anv degree responsible for any statement
made in it, though I saw parts of it before
its publication, but did not and have hot
in this day seen page 68, to which the
question refers, though the statement there
made was doubtless derived by the author,
Russell H. Conwell, from conversations
with rae. but not from any special, authori
zation by me to make it.
James G. Bi.aixe.
I'nited States of America, . i
District of Maine, tut :-
Before me, Winfield 8. Choate, Commis
sioner of the Circuit Court of the United
States, in and for said district; personally
appeared James G. Blaine, and subscribed
and made oath to the truth of the forego
ing answers.
Witness my hand, &c, Ac.
Wisfield 8. Choate.
Commissioner of the Circuit Court, ifce.
THE MULLIGANS.
Who Thf y Are and Why They "Tell."
Boston Correspondence Charleston News.
James Mulligan is a singular individual.
He has lived in this city for more than
thirty years, and always occupied posi
tions of trust and responsibility. In all
of them he has shown himself an exem
plary citizen, and no man's word stands
higher than his. This Irishman occupies j
a peculiar position in this community, lie
came from the north of Ireland years ago
and leans to the Protestant rather than the
Catholic Faith. With a stubborn idea of
integrity, he is everywhere known as a
man whose word is as good as his bond.
Xo one in this city or elsewhere could
charge him with an untruth or with bad
faith and be believed. Ever since he
lauded in this countrv he has occupied the
highest confidential positions with busi
nessmen. As seen along the streets one
would wonder that such grave responsi
bilities had been committed to his charge.
If Dickens had have known" him in his
palmy days no more interesting character
than this could have been woven into his
beautiful stories. He reminds one of the
confidential clerk of a great law firm as
this individual is presented in the plays.
"Of about medium height, with an easy,
shuffling gate and slender build, he moves
:ibout his business and leisure in a perfect
ly methodical way. His face 'm small and
the lines in it rather severely drawn. Like
almost all old bachelors, he is scrupulously
neat in his dress and evidently dyes his
hair. Perhaps this man is fifty years old
or more, and yet it would be hard to guess
within ten years of his age, so neat and
nice does he look for a man of his years.
WHKKE AND HOW HE LIVES.
There, is a little hotel down in the older
end of the city where he has lived for
more than a quarter of a century. It is a
iiuiet, home-like place, known as the New
England House, and a relic of bygone
days. Yet this upright and peculiar Mile- i
sian in wealth clings to the old habitation
vhe.re he began to board almost as soon as
lie had landed in America poor.
Mulligan has had a curious career. .For
:i time he handled'the cash of one of the
dust theatres in Boston. Afterward he
was the confidential bookkeeper of the
Stanwoods. relatives of the Blames, and
i- now and has been for many years the
trustee of what is known as the Fisher
state. He has handled millions of money
without mistake in his accounts arid still
is a trusted expert in his financial affairs.
In the capacity of court manager of the
Fisher estate these letters cf Mr. Blaine's
came, into his possession. They were a
part d the assets of Warren Fisher when
he passed through bankruptcy. Mulligan
did not in the first instance intrude them
before the public and was in no wise re
sponsible for their being given to the
world. r When called to Washington in
17(5 to, testify he was a most unwilling
witness, but the facts of Mr. Blaine's trans
actions with Mr. Fisher were forceid from
him by the action of some very prominent
Republicans in this city.
AQ.riI.LA ADAMS AND MORSE.
Aiiilla Adams is president of one of
the largest financial institutions in Boston.
He was one of the men who knew of the
itence of these letters through having
-"ine business relations with the Fisher es
tate. Adams is a' large man, with a bald
head and a big moustache. He is rather
tall, stoutly built and gives one the idea
that he is a solid man of affairs. During
the Congressional investigation of 1870 he
wrote, a note for publication, which called
lit these letters of Mr. Blaine's to Fisher.
An interesting story is now told for the
tir-t time which shows how many Repub
licans in Massachusetts were anxious that
Mr. Blaine's fiscal operations should be
known to the public besides those who are
now figuring in these matters. It is stated
upon authority that R. M. Morse, Jr., who
was the chairman of the recent Republican
tati- Convention of Massachusetts, was
til'- real power by which Mulligan and his
letters were brought to Washington by trfe
Congressional committee. He was the
a.-it.rnee in bankruptcy of the arren
Fisher estate, and all these disclosures
which are now gradually coming to light
are said to have been brought out. in the
examinations ln'fore the registrar in bank
ruptcy. It is told that upon the disclosure-,
made Mr. Morse took steps to call out
for the benefit of the public the letters
which were printed in 1870 and the new
ones which arc just now being presented
for the edification of the people of the
I'nited States. So it would appear that
neither Mulligan nor Fisher were in any
way responsible for the publicity given to
this subject in the first instance. It .also
now appears that Mr. Mulligan took only
such" letters to Washinston as he was
obliged to take under the call of the com
mittee. The balance which he is now
producing are simply called out by the
personahassaults being made upon him by
Mr. Blaine's partisans.
ABOUT WARREN FISHER.
Warren Fisher, like Mr. Mulligan, has
been an innocent party to all this business.
Mr. Blaine's letters to him. passed out 'of
his possession in the regular order of pro
ceedings in bankruptcy and he has simply
been intruded into , this matter as an acci
1' nt of the occasion. Mr. Fisher is a well
known character in the business life of
ti.is city. He is quite an old man now
perhaps, fifty-five years of age. Just at
pr -M-ut he is living quietly upon his farm
up i" Vermont, and he only comes to Bos
'on when business requires his presence.
It i said of him that he feels very keenly
h- unpleasant position he has been placed
in by this political adventure, into which
le- has been dragged against his will, and
'hat whatever he does in this matter now
will be to protect himself against the as
saults which mav be made upon him by
'Mr. 151a ine or his friends.
These are the characters that are or have
been prominent in giving publicity to Mr.
151 nine's letters. They are all living here
and moving about in the e very-day busi
'I' ss affairs of this city. Any of them can
'e seen any day. In this region, where
'they are known, their reputations cannot
be assailed with success. None of them
politicians except" Mr. R. M.-Morse,
:,"d he was the chairman of the recent
regular Republican gathering here, but
was powerfully silent as to his knowledge
"f the disclosures made to him while he
' the assignee of Warren Fisher's es
btte. Time brings queer changes. Politic-make
strange bed-fellows. The end
' f this controversy has not yet been
'"'aehed. There are more interesting de
' loptni -nts behind, hence the short sketch
'f the central figures in this peculiar con
s' -t. together with the plain statement of
l" w these interesting communications were
'r-t unearthed. A gentleman just nomi
''' '1 for Congress by the Republicans in
' "" of the Boston districts went on a hur
""l trip to Europe to escape giving testi
'"oiiy" in this matter. '
POLITICS BElfOXD THE RIDGE.
