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With this class our patience is nearly exhausted, and in a short timewe .shall begin' to cut them off, as we cannot afford to publish a paper for nothing and pay the post age too. v - THE DESERTED HOMES. : We clip the following, under the above head, from this week's Pro gressive Farmer: ! "A well known writer has an interest ing article in the Cosmopolitan Magazine i for June, entitled "The Deserted Homes of New England." He says: "For the last forty years or over, the farm popu lation of New England has been de creasing. Even the valley towns in close proximity to railroads and city markets show a depletion, and unoccupied houses can be found along the finest of our villege streets. As you move back from the larger places and the railroads into the hills, the abandoned homes ate found on every : roadway, and ! many 'towns-have lost half their inhabitants." "The writer attributes it to several causes, but the real cause is the con traction of the currency and robbery. We have no patience with the theory that it is 'because farm life is not at tractive.' As long as larmers can get fair prices for their products they will , not leave trie farms or emigrate to new j sections to any great extent." ''Tbe contraction .and robbery" have ot the currency caused a great deal of mischief and trouble, but it will not do to thus altogether ac count for the abandoned homes of New England. There are other and better reasons than that, some of which the writer, Clifton Johnson, from whom the Progressive Fanner quotes, gave. He mentions the poor soil which on the average requires patient industry and "perseverance to secure reasonably moderate crops; the lack of good school facilities in what he calls the "hill country" "which, poor as it it is more fertile than the sandy coast, country; the high taxes, which some families find itf hard to pay; the loneliness of country life in a section from which so many have gone and others are anx ious to go, especially the young peo ple who see nothing in the future for them if they remain but unrequited toil ami-drudgery; and the long, cold winters, when the roads are fre quently for considerable j periods blockaded with snow and the females of the family, especially, made prac tical prisoners. These are some of the reasons which Mr. Johnson gives, and better ones than,' "the contrac tion of the currency and robbery," although these have doubtless done their part. The robbery is some times known as the protective tariff.. .; In the course of his article Mr. Johnson covers the ground when, after describing the "hill country"' . and the efforts of the first settlers, to make homes in what they then re garded a prolific Section compared with the coast country from which they came, he says, if the West had .been known and accessible before New England was settled, that sec tion would still be under forest. Notwithstanding the efforts of the authorities of some of the States these abandoned lands will never be reclaimed by New Englanders, while : land in more favored sections can be purchased at reasonable figures. New England is simply, as a farm- i ing. section, an illustration of the j principle of the "survival of the fittest." These farmers have had to abandon the struggle and many of i them abandon their farms because ; they could not successfully compete with the: richer lands further West when the railroads made it possible ; to bring the products of the West Eastward at low rates of transporta tion. With the extension of railways Westward began the depopulation of the New England States. ! There is not a State in this Union to-day which has not within its borders some New Englanders, while the .Western States have - very large numbers and among them leaders in all the callings.; Since 1850 the migration from New England has ; been continuous, still continues, and will continue until New' England will j practically pass under the control of t the French Canadians who are now j pouring into the towns and villages, ' and will in time take possession of the better class of the abandoned i farms. This is about the only hope of heir reclamation. j . The railroads'not only carried New VOL, XXIV; Englanders West, but in time brought the graiq and the meat and the wool raised on Western farms to the East ern towns, where they were sold cheaper tnan ; the New : England farmer on his sterile acres could raise them, and compelled him to quit raising grain, meat and wool for the larket. He was practically driven to gardening and poultry raising be cause in these' he had no Western competition to confront. ! j , , ; . In these two great causes emi gration to the cheap and fertile lands, of the West, and to cheap foodstuffs sent Eastward from the West, with some minor cases, will be found the story of the decline ot agriculture in New England and the desertion of New England homes. - It is a J natur ally sterile section, with an inhospi table ; climate, contending ' against other sections with better soil an3 better climate, nearer the centre of population, where there is an invi ting field for thrift, industry and in telligence. In a contest between two such sections, the former would stand no more show in the long run than a snow bank would against a July sun. In such contests the weakest will succumb and the fittest survive. . Read the Star's great offer - ot books in this paper. Readers of the Weekly .. Star can secure these standard novels by sending two of the coupons and ten jcents in silver or stamps. Read the advertisement fqr full particulars.. Away up in Massachusetts, where it might be least expected, they draw the color-line Hid in the courts, too. A daughter of colored preacher, be ing anxious to witness the Borden trial,, was refused admission and was compelled to sit on the steps on the pretence 'that there was no room inside, but