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WA8MISGTON, ij The Weekly Star. wm. H. BERNARD, Editor and rop'r. WILMINGTON N. C. iijRlDAY, August I9J, 1887 hwin writing to change f your "address, itifre former dlreotion as well as fuU particulars as 7..L..Z . .nraninAf in ha sent hereafter. FTiless you do both chains can not be made. Death. Tributes of fot as ordinary advertisements, but Only half S when oald for strictly In advance. At this e SO cental win pay lor muii"o -- Marriage or neatn. ' . .i..nAa m.mf ha mnilH hv Check. Draft- P&l Money Order or Refrlstered Letter. Post misters will register letter when desired. Only such remittances will be at tne hsk 01 tUti ijiitiliHlior. . . , ryspeclmen copies forwarded when desired. REDUCTION IN PRICE Attention is invited to tho , follow ing reduced rates of subscription: DAILY STAR, Br Malls no Year. .'. . .$6.00 . 3.00 . 1.50 ,. CO Sax Months.. ....... Three Months i 4 One Month.. To City Subscribers! Three Months One Month . . . .$1.56 . 52 . 12 i ne Week. . . WEEKLY STAB, Br malls ne Year. . . . .$1.00 . ,60 . i30 ix jviontns. . hree Months The reduction in price will, wo are ( onfident, add materially td our al- !eady large circulation, thus j making he paper mom valuable than ever to advertisers. I Our telegraphic news servico has jecently been largely increased, and t,ls our determination to keep the I Stab up to the highest standard of newspaper excellence, FARMING-ADDRESS AND REFLEC TIONS, j Our friend James H. Enniss, Esq., farlitnr of the North Carolina ar 'mer, and a man of ideas and convic- tions, delivered an agricultural adjj .dress at the Ml . Holly Encampment.! We" have received a copy. The subj ject discussed 'vas the "Importance" of Economy ori the Farm." Mr. EnJ niss for more tnan twelve years hasj been conducting an agricultural, monthly. His range of reading in that departmert is wide. His actual experience as it farmer is also con-j siderable. Bui, observation Is often an excellent teacher and many a man with open eyes sees better where the leaKs are man tne man wno noma the quart measure to the spigot Some persons "pooh-pooh" at thfi idea of any man's being able tomakr a good suggestion to a farmer unless he too is a tiller of the soil. Some of the very best farmers w have known, were in a certain sens amateur farmers. We heard an old,' ;ray headed farmer of sound under- Htanding, say- once that if be had mown twenty-five years earlier the ethods of the leading merchant near II im who ran two farms, but who be- an this after middle age, that be, j twice as I the farmer, would be worth much that da" as be was. no doubt he spoke truly, We bad for that merchant soon showed himself to be tie best practical farmer in the coun ty. It was bo who taught the farm ers how to raise the grasses, have the iaiiest nogs anu corses, ana to en rich their farms. We knew him to purchase' three or four hundred acres of land that were poor and had in parts been badly worn by indifferent cultivation by a professional farmer. This land , would not have pro duced more than three barrels an acre. In five years it grew on the hills in fact anywhere corn that averaged ten barrels to the acre and measured. There was never an ounce of any except stable fertilizer put upon it, and hogpen and cow- pen manures We inntannn this tn that mLy a thorongb; business nM knit. ?n t.2i snow - k- man can see mm.wm ... .wiujiu bum the farmers themflelvno. aa a rluoa An '-.f If- I - J not see. Mr. enniss mignt oe tne best of teachers although he had never run a row or even dropped corn in his boyhood. But he has had really much experience on the farm : L It does not require that a man Bhould have spent his life on a I farm to see some things with a clear.yision tnat are inexcusable and that betray . 1 - i - ... i ithe worst of diethods, jf not positive J snouia a man a farmer to know fences, trees I and nshes growing in the locks of h fences, lean stock. ob, cultivating land'that Will not rdduce more than a third of a bale f cotton to the acre nr tVimn Korvola I - -i- y WMsu,f9 f corn, using foreign manures and J ejecting home manures,1 mortgage XT" B -T- -..-, mortgage Ll - U i , i T home at from twelve to thirtv ner above cash prices, run down ,,! vijagons and carts, cowa that give no Uk, and a failure to diversify crops ill in the end invite poverty and f:i0 rrii i- ' ' ' xnnuici . iucbo uiinira bqow mnai o competence, idleness and netyiot o pnow tnat they are ruinous heed 01 require a Bcienune or a practical kjtadwledge of farming. J A small aUlont of savibg common sense is all that is required. I Mr. Enniss shows what sort of farmers there are. He copies from a '"'wt irom aiarmer. xiesavs fri v n : J . m . ... tion are not appreciative or progressive, the greai irouow wiiu most 01 our southern neglect. Why pave to be thtt poor farmArl 111 indolence, downright laziness, Our wealthy men leave the farm to a negro, or what may be worse, an ignorant white man who knows it all, and boasts that he does things jus as his grand father did. On the other hand, most of we poor ones are too lazy and worthless ttvmake any headway, and If you find one who ha a desire to improve his condition, like as not, he is indebted to some rich toan J and he has not enough grit to pull out of old ruts, lest his creditors might say "better pay what you owe me before you go into fancy farming.", ' Mr. Enoias ! then tells of. another " (':." A ' ' : ' ' i ' '"I''' II'- case: ... L . .-.: :! y. . j-. - m "We know a' man who raises nothing but cotton. A. few days ago we saw him come to town and sell four chickens for one -dollar, 75 cents of which he .used to Eurchase a bushel of corn. : He took his orse from the field, and lost his ihor e's work and his own work for the better part of one day. At this time of the year the horse's work is worth $1.00 per day, and the man's work certainly not less than fifty ctnm. Add together the 75c cash, which the corn costs, $1 for horse's loss of time, and 6Cc for the man's time, and we have $2 25 for a single bushel of corn. ; No man cn follow such a course and prosper.; .A. double crop could not improve tbe condi tion of tuch a man." H He next 418cUB8e8 "What to do with Dead Farmers." Wo regret that our Bpace does not allow ua to copy from him at length. Among other things iscussed are "Success ful business man an economist," and "Economy on jthe farm." He points out at length tbe many losses sustained by bad management, among - them loss of animals, of sheep, in fencing land, and in paying excessive inter est. Ilis last point is "tho jjossi bilities of agriculture." ' He says: j Tn the words of Mr. Jefferson. 