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"iiraiceMn Star. ... cqpg :yr-'- 'TA:r' .K - yi ' - H Vspihits turpentine. 1 .QOAYEARJN ADVANCE. f 882 qinotc, 81 ssss gffgSS88888888888 gsaSS2855:SSS888S3t8 88888888888888888 8S88888828S888SS" SSSSi ook-gsSSg u u x 1 Entered at the Post Office at WUmtjtqa, N. C, at Second Clan Matter.1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The fulMcriptioo price of the Weekly BUY M follows 1 IM Single Cony 1 year, pottage paid w " " 6 months " " JjJ " 8 month! " " v A SPLENDID OFFER. All readers of The Weekly Star should avail themselves of the splen did nnnortunitv offered them of ri j securing the Stoddard Art Album at a purely nominal price. Each series-, containing sixteen magnificent photo graphs of noted scenes and places, may be obtained by sending one coupon, cut from this paper, and twelve cents in money or stamps, There will be sixteen series in all, and when completed they will form one of the most beautiful and in structive works of art that ever adorned a parlor or library. , Read advertisement in this paper for full particulars, showing how this beautiful work can be had for less than one-tenth its value. VERY IMPORTANT . ' During the fpast 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. it is hoped every subscriber ip ar rears will read this notice, and that he will forward the amount due as at once. .. , It is unjust to the proprietor to read his newspaper without paying for it fully as much so as tor the proprietor of the paper to eat the farmer's chickens and eggs and then fail or refuse to remunerate him. We thank those of our subscribers who have paid us, and trust this ap peal wilt not be lost on those who have not paid. A PROBLEM FOR STATESMEN. One of the ills from which this country is suffering to day, and has beed suffering for years, is the con centration of wealth in a compara tively small section of the country and in the hands of a compiratively small number of men. No one be lieves that this could have happened in the legitimate order of business, and there are few intelligent persons who do not know that it is the result of the policies pursued by the Gov ernment within the past three de cades. One of the great problems that presents itself to the statesmen of this country, and it might be called the greatest, is how to distribute the wealth, that is the wealth in the form of moneyrsb that one particular sec tion, or a few men may not have a practical monopoly of it. This may look like a difficult problem, and so it is, but it is not impossible for what the law has done it may undo. That the money of the country is controlled by a small number of men in the money centers of the East is too well-known to admit of doubt or dispute. Tor the bank statements, and the great fortunes of individuals and of families show this. They have much of this wealth so invested that they are able to control many of our railroads, telegraphs, our shipping, some of our greatest industrial enter prises, and thus they control not only the money, but the commerce of the country, which must pay tribute to them. , What does all this consolidating of railroads mean, this placing of many thousands of miles ot road under one dictatorship which represents the syndicate behind it? What do all these trusts arid com bines mean, which pass under the' control of one dictatorship which re presents the syndicate behind it? What means the pooling of issues by the great banks of the money cen ters when there is any particular fi nancial measure which they may de sire to affect, as they pooled their issues last Summer, called in their money to create a stringency, drew on the United States Treasury for gold wnicn tney didn't need, and forced the Secretary of the Treasury. to break Into the gold reserve all a part of the programme to force the trovernment to issue bonds, which would further prolong the existence of the National banking system. If fi railroad is to be built any where In the country the first thing its promoters have to do after the preliminary arrangements are made and they are ready to begin work is to gather their securities or collater als together and strike for New York (SSSSSSSSSsesoo i , ' r : : - I : 8888885882888888 i ...qpq-o ooaQawww - VOL. XXVI. or Boston to borrow money to build it.- So if we want to put State bonds on the market, or municipal ; bonds, the ao-ents ot state or city mane a bee line for where they know, the money is and drive the best bargain they can;-' : . When the cotton crop is ready to be marketed in the Fall before it can " - be moved in any considerable quan: tities buyers have to wait until the local banks get a supply ot money from the big banks North, and then the movement may begin. 