while sitting there she saw eight white ladies admitted, without any intimation that the room was crowded. She was afterwards given a seat by a colored man, but he was not permitted to stand and had to leave the court room We are sending out bills for sub scription to the Weekly Star. Many subscribers are in arrears, and some of them pay no attention whatever to requests to pay what is honestly due us. .With this class our patience is near4y exhausted, and in a short time we shall begin to cut them off, as we cannot afford to publish a paper for nothing and pay the post age too. . ! - That story' about the dog in Si beria which . .makes sounds so much like Jhe human voice as to be easily mistaken for it, is received with a good deal of doubt. These would not Relieve the story of the German philosopher, who maintained that at one time all animals had ; the power of speech, and to prove it, taught a dog to distinctly pronounce thirty words. When the dog had absorbed that much: dictionary he died. Read tie Star's" great offer of books in this paper. Readers of the Weekly Star can secure these standard novels by sending two of the coupons and ten cents in silver or stamps. Read the advertisement for full particulars. Dr. Garfield, of Algona, Iowa, is going to take in the World's Fair, and isn't asking any favors of the railroads. Although he is over sev enty years old he-will scoot oyer on his bicycle, and expects to make the trip, something over four hundred miles, in nine days. He also expects to have tots of fun spinning around with the other boys when he gets there. Readers of the Weekly Star will please observe that they are required to send only two coupons and ten cents for three of the Star novels. In the advertisement, it is stated that four coupons are necessary,, but this applies only to the Daily Star. And now here comes the Baroness Caroline V on Roques; who has insti tuted suit in the Chancery Court at Richmond, and wants a two-million- acre chunk of land in Virginia and West Virginia. Baroness j Roques will not be apt to get much land, but the j lawyers will get some of her "rocks" before she-gets through the law business . i I j ( We are send'ng out. bills for sub scription to the Weekly Star. Many subscribers are in arrears, and some of them pay no attention whatever to requests to pay what is honftstly due us. With this class our patience is nearly exhausted, and inj a short time we shall begin to cut them off, as we cannot afford to publish a paper for nothing ;and pay the post age, too. M : - : Xongstride, the horse which made that famous 34 foot jump across a pond at Hollywood, N. J., recently, is an Irish hunter. : Every subscriber to the Weekly Star should take advantage of the great book offer advertise in an other column. By catting out two of the" coupons from the advertise ment and enclosing them, with ten cents, we will have j forwarded to your address any three of the novels named in the list. - i 1HE YESTERDAY MORNING'S TRAGEDY. - The Death of Mr. Jos. B. TOUlazd-A Fabllo Funeral The Ixjored Fire Loaa nd Inauranoe The Cause of the Fire . Unexplained. . The terrible accident at the ' fire early yesterday morning by which -Mr. Joe B. Willard was killed and Mr. Henry Old enbuttel very seriously injured, absorbs much of the attention' of .the public The greatest sympathy is felt for the family of Mr. Willard. His fellow fire men, especially of Wilmington Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, are greatly distressed at the sad and untimely death of one , of their number who had en-; deared himself to them by bis many ad mirable traits of character, and by bis zeal, courage and activity as a firemna. Thek, deceased Joseph Ballister Willard was the second 'son of Mr." A. A.' Willard. He was" born in Wil mington, October 35th, 1871, was reared in this city and had bright prospects be fore him for ah honorable and useful career as a citizen and man of business. He was secretary and treasurer of the Willard Bag Manufacturing Co.. char tered by the last Legislature, and had just succeeded in working op a good busi ness. He had been a member of Wil mington H. & L. Co. No. 1 for about three years, and his record as a fireman was equal to the best. He was also a mem ber of Orient Lodge, No. 395, A. F. & AJ M.,and was to have taken the third degree in this order next Wednesday night. When his poor mangled bleeding body was taken from the ruins of the fire yes terday morning, it was at once taken in charge by Foreman R. B. Lewis and three members of the company, who ac companied the remains to the family residence and, stayed there through the night. Yesterday the hall of the H. & L. company and the truck were draped in mourning. A PUBLIC FUNERAL.. The funeral will take place this fore noon at 11 o'clock, from the First Presbyterian Church. All members of the white companies of the Fire De partment, the Chief and Assistant Chief, the Mayor and other' representatives ot the city government will be present. ' . The following correspondence in re gard to the funeral took place yesterday; City of Wilmington, N. C - -! June 17. 