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SOUTH AND WEST.
There was held in New Orleans a
coaple of weeks ago what was called
the Trans-Mississippi Congress, the
object of which was to devise ways
and means to form closer commercial
relations between the South and the
West, and to promote the movement
which has been in progress for sev
eral years to improve the harbors on
the Gulf coast by securing liberal
appropriations from Congress to con
tinue the work which has been faau
gurated ; and carried on with such
satisfactory results.
. While this is a movement in which
the peopQe of the Mississippi Valley
and of the States lying upoalhe Gulf
are directly interested, we are all in
terested in it more or less, for it is a
step fri the direction of eventually
making the South a great commercial
section, through whose ports will pass
the bulk of the exports from and im
ports for the vast and rich empire lying
between .the Alleghany and the
Rocky Mountains.!: Up to the days
when the railroads were extended
from the North Atlantic cities to the
cities on the Mississippi and West of
it, that river was the great artery
of travel and traffic for all the terri
tory bordering upon it and its tribu
taries. Its commerce and travel
were immense. New Orleans, al
though but light draft sea-going ves
sels could then make their way up
from the sea, was then the great port
of entry, and thousands Nof immi
grants landed thereand thence were
carried up the river to the States and
2hmtSm. prritnripg they settled in. In those
,V . das and up to 1860, hundreds of
jjjj v steamboats might have been seen at
the levee in St. Louis, which was
then tlje great central commercial
city of the West, unloading or load
ing for citips North or South.
But vjiitn the railroad came the
cf steamer was doomed, apd had to;
lay a -subordinate and a compara
tively insignificant part in the game
of traffic, and the great river, too, lost
its pre-eminence as ahighwayof trade.
With the swift moving train travel
and traffic was directed Eastward. It
, has been going thaVway ever since
until within the past few years some
" of it has begun to move Southward
again. ' .
During this interval as far as gov
ermental aid wa concerned, the
South-Atlantic pofts were lost sight
of, and while millions were expended
in the improvement of Northern har
bors, comparatively little was
spent upon Southern harbors.
Capt. Eads blazed the way and
Solved the problem of good harbors
at the mouths of rivers, when he did
with his jetties what was deemed
the impossible and made a channel
below New Orleans through which
the largest steamers could steam up
to the docks and go out loaded to their
full capacity. As a result New Or
leans Is to-day one of the leading
ports of the country .'and with the
present rate of increase continued
will within' ten years do more busi
ness than the port of New York. .
But Southern commerce is not go
ing to be confined to a few ports,
Every one of them from Norfolk to
Galveston will grow in importance
while those favorably situated will
become great marts, and will build
great cities, and make populous
States as the harbors of Boston, New
York, Philadelphia ' and Baltimore
have made great cities and populous
States.
There are two agencies working to
this end and one great factor that
aids them. First, the producers of
exportable products in the West
need additional facilities and cheaper
routes to ship their products to the
markets of the world. By combina
tion when they see fit, or when win
ter closes navigation on the rivers
and lakes, the railroads having their
termini at the North Atlantic ports
can put up the prices f or transporta
tion, which shippers, are compelled
to pay because they can'thelp them
selves. They want competition, and
the only effective competition they
can get will be from rival lines run
ning Southward. Southern railroad
- men have for some years been shap
ing their - affairs to meet this
demand, to enter the field of compe
tition, and hence have been con
structing new lines, consolidating old
. ones and forming combinations to
- make continuous unes to these South'
ern terminal ports. Some of the
most successful railroad operators in
America are now engaged in these
enterprises; .
fry I a ii. - m . m
i ne iacior mac aids DOth and
gives a guarantee ot the accomplish
ment of the desire of the Western
shipper and the efforts of the South
V era railroad operator . is the much
shorter distance between ; the com
merciai centers or tne . west and.
Southern ports thin between them
and Northern ports, reducing the
draw jn some cases one-fourth and in
some more. The shorter distance,
of course, enables the Southern roads
to handle freight for less than the
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Northern roads can, and this means
money saved to the shipper, money
not on a few tons for one year, but
on millions of tons for all the years.
There is no sentiment in business; it
is dollars that . rule, and where the
most dollars are made o saved,
(which is the same thing) there, the
trade will go. It is to save dollars
that the Western shippers are seeking
Southern ports, and it is to make
dollars that ; capitalists : are project
ing and butlding the railroads lines
to reach them. This work, begun
in earnest, will be prosecuted until
the Southern ports, which last year
did 44 per cent, of the export busi
ness of the whole country, will dg by
far the larger part ot it, ana ?soutn-
ern ports become the outlets and in-
ets for the exports, and imports of
the Great West
CHEAP FREIGHTS.
Cheap freights are a potent factor
of commercial prosperity." Every
cent knocked off the cost of carrying
a ton of freight a given distance has
proportionate influence on the
amount of . freight carried and upon
the prosperity of the industries which
produce it. It is cheap freights in
the main which build great cities by
the sea, fill their harbors with ships
and give life to the numerous indus
tries winch help to make nem
greater.
Manhattan Island is an insignifi
cant little horn of sterile land and
granite rocks about nine miles long
and less than a couple miles wide be
tween ihe North and East rivers. It
is now thickly built over its entire
surface except the reservations for
parks, and the city of New York,
with her nearly 2,000,000 of people,
ooms up the greatest, city
in America.. mere are men
living now who have hunted rabbits
where the Fifth Avenue Hotel now
stands, who can remember New York
when it was a little town' compared
with what it is now, and they are not
old men, either.
