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- rciUMQ AT WILMINGTON, $1.00 A YEAR;! N ADVANCE. 8888888888888888 -npuoW gj s$Jgg8SSS3gggggggf " r gssSssiiiiiiiisss " i 8888888888888888 sVnoW 8 gssgasBgSSSg8S8 ; 88888888888888888 ,' . ! 8S88S8S8SSS888888 T i 8888888 SSS888SS8 nAi.8: t-sS2S28SSSSSS '- ' i 82881S88323SSSSSSS 7 i S8S88S8888S888SS8 d . r .. - Pk S ? ' - ' .. I S::j:s:j:s a s . s s i - ' ti . I 1 Second Class Matter.! i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The subscription price of the Weekly Star is as follows: i , : ' Single Copy 1 year, postage paidi ...,..1 OU " . " 6 months " " 60 ' S months " " SO LITTLE I WHEAT LAND LEFT. Mr. Erastus Wyman, of New York, Review, calls attention to two facts which he thinks worthy of serious consideration and of vast importance. One is the extent of the -exhaustion of the' arable soil of this coi ntry, and the otffer is' that the area of wheat producing landsis now about an Lan.cu i up A IJC lUtCl Cllt-C 11U1U thic is thai with th riaiietinn rf W"'-J ' ...... - - - tne sou going on ana me wneac .lands taken up, in time, and that' no very long -itime. either, this country will have, about all it. can do to raise wheat enough for home consumption much less to export. It is doubtless true that in some sections of the country our arable . t i : f lanus it not absolutely exhausted, have left, they once but little of the fertility had, which is demon strated on'sight by the oft recurring 'old fields' in the South; and by the extent of country in the West, where twenty-five1 years ago large crops of wheat were grown, where now but little, comparatively, is grown. Mill thee is nothing in all this to be alarmed at, for even at the pres- cut iaic ui uiuicdic ui pupuictiiuu 11 will be a good many years before . . e ' ' e i there whi oe people enough between the 'two oceans to consume all the wheat that! can be raised, in an ordi narily favorable crop year, on the present wheat growing area. And the it is estimated that there are on the plains -at the foot of the moun tain: ranees in the West one hundred millions acres of what are called arid lands, which may be reclaimed and; made productive by irrigation. It ?has been further demonstrated , thai; by a thorough system of irriga tion even the productive lands may be made four or five times as produc- ' rivf a thpv arc anr! tric cr.allH I than some of the best lands in that section arei without irrigation. It may be true that the territorial ; limits of the wheat-producing area have been reached and the lands taVpn nn I Cfcrr r rn 11 w tVia nam . area" may be exhausted,- but produc tively its capacity has not yet been lesrea. i nere are minions ot acres of land in.; this country capable of producing fine crops of wheat upon which a giain has never been sown, . ami-there isn't an acre upon which wheat is or may be sown which can not by intelligent cultivation be made to yield double or treble the crops they now do. ; There has been a great deal of shiftless, so-called, farming done in this country, North and South, which accounts in part for so much of the exhausted arable lands that Mr. Wy man speaks of. This shiftless farm ing is attributable to two causes; one '"t iguuiauv,c vi ay tudiijr ui ujc iucu wno live on tne iarms ana tninic they are I "farming"; the" other, the cheapness of the Government , lands. The owners of land in many cases found it cheaper to sell for a trifle the lands they had worked for years andjrnove West to new' farms than undertake to restore the fer tility of the lands they had per nutted to J become exhausted. These aisouure yi 111c causes. nuuiuci is the reckless denudation 6l the for ests, especially along the rivers and water courses, causing the ' washing away of the plowed grounds into the streams, j :" When the r.anses are lfnnwn the remedies suggest themselves, and it would be a severe imputation on the common sense and intelligence of the American people to" suppose that these causes will continue until their wheat lands are utterly destroyed , Necessity if not choice, will force VAiwiu, TT&iyii bLll 13 11 J IWUl 1VUU1 - to spread lout, to take better care of cue lauus ikucjr nave duu tu rcii2C the folly of "killing the -goose 'that lays the golden egg." : Our opinion is that on the whole the TaTminor that 10 Hnnn in thic COUntrV - to-dav is far Rimprinr- trt the farming that was done twenty five yearg ago, and that the farm ing wnicn . will be done twenty-five years hence will be far superior to the farming that is done now. The organizations among the farmers within the past ten years uavc uone mucn to stimulate priae in the calling, study, and the adop tion of ibetter methods, - and if continued in their legitimate sphere they will do much more in this line. j ... tar- - ;:: : 0:0 Y - ; - V W V T" V V vT :' :f ;v V - 'sproiTC turpentine' VOL. XXIII. The fact is that the farmers of tbis country are going through a sort of educational training, . the result"" of which will in the near future be TSen"on the farm, in the multiplied products of the' farmer's acres. - . MINOR. MENTIQK. " It seems that the : reciprocity in progress ot' arrangement 'oetween this country and Germany provides for something more than the admis sion "of American pork in Germany. It also provides for a reduction of German tariff duties on wheat, rye, oats, corn, flour, corn meal, butter, salted and pickled pork and beet, In consideration of which German sugar secures continued ; free admission into this country. The German sugar is beet sugar, of which this country has imported about 30,000,000 pounds