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Camp fct because jjll t . ctandarrf.hparprwlifi I . . bfil,tae ga.ak- " - -"- prevent bherman's return - to the tore bimelfj and nis colors so noo genate mst haVe voted thfi strai ht ; the contest. lucuwca.. uy .Reoohliran tirkf .n Ka. ,,hout Its Compensating lesson, and KiQley the plurality he received aSd 01y after a;i prove a blessing i the Republicans the Legislature . by Ohio was really the Dame ground 1 . . . . j. Kli pt-f was turned. ffijen the Republicans nominated McKinley, the tather of the tariff .Hit-S bears !his name, they by thaj; down the gauntlet antT chal'engea a couicsi uu mai imuj vi-ij-i-- ii"tiifl bat the Democrats when they met in their Stat convention, not -satisj: jidwith-accepting'hat alone, as art aDferous oiie by incorporating 111 their platform the' silver plank, al- yjough there was strong .; opposition. to it in the convention. This gave; ue Republicans party managers thq I opportunity of which they were not! slow to avail themselves, of dodging very issVie which they the nom and they ac had invited by ination of. McKinley, cordingly made the campaign mam- lj upon that, evading the discus sion of the! tariff as much, as possi ble, and entjenng upon it only when they could tot avoid it. Even Mc- made "honest money" the "theme of i i iaissoeeches and touched the tariff .... i. onlv when e1 struck an unsophisti cated audience that he could humbug by telline them about the new tm- plite manufactories (which the Re1- pablicaiuiejsvspapers were building) springing'ub as a result of his tariff. Gov. Canjpbell made a gallant and aVJHant jcanvass considering the tict that h? was, handicapped from tie start with the free coinage plank, rith which he did not agree, and which was incorporated into the platform against his iudgment. His position onj that question was well knonr he made no secret of it, arid the consequence was that he had to zcore in His canvass an issue which the convention had -made unduly prominent Thoughtful Democrats n and outside of Ohio felt that blunder had been made and the result of last Tuesday leave's little doubt of li thajt issue had not been in jected intp the canvass the Repub licans would have been pinned down to the tarjff question and McKinley would, have had to stand or fall up on it. 1 5 . ; A u ciuuhluu to this issue, upon wmcn the; Democrats of the State i . ... - ' . i were not united, the Republicans were mucft better supplied with tlje smews of war," the protected man- nacturersi feelin? the necessitv electing McKi nip a. Jf A "c V te to hold it in line for the Presi "wuai election next year, when the iantt lssu will be still more prom! lent than, it was in the recent cam paigns. To them McKinlev was the tirirt..:.. ! ' r I . - QP their money on him freely. Harris !S0n administration saw the ne in its nnwer. en wg hundreds "of them home to ,0le and work. nM-L ., I . rv"u It IS tint cnrnncinor w me circumstances that the Re JWicaus carried the State although "e&gures by which they carried it r 1UL o'g enough to justify a first- ceiepration. v. : T i - . democratic defeat as it is, it is hot .. ctl of a(Republjcan victory because was wojn on an improvised tssuej by" 0(3gmg jhe vital issue and by money ' tc'y exbenrW - &nA , Ms defeat Will maVfl oaciAfrrfA wmr democratic triumnh when , -'caiuentiai battle will! be n a year hence. a year hence: , Had f th ,0 vv-lds carried the State the- ad catesoi free coinage would nave ft Jld hate attributed the victory to r. and other western Democrats evingthis would have insisted incorporating it as a plank in 06 national nm ,..i.J". "ere tn.u tv .. ' . n . -r wuYcuuon meers wuvcution meets, and Srttiu e a attracting .iss-ue sai there, and one in which' thJre j -1 me aiu in us nnwer. en- i tv, - YOXi. XXII. would have- been bitter contention between Eastern and Western delegates. But Tuesday's verdict eliminates this, and there is now Uttle probability that a serious attempt will be made to lncornorat .it into theiational platform, leaving the party free and-; united to make trie ugnt on tariff, reform, which is I the vital issue that should be stuck to until the final battle is fought and won or lost. MINOR MENTION. Before the election in Ohio it was claimed by the People's Party spokes men that thev would noil fif) nnn votes, and that they had 'blood ! in - . ... . their eye for CardidateMcKinley and Senator John Sherman, for the former on account of his connection with the McKinley tariff, for the lat ter on account of his ficancial ideas. They positively bredicted the defeat of both. We do not yet know what the People's Party vote was, but we do know that it came woefully short of what they said it would be and. that many of the voters who were counted upon to back McKinley and the unexpectedly large majority they have. The probabilities are that it win oe tound when the truth is known that thousands of the old Al- K T rt - liduw Repuoiicans noDDea ovsr - "4-1 , went back into the party and voted, as usual, for McKinley, high tariff and all that sort of thing. How can these men henceforth consistently complain of high, tariff taxes, or of the finguicial policy which contracts the currency and keeps it contracted with in.the very narrowest possible bounds? When they had - the oppor tunity to hit the high tariff monster a telling blow, and down its most conspicuous representative, they not only failed