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ghj meekly tar. WILLIAM H. 'BEBNAED, Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, Feb. 20, 1891. In anting to chansre rour address Always mve farmer direction as well as full particulars as where yoa wisn your pvper to be sent nereatter. unless you do botn changes can not be made. X3T Notices of Marriage or Death, Tributes of Re spect, Resolutions of Thanks, &c, are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only bait rates wnen pais for strictly in advance. At this rate 60 cents will pay lor a simple! announcement of Marriage or iJeatn. CST" Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ters will register letters when desired. IV Only such remittances will be at the risk of the pubusner. , . j , f3F Specimen copies forwarded when desired. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS. i i . . We take it for granted that the - bill pending before the Legislature ' providing for the establishment of j a geological survey will pass, for we have toe much confidence in the good sense jnd sdund judgment of the majority f the men who compose the Legislature to believe that they : would permit the failure of a mea sure of such vast importance. If a man had a large tract of land, and there were out croppings of the preciou j metals, such as gold and silver, and if the useful metals, such as iron, copper, zinc, and of coal, and buiding stores, and marble, and other, things which could be turned to profitable account, the conclusion would ne if he had the means and did not endeavor to ascertain what was under these outcroppings or what was the extent of them, that he was either a .very singular, a very silly or a very shiftless sort of a fellow. Well that is what North Carolina has. She has a tract of 32,000,000 acres of land, a very large portion of which contains , as is well known, alt these articles mentioned above and a good many i seful and valuable . articles not mentioned, and by far the larger portion bf these 32,000,000 acres have never naa wnat mignt De called a geological exploration. . , The Kvprk that Dr. Emmons did in 1850 was necesssarily limited and superficial, though it did very well as far as it went and, threw a good light on the mineral and deal on other resources of North Carolina and on her wondrous i water-powers. Later, we believe, Professor Genth did some speqial work. Profes sor Kirr, who held the : of fice of Sate Geologist when it was abolished, did ' as much as could be expected of him handicapped as he was for want work of exploration. From Emmons to -Kerr the office was run on a nar row gauge economy schedule which was too lavish just for the name of naving a state ueoiogist and fnot Jiberal 'enough to make the State Geologist really useful. There should not only be a State Geologist, but there should be in- uucements enougn in the office to make it sought by men of brains and learning in the . profession, and energy, and the office should be so equipped that it could make assays ot minerals, analyses of mineral waters, etc., for . the benefit ofi dis coverers. Under Prof. Kerr, his de partment had ;no means of . doing this. There was no fund provided for it, and if the Professor had it done, as he sometimes did, 'they who did it expeeted compensation from him or the parties.,fpr whom the assays or analyses were made. We believe that work of this kjnd can now be done at the experiment station, which, though established mainly as part of the Agricultural Department, should be required to co-operate with. the State Geologist. ! ; ; In establishing the survey it should embrace not only surface ex plorations, to-ascertain the area and character of our mineral and other valuable deposits, the existence of which is well established by the sur veys already made and by more recent discoveries, but also a system! of deep borings to see what there may be under the surface which has "not been found, to establish the value of some of the treasures that have been unearthed, and to test the existence of others, indications of which have been discovered. There is no . tell ing what such a system of deep borings might not reveal, it might demonstrate that Eastern North Carolina may be supplied with ) an abundance of pure water by means of artesian wells, as Savannah and New Orleans now are.!? It might de monstrate that some of our Eastern swamps can be thus drained and the lands become valuable for agricul tural purposes, as has jbeen done in some of the swamp lands of Georgia, which befofe that were not only use less but prolific sources of malaria. It may also jshow that Eastern North Carolina has phosphate deposits as South Carolina and Florida' have. k Indications of kerosene oil r)av been discovered in Guilford county, ana me opinion is entertained by some, who do not belong to the visionary class, that it may be found in both the jDan Valley, and in the Deep fiver coal fields,- Deep boring would test iti presence in Guilford, also in the Dan and - Deep river sections, andjat the same time estab lish some valuable facts as to the number and thickness of the coal veins in these respective fields, upon which some estimate of their value might be based. There is aj wide field in North Carolina for a geological surveyf and lots of work ,fot,it to do, work too, that will prove immensely valu able. 7 i V inaroB. MENTION. Among the items' in the General Deficiency bill which passed the House of Representatives Tuesday wa the sum of $28,678,3s2 to cover shortage in the pension appropria tions for the past year. This of itself would make a pretty fair pension bill and would have .been considered a yery liberal amount before the era of i political trickery and extrava gance set in, and Republican states men entered boldly on the work of looting the treasury to curry favor with the soldiers. When Mr. Garfield was in the Senate and it was esti mated that the pension bill then un der" consideration would require $38, 000,000, he in an apologetic way, and to quiet the apprehensions that were felt at the growing proportions of the pension appropriations, expressed the conviction that this was as