What has made this great city
within the lives, it might be said, of
men who live there ? First, free ac
cess to and from the sea; next the
Erie Canal which gave cheap trans
portation to the products of the in
terior, and next the railroads when
the locomotive entered the field to
compete with the canal and the river
boat in drawing freight and people,
Ihefte combined, bearing the pro
ducts ot the soil to the seaboard for
shipment made New York a great
city, as deep water to, the sea , and
ample railroad facilities have built
other great cities as well as this on
our seaboard. Railroads are the
agents, cheap freights. the result and
great commercial and manufacturing
cities the consequence. .
The same agencies that , -build
great cities in one section will, other
things being equal, build them in an
other section, and the same agencies
which built Boston, New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore will in
time build great cities on the South
Atlantic seaboard and more of them
We live in a practical, utilitarian
age when the first question that is
asked about a mooted project is, will
it pay? If it will pay, that's enough.
There is no sentiment, nor kinship,
nor sectionalism, nor patriotism in
business. In trade, and in the mov
ing of freight the shorter distance,
other things being equal, has the ad
vantage over' longer distances. The
railroad which is five hundred miles
long can afford to carry freight
for .less than the railroad
which is a thousand miles
long, it neeas no figures nor
argument to prove that. It is rea
sonable to presume that a five hun
dred mile railroad, with a good port
for a terminus, with ample shipping
facilities, and penetrating a produc
tive country, will do more business
in proportion to mileage than the
longer road.
Now, take the map of thp country,
run your eye over an imaginary line
from Boston, New York, Philadel
phia or Baltimore, to Cincinnati,
Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City,
Omaha, or any of the other Western
cities, and then draw an imaginary
line from these to any of our South
ern ports, and it will be found that
some of the Southern ports are nearer
to some of them, and some nearer to
others than any of the Northern ports
are. Denver, Colorado, for instance,
is 900 miles from the Gulf coast, 1,600
miles from NewYork; Memphis, which
now ships nearly all her cotton by
rail to New "York, is 500 miles nearer
to some of the South Atlantic ports
than to New York; St. Louis, the
great commercial city on the Missis
sippi river,: is 255 miles nearer; Kan
sas City, the great meat and grain
center on the Missouri river, is 300
miles nearer; Omaha, the chief city
of Nebraska, 233 miles nearer. Kan
sas City sends out for a great por
tion of the year an average of 4,000
car loads of freight per day, all of
which now goes eastward, because
it has no otber way to go," unless it
go by river to New Orleans, which it
can't do economically until the navi
gation of the Mississippi and Mis
souri is improved so as to admit the
passage up and down of deep draught
boats. Kansas City is one of the cities
which has been working so earnestly
tor the improvement of the Gulf
harbors and for the improvement o:
the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
inese tacts will stimulate " the
building of Southern roads in ad
anion to those now in operation to
bear to the South Atlantic ports the
freightage of the greatWest which has
heretofore been going to the North
Atlantic ports, building up great
cities there, and will do its part in
building up' great cities here as it
has there. These cities under the
new order of things; will grow more
rapidly than the cities further North
did, because they will have tributary
to their business and growth a vast
productive . region, rich in timber,
agricultural and mineral resources, a
region as yet but thinly ? populated
and but partially developed, capable
of supporting a population greater
than the total population of the
United States now is. : - :
There are few events of the future
more certain than that - m time the
bulk of the products of the great
West will find exit to the sea through
Southern ports, and that this will
build up great cities where now com
paratively small cities i or no cities
stand.
JUNOB, MEHTIOJL
Mr. Daniel S. Lamont, who was
resident Cleveland's Private. Secre
tary; spent last Saturday night and
part of Sunday In Charleston, on his
return from Florida, where he! had
been spending a week. He didn't
register at! the hotel where he stop
ped, as he didn't .want anyone to
know that he was in town. He doubt-
ess wished to dodge the ubiquitous
newspaper reporter, but tne news-
papci uidu luuuu -iuui ait ius oaiuv,,
A V. I m nil C4IVIA
and went for him." He found out
that Mr. Lamont was South. on busi
ness, and that he was prospecting
some Southern cities to view the lay
out and the inducements to building
electric street railways, in which he is
interested, andJ)y which he is making
ots ot money, j But the interviewer
found out that he was still interested
also in politics and took as much
stock in Mr Cleveland as ever, and
hence did not hesitate to express the
opinion that Mr. Hill could not
carrv New York if nominated, and
that the "Democratic Convention
would not bp so foolish as to disre
gard the voice of the Democrats of
the country,j j which declares so . em
phatically for Cleveland as the next
nominee of i the party,
Well, con-
ceding that
Mr. Lamoht is
correct
about the voice of the Democrats of
the country; aiid that he may be cor
rect about Mr. I Hill's not being able
to carry New j York, the question
arises, why; can't Hill carry New
York ? The only answer that can be
given is because of the defection of
the men, Democrats and others, who
support Cleveland. In other words
Cleveland Democrats and Indepen
dents would knife Hill. If this be
so, isn't it quite as likely that Hill
Democrats would knife Cleveland if
he were nominated ? Isn't it just as
reasonable f to suppose one as the
other if there is any knifing to be
done ? And does this give any more
ground for belief that Cleveland can
certainly carry New York, or that he
would stand any better chance of
carrying it . than rim ? l hat s the
way it looks to us as we view the
situation in New York and sum up
the results jof the late "family row'
in that State. The New; York knife
seems to have been unsheathed and
the Democrats who go to Chicago to
nominate a candidate for President
had better keep their eye on it lest
they nominate a man to be ripped up
the back, t
A Charleston dispatch states that
that there is a decrease of from forty
to fifty per; cent in the commercial
fertilizer trade of that city this year
as compared with last year. Accord
ing to the i reports in our . State ex
changes there has been a very heavy
reduction in this State, too. There
has been a large decrease in Georgia
also, and doubtless in other South
ern States where these fertilizers
have been extensively used. This is
hard on the fertilizer men and on
the railroads, which did a large bus
iness in transporting fertilizers, but it
is good for the Southern farmer. and
for the South. The commercial ferti
lizer is good enough in its way,, but
our opinion is that instead of being
a benefit, it has been a curse to the
Southern farmer, who would be
really better off to-day if he had
never used a pound of it. Relying
upon it, the home fertilizer has been
lost sight of, and our farmers have
been goiog into debt year after year
to purchase these fertilizers, and pay
ing out a larger proportion of the
proceeds of their crops for them,
1 ..4 'mm m
wnen wun some laoor and compara
tively little money they could have
made better fertilizers with ' the ma
terial they had at hand and the in
gredients they had to buy. If the
curtailment in the use of the com
mercial fertilizers results in more at
tention to and the greater use of the
uuuic-iutfuc leriuizer, it will be a
great thing for the South, and her
farmers will be millions of dollars
better off at the end of each year.