annually. If the Reichstag accepts these terms the reciprocity .will go into effect February 1st. It is a pretty good trade for the United States as it opens the German ports to many of our farm products on much more favorable terms . than hereto fore, while it opens our ports to the admission of German sugars, which will have more or less influence in keeping the price of sugar down. The only persons in this country who will find any fault with it, (if they should), will be the sugar makers, especially the beet sugar makers,- but fhey have no right to complain, as they get a bounty sop to placate them. Now the question arises, if reciprocity with the coun tries south of us on this hemisphere and with Germany be a good thing for the American people, why wouldn't reciprocity 'with other na tions which buy American products be also good? . If not, .why not? The high tariff advocates rail at the Democrats as free traders, but re ciprocity is nothing more nor less than conditional free trade. - The harmony that it was thought the resignation of. Fonseca would bring to Brazil does not seem to have come. Rio Graade do Sul which was up in arms seems to have been placated, and other States also where there were signs of dissatisfaction, but now some new trouble has broken out in the State of Rio Janeiro, which seems to be of such a serious charac ter as to call for the threat of mar tial law in that State, whose Gover nor bids open defiance to President Peixotto. What the trouble is, whether it is a hankering for the monarchy, or dissatisfaction with the so-called union, or with something that has been done, is not stated, but the probabilities are that they want to run things their oWn way, regard less of the Government of which they are a part. When the Brazilians so suddenly jumped from a monarchy into a republic and undertook to form a union, they undertook, con sidering the material they had to work with, a pretty colossal job. It is estimated that the Southern cotton planters use annually from 35,000 to 40,000 tons of cotton ties, nearly all, if not-all, of which are imported or made in the North. There is a tariff duty on these ties, and on the strip iron of which they are made, which makes them that mucl the more costly to the cotton- planter. Thirty-five or forty thou sand tons,; for which there is an an nual demand, is no small amount, and suggests a' fine opening for a new and thriving industry in the South. Heretofore the bulk of these ties which were not imported from England, came from Pennsylvania, but . whatever Pennsylvania may have done in the past, they cannot be manufactured there now as cheaply as they can be in the South. The, Southern manufacturer would have the advantage of his Pennsylvania competitor in the cost of the pig iron, whicti. of itself would be a fair margin for profit, and in the cost of transportation, which would be . an other considerable item. Of all the new industries proposed for the South, we don't know of any that holds: out Jbetter inducements, with more certainty of handsome profits than this." -; We know of no better paper in this country than the Baltimore iun. In its Democracy it is as straight as an arrow, but conducted with conserva tism and edited with eminent ability, While as a newspaper it has few peers and is without a superior. Inthisre spect it has two striking characters tics; it avoids sensationalism, for which reason it is reliable and un derstands the art of condensation, giving in brief space the gist of ocU currences, where papersbf the sensa tional stripe would spread it out over many-headed columns. - Another no table feature is Jts well-appointed. alert and intelligent correspondents, from Washington and other centers, who never let anything of interest or importance escape them. , -Take it all and in all, the Sun is a model paper: - The Czar of Russia has no fixed income, but he is pretty well fixed and manages to get along comforta bly on the $12,500,000 a year which his lands and mines bring-him iq. So far we have had only) two - im- tators of the-man" who "; demanded a million arid a quarter i ro Russell Sage.-- One threatened to blow up a retired New York merchant if he didnl proceed forthwith to send him $500. He was arrested, found Jo be sane and said he didn't intend to - do any'dynamite blowing but -wanted, some money' mighty r bad. The otaer v was . a Western crank who wanted a million dollars. . 'But he was discouraged in ..- the preliminary proceedings when his' application was unexpectedly responded to with an instantaneous and- vigorious ap plication of boot, which disconcert-' ed and threw him off his balance, so to speak. . ' .; v ; ' Some time . ago ; a citizen t of St. Louis suggested that the wheat growers of the West contribute "One or more bdshels of wheat-each for the benefit of the starving Russians but this seems to have -fallen through." The millers of the North west now propose to send a ship load of flour,' about 3,000 tons, worth $100,000 or $125,000 They invite the 5,000 merchant millers- of this country to contribute. - vlt is said that Fred T- Dubois, one of the U. S. Senators from Idaho, tried hard a few years ago to get a $1,200 Government clerkship and couldn't get it. If he Kad been un lucky enough to ' have been hit by that clerkship, he would probably still be clerking and some, other man would be playing Senator. The Kansas -City Times -which wants the National Democratic Con vention shouts out, "We've got-the site, we've got the dash, and. we've the hotels, too." The connection be tween dash and hotels is not appa- jent, which leads to the opinion that it was hash he meant ; but whatever it is, he's got it bad. - - The male denizens of Chicago protest against paying fare on the street cars when they can get no seats. They don't think it is fair and declare they will not stand it. UNLISTED TAXABLES. Abstract of Amounts Collected for the ' State. " The. sheriff , of every county in the State "is required by law to give to the County Commissioners an abstract of amounts collected on unlisted taxables which embraces Schedules B and C due the State lor the year ending No vember 30th. The following is the ab stract for this year, as presented to the Board of Commissioners yesterday by Sheriff Stedman for New Hanover county, viz : Merchants. ................I 2,864 80 Commission Merchants..... 