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i' Weekly Star Fhe. PUBLISHED AT I jf G T O N,j M. C, AT, ' ' . j n 1.00 A l EAKi IN AJ ? 4B W S SI S8S8SSS8SSS8SSSS8 'it 8 2888SS8288SSSS WOiv-iCOiet-OSO S8SS888SSSSSSS88S H&1 8 888SeS8SS888S8888 gggfSSSS8SS8SSSS8 OS ntored at the Post Office aOVIlmlngton, N. C, n as secona uiass duuw.j , i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of tlie Weeki-V tav. is os loiiows .: ! 1 year, postage paia, .. . fi.ou 6 months " " j .60 S month " " .30 LITAIV CAMPAIGN PIAJIS. Blaine I raay or may not get the epublican nomination in 1888. It ill depend upon two things we ould suppose whether it is the urpose of the party to conduot a ampaign on the bloody -shirt issue nd resist all Democratic attempts to leuuuMruub uuu reuuto . variff. If these are to be1 the two Irdinal joints, the real issues to be . . .. . ,J .1 tha War Presented then "Jingo Jeems, or Maine, ia the man. If, however, the ood sense, the coneervattsm and the latrioti9m oHhe party are to assert hetnaelves, and it shall be resolved favor .reform and bury sectional Lntigonisms toen a man of a dil- ert'ut type from Blaine will bo nomi tedj ne Democrats would he , - 'i lad, if party success alone 13 to be j, to sue the Republicans Eghurig o the end all attempts to e people of a most; useless, elieve U hpproEJiv e acid gigantic taxation and o see thfm again in their great four- .. . V TTT . : 1 L 1 bopse ac; cntniea -war to me the Bloody Shirt the Great act in Anjenoan Ilistory." But as) the country will suffer from uch fclw and madness it is best the hat ' reform hall come and Lloody frhirt shall "be forever buried. u that end the Maine demagogue rill not be put m the race. I The Sherman and Blaine crowd! are nxious to make a campaign on the harge that in the South the negroes we not allowed to .vote. -Inasmuch Is the white vote shows as much fall- negro vote Bhows.it Villhe c Jry that ion of i ill "be difficult to convince the cpun- there is any great suppres In North t'ar- ion of negro votes. f'lina' in every Presidential year more hanj 30,000 white electors ref.nsje to lexereise tneir nsm to vote, inisia Icertain when you compare the vote bast with the census reports... But suppose that it is an estab- ttishe'd fact that in some of the iStates - - bie pegro vote is to some extenl re- or prevented, what then ( Republican party afford to jellow of the Blaine or Sber- ma:i atripe for the highest office ? They are both notoriously corrupt and i nhonest. Can the honest, coa-. jservative portion of the. party afford to eanubrt either of these men against j&n honest, patriotic, oapable, moderate official like Grover Cleve land hasi proved himself to be ? i Bat euppose that 'Blaine is nomi nated upon the bloody shirt, negro ballot programme, how will his elec tion correct aoy evils that may at tend the elections in the South ? Can beyond Constitutional guards in his effort to coerce the Southern whites ? Can he hope to accomplish in 1889 or 1890. what Grant with all of his immense will-power and unsancti fied ambition and utter disregard of organic law could not compass, try never so hard.? In asking this ques tion we are only phrasing differently a question propounded by the able York Time$, an Independent Republican paper. It says: "Putting aside all the reasons why it might not be worth while to incur the risks of Mr. Blaine's Administration, would that Administration right this particular wrong T ueuainiy, not. It could not do so if it Wished. No measure for that pur pose nas oeen proposed, and none will be, because none can be. Mr. Blaine knows, as does every sane person who stops to conEiderl it, that it is impossible. It has been tried by the Republican party, when it had much greater power than it will ever cave again, and the attempt was a misera oie laiiure. Does any one suppose, that Mr, Blaine in 1889 could succeed where Grant in 1869, with Congress almost solid at nis back, with unlimited force and money &t tila P..nmmanrl onrl tsith t.ha fntimfnt. nf . , i uie country strongly on his side, failed and I railed comnlpf.nluf 'That ia thn nlain flim- pl i question that voters will ask themselves before they vete for Mr. Blaine next year." A SSttTUEKJf CLERICAL SLAH- V " .L BEBBRi . ihere is a Methodist -Bishop in tbe JNbrth who comes into the South cow aid then to hold some Confe rence jtnd he always returns to his own people with some new tale of riArnAii Y T - ' - .iu Beams possessed or a malignant, spirit that makes 'him hate rear 'ooutnern people! and to prompt bim to believe all manner of evil They call him "Mallalifeu, which ought to mean evil minded He has uen j repeating from time to time falsehoods of a pathetio kind and they have been toothsome morsels to iho hungry fellows to whom he dish ed out his supplies. He has been IDati the fcelebt a VOL. XIX. challenged to name date, locality and 'participants in the bloody dra mas he describes, but the clerical slanderer is thus far dumb and indif ferent. He either has no authentic evidenoe or he is an ingenious manu facturer of touching tragedies that arouse the hatred of the North while bitterly traducing the South." The Methodist papers in the South are taking the Methodist Munchausen in hand, we are gratified to see. The Goldsboro Advance and Hoi (ton (Tenri.) Methodist &re after the reverend falsifier with a very sharp stick. He was brought to task last year for some of his slanderous yarns by ?rof . Hoss, of Vanderbilt Univeri' sityi But he ; was silent. Here is his horrible last: i "A Unionist fled from his home to escape arrest. He left a family of five children in his home. His pursuers took the children and tried to compel them to tell where their father bad gone. ! This they could not ao, for the simple reason that they did not know where he had secreted himself. They were threatened with death by a rebel col onel if they would not give the information thev could not possibly five. The threat was carried out, and one after another of the helpless children were shot down in cold blood. The last one was a little boy only five or six years old, and when it came his turn, with a courage that was perfectly sublime, he faced his murderers, and cov erioar his eves with his hand, simply said. 