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The Weekly Star. WM. H. BERNARD, Editor andProp'r. WILMINGTON, N. G. I Fmdat,- Mat 24, 1889. tWIn wrltlnK to change yonr r address, altoav tyformr direction m will M full paxtlonlareaa whero you wish your paper to be Bent hereafter. Unless you do both ohanffoa oan not be maae. -; . t-Notloes of Marriage or Death, bu?f Respect, Resolutions ofThanks, o.. are ebund foras ordinary adTerttoements, but only half rates when paid for rtrlotlyta Sranoa. At thla ratTw cent will pay for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. . IT r-Remlttanoes must be made by Checkraft Postal Money Order or Registered. letter. Post masters wUl register letters when desired. I-Only such remlttanoes wffl be at the risk of "the publisher. IVSpeolmen ooples forwarded when desired PROGRESS ON THE:C. F. T. V. Early in the new year, if not be fore the new'yearijTcomes, the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley will be com pleted, and Mount Airy, 'almost un der the shadow of the Blue Ridge, will be linked to Wilmington by the sea. Commercially, speaking, this will make near neighbors to us peo ple of a great section of the State who have been as practically out off from us as if they were a 1 thousand miles away. The fact that we are to be brought into social and com mercial relations with them, will na turally interest us in what they are doing and in the progress ; they are making. . . ;V::;:;;; . The oountry between v Greensboro and Fayetteville is well timbered, rolling but well adapted for farming and of fair fertility. There is no special crop grown there and as a re sult there is evidenoe of general thrift and prosperity. It is a fine ' fruit country, and since the railroad has opened up the way to market, orchard owners reap some profits from them now which they did not some years ago.. The farms seem to be clean and well cultivated, giving evidence that'; the people who own them live at home, and raise not only enough of the necessaries of life, but have some to market, in this happily differing from the planter who places his sole dependence on ootton, or the tobacco grower who places his sole dependence on tobacco; a system, if . system it may be .called, which has proved so disastrous to those who have practiced it. Between Greensboro and Fayette ville there are a number of new townB which hae sprung up since the build ing of the , railroad, conspicuous among them Liberty, Staley and Slier, all of which show evidenoes of thrift and progress, the business houses and dwellings being substan tial structures and tastefully" de- ife$d The road passes through the Chatfiam... coal field, which in he near future Jto jrove an impor tant factor in the induf&ial develop ment of central North Carolina; v , North of Greensboro the road pen etrates the hill country, and at Mount Airy brings us in near sight of the Blue Ridge. Here is a country beau tiful to look upon, rich in timber, products of the farm and mineral resources unbounded. The iron de posits of Stokes and Surry counties are practically inexhaustible and of very superior quality, while the ooal -atratas that underlie a portion of Stokes county are sufficient to supply the needs of North Carolina for a cen tury to oome. With great coal fields in Chatham, and iron,' too, great ooal ' fields in Stokes, acd iron, too, this means, in this day of development, push and progress, the establishment at no distant time'at Wilmington and some intermediate point of great iron industries. Fifteen years ago, when a railroad from Greensboro to Wilmington was agitated, this thing was in contem plation by some English capitalists. If the conditions had proved favor able to the building of the road then one of the largest rolling mills in the oountry would have been ' established at Greensboro and Greensboro would be to-day a place of ten thousand people or more, with numerous industries permanent ly established. For muoh of this manufactured iron and other articles Wilmington would baye been the shipping point, and the port of entry for much of the merchandise import ed by that section of country. What might then have .been may still be, and the disappointed hopes of fifteen years ago be realized in the near future. . . .1 - . It is a good country up there; a new field and a rich one, worth reaching out for, and one the ac quaintance of whose people is worth cultivating. Major P. F. Duffy has taken a po sition on the Stab staff as associate editor. He is a journalist of expe rience, a gentleman of high charac ter, and a loyal Pemocrat. He will be remembered as one of the most eloquent and effective Democratic orators in the campaign . of 1868. One of his speeches was delivered in the Opera House in this city. We Com mend him to our friends as in every way worthy, of their highest confi dence. ' ' .' - a ue marquis or uonegai had an mi - - . . income of 13,400 a year. He lived well, however, and got along very nicely until his indebtedness footed op a total of 12,594,425, when he went into bankruptcy. The financial ability whioh oould build up such a whaling indebtedness on such an in come most have been of a superior order. AH iRtSBmlNO fClSB. The mind reader, Irving Bishop, had won wide notoriety during hia life, and in his death has given wide notoriety to the physioians who per formed , the hasty autopsy on bis body.. The autopsy was made, it seems, within five hours after Bish op's supposed death, and made with out consulting with or asking the consent of his wife or mother, both of whom were in Philadelphia with in easy reach of telegrams. When they received the announcement of his death tbey' hastened to New York and found that his body had been dissected by a Dr. Erwin, who seems to be a devotee to .soienoe, and two other physioiana whom be had oalled in to assist him. ; This discovery horrified the wife and al most erased the mother, who ve hemently declared and still declares that her son was not dead, that ' he was simply in a cataleptic tranoe, to whioh he was subject, which he had inherited from her, and whioh he had frequently experienced. She de manded an investigation, denounced the doctors as murderers, and had the funeral whioh was to have taken place Friday last postponed till yes terday. On her demand the, three doctors were, summoned' before the coroner Friday lasS, who hejd them under $2,500 bond each, to appear at the inquest which was to be held yes terday. District Attorney Fellowe, on the part of the State, was' repre sented by counsel, at whose demand the coroner required the .