1893. Mr. A. A. Willard:- j Dear Sir: This entire community stands in the shadow of a great gloom. That in the midst ot a life of the greatest promise, one so brave, so generous, so unselfish, should be snatched so sud denly by death, casts a pall over each individual, and they mingle their grief together. Your son voluntarily offered his life as a vicarious sacrifice in tbe defence of a common and a public interest no re ward, no hope of reward, in the capacity in which he was serving his fellow men. As representatives ot tbe city government, will you not permit us to testify in behalf of the city the estima tion entertained for him while living, and the honor and respect held for him now dead, by tendering a public funeral; and to that end we desire to be present in a body, arid to defray all expenses in curred of whatever kind or character. Will you kindly apprise us of the hour hour of the luneral? i Tendering to you and your household our deepest sympathy in this hour of your great affliction, we have the honor to remain, SH. Fishblate, Mayor, '; R. J.JONES. - Chairman Board Audit and Finance. Hon. S. H. Fishblate, Mayor, Mr. R. f. Jones, Chairman Board of Audit and Finance: . Gentlemen Your communication tendering the sympathy of this commu nity which you represent and a public funeral, the city defraying the expenses, to my lamented son, Joseph B. Willard, basiust been banded to me. I have tp say that we accept your kind offer and thank you for the same. The houror the funeral has already been appointed for to-morrow at 11 o'clock, a. m., from , the First Presbyte rian church. Respectfully, i - .A. A. Willard. June 17.1893. , ,: Wilmington, N. C, June 17. 1 ,Mr. Martin S. Willard, . , J, Dear Sir: Much sympathy has been expressed to me by the firemen at the very distressing death of your brother this morning. There is a very strong desire on the part of the organization, as a mark of respect, to attend the funeral in a body. Of course I could not give an answer until the matter was placed betore you. Please accept my personal sympathy at .the great loss you have sustained. - I Yours, respectfully, .: Martin Newman, ; Chief Fire Department. .. ": Wilmington, N. C, Tune 17. Mr. Martin Newman, Chtef of Fire Department: Dear Sir: I have just received your note expressing sympathy lor myself and family in Tour trouble. We ap preciate your expressions of sympathy, and will, be perfectly willing for the members of the Fire Department to attend the funeral in the manner you suggest. The funeral will be held to morrow morning at 11 o'clock, from the First Presbyterian Church. j Respectfully, lj" M.S. Willard. ! PERSONS INJURED. Mr. Henry Oldenbuttel, a member of Howard Relief E. Co. No. 1, was more severely hurt than was at first sup posed. : When- taken home and ex amined by a physician it was found that the bone of his nose was broken, his skull was fractured, he had two severe scalp wounds, : and one arm and a leg were badly bruised He was standing in front of jthe burning building within three feet of Mr. Willard when the roof fell in Last night rt 11.30 o'clock he was resting easy, and there were no unfavor able indications In his case, w i , H.R. Walker, colored, a member of Cape Fear F. E. Company, who was with Mr. Oldenbuttel, at the hose-pipe, was also struck and received a severe contu sion on the right arm. FIRE LOSS AND INSURANCE, i i The building is the property of the Calder estate. Mr. Wm. Calder esti mates the entire loss on building and contents at between $18,000 and $20,000; fully covered by insurance. Its contents were, about, 400 bales of cotton, part owned by Mr. S. P. McNair, the rest by Mr. Wm. Calder; also, thirty-one hogs heads of molasses, belonging to Mr. D. . W EEJ 3V:!;: $ ."'-a n" WILMINGTON N. 0., L. Gore, and insured for $800 in the Car- J Una Insurance Co. Of which Mr. M. S, Willard is agent. . , , . j A great deal of the cotton two hun dred bales or more will be saved, but is I of course damaged by water, and the cohering of many of the bales burned off. A detail of firemen with (two or more lines of hose ' were on duty there all of yesterday, keeping down the flames that would occasionally break ..out in the cotton, and the Fifth Ward Hook and ; Ladder Company were engaged in pull ing down the walls. ; During ; the .after- noon such, of the" cotton as could be gotten out of the building! was put on flats and taken down to the old Indus trial works for storage, if v- The cause of the fire is not known. That it originated within the building is certain. It broke out a few minutes after 2 o'clock through the glass sky-light on the roof, with a report that shook build'ings in the neighborhood. When the firemen reach the place.immediately after the alarm which was sent in promptly by police officer Moore from box No. 43 corner of Orange and Fro at streets, they found the doors and windows of the warehouse closed, and the whole interior a mass of flame. Mr. Branch,' who has charge of the warehouse, said that it was' not opened at all during Friday. . ; j ' 'r U"'-'-i- - Attempt at Focket-Piokina. Friday afternoon last a Mr. Somersett, of Brunswick county, stopped under the awning of a store on South Front street during a heavy rain. He thought at first he would.make a purchase, and took out his pocket-book, but afterwards dropped the pocket-book in a side pocket of his coat and with his umbrella under his arm entered the store, where there was quite a crowd. In a few minutes he left the place and soon after discovered a long slit cut in his coat by some sharp instrument just over his pocket; prob ably by some one who saw him when lie placed his pocket-book in his pocket. He thinks some sudden and unexpected movement of his person prevented his being robbed. A. and M. College Student. Messrs. E. Henry Bonitz, Emil Wes- sell. Jas. Sinclair, of this city, and J. V. Moore, of Brunswick county, and G. W. Corbett, of Pender county, reached the city yesterday from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Raleigh, N. C. These young menjill stood higb in their classes. Mr. Bonitz graduated this year and had the degree of Bachelor of Engi neers conferred upon him. One thing of real value to the College and for which Mr. Bonitz deserves much credit was a hand-book ot the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, for the use of new students. He was assisted in this work by a school mate, A. 13. Williams, ot bhiloh, N. C J TJ. 8. Commissioner Court. A. D. Fann. a white man from Cum berland, charged with operating an un licensed distillery in that county and ar rested in this city about the first of the month, was brought before U. S. Com