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: I" C'-i"' WILLIAM S. BEENAED, Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N, Friday, " - - - January 24, 1890. 13& In writing to change your address always give former direction as well as full particulars as where ! you wish your peper to be sent hereafter, unless you ria both changescan not be made. . ' ' rB- Vn;x of Marriage or Death. Tributes of Re spect, Resolutions of Thanks, &c, are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only halfrates when paid , . for a simple announcement of Marriage or JJeath. for stnctlv in advance, ai m jj Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Monev Order or Registered Letter! P&stmas- ters will register letters when desired. j ff Only such remittances will be at th risk of the pubusner. Specimen copies forwarded when desired. : SOTTTHEBIT HARBORS. . Lat summer there was held in To4 peka Kansas, a convehtioti of the wheat growers of the Wesjt, which was attended by delegates from Wan)! of the wheat crowing States It was a large convention and the proceed ings were participated in by' promt nerit men who' were not wheat grow rr "hut who were interested in the prosperity of that section of the country. The object of this conven tion was. to inaugurate. a movement to secure Government aid for the im provement of harbors on the South Atlantic coast, thus enabling thje wheat growers of the West to shir teirl surplus grain from these ports .instead of being" compelled to ship ironj the few ports to which they had been limited, and in doing whichjliey were at the mercy of the railroads which bore their frejghts eastward ; ihdj which invariably took advantage of the freezing of the rivers to raise freight rates to such figures as they saw! fit. The result, generally speak ing, was that by the time the freight on a bushel of grain, from St. Louis, say,; to New York, was paid, with the cost of handling and salesman's com- missionsthe returns to the wheat raiser were so small as to leave no ., ..1 ovi,( I profits, if they covered the expense ot I , . , -e i;ti u'a. a;a culture, wmcn ucuucuu; mcjr u.u not; This has been one of the causes of the depressed conditon of agricul ture in the West, the cost of trans ferring the products of the farm to the seaboard fot shipment. From the centre of the great grain growing area of the West the distance is much less to the seaboard ot the Southern-States than to the seaboard . of the Northern States, ensuring, with a good system of railways, the de livery of Western farm products at considerably less cost, and at the same time protecting the Western shipper from the dictates; of monop- olies which the absence . pf competi v tion made arbitrary and mighty. !.j This it is which has turned the pvc At the Wpstftrn farmer and shin per southward, and given strength to I the .movement to connect jthe West .with Southern ports,: and; to secure the aid of the Government in making these ports adequate to the . demands upon them. ( The move ment has strength and jit will gain strength every year, for the more ,.'J "populous and productive the West becomes the more restive it will be come under Eastern dictation, and ; the more it will realize jthe necessity of J commercial independence. The , f ami products, and other products as well, seeking foreign ports- must come, as her rivers run, southward. Cincinnati, LoUisvill,. Chicago, St. Lotfis, .Kansas City, arid other great central Western cities, are looking for new short air-lines or as near1 air 1 1 Hnes as possible, pointing towards j some Southern port, and the men are; .1: now. living who will see grand, sys tems pf railroads constr ucted j with terminal points at such of these ports ao'nncwpr trip rmmnspk nr rail Fwithl a reasonable expendii;ure of mone be made to answer. . i The index finger points toiWil mington as one of these ports whic presents many advantages, and yhos geographical position, midway o the coast, makes it a desirable port .for a large area of the central Westr erri States, and even now the ment is progressing which two years or1 so will through tjhe Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railrbad and itsxonrfechons link Wilmington to the Western system of roads and the cities which they tap by conside ably shorter lines than 1 any other seaboard city North or South can claim. The connection of Wilming ton with the commercial centres pf the West by short and direct lines pf railroad, some of which largely con trolled by North Carolina capital k "and by North Carolina men, the Cape " Fear & Yadkin Valley beirg wholy so, will give her vast-importance and ' ' exert an influence on her future tliat it would be impossible now to esti . mate. viaKing this into considera tion with the productive possibilities ' of the section of North Carolina through which this road runs, the mineral, timber and other resources arid the industries which - .-aia' -U n n .... they will 1 Altaic, Lite mail iiccu tiuk U . as a visionary whej would p: be classed rediclj for this city within the next two decades thrice the population Jwhich she Jnow claims, with a volume of trade and , multiplied industries in comparison with which her present trade and in. dustnes will be j insignificant. We frill take the chances,; however, of " being classed as a visionary andVen- .ture to put this opinion in ftrinj. The Russian Government does not ' seem to have fully appreciated the. benevolent disposition of Prince T. - Key Kubah Mirza, first cousin of the Shah of: Persia, who in . his desire to keep up the volume of currency and make money matters easy was run ning an extensive CQunteffeitincr establishment, fcr itj rudely snatched mm up ana sent mm to bioeria. MINOB MENTION. The indications become stronger from day to day that it is the pur pose of the Republican majority m Congress to recognize no rule ore is: 'toni of. that body which may restrict their power or give the minority any show for resistance against any m ;a Isure the maioritv may .see fit to in troduce. The unexampled and arbi trary conduct ot bpeaKer .eea, wnen he refused to entertain"; a motion of Mr Bland for the appointment of tellers, land his refusal also to enter tain & motion by the same gentleman to have the Record amended so as to show the position of the Speaker1, jn both of which Mr. Reed was sustained