571 91 Liquor Purchases. .... ...... 530 98 Wholesale Liquor License: . '. ' 600 00 Toll Bridges................. 5 50 Itinerants.... ... 5 00 Livery Stables..... ; 36 00 Bowling Alleys.... ......... 120 00 Billiard Tables i 75 00 Theatres........ .200 00 Stevedores 400 00 Marriage Licenses.... ...... 2fi0 30 Auctioneer s 8 50 Retail Liquor . Licenses , 12.600 00 $18,277 99 Handsomely Said. . Mr. H. A. London, editor of the Pitts- boro Record, who was "a reporter on the spot," thus handsomely refers to Our W. W. W.: - . "Wilmington Welcome Week was a grand success in every particular. The weather was favorable, the number of visitors was immense, and the entertain ments and amusements provided for them were enjoyed to the utmost. The display of fireworks on Wednesday night was pronounced bv many to have been the most beautiful and attractive ever seen in the South. The trades display on Thursday night was the largest and best ever seen in this state, it consist ed of about sixty floats, all very attrac tively designed and illuminated, and the procession was so long mat it tooK over half an hour to pass any point. Never had so many persons visited Wilmine ton, everv train on every road being crowded, and . with many it was their first visit to their State's chief city. We predict, however, that it will not be their last." j - Favorably Impressed. - , " . Maj. J. W. Wilson, chairman jol the Railroad Commission, was greatly pleased with his trip to Onslow, and was much impressed with the future of that county. The question of oyster culture was of special interest to him, as was the fertility of - the land. So well satisfied is he with the oyster outlook that he will become a stockholder in one of the companies "recently . organized for the propagation of the ''luscious bi valve." It is not unlikely that Maj. Wilson will buy a summer home near the Onslow coast, i " . V The Star received, by mail, Thursday night;" an account of the shooting of Rev. Mr. Aberaathy by Mr. Qrimsley, at Snow Hill,- but did not print it because satisfied that the affair was very much exaggerated, and that the publication -wo'uld. do injustice to Mr. Abernathy and Mrs. Grimsley. The facts, as now ascertained, do not agree with the account sent us. . . : A Cumberland County Ham. ;. ColrF. W. Kerchner received yester day from Fayettevilte, as a present from some of his friends there," the bacon ham that took the premium at the late Cumberland County Fair. - It is a whop per' and no mistake weighs 46 pounds And is well cured,': sweet and sound. The porker from which the ham was cut was raised" in Cumberland by Mr. (low ers, at onetime engineer on one of the river boats plying between Wrfmington and Faytteville. ". : VlEMINGTON, N. O; FRID AY , DECEMBER 4rf A PUBLIC EXECUTION. JAMES JOHNSON HANGED; AT ELIZA-' BETHTOWN FOR MURDER. - " PplL3,000 Persons Witness the Hangtofe The j Prisoner'! Bold Demeanor on th "Scaffold His 3 Statement and the ' Story of His Crime. -A' special dispatch to the Morning Star, .from "Elizabethtownr Bladen county, N. C says that James Johnson, (colored), was" hanged there yesterday in public, for the murder of Florence button, a colored girl about ten years of age, in August last. - .' . , The drop fell at exactly 12 o'clock. noon, and in twenty-five minutes the doctors present . pronounced : Johnson dead.V Fully three thousand . peopleoJ white and colored, witnessed theexecu-, tioh, and everybody, especially" the col ored people, approved his sentence and the ' punishment Tie rece'ived for the brutal crime he commjtted. Johnson smokeeHiis cigar as he rode to the place of executton on his coffin, ascended the gallows without a tremor, and deliberately chewed tobacco as his funeral. was preached. He then made a" statement,- protesting his innocence, placed his hands and feet in position and died without .manifesting any dread. He confessed his crime when arrested and immediately after his committal ; and only denied it on the gallows. HISTORY OF THE CRIME. The story: of the crime is soon told. Johnson lived in the same neighborhood with the girl's parents, and on the even ing of Sunday, August 2d, 1891, while at her mother's house gave the child money to go to a neighbor, some distance away, and buy a quart of cider. Soon after he-left the house; met the girl on her return and alter : criminally assaulting her, strangled her to death. The child not retumihg home, search was insti tuted, in which Johnston ioined; but no trace of the;missing girl could be found until the Monday following, when par ties who had suspected Johnson, track ed him after a hard rain that had fallen Sunday night, and discovered the dead body ot tne child buried near the scene of the tragedy. Search was. at once made for Johnson." but . he had made good his escape, and it was