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The Behring Sea question is as
suming considerable proportions,
and judging from the reports of the
proceedingsin the Cabinet meeting
l uesday, and of the executive ses
sion of the Senate, unless Lord Salis
bury changes his tactics on the mo
dus vivendi it may result in something
that will take more than arbitration
to setue. it the sealers are to be
turned loose now it would have been
just as well; if no modus vivendi had
been agreed upon, for the sealing
season was practically over last year
i e ii.
Deiore n went into ettect, and it is
useless to go on with an unmeaning
arbitration, one object of which is to
protect the seals, if the seals in the
meantime may be -indiscriminately
slaughtered and exterminated. If
Lord Salisbury, is really anxious for
an amicable settlement of the con
troversy he will accede ; to i the de'
mands of this Government for acorl-
tinuance during the arbitration pro
ceedings of the agreement entered
upon last year; 'if notj- and he pro-.
poses to, take a short - turn on this
Government then there will be an
end to arbitration and U. S. cruisers
will have to look after; the British
poachers- In ; the end it may cost
Great Britain, and this country, too',
a great deal more than all , the seals
in all the seas are -worth. But hav
ing taken its position this , Govern
ment - must, to maintain" respect,
maintain it until the tribunal agreed
upon can hear. and decide upon the
points in controversy.-
When you say "Hell's to pay!" you
are not necessarily using a naughty,
but : simpljr a ' nautical -expression.
The hell, we are told, is the name
given to that part of the hold of a
fishing mack left partly tree to the
access of sea water to keep the fish
alive. The bulkheads must bekept
water-tight by calking with oakum
and "paying" with pitch. -.When this
is to be done the fisherman remarks I
"Hell's to pay!? and that's all there
Is to it. f But if you are not interest
ed in fishing smacks-you should not
use such a phrase, f6r it smacks of
profanity. .
Mrs. Le Favre, President of the
New York Vegetarian Society,- has
been experimenting Vith herself and
has discovered that she can live jam
up on $1.30 a week. When she gets
the business down close she may be
able to knock off the 30 cents, and
then we want her to tell us how she
does it. When the ordinary hustler
discovers the art of living jam up, or
royally," s she says, on a dollar or
even a dollar and a quarter a week,
life will be worth living. . , i
TT 1 - -r T 1. n . .1
uuwc jerry xvusk. nguics uui iuc
increase of sheep iu this country last
year at 1,500,000. But the experts
of the National Woollen Manufac
turers Association figure out a fall
ing off of 6,000,000 pounds in the
wool product last year, so it must be
that the people are either eating the
sheep or eating the wool. At all
events it does not appear that the
wool tariff is a mighty factor in en
couraging the wool growing industry,
When I Brayer Shepard, of New
York, prints anything about the Con
federates he turns the cap...'C" up
side down, and then he has to turn
his paper upside down to read it
Brayer Shepard does by a little twist
of his hand what it too about two
millions of his people four years to
do, and which it they had been as
much fool as the Brayer is, they
never would have done. '
Some White Caps in Indiana un
dertook to bulldoze Rev. Jonah Abel,
and scare him out of their hunting
ground, j But Mr. Abei proved to be
a member ot the church militant, able
to take care of himself, and instead of
getting scared proceeded to have
lot of the ringleaders arrested, and
now the scare is on the White Caps.
Major Yasumasa, the Japanese
gentleman, has started out on his
horseback ride trom Berlin to Japan,
by way of European Russia, Siberia
and the Corean Peninsula. He in
tends to ride but one horse, of Engr
lish stock. If he and the horse hold
out he exiects to make the b.uou
mile jaunt in two years.
The silver racket will have the
boards in the House of Representa
tives on the 22nd inst., and will have
a run of three days.
COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES.
Receipts of cotton here yesterday
117 bales ; same date last year 251. j
Net receipts at all U. S. ports, 12,-
215 bales. Stock, 1.12,798.
Spot cotton quiet in New York at
7 cents tor middling. Wilmington
quotation : Market weak at 6 cents
for middling.
New York futures closed steady;
sales of 129,600 bales. March opened at
6.55 and closed 6.52: April 6.66 and
closed 6.62 ; May 6.76 and closed 6.72.