1 - When the Western grain-growers are ready to move their crops to market they have to wait until the banks at the buying points are sup plied with money enough to do it. Or dinarily these banks - have - money enough to meetall local; demands, but not enough to meet the demands for the movement of crops, so that the men who control the big banking establishments of the money centers control the movement of the crops of the country, and consequently the transportation of the. country, upon which several millions of men, with those dependent upon them, depend. The fact is there is no estimating the power which these money-manipulators wield in one way or another. While these conditions exist the evils that flow from them .will con tinue to flow, and a remedy must be found for these conditions before the evils can be remedied. As the money wealth of the coun try has been concentrated in a cer tain section and in the hands of a comparatively small number - of per sons by legislative action, so the equilibrium that was destroyed by that action can be restored by legis lative action, by amending that leg islation and by getting back as near as possible to first principles, to the policies which prevailed before the new departure or departures were taken. ' " t ' Legislate for the whole people, not for any particular section or for any particular class of people. Let the Government attend to its business and the people attend to theirs. . Reform the tariff, not with a view to giving protection to the industries of this State or that State, to this class or that class, but with a view to deriving the most revenue with the least burden to the people. Reform the financial legislation so that a tew .men cannot dictate what metal should be . the money metal of the country, and make the stamp of the Government respected by giving it the same legal dignity on the coin of one metal as on the coin, of another. In what shall be money or what shall not be money the voice of the people should be heard, as well as the voice of the man who hoards gold and lends it out at interest. Take off the embargo put upon the banks of the people by remov ing the arbitrary tax, .and thus allow them to provide their own local currency, and get out of the hands of the money lords who now man ipulate the volume of the currency to suit themselves and dictate the legis lation that touches upon the finances. i These are some of the things that could he done and should be done to solve this great problem of the more equitable distribution of the money of the country. It requires only one coupon, cut from the Weekly. 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If Uncle Sam doesn't get his back ud on that he may as well 20 into bankruptcy. The New York World informs its readers that President Cleveland drinks his coffee out of a cup that, is worth $100. This is probably a part of the $5,000 set of chinaware that was ordered for the White House in 1892, when Mr. Harrison did the honors there. " Farmer Rosen burg, of Pennsylva nia, has his doubts whether there is luck in odd numbers or not since his wife presented him the other day with five additions to his family- three girls and two boys. RAVE THE COUPONS. , Readersi of the .Weekly Star should cut out the. coupon for the Stoddard Art A,bum from cacti paper as received. - ; ' Send one coupoo and twelve cents lot tack Series. f , ' r 1 There will be sixteen series, in ail, of this magnificent work of art. ; , Six Series are now ready, If , you wish to see one Series before order ing others, do so. You will want all. - Read advertisement in.: this paper for further particulars, :- , '-" -: 7 Chairman Carter of the -Republican National . Committee "proposes that the basis of representation . be changed in national conventions, his object being to' reduce the voting strength of the Republican delegates from the Southern States. Some of the Southern Republican statesmen are kicking against this, among them the lonely Mr. Settle from this State, If that change takes place free lunches and free liquor will not be as easily : struck by the streaked and striped delegates from the bouth as they have been. . Miles Fenton, of Helena, Mon tana, played the deuce with Gen. Warren. It came about in this way. Warren owned a jnme which Fenton wanted to buy and for which he of fered him $15,000. Warren wanted $50,000. To cut negotiations short, Fenton - proposed to throw dice to settle whether be should pay $15,000 or $50,000, and Warren' declining to be bluffed in that way, assented. War ren threw first, turning up a pair of fives, when Fenton followed with three deuces and saved $35,000. The State of Michigan has a first-' class election scandal, the result of which is the Republican Secretary of State, Treasurer and j Land Com missioner have been suspended from offlce dt the Lrovernor.i inere was an amendment to the State constitu tion increasing the salary of State officers voted for at the last election. These three suspended officers as the canvassing board falsified the returns so as to make it. appear that the amendment carried when ; in fact it was defeated. ' j. General Master Workman Sover eign has the sovereign right to make himself ridiculous, but he should be careful how be kicks against the rulings of " Federal Judges or he might get himself into jail, and find it somewhat inconvenient to get out. The Kinston Free Press, one of the best of our weekly ' exchanges, entered upon its thirteenth volume last week. It is not only a well and ably edited paper, but runs a drag net for news, is always neatly printed, and is a credit to the editor and to the community in which it is published. THE LATE B. R. DUNN, Hia Hemalna Brought to Wilmington for Final - Interment A Monument to be Erected to Hi a Memory.. Daring the forenoon of yesterday the remains of Capt. B. R. Dunn, late engi neer of roadway for the Atlantic Coast Line, who died on the 8th day of August last at the residence of bis brother-in-law, Mr. Wra. Adair, in Giles county, Vir gtnia, were laid to rest in Uakdale cem etery. The cofBa containing the body arrived Tharsday evening and was taken to St. . John's church, where it remained during the night and until the interment, in charge of officials of the Atlantic Coast Line. The re moval ot the remains from Virginia to this city for final interment was made at the earnest solicitation of his associates and friends among the officers and employes of the, road and in accordance with the wishes of Mrs. Dunn', widow of the deceased, who resfdes in Wilmington. As a mark of the great regard in which the deceased was held by bis associates, they will, it is said, erect a monument to bis memory, They Are Nice. The Star has been much impressed with the letters received from ladies ordering the Stoddard Art Portfolios. Asaiule, the grammar is unexception able, the cnirography excellent, and the stationery of the daintiest. There is a great deal of character in one's hand writing, and a study of this is one of the most interesting features of the letters. Confederate Veteran Association. Col. E. D. Hall. President of the North Carolina Confederate Veterans Association, has published a request to all the camps in the State to hold meet ings and adopt resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Gen. Tubal A. Early. '- ATTENTION VETERANS. Headquarters N. C. Confederate VETERANS ASSOCIATION, - Wilmington, N. C , March 8, 1894. As President ol the N. C Confederate Veterans Association, I hereby request the different camps ol Confederate Veterans of the State to meet and pass resolutions ot respect to the memory of the late General Jubai A. Early, who died at his home at Lynchburg, Va., on the 2d day of March, 1894. w. " - - U. HALL, President N. C. C. V. A. Papers of the State please copy. . Referring to the Stoddard Port folios, Mr. - W. A. Thigpen, of Edge- combe county, says: "I am very . much oleased with them." And so say all who have examined them. ; WILMINGTON, N; C.FRID 1894. 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Subscribers to The ! Weekly Star are required to send One Coupon only, and twelve cents for each Series. ROBBERIES AT CAROLINA BEACH. All tne Cottages Balded and Plundered by ' Tnlevee. . - -I ; It will be unpleasant news to the Sum mer residents of Carolina Beach to bear that ' their pretty cottages have been raided by burglars. :l' Mai. D. O'Connor, who was there yes terday, returned last evening and told the Star that every cottage, save one, had been enetered and plundered by thieves of furniture, crockery, cooking utensils, etc and what remained in the houses was left in a topsy-turvy condition. The houses where the greatest damage or loss was sustained were those of Father Price, . Mr.' W. A. French and Mr. J. A. Springer. The only cottage unmo lested was the one next north of the hotel. Steps have been taken to find and capture the robbers,. and there is little doubt but that they will be caught. EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Convocation of Wilmington to Meet at Hawbsrn March 29 th. The Convocation of Wilmington, of which Rev. James Carmichael, D. D., Rector ot St. John's Church, this city, is Dean, will meet in Christ Church, New- bern, on Thursday, March 29tb, at 8 o'clock p.. m., on which occasion there will be Evening Prayer, with a sermon by Rev. Dr. Gushee. The following as signments to duty have, been made by the Bishop: . . t riday, 11a. m. Morning Prayer witn sermon by Rev. Mr. Strange; 8.80 p. m. Business Session; 8 p. m., Evening Prayer and Sermon by Rev. Edward Wooten. Saturday As tbe Diocesan may arrange. Snnday St. Thomas , Craven county (Consecration of Church). The Bishop and Rev. Messrs. George and Wootten.. Trenton Rev.- Mr. Strange. Stonewall Rev. Mr. Skinner, Swannsboro Rev. Mr. Gtbble. New bern Christ Church (a. m.), : Rev. Dr. Carmichael; (p. m ) Episcopal visitation. St. Cyprians (a. m.) Kev. Mr. ureaves; (p. n.) Rev. Dr. Carmichael. All col lections for Conyocattonal purposes. Custom House Appointment. , ' Collector Kenan yesterday appointed Mr. E. G. Policy Inspector of Customs at Wilmington. Mr. Polley is an active and reliable Democrat of the old-fashioned sort, and is well qualified Jor the -position be has secured. There were several other good Democrats who applied for the place, and it is to be regretted that there are not more vacancies to be filled. ROWING TOWN; MAXTON IS ITS NAMEr AND IT HAS A . " FUTURE. - - History of Ita Origin and Growth- One of i the Healthiest Ziooations in the United . . Bute Its SI oral, JSdneatioBat and - '1 Commercial Advantages Present Pop. nlatlon and Future 'Poasibilltlea. -; Impressed "with the beauty of location, the unsurpassed healthfulnessy the high moral tone, the genuine Scotch hospi talityrthe fine educational advantages and the great commercial possibilities of the town ol Maxton, the Star submits the annexed article, which outlines tfae past, present and future of a town which combines