missioner R. H. Bunting yesterday for a preliminary hearing. The evidence against Fann was considered sufficient to warrant his being held for trial at the U. S. District Court which will convene here October 30th next, and the bond of defendant was fixed at $300. Failing to give bail, Fann was committed to jail. A Parallel Case. ; The terrible accident at the fire, yes-" terday morning has given rise to inquiry as to whether any Wilmington fireman had before been killed while on duty. The nearest approximation is said to be tbe killing of Capt. Ellerbrook, masterof the tug Nice, at the fire in the Peck build ing in 1880. He was not a member of the fire department but voluntarily offered his services, and he and his faithful dog were crushed to death by the falling walls of the building. The Burglary Case. : W. ri. Martin, the .colored, man charged with the burglary at Wrights- ville Saturday night ! last, was brought before Justice McGowan yesterday. The ; evidence against him was not sufficient to warrant his committal on the charge, f and he was therefore discharged. Illicit Distilling. j jj George W. Blake) Sr.. of (j)nslow country, was brought before U. S. Com-j missioner L. L. Hoyt, at Jacksonville.' yesterday, on the charge of illicit distill-j ing, and was bound over to the U. S Court, which meets in Wilmington next October. N! . The Fayetteville Burglars. The two Fayetteville burglars were both young men, neither appearing to be over 21 years of age. They refuse to talk further than to say that one of them came from Montgomery, Ala The wounded one gave his name as Wood worth, but would sa nothing more. TRUCKING AT WASHINGTON. Large Quantities ot Potatoes Baised this . Season. j Star Correspondence.' t Washington. N. C. Tune 15. The trucking season is now in fuJl blast, and it would surprise the most intelligent to know of its magnitude. It is extensive, and the A. C. Line s kept very busy in: moving the -large quantities of potatoes raised in this neighborhood. The Old Dominion Steamship Line is largely interested in moving via Norfolk. Your correspon dent had the pleasure of visiting and witnfssinor the diccincr nrocess of Mr. Thos. H. Blount's potatoes. He is the second largest producer, in this . sec tion. He has twenty-eight acres in potatoes and will .make 2,000 to 2,500 barrels, We were forcibly impressed with his "digger," which excels anything of the kind ever seen in this section for efficiency of work. The machine j is drawn by two horses, and the potato is separated from the vine by an auto matic iron wheel witni nngers iour or five inches long, throwing the vine and grass, if - any, in ' one direction, which leaves the ootatoes i exposed and easily gathered, to be culled and placed in i barrels ready for, shipment. His Jerry Ward varietyj his own propa gation. Is a beauty and commands 50c more in orice than any other in market. being round and of a very delicate pink, very smooth and in color resemblingthe blush of a beautiful maiden 8 cneek. j Next week his cucumbers go forward; then followed by cantaloupes. KLY. FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893, A FAYETTEVILLE SENSATION. Two Bold Burglaries Safes Bobbed of a i large Amount of Money- Pursuit and Capture of the Bobbers. Two bold burglaries were perpetrated in Favettevilie; Wednesday night; ; but the burglars were -captured and the -money and valuables they had stolen re covered. ; 'j-'..;-;.-.i.- v: m l;f j. A correspondent of ' the Star giving an account ot the robberies, says : "Mr. Jas. D. McNeill, proprietor of the Merchant' M ills, was the first to report bis j loss and the particulars -of his rob bery. The robbers had entered by the front door of the mill by prizing it open, burst open his safe and deprived him of about $200 in cash In a few minutes, the rumor was afloat ' that the bottling establishment of Mr. Huffheine, ; on .franklin street, had in like manner been fobbed, and $8,800 fn cash-to!es - from his safer-f $1,600 belonging to Mr. Huff neine anci $800 to other persons. This tumor was found to be true." J Two white men, strangers, who had been in the city several days, were sus pected of the robbery, and during the day Mrrjno. Shaw, who lives a few miles ijn the country from Fayetteville, came to town and reported that two men had called at his home early in the morn ing and j wanted to hire or buy a team to take them to Keyser, a station on the R."& A. railroad about thirty miles from Fayetteville. He could not supply them, but it is supposed that they obtained a Jeam in the neighborhood. Sheriff Smith (if Cumberland county immediately Started in pursuit of the robbers, accom panied by Mr. Geo. Burns.of Fayetteville, and yesterday afternoon overtook the jobbers near Keyser and captured them, after a running fight, in which one of the jobbers was shot and wounded. Sheriff Smith and Mr. Burns returned to Fay etteville last night with their prisoners, who were placed in jail. A crowd of citizens met them on their arrival, and here were threats of lynching, but no Violence was attempted. j " A FATAL FIRE. Mr. Joe B. Willard Crushed to Death. Fire broke out at 2 o'clock this morn nc in the brick warehouse on Water street, betweenOrange and Ann, owned by Mr. Wm. Calder. and in which some three or four hundred bales of cotton were stored. j Mr. Jos. B. Willard, a member of Wil rnmgton Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1. son of Mr. A. A. Willard, was crushed by the fall of the roof and the coping of the building. Other firemen had narrow escapes. It was at first thought that no one was caught in the ruins; but a fireman's hat was found for which there was no claimant, and then search was made and the body of Mr. Willard was found under the bricks and debris. His head was tiuiucu auti .l thp honM in his bndv were broken. The body was taken up tenderly and removed to the residence of