- Charleston News and . Courier ;
There is a difference of opinion among
the 'experts, perhaps, about the crop
reaching 9,000,000 bales, but we do not
see bow there can be any doubt in the
mind of the average cotton farmer as to
where his interest lies in the circum
stances. He cannot afford to take any
risks. It is really a small matter to htm
whether the crop exceeds 9,000,000 bales
or falls short of that number by a few
thousand bales, more or less. It is reas
onably certain that there is another
season of very low prices ahead, and tbat
is enough for the purpose. 1 he farmer
who is calculating on the reduced acre'
age movement to enable mm to get
through another year by cropping on
the all-cotton, or nearly-all-cotton, basis
is making an egregious mistake and will
simply find himself badly behind hand
again if he tries it. - The plain lesson of
the situation is that every cotton farmer
must look out for himself this year,
without regard to combinations, how
ever promising, and without regard to
nisneignoor s pians. Ana tne larmer
who cannot see his way clear to paying
his year's debts and meeting the year's
demands " from the profits of a cotton
crop to be sold at or near the present
prices of cotton, had better raise some
thing to live on and let cotton alone, for
a year at least. : . . !
- j Happy Hooalers. j
Wm. Timmons, postmaster of Idaville,
Ind., writes : "Electric Bitters has done,
more for me than all other medicines-
combined, for that bad feeling arising
trom Kidney and Liver trouble. John
Leslie, farmer and stockman, of same
place, says : "Find Electric Bitters to be
the best Kidney, and Liver medicine;
made me feel like a new man. ' J. W
Gardner, hardware merchant, same town
says : Electric Bitters is just the thing
for a man who is all run down and dont
care whether he lives or -dies ; he found
new strength, good appetite, and feltjust
like he-had a new lease .on life. Only
60c. a bottle at Robert R. Bellamy's
Drugstore. - f i.
NEW RIVER OYSTER CO.
TiTini Meeting of Stockholder Offloera
Elected Beportnatterinjt Proapecta.
The annual meeting of stockholders
of the New River Oyster Company, was
held in this city yesterday at, the office
of Iredell Meares, Esq., the company's
attorney. -
Dr. A. J. DeRosset presided and Mr.
T. D- Meares acted as secretary.7 " '-'r
Mr. - Berry . Gleaves, - President, rear
his reportr showing that the directors,
immediately after organization last year,
had built tags and barges, and com
menced planting oysters on the com
pany's grounds. ... -.
At this present time ..over. 107,000
bushels had been planted, and the com
pany would be able to market from ten
to twenty thousand bushels next winter.
Investigation had shown - -that the
oysters - were propagating on the
grounds which it was not anticipated
would be the caseand this in a year or
two would obviate the necesssity of con
tinuing to plant the small oysters. The
natural increase of the oysters so plant
ed was laid down by experts as from
two and a half- to four bushels for- one,
but the directors had made no estimate
beyond the expectation ot obtaining a
return of bushel for bushel. : t
The following Board of Directors was
elected, v?2 : ; Berry Gleaves, R. S.
Tucker, J. H. Sharp, F. W. Kerchner,
Iredell Meares, A. J. DeRosset, John L.
Boatwright, J. R. Kenly, Thomas D.
Meares. .. .- ".z .-.-
A meeting of the Board of Directors
was held immediately after the adjourn
ment of the stockholders' meeting, and
Mr. Berry Gleaves was elected Presi
dent, Major R. S. Tucker Vice-President,
and Mr. T. D. Meares Secretary
and Treasurer. - .
Mr. L. M. Landon, the efficient Super
intendent of the Company, had brought
up samples of the oysters grown on the
grounds at Stone's Bay, which were ex
hibited at the meeting and showed the
wonderful growth attained during the
year. - "
A DESPERATE DARKEY.
Arrested for Larceny Ho Managed to Get
Away After a Fierce Strangle with an
Officer."
Charies Nixon, colored, was arrested
yesterday on a warrant issued by Justice
R. H. Bunting, charging Nixon with lar
ceny cutting and selling wood from
lands belonging to a colored man named
Waddeu. 1 be bearing ot the case
was postponed, and in the mean
time Nixon was turned over to the
sheriff. Nixon was taken to the court
house, and while there went into the
sheriff's private office to consult with
Mr. Jno. D. Bellamy. Jr. Jr with regard
to engaging Mr. Bellamy as his at
torney. While in the room and during
Mr. Bellamy's temporary absence, Nizon
raised the window that opens on the
yard, jumped out and made his escape.
Early in the afternoon a message was
received at the Sheriffs office that
Nixon had been seen in the neighbor
hood of North rop's mill, and Deputy
Sheriffs Wash King and Sheehan sallied
out to effect his capture. Arriving near
the place where Nixon was supposed to
be hiding, the officers separated. Shee
han in his search found Nixon
in a house on Surry street,
and, a desperate fight ensued.
Nixon refused to be arrested and
drew a pistol on the officer and
Sheehan attempted to shoot him but his
pistol missed fire. The negro fired his
weapon at the officer but fortunately
missed, and then the two closed and a
desperate struggle for the mastery took
place. Nixon is a powerful fellow, and
managed to get the upper hand of the
officer and again escaped.
FUNERAL SERVICES.
In term fan t of the Bemaina of Ura. O. W.
Williams at Oak dale cemetry.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
Williams, wife of Mr. Geo. W. Williams,
of this city, were held yesterday morn
ing at 11 o'clock in the First Presby
terian Church. A very large number of
relatives were present; among the num
ber being Mr. John D. Williams and
family, of Fayetteville, who arrived by
-special train on the C. F. & Y, V.
railroad early in the morning. These
with a large congregation ol friends filled
the church to its utmost capacity. As
the solemn procession " moved up the
main aisle the choir sung "Hark ! Hark !
