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- he tHHWfla'JSar,- rOBLUKSB AT. - - WILMINGTON;f N. C, MiOO A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 88888888S888SS88S 88888888888888888 88888888888888888 88818888888888888 82888888282888888 npuon S s ft w e tiow I 88888858828888888 82888882888888888 ""-ssssssssisssa 88888888888888888 1 , l'.. '.'.... u S3 . : i rH 9 00 S t- 00 S 0 5 W lEdtered at the Pot Office at Wilmtgton, N. C.t. u . r. .. i Second CUa Matter.1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The! tubicriDtion mice of the Weekly Star ti ai follow: SintCopy 1 year, pottage paid........ ...... ..9' 00 34 ' " " " i 5? ; " S month " " ....... tO V TIM?!.? PRECAUTION. . We are not aa alarmist, and we do not behve in exaggerating impend irig danger, but the fact that .cholera hasTeappeared in Hamburg and on the frontiers of Russia whence it is sure to make its way westward strong ly impresses the necessity of thisGoy . eminent taking timely precaution against its introduction into this country. There is a saying that "it is better to be sure than sorry" and in a case of this kind, which 'not only involves business and . millions of dollars, but the lives of thousands of - . . . people, it certainly is.; A distin guished' physician of New York 1 some time aeo in sneaking on this. subject said that, the introduction of cholera,, , if it should become epi demic, would be . worse than' war, and gave his reasons for this decla ration, which 'seemed good. Vt Suppose cholera were' to take a foothold in a great commercial - and' manufacturing city like New - York how long would, it. be beore the balance of the country would be quar antined agains New York, and its mil lion and a quarter of people be practi cally isolated perhaps Jor . months? Then this great hustling center of trade and- business , activities would for the time being become a dead city, its business interprises stopped, its' busines men - idle, and its workmen without em ployment at the very time they might needit.most to provide the comforts r of life and live in a way to best pro tect themselves and families from an attacKbf the scourge. And so if it appeared in any other city -on the . seaboard or in the interior the result would be to temporarily cut tljat city I ioflf from the rest of the country, arid to paralyze it. At such times it is not only the actual danger, but the ap- : prehended danger, that impels to ac tion, and the law of self:preservatipn asserts itself ! with merciless celerity i and unfeeling vigor. . How long wouldit be, under these cir,cumstarices7before internal, and, of - course, external commerce, would be : at a standstill and the wheels of in tdustry more effectually blocked than Jji a great war '.were being waged ? The New York physician was right. If this wefce all, if Jtmerely meant . the stoppage of business and the loss , of money and of employment, which would entail privation and suffering upon so many, it would not be so - bad, deplorable as this would be, but ' when it means death and desolation, ; family circles broken, heart-strings i sundered, homes bereft and grave yards filled, there is a tragic feature " in . the peril that makes its contem j plation, much less the dread reality, i appalling. : - r i Withj even the possibility of such 'a calamity, not to say probability the. men entrusted with the manage ment of public affairs would be re creant to their trust it they did not r fully appreciate the danger and take timely precaution against it. "An ounce of preventive is better than a : pound of cure." The precautionary measures taken in season will be- all . .' the more effective because they can be maturely considered and wisely " framed, without the hurry that might overlook some essential features. ' Before .this Congress adjourns it , .should provide for the establishment -'' of a uniform National quarantine so that there may be no conflicts of au thdrity between State ard Federal authorities - if the occasion should present itself to assert the authority of, either,', for . this is a, . matter which' concerns not only the ports of entry on the seaboards but the country at , large as. well. When the welfare of millions is in volved the consequences should not be left to the judgment of any par ticular locality, to be." influenced by any particular interest. i Of! course in any action taken Congress must not . assume arbitrary power, but must be governed by the law, and showue -. respect to the authority of the States, but all the power ; it 'can constitutionally exercise for the public good should be exercised, and at the" same time the co-operation of the States be invited to more effect ually. accomplish the object sought. And the cities pn the seaboard should also ! co-operate and put themselves in good ' sanitary co'ndi tion before Spnngtimexomes. Now is the time to do the cleaning up, when the germs of disease may be .the more easily destroyed, the accu I ! VUJL.1A.A1 V; r.-i- I mulated j filth removed with t ;tho least danger, and what- is done done effectually, 7 because not ! hur riedly. At, this 'season of; jthe year, too, there are hundreds of men out' of employment in all our cities who, would be glad to have work; to do in cleaning up." It would be bet ter to' provide for the "workless and penniless in this way than by caring for them by charity or at the public; expense. All the sanitary measures' that may be taken now will be well taken, even if cholera should mot: spread or approach our shores, fori our cities will be put ia much better condition to escape diphtheria,! ty phoid fever and other diseases which annually carry off thousands of .'vic tims and are the result of filib j im perfect sanitation,' impure food, milk, water, &c. Efforts are made by some States to guard against impure food, &C by laws providing tor the' in- spection of certain . kinds of food, and of milk, and efforts are made to provide cities with pure water,; but