North Carolina Newspapers

" j . ', 1 1 Oj. ' 1 UC VV cCKly Oter. ' 'I If- WM. H. JbEEN AED, Editor and Prop'r. TLMINGTON, N. C. Friday! - - Septebbbr 9, 1887. prin writing to change your address, alibayt . gv formtr dlreotlon as well as full particulars aa Unless yon do both changes can not be made. I s ) or Death, Tributes or rates when paw ror sinouy in nunurao. ai ma . r r .. ortii 0 a itmnlA ftnnnnnfleniant rAto iw vuuw "ni w - - r Marriage or Death. ! rsrRemtttanoes most be made by Cheek,Draft- ,1.. ...1 ftfAnAW fbHaa aw PavtataNyl TAt.tAP. P(Wt. TUHUll UUIivj viuai v Fi i i i t3r"0nly such remittances will be at the risk of jell THE FRAMING OP THE CONSTITU i ! M J TIOJJ. The Star, as its readers may re- member, has no great confidence in . a " the fairness and other historic qualifi cations' of the New Jersey J. B. Mc- Masteiiwho is now preparing a bis- tory ume Jtt . . . TT' J m. 1 ot tms country, ms nrst, voi- is aluable, not so much because of any 'Treat power displayed, or for his attempt to imitate the style of Macaujay and the method of Green,, ! but because of the research he dis- ' plays. I His second volume is of far leas interest and importance and shows the 'narrowest prejudices and ' the thorough partisan. But the Star has already delivered judgment on the two published volumes. We re fer to I the author now for another purpose. HP In the Century Magazine for Sep tembep there is a paper by him that J has 'some value. It is entitled "The Framers and the Framing of therConstitution." . A study of those times is always instructive. Mr. Mc Master! has availed, himself of mate rial not accessible to many to prepare a readable and edifying essay. It of course has more or less of the de fects and excellencies of his historical work. But it is less obnoxious to criticism than bis two volumes are.' It ia valuable and should be read. He says William Blount, of North Carolina, "was driven from the Sen ate of the United States." He does not state the offence. In giving the names of the delegates in the Con stittitional Convention from North Carolina, he says they were Blount, Alexander Martin, a soldier of the Revolution, Richard Dobbs Spaight, a native of Ireland, Hugh William son, add William Davie. The Wil liamj Davie referred to, was Gen William TL Davin t.ho mnat onnanin. uousj spldier probably of North Car olina. I Mr. McMaster has made a discovery. It is that the delegation from Connecticut was "the ablest on the floor" of the Convention. W bo constituted i T " " -""&" tion? llocer Sherman. William Sam- uetohnson and Oliver Ellsworth. It must I be admitted that these are labia men. Look at the Virginia delegation. There were Gedrge Washington, James Madison, Kdwal-d Randolph (one of the great est I men ever born in Virginia), George Mason, George Wythe, John BIair, and James .McClurg. Look at Pennsylvania Benj. Franklin, JaredJ Ingersoll, George Clymer, Thonaas Fitz Simons, Robert Mor ris, and Gouverneur Morris. Surely the "Virginia and Pennsylvania deld gatsofis were not behind Connecticut. If compelled to arrange the three we; should place'Connecticut last. J f of th glancing over the proceedings Convention there are a few poJntt that we may! note. In the resoiations adopted the word "na- tiohal occurred twenty-six times. This offended many! States. This word! was dropped. were! very prominent throughout. Virginia was the great Consoh datioh State. North Carolina leant thj bther way. We learn that evfen in 1787 the differences between ' the South and the North were most I marked. It is said that they were far apart in mdnno.. AnotAM. a , : vuoi,"o, t cuutwut. anu even in trade. There was a third party in tbp Convention. They disagreed ith the then three great States (cUparedwith the others) Massa- chusetta, Pennsylvania and Virginia in I their stronsr ' crovernmnnt and tbey disagreed with North Caro lifla, ew Jersey, Maryland, and othef States in their j State Rights views. . It is said that the latter "loed on the States as so many Separate nolif.inal anniatiaa. ,. v. (the former) looked on the people as on 3 g-eat political society of which th ''States were merely districts of PWPf" This is the growing idea in -thj porth in 1887one hundred years after the Constitution was fra!med. The idea of Northern Re publipans is a grand Nation, to wheh thn States stand in the relation of mere! provinces or districts as the counties stand in relation to the StAtes. Sound Democrats always oppose this view as dangerous and destru h olina, destructive. - foras WilliamBonJ of North Car- who moved that the census should be taken of all free whites others. When and three-fifths of al Gouverneur Morris ( a very able and adcomplished man) ihoved that taxa tion should be in DfoDortion to nnn ul atien, North Carolina spoke out that "it would never confederate ubliss she had at Wast a three-fifths r presentation for her slaves."(iLater i i tjhe proceedings when two eom promises vrere before the Convention tha whole matter of a Constitution tested upon this State. McMaster Says that 16th July was a ereat dav tWNotloes of MarrUsr Respect, Resolutions of TnanKS, o., are cootou tnr aa nrrilnarr aid vnrtlflementa. DQt Only ball fm . .1 J - X. .Li.. because "on the rote then taken nuogrjithe fate of the Constitution." There was such a division among the States that it looked as if I the Constitution would fail after all the deliberations. ; McMaster says: f "Everything, therefore, turned on' tha vote of North Carolina, uho to mm the Constitution, deserted the great States (Vim vt nisi ! PnnnpvlwanSa an1 lfaaflaAhnaaarta joined with theamall, and the report passed If .North Carolina had gone with the four strong government States the Constitution would have been lost; I We learn also that the highest legislative body was to be known as "The Congress." So the Stab has almost invariably written it. In a demand . made by j South Carolina "for the free importation of slaves" w"e are told that Connecticut united with it. After the Constitution had been framed and had passed its final vote i I i it was to be submitted to the several States'. Great fears were felt as to its Ldoption. It. looked gloomy enough. Sixteen members refused to sign. Gerry feared a civil war Edmund Randolph was convinced that it would not be ratified. Mason, of Virginia, refused! to sign, and said, "a monarchy or a tyranny, he did not know which," was about to' be set up. The Maryland delegation bad left in disgust. I Hamilton alone, from New York, . signed. Grayson and R. U. Lee, of Virginia, opposed it. But it was adopted, State; by State finally signing. North Caro lina was the last to jsign but