bv his oartv.is proof conclusive of this. Tt is a singular proceeding for the Bpeaker.of the House to thus in effect proclaim himself Czar of the House, m! whose decision no appeal can taken unless the mode of appeal agreeable to himi f In his refusal be be to Entertain a motion for the abpdint- mnt of tellers he overrode a custom as old as the House itself andjone which obtains m all deliberative bodies, and-one which he has doubt less tnade many a time fn his legisla tive j pareer, Mr; Reef is now, how ever in a position where he can play 'the role of despot, and thus strangle. effective opposition by the minority J which he seems determined to do and in which it also seems he has the backing of his Republican colleagues. i - i . . ' i . . I Tney must be contemplating some mean devilment when they resort td such tactics, The Republican party should pay I its debts. vHere we nave a printing house m New York suing for $11,-1 560, the payment of which has been refused on the plea that it was a debt contracted by the blocks-of-five Pud- ley,; the, distinguished friend of the President, at whose special request he was appoinieu 10 me uusmuu wuu,u , F r , . t hb held when he contracted the debt. 11 . . . DUl 11 tllCV Will OWlimil. A fsiuuiiug house, which may be able to stand the gouge, out of $11,500 for prii T nnt- ing campaign documents to help elect Harrison, they should not carry their swindling operations so tar as to defraud the poor, confiding ci 1 . ored brethren in the South out jsf the little sums they promised to pay as a reward for hustling around and drum ming up votes for theJ party at the last election. A' number! of those from this State failing to ge"t any response1 ;o their demands are now appealing :o Senator Vance by letter, jasking lim to intercede and see if he can't jersuade the chairman of tine Na tional Republican j Committee to ceep his promises and ante up some of the back dues. As the chairman is a u. o. senator tnis is a oeucaie matter tor senator V ance, who na turally shrinks from poking bills i of that kind at him, although his sym pathetic nature sorrpws for the poor, bamboozled colored hustler, who in his confiding simplicity pinned his faith to. the promises of a Republi can 'campaign manager. Govjernor Campbell, of Ohio, in his first message to the Legislature pronounced himself in favor of ballot reform and devoted some space .to a review or the' Australian system, to which;'he seerns to have given consir derable attention. He says , that it has .beett' adopted. By and 'jfc'pow in .use in varying iorms among oo,uuu,- 000 or people, it has been in use for five years in Norway, seven in Encrland and Italv.twelve in Belfrium. ; o 7 J 1 ' ; n" ' fourteen j in Canada, and thirty in Australia, it i has oeen adop ted with I modifications in Massa chusetts, Rhode Island, Indiana, Mis souri, Mississippi, Tennessee, Wiscon sin, Montana, Michigan, Connecticut and Kentucky. In every State where it has been tried it has given satisfac tion. It is a bill for 'this system of voting which Senator Butler proposes to offer as an amendment to the fed eral election bills when they come up for action in the Senate. ' r 1 " - . Texas now claims a population of between two and ! a ' half and three millions of people, and ten years hence, with ev"en a much less: propor tionate annual increase than at pres ent will be by considerable odds the most populous State in the Union. Territorially she is, large enough for four reasonably sized States, and I doubtless ! efforts will be made to di- vide her into two or more. The terms of her admission into the Union pro vided that she might be divided into four States. But it would be a right hard thing to get the average 1 exan to consent to this, for she is prosper ing, has puDlic lands enough to run the state and make her as rich as she wants to be, with nothing to gain by a sub-di vision, but mucrj prestige to lose. 1 nor tnese reasons ajna others sne win prooaoiy preter to remain tne same one star that she is in stead of splitting up into four small er stars. Steam Tog Sunk. The steam tug SofiAic. owned bv Messrs, Ross and Sanford, contractors, of Savannah, Ga., sunk yesterday evening in the lower Cape Fear river. The tug was shifting anchors for the dredge Doat savannan, at tne time 01 the acci dent. Capt. S. W. Skinner, with Dumo- ing" apparatus, , will leave here this morning tor the scene of the disaster. and will soon have the sunken tuc afloat. 1 , Their Bastaeu Booming, . I Probably no one thine has caused such a general revival . of trade at Rob ert R. Bellamy's Wholesale and Retail Drug Store at their giving away to their customers of so many free trial bottles of Dr. Kings New .Discovery for Con sumption. Their trade is simply enor mous in this very valuable article from the fact that it alwBvs cures and never disappoints. Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Coup, and all throat and long diseases quickly ' cured. You can test it before buying, by getting a trial bottlefree, ;large size $1. Every bottle warranted. t -I - HABEAS CORPUS GA$. ' ; J. M. Woolard. One or the Faroes -tieia !- vm i Wniuio rt xtr . T. Bnram Dis charged from Arrest. ' It was four o'clock yesterday afternoon when Judge Meares took his seat in the court room at the City Hall, and ; asked if the parties interested in the habeas corpus ' case of J. M. Woolard were ready. The court room was crowded with spectators, all the witnesses sunv rnoned were in attendance and the pri soner with his counsel, Messrs. D. L. Russell, Marsden Bellamy and John D. Bellamy, Jr., were present, as were the attorneys who represented tne state, Col. B. R. Moore and Mr. Du Brutz Cutlar. ' , ' : The witnesses the same whose testi mony has been given in the StAr were called and answered to their names. It was agreed by counsel that jthe main facts should be admitted, ;and the Court gtated k did nQt tQ near testi. mony except as it related to the defend ant Woolard, -r ; j r . I . The first Witness was Dr. Burbank, who testified as he did at; the investiga tion before the Mayor and at the Coro- ner's inquest, that he madeapost mortem examination of the body ot w. i. Brown, stating the location and charac ter of the wounds, and giving it as his opinion that Brown's death was caused by wounds on the front and back of the head. Altogether, the