there are none of our ; cities kept as clean as they should be, and some of them are never thoroughly Cleaned up unless the city authorities add the people .are scared up to it by a "threatened visitation of- cholera or some other dreaded disease. j j I It is better to take action when the work can be done systematically and well before the scare comes With timely precaution and level-headed action even cholera may be divested of much of its terror," and its pres ence "be the cause of little alarm! MUSfOR MENTION. The fact 'that Speaker Crisp, has been in New York for a few idays and ex-Mayor Grace, a closej friend of Mr. Cleveland visited Senator Carlisle in Washington and returned to New York, the next day accom panied iiy the Senator, has: . given rise to a great deal ot speculative talk among the : Washington: politi-1 t!' cians. it eviaentiy means sometning. but just iwhat that something 'may be is only ' guess work as yet. ,It !is known that Mr. Cleveland hajs , great confidence inthe judgment o jSena- tor Carlisle and : frequently consults him when he desires ! counsel: ' The opinion, therefore, is that, Mr;,: Car lisle has been called to New York by- "Mr. Cleveland It is not likely that , Speaker Crisp ; went to New York to discuss the speaker ship question with Mr. Cleve land ior any one else, as he is fairly in the race for that,, and so I far ap pears to pe in. tne ieaa. ..it is more likely that he has gone there to urge bpon Mr. Cleveland the calling of an extra session of Congress, which he favors, but; thinks ft ought to be a short one, of not more than two or three weeks duration. Senator Car lisle is of a different opinion! and does not see the necessity. at present for an extra session, while it is .un derstood, or, at least so reported, that Mr. Cleveland would not be averse to an extra session, provided he could be assured it would be a shqrtone, , 'of which it would be simply -impossi ble to give assurance. The (proba bilities i are, however, if there be'a conference in New York, that this is what they are consulting about. i Several deaths have been.reported from cholera in the northern pro vtnees of France; it is increasing in Hamburg and also on tbeJrontiers of Russia. Here it is id three differ ent countries in Europe and in sec tions far apart, Showing that the dis ease is not local! but in motion and liable to appear anywhere where the conditions are favorable. Cholera is supposed to be a warm weather dis i c : i 1 1 - I ease which disappears , withi freezing weather.. It very seldom appears in the winter.; Possibly it may have been precipitated in Germany and in France by the? mild weather they have had over there, but it has evi dently gotten a foothold In Ham burg, a fact which some of ; the phy sicians seem to realize. With these facts before us this Government can have no excuse for dallying, with dan eer bv failing' to take prompt and decisive action to protect this coun try from the scourge which is sure to come unless tne proper steps are taken, iotime to prevent lt Better have no immigrants for ten years than cholera for one year. We! alwavs U new tnat i if resident Harrison had a pretty high I opinion of his own ability, but when he de clares that he will maintain the parity of all our money issues we think he overestimates 'liis ability.! There has been for sometime an1 unusual exportation pi gold coin td pay for our imoorts which have been lareelv in excess of our exports,j and i this continues gold will become 'scarce, in greater demand and will command a premium in spite of Mr. Harrison. As he, has only about sixty days more to serve he mav think Jie can stave it off and perhaps he can, as the ;drain may decrease and ; such action be taken by the .financiers and money powers as to prevent aijy serious disturbance in the; money ' circles, but without these favoring conditions he would be powerless to. maintain the parity ot oar money issues! asa boy bp a tree. . The canty of our money issues aepenas - upon tne credit of the Government,- which de pends in turn - upon the financial management" ot those intrusted with the management and ' the financial legislation enacted. It is against the law to play poker now in Costa Rica, because "the son of the President had so much confi dence in four queens that he backed them and the .other fellow who sat behind four aces, grinned and yanked $30,000 out of him and almost broke 'the old man. i Tom Reed savs he never was asked 1 j to a dinner when he was Speaker. and kept from making a speech. Not very likely, Tom is a stalwart fel low, and if he went to a dinner filled with "a speech, a platoon of police couldn't prevent htm from making it THE GARYSBURG HOMICIDE. Bad Feeling Between See and Hia Father An Eyo-Wltnesa ICakea Oonfliotmg Statements. ' y, . . The RJchmond Dt'sfiatck has the fol lowing additional details concerning the terrible tragedy at Garysburg, an ac count of which appeared in the Star of. yesterday : ; ; . ONE WITNESS. ; i - There is only one eye-witness to the shooting .a younsr man named Harris who was in the office studying telegraphy under Mr. Lifsey. Harris stated yester day that Kee put his hand behind him I .as if in the act of drawing a pi3tol. I I learn to-day that Harris has made con- I Aiding statements. The very best coun sel has been employed to defend Lifsey. Captain i R. B. Peebles. T. W. Mason. and Senator Ransom are all expected to appear tor the accused. The deceased married : a daughter of Dr. tf erson, ; ot Greenesville county, Va. WELDON, N. C. Pec. 80. The hor rible tragedy at Gary sburg yesterday has cast a gloom over that entire commu nity. Nothing else has been talked of since the occurrence. One of the sad dest features of the whole affair 'is that the father was against the son. Your correspondent interviewed Mr. - W. T. Kee, father ot the murdered. -man, to- day. He stated, in substance, that no good feeling existed between him and his son and that Charlie had