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- J i aro at TON,. U. C.,' IN ADVANCE. "38888888888 i38s5883 .8888888 88888888883 1 3888282888888 t- CO e t-o .--'-.-.;. : ' VOL. 1- 8858828888888 eo-r -ao 3SSS88888888 v- V 8888888888 Post Office at Wilmtgton, N. C, as ondCkws Matter.l f TlN PRICE. : I 'Oy iBtar isu j7,....-..ti oo . o V h AY A Trrq'rrTsvT'v-rr Star XXIII. WILMINGTON, N., C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20,4891. NO. 1. pursued farmers jrv Jnjraisiag of evety f that &e "hdedL fees f 0$ 1 . in one I ered ia the 'market town will bring him $17.80.v At the very "lowest es timate the cost of cultivation is six cents a pound, amounting to $10.6& per . acre, .which "leaves $f.l2 per acre, but out of this mus,t come the rcost of picking, ginning, ' bagging, ties, expense attending marketing, and if put in the hands of a commission-merchant for saleV his commis sion, all of which would take the odd $2.12, . arid leave ' the planter about 5 for his acre of cotton. A hundred acres, - a. pretty fair sized cotton patch, .would give him $500 for his year's work,. for interest on Capital iprvested m land, stock and implements, to" pay taxes, pay debts, and feed. and cloth his family. How long; would intake -the average cot ton plaijier to have "any . .money in hts.'pockef .that he could call his own withrsuch a sliowing as this ? ' Bat this is about the way it pans out and the way it will continue to pan dut while the all-cotton delusion continues tq delude.' Raising almost anything marketable would pay bet ter than that, even raising 'possums. As we see it we. believe we'd rather take pur chances on 'possums. ' his fortuneif he would abandon the. newspaper business and devote him self to.pursuing"the beer 'schooner. He recently sued aVNew York - beer dispenser for damages for refusing to comply with bis request,, when thirsty he asked for a schooneiT' and got a verdict for $825. hat is' more money than he could earn'in Wo days writing editorials, however colored they might be. , And. besides this, being-refused beer, js a good deal easier 'occupation than writing editorials,1" although it ' may not be ravishingly pleasant when a fellow is right thirsty. Thomas on this oc casion must have been very much that way, for he claimed that he was damaged to the amount of $10,000. The Failure of 8. B. Nash, of Tarboroi ' Gapt. S. S.- Nash ,v one of the largest merchants of Tarboro, and well known in this city.: where he lived several years in the'employ Of Messrs- Williams & Murchison, has failed for about J17Q, tfOO, with nominal assets largely in ex cess of liabilities. . NOTICE. .THE MARYLAND BOYS. PLEASANTLY ENTERTAINED AT THE - CAPITAL CITY. 500; trt" ,000,000, but who raised it. ::ng it, to snow theni less money a -' M n years ago, nas. prieg'year atter afterf'year the d - te product best'Ss a poor- anailt is only e amount pro- cs the respectable I aggregate n dollars Jit does.""" bat we hon- ? X, mSOB, MENTION. Gen. 'Alger, of Michigan, who seems to, be. very anxious for the nomiiation of-Blaine does not make any Upnes about telling how Blaine and . what bis intentions " are. e General be correctly reported. . ... . - ne has Deen so nettiea at tie istent efiforts - of Harrison's Jllth was hopelessly shattered, that t ' Some years ago twenty crazy men organized a suicide 'club in Bridge port, Conn. John Kopp, one of the twenty, ha nged ' himself the' other day, being the eighteenth to" die by suicide. But two remain! Of the eighteen one cannot be accounted for, and the impression is that he went off somfewhere, drowned him self and was "never found. But the members ot the club who lived after him didn't believe ; thatr because they had an aversion to water, and the . rules ; positively 'prohibited members from killing themselves by takingtoo much of it. - " This is intended only for subscribers ; whose The Tarboro Souitertter siys the sym- SUbSCrilltionS have CX- pathies of all who knew him are ex- I , . . - pirea. it is not a aim, but a simple request that all who are in ar rears for the STAR will favor us with ja prompt remittance.. 1, ' f We, are sending out bills now (a few each - -,-. . . ..--. :,?' .. -.. week), and: irou re ceive one please give it your attention. A Chicago paper asks why it is that beautiful women are rarely found ' chewing gum. Beautiful women are rarely found in Chicago chewing anything. They're scarce in that town. he; would . have resigned from the wilminqtqn'S welcome week. 'I Cabinet last summer, but was "dis suaded by his friends from doing so. He then decided to resign later, after the elections, and go to the Ber mudas to recuperate, but the Chilian episode occurred to prevent that and caused him to go to iVashington in stead. Gen. Alger met him in New York; on his way to Washington, where Blaine explained to him why he returned to Washington why he would not resign, and stated that Xind strange. he would remain in the Cabinet un less Harrison by some unexpected I ' , I r 1 1 . : TT V (e that it wouiajbe a God's move Iorccu lumw lcu- "c uc" W South if destroying lieved that this was the. right course A . . 