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the Weekly Star. WM. H. BEENAED,EditorandProp'r. WILMINGTON N. C. I1 jBIpAT, September 16, 1887. MTIn writing- to change lyour r address, aiwayt Klve former direction M wll M full particulars aa where you wish your paper to be Bent hereafter. Unless you do both changes can fuXbe made. rNottcei of Marrlase oi Death, Tributes or Roinmt. Rmiolntions of Thanks, &o...are onai advertisements, but only ball rates when paid for strictly to advanoe. At tola rate 60 oents will pay for a simple announcement , of Marrlaro or Death. I ; 'IRemlttanoesmustbemadebyCheck.DTaft p.wioi Mnnnv Order or Registered Letter, i rost masters will register letters when desired. t-Only such remittances will be at the risk of er. .1 I the publisher. tarSpeolmcn copies forwarded when desired. MtTIClUE. j Scientific men ate studying the a- J tit.ist.ifia of suicide, manv coun tries now cause records to be kept. Causes, . ages, sexesj numbers, &c, 'are all investigated. Some' na tions are more prone to' self-dea traction than others. The French are supposed to be more given to suicide than other j Continental na tions. Tho Romany in Caesar's time aid later, held life very cheap, and taking one's quietus was contem plated without horror or regret, and often with satisfaction. . Some deaths y suicide were horriblyTJrotracted, s was the case of one, name uot now recalled, a full record of which has comedown to us. Some of the most 'trivial causes lead persons to self-destruction. A day, or sosince we read in a Northern ex-j change of a lad's Ideath by his own hand because ,his mother had re pro'ved him. We read of a Germanj woman destroying herself and child; to escape a summons by the police.' j A daughter of gojd connections and well Incited died the other day in vr : 1- 1 ma4Va. V.a1 jNew j. oris, city witu nor uwilci, uo? cause the latter was slightly insane aud ebe feared, the same misfortune to herself. We learn of a French girl committing suicide because her mistress had refused to allow her to ekate. ' It is a mistake to think that the poor are more liable' to suicide than neonle in eood circumstances. Bois- mont ascertained that of 4,595 cases in France 2,697 were in comfortable ' pecuniary circumstances. Of the whole, 1,454 were of bad or doubtful character.- There . are four suicides in France among the men to one among wmen. This is accounted for because the women attend church and the men do not. This is a good place to note the fact thai in the United States the women are! much more religious than the men. : This is a fact. We asked . a, Methodist minister recently of high character and excellent sense why this was so? His answe!fas "They are jbetl than men and are .more accustomed to obey to yielding to. authority. it is known that when women are bad they are apt to be very bad. The worst animal that walks is a vicious, depraved woman with an infernal temper kept warm by drink. J j But let us return, to the-statistics. In Spain there is less self-destruction than in any other part of Europe. But tho statistics are said to be un- reliable. Ireland has the lowest prp; I I -. I! portion ui Buiuiues ox any country. There is only one to every, 50,000 of population. Italy comes next with one suicide to every 550 deaths from other causes. In Saxony dying with one's own hand seems to be a pastime. Of every 2,606 persons there is one suicide. In Denmark, on the other hand there is but one in each 40,000; people. France and Russia, deal largely in self destruction. - The deaths record ed in all Europe show that in 1882 there was one suicide to every 7,436 persons. In Massachusetts in 1877, the ratio was 98 suicides to each j million r of people! Rhode Island showed 124, and Connecticut 109. : There are no Buicide statistics ascertained in this country out of xtw jungiana. iz is ascertained that suicides belong . much to f epidemic uiocBucs. xu uoBi countries snimnes .D K.cuCBb ,u ay ana June, un- der fifteen more females ! deatrmr I themselves than males, but after that ,7 j . -j i the suicides of males very greatly predominate. It- is ascertained that 104 men kill themselves to women. The means resorted to' van 41 in order to "shuffle off this mortal coil." xr . A .1 uuf uu rareiy nang themselves, Many jump into wells. Poison of the most excruciating kind is more generally resorted to. Men take the painless poisons, or strangle them- Selves. ' More litnrarv famalAo Al. I. j .v.u..vD UIO vjr their own hands than males, j There is saia to oe an increase in the proper- won oi suiciaes as tne years roll bv. f his is the case.in - Western Europe. tt ' ,1 x . M? m tne r , uown mat i ii i uii m a run r l a n At a l . .ucu,s.uocaseastneaa ai8 imper- feet or there is total neglect. j SENATOR VANCE KIISHEPiiB. ; RENTED. There is either a sad want of intel ligence or fairness on the part ! of many men connected with journal- ism. The treatment of ex-President Davia by a portion of the Southern press is an instance. The conduct of some of the State press towards Sen ator Vance Is another case in point. No man ever questioned his personal integrity. No man i ever. damrl tn aarea to question nis oevouon w Oonern cause in the war. No man ever raised "uuu" " 7 7 .T ""7"- tion to the Stata of North Carolina. , "E3 No man believes that he is dishonest in his political views. Zebulon B. Vance is a manly man. He has con fronted the Yankees on battlefields; he has been imprisoned by the month beoause of his intense attachment to the cause of his people; he has met the cohorts of Radicalism in contest after contest, and in 1876, literally saved the State after other leaders had in vain essayed to snatch it from the withering clutches of Black Republicans. It may be that he will have vot i to save it from the if ' conspiracy of j Red Republicanism. True to his country, true to his State, true to himself he has never done or said any thing ! that was not honor able, open, commendable. 11 And yet he has been set upon and misrepresented from time to time by men who were in their swaddling Clothes when Vance was at the front being shot at by the blue coats; or languishing in prison because ne loved liberty and was true to his " , , . 