frequently ac- cosed him of trying to cheat him out of his interest in some bonds in dispute.. The Southern , erraplns. j , The Baltimore Sun's correspondent in Richmond writes : Southern States do not only promise to become in time competitors of the .Virginia and. Mary land oyster trade and the fish interests of the States further North, but they threaten to wrest from Maryland her domination of the diamond-back terra pin. ' Some of the most delicate flavored and delicious of this meat is found ia Florida and 1 Louisiana.! A gentleman who has spent months on the gulf coast says he has purchased some of the finest terrapins in Florida at $3 a dozen, just such as he would have paid $30 tor in New York Or otner large wortnern cities. I The I Florida terrapins are how shipped In considerable quantities to all of tne leading northern cities. North Carolina, too, j would like, to have a reserved seat along with Florida and Louisiana. The toothsome diamond- back - flourishes . likewise in - the - salt marshes of this State, and always com mands a high price in- the cities of the NortbJ 'But, seriously, isn't a man a fool to give $2,50 to $3.00 for a terrapin? THE WOUND WAS FATAL. Death of Tonne Andrew H. Black, Who Wai Aooidenully Hurt Ist Than- dy. ' -I -' Andrew H. Black,, son of Mr. A. D. BlackJ died last night at 10 o'clock from the effects of a wound in the head resulting from -the recoil of an impro vised gun he was firing last Thursday. Particulars ot the accident have already been -given in the Star and it is un necessary to republish them. Yesterday his condition was thought to be favor able, but last 'night a sudden turn for the worse took place. Dr. Love was at I . i- - u i j-sj- -i .i a i luc DCUSiuc ut vuc auucici, auu iucau gers were sent for other physicians to assist m performing an operation to re move a blood-clot that had formed on the brain, but before they arrived death ensued. Young Black was about thirteen years oi age, ana tne youngest son oi ms par ents. I He was a bright promising lad, and bis sad and untimely death will be sincerely mourned by many relatives and friends of the family in Wilmington. ri . Good for Onalow. The Post Office Department has made arrangements for a , daily mail service on the Wilmington, Q-nslow and East Carolina railroad from Wilmington to Jack? onsville and intermediate points. This will prove a great convenience to the people of Onslow, and no doubt several new post offices will be established be tween here and Jacksonsville. It is not likely, however, that there will be any serious contest for the honor of presi ding over these post offices. The services will begin January, IjjSlan) A Former Besldent of Wl The death is announced of Mr. Moody V. Smith, a brother-m-law of Dr. W. G. Curtis, of Southportr He died in New York city last Friday. Mr. Smith for- merly practiced law in Wilmington and was at one time Solicitor for New Han over county. He removed to New York in 1865. : - -i --1- Cotton Beoelsts. Receipts of cotton at this port yester- dayr 83 bales; same day last year, 1,884 bales. Receipts for . the month of De cember, 29,870 bales; same month' last year, 27,850.; Receipts for the crop year to December 81st, 141.M0 bales; to same date last year, 188.995. TJ. S. Cutter Coltsx. Capt. E. L. Deane. of the U. S. reve nue steamer Colfax, has gone' to his home at Hampden Corners, Me., on in- definite sick leave, p His health has been bad for some time. ; Lieut. O. S. Willey is in temporary-command of the suamer. V WEEKLY- WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1893. ATLANTIC COAST LINE- The New Schedules that so into Effect To- . Day-MCore Convenient for Wilmington than the Old Schedule. - - ' i Below will be found in detail the. new schedules which go into effect, on the Atlantic Coast Line to-day.' It will be seen that .there is practically no change anf.ting the interests of Wil mineton, ex cept for the better, the only difference be tween the old and the new schedules of trains now running being that No. 27, the fast mail, south-bound, arrives here thirty minutes later, and No. 78, north bound, leaves here fifteen minutes later. But there is an additional train. No. 48, leaving Wilmington at' 8 p. m. , and Teaching Wilson at 11.15 p, m., con necting ; with tne last man ; worm. This is -f decided . improvement over the old schedule, .hich "com pelled passengers ' taking : the fast mail North to leave here at the very- In convenient hour of 13.85 a. m. It 13 doubtful if this train, will pay expenses. It has no connection from the South. add is only run as an accommodation to travellers on the lineot the W. & W R. R. who wish to catch the fast mail at Wilson for' the North. The summary given below will be found both interest ing and useful : .. . : ; j : No. 78-train will leave.. Charleston daily at 1.83 a, m. arrive Wilmington 9. 10 a. m., leave Wilmington 9.30 ai m., arrive Richmond 6.20 p. m carrying through sleepers from Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Thoma&ville to New York and ' Jacksonville to Norfolk," via Norfolk & Carolina road. Train No. 51. leaving Columbia 10,45 p. mj, will 'con- j ect with this train at Florence . with I f-,u hi d Wi, , rt , J No. 14 train, fast mail,' north bound, will'leave Charleston daily at 4.12 p. m., running via Fayetteville and Wilson, ar riving Richmond at 8.40 a. m., Washing ton 7 a. m., Baltimore 8.20' a. m Phila delphia 10.46 a. m. and New York 12.30 p, m. This train will carry through Pullman cars for New York. i I No. 48 train will leave Wilmington at 8 p. m., daily, arriving Wilson 11.15 p.m connecting train. at that point with No. 14 No. 66 train will leave Charleston daily at 5.42 a. m., running via Fayette ville and Wilson, arriving Richmond at 6.30 p. m., and there consolidate with No. 78 train., r . -; . ; -k - " No. 500, Florida Special Vestibule train, will leave Charleston Mondays, Wednesdays and - Fridays, at 8.41 p. m rnnning via frayettevule and