'Please don t shoot me m my lace, ana nis brave little soul, that scorned a lie and chose death, went up to God; and to this day no punishment has been meted out to the savages who did the deed." Unless he gives the most specific proof to sustain snch a blood-curd- line; story be ought to be served as Bishop Lowth, the great Episco TT 1 U J L C TY UUUU1GU JTGOIO said, "the tongue of the slanderer and the ear of the hearer of the slan der ought to be' nailed to the same post." Senator Vance spoke before the Harlem Democrats on Thursday night. An abstract Of his speech ap pears in the New York papers. He spoke to the toast: "The Union of the States, Indivisible forever." The World saya he provoked a great deal of enthusiasm. Here is his conclusion: - j "As all roads lead to Rome, and as all streams flow toward the sea. so all that is good and salutary and beneficent in the principles or human liberty tends towards Democracy. The Democratic party, there fore, which believes in a strict construction of the instrument which defines and limits the rights of the States and people and the powers of the common Government, ia the best and surest mend or tne union, ana as such we commend it to the favor of the American people 1 1 ! 'A union of the American states, based upon perfect equality of its members, de fined and recognized rights, justice, mutual regard and a fraternal concern of each for the common weirare oi an, snouia ana wm last so long as these virtues guide and con trol American citizens I "Pardon me for the single suggestion as I close, that we have not yet attained to that desirable and perfect union . Whose fault it may be I will not here say, but the fact remains that one portion of these States continues to claim the right to interfere in the domestic afflairs of another in ways most illegal and offensive. So lone as this contin ues real uoion cannot come and cannot be looked for. It has besn so far the steady adherence to principle by the Democracy of tirj North, and their readiness to extend the benefits of the Union to their Southern brethren that brought the Union sentiment thus near to supremacy, iie it your glo rious mission to complete this noblest work of patriotism." . . 1 A HAPPY HEW TEAR. The Stab sends out to one and all of its patrons and readers a hearty wish for a Happy asd Peospebotjs !xNew Yeab. ;We have ordinarily the occasion of the dying of an Old Year and the birth of a New Year to indulge in a little lay preachment. But to vary the theme and avoid monotony we talk to the reader about other things to-day. We can only urge a complete change of programme in the performance of each where the achievements have hfipin iinsat.iftf vine and rliannnoin t.intr. . . j 0 . trt o Resolve to do better in all particu lars. Let good resolves find expres- sion in good deeds. Prepare by no bler living for the conclusion of the whole matter i when at last to each tne curtain ot j me must be rung down. It may not be long. A year ago probably three hundred people or more who were then in Wilming ton, and many of whom read the Stab's greeting on New Year's morn, and who were full of hope and full of life and full oft expectancy, are now lying in tbeir cothns . in the grave yards. Life is the most uncertain of all earthly things. Eternity is jofat ahead, ' 1 js "And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death Be ready for the summons. Said the adorable Redeemer "I am the way, and the tlruth, and the lite." Find Christ if you would find v .(... Heaven. S We aerain wish our readers a Happt New Yeae. ' Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, is confident a Tariff bill will pass. He says: i "It will not be lust what Mr. Cleveland wants, nor Mr. Carlisle, nor Mr. Randall, nor any one else. It will be a compromise, and tbe chief value will be as a step in the rlgnt direction." i Senator Beck, of Kentucky, thinks the reduction should not be less than $l6o,000,000. Of course not, if the surplus is to be stopped. The calcu lation is that it will be $140,000,000 for tbe next fiscal year. The oyster industry ia one that can be immensely extended. In eleven veara the ovster trade of Frauce has increased more than ten fold. The North Carolina trade is very small. NORTH CAROLINA'S DEAD. Daring the year 1887, North Car olina was bereaved of many valua ble sons some of them of State re putationsand a few of distinguish ed abilities. . We pote the following: Rev. Calvin H. Wiley, D.D., Rev. J. F. Moore. Dr. 1 Joaenh Hollin on- worth, Judge Thomaa S. Ashe, Rev. W. A. MoDonald, Dr. D. G. W. Ward, Dr. W. R. Smithy Rev. Thos. A. Stone. Dr. James A. McRae, Travis E. Hooker, Edwin E. Burruas, Edmund S. Bar- Dr, WvH. Pool, well, John WoodhduseJ M. P. Leakj Judge D. H. StarbuckJ j William L. Smith, Major Peter M. Hale, Maj. J ames T. LittlejoU, P'- Samuel L. j Lave, John C. WashingtonfEx-Lt. Governor James Hi .Robinson, John W. Canningham, Col. Edward Gra ham Haywood, Dr. James P. Bryan, Nathan A. Sted man. Y. Q. Johnson. Henry T. JordanJ Rev. L. S. Burk- head, D.D., Dr. Giles Christian, Col. Matt. Love, and Dr. Jamea F. Long. Mr. Lamar had ! never sinned any more than other Southern men who were not false to themselves, the i Of local self- South and the cause government. If he is to be warred .-!-. .If ... -. ' upon oecanse ne is southern then no worthy man in the South can escape. But it is really absurd and stupid in the face of whai has been for the ' Sherman crowd dust about Mr. to kick up such a Lamar't; confirma- tion. Where are Longstreet, Key, Mahone and Mosby who were taken ao promptly to the Republican heart and honored and i petted and ao- plauded ? The Radicals in the Se nate raay strive to keep alive the fires of discord and to stir up afresh sectional issues but the country will not eastain them in such foul work. They will find this out, but when too Jate probablyr j ! Col. C. D. Phillips, a leading law yer, at Marietta, lia., was shot in both arms by: N. Ti Bullock, for words spoken in court. Three shots were fired, two t iking effect. It oc curred at Span ding court. The CoN onel on his return was accompanied by bis wife, who had hurried to his side, and was met in Atlanta by Hon. Steve Ciay and delegation of the Marietta bar. Within a fortnight the Governors re died BodwelL of Maine, and Harmaduke, of Missouri. Not long since tiov. Bartlett, of Cali fornia, passed away. Three i mem present House berg, we think, of the have died. One preacher in the Vir ginia Conference has died sinoe that body was recently in session, jit lost eleven last year, f r We find thej following concerning the robbery of j the Asheville post eigh News and Ob- office in the Ra server: I '-William McKee was