31 , fnr him tr nnrsnp and trt sav nothinc iipoa the cotton crop tor , r - Je yeats in succession, for abou the nomination, but gave Gen tforce herlfafmers: to do Alger distinctly to understand that if Lmi ti k ilA tendered to him he would accept it. V- ' ' . ,. Gen. Al?er and his fnendsare making matter oi pecess.uy, inat ir -. . - tnetr "arraRgemems accoruiugiy iu l3oom Blaine with the expectation that Gen." Atger iUL.get the second place on the. ticket with tm, and in the event that Blaine's health or any thing else should prevent him from .entering the contest, .hoping to re ceive the support of Blame s friends for himself. Alger has a pretty loud-buzzing bee in his bonnet, and in addition to this he has a", pretty full Vbar'l" which he will not hesi tate to open either to' secure the nomination or an election, if nomi nated. Among his most hustling supporters are the pension agents who will chip in liberally to help him through. . .theattefttitxns to -some- , for, while - they pursue' llture as they' have .been years ana are now, doing, y ean never come to inena eem that the experience of i 1 to It twemty-hve years ywould nvinced tbem of 'this." and has convinced some : of the bservant and thoughtful, the ity pf them arc., stil traveling same old rut, pursuing the b old delnstoa with the . same li infatuation thatthey did years in spite of; theis numerous dis- ointments; lences. . here istiwe afre glad see, some rest being wakenedpn this sub-- C and Bom-'disposition . shown in an?l - unhappy ex- Some women are timid and some are not. Some medical students in a uarters-dopt' different Chicago boarding house concluded i 1 U U mill rocni.' . - . . 1 JsL but whetbeVjt' wiir restfi ylhing material is doubtful, for Wvemeat lodks to a' concert of n that iiris not easy to secure. seems to us that .the who plants and . raises would do it on -businss- hples.i, and would loofc up- as the man who manufactures Jn does, or as tne man wno ds behind his counter and sells it When it ceases to pay, then cnfit manitfacturing and quit Wand whey it - ceases to pay, Varmer who raises it should qiiit hsr it reffafcdless-of what his hei farmers iimight do, whether fy increased or decreased their Wge. If every farmer acted for aself and viewed this matter in; a usinjss-Iike way just as the manu- cturr and the merchant do. the reage question would soon be Ived i without any talking or any Htinci the production decreased le-half, and the price trebled. jTaik' and theorizing may not iiountJto much sometimes, but sre is no argument against pracf 1- !f results shown up in unquestion uresi and if the following figures jn't show the delusion of cotton as a it will be useless to one evening., last weeK mat iney would have some fun and test the courage of a young lady boarder, so they purloined a skeleton which had been doing duty in the college, dressed it up neatly in -a suit of one of the young men, placedit in her room, and when retiring time came got ready to enjoy the fun. But no expected yell or lamentation came from that female, and when one of the trio stepped up and took a peep through the keyhole, instead of ring ing a ' terror-stricken occupant he beheld a serene young lady sitting beside that skeleton, industriously engaged in disrobing it, and cutting the garments up into patches suita ble for a crazy built. ' When she got through she bundled the skeleton up in a sheet and chucked it but the window, having first broken the bones so that it would never again be fit for duty in a college or as a scareist. The Drummers Meeting Last Night Ar rangements Made to Take Fart in the Trades' Parade; . , As announced in the Star a meeting of the travelling men was held at the Gleaves Hardware Co.'s store on Water street, last night at 8 o'clock, there be. ing about thirty prominent travelling men present. Tbe meeting was formally opened by Mr. Owen F. Love, who nominated Mr. H. W. Malloy for chairman, . who was elected. Mr. Isaac Bear was then nominated by W. H. tarr for secretary, and was elected by acclamation. Mr, Malloy stated : that the object of the meeting was to organize thej travel ling men so that they could take part in the trades parade of the Welcome Week festivities, and to discuss and' decide what kind of unitorms to wear, and ap point committees to make arrangements for a fine show. . - - Mr. Jack Burnett suggested that the drummers should wear in this parade ulsters with capes, silk hats, and carry a satchel in one hand and a colored light in the other. After some little discussion Mr. W. H. Carr moved that Mr. Burnett's sug-: gestion be adopted, and it was unani mously carried. Mr. Owen Love moved to appoint a committee oi six as a governing com mittee, to make arrangements and gov ern the parade, and that the chairman be instructed to appoint them, which was carried. The Chair appointed the following: O. P. Cazaux, Owen F. Love,W. H. Carr, J, L. Burnett. J. McKi Tolar and C. C. Covington, and furnished them the namesbf as many drummers who were not present as could be thought of, and instructed the commit tee to call on them at an early date and find out if they would join in the work. Mr. W. H. Gilbert then nominated Mr. O. P. Cazaux as commander-in-chief of the procession, with instruc tions to have able assistants to form the parade and manage it throughout. After a great .mamy suggestions and much talking, on motion, the meeting adjourned subject to the call of the Gov erning Committee. The ulsterettes will be ordered at once by Mr. I. Shrier. The following are the names of the travelling mien who have agreed to , take part jn the procession and. have already given in their adherence: B. F. French, J. D. Bell. Walker Mc Rae. L. B. Best, Joe Newman, "R. H. Cowan, Geo. Strong, J. 