The Speaking at Charleston.
Correspondence of the Raleigh Keoister.J
Ashevhae, September 15. .
President Andrews' car and that
of Superintendent McBec went out in ad
vance of the regulaT train, and instead of
stopping at Charleston where the celebra
tion was to take place, they continued on,
inspecting the road to the terminus at the
mouth of the Nantahala river, expectingto
return next morning to join the multitude
in commemoration of the great event. But
they built worse than they knew. Their
train flew the track and detained them all
the subsequent night.
While the distinguished gentlemen on
these cars were reveling in the solitudes
of the Nantahala, returning thanks and
passing resolutions among themselves,
TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE U
of Swain -and adjoining counties were
shouting hallelujahs in the beautiful little
town of Charleston. A grand barbecue
had been provided and everybody fared
sumptuously. The table was three hun
dred yards long. It was no miracle that
fed them; but twelve hundred loaves of
bread, shipped from Asheville, and the
best cattle and hogs of Swain county,
amounted to the same thing. After din
ner was over, spcakingwas announced by
Sheriff Franks. By some device Coke
and Busbee and Poole had managed to get
on the grounds.
MK. l'OOLE,
State Senator from Martin. sDoke first, in
the court house, and made a speech that
evoked continued applause, for about an
hour. After he closed
CAPTAIN COKE
rose, and for about the same length of time
made one of the grandest speeches ever
heard in North Carolina. He struck the
most powerful blow against the. mal-ad-ministration
of the Republican party that
has been dealt by any hand in the State.
The Republican party, he said, is ruling the
government by farce, bribery and corrup
tion. They are robbing you by the tariff.
By the internal revenue they are bribing the
young' men of this country and undermin
ing the very manhood of this and other
States. By fraud they defeated a candi
date whom the people elected, and inau
gurated a man whom the people had de
feated. The revenue system has no re
spect for the laws of North Carolina. One
of its officers comes to you clothed with
the power of the government and defies
your laws and your constitution. He
comes to you above your constitution. A
man comes to your house at night. Tou
suppose him to be a belated messenger of
"peace, and open your door to find him a
two-legged devil in the guise of a revenue
officer. He can kill you without law-not
one of them has ever been punished. I
?nce fou8h ag" he government ; but
I am now for the Union, now and forever,
But I am not for the dirty hands that have
befouled and besmeared the fair fame of
my country. I want to see them turned
out and gentlemen put in. Do you know,
my countrymen, that you arc sleeping on
the brink of a volcano? A party has crept
into your government that is threaten
ing to overthrow your liberties and your
institutions. The revenue and the tariff,
these yield the means with which to bribe
our people; these yield the power with
which to overcome and subjugate you.
A WORD ABOUT MEN.
We who are here do not know so much
about Blaine. But there is a man. I am
sorry to say a North Carolinian, whom we
do know, and he wants to be your, gov
ernor. There must have been some mis
take about his place of birth. He stands
before you advocating the corrupt princi
ples to which I have referred. Why, he
would disgrace the gubernatorial chair sor!
that it would take the Atlantic ocean i
turned upon it a century to purge and :
purifyeit. He and Blaine stand together
on civif rights for the degradation of our
people. Our negroes would be ruined by
their company. On the other hand, we :
offer you a good ticket, pure men and able '
men. I stand before the people of Swain,
which county voted its full strength for :
t me, and I tell you that on my motion the :
! nomination of General Scales for your
Governor was made unanimous. North !
j Carolina wants an honest government, a !
j just government, an honest and able Gov
! ernor, and Scales will give us that. j
! At tihe mention of General Scales' name '
I and the tribute Coke paid him the entire
I house thrilled with rapturous enthusiasm :
; and the applause was prolonged and ter- '
; rific. Captain Coke advised organization
and Work. ''You cannot be a good Dem
ocrat," he says, "by casting your vote :
alone, any more than you can go to heaven
! by looking to yourself alone. You must
I take others with you. Next to your God !
is your duty to your country." j
i After the day was over it still seemed I
! that we had not 'celebrated" enough. '.
i About nine o'clock at night the train
! which had jumped the track arrived at the
1 Charleston depot, bringing the distin- ,
' guished passengers whom we were to hear ;
! for the next three hours. The whistle ;
j blew, calling the people together around i
the train, and the speakers delivered them- ;
selves from the platform of the car. Some
spoke on politics, others on the stnpen- j
dous enterprise which had just been con- !
summated. No reporter under the heav- ;
ens would know what to do with those
ten speeches by Jarvis, Robinson, Vance.
Coke, Busbee, fcc, &c, &c. Many were
good, patriotic and eloquent; some were
indifferent. They continued till 12 o'clock,
when your reporter stole away and went
to sleep.
STANLY COUNTY' NEWS.
Politics, Crops, Emigrants and Immi
grants. Correspondence of the Raleigh Kegistek.1
Norwood, N. C, Sept. 18, 1884. Poli
tics are-not creating much excitement in
Stanly yet, but when the day of election
comes the people will vote all right, and
Stanly will roll up a good majority for the
Democratic ticket.
THE CROPS
which at one time looked so promising have
been cut short by the dry weather. About
two-thirds, or possibly three-fourths, of a
crop will be made. Business is dull, and
merchants are looking a little blue over the
npAcnpt rf Hnlfinfinnr their books this fall
t... Vu ; m?v, .nrnnMrnmcn) for
nnr rmonle to leave the old North State for
the West. A letter from a young man who
t i
went to Texas last winter states that he
has had but fifty cents in money since he
went there, arid that in the section where
he lives not more than a fourth of a crop
will be made.
The usually healthy village of .Norwood
has been
FEARFULLY SCOURGED THIS YEAR.
There have been about forty cases of ty
phoid fever here, and the disease has not
yet disappeared. Diphtheria is also raging
in the surrounding country. Monday night
and Tuesday our deaths occurred from
this disease near here, two of them in the
same family.
Mr. David Coble, of Stanly, has been
married four times, and is the father of 29
children. He illustrates the truth of an
assertion made in the Legislature by an
honest old Dutchman, who some years ago
represented Stanly in that body. A bill
was before the House for the
ENCOURAGEMENT OF IMMIGRATION,
.and the member from Stanly opposed it
on the ground that "in his county they
had good water and healthy people, and'
could raise their own immigration." He
believed in raising all our supplies, at
home. E. R. Wood.
Two genuine cases of yellow fever have
occurred in Brooklyn.
IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES
Our Orators Spread Themselre.
Reflections from the Wilson Mirror. J
Don Gilliam, the Democratic Elector
for this district, and W. P. Williamson,
the Republican Elector, met in the Court
House in this place on Tuesday night, and
addressed the people.
