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WILLIAM H. BE EHABD, Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, October 6, 1892. taf In writing to change your address mlnayspm IffTBwr " - i ... . . .. , yon wish your proper to be tent hereafter. Unless yon do botn cnantc ncres can mat be made. - t . c w : nmtli. Tributes of Re- tpkt. Resolution, of Thanks, &c., ged foras ordinary advertisements, but only baU htei wfaa pud for strictly in advance. At J"1 Py for a simple announcement of Marriage or Death. tar- Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Postmas ters will register letters when desired. , " 3f- Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. " gy Specimen copies forwarded when desired. VEBY IMPORTANT Daring the past two months bills have been mailed to about sixteen hundred subscribers to the Weekly Star. The; aggregate amount due on these bills was very large, but the aggregate amount thus far .paid is comparatively small. ; v It is hoped every subscriber in ar rears will read this notice, and that he will forward the amount due us at once. It is unjust to the proprietor to read his newspaper without paying for it fully as much so as for the proprietor of the paper to eat the farmer's chickens and eggs and then fail or refuse to remunerate mm. We thank those of our subscribers who have paid us, and trust this ap peal will not be lost on those who have not paid. PROFIT IS SHEEP. The last number of the Baltimore Manufactures' Record contains some interesting extracts from an address on sheep husbandry in West Vir ginia by A. D. Hopkins, entomolo gist of the West Virginia Experi ment Station, showing what can be done where good judgment is shown and proper methods pursued. He speaks both from practical experi ence of eighteen vears. during which time he gave attention to sheep cul ture with other branches of industry on the farm, and from investigations made through correspondents in dif ferent sections of the State. ! Imeply to the questions : "'Do you consider sheep as profitable as any other farm product? If not, what is more profitable?" ninety-one an swered that sheep paid the largest profit, three believed the dairy did, one favored cattle, and one cattle and sheep combined. His personal ex perience shows a profit of over 55 per cent, on an investment of $3,000 in sheep, and the conclusion he arrives at from his own experience and the information derived from others is that "The largest profit in money, and the largest benefit to the farm was from sheep." Horses and poultry paid well for the time devoted and money invested, and so, also, did large and small fruit-growing, while wheat-growing was done at an actual loss, because it yielded but an insig nificant margin over the cost of pro duction while it drew heavily on the resources of the soil. j One of the advantages in sheep culture is that what sheep take from the soil, with the exception iof what ison verted into mutton and wool, they give back to the soil and thus become assistants in the work of fer tilizing and renovating the land upon which they pasture. The same is true of" cattle. With both sheep and cattle nothing goes to waste in the food way, but everything is con verted into an equivalent of full or greater value than the feed given. For this reason, if no other, the rais ing of both should be encouraged. But sheep husbandry has the ad -vantage tor the reason tnat it re quires less capital to stocks a farm with choice sheep than it does with choice cattle, and it requires less pas ture, range, and less labor, and re turns come in quicker from it, which is a considerable object with a farmer of small means. The increase from cattle is slow, while the increase from sheep is rapid, so that the man wno invests a small sum of money will have in a few years, if he pro tects and looks after his sheep prop erly, a pretty respectable flock. While the industry is profitable of course its success and profits will de pend upon the judgment and thrift of the man who engages In it, tor a due regard must be had to the conditions and to the demands of the market which the sheep raiser seeks and upon which he must depend for the success of his business. It is doubt f ul If sheep raising would pay if con- ducted for the wool alone anywhere that there is not wide ranges for pas turage, where the cost of feeding and looking alter would be merely nomi nal, as in Texas and Australia. The .farmers of Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan and other Western States find it more profitable to raise sheep for mutton than for their wool, for while the wool market is pretty well supplied and sometimes overstocked, the de mand for. mutton, especially of the better grades, is constantly on the in crease in the larger cities, and lambs and choice mutton always command a good price and meet a ready sale, ine farmer who would take ad vantage of this would stock his farm with sheep noted for their mutton producing qualities rather than for their wool, and would have an eye to sending to market lambs , which command fancy prices, which are bought rj people with whom price is no object, and fine mutton which -always finds purchasers among that class of good livers who wouldn't touch common mutton. . There is no country in the world, take it all In all, better adapted to . sheep culture than the Piedmont country of the South, where sucn grass as the sheep likes grows luxu riantly, with forest enough for shade in summer, an abundance of pure water, and but little winter weather sufficiently severe to make housing necessary, while in addition to this, (which fills the requisites for success) there is quick transportation , by rail from most of this region to the principal large-cities, 'where the mut ton would be most profitably mar keted. 