'H. Mallard, W. J. Henderson, A. -M. -McLean, W. H. Slocumb, " Jacob 3ternberger, F. L. Covington, A. J- McDonald, C C. Cov ington, J. H. Kincey, Will Carter,"G. Tanneham, Owen F. Love, L. T- Bear, Henry W. Mallony, W. B. Cooper. J. D. Swinson, I. M. Bear.' H. J. Gherken, W, H. Carr, A. W. Middleton. O. P Cazeaux, B. L. Lee, C. B. Ledbetter, W. D. Pugh. M. W. jacobi, J. H. Lewis, W. H." Gilbert, T. H. Thompson, J. N. Jacobi, J. McK. - Tolar, J. C. Dunbar. J. L. Burnett. tended to i him in-, this time of trials The same paper says : "He has fail ed and -failed like the- man he is. There is no homestead reservation alL everything; save the household and kitchen furniture at his rresidence. is conveyed in trust to nis crea- itors even his watch and he is. to-day without a dollar.- He secured the mer chants of. whom. Jie purchased his .Fall and Wintered ry goods with perferences, leaving unpreferred bis mother from whom he 1" borrowed $G.600. and his lather in-law, Rev. Dr. J..B.: Cheshire, tor$a.000.j;-'; " The SouiAernerako states that Capt. Nash's failure began from the disast rous year 1889. He was then worth $20. 000 and he carried through the trou blous times many farmers who would have gone under but for his assistance Failure to collect on these outstanding debts hurried his own failure." He still has the confidence of the business com munity and wiU. rise surely and success fully, predicts the Southerner. Tom Thumb's Attendant. .. Mr. Jesse Dicksey, of this city, now in' his seventy-fourth year, possesses the distinction of being the body-guard and close j attendant ot General Tom Thumb when the doughty General was at the zenith of bis fame and glory, dur ing 1847-48 and part of '49. In this capacity Mr, Dicksev travelled all over the United States and Cuba. Gen. T. T. had already appeared before the crowned heads of Europe.; Mr. Dicksey says the General, though an adult, was simply a child and," when riding on the cars, would double himself up in his lap and go to sleep. No Mrs. Tom Thumb had appeared on the mat rimonial horizon then. His account of P. T. Barnum's seasickness going across to Cuba from New Orleans is quite amusing, though he cured him with oat-' meal gruel and received a doubjoon for the cure. Mr. Dicksey has a shirt and pair of pants worn by Tom Thumb, and' says he waS greatly attached to him. i PROFITS IN OYSTER CULTURE. Prof. Brooks, in a lecture on "The Oyster," delivered at the OysterPacker3' Association in Baltimore said: "In 1888 Mr. bred A. Gendy, formerly a resident of Crisfield, Maryland, ob tained from the State , of Virginia a right to cultivate oysters on about sixty-eight acres of bottom in Accomac county, Va. The track lay in Tangier Soand, near the Maryland line, and opposite jthat part ot Smith's island which is in Virginia, lying just south of Horse Hammocks. He. planted mat year 28,000 bushels of oyster shells, at a cost of about $1,200. - Since that time he has been to the expense of employing a watchman to keep of .intruders and his total outlay up to December, 1890, has been about $3,000. ! In April, 1890. it was estimated that there were 30,000 bushels of oysters in his beds. ! The shells were found full of young oysters which were ,; trowing rapidly. In December, 1890. it was cal culated that there were 35.000 bushels of oysters on the ground worth at least thirty or lorty cents a bushel in the mar ket. . - Bound Over for Ulieit Distilling. U. S. District Attorney C. A. Cook came from Lumberton last night, where he had been to represent the Govern ment in the case of Ashley Townsend, chareed ! with illicit distilling, before U. S. Commissioner E. K. Proctor. Messrs,. Rowland and McLean ap peared for Townsend. The evidence disclosed sufficient cause for believing that Townsend had run an illicit distillery in the swamp, eight . or nine miles from Lumberton, and he was bound over to the Federal Court, which meets in Wilmington on the first Monday in July, 1892.' " Benj. L. Cox was heard on the same charge, and the evidence being insuffi cient, he was discharged. Mr. G. C. Butler, of Columbus county .was here yesterday. Ex-Sheriff E. H. Patterson, of Burgaw,. was here yesterday." ;- Mr. A. L. Nixon, of Topsail Sound, called on the Star vesterday. Mr. J. A. Carlyle, of ; Lumber-ton-, is here trading with wholesale dealers.- . . ; . " , MrM. Lytch, of Roland, Rob eson ; county, is adding- to his winter stock here. - 7 ' ' " Mr. Hill E. King,. of Peanut, Onslow county, was in the city yester day. ' ' ' Mr W. S. Snipes, of Stedman, was in the city yesterday on a business trip. Mr. R. W. Parker, of the Enter prise, oj Darlington, S, C, was among the visitors in the city yesterday. Mr. R. A. Benson, of Brink land. Bladen county, was a visitor at the Star office yesterday. Mr.W. T.-Horne, of Chinque ptn, Duplin county, is visiting whole sale dealers. Mr. Gibson James, of Maple Hill, Pender county, 'is adding to his stock in tbe city. j Mr. Jno. F. lark, of Man chester Mills, near Fayetteville, is with friends in the city. i Mr. H. C. Smith, a merchant of Columbus county,, was on a business trip to the city yesterday. j Mr. W. W. Larfcin, of Long Creek, Pedder county, is renewing his winter stock with the wholesalers. River and Harbor Improvements. The annual estimate of Gen. Casey, chief engineer U.S.A., for river and harbor improvements embraces the fol lowing: Ocracoke inlet, N. C, $150,000 of which $100,006 for expendeture in 1892; Pamlico and Tar rivers, N. C, $59,000; Neuse river. N. C. $106,500; in land waters between Newbern and Beau fort, N. C., $57,000; Beaufort harbor. $23,000; water way between New river and Swansboro. N. C, $38,000; North east Cape Fear river, $25,000; Black river, N. C. $30,500; Cape