large a sum as would be called for. Now the deficiency' after expending nearly $100,000,000 is not $10,000,000 less than the estimated maximum: For the current year there will be needed $135,000,000, and next year proba bly $150,000,000. How much more than that year after year, at the rate at which the pension bill is growing no one knows. It is a very big ele phant. ' ;' 't ..! . ! ' L In commenting in the Senate Tues day on the amendment to the Diplo matic and Consular Appropriation bill, which practically grants a sub sidy of $3,500,000 to ; the compan v which proposes to lay a cable be tween San Francisco and the King dom of Hawaii, Senator Carlisle said the amendment was out of place in that bill Of course it was. It was as much out place there as would be Silver bill as a rider to the Pension bill, as was proposed by some of the tree coinage advocates or the Force bill to some of the regular appropria tions as proposed by statesman Dingley. It was simply a subsidy scheme tacked on to this bill, and totally foreign to it, to carry it through rather than let it stand on its own merits. ' We are somewhat surprised by the support given it by Senator Morgan and by the vote of Senators Gorman and Hampton for it. If there was to have been subsidy at all the cost of the work should have been ascertained and then let the friends of the subsidy scheme come squarely out and vote the necessary amount without steal ing in probably twice; as much as will be necessary to do the work under cover of a regular appropria tion bill with which it has no con- I nection whatever. at i ne state oi AiaDama nas a mine Of great wealth in her coal. Geolog ical surveys show that coal underlies nineteen counties embracing an area ol 8, b00 .square' miles. In , ten of these nineteen counties only is there any coal mining done. In 1853 the first mining was done, and since then the annual output has been gradually increased up to 1880, since when the increase has been enor mous, growing from 323,972 tons in that year to 3,328,484 tons in 1889. This covers only the coal intended tor shipment, and not that used for coking purposes. Of the above amount. 1,888,596 cons were con sumed within the State. It is worth at the mines an average of $1.10 a - TT ton. ' , : . ' . - Since Mr. Cleveland has so lately declared himself opposed to the free coinage of silver some curiosity has been felt to know how Gov. Hill stands on that question. He has views on the question as well as Mr. Cleveland, and they will not be any more acceptable to the free coinage advocates than Mr. Cleveland's are. Mr. Cleveland is squarely opposed to "free, unlimited and independent coinage," while Gov. Hill is in favor of "free coinage .under a proper in ternational ratio," something which it would be very difficult and next to Impossible to secure. It is quite safe to say that Gov. Hill don't take much stock in the. silver legislation which Mr. Cleyeland opposes, and that as silver men, it is six one way and half a dozen the other. The Philadelphia Times comment ing upon the defeat of the Force bill, speaks of Senator Gorman as a leader of leaders." Mr. Gorman is not only eminently level headed but cool headed in proportion. It is said that when he sees a point and starts for it at a critical time, if he discovered that a colony of yellow japkets had located in the rear of his trousers he wouldn't oav them th j --- slightest attention till he had gone for that point and disposed of it. Exports Foreign. Norwegian baVque Sies, Gunderson. cleared yesterday for Middlesboro, Eng., with 4.212 barrels rosin, valued at $5,658, Cargo by Messrs. Patterson. Downing & Co vessel by Heide & Co. Schooner George Bird, Gray, cleared for Monte Christo, San Domingo, with 175,145 feet lumber, valued at $2,470: Cargo by Messrs. S. & W. H. NorthroD: vesselty Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. The Narrow Gauge Kailroad A.ooident. Further particulars of the accident on the Chester & Lenoir Narrow r,9n Railroad show thaf six persons were killed and four others injured. The list of the dead is: Rev. M. I. Little, of Dallas: W. W. Ross, Chester, S. C; H. M. Morrow. Cleveland county; John Hogg, Chester, . C; K. L. Johnston, Gastonia; John Crowell, colored. The injured are: C. C Dunlap, conductor; H. Williams, colored brakeman; Frank Coulter; C M. anannon, engineer. LAWS RELATING TO WILMINGTON." ' Bills Introduced . by Senator Bellamy Whloh Have Passed their Various Bead ing, Been Batifled and Become Lavt of - theBtote. . ' . . r ' . Special Star Report. An act to amend the charter of the Real Estate Investment. Company of Wilmington. Ratified January 20th. An act to enable the City of Wilming ton to purchase grounds fr a public park without the corporate limits of said city. Ratified January 21st. An act to incorporate the S. W. Skin ner Company. Ratified January 81st.'. An act to amend the charter of the Carolina Insurance Company of Wil mington,- N. C. Ratified January 24th An act to authorize the Y. M. C. Association of Wilmington. N. C, to issue bonds and for other, purposes. Ratified February 5th. An act to fund and consolidate the debt of the city of Wilmington. Rati fied February 8d. An act to authorize the Wilmington Light Infantry to hold or purchase a lot for an armory and to organize a reserve corps. Katihed January 31st. An act to incorporate the Caledonia tr ottery Company. Ratified February 12tb. , An act to establish free ferries across the Cape Fear river and Brunswick river at Wilmington, N. C. Ratified Feb. 12. . An act to incorporate the Pheonix f ertilizer company, reb. 12. An act to apply the county taxes col lected m Pender county from the Wil mington, Onslow and East Carolina Kailroad Company to the payment of the subscriptions of Topsail township to the capital stock of said company. Rati- tled f eb. 10th. An act to provide where offenders shall be prosecuted in cases where a mortal wound is innictea on the nigh seas r without the State.and where death hap pens in tne state. Katihed February otn. Resolution instructing the Secretary ot btate to furnish copies of certain laws to Judges and Solicitors. Ratified Janury 27th. An