$2,500 bond. ;'"rt:y Dr. Erwin in his zeal for science and bis eagerness to examine Bishop's braio, to' see whether it might afford any index to the solution of the mystery of his wondrous power, violated a State law whioh' prohibits the dissection of a body without the consent of relatives or friend?, and in the unseemly haste vio lated a usage of V the profes sion, who hold that twelve hours at least, should " elapse between the time of supposed death and the ap plication of the dissector's knife or saw. These doctors with their indis creet zeal, in addition to the un pleas ant notoriety tbey nave so unex pectedly achieved, are in a fair way to be prosecuted for violation of a plain Stale statute, which makes their act a misdemeanor, or to be in dicted and prosecuted for man slaughter. - To say the least of it, they are in a very awkward and un enviable predicament. If they escape without paying a more serious penal ty than the damaging notoriety they have attained, they will hereafter ex eroise doe precaution and keep with in the law, in their post mortem eur gical operations. It has been givenOBtafoa ABLB TO SrAND A I. ORE. fara8Mr-HaTri8on may have any so-called Southern polioy it will be to show favors to Southern proteo tioniets with a view to fostering the growth of a protection party, weak ening the Democratic party and breaking the "Solid South." While there are in the South some men who have acted with the Democratic party, who are interested io manu facturing enterprise, and hence fa vor a high protective tariff, their number and following is too small to become a potent factor in the politi cal contests of the future. Mr. Har rison may coquet with these gen tlemen and distribute small favors among tbem, but he mis6alculates if he counts upon building up an organ ization which will prove formidable to the Democratic party. If we conceded what the small number of Southern protection ists claim, that they are actuated not by selfish motives, but by broader and more patriotio sentiments, and if we conceded still further, to be sim ply accommodating, that a high pro tective tariff for protection solely, whioh is all wrong, is all right, then we would hold that however sincere they may be, they are pursuing the wrong course, and working to ulti mately accomplish the 'defeat of the very purpose which they profess to have in view the industrial building up of. the South. The developments of the past few years have amply de monstrated the ability of the South not ony to take care of herself in the industrial struggle but to get the ad vantage of her competitors on the other side of the line. The day was in the past . when the ootton went to the mill, and the mills were on the water courses of the Northern hills. -The day has come when the mill owner : who works for profits recognizes the ne cessity of coming to the ootton and planting his mill within- easy reach of it. In proof of this we have no record of a new cotton mill having been built within recent years any where in the milling districts of the North, while hundreds . have been; erected in the South, and millions of dollars' have been invested in them. Not only this, but some of the Wge oofton mills . of New England have been transferred to the South. Bat a few weeks ago one of the largest mills in Newburyport, Massachusetts, was removed to Spartanburg, S. CV, and one of the leading papers of Massachusetts, discussing the remo val, concludes that it is but the fore runner of the general removal which is inevitable. : - In the iron industry also the South has made gigantic strides, competing not only successfully with the iron mills of Pennsylvania, but compelling some of those mills to out prices to hold their own in the contest with their younger rivals. V'W hat do we gather from this? t What does' it show? Simply this;; that the South -which has "derived little or no pro- tcctionYrom a high protective tariff has built op her industries and com peted successfully .' against 'mills wbioh have reaped the benefit ..of a high protective - tariff for a quartet of a century. If the South has been able to hold ' her own and prosper without a protective - tariff in the" past she can do so in the future, and if her Northern competitors have found it a nip and took race c with her with all the advantages of the high protective tariff they would find it decidedly up ; hill climbing without it. If tariff protection be a neoessity for Northern it-is not for Southern manufacturers and ; the sooner the tariff be largely reduced the sooner the Northern manufac turer will seek Southern fields with the advantages they present, and plant himself here. It is- the tariff now whioh enables . them to stay where they are and oonttaue in busi ness' the profits of . which : depend mainly upon, the bounties they re ceive in the way of tax tribute from their customers. - The redaotion of the high tariff means the more speedy . transfer of Northern capital South ward and the more speedy develop ment of the South; and the Southern man who opposes it is doing all he can, though possibly innooenlly, in retarding that development. .,..: :p:.:,v. tnTBTurioa. : North Carolina is a great fruit and vegetable State from one end 7 to the other, and perhaps grows successful ly a greater variety of these than any other one State between the lakes and the gulf. Notwithstanding this, our people are dependent for canned goods of this kind almost entirely up on northern canneries. Within the paBt couple of years a few have been established in this State, whioh be gan in a small way with a limited, oapital, but they have succeeded, and find ready purchasers for their goods. There is a wide field for profitable investment in this business and no danger of overstocking the 'market for years to oome. The field need not be limited to North Carolina, for with the superiority of our fruits es