Fear river above Wilmington, N. C, $173,000; same river below Wilmington, $1,655 000, of which $300,000 is to be expend ed in 1892; Yadkm river, N. C, $5,000. GRAND FOX CHASE. A Row at Point Peter. Some of the excursionists who were in the city yesterday got into a row last night at the Point Peter depot of the C. F. & Y. V. R. R. A messenger was sent to the City Hall asking for police assist ance to suppress the disturbance, and Sergeant Flanagan and a squad- of offi cers marched down to the railroad wharf, but there was no boat there to take them over to the de pot on the west side of the river and as the disturbance was said to have been quelled, the police officers returned to the City Hall. For some cause thetrain was delayed in its de parture until after 11 . o'clock, but the nature of the trouble and particulars of the row could not be learned. "Well Pleased - With . Their - Visit The Grand Ball Wednesday Night Immense Crowds at the Exposition The odd Fel. :low, etc." - . 1 ' - JStar Correspondence , , Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 12.-r-Com-pared with the exciting -events pf yes terday and last - night, the city, this morning, has tbe appearance of a coun try village. Our- honored guests have come, they have seen, and;it may be added they have conquered our heart felt wishes, by their admirable deport ment as gentlemen and soldiers. Not withstanding the immense crowd here during the past thirty-six hours, there has not been what might be termed a solitary breach of the peace. ; 11 ' The troops leave as to-day with re gret, as they all declare, and, this is, in all respects, mutual. To say that the visit of the Fifth regiment has been pro-, ductive of good, but candidly expresses it, both from a commercial and social standpoint. It has cemented, if such were needed,: the commonwealths of Maryland and North Carolina, while the business relations of. Raleigh with the Monumental City have been more firm ly established than ever. It is a most gratifying feature to know, that each and all of the regiment and the civilians -with them, go hence with' hearts full ot praise tor tbe kindness shown them by our entire people. . -y 'l . THE GRAND BALL. V The programme of yesterday wound up last night by the ball at Stronach's warehouse. There were upwards bf two. thousand . persons present, includ ing those who went as spectators. As a social event it eclipsed anything that has ever taken place in Raleigh. Most of the leading society ladies of the city were present, and the brilliant costumes, added to the decorative surroundings, made the scene one of dazzling effect and beauty. j - THE CROWD. . . It was hard to estimate the crowd. In fact there are but few persbns who can, with anything like a just approximation, estimate a promiscuous , assemblage. The attendance on- the grounds yester day has been variously stated the low est 'has been ten thousand, the highest nearly double that number. A fair statement at the highest, might be twelve. These, however, do not by any means include all visitors to the city, hundreds, or perhaps . thousands of them did not go but to the grounds at all, having done so on previous occa sions. Large numbers came here mainly to witness the eclat attendant upon the reception of the visiting military, . It is by no means an exaggeration- to say that the crowds on the sidewalks during the passage of the procession from the city: to the grounds could not have been less than twenty thousand. These, of course, included our resident popula tion. . BLOODED STOCK. One of the business events of yester day was the sale ot fine blooded stock by Capt. B. P. Williamson. In all re-speets-lhe prices obtained were satisfac tory, and the sales were made in many instances to parties, who purchased for the purpose of breeding in different sections of the State. Capt. William son is much elated at his success, and promises to extend the business to a great extent in the future. It has cer tainly proven a source of much profit in this section. THE ODD FELLOWS. It is learned, by estimate- this morn ing, that the Odd Fellows will get about $1,000 as their portion of the proceeds from the receipts at the Exposition yes terday. This is, of course, to some ex tent guess work, as the sum cannot be definitely ascertained until a settlement is had with the railroads for tickets sold. . . THE MARYLAND BOYS. The town is being painted "red" man innocent way this morning by the Mary land boys. They are roaming through the streets, firing crackers, blowing horns, beating tin pans, and dressed in all sorts of fantastic style. ; No inter ference is made with them, and they are in all respects in possession of the city. ... ' ' - -'- - COTTON MILL FlpE. A Factory Bear Shelby Destioyed Loss , $30,000. J Special Star Telegram. SHELBY, N. C Nov. 18. ,R. B. Mil ler's Laurel Cotton Mills. tjuee miles below Shelby, were totally destroyed by fire this morning. Loss $30,000; . insur ance $15,000. - One-operator was almost saffocated while making his escape. money crop look tor; illustrations or arguments to show They are the returns pf the United States . Department of ' a ;.iiitiTf- i ffivmo'. the ; estimated 1- V l 1 W . - " 7 1 1 yield of cotton in pounds per acre I r tbioearjn tne respective L-f whig'States, as follows : North Carolina, 178, South Caro- X 160; Virginia, 151; Florida; 120; Lbama, :r 165; Mississippi, 100; lisiana. 200: Texas. 