Rhode Island. This was done in Novem ber, 1789 Thomas Jefferson was not a mem ber. He was Minister to France. It was this great work to secure the twelve Amendments that were to protect tbe States against the strong government features of the Consti tution as at first adopted. Patrick and Richard Henry Lee Ire- fused to serve: as delegates. Several of tiie States that signed did so with amendments. Massachusetts pre- sented nine. South Carolina four. Ney Hamsphire twelve, Virginia twejity, and New iYorlr thirty-two. - STRANGE vekdicts and tub I JURY. A personal friend, one of the old natives of Wilmington, told us a few weeks ago of an experience of his with intelligent juries. He was de- renaant in a suit. After the jury . L . . . . II . . . -1 hadi rendered a verdict and been dis charged, several called to congratu late him upon the verdict, saying it gave them .much pleasure to vindi cate him. He inauired "How did find?" "For the plaintiff." was tbe reply. "I an? the defendant " said our friend. "Why, we thought you were the prosecutor" said the well informed jurymen A Judge said to us not long ago, that he thought in capital cases the jury should consist of twelve men anc all should agree, but in all other I Maova uve men were enougn. unless I intelligent men .ai-e selected to, try cases the system is a humbug wheth- ury be twelve, nine or five. bociety demands ahd must have pro tection. i he only way to secure it is rigid law for crime and the strict est;' promptest punishment ot enmi nals A man got off the other day in A III . ' .1 ... Aiaoaraa iiko this, riis name is Gunter. He got drunk, was arrested by a captain of police and locked up. He got sober, sent for the nolinpman got him to send for frienda, jwas Dauea on bis good behavior, went home, loaded his gun, returned, jen- icreu iue cruara-nousfe. iw .1 i , writm ai a taoie, banged away. killed his man, thinking, it was the policeman Who arrested him, but it was another can tain and nraa t fotiud guilty I f j v a i vvj of .manslaughter land sentenced to thirty months in the penitentiary. He is rich. hp ' I? 1 ' The defence corrupts the jury. In iue remote past, in .England! the State was guilty! of the meanness and cruelty often of bribing J the jury. i5ut it is not so now. All of the corrupting influences come from thf defecce- Rifh and influential criminals in all of the States have escaped due punishment by 'cor- I rupt measures. BUentts, jurors, even solicitors and iudfla W. been corrupted. Official subor- a O nation of 'jurors and lax instica have done a bad . I! I : nave done a bad work in the North and in the South Law seems to haye existed for the acquittal of bad men and not for the. protection of the innocent " and tha hi ol! t..i. , . ; r"' - vD ,.Ug, fcV uu aiiowea to exist in any Statewhere it is possible paoveui, ii, i m is very certain that legislation should prevent! jury packing. Purify the system, strength enj the system that society may j have a friend in the courts. If this is not done the people will have, less and less reverence for the system that has been all through many centuries closely identified with the liberty and sacredness of the person!. No one wishes to destroy the system if it , is possible to improve itj But three qualified, honest Judges b try is a better system than twelve! igno than twWl rant men, a part of whom are with out character. 1 1 he next class at West Point will start with 127. Some of the w;n be dropped. ! Some 80 have already mental and other diannftlinAf;- mental and other disaualification. Jjat now are the graduates each Ti . ii . ' year oispoaed Lof ? The crop of second lieutenants js already very .uo8sive, AN linrORTAIfT ItiaTTEB. has written! to the J2d- ueational JVetot of Philadelphia. con cerning the schools) in North Caro lina. It is not perhaps whollv cor - -w 7-, 4-"j . j, rect, bat it contains. matter for re- flection. We copy a few segregated paragraphs that our readers may see what is dent North. If it is true that the whites pay the school tax and still the white publio schools are inferior to the colored schools then a wrong is being perpetrated and the corrective hand is needed. We quote: "One of the curinua lhini tn a. at rancor iu the Old North 8tate ia the fact that so far as the nil hi in anhhnln nr inmvml those for the colored ! people are ia very i- . . I.., . . . . . uiucu ueuer con union inanj moae ior me whites, and the great complaint everywhere is that the white neonle nav thn snrl the negroes get the schooling. It Has been sain that thn nnlnron anhnnla tin. der the existing law, are much better than the white schools. The reason for this, as VA einlniiiMi HTPnrairA la nhinAna Thannl ored teachers are willing to work for much less salarv than the whiles.! and ln nm satisfied with very inferior school equips meats and accommodations, As a result, the colored schools are kept open fully twice aa lone as those fnr white hilHrin Many towns in the State have less than four months' school for white children, and some have none at all, simply because the white citizens, who pay nearly all the taxes, are unwilling that more than half of these taxes shall be civen for the education of the npcrrn fhilrirn I Thpv villin that a liberal share of their money shall be given for this purpose,! but not a major part of it." - ' !I I "I i "In some of the towns: t rhnnlst fnr thn whites remain closed for a year or more at a time, in the town ot Washington, for instance, no public schools have been open for white children for more than a year " As far as we know; the above is I of the Su correct. The decision preme Court m the matter of the special tax will in the end work much injury to the iC: :ause of popular education we fear. The regular cotton report of Hill, Fontanel Co., of Memphis, repre- sents the cotton prospects as poor for West . 1 ennessee, North Mississippi, North Arkansas and North Alabama. It is impossible jto j tell until! you gather a crop what it will be. A lit- tle while back the prospect generally in North Carolina and the South was the brightest. Now it is doubtful if a better cotton crop than that of 1886 will be gathered. The corn crop has been very much injured, j The fmit l.All nAn 1 n n . n . 