arrested yesterday by the police at Morriatown, charged with robbing the post-office here Wednesday night. The money stolen was found on his person. Alcii.ee was at once suspected on the discovery of !the robbery. He was re cently discharged from the postofflce for ir regularities. Yesterday was a pleasant day after the recent cold snap. But what is our experience! for a day at 22 de grees above zero, when the people in the Northwest have been freezing at 40 degrees below. Give us the South all the year round. -: The Boston Tariff Reform , Club held a ' meeting j and it endorsed the President's larixf views. Senator Morgan and enrtdge and Tariff. Representative Brcck- Wilson talked on the Gentlemen who propose to "turn over a new . observe this eaf " would do well to day as Jehovah corn- mands Day." start. keep ; holy the Sabbath There ia nothing like a good The friends of Col. Dancac i , ! K. his McRae will regret to learn that health does not improve. Harbor ITIaeter'a Report. Capt. Price, harbormaster, reports the following arrivals at this port for the month of December: AMERICAN. .U..... 54,527 Steamers.. Schooners , tons. ...164,687 Total... ...21 9,214 FOREIGN. Barques. . . Brigs.. .... ... 113,933 ... 2 603 ... fl- 80 ... 14 4,616 . Schooners. Total.. Grand Total .35 13,830 The total number of arrivals in 46, with a ton- December 1886 was nage of 26,254.. Tbe Onelow Railroad. Chief Justice Smith has filed an opinion in the Supreme Court, hold ing that; the election in this city on the question of a subscription to the Wilmington, Onslow & East Carolina Railroad was valid, that the new reg igtration ordered by the Board of Aldermen was authorized by law, and that the judgment of Judge Phillips should be affirmed. - -j We learn that it is proposed now by the railroad! company to get a re hearing of the I case in the Supreme Court. Counsel for the company say that Judges Merrimon and Davis are plainly wrong, and that this can be - shown from the opinion whieh Judge Merrimon wrote. V V ;JJL WILMINGTON, N. G.-, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1888v Narrow Escape. r " , S. C. Larkins, colored, employed by the W. TJ, Telegraph Co. as line repairer, was out on the W. & W. road yesterday at work repairing the wires. He got through his labors and .was on the way to the'city when at a point some distance this side of Mag nolia, the railroad bieycle car he was riding was struck by the through freight train from Weldon. Larkina jumped oft in time to . escape bicycle was pieked injury, but his upon the cow-catcher and carried along until . the train was stopped, when the engineer put it in one of the cars and brought it to the -city. Larkins walked back to Magnolia and came to the city en last night's ! train. He says that he made a very narrow escape; that he was on a tres tie when the whistle was blown to warn him of the approaching train, and when he bad passed over the trestle did not have'time to stop, but had to jumptoave himself. Rev. Mr. Creaar; l-i. ; v Rev. "W. S. Creasy, the new pastor of Grace Methodist Church, and fam ily, arrived in the j city last evening. They were met at the depot by a committee appointed by the Official Board, and escorted to the parsonage, on the corner of Second and Walnut streets, where jthey were gladly wel comed by a number of the congrega tion, and especially by the ladies, who had prepared for them a nice hot supper. - " Fire In Pender A Boy Burned to Daatn. j j' A correspondent of the Star, wri ting from Burgaw, says that the house of Wiley Peterson, colored, on the Rivenbark place, i three miles west of Burgaw, was destroyed by fire last Thursday night. Peterson's son, a fourteen-year old boy, was burned to death in the house. The boy slept in the upper story of the building, where a quantity of fodder was stored, aad took a torch to light him self to bed. The! other members of the family slept down stairs. When they were awakened? later in the night, by the heat and smoke, all the upper part of th house and the stair way were in flame's.. They did not hear any cry from the boy. It is pretty certain that he lost his life in the burning building, although no part of his remains could be found af ter the fire in the debris. Foreign Exports for December. The following is a statement of ex ports to foreign countries from this port for the month of December, as taken from the books at the Custom House: I To Belgium Cotton, 1,847 bales, valued at $88,550. ' France Cotton, 1,850 bales, valued at $88,850. Germany Cotton, 4,977 bales, val ued at $231,750; rosin, 7,517 bbls., val ued at $7,853. I England Cotton, 5,863 bales, val ued at $279,072; rosin, 17,229 bbls., val ued at $18,148; spirits turpentine, 240,- 464 gallons, yalued at $90,923; gum thus, 58 bbls., $160. Wales Rosin, 4,788 bbls., valued at $4,576. . . ' Frehch West Indies Lumber, 225, 000 feet, valued at $3,950. British West Indies Lumber, 227, 000 feet, valued at $3,424; shingles, 214,000, valued at $1,311. " Hayti Ice. 70 tons, valued at $315; lumber, 292,000 feet, valued at $3,812; shingles, 50,000, valued at $200. San Domingo Lumber, 210,000 feet, valued at $2,835. Porto Rico Lumber, 730,000 feet, valued at $10,989. Total valuation of exports, as above, $836,718. Good New. As a result Gov. Stedman bf the visit of Lieut. and Collector Robin son to Washington, in the interest of this port, there is every reason to be lieve that the order directing a reduc tion of the force at the Custom House will be revoked, official notification having been received at the Custom House yesterday afternoon by tele graph that the order had been sus pended, by direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. The order was to go into effect on the first day of January. Wilmington saving Bank- Incorporators of the Wilmington Savings and Trust Company met Thursday evening and appointed Dr. A. J. DeRosset and Mr. R. J. Jones trustees to receive the amount" ($25, 000) subscribed to the capital stock of the company and turn it over to the stockholders at a meeting which i will be held next Tuesday at the Bankbf New Hanover. A permanent organiza tion will then be effected and as soon as practicable thereafter the company will commence operations. Tbe On alow Railroad. ' The election in Onslow on the ques tion of a county subscription of sixty thousand dollars to the Wilmington, Onslow and East Carolina Railroad was to have been held last Tuesday, but it is said that it has been postpon ed until the latter part of January next. . ' , i' m m ' " Intellisence was received here yesterday that the office of the Pioneer newspaper, published at Bre vard, Transylvania county, by. Mr. E. S. Warrock, formerly of this city, had been wrecked by a mob last Sun day night. There are some "hard citizens" in Transylvania county, who, it seems, were offended at comment made upon, their behavior in the col umns of the Pioneer y end who songmt in this way to be revenged. Foreign Export Yesterday. Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co. cleared the German barque Fortuna lor Bristol, Eng., with 1,994 barrels of rosin and .1,000 casks of spirits tur pentine, valued at $25,850. Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared the Norwegian barque Oltif, for Liv erpool, with 1,236 bales of cotton, weighing 576,517 pounds, and valued at $39,090. ' Y KVW YORK Sensation at AlbanyA New Civil Mer Tlee Comml8l,aAlppolata fer Oov. Hlll-Tbnt "reen Qoode" men and tnelr Vietorlee. - Albabt; N, Y. , Dec 29 Quite a sensa tion was caused here to-day when it was learned that Gov. Hill had quietly ordered (he State- Civil Service Commission, con sisting 6f August Sohoonmaker, Henry A. Richmond and John "Jay out of office by the simple act of appointing their tuc cessors Inquiry developed the fact that Gov, Hill had not only appointed a sew commission, but that it had already quali fied, held a meeting; and started the work of cleaning out the officials o! their prede cessors, ine new commission is composed of Gen. Diniel E. Sickles, ot New York city; James H. Manning, of the Albany Argus and eon of the late Secretary Man ning, and Major George H. Tread well also of this city. The new appointees filed their oaths of office with the Secretary of State this afternoon, and met in their quar ters in the Capitol with closed doors The first: act . of the new board was to re move Chief Examiner Potts and appoint John B. Riley, ef Plattburg, in hia stetd These eommiesisners, whose appointment by the Governor is authorized by chapter 854 of the Laws of 1883. can hold no other office under the State. Their salary is fixed at $2,000 per year and travelling expenses. Axbas, , Dec.; 29 . Last summer the Governor wrote to the deposed Commis sioners, asking for their resignations, say ing that the office of Commissioner was merely ooe to help the Governor, and they had been appointed by another Governor (Cleveland .) As they had therefore held over two years in his (Hill's) term be thought it was not unfair on his part to make the request. The Commissioners, however, refused to comply, declaring no charges had been made against them. . Ma jor Tread well, one of the new appointees, is the present Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of the btate of New York. The statute makes no provision for any definite term, but appointees bold dur ing the pleasure of the Governor. The ieorgauized Commission met in the Civil Service rooms of the capitol and se lected 8ickles as President John B. Riley, ot Plattsburg, who was appointed Chief Examinei, is the present United States Su perintendent of Indian Scaools, having been appointed by President Cleveland in June, 1886. New Yobk, Dsc 29. Three notorious "Green Goods" man were arrested in a sa loon to-day while they were, begotiuiiog with four countrymen for the sale of my thieal counterfeit money. The intended victims were Jefferson Lawrence, a grocer and farmer, and Tully J Lnaier, a saloon keeper, of Sumter county, S. C.. and John C. Wilson and Cornelius Price Hampton, farmeis frum Yancey county, N. C. Two of the greea goods men were fined $10 each for vagrancy; the third, named Mor ris, was held for examination in default of $10,000 bail. Lawrence and Losier were committed to the House of Detention as witnesses against Morris, and Wilson and Hampton were let go after being soundly lectured by the Court. TMIS liyDUSTR?A.L SOOTH. Its BtniratbleGrowlb In 1887. i Baltimore, Md. , Dec. 29. The Manu facturers' Record will publish this week its annual review of the industrial growth of the South for 1887vwhich is in many re spects tbe most remarkable year in the his tory of that section, as more was accom plished for the progress and prosperity of the whole South than ever before iu the same length of time. ; rom Maryland to Texas the progress was remarkable, cover ing almost, the entire range of industry, and there U scarcuiy a single line of manu facturing or mining business in wnicn tne number of new enterprises reported during 1887 is not more than twice as large as in 1886 Of the fourteen Southern States there are only four in which capital in vested ia new enterprises was not double the amount invested last year. ; The amount of capital, including capital stock of incorporated companies organized during 188T, was- Alabama, $17,982,000; Arkansas. $24,466,000; Florida. $2,786,000; Georgia, $15,361,000: Kentucky, $40, 053, 000; Loaisiana, $3,218,000; Maryland, $15, 187,000; Mississippi, $4,771,000; North Carolina, $9,707,000; South Carolina, $3. 895.000; Tennessee, $35,861,000; Texas, $16,430,000: Virginia, $23,255,000; West Virginia. $8,266,000. Total. $258,298,000, against $129,226,000 in 1886. r i In cotton manufacturing there has been great activity, and 77 new mills have been projected, many of them being now under construction, which is tbe largest number iof new mills ever reported in one year. Cotton mills are reported as having largely iover sold their production, and many old mills are being enlarged to meet the demand for their goods. Increasing diversification of Southern industries is illustrated in the fact that Alabama alone secured during the year the location of five large car bunding plants; two at Decatur, and one each at Birmingham, Anniston and Gadsden. Tbe Atmiston works will cost $1,000,000, and emply 1,000 mechanics. TERKIF1C GALES. Great Damage to Shipping; at Halifax Veaeele Wrecked and Wbarvea De mollabed at Rockland, me. Halifax. N. 8.. Dec. 29. A terrific southeast gale prevailed last night and caused extensive damage to shipping in the harbor. All vessels in port were more or less iniured. and in some cases wharves were damaged Several vessels sank and others were wrecked at the whnrvpB And in the harbor. The wind at St. John, N. B., reached a velocity of 70 to 80 miles an hour. Some damage was done to wharves and shipping, but nothing Sfirlnns. Rockland. Me., December A. southeast gale raced here all night with unparalleled fury, doing great damage to shinnine. washinz awav wharves and wood, demolishing windows, blowing down chimneys and doing other damage. Onn schooner in the harbor was blown on the rocks and wrecked, another sank at the wharf, two others are practically wrccae, besides minor damage to many owers. VIRGINIA. Zero Teinoeratnre A colored Han Killed by a Dynamite Exploalon. i Lthchbubg, Dea 29. The weather was extremely cold last night and tbe ther mometer registered thirteen above zero this morning. Reports from the south west say the weather is very cold; the ther mometer registers below zero. On the Lynchburg & Durham Railroad to-day a colored man named Terry was throwing dvnamite for blasting when it caught fire. " Terry ran from the shanty and was thiny feet away when an explo sion occurred, which demolished the house. One large splinter was driven through Terry's head, killing him instantly. j SHIPWRECK. 