1 Some of the sheep raisers of West Virginia have realized as much as $15 a head for sheep sold in New York, and $5 a head for lambs. Of course these were superior sheep and lambs, but that's the kind the sheep raiser who goes into this with a view to handsome profits would rajse, as it does not cost any more to raise that kind than it does the ordinary cheap scrub. '; - I The. principal obstacle to success ful sheep husbandry in West Virginia, as it is in all the Southern States, save Texas, is the destruction by dogs, but, as Mr. Hopkins remarks, the sheep raisers can overcome this Ty "acting on the principle that a good dog stays at home with his master, that a bad dog prowls around and will get into mischief, and that a dead dog kills no sheep." We know a sheep raiser in thjs State who acted somewhat on ' that principle, and re moved a good many of the obstacles by a judicious investment in strych nine, with which he sprinked the carcasses of the sheep that had been killed, and complacently' waited until the dogs came back to feed on the sheen thev had killed. Then he added a lot of dead dogs to his com post heap, i William Bell, confined in jail at Birmingham, Ala., under sentence of death, escaped strangulation by the fortunate discovery of the man who committed the murder for which he was duly convicted and condemned to death. An equally remarkable case as that occurred in the same State not long ago where a man was under life sentence in the peniten tiary for killing a man to which he pleaded guilty, when the supposed dead man appeared in the peniten tiary in convict's stripes, and was re cognized by the man who pleaded guilty pf killing him. When they get the law so amended that a "dead man" can testify, the "slayer" will be released. I Hon. Thos. B. Reed who has been to the World's Fair," says the ; world has never looked upon its . like, and probably never will again. He might have added that the world has never looked upon a city like Chicago, and probably never will, for in some re spects it is the greatest city which the world nas ever seen, it was bunt on. a. i '. t i ir' t: .l wnere ine vrovernmeni engineer wnq made the survey of the lake shores' declared that a city would not be t . built, and since it became a town its growth and achievements have been a series of surprises. i The financial stringency has struck the.State of Texas. She had obliga tions to the amount of $150,000 to meet on the 1st inst., and had only $65,000 available cash to plank down. When Governor Hogg came into office there was $1,000,000 cash in the treasury that they didn't know what to do with, but the solons seem to have discovered some way of get ting rid of it. The Governor is not suspected of rooting around in it. . The question now being discussed in England is, should a woman smoke? Why not, if she wants to? But if she does she should come square down to the substantial, aromatic pipe, and eschew'the cigarette, which is tne invention of some evil dis posed man. We wouldn't I advise cigars because smoking the ordinary cigars of these days is hard work. Some of the friends of Senator Cameron say that the reason why he made that anti-repeal speech in the Senate was to hedge on the tariff question and to secure the votes of silver men to protect the manufac turers of his State when the tariff slashing begins. COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES. Receipts of cotton yesterday were 2,030 bales against 1,863 bales same ; day last year, another large gain. The coun try tributary to Wilmington has not yet been fully occupied, but will be ivery soon. . When that is done we may hope to see a considerable increase over last year, if the cotton has been made. Futures in New York closed steady at an advance of 20 and 21 points on closing prices Tuesday. October opened at 8.05 and closed 8.11; Novem ber, 7.99 and closed 8.20; December, 8.16 and closed 8.33; January, 8.29 and closed 8.44; February, 8.42 and ciosed 8.54; March, 8.51 and closed 8.63; April, 8.59 and closed 8.72. j Eastern Baptist Association. The fiftieth session of the Eastern Baptist Association met with Johnson's church near Warsaw, Duplin county. Tuesday last. Rev. J. L. Stewart was moderator. The weather was fine and there was ' a very large ' congregation present. Many, corresponding dele gates from other associations were in attendance; also, Revs. D. W. Herring and R. T. Bryan, missionaries to China. The introductory sermon was preached by Rev. O.P. Meeks, of Clinton. , ' Forty-one churches are represented in the association. Contributions and church pledges werejvery goodi " r - "Lively and In tore tins;." - Salisbury Truth. j ; The Wilmington Star, one of our most valued exchanges, crows hettor ns it grows old. It is one of the most lively and interesting dailies m the Star though the oldest. It has entered upon the first naif of its 27tn year. : SUPERIOR COURT.: Basinets of the Term Concluded A dJouTn- The Superior f Court met at 9.80 o'clock yesterday; morning. -: V r 3 In the case of .Holmes & .Watters el al vs. the Bank of NewvHanover and Junius Davis, assignee, on motion of D. L. Russell. Esq.,- Thos. A.' Darby was made party plaintiff; also, on motion of Thomas W; Strange, Esq., the following were made parties plaintiff;- The Detroit Savings Bank, of Detroit, Mich.; -.First National Bank of Richmond, Va.; Chi cago Packing aijd Provisions Company, of Chicago, and the Merchants National Bank, of New York. On motion of; F. H. Busbee,- Esq., at torney for plaintiff in the case of Sara'l McD. Tate, Treasurer of the' State of North Carolina, vs. the Bank of New Hanover and Junius Davis; "receiver, and R.T. Bennett, assignee, it was or dered that the lease of Holmes & Wat ters and others vs. the uanK ot JNew Hanover et alJ be merged and consoli dated with the case of S. McD. Tate, Treasurer of the State of North Caro lina, against the Bank and others. v . ! It was further ordered- that Junius Davis, receiver of the Bank of New Han over, make publication once a week for six weeks in the Star, Messenger and Review, of Wilmington, for all creditors of the said Bank of New Hanover at Wilmington, to prove claims and file evi dence of debt within three : months from date of order, or be barred from participation n the distribution of assets of said bank. , Court adjourned for the term early in the afternoon, and Judge Bryan left for his home at Newbern. PURSE STRICKLAND. Story of His Crime How and Why He Murdered Jim Loohlear. The following in reference to Purse Strickland, who was one of the five men recently hanged in Georgia at one time (an account of which appeared in the Star), will j be read with interest by many subscribers to the Star in Robe son county, where Strickland and Loch lear both formerly lived: Purse Strickland, the youngest of the five, was a ative of Robeson county, North Carolina. He came to ueorgia