not until the next day (Tuesday) that he was arrested by Mr. Frank Dt Parker, at Newsomj some distance above Park rsburg. Mr. Parker saw Johnson pass his place that morning, and thinking that he looked Very much, like the man wanted he pursued and ; caught him. Johnson at first denied that he was the man wanted, but afterward said he was. and made confession 6f the crime in all its horrible details. He made it fully and voluntarily, and after it was written out signed I it in the presence of F. D. Parker, J. P., and others. He also im plicated the lather of the child in the crime, l hreats of lynching were ireeiy indulged id at farkersburg, but were not carried, out. The prisoner was taken to Bladen and placed under a strong guard. He made another confession to Justice Shaw, im plicating not only the father of his. vic tim, but another negro, as having known of the crime one Lawson Bryant by name. Johnson was arraigned before Justices -. -. W. I. Shaw and Jas. N. Corbett, and af ter hearing the charge against him read, the defendant's plea was "guilty." Be fore entering judgment the court made a thorough: investigation of the implied charges against Albert Sutton and Law son Bryant, but found nothing against them and they were discharged. Johnson Iwas then placed in the cus tody of an officer.'and under strong guard was sent to Elizabethtown jail. His trial followed some weeks after wards, and; he was . convicted and sen-. tenced to be hanged. WILMINGTON'S WELCOME WEEK. CiUsans Endorse and Continue the Eiecu- J tive Committee. There was a large and enthusiastic meeting of representative business men of the city of Wilmington held last night in the Mayor's office at the City Hall, to endorse the action of the Ex ecutive Committee of the " Welcome Week. Upon motion, Mr.r R. M. Mclntire was called to the chair and Mr. Walker Taylor was requested to act as secretary. On motion of Mr. J. H. Watters, a re solution was adopted, endorsing the Executive 'Committee, as it now stands," and that the Welcome Week be consid ered as permanent. It was decided, also, that the first week in December should be the time fixed for holding the annual festivities of Wilmington's Wel- .come wees. ; The Beceivershlp. Under the new regulations; it seems, the Receivership of a National bank is not such a "fat" office as has .generally been supposed. Instead of a commis sion, as formerly, a salary . is - now paid which. is about equal to that of a bank cashier. If this information, which was given a Star reporter, is correct, the Receivership of the First National bank of this city will probably not be worth more than two thousand dollars per year. It seems to be the ; impression that Mr. W. S. O'B. Robinson, of Golds- -boro, will'receive." Lucky Toung Man. A bright young man of Mecklenburg county 'has just celebrated his 21st an niversary His mother's present was a handsome gold watch, "as a reward for his having reached , manhood's state without ever having used an oath, taken a drink ot whiskey or a chew ot tobac co.": Lucky boy I Now, ' suppose, "in stead of being a . rural " rooster, he had been a denizen of Charlotte, holding a responsible position on the Chronicle or Nevost V In lieu of a. -watch he . would have ; been presented with a twenty-five cent bible and the latest edition of Sam Jones's Kej-mons. Mr, C. A. Cook, U. S. District Attorney! was in the city yesterday, reg istered at The Orton. NOTICE llllS IS intended. OHly I for subscribers iwhose subscriptions have ex pired. It is not a dun, but a simple request that all who are in ar rears for the STAR will vor us with a prompt remittance . We : are sending "out bills now (a few each week), and - if ou re ceive one please give it your attention.' THE MONEY QUESTION. 'Superabundance . of York, but a Great - South? Capital in New Scarcity in the The Savannah News, while evidently realizing the fact that money: is very scarce in the Souths seems disposed to take a somewhat . hopeful . view of -the general situation, as may be seen by the following The banks in New . York citv ave moxe money than they know what to do with. It is accumulating ; in that city. much more rapidly than is usaal at this jtime of the year, and this fact is a source of considerable anxiety to New York capitalists. A president of a prominent financial institution on .Broadway is quoted in a New York, letter to the Philadelphia Times as follows: "During the past few days we have been compelled to do. some pretty lively work in they way of drumming up customers to borrow from us our surplus cash. Any person who can give good security need have no difficulty in obtaining loans at a mode rate rate of interest. ;The principal de- w - mand for capital at present comes from the South. It seems a little remarkable that money should be plentiful and so cheap in New York and so scarce in the bouth. The I South had good crops, last year and ha good crops this year. The amountof cot ton that is now finding its way to mar ket is unprecedentedly great, and, al though the price received for it is low, it ought to make money easier in all parts of the South. And the nee crop in this State and in Florida.