Wilson, arriving Richmond 8.40 a. m New York 6.80p.m. , ! ! bouth-bound No. 23 will leave Kich- mond daily at; 9.15 a. m., arrive Wil mington 6 p. m., leave Wilmington 6.25 p.' m., and arrive Charleston 2.88 a. m.,' carrying tnrougn tr ullman cars Iroirr New York to lam pa and 1 nomas ville, Norfolk to Jacksonville via N. c road. and from Wilmington to Columbia. No. 27, fast mail South bound, will be a limited train composed ot one mail car, one' baggage car and the following Pullman palace buffet cars; one Boston to Jacksonville, one New York to Jack sonville, one New York to .Charleston and one Washington to Savannah. This train will run via; Wilson and Fayette ville. carrying only Pullman car pa. semjers. it win connect at w iisoa wita NoJ 47 train, which leaves that point at 6.48 p. m arriving at Wilmington 10.25 p. m. j '(.. j; Ho. 15 train will leave Kichmond at 8.80 p. m. daily and, run via Wilson and Fayetteville, arriving at Charleston at 9.44 a, m.; earring through sleepers from New York to St,- Augustine and from New York to Tampa. . . . ... ... .. No. cut. , t lorida special vestiouie' train, will lease Richmond Mondays, Wednesdays and I Fridays at 7.15 p. m., running via Wilson and fayetteville, arriving at Charleston at 7.15 a. m. In addition to jthe above there will be local ttains daily except Sunday. No. 40, leaving Wilmington at 4 p. m.. arriving atWeldon at 9.30 p. m., and No. 41, leaving Weldon at 6.15 a. m, arriving at Wilmington at 11.85 a. m. Trains on Clinton Branch will con nect with Nos. 78. 23, 40 and 41. In Distress. The Weather Bureau observer .at South port telegraphed yesterday that the schooner E. V. Glover, Capt. Ai Ander son, witn cargo oi logwood rrom Jamai ca for New York, had put into South- port, , Capt. Anderson reports that his vessel was caughiiin-a hurricane off Hat teras 'ast Tuesday, in which the water s upply and provisions were lost, j The schooner is all right, but the sails were badly split in the hurricane. Capt. An derson telegraphed, the owners in New York for instructions. ' He 1 Prospering. The Savannah News has this to say of a former citizen of Wilmington! Mr. S. P.Shotter has-purchased from Gen. A. R. Lawton the two lots at Hunt ingdon and I Whitaker streets, fronting Forsyth Park, Ior $9,500. He intends to erect on the lots one of the i hand somest residences in the city, the plans of which are now being drawn by Archi tect Preston. Kew Saw Mills. : i h Tbt milling firm from Minnesota Messrs. Gaslin, Harper & Co.-i-who pur chased the old Cane Fibre Mill property on the river just below the works of the Carolina Oil and Creosote Company, are making preparations to put in a large saw-mill plant on the plape. Capt.' Edgar Williams with his steam pile-driver is at work there, and carpenters are putting up frame-work for some of the build ings.-. !' , .,:i-;.T -- A Briaht Brunawiok Boy, i The Star reproduces with pleasure the following from the Southport Lea der: l,:-Kr'- V :' 4 -. ' ': In the Senior contest before the Philomath Snrietv of Dale Ridffe fN. C Institute, which was held at the close of' the last term of the Institute, Bolla O. Stone, son of Wm. H. Stone Esq., who now lives in - Southport, took the first honors and the gold medal for oratory. There were six contestants m the society for the prize. ; '.r;,;:";.: J.- A Hew Firm. .-.': -: i Messrs. B. E. Willis, I. J. Sterhberger and L. Marine have formed a co-partner ship under the firm ; name of Willis, Sternberger & Marine, and r will con tinue the ( fish and oyster business ! at the, old stand of the late Cape Fear Fish and Oyster Company, on Water between Market and Dock streets. . Mr. Stern berger is Secretary of the Company, .. . A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. j A Bon of Mr. A. D. Black 3adly Hurt While aunnin Ibi Bparro-wa. j - A serious accident happened yester day forenoon about 10 o'clock to j An- qrew H Black, a lad, about fourteen years of age., son of .Mr. A. D. Black, who ; has recently; removed with I his family from Kenansville to this jcity. x oung tuacK, in company, wus a boy a year -or two younger . than .. himself, spri of Mr.:, a F. Hall, :' were J gun ning ior sparrows in ; tne ; neids on the eastern sobarbs of the city. ; Their "gun" was a pnovel affam A ibrass tube from a toy-gun formed khe barrel. It was mounted on a piece .of board two inches wide. The tube was about the size of a lead-pencil,- and eight d? ten inches in length. One "end of -Hi had been crammed with paper wadding for two or three inches 61 us length, up to a touch-hole wtuch had been filed m the iudc. i ne rstocK oi tnis novel fowl ing-piece was cut down about midway its length, so that the end of the1 tube stuffed with paper would rest against the wood, and it " was there securely lashed with, gun" was . a piece of cord, The Pt and nrea oy means a fuse taken from a fire-cracker ignited with a match. It was loaded with powder and small shot. - j ii The boys had fired the "piece'' twice without accident, but the third time the tube iroke from, its fastening and re coiled, striking young Black, who! was holding the gun, just above the inner corner of the left eye. one end of the tube penetrating to" the depth of nearly an inch. .Pulling the tube from th ttnnnrf. th- ' hnv Ant tnth.iitrh aA .a.w hi. ft..! with his companion started homewards. They had not gone, far; however, before young Black became sick and faint and sank unconscious by the roadside. J His companion tan across to Market street, and meeting Mr. Melton, who was on his way into (he city driving a cart, got him jo drive over to Princess street; and carry the wounded boy to Mr. B. F. Halls residence. Drs.' Lane, Love, Thomas and Jewett were calleq to the . sufferer, and were in 'attendance upon him in a very short time. Young ; Black's condition was considered a very. serious one. His skull was not frac tured but there was an effusion of blood on tne Drain. iast night be was; in a semi-conscious