to do it, but actually- voted for both. The subject of the public roads is attracting attention in South Caro lina, as it is in some of the other States, with practical results in some counties. Mr. W. H. Edwards, a communication from whom was pub lished recently in the York Enter- mlias some good ideas and holds that people' can't expect to have good roads without, paying for them. "There is but one way and one sys tem,' he says, "that will give us the kind of roads we need. It must be done by a system of taxation that will fall upon every man alike. This can be done by placing a reasonable ad valorem tax on all property and a reasonable poll tax upon every man of every calling, and then build the roads by. contract, just as rail" roads are built." Mr. Edwards evi dently does not believe in the an nual or semi-annual "rOad-working" icnics that are held when the men of the rural districts are called out to shovel some earth into the holes, discuss politics and the little brown jug which frequently, if not invaria bly, forms one of the leading fea tures of these picnics. If what is claimed for the Lispen- hard cotton picker, which has been on exhibition at the Piedmont Ex postion in Atlanta, Ga., be true, the problem of satisfactorily picking cot ton bv machinery seems to have been solved. At least a dozen in ventions for this purpose have been put before the public from time to time, for each ot whicn very Droaa claims were made, but when put to the practical test they were all defi cient in some requisite. The tests that have been made with the Lis- penhard machine in cotton fields near Atlanta are pronounced to have been satisfactory, the machine pick ing the lint without, injury to stalk; hranrHcs. nr unmatured bolls. - If it ideal representative and personifica- does this with reasonable .speed and at tlQn of the protective svstem car- reasonable cost, this is all that can Bd to the evtr,m, an,i th ,U beVeouired. We have never doubted The I that tne, mvenuvc gcuius ui country, which has been at work on cescf savins Ohio nH mI this problem for the past twenty-five Kinlev all! tv, : L I ,Tre would finallv triumph, and-it couragingt the leyying of assessments Lispenhard has ;nbt done it, as it is D?0n the! Government clerks. . and claimed he has, I some 'other genius will. The Baltimore Manufacturer's Re cord, "in its summary of the invest ments ici the South for the past week, shows an aggregate of about $6,55U, 000 invested in manufacturing enter Phtolants in the cities developement companies, &c. Most of it ffasfbeen" put into; iron nrnr,.rt;oc fnr mihinff and manufaci rc which shows that the eves of capitalists are fixed upon the iron fields of the South, and that thev have confidence in their out come. The encouraging feature of .i f Innoctmpnf IS that it lfad to others of a similar charac fhe tn numerous kindred enterprises' that follow iron manu r its n at lira II v as - water flows d.own hill. . . - .:- " ' - TTnt finrintrs. Arkansas, has a ,new Cat It will doubtless be heard from, but in pohti cal matters it will be apt o be on the v . tence. . - w. w: w. One Cent a Mile Bailroad Bates and Many Varied Attraction- will Draw Crowds. ne column advertisement in th Star tells the Crranr.tr Btnnr rf th many and varied attractions that will be presented for public delectation darine ine PWioO'irpm December 1st to 8th, The display will comprise fireworks: splendid trades' parades of merchants and Industrial . enterDriSes in 9 nrnrAsl sion of floats, with gaily caparisoned steeds, about two miles long; carnival norseback exhibition; magnificent ma rine manoeuvres : mihtarv " and fin. men's parade and contests : hirvrl races, ' base ball games, ; yacht ' races. shooting matches by. rifle teams and otner attractions that will be announced hereafter.''-- !;-v ;Tr s .. . The railroad fare during the festive occasion will be one cent a mile on all roads leading into the -city. " On ' the Richmond and Danville system the rate win be one cent a mile on Wednes day and Thursday. - - V' Several Wilmington drummersimonc them Messrs.. Fred Rhienstien: T. D. Bell, bigmond Bear and M. Sternberger. came in from their travels over divisions of South Carolina and this State Friday night, and represent that the people in the section traversed are - anxious for the big week to come and announce their intention to be here at all haz ards. Let everybody come, t- Wilmington thoroughly decorated and illuminated1 will blazon its welcome to all. - W. W. W. The Jubilating Occasion Emerged from the Mista of Conjecture into the El&zias SunliKh of ' Assured Success. At a meeting of the Executive Com mittee of Wilmington's Welcome Week held last night in Mayor Ricaud's pri vate office," Mr. S. H. Fishblate was called to preside in the absence of the chairman, Maj. T. D. Love, and 3fr. G. Lewis, seeretarv. was at his post. The following members of the com- mistee were present: Mayor Ricaud, James Post. Jr., J. Allen Taylor (dis bursing treasurer) W. E. Springer, Berry Gleaves, J. Hi Sharp and C. C. Co vine- ton. . - ' The Finance Committee stated that with the amounts subscribed and ex pected, the success of the .occasion was -assured. Without a dissenting word or thought, apparently, it was determined to go right ahead with the work; o, if there existed a doubting Thomas before, he must "bide his diminished head" in the resolution ;of the Execu tive Committee. Everything, in all the departments, has assumed definite shape and is on a strict business basis that can be safely calculated on. The matter has passed beyond and through the mists of conjec ture and blooms and blazes under the broad sunlight of the noon sun, or suc cess.