act to amend chap.12, vol. 2, of The code, entitled "Cruelty to -Animals. Ratified February 3d. An act to simplify the statutes of ltm i- tations. Katihed February 14th. ' An act authorizing the Treasurer of the State to pay mileage, and per diem to tnose persons who were examined be fore the committee on the investigation ot railroads and other corporations. Katined February oth. An act to continue in force and amend the charter of the Granite cotton mills. Ratified January 21st. An act amending sec. 2122 of The Code in relation to widow's allowance for sup port of her family. Ratified January 2 1st. An act to amend sec. 1246 of The Code concerning the acknowledgment of deeds. Ratified January 21st. A BOLD ROBBERY. A Front Street Store Entered The Safe Opened $200 in Money, a "Watch and Other Property Taken. One of the boldest and most adroit robberies was perpetrated during the dark hours of Tuesday night or yester day morning at the store of Messrs. Chestnut & Barrentine, on North Front street, a few doors South of Princess. The robbery probably took place after the heavy rain about 2 o'clock, as the tracks of the thief were plain enough on the ground back of the store after day light, when the discovery was made that the robbery had been committed. ine thief or thieves got away with uvcr t,vv m money, a gold watch, a number of pairs of shoes and a rubber overcoat. Altogether about $300 dollars worth in money and goods. . Entrance was effected through a win dow on the second floor at the back of the bu ilding.w ith the aid of a ladder taken from Mr. O'Connor's lot adjoining. The thief then went down stairs to the office of the firm, broke open a desk where the safe-key was kept, unlocked the safe and secured the money something over two hundred dollars and a gold watch. The stock was then plundered of several pairs of shoes, even some of the display goods in the front window being taken. There is no clue to the thief, although two young colored men were arrested on suspicion. One of them was afterwards released, the other was detained at po lice headquarters to await possible de velopments. He is a house painter. named George Richmond, who had re cently been doing some work on Mr. O'Connor's premises in rear of Messrs. vnestnut 61 Barrentine s store, and whose shoes it is alleged fit the tracks found at the foot of the ladder yester day morning. The other "suspect" was in the office ol the firm Monday even ing when the money was put in the safe. saw the safe locked and the key placed in the drawer of the desk. Monday night was dark and stormy, and for some reason probably because the moon ought to have been on duty) the street electric lights were not lit. Death of Capt. T. J. Southerland. Capt. Thomas J. Southerland. one of Wilmington's best known and most pop ular citizens, died at his residence here yesterday morning, after an illness of a few weeks' duration, in the 49th year of his age, He had been a resident of Wil mington since his boyhood, and at the outbreak of the war enlisted in Bunting's iigni Artuiery, and before its close had risen to the command of the company, then known r as Southerland Battery Company I, Tenth Artillery, and was conspicuous in jany hard-fought en gagements. After the war he eneaeed in the livery-stable business in Wilming ton, and conducted: it with great success. He leaves a wife and a large family of cnuaren, to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and indulgent father. ms iuneral is announced to take place this afternoon at 4 o'clock from St. James' Chnrch. mi I i ne Messenger newsnaner 9nH scription lists, good will, etc.. is adver tised to be sold under a deed of trust.' at public auction, for cash, March 24. It is announced, editorially, that "it has a circulation, recently revised, of five thousand bona fide subscribers.". This includes both the Daily and Weekly editions. t Dneklen)! Arnica SaTre. The best Salve Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever. Sores. Tettr OiannMi ua. Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay is required. It is guaranteed to giye perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Prio 5 eenu per box. For sale by Robert y.WholeeandRetaUDrug. - w ww 7 ipmets. . t I A WELL MANAGED FIRE. The Good Work of the Department Tes- terday Afternoon. ; : The fire , yesterday afternoon about half-past one o'clock, in the centre ot the business portion of the city and dur ing the prevalence of a - high wind, caused some' fear among citizens that a disastrous conflagration might ensue. but their fears, happily, were soon allayed, through the prompt response of the Fire Department and its excellent manage ment. The fire was soon under control, and speedily extinguished, and the dam age all told, will scarcely reach $1,000. It broke out in the cotton pickery of Mr. A. A. Willard, on the second floor of the two-story brick building on North Water street between Chesnut and Mulberry, adjoining Mr. R. W. Hick's large building on the north and abutting on the Carolina Rice Mills on the east. The fire was caused by a match in loose cotton. which was ignited in passing through the picker, setting the whole place on fire in ari instant. An alarm sent in from the new box No. 23, corner of Wa ter and Chesnut streets, brought the hose reels and the "Adrian" and "Cape Fear' engines to the scene of trouble and they were soon at work. A second call was sent in a few minutes afterwards for Hook and Ladder No. 1, as the fire was in the upper part of the building and ladders were needed, and shortly after wards another call ot five taps brought the "Atlantic," which was waiting at its en gine house with horses hitched up and ready to start. The Pbcenix,' Dread- naught and Banniker companies were not called out. The fire was a stubborn one, but through the efforts of the firemen it was confined entirely to the upper floor ot the building, the damage to which it is estimated is about $500, covered by in surance for $4,000, in the Phoenix,' of Hartford, with Messi s. Hodges & Taylor. Mr. A. A. Willard bad insurance on stock with Messrs. Atkinson & Manning for $3,000, equally divided between the