all the elements necessary, to growth and prosperity ;. - GROWTH OF TOWNS THE" CHARACTER ISTICOF THE STATE'S PROGRESS. . v Perhaps nothing is more-characteristic of North Carolina's progress during the past two decades, than tne lounding and development of the thousands of small centres 1 of distribution which dot the State. Hamlets, villager and towns now I rear their heads where twenty years ago I siooo. tne . virgin lorest. . ine noise ot the busy mart and the hum of the spindle have taken the place of the hoot of the owl and the whtppoorwill's plain tive cryi t" i This peculiarity of the State's progress is forcibly illustrated by the fact that, notwithstanding the vast increase in tbe product and value of tbe farm lands, the agricultural classes now pay only two fifths of the taxes, wbile two decades ago tney paid three-tilths. NORTH I CAROLINA TOWNS NOT THE - ; , -1 I OFFSPRING OF "BOOM." There is an intransitive verb which has become the synonym of town growth in- some . States. . "Boom" is defined: 1st, "To rush with violence, as a ship under press ot . sail. 2nd, "To make a hollow sound or roar." How often it is that a place by the force of artificial breezes rushes forward "with violence." like a ship without the aid of a conser vative pilot, until it finds itself stranded; and outsiders note that the broadsides with whioh that town (ship) was "break ing down all competitors" was only "hollow! sound or roar. Not so, how ever, with North Carolina towns, and especially with ' ' MAXTON. - : .-V - - The town of which I write is situated at the junction-of the Carolina Central Railroad with the Cape Fear. & Yadkin Valley Railway, on the western side of Robeson county the largest county in the State within a short distance of the Richmond county line, and about twelve miles from the South Carolina line; its location being about 80 48" N Ion. 79j 20" W., and about eighty miles from the Atlantic coast, with an eleva tion of about two hundred feet. Maxton has j - - - - ., A DELIGHTFUL WINTER CLIMATE. The average temperature in winter is about 60. Tbe cold waves seldom re duce the tempetature below 28 or 80. In summer the temperature seldom rises above 90s in the daytime, while the southerly breezes make the nights pleasant. : MAXTON'S PAST. 'n'lB'jrOi a turpentine distillery and a few stores alone marked the place where the Wijlmington. Charlotte & Ruther ford (now the Carolina Central) Railroad crossed the New Bridge and Floral Col lege, dirt road. People, however, were even then disposed to congregate here, but were driven off by litigation which began over the title to land. The legal contention continued so that in 1880 only 214 persons of all ages and colors had been brave enough to retain a foothold in the villlage which bad been incorporated under the sug gestive name of "Shoe Heel." "Sugges tive," I repeat, because if there ever has been a place trodden under foot by men, and men, too, who ought to have seen their best interest in building it up, that place is the one ot which I write. Surely, Maxton has come up through much trib ulation and in spite of depressing influ ences. Titles, however, were at last settled, and the struggling village had increased its population to 715 souls by fune, 1890, and bad begun to take on new life. I MAXTON'S PRESENT. At this writing nearly 1,200 as good citizens (of which 700 are whites) as ever congregated in a rising town are proud to call Maxton their home. The relig ious and moral tone of tbe community is manifested by the presence of eight churches and two Young Men's Chris tian Associations, and its absolute ex emption from liquor saloons and broth els. Tfae churches are divided as fol lows: Episcopal, 1; Presbyterian 2; Baptist, 2; Methodist, 8. MAXTON'S EDUCATIONAL' FACILITIES Are good and improving. Her four schools will take the babes from the nur sery and prepare them for college. The one thing which is needed in this line is a suitable building for a boys' high school, A healthful climate, pure sur roundings, cheap living and fine railroad facilities combine in pointing to Maxton as the place for the hundreds of Robe son and Richmond boys who now pre pare for college or for life's battles in district schools. j THE HEALTH-SEEKER , Is yearly lured to tbe "healing" breezes of the sea or the "tonic" air of the mountains. But this writer has been convinced, both by experience and ob servation, that thtre is no section of the State where health is as certain or life as safe as tbe country lying between the marshes to the east and south and the red clay country to the west and north of this favored section. Typhoid and like fevers come here rarely, and seldom prove j fatal. That product of miasma commonly known as "chills and fever" is never 1 found in Maxton. In fact, we doubt if such a . j LOW MORTALITY RATE Can be shown in any other village of like age and size on the globe. The ceme tery for whites contains the remains of only eight adults; of these only five died in Maxton, and of these five, one was an old tramp who came to the place sick, was cared for by the Y. M. C A. till be died, and was buried there; one died in child-birth; another was sick with ty phoid; fever when she left her home at Goldston and came to her