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THIS GRAND 1KI1I
There is evidence of dissatisfac
tion among some of the more high
toned members of the Grand Army
of the Republic the attitude which
it is being made to assume in refer
ence to party matters and to politics.
They do not like to see an 6rganiza.
tion which in its inception was a
commendable one brought - to base
uses, and made the oats-paw of de
signing politicians, nor do tney wish
to see it made sponsor to Tanner's
idiosyncrasies. They feel that it is
disgracing the Grand Army to iden
tify it with a man like Tnnr and
involve It in the scandals which he
has brought npon the pension bureau.
Under Tanner tbe distinction be
tween the soldier who served as a
soldier and was inspired by the
spirit of a soldier, and the mere bum
mer and mercenary hireling haabeen
obliterated, and all stand upon
the same level. It is an in
sult to the honorable soldier,
who served from honorable and
patriotic motives, under pretence of
befriending all soldiers. The honor
able soldier has a right to object to
this levelling process, which degrades
him and robs him of the meritori
ous distinction to which he is as an
. honorable soldier justly entitled. Tbe
part which the. Grand Army has
been made to play under the mani
pulation of politicions in espousing
the vagaries of Tanner, and assume
ins the position of his. .backer and
champion, has brought it into disre
pute with the better class of people
who looked to it as a noble organi
zation and cherished it as such, but
who have no, sympathy with the
tricksters who would plunder the
people to gain the favor of tbe mer
cenary element that may have found
a lodgement within that organiza
tion. As long as pensions were given to
soldiers who deserved and were en
titled to them, there was no person in
all the broad land to object to it, and
not- until abuses crept in and the let
ter and the spirit of the pension laws
began to be ' ignored was protest
heard from any quarter.
. The probabilities are that if the
pension rolls were sifted now it would
be found that a majority-of the
names upon it, those "gallant" and
"patriotic" "saviors of the Union"
would be found to be tbe names of
mere hirelings, who bore arms not
from love of country as the volun
teers did, but for tbe bounty they re
ceived as an inducement to bear
arms. After the first two years of
the war the voluntary spirit had pret
ty well died out, and in some of the
States "drafts" had to be resorted to
several times to fill the ranks of
. the army or to create new
armies. As inducements to en-
' list high bounties were offered
! by the States and counties, and by
the United States, and high premiums
were also paid for. substitutes by
; drafted men who did not wish to go
into the.army. It was thus in a great
measure the armies of the last two
years of the war were kept up. In
' 1863 Frank Leslie's illustrated News
bad an illustration of a recruiting
station in New York, which was re
cently reprinted by Fuck, that gives
a novel picture of the recruiting busi
1 ness in those days. A sign over the
door of . tbe recruiting station bore
upon it the following:'.
' 80.000 VOLtTATEBBS WANTED.
County bounty cash down ..(300
State bounty 75
United States bounty for new recruits. 802
- Total to new recruits. ... $077
United States bounty to veteran sol
diers extra 100
Tolal to veteran soldiers. ....... . . .$777
Fifteen dollais band money paid loany
ptrtywho bungs a recruit. '
The bonuses here offered brought
' out thousands of men whom nothing
butr the offer of money could bave
reached, and they took np arms,
not for tbe country which bought
their services but for tbe dollars that
country offered. The majority of
these were the floating scum of the
cities and town?, with thousands of
foreigners lured to these shores by
temptations of the large bounties
which were advertised . through
Europe by agents of recruiting agen
cies and who came like the Hessians
before them'' to fight for the pay
thev ' eot. . There were thousands
VOL. XX
upon , thousands of these foreigners,
many of whom knew no more
about this country nor of the cause
they were to fight for than they did
of China. And yet these 'men, or
their represntatives, are ; now de
manding and reoeiving the pensions
which should go to soldiers, and it is
in championing thecause of such as
these that the-Tannerites Save
brought such scandal upon the Pen
sion Bureau and placed the Grand
Army in such a disreputable atti
tude. No wonder that men of true
soldierly spirit feel that their organi
zation is being disgraced. .
AN IfriPVRTANT KVEiJf."
By the first day of the) new year,
orwithiq, a few days thereafter,' the.
uape Uear & Yadkin Valley Rail-
W87 will be completed and trains
running through from Mount Airy to
WiiWlUgloB;1''' Tft
event, in our opinion, one of the
most important that has occurred in
the-commercial history of "the City
by the Sea." The excessive rains of
last summer retarded onerations
Bomewhat, or, the work would bave
been completed by the middle of
December, but thereis now a large
force of laborers engaged in laying
the rails and ballasting as the rails
are laid, and ltis the calculation and
intention of. the company to have the
work finished and trains on the road
by the first of January, or within a
few days after, if work should be re
tarded by unfavorable weather.
There are few, if any, of our oiti-
zens who do not set a high estimate
on the value of this road as a tribu
tary to Wilmington's growth, pro
gress and prosperity, but there is not
one who Bets too hieh an estimate
upon it. It will bring Wilmington
in direct and speedy communication
with Central North Carolina, with a
great tobacco, grain, fruit, grass and
stock growing section second in fer
tility and agricultural possibilities
no portion of the State. It brings
her also in speedy connection with
the great coal and iron fields of the
Deep river, and also with the great
coal and iron fields of tbe Dan river
region, from both of which Wilming
ton can draw ample supplies of cheap
iron and cheap coal when she enters
upon the oareer of a manufacturing
City. These various industries, giv
ing employment to large amounts of
capital and large numbers of indus
trious mechanics and others, wilt not
only be possible but feasible, which
but for this could not be seriously
bought of.
But the benefits in tbe near dis
tance do not stop bere, for this road
is not going to run into the ground
at Mount Airy, and stop there. It is
only a question of one or two years
at farthest, when it will have three
oonnectioos, North, Northwest and
Northeast; one by a bracoh road
now under construction by th9 Nor
folk and Western Railroad Compan
ny, from their road, to a point on tbe
Virginia line four miles distant from
Mount Airy, where it will meet and
connect with the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley, when extended to
that point. Another branch of this
same road further westward will
give connection via the Norfolk and
Northwestern, with a road running
directly to Louisville, Ky., and there
with the Western system of roads.