195: Arkah- J 210; Tennessee 170, Itof th Carolina is ; fourth in the Wof production, six being under land but three above.. And now f us .see what the crop Ms to . the' North Carolina hter on these figures. At 10 s a pound, which is considerably Ve the present price for the best. care of cotton baled and deliv- The Baltimore Manufacturers' Kecord notes that the reports of many leading bankers and capitalists who have lately visited various parts of the South are uniformly favorable ne tr the sDlendid prospects of this favored section. Notwithstanding the fact that financial troubles throughout the -world have more or less restricted investments and new developments, the South has been forging steadily to the -front, pvprv week. showinE a lone list of cotton j new enterprises, some of them very important ones, and in the aggregate fontino- uo larere sums. The invest ments of various kinds for the past week amount in round figures ;ta $4,500,000, in addition to which sev eral are nojexl, the amount of capital invested not "being stated.- Besides these there are doubtless many small new industries which have not been reported, in which the aggregate capital invested would toot up a very respectable sum. . Thomas Fortune, colored, editor nf the. New York" Aee mizht make The Presbyterian Synod. Statesville has been selected as the place for the next meeting of the Pres byterian Synod, now in session at Dur ham, N. C. " ; VC-. - v.: - A commission was ordered to try the case of appeal in which Fayetteville Presbytery is appellee. ' ; Hon. T. B. Womack was re-elected one of the Board of Regents of .the South Atlantic University..; ; . - r -- Rev. P. R. Law made a partial report from the Statesville committee, an nouncing the deaths of Rev. Ge. W. Ferrell an Kev. I. M. Atltinson, ana recommending the holding "of special services in their memory and preparing memorial: sketches of their lives and labors. , m m m ' : y'- Cheap Railroad FareK-W.' W. W. ; The Seaboard .Air Line will sell tick ets to the Charite Pantes during .Wil mington's Welcome Week at the rate of one ce'rit a mile for distances traveled. Tickets on sale November 28th to December 5th, good to return till ieceraber 7th. ' The following rates will "govern from competitive points : Abbeville" $8, Charlotte $3.75, Cheraw $2.70, Chester $4.15, Greenwood $5.55, Henderson $4.10, Lincolnton $4.40, S2.70, Kuther A Brave -Old Veteran Affords Fine Sport for Memlwrs of the W;P. C. ' . Many; were -to meet, but few re soonded (only three) to roll call on .Wednesday evening at 5 o'clock, and as the shades of evening were rapidly ap proaching we bounced into our saddles and moved quickly to the kennels of the" Wilmington Fox Club," and opened the doors to thirty-two of as fine hounds as ever ! jumped in the bushes. A slow canter, just fast enough to keep the pack well closed up, and we reached Spicer's bay, tbe o'.d fox-hunting "battle grouiid," when old "Crowder," who claims the right to gallop in front of all others when we are in the road, bounded tq the right, opening for dear life the whole pack joining him. Then,: Mr. Field Editor, you should have Joeen there twas music in the air! Round and round the Pearsall house they went like a band of musicians on velocipedes; through the - Southerland race track grounds; bsfck to the bay, but never going, in it. Standing in the road a short distance from field which they were crossing and coming straight for us. Reynard bounded out and deliberately stopped and drank water from a pool. Then, throwing his tail in the air defiantly sailed on again. Each of us has our favorite dog and the interest now pultiplies. We ,-watch breathlessly the fence. Here they come almost-in the twinkling of an eye, the white head of "Reb" (one of a brace of Irish beeals given us by Uncle Ned Glaven) is seen on the top of the fence, buthe is pushed closely by -"Beauty," "Jimme," and several others. There is no time for breathing; off they go for Southeilandjs race-track, running it the entire length and followed by one of the excited hunters who yelled at. every jump. I Then the fox . returned to the Pearsall house and circled round it for one hour with the pack gradually gam ing on him, and finally surrendered al most under our horses, in ten feet of the road. ! We were cheered during the rhase hv the Dresence of Mrs. Pearsall and the little ones, whose merry laugh- Annual Meeting of B. R. Co's. The Raleigh papers report the annual meeting of the stockholders and direc tors of the Raleigh and Gaston and the' Raleigh and Augusta Air-Line, railways in that city Thursday last. President John M. Robinson being absent in at tendance at the funeral of his father. Mr. Moncure Robinson, Mr. Enoch Pratt presided in his stead. The stockholders elected the old boards of directors.! Mr. Lewis McLean, of Baltimore was elected a director to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Paul C. Cameron. The directors re-elected Mr. -Robinson president and Mr. R. C. Hoffman: vice The Bear Hunter Again on Seek. R. J. Armstrong, the mighty bear killer of Holly Shelter. Pender county, has added another chaplet to his cul minatng crown of glories. ; He has slaughtered with his old , and never-failing gun, "Elizabeth . Ann," called for short and endearment "Betsy, the biggest bear whereof the memory man conceiveth. weighing exactly 402 pounds by his "buying'steelyards," Mr. Armstrong has a fertile, farm, lying on the edge of a ten-mile pocosin, and his hogs will range down in the edge of this swampy place, of bear lairs, and bruin delighteth in the succulent juices of pork. This state of affairs keeps huntetArmstrong mad all the time mad with bears. . This particular bear had devoured twenty-one porkers, and ; the end was not yet. If he couldn't capture a shoat, bruin would fell and drag off the mater nal ancestor of .the brood. Swearing a mighty oath of vengeance, the bear slayer said he would bury"a"bullet in the heart pf his porcine purloiner. So a mighty hunt was set afoot, and about all the dogs in the. township and many hunters collected. Just before day Tuesday the dogs were turned loose in the edce of the swamp, and sure . 