condition and the physi cians were more hopeful, but til garded the case as critical. ; Tf . re- The greatest sympathy is felt for the sufferer and bis family by the munityT; . i com- MURDER AT GARYSBURG. O. D. Kee Shot nd EOled by 3ao XJfier, HI Brother-m-Ijav. Information was received by the STAR last night from" Garysburg, N. C cold-blooded murder committed at that place yesterday morning by Tohn F. Lifsey. railroad agent, his victim being his brother-in-law, C. D. Kee. Mr. Kee went to the Coast Line depot, at which Mr. Lifsey was agent, to pay charges on sorne baggage. After paying the bill he remarked to Lifsey thafhe and his darned father-in-law had been trying to defraud him, and he intended to have revenge or blood. Kee then started io leave, and as he reached the office door, was shot by Mr. Lifsey. Mr. Kee was totally unarmed. Mr. Lifsey was arrest ed, and is now in jail.. I ; Both men are about 28 years of age, and stood well in the community. Mr, Kee was a machinist employed by the Norfolk and Western : Railroad Co., at Roanoke, Va., and: was on a visit to his home at Garysburg. He married a' daughter ot the late Gen, Person, -ol Northampton county, N. C and is a near relative of Mr. Chas. Bennett, of the Purcell House, of Wilmington." Mr1. Lifsey is operator and agent Jor the Coast Line at Garysburg. He married Miss Annie Kee, a sister of the man he killed. : Death of an Old Citizen. : Mr. F. V. R Vnnn rtioH at hin r at- I dence in this city yesterday morning, in his 61st year. He was a native of Wii- mington, where he spent almost his fully and ably the duties of a deacon to entire life, and died within two blocks his church and his God, the solemn cere of the spot where he was born. Next to mony ot ordaining Mr. W. C, Parker by Mr. K. i. Jones, he was the oldest Odd Fellow in this city, having joined Cape Fear. Lodge In May, 1858, and of which Lodge . he was continuously a mem ber ; up to the. time of. his death! He entered the Confederate service as a private in the Cape Fear -Rifles, Co. F, of the Third regiment, and was promoted to a Lieutenancy in Co. G, Fifty-first, regiment He con tinued In service until discharged for physical disability. He leaves a wijey and three grown children, two brothers. Messrs. A. J. and Samuel L. Yopp, and two sisters. V . The funeral services will take place this afternoon at 8 o'clock at his .late residence, 813 Chesnut street, and ?the interment will be in Oakdale Cemetery. The Recent l&Wder. - There have been no developments in the case of the woman Lizzie Brown, found murdered Tuesday morning, that would lead to the detection of the mur derer investigation adds to the be lief that the murder was committed! in i the aUey back of Mr. Oldham's mUl and the body of the woman was then taken by the murderer to the place where it was found, in the yard back of the mill. Bloodmarks were abundant in the alley about twenty-five or thirty ! feet from the entrance on Front street. Atkinson & Bon. .. The firm of Atkinson & Manning, general insurance agents, has been dis- solved by mutual consent, Capt. Edward Wilson Mannine retiring. Col. .John Wilder Atkinson , Will continue the business, with his 'son, William Mayo Atkinson, as a partner, and the firm name will hereafter be Atkinson & Son. The senior is too well known to ieed praise, but the Utar wishes tol'put in a word" for Willie who is one of the nicest boys in Wilmington. Star 1 . -r-':4-'-. V. THE COTTON CROP. j The Belief Qeneral that the Cotton ! Crop i 8hor-The Uubnma . PvodueUon 8tUl Plated at 6,500,000 Bales. I Bradstreit, the Augusta Chronicle and the Charleston News and Courier all agree that the cotton crop cannot ex ceed 6,500.000 bales, as will .be seen by the following summary : . . Steadily jthe conviction is ripening that this is a very short; cotton crop, and authorities which were at first disposed their assent to the claim tkAir ' aaAk Li. which was prices, are verdict. . made a week ago 'for better now uniting in the general A Bradstreet says that the crop will amount to B.460.00O bales. Shepperson estimates that the yield will be about o.ouu.uuu. i lexas experts ngure on a crop j ot about 6,500,000 bales, pasch, the well-known T cotton- merchant of Havre, France, whose previous esti mates have proved to be remarkably ac curate, say$ that the indications do not point to our American crop exceeding 6.500,000 bales even presuming; upon crop receipts after January 1 of equal proportion, to tnose received in 18o9-90. ;) The Charleston News and Courier. which was" quite conservative in pub lishing the earlier predictions of ai short .crop and higher prices, says: I "The price of cotton should go hieher than it has been at any time since the" J resent season opened. All tQe estimates ndicate a deficiency in the American crop, the bears are doing all they can to depress prices. The cotton spinners are aiding them in their work! -The Hatch bill is helping to squeeze the cot ton planters.' But the cotton planters have the same all in their own hands. They can promote the; bull movement, wmcn means nigner prices ior the farmers,' by holding their cotton and making the bears "come down -with the dust." While claiming no greater prescience than.otbers, the Chronicle promptly ac cepted Mtf. Shepperson's first predictions based on" tne November government crop report and did all in our power to put the farmers on notice of the short crop, and, the better prices .which were bound to follow. . it is a matter at . satis faction taj know that we in this way did the farmers of this section a lasting ser vice and saved them many thousands ol dollars which they would have lost by rushing their cotton to market, and sell ing at .the prices which ruled at the opening of the season. - Bute Hospital at Monganton; j The annexed extract from an editorial of the Charlotte Observer will he read with interest by many of the people of Wilmington who know. Dr. Murphy and who entlrtain for him the highest re