1 f T I a.uih up wao AltuuRb a I.UU1 laiiure. Growing crops belong to the same - :- class of uncertainties to which a petit jury and the result of an election be ! ill. long. The Boston Post, the old Demo cratic paper of New England, is not i I I i L deceived by the cry for free drinks and free smokes. Referring approv ingly to the platform iof the Iowa Democrats, it says "Thtfie is no nnaairuiifv nt miaiaalnn tha I f w tun .u u Sentiments of the Iowa Demwrnov nn thn SUOieCt of tariff rpfnrm thlrpanliifinna -oil ing upon Congress for the immediate revi- sion of our tariff laws to a revenue basis,' bdiI protesting against the reduction' of the internal revenue tax on wntsKey and tobac cootinuing the pre- CO 'tut the Durnose of sent high tariff on the Some of these rihraaes micht nrnrvtrlv nccessaries 01 lire as models for platform writers." , i Maud S. made a quarter of a mile in 30 seconds, The New York limes Bays "Mr. Bonner has made Mnmhv n nrunt of roan jjeldiDg ' Eeene Jim, record 2:19, and valued at $7,000, I When he made him the present, he said: iokirurlv. "I don't care for the horses thai can't eo a Quarter in better than 33 seconds "! Then Murphy hiicbfd his gift to a j sulky and surprised Mr DoDUtT bv drisinc f him a nnarlnr 99 sccoDds. Murphv has driven the hoise a mile in 2:16."; iue iNew Orleans States copies from the Star what jwas said about Virgibia and Mahone, and adds "To which hCnlimHnla ka tn tnnal unti. menu, of our able and sprightly brother of Wilmington, we respond! with a bearty Protection for Rlee Planters. Kice birds are plentiful and fat A fact that show that their depreda- it. t i.la! . . r """ uuuu iue neias oi tne rice planter still continue as of yore, de spite the freely advertised intentions it the Department! of Agriculture some months ago, to try and rid the rice plantations of these pests. The plan of the department, as stated. was to import from Europe a hawk trainer and offer him fn.iHt.i training hawks to kill rice birds. But the plan never materialized. mu , ' . xue suggestion, however, is one fhat might be actd 'upon by the rice yia.uiers memseiyes,! ir there is any thing in it. It lis said that when . hawk appears in the vicinity of a rice pira the bird takes jits departure at uuce. II mis IS: true. Stuffed hn wlra 8U8Pended in the fields miirrit tne e birds away and thus save a large percentage of the crop which is an- nually lost to the planter. Peuder to Have m Jail. The County Commissioners of Pen- der have contracted for the erection of a jail at Bur&raw The building is to be of brick, two stories in height, ana to cost S3.860. Messrs. TT ft Black & Bros., jf Fayetteville, are the contractors. ! Th nnnf the cont: iron cells was awarded t , ti Manufacturing Company, of Cincin- nati, Ohio, at $2, 00. This is the same company that secured the contract for building the jail inj this city. The many friends of Cardinal cuh. bonsinthis citvl wlli r-arr,a- i that he was robbed last Saturday vwo goia rings, one of which was a present from' Podo W. Th robbery was comihitted at the Cardi nal s residence j in Baltimore. The thief took the rines from n h the Cardinal's desk after cuttinc awav t&e woodwork around the lock, so T ?pta?1P Pould be readily XC"rr.OT W 8e or a y. Considerable other' property could yC ueuivBecurea ir the intruder had seen fit to take'it. i Sore Tlirnaii is particularly favorable to the contraction oi wipninena. need the warning M Darby's Prophylactic' Fluid. It at once dues the pain and gives permanent relief It prompUy and effectually destroys all conl tagion and diphtheritic germs. It fa a safe dn. th .- i nro"' 8UD" guard against Diphtheria, and should be used on the first symptoms of sore throat as a gargle. t ! aw imp Somebody ucational Nt Is ibe Crop Sbort f ; A correspondent' writing from Mt. Olive, Wayne county, says: "The above -query and : comment in the Stab I noticed some two weeks aeo I iio a loimci, ouu a reyorter lor one OI our leading: statistical ionrnala. I As a farmer, and a reporter for one of have taken some pains to investigate the matter in 'this and surrounding sections, and I am of . opinion that the Aggregate corn crop is short of last year by 20 per cent.; the -aggre- . , , 1 ... . ft,tCrvP be M TCh' ,bU I hardly think- anv mora than last I hardly think- any : more than last year, and the rice crop will be 50 per cent short here, jas it is that much less in area and not hardly so good a crop. The cotton weed is larger: but the heavy fogs,) light but frequent rains during early August, the heavy rains, hot days; and jcold nights the latter part! of August, have cut the' August crop nearly all off, and the rust has swept over It very generally, opening the bolls prematurely.' The present outlook for cotton here is short of the prospect say to Ansxist 10-rby 25 per cent at least; and yet the rapid opening and marketing of the crop 'produces the impression abroad of a large crop, And4 reduces the price." : - .:' - Trana-AtlanUe Cables. . : :!; !v ;;: The cable chart sent out from the Hydrographic office in Washington, D. C, a copy of which was received at the Star office recently, contains much information of value. - Few people have any conception of the magnitude of . the business.- This chart shows that there are ! no less than twelve trans-Atlantic cables in active operation,! and another one from Newj York; to Venezuela will probably be completed within a year. In addition to this, cables are run-' ning the whole length of the Mediter ranean Sea, another through the Bed Sea, while the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal are cabled. In the Pacific there are fewer cables. In the Sea of Japan there are two, and there are five in the North China Sea, while there are four in the South China Seal A cable! is now being laid from . Bankok in farther . India to Penang on the Malay Peninsula. This connects with cables running thrdush the Straits of Malacca to Singapore and from there to Java and Australia. There tea line now being laid on the west coast of Africa from Bonny to Port Nolloth, a short way from Cape Colony. This line will touch at Victoria, Congo, San Paulo de Lean do and other seaport cities. From the soutne: southern terminus lines will be con- nected with Cape Town and Port Na tal. Prom the latter place another submarine cable follows the eastern coast np through the Red Sea to Suez.. The case with South America is very similar. Cables run down, the coast as far as Carmen de Patagones. On the other side, they begin at Porto Montt and follow the coast up, to the Isthmus of Panama so that the whole continent, with the m exception of the j lower j portion ; of Pa gonia is connected. Europe is closely connected with America and her domestic ports are equally so. In fact, there are; comparatively few places of any magnitude in the world that are not connected by telegraph or by submarine cables. v Rates on all these cables are com puted upon the! rate from Washing ton, D. C. From' there to Great Britain, IrelandJ France and. Ger many, they are twelve cents a -w4rd upon the Western Union. The maxi mum length of a ' chargeable word is fixed at ten letters, every ten letters or less over this is charged as an ex tra word. J- I 1 I .