two years ago and worked for McNabb & Jenkins, naval stores manufacturers, doing business at Vidalia, Georgia. He was a mongrel, having descended from Croatan Indians, Caucasians and negroes. The Caucasian blood predominates, as his features plainly showed. During the raontfaj of July, he and one of his co-laborers by the name ol Jim Locblear got into a dispute about a dog. Strickland's dog Irequented Lochlear's shanty and committed a depre dation by scratching out the hearth of his chimney. When Lochlear returned from the woods and discovered what be had done he seized his pistol and shot at the dog, at the same time making threats that he would kill Strickland if he attempted to interfere. When Strick land returned to his shanty and learned what had occurred, he loaded his gun heavily and after supper walked over to Lochlear'sf shanty, which was only a short distance'away, and shot him in the back as he was eating his supper. killing hint instantly. This was a most atrocious imurder, and the mry found him guilty without recommendation. - COTTON IN SOUTH CAROLINA. The Crop Probably Cat Sown .100,000 Bales by the Great Storm. Columbia, S. C Oct. 2. The great storm that swept this State probably re duced the' cotton yield by 150,000 bales. An average crop for South Carolina is from 600,000 to 650,000 bales. Last year, with an acreage that was about 25 per cent, short, 550,000 bales were produced. The estimated crop for this year is 500, 000 balesj and that, too, with an unusu ally large acreage. i Caterpillars in Marion, Orangeburg, and other counties have stripped the leaves clean off the plant. All through the middle counties cotton is "french-. ing," that is, the leaves are dropping off. The storm ruined the top crop, leav ing no young truit lor frost to km. Most of the lruit on the plant that can mature has done so. No section of the State will yield an average) crop. Ine best yields will be in the upper section, where the crop will probably be 10 per cent, short. In the lower and middle sections the damage will be from 25 to 30 per cent. , i Along the coast some of the cotton is reported as still under water, and will be a dead lloss. Along the Great Pee Dee the damage has been excessive. Ine crop is two weeks late. Up to this time only about one-fourth as much has been received as there was this time last year. The Alliance has given orders to the farmers to hold back their cotton and instructions are being obeyed. About Cotton Cargoes. The i Charleston News & Courier is effervescent in its joy over the arrival of two! of the largest steamers that have ever entered that port, one of them be ing the largest freight-steamers that has ever loaded there, and that has a carry ing capacity of 9,000 bales of cotton. Our contemporary adds: "The largest steamer ever loaded in Charleston here tofore carried a cargo of 8,000 bales of cotton. Anent all of which the star would' remark that Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared the .steamer Huntcliff from iWilmington last season with a cargo pf ten thousand bales of cotton. "Twas ever thus." Help tpt Brunswick. The Star will receive and forward money contributions for the relief of the suffering people of Brunswick, Georgia. The following list shows the contribu tions thus far received: ,f W.S. Walk er...... $1.00 1.00 2.00 10.00 8.00 5.00 25.00 10.00 SiOO M. Cronly-. Cash...... Cash....... J. E. Montague. H. C. Evans.......... Bishop A. A. Watson. D. L. pore. Cash Japanese Pile Cure costs you nothing if it does not. cure you; samples free. Guaranteed by J. H. Hardin. . t For the Brunswick Sufferers. The! receipt of contributions amount ing to! $40.00 yesterday encourages the Star io continue its effort to raise funds for the unfortunate people of Bruns wick. It is hoped the citizens of Wil mington will respond, more generally to this appeal. We will forward the amount on hand at the close of the current week, though the list will not be closed until later. : - . . ::. . -. In Twelve Hoars, " Mr. W. L. Sarling, Delta,Ark., writes: "Yourj Hughes' - Tonic is doing, much good, in this country It nevejr fails to cure chills and fever. My little daugh ter had feyer and Hughes' Tonic broke up m iweive nours. . aoia Dy Drug gists, t WILMINGTON'S. WELCOME WEEK. To be Celebrated the Latter Part of Ho ::V vember or Early in Deoember Elaht Hundred Dollars Already Subscribed. .'Wilmington "will have a Welcome Week" was the sentiment of the large number of enthusiastic merchants who met at the city court room last" night. Although ' the weather was inclement, about 8 o'clock, merchants representing all classes of business, began arriving in "blocks of five," and at 8.80 o'clock Mr. H. H. Kasprowitz rose from bis seat and nominated Mr. Thos. D. Meares for chairman, who was unanimously elected. Mr. S. H. Fishblate nominated Mr. Jno. G. Marshall of the Star as secre tary, who was also elected. The chair man then stated the purpose of the meeting which was to decide whether Wilmington should repeat her Welcome Week or not, calling it a Wprld's Fair on a small scale. - Mayor Fishblate spoke at length in favor ot another carnival, stating that it was estimated that $100,000 was brought and left in Wilmington during each pre vious Welcome Week and surely $50, 000 would be left here this time, if peo ple were complaining of hard times. - Mr. Geo. G. Lewis then moved that Wilmington have another celebration about the latter part of November pr the first week in December; the dates to be arranged by the Executive Committee, which was enthusiastically received and unanimously carried. 