his parents on Orange 'and Sixth streets. Mr. Willard was about 25 years old and a most estimable i young man. Mr. I Henry Oldenbuttel, son of Jno. G. Oldenbuttel, a member of Howard Relief F. E. Co., was struck by part of the falling wall and slightly hurt on the head, j Chief Newman and a member of the Cape Fear Co. narrowly escaped be ing caught in the falling of the roof. ON TO PORTSMOUTH. The Becent Changes on the Seaboard Air Line The Hew Headquarters Will .Soon Be Banning: Under Fall Head of Steam. - i From unofficial information gathered at different railroad centres, the Star concludes that the following tare the facts jin regard to the changes made in the offices and officers of the Seaboard Air Line : The offices of the various Auditors have been consolidated into one, which is now in full operation at Portsmouth, Virginia. ; Mr. W. W. Chamberlaine has been promoted to the position of Comptroller. Capt. John H. Sharp has been made Treasurer of the whole S. A. L. system. Mr. J. A. Walton, of Portsmouth, is Auditor of Disbursements, and j Mr. J. M. Sherwood, of Raleigh, Auditor of Receipts. - Y Messrs. Thomas Ball, ot Portsmouth, George E. Hunter, of .Raleigh, J. H. Boatwright, of Wilmington, N. T.Cobb, of Raleigh, and Hasell Thomas, of Char lotte, are retained as assistants in the Treasury Department. ' All the officials above named, who are not! already there, will remove "bag and badsaee" to Portsmouth during the month of July. . . . j "Good-night at parting is Such sweet sorrow, -j That we might say 'good-night until it I were morrow." ; That Georgia Storm-Heavy Bains and High Winds. The storm of which the Weather Bureau gave warning Thursday night, was central near Charleston, S. C, at 10 a. j m. yesterday, and thence, moving northeastwardly, passed off the coast. There was rain here throughout tbe day, : accompanied by wind which reached a maximum velocity Of thirty-six miles an hour. At Southport the maxi mum , velocity reported was sixty-two miles. The rainfall along the coast was very heavy; at Charleston 4.40 Inches, at Savannah 2.16, and at Wilmington 1.58. The cotton region bulletin issued lastnieht. reported 4.13 inches of rain at Florence, 4.47 at Lumberton, 2.22 at Newbern, 1.46 at Weldon. 2.02 at Golds boro. At Charlotte there was only a trace of rain. Bailroad Contractors. . ' 1 1 About seventy-five railroad contrac tors from all over the country are in the city; all of them interested in the work to be given out by theAtlantic Coast Line on its new southern connection between Rimini, S.C and Denmark, Ga. This aggregation of railroad constructors is supposed to be due to the fact that work of this kind is particularly dull just at present. . .. . i . ' ' . TAB. OTJB, SEASIDE RESORTS. An Anieresang Artioie rxom tne Fen oT a Charlotte Man Wilmington's . Besorta . Among the Very Finest on the Whole Atlantic Coast The Hew Sanatorium " j Wilmington Improvement! . Mr. Wade H. Harris, editor of the Charlotte News, who is a frequent: visi tor here, gives his opinion of our seaside resorts and some other Wilmington en terprises in the following article : j 1 . This is the season of the year when those of our people who. for pleasure or for health, are partial to the seashore, are becoming impatient to get their trunks strapped and be off. For all this sec tion of the country Wilmington is the Mecca of these seaside pilgrims, for. thence they scatter in different direc tions : to - the neighboring resorts, which .are now very justly recog nized as among the very finest on the whole Atlantic coast. There is no other city along the coast that can offer such a diversity of resorts. No other city can hold a hand to Wilmington in this respect: Even those surrounded by resorts in number and attractiveness to approximate Wilmington, cannot by hy means approach the facilities Of -that city for reaching the presorts. People who are a little nervous about getting too close to old ocean, can take the Sea coast train and get off at Wrightsville sound. If they want to get a little nearer the ocean, they can take the train and go across the sound to the Hammocks, a wooded island, where a hotel nearly a quarter of a mile long is located, and which is separated from the ocean by a sand hill and the Banks channel. . . Incase you want to get still nearer, you can again get on tne train, cross the channel and ride two miles along the beach to the end of the' road, where there, is a cluster of hotels, from the piazzas ot which you can sit and toss your cigar stub into the surf. This is the land route, and would in itself be a great card for Wilmington, but there is the ' river route. Two elegant steam boats ply up and down the river, touch ing at Carolina Beach, Fort Fisher and Southport. Carolina Beach is fifteen miles below Wilmington, i The boat lands at a long pier, from which a train carries the visitor swiftly across a narrow strip of country to the beach, where there is a hotel and a mile of handsome cottages, all lined out along the water, so that only a walkway separates them from the ocean. This is said to be the prettiest beach south of Asbury Park. At . Fort Fisher there is a hotel and a number of cot tages. The fame of Southport is well known, and it may interest.the up-country people to learn that Miss Kate Stuart still presides over the historic little white house by the water's edge. . Of such an excellent character is the transportation facilities, that one can take in the resorts down tbe river, return to the city, take the train and visit the resorts from the sound to the end of the road, all in one day. It is only in recent years that facilities for reaching these places have been afforded the public and the result is that l each summer sees a greater throng of visitors there than the pre ceding season. That the natural attractions of these resorts are not excelled by any along the coast cannot be questioned. The won der is that they were not developed long ago. Carolina tteach is already a ooney island on a smalt -oo Ti.