testimony of ten or a dozen witnesses was taken, but it was merely a repetition of what they had be fore stated and which has already i been published in the Star, and after its con clusion and arguments by counsel ori both sides the Court announced its decision. discharging the prisoner, J. M. Woolard, from arrest, and he walked out of: the court room a free man. I I SUPERIOR COURT. Yesterday's Proceedings Cases i Bet for I I Trial To-day. In the Superior Court for New Han over county, Deiore his Honor udge Graves, Mr. P. B. Manning having been licensed Dy tne; supreme court, was duly qualified as a practising attorney by taking the oath prescribed by law. The following cases were heard i ! Bynurri & Cotton vs. J. F. Garrell, agent. Continued for plaintiffs. R. W. Hicks vsj John McDuffieJet al. Continued for defendant upon payment of costs of this term. H. W. Humphrey et al., vs. The Board of Trustees of Front Street -M. E. Church. Suit to recover $485; amount paid for vault in the church yard and expense of removal of remains of the la Bryan, S. Koonce. f Messrs. Koonce and ; Isler appeared as counsel for plaintiffs and ; Messrs. Russell and Ricaud and E. S. Martin for defendants. The case was given to, the jury late in the afternoon, and a verdict was return ed finding all the issues for defendants. Cases set for to-day are the following : Russell & Ricaud vs. T. . J. Green; Horace Walters & Co. vs. Geo. W. Price, Jr.; Geo. D. New jvs. Flora Frances New; lathom Bros. vs. (j- j A. Peck; Andrew J. Walker vs. j Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Co.; Worth & Worth vs. JN . tr. Shaw; 1 . ri. Strauss vs. w u- mington, Columbia & Augusta f R. R. Co.; Jesse Martin et a), vs. ijohn Martin et at.; Jesse Martin et al.ivs. Wilming ton Gas Light Co.; Jesse Martin et al. vs. Preston Cumming and wife; Jesse Mar tin et al. vs; Hettie C. Ward. - Supervisors of the Census. A circular from the Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.j gives the: following list of Supervisors' dis tricts in North Carolina.' . each district as laid out I to be uijider the charge of one Supervisor. -vet to be appointed: First DiSTRiqTBeaufort, , Bertie, Camden. Carteret. Chowan. Craven. Currituck. ! Dare. Gates. Greene. Hert ford, Hydei Jones, Lenoir, Martiil, Pam lico, Pasquotank, Pitt, Tyrrell and Washington counties. I i Second j DiSTRiCTf-Chatharri, Dur ham. Edeecombe. Franklin. Halifax. Johnstown! Nash, Northampton, Orange, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne and Wil son counties. . ;Third District Bladen, Bruns wick, Columbus, Cumberland, jDuplin,.. Harnett, Moore, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Robeson, Richmond and Samp son counties. Fourth DiSTRiCT-fAlamance, AnT son. Cabarrus, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth,. jGranville,' Guilford, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Person, Randolph, Rockingham,. Rowan, Stan ley, Stokes, Surry, Union and Yadkin counties. 'II ' Fifth District. Alexander, Alle ghany, Ashe, Buncombe, Burke, Cald well, Catawba, Cherokee, Clayi land, uaston, (jraham, Haywood, Hen derson, Jackson, Lincoln, McDowell, MaCOn; Madison, Mitchell, Polk, ford, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga Wilkes, and Yancey counties. FOR THE FARMERS. How td Save Meat in "Warm "Weather. Mr. Jno. T. Bellamy, writing the Star from Enfield, N. C, in relation to the loss that so many farmers have sustained this season in failing to "save their ba con" says: j j Meat may be saved in very warm weather, 11, as it is cut out, you have, a Kfittie 01 ooiitng orine. Uip each piece of meat In this tor !about one j minute; take it out and lav it aside te eonl. ahd while cooling haye a quantity of pulver ized nitre (nitrate Or potash) dust and sprinkle over the flesh side of each piece about a desaert-epoonful, which will be absorbed by the meat in pboufc half an hour; then pack .the meat down, flesh side up, with plenty jof fine sahvi-say one inch deep all over the meat. In a week or so overhaul and jresalt. Years ago I used to.put up from 25,000 to 30,000 pounds of meat every winter, and never lost any,; or hesitated to kill in warm weather; MM I ; I' ' Barque San Antonip. - The British barque San Antonio, which grounded Tuesday morning at the mouth of the Cape Fear; riyer, on what is known as the ''Middle' Ground," was reported yesterday as being an the same position jinJ full of waiter A powerful steam pump was sent (jqwn to her from Capt. Skinner's shipiyard; yesterday, with Capt.' Harper's tugs, an an attempt was tq have been made jn tjje afternoon to ge'uhe barque afloat,! The San Antonio, is. in ballast, from, Barbadaes, and as stated yesterday is bound to this port, con signed to. Messrs. Paterson, Downing & and crew of j ten men Co. The captain remain; on the vessel. The captain's wife and daughter were taken off and landed at Southport Tuesday evening. Y C. F. & Y. V. R. R. Offlcia Inspection of thefioad and It ; Equipment To oe Open , for Traffic February 16 The J . Schedule, fete.. .. ! Col. I. A. Gray, President of, the C. F. & Y. V, J. W. Fry, Mr. R. R., Superintendent J. W. Brown of Balti more, of the firm ofx Brown & Lowndes, financial agents of the road; Mr, J. L-. Wrenshall, civil 'engineer, of. Baltimore, and receiver 01 the Danville & New River railroad; and Dr. D. W. C. Benbow. of Greensboro, N. C. left Greensboro on Monday to j make a tour of inspection of the Fayetteville and Wilmingto4 extension of the Cape fear or Yadkin valley Kauroaa. uapt. Frv and Mr. Wrehshall stoooed at Fav- etteville and the remainder of the partj came through to Wilmingtonj on the Carolina Central, and went up over their road yesterday to within eight miles of Fayetteville where they were ; met by Capt. Fry and Mr. Wrenshall. They inspected the roadbed, stations, bridges and trestles, With ! a view of placing the bonds on this 'division on themar- ket. : Col, Brown' and Mr, Wrenshall expressed themselves as highly pleased of the j through which the road passes, .there being every indication! that the traffic will be very large. Mm Wrenshall is' an engineer of large experience, and he said he had never passed oyer a j new, road so thoroughly equipped and complete in all its appointments. ;The bridge and new depot, at'Fayette- ville, which are hnished, were, also in spected and found