'Let the fnrmer forever more.be honored in his call ing, for they who labor in the earth are the cbosen people of God.' " i There is an old, couplet, the author of which is not known to us. It con tains the exact truth that farmers need: 1 . He who bj the plough would thrive. Hi nisei f must either hold or drive." The speech of Mr. Henry Grady, one of the editors of the Atlanta Constitution, &t the meeting of the Farmers'. Institute Convention at Atlanta, judging from the samples telegraphed, was very good, j He excels in six-weeks' impromptus and is clever with both tongue and pen. His speech contains some handsome, graceful", witty thiuge. His descrip tion of cotton is decidedly felicitous, almost poetical. The! Convention thus far seems to be pretty much one Slate affair. At the "convention held in Louis ville of colored editors a memorial i was drawn up and signed and: sent to the Georgia Legislature, protest ing against the bill preventing mixed schools in Georgia. This is a straw that shows I, be way the colored stream is rurtnine. These neero edi tors are desirous of forcing mixed schools betwoen the races, wet may suppoee If not thit, then why J pro test? The Northern negro j editor cannot do a worse thing for the edu cation of hi race in the South than to prfts their opposition to separate school. The whites may resoive not to maintain public schools land then what?. I ' ' ) " 1: i .'I . We received a full report ofDr. Herbert H. Battle's ; address atlMt. Holiy, delivered on the 10th int. It was too long for our columns by a great deal. In fact the Stab has nut given two columns to any one speech in many years. It interferes too much with the variety we seek to .ti give in each aily issue. We pro pose to reproc oee now and then' por tions of this addresH, which is needed bee. iii so it S practical. His theme was "Home-Made Fertilizers and Composts." I The farmers should have the benefit of what an expert has to say upop so important a theme. Secretary Whil.ney is serving the country faithfully in refusing to ac cept vessels that do not come up to the standard Jand in repairing old tugs and ships. He refuses to have these old hulks repaired at Iheavv cost. In 1884, under Robeson, a tug called the Pinta was repaired at a cost of $100,000. To reDair the i i Pal8' 0lhc? in has already C08t 1183,240. It Uldbebnild out and r x t uuii lur iu,uuy. oecreiary vvnimey has stopped this sort of jobbery and robbery. He also refuses to spend more money in repairing the Mono cacy, an old j paddle-wheel steamer, as nearly $26,000 have been spent upon her already. The more popular the President I makes himself from now until the 'election the better will the Star I be 'pleased. It nbt only will support him if nominated, bat it will Buppbrt him to win. It will trv to do; as bow low at the very mention of his name. The Daily Sim, the new Charles ton afternoon paper, is out bright and newsy, It is a twenty-fous, column paper, clear tjpe, well printed, and i furnished at $5 k year. It makes an excellent start. Mr. John MnTCIrna ia wishes attend thb new enterprise, i I v ' I I ' Dan Lyons, who was shot on last Saturday in New York and killed, is I the same man who killed another I nan only a week or so' ago. ;IIis I .III . ... i I nnnv wan lain rint rr oonr.fr.. his sistpr'a M friends gathered around it and play ed cards and drjdnk whiskey. None means - jnot one, and stil from Milton to Rnskin it is ipiat Dcust) as oiten as in tne singu lar. riDt the Prinfuanf T?1,U Literature "in Glasgow University y " Bnoaia b? OIIy ased m the I 7Dgubir. It ia a perversion to use it I otherwise. Over tbe KlTer. As previous intelligence indicated, the life of ouij young . friend, William S. Hardwicke, has gone outa tele gr&m received yesterday evening an nouncing that he breathed his last at 10 o'clockof that day, at his ancestral home, in - Bedford co., .Virginia He died under tbe shadow of the grand old mountains of his native State,. and his ! last j moments were solaced by the kind atl entions of loving and dear friends. He "was in the 30th year of his age and for nearly twelve years was a resident of this city, coming: here with 1 his fatMer. Mr. Geo. V. Hardwicke, in the early part of 1876. j. He leaves a . devoted wife and one child and other near rela tives to mourn their loss; and during his residence in Wilmington -he drew to , himself m4.ny close vand Warmt friends, who ll be grieved to hear of his early demise. He was a victim of that insidijous disease, consump tion, which manifested itself about eighteen moAths! since, and for the past three or four , months he has been a great sufferer from its inroads. His remains mill be interred in the shades of a quiet country church yard, and amid the graves of his rela tives for four generations. Peace to his ashes. ill Magnolia Tre and Flowering Mobs. A correspondent writing from Tar- boro, N. C, f u -nishes some interest ing facts concei ning the magnoliatree and the flowe ring moss: "I see you notice in thegTAR, "as an odd sight for the seasop,' a magnolia tree in Mr Cronly's yard with flowers in full bloom. This in this place, j is no uncommon sight Many of our magnolia trees have blooms upon them through the summer J and in the early fall. There are suqh trees now in bloom in the church yi ird and in Mr. L. S. Nash's yard and in other places.' There' is a magnolia tree forty feet high in Mrsj Tom Norfleet's yard? which blooms more or lesa-every sum mer and fall. Some years ago, in the first week in November, there was on this tree a large! cluster of flowers in full bloom on the topmost branches, like a crown oh the head of the queen of trees. i I There is another botanical fact' which I will 'mention, about that fa mous little blooming moss, which is such a pet with the Wilmington peo ple. Your pa per always mention its blooming in the spring and it is a kind of gala, day , with the young folks to go in ;o the woods and bring home wreaths of it. I have seen it printed and heard it said, that it was found ; nowhere else but in the region of the Cape jr ear about Wilmington. Now this plant grows in boggy places near this to W a. I It is found in great quantities idwer down on the Tar river. And the late Capt. Sparrow, of WashingtowJ told me that all down the Pamlico river and through the aufort and Hyde, there counties of Bj were hundreds 'pf acres of it, covering all the swarjips and the dead, fallen trees with ijts lace-like red and pink and white gems. So you see the Tar and Pamlico country must share the honor with the Cape Fear of posses sing this floral treasure, which is one of the most delicately beautiful plants in the world." Suddenly Crazed. M The Charleston (S. C.) Dail Sun. of Tuesday last contains the following: Mr. G. W. Hardwick.a baggage mas ter, in the employ of the Northeast ern Kailroad, I wno has served the company faithfully for over seven years, soon after his arrival on the tram from Wilmington, early this morning, became perrectly crazed. He stood in front of the ticket office in the depot, pointing to a pencil which he siid was a cross, and telling every one "no cross, no crown." In one hand h held a drawn knife, which he brandished considerably, causing much alarm thereabouts. The hospital authorities were noti fied and were! soon at the depot with a straight-jacket; which was put upon f - . 