1 - Lose of a Brltlab Steamer, with j a Rarso'of Merchandise. Bound for New Torb-The Crew saved. Baxtimobe. December 29. Capt. Sea- vey, 01 me scnooner Agnes a. nai this port from Boston, reports that on the 24th instant, as he was passing Bouth Shoal lightship, off Nantucket, he saw a small boat put off from the lightship, a mile H inf ant, and bore down to meet ner. uaph Thornton, of the British steamer New Castle Citv.f rom New Castle for New York, who was on board the small boat, reported tw hla shin had been lost, with a heavy of ncBorterl merchandize, on the mnmlncflf th nrecedintr dav. The crew,. all told, numbered tweniy-nve. anu mey " : . " . -n j .1 had sought refuge On the lightship. wins in Jntim' shoe factorv at Strafford, Mass., burned the building to the ground rith nil ita mutants, including machinery and stock, The total loss is given at $75,- nnn tr tSKflftfi- insurance 35.000. it IS rinnhtrui n the Arm will reouuu. m of the factory is a severe wow 10 tne wwu. The pay roll was f'fo.uw a year. nn WAHHISGION. TbeCorean Embauy en route Sfor ibe united Statee-Xke January Interest on Bond. WASHXHOTOir. DeC. 23. The 8pnr:B, of State has been informed of thedenar- ture for the United States of iha n,im Embassy, which left Kanagawa, Japan, per the steamship City of Rio Janeiro, on the 20th ist. Secretary Faiicuitd. having been informed of the proposed visit, has instructed the cohmor of customs &t Ran Francisco to accord the Embassy the usual I counesies on tneir arrival at tbat port, and iq i lacimaie we- speedy paesage of their baggage and personal effects. . Treasurer Hjatt has mailed all checks in payment of interest due January 1st on United States bonds, amounting to $8,414 -000, and they can be cashed at any of the sub treasuries to-morrow morning. AhKANSAS. JTealoae ' Hoibsnd Mar der a His Wife and HrRiaiCoinpanlon. - St. Frances, Dec. 29. Wm. Herrig, a wealthy planter, has for some time past been jealous of the attentions paid to his wife by Wm. Matthewson, and he forbade him to come to his house. This was dis regarded by Matthewson, and on Tuesday last ha called and invited Mrs Herrig to take a drive with him. While the woman was getting ready, Herrig shot and killed Matthewson, and then 'forced his, wife to drive to Matthewson s house wiih the dead body. On her return she found her home in names ana was snot sua Killed oy tier- rig. aerrig men uea airs, uerrig was formerly an actress in Pauline Markbam's company, and later was in W. H. Lyttle's comoinauon. j ARKANSAS. Lynching of Herrig who murdered Hla Wire and Her Paramour. By Telegraph to the Xoratarf Star. j Little Rock, Dec. 80. A 8t. Francis (Ark) special says: Wm. Herrig. who murdered his young wife and her para mour, near nere Thursday, was handed last night by a band of vigilants. After the murder Herrig set out towards the northern boundary line, with the purpose, evidently, 01 escaping into Missouri Di rectly after the crime was discovered a force of men set out to find bim. This was done about 11 o'clock last night, forty miles north of Rector. When found he was asleep under a large tree. He was in formed that he must die, and he made no protest. In fact, he t-aid be was wiliiog and ready; he had nothing he had cause to regret. His wife had been untrue to him and he had killed her lover, aad this he re garded as iustice. Regarding the shooting of his wife he said he could offer nothing in tne way or defence. He was then hanged on the very tree under which be was found sleeping. His wife's stage name was Julia Beonelt before her marriage. - j SOUTH CAROL.! X A. Terrible Tragedy at Sumter A Magta- trate Killed and Four oxen Woooded Hanging at Conway. By Telegraph to the Morning Star . Cxableston, Dec. 30. For some time there has been bad feeling between John R. Keels and P J. Bowman, of Bisaopville, growing out of legal proceedings. Ua De cember 4th Keels and Bowman came into personal collision at Bishopville, aad Bow man was snot in me-nip To-day. accord ing to a special to the News and Courier, the affair culminated in a magistrate's office at Sumter, where the parties were preparing bonds to keep the peace. An affray took place, in which knives and fire arms were used, and which resulted in the wounding of John R. Eeele. his father D. E. Keels, P. J. Bowman and Walter J. Hardy, and in the death of George E. Haynesworth, the magistrate. It was the moat terrible affair of the kind ever known in the county. I Charleston, Dec 30 John Strick land, a youog white man, twenty veara old. was hanged at Uonway, o. v., to-uay for the murder of his step-mother, Adeline Strickland, last July. There was no excite ment. Strickland s neck Was broken and he died without a struggle. His laet audi ble utterances were prayers for his soul. He confessed his ! crime several days ago, but eaid ne did not intend to kill his step mother when he shot. He only meant to cripple her. INDIANA. Trouble Growing Ont of Rum Selling and Mob Violence. By Telegraph Morning to the Star. Indianapolis, Dec. 30. Henry Hoc kathorn, of LaGrange county, is here in charge of a U. S. Marshal. Hackathorn lived in the town of 'Valentine, where he kept a shoe shop and as a side issue sold liquors in bottles. This became so notori ous and resulted in so much drunkenness in tne village that about two weeas ago a crowd of fifty or more men and women at tacked his place of business, tore it to pieces and drove him out of town with clubs and bad eggs. He went to LaQrange and since has instituted suits agsmst ten of the leading citizens, demanding SlO.OOOin