to; be" in! eceljent condition. All the track will be laid by the first of February, and the i-oad wilfbe opened up for traffic its entire length onl f-ebruary 15, at which date through passenger, mail and express trains willabe put ' on to run daily between Wilmington and Mt. Airy. To-day, the party above mentioned will go down to Southport on; the Com pany's steamef.the Cw;,ret)jrrungat 5 p. m., and this evening Coli. Gray and Capt. Fry, will go to Maxton, on the Carolina Central, and Messrs. Brown and Wrenshall will return to Baltimore. The distance from Wilrrtmgton to Mount Airy is 248 miles, and the time ten hours; the following ibeing the schedule: Leave Wilmington, 9.40 a. m.; arrive at Fayetteville 1.45 pi' m., stop ping there 30 minutes for dinner; will leave Fayetteville at 2.15, arrive at , 1 . Greensboro at 7.10, and arrive at Mount' Airy at 7.45 p. rri. Returning, train will leave Mount Airy at 5.40 a. m arrive at Greensboro, 4 9.30; leave Greensboro at 9.50 a. m., and arrive at Fayetteville 2.10 p. m., for dinner; leave Fayetteville at 2.40 p. m. and arrive at Wilmington, 6.45 p. m. ... . j CORONER'S INQUEST. i The Jury Find that "W. T. Brown Came to His Death at the Hands of Walter '.Yates and J. M. "Woolard. Coroner Jaeobs concluded the inquest yesterday begun last week in the case of the death of W. T. Brown. The wit nesses examined were Dr. Burbank, N. D. Casteen, Walter -Way, James Canaday, R. H. Moore and Forney LeGwin. The testimony was substantially the same as that before the Mayor Monday. The jury found hat W. T. Brown came to his death at the hands of-j Walter Yates and J. M. Woolard, on the i 7th day of Janu ary, 1890, in the house of; Emma Jack son. Woolard was at bnce arrested and placed in the custody of h sheriff, Yates being already in jail pn the charge of manslaughter. In the afternoon Woolard was brought before Judge O. P. Meares, on. a writ 01 habeas corpus. He was attended j by his counsel Messrs. D. 'L. Russell, Marsden and Jno. D, Bellamy, Jr., and, was admitted to bail in the sum of $500 for his' appearance before Judge Meares this afternoon, at half-hast three o'clock for an investiga tion 01 the case, in the Court room at the City Hall. ill'- '. VESSEL ASHORE. The British Barque San Antonio from Bar- ' j ; badoes. ! The Signal Service Observer at South port telegraphed at .30 p. m. yesterday: "A barque thought to be either English or Norwegian, went ashore, on the bar about 11.15 a. m. The tug Blanche we"nt out with spme pilots' and has just re turned. I Tfiey report that they could not get jneaf enougi to herj on account of the high sea to learn her name. An English steamer, thought to be the Mer- julio, has a hawser to the barque and will doubtless try to pull her of? when the tide rises; but the pilots think she will probably npt be able to do it. They report that Capt. Savage of the Life Saving Service arrived just in time to pick up and save from drowning, five men from the steamer, whose boat had turned over," ; At 3.50 p. m., the observer telegraph ed as follows: ?The British;, barque San Antonio, Capt. A. B. Troop, bound from Barbadoes tp Wilmington, in bal last, ran ashore on the Middle Ground, about i 300 yards jwest of the channel. about! 11.15 'a. ml The captain Of the Life-Saving Station thinks the vessel will come off at high tide, without much damage. 1 he crew consists pf ten men, The captain's 'Wife and daughter are now in southport. ' THAT CELEBRATION. i f.? - A Mount Airy Merchant Calls , I mington to Celebrate. on f Wil- The Cape Fear and. Ya4kin Valley Railw4y will be Compleled to Wilming ton in less .than ; thirty days. Shall we have, a celebration?, A letter to the Star from a leading merchant of Mount Airy says: . : i vStir up your people and let us. have a ceieoration on r the completion of the ape fear and adkm Valley Railway, Let your committee cet cheap rates, tickets to be good for five or six davsi and we will send a large Crowd from this place and points below arid you know that will do your town good." -) Business men of Wilmington, are vou ready tor the question? J IVotnln; But Skin and Bones.' . . . 11. - - . is the inelegant though appropriate ex pression used in describing the appear ance of many females whom Nature in tended for perfect Specimens of her han diwork, but who have been, reduced to this distressirigcondition by some of the organ jc trqubles.peculiar to the sex, styled ''female complaints," fhe symptomg of Which are ,;3ri3!l gqne feeling,'' weakness In the back, especially rBralngs, Hepvousr ness, and sometimes hysteria. The cure fori these beautydetrqyiiig troubles-: and an undoubted one in every case--ts Drf Pierce's Favorite Prescription, and it renders it unnecessary to consult a doc torpaf disagreeable duty for a modes wornan. Of druggists. I - KILLING OF W.T, BROWN. INVESTIGATION OF THE: CASE BEFORE i Mayor fowler.. : Dr. Bur bank's Testimony "Walter Yates Committed in Default of Bail to Answer to the Charge of Manslaughter. There was again a great gathering of people in the Court at the City Hall yesterday afternoon to hear the contin uation of the investigation before Mayor Fowler, of the circumstances that led to the death of Wm. Thos. Brown, in the early morning of Friday last. The persons under arrest charged with par ticipation in the difficulty that pre ceded the finding of jthe dead body of Brown on the railroad tritek Walter Yates, J. M. Woollard and J. J. Canaday were present with counsel, Mr. John D. Bellamy. Jr., and Mr. J. A. Marshall, while Col. B. R. Moore, Solicitor of the Criminal Court, and Mr. D. B. Cutlar were also in attendance an behalf of the State. Y All the witnesses, a score or more in number, were sworn, and the exarritna tion was at once proceeded with. Dr. T. S.