-av ot reaching tnese resorts has been made a great deal easier, and more convenient, too, in the past year or so, for Char lotte people, and everything now seems to fit in just right. The Carolina Cen tral Railroad Company recently dis carded Rarus schedules and put on Nancy Hanks. Their trains will take you out of. Charlotte after din ner and land you in the City by the Sea before sunset. Or, if you want to take it quietly that is, if you want to go to bed in Charlotte and wake up in Wil mington, you can take a sleeper at the depot here at 10 o'clock at night, and, if you have a good conscience, you will sleep soundly until next morning, when the porter taps you on the shoulder and you look out the window, not upon the familiar scenes about Charlotte, but upon the rice fields, the lily spangled canals and the green level stretches of the Cape Fear country. . i A new institution, and one of impor tance not only to Wilmington but to the State, is the sanatorium established this season on Wrightsville sound, by Dr. j. A. Hodges. For the present, Dr. Hodges has rented the comfortably fitted up cot tages of Capt. E. W. Manning, proprie tor of the Atlantic View Hotel, j and al ready has a number of applications. .His guests and patients board at Capt. Man ning's Hotel on the premises, i It is a great place for sick children and invalids. .They have the personal attention daily of Dr. Hodges, and the constant services of a skilled, trained nurse. The estab lishment of this sanatorium is a most commendable move, and its success is even now assured. Dr. Hodges makes his charges to cover everything board, lodging, services and attention , of nurse and physician. ' . i Wilmington has taken on new life to a wonderful degree lately. A visitor notices that a . great many old land marks have disappeared, and; in their places elegant new buildings have gone up. The new county court house, with its marble corridors and wainscoting, would paralyze the average Mecklenburg magistrate. A number ot very imposing new stores, a new bank, express omce and insurance building have been erected, and an excellent electric car sys tem is in operation, and. the town is being dotted with new buildings very much after the style of Charlotte. CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Meeting of Cape Fear Camp Ho. 254. Cape Fear Camp No. 254: U. C. V., met at the newcourt house yesterday evening. There was a large gathering of members of the camp and several new members were admitted. Col. W. L. DeRosset, commander of the camp, pre sided, with Mr. Wm. Blanks secretary. A committee consisting of Col, A. M. Waddell, Capt: W. S. Warrock and Mn P. Heinsberger, was appointed to thank Col. Wm. Lamb for his excellent ad dress on the "Defence and Capture bf Fort Fisher." y j -j m CoL A. M. Waddell was invited to de liver a lecture; time and subject to be selected by himself. The camp discussed the matter of at tending the reunion at Birmingham, Ala., on the 19th and 20th of July, and the unveiling of the Confederate Monu ment at Chicago on the 25th of that month, but took no action thereon. - The Star Novels. 1 -: Miss Annie Glisson, of Magnolia, writes : '.'Enclosed find twelve coupons and thirty cents for nine books as per your advertisement. The books are very popular in pur little town", : Mr. Henry J. McBuie, of Fayetteville, says : "Enclosed find coupons and money for the third lot of books. : I have en joyed reading those received very much." NO. 32 RALEIGH NEWS LETTER. :1 COW. ROBINSON'S ELECTION AS fcOM- ! ! MISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. H. C. Teachers' Association A. and M. College The 7. M. C. A. Internal Beve- ' nne Colleotorship. j ; j ).... ; Special Star Correspondence j j ! Raleigh, N. C. June 17. , The re-election of Col. John Robin son as Commissioner of Agriculture was but the work of form, as it had been, confidently expected. It meets wth the entire approval ot our people whb con cede that under Col.' Robinson's Admin istration the department has attained a high state of proficiency and usefulness.1 By special invitation of Major Har rell, Secretary of the ! North Carolina Teachers11 ' Association j Governor j Carr! and wife will go to Morehead next weekj leaving, perhaps, on Tuesday. He wil probably remain several days. j i At the last session of the General As sembly the Board of Trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical . College asked for an appropriation with which to purchase grounds adjoining those of the institution, which were deemed necessary for certain exercises. The ap plication was embodied in the appro-' priation for the College, but after a hard fight was stricken out in the j Senate. The wisdom of the purchase is now ap parent, as the trustees at their, recent meeting passed a resolution to japply to the authorities at Washington for fa military instructor to carry out that feature which is mandatory by the act bf Congress governing such colleges; The present grounds ot tne institution an very contracted, and eventually a larger: area must be obtained for drill and prac tice. - . I'd'..: A movement to build a conyenien house for the use of the Young ;Meh cnristian Association ot this city is as suming something like definite shape. The Association here has not been in as flourishing a condition as would seem proper for the capital of the State, and a few years since it was almost totally abandoned.' i A few gentlemen, however, interested themselves in its recuperation, and such was the success that there is now in the heart ot the city a fair resort, rented for the purpose, and during the past year the membership has wonderfully in creased. Its power for good has been felt, especially during last winter, j On Tuesday night next, an