1 A. 1 1 - nr. 1 a -WW mm wimoui, liiuuii uimcuuy. jtiewas carried to thej hospital, where he will be tenderly cared for until other ar rangements are Inade by his family, or the railroad authorities. He has'a wife and three children at his home m Wilniingtoni N. C. His habits are irreproachable and his many friends hope that his insanity is only emo tional and that he will soon recover. New Crop Cotton First Bale. The first bale of the new crop re ceived in Wilmington, arrived yester day via the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, shipped by D. Mc- Lendon, EsqJ from Timmonsville, S. C, and consigned to Messrs. Worth & Worth. Itj will be sold by auction to-day at 12 o'clock, at the Produce Exchange, The first bale last year was received August 20tb, by Messrs. Hall & Pear sail, from Clio, S. C. It was bought by Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son at 11 cents per pound, j Holding Poaaeaalon. When the news reached Wrights ville yesterday, that the Wilmington, East Carolina & Onslow Railroad had purchased an interest in the banks and hammocks j on the Sound, Mr Sneeden, a resident of tbe vicinity, moved over to the hammocks and put up a tent,! where he spent last night. It is said that he claims that he has rights in the property and, that it cannot sent. i be sold without his con Enlarging Their Werkt. The Carolina 1 Oil & Creosote Com pany are making arrangements to enlarge their plant in this city. Foundations are being laid for four large oil retorts, each of which has a uapauity 01 ivjo gallons or oil per diem, and another creosoting cylin der has been purchased, which is be lieved to be the largest in the world, uicasunug one ; nunareu ieet in length, with a diameter of six feet. A storm of wind and rain camo up last night about twelve o'clock from the northwest. It was accompa nied bV a Vivid h.nr (.nnHniin,,., ita. - - : w-vMMV140 UiO play of electricity, jthat at times seemed almost to pale the electric lights. .- j : . 1 . - ;.; A maiden dimpled, dainty, fair, ; With hazel eyes! and crumpled hair, Was asked what was the height of bliss She promptly answered, '"Tis a kiss Provided that the kissers won't Neglect testh-cleansing SOZODONT." RIoat Remarkabl In its effects, and jmost useful in its appli- "--v'vvi, 1 una DC come the most popular Dentifrice in exis- kuub. iis ubou sou praisea oy everybody. Accidents will occur even in the best re isumieu iamines, ana y hpaldihg'b Gltjk buuuiu oe Kept nanay Tbe Railroad to Onalow. Rumors about injunctions, manda muses, etoM seem to have little effect on the j Wilmington, Onslow & East Carolina Railroad Company. They are going right ahead, with the seem ing determination to complete the road before its opponents get through showing that it is an impossibility for them to undertake it. Yesterday the company closed the bargain for the purchase of one-half interest in the; banks and hammock property at Wrightsville belonging to. Mr. George Harriss, and upon which they had se cured the option, as mentioned in last Tuesday's Stab. '"-'l-'. l ,'.;. The line from Wilmington to New river will be located within a week or two, with a! branch to run from the' main line to Wrightsville. It is a; serted that inside of three months the contracts for grading the entire line will be given out, , j j As regards the city subscription of $100,000 to the capital stock of the company, the friends of the road are confident that it will be sustained by the courts, j Violent Storm at Iiaarlnbarg. A special to the Stab from Jjaurin burg, says that a heavy wind storm, accompanied by rain, swept over that quiet little town Monday night, about half-past nine o'clock, .which threw the inhabitants into a state of great excitement for awhile, fearing that , a cyclone wad upon them. J At the Methodist Church, where Rev.Dr.Rosser is conducting revival almost a panic ensued, the congrega tion rushing from the building only to be driven back -by the blinding 1 .1 gusts of wind and rain. Parents, with blanched faces, were seen clinging to their crying children, while the man of God, in quiet tones, endeavored to calm them, i ' The storm only lasted a few min utes, and did no damage in the town. It was accompanied with a dnll roar ing 'noise resembling the sound which preceded the earthquake about this time last year. Its direction was from northwest to northeast and the heaviest of it passed to the north of Laurinburg. j In the country some damage was done by blowing down fences, trees, &c. A Ftetlve Oeeaalon at Somtbport The officers of the steamer Colfax intended giving a banquet to Capt. Monger (recently promoted from first lieutenant) .but the sailing orders of the Colfax being fixed for 6 a. m. yes terday prevented.' In consequence of these orders an impromptu dinner was given by the ward-room officers and their families to Capt. Munger, Mrs. Munger, ad Miss Birdie Munger, in honor of the promotion 01 Mr. Munger to ja captaincy in the Rev enue Marine service. : I At the dinner, congratulatory speeches vere made by Lieuts. Foley, j Reed, Engineers Rand ill, Harrison, Littig, and others. Capt. Munger was heartily congratulated ..'i ... - ... . . on his promotion, ana wmie tne ward-room feel that they lose one j of their best i officers, the captains are to be congratulaed on the acquisition of Capt. Munger to their number. Tbe Onalow Railroad Rumors are rife as to the intention of the IWilmington, Onslow & East Carolina Railroad syndicate. It lis stated on good authority, howevor, that they intend to begin the con struction of the road at an early day, with a view to makincr the present terminus at Wrightsville, and with this object have secured an optio: until Thursday, on the purchase of one-half interest in Mr. Geo. Harriss property at Wrightsville, known as Sneeden's ihammock and the banks