MR. GILLIAM
has a fine voice, rich and round, and one
which is willingly responsive to all the re
quirements of modulation. But candor
compels us to say he is cold and passion
less, and his style of delivery is too rigidly
declamatory to make him an effective and
impressive debater. In this role his oppo
nent is decidedly his superior, and would
weave a fadeless garland of renown while
he was only plucking a little floweret,
whose fragrance is as evanescent as the
dews of morning. His delivery there
fore has none of that fire about it which
melts -away the icy embrace of a frozen in
difference, and starts the phlegmatic cur
rent of feeling into a roaring dash and
makes it sweep along a thundering Niagara
of seething enthusiasm. But his sentences
are well rounded, and show that he has
polish and culture and finish. His lan
guage was indeed pure and refined, and
bespoke an elegant and cultured gentle
man. MR. WILLIAMSON
has a deep, strong voice, and it is endowed
with the natural ease and rugged vigor of
expression which make the impressive"
speaker. He is a young man of big brain
and brawnv intellectual powers, and has
to tne credit side of his account a big
fund of historical and political informa
tion. upon which he draws most copious
ly. He is an adroit, ingenious, keen, reck
less and aggressive speaker, and wears the
hardest mask of brazen faced effrontery
that we have ever seen. Skilled in the se
ductive and fascinating wiles of the most
blandishing sophistry, he practices that
dangerous art with dexterous ease and
grace, and makes the strongest and most
plausible plea for a weak and cornet party
that we have heard in some time. He sees
a vulnerable point with the penetrating
and far-reaching ken of an eagle, and he
pounces down upon it with ravenous avid
ity, and then that object wears forever af
terward the gory imprint of its lacerating
clutches. But his speech, was vulnerable.
Arrows of fact hurled from the skill-strung
bow of well-directed argument would have
gone hurtling through it, crushing and
shattering and ruining its effective power
for ever.
JUDGE FOWLE'S
speech at Snow Hill on Saturday was a
magnificently finished production, and was
gracefully festooned with those exquisitely
woven garlands of fancy which he en
twines with such rare taste and beauty.
ine dulcet rhythm of his eloquent and re
sonant periods lingered in the senses long
after the matchless oration wasended, and
seemed like the sweetly murmuring echoes
which float in thrilling vibrations from
that pure, deep stream of melody when
Wilson's "Lute-toricd Queen of" Song"
breathes forth those divine creations which
alone have birth in well-tuned lips. God
bless the noble Fowle, and sanctify his
ringing eloquence to the salvation of our
country from the thraldom of Radical
rule. We also hear that the speech of
F. A. WOODWARD
was a strong and unanswerable arraign
ment of the Republican party and brought
out its crimes with fine effect. He was
bold and aggressive, and stormed the vul
nerable points of Radicalism with a
sweep of accusation which could not be
stayed or resisted. With his speech en
trenched as it was in the solid, granitic
ground work of rock-coated facts, and
bristling with the guns of his thundering
maledictions, he made a grand, valiant
fight for the cause of honesty aud reform,
and left a record which will be wreathed
in the sweetest flowers of remembrance.
Our young friend,
DAVID WARD,
being called upon, made a short, appro
priate and stirring address, and showed
that he, too, could robe his sentiments in
rhetoric's rosiest garniture, and warm them
in that fire of fervor which burns with
melting power.
. B. AYfOCK.
of Goldsboro, addressed the Wilson Dem
ocratic Club last night, and in our humble
judgment it was the ablest and most pow
erful address that we have heard during
the whole Campaign. It was fluently and
thrillingly presented, and aroused that
spirit of feeling' which frequently liberated
its ejectricity of enthusiasm in loudest
detonations of applause. :IIe was particu
larly felicitous and handled his subject
with an ease and a grace born of a master's
skill and power. With the sharpened
scalpel of well handled facts he flayed the i
political character of the corrupted Blaine,
and left it wincing and quivering under
tlie merciless excoriation ol his rasping
invective. He then took up the Radical
i party, and flinging the calcium light of
' investigation down into all its chambers
; of affairs, he brought out its many crimes,
'. and after sitting in righteous judgment
; upon them and weighing them fairly and
justly, he consigned that party to the
i pillory of eternal condemnation. We have
1 not the time to make a synopsis, for it is
j now 11 o'clock, and we must needs be
j brief. Suffice it to say it was a glorious
f effort, and wholesome fruit will ripen from
: its luxuriant branches. .
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY'S
Crops, Schools, Factories aud Politics.
Correspondence of the Raleigh Register.)
Reidsvili.e, N. C, Sept. 18, 1884.
We have had quite a drouth, and crops. of
corn and tobacco are seriously injured,
upland corn especially. Much tobacco
has fired, even while green. The farmers
are curing. Most of the tobacco is light.
Some is curing finely, but little of the
crop was right on the hill; therefore
not right in the barn. Some few have fine
crops but as a general thing it is thought
that the crop will fall short from a third
to a half from what it would have been
had it been seasonable. From three to
four weeks ago, the prospects were good
and bid fair for a large crop ; but there are
with a crop of tobacco many slips between
the seasons and the knife. Much fodder
I has burnt up people are saving it. Land
! 19 to ha,:d to Plow for wheat; but
few
turnip seed sown, and what was sown has
not come up. Pastures scorched stock
suffering for food.
REIDSVILI.E
continues to improve. More new and
large stores going up; a new warehouse
and several large tobacco factories, some
five stories high ; many residences build
ing and nearly completed ; schools have
started, but no graded school yet, and a
poor prospect for one. There is an ele
ment opposed to graded and publie schools,
while those in favor do not put forth any
effort for it, yet there are honorable excep
tions. Any trick, patent or improvement,
no matter how big an elephant may come
along, they will bite at it, save a graded
school. The masses take but little stock
in literature.
POLITICS IS QUIET
yet in this section. Many Republicans
will support -Beid for Congress; he is uni
versally beloved by all. If all the coun
ties will vote as Rockingham, no fears of
the State, and hone at that; yet it is best
to keep the corners up. Mr. Keul iion
the war path and doing good work, I hear.
Mr. R. A. Ellington, tobacco manufac
turer, died on the 17th of typhoid fever
and heart disease, and was buried at
Wentworth by the Masonic fraternity.
' Dun fc Co. report 195 failures last week.
FOR WAKE COUNTY CANDIDATES
Before "Deya Dan Lot all Dey Sense.
Arkansaw Traveller.
The other night, Cnptaih Maviltonhear
ing a noise, stole out to the hen-house and j
found old Jasper Payne, a well-known
politician, creating great excitement among
the chickens. The moon was shining
brightly and the captain at once recognized
the intruder.
"What are you doing in there, you thiev
ing scoundrel ?"
The old fellow dropped on his knees,
clasped his hands, and paying no attention
to the captain, began to pray.
'Oh, Lawd!" said he, "doan think it
strange dat yer sarvant sought sich er place
ez dis ter pray in, fur, Lawd, when de 'sire
fur prayer comes on yer sarvant he haster
hunt de neardest place an' drap down in
sankification an' lub an' thankfulness, an'
oh, Lawd "
"Come out!" ,
, -'Speakin' ter me, sah?" unclasping
his
hands and looking up.
"Yes, I am speaking to voti. What
are
you doing in there?"
"Who, me?"
"Yes, confound you, and I am a great
mind to shoot off the top of your head."
"Oh, Lawd, take kere o yer chile, furl
sees dat dar is still in dis wicked lan' a
mighty 'sire ter prossycute de christian."
"Come out of there."
"Yas, sah," obeying. "In 'cose I ain'
got no right ter trespass on yer premises,
eben dough I'se 'gaged in de good work."
"I believe I'll take yon down and turn
you over to the police. Don't run. I'll
shoot you like I would a snake."
"Ain't gwine ter run, sah. Gwine ter
stan' right hear 'case de Lawd is wid me."
"What did you go in there for? Say!"
"Ter pray, sah."
"Why didn't you pray out on the street ?" i
"'Feerd o' bein' rested fur a fannvtick. i
sah."
"Why did't you wait until you got
home?"
"Who, me?"'
"Yes, you, d you." j
"Doan cuss me ef yer please, sah. Whut i
eber yer does doan cuss me. Man cussed '
me onct an' I ain't felt right sense." j
"Never mind all that. What made you
go in that hen-house?" j
"Dis heah hen-house?" j
"D your ugly skin!" The captain j
seized old Jasper by the collar and jerked '
him."
"Lookout, look out! Whut eber yer
does doan jerk me. Man jerked me onct ;
an' I ain' felt right sense. Turn me loose
an' I'll 'splain myse'f."
The captain released his hold, and old
Jasper continued: "I wuz comin' 'long
frum er ward meetin', an' 'bout de time I
got heah, I felt de need o' pra'r. I wuz
'sputin' wid myse'f whuder ur not I'd vote
de dimocrat ticket. Widout 'flection an'
how it woul' seem ter er uninterested
party, I dim' obcr heah au' went inter dat
house. I had gunter git some little advice
an' consolation when yesse'f corned up and
broke de spell. Ef I un'crstood de whis
per o' de Lawd, He tole me ter vote de
dimocrat ticket, an' ter speshuly vote fur
Cap'n Mavilton, whut am er runnin' fur de
legislating. I had jes' erbout "eluded ter
go down 'mong de niggers an' hoi' meetin's
in de captain's faber, but yesse'f had ter
come up. I sec yer ain't no frien' ter dat
pusson."
j "I am the captain, myself."
' "Whut, is dat er fack? Shake."
The captain allowed old Jasper to take
j his hand. "I'se glad ter meet yer out
j hear, eben dough de sarkumstances is er
j little perculier. Wush I had time ter
talk wid yer 'bout de campaign, but I'se
got er monstrous sight o' wuck ter do.
Great passel o' niggers waitin' fur me ter
'vise wid 'em how ter vote."
I "Jasper, I hope that you will tell them
to vote for mc. It is time that we were
having good men in office. If elected, I
shall feel that I am not the representative
of a party, but of a people. I didn't un
derstand your motive for oing into my
hen-house, but now that we understand
each other, why it's all right."
"Glad ter heah yer talk dat way, boss,
an' I belebes yer'll make er mighty fine
representcr. Say, I'se gwine ter hab a
few o' de nigger leaders at my house fur
dinner ter mor'. Lemme take er couple er
dese chickens 'long wid me?"
"Help yourself."
"Thankee, sah."
The old fellow took down three large
chickens. He bade the captain a courteous
good night, and muttered to himself as
he gained the street: "Now, doan yer
see how much better it am ter hab chick
ens gin ter yer den it is ter steal 'em? Ef
yer wants er man ter be honest", why jes'
gin him er chance. Huh, when jer white
man wantsoffice, he's dun los'all his sense."
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Colonel Samuel McD. Tate will repre
sent Burke county in the House of the
next Legislature, and Lieutenant-Governor
James L. Robinson will represent Ma
con county. Good for the State and good
for the people when such men take part in
public affairs. Charlotte Democrat .
John S. Henderson is one of the best
and purest men in this State, and the
Democrats of the 7th District could not
have done better than nominate him for
Congress. If people want an honest man
and a good man to represent them in Con
gress, they should vote for John S. Hen
derson. Charlotte De in orra t .
Hon. W. R. Cox has made us a faithful
Representative; he has established a repu
tion in Congress as a hard worker, always
looking to the interests of his constituency,
and now as he is a candidate to succeed
himself, let us whom he has so faithfully
served see to it that he is elected. He re
flects honor upon himself and us Durham
Reporter.
Judge Faircloth is not a pleasing speak
er. He is unquestionably an agreeable
gentleman; he is courteous id debate, gen
tlemanly in his style of puttitfg his case,
and far above the average of Republican
stump orators in North Carolina. One
hearing him can accord to him perfect sin
cerity, and can respect him for his evident
honesty and for his gentility in discussion.
But the fact remains that he is not an en
traeina orator. He is without either grace
or fluency, and his speech was not by any i
means a strong presentation of his side o i
the case. Statenville Ijoudmarl. j
Many months ago, when the choice of a
candidate for Congress in this district first i
began to be discussed, Hon. R. F. Arm- I
field said to this writer that he did not de
sire the nomination unless it was felt that !
he was the strongest man in the district.
And now let no man suppose
that there is any feeling of disappointment
or bitterness in thai big breast. They do
not know the man. He never desired the
nomination for himself, and that big brain
will be as busily engaged during this cam
paign in forging thunderbolts to hurl upon
the enemies of the Democratic party as if
he were a dozen times the nominee.
Statexville iAindmark.
Major Stedman led and made a thor
oughly excellent speech. Our people found
i that all we had told them of him was true.
! His handsome face and figure and his ele
gant bearing won them from the first. He
; has a remarkably pleasant voice and spoke
i with great ease and fluency. At the out
i set he was conversational in his style. He
j spoke so pleasantly and so easily, and he
talked such excellent sense, that bis audi
I ence listened to him with great Interest,
but very quietly. As he advanced in his
i argument and made and clinched one good
j point after another, the people warmed to
him and began to applaud. Tbis stimu-
lated him and the last half hour of his
opening speech was highly animated.
I When he took his seat he had captured
1 the crowd. Statesrille Ixtndmark.
THE PLAGUE IN EUROPE.
About Twelve Thousand Deaths.
fCable Special to Sew York Times, j
London, September 20. The cholera
still remains in the rural districts of South-
ern France, where notably in the Depart
ment of Ardeohe, which lies on the River
Rhone just north of Gard little hamlets
have been suddenly stricken with the epi
demic after it had apparently left the
department. Some 15 new villages have
been sisited during the week ended to-day.
Over one-half of them are in the PyrenCes
Orientales. In the larger cities there have
been only occasional deaths. It is a curi
ous fact that the news service in Italy is
vastly letter than it is in the south of
France. During the past fortnight it has
been impossible to keep track of the pro
gress of the disease in the latter region.
From the start it has been necessary to
ransack scarce papers in order to obtain
full lists. Italy, on the contrary, gives a
daily bulletin by Provinces,' and the best
of the system is that the bulletins are borne
out by letters from various parts of the
infected country. The total number of
deaths in Italy up to date is 6,328, or about
a thousand more than the total for France.
Americans must not be deceived by temp
orary fluctuations in the death rate in Naples
into supposing that the" epidemic is on
the decline. Probably a month will elapse
before it is mastered or it burns itself out.
Further ravages in the smaller cities may
be expected. In Spain there has been a
total of 282 deaths, of which number 241
occurred in the Province of Alicante and
the rest in two Pyrenees Provinces Lerida
and Tarragona. Yesterday's great local
fPte of St. Januarius in Naples drew out
one of the largest throngs ever seen in the
city, and though the police kept the caff-s
closed, it is feared that the mere fact of
the assemblage will produce grave
in spreading the disease.
results
ITETCS OF GENERAL NEWS.
The Morosinis have run away from the
country to escape the unpleasantnesses re
sultingfrom theirdaughter's runaway from
them.
Professor J. B. Blanton, Principal of
the Gaston High School, writes us that he
has 101 students in attendance. Lincoln
Pre$s.
Rufus Baifbee was arrested at Durham
on Thursday last charged with wrecking
the train near that place in June by plac
ing a cross tie on the track.
There is an epidemic now of elopements
of rich Northern young ladies with their
fathers servants.
The latest is that of a i
rich Chicago pork-packer's daughter with
one of her father's hog-slaughterers. i
The richest man in the world is said to j
be Mr. non Qua, of Canton, whose wealth 1
is estimated at one billion, four hundred
million dollars. He could pay, if he chose,
our national debt, or, perhaps, carry Ohio
for Blaine.
Capitalists representing several Southern
States, after protracted conferences in St.
Louis, have formed a syndicate with a
working capital of 6. 000, 000 for the de
velopment of trade in the products of cot
ton seed.
The Charleston 'Weekly AV fr of to-day
is to contain " Fayetteville and Wythe
ville," by Mrs. James Kyle, of Argyle,
Ga., (Our Women in the War, No. 25),
to be followed on October 1 by 'Hospital
Scenes." By Miss Emily V. Mason, of
Lexington, Ya.
Henry Clay, a grandson of the great
statesman, was killed at Louisville, Ken
tucky, on Sunday in a drunken quar
rel with a man named Kepler. Clay was
one of the Arctic voyagers in the ill-fated
Proteu, and was prominently mentioned
for Congress m the Louisville district.
Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and
Iowa were shaken by an earthquake on
Friday. There was a big scare, but no
damage. An earthquake cycle is thought
to be belting the earth from Southward to
NorthwesSA It started in Java last year,
was in England in April, and in the East
ern States in August.
BUSINESS NOTES.
Raleigh's cotton receipts last week were
831 bales, 233 more than last year. Since
September 1. 1,198 bales: increase 589
bales.
The total visible supply of cotton for
the world is 1,397,274 bales, of which
765.874 bales are American, against 1,623,
76:$ and 1,027,863 respectively last year.
The cotton receipts at Wilmington last
week were 2,362 bales, 310 more than last
year. Since September 1. 3,497 bales, a
decrease of 475 bales from last year.
Thi' New York clothing trade had a
sensation on Friday in the failure of
Kindskopf Brothers fc Co., wholesalers,
with preferences for over $900,000. Buch
mann & Co., Cincinnati, have failed for
400,000 in consequence.
The weekly statement of the New York
Associated Banks shows the following
changes: Loans increase 383,300; spe
cie increase $434,700; legal tenders de
crease 50,600; deposits increase 2,135,-
100; circulation decrease 49,800; reserve i
decrease 149,765. The banks now hold j
28,154.700 in excess of legal require-
ments.
Protection has protected our pot facto- '
rics (Augusta, Ga.") out of business. They
have closed. Of course the stockholders
lose their dividends, but they are able,
presumably, to stand the loss. The chief
sufferers are the operatives. They have
no support but the wages they get from
the mills, and when these stop they are
necessarily thrown upon the world. For
tunately not only for them, but for the
community at large as well, they came
from the country to work in the factories,
and now when the latter have failed them
they can return to the farms. Hundreds
of them are actually pursuing this course.
Wagon after wagon, ladeu with the scanty
goods and furniture of these people, passes
along the highways leading into the coun
try daily, and some of the refugees declare
their intention never to return to Augusta,
no matter whether the mills run on full
time again or not. To a place like Au
gusta, which depends so much upon its
cotton mills, which has millions invested
! in this industry, the success of manufac
; hiring is of vital importance. It may be
said, in fact, that everything depends upon
it, as so many departments of business in
a manufacturing town are mere auxiliaries
to the great central idea. Augusta Letter
to Charleston Courier.
FARMING FACTS.
Reports from all parts of the county in
form us that the corn crop will be light.
The cotton crop is very promising. Lin
coln Press.
The reports from the crops are conflict
ing, but we are fully justified in saying
that hardly two-thirds of an average corn
and cotton crop will be gathered in the
county. Monroe Express.
There is a great deal of tobacco being
cut and put in barns this week, The crop
in Haywood is large and is ripening
finely, making the farmers' faces glow in
anticipation of good prices. Waynesrille
Neics.
The corn crops look like an abundant
harvest will be gathered. Cotton is very
sick. It was first drowned and afterwards
parched, and now it has but Very little
fruit, though the weed is looking quite j Central Hotel. Mr. Williams, tne pro
green. Kinston Free Press. ! prietor, spares no pains to make his guests ;
The Jackson county crops are far more j comfortable. Visitors to the State Exposi
encouraging than those of last year. Af- j tion will do well to try the Central before
ter reaping a fine crop of wheat the corn I going elsewhere,
crop promises to be about au average
which will bring plenty and prosperity
' the citizens. Waynesrille Neies letter.
POLITICAL. NOTES.
Governor Cleveland has declined invita
tions to visit the Louisville Exposition and
to make an exhibition tour.
Mulligan and Fisher, it is said, have yet
another batch of Blaine correspondence
that will be given to the public.
The New York Sun's information from
North Carolina is that if a Butler fusion
ticket were put up here it would sweep
the State.
. The Blaise managers, under Mr. Blaine's
instructions it is said, are working up a
new batch of Cleveland scandals located at
Buffalo and Albany. The New York Sun,
it is said, is to have the first printing of
the job. -
Mr. Blaine has taken the stump and is
to make a speech-making tour through the
Northwest, and personally supervise the
canvass in Ohio. The Philadelphia Timts
recalls the disastrous results of Presiden
tial candidates stumping. Scott, Douglas,
Seymour, Greeley all who have canvassed
for that office came to grief.
A very interesting letter upon the situa
tion in Ohio is published in the Boston Ad
vertiser from a correspondent at Cleveland.
It shows more clearly than we have seen in
dicated before what an important factor the
labor vote is in the problem. The closing
of the mines and mills has thrown thou
sands of men out of employment, and
their feeling toward the party in power is
consequently notfriendly. An iron-worker
in Cleveland who heard a Republican
campaign orator expatiate upon the bene
fits of protecti turned away, saying:
"Aye, me mon, that sounds all so vera
well, but me and you voted for Garfield
and a high tariff. What has we now?
The mills and forges be closing tdl around,
mines be stopping, wages going down,
and it looks as if the worst be not here
-et." That is the logic which is meeting
the Republican stumpers all over the State,
and none of them has succeeded in an
swering it. Another element of trouble is
the wool growers, who complain that the
only reduction of duty made in recent
years vas made by a Republican Congress,
and they do not see how the suffering
which it has caused them can be charged
to the Democratic party.
ITEMS OF CHURCH PROGRESS.
Revivals reported in Christian Advocate:
100 professions on Granville circuit; Rock
ingham circuit, 35 professions; LaGrange
circuit, 12 professions, 9 additions; W-ades-boro
circuit, 16 professions, 11 additions;
Clear Creek circuit. 71 additions: Bruns-
-wick circuit. 27 additions: Clayton, 48
professions.
The Episcopal Church in Scotland
shows an increase during the last thirty
years of one hundred and thirty-three
clergymen, fifty thousand members, three
cathedrals, one hundred and twenty
churches and ninety parsonages. This
growth is so marked as to cause good old
fashioned Presbyterians much anxiety.
North Carolina I'rtzliiterian : The ses
sion of Hawfields church (Orange Presby
tery) received yesterday twenty-one new
members on profession of faith, eleven
young men and ten young ladies, to nine- !
teen of whom the ordinance of baptism I
was administered. A meeting of a very I
interesting character was held at Chinque- !
pin. in Duplin county, beginning Saiur-
day, 6th inst., and closing with Wednes- I
day, 10th. Several persons confessed ;
Christ, and a petition wiih fifty-fiY names '
of residents of the village and its vicinity
will go up to Presbytery for the organiza- !
tion of a church.
Revivals reported in the BiLliral Re
carder: Scotland Neck, "i baptisms; Gas-
ton county, 32 additions; Gray's Creek, 8 !
baptisms, 12 professions ; Wake Forest, 11
baptisms. 30 additions, 36 professions;
I Smith Grove, 16 baptisms; Pleasant Grove,
j 23 baptisms ; Arlington. 27 baptisnls; 133
professions under Rev. J. T. Splawn in
I August and September in mission work;
! King's Creek, 13 additions; Reedy Creek,
6 baptisms; Union, 17 additions; New
: Bethel, 17 professions, 4 additions; Ephe
sus, 8 baptisms; John's Chapel, 18 bap
tisms; Rives' Chapel, 12 baptisms; Rocky
River, 3 baptisms: Madison Church,
i additions.
James Woodrow, Ph. D.. I). D., LL. D.
! President of the Faculty of the Southern
I Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in
j Columbia, S.- C, and who fills the Perkins
Professorship of Natural Science, deliv
ered an address before the Alumni Asso
i ciation of the Seminary during the summer,
1 in which he startled his hearers by pro
claiming that Adam was not an immediate
: creation, but was evolved from the lower
animals. The Board of Directors of the
Seminary have just concluded a two days'
session, in which they discussed Professor
; Woodrow's theory of evolution. By a vote
; of eight to three the following resolution
. was adopted: "That the Board is not
, prepared to concur in the view expressed
by Dr. Woodrow as to the probable method
! of the creation of Adam's body; yet, in
the judgment of the Board, there is noth
j ing in the doctrine of evolution, as defined
j and limited by him, which appears incon-
sistent with perfect soundness in faith."
i A minority report contained the following:
j "Evolution is an unproved hypothesis,
i and the Seminary is not a place for such
! teaching. The theory that Adam's body
i was formed by the natural law of evolution
! while Eve's was created by a supernatural
j act of God, is contrary to our confession
I of faith." The matter will be carried
before the Synods controlling the Semi
! narv. Xetc York Post.
CRIMES AND CASI ALTIKS.
The trotting horse Young Holfe burst a
blood vessel and died on Mystic Park
(Boston) course on Friday, value $15,000. ;
Thomas M. Jackson, of Atlanta. Ga.
set a trap for his wife and her suspected
lover on Thursday last. Wife and lover !
were both fatally shot.
Four hundren people enjoyed the whip- !
ping-post exercise at Wilmington, Dela- !
ware, on Saturday. Six blacks and one
white were the sufferers.
Mrs. Ahearn threw the Albany City
Marshal out of her house on Friday and
broke his neck. She was drunk and the
Marshal was serving a precept on the
premises.
John Lauge aud his wife quarreled on i
Saturday at Dubuque, Iowa. Result : j
Lange dead from a bullet through his
head, and Mrs. Lange likely to die with
one in hers. Lange did the shooting.
Samuel Clay, "an old and respected
school-teacher ' of Mt. Sterling, Ivy.,
attacked two ladies ou the road ou Satur
day last, and stabbed them fatally. He
then attempted his wife's life, but she ran
away. Lynching next.
FIRES AT HOME AND ABROAD,
Three steamers were burned at Cincin
nati on Saturday. Loss $64,000.
A New York clothing store was burned
in St. Louis on Friday. Loss 150,000.
A woollen mill was burned at Dedham,
Mass., on Friday. Loss f 75, 000, and 500
hands out of work.
Leo Gcrtiz set fire to his house in New
York on Saturday. It was destroyed, and
his wife burned with it.
Central Hotel.
When you come to Raleigh, stop at the
to j The total receipts of cotton at the porta
since September 1 arc 138.164 bales.
OBITUARY NOTES.
Mrs. Mason, wife of Mr. John Mason,
died at her home, near Friendship church,
August 25, 1884. Mrs. Mason had been
a member of the Church for several years
she was about 70 years of age at her
death. Stanly Observer.
Mr. J. N. Foscue reports the death of
old Nimrod, a faithful old hound, who had
trailed four thousand, one hundred and
forty-seven deer, four thousand of which
were either caught or killed, and was
never caught killing a sheep. Nimrod was
no ordinary dog, and he leaves many oth
ers behind that might have been spared.
