come and make us a visit, and we promise that your so journ within our gates shall be as pleasant as you and your parly could desire. Washington, Aug. 6. Prof. Dodge, the statistican of the Department' of Agricul ture, iurmsnes tne ioiiowing lor publica tion, in answer to the Louisville dispatch printed this morning concerning his esli mate of the tobacco crop: The ioui8viiie tobacco dispatch gives a wrong impression of the estimates contain ed in the preliminary report of (he Depart ment of Agriculture. The average of 82 per cent, given tnerein is not tor JientucKy, or the West. ont. for the whole country, including the t 'cigar leaf" States. The investigation now in progress will settle authoritatively the question of a ehoitage of the tobacco area. - The Marine Hospital Bureau is inform ed that another i case of yellow fever has been discovered i at the refugee station iat Ecmont Key, Fla. Secretary Whitney recently received the following report, dated Halifax, July 30, from Admiral Luce, commanding the North Atlantic squadron: I As there appeared to be want of information on the part of our fish ermen operating in the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in regard to restric tions imposed upon foreign fishing vessels by Canadian laws, a series of interroga tories were submitted to Caot. Scott, of tho Canadian fishery service, covering their rights and statutory restrictions, and I have the honor to enclose herewith his answer, A number of these circulars wiil tm lu tributed among the fishing fleet lor tuo in formation of those concerned The en closure is a printed sheet headed "Queries" and contains a series ofcqueations submitted by Admiral Luce and the replies thereto by Capt. Scott. These have been telegraphed to the press. Secretary Whitney cabled the following to. Admiral Luce: I am sure that your application to Capt Scott was not for the purpose of obtaining from him an exposition of the law, but to enable our fishermen to know tbe extent of the Canadian claim and thus avoid diffi culties if they should so choose. This is not quite cleaif from the report. : and j it would be better to issue no-more circulars and withdraw! such as are within your reach. Capt Scott is not understood in be the agent of his government for any such purpose as that for which you nave eni ployed htm, and if he were, the applica tion might more properly be made to our own government, in case a correct state ment of the Canadian claims is desired. fSigned.l I W.C. Whitney, 1 1 1 Secretary of the Navy Spirits Turpentine. Fayetteville News: There are over one hundred and twenty-three dops listed for taxes in Fayetteville ibis yer Greensboro News: Internal rev enue collections in this, tho fourth district' for the month of Julv wero $68 870 10 Collections in the fifth district, embracing Jhe western half of the Stale were $86.- 412.O0, making in all a grand total of $155,- 203.81 tor the-entire state during the month of July..,; Patrick II. Terrell, who was convicted in. Stokes last fall of the murder of Bunk Dunlap and-Bontcnced to twelve yeats' imprisonment ia the peni tentiary, died! on the 16th' of July of sun stroke. Terrell was two or three limt 3 ihe Republican candidate for the LetilAture from Stokes and was well known in that county. . .. - Goldsboro Argus: Mayor Pe terson reports 72 cases tried in July Jand $io nnes collected. There were Hve deaths among tha whites, 2 adult j and 8 infants, and One colored, adult, maid re a total of , six deaths during tha month. We had occasion to chat with several farmers yes-, terday, both from this and Greene counties, and we were glad to learn f-om them that crops are flourishing and are not yet in jured, as some fear. Prof E A. Al - derman has finished his work as Principal of the Asheville Normal, and is now rest ing at Chape Hill, where he aud Mrs. Al derman will spend the interval to tbe fall opening of odr Graded School. - Fayetteville Observer: Wo would not be much surprised, if Mr. Wil liams, with his knowledge of' affairs, did not purchase largely at Southport It is rumored heru that he had such thoughts when he left. . We understand that the firm of A. E. Rankin & Co. shipped ninety thousand poands of freight over the C. F. & Yl V. in c no day. Pretty eood day's work for one firm and business is dull. -Mr. Julian S. Cai r has presented the Ladies' Aid Society, through Mrs E. L. Pemberton, five thousand cigarettes, to be sold! for the benefit of ihe society. Thu love of giving to good and charitablo ob jectsis a characteristic of this benevolent man; Messrs. Prior to Son, jewellers. tellps that 96 degress was the highest point f reached in their store. When the C. F. & Y. V. Road is completed to the Pilot Mountain, it will be 220 miles in length. What a road it is going to he 1 Kaleitrh Visitor: Tho Durham district conference which was held at Mt. -Tabor Church last week, raised $3,450 for the cndowmehli und of Trinity College. i ioe woycrnor 10-aay appointed d no tices of the Pcaco in Pender and Yadkin counties, those appointed vby the Legisla ture failing to qualify. -: A most mon strous and astounding occurrence took place Sunday at tho farm of Col. A. IV Andrews, about four miles west of the oily on the Chapel Hill road. A youug lady going to an outhouse on the premises dis covered what was supposed to bo a young colored man in a state of entire nudity. The lady at once gave the alarm whm Mral R. B. Bagwell, wife of the mana ger pf the farm, came to her relief . upon which the man (if man it be) made otf through a cotton patch on all fours The neighborhood was aroused and pursuit wub made. The straneo