- Mr. Berry Gleaves, chairman ofhe Advertisement Committee that met at his residence earlier in the, evening, re ported marters in perfect condition, as did other committees. f A letter to the STABrfrom Capt. J. B. Lloyd, once editor of the Farmers' Ad vocate, ot Tarboro, N. C, says: From reports in the Star, and talk among our people, -Wilmington s "Wel come Week will doubtless redound in infinite benefit to the city, if I correctly understand its purpose. I trust that the brightest hopes may be realized. If nothing pi events, 1 will run aown tor a day or two. Rest assured that thousands win come to receive a welcome to the enjoyments of the occasion. " 4 The Executive Committee will meet again next Wednesday night at the same place. - ' . ' . Beats Florida. Dr. E. Porter, of Rocky Point, and Messrs. B. N. Duke and W. T. O Bnen, of Durham, returned yesterday from an extended examination of New River, the lands adjoining and the oyster in dustry. "' A Star reporter had an interview with Dr. Porter and Mr. U Bnen, tne former of whom is well known here as President of the Piscatorial Association lor oyster culture, and the latter is' a. modest, affable gentleman connected with the cigarette establishment of the American Tobacco Company in Dur ham. I " ": , " Mr. O'Brien nd Mr. Duke said the scenery along New River far surpassed that on any river in Florida and both were struck with the "lay" of the land along the river tor truck farming. The banks are from eight to ten feet high, the surface is level and the sou fertile. They regarded most favorably the fu ture of oyster Culture in Onslow county, provided proper attention and intelli- gent m wa Mr. O'Bri was given to the business. Brien thought if he'd had his "trusty and - true gun irum uumc m would have wrought terrible destruc tion in a flock of wild geese he shot at about 100 yards distant,, instead of the long-stocked short barrelled affair he blazed away with. He will bring it next time. , " - Messrs. Duke & O'Brien have pur chased a fine preserve about eight miles from Newbern and they promise to visit this section again, probably during the Welcome Week. : ; Stocks of Naval Stores. Sfcocks of naval stores at the ports at the close of the week are reported as follows: - "Spirits turpentine New York, 803 casks; . Savannah, xb.ooo; -wiiramgion, 2,646; Charleston, 33. lotai, Casks. . .-.'.- ; ; Rosin New York, .18,918. bbls; Sa vannah, 0.172; Charleston, lau; Wil mington, 29,211. Total, 138.421 barrels. Tar New York, 764 barrels; Wil mington. 728. Total. 1,492 barrels. . . ;.' w ' Mr. B. H. Scott has been con- fined at home since Sunday last, with a 1 severe aivacs. wi wui iuiuuui, : . - WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, ' 'Possum Will Be a 'Possum Till He Dies. 1 J -- . Six fine 'possums coddled : innocently m the corner of a wired box in front of 1 Sneedeols store, near Front ' street mar- I - kt Wednesday afternoon. Nothing was -.ever so guileless and thoroughly harmless ... as ; these marsupians. At nisht thev i were'- remnvipd : fmm . tfi I street to the : inside of the shop. ' The gaze of the multitude had prevented the "varmints" from " taking their ?: usual meals, as a 'possum is a modest, shame faced animaL '-. ' ' ; ' ' : : There were ; coops of ' chickens in the same apartment, and when the propose torof the caravansarv ooened shbonei morning four 'possums wfcre missing; cept their well-picked bones. Not-satis- , ncttwan Drowsing on t&e sweet micss Qt the poultry, the. truants bad gone over tohe market stalls and destroyed, . or pounds of beef. I isiuc possum owner responsible tor the damage? is the knotty legal question perplexing the brains of the best men at this time Rev. Sam. Jones at Charlotte. Rev. Sam. Jones began his meetings in Charlotte . Wednesday last. The Chronicle quotes him as saying: "Well, I am here." said the speaker. . "I am going to say just what I want to; it l want to be valsar 1 m come to be. (but I never was in my hfe); if I want to cuss you out I'm going to do it. Don't talk about . me being vulgar; any town tne size ot Charlotte that can stand fifteen s nasty saloons can stand any thing. ; ' - '' "' .'J . "The dignitaries of the church talk ing about stopping evangelists." fHere Mr. Jones'- peculiar smile made itself seen.) "They've got to get ahead pf me first, then 1 m done stopped. "I have a contempt for any church member who will compromise with sin, but more so i for those little preachers, little D. D's. 