fhcenix of London and the North Carolina Home. Mr. M. S. Willard and Dr. A. J. DeRossei, insurance agents. :who occupied part of the lower floor of the building, estimate their damage, by water, at $100 with insurance for $500. Crowds of people were on the sreets. in the neighborhood of the fire, watch ing with great interest the labors of the firemen. About 2 o'clock this morning fire broke out again in the waste cotton in me ouuaing. ine uepartment. was called out and the flames were soon ex tinguished. WRECK ON THE C- & L. R. Three Persons Killed and Several Others - Injured. i Intelligence was received here yester day morning of a wreck on the Chester & Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, in which five persons were reported kil'ed and one fatally injured. The accident was caused by the train mixed passen ger and freight going through a trestle two miles south of Newton, N. C. The locomotive passed over in safety. A later report says W. W. Ross, flag man, of Chester. S. C, and D. M, Mor row,, of Cleveland county, were killed in the wreck and J. Hogg, fireman, of Ches ter, died two hours later from injuries. Kev. M. L. Little, of Dallas, is very seri ously injured on the head and has been unconscious since the accident. Con ductor c. C. UunlaD. of Chester. C. S.. and a Mr. Johnson, of Gastonia. and Frank Coulter, of Catawba. N.C.. are also seriously injured. NAVAL STORES. Stocks at the Forts at the Close of Iat Week. Stocks of naval stores at the ports February 15th are reported as follows: Spirits turpentine Wilmington. J.91I casks; New York. 2,163; Savannah. 4.219; Charleston. 755. Total 11.048 casks. Kosin Wilmington, 30.330 barrels; New York, 23,633; Savannah, 103,545; Charleston. 14,752. Total. 175,260 bar rels. "Tar Wilmington, 8.923 barrels ; New York, 1,062. Total. 7.985 barrels. Death of Mrs. James I. Waddell. We reeret to learn, says the Raleigh vews and Observer, that Mrs. Selma Inglehart Waddell. the widow of Capt, James Iredell Waddell. the distinguished omeaerate naval omcer, died recently i ruiiaueipnia. jvirs. w aa dell was a lady of the loveliest disoosition. of charming manners, and was the person- incauon oi Kindness and gentleness. W.. O. and E. C. S. Sd. There was quite a large crowd at the depot of the Wilmington, Onslow and East Carolina Railroad, on Surry street. when the train rolled in on schedule wiuc jrcsteruay aicernoon. mere was not much freieht. but about half th " "c passenger coacn were oc the cupied. Both the freieht and ger traffic on this road are j increasing, f aim ueiore me eno oi the current vear ii. i piuuHuie mai a irain win De put on 4 :l i . - iui uidu ana passengers exclusively. .That Other " Biohmond." I Mr. O. S. Hayes, of Robeson county. seems to oe "still in the ring" fox the Collectorship of this port. The Maxton Blade waxeth eloquent over O. S., as may be seen from the following ex tract ; It is folly to suppose that anv caW. cu man wouia oe acceptable to both wings of the party, and so we say let us have one from the white race a man i , . . . j .who would harmonize the opposing fac- ituua ana eneciuauy Drioge over the cnasm. . I buch a man is the Hon.O. S. Ha oi jyiaxton. for twenty-five years he nas laDoren incessantly for the Republi can party. He has represented his coun ty a number of times in both branches of tne Legislature and was a Senator during the reconstruction period when fraud, tnievingand misrule reiened subreme "1U no suspicion oi oisnonesty was ever J . w . uo man aare impeacn a record at which envy nor malice dare hurl a snait. An honorable man and a conscien tious citizen, with abiding faith in the Republican party, he would fill the po sition with satisfaction to the neonle and credit to himself and the adminis tration. . BFASKIiTBra CATAWBA BPEXETOS. Health seekers should en to SnarV. ling Catawba Springs. Beautifully located, in Catawba county, 1,000 feet . r -. .. wuuwi , iww Ati i Ridge mountains. Scenerv maraificentL ""i-"ome Waters possess medicinal properties of the highest order. Board only $30.00 per month. Read advertisement in this paper, and write Dr. E. O. Elliott & Son,; proprietors.- for'dep. lmuci - miii i wriT' Mr bii v- mm i j EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE The legislature Petitioned for a Hich license -Law-Besolutions Concerning; the liquor Traffic. The Evaneelical Alliance met last night at the First Baptist Church. Rev- Dr. Creasy presided. There was a good attendance. - j After devotional exercises Rev. Dr. Creasy stated the purpose of the meet- inc. to take action in regard to -the liquor traffic. V - I ! , Rev. Dr. Hoge read the following petition to be submitted to the General Assembly, to wit: ; ; 1 I To the Honorable trie Legislature of North Carolina: As citizens desiting both the moral and material welfare of our State, we believe her best interests well be greatly promoted by such legislation as is pro-. posed in the petition adopted by some of the county commissioners of the State and forwarded to your honorable body through Mr. J. T. Kerr, Member of the House from New Hanover county. V This petition only asks for a higher license tax for the privilege of retailing liquors, and restriction in the number of those engaged in the business, with such reasonable regulations as shall secure a better observance of the laws and limit the evils growing out of the traffic without impairing the revenues of the State and counties derived from that source.' : ... ,i . . We therefore commend its provisions and urge their adoption by your honor able body as a reasonable compromise measure, between prohibition on the one hand, which our people are not yet prepared to adopt, and the indiscrimi nate licensing, on the other hand, of an unlimited number of irresponsible retail ceaiers with . privilege to promote vice and crime, and corrupt the vouth of our State, for their own selfish gains, with out proper guarantees for their observ ance of the laws intended to regulate this traffic. The committee to draft resolutions to accompany the petition, reported the following through Dr. Hoge, viz : ! Whereas, the Evangelical Alliance of Wilmington. N. C, and