each case for the destruction of his place of business and injuries to himself. It is un derstood also that tbe grand jury has taken a band in the matter and has indicted forty or fifty people on the charge of rioting. Some of these in turn have had Hackathorn arrested for selling liquor without license. A bitter feeling has resulted from the matf ter and there is likely to be further trouble. fa tal bTr? accidents. By Telegraph to the Horning Star.) Pittsburgh Pa., Dec. 31. The passen ger train on " the New York, Peensylvania and unto itauroaa ran into a aou Die- header freight train near Meadville. Pa., this morning, and was totally wrecked. It is reported that a great many lives were lost Pittibcbg, Dec. 31. Particulars of the; railroad accident near Meadville are; still meagre. The accident, it is said,; was not as bad as reported. A dis patch from Titusville says: Tbe acci-J dent took place at 9.50 this morning on! the mam line of the New x ork. f ennsyl vania A Ohio road, about three miles west. of Meadville. near Tracy s Cut, near Ge neva. Pa., between train No. 8, limited exl press, from Chicago and Cincinnati to New xote, and tne west bound ireignt ao. Both engineers and one passenger were killed and about nfteen passengers serious ly injured. Tbe cars are all piled up and it is impossible to ten now many were ini lured. The Pullman sleepers did not leave tne tracs anu passengers in mem were noi iniured. Luckily the cars did not ta&e nre The nrst reports sent out were mucu en aggerated. The railroad officials were very reticent about giving details. Chicago. Dec 31. The night express for Milwaukee that left Chicago at 10:30 last night over the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, smashed intov a freight train at Shermerville, 111., during a blind! ing snow storm. Ihe engine and mail car of the passenger tram were derailed, to cemer wnn several uutui can, iubiuuk a badjwreck and giving the passengers a se f vere shaking up. No lives were lost, but engineer Little was hurt seriously, and the fireman, name unxnown, pronaoiy Hiiaiiyi MINNESOTA. A Child Supposed to ba Dead Bcinrne to Hie. (fcy Telegraph to the Xoratng star.i Clbab Watbb. December 80. Willie Baxter died of diphtheria Monday. Tuesr day his body was made ready for the coffin and the f amilv retired from the room. Half an hour afterwards some one returnea to the apartment and found the boy up and dressed in his e very-day clothes.- He in sisted that he was not dead, and was not iroinir to die. : However, in about an hour. during which time he talked cheerfully to those around him and seemed to be getting better he suddenly fell over and was stone dead in an instant. AR NO. 9 nV SSI A AND AUSTRIA. Tbe; Situation Vnehansred-Kaakta'a military movement- War may Be-' sin In February Tbe Forced I,et- By Cable to the Morning; Star. (Copirfcht 1887 by the N. T. Associated Press. Berlin, Dec. 81. The year closes with out the relations between Russia and the alhea powers showing any symptoms of amelioration. The situation has become one of the greatest perniexitv. which nothing less than some authoritative de liverance from the Czar or Kaiser can clear up.jjlf the New Year'r Imperial recep tionaj pass over unmarked by explicit decla rations giving assurances of peace, it will be held as certain that diplomacy has failed w aecK tne progress toward au open rup ture! - The Cologne Gazette haa a vacue an nouncement that mutual explanations will soonjbe made which promise to avert all danger of war; but reliable advices from Bt. Petersburg deny . that there ia the slightest change in the tension of affairs. Geni Von Schwenitz, German Ambassador to Russia, has had frequent interviews with mx. inters, jttussian Minister of Foreign Affairs, one result of which has been an arrangement for the publication of the forged documents, but judging from the t tenor of an article published in ithe North German Gazette, the interviews have left the situation unimproved Something is hoped to re sult from the prospective mission of Von nauai, Austrian Minister of Finance to St. Petersburg. His visit appears to be de pendent upon the Czar's reception of pro posals transmitted through Prince Leoban- off, Russian Ambassador to Austria for re vision of the treaty of Berlin. The Rus sian press concur in declaring that if these proposals imply definite absorption of Bos nia! into Austria. RllSRlft will sent. I (No decisive diplomatic issue is expected Deipre miaoie 01 January. After that events will develop with electric rapidity. The concentration of Russian troops in Po land appears to be suspended. The whole country lies deep in snow and ice. Roads arc blocked and railway traffic is retarded. Gallicia is in a similar condition. If an or de were given to-morrow for the mobiliza tion of the Austrian troops, it would be im possible to execute it. except within the radius of Vienna; but a few weeks hence, when the snow storm has abated and the surface of tbe country is settled into its winter's hardness, military operations could be easily effected. It is the opinion of mil itary authorities that Austria and Germany "in Bgico upuu uio wiuicr as me uesi uine for a campaign in Poland, and that if war must be, it should either commence in February or be deferred until June. IWhile the movements of troops in Po land are ceasing, forces are being concen trated in Bess arabia, and this fact leads to the belief that Russia either distrusts Rou manian neutrality or has other plans for the campaign in Gallicia. The forces now massed along the Bendor and Odessa lines are estimated at 85,000 men. Stations are crowded with troops and artillery trans ports. Several corps in Southern Russia are already fully mobilized and echalonged along the fruth and Dneister rivers, aud the railways converging to Roumania. The Black Sea fleet is being hurriedly equipped lor active service. Four gun boats have been sent to the Killa arm of the Danube, and a numerous flotilla of vessels designed for river service is being concentrated at Odessa. The formidable extent of these preparations gave rise to the suspicion that the Czar contemplates a sudden descent upon Bulgaria, while acting on the defensive towards Gallicia. j Reports emanating from Pans attribute to the Czar an intention to announce Seace or war on the Russian New Year s ay, .and war is predicted as Russia's Choice. In discussing the issues the Rus sian press confidently assume the defeat of the Austrians. I