1 i I honor ana nis peopie. i The latest specimen of injustice and misrepresentation was a special sent to the New York Herald by some, recreant son of the State or some slandering interloper. We saw the dispatch and thought we nrnnld contradict it. but our at" - ' t.pntinn was .called off to other matters, trusted, It represents our tried, approved Sejmtor 68 w i having made war land, and by force of circumstances of cftcui has been forced to become a quasi supporter of the : President. We oopy tromour aDie contemporary, the Asheville Citizen, a brief reply. The whole special .is misleading., Oae would suppose that the Demo I cratic party in North Carolina was bo divided that it would be lost j if Cleveland was renominated. One would infer that Senator Vance had proclaimed a war of resistance, and had been organizing for the triumph "of Radicalism in 1888 in our State. All this is false, unjust, mean. Senator Vance, like Senators Beck, Blackburn. Eustis. Morgan, Salis bury, Maxeyj Coke and others did not ' like the President s antag onistic ' attitude towards : silver and his manner of first administer ing the Civil Service law, and other things that he did. But they, did not doubt his integrity, his desire to be a wise, patriotic, just President of tbe whole country. Senator Vance, as was his right and duty thinking as he did, opposed in an open speech the British system of lifertenure in office that was strictly a Republican measure, of j Republican inspiration. But he has never made war upon the President in a spirit of open or secret hostility. He disapproved of certain things that were done and favored l.the repeal of a law he thought in- judicious, unsound and unrepnblican. Millions of Democrats have viewed the matter just as he did. tie nods the f resident growing stronger month by month with his own party and with the country and because be i has become wiser with experience, i more decidedly Dem- ocraiic, more open to tbe advice of political friends, and more resolute in serving the 1 country. The Sena- tor fiods that a large majority of his own party prefer Mr. Cleveland to any one else for the high office. He waives his own personal preferences, accepts the situation, and prepares to help re elect him in the approaching conflict. Senator, Varjce.'and those who have thought with him, will do precisely like the Whigs did when Taylor was nominated or when Scott was nomi nated. The Clay men, the Webster men, and the others who had favor ltes, all accepted the action of tbe Convention as final, and "pooling their issues" and laying aside their views for the time on this or that measure, locked shields and delivered battle with a" solid phalanx. What would the men who adore Cleveland and sing lo Pceans to his ! shrine have conscientious, unfaltering Dem ocrals who' have not been able to- approve of all that the President has a . .. j ': . o t-v i - vuo mi uw iu iooo i uo mey ueaire them to say that they will not sup- port him ?, Or are they sensible and fair enough to say, "You have a right to your choice, to your convic tions, to your principles, and we are: glad that you are ready to help cave the country from the curse of Radi calism ?" Mil. CARLISLE AND THE SPEAK EKSHIP. . . . 1- 1 here is said to be a movement I . i T I among certain Democratic leaders to I rt . . iuuuuh air. vanisie not to be a can didate for the Speakership. He has made one of the ablest and best Sr,aW h- Clay's time. The plan is to put him on the floor a8 tbe leader of the Democratic side . making him Chairman of the Com!- mittee on Ways and Means. A special to the Philadelphia Record from Washington, of the 9th, says: This mailer was di&cimvxl ii, .u. i iciiucui wuiib nr. uarus e who t n.v k-w iuib wetK in connection : with the tariff subject. Manv tariff reformoro km lieve that his acceounce of th X.?!" Bam, ?f, tu,af important House committee would lead to or brine about this vexed question he would forego his I'umuuai uiuiiwu auu accept. Wnat con clusion has been reached will not be de veloped until much later. . u . . . . . ' . . u- wreiwnra or. viewB. notn nv letter an Bnal interviews,- must first take nlaca amonrr the mmhen nt th liuim;..!n R w"ru 7.ul composea oi many I new members." T ' w by not elect Mr. Carlisle Speak- er? Did he not make an exception. oureiy the records of I the last Gnn... i i. i . oDUUW inau. JUe i to both parties, a Why sacrifice him now? Mast Protection have a Dem ocratic victim? ' Must tjhe opposition of KandalT be placated by :( surrender ing, for slaughter jour'Tioblest' mem ber " in the House? -Is that what weak backed, j timorous, wavering, politic Democrats' are conniving at? Mr. Carlisle has the confidence, re spect and admiration of the Demo cratic party. Let! him be renomina ted for Speaker, unless it is plain that he oau not e elected owing to Randall's t reach There is no difficulty in managing the Thobe contests The Washing ton Star cites a New York TVm base in point. 1 he lines in th thus explains: 'It occurred in the Twentv-eiahth Con gress, wben the seat or Mr -Jon a a. Jones, of Virginia, who was elected Speaker, was contested by John Minor Botts The Sneak er, after election,1 simply assea tne uouse to select the Committee on jsiecuons.wmcu it did through the Acting Speaker There Jng lh,8 prececientJ in which case the pains taken to galvanize the abandoned contest of Mr. Thobe witnaytewtoemDarrassing ait. Carlisle would be entirely lost as, indeed, they were sure to be from the start opener ouu Fi,vu.iu Committees except the one a 1 the Elec on tions. The W whington btar says: Instead of appointing the Committee Speaker Jones called one of the Democratic members to preside, and, taking the floor. asked permission to make a personal expla nation, lie stated tnat nis sea'., was con, tested by tho f gentleman who had run against him at the late election, and that as the Committee on .Elections woma nave to determine the case, he was not willing to appoint that Committee. He asked the House to take the matter in its 'hands and elect members to! constitute the Committee on Elections. After Speaker Jones had con cluded his statement several motions were made, but one to the effect that tbe member whom Mr. Jones had called to the Chair, the then actiDgj Speaker, be authorized to appoint tbe Election Committee was car ried The Committee was then appointed by tho acting Speaker, and that Committee heard and determined the contest." Warm weather we are having for middle o?j September. . Yesterday the thermometer, recorded 88. The same hottest this I Summer by tb thermometer in the same place was 96. It has been above 80 for days. But after all is this an unusual ex- perience? Our private diary for the year the Conference met here shows this: Alljthrjough October and No vember thw weather was very hot never under 80 degrees, and. one day actually running-up to 92 degrees. The hottest day in Wilmington last year was 91 degrees, and thera were but three such. 11 Representative McDonald, of Min nesota, thinks his Stale Democratic now although it went for Blaine by 33,153 majority. He is reported in the N. Y, Star as saying : j "If the .Democrats are wise