entertainment of a high order has been announced., and the; proceeds for the purpose indicated are likely to be quite heavy. This, .with contributions from well-known gentle men, is expected to form a -handsome nucleus." " .1 '. j :ji The Chief of Police said to-day khat there had not been an arrest of any kind in the city for the last six days. This1 is almost beyond precedent, especially in a place of sixteen thousand inhabitants,' A letter received here last night from a high source in Washington, indicates that no appointment of Internal Revenue Collector for this district will be made before the latter part of this months as the fiscal year will close on the 80th inst James H. Jones, of this city,; the colored carriage driver of President Jefferson Davis, has ; been appointed night-watchman at the Atlantic Hotel, MorcUead. ica-- the season. He.js ( jn indigent circumstanoeg, and the I plate was tendered him as a reward fori his devotion to his "old master." 111'! Nothing has been heard to indicate when the appointment of postmaster at Raleigh will be made, i Your correspon-j dent learns unofficially "that j ; Col. Shaffer's commission bears date about July 15th. He was confirmed in MarchJ It is now conceded, on all sides,! that C. M. Busbee will receive the appoint ment. '. ' j NORTH AND SOUTH. ,1 Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Mrs. General Grant to Meet. . it ill By Telegraph to the Horsing Star. j .New York, June 17. Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant and Mrs. Jefferson DavU are to meet. The wives of the two great leaders will exchange their first greetings at Cranston-on-the-Hudson, in sight Of West Point Military Academy. The place has many associations dear to the hearts of both, as their husbands were graduates of the Academy. Mrs. Grant is now a guest at Cranston s, ana Mrs. Davis will stop at tbe same place. : The two ladies will thus meet every day Mrs. Grant in speaking of Mrs. Davis' intended visit, said she hoped she would not disappoint her, as she did last year. She' is very anxious to become acquainted with her. Mrs.; Davis and daughter, Miss DaAis, are at the Hotel Marlborough, and will remain there until early next week, when they will go to Cranston's. Mrs. Davis has ex pressed a wish to meet Mrs. Grant on ground which is of such historic interest to both. bne feels greatly pleased witn the kind expressions of interest Mrs. Grant has manifested in the occasion.! BURGLARS. Professional Thieves Cracking Bates ; Fayetteville. j I 'j; By Teleirsph to the Morning Star. ;j in Fayetteville, N. C, Jnne 15 Burglars last night entered the beer-bottling establishment of D. R. Huffines and cracked his safe, getting $1,780. They also entered the mills of J. D. Mc Neill, cracked the sale, and got $2UU ana iluable papers. I : fil They tried to enter a private residence. The authorities are at a loss; no trace of the burglar has been discovered, The work was evidently done by professional safe-crackers.;. ( 'T - i : FIGHT BETWEEN NEWSBOYS. ; i 1 M t Jones Probably Fatally Cut by Young H 13-Taar-Old Suggs. 1 . Greenvill?, N. C Jnne 15. Yester day evening at Hobgood, while the ' two trains were stopped there, Isaac Sugg, the newsboy on .the Weldon & Kinston railroad, and the newsboy named James, on the Norfolk & Carolina railroad, had a difficulty over some books, and Sugg cut James severely in the abdomen. Physicians attending James- say: the wound will prove fatal. Young Sugg is a son of Col. I. A. Sugg, of this town, and only 13 years of age. He insists he was greatly imposed upon and acted j in self-defence, u j.i. r , .1 , ". CAPTURED.! The Fayetteville Safe Bobbers Captured, and the Money Beoovered. I j By Telegraph to the Morning Star, 'f I j 1 Fayetteville N. d Tune 16. The safe crackers who robbed two safes here Wednesday night, were captured this morning at Keyser. The stolen money, nearly two thousand dollars, was found on them. One was shot in the arm and thighc yviyn- .v1-i;;- jr 1 1 ; Comptroller 1 Eckels has appointed John S. Thomas receiver of the First National bank of Brunswick, Ga., pended May 18th last. P IRlfS TURPENTINE.- Ail Monre Enquirer, i Cotton is f growing finely but Is needing work very badly since! the heavy rains.: Corn tj very fine, especially on uplands Harvest : is well advanced. The wheat crop m the best foilyears. Oats are jrnuch bet ter than it ias expected they would Hl few weekago., - j-- jf f ti Kinsjan Free Fress Dr. M. F'i Arendell, It Morehead City; aged M rears, dieffon the night oft June 7 about 8 opock,. of heart disease.K$ had been lick all the winterj with the grip. There has not been a death iof j a white'lihabitant of Kinston in wb . land a half ffnonths. This is a splendid Showing iof a town of 8,000 inhabitants, j IJ1 Raleigh News and; qbservti : News was received here yesterday of the death ot Mi Thomas Bndgers, a well known an5 successful farmer of i&is bounty. tb was about fifty-nine years of age. : Hf died yesterday morning, at his home lifter a very illness, hating been takeri with a congestive chill ottjth previous apernoon while at work i&the field. . '. ; , j j . " gjj",-. -1 Fayfttevilie Gazittet jMiss fan- -line Thornton, a former j resident of Fayetteville, but now living in Winston, has fallen beir to $10,000, bequeathed to her by M Pauline Ternigan, ofjVir ginia. HMr. Geo. W. Pool diediiere last Thursday, the 18th insti, of jeart disease, aged about 82 years. He ibis a native of Raleigh and has been residing In Fayettele about two years. I y ;f- Charjtte jfews : ThejCatholics are to buildSa cathedral at anf early day, 'upon theirot "on South Tron, where stands theM church at present.7 Randlema&Mill was struck by lightning in three pLices night beforej last, and would hav been burned down were it not for the &ct that the night force were at work ani' assisted in putting out the fire. ,, . -.