My Soul ! Angelic Songs are Swell
ing." The services were conducted by
Rev. Dr. Hoge, and were tender and im
pressive. The hymns, "Jesus, Lover of
My Soul," and ''Nearer My ' God to
Thee." were sung, and then the long
procession moved to Oakdale' Cemetery,
and there she was laid to rest, . and the
grave covered with beautiful flowers
and palms, tributes of love from her
loved ones; sweet memories of her life
rwhich had blossomed into beauty and
Christian charity among us. "The
grass withereth and the flower thereof
fadeth," and the dead fade from - our
sight, and we see them no more; but
their memory lives and the good they
have done lives after them.
The esteem in which the deceased jras
held was shown by the many beautiful
floral tributes, which came from far and
near, and the large number of persons
that followed the remains to the grave
the largest funeral cortege probably,
seen in Wilmington in years.
The pall bearers were Coi. Jno. W.
Atkinson, Mr, H. C. McQueen, Capt.
W. R. "Kenan, Mr. C. H. Robinson, Mr.
D. G. Worth, .. Mr. Isaac Bates, Mr.
R. G. Rankin and Capt. Thos. C Lewis.
Bled Suddenly,
;-c Mr. Edward F. Woodroe, who for four
years has been the efficient telegraph
operator for the Carolina Central Rail
road Co. in this city, died Sunday
morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock, of
rheumatism of the heart. His funeral
took place yesterday afternoon, at 4
o'clock, from the First Baptist Church,
Rev. Dr. T. H. Pritchard officiating.
Mrs. Pritchard's large Bible class,, of
which Mr. Woodroe was a member, at
tended the funeral in a body,
Mr. Woodroe was about 23 years old,
He was highly esteemed by his" Sunday
School class, his employers, and by all
who knew him. The pall-bearers at the
funeral Twere Messrs. Eugene Fillyaw,
Edward C Craft, Jno. Everett, Wm,
Brown, Benjamin Penny and C W.
Darlington. The remains were interred
in' uaraaie uemetery. tie leaves a
widowed mother and a younger brother
to mourn bis loss.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Regular llonthly Meeting-Jurors for' the
;": . Superior Court. ' .v
-' The Board. of Commissioners of New
Hanover county met in regular session
yesterday at the Court House, Mr. H.
A.! Bagg. chairman presiding. -.
Treasurer Hewlett submitted his re
port for the month ot February, show
ing balance on hand to the credit of the
general fund amounting" to . $15,429.49,
educational fund, $25,821,60; and special
fund, $1,276.88. Total $45,527.97. , .
Register of Deeds Jno. Haar, Jr., sub
mitted report for month oL February,"
showing 14 marriage licenses issued du
ring the month.'.::": X';: :'' X
""'It was ordered by . the Board ' that
,H.!A. Colvin be appointed special sur
veyor to surveyi lands of J. N. Burriss,
Federal Point township.
Y Ordered,: alsa that the clerk of the
Board notify the supervisors of public
roads of Cape Fear township that a
public road has been laid out and open
ed from the 4-mile post on the Holly
Shelter road to" Sturgeon creek; to the
end that the said supervisors appoint an
overseer of said road and allot the hands
to work the road. ' -j :
Davis & Daniels were granted license
to retail liquors on Fourth street, near
the railroad bridge." License was also
granted to George Grotjen to retail
liquors corner of Fourth and Bladen
streets.; """ "' ,X.
Jurors for the . Superior Court were
drawn as follows :
First Week D. M. Fennell, J. P.
Montgomery, S, M. Taylor. S. F. Yopp,
C. L. Spencer, Robert F. Rowan, Geo.
W.j Frederick, A. L. Fox. D. L. Gore,
John R. Bissett, L. Hansen, W. Hollis,
W. H. McGee. T,:.J Southall, C. H.
Heide, Adolph Nelson. ; S. W. Noble,
Geo. W. Cumber.
Second Week Ben Farrow Jr.. Jacob
Greenwald. J.'E. Blood worth, E. J. Rob
ins; E. P. Boatwright, G. J. Boney, Jas.
D. Bordeaux, H. H. Smith, M. Cronly,
Jr.. John Maunder, C. C. Chadbourn, W.
R. Piner, John Casteen, W. L. Smith.
Geo. A. Smith, W. J. -Brown, Chas. F.
Bell. Jr., W. T. Kirkham.
V A BRUTAL MURDER-
Thomaa Talbert Shot Down in the Streets
of Florence, 8. C, by the Barrihger
Brothers.
From persons who arrived m the city
yesterday from Florence. S. C, the fol
lowing particulars Of a sensational affair
in that place were obtained, viz:
Last Saturday night, about half-past
10 o'clock, Mr. Thos. Talbert, a machin
ist, about 45 vears of age. severely cow
hided in front of the Central Hotel, at
Florence, Charles Barringer, a young
man 20 years of age. The cause of the
assault on Barringer is alleged to have
been insulting remarks made by the lat
ter to Talbert's daughter,1 a young lady
of 16 years.
Yesterday morning, between nine and
ten o'clock, Charles j Barringer, accom
panied by an elder brother named Wil
liam, followed Mr. Talbert and attacked
him at the corner of Church and Evans
streets. Both of the Barringers drew
pistols and fired at Talbert, who was
struck five times and died in thirty min
utes. The Barringer brothers were ar
rested and lodged in iail.
The affair caused great excitement and
the feeling among citizens was so intense
that a strong force was placed around
the. jail to protect the prisoners from
mob violence. It was fully expected.
however, that an attempt would be made
last, night to lynch the Barringer
brothers. ' -
A Charleston (S. C.) dispatch says: The
Barringer brothers killed Thomas Tal
bert, a founder, and once President of
the: International Order of National
Mechanics, at Florence, S. C. Talbert
beheved that one of the Barringers had
ruined his daughter. : There is great ex
citement in Horence, which is a great
railroad center.