This will make it the shortest and
quickest route of trade and travel
between the South Atlantic seaboard
and the West. As we ;see it this
means a good deal for Wilmington
as a point of import and ex
port, and we do not see
why her commerce, and shipping
bnsiness should not be immensely in
creased by it. Another Northern
connection will be by the Roanoke
and Southern, upon which work is
now in rapid progress on both the
North Carolina and Virginia sides
of the line. Within a year this road
will be completed through to Mar
tinsville, Va., and within another
year on to Roanoke. This will also
make one of tbe shortest routes
South, direct to Wilmington.
Then with the road extended
northwestward through the Yadkin
Valley, one of the finest agricultu
ral regions in tbe South, on to the
Tennessee line, to conneot with the
Tennessee system, there-will be an
other Northwestern connection and
a through line and a short one from
that direction to Wilmington. The
completion of this branch will be
accomplished at no very distant day,
and then through this or 6 road we
will have practically a grand system,
pointing and tributary to this city. ''
This as we see it, and we think we
see it in the right light, is a hasty,
running sketoh of a road, which is
destined to be a mighty power for
good to Wilmington, and one of the
agenoies, in . connection with, the
roads now tributary to her, to make
her one of the great cities upon the
Southern coast, not only a great
commercial but a great manufactur
ing city as well. - . ;
Tbe first train that comes over the
road to Wilmington should be the
occasion of a befitting celebration by
this oity, and it Bhouid be a grand
one, too. The whistleof tbe locomo
tive should be the signal for general
rejoioing, -and J such ceremony and
display as will best befit the realiza
tion of a hope on which Wilmington
and ber people have had their hearts
set, and upon which they , may well
rejoioe, and "sound the loud timbrel"
for joy; Let us celebrate it.
mNOKj KIEflTION.
A Chicago paper grows funny over
the recent kissing excitement in De
troit, and says it behooves the lone
bachelor over there to-bo exceeding-''
ly judicious in bestowing. bis kisses,
for the prioe set on that commodity
is high in , Detroit, and only a few
misplaced tokens of affection would
suffice to break even a man of means.
Mrs. Mary Pearsall, a widow, wants
$5,000" for being kissed against her
will by her employer. This seems
extortionate at first sight, and one
insensibly falls to .pondering what
there was about the fascinating
Mary's kiss which made it come so
very high. But when the additional
faots oome to light that not only did
he kisB ber, but since has 1 been wri
ting poetry and sending it to ber in
job lots, then public sentiment stalks
over to Mary's side, and is strongly
in favor of striking the delinquent
for more than $5,000, and : even sug
gests a term of imprisonment in ad
dition. Three is no exouse for an
action like this. He might have
kissed ber in a fit of absent-minded-sess,
but if he wrote poetry he had
crime in his heart.
The Philadelphia Times thinks
Col. Dudley's presence is greatly
needed in Indianapolis, where, be re
sided until some unpleasant conflicts
with tbe law made it inconvenient
for him to mingle with bis old neigh
bors since the last November elect
tion. It's evident that the "blocks-of-five"
system of politics that Col.
Dudley invented to carry Indiana
last year has fallen into innocuous
desuetude, and the result is the elec
tion of a Democratic Mayor and oth
er oity officers ioIodianapolis by a
large majority for the first time in
half a generation. Clearly some
thing must be done, and if Colonel
Dudley isn't the man to do it, who
is? . Generalissimo Quay can't get
down to carry a munioipal contestant
think of a Democratic police in the
President's own oity with Dudley un
certain about his safety evea under
Republican rule. The Indfanapolis
returns come to Dudley like "sweet
bells jangled and out of tune," and
he must either heroically halt the
current or let things go to smash and
he go with them.
Miohigan has just as accommo
dating legislative bill clerks as Penn
sylvania. One of them, by making
a mistake in the high license liquor
law, removed all restrictions from
the sale of liquor by druggists. It
was intended that the latter should
be required to get permits to sell
liquor arid that they should also make
a report of their sales, but, as. the
clerk by an error invalidated that
section of the law, they can go as
they please.
The Chippewa lands in Minnesota
about to be oeded to the United
States and thenopened to settlemen
include immense pine forests, tl ie
timber of which is valued at $Q( ),
000,000. As oon as tbe civili zed
whites get hold of those lands 'ihey
may be, expected to give a de mon
strali on lesson on 'tree destruction
much more effective than the beauti
ful sentiments on forest pree arvation
pronounced in Arbor Day : iddresses.
The St. Louis Republic denies that
the newly appointed postmaster at
Bethany, Mo., is a Jemocrat. It
says bis name is Pre ntiss, and that
he is tbe same Prectis i who was cap
tured at Shilob. It' thinks that
the surprise at Shilc'a co uld be noth
ing to that in Mis Hour", if a Demo
cratic postmaster shored be appoint
ed in that State.,
Support y our h- ome paper. No
matter ho w email, vnetain it. If not
a good pf.per nowJ, you can make it
so by giving it ' hearty, substantial
support. There, are many newspa
pers in North Ca- rolina, conducted by
worthy and caj able men, that are
struggling for existence. Help them
eat. Put tbe a on a high plane of
usefulness ,A weekly newspaper
conducted wit h energy and ability is
worth from s&5,000 to $10,000 a year
to tbe county in which it is published.
You m ay dombt this, but it is a solid
fact. ; ' ' - " : '
A Novel 81.
- A correspondent of the Stab writ
ing from Rooty Mount says: ' .
Quite a larg e number of ladies were
in attendance yesterday at the open
ing sale of tobacco at the Nash county
warehouse by ifid. M. Pace, proprietor.