1 : 1 Mayor Fishblate moved that a commit tee of three, ' with the 1 chairman" as one, be appointed to select a - managing or 'executive committee, which was carried. Upon motion, Mr. Ike Bear and Mr. Geo. G. Lewis were appointed to act with the chairman. ' V " ' T , Mr. Lewis made a very interesting speech, fully convincing every one present that the majority, if not all the merchants, were in favor of having the W. W. W. repeated. Mr. Thos. D. Meares and Mr. H. H. Kasprowitz both made speeches with valuable suggestions. Messrs. R. R. Bellamy, J. C Springer, and Ike Bear said that they were heart; ily in favor of the movement. Mr. J. Naumburg moved that the newspapers be commended and thanked for the valuable assistance which had been rendered by them; likewise the railroads entering the city, and the man agement of the Street Railway Co. for their aid last year. j It was also decided to have the cele bration on a larger scale this year than ever before, and have new attractions en tirely. A committee will be appointed in the next few days to secure names of those wishing to enter floats for the trades parade, and to solicit subscriptions. Open your hearts and your pocket- books and let "The city by the sea" have a celebration which the State will be proud of. Eight hundred dollars was subscribed last night and now we've got her started keep the Ball rolling. THE REPEAL BILL. Mr. Voorhees Telia BepresentauTe Bay ner tnat Unconditional Bepeal Will be Pressed Until a Vote is Taken. Special to the Baltimore Sun." Washington, Oct. 2. Representa tive Kay ner, of Maryland, spent some time in the Senate this morning in con sultation with Senator Voorhees and other leaders among the advocates of re peal. His visit' was at the suggestion of some of his colleagues in the House and on the Committed on Coinage, Weights and Measures, and was for the purpose 'of obtaining the best information he could about the situation in the Senate. Senator Voorhees and other Senators stated to Mr. Rayner that there was no compromise under consideration and that the unconditional repeal bill would be pressed until a vote was taken. Mr. Rayner said he could not see how any compromise could be agreed upon. He said if it involved an issue ot bonds to increase the gold re serve when it came back to the House. under the rules, it would be necessary to refer it to a committee and that would mean a bitter and interminable contest. Ihis procedure would be necessary in case there was any substantial change made in the House bill. Mr. Rayner said further: "It is my opinion, after a care ful review of the situation, that if this bill is prevented from coming to a vote and a small minority of the Senate can compel the majority to surrender, it is an end of all hopes of the passage of the tariff bill or the Federal Elections bill. For this reason I hope to see before the end of the week a combined effort on the part of the majority to force the debate and reach a vote. Public opinion should now be concentrated on the passage of this bill and the subordination of every sort of legislation to it until it is dis posed of." Funeral of Bev. J. B. Barlow. The funeral of Rev. T. B. Barlow (whose death last Saturday was an nounced in the Star) took place Sunday last at Sloop Point, Pender county. Rev. A. A. Swain conducted the ceremo nies, assisted by Mr. Jas. Andrews (at the request of deceased before he died); Mr. Andrews being one of his first converts. some forty years ago. Sloop Point be ing Mr. Barlow's home, nearly every body within twenty miles attended the funeral. The floral offerings were very handsome; several were from this city. 1 he honorary pall bearers were four of his oldest acquaintances!, Messrs. Jas. Andrews. Amos Atkinson, L. R. Parson and S. W. Holden; regu lar pall-bearers, W. T. Hall, E. J. Hall, D. J, Andrews. L. F. King, R. E. Batts and S. M. Justice. The remains were interred in Atkinson cemetery, the funeral services being held in Barlow's chapel which was organized by deceased. HAB&IAGE IS PENDER. . Atkinson. N. C Oct. 4th, 1893. Editor Star: On Wednesday morn ing, October 4, at 8 o'clock, Mr. Willie D. Campbell, one of the most promising, enterprising . and popular agents of the C F. & Y. V, R. R., and Miss Janie H. Murphy, one of Pender county's most accomplished and chasming young ladies, were happily married at the resi dence of the bride's father, Mr. R. H. Murphy, near Atkinson, N. C. It was a pleasure to look upon that handsome couple, as they stood before Rev. K. McDonald, who ' performed the cere mony in a very graceful and impressive manner. f jender. When Travelling Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take on every trip a bottle of Syrup pf f lgs, as it acts most pleasantly and effec tively on the kidneys, liver tand bowels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms of sickness. ' For sale in 50 cents and $1 bottles by all leading druggists ' . ' COUNTY AFF-AIRS. Beffnlar Meeting Board of Commissioners Beports, Besolutions, Et. Dr, Bhep ard ZOeoted County Physloian. The regular-: meeting of the Board of Commissioners of New Hanover county was held yesterday at the court house. Present: - Commissioners H. A. Bagg (chairman). B. G. Worthj E. L. Pearce, J. C Stevenson, B. S. Monti ord. - Treasurer Jas." A. . Montgomery sub mitted his report, showing balance due treasurer Con general , fund, H $8861 J55! cash on hand (educational fund) $15,- 171.21; special fund, $1,280.84. Register of Deeds'Haar submitted, his report, showing eight marriage licenses issued during the month of September, and ten during the month of August, with the Treasurer's receipt for fees col lected therefor. r";: A com munication from the State Treas urer was read,which recited that the taxes assessed by the Railroad Commission upon railroads, canals and steamboats for State and pension purposes are pay able directly to the State Treasurer, and have been collected by him for this yean if the sheriff has collected any of these taxes he should refund the sameto the parties from whom collected. un motion, cnairman uagg was re quested to formulate an order to the sheriff in accordance with the above. A communication from Gov. Carr, asking the Board to appoint a road com missioner, was read. On motion, Mr. B. S. Montlord was appointed as such com missioner, to attend the . meeting to be held in Raleigh this month, with Mr. G. W. Westbrook alternate. On motion," the following "resolution was adopted, viz: Resolved, That the Board will and shall not in any instance accept from the Sher iff of this county in settlement of taxes, a deed lor real! estate when the . tax-payer has personal property out of which the Sheriff could, by sale, have collected the taxes. ... i - Twenty-fire dollars was donated to Mrs. Daniels, President of the Ladies' Benevolent j Society, for the out-door poor. j ; . Report of! Dr. Jewett, superintendent of health, suggesting that some arrange ment be made to heat the insane depart ment at the County Home, was read; but no action was taken. Commissioner Stevenson moved that the office pf