Death of Mrs. Oeo. W. Williams.
Mrs. Kate A. Williams, wife of Mr.
Geci. W. Williams, of, this city, and
daughter of the late Duncan Murchison,
Esq., of Cumberland county, died yes
terday afternoon at the residence of the
iamily on South Fifth street. - Her death
was caused by heart failure resulting from
an attack of influenza. Although Mrs.
Williams had been j sick for several
weeks and was still confined to her room,
her sudden demise was altogether un
expected, and it was, indeed, a terrible
shock, not only to her immediate fam
ily, but to the many friends ot the fam
ily throughout the city. !
Arrangements for he funeral have
been made to take place to-morrow
morning at 11 o'clock from the First
Presbyterian Church, J the interment to
be at Oakdale cemetery.
Mrs. Williams life was adorned with
all the virtues that ennoble womanhood;
and this said, little more can be added
She was an earnest.Christian, devoted to
her thurch, and noted for her abound
ing j charity and benevolence giving
largely of her meanl to help the needy
and distressed. - 1 I
. Her family have the earnest sympathy
ot the community in their sad bereave'
ment. y . i
APPOINTMENTS FOR VISITATION
By the Bishop of East Carolina 1892.
March 13 S. Barnabas',- Snow Hill.
March 16 S. PaulVGreenville,
March 20 Morning : Prayer, Zion
Church, Beau fort county,
March 29 Evening Prayer, S. Thom
as, Bath. . ...
March 24 S. Paul's, Vanceboro.
March 26 Haw. Branch.
- March 27 Morning Prayer, Trinity,
Lbocowinity. ! f i
- March 27--Eyening Prayer, S. Peter's,
Washington.
April 8 Morning Prayer. Christ
Church, Rockfish. j, -
April 3 Evening Prayer, S. Joseph's,
r ayetteviue. .-
April 10 Morning Prayer, S. James',
Wilmington.
- April 10 Evening Prayer, S. John's,
Wilmington. , I '
April lfy Morning Prayer, S. , John's,
Favetteville. ( i -
April 17 Evening Prayer, SThomas',
L-umberland county. i t . .
April 18 Evening j Prayer, Maxton,
Robeson county. y- I i .
April 24 Morning Prayer, S. Paul's,
Wilmington. 1 K
April 24 Evening Prayer, S. Mark's,
Wilmington. , j t ; . :
Hply Communion at all' morning ser
vices. Catechising whenever practica
ble. Unenngs, unless otherwise order
ed, to be for Diocesan Missions,
Vestries will please be prepared to meet
the Bishop. ". .
The recent cyclones in the South and
Webt have done terrible damage to life
and property, but there's one comfort
left the people clamor for Dr. Bull's
-Cough Syrup. t
Oil mill burned
" At Book Hill, B. C Loss $60,000. " -.-.
fey Telegraph to the Mqrning Star.
Chattanooga, Tenn- March 7. A
special from Rock" Hill. S. C, says : The
Cochran Cotton Seed Oil Mill and Fer
tilizer Works was burned last night. The
plant was valued at $60,000. The Rock
Hill Cotton Seed Oil Company, from
whom the Cochrane. Company leased
the plant, lose $35,000 of the above. Be
sides machinery, Cochrane lost stock in
hand valued at $18,000. This latter loss
includes 150 barrels of oil. 1 000 tnn nf
seed, 30 bales of lint cotton, 1.000 bales
of fibre, 25 tons of coke and 10 tons of
meal. Insurance, $52,000. The fire
originated In the seed warehouse and
soon spread to ihe main building. Its
origin is not known, but it is supposed
to have been spontaneous combustion.
It is not vet 'known whether the mill
will be rebuilt. The comoanv emnloved
about eighty hands, v -,
BREACH OF CONTRACT.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis' Suit Against the Bel-
... .- ford Publishing Company.
.By Telegraph to the Mormoe Star.
New York, March 7. Mrs. Varina
Jefferson Davis, commenced suit in the
United States Court in this city to-day,
vs. Robert Belford & Belford Co. Mrs.
Davis, who is the widow of the ex-
President of the Confederacy, alleeres
breach of contract on the defendant's
part. On March 4th, 1890, she contract
ed with Robt. Belford for the sale of her
membirs ot her husband, royalties to the
amount of $4,001 were due her in Sep
tember last, but were not paid; notwith
standing, Belford Co. continues the sale
of her book, and desired to transler the
rights of publication to the United States
Book Co. Mrs. Davis asks for annul
ment of the contract and adequate com
pensation of the breach thereof.
NOT GUILTY.
The Verdict in the Baker Trial at Abing-
' don,"Va.
Abingdon, Va , March 7.The second
trial of Dr. J. A. P. Baker for the mar-
derof his wife by poisoning was ended
this evening, the jaryjbringing in a ver
dict of "not guilty." The court house
was packed with people and when the
jury came in at 4 o'clock, alter an ab
sence of an hour and a half, and the
clerk had read the verdict a most unusual
scene was enacted. Shouts of "Hurrah !
hurrah for Dr. Baker!" "Hurrah tor
Botetourt!" were sounded from hun
dreds of throats of the best people in the
county. There is an indictment against
Dr. Baker for poisoning W. R. Gilmer.
This, it is believed, will be dismissed.
' . - A MISTRIAL.
The Liquor Sealers' Case Against , the
Commissioners of Mecklenburg County.