Gregor D' Waif our, recently Russian Consul at Peslh, publishes a brochure un der permission of the St. Petersburg censor, predicting that Hungary will become a Russian province, Tne map shows Hun ary as part of Russia, all the towns hav ing Slavonic names. " The pamphlet, which is quoted by the Hungarian press, increases the eagerness for the final arbitrament of War. Soheanoff, in an interview with Kolnoky to-day, repeated his recent special declara tions. He stated tbat aggressive designs jwere foreign to Russia's policy, but no specific importance is attached to these as surances, while military positions remain unchanged. The text of the forged documents ap pears in to-night's Seichsanzeiger. Au as sistant secretary in the Russian Foreign Office brought them to Berlin and exam ined them in conjunction with Count Herbert Bismarck. He returned . to Gatzchina on Sunday and reported to the Czar the result ot the l inspection. The Czar's assent to publica : tion of the document was obtained by pres sure from Uiers and Gent. Von Hchweiniz. The BeicTwameiger prints four letters; three of which purport to have been written by Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, to Countess of Flanders, sister of King Carol I, of Roumania. One of these letters is dated August 27. In it Prince Ferdinand says he would not have gone so far if he had not received most satisfactory information from Berlin, through a note written by Prince Reuss, German Ambassador at Vienna, ex plaining the secret views of Bismarck. Prince "Ferdinand inclosed this note to the Countess, and begged her to induce King Carol to use his influence at St. Peteishurg. The second document is a forged letter to Prince Reuss, stating that Prince Ferdi nand's taking possession of the Bul garian throne was a question of personal initiative, to which the German government cannot for the time being give official support. It was not, however, to be concluded that the German government would not give unofficial en couragement to Prince Ferdinand's enter prise. However unfavorable or nostne, says the letter, the acts of Germany in the' meanwhile may appear the sentiments secretly cherished by her may one day be made apparent. Ferdinand denies that any of these docu ments are authentic. He says there was never any correspondence between him and the Countess of Flanders. Tbe forgers re main undetected. Reichaanzaeiger says the sole purpose of the forgeries was to produce distrust among the Powers. If the state ments 01 tne fictitious letters were weu founded, the German policy might have been reproached with duplicity and dis honesty, as the German government has always regarded and still regards Mr. Fer dinand s venture as a violation 01 treaties. As the appearance of the documents does not add much to that which is not already known of tbeir contents, the statement that the fabrications have not been discovered is untrue. The Czar knows whence the for geries proceeded, but refuses to punish the perpetrators. ELECTRIO SPARKS. - . 1 Treasury balances: Coin, 1131,736.000; currency, $9,561,000. 'Marcus W. Rasbach, cashier, of tie Herkimer. N. Y.. National Bank, has ab sconded with over $30,000 of the bank's funds. Wm. N. Smith, assistant cashier of the German American bank at Rochester, N. Y., has decamped, $9,000 short in his ac counts. All employes of the Union glassworks, of Somerville, Mass. , 165 in number, fin ished up their work yesterday and left, refusing to accept the manufacturers' list of rules for the coming year. j A collision occurred yesterday on the Utah & Northern Railway, near the city of Dillon, Montana, which resulted in the killing of the fireman and serious-injury of the engineer.' Many coal cars were com pletely wrecked The weekly statement of kthe Associated Banks shows the following changes:' Re serve decrease $477,250; loans iocrense $6,130,500; specie inci esse $806,500; legal tenders increase $594,600; deposits increase $7,15fe,700; circulation increase $10,700. The banks now hold $8,559,150 in excess of the 25 per cent rule Spirits Turpentine. " Charlotte Hornet: "News reach cd the city Jto-day of the nearly fatal stab ' bing of Spencer B Adams, Clerk of thd . Superior Court ojf Caswell county, on th-i 27th inst. Mr. Adams was in Yancey villc, when he was boldly knocked, down by a , negro and cut so badly as to make his re- -covery doubtful. The negro. made his es cape, but as there are nearly fifty men in pursuit of him, tbe chAiaoea of hla btinjc .: captured are good. - 4 f i; Washington . Gazette : Mr. Liccke, after j expresat&g regret that pfau -had been acquitted, as we arc told, lelt with her children, Wednesday morning, for her old home inj Nash county. Tne gin house cf Mrs. E. Boyd turned ou De cember 7tb, was insured in N. C. Home, - . represented jby C U. Hill. The loss has been paid, j amounting, to $700 Mp, David Lyddon, had his rignt hand pain -fully hurt by the engine at the w baryta last week.; -j-The Wilmington Star makes a handsome compliment to our townsman. Rev. S. M. Smith, and ouxtiiend, Rev. Er " L. Pell, who has served faithful )v several t years at Fairfield. Hyde county, N. C. Raleigh Visitor: On Monday ;; nighi last thieves entered a shed room ad joining the bed room of Mrs James Bryant, who lives on South Blood worth strep;, aad, -stolo a half cord of wood, that bad beet given her and her husband by the ladies of the Episcopal Church. The bid lady is ' down bed-ridden and her husband is blind. Mr. L C. Bagwell, dealer in furniture, , coffins, &o , on East Martin street, made an assignment yesterday. .Messrs. T. B. Yan - cey and Frank Strocach aro the assignees J.W. K. Mancum and Patrick Emery. two white men residing in New Light V township, became involved in an affray on Monday last and Emory was fatally stabbed in the right lung by Mangum, wbomidc his escape. A son of Mr. John Louis Johnson, Middle Creek township, in this county, was fatally burned Saturday cigbi last by Vhe explosion of a keg of powder in his fathefGbre. It seems that Mr. Johnson went into the store late at nigh 1 and struck a match near the keg of powder with ihe above result. Ths top of tie .