enough to draw the tariff line sharply in their Nation al plai form. Mr. McDonald believes they can sweep Minnesota, and make big gains all over the northwest, where the agricul tural interest lis solid arainst protection. He would like to see the fight begin with tbe opening or tbe next congress and car ried right int6 the Presidential election." The Annislon (Ala.) Hot sItlast does not like our politics, but it is 'if! - pleased to say :. The Wilmington (N. (?) Stab contin- tinues to shine for all brilliantly. Wwdo not egree with its Editor's economic tbeo ries, but bear cheerful testimony to his high culture and sincerity." The onW way to bring about re- form and have right principles to prevail is id proclaim the truth and to ad vocal e fearlessly and constantly what yea hold to be the right. The moonshiners. The examination of Gilbert Bevane, colored, charged with working in the illicit distillery recently discovered in Pender ejo anty, took place yester day morning before T. M. Gardner, Esq., U. S. Commi8siner. ; Devane had been employed by Stokes, to whom he was indebted, to haul two loads of ch.y, which were used in setting np tb e stills, but in the opin ion of the commissioner, he had no guilty knowledge of the matter, and was thereupon, discharged from ar rest and recognized to appear as a witness for the Government at the trial or stokes ana Taylor next Novembers Criminal court. The Criminal Court for this coanty meets ne3f Mnday- Since the last term, a great Ideal of business has ac cumulated, and the Solicitor informs us that owing to the crowded condi tion of the docket, Judge Meares has instructed him to inform all parties concerned that it will be taken up on Monday and pushed through with all dispatch. It is suggested that wit nesses and defendants, as well as law yers be prompt in attendance. Brunswick Conrt.T , The Superior Court for Brunswick adjourned for the term yesterday. Judge Cpmnor and members of the bar of this city who were in attend- ance, came up irom soutnport in tne ; Three white and several afternoon. ' IlJ !x j i,, . eeny and? sentenced to the State pen- i ten tiary for terms ran trine from one to five years.! One of the white men was convicted of stealing an ox which he brought) to this city to sell. Nine and one-eicrhth cents Der pound was paid for cotton yesterday in Wilmington. Charleston was quiet at 9 W6c, Savannah quiet at 8 15-16c, iru awv a MAnwwMsiiu "'lcri p i For thirty days or more, last I season, Wiimington paid one-eighth of a cent! more for cotton than any other port (south of Norfolk. And she will do as: well or better this year. White teeth, 8weetbreath, ( a fragrant : mouth, :i !;;; 'I . There are no charms surpassing these; Abroad, at home, east, west, north, south, These three ! prime charms are sure to -' please. ! : Allthose who SOZODONT apply Will have these charms take heed and -. try- i I x ' .. i . ; Personal Comelluesa is greatly enhanced by a fine set of teeth. vu we otner nana, nothing so detracts I "VT r pieasing features, fine eyes and a eraceful flimm iix i,y. duckrfiZffl a hlte 88 no- General Bpalmso with U fllra I mental tj.m. -!f Z'Zim n" Qluk, ce- ' pri t7 l uulu never to be part- gave satisfaction MOON8HIN ER8, Poor Alleged Illicit Distillers from Pender Connty Committed for Trial. .. The preliminary examination of the alleged illicit - distillers captured in Pender county last ' week ' began yes terday before U. S. .Commissioner T. Gardner. District Attorney Bus bee was, present, although . he. had sent word that he would be unable to attend. The examination took place in the U.j S. Court room, over the postofflce. j The prisoners, all white men, were four in - number-Wylie Stokes and N.lB. Taylor, the princi pals, and Giles Hawkins . and . Jacob Hines, charged ; with , working in an unlicensed distillery. ' At the conclu sion of the hearing the Commissioner held the accused for trial at the next term of the TJ, S. Court, and fixed the; bond of Stokes, and Taylor at $500 each ; Hines $200, and Hawkins $200.1 The prisoners failing to furnish bail were committed to the county jail. I The witnesses against the prison ers were Wm. Carter, Lewis Pickett O. F. Watkins, Ben Hawkins and McNeill. The '.prisoners refused to make any statement themselves! Mr. Sanders appeared as counsel for Stokes and Hines. It was said that Taylor had engaged counsel,'but if so, his lawyer was not present. j Gil. Devane, a colored man, charged with working in one of the illicit dis tilleries, .was committed to jail pend ing an examination, which, will take place this morning before ' Com missioner Gardner. ;' R The testimony of the witnesses is regarded j as -'showing - pretty con clusively that an '.illicit distillery was operated in Pender, hear ; Rocky Point,by Taylor and that Stokes was probably; in partnership With him. Witnesses visited the distillery, when it was in operation and h.ad Been the spirits made. - - , f The circumstances attending. the arrest of the principals has been pub lished in the Star.' Stokes first .lodged information against Taylor, and on ,the following " day Taylor came to j Wilmington and informed on Stokes. Both are regarded! as desperate men, with whom it was not safe to trifle. Taylor, it is1 said, has served a term in the penitentiary for killing a man named Sewell who informed against him when he was running an illicit distillery in Moore co; but it was claimed that the killing was unintentional. The" revenue raiders, piloted by Sewell, "had seized Taylor's still and were carrying it away at night. Helfolldwed them, firing over their heads, hoping to frighten them and. make them drop the still, and one of his shols struck Se well and killed him. Stokes is said, also, to have shot his man, some years ago. Thinking, he had killed him, he went to the river bank and left his clothes, disappear ing from the settlement and leading people to suppose that he had drown ed himself. But as his victim re covered, in three months Stokes re turned home again, and was j wel comed as one risen from the dead. Wilmington aid Ancaata. Col. Fleming Gardner, chief engi neer of j the Atlantic Coast Line, is spending a few days with friends in Edgefield, S. C. He is represented by aTeporter of the Augusta News as being very hopeful of an early com pletion of the Manchester and Au gusta branch of the Atlantic Coast Line.v The contractors have beeh ne cessarily delayed from pushing the Manchester and Augusta, road to 'Au gusta, but will commence in a j few days with renewed energy and push the road from Sumter to Orangeburg, thence west to Blackville and Will enter Augusta from a-point near the mouth of Horse Creek. The Beech Is land route is