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A- v1 . .1 ' A. ISOSCOWEK, Editor, " HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNA WED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BT GAIN. W. P. DATIS, Publisher. VOL. I. NO. 10. GOLDSBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, DEC. 23, 1887. Subscription, .01.00 Per Year- i .1 i difir : k;. 1 - W W if II A -Shot His Urhllicr with a Pistol. ;f !'ilx it Thompson, living cm Gwinnett gtivi t, S:iv;inn;ih. (i.i., attempted to kill lii.tli-r Willie with a pistol. The s ;nc jm Riot's, residing in tin' .same n-e ami uecupy the same room. The' 'tare about twclve'and fifteen years old. 'tlx- younger, Hubert Thoinpsmi, being 1lie I.ne who attempted to kill his broth -i r. The house is oeeupied by Ahram 'Green, their stepfather ami his w ife, the ;rwil'e briny the mother of the boys. ..A bin it '.t orlot k the boys rose ami started "to (In s,;. Wilile Thompson was the first :--4'to get his Hollies on. They were alone in the room ami it is supposed quarrelled, if tt In ii llu i ir l.i.itliiT who wjik onlv s : partlv dressed, took up a pistol that was' 4, ' .i i ' .1 . 1. . a. l.:. I i i iiil; n uie dressing case arm siuu ins: )hnthT in the right jaw, the: bullet yoing 'jnlo the mouth ami embedding itself be lt wem the skull and the roof of the iiaoutli. Tie- mother and father eame to the loom and rendered all the assistance po -il.lr. Meanwhile tin- pistol had been '-.. pl.-n i -d on the table in the room. Mr. 'AYade, who resides near by, enme over "to the house and took charge of the pis t'tol. Dr. 4 troth was also summoned, and ."ivrs it as his opinion that the wounded iliov ciimot live. I'oliremati Lhrlitbodv i.ii 1 1 i d on the scene shortly after the w as lired, and llobcrt was turned ; n t turn ami inged in tne jarracKs. 5 Ills brother is at death's door. From J I lie position of the wound, those who s saw it say that it was impossible for Thompson to h ive shot himself acci- di iitlv in llial way. Till-: CASK Ii:( IDKD. ; .''lis. Mire ( iix in vevi v $300 per 31 out li ; Killing llcr l.ilct iinr, a nil l-'rniililin in I'nv all llie'oNlH of Hie Suit. ? 'I he motion for alimony ami counsel tee- in the suit of Airs.. Alice C. Cox, of .- 4 hnlotte. against her husband, Frank 's bn (hm, of New York, for divorce, w hich ' " i--.'igued in the Brooklyn Supreme ('.Mill has been decided in favor of Airs. .f('iv. TlieMeeision of the court is, in bin!, th'.t Mrs. Cox is to receive .the ; 'inn of N.;oo per month during here life ;j time, and thai t lie defendant in the case, ,j I'lanklin t'o, w ill be required to Iiiiii- ? date tjn expenses of the suit. Airs, (.'ox's i on ii sr 1 av'ked the court, previous to its - d i-ion, for a verdict (f s."oo per month, land sio.oon counsel fees. - 'i he suit for absolute divorce, insti 't 'ld by Mrs. Cox, is to be heard in New A oi k on the .second Monday in next . JYhniarv. I Wooll .lL tiiiillj or Murder. ! The'Wo.iH.'.lk trial is ended at Alacon t,i. - Th"r jury ha vv declared him guilty ..oi ihe ifinnh r of his father, which oc trui led on the .")lh of last August. The j i - was given to the jury and fifteen . tninult.s l,iler it was annouueed through Sheiiif Wescoit that they had' readied a vi i-liel. The judge ordered the verdict to be handed to the solicitor, who read: ; "UV the jury find the defendant guilty. "The piisoixr was t hereupon sentenced by Jud-ve (Jiisiinr to be hanged by the neck :j until dead,. on the 10th of February, m t ; also cindered the execution to bet .pt'r.Ue.- Wool folk received his sentence .'Moieally, and reasserted his innocence. lle sokf of w it nesses liaving sworn - 1 d-J A--few minutes later he kissed ."'ii 4si "rgoidbye and was rapidly driven b t. I, to jail. " - ' Sitieitle .Willi a Shotgun, ,.4 .lohu'I,. Ib rmlou, a -respected 'itien Little Kiver, a town 'cigthcen ' miles ( i-l of liah i ;h, was found dead in . the ?x oods,' four hundred yards from his resi- h m r, lying o'n. his stomach with the ilim.lr of a- Hngle barrel letb shot-yam in: ' his nioiilh, and the ramrod of the gun in In - light hand.-' Her'ndVn t was ''.d".eyoteI, - to hi I'a'uil v, v. !irh consisted of his wife -.aiud nirce liiidniu He left home Fri- :jl.iy morning, wh- u he told his wife he 'v.is ;i-ing hriii.ti-ng' ..There is no known K isori for i w- deed.-' It was .umloubt- --cdlv a eaie of suicide. The gun .was had 'd with biKikshot. The shot "went " Ihrou-.di his-head? ' - . . -,; . Ueiilii of a riomiiient'Caroliiiian.!. I'. W. Alar hall, one ,of (he most prominent merchants of South Carolina, tlie, I al his residence in Greenville at the .. je-e of C.S years. He was a native of .Columbia and did business there until s-the death of his lather, when he went to 1 l.:u lesTij.-. where .he lived', about ' :J0 . ars, as a tm uiber of a. large mercantile in in. .-vile' was' also a' director' in the Fn.it -National bank and an alderman. He Went". 1o . !reenville six years 'ago, i hejv he carried on " a large, dry goods business. . - - . .. - A.Teunessee Coal Aline on Fire. - News has jest- iViiched Chattanooga - that iire has broke out in the .coal mines 'l the Ko ine and Iron Company at. Kock wood. (' miles norlh of tliaf place," The ii;-i' of the tire is unknow'iv. bu(:-',H: snip jiomiI to be the result of spontaneous "in!)iist ion. The damage done, by fire t has already reached several thousand lol ", In-, and i.he llames are growing 'fierc'lr eiy l),Vur. (treat eifoi ts " have ' been '.Made to c outrol them but witlwmt avaiL TIio Leap to Death. . Charles P.reit, a blacksmith boardinsr at th.'.4)weii House, i YorkviLJe, S. C, I- cominitted. suicide while under Ihe in Ihu m e of whiskey, by jumping Xroin a window jn the third story to the .pave P ment below. He' was injured'' intern ally and died an hour aftcrwanls. Un it J., longed to- Sah'in,.. X, . C", was abourTwe'iity-eTglit years old and un married. While a little child of Air. Quaries, of Knige Spnngs, S, C., was p.laying around ! wa-li tub lie picked up a can of con nt rated lye and swallowed a ipiaiititv oi lhe deadly ihiid, from the effects Jf which he died in twenty four hours. WongAh Hung; nl0 Chinaman who was convicted in the United States Ihstnet ,.ort of import "ng Chinese wo men tor immot-.-il lmroiw..- i... i'.l , . i . .1 " ' ' "'i" seuienc- io vears iinprisioninent in the Cali- .Hate prison ai San (haentin and " pay a line of tf'J.OOO. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. The News of the North, East, South and West, Reduced to Facts IntereHliuK Budget for Reader. our Basy Mrs John Jacob Astor is dead. Fire in Bristol, Eng., yesterday burned .000 bales of cotton. A telephone line is soon to be from Johnston to Edgefield S. C built .The average value of corn on the farm in the United States this year is 43.8 per cent. . . Twenty thousand through passengers arrived in California from the East dur ing November The National Convention ot the Amer ican Federation of Labor is in session at Baltimore. A fire at Marietta, (J a., destroyed two buildings and burned the roof of a third. Loss 2."), 4100, insurance $18,000. In Smith Count v, Miss., Mrs. Fanny Husbands, while Traveling to her broth er's house, was assaulted by a negro and robbed and her tongue cut out. , Christianburg will be raised to Hst 'office, Virginia, the presidential class, January 1st. At Falatka, Fla., the ferry- boat Arm smear caught lire, and burned to the water's edge. Loss $",."00, and insur ance 1,(0. The General Christian Conference of the Evangelical Alliance is in session in Washington. The seed and oii mills at Driffield, Eng., have been destroyed by fire. Loss ST.'io.ooo. Fire in thee entrc of Chicago last night destroyed property to the amount of $ 7W, il 0. Tw o men were killed and several seri our.ly hurt by the burning of a flour mill at Portsmouth, Ohio. Herbert 15. Uattle was elected State Chemist, by the Board of Agriculture, of North Carolina. A freight train on the Alissouri Pacific rail-road was wrecked near Kimbeily, Alinn.,and two brakemen wcrcj JjilQk1(j A new and very rich yeiuliSM has just been found in tUeHai1e"gold mine, of Lancaster Goutity S. C. The British steamship Kimberiey, ashore thirty miles south of Cape Henry, will probably soon break up -''". The earnings' of the railroads in South Carolina for the month of October last w ere ;T',201 5:?, as against $70G,45G 04 for October " I'lte body of a dead negro, supposed to have been killed by his w ife, was dug up in a potato patch in Edgefield County S. C, near Trenton. The twelve year old son of Airs. AL A. Pcmbcrton was killed at Bel I wood S. C, by the. lever of a timber cart falling on his head. . j The officials-'qf the Chicago jail arc vey inu(-h alarmed at the successful man ner in which arms and ammunition have of late been smuggled into jail. . ; The' assets -in Savannah Ga., of the L'jiituJi iStit'es Construction Company, .'lik-lVtV'ii's 'Iniilding the Savannah, Dub- .liu 'and. estern Uailroad, have been sci.ad in a sitit by engineers. Samuel SK'iieer has been made vice president of . the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, with a salary of $2."i,04)0 per annum. - Christian Denning, a well known an archist of t'hicago suicided on account of gticf for Spies and his fellow revolution ists. A conference of wool growers ada dealers, called by the president of thn National Wool Growers'' Association, has issued a protest against the President's recommendation to reduce the tariff, .ami 'especially the duty on wool. t Afilton Haight, a professor in Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, has re ceived :i fine apiointment in the Govern ment College of Sapporo, Japan, through the Japanese legation at Washington. He will'be in charge of the English, 'math ematical and physical departments, with several assistants to aid him. Air. Haight. "is -a iia.tivc of Canada. . . , AVnr Alortoiii," c.)lored," killcit himselj at -Louisville Ky. He "had sold all his property and bet it on the mayors elec tion anil lost, sind it made him crazy: ' Farmers in AYestern Kansas stop trains and help thetnselvcii-vto . .coal, -leaving their names and money enough to-pay for the. coal. The refusal of the "roads to haul coal for the farmers is the cause of "the raids. . - - A Fort Worth, Texas, a dispatch sas that after months of watching and pur suit the ringleaders of the famous Brook ing gang of thieves and train robbers have been jailed. . Powderly has suspended District As semblies l,0o7 ami 2,o09, of Chicago, which supported the revolt against the Knights of Labor. Two freight trains collided on the Ches apeake and Ohio Hailroad near Clifton Forge Ya. Three men were killed. Both trains wrecked. A party of men near Bear City, Kan sas, chased a party of horse thieves into the Pan-Handle ami killed three of them. This breaks up the gang. An attempt was made at Gastonia N. C. a few days ago to wreck the Air Line train, and but for the prompt action of a party passing by who removed the obstruct i jus, many lives would have been lost. THE RIVERS OF THE CAR0L1NAS. Capt Blxby's Review of the Work Done and of lt Benefits totfce People. Capt AV. II Bixby, the United States engineer in charge of the rivers in North and South Carolina, has published in the ilmmgton, J. C, Messenger a review of the work that has been done in these rivers, together with some reflections up on the public benefits to le derived from the expenditure of money uion these im provements. He says : "On the AVaccamaw River, S. C, since 1880, about $ 45, 000 has been sjent in opening up about 70 miles of river, re ducing freight, redering marine insur ance unnecessary and increasing the com merce by f 1,200,000 per year, thus show ing a development of $20 of annual com merce for each dollar once spent by the government. On the Great Pee-Dee River, S. C, since 1880, about $:i7,0(?0 has teen sjwnt in opening up about 200 miles of river, reducing freights by from 25 to 00 per cent, ("the freight on cotton being now by river 75 cents, where it was formerly $1.75 by wagon and rail,) and increasing the commerce by $1,000,000 per year, thus show ing a development of $43 of annual commerce for each dollar once spent by the Government. Besides this the neighborhood of the river is steadily developing under the influence of better transportation facilities. At Lockwood's Folly Inlet, N. C, on Lumber River, N. C, Little Pec-Dec River, S. C, Clark's Creek, S. C, Black Alingo River, S. C, Alligator Creek, S. C., streams already recommended for improvement by the Government; anl at Georgetown Harbor, AYinyah Bay, San tee River, outlet to AYinyah Bay through Alosouito Creek, waterways already un der improvement by the Government, the present indications are that the comple tion of the present recommended im provements will give returns at least equal (if not sujerior) to those of the preceding named waterways. The sjeedy improvement of AVinyah'Bay means a rapid increase in the development of the: Santee and Pee-Dee river basins, com prising two-thirds of the entire State of South Carolina; and a single immediate outlay of $800,000 properly spent here would undoubtedly quickly develop an additional South Carolina commerce of $8,000,000 per year. "On the AYateree River, South Caroli na, since 1882, alxmt $33,000 has been spent in opening up 04 miles of river. Nothing but the obstructions offered by the South Carolina Railroad and the AVilmington, Columbia and Augusta Rail road bridges (mainly the South . Carolina Railway bridge,) now deprive the ad ja cent fertile lands of Kershaw and Rich land counties from the free transportation facilities to which they are justly enti tled; and nothing but the obstruction offered by these bridges now prevents a development of river commerce similar to that of. the similarly situated Great Pee-Dee River . which will probably amount at once to from $500,000 to $1,- 000,000 per year. On the Congaree River, S. C, since 18b(, alxriit $.),000 has been sjcnt in fairly opening up forty-seven' miles of river. Nothing but the obstructions of fered by the South Carolina Railway bridge now deprives the city of Columbia S. C, and adjocent river valley of a free water communication with the ocean orts of Georgetow n and Charleston, -and nothing but the obstructions offered by this bridge now prevents., a development of river commerce, (similar to that of the similarly situated Great Pee-Dee River.) which will am unt at once to from $1, 0p0, 000 to $2,000,000. Although the aliovc improvements have already produced such good results in the development of the country, these improvements are to-day not more tha'n half completed, and there is every indi cation that further improvements will be accompanied by equally good results un til the cost of such improvement shall amount to fully double what has been already spent by the General Govern ment.".; : . . - - THE FESTIVE MOOXSHINEKS. Revenue Officers Make I he Bigtcent Raid Vet Known in the Somk. The biggest seizure of illicit distilleries ever made in Georgia, occurred a few days ago. Deputies Alexander and Ste phens visited the place near Jasper and: secreted themselves in the wood until shortly before day break, w hen they saw several men go down into a hole in the middle of a plantation." The officers fol lowed and come upon a gang of moon shiners in the act of distilling whiskey. The still was running in a hole some 30 feet square. Water was conveyed a dis tance of 200 yards in a log hollowe d out. There was four stills within a radius of a mile, all operated under ground in the .same way. The Pettitt brothers, and Alass and Tanner, all" notorious moon shiners, were the owners of the stills. They and - the men who were working for them escaped. The stil!s have been running five years and the deputies calculate that in that time they must have made at least 10.000 gallons of w hiskey. Over 5,000 gallons of beer was captured. Only a small quantity of whiskey w as got owing to the fact that several hundred gal Ions had been taken aw ay the day I fore. It is believ ed that most of the whiskey made in these illicit distillers found its way into Atlanta. Collector Crenshaw states ik. I 1 r mat never oeiore tmce the revenue ser vice was established has so extensive seizure been made in the South. Ocnlar Demonstration. - Suzctte, the new maid, is very ner vous, and ia dusting the chirancy-piece knocks clown and smashes a lovely Chi nese porcelain vase. Her mistress, hear ing the noise, rushes into the room and exclaims in a furious tone- "You awk ward fool, how did you do tint V Suzette, horribly intimidated, does not venture to make any -rply. " But you perfect idiot." cries ma dame, ' will you tell me how you man aged to do it ?" "How I did it!" exclaims Suzette, ex asperated. That's how I did it !" and with that she dashes the remaining vase off the chimney-piece onto the ground and into a thousand pieces. French Piiper. Do not allow ashes to accumulate in the jfsh pan until they reach the grate. WASHINGTON. The President has before him three hundred and sixty-five messages nomin ating postmasters alone, all of whom have leen apiointed during- the recess of Congress and are already -in office, which messages he will send to the Sen ate as fast as he can examine and sign them. Other recess nominations, suf ficient to bring the number up to about six hundred, are expected during the Aveek. Daily secret sessions arc likely to occur for the purjiose of reading and re ferring these, ami it is Hssible that some of the Cabinet nominations already sent to the Senate but not yet laid lK-forc that body may be reported for action before the end of the week. All imjK)rtant committees will hold meetings during the week for the purjoseof organization. The daily sessions of the Senate are likely to be short ones. ;' The follow ing is a correct list of Sen atars who will represent the Democratic party on the committees, except that one or two cltanges may be made in com mittees of minor importance, such as re vision of laws: Appropriations Beck, Cockrcll, Call and Gorman. Agriculture George, Gibson and Jones the old members, with Senator : Bate, of Tennessee, as a probability. To audit and control the contingont exjx'nses of the Senate Vance. Civil Service and Retrenchment No change; Yoorhccs, AValtham, AVilson, Berry. Commerce No change; Ransom, Gor man, Keniu, Gibson. . Education ami Labor No change; Call, Pugh, Payne, AYaltham. Engrossed Bills Saulsbury, chairman, Call.' Enrolled Bills No change; Colquitt. To Examine the Several Branches of Civil Service No change; Hampton, Gray. Epidemic Diseases No change; Har ris, Hampton, Eustis, Berry. Finance No change; Voorhccs, Beck, AlcPherson, Harris, Vance. - Judieiary No change; Pugh, Coke, Vest, George. Libnuy No change; Voorhees. Alilitary Affairs Cockrcll, Hampton, AYaltham, the old members, with proba bly Senator-Bate as a new member. Naval Affairs AlcPherson, Butler and Blackburn, the old memlcrs, with Sen ator Gray as a probable new mcmlcr. Privilege - and Elections No change; Saulsbury, Vance, Pugh, Eustus. , Public. Lands-r No change; -Morgan, CockrelJ, AYaltham, Berry: Revision" of Law s No chauge; Kcnna, AVilson. Railroads-Prcbably no change; Brown, Kenua, George, Blackburn. Rules Nochauge; Harris, Blackburn. Revolutionary Claims Coke, chair man. Select Committees: Additional accom modations for the Library Aroorhees, chairman; Butler, Gibson, the old mem bers. . To Inquire into Claims of Citizens against Nicaragua Alorgan, chairman; AVilson and some new man. River Front of Washington AlcPher son, chairman; Ransom and some new member. AVoman Suffrage Cockrcll, thairman, with Brown and some new member. . Centennial of Constitution and -Discovery of A mcrica Voorhees, Gorman,. Eustis. . :" - " "' " Short sittings and long adjournments may be expected in the House. The Speaker will ppoint; a committee on rules within a day or two, and a recess for two days will probably be t.,ken in order to allow that committee oppor tunity to c onsider a report upon various propositions that have already been in troduced looking to amendments' of the former rules. Air. McCrcary's resolution requiring general appropriation bills to be reported to the House by 'committees within sixty days afte r, their appoint ment during the long session, will proba bly. be speedily and favorably reported by the committee on rules, and the dis cussion follow ing the report may - con sume the time of the House for a day or two. There is also talk of an aggressive movement by friends of some of the House officials rercntly displaced, which juay enliven proceedings during the lat ter part of the week. Wnnliington ew Notes. The President has sent to the Senate the nomination of Albert H. Mowry to be postmaster at Charleston S. C. The Senate adopted a resolution to pay six month's salary to the heirs of the late Ben Perley Poor, clerk to the Senate commmittee on printing. Ex-Congressman AIcKcn.ie, of Ky., appears to be stated for the vacant Mex ican Mission. His friends say he will receive the appointment by the first of the year. The New A'ork Ranks. The following is the weekly bank statement : Reserve, increase,. $30 1,475 ; loans, dec rease $1,473,000 ;' specie, in crease, $112,800; legal tenders, decrease, $372,300; lcosits, .decrease, $2,083,900; circulation, decrease, $10,000; The banks now hold $0,210,200 in excess of the 25 J per cent rule. ' . The Worltls Supply of Cotton. The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 2,920,300 bales, of which 2, 173.200 bales are American, against 2, 797, 551 and 2.397,151 bales respective ly last year. The receipts of cotton this week at all the interior towns an; 159,400 j bales, lhc receipts Iromthe plantations I o., 140 oaies anci uic crop in sigiit is -i,-1 jn- s! i,.,i,.o Ala rion County S. C, has three brag farmers whose work is hard to beat. Air. Duncan AIcLaurin with one mule made twenty-six bal: of cotton, ami a bounti ful supply of corn, fodder, potatoas and jK-as. The cotton was made on twenty five acres. Nelson Hillings, a negro ten ant living on Capt W. I. Steed's planta tion, made sixteen bales of cotton and plenty of provisions nero tenant on Col. E. T. Stac'.chouse's place has now to his credit $930 made this year: A Distinguished Gnest. Hon. Joel Prentice Bishop, L. L. D., the distinguished legal author of Cam bridge, Alass., delivered the annual ora tion before the South Carolina Bar asso ciation in the hall of the house of repre sentatives at Columbia. - His subject was, '.'The common law as system of rea soning, how and why essential to good government; what its perils and how averted." The discourse was a masterly one, and was listened to with rapt atten tion by the large audience, which -was comjKjsed of the federal and state judici ary, members of the bar and the general assembly, the faculty of the university and many ladies. Mr. Bishop has been the recipient of marked courtesies at the hands of the leading citizens. He visit ed the house and senate, and was extend ed the privileges "of the floor - in both cases. He also spent some time" in the supreme court, listening to arguments made in a case concerning the -rights of married women, on which subject Air. Bishop has written a standard work. During the discussion incident to the case, there were frequent references to this work, which was quoted as good law and high "authority in the very presence of its author. The annual banquet of the South Car olina bar association took place at the Hotel Jerome, Air. Bishop being a dis guised guest. A SERIOUS LOSS TO GEORGIA. The "Death of Jiave J, Orr, I.L.. D., Mine fperlnlendent of Edacation. Gustave J. Orr, LL. I)., superintend ent of education for the State of Georgia, and one of the most distinguished edu cators in the Southern States, died at his home in Atlanta, after a short illness. The immediate cause of death was brain fever. Dr. Orr waslorn in Orrsville, S. C, in 181!). When a loy he removed with his father's family to Jackson County, Georgia. He was educated for the law, but never practiced that pro fession, lie was fond' of literature, and preferred the quieter occupation of teach er. He proved one of the most success ful teachers the State ever produced. He was a professor in Emory College and was president of the .Masonic College. He w edded when a young man Aliss Anderson, daughter of Col. Anderson, after whom the county of that name in South Carolina was called. Fifteen years ago he was appointed State sujkt intendedt of education, and has held that office ever since. He is recognized as the founder of the public school system in Georgia. To him more Hum to any other dozen men are the negroes in debted for the educational advantages they now enjoy. By white and blacks alike he w as held in the highest esteem, not alone for his great learning, but for his benevolence. The Cinireirs Rules. The South Carolina conferenoe of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, whic h has just closed its annual session, at Columbia, S. C, adoped the following resolutions: "Resolved, That the attitude of the conference is in harmony with the views so often expressed bv the chief pastors of our church in their pastorial addresses. That an attendance upon the theatre or circus, or any professional or amateur dramatic or Impersonating exhibition, is inconsistent with the obligations of a Christian : urofcssion to '. renounce the! world, the flesh and the devil. That we ..have lieen gratified at the ac tion .of the. .official lniard of McKcudrce church, Nashville, Term., in pledging their supjMrt to the ministry inmaintain ing our old landmarks on the. subject, and that we 'aieal to the laity of the church in our conference to prove their loyalty to a purer and spiritual religion by the discouraging, in every way, suc h dramatic exhibitions. That we will dis countenance and discourage all ques tionable modern modes.cif .raising money for church purposes, -by other means than than a- straightforward, honest :ap-. peal to the sense Of religious obligation. That we "regard card playing,, the tlirow ing of dice, attendance on" balls ami horse racing is prohibited by the rules of our church, and we will endeavor, vith all kindness, but firmness, to root out such evils where they may Ik; found. Buried Alive in Walterfooro.' Air. Caleb Sauls, an oM and.-respected citizen, met . with a sad .death at AVatcrlioro S. a few days :g. While hammering down in an old wtjl, which he was repairing, 'die earth cavtnT in upon him, burying him alout ten" feet and causing instant death. - Immediately as the alarm was given the work of dig ging him out was commenced-, but w hen the unfortunate man was reached he had breathed his. last. ..... .. . ' A Verdict in Harper's Case. In Cincinnatti the jury in 'the' Harper case rendered a verdict of guilty as charg ed in the indictment". This'n.eant-guilty on the thirty-three connts left for the jury to act upon. Judge Sage sentenced Harper to ten ycaas in the Ojiio jicniten tiary, and directed f hat the marshal.con vey him thither at once.' Whiskey's. Wicked Work. v Frank-Moss, an extensive: cattle dealer, of Tazewell County,' A'a.,.'killcd a color;' ored mail carrier en route" "to Terk;s (Mir- den. AIos-s liatl'Hust ' returned frdm twe- Eastcrn markets, where he Itail soW ?A' large lot of cattle, and was crazy from a recent spree He has been placed in a lu natic asvlum. Air. John C. Blair, of York County S. C, for the past three years has kept a record of the numlier of squirrels he has killed. For. this year, up to Novemlor 30, the number was 480. In'-1885 lie killed 300. and in 1880 337. The graad total for three -years is 1,12G, or more than one squirrel a day during that time. The bonds of Lancaster County S. C, issued for the building of the Three C's ! Uailroad have been signed and placed on deposit with the Boston Safes and Trust Deposit Company. A PISTOL DUEL. THE DREADFUL COST OF A QUAR REL OVER A GAME OF CARDS BETWEEN TWO TOUNCJMFN Char. Crittenden tnot to Death by a I'nltrd tateo Denntr Marshal. Col. David Settle, United States 3Iar shal, Mho is in attendance upon his du ties at the present, term of the- Federal court in this city, yesterday morning re ceived a telegram from Greensboro, stating that two of his deputies, Alorgan and Grcam, had leen jaiied at that place for the murder of a young man named Chas. E. Crittenden, a resident of Greensboro. Passengers who arrived in the city on the noon train brought further news of the affair, and from them a Chronicle reporter learned that the trouble grew out of a dispute over a game of cards. - The principals of the affair were O. G. Alorgan, a United States Deputy Alar shal from Trannsylvania, and Chas. Crit tenden, a young man from Grcensloro. Thev had lx'en in each other's company ! nearly all of Tuesday, and sm-nt the lat- ter part of the dav playing cards Dur ing the progress of the game, they had a quarrel, and the game ended in a row. Thev finally separated without having come to blows, though each one had a hot temper. At eleven o'clock they met on the pavement in front of the AIcAdoo House and ojx'ned fire upon each other. Alorgan was shot in the arm, but his aim was far more deadly than was that of Crittenden, for at each discharge of Alor gan's pistol a bullet crashed into the flesh of Crittenden, who fell dead to the pavement- One bullet struck Crittenden just under the left eye, and passed en tirely through his head. Another bullet passed through his lody, and still anoth er shattered his wrist. Alorgan received only a flesh wound in his right arm. Ac counts of the details of the affair arc con flicting. Alorgan, together w ith another deputy named Gream, was arrested at once and placed in jail. It is charged that Gream was accessory to the shooting Crittenden, the victim, was a young man, w ell-known inGreensljoro, and was, we believe, formerly employed in the Kst "office there. Alorgan is also a young man. Both are unmarried. They were good friends up to the time of the quarrel over the game of cards.. Char lotte Chronicle. OUR GREAT FOOD CROPS. The Farm Trireo or Agricaltaral Prodact All aver theCoaatrr. The Dccemler statistical report of tha department of agriculture relates mainly to the farm prices of agricultural prod ucts. The average value of corn is 43.8 cents ier bushel, against 30. 6 last year, and in 1885. In 1881 it was 63.8. AVhcn estimated the product was 1,194, Olfi.OOO bushels. The difference is large ly due to the general depression of val ues. In the Atlantic States the prices of homegrown corn arc. only slightly ad vanced. The average value of wheat is 09 cents, only three mills higher than average last year. The average price for oats is 30.7 cents against 29.8 last year. Buckwheat 50.1 or 1.7 cents higher than last year. The cereal average for the en tire country differ very slightly from those of hist year except as to corn. The value of potatoes is greatly enhanced, leing tiS.5 cents against 45 last year. It is higher than for seven years except in 18 81. The value of hay is much increased. It averages $9.34 icr ton against 7.30 last year. The advance has been in the drought area of the AVest. ...Cotton values are about a half -cent higln r than Deccmler last. The average plantation prices by States are as follows: 8.7 cents er pound for the States of the Atlantic coasts; 8.0 for