- Burbank was the first wit ness called. He testified that he had made an official examination of the body of W. T. Brown Sunday, morning about 11 o'clock, at the place to which it had been removed, near Sneed's Ferry; it had not been buried; found the body in a coffin, and stripped it; found the right side of the face badly bruised; found a cut on the right side of the nose that extended to the membrane covering the bone; there was a smaller cut a half inch in length outside' Of the right eye, aoout tne same as tne otner; tne right eyelid and eye, and the right cheek were much bruised and swollen. On the back of the head, found a" wound a hnlf inch long that went down to the skull. Examined the body and found no wounds upon it. Dis sected the scalp and found the the tissues all bruised and much diffused blood; removed a portion of the skull, and found -a blood-clot just beneath the cut on the front of the head near the nose; the Wain waS very much con jest ed; found a very large clot of blood on the brain on the back of the head; in his opinion these wounds were sufficient to cause death. Asked about the possi bility of the deceased freezing to death, and being shown a tabulated statement of temperatures on that night and the morning following, ranging from 32 to 38, he explained the effects of cold on the system when the heart stopped, he said the whole external surface would be cold. In his opinion the fall at the railroad cut could not have caused the wounds on the head of deceased. If deceased had fallen and his head had struck on the angle of a cross-tie, it could have caused a wound such as was found on the head, but could not have caused all the wounds; the wound on the outer corner of the right eye was made by a blunt instrument; the wound on the inner corner was a lacerated wound ex tending downwards about 4?alf an inch. Striking on a cross-tie could not have made such a wound; both wounds conld have been made at one time by brass-knuckles or a blow of the fist Gave it as his opinion that the lower edge of the seat of, the chair with which Yates struck Brown would have caused the wound on the back of the head of the deceased. ' Green Brown, brother , of deceased. testified that he accompanied Dr. Bur bank, and identified the body as that of W. T. Brown, his brother! Walter Way was . again called and testified as he did last Saturday. After the conclusion of Way's testimony Solicitor Moore said it was a prima facie case that called for the holding of defendants; but at the request of .the de fence the examination of witnesses was proceeded with. J. M. Woollard, one of the parties accused of assaulting Brown, was called and testified. Denied striking deceased, but did put his hand on Brown's breast and ask him not to raise a row. Woollard said in answer to questions,' that he had lived in Wilmington three or four years; was born in Columbus county, and knew Yates some time, but was not a particular friend of his; did not see Yates . treating anybody; was not drunk himself; some of the crowd had been drinking; Brown was drunk; policemen entered the room at the time Yates struck Brown; the po lice officers were there two and-a-half or three hours; Brown was advancing fori Yates when the latter struck him with the chair. i ! J. M. Holloway testified that there was a little row at the dance, between J.' J Canaday and Yates; the latter struck Canaday; Brown came to the door and cursed Yates; Woollard put his hand against Brown and told him not to raise a fuss; Woollard did not strike Brown; Brown backed and came again to the door and advanced on Yates; witness heard the crash of the chair, but did not see the blow; if Woollard struck Brown, he (witness) did not see it. After the blow with the chair, asked Brown, "Are you hurt? and Brown sorter smiled, and said no, just stunted a little." To the best of his knowledge, Brown, went out of the back door of the housed He had no bruise on his face when witness asked him if he was hurt, and he imme diately left the house. Emma Jackson was again called arid told the same story she did on Saturday, as to. the fight. .Had. fenawn Hoi! oway for years; he sent some of the invitations to the ball; s,he sent sqme, and Miss BHzsard sent some of them. N. Casteen, like most of the other wit nesses, didn't know much about the fight, although he was in the room; he turned his head and looked out of a window, and when j he turned again Yates had struck Brown. That was all he knew about it, although he did hear Woollard tell Brown to keep quiet sometime be. fore, n answer to a question from the ...Ua sj : .1 Mayor, witness said Brown was not ad vancing on Yates when the latter struck him with the chair. c A youth named LeGwin was the next witness; he repeated the same story he told Saturday; there was a quarrel be tween Yates and Canady; Brown came in and cursed Yates; he (witness) with Emrha Jacksqn got Yates iiftq a corner and tri8d ;tQ kp klm quiet, ' and when Yates go up to strike Brown, witness ran out ot the room and did not seeny body strike a blow. J. A. Hankins was also present in the room when the row began, but when he saw Yates raise the chair he left the room! ha went back agairt after 6ffle 5f the girls, and with them went to Yates house and told himi to go to the Mayor's Court in the morning, in. answer to questions, Hankinsj said he Went to the house with the musicians; went w uvc some fun; hadn't danced before in fifteen years! ' ' ' ... , ' t , ' R. H. Moore, policeman, testmea wuu. he went to the house about 12 o cIock; was called by Emma Jackson, who said she expected trouble. He was on the piazza of the house! and heard a scuffle and went in, and saw a chair raised and Brown struck; Caught the chair and j took Yates into custoay. as he StriKing orowfii , tfgaui, ji. was a pretty severe blow on the front of the head; Brdwn and Yates were facing each other, j (Saw Woollard in the room; did not see j him strike any one; saw ho marks on Brown's face; saw him so out the front door; called to officer Howland to arrest; tsrown; was at me house three-quarters! of an hour alto gether; Brown, Yates and Canaday were under the influence of liquor; Yates got away from witness after they left the house. 