pecially, if properly - canned, tbey will find a ready sale in other States The City of Oaks is evidently not content with the privilege of being tbe Capital of the State where our Siate eolona do biennially congre gate. She has caught on to the spirit of progress .which is abroad in tbe Southland and is branching out in industrial enterprises. The last is gpeedyPOtinn 1 of which is assured, and whioh is baoked mainly by home oapital. There is no good reason why Raleigb, centrally located as she is, in a good tributary oountry, and with excellent railroad facilities should not become a manufacturing centre of considera ble importance. There are some of her citizens of progressive type who evidently- think so from the ear nestness and zeal with which they discuss and take hold of projected enterprises of an industrial character. The clatter of machinery makes rack et, but it is a better thing for a town to bank on tbau State House oratory. The Charlotte Newt, of 20th, in forms us that one of Charlotte's revolutionary landmarks went up in smoke Saturday night. It was the old building in which Gen. Corn wallis for a time made headquarters, which a year or so ago was removed from its site on Tryon street to make rpom for another building. It was rolled out of town, where with cold indifference to Us historic ante cedents it was converted into a barn, for whioh it was being used: when it went up in a blaze Saturday night. Tanner is getting there. The pension appropriation is already ex hausted. But, ther, it only amount ed to the paltry sum of $81,750,000. This is contemptibly insignificant. Why not appropriate $1,000,000,000, and pension not only the headless, legless and armless "veterans" but all their executors, administrators and assign? Make Corporal Tanner ex-offioio Treasurer of the United States with power to : act. By . the way, the Corporal says the Southern States should pay millions, for pen sions to Federal soldiers and then pension their own soldiers besides. Generous Tanner! ' Pamlico county must be a healthy resort for rattlesnakes. The editor of the Bayboro Tribune announoes the arrival in that town of one wbfoh was "somewhere between eight and fifteen feet iu length" but his indis position to oultivate a closer ac quaintance prevented him from mak ing a more . aocurate measurement. With a strange disregard of preva lent oustom he : failed to record the number of "bnttona" his soakeship wore on his uniform... ; : A final cry for Blere Wm ' has been going up from the f orlweet for a good many years. But the cry is not for pale, haggard, debilitated women. Tbe pushing western men are not anxious for beauty, but they nead healthy wives. A great cry for health is continually going up from thousands of women, young and old. all over the earth. Counties! remillesbave eprjeared in answer A few have succeed ed, and none hold a higher place than Dr; Pierce's Favorite Prescription, a secure if" .th0B?, pecBUar Weaknesses'' aid .distressing ailments peculiar to the sex. f tiiis masons Convocation mt the eruS Royal Area v CHaptcr oftNsrtfe Carolina '. The Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of North Carolina 'convened In Its forty- first annual Convocation at St. John's Hall' in this city last night, and was opened In solemn, form at 8 o'clock. The Grand Officers present were Geo H Bell, Grand High Priest; Morris M Kate, Deputy G HP; Francis M Moye, Grand King; Eugene S Martin, Grand Scribe; Robert H Bradley, ,; Grand Treasurer; Donald W; Bain, Grand Secretary; Alfred; H Stubbs, Grand Chaplain; Edward P Powers, G C of the Host; Benj P Briggs,' G P S; Dan iel P Most, GBAQ; Henry OFagg, as GM8d V; John A Porter,' as G M 2d V; -Andrew J Blair,"; as - G M 1st V; T H Johnson, Grand Tiler j HH Hanson, Jos Southgate, Engene Grissom, Geo W Blount, Past Grand High Priests; A J Blair, Past Grand King; Samuel, Northrop, P G" Scribe. . W W Allen, J D ; Bullock and S D Wait (Companions), were appointed the Committee on Credentials, whose final . reports were . submitted and adopted. - --' j The Grand High Priest delivered his address, whioh ' was; on motion of Companion Eugene Grissom re ferred to a: eo.mmlttee which ' the Deputy Grand .H. P.. announced , as follows: Companion E Grissom, Jas Southgate and H H Mnnson. The standing committees were, an nounced as follows: - On Charters and : Dispensations- W W Allen, A J Howell and J E KapU ner. - - - . 1 On Unfinished Business 8 C Wells, W M Klng'and J A Porter. On Returns ' of Chapters-Samael Northrop, H C Fagg and F L Jacobs. Companion E 8 Martin, on behalf of Concord Chapter No 1, Wllming ton, extended a cordial greeting to the visitors, to whioh the Grand HP, on behalf of the Grand Chapter.made a suitable response. Committee on Credentials reported Chapters represented as follows Concord No. 1-A J Howell H P, W H Chadbourn K, S G Hall S. Phmnix No. 2 Edward -J Powers proxy-4or officers . Raleigh No. 10 Eugene Grlssomi H P.iS D Wait proxy for K, B H Bradley proxy for S. - : Chorazin No. 18-Wm W Allen proxy for H P, Jacob E Kantners S. Winston No. 24-D P Most H P. Mt Lebanon No. 27 S C Weles H P, J D Bullock, proxy forS Durham No. 48 Jos Southgate HP. . ' . v - ; Greenville No. 50 -W M King K. Asheville No. 25-J A Porter, H P. H C Fagg proxy for King, F It Jacobs proxy for Scribe. The report of tha Committee on Work was made tbe special order for to-day at 10 o'clock After the business meeting the brethren were invited to partake of a collation which was enjoyed and ap predated. " . Grand High, Priest George EL Bell presided at tbe morning session of the Grand Chapter yesterday. On motion - of (omp. H fl Mnnson all Royal Arch Masons in good stand ing were invited to attend npon the deliberations of the Annual Conven bnmotion oTc'omp.o w Alexander tion. I the special order, being the report of the Committee on Work, was post poned until called np the Grand High Priest - On motion of Comp. E-. S Martin a Committee on Necrology was ordered to be raised. Companions Jas Booth gate, A J Blair and W A Blair were appointed as such committee. ' Comps. H. H. Munson and S. H. Northrop were appointed on the Committee on Finance in place of absent members. The Grand Secretary submitted his report, which was accepted, and so much as related to revenue was re ferred to the Committee on Finance. The Grand Treasurer's report was submitted and referred to the Com mittee on Finance. '."