'TRAIN ROBBEf An Express Car Plundered pTear Chi cagjo The Robbers Driven off Before They Could.' Secure Any Booty By Telegraph to the Morning Star. CHICAGO, Jnov 12. The report of a train robbery near, the Westfern Union Auction has been - received tfy General lanager Earling, of the Chicago. Mil waukee & St. Paul R. R., wiich states that tbe safes had been recovered and that the robbers did not get any bpoty. Report says six men boarded the train No.,3 at Western Union 'Jtlncitjoo, C2 miles north of Chicago, at ,1$ p. nu. and it is supposed the tobbers reached the junction bv,erthe Northwejjjterj road. They held up the engineer ahd fireman and when the train reached" Jack sonville, a small station of two or three hundred inhabitants about three miles, beyond the junction,"! hey caused the engineer to stop it1 at the point of a revolver. They) - then de manded of the express mesienger that he open .the door to the car, which he refused to do. The conductor came up by this time and he was tak4n prisoner. The robbers then broke in aj window of the car and threw in some J kind of ex plosive, which forced out the end of the car. They then went inside ind covered the express messenger witi a revolver and tried to make him open the safes. This he positively refused j to do, and the safes were then thrown out of the car. In the meantime the ."rear brakeman, understanding affairs, rushed back to the junction and got help, and an engine and posse at oflice went to the scene and the robber! fled. The train went on to Milwaukee. The fast mail train which leaves Chicago at 8 o'clock a. m. picked up the safes and carried them to Milwaukee! The police' of Milwaukee, together with the sheriff of Racine iounty, were sent in pursuit of "the robbers. Their flight- was so hasty that hey did not take the precautions they had evidently intended to take, so that-of&cials believe they will get them before rioon to-day.; Milwaukee. Wis., November 11. j The midnight train from Chicago, on the) Milwaukee A St. Paul Railroad, was rob-i bed near Western Union junction at t o'clock this morning. The robbers are supposed td have boarded j the train at the junction. As soon asj it was well away from the station in the open prait rie, they stopped it and bijoke into the express car. Probably thejitotal amount of booty will amount to $100,000, and possibly more, as the train which was held up was the on? whjich generally carried all the money received by the Milwaukee banks from the East in the morning. AN ATLANTA SENSATION Rev. Sam Small Assaulted and Roughly Handled by a Sahjon-Keener in a Barber Shop. I ' J - I Atlanta, Ga., November 12. Rev. Sam W. Small, the well-khown evange list, was assaulted in an Atlanta barber shop to-day by Tom Mijtier, a saloon proprietor, who has recently been jnade the object of some very harsh criticisms by Mr. Small. In a public speech in Prohibition Hall, in this city, Small at tacked Miner personally, btating-that to sell pop-skull liquor on Iecatur (street, he was neglecting his wifej atid children and leaving them in penjjuy and want. He continued his, reference to j Miner in this decidedly personal strain, f Small went into the barber shop to day to get shaved, and Joiner accosted him, saying that this was the firsti chance he had had to see him. lDo yoii know who I am. sir ?" asked Miner. ' Small replied that he did'not.' fWith the state ment that Tie was Tom JMiner.f he as saulted the evangelist, hjroke his eye glasses and knockedout pne of his front teeth. ; Bystanders; immediately separ ated them and the trouble ended. Rev. Mr. Small says Uj was simply a hmtal attack of a' thue and if Ihe had expected it he would hive been fully prepared, but he was taken completely unawares. He was not liurt enough to prevent his appearance at the rally at Prohibition Hall to-night, where he made a speech,-vigorously assailing the liquor traffic and saloon Jceepers(. Miner says Small's assault jon him several days ago was fentirelyi unpro voked and unjustifiable That; he did not make it as a minister, but as a cam paign stump speaker, anfl that it was so outrageously unjust tqj - himself kand family, that he determined to resent it as soon as he met Small, which! he "Sid to-day. - - ' I .'' 