-. Cotton Chat. Cotton crop reports from the line of the Carolina j Central railroad are somewhat conflicting, though all agree that there has been a decline in the general outlook as compared with the prospect a month ago. Col. Peter McRae, of Richmond county, thinks the yield in his neighborhood will be about one-third greater than that of or last year. Mr. j Henry Pairley, who has some TOO acres in cotton, near Laurinburg, thinks his crop equal to any, if not the best, he ever had. Mr. J. W. Ward, of Plainview,! says cot ton on the uplands in his neighbor hood is probablyj better than it was last season, but that On the lowlands is scarcely so good. Other planters say the crop' will be an average one. un tne whole, therefore, it seems that the crop on. the line of the Car olina Central will be above the aver age, and will probably exceed that of last year by about 25 per cent. This, of course, is a general estimate, and is not based on advices from any par ticular section. And the fact is to be considered, too, that the crop of last year was below the average. Accidental KUUnc ' A correspondent at -Fayetteville writes th Star, that Mr. A. McBuie, superintendent of Tokay Vineyard. near that place, accidentally shot and killed a colored man employed at the vineyard. Tuesday morning last, about 8 o'clock, j Mr. McBuie was in the act of leaning a gun he ' had been using against the house, and in some way jarred or struck the hammer, when th gun was discharged, the en tire load striking the unfortunate col ored man beneath the chin and com ing out at the top of his head. Classineatton of Cotton. 1 The News and . Courier of Charles ton, S. C, mentions that an inauirv had been received in that city from Wilmington,N. C, as to whether there had been any change in the method of classifying cotton at that port. The question was referred to Mr. R. A Tavel, Secretary of the Charleston Exchange, who said that' the classifi cation this year is identical with that of the previous season. j This is at variance with statements current here, that circulars issued by Charleston buyers contain the words "New classification." It is said, how ever, that the classification was changed by Charleston, near the close of last year. : i . Of all the ports, Charleston fared Je worst last year in receipts, her juviwgo Kin iub season b Dusiness be in.?..0Xer 100,000. bales as compared with the year before. Its merchants, no doubt, will make strenuous efforts v icjsaiu iaeir lost waae, j Sadden Death at tnTaK-'nolu. r Major ! Strickland, a substantial farmer of Duplin county, living near Magnolia, died very suddenly from apoplexy yesterday morning while Ku,iig out to nis Darn to feed his stock. He was aged about 71 years. r COUNTY AFFAIRS. meeting of Hoarsl of Commissioner Rouiloe Baslneaa Jarpra for Snpe- k " Cort, -etc - -- , . -, i The Boird of County Commission ers met in regular session atfthe Court House . yesterday. Present : Chair man H. A Bagg, and Commissioners B. G. Worth, Jas. A. Montgomery and . L. Pearce. ; " . . v' I. 1UB ireuiiurer suuiuiiieu uuuiuuw 17 "Port, showing a balance on hand I . .. . . The Treasurer submitted his month- to the credit of the general fund of $3,697.87; and to the educational fund, $8,453.64. . . . The repori of the Register of Deeds i ; o showed $475 received for marriage li censes during the month. . Treasurer Hewlett exhibited a cer tificate of deposit of $12,151.51 in the First National Bank of this city. :: S. Van Amrlnge, Clerk of the Supe rior Courts reported the incorpora-y tion of the Standard Automatic Car Coupling Co. of ! this city, and the sum of $25 collected from said com pany and paid to the credit of the school fund. :.- Messrs. Gilbert & Brown were grant ed license to retail liquors on Front, .between Dock and Orange streets. - Sheriff Manning exhibited the re ceipts of State Treasurer. Bain and County Treasurer Hewlett, showing that he had settled in full the State and County taxes for 1886, whereupon the tax books, for 1887 were turned over to the sheriff. : . It ' was ordered, that all ' parties whose property had been returned "Delinquent," and upon which a double tax had accrued, be allowed to list the same, upon condition that when the property is listed the tax must be paid to the sheriff. A communication was received from Mr. Geo. H. Chadbourn, President of the First National Bank, protesting against the law of 1887 taxing the shares of said bank, as discriminating in its character, and not in accord with the laws of the United States. The jury list was revised as required bylaw. The following jurors were drawn for the September term of the Superior Court which convenes on the fourth Monday: Sol. Bear, W. T. Harker. W. H. Topp, J. C. Costrect, Chas. M. Williams, Sam'l Northrop, Henry Taylor, G. J. Boney, S. P. Collier, E. H. Keithley, Jas. A. Walker, J. N. Mohr. Second Week W. H. Bell, A. Peter son,! J- M. Clark, A. E. Blake, Jas. T. Canaday, H. A Martindale, Chas. Craig, Jos. Kew, E. Casteen, W. H. Spruht, Jno. M. Chadwick, C. F. W. Bessinger. It was ordered in the matter of the Gordon road, that the supervisors in Harnett township be authorized to discontinue said road, as requested by the Chairman of the Board of Su pervisors of Harnett township. On motion the Board adjourned. reboot Committee. The Board of Education of New Hanover county met on Monday and elected committeemen for the school districts. The committee for each dis trict constitutes a committee for both races, and holds office for two years from the first of October next: First District Donald MacRae, W. M. Parker, J. E. Sampson. Spcond District Jas. H. Chad bourn, Walker Meares, J. G. Norwood. Thirfl Distrin-t W. Tfc. Oreor, Geo. Rogers, D. W. Trask. Fburth District B. S. Montford, Lewis Todd, TV. H. Waddell. Fifth District E. W. Manning, E. T. Carraway, W. L. Rogers. Sixth District J. T. Kerr, C. H. Heide, Samuel Nixon. Seventh District Wm. Struthers, J. T. Edens, J. K. Jones. Eighth District J. H. Horn, Ste phen Keyes, J. T. Atwood. Ninth District Chas. W. Craig, Jno. Taylor, A. L. Freeman. Tenth 'District W. G. Chadwick, James Cowan, Benj. Wilson. Eleventh District W. F.Alexander, Hosea Shepherd, W. B. Kennedy. Other routine business was disposed of, and the board adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. routracc for Dredclnc Proposals for dredgfng in the lower Cape Fear were opened yesterday at Capt. Bixby's lofflce, and the contract was awarded to Messrs. R. Moore & Co., of Mobile, at their bid of 13 7-10 cents per cubic yard. There were only two bids made that of Messrs Moore & Co., and the Atlas Dredging Co. at 13 9-10 cents per cubic yard. The contract is on Lilliput and Big Island shoals about 40,000 cubic yards. .. Mr. Frank B. Cotton represented the Atlas Company and Mr. George Lord Messrs. R. Moore & Co. Tbe Onslow Railroad- The Board of Commissioners of Onslow county met last Monday at Jacksonville, the county seat, and received the application of the Wil mington, Onslow & East Carolina Railroad Co., for a subscription of $50,000 by the county to the capital Btoclj: of the company. The petition of voters of the county accompany ing the application was passed upon by the board as sufficient, and it was resolved to call a special meeting of the board on the 19th Inst., for the purpose of ordering thja election. - It is the general opinion that the county will vote the subscription, upon assurances that the road will be built to Jacksonville. . The Commissioners of Pender county, at their meeting last Monday ordered an election in Grant town ship on the question of subscription and a new reisrratim-i r.ho rtnnlra tn be opened on the 12th inst. First oltb Season. The first ocean steamship of the season the Hay Green, Captain D. Blacklaw arrived here yesterday Irom the Madeira Islands, and an chored in the stream opposite the foot of Walnut street. The Hay Green ia a stunneri. umll-flH-o "Rvftiot. vessel, duiii 01 iron, 01 l.auu tons ree- ister, and with a crew of twenty- mree. one maoe tne run from Ma deira in fifteen days, and had fair weather throughout. The HaAl ffrettn ia nnnaiimail tn Messrs. Heide & Co. . She will load cotton for Liverpool at the Champion Compress. . " - The statement published in sev eral Southern Daners. that tho Hnrn. Una Central is to be . extended from . - ; WASHINGTON Internal Uevenne Collections Snppie ; : mental Crop Bolistln. C Washthotoii,? 8ept? 5. Selma, Alaba ma, Decomet a iree aeuvery omce uctoner . flnlloAtlnnV nt (ntArnsl rAvnniiA tnr '.This last were $10,097,879, being $361,411 more- . I . . . J I .V. . 1 . . ' man receipis uuruig tun same momn 01 last year. There was a decrease of $178,- S40 in collections on spirits; an increase. of f3ia.7W on tooacco; f2U4.727 on rerment ei liquors, and a decrease of $3,296 on mis- II l. J T ! . m l cuuaaeuuB oujeuta. ncueiuui irom oleo margarine were $5,818. ! ' i The Rlfma.1 Offlee lnA9 iaanea .tha fnl. lowing supplement to weekly weather crop .-.-It. . 1 . 1 1 -. . Duueuu ; iuring iuo pasi ween me w earn er has been reported as favorable for grow- I mg crops in aiasBBcnuseiis, a ew jersey I and for bh except cotton in South Caroli- ! allirht.lv ImnrnvlniT thorn in Wnvth crn Illinois, Tennessee and Kansas; as im-. provable in Ohio, Indiana, Southern Illi nois. Missouri. Arkansas. Mississinni. and North Carolina. For; the cotton growing region, too mucu raiu is reporteu irom North Carolina; too cool in South Carolina, and some damage by worms in Mississippi and Arkansas. . Reports Indicate for the corn, growingfregion a yield below the aver age due te deficiency in rainfall. From Ohio it is reported that tobacco has been Id lured. Paaturace ia renorted irnnd in Ma. braska. Improved by late rains in Minne- Boia anu jxanBas; uniavorauie in Missouri. Frosts occurred in Central Michigan on August sum anu Hist, out no injury has been renorted. ! Testimony in the contested election case of George H. Thoeb against John G. Car lisle, of the 6th Congressional district of Kentucky, was opened today by the Cleric of tne House and ordered printed. Carlisle appeared in his own behalf, and Gen. J. Hale Sypher, ex-member from .Louisiana, appeared as counsel for Thoeb. The sealed packaee contained notice at contest, the answer and depositions on tbe par. oi i noeo. uarnsie onereu no testi mony. . ' . - -j V . ; : Washtngtoh. Sept 6. Secretary Fair child arrived in Washington early this morning. He went to Oak View during the dav and snent severs! hnnn ' wit t tho President and Speaker Carlisle in regard to tbe plan to be submitted to Congress for a reduction of the surplus. The arrival in the city of Congressmen Randall and Scott, of Pennsylvania, has given a fresh impetus to the talk of expected agreements among icuiucrauc jeauera on some metuod oi tariff reform Mr. Scott is !now at Oak View, the' President's summer cottage. Mr.' Randall said to-day that he did not come to Washington to talk about the tariff, but of course he could not tell what might oc cur before he left the city. Washthgton, Sept. 6. The President and Mrs. Cleveland received members of the International Medical Congress with their wives and lady friends at the White House this evening. The time assigned for the reception was one hour, a visit to the Cor coran Art Gallery having been planned for tbe latter portion of the evening. When, however, the hour had expired, there still remaiotd a line extending to the west gate and thence along the entire front of the White House grounds, composed of ladies land eentlemen still awaiting an opportu nity to pay their respects. The reception was, therefore, prolonged until all had been presented. It is estimated that the num ber received was not less than 5,000. Al most. without exception the gentlemen wore badges indicating their membership of the Congress, and the majority were accompa nied by two or more ladies. The full Ma ripe band was in attendance. The entire lower Soor of the mansion, including tbe conservatory, was thrown open to the visitors, who passed leisurely from parlor to parlor, I after having paid their respects to I the President and Mrs. Cleveland. The reception took place in the Blue Parlor, where several of the leading local physicians with their wives were stationed. Col. Wilson was asaisted by Dr. Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital Service, and General Secretary of the CoDgross, in making the introduction. The cordiality of the President and the wincing grace of Mrs. Cleveland through out the presentation were matters of re mark among the throng who met them this eveoiog for the first time. Many beautiful tropical plants were placed about tbe par lors and the East Room, and tbe odor of fresh flowers filled the air. Si From the White House the visitors crossed tbe avenue to the Art Gallery, Which was opened and illuminated in their honor Tha several halls were comforta bly filled throughout the evening, but ow ing to the delay at the White House, the crush which would otherwise have been unavoidable was prevented. ! Washihgton. Sept. 7. Assistant Bec- reUry Pcrter to-dav said that he mm ton der bis resignation in a few days. ' He lea ea ibe Department of State with the best of feelings for all of its officials, and ia only influenced to adopt this course by reason of Mrs. I'oiter's ill health and other reasons purely personal and, private. He will re turn to his home in Tennessee upon re linquishment of his office, j Offerings of four 1 and a half per cent." bonds to tbe Treasury for redemption to day aggregated $2,575,500, at rates from 110 to 10Sf. All were rejected. Acting Secretary Thompson said the reason why he rejected all the offers was because he thought the prices asked were too high. The rates were, he said, higher than those at which the bonds were purchased last week, and more than he thought should be paid. He alone was resnonsible for the rejection of offers, for although Secretary Fairchild is in the city, be took no official cognizance of proposals. Secretary Fair Child is the guest of the President at Oak view, meuner or 1 them came into tbe city to-day. I Washington, Sept. 7. Hon. W. L peon, or renasylvama, returned to the 4ity this evening from his visit to the Pre sident at Oak View, and was seen by the reporter of the Associated Press. When asked whether the tariff and reduction of revenue had been discussed by the PresU dent and hLnself and Secretary Fairchild And Mr. Carlisle, and whether any bill had been agreed upon, he Said that this subject, as well as other public -matters, had been talked about, and that while there was no difference of opinion among the gentlemen present aa to the necessity for an early re duction of revenues and taxation, nomeas tire for that purpose had been agreed upon, and none would be without consultation with members belonging to the majority in the House of Representatives. It was the opinion of all that there ought to be a very considerable reduction at the earliest posii ple date; after tbe meeting of Congress, but the manner in which the reduction should be made was considered onlv in a fretiernl Way, and no details were agreed upon. This, he said, was all that could be said about the so-called conference, and state ments upon the subiect sroinp the if the press were mere speculations. Washington. Sept. 7. The Irish Cath- ihc Benevolent TTninn Mnm, , . vm.vm wuwueu iu auuual "sion to-day. President Michael Glennan, Of Norfolk. Va., was In tho chair. The Other officers are: First Vice President John A. Coyle, of Lancaster, Pa.; Second Vice President Morris Call, of Jefferson- ywio, iuu.; treasurer itev. Jas. Henny tf St. Louis; Secretary Martin J. Griffin Of Philadelphia. The Union was organi Ized in Dayton, p.. in 1869, and now com prises about 17,000 members. Delegates were present from( many Eastern States and Canada. Before the meeting began mass was attended in a body . 'lift. fhfTf V aPP,!nled to confer fah the President as to when it would be convenient for members to call and pay i their respects to him. ' The secretary's report showed that $5,345 ad .been collected 1 for the Irish Parlia mentary fund, and $358 for the Charleston sunerers. 1 J An effort to eoroll two thousand mem lunifn Bh?i6aiz?ionJ 80 .N.W0 might t me ueatn or members, proved unsuccessful, only about half that number being secured. Tbe total amouht :thuB far paid on thedeath of membersae gregates $164,652. resident Glennan. in the course of his peninir address. rpfrreH tn k 1., i. . r08P8CtS for the Home R.,1. i r!zI and. and expressed the hope that the flag )f Erin would soon float oyer a free coun. These references were wrrni ;li 5 he ii ..fv!.1 applauded, r avMvw lui Lun iiRrJinrn nr 1 Ain a. a- w ia u un wniie rnewoi-a -u faith they were also one in common love " country, wnere ireedom of con ce was secured to all citizens. He lT,,f "uiocra upon living hi puch a country and in such an age. In an" Pther of this great country he ffu we common sentiment of representa- tivet of this organization in extending to 1 I . 1 l . a . . . . -rr . . . mem mo ucsk wiaues oi uus union in their effort 8 to advance the cause of Catholicity. While members of this Union revere and love tne land of their nativity and their Buceeiry, sun iney recoiieci that they are mothers of the same Ohnrr.h whlh toav.u i . u .u u IVW.UV.O then to have Christian charity for one an- uiuer, ana inai.we are citizens oi this grand republic, the onlv nation nn earth thfr - - a va vH 1IUB guarantees civil and religious liberty, and iu mis sense an are truly Americana, THE COTTON CROP. Repert from tbe IQTempb.U District Tike ridden! Snort 415,000 Bales by Droacbt, But ani Woimi. j By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Memphis. Tkww.. Rent. A Thn monthly cotton crop report for the Mem phis district, which embraces West Tennes see, North Mississippi, North Arkansas and Alabama, to be published to-morrow by Hill, Fontaine & Co., will say: : The flettering prospects whlcn were shown in our July report have been dis- nelled. A drought hna rvrevnilul in all fn. of the States extending from the middle of u uij up iu mo present, ana tne.resuit lias been most disastrous to tbe cotton crop. What promised six weeks ago to be tbe largest yield ever known within the district inM .ueeu cui snort oj arougni, rust and worms to below the averacm nrnn aiui In many sections the yield will fall far Bhort of last year. This is particularly true of Tennessee and portions of ArkansasMis sissippi and Alabama. It is only 25 per cent., making an average for the district of SOf per cent. The great damage that has been anatainerl ia ruar. shnwn mhan if ( stated that there is raised annually within tueijuempnu aistnct i.sou.uuu Dales of cot ton and the promised yield is cut short AtKnnn v-i i ... i ... ..... muivw uttico biuub wiioin mis aistnct. Picking has commenced in everv section- and will be general throughout the district aU.o oUm 1 2 -aY a. rYll . m m. iwium luouiua. 