'Devil's Dudes.' who are afraid to preach against the sin of the world for fear of offending some mem bers of his church. Now you say. Mr. Jones has commenced abusing the min isters; no I amt. I am just speaking of toe 'Uevii s Uudes. Until Death or Divorce. . The course of true love may not always run smooth, but it is apt to get there after awhile after a fashion. Si the misfire wedding which failed to come off Wednesday evening before Judge R. H. Bunting's nuptial bureau got in on time yesterday morning at 10 o'clock between Frank Donaldson and Lizzie Walker, both ot severe color. Justice Bunting wouldn't tune the machine until the costs were pay by the groom, then he made the agitated pair stand up and join hands. Then he got up, cleared his throat and pulled down Jus vest and! read the service. When Frank was expected to respond "I will,' he said "Ohi yes," in erescindo. No I. salutation was passed between the officer of the State and the bride, but he said "I wish you 'unbounded happiness, good peace and greater prosperity; may roses cover your i pathway and may your household increase forty fold. A colored friend then presented the happy; blushing bride with a yawping hunk of baker's bread and the wedding feast went merely on. Death no Hespeotor of Persons. Many are the heartfelt regrets and warm sympathies expressed in this com munity at I the sad and unexpected death of Mr. Du Brutz Poisson. who died at bis residence in tnis city on Second street Jiear Ann, of typhoid fever, about 11 a. m. yesterday. He was in his twenty-seventh year and numbered all among his friends who are now mourners. His was a bright character of many noble traits, and his demise leaves an aching void. He . was sick just a week. The funeral will take place this morning at 11 o'clock, from St. Paul's Episcopal church. Mrs. Mary Love, wife of Mr. Thomas L. Love, was stricken with heart dis ease yesterday about 2 p. m., and died in a few minutes, at the residence of her husband in this city. Though she bad been ailing for some; time, the sudden end of her life was not expected, and when Mr. Love returned to dinner his wife was a corpse: Mr. E. J. loore, re cently deceased, was a brother of Mrs. Love. Something About Deer, Mr. Oscar Batton, the deer-slayer of Scott's Hill, brought-to Front street market yesterday another invoice of deer, consisting of a fine three-pronged buck and a fat doe. . Mr. Batton says he had a long shot Friday at the biggest buck he ever saw, which was followed by a flash and a vanish of the game, He promises the reporter an early gaze upon that antlered monrach of the for est.' - .-. '. - ; The reporter was presented with a tooth-pick, consisting of a detached bone about two inches long, taken from the hinder portion of a deer's fooCjust above the hoof. There are two of these bones in each fore ankle and none in the hind one. Mr. T. H. Johnson says no man ever could tell how they served the deer, and feels' assured Providence in tended them for Indian needles; that these -people employed them to sew skins together for clothing and "tepees.1 The bone" is slightly curved, flat and pointed, with a knob very suitable for adjusting the threadier sinew to. The Wife of Col. 8. B. Taylor Dead. The report in this city that the wife of Col, S. B. Taylor, one of the best" and most prominent citizens of Onslow county, was thrown out of a buggy and seriously hurt, on Thursday," was veri fied by Dr. E. Porter last night, who im parted the sad intelligence to a Star reporter that Mrs. Taylor died yesterday from her injuries. Seventy-Fire Dollars For The Home. . .A check for $75 has been forwarded by Major Ti D. Love, President of the New Hanover Veteran's Association, to W. C Stronach, treasurer of the North Carolina Soldiers Home, fn Raleigh. This amount is ' the result of the first annual concert given 'by Prof. Miller. vreuwun ir wi ufiwui vi.wi TCT"' MTV:' ? " r.'-: v'. . V'x ; TlllS IS Ulteilded OHlj ; i . i -av-,-- tOT UDSCriDer 7I10Se sulwciiptionsjliael ex pired.li is nolun, ' ' ": Vr v .'m - but a simDle request all vihfr are in ar rorfi fnr fTl A ftAR -cnll reafS IOr tlie afiait WU1 fftVOr US TrTith B, PrOUlpt r.6IlUtt3.1l6G. f "nTA a 1 " OliUlilg - UUb "biUS HOW (a feW eadl weekly and if ou re ceive one please give it your attention. - Mr. W. J. Balken, of Magnolia, is here on business. Mr. E. L. - Henry, of Kelley's, is visiting the city. Messrs. J. A. Pullen and W. B. Stevens of Southport in the city. Mr. H. C. Graham, of Marion, S. C, arrived in the city yesterday. Mr. D. I. Parker," of Magnolia, - is visiting the city in a mercantile way. Mr. T. D. Robinson, a merchant of Shallotte. is buvini? his stock in the , - fc city. Mrs. Alexander McKin-ie, of Fulmore, N. Q., spent yesterday in the city. j. v ' - - . Mr. G. F. Peterson, of Kerr, was inspecting wholesale goods yester day. . ,.- .. . .i. '., Mr. Jas. Malona, of Charfotte, N. C was registered at The vOrton last night. - ' Mr. W. G. Elwell, ot Armour, is in the city, visiting relations and friends. . fMr. D. LeGwin, of Maxton, is replenishing his stock of merchandise in the city. Mr. W. M; Marines, ot Marines, Onslow county, is examining wholesale goods in the city.- p . - Messrs. Bryant & McDermott, merchants at Mt Tabor, are laying in their stocks in the city. , Mr. J. C." Bryant, a resident ot Powellville, S. C, is buying his stock from wholesale dealers here. Mr. J. H. Clark, a leading mer chant ' and citizen ot larkton, was among the wholesale dealers yesterday. Mr. Jno; F. Moore, of Burgaw, has business with the wholesale dealers in the city. Mr. J. W.Morgan, of Shallotte, was in the city yesterday, 'trading with job merchants. H Mr. W. B. Hocut, Rocky Point was shaking hands with his friends here yesterdays " Mr. E. V. Coleman; " of Cerro Gordo, Columbus county, is visiting the wholesale dealers." Mr. D. J. Batson, of Sloop Point, is adding to his winter stock of goods in the city. i Mr. W. J. Barkcum, of Way- cross, bampson county, was busy with the wholesalers yesterday. i Mr. Wilkins,of the firm of Sandlin & Wilkins, of Branlaville, is renewing stock