County physician be de clared vacant. The motion was adopted. Commissioner atevenson moved, that the salary j of the County Physician be $750 and the Superintendent of Health $750 per annum. The motion was seconded by Commis sioner Worth and unanimously adopted. The Board then went into an election for county physician. No nominations were made. The ballot resulted : Dr, J. C Shepard, 8; Dr. A. H. Harriss, 1; Dr. R. D. Jewett, 1. - The chairman declared Dr. Shepard elected county physician for the term of two years ending August 81, 1895. On motion the Board adjourned. JUDGE C0ITN0R 'Will Be tire from the Superior Court Benohj After the Present Term for Bobeson County. Special Star Correspondence I I LUMBERTON, N. C Oct. 2. His Honor Judge Connor is holding Court here and a very heavy docket is to be tried. Among the cases to be tried are two capital, one a white man and the other a Croatan. There is a large crowd in attendance, but not much money among the farmers as yet. His Honor made bis last charge to the grand jury to-day. It is his intention to reurc iu private ine at tne ciose 01 mis term of Robeson. Court. He will send bis resignation this evening to Gov. Carr. It is intimated that Mr. Jacob Battle, of Rocky Mount, may be his successor. Mr. Battle is a man ot profound legal talent and would fill the vacancy with credit. The Cotton Crop. The Star thinks the estimate of the cotton crop made by Mr. Alfred B. Shepperson, and printed in the Star of Sunday, a very conservative one, and probably as nearly correct as an estimate can be made at this time. Assuming that tfie coming of killing frosts in the cotton belt will not be later' than the average period, it looks as it the crop wilram some where between 6,750,000 and 7,000,000 bales. Should it not exceed the outside Scares and there should be a material revivai of trade, cotton would not be un reasonably high at nine cents for January delivery. The Star makes no predic tion tnat it will reach tnat price, for there are many contingencies that may yet have to be consid ered, though they are just as likely to affect 'the price favorably as unfavorably. It must be conceded, however, that this is not a "big crop" year, and that in no event; can it approximate the proportions ot 1890-'91 or 1891-'92. The Star concludes, ' therefore, that the crop cannot reasonably be expected to exceed 7,000,000 bales; and if that be correct prices must now be very near the bottom. f The Hum of the Machinery. The mills of the North Carolina Cot ton Oil Company started yesterday and will jrun night and day except on Sun days; This was foreshadowed in the star last week, out it will stand repeti tion as it is something of importance to Wilmington. These extensive mills give employment to about one hundred men, and 'much of the money they pay out for cotton seed ultimately finds its way into this city. Stole His Chickens. "t have met with a great misfortune.' These were the words of Col. T. W. Holt, kommpnly kalled "the umbrella man," as he rushed frantically into the Star office yesterdayi " Wife dead?' "House burned?" asked a Star reporter with breathless anxiety. : "No," said the Colonel with a deep sigh, "not that, but a thief broke into my fowl house Sunday I night and stole four head of my finest chickens." - Sic transit gloria mundi. A Bear Killed Wear the City. J JA large black bear was killed last Mon day by Wm. Moore, colored, on the Sam Davis place, seven miles northeast of the city. One of the bear s fore-feet was ex hibited at Justice McGowan's office yes- icraav, oy mr. ur. .naawicic. it mea sured eight inches in width. j i -a-r The official announcement of the appointment of Mr. Sol. C Weill as assistant U. S. District Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, came by telegraph last nieht. The friends of the T. T. H. tender their congratula- ! GALE AT-MOBILE. THE WORST STORMf THAT, HAS EVER ' VISITED THE CITY. - S$ The Busiest Thoroughfares Under Wftisr The Southern Part of the City Com pletely Wrecked Great Pamige to Pe perty. , ' ' ' - " itT-v at. oa thMV 1 gale broke here this morning about! $Kfren"uu nvwknd the wind has been ihcreas-.t colored, -was arraigned before Judge iricr in-velocitv ever since until at until at this hour (1 'pi, m.) it is blowing at least fifty miles an hour.? The barometer 4s- still falling.. - The wind has blown the water in from the . uuii until tne - river nas reached Royal street, :. which is four blocks from the river and at an elevation of about fifteen feet from main river height. There is no possible chance of estimating the money damage. " All the wholesale and a great portion of the re tail district cf the city is some four feet under water and thousands of dollars worth of goods have been damnged. ; The pilot Doat jaa xjnv nas Deen driven on the wharf at the foot of St, Francis-street. The bay boat, Heroine, was driven on the Moone ana unio wharf and almost totally wrecked. The Crescent ' City, another bay boat, left Point Clear at the same time the Heroine did this morning and has not since been heard from. It is reported that three dredges working on the channel have been lost. It is also reported here that some fifty miles of the Louisville and Nashville railroad along the coast is un der water and that the Biloxi bridge has been swept away by the storm. Nothing has besn heard from the Gar deners in themarshes east of the city and the worst, is feared. ; r .'