1110 season is imiy two weeks early, which, totretherlwith the ujr iuo luiu iubm&uv. iue Beason is iaiiv - -J J aaavaa VWW WUW W A MaV U Premature ODeninir of bolls, nansed hv the premature onenine of bolls, caused bv the drought, makes the receipts up to date largely in excess of any previous year. Corn has suffered, but not to the extent of cotton. Good crops are reported from Mississippi aud Alabama, while the yield au oiaauioo aim xcdqcosco is omy an aver MBS. CLEVELAND. Sbe Decllnee to Partlelnatai Prnml. nentlr In a Pnblle Ceremony In TVbleb tbe President Takes no Part. . i By Telegraph to the Mornlnsr 8tarl IjfBw York. Sept. 6. Mrs. Cleveland has declined the invitation to present the flags to the New York Fire Department in the following letter: ; ! TC-v-iir.TTTT'irii Mmornut i 1 . . u ....... u&v.i , . I Washington, September 5, 1887. J Hon. Abram S. Hewitt. Mayor of New York City. Hon. B. Beekman, President Board of Aldermen, and Hon. James E. Fitzgerald: j Gentlemen: I have received your pleasing note, requesting me on behalf of the donors of certain flags to be presented to the New York Fire Department," as well as (n behalf of the citizens of New York generally, and the executive and legislative branches of city government, to deliver the colors mentioned by the Fire Department on puch day in September as shall suit my convenience. It would certainly afford me pleasure to contribute in any degree to the significance of this occasion and to the satis faction of the brave and gallant men whose services are thus to be recognized. I hope,, however, that I shall not be misunderstood when I base my declination of your tind invitation upon my unwillingness to assume that) I. as wife of the President, ought to participate eo prominently in a public cere muny iu wnicu ne toon no part. 1 ours, very truly, FllAliritT BVlT.aftur Oj.vtnrr. a m- 'he letter is Mrs. Cleveland's own hand writiug. BALTIMORE AND OHIO. Rumor Concerning tbe Presidency of tbe Boad and Sale of tbe Teleerapb . New York, September 6. There were numberless rumors on Wall street to-day in regard to the presidency of tbe B. & O. Co:, jt being generally conceded that at the next election, which takes place in Novem ber. Robert Garrett will be succeeded by v 11.-C-J. resiuent spencer or A. J . Cassalt. John Newell, President of tbe Lake Shore, was also mentioned as being a can didate for tbe presidency, but this is de nied by the Vanderbilt people. The point upon which more interests attach, how ever, is whether the deal will be followed by a sale of the telegraph to the Western Union. J. Pierrepont Morgan refused to deny the rumors that statements in regard to Another deal, probably including a set tlement of the telegraph war, would be made in a few days. He said, however, that there were no new developments to re cord to-day. Baltimore, September 6. At the Stock Board to-day Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shares sold at 146, but before the close 11 shares brought only 142J. Just before the close twelve shares were offered, for which no bid was made. Until affairs of the railroad are settled, it is thought here the decline will continue. j OHIO. ' Liabilities and Assets or tbe Bankrupt Firm of K. 'I,. Harper St Co. Failure 9 Paper manufacturers Bnlldlncrs estrored by a Tornado. By Telegraph to the Monihur Star. tCINNATT. Rentemhe- ft Vmm tha port of I. H. Stewart, trustee of E. L. Har- per oi, wi., niea in tne Jfrooate Court, it appears that tha firm held no real estate and that the face value of assets, consist PL?08' honAa notes cash, eta, was $186,098, while the appraised value was $8,610. . Other assets were book accounts 2lfTalu,! ot $1,171,733. appraised at irilll..Tb(s total direct liabilities are $1,462,744: indirect liabilities, aa endorsers tl.692.073.- Arnrmir the Hokto i $858,000 from E. L. Harper, and it ap pears this firm endorsed for Harper's other uriws. 1 no Bno wing wouia give creditors about 4 per cent, on their claims. E. L. Harper & Co. was an Iron commission firm. 1 JTolbdo, Sept. 6. Word has been re ceived3?rom tbe new Northwestern Insane Asylum, four miles from the city, that a tornado struck the place just after dark, seriously injuring the buildings and de molishing one or two. Telephone lines are Drostrated and there is nn rtin nnM i cation.JThe buildings cost about half a mil lion dollars. ' f CnrcrNNATi, September 6. The Charles Stewart Paper Company, manufacturers and dealers in paper and paper stock, as syjned to-day. A rough estimate places the liabilities at $100,000, and assets at $75,000. GEORGIA. Macon's Preparation tor tbm n.n. lion of Kx-President Davls-A Xaree uatnering Expected. J Macon, Sept. 6. A mass meeting was held here in the Academy of Music to-night tci make arrangements for Jefferson Davis' reception and entertainment, and the grand reunion of all surviving Confederate veter- . iv was most enwusiastic. Arrange ments were perfected for a roster call on the day of the reunion, and a review by ex-President Davis. Communications assure the largest gathering of old soldiers atid generals of the Confederacy since the close of the war. The most liberal contributions were made to cover the ex penses ever had here for any public oc casion. ; Entrance from many Georeia vwojmLD una uccu tureauy maae. it is estimated that there will be 80.000 soldiers present.- There will be two days' encamp ment in the fair grounds. The most cele brated artist in the tvmntrv has gaged to make a historical painting of the Tbe Verdict Unanimoat. W.-D. Rnlt. T)mormo Tttnnn T testifies: "I recommend Electric Bit ters BJ) t.Vl A VPTO haaf. .am nA- -n j-- jia4cut . juverv was cna 01 Kneumatism of ten years' t starxdine." Abraham ttT -a a fmiggist, Bellville, Ohio, affirms: ' - uinuvuii) x uata eyer bandied in my twenty years' ex- alls hesr. eollino. n.,)..!.. t t rv.,Uuo, aa JCUeuwiQ XlbberS. JiUOU- sandg of nt.httHi Viotta HnA2ieSfdIo',B tlmony, so that the verdict is nnani- all rPtooa. unir a Half dollar a hnr.r.l B . H. Green & Co.'s Drug Store, f SpmtsTarpen smoke house and iniuredL h,e. rf of . honrs. He was aged 7 yeare. m m W I Greensboro Worl-n,. Morning Stab, in vJSSSL of a canning factory It Wiw 8labll6hment that "North Carolina ough 'To"??- 5 own canned goods " 4$? P?t up t -"How easily she could do ir 'Eht W lenHauston, who killed Oh. 1 Al burn, was Sentenced to IS Bhcfc ntiy on last Saturday evtrJ?rJLVhe,Pe''' Shepherd. I The VanBokL Jby Ju but familiarly knywn Plad" which 19 s tuated in the 8ub11rLCcdar8.,, place, was destroyed bv B,Z .ot thi. a "HG?unRe Slxtator: Last p day night about 12 o'clock some if. human shape provided with a ?, fie.n,J in dry hay and kerosenroH maden nSl fire the village. The scounfi I" tne nay under the rear window .p,led .wooden building next door to C il Wooten's store and whir.h m. laoa usesior a warehouse, and had tL 00!e" saturated the window sill with oit I UE torv to his diahnlii w"n 2." Prepara. nui(, "-t V Sr,i at thU juncture Mr. Joe p..