1 1 Officer Howlarid testified that he went to the house, a few moments be fore. 12 o'clock; was called in by the wo man Emma Jackson; went on back piazza with Moorej saw Yates advancing with chair raised! and strike Brown; other officer caught chair before a second blow was struck; Brown said he was; not hurt; arrested - Brown and turned him loose to arrest, other parties Woollard and Cjmnady and when he returned to where: he had left Brown the latter had gonje; saw ho marks on Brown's face, and! he said he was not hurt; did not see Woollard do anything, arrested him because he was in the crowd. In ariswier to the Solici tor, said he j was on the piazza when" the blow; wis struck; house was about twenty yards from the place where Brown was found dead the next morn ing. Emma Jackson asked him two nights before to cbme to the house that night. j j After hearing Howland's testimony, and arguments; b counsel, the Court committed Yates ;to the custody of the sheriff in default: of $800 bail, on the charge of manslaughter, while Woollard was discharged, and J. J; Canaday was held in a bond of $100 to answer tor en gaging in an affray. The Coroner's inquest, postponed from last Saturday, will be held at the City Court room this morning at 10.30 o'clock. Death of Mrs. E. A. Purnell. We are again galled upon to record the death of another one of our old na tive citizens, MrS. Eliza Ann Purnell, which took piece j on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the residence of Mr. Washington Ciatlett, in this city. Her death was not ; unexpected, as she had been a sufferer for a long time, with an incurable disease. 1 " Mrs. Purnell was born in Wilmington in loaa, and consequently was in her sixty-eighth year. She was the eldest daughter of the late Gov. Dudley, and was a highly educated woman. She married in 1841, Mr. Thomas R. Purnell, of Halifax, a prominent young lawyer, and a man of more than ' ordinary ability, who . died m 1846, -and by whom she had three children, but one only surviving T. R, Purnell, Esq, of Kaleigh. bhe j.was one of the most gen erous of women, kind liearted and liber al and devoted ;to her kindred and friends, giving amply of her means be fore misfortune overtook her in the loss of property, to-all who were suffering or distressed or who needed assistance.' There are many in our midst who will rernember herf far her many deeds of generous kindness. Her funeral took place from St. lohn's Church yesterday afternoon, thence to Oakdale Cemetery, and the following r gentlemen acted as pall bearers: Col. Jas. G. Burr, Hoin. O. P. Meares. Col. E: D. Hall, Mrl Wm. Watters.Mr. David S. Cowan, Mr. T. Alvis Walker. NEW HANOVER SUPERIOR COURT Convened Yesterday, with Judge Graves Presiding. The January term of New Hanover county Superior Court convened here yesterday, with Judge Graves pn the bench and the Solicitor, Mr. Oliver H. Allen, in attendance. The following cases were disposed of: The, Louis Bergdall Brewing Co. vs.j J. G. L. Gieschen. Juderment for defen dant, i ' . , J Emanuel Roderick. Jr.. vs. Minnie Lee Roderick, iludsrment for nlaintiff ior divorce. . 1 The N. K. Fairbanks Co. vs. W. Hi btyron. Judgment for plaintiff, Calvin bummer vs. Maeie Gummed Judgment for plaintiff for divorce. I frank lavlor vs. Catharine TavlorJ Judgment for plaintiff for divorce. I u. L. Kussell vs. Anthony Davis and F. D. Kooncei Judgment for olaintiff.!! John Ryan & Cev vs. .The Messenger T"V 1 1 1 - m . . W - r-uDiisning p. 1 judgment lor piaintitt. lonn Kvan sc u. vs. J. A. tJonitz Judgment for plaintiff. I 1 he following cases are set for trial to-day: ; : Bynum & Cottou Vs. J. F. Garrell agent. K. W. Hicks vs. ohn McDuffie. etal H. W, Humphreyet al.. vs. The Board 01 irustees x rront- Street M:. E Church. j ... Charged with Arson, i ; j William Myers and James Rountree!, WAt. 1 1 t 1 ... . r uuui toioreu, cnanrcQ witn arson, in setting fire to the house on King's All ney, near Front and between Queen and Wooster streets, which was destroyed by fire ? last Friday, were arrested anH brqught before the Mayor yesterdav. but tne mvestigation of the case was post,- puncu uutii tu-qay. ; i ne nouse was the property of Mr. W. H. Alderman, and was occupied, by colored people, with whom Myers and others, it is ' s-M' A Fleet of Square-Riggers. A fleet of ten square-riggers arrived at bouthport yesterday and Sunday were reported by the Signal Service Job- ;wkwuaji cuicrnuon as on their way up to WilminPtnn. TK omU Xt the vessels are, the Norwegian bardues Sulihide from IRJr. r rrTf,, Sulphide from Rio, Camilla from Table Bay, Dovre from Port Natal- n. brig Clara, from Demarara;' German barmip ? nn- T " - . . t Liutuus rvyrcs; iNOrwe- su. udrque uyiaenlave, from Savanriah; British lurniunt:.. ir r . : . ...... Muv.huhc v cmnre, vjerman brig Car ohan, and Norwegian barque Dfir. "I have thee on the hip. cried rhei- matism, seizing his yictim and togging rum on a suffennBf hrl. mm, a u lSSferL1 t ; 'cr'r ""vam", u".ns8 a oot- v v. -wwhuh uii, men we ll see who wins the day.' - P i Patti.it is said, guards herself carefully against cold.j Sihe evidently does not be lieve in free concerts, hut k-i: in the frpc (n. r... . "lcvc 7--- ".ouu s vxjugn Syruo as it has cured her spvrai t;T. ir' sSsATION; AT WILSON A LIVELY MILL IN A BANKING HOUSEi Prominent Citizens Engaged in an Affray A Constable Accidentally Bnot One of the Parties. , rStwcial Stir Telegram. wLo. J rf'l Tnnnarv 22. This niwun, J . iin A 11 .Vlrw-lf. morning, Deiween xv duu ix :. Calvin Barnes, a prominent citizen of w;ikn went to the banking house of Brarich & Co. to! consult with Mr. A. Branch regarding an accuuui. m i 1 t;" L c - 1 TKb was owed tsrancn, Biggs a. w. " passed between them, and Mr. Barnes knocked Mr. Branch througn tne wm- dowlof.the counting room .and followed this jup with a nurnber of blows. Mr. J . C. riales, cashier of the bank, hearing the noise, ran to see what was the matter and tried to part the combatants, when Mr.j Jas. SterrettL a step-son ot Mr. Barnes not knowing Mr. Hale's inten- 1 . . . i . j ; t.;on knocked him aown anu i-um- manqea mm rosiay iucic.f I After Mr. Branch got up all three, Branch, Barnes and Sterrett, started out ot the bank. At the front door Mr. Sterrett turned, after he and Mr. Barnes had,' started down, the street, and gave Mr! Branch a stunning blow which jcame very near felling him to the floor. Thj parties then separated. Some fear was entetxainea mai mc 'difficulty would, be renewed. So all of the; parties were placed under a peace bond. All went well until about $ o'clock p. m. Mr ship constable, Jas. Marshburn, town was sent to .arrest Messrs. Barnes and Sterrett and take them before a magistrate, and while; he with his prisoners was on the opposite sirte nf the- streerl Mr. Branch, ran - out 'and began firing at Mr. ' Barnes. The balls went wide Of their mark, but un fortunately one of them lodged in the left heel of the constable. ' ; : ELECTRICAL MURDER. One Man Killed j and Another Severely- Shocked, Together with a Horee, byTwul ihg Wires in