4SP1R1TSURPENT1NE: f Sanfbrd Express-J Mrs. Fred." Jarrell. of Jonesboro, who . was well . known here, died yesterday at 3 o'clock , p m. - v ?' y ; ' - f . - 1 - Greeosboro7 'Xecordi'Wtt are in formed that a special night police took in the court house on his beat the other -night and: went to sleep. When he awoke he had been robbed of his billy, -pistol and nippers. -ri'. J. Winston iientineh YA gentleman from Davidson county brought the news to Winston to-day of a sad affair at Tyro " Shops - Monday flight. - Mr. William Roberts, an unmarried -man about forty years ot age -and a merchant at that place, committed suicide by. shooting himself in the temple.. The deceased left no evidence as to what led him to . ' the rash act and the only reason that is , assigned by his neighbors was failing health. I- Mr. Arthur B. Clark, ' president -of the Old -Dominion Iron and Nail Works, of Richmond, ; Va., was here Tuesday and went out to Bessemer k City. As a result of his visit to Besse mer City, Mr, Clark made a contract with Mr. John A. Smith, general mana ger of the Bessemer City Mining and Manufacturing Company, for a year's supply of their high grade ore.vand the shipment began "-Wednesday with four car loads. Kings Mountain News. ' Salisbury Watchman'. At acorn shucking near New London Tuesday night, Jack Furrand Frank Alman quar-. reled over, an old feud. Furr stabbed Alman five times in his shoulders and , neck. Alman died in a short while and Furr is at large, . News reaches us that Big Lick, a village in Stanly county,, was swept, away bv fire last Thursday night.' The buildings were mostly framed and te long dry weatner bad got them in shape 10 oir ; EXPRESS CAR ROBBERS. president. The annual statement of the condition of both roads, as made by Mr. J enoUgh the big rogue had been looking Robinsonasr president and Major wm- or resh but the hogs had been MaTtnn kl.75. Raleich fordton $5.35, Sanford $20, ' Shelby I and hollas added to the enjoyment. 4.86, Wadesboro $2.70.; 1 - - . . "Rkb. der as general manager was very satis factory. ; '. ' .;"..-:v".:-;,'v ; 1 Cotton for Surops. -; Messrs.1 Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared the British steamship Harold yesterday for Reval, Russia, with 5,121 bales cot ton, valued at $197,109. Also, the Brit ish steamship Dunedin, forHango, Fin laud.with 3,800 bales cotton valued at $140,285. Both vessels were loaded at ' the Champion Compressr - where other sieamers are taking on cargo, and others still, just arrived, are waiting their turn. Stocks of Naval Stores. : Stocks of nayal stores at the ports at the close of the week are reported- as follows: Spirits turpentine New York, 605 casks; Savannah, 13,774; Wilmington, 2,440; Charleston, 1,850 Total. 18,69 casks, v :- ":-.... v;v:- ':' ; Rosin New .York, 20,008 ; bbls; Sa vannah, 83,996; Charleston, 14,728; Wil mington. 27,807. Total, 146,039 barrels. Tar New York, 607 barrels; Wil mington, 580. Total, 1,187 barrels. driven up and he was disappointed. His trail was struck, and having long fasted they knew the beast would make a long chase. The dogs trailed him nearly all day and ran him to cover in a thick place late in the afternoon. Twenty seven big buck'roads were" poured into the brute seemingly without effect other Ijhan to make htm snort,: shake his head and growl. - In the meantime the air was full of dog-hair and howls, as the bear would knock the reckless ones into eternal silence, j , Finally Mr. Arm strong got a fair shot with "Old Betsy" and drove his load into the heart of the big fellow. And .he rejoicing in that township is yet in "its youth. The Raleigh Robbery. - ; A telegram to the Star from Raleigh says that the thieves who robbed Col. Wharton J. Green of money and jewelry at the Yarborough House Thursday night, amounting to nearly $800, were not residents of that cityj but doubtless accompanied, the visitors from Mary-- $4,000 Secured by the pden "Wfho Plun dered a Chicago Train- -No Clue to the Thieves. !, 'Milwaukee, Nov. 15. The;most ex perienced detectives it the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R., assisted by. the sheriff . of Racine county and a large posse of men, up to a late hour last night were unable' to track the tobbers who stole aboue $4,000 from the American Express jcar, near Western Union Junction. Several clues were followed, up by them ; ndne result ing in anything, however..; Fireman AveriU . and conauctor luciter arc positive -'that there were - only two " men who did the iob - and not six or more as wasjoriginilly stated. Two combination safe were; found to be intact and had beeiji left behind by the robbers. . Theyj were evidently frightened away before' theyf had a chance to blow the safs open. A quan tity of nitro-glycerintt which they left behind, and which was found near the spot would have beenlsuffictent to open ten more sates equally! as strong. One of them was consigned! to Minneapolis and the other to Milwaukee, and the others which the daring men compelled Messenger Murphy tjo opeii for them contained money atid jewelry aggre gating about $4,000 TEXAS f py tiea, ..' CHING. Unknown Par- land. Two Nesroes Handed j ties ' By Telegraph to thp MorniniB Star. '" , Bresham. Nov. 13 Information has just been received pere of a double lynching that occurred in Ja!y Hill pre cinct, this county, Monday flight. Sun day night there was k genejfal row at a neero dance at the - residence of Jim Hartlevr and it is -ibelievesd that the lynching grew out qf this fuss. Mon day night, near Biakf's crossing on the Yegus, two negroes Were hanged, both with the -same rope and apparently at the same time, as they were-iouna Tnesday locked in leach other s arms, hanging by the same rope. .One of the negroes was a stranger in Washington county and was not identified; the other was identified as a farm laborer.