north of the Club House, and Capt, Manning's bath houses, extending to the inlet, and a part of the beach north of the inlet. Affray at fiaetle Hayne. Justice E. P. . Hall was engaged all the afternoon of yesterday in hearing a case brought before him from Cape Fear township. The parties are ajll colored, the complainant being Sam Nixon, who charged Loftin Smith, Henry Nixon, William Fonville, Mary Fon ville and one or two others with assaulting' him near Castle Hayne some time l last week. A razor and other deadly weapons figured in the melee. At the conclusion of j the tes timony the justice sent several of the defendants up to the Criminal Court for trial Tbe Carolina Central. Passenger trains of the Carolina Central Road will cross- Sandy Run bridge to-day. This is the bridge be yond Shelby which suffered by the late floods. It is expected to run trains through to the terminus of the road on Thurs day next. The Superintendent, Col, L. C, Jones, will remain up the road until his work is completed. Refreshing rains fell Sunday up the line of the C. C. R. R., not only, af fording personal comfort to the indl vidual, but giving further assurance t t.li fn.rmra t.ViA.r. tVipir ln.Vinr f.Viia vnil!" . rf has not been in vain. The crop out look continues most promising. It is generally conceded that little rain is required after the 20th of August to in sure good props. 1 i . Cbarsed wltb Illicit DlatlUIng. Jackson; M. Bass,' of Duplin county, was brought here yesterday and com mitted to the county jail, as a United States prisoner. He is charged with illicit distilling and selling whiskey without a license. The warrant for his arrest and commitment was issued by D. Cogdeli, U. S. Commissioner at Goldsboro. Bass says that! he was betrayed by a man who visited his still and to whom he gave a jug of whiskey. A Poatoffice Burglarized The postoffice at South Washing ton, Pender county, was broken into last Sunday night. Nothing was taken, however, but a clock, the property of Mr. W. L. Rivenbark, the postmaster. Mr. Rivenbark thinks that the robber was driven off by the fierce barking of dogs on his premi ses,across the roadjfrom the building in which the office is situated. It was an alarm-clock that was taken; twen ty and a-half inches in length, wood en frame and glass face; made by the New Haven Clock Co. The! thief is supposed to be a colored man who was seen lurking around the place Sunday afternoon. A colored Man Sbot by HU Bival Kaeape of tbe Murderers ,. Moses Garrett, a colored man about J thirty years of age, was shot and fa tally wounded Sunday night between ten and eleven o'clock,. on U'ourth street, beyond theSbridge over the Carolina Central railroad. The shoot ing was done by one Anthony Camp bell . alias Anthony . McCormick, La colored fireman on the Carolina Cen tral. The cause of the crime is said to have been Anthony's, jealousy Of the attentions paid by Garrett to a woman named Fanny McDonald, and who was in company with Garrett when the latter was shot. The wea pon used was a 82-calibre pistol; only one shot from which was fired, the ball striking Garrett in the right side and passing almost entirely through the body. Garrett staggered and was supported in the arms of the woman and the murderer fled. Police om- cers Mintz and Kunoldwere soon at the place, and Sergeant Pagh arri ving, a wagon was procured and the wounded man taken to the City Hos pital, where he died yesterday inorn- ng about 7 o'clock. At the hospital Garrett was questioned and said that Anthony Campbell shot him.' 1 ; During the forenoon Coroner Miller summoned a jury and held an inquest at the hospital. Dr. Lane, the physician in charge, testified that Moses Garrett, the wounded man, was brought to the" City Hospital about 1 o'clock. He was able to sit up. - Examined the wound and found that the ball struck the ninth rib, passing through the chest- wall, liver and spleen. It was removed after death from under the skin of the left bide. It was a ball from a 32-cali- bre pistol, Fannie McDonald testified that she was at church at Hilton; sat by Moses Garrett; both started toward home; was asked by a woman to go home with her, but refused; soon after leav ing church and when near Mr. Pars ley's house, she heard a noise like the tread of a horse behind them; it turn ed out to be a man whom she knew to be Anthony McCormick.The man pull ed his hat over his face and passed her and Garrett. Saw something shining in his hand, but did not know what it was. The man said "good evening, ladies and gentlemen," and immedi ately fired and ran. Garrett was hit in the side with the ball; he staggered, and she caught him and lowered him to the ground, when another woman, (Hester Spice r) near by,screamed, and came running up to where they were, and a man who was with Hester grab bed Fannie McDonald. Hester Spicer testified that she heard the report of the pistol in front of her, near Mr. Parsley's gate; did not know at the time that any one was in front of her. Met three men who said that a man was shot on 1 the road. Charlie King, who was with her, walked up to where : the firing took place; she heard Fannie McDonald crying murder! She (Fannie) threw her arm around King and cried "Oh! my Mose!" and said, "Anthony has shot Mose." Hester went to Mose, and asked him where he was shot, and he answered, "O, my stomach." She told Charlie King to go for W. H. Black, a half-brother of Garrett, and tell him to come, i John McKay, living in the neigh borliood, testified, that a woman liv ing next door called his wife and said some one. was shot. She borrowed lamp and asked his wife to go with her. " Also asked him to go, but he refused. His wife returned in a few minutes and soon after a policeman called for him (McKay) and asked him if he lived there. The policeman told him to take the wounded man to the hospital. W. H. Black testified that he was called while at the camp meeting and informed that his half-brother Gar rett was shot; he went to him and saw his condition and immediately ran for a doctor, but not being able to find a'doctor, went to the hospital with the wounded man. Upon hearing the foregoing testi mony the jury of inquest rendered a verdict, that the said Moses Garrett came to his death on the 15th of Au gust A. D., 1887, from a pistol shot wound, received at the hands of Anthony McCormick, alias Anthony Campbell. The murdered man was a shingle maker by occupation. He formerly kept a barber-shop on South Front street, near Castle. Anthony Camp bell or McCormick, is a black man about six feet in height and slenderly built. It is said that he