parents here; and still another died with a chronic dis ease not contracted in Maxton. Whether there was a local cause for the remaining one I ! do -not now recall. Surely this record cannot be excelled. The - j BUSINESS OF THE PLACE Consists largely in merchandizing, there being! a quarter of a hundred stores, which supply the country with goods for many miles in all directions. and buy in turn the cotton and other salable products oi the section. As illustrating tbe general development of farm pro ducts in this section in 1870, accord ing to the census, there was but 7,239 bales of cotton raised in the two counties of Robeson and Richmond. Tbe re ceipts at Maxton alone this year will approximate, u not equal, o.uuu oaies. v Maxton also has one turpentine dis tillery, one saw-mill, two carriage facto ries, ! a sash, door and blind factory, machine shops and . foundry, a .:.t;..:v:-.-.-v-.., . ...... .... , L3 : cotton yarn factory nearly "ready for work, and of course the usnal supply of blacksmith shops, shoemakers, butchers, barbers, etc., etc., which go to make up a MAXTON'S SURROUNDINGS. . " i ine soil in tbe vicinity is varied. much ot it is susceptible of a high state of cultivation; and not only cotton, corn, oats, peas, rice, Irish and sweet potatoes are grown with profit, but strawberries and vegetables yield abundantly. , : ' MAXTON'S NEEDS. - ' ' " One ol the needs of Maxton now is a bank. A bank with fifty thousand dol lars capital could be operated here with profit.- A furniture factory' ought to be a good investment, j The large yield of the cow pea, the Irish potato, ' and the starch-prod acing. variety f of sweet po tatoes suggests a atarch factory The abundance ot saccharine matter in the yam raised in this section indicates that this is the place for sugar beet factories. A cotton seed oil mill and a soap factory should both be established. There is good water power for y ?. .".v ; :j . .. LARGE COTTON MILLS, -On Shoe Heer creek, near Maxton. But better than this : a canal cut from Lum ber river to Shoe Heel creek, a distance of about two miles, would furnish power sufficient to run ail the factories of every kind that the most sanguine can hope ior witnin tne next quarter ot a century. There are f j ' ; MANY INDUSTRIES ; - ; Unenumerated which might be carried on here. Tile works ought to flourish. Perhaps we have glass sand. There should be smaller farms and- more far mers in this vicinity. The truck busi ness should be developed. Henneries ought to be established. ; Visits from winter tourists should be encouraged. The climate is all they can desire, the shooting is good and society first-class. MAXTON'S FUTURE HER RAILROAD FACILITIES. Situated at the junction of' the two longest railroads in the State, the Caro lina Centralrunning from Wilmington, near the coast, to Rutberfordton, in the mountains, is a part of tbe Seaboard Air Line system and giyes us commu nication with the whole country, not only through its own connections, but through those of the Atlantic Coast Line, and the Richmond & Dan ville. The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, running from Bennettsville, S. C, to Mount Airy, in Surry county, N. C, near the Virginia line, crossing the Carolina Central at Maxton, gives us the same outlets, but at different points. Wben this road is extended a few miles further and connects with the Norfolk & Western on the Virginia line, direct northwest communication will be estab lished for Maxton. i In addition to these two roads already in operation a charter has been procured by tbe Maxton & Northwestern Rail road Company for a road to run from Southport or some other point on the Atlantic coast to tbe Tennessee or Vir ginia State line, by Maxton. i In view of what I bave written and many other things which could be sug gested, am I not justified in predicting a bright future for Queen Maxton? Child of destiny, in her infancy and weakness she has feared no rival, and now looks forward with confidence to the time, when the proudest boast of each of her five thousand citizens shall be I am a Maxtonian. COLPORTUER'S REPORT. Wilmington, N. C, March 1.1894. Editor Star. Will you allow me space in your yery popular paper, for my February report as Colporteur for the American Bible Society and to express my thanks to the kind people of New Hanover county for their unbounded kindness to me while I was working among them. Almost every family I visited, when I was leaving, implored a blessing upon me and my work. But one family in the county, out of the city, charged me for a night's lodging. I would like to relate a little incident, viz: A gentleman, one of the kindest, asked me to make bis house my home, while I was canvassing in his neighborhood. I did so, and remained with his kind family three nights, and while there he gave me $1.00 for the American Bible Society. A few nights after I called at one of his near neighbors and asked to be allowed to stay all night. I got per mission. I did without supper from choice and left before breakfast, and the man charged me. The first man is not a member ot any church, the second man was. I kTHE REPORT. Number of familes visited ......... 887 Number of familes found without a Bioie ......... ........ Number of families without a Bible ' supplied by sale or gift. 67 Other individuals who had no Bible . supplied . . ... . . . ................ 29 Number of books sold. ...... 110 Number of books donated. ... . 90 Number of miles travelled. 412 ; Amount received from individuals and churches as gifts to the Society: , Scott's Hill (Methodist) . .2 99 Rocky Point (Methodist) ......... 85 Union (Methodist) . . 1 00 School House 68 Cash.,,...... 1 55 ' Thad L. Troy, j Colportuer At B. S. A. Practical Suggestion. The subjoined notice which has been ordered conspicuously posted in the post offices throughout the country, is of importance: "Don't mail your letter or valuable package without having your own ad dress written or printed upon the upper left-hand corner. This would insure its return to you it not delivered, and will prevent its being sent to and , opened at the Dead Letter Office." : The general adoption of this sugges tion would not only prove satisfactory to tbe general public, but it would lessen the work of the Post Office De partment. - f Mclntyro Was In It. Mr. T. A. Mclntyre, owner of the Glenoe stock farm, Onslow county, took the following premiums at the Newbern Fair: Best stallton over four years old, (15.00; best filly between three and four years old, $5.00; best fally between two and three years old, $5.00; best colt be tween one and two years old, $5.00; best jack. $5 00. . ' - Mr. Mclntyre is a man oi weaitn, liberality and public spirit, and doing much for the development of this sec tion. . V-g-; v' ' - " ' ' Baid on Wielt Distillers. A correspondent of the Star writing from Candor. Montgomery county, says that Mr. W. T. Gibson, deputy collector, made a raid last Wednesday on illicit distillers near Candor and captured and destroyed one still and contents. - - Messrs. Alex.'Sprunt & Son cleared yesterday the British steamer Berwick for Bremen. Ger with cargo of 9,190 bales of cotton valued at $182,100. 18 C0RBETT ACQUITTED, THE PRIZE FIGHTERS TRIAL AT JACK- . ; : " SONVILLE. The .Whole Thing a Faroe -8 porta Jubi lant at tha Outoome The j$o.Tal CI ah Proposes to Full off the Corljfeu-Jaokeon kill at Jacksonville. ? f j!-:-,'. ... -... Telegraph to tbe Morainf Star. - Jacksonville, Fla., Marc 1. Once more tbe prize fighters have gone up against the -"peace and dignir" of tbe State of Florida, Ibs Governol Mitchell would , phrase it, and once Imore the "peace and dignity" has been! knocked out in short order. v--"-,'f'-:.; ' At 3 51 this afternoon the jilry in tbe cases against James . Corbett charged with violating the laws ot Florida by en gaging in a prize fight, retired ko make up a verdict.- At 4 07. or six eea minutes later, the jury returned and lheloreman handed the verdict to the Suite attor ney, who read : - We, the jury.j pod the defendant not guilty." A bro&d smile spread over Corbett's face "as jfie heard these reassuring words, and life sports who crowded the court rooti would have cheered had they not lieen in formed by Judge Phillips when he jury came in that he would send any person to jail for contempt who dared to ex press approval or disapproval! of the verdict.." ' 1 ." Charles Mitchell was present ttaen the verdict was announced, and b leaned over and grasped Corbett by tie hand and whispered congratulations. If itchell, of course, considered the verdict in the light of a practical acquittal for fiimself, as a case against him of a similaf nature is pending. There were four wpmen in the court room at the time, twopf them members of tbe "After Dark Cotipany," and they braved the wrath of Judge Phillips to the extent of a mereiwave of their hands to Corbett. The proceed ings leading up to tne verdict were vary tame. ... - . i : The impression here is that tip whole thing has been a farce. The witnesses for the State, to Use a sporting jphrase, "fell down," and the defence tad the easiest sort of a walk-over. . ji Wben Attorney-General Laiiar was asked for an opinion on tbe j iesult of the case, he said: "It would! not be good faith for me to criticise the ver dict." . '..-. - - . ji "Will you push the other casts now?" "I cannot say yet," replied thfe Attorney-General. "I have wired te Gov ernor for instructions, and the course in regard to other cases depends Upon tbe Governor's advice. it Corbett left for New Orleans ifto-night with the "After Dark QjmpanyJ" Mitchell is still here and wilt remain until the case against him is eitfier tried or nol-prossed. ji Tbe sports feel jubilant over the out come, and members of the Dulal Ath letic Club say they propose tof pull off the Corbett-Jackson mill berf. They say that the courts and people pre with them, and they can have a pze fight every morning before breakfast and another one to give them an apbetite for supper if they so desire. j Late to-night Attorney-Genal Lamar received a telegram from Gov Mitchell stating that he had no futtbef instruc tions and that further proceedings would be left to his (Lamar's) discretion. This means that , tbe cases against Mitchell and the members of the Athletic Club will be not. prossed. This afction will probably be taken in the morning. " CONGRESSMAN Wll ON. Consul General Crittenden eleRreshs That He is Oat of Di By Telegraph to the Morning Stai. I Washington, March 1.