Wewburg, TSt. T. . N EWBURG, N. Y., Jan, 20. This morn ing at 9 o'clock a man stopped his horse injfront of F, W. Parsons' shoe store, in Water street, tied the animal to an awn ing post and went away. A few minutes latjer the horse touched his nose tp an iron post and fell into the gutter like a lok Thomas' Dawson, ran to help the horse, but no sooner did he place his hands on the animal, than he (Dawson) fell dead. Thomas Saltz who saw Daw sow fall; hastened to his assistance and tojok hold of him to lift him up, but re ceived a terribld shock, and he too drop ped to the grourid as if dead. An elec tric light wire had sagged and lay upon an iron rod extending from the awning post to the building; and the full force of the electric current was passing down the iron post into the ground, The Insula tion material j of the wire had become thoroughly saturated by the rain. iThe body of Dawson was carried to e store and laid upon the floor, where it still lies, awaiting the aetion of the cbroner. : i ; - Mr. Saltz was only stunned; he got up, brushed Ills clothes, and walked away. Neither was the horse killed. It was cut loose from the post, lifted to his ieet ana onven tt. j Dawson wasH laborer, and for a num ber of years a grave-digger in St. George's Ipemetery. He was a large and powerful riian, weighing over two hundred pounds. Ge was well and favorably I known, and aves a wife and children. - ; There is great; excitement and indignat ion in this city. The electric light wires, even when taut, are only a j few inches above the iron awning frames in front of buildings. I It seems that Dawson in assisting the horse took hjokt of the head gear, and 'at once fell forward, his head striking: against the iron awning post. An; ex amination of; the body disclosed the fact that the deadly current was received on the left side of the head, which; had rested against the awning post. The neck was blistered, the hair singed! and the ear badly, burned. Drs. Wiggins and Howell, I subsequently made a thorough examination of the whole body. 1 he man s eyes were open; his face bore no evidence tiat he had suffer- ed any pain; ' 1 j -i BREACH 0F:PR0MISEJ Cammerer vs.; Muller A Verdict for Plaintiff of $12,000. New York, (January 19. The jury in the suit of Miss Caroline Cammerer vs. Clemens Muller. for 8100.000. for breach of promise, to-day attended the opening of their sealed verdict in the Supreme Court. They found for the olaintiff in the sum of $12,000. This verdict was reached Saturday night after a delibera tion of five hours. The plaintiff was nOt in Court; the defendant, however, was there. A tnotion by the defendant for a new trial as denied, and the motion of plaintiff for allowance was granted.; New York! January 20. -Judere In graham to-day denied the motion to set aside the verdict giving $12,000 ;to Miss Caroline Cammerer, of Philadelphia, in her suit for j $100,000 Jrom Clemens Muller, as damages for breach of pro mise of Jmarriage. The motion was made by! counsel for Muller on the ground that the amount of damages given was; excessive, and that the ver dict was against the weight of evidence The defendant was allowed sixty days within which to prepare papers on the appeal, and the plaintiff's counsel were allowed 5 per Cent, on $12,000 for their services. 1 FATAL EXPLOSION. A House Wrecked and One Person. Killed and Eight Badly Injured. Bv Telegraph to the; Morning Star. Pittsburg, January 22. An ex plosion of natural gas, abour9.30 o'clock this morning, completely . wrecked a three-story frame dwelling on Thirty eighth near Butler, street, killing one person Almost instantly, arid : seriously injuring eight others, two, of whom may die. I ' ! j Who is Mrs. "Winslow P As this question is frequently asked, we will (simply say that she is a lady who devoted her time and talents as a female physician and nurse, principally among children. She has specially studied the constitution and wants of this numerous class, ahd. a& a result of thi practical knowledge, obtained in a life time spent as a nurse. anH nrixrclion ct. has compounded a Soothing Syrup for uiimi en tcetmng. 11 operates like magic giving rest ano neaith, and is, more over. Sure to recnlate.-rr hnwok T, consequence Of this article Mrs. "Winslow is Decoming world-renowned as a bene factor of her race : children rerrainlv Hn rise up and bless her; especially is this the case in this city. Vast quantities of tuo.oqoining syrup are daily sold and used here. We think Mrs. Winslow has immortalized her name bv this invahr- able article,! and we sincerely believe thousands of children have been saved from an early grave by its timely use, and that millions yet unborn will; share its benefits I and uuite in calling, her blessed. No mother has discharged her duty -to iher suffering little one, in ?ur opinion, until she has given it tne benefit of Mrs. Winslow's 5 Soothing Try1 it, mothers TRY it now. by all; druggists' 25 cents a bottle., t iaaies- Visitor. New X OTK CKV. SOIQ spirits turpentine; Oxford Ledger; Mr. E. C. Day, . who recently contracted a romantic mar riage in Henderson tp a lady from Mis sissippi who advertised for a husband and a correspondence followed which re sulted in a union, has come to grief early in' his honeymoon. He ws arrested in Oxford Friday night' on a charge of for gery comfnitted in Clarksville, Va, Durham Sun: The Grand J un adjourned to-day about noon, after at tending to a Jarge volume of business. It has been a working grand jury as it is very evident they investigated a great many cases. Judge Armfield, in. his charge, called their attention to the law on trusts in this State, and the grand jury made careful investigation of the reports which had come to the ear of the Court. After summoning a large num ber of witnesses and enquiring into the matter they failed to return a present ment against any firm as violating the statute. .1 i Asheville Citizen: ; The boys Dryman and Bruce, who wiere arrested for robbing the Irishman of $37.00. had preliminary hearing before Justice Ma lone yesterday morning. After taking, wiHenre nf several witnesses, thp ;t prisoners were bound over to the next term ot tne criminal toua ui uonu ot $300, in default of which they were com mitted to jail. Zeb. Vance West all, a nephew of Maj. T. C; Westal!, of this place, was killed last Thursday while felling a tree, near Craig's Mills,, on Armstrong creek, McDowell county. A dead limb, which had fallen from an adjacent tree and lodged in the one upon which Mr, Westall was working feel when the tree was cut down, and Striking Mr, Westall, killed him instant ly. Mr. Westall was 35 years old, and leaves a wife and one child to mourn his untimely end. ; Charlotte. News:' There was a big' forest fire in the long pine leaf, re gion near Hamlet, last night. A num ber of turpentine . fields were burned, over;, but beyond that, no damage has been reported. 