Prices ran high and farmers were
highly pleased. At the close of the
sale a, novel affair took place. One of
the inost fasoLnatine and charming
youngr Indies w as offered by the pro
prietor, and the bidding by the young
men -was spirited and lively. The
prize was cavtured by Mr. P. P
Meadows, of Oxford, by bidding the
high prioe of seven million dollars.
This shows the valuation d laced upon
the jewels of our town, and Bhows
that this section is not yet bankrupt.
WILMINGTON, N; ;C.; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1889.
. Rev. Mr.1 Pearson, the evangelist,
arrived here ; yesterdoy morning by
train on the Carolina " Central en
route toTarboro, but missed connec
tion and was forced to remain over.
Upon his arrival here he was met by
many of his ' friends and escorted to
tbe residence of Dr. Thos. :P.- Wood,
where he spent the day and night. -Upon
urgent invitation he preach
ed last night, and .the jjeep interest
taken by our people in Mr. Pearson
was manifested by the ardor shown
in their'desire to hear him. An hour
or more before the beginning of the
service the'major portion of the First
Baptist Church where it : was held
was well nigh filled, and fit was not
long before the large 'room 1 was
strained to its utmost capacity by the
great number endeavoring to obtain,
seats. j ,
: " Mr. Pearson opened his remarks by
saying that bis stay-in Wilmington
was unintentional, but he trusted
providential; and in 'consequence he
chose as his subject, "Divine Provi
dence." His text was the 27th verse
of the21st chapter of Ezekiel: "I
will overturn,;overturn, overturn it;
and it shall be'no more, nntil . He
comes, whose right it is; and I will
give it Him." He divided his dis
course into phases bearing upon , the
characteristics of Divine Provid ence,
as follows: The importance, uredi
bility, minuteness, material and
mystery; and from these point ;s bis
sermon was argumentative, search
ing, and impressive. It was a power
ful sermon, and sufficed to prove why
Mr. Pearson has such a strong; ' hold
upon tbe hearts of our people.
At the conclusion of his discourse,
he announced the course that he is to
pursue in his evangelistic labors for
some time in the future, and stated
that it was his intention to visit the
Holy Land next spring provided it is
the Divine will that he be allowed to
do so. -
His farewell remarks were very
touching. A great many of those
present waited in tbe body of tbe
church to speak to him, and all in all
he has met with; a very cordial recep
tion. He leaves at 9 o'clock this morning
for Tarboro, where bebas iin ap
pointment to hold a series of meet
ings. - : '.
a later captured.
Four mules, two wagons and har
ness, were stolen last Sunday nh.;ht
from Messrs. W. R. Carter & C o.,
merchants, of Toisnot, N. C. W. IH.
Adams, a white man, living netur
Toisnot, was supposed to be the
thief, arid it was suspected that h-e
would make his way to Florence,
S. C, where he baa relatives. . On
Monday. Mr. Carter started out to
over'naul tbe thief and recover his
property. HeJ went to Fayetteville
anr'i Florence, S. O, where he made
advertisement and offered rewards
f or the capture of the thief, and yes
terday came on to "Wilmington, and.
had ' arranged . for advertising
the robbery gin the J Stab, when
he received a telegram stating that
Adams had been'arrested at Fayette
ville, with the teams and wagons.
The wagons were loaded with his
household effectsjand his wife and a
young- woman who - was represented,
to be Adams' niece, were with the
Dartv. besides a colored man who
was d riving one of tbe wagons.
Mr. Carter left for Fayetteville yes-
terdf y evening yia tbeCarolina Cen
tral railroad to recover the property
of I ds firm. He says that Adams has
liv id near Toisnot ail hii life, where
he rented land and farmed. Be is
a' rwvnt 40 years of aue. and' has a wife
' jut no children.. '
'Vvllmlucloa Keep Abiaa.
Wilmington continues to keep
ahead of the other Southern p orts in
the prices paid for cotton. 1 ester-
-day. sales were made here on a basis
of 10.3-16 cents for middling, w. bile
-f.h Charleston murtet was finoi ked
dull and nominal at 10 cents, Sava.n
mah, quiet at 9 11-16 cents; -Mobile, 9-1
cents; New Orleans. 10 cents, and Gal
veston, 9 15-16 cents. Besides paying-
better prices, Wilmington's facilities-
for handling cotton are unsurpassed,
with compresses, railroad depots and
warehouses all at the water's edge,
where ships , take the bales direct
from the presses, and cargoes are
loaded with greater dispatch and
with more satisfaction to ship
masters than at other porta.
With a realization of all 'these facts
the daily receipts of the staple at
this port must continue ' to grow,
bringing increased activii 7 1l other
branches of trade, text mding our
commerce,,-and adding to the ge neral
prosperity of the city.
Family Heanlvn.
A family reunion was recently hei d
near ; Bladenboro, N. C, at which
with all the kindred and neighbors '
there were 157 present. It was at the
house of David Hester who was born
in 1811. and who has 8 children, 83
grandchildren, 36 great grandchil
dren living and 20 dead. Total, 138.
Those living are ; all hearty, strong,
robust looking people, and there is
not an idiot or invalid among them.
There are two preachers and five
school teachers and three different
denominations numbered among the'
family.
Cotton Receipts. Etc. .
Receipts of cotton at this port from
Sept. 1st to Oct. Uth, 29,543 bales; to
same date last year, 26,740 bales. Ex
ports, since Sept. 1st, . 16,129 bales,
against 14,638 last year. Cotton was
firm yesterday afe 10 8-I60 for middle
ing; at same date last year middling
was one cent lower, - the quotationa
being 9 816 cents. r
, Reverend J. H. Wheeler, or
"Father Wheeler" as he is generally
called on account of hi t age and from
the love and esteem of his brethren
. and friends, and who was pastor of
the Front Street Metho disj Church of
this city in 1838 and 1839. has been
creatly bereaved in th e last few days
by the death at Charle ston, S. C, of
his youngest daughter- Miss Harriet
Cole Wheeler.