-.??nel odor of kerosene as he VQa 8UDg the street, concluded to investigate am?S ,hc paused, heard a match strike, ft. n! h to the rear of the Htnm AVJA W who waU8 alert and fled when h7hM wJT! ? the Durham Plant- T. r. , day. Hugh Farley, a colored nearRoxboro,, hired his nephew . ? about twenty years old, to drive i i L6 to Durham. He was boy ten or twelve vera nt o"eu f a 1 aujuaiu, on tne road near pi l I creek, the driver is snnnnvi t leb irnin I At while the small hov ooIaJ; e " fit while the TK"rC:r.uw sa. from the wagon' on'to oneot Chsina. Which nunrrht h;m j 81&V- and held hinriVihis posUion Tm R oner . ceming, from the other d recta met the wagon, stopped the team Z !!' tncated the unfortunate fellow who I in an insensible condition-his 'ihrot .f8 Graham Gleaner : A fatal ac. cident occurred near the Chathanf liDpa,t Thursday afternoon. John Jordan . Chatham,and David Brown and his broth of Alamance, were out huntine Inl! had cocked his gun, to shoot aird t put the gun back on his shoulder, it em without letting the hammer down, and th gun was fired, the load of shot takine If feet in l the head, face acd shoulder j David Brown. No one was able to accou precisely , how the shooting was Sm? Brown tiierl ithnnt 1 mt night at Sutphin's mill near where Z 2 shot. At the instance of Brown's broK Jordan was arrested Friday and thecsi was heard at length before Justices of Z Peace Morrow, More and Sutphin, whorl leased the defendant. Winston Daily: A man work ing in the Salem paper mill had the misfor tune to have a finger amputated bym. chinery. h The Salem Hosiery Mills shipped a case of hose to Raleigh this week the first order they have had from tkt .rMr'Pink Yoke'y wife of Davidson county, were driving aloot Main street in a buggy this morning m this side of the Salem bridge, when, owin to one of the shafts becoming loose the horse took fright and ran away, throwing both parties out and seriously fracturine one of Mrs. Yokely's legs. We learn from Mr. Q. W. Hinshaw, chairman of the Railroad committee, that work will be commenced on the Wilkesboro road next week. It is confidently expected that the indebtedness of the North Carolina Midland Railroad will bo arranged in a few days and that part of the road from hereto Moeksville will be put under contract and finished at an early day. Charlotte Chronicle: A tele gram received in this city last Sunday, brought the painful and unexoected news of the death, at her home iu Asheville, of Mrs. Minnie Blair, wife of Mr. Frank Blair, and the daughter of Mr. Josiah Asbury, of Charlotte. The communion meeting at Steel Creek Phnrnh l largely attended, and the meetings at thai church for the preceding few days were fruitful, thirty:eight persons connecting themselves with the church. Tbe suit brought by Hammond '& Justice, LsrJ ware dealers, against SchifF Brothers, for damages to their stock of goods in the col lapse of Dr. McAden's buildine, which they occupied, was;yesterday brought to a close, the jury awarding Hammond & Jus tice a verdict for $9,000 damages. Tbe plaintiffs sued for $20,000. The an nual camp-meeting at Antioch, fifteen miles east of Charlotte, was held last Sun day, and was attended by great crowds from both Mecklenburg and Union coun ties. There were three ministers in the , pulpit, and at the afternoon exercises there were about thirty converts under the arbor. j Raleigh Netos-Observer: Last nighty a series of meetings were commenced in the Edenton street Methodist church, to continue every evening during the week. Gen. W. P. Roberts returned yester day from the eastern portion of the Bute. He reports that the cotton crops in Chowan and other counties have been damaged by wet weather at least 25 per cent. The prospects for the peanut crop in that sec tion are good,and corn is up to the average. In many other sections through which he passed the cotton crop is reported to be no better than it was last year. The Rev. Robt. P. Pell, who has just been ordained by Orange Presbytery to the gospel minu try, preached two remarkably fine sermon! in the First Presbyterian church Sunday. They evinced talent far beyond one of bis j uiuuiuuy. . mat is me veruict ui u who heard him. . Mr. Pell is a son of the late Rev. Wm. E. Pell, long a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Raleigh. (Mr. Pell has a brother who is a member of the North Carolina Conference, Southern Methodist Episcopal Church. He is young man of thought and of much prom ise. Stab.) With- I avswivigu .Li (K0 W(OW tt a 11 -" in the last two days the shoe factory ot W. H. Wetmore& Co., of this city, has re ceived forty wholesale orders for shoes ag gregating nearly $5,000. This is another item of i evidence in support of the state ment that Raleigh is becoming a manufac turing centre. A colored womn named Lovie Hinton was brought to the city yesterday from Mark's Creek township and put in jail under a commitment from Justice J.M. Smith. She is charged with the atrocious crime of attempting to kill her infant. The executive committee of the colored Industrial Association re cently invited Senator John Sherman of Ohio, to visit their next annual fair. commencing in thia citv. on October 2it. next. Thev have received assurance of his acceptance of the invitation. A gentleman in this city was advised yes terday that the Odell Manufacturing Com pany of Concord had just declared a semi annual dividend of 10 per cent, on stock, i -The revenue collections fortw month of August in this, the fourth inter nal revenue district, amounted to f lO" 632.50. ! There were thirty deaths' tha Airr i.mm kK ms.U nf - A llffllSt l wv W!J UU11UJJ UlUUIril Ul White and 14 colored. On Thursday, opening day at the Salem Female Acade my, there were registered 175 st"de Associate Justioe Merrimon, of tne Supreme Court, yesterday iesued a l writ m habeas corpus, in the case of M. E. who with Mrs. Mamie Montgomery, s Reid, is now under arrest at Henderson on a charge of having stolen $6,000 from tw National Express Company. are now 175 students enrolled at the 0 "j University. This is a gain of 25 over w year at the same date. The indications arc that there will be an attendance of rjetwew Taeu ana ssw this year. At vvaKeruiw----are already over 150 students, with addition being made every day. This is a gam on over the attendance of any year since w foundation of the institution at the sam date. The enrolment will probably be " durint? the neiwinn It is a custoi? j the First Baptist Church of this city y "7. arterial inan.l fnr the election u MMaaua, two KTOOOVII. w a pastor. 1 The meeting of 1887 ' was W Friday hight, and Rev. J. L. White 1 without a diBsenting voice, electea w pastorate for the ensuing year, r-r.i.-! at the residence of his son, Martin Thornr son. at 7 o'clock last nicht. Mr. John Thomobn. aeed 68 years, of acute pn Thompson, aged 68 years, or acui monia. Gen. R. F. Hoke and iW loan v.- vvinaer, 01 mi ult ' . . hit George Richards, of New Hampshire, om fnrmerl n onmnanv nnd incorporateu i' the Lincoln Lithia Water Company wD capital stock of $10,000. The sptings Lincoln county, in this State.