rather mountainous and require too much grading, The com pany do not wish to be detained, but is coming to Augusta and have an in dependent line to Wilmington, N. C, where cotton can be shipped as easily as to nearer seaport towns. The dis tance from 'Augusta to Sumter over the Coast Line will be 119 miles, by the old route 135 miles. Whea l Note Under Seal ta Barred. The question, "When a sealed note is barred; by the statute of limita tions,"; puzzled several of our best business men recently. One of them looked the matter up and handed a solution to the reporter, - with the re quest to publish. It is copied from "The Law in lorth Carolina of Notes and Drafts," and is as follows: j "The statute of limitations bars an action on a bond or note under seal for the payment of money after ten years as to the principal and three years as tb the surety. If, however, payments are endorsed thereon the time must be counted from the last payment, -j "The statute of limitations bars an action on a promissory note not un der seal after tnree years as to princi pal and surety alike, with the same proviso as to endorsed payments, as aoove. " j I a m . 1 Cotton Kales in Concord ' The Charlotte Chronicle prints the rules adopted by the cotton buyers of Concord to govern the purchase of cotton during the present session, which are evidently based upon the rules said : to have, been- adopted by the New York Cotton Exchange, but which were repudiated, by that body. The following are the rules adopted by the Concord buyers: : 1st.' From i every bale of cotton bought weighing less than 400 pounds and above 850 pounds we will deduct i cent rer pound. i 2d. If a bale weighs less that 859 pounds and more than 300 pounds, we will deduct i cent per pound. 3rd. A bale of cotton weighing less than 450 pounds has -been declared by the Cotton Exchange unmer chantable, and we will receive it only as loose cotton. ; , 4thL All wet or .damaged cotton. upon which the buyer or seller or his agent cannot agree as to amount of water or damacred cotton in the bale. the seller shallnave the right to re fuse to deliver tne cotton, ana tne buyer the right to reject it. i : 5th. From every bale of cotton bouarht the buyer will tdeduct 5 cents per bale for weighing and 5 cents for . . jV 1 i Children Often need some safe cathartic and tonic to avert approaching sickness, or to relieve colic, headache, sick stomach, indigestion, dysentery and the complaints incident to childhood. Let the children take Sim mons Liver Regulator and keep well. It Is purely vegetable, not unpleasant "to the taste and safe to take alone or in connec tion with other medicine. ! VI t Poles and Wfree. The coast line telegraph, 'extending from this city northward to Hatteras, was sold some time ago,by.he gov ernment by auction. It was purchased by Mrl W. J. Kirkham, of this city, who starts" out to-day to gather up his purchase. The line was aban doned by the Government beoause of the great difficulty and, expense , of keeping it in. repair.' lit extended from .Wilmington to Hatteras, a . dis tance of one hundred and, seventy five miles,' and cost between seventy five and a hundred thousand dollars to build it- There are ten or fifteen,1 miles of sub-marine cable on the line that cost $1,800. ' It is not likely that Mrr Kirkham will find his purchase to be a bonanza; but wo hope, -at leastj that he will be well remunerated for the trouble and expense that will at tend the removal of the wires and poles tathis City. -v Keepeet tne Game Law. For many years good citizens de- sirad t.h nnantment of laws for the protection of the game birds of North Carolina which are fast disappearing from many parts of the State. The Legislature was prevailed on at length to pass such laws, and the purport of this brief article is to beseech our people to respect them. It is a vio lation of the law to shoot quail before the 15th of October, and that limit is never too soon, , for many broods of young birds are not matured even then. ' " . . ; It surely ought not to be necessaiy to appeal to sportsmen to respect their laws, yet I am told it is not an uncom mon thing for men calling themselves lovers of this manly sport to kill quail before the season opens. There is one way of putting a stop to this, practice, and that is to enforee the full penalty of the law upon all such evil doers, and this subscriber ex presses the earnest wish that any man who violates the law in the vi cinity of Wilmington . may be indict ed and punished. I A ivEBN BPORTSMAIff A Boy Letter. .The following extract is from. a pri vate letter written to the editor by his little friend Henry Sharp, who is now in Vance county: j "Watermelons are scarce, but we are well supplied with -apples and all sorts of vegetables. Pears and peaches have left us too. Cotton looks well, but is just in bloom. We will com mence curing tobacco about Thurs, day. Rabbits 'reporting promptly.' Wild turkeys and partridges are at hand. Farmers have sowed turnips and will sow oats soon. Tenants on our farm are pulling fodder Jnow. Timothy grass looks well. Corn crop .is very fine. I am longing to see the streets of Wilmington, for times are dull. The Star is our helper, though, and we know what is going on." Little Henry writes with pith and point, and his fine appreciation of brevity will " commend him to news paper editors. In time he will make an ideal correspondent. Exports Foreign. , Schooner Matilda Brooks was clear ed yesterday, for Port-au-Prince, Hayfi, by Messrs. Heide & Co., with a cargo of 222,197 feet of lumber and 10,000 shingles, . shipped by Messrs. S. & W. H. Northrop, and valued at $2,899.16. t Nor. brig Sigrlinn, cleared for Antwerp, by Messrs. Heide &j Co., with cargo of 1,274 casks spirits tur pentine, shipped by Mrssrs. Paterson, Downing & Co., and valued at $19,000, Frean Fn In Aabevllle. The Asheville Citizen says: Turner is receiving tri-weekly very fine fish from Charleston, reaching here on ice, and fresher than ever be fore; for they leave Charleston at 6 p. m. and are here by 7 a. m. the next morning. . They include sheepshead, drum, large fat mullets and other va rieties. ' h When the Carolina Central is com pleted to Asheville our friends J can get their fresh fish from Wilmington in time for supper, on the same day that they-are shipped. Another Chance for Business. Work on the G. C. & a. railroad, from Monroe south, is reported! j as progressing rapidly. There is every, reason to believe that trains will I be running from Monroe to the Catawba river a distance of twenty-five miles by the first of next December. "jThe road will pass through a fine cotton section. Of course Wilmington, by virtue of her position