other citizens: in mass meeting assembled, would re spectfully represent to the Honorable, the General Assembly of North Caro lina, that the present laws of the State regulating the traffic itij intoxicating liquors are insufficient to give to our community the protection it i needs against the evils of this traffic, for the following reasons : I 1.1 The low rate license and the weak ness of the provision for determining the character of applicants for license causes low grogeenes to multiply on every side, that attract and corrupt two classes oi our population that peculiarly neea me protection ol the laws, to wit our colored people and the sailors : and 2.; That the large colored vote in the city makes it peculiarly difficult for the enlightened and intelligent portion of our community to counteract their votes and to find protection in the local option provision of the law; we would, therefore, hereby impartially express our hearty and cordial endorsement of the amendments to the law proposed by our v-uuniy vomrnissioners as anording some relief from the evils complained of. weiurtner express our confidence in Messrs. Koger Moore, B. G. Worth, I A. Montgomery. and E. L. Pearce, the commissioners petitioning for the action. as men who nave at heart the highest interests oi tne community, both mate. rial and moral. i We hereby call upon our Senator, jonn u. ehnmy, Jr., and our Repre sentatives, George L. Mprton and J. T. r.crr, 10 press inis matter oy all Ieeriti mate means, and to consider not merelv ine numoer oi names appended to the different petitions, but the character, standing and intelligence of the peti tioners. we respectiuiiy call their attention and that of the whole Legislature to the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Crowley, appellant, vs. Christiansen, as fully sustaining by the authority t.l the mgnesi vxun in our land the righteous ness of our demands. And, turther, we do hereby annoint ine loiiowing committee to oa to . ' n Kaleigh and represent our interests in this matter, to-wit: Rotrer Mnnrp inos. f . wood. U. Ci. Worth: J. S. Allen and VV. H. bprunt.' 4 The resolutions were adopted unani mously, and many signatures were ap pended to the petition. The meeting, was addressed by Drs. Hodge, Fntchard and Creasy, Col. Roger Moore. Mr. S. G. Hall and Mr a. t . Hall. ! NEW RAILROAD COMBINATION. iinoiner important Connection for the Seaboard System of Which the Carolina- Central is Parti The papers have been discussing for some time the question of the lease of the Covington & Macon Railroad, bv the rival li nes. the ' Richmond & Flan. ville Terminal and Jno. M. Robinson representing the S. & A. line. The ex tract from the Baltimore -Sun'- crivpn below, shows that two questions have at f , least been settled. The lease of the G & M. R. R. by the R. & D. Terminal, and a new,road is prospected from Elber- ion on the Ua., Ca. &-N-. R. R.. which is to form connection with the Ga, Southern & Florida R. R. at some point not yet determined. Evidently. Mr.i Jno. M. Robinson had his experts to examine the C. & M. R. R.. and calculated ! w11 tnat. lt wa better to build a new and a snorter line with a much less fixed charge , per annum, than to pay interest on a heavy indebtedness and practically rebuild the Covington & Macon R, R, Ihe bondholders of the Covi ncrtnn aiiu xviu.uii rs.auroaa nein a rnnt n i 1 r i . . - C,n...i1n 1 -J - J . . .a aa ueciaea io accept ' the proposition of the Richmond and West i-oini xerminai. dome doubt is !. pressed as to whether this contract can be carried out. The law of Georgia hibits sales or leases which have the ef fect of defeating competition or encour aging monopoly. 1 he (jeorma Southern ana rionoa and deaooard Airline made a bid , for the Covington and Ma which was refused. After the refusal rf their bid for the Covington and Macoir Kailroad, tne Cxeoreia Southern anH r lorioa and Seaboard people resolved . n 1 : 3 i e . i uuuu a ruau irom xviacon to some point on tne line ol the Georgia, Car olina and Northern. Thev hav made application for a charter and will have a corps of engineers in me neia in ten.aays. The ooint on the line of the Georeria. Carolina a nrl JNortnern win De determined by the sur vey, and will be at or near Elberton, Ga. It will form a connecting line be tween tne iwo systems. The new road win be Known as the Macon and North eastern, it win be about 100 miles long, and will cost, it is said, much less man was Did tor the- Covington anrf Macon. It will shorten the d from the South to the North and East oy thirty miles. I he incorporators are John M. Robinson, president, and R, C. loffman, vice president of the Seaboard Airline, and G. W. Gustin. W. "W. Col lins and W. B. Sparks, of Georgia. Mr. oparKs is president oi tne Georgia wuiuern anu norma nanroaa and also -11." viuc iaiuuau anu also I i w luc;oiawu vnCuon.company. - The Spanish American Iron Company's steamer Colon cleared Santi- in aim de r.nha with h.nli.1,. t oku Uw fwuua w ttii iwn 1 1 rrnTBra riM i t - which were built for tteSa, - - "si.oiiu iow, i Cant. S. W. Skinner's shinvard I GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Local Measures In Both HouseaThe Bail - road .Commission. Bill and the Six Per Cent. Interest Bill. Special Orders for To morrow.. Special Star Retort. , Raleigh, N. C July 16. The Senate did . not meet untH 2 o'clock p. m. to day and the time was spent in passing local bills." There was barely a quorum present. - ; ; In the House there was quite a full attendance, but the session was one for local ! measures only. Night sessions will "begin in the House Tuesday night. The Railroad Commission bill and the Six per cent. Interest bill are special orders for Wednesday. These two bills are dubbed,! -Bills to retard the growth and prosperity of i Western : North Carolina." I It is feared that two years hence the f West will go back on the County Government system in retalia tion, i ' , ! Raleigh. Feb: 17, f891. . : SENATE. The Senate was called to order at 2 o'clock p. m. by Lieut.