came here from South Carolina. He has been in trouble before about the woman Mc Donald, and was arrested a year ago for beating her. Diligent search was made for the murderer by the police and all trains were watched, but it is supposed that Anthony at once crossed the river af ter committing the deed, and has made good his escape. City Uonda Horned. Mr. C. B. Graham, an elderly gen tlenian from Fairfax, Va., called at the City Hall yesterday morning for the purpose of collecting the money for July, 1887, bonds and coupons whichhe held. He presented seven one-thousand dollar bonds and cou pons to Mr. Willson, City Clerk and Treasurer, which were paid, and also exhibited the burned . fragments of other bonds which he said was all that were left of three bonds for one thousand dollars each that had been destroyed by fire. On one of the fragments was the signature of "John Dawson, Mayor." In explanation. Mr. Graham said that he was looking at the bonds together with others that he held, having them in a small bas ket on the floor. He was smoking at the time, and being called off threw the cigar down and it fell in the bas ket, and when he returned he found the bonds on fire The bonds paid by the City Clerk and Treasurer were an oaaiy cnarrea ut enough was left to ,show what they were. W Tell You Foaltlvely that Simmons Liver Regulator wilt rid you of dyspepsia, purify your system, enable you to sleep well, prevent malarial dis eases and give you a brisk and vigorous feeling It acts !directly on the liver and kidnevs. cleansing and purifying, invigor ating and fortifying the system against disease;- It will break up chills and fever and prevent their return yet entirely free from calomel or quinine. ! - . f Tbe Trcaenrer Ready to laane smaii Note-8tatlailca of ; tbe Three vtr rent. Loan-Admiral Lnee Aaka to be Relieved from tbe Command of tbe Nortb Atlantic Sqnadron-con tracta Awarded for Itew Crnlaera and Gunboats Government Heeelpta Railroad Land Granta. Washington,! Auirust 14 The U. S Treasurer having accumulated a supply of j one and two aouar. suver ceruocaies, buiu clerji to meet the current heavy demand,! baa arranged for the prompt '.leitvery or these notes to banks, bankeri ' and others,) making the required deposit, from and af; ter to morrow, i The issue or these notes; has been suspended since tbe first of May , last. 1 . . ' , ... ; -:. v .- ' :i A statement prepared at tho Treasury Department to show the status of the three per cent, loan, makes the following ex-i hibit: Total amount of the loan $305,581,- 250; redeemed under calls , $299,475,850; purchased f 3,823,350; called and outatand- iog fS,7B.iou. I - . ; : ' ! The actine Commissioner . of Internal! Re ven uo has instructed the collectors tot ascertain and report to bis office the quan-i tity of tax .paid spirits 01 different kinds .... , 1 Knowo 10 toe irauu, neiu oy .wnoicsaie liauor dealers and reel 1 Hers on the first o: October, 1887. hi - 1 WABHlNGTOlf, - August 10. Uramp Bona have been awarded the contract foi building two new cruisers, and the Unio; Iron Works, San Francisco, will construct another. , Tbe contract for building the two eun-noais was awaraoa rainier s uo.. or. New xork, tne assignees 01 jonn uoacn S Va. ' : j Secretary Whitney has been out of town to-day. and it baa not been possible to se4 cure official confirmation of the report tele graphed last night tuat Admiral Luce has asked to be relieved from tbe command of the North Atlantic squadron. Such infor4 mation as can bo gathered from other sources, however, is entirely confirmatory! and leaves no doubt that a letter or diepalclL of the purport indicated has been received! and that tne Secretary Has tne mailer under advisement. Though there is much specu lation as to tbe probable successor to Adf aural Luco s command,- it is believed that no one has yet been designated, and that has nut even been determined to comp) wiu the Admiral s request. Washington, Aug. 15. Secretary Li mar to clay revoked tne order of witi drawal of indemnity lands for the benefit of the Atlantic & Pacific Kailroad Co., and in a letter to the Commissioner of the Geo eral Liuml Clmce directed that these i inv demuity lands be restored , to settlement uuik-r (he preemption and homestead laws, It is slated tLat between 25,000,000 and 80.000.000 acres are involved in this de cision in the c&ae-of tbe Atlantic & Pacific Co alone. The above orderalso applies to all of the other railroads named in the Secretary's rules of May 23rd last, except tbe St. Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba. Hastings & Dakota, St. Paul & Sioux Citv, Sioux City & St. Paul, and Winona & St Peter. -These are still under con sideration and undecided. Receipts of the Government since August 1st amount to $18,306,833. and the dis bursements to $4,990,433, being an excess of receipts of $13,316,400. j Washington, August 17. Secretary Fairchild opened bids at noon to-day for sale to tbe government of four and a hlf per cent, bonds under the terms of bis re cent circular. Tbe total offerings were: $1,464,950 coupon and $8,761,750 regis tered : making a total or $8,226,700. All but fifteen thousand dollars were offered at or helow 110 Tbe Secretary accepted tbe ( Her of Harvey Pisk & Sons to sell one million coupon and one million five bun dred thousand registered 4 per cents; at 109-44 All other bids were rejected. T ' It is stated at the Treasury Department that tbe government has made a saving of $342,125 in interest in buying these bonds. Applications were received at the lrea Bury to-day for the prepayment of interest on i ejiaiered bonds amounting to $1,685, 400; making the total to date $62,782,150.; Orders were issued to-day from the Navy Department to the commandants of the New York and Norfolk navy yards to pre pare schedules of new tools required to fit these yards for building modern steel war vessels. All of the tools will be purchased by contract after advertisement. Con structor Pook, of the New York navy yard, who is in the city, Says that the allowance of $75,000 for extending the plant of the yard will be sufficient to place that yard on no qual footing with the best private ship building establishment in the country. An equal allowance has been made for the pur- . i r . i -vr a It cnasti or iooik tor me in on oik yara, an will sufllci- to equip it, so that a comple modern iron-clad can be built there. ; VIRGINIA. . , j Rlddioberger still In Jail Blind Tom Telegraph to the Mornlnc Star.) : 1 Wincuestek, Aug. 16. Senator Kid die larger is still in jail and the grand jur has been summoned to receive