Faytttevttl Ml Wtf miction Kxttna
tou to be FlnUbtd brVanntrr 1(
Trains to Bo A 10 BiacK Hlver In
,. Two WctKi-4 Branch Road froaa
- HVIiiniBxioB o Sootbport.
It is stated by officials of the com
pany that the Fayetteville and Wil
mington ' extension of he Cape Fear
and Yadkin Valley railroad will be
completed by the first of January
next, beyond tbe shadow of a doubt.
Some thirty miles of the' track are
already laid with iron, ' and the re
mainder of the roadbed to Fayette
ville is graded and ready for the cross
ties A schooner with a eargo of rails
arrived herejyesterday, and one hun
dred and twenty convicts, - who will
commence -work on that portion of
tbe - road lying . beyond , the Pender
county line, left Fayette viUe yesterr
day on the steamer D:'Murchion and
mpon arrival here to-day will be taken
on cars up to the present terminus of
the road. The long trestle making the
approach to Black river will be com
pleted to-morrow, and after this there
will be nothing to delay rapid progress
of the work. The management of
the road intend in about two weeks
to put on a passenger and freight
train to run between Wilmington and
Black river, a distance of thirty-two
miles. .. ' ' - '
After -the completion of the road to
Fayetteville the company propose to
bnild a branch road from Wilming
ton to Southport.'for the transporta
tion of coal fromdeposits found in
tbe Western part of.the State, which
will be developed and are expected to
enable tbe company to establish a
coaling station forsteamers at that
port.
The transfer steamer, to convey
passengers and freight to and fro be
tween the Point. Peter terminus on
the west side of. the river and the dev.
pot at the foot of Mulberry street, is
nnder construction at Wilmington,
Del., is nearly completed, and will lie
here the latter part of this month. It
is a brand-new boat specially con
structed and admirably designed for
the work.
As soon as the road is completed to
Fayetteville a first class mail and
passenger train will be put on, to run
from Wilmington to Mt. Airy or the
western terminus of the road. As at
present contemplated, this train will
leave Wilmington at 6 a. ui. daily, ar:
rive at Fayetteville about 10 o'clock.
and at Mt. Airy between 7 and 8
o'clock p. m. the same day making
the run in thirteen hours. A strain
from Bennettsville. will run to con
neot with the through train between
Wilmington andtMt. Airy.
The close connection between Wil
mington and Fayetteville afforded
by tbe road will be a great, conve
nience to the people of both places.
Leaving Wilmington at 6 o'clock in
the morning, one can reach Fayette
ville at 10 a. m., spend five fconra
there, and leaving on the return trip
at 3.30 p. m., arrive in Wilmington
about 7.30 o'clock.
forvian Meamablps.
There are five steamships here to
load cotton", for foreign ports the I
British steamers Osmanli, Thurston
and RoseviUe, and the Spanish steam
ers San Juan and Mayaguez. The
Thurston and San Juan have nearly
completed their cargoes.The Osmanli
is discharging cargo, of -salt, crockery
and cotton ties, at the customhouse
wbarf, and tbe XosevUle is discharg
ing cargo of kainite at the .foot of
Ann street. Tbe Mayaguez arrived
yesterday evening in ballast. ;The ag
gregate tonnage (net) of the five is
6,073, and they will probably carry
altogether 24,000 bales of compressed
cotton.
Cape Fear & Tad kin Valley.
President Julian M. Gray, of the
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad,
and Mr. John M. Rose, secretary of
the company, accompanied by. Mr.
G. W. Williams and Mr. W. M. Cum
ming, yesterday made a trip over the
completed portion of the road. They
found everything in good shape, and
the party returned in the afternoon.
President Gray and Mr. Rose left for
"Fayetteville via the Carolina Central
at 7:30 p. m. Two section houses
have been built at points between the
terminus here and Black river, and
contracts for all the depot buildings
between Fayetteville and Wilming
ton have been made.
Tbe convicts from Fayetteville who
are to assist in the work of laying tbe
rails beyond Black river, arrived here
yesterday about 10 a. m. on tbe
steamer Murchison, and left at three
o'clock in the afternoon on a con
struction train, for the plaee where
they will commence work. ,
Cotton lor Liverpool.
The Spanish steamship San Juan,
1.446 tons, cleared yesterday for
iMverpoolj Eng., with cargo of cotton
oi, inbed bv Messrs. Alex. Sprunt &
So, t, consisting of 6,100 bales, weigh
:,, 8.030.675 pounds and valued at
314.4'50- : '
The steam er was loaded at the
rhomnon CompresB. 8be will -sail
this moi nlne witbprobably the larg.
est cargo the staple yet taken from
this port. The largest cargo shipped
last year wa 6,000 bales, by the same
fhn British steamship En
field, 1,405 tomS for Bremen, Decern-
A4 -A. . r
pergiBt. a a
Naval Ktorea. '
The movement in naval stores ; at
this port shows receipts for the
crop year to October 11th, u as
compared with receipts to same time
la of. Tnr - as follows: Spirits tur-
nentine. 42,256 casks; lapt year, 45
4207 Rosin, 109,895 barrels; last year,
109.641. Tar. 32,421 barrels; last year,
oa ! n.mea tnmentine. 11.603 bar-
relsi last year, 12,874.
Stocks yesterday.as compared "with
same date last year were as Jollows
Spiri ts turpentine, 3,171 casks; rosin
ai or b. hftrrfils: tar. 2.890 Darreis: oruae
tnrrentine. 279 barrels. Last year-
Spirits turpentine, 7,526 casks; rosin,
86,6(16 barrels; tar, 1,451 barrels; crude
turpentine, i Darrein.
v TMJs! COI XO.V CKOJ V
ntfctarna mads to tha Department wf
. Acrtealture of te Fir or Octo
ber. ";''; --. .f.;v; . f,
- By Telegraph to the Morula Star.