Charlotte, N." C, March 7. The
case of Rossible against the county
commissioners to show Cause why they
should not grant him license, was tried
before Judge Bynum last week and re
sulted in a mistrial, the jury-failing to
agree. The jury had the case from Fri
day until this evening. They stood six
for Rossible and six against him. The
case will be tried again at the August
term before Judge Graves.
There has been no licensed saloons in
Charlotte since January 1, on account of
the commissioners.
GEORGIA RAILROADS.
H. F. Plant Made Permanent Receiver of
the Atlanta and Florida. .
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Atlanta, Ga., - March 8. Judge
Marshall Clarke, of Fulton Superior
Court, this morning rendered a decision
questing possession of the Atlanta &
Florida Railroad Company by ordering
Receiver Garrett to surrender posses
sion to Permanent Receiver Plant. Lit
igation in connection with the Atlanta
& Florida receivership has given the
case considerable prominence on ac
count of the conflict between the State
and Federal judiciary. Certain credit
ors of the company originally filed a
creditors' bill in Fulton Superior Court,
asking appointment of a receiver during
pendency of the bill. Another bill was
filed in the United States Circuit' Court,
asking that a receiver be appointed
Under this second bill, Judge Sneer ap
pointed H. P. Plant, of Macon, tern
porary receiver.
Two hours later. Judge Clarke of the
State Court appointed Superintendent
T. W. Garrett temporary receiver, in
the meantime Receiver Plant had en
deavored to take possession of the road
but Superintendent Garrett refused to
relinquish charge. Judge Speer cited
Receiver Garrett to appear before him
to answer to a charge of contempt of
court, in not relinquishing possesion to
his receiver, and Receiver Garrett ap
pearing the rule was made absolute and
Receiver Garrett was ordered to yield
possession to Receiver Plant. Receiver
Garrett under advice of counsel, still re
tained possession and a petition was filed
to, the Fulton Superior. Court, asking
that Receiver Garrett's possession be
withdrawn. Afterhearing the petition
Judge'Clarke ordered that Receiver Gar
rett relinquish possession to Receiver
Plant. This decission settles the mat
ter and all other proceedings will be
brought under the bill filed in the U. S.
Court.
BOILER EXPLOSION
At
a Saw Mill Near BaleiKh One
Man
KiTleA and Another "Wounded.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .
Raleigh, N. C, March 9. This morn
ing the boilers ot the steam saw mill of
L. D. Stephenson, seven.miles fom Ral
eigh, exploded. - The boilor was hurled
one hundred and fifty feet across, the
creek and John Stephenson, son of the
proprietor, was thrown sixty yards'
through the trees and killed. He was
terribly mangled. Fireman Jones was
thrown about twenty feet, but was not
fatally injured.. !
A terrific gas explosion took place in
the- Alden mine, eieht . miles from
Wilkesbarre. Pa., yesterday afternoon,
Two men were instantly killed and three
others badly injured. The mines were
considerably damaged
In the municipal election is Seattle,
Wash., vesterday. J. T. Ronald, Demo
crat, was elected mayor by eight" hun
dred majority. The Democrat elected
nearly all their officers. At the last
State election Seattle gave 1,800 Repub
lican majority
Advice to raomere.
orOver Fifty Years Mrs. Winslow s
Soothing Syrup has been used by
millions of mothers for their chil
dren while teething. Are you dii
turbed at night and broken of your
rest by a sick child suffering and
crying, with pain of Cutting Teeth?
If so send at once and get a bot
tle of "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy
rup" for Children-Teething. Its value
is incalculable. It will relieve the poor
little sufferer immediately.. Depend
upon it, mothers, there is no mistake
about it. It cures Dysentery and Diar
rhoea, regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
cures Wind Colic, softens the Gums, re
duces Inflammation; and gives tone and
energj to the whole-system. "Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for children
teething is pleasant to the taste and is
the prescription of one of the oldest and
best female physicians and nurses in the
U nited states, and is tor sale by all drug
gists throughout the - world. Price
twenty-five cents a bottle. : Be sure and
ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syjuxp -
SPIRITS'TURPENINfc.
. : Concord Standard : Mr. John
C. Young, an aged and prominent citi
zen of Concord, died at 8.80 o'clock p.
m. Sunday, .- Mr. Young was in his 73d
year. . ' s .
Raleigh"- News and Observer:
Articles for the State's displajr at the
World's Columbian Exposition are com
ing in. lhe first shipment'of specimens
have just arrived. Rooms have been set
apart in the Agricultural building for '
storing articles sent in. Any person
who has any rare specimens of minerals, .
gems, ores Or curiosities and who has
patriotism enough to lend articles for
exhibition can send them in now and a
receipt will be given for the same. . All
articles to be addressed to T. K. Bruner,
Commissioner . of Exhibits, ' Raliieh.
N. C. The Department of Agriculture
will be responsible - for all articles and
proper credit will be given to each indi-
li4..nl I l'l . I ..
viuuai ur county ironi wnicu me exniDit
is made. ".iV '
Charlotte Chronicle'. 'Sunday
moraine when the officers of St. Marie's
Chapel at Long Creek yirent to get the
communion service and wine, preparato
ry to celebrating the Lord's Supper, it
was discovered that the box in which
they were kept had been broken open
and the service and wine stolen. The
service cost $50 and was verv Drettv.
Six to six. That's the result of the
trial by jury of " the famous Roessler "
mandamus case. The jury reported ves-
terday afternoon after being hung since
r naay tnat they did not and could not
agree, and asked to render account as to
the vote. It was six and six, and a juror -was
withdrawn and a mistrial was de
clared the result of the three davs'
wrestling of the jury, and the eager ex
pectancy and impatient waiting of an in
terested public. '
Newbern Journal; Mr. W. H.