- South Carolina and Louisiana is a good one, and Florida will have the biggest .orange crop in her history. ;. ; With such a condition of affairs money ought to be more plentiful in the South tnan it is. Perhaps a little Liter on. When the greater part of the cotton crop will have been sold, there will be less reason to complain of the scarcity of money. And as confidence m the financial stability of the country be "comes firmer New York capitalists - will be less averse to investing and loaning their money in the south. Ihere is al ready noticeable a disposition on the part ot New York financial institutions to loan money on good real estate security in Southern cities at 6 per cent. The Morning News mentioned one of them the other day that was loaning money in this city at that rate. The outlook for a marked increase in the amount of money in circulation in the South is cer tainly promising, . Southport Items. The surveyor for the Brunswick, Western & Southern Railroad has com pleted the survey from Wilmington to Southport and General Manager Dough erty of the road tells the Leader "that if the county votes the bonds for the railroad, Southporters , will see lively' work in their town in a few weeks. Large numbers of ducks are reported in the marshes back of Qak. Island. The canning company are making large shipments of clams, oysters and clam juices nearly every day. The application of the Cape Fear & Cincinnati Railroad Company for a sub scription to its stock, of $100,000 by the county, was formally withdrawn by the vice president. Geo. B. Morton. The Industrial Works. - - The Industrial Manufacturing Com pany are having the biggest , sort of a boom. The works are now run to their full capacity, having orders for their pro ducts sufficient to keep them constantly engaged for several months. They are filling orders now principally for tinned butter dishes, orange boxes, banana crates and fish boxes. An enlargement of the plant seems to be a necessity. Entirely Successful. The. Fayette ville Observer says of Wil mington s Welcome Week: ;we are glad to know that Wilmington's Wei- : come Week' was attended with the most gratifying success, creditably illustrating the enterprise and good taste of its citi: zens, and delightfully emphasizing its wonted generous hospitality. The Fay- etteville people who went.down, were, without exception, delighted with an that they saw and enjoyed during their trip." , : r Charleston Hice Market. ,- . . : The Charleston rice market is said to be "not as bright" as it ordinarily is at this, season. -- Although the local de mand for rice is very good -the prices are lower, by a half a cent a pound, than they were last season at this time. It is hoped that the January, prices will be more" satisfactory to both sellers and planters. ' - Up to last Saturday the rice move ments in Charleston" were as iouows Receipts this year 419.067. last year 454.376. Pounded 168,689, last year 267,465. Stock on hand 250.378, last vear 186.911. Notwithstanding tne sman crop iow prices have prevailed duringlhe entire season. - The weakness of the market is accounted for bv the large stork of lot eign rice now in .America, vlt is thought that the small stock of domestic rice will eventually command better prices than at present. ; The "king," komTffOnly kalled fcot- ton, has a serious attack of th "grip.' It is the grip of the bears, ,.: 189 1 ; LIGHTING CAPE- FEAR RIVER, Communication to the WilminKton Pro- -I?" V: -rduoe Exchange., . At the meeting of the Board 'of Man j agers of the Produce!Excbange.'held. yesterday, a -communication ; from the Light House Board' on. the subject 1 of, lighting . Cape. Fear -river was read as follows; '..-.- - Office of Light House Board, " Washington D. C; Nov. 14 1891. Hon. Z. B yoncet U. SXSenate. Wash- inztont D. C: -;- : -j' .U; Sir : .Referring to your reference to this office, on Feb. 2nd, 1891, of. a letter from ' the Wilmington Produce Ex change,, dated Wilmington,. N. C". 9th January, 1891, together with a request lor the extension and improvement of iigais in ixic vaue -r ear TiYSfZ tne roara has the honor to mtorm : you : that - this matter was considered at its session held on 10th November, 1891, when it was decided to take the proper measures for obtaining an appropriation for this purpose. . Kespecttully yours, " - - - -- OEO. W. COFFIN, Commander U. S.T. Naval Sec'y. A Cutting Scrape. i , - A German sailor named - Charles De- man got into a row with Jos. Bryan, an other seaman, at Mrs. " Bryson's board ing house n Nutt street yesterday after noon. Bryan used a knife with which he cut a gash about two . inches in length in Deman's back and slash ed the fingers on one hand seyerelv. Police; officer William R. Smith was called in and arrested Bryan-who was found in a room up-stairs in the building and who' acknowledged doing the. cutting, alleging as a reason that Deman had been "talking about" him. Bryan was taken to the City Hall and locked up to await an investigation of the case, and Deman to a physician who dressed his wounds- and pronounced them not dangerous. ' j v XT. S. Commissioner's Court. . ... - Mr. G. F. Blizzard, charged with rob bing the postoffice , at Keith's, Pender county. N. C ot ten -dollars' worth of postage stamps, who was traced to Florida by Deputy U. S.! Marshal Hunt and back to Lake City, S. C, where he was captured a snort- while ago, had a hearing before Commissioner Bunting yesterday, and was required to give bail to appear at the U. S. District Court in the sum of $300. Being unable to give bond he was placed in jail to await a bearing at the next term which will be be held here in May.' L -a- srounoiess lieport irrhe Charlotte News of Friday after nooh' amiaunces the failure of Mr. Frank W. -Thornton, of Fayetteville. This is a mistake, and the Star takes pleasure in correcting it. If such a mis- tortune had : befauen Mr. Thornton it wbuld have certainly been known in Wilmington, especially at the offices of The Mercantile Association of the Caro- linas and R. G. Dun & Co., at neither of which has any such information been received. v . .Assignment.;; ::-.'