- Washisotoh, Oc'OiKsr 10 Cotton re
turns of the first of October to the Depart
ment of Agriculture, flbow large plant
srowth, active opening of bolls,. fibre iu
good condition, and geoerallv fine weather
for picking. Yet the plant ia everywhere
reported late, aud fears are expressed that
frost may seriously shorten the ciop. a The
conditions naturally are reported met),
with the reservation by tbe most intelligent
correspondents that tbe present f avorarjle
appearances are deceptive; 'that in seasoos
of excessive moisture tho outcome,
falls below expectation, while iu
those oC- drought the ; reeult; in bet
ter than was feared; with : an ear
ly date of killing rroat the present
condition will be heavily diseountad;
with a date later than tbe average a large
clop wilt be gathered. - The crop has beeu
injured - more by moisture than drought,
thoueh some soils and localities have been
too dry iq - September -.Worms bave
wrought considerable injury, not-witbeUDd-Ing
tbe general use of insecticide?, especia.-
ly westof Alabama. (Jorapiaint 01 aauiie
ratioa of Paris-green is made in certain
quarters. ' -
Tbe following State percentages are pre
sented: Virginia S3, Norm -uarnuna va.
South Carolina 81 . Georgia 87. Florida 88,
Alabama 87. Misstofooi 79. . Louisiana t
- Texas 78, Arkansas 83. Tennessee 83 This
makes, as a general pepfentige, 81.4 per
cent, of a full cron Drospect on tbe 1st of
October.' compared with 78.4 per cent, last
Oetober.
The Denaitment of Agriculture reports
the general percentage of, tbe condition of
cor at 91.7, against 90 9 a month ago and
82 tat tho croD of 1888 on tbe let or ucio
bar. : The condition of potatoes is 77 9,
agaioSS.8 last October; of buckwheat 90,
uavost Hi 1 last er; of tobacco 80.7,
araio 85.3' ia 1888. Preliminary estimate
of teld pei' acra is 12 8 for wheal. 11.9 for
rye. and 88.8 tor barley. The paat month
has been favorabis for corn.
Arrival of wblM 4Jeer of tbe lboe-
phate ro. at SMMiadeipbia Story o
. tbe naaeeaere.
Philadkuhia. October 10 The Bri
tiah steamsbio Dorian, whieb arrived bere
last night, brought six of vhss shite omcers
of the Navassa Pnosphait Co., agaioLt
whom an attack was made. Thefce-survivors
are C. D. Smith, of Md C. W. Roby, H.
A. Jones, H. N. Vail, John O'Koarke and
John Jacobson. They brougbt with taem
three colored men, wa,o Vow among thoBe
ftietrily darker s who assisted in preserving
their hives. They tailed from Jamaica
8eptexbsr20.
Their story has already been pub
lished, hut their individual taie
of eoeees they passed through are
full of imprest. They reaffirm that
the attack upon them by the darkey
laborers wae cUirely unprovoked end un
expected ffce,;' speak in high praise of
the treatmenc tbey received at tbe hands of
tbe officers of bv Bn'ih guniKKit which
rescued them frost Navtti.
Baltixorb. Oct.- 10 The Baltimore
American to-morrow .ill pablh t letwr
from Cbarles Oavenpot the colored man
who waa cUitfly infttru mental in 9w'ng
the lives of .those of tbe wbie me t Na
vassa, who tscaptd the xaasEacro. His
story is in brief, that tbe win.e oversee2 8 of
the colored laborers i.-fTiiel-iieir own fate
by their brutality to the workmen and
lack of system iu their methods, each of
them apparently being an independent
"boss," enforcing his own ides.v disci
pline. BALTIMORE.
A. Pertllar Factory Burned -Iea
260,000.
Baltimore. October 10. Tbe
fertilizer factory of G. Ober 80ns & Co. ,
established in 1857, at Lrjcust Point, Balti
more, was buriied this noon. It conf-is.cd
of three large buildings, which cost $250,
000. The fire started in tbe acid storage
room, perhaps from spontaneous combus
tion, and soon every Ore engine of tbe city
was at the scene, r ust the buildings in
which one hundred uu-n were at work
were burned to tbe ground, and the flames,
driven by a high wind, spread to another
large building, completely gutting it. 'Tbe
fire is under control, nut fully f'4S0.GOO
worth of damage has been done to two
bulidings, which a raemlHir of tbe firm
sajs cost 1200.000 and to $60,000 worth of
stock. In sbeda near by was utored a mass
of fertilizers worth $40,000 This was not
harmed. One member or tbe nrm says
ihey are fully insured, and another siys
they are not, and refuses to tell where the
insurance is placed, tbe amount, or what
agent placed it.
B. & V. B. B. CO.
meeting; of Stockholders at Bleb
lOBd
Kleetlon oCoflleert, Kie.
Richmond. Oct 10. The annual meet
ins of stocRbolders of the Richmond and
Chesapeake R. R Co. was held to day and
the following officers were eke'ed: Chas.
W. Jnackay, president: Ubas Jfi rJelvm,
vice president; M. B Portiaux. secretary-;
F. W, Gillard, assistant secretary; H. R.
Baltzer. treasurer. Directors Chas W.
Mackay. Chas. E Belvln, H. B. Fry, Louis
F. Botsieux and Willis A. Barnes. Ail the
officers are New Yorkers save Belvin and
Boissieux.
It is understood that several well known
Richmond gentlemen will be added to tbe
BosrJ.
All railroads centreing iu Richmond will
be invited to join the present company in
constructing the tunnel now being, built
under Eighth street. It is rumored that a
connection has been arranged with the B.
&O. R. R Co., Fredericksburg aud Ches
apeake and tbe Richmond and Chesapeake
Companies Officials neither sfflrm nor
deny the rumors.
FA YiSTTK VILti-iB.
Centennial Preparations Priaea for
Vlalttnc military and . Bauds Dla.
tlDSalsbed Orators, etc.:
FAYXTTxyrxLB, N. C, Oct. 10. Pre
parations for the approaching Centennial
continue with unabated- interest and on a
grand scale.