. j I Telegraphic communication is cut off in almost every direction, and from the outlook Mobile will be entirely cut off from the outside world when dark comes. In this city, houses have been unroofed, trees blown down, and one cotton warehouse has succumbed to the fury ot the gale. All the smokestacks of all the manufacturing industries have been blown down. Street car traffic has been totally suspended,, because of dam age to the electric wires, and the city will no doubt be in darkness to-night, as the waves are fast encroaching on the electric works. The busiest thorough fares of the city are being navigated in boats, and parties are wading up to their arm-pits in an effort to save goods. I It is given up by all to be the worst storm that has ever visited Mobile. The southern part of the city presents j a scene of wreckage as if it had been bombarded. The "towers on!the Court -House and Christ Church are,' tot tering. Dredge No. 50 turned over near- theigbt house j and three men were thrown into the angry waves. L M At great peril the crew of the tug Capt. Sam steamed to the rescue and saved two of the men. the other being lost. An unknown white man lost bis footing while wading from Union depot at the foot of Government street and was swept under the bridge and was drowned, j The storm reached its height about 1 p. m., when the wind reached a velocity of seventy-five ! miles an hour. From that hour the fury of the gale began) to decrease and the wind gradually changed from southwest to west.' The rain has been falliug in i torrents the entire day and to-night the city is in darkness and there is not an electric light of any kind burning. ; ) ! ;; r The Bay steamer Crescent City drag ged her anchor seven miles and went ashore on the beach between Arlington and Monroe Park, about three miles ! be-i low the city on the western shore of ! the bay. Captain ! Frank Lumsden and his crew ana one passenger, a cotton broker named R. A. Lewis, bound '.life-preservers and swam j safely ashore through the angry waves. Nearlv everv bath-house alone the west ern shore was blown down, and at Mor-f gan s an attendant named uranami was swept away with five bath-houses ( and drowned. The Magnolia and Cooleys warehouses were blown down and two ne groes drowned in tne yards. Magnifi cent oaks all over the city are laid low and the earth is covered with the green leaves whipped from the trees by the f - 1 : T T . 1 1 - nercc winus. i nouses an over ine city have been unroofed and fences blown down, and ! to night it is simply impossible to give details, i Noth ing has been heard from the eastern shore nor from the market gardners in the marshes, where it is expected great damage to property and possibly loss of life has occurred. The storm at this writing, 10 p. m., has abated, and the waters nave . receded, l here is not i a wire in the- western Union omce affording intercourse with the I out side world, i and this is written to be sent several miles out of town where it is hoped communication may be es tablished. The loss of the Crescent City represents $1,200. Cleveland Bros., grain dealers, estimate their loss at be tween $5,000 and $7,000. RAIDING SALOONS. Many Arrests Made in Charleston Dispensary Constables.! By Telegraph to the Morning Star, Charleston, S. C., Oct. 1 2 The raiding of the saloons was resumed in this city this morning. The dispensary constables, headed by Chief Constable Theo. S. Gilliard, arrested nine jof the leading ex-saloon keepers of the city, and confiscated everything whichcould, by any means, be considred contraband. Large quantities ot rice beer and other soft drinks were carried off to the! county jail and the proprietors were required to give bond in the sum ol gSOD. 1 be saloon keepers arrested were: Vincent Chiceo, I. D. Kennedy, C. r. HeinS, H. Henza, Fritz Mollchaur, Wm; Healin, Henry Nolte, August Nolte . and L. I F. Murphy. They are among j the most prominent, saloon :, keepers I in the city. The crowds which collected in the buildings in which arrests were be ing made were very orderly. Constable Swane swore that James Heffron and a man named Harris had obtained liquor at Hemm's. Heffron denied i the cnarge ana; swore out , a war rant- for penury against Swane. Swane swore out a warrant fori Heffron on tne same cnarge. A warrant was likewise sworn out for a j Constable named McDonnell. McDonnell is an ex-employe of the . Evening SunX He was discharged some time ago, and it is claimed . i that he recently collected money in the name of the paper. , The warrant was not served upon him, but will be to-day. : . "The Bright and ShininK. Oxford Public ZedgeJ:. The oldest Dailv in the State, the bright and shining Morning; Star, of Wilmington, has entered upon its 27th year. The editor closes his announce ment, of the fact as follows : ("The Morning Star tenders its sincere good wishes to its friends, both contemoora- nesand readers, and hopes they may all 'live long and prosper " And - may the Star twinkle 27 years longer is the sincere wish ot the fublic Ledger, A Leader. Since its first introduction; Electric! Bitters has gained rapidly j in popular favor, until now it is clearly in the lead among pure medicinal tonics' and altera tivescontaining nothing which permits its use as a beverage-or intoxicant, jit; is recognized as the best and purest meaicme ior an ailments of btomach Liver or Kidneys. It will cure Sick Headache, Indigestion, Constipation, and drive Malaria from the svstpm. Satisfaction' guaranteed with each bot- ne or me money wm 1 oe reiunded, Price 50c. per bottle. Sold by R;R OJU.UAMY, DrUgglSt. . - ;. jgDGE UYNCH'S COURT. ; A Negro Bavlsher Hanged in South Caro j I 'lina He Confesses His Guilt." " ., " , ii ; ly Telegraph to the Morning Star. . Charleston, S. C, Oct. 2. A spe cial to the News and Courier from Kings tree,; $. C.7 says : Judge Lynch held court in this county last night in the vi cinity pf Moore's Cross Roads, about fourmiles from. Lake City, near the - '"1 - 1; a juif ,ui ma muuujmcu Charged with having commuted a crim .Inal assault upon Miss Sally Dubose, the lxteenivear-old daughter .of Mr. - S. C Sfubose, a." highly respectable farmer of Raisepion. . '--'- v..: - : .;. -. - . If Gejorge McFadden was brought before ti young lady..: she identified him and jepntessea -nis gum. neaaing 5?lty4r he was condemned, sentenced as.3 allowed a reasonable time to prepare t& sneet his God. There was.no blood thirsty mob crying out vengeance; the crfSjrd.was composed of the best me.n of thiQidommunity. He" seemed perfectly cafifbj and composed. The crowd was onfeilys to the last. After being prayed forffe j was asked if be had any dying request; to make, and he said, "No." It was&ten put to a vote how he should be kifed, and it was agreed to hang him. Durreo: all this time he never moved a muscjk but he was utterly indifferent to what5s going on. When the rope was place iround his neck and he was told to. stafjl up in a road cart, be readily did soi sid -said he was prepared to die and oftt his God. He said he was readyjtgo and bad no fears nor any re quests Remake. His legs and arms were pinioriefjand a large red handkerchief tied oven his eyes for a death-cap, and then he Ipead earnestly to have it re moved. lHe asked