..'' Reports of standing ' committees were presented and adopted. Comp. Jas. Southgate introduced the following resolution whioh was adopted: - Resolved; That the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the Pro vince of New Brunswick be and it is hereby recognized - by the Grand Chapter of North Carolina, and fra ternal relations be established by the appointment of Grand Representa tives. - - - .. - The Grand High Priest, on behalf of the Committee on Work, submit ted the report of that committee. Pending discussion, on motion - of Comp. H. H. Mnnson, further con sideration of the report was post poned until the next annual convoca tion ; and the committee was con tinued. ".;;-:-:'-' : . . Comp. Jas South gate4 for the Com mittee on Necrology, asked and ob-r tained leave to prepare the report of that committee for publication in the proceedings. The Grand Chapter proceeded to. the election of Grand Officers, and!, the following were chosen: G H Priest M M Katz. 1 Deputy G H P F M Moye. i Grand King E S Martin. - - Grand Scribe H O Fagg. : Grand Treasurer Wm Simpson. ' . Grand Secretary D W Bain. Grand Chaplain A H Stuff. - Grand Captain of the Host Ed P PowersT. -. . ; On motion of Comp. E S Martin, a committee was. appointed on time and place of holding the next Annual Convention, and H. C. Fagg, Eugene Grissom and S. G. Hall were ap pointed.. .: . .. - ..: if ;. , Pomps, as. Southgate, W. W. Allen and D. P. Mast were appointed Grand Representatives. , - ' ; A recess was then taken until 8 p. m. when the Grand Chapter reassem bled, the Grand High Priest presid ing. . " The committee to consider the time and place lor holding the next an nual convocation reported that they bad selected Asheville, N. 0., and the second Tuesday in June, 18$0. r ' ' ; Comp. James Southgate, from the committee to arrange for the installa tion of Grand officers, reported that M E George H Bell would: perform that service. . t ' , The Grand High Priest-elect made the following appointments:- v G P Sojourner W W Allen. GRAO-DPMast. - GUI 8d Vail Geo H King. G M 2d Vail Jas D Bullock G M 1st Vail W A Blair ' XJrand Tiler W D Shope. V M E Comp Geo H Bell Installed the Grand officers, assisted by M E Comp H H V unison as Grand filarshal. The G M 8d Vail, the Grand Tiler and the Grand Treasurer-elect being absent, their installation was deferred. " The Brand High Priest r appointed; the following committees: : ; ; . - On Juris prndence Comps. Eugene Grissom, P G H P; H H Munson, P G H P; and C W Alexander, P G H P. - On Foreign Correspondence Comps. James Southgate, P G JH P; Geo H Bell, P G HP; and A H Stubbs. On Finance-Comps. 'J A Porter, S O Wells, Geo W Blount. ' . On motion of Comp. H H Hanson; the expenses of the. Committee on Foreign Correspondence In attending this convocation wete ordered paid. - On motion of Comp. G H Bell .the committee appointed at the last con vocation to take, into consideration the advisability of changing the oon stitutioa with a view of holding bi ennial convocations,' was discharged from farther consideration of the sub ject, v"; ? 'r V V: '" r . On motion, the thanks of the Grand Chapter wdre nnanimonsly extended , to the retiring G H Priest, to companions of Wilmington, N O, to railroads ahdl,to the Orton House. - The : Grand Chanter havinsr con- cludjed its labors the . proceedings were read and approved and the Grand Chapter was then closed in solemn form At 4:15 p m. . . JLPlSCOFAZyCysrKNT10N, DclesatcalB AtieadaMee Ope Blag; Ser ine a tr Kev. Tbaa Atainaocw The annnal Council of the Diocese of East Carolina convened in this city yesterday at St. James' Church. The Convention was opened with reading of the Litany by Bishop Watson, af ter whioh the council was called ' to order by him. Rev. N. Harding read the morning prayer, assisted by Rev. R. 15. Drane. " The sermon - was preached by Rev. Thos. Atkinson, of Fayetteville, and the r Holy Com munion was administered by 7 the Bishop assisted by Rev. J. C. Huske, D D., Rev. N. C. Hughes" and Rev. V. W. Shields. - ; After service the Convention assem bled and the following delegates responded to their names: : -, Clerical Revs Thos Atkinson, Fayetteville; Jas Carmichael, Wil mington; P . W Cassey, New Bern; Chas T Coerr, Wilmington; R B Drane, Eden ton; , Lather Eborn, Creswell's; I Harding, Kinston; N Harding, Washington; T B Hangh- ton, Williamston; ; Jas N Hlllyer, Goldsboro; NC Hughes, Choeowini ty; J G Huske, Fayetteville: W L Mellicbampe, South Mills; N E Price, Bath; V W. Shields, New Bern; F N Skinner, Hertford; Robert Strange, Wilmington; J W Turner, Clinton.. Lay G O Gaylord, Bath; Henry Wingate, Trinity; F B Williston, Fay etteville; R R Gotten, WB Brown, Greenville; D F Wooten, Kinston; John Hughes. Geo H Roberts,' John Dunn, J B Brown, HW Thompson, Newbern; T S Armistead, Plymouth; Wilson G Lamb, Williamston; A G Walker, Cresswell, and A J DeRosset, Wm H Green, Gabriel Holmes, RE Heide, HS Smallbones, R H Pickett, Wilmington. It was resolved that the hoars for business be from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. and from 4 p. m. to 7 p. m. At 1 o'clock the Council ad journed, and met a-ain in the after noon, at which the regular routine business of the Council was trans acted. Last night services were held in St James' Church. - The Convention meets In regular session this morning at 10 o'clock. CrtaBtB,al Caart. '-r-': The Criminal Court lor New Han over county met yesterday, with His Honor Judge Meares on the . bench and Solicitor Moore and other officials of the Court in attendance. , A grand jury was drawn for the term as follows: C W Yates, foreman, W H Sholar, J L Barker, Robt W Bordeaux; G F Tllley, A D Malloy, John A Barker, Wm Struthers, O C Vernon, T B Lippitt, Chas Craig, Jr, M W Hanklns. " -' The following cases were disposed of: - " ' ' W. B. Davis, G Herring; affray. Case submitted. Judgment suspend ed as to Herring; Davis fined five dollars Costs to be paid by both. D. D. Cameron; appeal from magis trate's court, A verdict of not guilty was ordered by the Court. X " Edward Edwards; assault and bat tery with a deadly weapon.Def endant submitted. Judgment: six months in House of Correction. . ;, ".: , Wm. Fisher, Ed. Fhiher ; larceny. Nol. pros, with leave. ' " ' v Geo. Washington; false pretences. Verdict guilty; judgment not "pro nounced. ' , . Jayid King; larceny. Verdict guilty; . judgment not pronounoed. : At 5 p.m. the Court took a recess until 10 a. m. to-day. Fcreeaai. : As Major Daffy is almost an entire stranger to the people of Wilmington, the annexe notice will be read with interest and is printed without the knowledge of Maj. D.: 1- "Major P. F. Duffy, f who was for a long time . associate editor of the Charlotte Observer, haatoeepted a position on the staff of the Wilming ton Stab, and is already at work on that paper. This writer worked side by side with Major "Duffy '.for. four years, acd knows that in the' person Of Majoi Duffy the Stab has . secured the services of a sterling gentleman,' an earnest - worker and a - oapital writer. . The Stab seldom makes a mistake, and it. certainly did not make one - when it 1 oalled Major Duffy to its staff." Referring to the roeent change in the . associate editorship : Of ' the Stab, the Raleigh Call says: 'But his mantle has fallen upon . pne who will prove as fully able to wear it as any man who may be found in North Car olina. Maj. Daffy has for a long time been a popular and favorite journal ist in this State. Wherever he goes the force of his opinion is felt and its influence apparent. The STAB - has both lost and gained.1 - -i- . : When everything else falls. Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures. - -Vv- t Our con temporary, -the Messenger, i appeared Sunday, partly printed from new type, and states" that the new ! dress will be completed this week. The new type If clear-cut and hand some, and the paper "now has a new head, both typographically and per-r sonally; Under the new proprietor-' ship the Jfes8enger has the following to say of itself under the caption M A Few Plain. Words": ; :, -'r We greet oar readers thla morninfl- In a suit of new type.. - , v. ? xne juessenaer irm in irr than a month have; been r two years In Wil mington; long enough to- entitle it to a place as one of -the institutions of the eity.- - "' - '--.v-':'. The services of the Messenger td the city of Wilmington, In every depart ment of interest, have been of the highest order of energetlo effort and proficient performances ; The value of the paper to the peo. 51e here could hardly be estimated 'he progress and development of en terprises under Its stimulus, is unpre cedented in the history of this town. We mention these things by way of .saying that there most exist better reciprocal relations, between the va rious interests here, and' the Messen ger, or none at alL Two years' time is ample trial-test for the public Judgment, and for tbe determination and distribution of the business patronage. ' - And . if the - trade and commercial interest of Wilmington desire to retain the services of such a paper, they r will - have to : make np their- minds to accord -it a living support.- '. - , , -. - . --, v -: Al though oomlng here with a large established subscription list, and foreign advertising patronage of twenty years standing, the Messenger has been . published daily ' here, for two years, at an average loss of nearly ten tnousana aouars a year, Deoause adequate and appropriate local - pat ronaee has been withheld from It. And to this deficit, Is to be added the clear profit of six thousand, dollars a year whioh the Messenger was making Deiore it came to Wilmington. -: A newspaper Is a local manufactur ing concern; as well as an advocate and public promoter of the commu nity, its revenues are tne consolida ted contributions from a wide ranee of territory. JBxoept In the matter of wmte paper ana printing Hut. Dotn together comparatively insignificant, the entire cost of production is an ex penditure for the local benefit. With in the past twenty-three months the Messenaer has collected from abroad and disbursed .into the various chan nels of Wilmington f our times as much money as its patronage in this city amounted to. And while all the ba Biness and material Interests have thns benefitted through us not one . dollar has there profited a single In terest of . the Messenger. The paper has been sustained, at the sacrifice of its owners; and the labors that con trolled and directed it are without a dollar's compensation. We are thns plain at the threshold of a marked Improvement in the paper; wnen we are putting it npon a new financial basis, and starting it on a career of renewed vigor, because we want the whole business public to on derstand us. We hold the field, unoccupied and unimpaired, of the former progress and prosperity of the Messenger, and will not linger and labor nere, un supported and unrequited, to pro mote ana magnify interests so amply able to sustain and support a news paper commensurate with the com meroiai pretensions of the place. Wartkr ar a medal The schooner Stonewall, Capt. A. S. Moore, arrived in the city Sunday afternoon having on board Capt. Blood good and crew of - the schooner Packet,an& Mr. Chas. Moore and fam ily, passengers eight persons in all whom Capt. Moore had saved from the wreck of the schooner Packet Sat urday afternoon about 8o'islookv Capt. Moore left Wilmington on the 18th inst. bound for New River, but had to lay-to at Corn Cake Inlet and wait for wind. On Saturday afternoon, the schooner Packet, Capt. Bloodgood, bound in from Swansboro, struck on the bar and began leaking. In a short while it was evident to Capt. Bloodgood that she oould pot be gotten off. His , boat being too small and useless, he signalled for assistance, and all hands took to the water, clinging to the sides for sup port. Capt. Moore, of the Stonewall, put oat In'a small boat to rescue the people, and on n earing the wrecked vessel he saw it would be impossible to go along side, owing to the heavy sea. But seeing women and children struggling in the water, he was not the man to turnback until he' had exhausted ' every effort, and as long, as there was any chance to save them; he, therefore, plunged into the boiling surf,tleaving his men with