.This afternoon tns executive uommutee
appropriated 4500 for a prize to be award
ed the visiting military and tbe band ac
companying them: For the military tbe
first prize win be fauu; second. $iuu. ana
the third, $50 The band prizes are aa fol
lows: Fust, $T5; second, $ 50; and third,
$25,
Heniy W. Grady, of Georgia; Joe Black
burn, of Kentucky, Hon. Jno .W. Daniel,
of Virginia, Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina, and other distinguished orators
from abroad are booked for brief speeches,
and during tbe occasion other attractions
will.be made to the programme.
KKIGBfa TMUBisAK.
Kleetlon or Graud Offieera Tbe Next
Wajshtugtoij, Oct. 10. The Grand En
camnmeni Knights Templar of the United
States, in secret session this mornmg,elect
ed the following officers to serye dnring the
next three years: 4
Very Eminent Sir , J. P. 8. Gobln. of
Pennsvlvania. Most Eminent Grand Master
' Very Eminent Sir Hugh McCurdy, of
Mich ean. XeputV Wrand Master. - ,
e Very Eminent Sir Warren LaRue Thomas,
of Kentucky. Grand ueneraiiasimo. y
-Very Eminent -Sir Reuben Heaaly L.
Lody. or California, Grand Captain Gen
eral. .. . '' ' "
'. Very Eminent Bir Henry Boles Stoddard,
of Texas, Grand Senior Warden.
. Very Eminent Sir Nicholas VanBlyck, of
Rhode Island. Grand Junior Warden. - .
-Very Eminent Sir H. Wales Lines, of
'Connecticut. Grand Treasurer. '
Very Eminent Sir William BJaaacs. of
Virginia, Grand riecoraer.
" Tbe next Conclave will be held in Den
ver. The vote stood Denver 104; Louis
ville 86.
NO, 49
Oetoktr Term of the
K Sopri
6y Telegraph to the Morning Star. - -WAsaiNGTON.
Oct. 11 The Oooher
term of the U.8 ?upreaje Court will be-
gia Monday next, bu the proceedings on
that day will t portlf iotto.i, ana aivcr
adjournment the justices .in a oouy wm
pay their respects to the President. Tbe
Court .Will nna iiseu cowroniea wuu a
docket of .1825 csea. and it is estimated
that. dUiirentlv aa the Court my wortt- it
can dispose of no mora than four hundred
cases during ine jerm. 1 ne v irgmia cou
pon cases will be called Monday, October
81. a will also the case of Cross aud White
against we'St&ie 01 aorta uarqiiua m
latter is a criminal case. wbiQh. jd .pursu
ance of the previous order pfrthe Court,
has been advanced on tbe docket.
A.M.RHI CAN COSGU&8.
Blalae Atteaapia'to Kzplaln tbe Omta
aloa of ta South to the Xonr of the
Delecatea.. . !
BrTetaKtapfi to the Korntnc Star. ,
' Baltmobb. Md.', Oct. 11. The omis
siou of the Booth in the present tour of tbe
delegates to the Pan-.4mericn Congress
has beeu so generaUy misunderstood; that
W. lii or Rlalno of the DaoaTlment ot State,
writes R. H. Bdmond. editor of the
Manufacturers' Record, o -re Onset tnat
in the ordinal planning of the programme
of tbe Coo ven tion it was intended to ive
the delegates u excursion to the .South,
and in his letter savs: "It is proposed to
vifcit the Southern Slates Uter iu the season,
when the weather will be more favorable, ,
and tbe various and peculiar industries of
those States can be seen to better advantage.
As this nation covers aniimmeuse expanse
of territory, and as it is .the desira -tbat the
distinguished viBitois shall be given an op
portunity to see it all, it was necessary to
divide the tours and each section be visited
when its peculiar industries couid be seen,
to the best advantage."
FATAL, JtJUOLIC.
Baahaaat mud Wife Dxlas 0 Arnitst
Debauch.
By Tetegrapb to tha Morning Star.
Kansas Crrr, Mo", October 12. A.
epecial from Bt. Joseph. Mo., says: For a
week Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Ambrose
have been missing, but their absence at
tracted no particular attention until Thurs
day, when AmbroseV half-brother, by
whom the latter was employer), attempted
to find him. Upon entering tho rooms io
tbe tenement where Ambrose and wife
livid, a horrible spectacle was presented.
Mrs. Ambrose lay dead on a straw pallet on
the floor, and in a corner of the room lay
tbe husband in the final stages of delirium
tremens. The body of the woman was
turned over to the coroner, and Ambrose
was taken to a hospital. Physicians say
he will die.
- A week ago last Thursday Mrs. Ambrose
informed her neighbors that it was the
tenth anniversary of her wedding, and told
them that they had arranged to celebrate
the event iu "grand style,- as ehe express
ed It Ambrose laid in a stock of -whiskey,
and be anil his wife celebrated the marriage
anniversary by drinking,: keeping it up
whenever they awnke from -their drunken
stupors for ten days. During ihe week
succeeding; neither of tbem aie a mouJh
ful of food. Neighbors of tbe unfortunate
couple say that Mr. sod Mis. Aoifcrose
were iu the habit of getting drank for tea
rlavsatatime about every iwo mouths.
Tru;y would lock themselves in tbr ronms
and admit no one. During thtse dcbiMicb
ei they never quarraiied, and always spa
per.;d to be very fond of one another.
The coroner's jury brought in a verdict
Ihst Mrs. Ambrose died from alcoholism
gad starvation.
HORRIBLE
D ISA TBI
Kleetrle Llffbt
Feojh.'
Contact witb
Wires.
Nhw ybiT -ct-1- JQ e'eotr'c line
man met a hot nDI uett'u a luo ",ur "
Centre and Ohaulber 8treot ?' 1 0 cio?k !h,18
afternoon. uZ "lti w?
light wire. He was b. 'nplyed. b', e Wes"
tern Union Company su,1 J f5
rible sight as he died ou s- ,e.L5.?f
wires iu midair, while .the Q. r J" I
tually made bis bony -Sizzle acu Wo?f ' ""I
out to tbe sidewalk and over the c'."
horrified spectators. . The aecideOv ? Jv "
ring ia the middle of the day iu one c ; , ?"
busiest parts of tbe city, was wttnesseu.
a large concourse of people. Tbe iv "
body lay Hmp and motionless over a nwft
of wires attached to cross-arms of the pole.