and her ability and willingness to pay better prices for the staple than competing points, should get a large portion of it. But all the same, Wilmington's mer chants will have to reach out for this trade and bring it here, or not much of it will come of its own volition, Bank Notes, There is a heavy demand on the banks here just now in consequence of the large amount or money; ref quired to move the cotton crop.' It is expected that this demand will create a scarcity of currency, and that a large amount of gold will be paid out to supply the deficiency A strange and unexpected feature of the financial situation here now is the small amount of silver held by the banks. No doubt this is attribu table in part to the large amount of silver change required by the plan ters for paying the wages of the cot ton pickers. j In any event, the banks will have plenty of money of - some sort to ac commodate their customers. Mr. W. A. French received a telegram from Mr. A. H. Neff, yester day, announcing the death of Mrs. Neff, at Portland, Conn., Monday. Her funeral takes place at Gilder-; sleeve Point to-morrow. Mr. j Neff was in business here for many years. Mrs. Neff was a most estimable lady and had many friends and acquain tances in Wilmington, who will re gret to hear of her death, and who deeply sympatmse wltn her afflicted husband. Goldaboro Notes. A correspondent of the Star writes Wayne Courtis in session this week, his HonorJudge Merrimon, presid ing. The- criminal docket is very large, there being 144 cases on the trial docket at this term. ' .. ' j The farmers are bringing in cotton and selling at 8 to 9 cents per pound. The Gregory House has changed hands, and the present proprietors Messrs. Hunter & Street have made very great alterations and improve ments in every particular since they assumed charge. . The good prices paidvby Wil mington merchants last season are bearing; fruit.' All the railroads are taxed to their utmost to furnish roll ing stock and transportation facili ties for the cotton, naval Btores and lumber coming here. Tbe President's Views on tbe Par cbaae of Bondsby tbe Government a By Telegraph io tbe itornbur star: ; WASHDiGTOir; 'Sept. 12. In ret;ard to the purchase of bonds by the government, the President said to-day to a - representa tive of the Atsoclated Press. "The criti cism upon the action of the Treasury De partment for relusal to accept any of the. offers of bonds last Wednesday it seems to me, is inconsiderately made., In the first place the offers were higher considering the lapse of time they had to run, than they had theretofore been, and did not present as favorable terms to the govern ment. In the ' next place, the number offered was much less than on former occa sions. . These facts may well, give rise to the inference that people holding bonds preferred them to money. The govern ment wants to buy bonds to answer the requirements . of the law relating to the sinking fund, and it is willing to advance interest on sack . bonds as are not bought, and thus supply any immediate demand there : may be for money. These two movements of . the Treasury Department are calculated io release a good deal . of money and turn it Into business channels, if required; but they are both executive acts and must be performed with due re gard to the interests of the government, as one of the parties to these transac tions. There is no disposition to drive a sharp bargain with tbe holders of bonds, 'but it will not do to say that there is no side to the bargain except that of the seller and holder, and that these bonds must be bought and interest advanced on such terms as their interest alone dictates. The competition offered in the sale of bonds is a just way to: fix their price, and will be fairly pursued,! as Ions as it seems to protect against an undue advantage on tbe part of sellers, audi results in offers which upon business con-j siderations ought to regulate their. value as between private parties. The Government ought not to be expected, regardless of any public purpose, to identify itself with pri-J vate business or speculation." . - v j Washington, Sept. 13. In answer to inquiry to day relative to the statement made in the British House of Commons by Sir James Ferguson, to the effect that the United States Government - had ordered a discontinuance of the seizure of British ves sels sailing in Alaskan waters, Secretary Bayard said that his attention had already been drawn to the matter and he had read the statement with surprise. He knew nothing of tbe mailing of an order such as described. Vessels seized are now in cuS-, tody of the Judiciary, awaiting action of tbe Courts, which will determine the legali ty of the seizure. Touching that part of the statement ascribed to the British Parli amentary Secretary, where be says that the seizures are to be discontinued while fish ery negotiations are in progress. Secretary Bayard said that there was no relation lor connection of any kind between the sei zures in Alaskan waters and questions aris ing under the treaty of 1818, relative to the Canadian fisheries. Negotiations with he British Qovernment upon the last named subject are progressing as well as can; be expected.- No selections have yet been made of persons to assist the United States Government in negotiations, but Secretary Bayard says he is hopeful of his ability to lay before Congress, when it assembles,, a satisfactory basis of settlement of the dif ferences between the United States and Great Britain respecting the fisheries. Washington, Sept. 14. The offerings of 4 per cent, bonds to the Treasury to day aggregated $5,175,900 'at prices ranging from 107 98 to 110. ? Washington, Sept. 14. Acting Secre tary Thompson accepted $4,199,500 of bonds offered at prices ranging from 10(7.98 to 108.74. i . It is the present intention of tho Prbsi -dent to leave this city for Philadelphia to morrow afternoon, about. 