- buiifJing was blown off v" -4- jNew isern journal: mewe , received in this sify late yesterday exn;ng that Mr. A. B. Kinsey, whose light, ' arm was; amputated something more than -wees ago, having been severely ent by thn saws of a gin, died at his home on SI,.: E. B. Qox's farm, at 8 o'clock of paiaiysis .. H A schooner with two hundred tons of steel! rails for the A. & N. C. R R. is un loading at the depot. The community will ba shocked to learn of the death of Dr. James F. Long which occurred last night. Doctor Long had been sick a few days but his friends did not think the sad event so near. He had a large practice and wan highiy esteemed by all who knew him for his professional skill, learning and accom plished manners. The short crop of cotton in this section is beginning to be felt by the business men. There were three assignments made in this city yesterday : MJ H. Sultan, 4ry goods and clothing, to Jr.9. W. Moore; Max Schwerin, dry goods and clothing, to Jas. W. Moore; 6. B. Wfilers, Jr., dry goods and clothing, t- J. W i Waters. These gentlemen have "made an'ae&ignment of tbeir goods and assets for the benefit of their creditors. Charlotte Chronicte: An expe rienced architect who has- examined tbu plans for the Richmond & Danville's new depot in Charlotte says that the building will cost every cent of $35,000. Thirty car loads of rock will be used in the foun dation. I Information was brought to the city yesterday of a tragic affair which occurred in Steel Creek township, in this county, last Tuesday, and which resulted in the instant death of Mr. Martin Millen. This gentleman, in company with a party . of friends, was out hunting rabbits, and as he was climbing over a fence his gun w&a discharghd, the load taking effect in his head and killing him instantly. His com panions state that as Mr. Millen mounted th3 fence he drew his gun up behind him, grasping the barrel with bis hand. Mr. Millen was about 86 years of age and leaves a; wife and family of children. Another accidental shooting affair, but one less seri ous, occurred at Thickety's station, on tho Air Line Railroad. A man named Pinson was severely peppered by a young man named Littlejohn. The two friends were " out bird hunting at the time The shot from Littlejohn's gun lodged in Mr. Pin son's face and shoulders, producing very painful wounds. Charlotte Chronicle: Mr. John A. Moss, one of the oldest citizens of Ca barrus county, died at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. David Cannon, in Con- -cord, last Saturday, and two- sad and rather sudden deaths occurred in lower Ire dell during the holidays, Mr. E B. 8tin- son, who lives two miles above Davidson College, died at his residence on Saturday morning, and Mr. Abner McNeely, of . Mooresviller died very suddenly of heart disease Sunday morning last. Mrs. . Dr. J. J. Summerell, an estimable lady of Salisbury, died at her home 'last Monday evening, from an attack of pneumonia. The Charlotte Street Railway Company has decided to extend its lines. In this city last Monday night Santa Claus struck a snag when he ambled down the chimney to the Academy of Music, and found 108 stockings all hung up in a line and waiting to be filled. This big family represented the Sunday School of the Church Street Methodist. E. Church. i A fatal shooting affair occurred near Mr. J.iElam Caldwell's house, at Harris- burg, on the 27th. Green Johnston was shot in the head by Row White, the bullet making a wound from which tbe biains oozed out,, and which resulted in Johnston's death yesterday. Both parties are colored. Rev. P. R. Law, of the Chronicle, staff, Who is still confined to his bed, from . which he yet writes, has not been forgotten -by his, Monroe and Matthews friends, who have cheered him in his confinement with sundry tokens of esteem in the way of Christmas gifts. He hopes to be in his office in a few days. At Lowell sta tion, on the Air Line road, last Tuesday afternoon, a crowd of twenty or thirty ne groes all drunk and armed with pistols, knives and guns, charged into town and created a most disgraceful disturbance. The White people, desiring to avoid blood shed,! desisted from tbe action that weuld have been proper under the circumstances; and by quiet means eventually eff cted tho capture of the ringleaders. Raleigh News-Observer: Dr. J. R. Duggan, Professor of Chemistry, Wake Forest College, has been quite sick for sev eral I weeks. The employes of tbe Western Union Telegraph Company in this city,! on Christmas morning, presented Manager Robinson with a gold-headed cane, - The State Association of Graded School Superintendents has been in session in this city during the past two days. Rep resentatives were present from Wilmington, Goldsboro, Durham, Charlotte, Reidsvtlle, Winston and Raleigh. The importance of the Association may be inferred from the fact that the superintendents present repre sented an enrolment of about 11,000 pu pils. Many subjects of interest pertaining' to the work of the schools jwere discussed, special papers being read by Professor Cor lew, of Charlotte, Professor Kennedy, of Durham, and Professor Blair, of Winston. Steps were taken looking to the organiza tion of a general educational convention, to be composed of State and city school superintendents of the Southern States. Professor Noble, of Wilmington, and Pro fessor Moses, of Raleigh,! were reelected President and Secretary. The next meet ing of the Association will bo in Charlotte. Goldsboro dots: Surely Goldsboro is getting to be a big town. ; At 4 o'clock Sunday, Christmas morning, the . nativeB were startled by a terrible explosion and a simultaneous cry of fire. In tbe suburbs of the city a two story brick building occu ried as a bar on the ground floor and on second as what ia termed Mulberry Hall, was literally torn all to atoms and burned by some fiend. It is supposed be or they used dynamite. Their intention no one knows, as no one slept in the building. 1-We have had two other small fires hero inside of two weeks. Tabbobo. Dec. 26.4-Our town is coming Another rail road' The last spike of tbe Hamilton & Tarboro Railroad was driven on last Wed nesday in tbe presence of Mr. Hitch, its owner, and the employes, without any of the ceremony which is usual on such occa sions. The road is narrow gauge, thirty eight (38) inches between tbe rails, which are bf steel and weigh about forty-five (45) nnnkrla to the vard. Mr. Hitch, in build ing! this road, meant business. Already from this place he has shipped over tbe road two hundred and fifty bales of cottoa to the Roanoke river, and a portion of it came from Rocky Mount. Tbe W & W. must watch its corks. 1 4 i I 1 lV I 3 ifi 1 '? I i - ,- Ml -; I . - .- t t r to- - - ' f, t SI n a: - r
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