Firemen brought out a ladder and went up
with a pair of shears to cut tbe wires. Tbe
maa was found to be dead.
MJFXlVOr
Tbe
moveanint to Colonize Hesroco
from the United States.
St. Loins. Oct. 11 Advices from Mex
ico say the bill to grant concession to Henry
C Ferguson and Wm. H. Ellis, two col
ored men from Texas, wbo propose to col
onize lands with negroes : from Texas and
otber American States, his passed tho
Lower House of Congress with but one dis
senting vote, and has gone to the Senate. It
is believed that the bill will pass and be
signed by President Diaz Ferguson and
Ellis expect that 20,000 negroes from Texas
alone will move to Mexico and raisa cot
ton on these lands, and that many thou
sands of industrious blacks, skilled iu the
cultivation of cotton, will follow them
from States east of the Mississippi river.
MONTANA.
Ihe Xaeatslatare Democratic
by Seven
flXajwrlfy.
Chicago. Oct. 11. A special dispatch
from Helena, Mont, says: The vote of
Jefferson county was canvassed yesterday,
tbe result being that tbe Democrats lose
tbe State Senate. This leaves the upper
house of the Legislature a tie, but the
Democrats will have a majority of sSven
on Joint ballot. Tbe canvass of the vote in
all of the counties will not bt complete be
fore to-morrow, if then . -
SO V TEL DAKOTA.
Larae Repablleon majority to tbe
a-e-
delators, -j
Chicago. Oct. 11. A special dispatch
from Sioux Falls. 8.D.. say?: According to
the returns received from all of the legis
lative districts in tbe S'.ate.the Republicans
have elected 185 of the 169 members. Tbe
Democrats have 27, and 7 are Independents
with Republican proclivities. Tba Repub
lican majority on Joint ballot will be 125.
GEORGIA.
I
A Negro Train Hand synched .for
Striking a Cltlxan with a 8tone.
Chicago. Oct. 1L A ' dispatch from
Way cross, Ga., says: Wm. Moore, s ne
ero train hand on the Savannah. Florida &
Western Road, was taken from the train at
Jessup by a posse of citizens yesterday and
lvncbed. While passing that place Wed
nesday he had some words with a citizen.
and as the train pulled out he threw a stone
which struck a bystander, Tbe posse
waited for his arrival yesterday, and taking
him off the train; made short work ox mm.
A Negro Lynched for Rape at Hernando
By Telegraph to the Homing Star.
Memphis, Tests',, October 12. Robert
Biggs alias Cbaries Woods, colored, was
lynched at Hernando, Miss, early this morn
ing by a moD or several nunareu men irom
Lake View. Biggs was confined in the
Hernando jail on the charge of having as
saulted Mrs. J. N. Raines, the wife of a
farmer living near Xake View, in August
last. He made a full confession at the
time of his arrest, but claimed that the wo
man's husband had hired him to murder
her: that he was drunk and ravished her
instead, and that Raines was satisfied
with what he did and connived at his
escape. Raines was also arrested, and for a
tme it was thought both men would be
lyncnea.
Spirits Turpentine. '
. . La Grance Sentinel: The clever
nd genial agent, Mr. D. M. Hardy, recre
ating the southern .auuuKJg w
ssociationof Hunts ville Ala., '.succeeded
in organizing a locai orgau;z.uuu
town on the eve or October tne o;o, unuer
very favorable auspices.
" . . W adesboro Messenger-Jntelli
geneet : Dick Crumt, aa old and decrepit
colored man, was found dead in his cabin
ou the plantation of Mr. T. A. Home, in
LileBville Township,' last Sunday morning. -
Jack rrost visited us last Tuesday and
Wednesday mornings. The frost Tuesday
morning was the largest seen here for many
years bo early in tbe season. Young cotton
in low places has been almost entirely ru
ined. We were shown yesterday teveral
young bolls, pulled at random from a field,
and-every one of them was mined It ia
estimated that the frost has damaged this
county many thousand dollars, and that
an already short crop will be cut much
shorter.
. . Charlotte JTews: It is probable
that John Lowlow will "Hooray for Rock
Hill 1" instead of Concord, hereafter. At
Rock Hilt yesterday, the circus collided
with Mr: Pearson, the evangcliBt, and the
circus bad a hard time, Tbo crowd was
mighty small, and by 4 o'clock in the after
noon, the tents had been packed and the
cages caged, all ready to leave the town.-
The Mecklenburg Ice Company is
another of Charlotte's successful institu
tions. The company has been running a
10-ton machine, but has fowarded an or ,
der for a machine of twenty tons, so that
the capacity of the works will be Just
doubled. The new machine will be iu op-,
tration early in the'spring. This company
will also building a large refrigerator.
, . Washington Progress: A negro,
by the name of Charles Cooper slole a
horse from his father-iu law On Thursday,
morning last near Swan Quarter, Hyde
county. He took the horse from the stables ,
about 2 o'clock In the morning and came
m thu r nnntv. Messrs. Jones and Ed.
Spencer pursued him and got in sight of
him below town. Tbe negro discovered
them, tan the horse and left them. They
to'd parties to be on the lookout for him.
They did so, and about a o'clock that
nistht Mr. David Gurganus and othera
r.a!u;ibt him. They brought him to town
Friday morning and Messrs. Jones and Ed. ,
Spencer took him back -with the horse to
Hyde. He ia a notorious thief, and his cap
ture will proyo a happy riddance to those
people.