4 o'clock. $ He will probably be accompanied by Mrs.' Cleveland, Secretary Bayard and Col. and Mrs Lamar. The private car of President Roberts, of tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Co. u&8 oeen ptacea at tne aisposai or j tne party. Arriving at Philadelphia, theyjwilf be met by a committee and, escorted by! the First City Troop, will be conducted tqj the Lifayctte Hotel. j . Washington, Sept. 14. A letterjre eived in this city from the son of Commo dore'Charles Waugh Morgan, of 1812 fame, offers the sale of tbe valuable and historic s wod which was presented to the Com modore by the Slate of Virginia, in honor of his intrepidity and valor as a Lieuten ant of the U. 8. frigate Constitution, at the capture of the British frigates Guerriere and Java, on the 19th of August, 1812, and the 29th of December, 1813. Tbe scabbard and handle of the sword- are of gold and the blade is of tbe finest tempered steel. On the scabbard in bas-relief are represen tations of naval victories which the sword waa given tQ commemorate.. The sword hag lain more than thirty years in the vault of the local bank and the son who now owns it resides in England and desires it to be sold to supply his necessities. - NEfV YORK, ' Republican Convention ln Session at Saratoa-a Tbe Platform to .be Adopted Nominations for State o: cers. Sabatoga, Sept. 14. Full delegations to the Republican Convention arrived dur ing last night. Consultations respecting the nominations and organization contin ued till near midnight. Senators Evarta and Hiscock declined to be considered aspirants for the Chairmanship of the Con vention, -and . both agreed to urge Setb, Low for pro Um., and Warner Miller for permanent chairman. The State Commit tee, after Mr. Miller acquiesced, so voted.. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Hiscock called upon ex-Senator Miller at his rooms at Congress Hall and a friendly interview oc curred. Both expressed a desire for the Republican party's success, and pledged their best efforts thereto. Later Mr. Miller returned Mr. Hiscock's call, and then it was arranged that a conference of leading men should take place. J Messrs. Hiscock, Morton, Miller and Burleigh came together and were two hours in consultation. The . general pur port of the platform was considered, and the shaping of the State ticket discussed. The platform will be temperate but aggressive, arraigning . tbe Democratic party for its short comings, and asserting the necessity of Republican restoration; declaring for protection, and that the tariff laws when changed shall be changed by their friends; approving the temperance legislation of last winter, attacking President Cleveland for faithlessness to civil service reform, and Governor Hill for his vetoes, declaring for advanced civil service reform, improve ment in tbe tax law, cheap transportation, pure primaries and elections, and sympa thising with Irish home rule. - - i . The ticket is shaping as follows: Secre tary of State, Fred D. Grant, of New York; Comptroller, Jesse Lameroux, of Saratoga; State Treasurer. James H. CarmichaelJ of Erie; State Engineer, Perry H. Cornell, of Tompkins. j ; . Promptly at noon 693 delegates met in the Casino Rink, and the Convention was calied to order. After prayer, Hon. $eth Low assumed the temporary chairmanship and addressed the Convention. . . j At the conclusion of Mr. Low's speech, the regular committees were appointed and a recess was taken until 4 o'clock. 1 When tbe Convention reassembled at 4 o'clock, U. S. Senator Warner Miller was chosen permanent President. The Com mittee on Piatform not being ready to re port, another recess was taken. Upon coming together again, the Convention finding that the Committee on Resolutions was not yet ready to report, proceeded to the nomination of candidates. The ticket nominated is as follows: 1 Secretary of State Fred. D. Grant. I Comptroller Judge Jesse Lamoreuxl of Saratoga. f State Treasurer James H. Carmlchkel of Erie. f Attorney General James A. Dennison of Fulton. ; . . . , . State Engineer and Surveyor 6; H 1 P. Cornell, of Tompkins. 1 A resolution was then adopted looking to the appointment of a colored man as an extra member of the &ate Committee, j-... Washington Gazette: Mr. Snow den Waters while standing for deer one day recently Wiled a large bear instead 7 On Monday night about two o'clock the sheriff was notified that three of his prisoners had escaped. It was found that Moses Hunter and Noah Warren, both I in for larceny, and George Blount, incarcera ted tbe day before for burglary, had re moved a plank in the floor, we presume wIth,uW supposed to have been handed them from outside, and worked through three feet of brick and made good their escape. , . r Axebblsbop Lynch on. , Henry George ! and Dr. McGlynn International I Prison Congress. i . - (By Telegraph to the Morning Star. f Toronto, Out., Sept. 12. Archbishop Lynch sends the following letter to Stewart Lyon:' f "DBA Jtions, I DeabSik: In answer to your ques say: First, Henry George's dec line or book has not yet been pronounced. upon bp ihe Holy , See. v Second. ,Dr. Mc Glynn's ex communication was. occasioned by his persistent refusal to obey the com mand of tbe Holy See, to which be pro mised obediencs as priest and as an alum nus of the College- of the Propaganda at Rome. Dr. McGlynn's case is purely ecclesiastical, not political." "j . Tobonto. Sept., 12. The International Prjson Congress began its regular business meeting this morning in the theatre of the Formal School. There was a large atten dance of delegates and of the general pub lic, who seemed to take a great deal of in terest in the proceedings. The subject con sidered was "The Moral and Religious Care of the Prisoner." Under the auspices of the Chaplain Asso ciation, Rev. Wm. Bearls, of Auburn Prison, N. Y., introduced the subject and was followed by other speakers. At to night's session the subjects were "The Identification and Registration of Habitual Criminals.' and "The Warden, his Duties, Counteracting Influences, etc. KANSAS. Attempt to Wreck a Passenger Train - ! Near Topeka. j . By Telegraph to tne Homing Star. St. Joseph. Mo.,, September 12. 4-An attempt was made yesterday to wreck I the south-bound passenger train on the Chi cago, Kansas and Nebraska Railroad, at San ford, a station six miles out of Topeka, Kansas. As the train was coming around a curve at the rate of thirty miles an hour, the engineer saw that the switch was open. He put on his brakes and reversed bis en gine, called to his fireman to follow him, and jumped from the cab. The engine ran into some empty 'cars that were standing on the side track, and while smashing them was itself completely wrecked. "The bag gage and mail cars were ruined and I with the coaches were thrown from the track: No lives were lost, and none of the pas sengers were injured. " Examination of the open switch showed that it had been broken and turned, with the evident intention of wrecking the train. j . THE ECLIPSE. Unsatisfactory Results ofObservatlonar . - In China. By Telegraph to the Morning Star . San Francisco, Sept. 12. Advices bv the steamer San Pable, from China; are to the effect that at the most scientific stations whence the totality of the eclipse of the sun, August 19, could be viewed, the re sult was very unsatisfactory; more espe cially at Shirakawa, where the (United States expedition, under direction of Prof. Todd, was located. Twenty minutes af ter the eclipse began the sun was hidden by clouds and remained hidden during tbe to-' tal eclipse. It was like a dark night, and the face of a man standing at a distance of three or four feet could not be seen. I ;.