spect, both socially and professionally: It is with pride and pleasure that the Observe, assures its readers that in the humane; work ft haaln hand the State Hospital is discharging' its duty with efficiency, fidelity and to the honor of the State whose munificence supports it. it is beyond question the best conducted institution of its character in the South, Its able and devoted superintendent. Dr. P. L Murphy, could not be replaced. and the assistant physicians and all the subordinate officers and the attendants are animated by the same spirit that has orougnt to htm such conspicuous success in his hieh calline. Those chareed with the government of this institution pre sent its claims witn connaence to tne representatives of the people, asking of them, as has been said, the closest scru tiny ofj their management, and asking of them nothing except upon the ground of merit. REV. T. H. PRITCHARD, D. D. His Iiast Bervloe In the Firet BapUat Church He Tjeaves for Charlotte this ' Morning. ; '; "'.?- Revl Thos. H. Pritchard. D. D.,.who has been the faithful pastor of the First Baptist Church in this city for over nine years, f leaves this morning for .his new field of labor in Charlotte, NJ C Dr. "Pritchard held his last service "here Thursday night, with Ian exceed ingly large congregation present. His l theme I was concert of prayer for mis sions, with Japan as the topic of the evening. Rev, W. T. Jones' (who will preach in the First Baptist . Church next Sunday) spoke, as did DrJ Pritchard, about the "Yankees" ot Asia, as the I Jaoanese have beencalled. I Then, after Rev. J. T. Jenkins, pastor I of Brooklyn Baptist Church, explained I "e tnree ministers present was per- formed.! i Mr. Frank Fennell, who had been a deacon of the Clinton Baptist Church, was recognized as a deacon! of the First Baptist Church here. ; ! J 't The last official act of the; retiring pas tor was to baptize a youth by the name of Eddie Childs, from Farmer's Turnout. ur: mtcnard nas the best wishes ol the community, and the Star especially, regrets tri chronicle his departure, and wishes him much success : in his new I field of tabor. . T SCHOONER ABANDONED. The Eleanor from Georgetown, 8. C, for Hew York Captain andi Grew landed atTopiall. - 1 The American schooner Eleanor, which lefti Georgetown, S. C, on the 24th inst., for New York, With a cargo of rosin, spirits turpentine and cotton, enconnterea. a gaie soon; arter leaving Georgetown, sprung V leak, 'became water-logged, and - was abandoned last I WulnHllT hn ti- virgin an1 ZjTr ZZZni 7i Tm" of seven' men, about thirty-five miles off Topsail Sound, They landed near Topsail Inlet, and Capt McCoy, the master of the schooner, came up to the city yesterday reported tihe loss of his vessel, and made arrangements with Messrs. George Harriss, Son & Co, to have the crew broueht to WilminetonL They will probably arrive here this evenr ing j by train on the w O. & E.C R. R. Capt. McCoy says the crew all. white men saved most oi their personal effects..1 They left the schooner in a small sail-boat, and set fire to the vessel before leaving.' . - - '-v; y .if;- The Eleanor registered; 342 tons" and was owned in New York- city. Capt. McCoy thought the cargo-was insured but did not know that there was any in surance on the vessel. The cargo was principally rosin. I HO. 7 WASHINGTON NEWS. Tha Fnbllo Debt Statement Hx-Seoretery Blaine Speaker Crip OompUlnt to the Inter-State Commeroe Commission by Merchants of Bommerville, Js. C Holi day In all Bxeeutlve Pepartmenta Gossip aa to lar. Clevaland'd Cabinet. Bv Tctcgrapli to tae Konuni Star, . .Washington. Dec 81. A.11 Execu tive Departments closed to-day at noon. They will not be open again : for busi ness until Tuesday morning, January 3d, Most of the people in Washington in terested in the gossip relating to Mr. Qeveland's Cabinet, choosing, have set tled down into the belief that Senator Carlisle is to be Secretary of the Treasury in the next Administration, j They are more inclined to this from the fact? that the choice of Mr. Carlisle : would prove satisfactory to every one, -f. Among the guesses for ofherilepart ments are that of ex-Ministef Phelps, of Vermont, for Secretary oft State, who divides with Don M, Dickinson, in the Washington mind. ;the best chance for that portfolio. -Representative Herbert, of Alabama, ' and j ex-Private Secretary" Lamont are both talked of for the Navy Department. Gen. Pat Collins, of Bos ton, is talked of for Secretary of War, For Department of usticej the names most generally mentioned ire those of Representative CulbertsonJ of Texas; Martin F. Morrill, of this fctty; Repre sentative Wilson, of West Vjirgihia, and Randolph Tucker, of Virginia.'. Repre sentative Blount, of Georgia, who has served for many years on the Committee on " Postoffices and Post Roads in the House of Representatives, is talked of for . head of thej Postofflce Department,-and may gei the place if Herbert, from the adjoining State, does not get the Navy Department. . He might be appointed anyhowf though it is thought to be more probable that in the event of the selection off Herbert, a -Western man, like fex-Gov.lCampbell, of dDhio. who, however, says positively that 1 he is not a Cabinet possibility, will be appointea ior tne interior uuepartment. Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, pray, of In diana, and other men from Western and far Western States, are talked of, and the Agricultural Department, it is said. will go to Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, or to some Democrat from the Northwestern States. . i I i . Mr. Blaine continues to I be reported. "a little better,"jto itlquiriei. i Speaker Crisp returned! to the city early this morning. He .was tired and fagged out. He told members of his family that he bad been jjkept up late each night, and added that he had a "very pleasant visit." Hef immediately retired to his room and without waiting or breekfast went to sleepf The public debt statement for Dscem ber will not be published until Tuesday next. It is estimated that' it will show a loss in cash during December of $1,000, 000, making the net Cash about $29,000. Pension payments . during December have been in excess of $15,000,000, or at the rate of $180,000,000 a ear. Washington, ! December 31.