as a dying request that he be allowed to see the end, and it was granted, and the handkerchief was remoyed.it The jroaxl cart was moved and with one heavylud all that was mortal of George 'MdJtdden was dangling in the air. He gas;a one shudder and did not struggle ag but seemed to die quickly andpe4ceaQ . jo idle demonstration or violence was visible far offipifed. The crowd was per fectly! quiet, derly throughout. They seemed not o know what "else to do than whatley had done, and this being eccomp.ished, they quietly dis persed j and wetjt about their various avocations as nothing had happened. leaving the bodbf McFadden dangling from a limb blithe roadside with the following inscription pinned to him : Wei dp not kniSw any better than to protect our wives nd daughters." - mere were probably two hundred white men present; at the lynching and thre Jcolored nTe. The coroner cut down the body to-tSay and empanelled a jury of inquest, whlh rendered a verdict thatlyie deceased George McFadden, came to his deathpbm banging by the neck until dead at e bands of persons to the jury unknown.' VANCt AN RANSOM. ThejCpntest Over The3$ominatton of Kope Ellaa for Internal Seven ue Collector Otjier Nominations Bv Telegraph to tr Morning St&r. Washington. Odl3.- -The alleged Ransom and contest between Senators Vancb over the nomination of the . Col lector of Internal Revenue for the dis trict pf North Carolina broke out afresh this morning in the Sepate Committee on jffnance which has-charge ol such nominations, and of':rhich committee Mrl Vance is a raemhes. The nomina tion pf Kope Elias to 3$ this place was made by the President about the middle of jlast month, the appointment being credited to Mr. Raesom, who is an administration Senates Naturally Mr. Vante, who is opposed lo the adminis tration on the silver quession, is opposed to it he confirmation of tElias. but. it is saidj places his objections on grounds higher than pohtics.v and attacks his qualifications for the, important office. j. nv.i io aiou a ic;uwraii Blue iu liic contest, for Mr. Settle, the only Repub licah Representative North Caro lina; is said to be as hoMile to Elias as is Senator Vance. In the! event then that Mr.l Settle is able td' command the almost solid strength $fj the Republican vote, and Mr. Vance itie. silver Demo crats, it would appear 'hat Elias would have a hard road to travel in reaching confirmation. Almost: the entire time of the committee ws consumed to day in the discusskn of this case, and nothing definite as accomplish ed. 'Elias was belorel the committee himself and made a statement, and when the committee adjourned a sub-committee; consisting of Mr 4 Vance and Mr. Jones, of Arkans, remained to continue lhe hearing. A full xeport of all that Mr. Elias had to sayjwas made by a stenographer, and tfca, in connection with some volaminou&jdocumentaty evi dence, will be laid beiqfre the committee at its next meeting, t 'i j The charge against; Elias is that of un professional conduct &g the management of certain matters in rtas capacity as at torney. He answered these charges fully, but whether to tl?e satisfaction of the committee remans to be seen. There will be no speoal meeting of the Committee, as has beta rumored, for the purpose of considerieg this case and it will take the usual ieburse. going over juhtil next week. I iThe President nominated to be post 'masters in North Cafilina: W. G. Tur ner, at Morganton, at$ J. P. Haskitt, at Kinston. Two mensers of the North (Carolina CongressioiM delegation are in a. disturbed state of nftnd over the nomi nation of Haskitt. Tfiey think his name was substituted foijl that of John C Wooten. and that a change will be made. Haskitt was but s&nderly supported while Wooten had bjn strongly recom mended for the place SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON Opening Hapidly Est&nate for About Half a C9p. By Telegraph to jtjie Morning Star. Columbia. October 3. The cotton jeportof this State!) published to-day, says: Cotton is opening rapidly, and with good weather ijhe crop will all be gathered by the 1st (tjf November. Some' damage from watei dropping off wet eaves and staining the staple is reported pn Western counties; Abbeville reports jcotton nearly half galhered. There will be no late crop or but little in many counties j Estimates will give botton at about half crop. In Newberry! county all cotton on red lands is open elnd that on sandy lands opening rapidly. Some trouble is being experienced in gathering in Lan caster county . on account of so much being dead from rus and covered with grass. The crop will 1 be ;, less than last- year, f All hands are at work in Orangeburg . county; very little remains: to open. The ..crop is being rapidly sfld. Many farmers have fihished and the yield for the majority of the planters will be less than a half crop, the worst yield ever known to farmers in that section. The Crop in Berkeley county is burning out badly and not thirding itself in ginning. What .sea island cotton remains is being picked and is of a poor quality. Mothers t Mothers t ! mothers '.! I Mrs. - Winslow's j Soothing Jsyrup has been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers lor tneir; children while teeth ing, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the i gums, allays all pain; cures wina cone, ana is the best remedy for diarrhoea.' bld by druggists in every part ef the! fworld. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslbw's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind. Twentv-five ceatsabott-e,t , SPIftlTS TURPENTlNt. , - Washington Progress: Mrs. M. L, Woollard died at her home in TaT boro on Friday night lastf a few minutes past 12 o'clock. She had been ill f0r some time. - " .' V Durham Sun: Durham" has probably sent more . people to the World's; Fair: than any. other town in the Stale of the same population. large number of Durhamites will take in the White City during this month. Charlotte News: While gin ning coi ton at Mr. Robt. Smith's gin, at Macpelah, Lincoln county, yesterday, a young man named Sigmon got his arm caught in the saws and literally hashed up. The bone "was sawed into strips and parts of the flesh were cut off and dropped down on the floor under the breast of the gin. ; Raleigh News ana Observer : The career on earth of the baby born on Mr, Hinton's farm with a full s'et of teeth, was short. It died on Saturday and was buried on Sunday, having lived one week. There appeared to be some defect about the jaw so that the infant was powerless to take and swallow nour ishment. ; Winston Sentinel: Mrs. S. W. Evans died last night at her home near the Keystone Furniture Works, north east of Winston. It is rumored that mere is a proposition under way to start a new bank to be called the "Bank of Winston-Salem," and that as soon as money can be had from financial centers it will be organized with a capital of $100,p09. Lenoir Topic: Some of the finest apples we have seen this year were pur chased by Coffeys & Widby last week. A great many of them weighed over one pound. Last Tuesday morning about 4 o'clock, Mr. Lucius M. Tuttle died, after a lingering illness of about two years. Mr. Tuttle was the oldest citizen of Lenoir, and was one of the first men to cast his lot in this town many years ago. ,He was about 82 years of age. . -. Greensboro Patriot: The new Methodist church is going up rapidly, and promises to be a magnificent struc ture. The main hall will have a larger seating capacity, probably, than any church in Greensboro, and yet the main hall can be enlarged by throwing open the Sunday School room. Last Sunday, while the family were away, thieves entered the house of Mrs. W. L. Kirkman, a few miles south cf Greens boro, and broke open the rooms with an axe. It appears they were after money alone and did not even take one silver and two gold watches that were in a trunk. A pair of shoes and a hat were the only things missed. Asbeville Citizen: On Thursday night last Deputy Sheriff A. J. Arring ton, accompanied by a posse, went to the home of Neil Mcintosh on Foster's creek, in Madison county, to arrest him for an assault. When the officer at tempted to enter the house Mcintosh met him with a drawn axe, whereupon Arrington fired. The ball missed Mcin tosh, but entered the side ol his little two-years-old child, inflicting what is supposedo be a mortal wound. Mcin tosh then surrendered and is now in jail. -Arrington came in to-day and surren dered to ths sheriff and was placed in jail to await a hearing on Monday. Mc intosh is a desperado, and refused to be arrested by Arrington some time ago. Rockingham spirit of the South: On Thursday last Mr. John M. Patter son, ' town marshal of Laurinburg, brought to town and lodged in jail Barnes H. Barefoot and Josera Jordan, both white, charged with arson and of robbing the store recently of Messrs. McMillan & Robbins, of that town. The "case" was worked up by Mr. T. C. Hawkins, who claims to be a detective from Atlanta, Ga., and the developments promise to be startling. Mr. Hawkins, it seems, came to Laurinburg recently and engaged as a band in the Oil Mill at 65 cents per day. and while thus em ploye' and "messing" with the boys, suc ceeded, as he asserts, in bagging his game. 1 he family ol the late Allen fcJax- ley. who was killed in a cotton gin acci dent in this vicinity a few days ago, is remarkable in the fact that none of them died.at home, and those of them de ceased died suddenly. The father was killed in a railroad accident in Jersey City, the mother died suddenly ot heart disease at a neighbor's, and the son. Allen, died also at a neighbor's. - ' Daniel Gilchrist was sentenced to be hanged on Friday, November 15th, for jhe murder of his father-in-law. Charlotte Neivs: Mr. Robert L. Snell. of Harrisburg, died Thursday night, after being a great sufferer lor a longtime. He was a prominent citizen of his section and had a large circle of friends. Mr. Eli Hinson, one of the interested parties in the surface Hill mine, brought ta the mint to-day six hundred pennyweights of pure gold which was mined at that place. Mr. Hinson says the large number of hands are still working very hard and are find ing the gold without any trouble. He says the gold ' does not ap pear to Weaken in the i least. For several weeks Mr. Harry L, Da vidson has been out on his farm on the Catawba river working his cannine fac tory He put up about 3,000, cans of choice tomatoes and peaches, had no trouble in saving them, and to-day sold ma enure siock 01 gooas ior tne top market price. He says he will devote most of his time to it hereafter and will plant about twenty-five acres of toma toes next year. He also intends plant ing a large peach orchard this Winter. The canning industry has been very pro- ntaoie this year ior MecKienDurg, there having been enough fruit put up for the entire home consumption. Morganton Herald: The Wal- densian colonists are successfully oper ating a steam saw mill on their Burke county lands, and have recently pur chased a shingle machine.' On their ten thousand acre tract of land, there are fully seven thousand acres of virgin for est, with much white and yellow pine. oak and poplar timber. They expect to be heavy shippers of lumber from their station at Valdese, eight miles east of Morganton. Work has progressed ill it rcmar&auiy rapiu ra.ic uu 111c oiaic & , ii : j 1 Deaf and Dumb School building in Mor- canton. The brick work on the main building, with the exception of the central clock tower, is about about all completed - and the contractors are making good headway in putting on' the slate roof. : The main building will be all covered and closed in before cold weather. Work on the new annex to the north wing of the State Hospital has been suspended for this season, the appropriation for 1893 having been exhausted. The annex, which will contain a large congregate dining hall and a number of additional wards for male patients, will be com- nltpd next vsar. i Mr. Tntin "Marc x j . . . .AUVt "who lives on the northern slopes of the South mountains six miles irom Mor ganton, nasone of the largest orchards in Burke, muchof which is in the frost less belt, where th fruit never fails. Mr. Mace has more than 900appl'e trees, a large peach orchard and a vineyard.. Wlien Baby was slclc, ire gave ner Castona . tVhen she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she save them Castm ia A Washington dispatch says Attorney-General Olney has appointed Solo mon C. Weill Assistant U. S. District Attorney for the : Eastern District 0! North Carolina, "
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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