the boat, and succeeded . alone In bringing off the women and chil drenfive in all and safely, landing them on shore, when thelboat went back for the men and crew of the TesseL r"l :- ;' Capt. Moore's action was heroic Those eight persons were entirely at the mercy of the sea, and the feat of rescuing them was one of great danger. . The schooner Packet was loaded with turpentine and consigned to Messrs. Morton 6c Hail. Owing to the nature of the cargo, most of it may be saved, bat the vessel Is a complete, wreck. Capt. Bloodgood is an old sailor of ripe experience and the grounding of. his vessel was no fault of his, the tide being lower than he could see, and besides aheavy sea was running outside and it was im possible to lay-towhere be was. His vessel was about nine tons - burden and was valued at $500. "1 ' a Tvrpentlae Weil, j - - The alleged 'discovery of a spirits turpentine well In Georgia has stirred up the naval stores men in that State. The well Is near Donaldson, in Lau rens ; county, is sixty feet deep and was used to supply water to a still. The owner says he has dipped four teen barrels ' from the well, and has not exhausted it How the spirits got into the well has not been ex plained. The Savannah News says of the discovery that it has not un settled the naval 'stores market and is not likely to until more informa tion is had on the subject of turpen tine wells. The fact that turpentine Is a distilled product of the pine tree makes it difficult for most people to understand ' how it could get into a well unless it was poured there. Tha Boise Baita. The papers in the case of W. T. Hodge against a number of railroad companies in the State (mentioned la the Stab press dispatches yesterday) are made returnable to the Superior Court of Wake county on the 21st day of October, 1889. "Papers -were sent down to Sheriff Manning yesterday to serve on the W. " 6s W, Carolina Central- and W- tC; & A. railroads. Messrs.; Spier Whltaker and Armis tead Jones are Hodge's.attorneys. - r Read advertisemenCof Otterburn Lithi Water in this paper. - Unequalled for Dys-1 pepsia and all diseases of kidney and blad der. Price within reach of all i r . - MP AS If I NO TO tV. ;? i Preeltfeatlal Appointment Aavleee from Ramoa Arrival or Stalpwreekea Oflteers Bfen at San Francisco. Washington. Mav 20 The President to-day appointed James BIy the, of North Carolina, to be Indian Agent at tbe East-' era Cherokee Agency in North Carolina. Washington. May : 20. Commander Walker, who is Acting Secretary of tbe Navy, to-day received the following des patch from Capt. Farquhar, who .com manded the Trenton : r -. i --'u , i i s.. -: "San Fkahcisoo. : Mav SO. Arrived. steamer Rockton, bound for Mare Island, with Capt. Farquhar, Lieutenants Brown, Reamy. Scott; Passed Assistant Engineers Main. Gait, Matthews ;Chaplain McAllister: Assistant Surgeon White, Boatswain Mo Laughton, Carpenter Feraold; Bailmaker BoDtweii, or .ine Trenton ; Liteutenanu Conlio, Wilson, Culver; Ensigns Gibbons. Heath; enter. .Engineer ureene; rassea Assistant Engineer - Webster; Surgeon Harvey, of tbe Vandalia; Ensign Field, of the NiDsie. Three hundred and three men from the ' Trenton and - one hondred and ."forty-one from : the Vandalia, seven men and jseventy-slx - officers, were left at Samoa to finish the work of wreck ing. -The Admiral wishes a vessel sent for them. Steamers from Auckland are con venient, if the Department can arrange to have them call at Apia. The Admiral has issued a proclamation to the Samoans, ad vising peace, and armies are disbanding to await the result of the Berlin Conference. There is a famine among the natives caused by the destruction of crops during the re-, cent hurricane. The Admiral requests au thorityto issue rations to them. I am order ed to Washington, and will start as soon as possible. - - . , Fabstthar." ' As sometime must elapse before the next mail steamer leaves for Samoa,' authority necessary to enable Admiral Kimberey to issue rations cannot be Sent immediately. Washington. May 21. As far as can be learned the Department of State has not yet been officially advised of the reoorted hitch in the Samoan conference- Promi nent officials of the Department, when ap- proacned to-day. fliUy declined to say anything about the matter, as in their view discussion of the subject under negotiation would violate diplomatic proprieties. . Doubtless the United States representa tives have broached the subject of the re storation of Malietoa, as their instructions were presumably colored by the debates in tne last congress taking una stand, - out just how far they -are i Detracted to persist in their contention cannot be learned. " Washington, Mav 28. News from San Francisco is to the effect that while there is reason to believe that the new cruiser Charleston will ultimately succeed in ful filling the contract requirements, much re mains to be done npon tbe vessel, and pro bably at the government's expense, before tuus upwuuun u ra&uzeUa . ' ILLINOIS. DanaaglBK Dtaeloaeuree at tbe Coek Co. Iaaaaa Aeylaaa iBTcetizatlon The Troaale wltb tbe Ooal niaera. , By Telesrapta to tbe Horning Star. Chicago, May 28. In the inquiry as to the state of affairs at the Cook County In sane Asylum to-day, Dr. Cleven ger, for merly a member of tne medical staff there, testified that it was impossible for a regu lar practitioner or attendant to stay there. The most disreputable ones were the ones to stay, because they devoted more time to intrigue -tne uisreputaDle ones of the bet ter element, by eitner pnyslcal violence or other means. In 1888, said be. the physicians who eeeured bodies at the asylum for dis section, told me the bodies were so covered with vermin that they had to be scorched before being nut on the dissection table. Once, in 1885, 1 heard screams of pain, and running from my omca-found two atten dants standing over a patient named Heitz berg, who was bleeding profusely. I knew there was no use in making any complaint, as tbe attendants were supported by John Cummings' influence on tbe county board. Soon after they rebelled and refused to obey my orders. - They secreted bodies on wnica i -desired to bold post mortem ex aminations, and I could not get them for two or