--There has .been filed with the Inter-State Com merce Commission a corti plaint by H. W. Behlmer and other merchants of Sum merville, South Carolina, against the Memphis & Charleston railroad, East, Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia railroad, the' Georgia I Railroad and Banking Company, South Carolina Railway Company, receivers of Ijthe East Ten nessee, Virginia & Georgia railroad, re ceiver of the South Carolina Railway Cora pay, the i Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, and the Southern Railroad and Steamship Asso ciation.. The ; complaint ' charges dis crimination in freight rates m favor of Charleston, and against jSumnexville, on shipments from Memphis, Tennessee,, a higher, rate being charged to Sumner -ville," a shorter distance. , . U . : " ANTI-OPTION BILL, j FrobabiUty that the Benato WiU Take a Vote on the MEeaaure ifeoon After Be aaaembling. .Jj '- ;' .;. i: By Telesraph to the Morning Star. .. . JWashington, December 29. Within a day or so, after the e-assembling of Congress, the Republican Senators will hold a caucus to determine upon the or der of business that is to be pursued It is the intention,' of the enate to begin active work and clear up the calendar as much as possible. There are a number of important matters now before it and some agreement will be reached afcT this caucus aa to the nreeedence. to be oiven. A nrominent Senator said this morninc that he thought debate! on the Anti-1 Option bill had been spun out to a suf ficient length, and that there was feel ing that the matter should be forced to a vote. - He has always j favored the bill and now j anticipates I that within a; week after the Senate convenes a vote will be taken and that the bill will pass. : There I is a very I considerable majority ot tne senate in tavor ot legis lation 'that will correct the evil : the Washburn bin is designed to remedy; but the majority is not so great in favor of ,the particular measure now. under discussion.' Senator Mitchell, however, is very confident that the . bill will pass by a clear majority, and, that debate will be ended very shortly after the Senate again gets to work. -1 "h Referring to financial measures that had been introduced, and. particularly those which had the repeal of the Sher man law in view, Mr. Mitchell said that be did not think any serious attempt would be made to force those bills to a vote. ' , MISS WINNIE! DAVIS. An Entertainment Given in Her Honor in Hew York City by northern Friends. I ; new YORK, December 29. Tne wortn 1 and South met again in amicability last night. Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of I the Confederacy, is visiting friends ut this city. To-night .Wm. P. St. John i auuiare whuc jku m honor. Details of the affair were ar- I ranged by the bachelor host in a manner to make the ' compliment! complete. It was a special point that no per son who had lived in the; South and no descendants of Southerners should be invited, thus making the party represen tative of only Northern sympathy. The company met at Sherry's at 7.45. Thence they took carriages to Daly's theatre, to enjoy Ada Rehan's "As You Like It."" At the conclusion of the play the party returned to Sherry's to enjoy supper. Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, Dr. and Mrs. Henry P. Loomis,. Mrs..oseph :T. Xay and . Mrs. - James Brown Lord were chaperons.': - The young ladies in vited with them to meet Hiss Davis were Miss Stockton, Miss Marion Wing, Miss Richard Miss Helen! King, Miss Draper, Miss Cooke Miss Jlvdie Red-; mond, Messrs Arthur M4 Dodge, M. Taylor Pyne Joseph T. Law, James Brown Lord , Howard Constable, Wm. B. . Bristow, Talmage . VanRenssaler, Evart L Wendell. Eugene! H. ' Lewis, Jas. T. woodward and Peter Morie with MrSC-John, were in the party- SPIRITS TURPENTINE; .: Btatesvillei - Landmark : Mon day nht "Sit" Jones, a colored woman of Tatlorsville, locked her three children in theh6use and ' went : to a "lestlbul." About 19; o'clock some young gentlemen , who wHjire attending a party at the resi dence; ) of Mr. E. C Sloan discovered that tae woman's house was on fire. They kent at once and broke" open the -door bat the flames had made such pro gress that only one of the children was ' rescued and it is so badly burned that it isthoightit will die- The other two were burned to death. The children were 0 small one ol them being an in fant. jThe woman was at the "festibul" and od the floor dancing when notified of the occurrence. V - .'. Raleigh Chronicle: .Hon. A; H.- x A. Williams was in the city yesterday, ana saves notice on nir. x nomas settle -that he; will contest his right to repre- -sent the Fifth district in the Fifty-third Congress. The. notice of contest shows several! new and strong points in Mr. Williahts, favor, any of which, if estab lished! jwill materially effect Mr. Settle's case, j-jr- -It is learned that the colored people are considering the propriety of employing counsel- for the purpose of testing the authority of the railroad com panies; io enforce the use of the apart-1 ments set apart to the colored people at the Uaion depot. Their contention is" that if: they purchase first-class tickets they are entitled to use the apartments set asiJe for the white people.. . - ; . Iilsheville Citizen: Sam Caldwell, a negrjo, jumped from a train running ' forty fltiiles an hour, near Gastonia, and. his head hit; a bridge timber which' -smashed his skull. He was picked up . unconscious. The skull was trephined ' and the broken ..parts , lifted from the brain jj The removal of the pressure from " the brain restored consciousness almost instantly, and