testimony against the mob that released him. It is thought that sufficient testimony will b4 foitbcoming to convict the rescuers. Jv-f ery thing is very quiet. Alexandria, Aug. 16. Blind Tom, un der order of Judge Bond, of U. S. Circuit Court, was-to-day turned over to A. Jj Lerche, for bis new custodian, Mrs. Eliza; Betbune, of New York, by J. A. BethuneJ in the U. S. Court room. Tom at first de clined to go, but finally reluctantly con-i sen led and left for New York this after-j noon, declaring, however, that he would not play again until he came back to Vir- ginia, Baltimore, August 16. A special dis-! patch to tbe Hun from Woodstock. Va.J say 8: Senator Kiddleberger, after deliver iog himself up yesterday, sat all day on tbe portico in front of the jail, where he held a levee with bis friends, as be did to' day. At noon to-day he walked off, bull was arrested on the street and brought back . At 7 o'clock this evening he walked off again. The jailor, Harry Sbull, made a, grab at him, but the Senator walked off up the street without molestation. Judge Newman was this afternoon in formed that me senator s condition was such as to render confinement dangerous, He therefore appointed three physicians as a commiBsiAo to ascertain and certify to the fact. Their report confirmed the mforma tion already received, and Judge Newman issued an order to jailor shult suspending sentence of ten days for contempt of court until such lime as Kiddleberger may be in nt condition to be returned to jail Ths friends of the Senator say he is not! in condition to know what he is doing, THE VTE8- i Tbe Wblte Settlera Driven from Tbelr Homea Troopa moving; Agalnat the; Savacca. ' Chicago, August 16. A special from Rawlins, Wyoming, says a messenger has just arrived from White River, Col., who reports that about one hundred and fifty Utes are fighting at Beaver Creek, fifteen miles from Meeker. Families are rushing into Keener, ana more Indians are coming, Tbe country is all on fire below Meeker, between Wbite and Bear rivers. Mr. Go! den, the messenger, is trustworthy. One hundred mounted men are ready and wilt march on tbe Utes. The women are mak ing bandages and tho town , is thoroughly exciiea. . ; i Chicago: August 16. A special-dispatch from Grand Junction, Col., says: The manager of tbe Philadelphia Cattle Com pany came in yesterday from Colorado camp to tne unitab reservation, below Raogely. The Indians forced his party hick .ami drove them before them at full speed i Drecker, Roth, and other cattle men, arc riding night and day, gathering up their cattle and hurrying them from the wane river range. All settlers m the lo cality have been warned by wbite couriers to loos out, and tbey are abandoning everv thing to get away before the Indians can arrive from the reservation, s . Chicago, Aug. 16 No confirmation- of tbe rumored conflict with Colorow's band or savages has been received at Gen. Ter ry's headquarters in this city, where any official news would be first learned. Gen. Terry 's jurisdiction includes tho troubled district, and Gen. Crook, who is in imme diate command or toe troops nearest the scene of hostilities, ia under exnresa in structions to wire all obtainable informa tion here at the earnest possible moment. Lumberton liobesonian: Col Rowland is now improving rapidly. The watermelon crop is probably the largest ever raiaeu ia uus section. ' The Maxton High School opened lastMnn. day with thirty-eight scholars, which we uiiuk a guuu ucgiuuiug. i Tbel Hleb court Cloaea lis tabor a Will ?Plgbt tbe Admlaalon i of tbe iro to tbe Bitter End Defi ant A newer to tbe . BnKllah fllcb court. I By Telegraph to the Morning Star. j Chicago, Aug. 14. The twelfth sub sidiary High Court of the Ancient Or der of Foresters has concluded, its labors. UClUj J Ill 1UO lllVDIUg DtOaiUU IU? UIVQIl portant question before the Court was' the framing of an answer to the Supreme Court of Foresters in England, anent a cablegram received ordering the admission of colored men into the Association.-! Mr. Gardner, who was appointed chairman of the committee appointed .Tuesday last to consider this question handed in a volumi nous report; mis tootc a strong stand: against the position of the English High Court. "We would give the Jllgu Court of England to understand," said the reportj that this American branch will not be controlled contrary to the general laws of tbe Order and the best interests of the For esters as a body. Any coercive act, such as the admission of the negro into the Or der., will be" fought tooth and nail, and we warn tbe High Court of England that if they continue to claim powers not granted them by the constitution, we may separate and subsequently sunder ourselves from such Supreme Court, . as our fathers did i from the allegiance to tho English Ministry in the reign f George III." Several heated speeches were delivered, when by a unanimous vote the report was accepted and the "Secretary instructed to forward a copy of the same to the Supreme Court oi i Qreaters in liondon. - j Minneapolis was chosen as the next meet ing place. ALABAMA. Popular Indignation In Blontxom- - ery t tbe Vile Utterancea of " Negro Editor Several Feraona Pol- oued with lee Cream. ' . I By Telegraph to tne Horning Star. Montgomery, August 15. Popular in dignation against an article in the Herald, edited by a colored man named Jesse Duke, reached the climax here to-day. The ar ticle came out Saturday and is as follows: "Every day or so we read of the lynching or some negro Jot outraging some white woman. Why is it that white women at tract negro men now more than in former days ? -There was' a time when such a thing was unheard of. There ia a secret to this thing and we greatly suspect it is the growing appreciation of the wbite Juliet for tbe colored Romeo, aa he becomes more and more intelligent and refined. If some thing is not done to break up these lynch' ings it will be so after awhile that tbey will lynch every colored man that looks at a iwhite .woman with a twinkle in his eye." A large public meeting to-day adopt ed resolutions denouncing him and warn ing him to keep away from Montgomery at the peril of his life. Duke's paper has been bitterly partisan and has more than once contained articles to which the whites seri ously objected . He was a mail agent until Cleveland came in. Mobile, Aug. 15 While the steamer Carrier was on her way up the Alabama riyer Saturday night, George Taylor, second engineer, fell overboard and is sup posed to have been drowned. j , (The family of Wm. Turner, a prominent mill man here, consisting of his wife, two daughters, two grand-sons, a grand daugh ter, two female and one male servant, are all sick from tbe effects of poison in ice cream, eaten Friday last. The case of Mrs. Turner is considered quite serious. and the sufferings of all are very severe, Montgomery. Aug. 17. This afternoon the jury in the second case of the State vs. Vincent, for embezzlement, brought in a verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy. The indictment charged embezzle ment of $y,uuo sent to a cotton house in New Orleans. Yincent, in his statement. said he had a settlement with the ' house prior to this shipment, and that he was paid $18,000 profit. His attorneys claimed that this $9,000 was his own. The State's attorney held that. not only this, but all other money used by him in trade with said firm, was money of the State. FORGILK AND nKFA.UL.TKR. i - Tbe Partner of a Pblladelpbla Brewer Geta Away wltb $1T5,000. -bv Telegrapti to tbe Xomlnrf Star.