Neieberii Journal.
Near Catawba, August 26th, Rachel
Lowrance, in the 72nd year of her age,
and September 14th her husband, Newton
Lowrance, followed her to the blessed
home, for which they had long been pre
paring. They were both faithful mem
bers of Olivet Baptist church. United in
life, in death scarcely divided. Netcton
Enterjirise.
Mrs. Rachrel Gulledge died at ber home
near Deep Creek, in this county, Wednes
day night last. Early in the evening she
retired to rest, and there was then no sus
picion that she was ailing. In the morn
ing she did not stir, and on her room be
ing entered, she was found dead in her
bed. Mrs. Gulledge was in the 80th year
of her age. Wadexboro Intelligencer.
Mrs. Mary E. Smith, mother of Colonel
P. P. Smith, died at her home at Wakul
la last Saturday morning, and was buried
on Sunday. Mrs. Smith had a fall from
the steps of her dwelling about five years
ago, and has been confined to the house
ever since. She was nearly ninety years
old. The past ten years has witnessed the
death of a very large number of old people
in this community. Roliexonian.
On September 14, Henry D. Roberson,
of Martin county. Deceased was born
October 10th, 1824. He was a good man.
f Far and wide was he known, and great
was the respect entertained for him by all.
To him more than any one else is due the
construction of the A. & R. Railroad.
The deceased represented his county in the
Legislature. In 1880 he was appointed
census supervisor of the first district. He
was married twice, and was the father of
14 children. Tarlioro Southerner.
On the 13th inst., Hon. Joseph Harvey
Wilson, of this city, died calmly and
peacefully, in the 74th year of his age.
Mr. Wrilson was the oldest and the leading
lawyer of the Charlotte Bar, having been
practicing law in this and adjoining coun
ties since the year 1831, in which profes
sion he was more than ordinarily success
ful. He was a consistent member
ol the Presbyterian Church for many years
before his death, and a "Ruling Elder "of
that church for a long time. Like many
other good and true men, he preferred the
private walks of life to office and public
station. Only two or three times could
Mr. Wilson be induced to permit his name
to be used for a public office. In the fall
of 1865-'66 he was elected to the State
Senate, and again elected in 1866-'67, and
near the close of the latter term he was
chosen Speaker of the Senate in place of
Hon. M. E. Manly, who was elected to the
U. S. Senate. In all the relations of life,
Joseph Harvey Wilson was true and faith
ful to all his duties, no one ever thinking
of attributing an improper motive for his
conduct or action in any matter, public or
private. Charlotte Democrat.
Democratic Frauds In Arkautau ,
Arkansaw Traveller.
" I wants to tesserfy ergin de fraud o'
dis heah 'lection,'' said an old negro, re
ferring to the recent ballot-box contest in
Arkansaw. '"Do you, of your own knowl
edge, know that fraud was committed?''
asked a man who was interested in con
testing the election. "Cose I does, sah.
I has proof dat de 'lection wan't hones'
out heah in de Six ward." " What proof
have youf "Oh, I'se got 'nuff proof.
Yer see de dimercrats came out dar an'
gunter buy nigger votes." "Well, but
that is political instead of being directly
fraudulent and amenable to the law."
"Dat's all right, but dis is 'menerable ter
de law. Da gin all de udder niggers er
dollar er piece an' didn't gin me but seb-enty-fi'
cents. Dat wan't hones' fur de
law recernizes dat my vote is wuth jes' ez
much ez de naixt man's, an' ez I didn't
get de full value o' my vote, w'y, I says
dat de transacshun wuz er swin'le an' er
fraud. Dat's de proof, sah."
OOVERXOR'S r.t.M'.i.SS.
Lexington. Thursday. September 35.
Winston, Friday, September 3(5.
Greensboro, Saturday, September 27.
Graham Monday, September 29.
Hillsboro, Tuesday, September :).
Durham, Wednesday. October 1.
Raleigh. Thursday. October 2.
Henderson and Ramsay.
Salisbury Watehman.
The Candidates for Congress iu the Seventh
District, John S. Henderson Esq.. and Dr. J. G.
Ramsay, will address the people at the follow-
ine: times and places, viz
Eldorado, Thursday, September 35.
Whynot, Friday, September 20.
DAVIDSON COUNT V.
Jackson llill. Saturday, September 37.
lexington, Monday, September 29.
linden's Stove, Tuesday, Septemher 'AO.
DAVIE COUNTT.
Shady Grove, Wednesday, October 1 .
Jerusalem. Thursday, October 2.
fStatesville Landmark.
1KEDELL COUNTY.
Cool Spring, Monday, October t.
Dr. Angle's, Tuesday, October 7.
Tavlor Springs, Wednesday, October X.
Brady's X Roads, Thursday, October ..
Brawley's Store, Friday, October 10.
Shinn's Store, Saturday, October 11. .
ROWAN COUNTY.
Mrs. Krider's, Tuesday, October 14.
China Grove, Wednesday, October 15.
Gold Hill, Thursday, October 16.
Morgan's, Fridav. October 17.
! Rice & Bailey'R Store, Saturday, October IS.
' CATAWBA COUNTY.
Hickory, Monday, October 20.
Newtou, Tuesday, October 21.
Jugtowu, Wednesday, October 23.
Sherrill's Store, Thursday, October 23.
Catawba. Friday, October 24.
IRE DELI, COUNTY.
Statesville, Saturday, October 25.
Mr. John S. Henderson. Democratic candi
date for Congress, will address the people at the
following times and places :
DAVIE COUNTY.
Mocksvi.lle. Tuesday, October 28.
YADKIN COUNTY.
Longtown, Wednesday, October 39.
Yadkinville, Thursday, October 30.
Conrad's Store, Friday, October 31.
DAVIE COUNTY.
Farmington, Saturday, November 1.
Mr. Kltcliln'K Appointments.
Weldon News.
Capt. Kitchiu, who has been at home for a
rest , has again taken the field and will begin the
canvass again. His appointments are :
King's Mountain, Cleveland county, Wednesday-,
September 24.
Farmville, Cleveland county, Thursday, Sep
tember 25.
Island Ford, Cleveland county, Friday, Sep
tember 26.
Columbus, Polk countv. Saturday. Septem
ber 27.
Poplar Grove, Polk countv, Monday, Septem
ber 29. "
Rutherfordton, Rutherford county, Tuesday,
September 30.
Mr. Trull, Republican candidate for Elector,
is invited to attend these appointments.
Gen. Random's Appointment.
Wilmington 8tar.J
General Ransom will speak at
Rockingham, Saturday, September 27.
Shoe Heel, Robeson county, Monday, Septem
ber 29.