the physicians say he has every chance in his favor for recovery. Steps will be taken to the release on a writ of habeas corpus of David Ed- . wards! who is now confined in Buncombe jail under sentence . for manslaughter. An appeal is pending in his case. Ed wards has been insane since his convic- -tion and the wnt-of habeas', corpus is to ask tre court to suspend judgment till the prisoner's restoration to sanity and to determine whether or not.:he "should, go ' to-the asylum. . ' j Charlotte A'eivs: Yesterday moriijing the" wife of Wiley v Morrow, living on Mr. J. S. Myers place, east of , the city, was found in bed. unconscious. It was thought that she was dead, as she was apparently frozen stiff, but the neighbors were summoned and' they commenced "working" on her. In the course pi an. nour tne woman was restored to life. It was a caseipf freeze, and in ' a veryshorjUjjtime more it would have proved fatal. ' Monday night a' livery stable be- f tween Chestnut and .Church streets, in Winston, was destroyed by fire,- A large number of horses among them some fine animals were burned to death; others were so badly burned .that they had to be killed to relieve their suffer ings.! The number of horses destroyed is estimated at twenty-thiee. TheJossis $3,000; insurance $1,000. The origin of the fire is not known.- rRaleigh Chronicle; Last Satur-j day a row occurred in the restaurant of Turnbill;& Forester, in Marion, between a negrorjiar Goodrum, and N a mulatto boyj Goodrum drew a 88jcalibre pistol and shot the boythe ball ' taking effect in his abdomen. He is thought to be. mortally wounded, and his death is ex pected at any time. Goodrum was cap tured and is now in jail. Mr. Lynn ' Adams, left his. home, 215 East. Davie . street, yesterday morning at 7.80 o'clock saying that he would return in a little wh;le,to get breakfast. He j was. ap parently in good health and had not re cently complained." He was in cheerful spirits and joked with the friends he metjt commenting on the snow storm. He opened his store on South Market. . Exchange and while talking with friends. suddenly fell to the floor. A carriage was summoned but before Mr. Adams could be removed to his home, he was dead, breathing his last in ' the carriage. 4 Charlotte News x1Lt. J. H." . Long, of Cabarrus county, father of Mr. H. C. Long, of this cityi was in Char lotte to-day to have the , mad-stone ap- -plied to two. of his mules. that were bit ten 1 by a mad dog night before last. One oi Mr. Long'sboys went to the stable early in the morning to feed the stock' LAs he opened the door a large rwinter dog rushed at him with . a foaming mouth. Mr, Long struck at the dog with the butt end of ' his pistol and . buried- the ham mer of it into the dog's brainA He then began examining his stock to see if rhe dog had bitten any of them. He went into his mules's stables' and found two of them covered, with blood and blood freely flowing from deep gashes. One of the mules was bitten on the throat and the other had a deep gash over the left eyeJ Dr. O'Donoghue ap plied the mad stone early this morning to j the wounds, and to both gashes it , clung like a leach.. The dog came very near biting one of Mr. Lonn's boys be fore they coulfrend his life. - Weldon iVf Monday after- , I. noon about two o'clock a serious diffi ctdty occurred here between Mr. John DJt Shaw and lake loran, colored, in which Toran was wounded seriously, the ball entering the side of his neck. Mj: Shaw - was taken'r before Mayor Gooch and without , examination was held to await the result of Toran's in juries. At last reports he was doing very welL There are several conflicting reports of the . difficulty, and as no ex amination 'of witnesses was made it is difficult to ascertain the correct ver sion, and we .refrain- from- pub lishing any Of them; for the present. 4-U- Since the above was 'written Toran died, his death taking place Tuesday niorning about 11 - o'clock. Coroner Gary summoned a jury of inquest which returned a verdict in accordance "with tab facts, i - Monday -morning Capt. Farmer of the Coast Line passenger train running from Plymouth to Rocky Ntount, shot and wounded Anthony, the colored railway postal clerk on duty on hl train. Anthony was habitually im pudent and meddlesome and had fre quently tried the patience Of conductors. Ife was very impudent Monday morn irand so exasperated Capt Farmer, 3o is a quiet inoffensive man, that the latter shot him, the ball striking his. forehead obliquely and glancing, iijfiia ir only a scalp wound. Capt. Farmer tMn got Anthony's head under his arm afi was about to shoot him in the head aain, when the express agent rushed injr ana. preventea j mm, :t unoouui epy saving the negrb's ; life. The wajunds are not considered 'dangerous. -P- On Wednesday last, the 21st mst., aM unfortunate homicide occurred at Essex, this county, Mr. G. W. Sexton, kiiilng Mack Richardson, colored. Mn . Sutton immediately went to Halifax and gave himself :up. Coroner Gary was, telegraphed for and on reaching Essex empanelled a jury. - The evidence was til the . following effect: ; Mr. H. W llearin had purchased a cocoanut and wis cutting it when Richardson went up t attempted to stop him from cutting A few words? passed between them : aid Richardson jumped onShearin and ban to cut him in the face, neck and &dy; Mr. Sexton interfered to pro tect Sharin, and. Richardson turned hd approached Sexton, cutting at him ith -a knife. - Sextoa, drew his pistol fad fired, shooting Richardson r m the tft , breast , above the heart. The wounded man walked about thirty-five iteps and fell dead with the knife still Ipen in his hand. The jury of. inquest returned a verdict to the effect that Richardson's death was caused by sex ipo in self-defence and that he was guilty of no crime. . Mr. Sexton was dis-, cliargedfrom, custody. ' v i s J- Mi . y, ... i
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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