-a special dispatch from the City of Mexico to a New York morning paper, slating that Congressman William L. Wij on was in a dying condition, created akood deal ot concern here to-day, buthhis after noon a telegram was received at the State Department from Mr. j Crittenden, the U. S. Consul General in :he City of Mexico, as follows: i "Just beard from Wilson. Tempera ture normal; general condition good; convalesence sure, if hot imprudent, but slow. Needing good nourishment, rest. Uut af all danger. i j "(Signed) Critendi GEN. JUBAL EAR V. F plis Eternal The Grand Old Hero Oone to! Beat. Bt Telegraph to the Uornlai Star. LynchburG. March 2. Ujiited States Senator John W. Daniel walked into the News' office at 11 o'clock to-iight and in a sad voice announced that his old com mander, Gen. Tubal A. Early, at whose bedside he has been a constant watcher for some days, had gone m his eternal rest. ' ' I" lj General Early died at 10.83. He passed away quietly in the presence dt his family physician, bis kindred land several intimate friends. The old General seemed to be aware of his approaching end early in the day. Befoe noon he called for tbe morning papef, as was his invariable custom, and attempted to read, but found that bis sight was failing. Soon afterwards he extended his band to Senator Daniel and calmly Slid: "I want to tell you good-bye, Majorf' He then told his nephew, Cabell Early, farewell, after which he dropped j Into a quiet slumber. Later in tbe daf the dying veteran asked Senator Dap iel not to leave the room as he wanted to talk to him about certain arragoments. but from that time he suffered uch intense fain that he did not revive the subject, le met death unflinchingly with bis hand resting auietly in Senator Daniel's. No arrangements have been made for the funeral and none will be ade before to-morrow. Private telegrams have en sent by Senator Daniel to many of n. Early's ex-Confederate comrades, mi ny of whom will no doubt come here burial. attend the It is thought that Gen. Early has left a good estate, though he was man of as tonishing generosity and especially to wards his numerous relatives and needy ex-Confederates. . ' CORBETT-M ITCHELL. The Iiaat Aet in the Trial mi paokaonTille. Bt Telegraph to the Moraiac Stai. Jacksonville, Fla March 2AThe last &c in the Corbett-Mtchell , trial came to a close in the Criminal Court of Records this morning wbehfthe remain ing eases were nonprossed by tbe Solici tor. Court convened at 9 j p'clock and Solicitor Christie made a niotion to not. pros the case against Chafes Mitchell and the members of the Dval Athletic Club. The Court granted I the motion. I Only a few of the men intefested in the case were present.. Billy Thompson and Charlie Mitchell were notfpresent, but came along a little latter, and were met at tbe foot of the stairs leading to the court room and told that te cases had been not. prossed, and the turned and went down town. -. .. . ' x 11 ? : Mitchell left for St. Augistine this af ternoon, where he will remkin for an in definite period. Mitchells lays that be has nothing to do and might as well stop in Florida as well as anywhere else. en." iPe i , . tayetteviUe Observer- Mr William Warden. died in Pittsboro, February 15, after an illness of seven weeks, in the eighty-first ycar ui ms age - nc was the last of a large and well known family of this place " Concord Times : . Mr. Matthew Cook, a well-known and highly respected citizen of Mt. Pleasant, died last Thurs day evening, February 22, about 6 o'clock p. m., after an illness of about - ten days, in the 84th year of bis age. i Louisburg Times; : The num ber ol boxes of Western meat that come to this place now is comparatively small, and if our farmers continue to raise their meat as they did last year, the number will be much smaller They say that they are going to do it. " . -f Windsor Republican: A good sized; bull frog, alve and hearty, was fished out of a 80 loot well at Five Forks, Forsyth county, the other day. Now ' just how his fregship got there, and malnt lined an existence, is a matter lew can conjecture with any degree of cer-. Uinty. ;-' ' : Southport . Leader: Frank e. Boynton, botanical collector for G.: wl Vanderbilt, who has been collecting plants in Brunswick county for Mr. Vanderbik's botanical garden at Bilt more. N .C. left here for Lincoln county yesterday. Mr. Boynton secured several thousand plants. - " 1 Tarboro Southerner On the -22d of this month, at his home in Tar boro, Mr. D C Richardson died, in the 68th year of his age. Mr. Richardson was taken sick the Saturday before, and his illness was of very short duration. He had for many years been one of the mostj prominent merchants of Weldon. ' Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer: Capt. Thos. Cook Gulledge died at his home in Gulledge's township last Sundav night, after a long illness. Mr. Gulledge was in the 85fh year of his age. and until a few months ago was re- -markably strong and active for a man of his years. Warrenton Record : Mrs. Vir ginia Maxwell, one of tbe oldest resi dents of Warrenton, died, last Friday morning, aged 76 years. -Mrs. Bet tie Brame Bobbin, the eldest daughter of Jno. M. Brame. Esq.. of this