- - hiladelphia, August 15. The mys tery which has been thrown around the de parture from this city of Emit Scboenbcrg, who has for some time been supposed to be a partner of John F. Betz, the millionaire brewer, in some of his enterprises, is grad ually being cleared up.and the statement is made that he is a forger for a large amount. He was supposed to have been associated with Betz in the construction of anew opera house in the northwestern part of the city, and was the holder of stock to the amount of $125,000; and was made presi dent of the Germania Brewing Company, a new corporation. Betz makes declaration point blank that Schoenberg has forged his name and intends to have him arrested if he is found. Schoenberg was interested in a good many enterprises, but every asset he owes was hypothecated for loans along with much forged paper, the bogus col lateral being, in most instances, of greater face value than the genuine collateral. New victims continue to show up. The heaviest losers, so far as known, are: brewer Betz, direct loss $80,000, and lia bilities for $70,000; S. K. Nestor, a wealthy manufacturer, of Geneva, N. Y., about $90,000; David W. Steward, $13,000; E. F. Poulter, $70,000; brewer Youngling, of New York, $50,000. The available assets are ! Bchoenberg's house and some nego tiable collateral, but the margin between assets and liabilities will be $175,700, rep resenting the results of Schoenberg's dip lomacy. I THE ILLINOIM DISASTER.. An Expert, Who Hai made Diligent ' Enquiry, Saya tbe Incendiary Tbeo , ry Haa No Foundation Whatever Two Men Arreated on Suspicion. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Chicago, Aug. 14. J. O. Buber. Presi dent of the Illinois Society of Engineers and Professor of Engineering in the Uni versity of Illinois, haa made a personal in spection into the causes of the recent rail road disaster at Chatsworth, and states to a correspondent of the Chicago Times "that the incendiary theory haa no foundation whatever." He added that ho thought it probable that the fire left by the section men late in the afternoon, who, by their own testimony, admitted that there was burning grass only forty rods away, was driven down to the culvert when they left by a slight change of the wind; otherwise it is possible that sparks from the special train of the superintendent of the bridges, the last train before the fated excursion, kindled in the grass near the culvert and burned slowly for a long time and finally fired the culvert." - Chicago, Aug. 15. The Times of to day has a dispatch stating that two men have, been arrested on the charge of being the incendiaries who caused the Chats worth horror. They were given a pre liminary examination before a justice of the peace, and the proof against them was considered strong enough to hold themiin jail, where they are now confined pending further proceedings. SO UTH CAROL1 NA . murder by an Eight Year-Old Negro I . Boy. ! Columbia, Aug. 15. Will Montgomery, a negro boy eight years old, living in Lan caster icounty. yesterday ehot and instantly killed Alice Haly, aeolored playmate, aged 12, and severely wounded his sister Lizzie about the same age, with a shot gun. He claims; that it was accidental, but the cir cumstances point to wilful murder. i HENRY SI. STANLEY. ;na Great Explorer Deserted . by bis f Eacort and massacred by tbe Na- ,! tlves. : ' . : j: I Pabis, Aug. 17. A dispatch from Zan zibar has been received at the Foreign Of fice, which says: "Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, has been massacred by the na tives; after having been deserted byhises- COrt." ' i. "..vmuviu jMOTitM. . .lui ut; teen juirau tuo rets ry in uapiisi unurca near Avera'a Mill during the revival which loan luuiouay. xue Bornues were conducted by Elder R..' A. Johnson . . i. The meeting at Betheada closed last Tues day. Rev. W..C. Nowell conducted the uccuug. - mere were several converts. : 1 p neon mvrmv nu. Vasi of New Bern preached U vr ' Dr rAnJe Pierian ChurcT "j -"lira- N- c- -Presbyterian; R6V 1 Stanford writes: We closed a verv'nf ' D and profitable meetiDg at f'Jrw chinch, in Lenoir county on pVil' Till v ounuay in juiv -af "'gat addfed on examination and one "e the fourth Sunday in June eala3Td several others win unite with m meeiing. -Hev. D. 8. McAliis .rrne Rock River church has Bn w ,8ltr "f'tcs: season. The Rev. Dr. Mack 1? incr fripr nn loot Ti.;,i . l'Hnn DrnwM, tcday. holding two services I Ue1 Thctchave been sixteen Im?' -church. It is gratifying ft', n He mnnioln tn i, K 115 Prim , T , "V"" "Client paucr of aj series of meetings at Ken slcm It pnrl which continued six successive . ,lrcl ing ooFriday'theSthinst. I9 hi ' :i(s flve yeraona professed fai Hi in rV,L reslt. miltT wnra onrinns .k.,. .1 . Vll"t vauun. wins 9!t -New Bern Journal- Dunn & Willett have recently nllrrl !8S?' number of fine mares, sheep am S their Stock farm near the city whi ot new denarture in thin oo; ' , . U a M wefeel confident will succeed and"& profitable. Information w7 last night of the death of Dr I t peiVed of Kinston, which occurred at his reck on Sundav nisrht at 12 aVIaoi. ,r'uinw- Sldenno of Our townsman. Henry R. Brvan p r Hewas a practicing physician of 'm.'1' years' experience, and was highly wCt I by the community. (Dr. Bryan mm, auuut oo years oiu. ne L school in 1845. He was the son of 2ty inent lawyer and excellent gentleman it seryedoneor more terms in the v u House. He has a brother, William of the Supreme Court of Maryland' n Brian was a fine fellow as a boy. y i "r met him but once or twice in theiouti -ty-flve years. Stak). IUl,r- i Charlotte Chronicle: The Mi Holly fair closed yesterday, and tbe