-Governor Holt. The journal of., yesterday was not read. BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED. By McLean, to amend the charter of the Maxton Building and Loan Associa tion. By Rose, to provide for working cer tain prisoners upon the roads of John ston county; also, to amend the road law of Johnston county, enacted at the session of 1889. : ; By ;Wilcox, to amend the chatter of the town pf Jonesboro, Moore county. ; By Galloway, for relief of Peter Mur rell, of Lenoir county. ; i By Green, of Wake, to authorize the trustees, under chap. 51, Laws 1868-69, to se 1 the lands therein . mentioned and re-invest the proceeds. - BILLS PASSED. i To authorize the Commissioners of Onslow county to fund its indebtedness and levy a special tax to pay the same ; passed third reading. Authorizing the Albemarle and Ral eigh Railroad Company to change the line of its road near the town of Tar boro, in Edgecombe county; passed second and third readings. To incorporate the New River Oys ter Co.; passed second reading. - To repeal the local option law: now in force in Marion, submitting the- ques tion to the voters of the town;, passed second and third reading, i To incorporate the Enterprise Lum ber Company of . Fayetteville, Cumber land county; passed second and third readings, 'To authorize the Favetteville Licht Infantry to acquire an armoryk to be ex empt from taxation, costnOt to ex ceed $10000; passed second reading. xo amena cnapt. 83 of The Code in relation to enticiner tenants from land lords; passed second reading. i o perpetuate the bounds' of the loca tion of oyster grounds in Onslow county, etc.; passed second and third read ings. Adiourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House was called to order h Mr Speaker Doughton, and after prayer by Rev. Dr. Branson, the iournal of vtM-. day was read and approved BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED. Jones, in regard to fishing in Neuse river. Also, to repeal sec. 1932 and 1933 of The Code. Hudson, to plate surviving husbands and wives in the same position as re gards real property; also, to furnish con victs to build a canal from Rice creek to Neuse river. Bond, to promote the shell fish inter est. Green, to erect a monument in com memoration of the Mecklenburg Decla ration of Independence. Whitfield, to allow Lenoir countv to levy S special tax. Also, to abolish the August term of Lenoir Superior Court. CALENDAR. The following bills were taken from the calendar and disposed of as follows. io anow Greenville to issue bonds! passed third reading. io allow Duplin to lew snerinl tar- passed third reaeing. A- To allow erection of stock fences near Greenville; passed third reading. iu icpcai cnap. ziai.act 1889, regard ing claim and delivery oroceeri in re passed third reading. ' ine House tabled the Senate hill to prohibit preferences in, assignments. This was Mr. Bellamy's bill; i o cnarter the Robeson Institute at Lumberton. N. C: amended hu tk Committee on Education ; and second and third readings. ' i o amend sec 27. art. 4 of the Con stitution, relating to jurisdiction of Jus tices of the Peace ; passed second read ing by a three-fifths vote of the Senate 32 Senators voting in the affirmative. To incorporate the Brunswick. WatPm and Southern Railroad Company ; pass- -u ocluiiu rcauing. io amend the charter of the Wil mington, Onslow and East Carolina Railroad Company, and to change the name; passed second reading. To amend and consolidate the char ters of the Wilmington. Onslow i ta East Carolina Land and Railroad Com panies ; passed second reading. SPECIAL ORDER. The morninsr hour havinor nn; v. Speaker announced ine Din to increase the school to-r t 16 2-3 cents on the $100 worth of nron. erty and 50 cents on the poll. Wood moved to amend by leaving it to the county commissioners of each county whether they should impose the additional tax or not. Alexander opposed the ampn'rlmAnf- Coffield also opposed thebill. ' reeDies favored the bill and made some strong remarks in advocacy of the measure. Henry offered as a suhstitnt. an amendment to the existine law. allow ing the peoole of everv tnwnchin tn. levy additional taxes for public school purposes, as now for graded schools. xxuieu our. oi oroer. . : Bnnson advocated the bill. : Peebles thought that the bill should go to the Finance Committee; Cilmer said this bill had heen rmrf after consultation with the Finance Committtee. ' . . Pritchard considered it the most im portant bill of the session; the people were a unit for better public schools. Jones favored gointrto the fartr.t extent on the subject of education. i-ineDacK spoke in favor of the bill. He said at least $100,000 for otiier educational i toiling masses che poor pebple-want the educational facilities made-better. Peebles thoucht we should and not leopardize the supremacy of the laut parry. ne referred to the Republican party of 1868-'9, &c. Pritchard defended the action of he ixcuuncan party, The School" bill oassed second ing yeas 68 ; nays 33. j Aujourneu. ! ; night session. - Bills oassed third rMd,. t . iTo . - & "wuu v-ro- I ira;n - - 1TKTrr,rJv'1.ilie e; encroaching on public rrd m.wkcuu iu puuiic lanriQ in- i to snecial TV " supplementary nrocdi. DOrate Oakland C:.- l""l-UI" , . uauiidrmm co.; in re- w a c w v. vaKiMini i - . 0 i . . ritt county to build a Door v icsinct nsning in Waccamaw l river ; to amend sec. Mr School Law of 1889 ; to incorporate Dukes' - Bank of Durham. " " v SENATE. x " The Senate was called to order by Lieut. Gov. Holt. ' The journal of Tues day was read and approved Bowers presented a petition of citi zens of Halifax county, asking that the price of public printing be reduced. : ' INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. . " ;s By ' King to amend charter of the' Guilford Battle Ground Company. By Bull, for the' better protection of the lives and property of citizens of Newbern. ' - By Sandford. to amend chap. 174, Laws 1885, in relation to the Board . of Education of Yadkin" county. By Bull, to authorize the city of New bern to issue bonds for city improve ments, and to levy a special tax. By Paine, to amend chap. 228, Laws 1885, concerning Mt. Holly & Denver Railroad Co. : . By Twitty, to amend sec. 5, chap. 174, Laws 1885. - ';-'By Brower, to