bung was tracked to a swamp near by where traces of it were lost! . -j- Norfolk Landmark: Yester day morning an association of Portsmouth colored aocal clubs, seven in number, went on an excursion to Elizabeth City. NJC.. carrying down ab0u nine hundred in twelve cars. The train Btarted on the return home at 5 o'clock, leaving a lot of the excursionists behind Those on board the traia demanded of the conductor that the train should be stopped and return to Elizabeth City for those peoplo who were lef?. The conductor refused and great ex citement resulted, and those excursionists In favor of the traiatproceeding homo were soon in a free fight on the train, in which the train hands joined. During the tneleo the Rail rope was pulled and cut and tho train I stopped. The excursionists then seized the train and uncoupled tha cars and drove the engineer and firemen out of the cab. As the riot took place only a short distance from Elteabeth City, the police of that town were noon on the ground, but were powerless to cope with tne rioters, who were enraged and shouting like madmen. The Mavor then ordered out the Elizabeth City Guards, the military compaey of the place, and marched them to the scene of disorder with fixed bayonets and loaded muskets. Five of the principal rioters David Reed, Noah Shel don, Ned Foreman and Henry Hall, of Portsmouth, and a stranger were prompt ly arrested and taken to jail. The crowd J-as then ordered on board the train, which rder they proceeded to obey, and in n short while all the excursionists started for home, reaching Portsmouth between 11 and 12 o'clock.- . Charlotte Chronicle: Af col. ored man named Marce.lus Morrow was attacked by another colored man named Jphn Graham, yesterday, and was severely. perhaps fatally, stabbed. - Mr. Joseph M. Croily, manager of the Wilmington Baseball Club, and ono of Wilmington's, most popular young men. arrrived in tbe city yesterday and his many friends hero were giapj to meet him. Mr. Lee Mansonjbf this county, reports that he sowed 36 bushels of oats last spring on his three-horse farm and gathered therefrom ljuau bushels. We regret to announce the death of Mr. George M. Cobb, which occurred at the Morganton Insane Asylum ast Sunday evening. The Catawba river was higher yesterday than has been known since the freshet of May, 1886. Messrs. M. C. Wallace. W. M. Wood- sides and J. K. P. Neathery, all practical printers, ana the two first named formerly employed at the Observer office, have ar ranged to begin the publication in this city of an evening daily paper to be called The Hornet. Mr. Vanberburg, who keeps ft store at the Try on street crossing of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta road, is now suffering from a broken arm, the Je suit of trying to hold a rope to one end of which a Jersey bovine was attached; - The railroads have suffered severely from recent heavy rains, and washouts are re ported! from all around us. Trains on the Western JNorth Carolina road wero yester day abandoned upon account or washoutn on tbe road in the mountain section. There was also a large washout on . the Ashevjilte and Spartanburg road, near Sa- . luda. but this break was renaired yester day afternoon. Raleigh Chronicle:, A company has been organized to erect a cotton facto ry at Weldon. All the stock has been taken, i Kinston is to have a cotton factory, with $70,000, capital and over $30,01 0 nas been subscribed,, - During July there were thirty-five deaths here, of which eighteen were white persons. Mri Collier Cobb, who recently graduated with the highest honors, in a class of thir teen at Harvard College, in geology and panto ogy, has been assigned to duty in the U. S. Coast Survey service, in Maine. He was granted a six weeks' leave of absent for the purpose of filling positions in the Normal schools at Winston and Washing ton. - Gov. Scales- returned to. the citv Tuesday and had a conference with tho contractors who propose tofurni9b heatand water to the Capitol, under the provisions of the act appropriating $16,000 for those conveniences. It is claimed that the property of the Cranberry Iron Mining Co., in Mitchelll county, which was sworn to as worth frjOO.UOO. was assessed at 1500.000. and that the county commissioners reduced often bitten. Several North Carolinians who desired to purchase counterfeit cur rency from New York 'sharpers, to pass fct home itnong the ignorant, have been fleeced. Two men of Watauga county lost $800. Hendersonvitle. N ... C . July 29. 1887.4-Until the completion of the Ashe ville and Spartanburg railroad to Asheville this 'litem of mountain towns, as it has been aptly called, was little known to North Carolinians.! In truth little is known of it now, and in many respects it is a South Carolina town. The. people here take South Carolina newspapers, they sell their produce to South Carolinians, they buy most) of their goods in South Carolina cities! and South Carolinians flock here to spencjl the Summer. Moat people here have visited coiumua and Charleston. 1 believe I can count on my hand the number who have been to Raleigh or Wilmington; Statd prida is born largely of knowledge of State and State affairs ana Stale leaders. Getting their information from South Car olina newspapers, these people are not as well informed about what is going on in public affairs in their own as in the Pal metto State. They can. tell you more about Senator Hampton than about Senator Ransom. - 8 11 i'i- '-. , 5 iNI' . h (''in v. i' -i "ft $1 -'V. t v. r i f ." tv v" ft ' I. sV 51 i"'i . '-( rV VJe.- . ft. 'I: 1 H ty Pi J? $ H t Hi i 1 r p me surgeon, who dressed its Injuries: