VOL, II NO, 109.
SUMMARY.
Ti.- said Frank W. Palmer, of Chicago,
,:,, been appointed Public Printer. An
,,,! . olloniiin residence in New York State
burned yesterday morning at an early
.lour."" Tlie mother of the owner, a Mr.
Ilnwne, two of his children and two servant
,irU were burned to death. The reports
IV. .in Kusmh indicate great activity on the
p.ut of the Nihilists and increased fear
i tlie Car for his safety. The Russian
)Uli,v are working with greater zeal and
Hu-riry to break up Nihilists' plots and to
.lisn.ver their haunts. Germany, 'tis said
claims compensation for the killing of officers
and sailors in the action with Mataafa's men
at Samoa last December and for loss by Ger
man owners of plantations. Only sixty
po-unaters were appointed yesterday.
I'.utlalo, Dak., experienced a most disastrous
storm day lefore yesterday. The damage
will foot up 10U,000. Roanoke, Va., is
to have another national bank with a capital
nf sluu (MM). The Patent office yesterday
isMied live hundred and thirty patents.-
The New York Kqtiitable Fire Insurance
Company lias decided to wind up its affairs
forthwith. Several persons were arrested
in l'aris Monday for shouting, "Vive Bou
langer" The Johns Hopkins Hospital
was opened in Baltimore yesterday. It is
me of the finest institutions of the kind in
the world. It embraces 17 buildings and
(-..vers 4 acres of land.
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.
II ELi- the Durham Light Infantry.
Halifax, N. C, was unfortunate
Monday. Three negroes and one
white Kepubliciin were elected Town
Commissioners'.
Thk city of Wilmington appropri
ates .81, 2"0 a year to the support of
its hospital. What does Durham
do for its needy sick ?
Thk results of the elections
throughout the State on Monday
show that party lines are being
drawn more strictly in our munici
pal elections than heretofore.
The Wilmington Star says: "George
Washington is credited with having
introduced the mule into this coun
try. How the Southern darkey
should reverence his memory.
Southern iron is beginning to tell
on the market. A Northern Iron
Company has reduced its rates one
and a half dollars per ton so as to
unuersell the Southern material.
W!t weeks rrolubitionid says:
i . . . .
''We did not publish any paper last
week. The editor was necessarily
absent, canvassing for subscribers."
We received no copy of the rrohibi
knitf for the two preceding weeks.
I'rixce Ferdinand, of Bavaria, is
of a new order of aristocrats. lie is
a skilled physician and practices
among the poor of Munich without
compensation. He risked his life
not long ago trying to save a woman
u' m drowning
The Durham vote on Mondav
as' very small, according to the
eiCa' and Observer. It gives our to-
vote lor mayor as only two hun
u and ninety-seven. Brother,
town polled a vote of six hun
Ured and ninety seven
vote.
on a
light
. 1he Pittsburg Dispatch says: "It
v luv-ant to learn from the New
y . xrujwe that President Ham-
s speeches at the Centennial were
DeH(v
v., vi ineir kind,' and also to be
red that the Mugwump slander
aat Mr. Clovpinn.i ' :
UL-1 enthusiasm at the banauei
4 in Uen. Harrison is 'absolutely
tfut the testimony would be
-nuu31Ve lf it wer6 nQt for the
: . U10n as to what the new Min-
hi 3 wo?ld say and do i
Georgia has had six State Consti
utions. She ought to be well "re
constructed" by thisitiine.
The question of admitting col
ored delegates will be decided 1V
ie Episcopal Convention of South
iirolina, which begins its session at
ikin, this week. The church in
lis State has been much stirred up
over this question for some time.
The arm)' .officer detailed by the
Secretary of War to inspect the State
roops assembled in; New York, at
he centennial, says that last week's
experience proves that seventy thou-
sand militia could be! massed in that
:ity in fifteen hour.4. This shows
vhat our militia is worth to the na
ion. i
The fact of being made a member
of the municipal assembly of l'aris'
is quite complimentary to Gen. Bou-
anger, considering his situation, but
it gives him no relief from his awk
ward position of either remaining in
exile or going home to be tried for
attempting to subvert the govern
ment. So poor Johnnie failed to get there
after ail. The President ought to
have told the poor fellow some time
ago that there was no chance for his
getting the office of Public Printer.
It is most too late now for him to
pitch his crop for this year. But we
do notsuppose beis much concerned
about the crop, as he will make his
iving out of the working men with
out working much himself.
If Geor;e Washington did really
introduce the first mule into this
country, he (the mule) should have
been given a conspicious place in
the centennial parade) last week. It
is alive yet, if is a white one, for it is
said white mules never die. And he
should have been taken to the ball
He at least would not have got
drunk and would have added to the
much needed- dignity of the occa
sion.
Did any of you notice the incon
sistencv the hypocrisy displayed by
the i President in the arrangements
for his trip to New York last week?
He left Washington Sunday night on
a magnificently gotten bp train. He
was too religious to travel on Sun
day, so he would not j let the train
start until after the stroke of twelve
midnight, but the train was made
up about nine o'clock and air the
train hands and officials kept up
until it started. The President and
party went down to the depot about
ten o'clock and went to bed in rthe
sleeker. In this way he eased his
conscience and got a I good night's
rest at the same time.
The exact condition of Montana,
Washington and North and South
Dakota is this, we think : The Con
gress has done all it could in receiv
ing them: President Cleveland ap
proved the enabling a;cts, and now
those Territories are taking the steps
necessary to Statehood; they are in
a political stir and by December wil
be in the Union. Wilmington Star.
Our understanding is that if these
"proposed States fail to adopt, at the
July elections, the constitutions at
ready approved by Congress, the del
elates then elected will: frame consti
tutions which must meet the approva
of Congress before they can be ad
mittPil into the Union. We think
IHIH-W
Congress has to declare a proposed
State has, or upon the adoption of a
proposed constitution j will have a
Republican form of government oe
fore it can become a State.
DURHAM, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1889;
TOAVX TALK.
Help the I). I,.
I. to
-cure
ithe
regulation uniform.
good time to begin operations
or opening a canning lactory.
The garbage cart is on the trash
and tilth nath. we are irlad to note.
; Barbecues are getting ripe
j6ok out, George Lougec lias ljjeen
poken to. j
Strawberry -'.festival to-morrow
night. Particulars elsewhere in to
day's Plant. I
There aie good indications that
he first of June will find two plug
actones in Durham.
'r 1 he plug factor v of Mes
'srs.
U . .i: I.I a . i' r y
unsiian. Cornell ivuj.
egms oper-
itions on Mondav next.
The store occupied by
Mr. J . T.
advertise-
rencn is lor rent. See
ment in to-day's Plant.
lhe time ot night services! at
Trinitv Church has been changed
rom 7:45 o'clock to 8 o'clock. j
The rise in the mercury elevates
the financial aspirations ot the ice
cream and soda water venders. I
There will be reduced rates oil
he R, & : I), road to the memorial
exercises at Raleigh, on Friday, j I
Subscribers to the telephone
xchange complain of the buzzing
and whizzing of the instruments,
especially after night. Fix the wires.
Let .every business man in Dur-
iam attend the meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce and Industry next
Tuesday afternoon. We must move
orward.
Remember that the valuable
own property advertised for sale'on
;he'oOth instant, by Messrs. Ballard
& Halliburton, trustees, may be
purchased privately before that
time.
The Durham Light Infantry has
received an invitation to attend the
memorial exercises at Kaleigh,on
Fj-iday, as the guests of the Gov
ernors Guard. It is probable the
Qpys will go.
-We would suggest that the town
authorities announce the days that
the garbage cart will pass different
ections ot the town and request the
citizens to have trash, etc., ready for
the cart when it arrive
Junior V. 31. C. A.
All members of the Junior Y. M.
C. A. are requested to meet Mr. E. W.
Lunsford, to-morrow night, at! 8
o clocK, at tne rooms, to organize a
Gymnasium Club.
Reduced Rates to Raleigh.
The K. & D. road will sell tickets
at reduced rates to the memorial ex
ercises at Raleigh, on Friday. The
rate from Durham is $1.50 to indi
viduals: 90 cents each to military
companies in a body of twenty-five
or more, lickets on sale Mav lth
tind 10th, good returning until the
,11th. I
i -
Strawberries To-3Iorrov Night.
The second strawberry festival j of
the season will be given by the ladies
of the Presbyterian church, to-mor
row night, in the Parrish building,
next door to the First National Bank.
Ice-cream and cake will also be
among: the delicacies that will be
served. ! Go and enjoy yourself ant!
heln the ladies in their g;ood work.
Aid the Boys.
The Durham Light Infantry must
have the regulation uniform it they
attend the encampment ot the State
Guard this summer. The time for
procuring the uniform is growin
short. Ine members ot tne com
pany are notable to incur the entire
expenses and they snould not be ex
pected to do so. The Company is an
ornament and a protection to the
town, and we hope our citizens wil
cheerfully aid the boys in this mat
ter. They have already expended
much money and time in bringing
the Company up to the high place
which it occupies in the State Guard,
and we want them to go to the en
campment and sustain their reputa
tion and reflect credit upon Dur
ham, which they will do if they go.
But they can't go unless they pro
cure the required uniform. Will our
citizens permit them to stay at home,
when a small donation from each
one will do away with the difficulty ?
W e hope not.
REV; FRANCIS HAM LIN,
It may interest our readers to see
the portrait of the minister, who is
pastor of th'e'church of which Pres-
dent Harrison is a member.
. The Church of the Covenant be-
ongs to the i'respy tenan : denom
ination and is quite a new7 building,
the congregation itself being only a
ew years j old, having been formed
in it has cost about
and is capable of seeting nearly
one thousand persons. Secretaries
Blaine and Windom, as also Post
master General Wanamaker, are
-among the pewholders. Mr. Ham-
in is a native of Schenectady, N.
Y., and was born in 1847. He grad-
uated from the union College in
18G7 and from the Theological Sem-
inary ot New lork: in lbt l. His
first charge was in Cincinnati, where
he soon gained great fame as a sue
cessful preacher. In 1885 he began
his administrations in Washington,
and since ;then the membership of
his church has doubled.
Plant Photographs.
Mrs. J. F. Conrad is on a visit to
Concord, t! i
Mr! W. A. Guthrie went down th
road to-day.
Mr. W. II. Willard went down the
road to-day.
Mr, V . H. McCabe went over to
rittsboro to-day. j
Mr. J. S.'. Long left to-dav
on a
trip to Pittsboro. i
Mr. J. II. Southgate went up the
road yesterday afternoon.
Mr. John C. Angier left to-day on
a business trip to Pittsboro. j
Mr. C. M. Parks, of Hillsboro
Gil me down on the noon train to-day.
Mr. W. LI. Stone, Jr., returned to
day from a visit to Newberry, S. C
5Ir. C. B. Kendall, of The Plant
force, is on the sick list, we are sorry
to know.
MrsV
. 1 t
Ballard left yesterday af
ternoon on a visit
Memphis, Tenn.
to relatives in
Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. Yaughan re
turned last
night from their delight
ful trip to
New York. '
Mr. F. l. Busbee, of Raleigh,
passed dow
n the road to-day
return
ing from Washington.
Ilev. C. C. .Newton has gone to at
tend the Southern Baptist Conven
tion, at Metnphis, Tenn.
Dr. Geo. ,W. Blacknall,of Raleigh,
spent the morning in town and left
for home on the noon train.
Mr. S. F.; Gardner and family left
to-day for Wilmington, where they
will reside.; We wish them prosper
ity in theirjl new home. j
Capt. J.J Bernard ,a Durham boy,
has been re-elected Captain of the
Governor's! Guard, Raleigh; so we
learn from the Xews and Observer.
Mr. John H. Arrington left for
Goldsboro this morning to attend
the marriage of Mr. W. T. Dortch,
Jr., aijd Mis3 Lizzie Lewis, which
will take place to-morrow, j
For Forgery..
We stated some days ago that four
colored men, John Williams, James
Glenn, Dave Parker and Jerry Parker,
had been charged with forging orders
for school money. The trial took
place i before Justice Angier j yester
day afternoon and was not concluded
until dark. Glenn and Jerry j Parker
were discharged and Williams and
Dave ; Parker were bound over to
court. Parker gave the required
bond and Williams went to jaiL
TOWN MATTERS.
rhe Mayor and Commissioners
Qualify 'and Klect Oilicers and
Standing Committees.' .'
The recently elected Board of
Fown Commissioners met last night
Mayor Christian was sworn, in bv
Juiice Y. T. Redmond. The Com
missioners, except i Mr. . Duke.
who is absent from town, were
sworn in by the Mayor.
An elt-ctioh lor oilicers was gone
nto, with the following result:
Mr. George , W'oodward, re
elected Clerk, by acclamation.
Mr. .John B. Christian, re elected
street Commissioner, bv acclama
tion. ! "
Mr. J. A. W'oodalt re-eU-cted Chief
of Police, by acclamation.
IMessrs. L. Wr. K.i Faucett,-J. J.
Tyson, H. J. Brown and John E.
Albright, re-elected Assistant Po
licemen, by acclamation.
Mr. lrank' P. Burch, re-elected
Treasurer, by ballot.!
Mr. P. B. Cheek, elected Sanitary
Policeman by acclamation.
Mr. Jas. V. Mark ham, elected
Market Clerk, by ballot.
Mr Jas. M aiming, elected Town
ttorney, by ballot. .
The only changes made in the of
ficers are Morket Clerk and Town
Attorney.
lhe following Standing Commit
tees were elected :
Finance: C. M Herndon, chair-
T 1 1 T
man : j . w. Carlton.'..
Street: J. Wi-Carlton, chairman;
J. F. Corbett, T. D. Jones.
Market House: A. 1). Mark ham,
chairman : J. S. Man gum. V Duke.
Cemetery : J. F.Corbett.chairman ;
T.i D. Jones, W. Duke.
Water : - W. Duke, eh ai rm an ; A .
D. Markham, J. S. Mangum.
Fire : T. D. Jones, chairman ; A.
D. Markham, J. S. Mangum.
Don't Owe Them Anytliing-.
The following communication ex
plains itself:
I Durham, N. XV, May 8, 1889.
Editors Plant: In your report of
the failure arid liabilities of Mr.' J. T.
French you have his liability to the
Morehead Banking Co. $300. This
is a mistake as he does not owe them
anything. Yery truly yours,
; W. M.Morgan, Cashier
In justice to ourselves we would
say that we are not responsible for
the errors as our report of the assign
ment was based upon statements set
forth in the Deed of Trust. We are
informed that the name of Eugene
Morehead & Co. 'should have ap
peared in the deed instead of the
name of The Morehead Banking Co.
'Love One Another,"'
Every man must be his own pro
hibitionist, just the same as he must
be his own christian." Daily Sun
iiuia luiuujy iciiiiiKis me OI me
prayer of selfishness, viz. :
''Lord bless me and my wife, my
son John and his wife us four and
no more ! Amen."
There lived a man among the an
cients who claimed not to be his
brother's keeper, and this man was a
murderer.
Apart from extraneous influences,
man would be the most wretched
and helpless of all God's creation.
To my mind one of the grandest
principles enunciated is that "an
injury to one is the concern of all."
Among the most endearing as well as
ennobling commands of our Savior,
just before His ascension, was that
we should "love one another.'' God
save us from the priests and Levites
"who pass by on the other side.'
X. Y. Z.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
For Kent;
The store occupied by J. T. French, next
to postoffice, Wright block. The best stand
in town. Apply to R. I. Rogers, Agent.
"KVHaaf) V ' 'amp luv jb 'Ajijtrenb
Aae ui paqRiojTij soi pus raear) -aoseas
9f JOJ Ud!o MOO ST JOJB(i C0E3J0-301 AJ
To Teachers.
We have just leceived a sipply of "Page's
Theory and Practice of TeachiBg," recently
recommended by the State Board of Educa
tion. The regular price of the book is $1.25.
but all who' call before the present stock is
exhausted will be supplied with a copy at
tne reduced price ot fl.uu
J. B. Wititaker, Jr., & Co,
At Durham Bookstore.
$5.00 PER ANNUM.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Appointment of Public Printer
and Civil Service Commission
ers. Special to The Fi.ant.
W'ashixgtox, May 8. Yesterday
after The Plant went to press, the
President appointed Frank W. Pal
mer, of Chicago, .'Public Printer, and
Theodore Koosevelt,.of New York,
and Hugh S. Thompson, of South
Carolina, Civil Service Commission
ers. This may put John Nichols in
the race lor the Haleigh postoffice.
Granville.
REUBEN HIBBERD,
t and Landscape Mmi
Cot Flowers and Bouquets
A SPECIALTY.
Evergreens, Shrubs I Shade
of all Varieties lurnished upon short
notice.
LAWNS,
GARDENS
V : AND - !
Oea20.eter3r. Xjots
Carefully lookel after and kept in order
CHARGES MODERATE.
REUBEN HIBBERD,
Durham Floral Nursery.
STORE BOOM
WITH ELEVATOR
T
The store room at present occupied
by Messrs. T. F. Cheek & Son,
furniture dealers, (perhaps
the best stand in town)
is for rent after Jan
uary 1st.
Tlie first, second and third floors will
be rented en suit, or the first
and third floors.
The building is fitted with a first class
elevator connecting the 3 floors,
and to parties representing
a desirable business, I
am prepared to offer
, most satisfactory
e arrangements.
Private rooms or rooms for offices for
rent upon the second floor of
this building to parties
giving good ref
erences. .PPLIT TO
E A. HEABTT, AGENT
COP.
Cotton Seed Lard,
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Warranted Free From Hog Fat
Pure, Wholesome, Economical.
For sale by aU Grocers. Ask for illustrated Pamph
let, entitled :
SOME THINGS ABOUT LARD."
ONE HUNDRED PRIZE DINNERS.
or how to provide a good dinner for four persons
for one dollar.
An excellent Cook Book of 250 page 12 mo., con
taining one hundred Dinner Bills of Fare, with in
structions how to prepare each one, so that the
cost for four persons cannot exceed one dollar, also
150 additional recipe.
This valuable book will be given jrez to any one
Bending or presenting tickets representing the pur
chase of twenty (2D) pounds of C. O. P. COTTON
SEED LARD, at our Branch Store, No. 19 W. 4 2d
street, N. Y.
i'ach pail of onr Lard contains a ticket, the num
ber on which corresponds to the number of pounds
in the pail.
THE COTTON OIL PRODUCT CO.. N. T.
W. J. GRISWOLD,
Wholesale Agent,
aprC-stt2m DURHAM, N. C.
F,:;;;
Pencils.
Rubber head pencil, only one cent each
at the Durham bookstore of
J. B. Whitaker, Jb, & Co.
Blank Books.
Various sizes and qualities, at the Durham
bookstore of J. B. Whitaker, Jr & Co.
Kubber Stamps.
Orders taken for Robber Stamps, of all
kinds, Seal Presses, Ribbon and Seal Stamps,
etc., at the Durham bookstore of
J. B.Whitakeb, Jr, & Co-
l were to say anything else,