in the city. ! Mr. W. W. Larkin, a merchant of. Long Creek, Pender county, was se lecting goods in the wholesale stores yesterday. Rev. B. F. Long, editor of that excellent weekly, the Rocky Mount Ar gonaut, favored the Star with a pleas ant visit yesterday. r Mr. J. T. Collins, a prominent and most successful farmer of Burgaw, favored the Star with a visit yesterday. He gives a glowing account of all the crops, and says he has a twelve months pig that will weigh 400 pounds dressed. Ex-Supreme Court Judge W,. T. Faircloth, of Goidsborq, Capt. Wiley B. Fordj of Pikeville, Wayne county, and Stephen W. fsler, Esq.J of Goldsboro, are in the city, en route tp Jacksonville and Onslow Court. - - i - ' 5 SOUTHPORT ITEMS. . , ' The following items are condensed from ! the Ledger: j Brunswick County Day at Kaleigh Exposition is November 25th. Tom Richardson, colored,,- charged with attempt at murder, has been lodged in Southport jail. The Dagett property in Southport has been purchased by the B., ,W. & S. R. R, for $5,000. The Brunswick County Commis sioners have ordered a vote on Tuesday, February 9th, 1892, on the question, of removing the county seat to Lockwood's Folly. A government contractor has blown up the wreck ot an old federal - gun boat which has impeded the channel near the bar and was dangerous to navi gation. The dome and boiler have bee- brought to the surface ancT in a short time the wreck will be removed, A sma . fish boat from Elizabeth City, N. CL loaded with supplies for Charles ton, S. C, and being unable to make the harbor owing to heavy weather, endeav ored f to get back: to Elizabeth City. Finding that he would be unable to reach that point, Capt. Coleson put ui to Brown s Inlet. When just, about to cross the surf, the boat turned com pletely over, throwing - everything out. Capt. Coleson lost everything but his boat, which is now lying at Dosber, St, George & Co's wharf, awaiting . a pur chaser. NOTICE tm ; : Star. mi. , SOUTHeRT-CHICAtSO. ' BrunawiC rPounur Commissioner. Order An' Heotion i on Tueaday, " December -22nd,-1891, to Decxdk Whether the ; .County Shall SubsoribelCK),000 to the Brunswick, Western and Southern , ' Eailroad Company-' -. - Dr. Frank - Ullery, Vice-Pesident. and Capt. H. H. Dougherty, general manager of the Brunswick,' Western and .Southern Railroad Company,: came- up from Southport yesterday evening and the latter was seen by' a Star reporter and the following information was gleaned: ' - ..-,--' - . These gentlemen, for the company, propose . to defray all the expenses of an election in Brunswick county to de termine whether the county would sub scribe $100,000 to the capital stock of said company and offered to put up $1,500 as a guarantee of good ' faith that the company would comply with its promises. It agrees, if the county, should subscribe, that the line- shall be compleied from Wf(tmington to ; Scnith- port and five miles ' beyond in eight months and on to the South Carolina line within eighteen, months. The $1,500 has been placed in a bank in this city. - I ;-h In consideration of the above, the Board of County Commissioners of Brunswick have ordered an election to be hel(j on Tuesday, the - 22nd i day of December, on "for", or "against" sub scription. -. ! It will be profitable to note what the company has already done as an evidence of their intentions. They are. sain to have purchased about $45,000 worin OI omapon ana orunswicK coun- ty real property,paying$15,350 for South- port property including a water front in the 227 acres acquired, and the prop erty for a coaling station1 cost $12,000. This with other tracts foot up the $45,- 000 This surely has the ! appearance of business as viewed by a business man. The company has already acquired about 300 feet of water front at Wil mington. , - .- . . "And what will be the route to the West?", inquired the reporter .of General Manager Dougherty. M "Well, replied Capt. Dougherty, "we will cross near Upper Town Creek Bridge west of Wilmington, thence to Southport, and from there to Shallotte, in Brunswick county.- From there we will go to Marion, S. C, thence to Greenville, S. C, and to Knoxville, Tenn., and there we will get connections to Chicago. By this route we will place Chicago 160 miles nearer to deep water than by any . other. The men at the head of the company are abundantly able and most willing to carry out this scheme in every detail, and it will be pushed rapidly to completion." j.; The officerrof this road are Geo. L. Dunlap, President; F. B. Ullery,- Vice President; J. D. Bellamy, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer; H.H. Dougherty, Gen-J eral Manager. . Directors, Geo. L. Dun- lap, Geo. H. . Bliss, B. F. Ullery, Chica go; J. D. Bellamy, Jr R. W. Hicks, W. E. Worth, Wilmington, N. C; H. H, Dougherty, Newark, N. J.; E. B. Stevens, W. H. Pike, Southport. , V ; The President, Mr. Geo. L. Dunlap, is general manager of the Chicago and Northwestern R. R. ' Capt. H. H. Dougherty, the general manager, is a civil engineer and enjoys a wide celebrity in connection with the construction of the most I famous cantalever bridges in this country and South America. f : i The road, when built, will have about seventy miles of railroad in Brunswick county, and the shops and terminals of the road will be at Southport. ! An application for a subscription of $100,000 was also made i to the County Commissioners of Brunswick by vice-. President Morton, of the Cape Fear & Cincinnati R. R., to be determined by an election. But th&B., W. & S. R. R. had the drop. i ', - rJ Mr. Geo. F,' Bliss, of Chicago, treas urer oi the tJrunswicK southern & Western R, R.. 