Fayetteville, Tuesday, September 30.
Lillington, Wednesday, October 1.
Sanford, Moore countv, Friday, October 8.
Ore Hill, Chatham countv. Saturday. Oct. 4.
Appointments of General Cox.
Alley, Nash county, Friday, September 36.
Joyner's, Nash county, Saturday, Septem
bers?. Hillsboro, Orange county, Tuesday, Septem
ber 80.
Appointments or Hsjor Charles
Stedman.
M.
Fayetteville, Friday, September 26.
Lumberton, Saturday, September 27.
Burgsw, Monday, September 29.
Clinton, Tuesday, September 30.
Captain Octavlns Coke
Will join Colonel Wharton J. Green this week
and both will speak at
Fayetteville, Saturday, September 20.
Clinton, Saturday, September 27.
Appointments of Col. W. J. Green.
Fayetteville Observer. J
C'CMBEKLASn COUNTY.
Rhodes's Mills, Wednesday, October 33.
Buckborn, Thursday, October 23.
Billy Smith's Store, Friday, October24.
SAMPSON COUNTT.
Clinton, Saturday, Septembers?.
Lisbon. Tuesday, September 30.
DUPLIN COUNTY.
Warsaw, Friday, September 26.
Magnolia, Monday, September 29.
. Kenansville, Saturday, October 4.
Beularsville, Monday, October 0.
PEN DEB COUNTT.
Burgaw, Thursday, October 2.
Bannerman's, Friday, October 3.
Topsail Sound, Friday, October 10.
ONSLOW COUNTY.
Riehlands, Tuesday, October 7.
Jacksonville, Wednesday, October S.
Snead's Ferry, Thursday, October 9.
WAYNE COUNTY.
Goldsboro, Saturdav, October 11.
Grantham's Store, Monday, October YA.
Seven Springs, Tuesday, October 14.
Fremout, Thursday, October lrt.
BLADEN COUNTY.
White Oak, Monday, October 27.
Clarkton, Tuesday, October 28.
Westbrook, Wednesday, October 2!t.
Major Charles W. MeClammv, Democrat ie
Elector for the Third District, wifl also speak at
several of the above named places on date of
appointment.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
K A LEIGH MARKETS.
Official Report or the Cotton Market.
f Reported by the Cotton Exchange.
Raleigh, September 23. 1884.
Nothing doing; quotation nominal.
Good middling )
Strict middling V
Middling 9
Strict low middling 9
City Market Wholesale Prices.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
EL J. TT A TtPIJST,
CROCER.
Raleigh, September 23, 1884.
Apples, per bushel 50100
Bacon hams 15(a17
Bulk Meats clear rib sides 10ai1
Butter North Carolina . .
3025
Beeswax
Corn
Corn Meal
Coffee prime Rio
Cheese ;,
Chickens ;
Eggs, per dozen
Flour North Carolina
Oats shelled
Rags
Sugar granulated
Sugar Standard A
Sugar yellow
Syrup .
Salt Liverpool tine
M
8590
8590
1012i.i
12X13 "
2O30
22W25
4 004 50
45(250
M
2830
1 50 1 m
REMARKS.
The above quotations are Intended to glye tin
wholesale prices at whieh fanners and country
merchants can sell produce and buy staple gro
ceries in the Raleigh market to-day". It must be
remembered that all provisions are subject to
frequent fluctuations, especially perishable pro
duce, such as eggs, butter and fruit.
There has been almost no N. C. Baeou offered
here of late, and in the absence of transactions,
any quotations would be nominal. A few lots
of first-rate home-made hams have been taken
readily at about 17 cents.
44ood Country Butter is scarce. Fine Butter,
nicely handled, fresh and of good color, sells
readily ; and if very fine, and in one pound
prints, will being outside figures, perhaps even
more. Such butter, however, is seldom seen.
There is no market for inferior butter, there be
iug no soap factory here.
Chiekens are iu active demand at full prices
for good fat fowls nobody wants poor ones.
Eggsiare in more liberal supply than last
week, but are in good demand at quotations.
Most sales are at the lower figure.
Very little change iu Groceries. Western
sides fluctuate a fraction back and forth uuder
the influence of speculation; Sugars, Coffees,
ifcc. remaining about the same.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
Wilmington Star, September 2a, 1KS4.)
SPIRITS TURPENTINE The market wa
quoted firm at 27- cents per gallon wit h sales
reported of 125 easks at that price.
ROSIN The market was quoted dull at !i5
cents for Strained, and $1.0(1 for Good
Strained, with uo sales reported.
TAR The market, was quoted firm at $1.20
per barrel of 280 lbs., with sales at quotation.
CRUDE TURPENTINE The market
steady, with sales reported at $1.00 for hard
and l.75 for Virgin and Yellow Dip.
COTTON The market was quoted firm.
Sales reported later of 300 bales on a basis of
9?; cents per lb., for Middling. The following
were the official quotations:
j Ordinary
(food Ordinary -. .
Low middling
Middling
Good middling. . .
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CHICAGO MEAT MARKET.
Chicago, September 33, 1884.
Clear rib sides, loose 10.00
Clear rib 6ldes, boxed 10.25
Bulk shoulders, boxed 6. "5
Mess Pork (Chicago) 17.00
Market active and advancing.
Freight to points on the Associated Railways
(50 cents per hundred.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
New York, September 23, 1884.
Middling Uplands 10?s
Orleans , 10,
Futures steady : September 10.3610.37;
October 10.1810.19; November 10.1510.16;
December 10.23(0) 0.24; January 10.8410.35:
February 10.4710.43; March 10.510.61; April
10.71l6.r3; May 10.85; June 10.87 10.99.
SCHOOLS.
ST. MARY'S SCHOOL,
(Founded in 1842),
RALEIGH, 1ST. C.
Rby. BENNETT SNEDES, - - Principal.
Advent Term Begins Sept'r 1 1.
Pupils received at any time. For Catalogue,
giving full information, address the Principal.
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Peace Institute,
RALEIGH, N. C.
Rev. R. BURWELL, D. D., Ph1ncipau,
JOHN B. BURWELL, f kincipau..
The Fall Term opens Wednesday, September
3, 1884. The past session hag been the most suc
cessful since the Institution was started. All
departments are filled by accomplished and ex
perienced teachers, and we claim that no insti
tution in the 8outn offer superior advantages
for instruction, not only In the regular English
Course, but In Ancient and Modern Languages,
Music and Art. A large building, 110 x. 40, now
in course of construction, will afford increased
accommodations for pupila, and better facilities
than ever before for carrying on our work. The
whole building heated by steam and lighted by
gas. Hot and cold water and bath rooms on
every floor:
Vgr nlronlara urwl rt alfvfnp R1 stress
R. BURWELL & SON,
July 2-3m. Rai.eioh, X. C.
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