'x -Mr; Harvey A. Deal, late business manager of the ' Chroiu'ck, has associated himself in the job print ing business with Mr. Ed. ! H. DeCamp. The freight train on the Carolina Central road which arrived here y ester day afternoon from Laurinburg, left a dead brakeman at Hamlet. The name of the unfortunate brakeman was Wal- . ter Pratt. He- was a colored man, and had been in the employ of the road for sometime The accident which resulted in his death, occurred while the cars were being switched at Hamlet. Pratt was acting as coupler, and was crushed between two cars. The accident occur red at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, and Pratt died at 2 o'clock in the afifernoon. Charlotte Chronicle : There is a movement on "foot among some of the members of .the Second Presbyterian Church to build a chapel at the Alpha Mill. There is a mission established there, which is in a sufficiently prosper ous condition to warrant the erection of a church, lhe matter, will assume a definite shape in the near future. A negro who lives on Capt. S. .B. Alex ander's place was up late Monday night. and discovered another 'negro stealing chickens. After procuring a gun from . Capt. Alexander's he went in search of the thief, stopping "near a tree in which some chickens were roosting. The thief soon came along and while attempting to take the chickens from the roost -was fired upon by the negro in waiting. The thief fell, but arose and ; ran. Another load was sent after him, and he fell again, but was not so disabled that he did not escape. A negro wounded with shot has been found on a neighboring planta tion. . . Sariford Express: Mr. J; W. Cole, on McLendon's creek, savs nearly all of his neighbors are about to move to the towns and villages and elsewhere. This is a bad sign, this desertion of the farms for homes in the towns. Capt. G. W. Alley is putting up tele graph wires on the Wilmington exten sion of the C r. & Y, V.road. The Egypt Coal Company on last Satur day had a fine young mule put down in the shaft and it took the efforts of eight men to perform; this task. This mule will likely stay in this dark shaft as loin; as it lives and that may be a long time. There was one which staid in the same shaft during the war, it was taken out when operations ceased and it died about three years ago. It went blind soon after it came out, and it is related that it amused itself until it died by kicking. TheJSanford sash and blind factory. has declared a dividend of 6 per cent, for the year 1889. Mr. Makepeace, the Secreatry, states that the year has been a prosperous one. There is a greatdeal of work on hand, which is goog evidence of a building boom in the country. -Carthage is on a quiet boom. The town is slowly but surely building up. We know of at least a dozen dwellings to be built here during the next few months. r Raieigh News andObseri'cr: Y. F. Boykin, of Clinton, has been appoint ed a director of the North Carolina In sane Asylum, vice T. B. Womack, ire signed. The board has appointed Prof. J. H. Weatherly, assistant profes sor of Practical Mechanics at the A. & M. College. Prof. Weatherly was edu cated at the St. Louis Manual Training School, ahd comes 'highly recommend ed, and the boai-d feels satisfied that he will suit. judge T. B. Womack ar rived in the city yesterday and at 2:15 o'clock yesterday took the oath of office. He was sworn in by Judge Spier Whit aker at the officie of the State Treasurer. He will beginj work immediately and will, this week hold Northampton court, which begins to-morrow. At the late communication of the Grand Lodge Of Masoris Dr. Eugene Grissom was appointed and installed Grand Lecturer, and Grand Custodian of the work in North Carolina. . All of the Assistant Grand Lecturers are requested to report to hiiri for examination, so as to make the w?rk uniform throughout the jurisdiction The negro exodus now about amounts to a stampede. They all seem" to wint to 1 go, but one half of them dort't know where. A night or two ago a train jload of over five hundred from Edgecombe passed through, bound for Louisiana. Day before yesterday nine other car-loadsj went through. Others are expected to j start in a day or two. Charlotte News: A crowd of . twenty-five people, both whites and blacks, arrived jn thecity on the Carol i-' na Central trairj last night. They were from Union county, and were bound for Mississippi, j For some time past the presence of anything like the genuine grip in Charlotte has been doubted, but all doubts have now been removed. The real grip is really here, and it is becom- ing more severe; every day. Messrs. J. A. Colley and JRobert Armstrong, of Wilmington, Delaware, who recently erected the big iron bridge of the Rich mond & Danville Company over the Ca tawba, have the contract for erecting twenty-three ndw j iron bridges for tlrc Richmond & Danville Railroad Co. - Jolm Hwie a colored man, w as shot and killed near Harrisburg, Cabar rus Icounty, . yesterday. Howie was watching two men fight and j was killed by the discharge of a gun ovef winch they were scuffling. A negro nand White Pharr became jealous of Os Gallowav and loaded a gun for the ex press purpose of kilHng him. Yester day ttwo negroes met near Hams burg Galloway was accompanied by his brother, who went by the name o -Tohn Howie. Pharr and Galloway at once began to quarrel, when , Pharr raised his gun tb shoot. As he did so, Galloway grasped the muzzle 'and turn ed the gun aSide. Pharr pulled the trigger at the same moment, and the whole load lodged in the body of Howie, who was ; standing near Gallo way. Howie fell ja the ground and ex pired within the course of one hour. No arrests had Deen raauc uy iu y- afternoon, h I V f ' i t ' f 1 1 v I i L- ' .ft 1 hii
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