'; Greensboro JSbrth State: - Er
Sheriff Gilmer has developed the canning
industry iu such a way as to attract gen
eral attention. This year be has put up
three times as mauy cans as la&t year. The
product of his factory this year is 15,000
cans tomatoes, peacbes, apples, corn and
ssbesos. His orders are coming in
from fcU quarters. This shows what an
openingnere is in Guilford county for this
industry. Near Marley's kill, in the
time of a tbpder storm, lightning struck
the chimney uf William Branson's houte
and tore it down to the arch; hit the clock
on the mantle teat ing it to pieces: tore
pair of bedsteads down and tore a quilt that
was on t he bed all to piece?. His wife was
sick on the bed at the time and was not
hurt, and there were five children in? the
house and none hurt.
Laurinburg Exchange: Mt.
Wm. Miliigau reports to the hawk-snake
editor that a colored woman near his house
heard a noise just ia the edge of the woods,
and emna in that direction she found si
large hawk endeavoring to fly, but was
prevented oy tua can 01 uiau. iuua
around his wings. - The hawk had not lost
any time in goiag for tho snake, as he had
picked a nice little bole in the snake. The
supposition is that the bawk attacked the
fiA-ue but was caught. The old woman
kb!3i' bawk and snake. J About 1
o'C'iti last Friday evening the saw mill of
Mr it. G. Ciusey. near Hasty Depot, was
burato, entailing a loss of one thou
sand ou him, covered by no insurance.
Somehow or other some shavings were
thrown near the boiler and caught afire,
which was instantly communicated to the
lumber and building, burning everything
except the engine. ..,.
.. Charlotte News : A Cabarrus
county man came iu yesterday to see the
circus an.i he got $85 worth before he quit.
He though? ho saw a soft snap in a three
card monte ntan. . With this patriotic idea
ia view, tbe Cabarrus man waded into the
card shark. He had $85 in greenbacks
when he started in, and when hejot
through, the card shark had every cent of
it deep down iu his pockets. Oapt. A.
G. Breoizer's residence narrowly escaped
being burned last night. Capt. Brenizer
was expecting a delegate to the Synod on
the 2 o'clock train and had a fire built in
the spare room up stairs. A little while
later the servant entered the room and Was
surprised to find it illuminated and filled
with smoke. The mantel, a chair and the
carpeting and flooring around the hearth -were
burning. Tbe fire was extinguished :
with a few buckets of water. The mantel
had been adorned with ; a lambrequin, ,
which was touched off by a spark from the
fire place, hence the blaze.
Durham Glooe; Messrs. M. E.
v "cCowan and F. Schwartz were returning
zt. H 11:30 o'clock from a short trip in tbe
!!. 'V and were crossing tbe Richmond
0 T-V- UQ 1(1 aVKk, UOM ItilUlUVUU U UtUfD
when Mr Schwartz looked over his shoub
der"w1?!.n&
Kam kavrllw fA ' tUO W J a A1U UIUU ft
from the rear of the' ow&j 7.
on the ground. He xoUowed quickly -by
Mr. McCowan, wo landed not a foot
from the aide of the train, which was mov ,
ing along rapidly. The no:w asd buggy
were not to do seen aoywueiu "iw-.-
ment. When the tram baa passea iney ;
wera seen some distance away, nuog do- ;
tween a telegraph pole and a fence. The
plow of the. engine had struck the rear
wheel of the buggy and turned it over,,
throwing it to one side. The horses being .
young and easily frightened had tun as
soon as they naa neara we iram uu uii
saved their lives.
Fayetteville Observer: We
learn to-day that the following military
companies in this State and South Carolina
have accepted the invitation to be present
and participate m tbe uentenniiw celebra
tion exercises bere jMOvemoer zuid, xist
and 22nd : Durham Light Infantry, Vance--Guards
of Henderson. Wilmington Light
Infantry: Goldsboro Rifles. Lumber Bridge
Light Infantry, aiaxton uuarus. Governor s
Guards of Raleigh, Guilford Grays, Raids
ville Light Infantry, Simpson Light In
fantry, tbo "Continentals" of Greensboro
and tbe Bennettsville Rifles. Every com
pany in the State thus far heard from has
accepted. . We learn that tbe C. F. &
Y. V. Railway Co. contemplate the erec
tion at an early day of a mammoth storage
and transfer warehouse on the property re
cently purchased by tbe company in the
vicinity of thecotton platform. Mr.
D. F. Wemyss, the newly appointed post
master for Fayetteville, is said to be the
youngest Presidential postmaster in the ;
United States. Mr. J. M. Byrd had "
the misfortune to lose his dwelling house ,
by fire yesterday morning about daylight. :
Tbe fire was accidental and originated from
a flue. Mr. Byrd succeeded in saving bis
furniture and household effects, though Ihe
fire entailed a loss on him of about two to
three hundred dollars. The building was
insured for $600. V.
.. Monroe Register: Mr. W. J.
Stewart, who lives seven miles east of Mon
roe, met with quite a severe accident last '
Saturday. ' He bad started with his family
to tbe house of Mr. William Lilea, his wife's
father, when his horse by some means
managed to overturn his buggy aud Mr. -Stewart
was thrown out, and at first it was
thought he was not much hurt. A day or
two afterward he began to suffer a great
deal, and summoned Dr. Montgomery; who
found he had sustained some, right severe
internal is juries Last Friday a seri- ,
ous shooting affair occurred near tbe De
Berry Austin old mill in this county. Julius
Brooks, a colored boy, and another colored
boy named Williams, were going along to
gether, Brooks carrying a gun, when Wil
liams asked him to let him carry it. Brocks
let Williams have the guo, when the latter
pointed at Brooks and said, 'I am a great
mind to shoot you.". Just then the gun
fired and the charge, consisting of turkey,
squirrel and bird shot, entered the left arm
of Brooks near the elbow. Dr. John Blair
was sent for, wbo summoned his fatber.
Dr. I. H. Blair, Dr. Montgomery and Drj
Ashcraft, with whom he held a consul
tation. It was at first thought that amputa
tion of tbe arm would be necessary, but the .
physicians are doing all they can to save it.
Williams claims that the shooting was ac
cidental. !
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