-; lj i . ' j t Henflrson Gold teaf : Dr. Willis Lewis has in his possession a violin whicM we suppose is fcne of the oldest instruments of the kind anywhere about herep It bears the name of a cele brated makr, "Antonius ; Stradinarius CremOnentii. Faciebat Anno 1721." with his coat of jsrms, a harp and circle, in the lower rl$ht hand corner bf the- slip on which th above is printed and pasted on the bacnside. J j ' ! I Cham Record: Mjr. Thomas B. Farrar died at his residence in Bald win township last Saturday, a?e about seventy yeps. He was a prominent citi zen of this jaunty and had bSS'ifea mag istrate for c&inv years. ---4 Thjr larm ers are now in the midst of the harvest, and many f acre of wheat will be cut this weekWe hear encouraging re ports as to&e crop, which is generally consideredggjsry good. i I j Wilkeiboro Chronicle: On the night of Mi 80th a fine new buggy and harness belcfging to Major Fardue, ot New Castle township, was taken from his yard .acd literally destroyed, after wards throwia into the creek. It is sus picionedtn4 the perpetrators of this outrage are f he men. whose blockade dis tilleries in piat ' vicinity . have recently been cut up by revenue officers, and who charge Parae with reporting them. SmitfSeld Herald We have in with thirty our office a -bunch of oats stalks, alU'Jrom one seed. It is the largest numler of stalks frbm one seed we have ev- seen. They are six feec high and were pulled before they were near growrjgiust about nan neaaea. - Mr. '.Seth Jf oodall, of ourj town, has a Poland Ch&fa sow that has given birth to 40 pigs 1 three litters 14 twice and 12 once intone year. She now has a litter of li'md is so fat that she cahnot at si tnt get up. Asheplle Citizen: moraine ' outnumber of Monday voters in. Broad River precinct, McDowell ounry, gathered afjthe pollinsr p'ce and began a discussioif m to who should serve as -inAftm prohibition HeCtinn. Wltilg talking thus a blinding nasn and a aeai- enine crash of thunder came, which dnocked sfperal of the men off their feet. One pf them, William Garrison, was killedstantly, while William Own bey. OscargDwnbey, A. A. jDalton and C. M. Manning were severely; shocked. It is not thofght that either of these are dangerously hurt. A mule belonging to one of thejsnen was killed when Garrison was killed! M Durpam Globe: R. W. Shap, a prominent j young grocery merchant of Graham Station, started out this morn ing with blip delivery wagon, and when passing Oneida Cotton Mills, his horse became frightened and ran, throwing him out, Striking his head against the buildinglihjuring him so severely that he died within three hours, A sad death and! one which Cause's universal regret in iihis city, where she was well known and had many friends, occurred in Durham this morning. Mrs. Mar quette Warren Lathrop, who returned with her daughter, Mrs. Eugene More head, from Savannah, Ga., where she had been spending the winter, less than a week ago, passed away this morning between land 10 o'clock; Western Sentinel Near West field last Thursday, the leven-year old boy of Harris Henderion Kane was thrown from the mule which he was riding. The boy's foot caught in the harness land the mulef dragged, him nearly a quarter of a mile. When found an hour j afterwards the boy was dead. Mr.ijG. I. Walker a few days ago purchased four young (mocking birds from a citizen of Rockingham county. Strange to say, an old mocking bird last Saturday came to Mr. Walker's house and manifested considerable interest in the young birds by hovering around the cage and (chirping. With little difficulty the old one was captured ana piacea in the caged Mr. Walker lis of the opinion that it is the mother of the four birds he bought, j j ' ' j " .. Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer: Last Saturday morning the horri ble news was brought to this place that Mr. Richard Crowder.lof White's Store township; had been found dead in his pasture,! land that his j body had been partially devoured by hogs. He was in townonJy a few days: before the terrible catastrophe, apparently in his usual health, I and it was hard to realize that such a fate hadj overtaken him. The dead man's brothers, ex-sheriff i, Ai, Cfowderand Mr. Joe Crowder; oth ofj this place,) (accompanied by Coroneri E. F. Fenton. left for the home of the deceased as soon as possible after receiving the news of his death. An inquest was held over; the remains and it was shown beyond all doubt that death was the: result of natural causes. There was no evidence whatever of foul play. Alii sorts of .crops are unusually promising in this section for this time of the year. . ." j ' r" V- Goldsboro Headlight: From six hens, Mr. J. W. Isler, bf Saulston town ship, sold $27 worth of eggs, since Janu ary lSttt besides having enough for his own use- The sudden death-of Mr. George H Garringer occurred Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, of apoplexy of the heart, at his home on William street, in his 60th year. . Since the sheriff lev ied on the stock of B. - Finkelstein, his creditors came upon him all of sudden, and a fiilure was the result, amounting to about $1,500, with assets that are barely wfficlent to cover his homestead. Eyen from all over the county re ports ri&ch us about the bountiful wheat crop nam being harvested by our farm ers. ? ASNew Hope township man told us yesterday that he has four acres on which he expects to taake 100 bushels. . Some unknown1 person entered the bedro of Mr. J..BJ Hollingsworth, on Slocum .street, Monday night, while he and his' family were asleep, made a thorouigi search through his pants and securedrabout $4 In cash. The thief en tered through a window . and made nis exit in tfce same manner. - ... P : C. I.. .- ' V, ? ':, sus- f I. Il it : lj!? iff j;!' 'A 1;: my.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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