- ' VIRGINIA. Reappearance vof a Blan Supposed to Hare Been Murdered Two Tears Ago. ., fBv Telegraph to the Morning Star.) Staunton, 3ept. 12. John M. Carroll, who two years ago disappeared from Staun ton has returned. At the time of. his de parture he was city treasurer. An exami nation of his papers showed that he owed the city and State between ten and fourteen thousand dollars. His property, however , realized sufficient to pay the Indebtedness. Carroll was supposed by some to have been foully dealt witb, and not long ago an old well was dug out in Richmond, in the ex pectation of recovering bis remains. For the past two years he has been engaged in business somewhere in the North, and re turned oi nis own accord. GEORGIA. A Freight Train on the Port Roval Road Thrown Into . the Can a I Aagaata-A Tax of fI0,00O Imposed! Upon ail Wine Rooms ! By Telegraph to the. Morning Star. -. Augusta. SeDt 12. The wav freight and accommodation passenger train on the jrortitoyaiano western Carolina R. a., which left here at 8 o'clock this morning for Spartanburg, S. C, fell into the canal shortly afterwards, in crossing the bridge. Nine freight cars were demolished and the goods dumped into the canal. The loss to the railroad company is from $15,000 to $20,000- The accident was eaused by a loose wheel striking the abutment of the bridge and knocking it down. The cars fell into the canal, piling one upon another. Fortunate! y, no lives were lost, and there was no serious personal injury to passeni. gers. Passengers to and from Augusta for Greenville, Lauiens, Anderson and Spar tanburg, will be transferred at the broken bridge. The regular passenger train had passed over only about 15 minutes before the accident occurred. Atlanta, Sept. 13. Governor Gordon to-day signed the wine room bill, which imposes a tax of ten thousand dollars on all wine rooms. Under the local option law wine rooms were permuted, but this heavy tax will ; legislate them out of exis tence. LOUISIANA. new urieansi Receives a Letter from the President Regretting -his Inabli. Ity to Visit that City. I . i By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nbw Gblbans, Sept. 12. The followi ing letter from President Cleveland, ad- urewcu io me aiayor or mis city, was re ceived to-day i j Jl - 1 Executive Mansion,) Washington, D. C, Sept 8th, 1887. Dear Sir: I have received the invita tion . kindly tendered me on behaif of the commercial, social and military organiza tions of New Orleans, to visit that city dur ing my contemplated trip to the West and South. 1 am in receipt of j like invitations from many other localities, and I have de layed action thereupon until I could deter mine which of them my time and posi tive engagements already made would per mit me to accept. To my regret, I now find it necessary to send a large number of Uiem replies similar to this. The trip is to he undertaken for the purpose of fulfilling my promises to visit St. Louis and Atlan ta. The dates of these visits are fixed, and as both are included in the single trip, the intervening time between these two dates is aubstatially all that can be devoted lo visiting other cities. It is a physical im possibility under these circumstances ttfac cept all the kind and cordial invitations Which have been tendered to me, - and I have been obliged to mark out a route of travel and select as stopping places such cities as are on the way, r which for other controlling reason it seems most desirable to visit at this time. I am sorry that this pre eludes the possibdity of my acceptance of Ihe invitation from New Orleans, and I trust the good people of your city will not attribute my failure to comply with their wishes, so warmly and heartily expressed, to any want of appreciation of their re gards, or. to a lack of any desire to be their guest Very trulv voura i Gboveb Cleveland. PENNSYLVANIA. a Panic In Oil, but no Failures, By, Telegraph to the Morning star. PlTTSBTrRO. Rent 14 Tho.. l . "icJa.. ypy "d to-day. Oil wusuo ijuyegieraay ana closed at 62c to day u fall of 13c in two days. No f ailures are reported, however. i From ffllssisslppi-A Physician Cared. i Walton, New Albany, Miss., writes: "Out of several gross of Hughes Tonic sold, not a failure has been reported. The - demand is daily increasing. The people here have learned that it is a cer tain, safe and speedy cure for chills and lever, and will have i no other remedy. This statement is almost universal. A rnysician here has been cured by using Hughes' Tonic after exhausting the materia medica trying to cure himself. He used only half a bottle of Hughes' Tonic. It is pleasure to handle such a remedy. It is one of my staples." rrepared by R. A. Robinson & Co.. , , .Wholesale Druggists, Louisville, Ky. Bold at retail by Druggists generally, f Spirits TurTr jj V jXadkin Valley Neioi- good people of Pilot Mountain t Tbe maaing preparation for the celehr.,, e&dy the arrival of the first railroad 1 train ,n of place. Last 8unday aom at into MV.! John H. Dobson's Kg. t? ford during preaching. The l!1 "ock. tached thereto rirnnnov.!- vU?.. br8e ,. away.! throwing the boys out and fn 'an Wilkesboro Chronicle- ii. W. Birber tells us that he is ii W formed that a construction comply y ia; 'a i? f lh0 UildinPe f ' railroad and that a thousand hanl Ur placed on the line moving , he dif8tw'11 We expected it, but not of the k nn T happened Tuesday eve. We thoiX .,h4t would have dirt enough to strike Tl1 most fell the darkies &oUe;hi or -on the railroad struck for hieW lWork They did not get them and WerJ T?n r' that they could leave. lnforBl -4 Wilkesboro Chronicle - n was a big baptizing last Sunday down ,! river about six miles from here TV? lhe put under. The meeting had been in!!ere gress all the week. The T VS pr New reports Col. J. W. M. Gragorf60. Ashi county, as having brought iW of office some fine specimens of siC, lli which he had taken f rom a Sl k6 plantation near Cut Laural G.S t? yem has been traced several milei. i S near; it running parallel is a rich dcnosHM magnetic iron ore. 1 0811 0 .X?a,leiSh Vbtor-- Mrs.Karrer of Wilmington, is quite sick at the rei dence of her sister. Madame Eesson . Salisbury and Martin streets if a,Dw joint meeting of the Sunday School .VU Mission Boards of. the Baptist Stae p vention held in their office in this citv VT terday. Rev. C, Durham, of Durham VL" eleqted Corresponding Secretary of ii7 Baptist State Convention to fill out the i expired term of Mr. John E. Ray whnT