-; mes. ne ios is es - timated atbetween $H6$0 and $15,000. - Moreanton " Herald; v A aueT broke into Rev. T. N, Payne's near the depot. Wednesday night last week. " Mr. Payne; on going to , his store Thursday morning, found the front door standing: open. A careful search was made and the only' thing " missed from the store was a gold watch '-: valued at $35.00, which had been left iu the showcase. The thief gained en trance to the store by boring two holes . throught,he door and bursting the lock on the inside.. No clue to the perpe trator has as yet been found. . Washington Gazette: Mr. Jo sephus Edwards, the founder of the Ed wards Mills, a farmer and a mill man worth ten thousand dollars, and fifty . years old, had never been on a steam'--boat or railroad, before last, when he went to the Exposition. We be lieve the two youngest publishers pf a , newsper in this "State are Masters F. T. Phillips and brother, of the Nut Shell. The older will be fifteen to-morrow and the younger will be twelve next June. Their paper is just one Tyear old, and is an earnest advocate of the principles which it has espoused. , . Raleigh. News and Observer: A telegram received here yesterday an nouncing the death of Mr. Moncure Robinson, father of Mr. John M. Robin son, President the Seaboard Air Line System, which took place yesterday in Philadelphia. He was 88 years of age and-was one of the most distinguished civil engineers ever connected with the various lines of Virginia and Maryland. - -The express companies have art ranged their rate schedules in conformi- -ty with the requirements of the Railroad commission ana tney win De put imo , effect January 1st. They have been- al lowed until that timje in order to give them an opportunity to publish the new rates and place them in the hands of their agents. The Mary Smith Morehead case has been compromised by the parties interested. The full de tails of the compromise cannot now be stated, but enough is known to render it certain that the Uniyersity of North Carolina will receive under its terms be- . tween $35,000 and $40,000. Newbern Journal; All the ar rangements have been made for the' establishment of a barrel factory hv.-,. Newbern. The plant will be put in by Messrs. Jones & Co.. who have" already one in operation at Elizabeth City, and another in Virginia. In further ev- idence of the fine sport in this section, our neighbor, the Atlantic Seaside, says that twenty bears have been killed in , the vicinity of Stump Sound this season arid that (they are still plentiful and. playing havoc with the hogs and sheep'. Our townsman, Johnathan Kavens, - presents the Journal with a half peck of his own growth pecans. They are splendid specimens of the nut tribe and they are gaining notoriety for their : superiority. They are large, of fine fla vor and have a thin and easily broken shell. Mr. Havens has engaged another lot of one hundred young trees to Mr. Wm.. Dunn for trans-planting on his farm near the city. The pecan is be- ' coming more popular every "year. Be- ; sides its value as a fruit-bearing tree, it is of hardy growth and makes a beauti ful shade tree. Tarboro Southerner : .. Many . farmers estimate the damage by frost to the cotton crop at one-third. There were many small bolls on the cotton so injured. The upper portion of these bolls were affected by the frost, and are rotting, while the bottom parts are try ing to open. Farmers who say that this year is to be another 1889. should remember that besides making more cotton to-the acre than then, the corn ,cfop is far better, the peanut crop is five times larger,, and the tobacco crop has' increased an hundred fold. That is to say, the number of bales of cotton pro duced in Edgecombe this year will ex- . ceed that of 1889. " In peanuts there will be five times as many bushels and one million pounds of tobacco - instead of one hundred thousand pounds in that disastrous year. This morning S. S. Nash made an assignment -for the benefit of his creditors. H. L. Staton is general trustee, and J. A. Weddell trus tee for closing up the dry goods part of the Business. The liabilities are esti mated at $170,000, and the nominal as- . sets even larger, though what their ac tual value is cannot be told vet awhile. : Weldon News : There are about one hundred' hands at work on - Great Falls canal, eighty-five of whom are convicts. Major Emry thinks the work is nearly half completed and is be ing pushed as rapidly as possible. Work began about seven months ago, and it is thought the whole will be completed within a year from now, including the construction of the rock dam. On Monday morning a fire occurred on one of General Ransom's farms in North ampton county, which destroyed a gin house, engine and seventy-five bales of cotton. " Other machinery was also des-. troyed. The loss is estimated at three' thousand dollars, which is said to be cov ered by insurance. The fire is thought to be of incendiary origin though it is not certainly known how it occurred. Wednesday night at Summit, near Gas ton, a train was being hauled up from the latter place. The engine could not pull it all up the heavy grade, so half was taken and put on a siding. Two cars became uncoupled and when the engine went back after the remainder of the train it crashed into these loose cars. Edward Little, a colored brakeman, was so terribly crushed about the head that his brains protruded. Thursday night he died. t Friday, night last bur glars entered Major T-. L. Emry's resi dence through a window which had been left unfastened. ; They went into a room occupied by himself and Mr. Chas. Emry, ransacked tbe clothing of both of them and took-awav with them about twelve dollars in money -and a watch. Major Emry heard the burglars as they went out, but not suspecting anything of the kind paid no attention to the noise. No clue has been found to the bold thieves. - . 'A d i T EL j
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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