J' jority or the awards were read out on tu grounds in the afternoon. The S(.V(.r , juries of award recommended ihhi miums be given as follows: On dottes and Pekin ducks, S. J. Welsh com, Smith & Co.; cotton, C. L. T.orir tobacco, G. W. Gregory; shelled o-.is li Mj Summerow; sheaf oats, W. I) white wheat, J. 8. Abernathv; red wiiJ J. !C. Rankin; barley, J. C. Quinn; wnti-rl melons, J. E. Tate; cabbage, C. L Iluictu soh; pumpkins, G. M. Shivers; potatoes l MJ Hoover; grapes, J. P. Neagle; squ-.i, JJ B. Gardner; onions, Lentz Brothers' beets, H. C. Hutchison; chinquopini y F Cannon; radish. J. R. Welsh-' m plant, John. B. Rooke: wheat cleaner m thresher, Lentz Brothers; Buckeye gram drill, riding and walking cultivator, cider mill, guano distributor, blacksmith tools and iron force pumps, P. P. Mast & (v harvesting binder and reaper, McCormick Co.; disk harrow, J. G. Shannonhouse wagons, Piedmont Wagon Co.; Oliver' chilled plow, corn shelter, feed cutler ana Well fixtures. H. M. Smith & Co. J Raleigh News- Observer.- Col. J W. Hicks, Warden of the State Teni'tn thry, and Rev. F. L. Reid, as a committee on the part of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary, have gone to Madison, in Rockingham county, where they will meei a committee on the part of citizens of Hock ingham and Stokes counties, with Speaker J. R, Webster as chairman, and will nrgo tiatc for the building of a railroad from Madison to Stokesdale by convict lnhnr. -) General R. B. Vance has so far im proved in health as to be able to return to his office in Washington. Yesterday evening a runaway accident occurred at Col. J. M. Heck's vineyard, near this city, resulting in a painful accident to oueofthe . little sons of the Colonel. The head of nne of them was badly cut and the other was seriously bruised and scratched. A prominent and experienced farmer of this S aunty was in the city yesterday und re ortetl that the rains had not injured the cbtton in his section in the slightest degree 4 An interesting queBtion catne up be fore Judge Shepherd on the 31st of July at Greensboro, involving the right of t he Gov ernor to appoint magistrates to fill vacancies caused by the non-acceptance of those elect- a by the Legislature. j- JNegotiatioss in progress by which it is thought fut a Jarge tract of land just northeast of tie City will be sold to a colony of about one hundred and fifty persons wbo wish to set tlel in Raleigh. j Charlotte Chronicle; The fire committee yesterday awarded a contract!!) the Richmond, (Ind.) Electric Fire Alarm Company Tor a tire alarm system for Char lotte. The "June bug" railroad, as the Tayloraville extension of the Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio road is termed, has reached the Alexander county line, and within tbe next seven weeks it will tesoti the! capitol of "Little Aleck." Capt. Edl Bryan, who was conductor of tie special train between Charlotte and Ml Hotly, was assaulted by a crowd of men on his Strain last Thursday evening, butadiar lotte man went to his assistance and Ik two made a clean sweep of the business One of the assailants was hit on the head with a ticket punch and another was choked until his tongue hung out. The fight occurred just as the train mas cross ingj the Catawba river bridge. Mrs. E. J. Law, mother of Key. -P R. Law, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Monroe, died at her home in Wentworth, in Rockingham county, on the 9th ins! , and, was buried there the following day kCol. W. L Saunders, Secretary of the State, arrived at the Central yesterday on his return from Cleveland Springs. He still a great sufferer from rheumatism and . his wheeled chair is yet his constant com panion. Parties who arrived in the citv yesterday from Concord, report, that the Farmers' ' Institute at thatpl'aaeis quite a success, and is largely attended by the pco-f pleiof Cabarrus and sunrounding counties The speech-making came off according to programme, and the addresses, as a general thing, were excellent. Among the speak ers! yasterday were Mr. S. V. ReiOf Mecklenburg, and his address was one of uie best delivered. Gen. R. Barringer, who arrived home f romConcord yeBterday says that itwas the best series of agricultural addresses he ever listened to. j Raleigh News-Observer . The RtJ Rev. H. P. Northrop, of the Catholic church. Bishop of North and South Caro- lina, is the guest of Rev. Father J. White. Reports were received here yesterday of a shooting affray which oc curred Sunday evening at Hamlet, on uw Raleigh and Augusta road. The row oc curred between a man named Johnson, 'storekeeper there, and James Freeman Five shots were exchanged, the combatants being-within twenty steps of each other, and: nobody got badly hurt. At the i fire 'Johnson jumped behind a po' Freeman took himself away from the scene of action. The sheriff of Richmond counij went to Hamlet yesterday to interview Freeman, but he has -not been seen w the affray. The Commissioner ImmigrationMr. J. T. Patrick, is celery iag and arranging specimens of all the g cultural products of the State, dried frui. medicinal herbs, woods, minerals, Precl" stones, eta, etc;, for exhibition &rT, fairs jin the Northern States this fall. " collection will be exhaustive, yet as co pact as possible. Arrangements have ready; been made to exhibit tho collec" at Pottfldam, in New York State, and J" ferson. i In the matter of -curing baccoMr. W. S. Bagwell, of Granviw county,! leads the State this year. i ' curedf seven barns to date and ycsier j exhibited some samples of the wy that were almost perfect texture, ! body and cure. 7- " ber Of (gentlemen from various P' ; tions 1 of tho State, who had ,L pointed by the Governor as delegates y the State to the Intcr-State Farmers- i vention at Atlanta, arrived in the ciiy J of terday, They were repress1",6 ii n the State and would have reflected crei" it at the Convention, had they gone. expected on arrival hero to jc mau f quaintpd with the special railroad ra. g delegates which had been adrt of they say,! over the names of the ofi c' a the railroad companies, but coum nothing about them from any source. R to the time for the leaving of the iN. R. train going west, and connecting w the Chirlotte for Atlanta, only one 0 rf delegates held to the origiual intcnirsDE going on to the "Gate City. ll8n, villeJ August 15. Judge Sam uci of the Georgia Supreme Court, who i on a vifiit to General Johnstone . ion - . k taken suddenly ill yesterday with BAiry similar! to the one he had at Mouw two months ago. His condition is t 1 rr:i 1
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