. I The announcement, made late yester day afternoon, that Messrs. Alderman & Flanner. dealers in hardware. &c. had made an assignment was" received with; surprise and regret. I he prelerences, with exemptions, amount to about $15,- 000. The, First National Bank is the largest preferred, creditor, the amount being $6,500. The stock is estimated to be worth about $25,000. Liabilities not known. Mr. Junius Davis is the assignee. Who Will Beceive. It now appears that the chances for the Receivership of the First National Bank are about equal between Mr. W. S. O'Brien Robinson, of Goldsboro, and another North Carolina Republican whose name has not been made public. It-is intimated that the latter might de cline the appointment, if tendered, on the" ground ot inadequate pay. The genial and bright William, it is thought. would then have a "dead sure thing." ; Business Failure in Sampson County. The assignment of Messrs. D. F. Caldwell & Co., dealers in general mer chandise at Harrell's Store, Sampson county, was announced yesterday; Mr Frank Lewis, of Harrell's Store, is as signee. No statement of the firm's . lia bilities and assets could be obtained, but both are" believed to be large, as the j Messrs. Caldwell carried on an extensive business, having branch stores at Blands and Hampton, in Samp son county. It is understood the larger part of the firm's indebtedness is in Northern markets, with a few thousands scattered among wholesale dealers in Wilmington. Not Bev. QeoB. Stuart ' - The Charlotte News mentions a ru mor current in that city that. Rev. Geo, R. Stuart, well-known as Rev; Sam. P. Jones' assistant, had died at Bristol,, Temi., from an attack of typhoid dysen tery. I . - . - . "J. " . . ; Mr. Stuart assisted Mr. Jones in the meetings held m Wilmington a short time go and: was held in the highest esteem by many of our people. They will rejoice to know that the report of his'death was incorrect,' as is shown by a telegram to the "Raleigh . Chronicle from Bristol, Ternt which says : "Rev. George Stuart, of this ; place, died to day, He was not Rev. George R. Stuart.' HOMICIDE. Fatal Affray Between MeKiroes One Man Killed and Another Seriously Injured. Roseboro, Cumberland Co.,Dec 12. Editor Star : On the i morning of. 11th ihst.', while Bilt and Octave Simr son were on their way to their work, they; were -met by Sam Simpson,"who told Bill that if he did hot-stop talking about him he would shoot his 'brains out. Bill told him to shoot -and be d . Sam took him at his word and shot him, the whole load taking effect ia Bill's face,, making , an ugly. though not dangerous wound- Octave, thinking his father was killed, engaged. bam in a rough and tumble hght, when the ."proverbial steel" of -- Sam - was brought into use, - completely disem boweling Octave, who died this morn ing at 10 o clock, ,. . '. The parties are all 'colored and live near this place. - : , - J. e.sj. NO. 5 'FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. i:S:7 FIRST SESSION. " Bills and Resolutions Introduced in the Senate and. Beferred to Committees Another Move on the Treasury by Pen sion Sharps The" House Hot in Session.: . - - JJv Telegraph to tba Morning Star. - " vr.-. - WASHiNGTON.December 10. Among the documents laid before the Senate by thefVice President and referred were the annual report . Of - the . Secretary of the Treasury and a number of . memiv rials from and resolutions by various religibds bodies against opening the Chicago World's Fair on Sundays. Among the bills,-introduced and re- ierred were the following : ; isy: Mr. faddock, to prevent food adulterations. " " - '; ; '- . By Mr. Harris, to provide for better enforcement of quarantine laws and to establish a Wational ttoard of Health. By Mr.' Stewart,! to provide for free coinage of gold and silver bullion. This bill was laid . on the table, so that Mr. Stewart can call it up at any time. Dy.Mr. way. to transier tne revenue cutter service to the Navy Department. By Mr. Pasco, tp punish officers for, summoning jurors with reference to their political .pr religious ami iations'. By Mr."CTUJtom,o suspend the com ing of Chinese laborers to the .United States; also, to reducsletter postage to one cent. ' ." -. . -: - - - By Mr. Turpie, to amend the Conti- tution, so as to provide for the election of Senators by the people? This bill was laid on the table, Mr. Turpie giving notice that he would address the Senate upon it next Thursday. By Mr. Pepper, to amend the immi gration and naturalization laws; to grant service pensions with additional amounts to prisoners of war ;" to provide means tor their payment and to repea. Section 2 of the Pension Act of June 27f 1890; to reduce the number of pension ratings to ten ; to abolish pension agen cies and to lessen expenses of examin ing uuarus. i By Mr. Call, to authorize the Presi dent 'to open negotiations with Spain as to the island of Cuba. By Mr. Vest, in reference to the ex port trade in cottqn. (The latter bill was laid on the table, with notification from Mr. Vest that he would call it up at the next or subsequent meeting of the benate.) - By Mr. Plumb, to provide for the re tirement of National bank notes; free coinage of silver and promotion of in ternational free coinage of silver. ; f By Mr. Mitchell, to reduce letter post age to once ' cent per ounce; also, to amend the Constitution so as to have U. S. Senators elected by the people. By Mr. Hawleyi to revive the grade of lieutenant general of the army of