three days after they were buried. Joijbt, May 23 The coal miners of the Twelfth district of the National Progress sive union met in convention here yester day. Operators were invited to the meeting but refused lo attend, 't. Work nrcoscended in the district, -owing to tbe proposed re duction in wages of ten cents per ton. The miners offer to accept a reduction of 2f cents per ton. which would make wages 77i cents, tbe basis upon which the Ohio and . Pennsylvania miners have settled. Operators claim they cannot compete with machine mined coal at that rate. Resolu tions were adopted at a late hour last night offering to submit to arbitration if the pro position to accept 2 cents reduction should not avail, and affirming their pur pose to fight to a finish if arbitration is re i acted by tbe operators. They call upon locomotive engineers and firemen to refuse to haul coal from mines worked -under lower prices and npon all organized labor to refuse to handle coal shipped from such places. ;- .. Jouxt. May 22 Word has been re ceived from Braid wood that the miners at that place are parading the streets with arms, threatening to burn the mines and shoot all who go to. work at under prices. The sheriff left here for Braidwood with a posse at noon. REM A ILK ABLE B, UN. A New ftieaaaar of tbe Hamanrc Paeket XiUsa makes tbe Faateat Flrat Trip Ban ever aaaae Aerosa tba Atlantic. ' By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. New Tobx, May 19. The new turret screw steamer, of the Hamburg Packet Line, Augusta Victoria, named after the Empress of Germany, has just completed the most remarkable, because the fastest, first trip ever made across the Atlantic by any steamer. Taking off four hours, which the steamer was delayed on the 17th and 18th, because of heated journals, and the actual time between Fastnet and Sandy Hook lightship would be five days twenty two hours and thirty minutes, or better than the .great voyage of - the new ocean greyhound. City of . Paris. Her best run, 474 knots, was made on the 18th. :. '.. STATE UNI VERS1TT. Preparation for tba Centeatalal Cele ' -.- brbUoau ' Raxeigh, May - 21. The centennial of the University of North Carolina will be celebrated Jane 5. A memorial address wlil be delivered by Senator M. W. Ran som. : Responses from alumni in twenty nine States snd Territories assure tbe grand est occasion in the history t the Universi ty. The alumni dinner will be spread in the chapel, and the oldest alumnus, a class mate of President James R. Polk, will pre side.' - - v - . -In the evening the roll of alumni will be called by classes. Representatives of lead ing universities and alumni from all over the Union will attend. - ? - , ; -:. There is every prospect of crowds much larger than wLen Presidents JPolk, Bucha nan and Johnson visited the University. BALEIQH, N. V. Oaeet tbe Moat Extraordinary Salts oa Record. Raleigh, May 21. Qne of the most ex traordinary suits on record was instituted in tbe Superior Court here this evening by W. T. Hodge, a citizen of this county. . It setms thtkt about twenty years ago a statute was enacted requiring, all railroads opera ling in the State to make annual reports of business to the Governor of the State, and failure to make such reports made the rail roads liable to a penalty of $500, which should go to any citizen who should sue for it. The statute has never been observed by the railroads, and Hodge instituted suit this evening against forty railroads to get the penalty. If successful (be will gain an ag gregate amount of $80,000. ' M18SOUB1. Great Flood In Grand Hirer Great Deatraetioa at Property and ! of iafe Reporid.---;4;ic: -'--'-'uC- Chillioothb, May 21. Grand river, near here, is greatly swollen and the bot toms are flooded. Great damage and some loss of life is reported. - Three teams and wagons were found lodged in drift wood around the bridge at Jlmtown, three miles southeast of this city, and taken out two of the teams alive. It is feared the drivers have perished. All ferry boats on Grand river have been washed away and the bridges are unapproachable. , '-- , - : Spirits Turpentine. - LiUmberton HohAxnninn . t. now a settled fact that a fine passenger dn. ty" " in n ciEvvcu vj tuo U. Jr. OS j v Railway Co, in Fayetteville. It will he located on Franklin street we hear an ' nui w Tory largo sou eiegant one. w have not seen tha rirwinoq hnt v.... v. told that it will be an ornament to the city. - m r . ... Pearson meeting was well attended this morning. Many of our business houses closed their doors in order that their clerks might attend. The Greensboro Dis trict Conference of the M. B Church, South will meet at Madison next Thursday morn ing. Bishop Granberry, of St. Louig, will preside. ' - Newton Enterprise: The recent late dry spell was very bad on clover and spring oats, but it was4he very thing to give cotton and corn on low land a start Jacobs Fork township has a man, Dal yidToder. who is 01 years old, and yet shoots squirrels with a rifle, and his neigh bors say he can cope with any of the dots in markmanship. Goldsboro Argus: Tbe "Shoo Flay" train on the W. & W. road now takes mail from this postofflce in bulk di- rect for Wilmington, but takes none for way distribution, and brings mail in bulk ' for this place from Wilmington in the evenlnir. Thta will nrnsa nt 4VVA A t r- - va nicai vUU 'Venience to our citizens, as they can have wan uuiumunicauon wiin Wilmington in tbe morning and get a reply in the even ing. . .