prohibit the sale of liquor in certain localities of Halifax county. - . By Green of Wake, to incorporate the Raleigh Cotton Shipping and Ware house Company. , By Speight, to appoint a cotton weigher for the town of Tarboro. By Chesson, to amend chap. 280,Laws 1889. By Avery, to allow R. B. Drytbn to register as a dentist.. By Allen of Granville, in relation to the sale of liquor in certain localities in Granville county; '- By Turner, in relation to the payment of insurance policies ; also, for the relief pfthe clerk of the Superior Court of Wilkes county. By Bellamy, to amend sec. 1436 of The Code; also, to amend chap. 173, Laws 1885 ; also, to reduce the number of directors of the Yadkin Manufac turing Company, -f By Butler, to repeal chap. 299, Laws of 1887; also, portions of chap, 92, Laws of 1889. SPECIAL ORDER. Turner's bill to divide the crime of murder and to define the same was ex plained by its author, and passed its second and third readings. The bill to repeal chap. 299, Laws of 1887, and portions of chap. 92, Laws of 1889, in relation to the East Carolina Land and Railway Company was called up from the calendar. Butler thought this bill should pass without argument because it embodied the two amendments he offered yester day to another bill. - Gilman opposed the bill, because he thought it a very great obstacle to a railroad for his people. Bellamy submitted a substitute for Butler's bill, providing $25,000 in cash to be paid by the East Carolina Land and Railway Company, to the school fund, for swamp lands in Onslow county. Lucas approved a part of the Butler hill. He knew that the charter granted to the East Carolina Land and Railway Company was a fair, just and honest contract, made and entered into by the State Board! of Education and that company. The substitute of the Sena tor ot New Hanover was proper and a good one. Twitty favored the Bellamy substitute and the standing to the contract by the Legislature with the railroad comoanv. . y, 11UUU1, lUUUgUl lUdl 11 was noi iair 10 now demand XZo.uuU in cash when the State had agreed to take first mortgage bonds of the railroad company. Bellamy's substitute '.vas adopted and the bill passed its second and third readings. Bill to allow R. B. Jenning to register as a dentist; passed second and third readings, Bill to incorporate the town of Hub, in Columbus county; passed third read ing. Bill to incorporate the Statesville Development Company; passed third reading. Bill to consolidate the Wilmington, Onslow & East Carolina Railroad and the East Carolina Land and Railway Company; passed third reading. SPECIAL ORDER. The Railroad commission bill, the special order for 12 o'clock noci, was taken up. House amendment No. 1 to sec. 5 was concurred in. House amend ment No 2, to sec. 5 was also concurred in. House amendment to sec 25 first, to permit witnesses and depositions to be heard in regard to killing live stock; second, that railroads shall be liable for three times the value of stock killed, was divided as above., : Turner moved to amend by striking put sec. 25. He feared this section would invalidate the constitutionality of the bill. The right of trial by jury can not be abridged by the General Assembly.- It is a piece of great absurdity to jeopardize this bill by such enactment as this section provides. It was also calculated to heap up litigation and costs. - Bellamy was peculiar in his ideas con cerning the killing of stock by railroads; he thought railroads shoud pay for killing of stock whether in the davtime or night time unless they fence their roads or are operating in stock law territory. He thought section 25 should be eliminated trom the bill. Without reflection on the author of the bill, he thought there was no sense in the section. Avery also approved the provisions of section 25, and thought it should be stricken out; but believed the Turner amendment was out of order, because it was not an amendment to an amend ment, but it was an amendment to the original bill. Butler opposed the Turner amend ment, because the bill without this stock killing feature in it would be very un popular to a very large class of people. Butler was relating an incident of an old lady having a cow .killed by a rail road in nis county, who had supported herself and one child by the sale of but ter and milk, when Gilman interrupted him by asking how the, old lady had lived since the cow was killed; which caused much merriment. . Butler con tinued by statine that she had onlw Wn offered $7 50 for her cow or else to sue for her cow. Aycock thought section 25 should be stricken out. The principal object of this bill was to regulate freight and passenger tariffs, and he could not see the good of jeopardizing the purposes of the bill by. hanging on to the senti mental idea of killing stock. Turner's amendment to strike out sec. 25 was lost. - The first House amendment to sec 25 was concurred in. I The second House amendment to sec 25 was not concurred in, and a com mittee Of conferenci nroc - T , .w.aaMU J UJ i House amendment to sec. 30 was con curred in. ,oJ?use amendment adding a new sec (.oi; to-wit: The commission mav in vestigate the causes of any accident on a railroad resulting in the loss of ijf. and of any accident not so resulting which they may deem torermire inr gation. Concurred in. , oouse amendment adding sec. 32 was concurred in, - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE 10p.m. Mr. i in tne cnair ami Surry.the reading of yesterday's journal was dispensed with. i ''' " PETITIONS. gy Kev. Mr. Denny of tMauuii llj iiv si t-" --. aJn ?yej3; scott. .. ill on fire nirt,.?n..7?a?02 e sheep Representatives a- j p....''..' . us senators and propnations to cut a canal from War camaw river ; ; Doughton, several rW: tions in relation to public printing- pa terson, in regard to public printing, BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED Walker, in relation to hiring out L fants. - , ; R"uim. t Perry, to repeal the charter of o good, Chatham county. s" Sutton, to cheapen and facilitate th administration of justice. (This uT,, provides for stenographers for SuDeri'" Courts ;) to define the term E? lands;" to establish a Board of P?P dons ; to amend the charter ot the AikI marie & Fay etteyille Railroad Co . Holman, by request, to regulate taxes in Wayne county. - Ci Hickman, to amend the charter rf Southport ; to prohibit the sale of linnnr near a church ; to regulate local ortinn in Kenansville. 