signed. Mr. Ray left to day for CotonSn to assume the duties of principal teacher in thel Institution for the Deaf and Dumh and J Greensboro Workman: The M. Airy News speaks of the late visit nf General Passenger Agent Kyle, and Get eral Superintendent Fry, of the Cape vZ & Yadkin Valley Railroad, to Jhat imrj taht town, as thoir first visit to the town and county, and adds: They informed us that Western connection at this point w an assured fact. The Norfolk & We8irn will be extended to the State line Thi road will be a great feeder to the CP "Xl. Vi Hillsville, Carroll county Vt i on the route and Carroll will vote en n. propriation-to- the road. They also in. formed us that the trains would be runnine to Pilot Mountain by the last of Septem ber. The railroad bridge over the Little Yadkin at Dalton has been completed and thoroughly tested. I , Wadesboro Intelligencer: John D. Pemberton, Esq., died at his residence mthis place Saturday night, Sept. 10th 188T, of typhoid fever, aged about 35 years. Mr. Pemberton was a prominent and much respected citizen, and an orna ment to the learned profession of which he was an honored member. Dr. RosserU no ordinary man, but he is a wonderful preacher. He is not an evangelist, in tlie ordinary meaning of that PTnrpsair.n l.nt ; he is a consecrated minister of the Mettio. difit Church, whnnn Inhnra tun Knn I, w um V. ULVU I signally blessed. Among all tho preachers who vwited Lee s army, during the war, nnt. Ann ia iAmomKAwrf Knt. 4 1. r . ucuui mail ur , I - TT;n I , wiou auuiuiiiuoas, nis wont derful tenderness, his deep piety and thrill ing eloquence made him a most attractive preacher. . LvLmbtitton' Hobesonian: The meetings which were commenced at the Baptist Church last Thursday night still continue. Great crowds attend all the ser vices. Colonel Rowland has not suffi ciently recovered to make his cherished visit to the seacoast, but hopes to be able to goto Wilmington this week. Henry Lilly Cook, who for the last eighteen months has so ably and acceptably repn senfed the Eobesonian jn Fayetteville, left last Monday for Tyler, Texas, his future home. Mr. Cook is a lawyer of marked ability and unusual promise. Mailon jottings: Mrs. Sarah McKay, relict of the William McKay, died very snddenly at her home, near Floral College, on last Wednes day evening and was interred on Friday morning in the family burying plot at Cen tre. Revs. Dr. Hill and Hornady officiated at the ohsemiien. Them in a trnnrl rioal of sickness in the country in this section, out very iiuie in town. a. man Dy tne name of Brigham drew a pistol on Captain Goddard, of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Vsl ley Railroad, last Saturday, for which has been assigned quarters in the guard bouse. ; 'Raleigh News-Observer: Drs. ham, September 10. The railroad election 'resulted in a vote of 736 to 1. Necessary jvote 508. The Governor yesterday sued commissions to officers of new white military companies and one new colored military company, all of which hare been ordered armed by the Commander-in-Chief. The companies and officers are as follows: Dare Rifles; James M. Whitson, captain; f ames M. Gray, first lieutenant; William G. Forbes, second lieutenant; commissions to date from June 21,1887. Palmyra Home Guards; W.K Spruill, Jr.. captain; B.M. Burroughs, first lieutenant; E. W. II j man, second lieutenant; commissions to dale from July 15. 1887. Mount Holly Riflemen; Thomas G. Costner, captain; Robert S. Stowe, first lieutenant; Andrew J. Smith, second lieutenant ; commissions to date from May 7, 1887. Scotland Neck Mounted Rifle men; W. H. Anthony, captain; G. 8. White, first lieutenant; C.T.Currie, second lieutenant; commissions to date from July 15, 1887. Lumberton Light Infantry; N. A. McLean, captain; A. . White first lieutenant; F. J. Floyd, second lieutenant; commissions to date from June 21, 1837. Gray J. Toole was commissioned captain of the Charlotte Light Infantry, colored. I Raleigh 'News-Observer: The funeral services of Mrs. Ann H. Tucker, relict of the late Rev. Alsa H. Tucker, was conducted on yesterday morning at her old homestead near Raleigh, by the Re W. C. Norman, pastor of the Edenton Street Methodist Church. Fourteen arrests for failure to pay dog tax were made Vesterday. The penalty imposed ' $2.25 costs in each case in addition to the tax of $1.00. About 1,800 yards of carpeting were received yesterday fori" hew Supreme Court and Library builaioj j On the 15th inst. Mr. W. C. Rich Son, who has for several years been to ftgent at the North Carolina depot in city, will turn over the management to l J. M. Hallowell, who for fifteen years w -agent at Goldsboro, and who for the pa three months has been stationed at via- ville, Va. Messrs. C. M. Busbee an C. B. Edwards leave this morning for w ver, Colorado, where they go to attend u sixty-third annual sfeSBion of the SovereigJ iGrand Lodge I. O. O. F. The ott rem-esentativo from North Carolina Mr. Jnnius Slocumb. of Goldsboro. Mr. T. C. rr ; inot re un'" from Oxford and other Doints in Granyi' county where he went to gather inform' tion concerning the copper mines of u ville. He was unable to visit Ine0?' vine, lie was unable to visu lU0 " ";, but learned that negotiations were gw fin hflt.VMn anmo rf tho rtwnerS and ftJ. Idicate of Northern capitalists fora sale o part of them. The Oxford & Clarksvti Railroad is being pushed rapidly for jand by the first of November will beini operation between those two points. ijrresiaent Cleveland has written iGov. Scales and Mayor Thompson in 'nlv in tha inil.linn. o-rtanrtpr hiffl t0 . this Stase and city during the State ii while on his Western and Southern W Which he says that he cannot ep' hospitality tendered him. -Mr:"tv'i lace Carl Riddick. one of Wake ccffiL most brilliant young men, left for "L University cn yesterday, where he prwr; taking a full post graduate i con Mr. Riddick graduated from the w University in the class of 1885. Be JL. first honor man, leading his class in study. (Why go to Lehigh rj eraduated at ottr University. 9T.AB'Bri The Governor will leave the city " vatecaronthe evenineof the 1",. He will be accompanied by Col " drews, Associate Justice A 8 W"' Chairman R. H. Battle, Hon W K w Hon W L Steele. This party wii rf over in Greensboro until the morning the 15th. They will be :joinea er t memDers oi tne uovernor a -General Johnstone Jones,, Gen t3neil Col P H Fries, Judge Advocate GoH Brown and Assistant Py,mafrr, the eral Cameron. The GoTer"or.8teTfaDtrf. Fayetteville Independent L'gh?1Dhiin about fifty strong, will also join " -Greensboro and on the 14the entire v will proceed to Philadelphia.
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