'will arrive in this city Saturday night, and next week he and Dr; Frank Ullery will go to New York on matters pertaining to their road. COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES."' Savannah News: .The convention which met in Atlanta for the purpose of agreeing upon a plan for reducing the amount, of cotton produced does not seem ' to have done anything that will effect the object aimed at.- The report that was adopted recommends that the cotton acreage be reduced one-third, and that on large ' plantations only twelve : acres to the plow - be planted. The recommendation is a good one, but will it have the effect which the cotton planters dessre ? It is quite certain that it will not. Col. Livingston, who was a member of the committee which made the report, said ' in some remarks he made to the convention, that general practical co-operation in reducing the acreage was difficult to accomplish.. If he had said that It was something that could not be . accomplished he - would have come near the mark. As far back as the oldest inhabitant can remember there has been, talk about reducing the acreage of cotton whenever the price of cotton has been below the profit line But the talk never had any, effect as far as anybody could see in - reducing . the acreage. The Coffee Market. The Baltimore Sun of yesterday says that coffee merchants in Baltimore were much disturbed by the ! alarming ' cable grams from Rio Janeiro Wednesday, and the reports of political trouble' in Brazil caused an advance in the market , of J to l Mn Robert Levering,: manager of the Baltimore Coffee Exchange, re ceived too messages from . Rio by way of New York. ' One of them stated that the President' of the new reoubtic had dissolved Congress, and the other con veyed the information j that a dictator ship and martial law had been declared! Messrs. B. Duke amfwYTv O'Brien, of Durham, are hopeful of the opening, of connection between More- head and New River through Bogue Sound in the near future, a Star re porter was informed last night. -i; - I - Vi Oil CUMBERLAND , FAF(. j . Mifloeot Exhibit in : All thelDeparV menta Balloon - ,Aoension Horse - B-ein- - v. . S : '- , Special Star TeUsrram:?iz t AYETTEYILLE, N. C Nov. j6. The crowd to-day at the Cumberland Fair, thoutrh not so srreat 'as vesterdayr was I very large estimated at 8,000. The best of order has prevailed, the exhibit-is enthusiastically praised by all slrangers. The field crops exhibit is magnificent; in Floral Hall the ladies . have iexcelled themselves in painting and decorative Srt. - x Mr. Marion "Butler, President -the State Alliance, telegraphs his pnability to be present.- , " . . j . - - . tPrdf. I Thompson's balloon ascensions arc entirely suti-cssiui suu - B-iiai.ki . The -. racing to-day was fine; the best three iiflve heatswere by a blfck horse from Baltimore m ' ;-.- ' ) All praise to President Watson, 5ec-j retary Whitehead and -Ireasiirer . Mc-i Keithen, of the Societj',. and their as-l sistants. ; " , The grand fair ball comes offto-mgnt concluding the fair entertainment. It will be a crush, large -as Williamsf hall is. K ' ' NOT GUILTYj VERDICT OF THE JURY MOTZ CASE. IN THE Great Bejoloing Cannon; Fired An Ora tion to the Prisoners Their Counsel and the Judge and Jury. - ; f . Special Star Telegram. , Shelby, N. C, November 6. After being out over five hours the jury in the Motz case brought in a verdict oi , npt euiltv. The verdict was received with cheers, and the prisoners, the family, the Jud&e. the jury and tike counsel were given an ovation to-night, can non are-being fired and cheets are rend- mgthe air. V r By Telegraph to the MorninR Star, Charlotte, N. C, Nov! .6. -After- ten days' trial of the Motz brothers, they were ths mornme found not guilty ot the murder oi Sam Motz. J The case from its pathetic "character and complicated situations, iias excited greatest interest. The verdict was jap- plauded by the whole population Shelby, where the case was tried, the defendant received an ovation. of land CHILIAN AFFAIBS. -I Admiral Moutt Eleoted President of the Bepublio. . By Telegraph to the MorniigScar Valparaiso. November 5. As was formerly announced in these dispatches, the Liberal party won a sweeping victory in the. recent elections, aid this tact made the election of a Liberal President a foregone conclusion. The (constitution of Chili provides that electors chosen by the people shall meet and select a presi dent. In accordance with the provision of this section of the constitution the Liberal Presidential electorf met yester day and elected as President Of the Re public for the next -five years Admiral Jarce Moutt. - The inauguration will take place at the capital. (Santiago de Chili, December 26th. It is stated that the election of Admiral Moutt is not only ' approved by the entire Liberal party, but that many - off the leading members ot otper parties acquiesce in his selection, believing! that jit wilj tend to consolidate the best interests of the country. . It is further ; believed that with the institution of constitution al government questions fnow at issue between Chili and the United btates will be more calmly discussed, and that the outcome will be satisfactory to botb- nations. Admiral. MputU was ja. most pronounced opponent of: the late Presi dent, Balmaceda, and upon the break ing out ot the revolution took command of- the Congressional ; fleet. It was owing in a great measurer to his action that many other naval officers deserted Balmaceda and joined the revolution ists. The President-elects is extremely popular with all classes, arid his election As hailed with much satisfaction on all sides. . ': . i . FOUR MASKED MEN. j Sob an Express Train on the Missouri Fa- otfio and Carry off a Itarse Amount of Money. . . I ' .