1 Hood, by request, to amend chaD fli Private Laws 1889. - v' l' Edwards, to protect waterfowl- tn compel the use of sealed measures in buying and selling. n Hood, to regulate the sale of seed cotton. ca Robertson, in relation to inspectors of lumber." ' Biddix, to "protect sheep in McDowell and other counties. Adams, to amend Laws 1886, in re gard to the charter of Oxford. Coffield, to protect public roads. Lowrey, in relation to township sub scriptions to certain railroads in Bun. combe county; to incorporate the Manu facturing and Improvement Co. 0f Asheville; to amend charter of French Broad railroad. I BILLS ON CALENDAR. In relation to Battery Park Improve ment Co. Senate amendment con curred in. - To amend chap. 98, Laws 1887, in re lation to cotton weigher for Cabarrus county; passed third reading. Resolution, that no member be allowed more than two minutes to ex plain bis vote; adopted. Bill for relief of North Carolina In dustrial Association: passed third read ing. To amend sec 2832, in relation to fees passed third, reading. To incorporate the Scottish Brown Stone Company; passed third reading To amend sec. 2589 of The Code the School bill increases taxation to 16c on the $100 worth of property and 50c on-the poll. Sutton moved to amend so as not to apply to Cumberland county; he spoke of the heavy taxation in his county and remarked that the Committee of Fi nance had informed him that if the bill passed as it now stood the State tax would be over 51 cents on the $100 for the next year, if the appropriations necessary to run the State government were passed. The amendment was ruled out of order. Wood offered an amendment to the effect that the county commissioners mignt nx the tax in their respective counties irom 12$ cents cents. up to 16 Woollen cents. moved to fix the tax at ,14 Alexander and Gilmer spoke in favor of the original bill and opposed the amendment. McGill said he desired to amend by permitting each county to levy a special tax of 4 cents. The Speaker ruled that as there were two amendments before the House it was not in order, but he was allowed to. read it as part of his remarks. j Gill thought the time consumed in' discussing the measure would pay the tax and hoped the previous question would be called. Morton said he favored the proDosi tion of the gentleman from Cumberland (McGfll) to allow the counties to levy a special tax if they thought fit, but not force this taxation on the poorer coun ties of the State. He favored education, but we should be just and reasonable. Mann took the same position taken by Morton. Ray thought the Legislature was try ing to shift the responsibility to the townships of the State. We should cut off some of the other appropriations if necessary. Alexander called the previous ques tion. Sustained. Wood's amendment was lost. Wool len's amendment was then read. Stan cill called for the ayes and nays. The 'amendment was adopted by a vote of ayes 58, nays 53. Henry offered a substitute for the bill. Lost. McGill offered an amendment that . each county may levy a special tax. Lost. The original bill then passed third reading as amended. Bill to amend sec. 751 and 758 of The Code in regard to county commission ers. Tabled. Bill to incorporate the Wachoria Loan and Trust Co.; passed third reading. Bill to Charter the town of Rutin in Rockingham county; passed second reading. Bill to incorporate the Wilmington & Southern Railroad from Wilmington to Southport; informally passed over. The resolution regarding public printing- was made the special order for Fri day at 12 m. Bill relating to the A. & N. C. R. R. was made the special order for Monday next at 12 m Bills passed third reading: To incor porate the bank of Scotland Neck; in relation to cotton weighers at Old Sparta and Salisbury; to amend the charter of the Southern Smelting and Mining Co.; to provide sewerage for Asheville; to change the manner of electing the Mayor of Wilmington. NIGHT SESSION. The special order, the bill to pay solicitors an annual salary, was defeated on second reading ayes 14, nays 86. A Pnre Baking Powder, A baking powder that can be de pended upon to be free from lime and alum is a desideratum in these days of adulterated food. So far as can be judged from the official reports, the "Royal" seems to be the only one yet found by chemical analysis to be entire ly without one or the other f these-substances, and absolutely pure. This, it is shown, results from the exclusive use by its manufacturers of cream of tartar specially refined and prepared by patent processes which totally remove the tartrate of lime andther impurities. I l-i a Hr .i; - "i ui tms cnemicaiiy pure cream of tartar is much greater than any other, and it is used in no baking powder ex cept the "Royal," the manufacturers of , which control the patents under which it is refined. f Dr. Edward G, Love, formally analyti cal chemist for the U; S, Government, who made the analyses for the New York State Board of Health in their investigation of baking powders, and whose intimate knowledge of the in- gradients of all those sold in this mar- , ket enables him to speak authorita-' tively, says of the purity, wholesome ness, .. and superior quality of the ."Royal:" ' "I find the Royal Baking Powder composed of pure and wholesome in gredients. It is a cream of tartar now- der, arid does- not contain either alum or phosphates, or other injurious sub stance." Prof. Love's tests, and the recent official tests by both .the United States and Canadian Governments, show the Royal Baking Powder to be superior to all others in strength and leavening " power. It is not only the most econ omical in use, but makes the purest, finest-flavored and most wholesome food. . - t LiWaTer in Kn bm advertisement ot Otterburn aper. Unequaled for Dyspepsia and ilt (fiseases o( kid. ney and bladder. Price within reach of