the United States. . ' - Mr Pfeffer offered a resolution, which was referred to the Finance Committee, directing that committee to inquire and report as soon as practicable as to the actual expenses attending the busi ness of money-lending as conducted in the United States by bankers and other persons,, both as to short loans and long loans, the object -being, as declared in the resolution, "to ascertain approxi mately the actual and relative cost of conducting the business of lending money without reference to the value -ot the amount loaned. The committee is to have power to send for persons and papers, to administer oaths and to visit any part of the country by sub-committees. The preamble recites that "com-. plaint is made that money, when loaned. yields larger profits than industrial pur suits." ! ' " Mr. Plumb offered a resolution de claring that Congress desires the ; re moval of the remains of the illustrious soldier and statesman, Ulysses S. Grant, to and their interment in'Arlington Na tional cemetery and that the President be requested to Convey to the widow of that lamented man such desire, tender ing to her on the part of the nation all necessary facilities for such removal and interment. The resolution was laid on the table, Mr. Plumb giving notice that he would call it up at a convenient time. '-- - ; - ' The Senate went into executive ses sion, at which recess appointments were laid before it and were appropriately re ported, and then at 2:30 p. m. the benate adjourned till Monday. ; Washington! December -12. The Senate was not in session. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The session of the House to-day was merely a formal one.-' The Speaker an nounced appointment of the following committees: I On Accounts Rusk, Md.; Cooper, Ind.; Dickersori, Ky.; Moses, S. C; Seerley. Iowa; Pearson, Ohio; Quacken bush, N. Y.; Griswold, Pa.; Cutting, Cal. On Mileage -Castle, Minn.; Crawford, N. C; Kendall, Ky.; Caldwell, Ohio; Flick. Iowa. I An ad journment was then taken until Wednesday. ' " BRAZIL. ". Publio Sleeting fat Bio Janeiro Resigna tion of the Governor of the PrOvinoe. f - Br Cablje to the Morning Star. Rio Janeiro, Dec, 12. A public meeting was held in this city yesterday. at which strong protests were made against imperial honors'paid by France to the late ex-Emperor of Brazil on the occasion of his funeral in Paris Thurs day. . ; .. . i. ' v Gov. Potella has finally decided to ac-. cede to the request of the Government that he resign his position as Governor of tbe btate. ot Kio Janeiro, .and be has accordingly sent in his resignation. He will be succeeded by Admiral Silveira. -' DIPHTHERIA ; EPIDEMIC. , Attended With. Alarming Fatalities at Wheatland, Minn. Br Cable to the Mornins Star. - ;v - Wheatland.Minn,. Dec 12.rf A diphtheria' epidemic is .here. - Se deaths have already resulted from ' it. Oae family l0st three childrenall they had; another; three which were buried together. 'AJ1 died the same day. The school is stopped. ' There are four more families down with it. ihey seem to be effected as much in the head as in the throat. ' Doctors, here cannot ' do anything f of it anO"it is still spread- ELECTRIC SPARKSi ; i The Mechanics Mill, Attleboro, Mass. was nearly destroyed by fire yesterday r a 4 x r i-v - morning, entailing a loss 01 in surance partial." . ;- o ' " The' Italian steamer Calabria, from Genoa for Naples, exploded her- boiler, and sank; twenty-three persons were on board, and twelve of these were saved. . The pigeon shooting match for the championship of the.world at Woodlawn Park, N. jesterday,was won by fui ford against Brewer. Score f for . 250 birds Fulford, 23; Brewer, 816. " , r- bmithneld, Ilerald. ) MrTR. H. n oiacKinan, aiea at his ttornr in Ingrams townships, Johnston countv. Nnvums.. .98th, in the 86th year of bis age. r-Kinst6nr?'rtff:: Mrs.' J. A. Jackson, a prominent and highly es teemed Christian lady of Vanceboro Craven county,- died Sunday morning from neuralgia. . , f Henderson Gold Leaf : Mrs. Mary Clarke, mother of Mr. J. E. Clarke, ' sA this place, died at her home in War ren county, Thursday, Dec. 8rd, In the 86th year of her age. I l Salisbury Truthx Mr. M. s! Brown closed his doors this morning and made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. Assets about $28,000; liabilities about $32,000. i - Statesville . Landmark: ! Mrs Frances Hill, wife of Capt. J. F, Hill, died suddenly at her home in West Front street last Saturday. Mrs. Hill .was a native of Lincoln county, was 80 years old and had been married 52 " years. w ..- . . ;j .-. - :Wilkesboro. News: Mr. Am brose Wiles, who resides about six miles from this place on the Trap Hill roadV while driving home on the running gear of Jiis ; wagon, was dangerously hurt. Both lejjs were broken iust above the ankle against a stump. ' ' Charlotte News: The Texas car yas at the Trade street depot to-day. and attracted a great deal of attention, The - car is a travelling advertisement for Texas arid is a most interesting iff air. all the productions of Texas soil being displayed in an attractive way. Wilson Advance : A horse was stolen last Thursday night from the stables of the Planters Warehouse. It HetoUKe4 to Capt. T. M. Anderson On ounaay it wasiounqaoout three miles from town. It is thought that the search proved, so vigorous that the thief turned: the animal put in the'road. i ': , Gastcria Gazette; The execu tion of ,'EIIen Laurens and Caroline Shipp by hanging will take place on the premises of the poor house property about one mile from Dallas, on Friday December 18. The effort for commu tation of the sentence of Ellen'Laurens ' has not yet been successful. The sheriff " has summoned the Gaston Riflemen to -attend in arms on that day.