-. ; j ' Smithfield Herald '. We hear that some of the farmers in this section are having a great deal of trouble in getting a good stand of cotton. We regret to chronicle tbe death' of Mr. Needham Barnes, which sad event occurred at his -borne near here Wednesday evening about 4 o'clock. Beventy cottages were de stroyed at Woodland by children setttng paper on fire. Another case like Smith field, children and fire getting mixed and the town destroyed. . . . Salisbury Watchman'. The knit ting mill is now in operation on stockings, Tbe subject of electric lights is now before tbe new Board of Aldermen. Davidson graduates bore off three of the four gold medals awarded at Princeton Se minary this year. Mr. Mac Harrison - received from across the ocean on Sunday morning the finest two year old colt that most of our citizens ever saw. We did not learn the breed, but be was coal black and weighed lOOOpbs. Troy Ttdette: Messrs; Clark & Co. of this place have purchased 1,600 wv.vw v. uuw IU muiuvi I1UU, I) ill Q U(Jlil a mile south of Troy, from Col J II. Da vie of 1 Dorado. The price paid, we learn, was $4,000. Last Wednesday evenings shocking accident happened to Willie, a little son of Mr. Alex Deaton. The little fellow was riding a skittish mule. . which became unmanageable, when the boy was thrown violently to the ground, falling on his bead with such force ss to fracture tbe skull. Until Sunday little hope of bis recovery was entertained, but since then we are glad to learn, his condition bas grown more favorable, and now it is thought he will live. Concord Times: The strawberry crop is immense. Msny wagons were in town Thursday morning from Stanly and the surrounding country. The demand for corn was the chief reason for their be ing here. The wagon factory boom is progressing finely. Mr. All man tells us that over $3,000 has already been sub scribed. Mrs. Dr. John Fink has an old coffee mill that has been in continual use for over half a century. It is still in good working order and is in daily use. Mr. Charles J. Harries, whose death we an nounce this week, is the last of the appoint ed State escort who accompanied Gen. La fayette through the State on his last visit to America This delegation consisted of three Cabarrus citizens, CoL Coleman, Gen. Means and Mr. C. J. Harris. : Bayboro Tribune; Tbe Farmers Alliance in Pamlico is flourishing and growing stronger every day. Our Free will Baptist friends of the thriving little town of Trent, this county, are just putting on the -finishing touches to a large and handsome place of worship in that town. Oar jecentbT-.ereclea' M. JLCnurch;-" South, is an imposing structure and adds much to the appearance of Bayboro. Our new Missionary Baptist Church which has just been completed and which was dedicated a few Sundays ago, Is an orna ment to Bayboro and a credit to those who aided in its erection. Pamlico county is growing more prosperous every year. ' The acreage of farming land is rapidly in creasing; the forests and lowlands are be ing converted into magnificent farms and tbe condition of our farmers generally is much improved. Maxton Union: Our Baptist friends have organized a Sunday School in Maxton, with Mr. Charles Stewart as Superintendent and Mr, J. B. Weatherly Secretary and Treasurer. Mr . J. M. Graham, who was in town yesterday, in formed us that an old man named Lom mon was found dead in Richmond county1 near Pike, on last Sunday. He was a shoe maker by trade and traveled from place to place, doing odd jobs, and while there is some mystery as to his death yet there are no suspicions of foul play. Tne C. C. Railway is displacing the old "clap-trap" iron rail with fifty-pound steel rail at the rate of three-quarters of a mile a day. Caatains Doolv and Klmnra havn iht nt Bn-v-nr nno mnn limn.. ... i. .. tbe work. They expect to reach Pates within a month and then the C. O. will have steel rail along its entire line. ' - -!- Charlotte' News: Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Steele, who live on the Lawyer's road, near town, went to Craighead school house yesterday, and when they returned tney iouna mat weir resiaence naa neen robbed. A thief had gained entrance , through a window, and had ransacked a trunk, securing Mrs. Steele's purse and $25 45 in cash. Warrants are out for sus pected parties. A ripple of excite ment was created on the streets yesterday afternoon by the arrest of a young man named Henry J. Nelson, who had been employed for a year as clerk in the dry goods ho use of H. Baruch. He was ar rested npon the charge of larceny acd a clean case of. stealing was made out against him and he confessed his guilt. The young man comes of a fine family in the North, and had been in Mr. Barnch's employ for a year. So far as is known there was no necessity for him to steal, and his friends account for his wrong doing simply on tha ground of kleptomania.' Durham Sun; Mr, J. F. Con rad, a merchant of this place,' stepped into Mr. P. Mo Williams' harness shop about six o'clock yesterday afternoon, and while in there was stricken with a partial stroke of paralysis on his right side, losing the use of his right leg entirely.: A fiBhinsr party returning from Reuse river yesterday, on the O. ds C. road, witnessed a very ex citing scene. When the train was ap proaching Eleby creek, three horses took the track in front of tbe engine as if de termined to have . a racing frolic Tbey ran in this way for quite half a mile. The engineer blew J)is whistle and the fireman rang the1 bell and made a terrible noise, but the horses kept the track and ran ont on the trestle about twenty feet. Their legs went through and they piled up in a heap. The train was stopped, and they were taken from their perilous position by tbe train hands. They were badly bruised and skinned np, but no limbs were broken. We hear that they belonged to Mr. Bart Durham. :,.- - - , Washington Progress : ' Our farmer friends report that crops are good considering the backward spring. Mr. W. i. Oahoon, of Kilkenny, Hyde county, recently lost 27 hogs in a few days. It does not seem to be the cholera The town commissioners -have levied a special tax of $85 each upon all persona buying cotton on our streets. The newly elected Board of Town Commis sioners met -Tuesday night and f perfected the organization of the town government by electing Mr. John H. Small, Mayor; E, T. 8tewart, Chief of Police; John Burgess,. Clerk. and John B. Sparrow, Treasurer. The recent wet weather in this section has greatly retarded farming. At Fairfield the water has been up for three weeks, thereto scarcely a farmer but has part of his crop, and some all to plant over again. It is feared that some will lose their en tiro crops, f On Sunday night, 81st April,. , three young men near Fairfield, - Hyde county, attempted to personate the White Caps. They pounced upon two boys, one of whom was armed with a . razor, he be gan slashing and slightly wounded one of them, cutting his clothes in several placet.