county, died at the residence of her husband, R. E. Bobbitt, in Henderson . last Friday night. , " .. - Monroe inquirer: Mr. W. D. Clark died at his home in Sandy Ridge township on the 27th inst. He had been sick but three days and his death was a great shock to the community. Reports are that Mr. Stephen Webb, of Marshville township, who was carried to the Western N. C. Insane Asylum at Morganton about twelve months since, died a few days ago. Mr. Webb was about sixty years old. - Newbern Courier: Dr. Chas. E. Mann, of Beaufort, formerly of Hyde countv, died suddenly of pneumonia in New York city last Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. He was attending a series of medical lectures in that city. Some time ago the Courier reported an acci dent which befell the little son. of Mf. George Hamilton, who fell into an open fire-place and came very near losing his life. The little boy lived in great pain until 4 o'clock yesterday alternoon. Winston Sentinel: Walnut Cove was visited by a destructive fire about 1 o'clock Sunday morning. The Stokes county warehouse, owned and operated by Fulton, Flint & Co.. was totally de stroyed. The fire, it is thought, origi nated from a defective flue. There was $1,100 insurance on tbe warehouse. The fire spread to Mr. Jacob Fulton's' store house, which was partially burned. The goods were saved. The building was in sured but none on the stock of goods. Newbern Journal: We learn of a most distressing accident at Cove sta tion, sixteen miles from Newbern, which resulted in the death of two small children of Mr.Brice, one of the best known farmers of that locality. They were a boy and girl about five and six yearsjjf age. Last Saturday one of the children caught on fire and was so badly burned as to die on Monday. The other, in attempting to put out the first child, caught fire also and was so badly burned that death resulted Tuesday morning. -'-!- Sanford Express : The work of re-opening tbe coal mines at' Carbonton is being rapidly pushed ahead. These mines were first opened some time dur ing the year .1864, for the use of blockade runners. For thirty years no coal has been taken out of them. Not being worked the mines are full of water. Machinery has been put in for pumping it out. The railway last week began the construction of a spur track to the mines. State Geologist Holmes, says . this is the best coal yet found in North Carolina. 4- Raleigh News and Observer: Ex-sheriff A, Fogle, of Salem, has made a beautiful walnut coffin for himself. It was made from a tree planted by bis mother in 1814.' Gov. Carr has offered a reward of $200 for the capture of Joseph P. Moore and William Little ton,twho are wanted in Fayetteville for burglary. Littleton is also wanted for various other crimes. He is five feet six inches high, is 25 years old and weighs 150 pounds. Moore is six feet high, is 21 years old and weighs 165 pounds. Maxton Scottish Chief : Died suddenly at " bis home, between McColl -and Clio, on Saturday last, Mr. Ander son Quick, and old and esteemed citizen of that section. He bad been complain ing for several days with a severe- cold, but no one thought him seriously sick. About 4 o'clock he walked out to his garden and was gone but a few minutes when his grandchildren saw him fall and gave the alarm, but be was dead when they reached him. Mr. Murdock McKenzie quietly and peacefully breathed his last at bis home, near Floral College, last Monday morn ing at 10 o'clock. He was probably the oldest man in the county, being in tbe 94th year of his age. Died at,her home in Smithville. on Monday night, after a short illness, Mrs. Calvin Grooms, form erly of Red Hill. j . Smithfield Herald: On Satur- day, Feb. 17th, Mr. Benton D. Tart, near Mingo, Sampsion county, left home and went out. he said to look for a hen's nest. In about a half an hour some one went out to look lor bim and found that be had fallen into a ditch about Z4. feet deep and bad broken bis neck. He was subject to fits and is supposed to have been taken with a fit. He was a son of Mr. T. S.Tart, and about twenty of age. Mr. Ben Rich, a citizen of Lilliog- ton was found dead in bis bed last Sun day morning. He went to bed as well as usual and was found lying across tbe bed next morning dead with bis clothes and shoes on. Dr. F. T. More went over Monday and held an inquest. Heart failure was the verdict ot the jury. - MARINE DISASTER. Schooner Tannle Arthur Stranded at Cape Henry. Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, March 8. Superin tendent Kimball, of the . Life-Saying Service, was informed by telegraph to day by tbe keeper of the Cape Henry, Va- Life-Savine , Station, that the schooner Fannie Arthur, of Somer's Point, N. J., from Baltimore to Cuba, with a crew of nine men and a cargo of coal, stranded one mile north of the station at 4 o clock this morning, and that the crew remained on board the vessel, there being no immediate danger to life. - - mm: -" -' i The Jackson Brewing Company. Cin cinnati, O., made an assignment yester day to John D. Bobe. The assets are $400,000 while the liabilities are but $150,000. It is said, ijqnly temporary.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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