- ' - Omaha, Nov. 5. Passengers on the Missouri Pacific train which left Omaha at 10.30 last night were treated, to an old-fashioned "hold up I at the west side suburb. At 11 o'clock four masked men took charge of the train, when it stopped at the station, one covering the engineer and fireman with a rifle, while others proceeded to plunder, the train with drawn revolvers. They approach ed the coaches and ordered the passen gers to throw their hands up. At the door they retreated and; attacked the mau car. By threatening to blow Open the door with dynamite the messenger was induced to admit the robbers and the car was plundered. Officers refuse to give any . information as to the amount of booty secured but it is said that large sums from- Kansas City and 'St. Louis banks were secured. Officers who went in pursuit of the robbers are armed, but on loot. THE DAVIS MONUMENT. Mrs. Davis Interview tWith a Com- xnlttee of ladies of Biohmond Holly -1 - wood Decided Upon as jhe Place for ln- - torment of Mr. Davis' Bemains. --'' S Bv Telearranh to ths Moraine Star. Richmond, Va., Nov! 5 A commit' tee representing the Ladies' Hollywood Memorial Association called on Mrs. Jefferson Davis to-day with a view of expressing a desire that the Associa tion be allowed , custody : ot . the remains of Mr. Davis. Various places of sepulture were f talked of. In cluding tne grounds 01 tne - "wmte House of the Confederacy, Mrs. Davis said her husband :, had often expressed his : aversion-' to "any 1 public noisy thorouthfare as a place lof burial, and had desired a quiet and secluded place for himself, where 1 hisi whole family might rest near him. She said she had finally decided on Hollywood Cemetery, but had not decided upon the exact spot. She assured the ladies that as soon as her selection was made and the interment had taken place, she. would then turn over the , whole - section to ' Hollywood Memorial 'Association, - Mrs. Davis has a son (Joseph) buried in Hollywood. It is alsaj ,the-, place of Interment of some - eighteen . thousand Confederate soldiers, s k - v : Mrs. Davis expressed her . earnest desire txvmake Richmond ' her future nome, . and said ; it was ,no longer a question of anything but means. - If she can make satisfactory financial arrange ments she will soon be back to spend the rest of her davs.- .The site of the monument to Mr. Davis will be left in the hands of the Davis Monument Associ ation. j - SPIRITS IliBPENTINL i -tt .j ;r s.tj rl.r : nu - Betsy .Falknerr whojives In Sandy Creek townshrprwotit. lour miles from townttame. to Henderson recently and purchased . the first bonnet in her life. ine-gm nouse ot Mr. kuius iv. Young, at Five Points, on the Louisburg road, about six tniles Jrom -Henderson,- last f nday. l he hre, waa caused by a spark from the engine. Over forty bales of cotton and a quantity ot seed were j - ...... - aesiroyeu. JLinston Free' Press i , Saturday afternoon, about three miles from Hook- erton,' Mr. Dub Smith and Mr.-John' Brown got into a-Iuss, which, ended fatally, for ; Brown The trouble was started : by Smith teasing Brown, at - ' which the latter became Offended. Smith struck Brown on the bead with a piece of scantling, breaking his skull. it-. . ..... V . crown aieaunoay morning. amitn has left for parts unknown. - Mrs. Elizabeth Kouse, mother oi Mrs. a. ic Rouse, died at the home of her son-inr law, about four miles from Kinston, last- Thursday, aged 88 years, Raleigh Chronicle ; Mr. Albert Johnson savs the oldest locomotive boil- er in use is novat the shops or Ser- geam x at urrcensuuro. u , icou it was the. boiler of the ' engineV"PatricK Henry." on the Petersburg 8c Richmond railway, which as, then whatwas known 'i ZM'Xf i: ; V- as an 'inside . connected" engine.,. Fprr r': seven years it was thus usea ,ma was -t j then altered. becomm an outside con- - nected," ' Finally it was laid aside as a : locomotive1 and was purchased -by the J-;' Raleigh & Gaston railway.- tor use as a sutionary engine...; In - that way i waS : in use tn 1861. -A couple of years later ; the Confederate government bought it. - Somehow it got to treeboro,.ana rt. there it has been since 1865. it seems. ; -:HendersonviIle'nri!w:;;M S. Stevens has a cent - piece which was : coined by. the'United States Govero--; ment nearly U00 ; years ago. It was among the first moneys ever issued from V j. the mint in this country. -There; is f one benigh(ed individual in this county v;n who contends that the earth stands still ; j and is square. Ten thousand has -: been subscribed by some citizens ot ; Weavervill, towards the construction of . a dummy line from that place to Ashe- -, vule, a distance of. 9 miles. . Mrs. f M. A. Ripley showed us last week two pumpKins wmcn were grown on me lot in town where she lives, that weigh- ? : r' - ed respectively 78 : and 80 pounds. j .!A W-' 1 hey were tne largest we ever saw in this county, except Basconv Case's-big 'Phellow which weighed 22a pounds. and took the premium of $100 at the Buist exhibit in Philadelphia. Statesville Landmark: There are 230 children in the graded schools, - Sheriff Allison has for some days been on the track of Jo. Cass, who kill ed W. G. Wooten, near Harmony, in north Iredell, several months ago. The sheriff left here Tuesday night tor Ten nessee and has : bagged, his man. ' '-' There was a rucus at the house of John Day, colored, a mile and ' a half from town, on the Charlotte public road, last Friday night. One account says a festi- ble was in progress there at that time, and another says it was "one of these snide dances. At all events, words 1 - r .1 A 1 passed DHween iwo 01 iuc guests, Ar ::: . - t- K bert King and John Jtmmons, where upon King reached down in his bottle , pocket, fished out his gun and opened t l fire on Emmons. The ball missed Em- '4? mons but Burgess White stepped in the ; door just in time to keep it from being - 1 lost. He caught it in his left fore-arm i' and it was there at last accounts. ' - - Rockingham Rocket: About 7' o'clock last Friday morning the livery j stables belonging to Mr. Louis Weill t were discoyerea in flames and despite v all efforts to distinguish the fire, were ' razed to the gronnd in ' a very short j time. The origin of the fire cannot be t accounted for. Mr. Weill puts his loss at about $4,500, which is covered by but " 1,000 insurance, t ortunately, all the -horses were saved. From all re ports the 'possum crop ol this section is . fine. ; One man near Mt. Carmel church has brought in 66 within the ; last two week. ; We have interviewed many farmers of this county ou the question of reducing the acreage of the next cot-' ton crop, and the verdict is that it will be greatly reduced. - the editor . was in conversation with a farmer from Anson, a few days ago, and ' as an ex ample of how the larmers were turning j. their attention away , from cotton, he : j said a man who . had given his whole . , farm up to cotton heretofore had this - Season sowed 100 bushels of oats and v' 500 bushels of wheat. , , .; ' ! , Monroe Enquirer: Mr. Elijah "? Aldridge, of Sandy; Ridge township, died Tuesday morning after a short, ill- ; ness. - He was 72 years old. A gentleman writing us from Goodman, Anson county, says Mrs. Laura Parker has a stalk of pepper which contains 1,448 pods. Quite a number of. residences have been erected in Monroe this year, and yet the call is tor more. ; Mr. j. T. Duncan, who lives on Goose Creek, produced this year on two ' acres, - one hundred bushels ot corn. : Mrs. Tonn Dixon,' of Goose Creek township, recently killed a hawk with her eyes shut. She pointed the gun in the direction of the hawk, shut her eyes and pulled the trigger, and down canie7 the hawk. The four-year old sdn of Mr. David Deason. of Buford town ship, was severely burned on Monday morning. The little fellow - was in the ; house alone, and caught from the fire in the fire-place, the family all being In the , cotton patch near the house. He is not expected to live. .'. -r- Wadesboro Messenger Intelli-. gencer: Mrs. Jerome Dowd died at the residence .ot her tather, col. M. L. - Mc- Corkle, in Newton, last Tuesday.. Mrs. Dowd was a sister of Mrs. E. R. Simons, of Wadesboro. From the best es timates we can get there will be, taking . the" entire country into consideration, about three-fourths of an average crop of cotton was gathered in Anson county this vear. - The remains of the late LCol. Walter L. Steele, ot Rockingham,:; were removed lrom .astside cemetery a few days ago. The change was made : because of a special request of his will, which was not opened until after the . hrst interment.- Mr. b. D. Meyers. of Gulledge's township, brought into our office a few days ago an ear of corn which contained 1,116 well developed grains, and was twelve inches long. Mr.- If 1 1 1 . fz mycis says tie uas piciuy more just as good as the one spoken of above. -Mr. I. Richardson, of Ansonville. raised about 28 bushels of corn on less than a half acre of land this year not bot tom land, : either, but a lot in Anson- 1 ville. . 1 :- Raleigh News arid Observers Of all the attractions at the Exposition 1 I yesterday nothing surpassed that of the ' markers . of Horner s ; School. Dan Fowle, " Willie JBellamy and Richard ! - Thorpe were among the most noted and : - noticed, boys among the cadets: Their every movement was with precision and - grace, and elicited the universal admira-" " tion. .. Mr. S. W. Coats lost his ' running horse Preston yesterday in a race "in a peculiar manner. He .madtf his first-mile heat in good time, running in over a hundred yards ahead of his -' competitors. , In the second "heat, after ' running a quarter, it seems he was foul- : ed In some way from ibehind,: cutting -almost off his left hind foot at the joint, - and he made the last three-quarters in this condition.. . When - he reached the line, his hoof was so, near off that it r would swing off, and he would strike the ground on the bone of his leg. His" r rider , did not-know be was wounded. Preston showed . in the last race of bis .: life a power of endurance seldom seen -in man or beast. . - - 1 ''-''i-s v.;-". " : -.1 f: ... -' f; 1-y ' :': -:
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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