White, a native of this county, died at
bis home at Croatan Friday night after
two months illness of dropsy, aged 79
years. - borne one under the cover
of night, sneakingly and cowardly went
to the residence of Mr. Thomas Eaton.
five miles from town, and put paris green
and arsenic on. some food for the mule,
from which he underwent the" most
severe torture until he -died at', eight
o'clock the next morning. During the
same-night and about one and a half4
miles irom where Mr. Eaton lived, a
horse belonging to Mr. W. A. Tnomas
was similarly poisoned and. came near
dying. About half a mile further on,
where a son of Mr. Thomas lived, the
vile devils attempted to dose a yoke of
oxen, but they became frightened at
their unexpected midnight callers and
broke out of their stalls.
Ralefgh Chronicle: Deputy Col
lector Grimsley reports the seizure in
Sampson County, near Newton, ol an
illicit distillery. The moonshiner vrho
was operating it fled as the officers ap- '
proached. A farmer living in the
northern part of the county said yester
day that there were very light purchases
of guano. Unless people have the cash
or can give a note with good security
they cannot obtain fertilizers. Lee
Nelson, colored, was put in jail Sunday.
He was employed in a jewelry store and
forged the name of Mr. Kenny, mana- .
ger of the cotton oil mills, to an order
for some goods. He could not give a
$200 bond for his appearence, so went
to jail. . - The Commissioner of Ag
riculture is receiving many inquiries
from farmers, which show that the lat
ter are casting about for new crops.
Many will put in clover who never be
fore did so. There are even inquiries as
to castor oil beans. Quite a number de
sire information regarding canneries.
Yesterday news was received of the
drowning of Mrs. Wesley T. Jones, 73
years of age, in a shallow stream two
mites from Holly -Springs, this county..
Mrs. Jones had gone to visit a daughter
three quarters of a mile from her home, .
and on her return fell off a footway into
the little stream. Her body remained
there twenty-four hours before it was
discovered." Col. Poik,-President :
of the National Alliance, visited Oak
Ridge Alliance, of which he is a mem
ber, on Saturday, There is no longer
any doubt as to his political status. He
is an enthusiastic advocate of the Third
party, and believes it "will sweep the
West and have a very large following in
the South.
Charlotte Chronicle : The ves
tibule last night as it came in to Char
lotte lrom the South was rite with ex
citement. Ten miles from this city Pe
ter Maher, the Irish champion weight,
who, with Fitzsiommons and a party of
ten were on board, attempted suicide by
trying to jump out of the window while
the train was at lull speed. . The lit
tle 2-year old child of Mr. S. W. Stew
art, of Seversville,. came near being -buaned
to death yesterday morning. She
was playing about the fire place, when
her clothing caught fire and was entire
ly burned off her except a flannel ski;t.
Her mother was in the room, and suc
ceeded in extinguishing the - flames by.
throwing her shawl around her. The
child was painfully burned about the
face and head, her hair being singed off.
A car containing thiity negroes
from Catawba station was side-tracked
at the Richmond & Danville depot yes
terday morning for several hours await
ing transportation on the noon train.
The crowd was bound for Arkansas.
The negro who threw the rock into
the train on the Charlotte. Columbia &
Augusta railroad several nights ago,
near Rock Hill, was afterward captured
by the road supervisor and after a severe
tussle with the officer made his escape. -In
the affray he was shot in the arm by
the supervisor. It is thought, his re
capture is certain, r Several days
since, a 14-year old negro boy on Mr.
I. L. Parkers' place, in this county, was
kicked by a mule, and killed almost in
stantly. He was watering the mules in
the several stables. As he opened the
door ol one stable, one of the mules be
gan kicking up considerably. The boy
saw a club lying inside the door, near
the mule, and stooped to pick it
up. As he did so the . mule- gave
a vicious' kick, striding -.; the boy
on the bead, killing-i him instantly.
Editor Miller, of the Shelby Aurora,
was down yesterday and brought news
of a murder committed about a mile
above Forest City Thursday night. A
negro festival was in progress at the
bouse of Jno. McCraw. During the
evening after the whiskey had gotten in
its work on a majority of the crowd,
the general festival dispute arose, and a
general melee arose. Pistols, knives, etc.,
came into play, and Taylor Logan was
shot and killed by John Michael. The
latter turned his pistol loose on the
crowd saying he would stop the fracas.
The first shot fired strock Logan, killing
him instantly. When Michael, who
was also drunk, discovered that he had
killed Loean, he fled, and up to
yesterday bad not been captured.
A new inventor has appeared above
the horizon with an invention that is
useful and will enhance the value of
mineral interests in North Carolina at
once, and the. world over eventually.
The inventor is hone other than Hon.
S. J. Pemberton, of Albemarle. Besides
being a lawyer of renown, and an able
law-maker and successful politician, he
is a gold-miner and knows good mining
machinery when he sees it. He con
tends that all miningmachinery works
the ore too fast, and consequently) fails
to get a large per cent, of gold. To meet
this he has invented a machine that has
about fifty small machines to work the .
ore up and then turn it into one ma
chine that finishes it. . It works on the
plan ot the old-time pan process, but the
machine has a capacity of 200 bushels
of ore per day. It has been tried and
acts like a charm. Mr. Pemberton has
received a patent on his invention and
has all the capital necessary to de
velop it. V ' -: '"
mrmmmmmm .
. Queen Victoria receives $350,000
annually from the British treasury. .
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