- "; Salisbury Herald : The man who killed himself at Newton Monday was Purnell Elliott instead of Joe as first learned, and the shooting was the result of carelessly handling a pistol. It was,therefore accidental. Early this morning the city was saddened by the announcement of the death of Mrs. ; Charlotte C. Brown, af her home on east Inniss street. She died last night at 1 s o'clock, after a week's sickness with the grip, which changed to a violent form ol . : i . a w . pneumonia several davs ago. M Brown was in her 69th vear. Lenoir Topic: Rev. Daniel Forbes Stewart, aged 70 '.years, died at Connelly Springs, Nov. 28. Mr. Levi Earnest, aged 64 years, a'promi nent resident of King's Creek township, died at his homf on Monday, Nov, SO, after a lingering illness. Muskrats have been unusually plentiful thfer year, it is said, and have done a crood deal of damage jn the corn fields. t A mule rid den by a traveller along the road near Fort Defiance, the other day, sunk down in a muskat hole that was tunnelled un der the road and a half bushel of corn was found stored away in it. On " Friday morning John Freeman, aged about 18 years, a son of Reddick Free man, who- lives between Lenoir . and Hudson, was placed in Jail by acting Deputy Sheriff Richard Bush, under a mittimus from Justice D. A. Griffin, on the alleged charge of rape committed upon the person of Dovey Smith, aged between 10 and 41 years,, a cousin of Freeman. The crime is alleged to have been committed Wesdesday afternoon. - Laurinburg .Exchange ; I For several months Capt. "L. W. McLaurin has been declining in health, first suffer ing intensely from a painful attack of eczema in his face. Later on he was prostrated by a stomach trouble, but ral lied and got up again. Soon after he was - prostrated again, from which he ' never rallied, but his life continued to ebb out . until the sad end came at 6 o'clock last Monday morning, when he - - peacefully breathed - his last. Capt. McLaurin was 69 years old. Near Old Hundred depot, about nine o'clock last Sunday night., after return ing from preaching, Lee SingJeterryi col, so rebuked his brother Snowden Singleterry about his bad behavior at church, that -he became enraged and picked up the ax to use in wreaking bis vengeance on his brother. When he did, Lee shot Snowden with a pistol, the ball entering his left breast near the nipple. Snowden then wheeled and ran, and Lee shot at him again. After running about 90 yards, Snowden fell and died in a few minutes. Lee is Only 22 years old, and Snowden was 17, and was drinking,'; At the last report Lee was at large, ji Greenville Reflector: The Green ville tobacco warehouse sold over 80,000 pounds of tobacco during the month of November and the weather was unfa vorable for handling tobacco too. The gin house of B. F. Crawford and J. F Allen, which they operated together in Beaver Dam township, was destroyed by fire,, on, last Wednesday. The fire wasupposed to have originated from sparks getting into the lint room in some waV. Mr. Allen and two colored men were slightly burned in trying to save ma chinery from the fire. Loss was ; fully $500 upon which there was no insurance. Coroner H. F. Keel received a tele gram yesterday morning stating that John Gray bad been shot and killed in Bethel Monday night. The particulars of the shooting, as We heard them yes terday, are as follows: Gray was a col ored boy about 14 years old. Monday, night he went into the store of S. T. & h R.Carson, at Bethel. Willie Carson, a 12-year old white boy.who clerked in the store, was alone at the time; The. . colored boy had a double action pistol in his pocket and took it out to show to Willie. Young Carson did not, know much about that kind of pistol and while looking at it pulled the trigger. Of course the pistol went off. The ball struck the colored boy in the right breast and in less time than it takes to write this he was a dead negro. . ; --Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer. ,On the night of the 26th of No vember the postoffice at Lilesville was entered and four watches, several pistols and five G six dollars in money stolen therefiom. ' The stolen money . was the property of thr United States and the postal authorities at once set to work to capture the thieves. Asa result of their efforts Wiley Atkinson, Dave OWens and Bill Henry were arrested last Fri day and taken before a United States Commissionerat Rockingham for a pre liminary hearing. At the time sufficient evidence te hold -Henry was not at hand and he was "discharged. Atkinson and Owens were sent to jail in default of bail until the next term of the United States Court at Charlotte. - We learn that after the preliminary hearing At kinson confessed his guilt as to the post office robbery, implicating Henry, but when the officers went, to re-arrest Henry-they found that he had skipped. None of these young men are grown, Henry not being more that fifteen years old. .They were all white, and were either raised around Lilesville or had lived there at different times. Died, at her home in Wadesboro township, of dropsy, Mrs. Allen Carpenter, aged 73 years. . There are only two persons in jail here now one crazy man, and a negro for stealing cotton." -i Aunt Betsy Hughes died at the residence of Mr. John Moore, in Wadesboro town ship; last-Tjhqrsday night. Aunt Betsy was in the 91st year of her age.
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