Alabama, Alissis sippi and Louisiana; 8.5 for Tennessee ami Arkansas; 8.3 for Texas. : The report which will le printed at the end of the month will contain esti mates of the area, product and value by States of torn, w heat and oats. It will also include a report on the area and con dition, of winter grain. THE MURDER OF A MUTF. Inqaekt on the Body or the Nero Foaad near Trenioa-A Horrible Crime I'a rarthed. A Trenton, S. C, dispatch says'; At an inquest held over the body of Jacob Burt, on Saturday morning, the evidence pointed very strongly to four parties Louisa, his second w He, Chainey his only daughter, and two negro men, Ephriam Mays- and Ed Dean. All the the parties have fled the county, the men takiug the wife and daughter w ith them. ' The evidence clearly show s the mur der to have liccn a most brutal one. P.urt's skull Was smashed to pieces by the back of an axe, and the body was dragged from the house and taken alout fifteen yards from his own door and a lit tle dirt thrown over him. His feet were left uncovered and his face turned down. He was-.: evidently buried before life was extinct. The deceased was a quiet, m'Hi i fnl mute, and a trusted lal Hirer 6u Air. Pierce Day's plantation The jury rcudcrcd a' verdict according to the above facts Colquitt Wares the Prohibition Fla?. r-.rSr.ntor Colquit," of Georgia, addressed thn : American TemiKTance Union at Cliiekerinff Hall New A'ork city. eTvihatically declared that Prohibition w s not dead in Georgia, despite its rc c it defeat in Atlanta, and he was equal ly sure there would be no compromise in h's State. In Philadelphia4 Ta., five "bucket shop" stock exchanges were raided by the police, and their owners arrested and held to bail in $800 under the gambling Act, . ' The jury has brought in a verdict of acquittal in the case of O'Leary, one of the men charged with complicity in tee murder of Constable AVhelehan at Lu bjonvarna, County Clare. By the fall of a carriage in a mine shaft near AVilkesbarre, Penn., two men were instantly killed, four fatally injured and three others badly hurt. The New Supreme Conrt Nominee. U Q. C. LAMAR. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar was born in Putnam County, Georgia, Sep tember 17, 1825, and graduated from Emory College in 1845. He studied law under the Hon. A. II. Chappcll. and was admitted to the lar in 1847. He went to Mississippi in 1849, and was made pro- -feasor of mathematics in the Mississippi University. He resigned in 1850 and went to Covington, Georgia.' He es tablished a law practice and was elected to the Legislature in 1853. In 1854 he returned to Mississippi and was sent to Congress. He sat in the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth Congresses. In 1801 he represented his State in the Convention of the Southern States, and during the same year entered the Confederate army. In 1803 he was sent by President Davis to Russia on diplomatic business. After the close of the war he was sent to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, and in 1877 was sent to represent Alississippi in the United States Senate, and continued to do so until given the position of Secretary of the Interior by President Cleveland. A Fort one From a Son?. "Paul us, who claims to be the conn poser of the 'Boulanger March, gets i . loyalty of fifty per cent, on all copies of the song sold in France. Up to tht present nearly 300,00!) copies havebecn sold, and 1 am told that his income therefrom has been fully $00 a month,' writes a Paris correspondent. This along is a nice income. How ncuch he gets for singing at the beer rardea I do not ' know, but I suppose it it at least $50 a night. Yoa may therefore understand that Paulus is well off. He has lately Eaid $25,00J for a house in Paris, and e has a country seat which cost him every penny of $7.000. He lives, dresses and drives out in a style becom- ' ing a millionaire. Kow that his voice is broken, he does not go to the beer . garden, but ones a week he tends his liveried servants around to the ofiicc, with his carriage, to draw hit salary and bring it home to him. Paulus's real name is Paul Ilabans. He is a native of Bordeaux, and is aboul forty-five ycar obi. lie hat been comic public singer cTer tinea he rew up to manhood. At first he was in a' small way." For years ho did not ears more than $12 to $15 a week. - He found thai there were plenty of competitor! who could sing just as veil as he. So he had to resort to other meant of mak ing progress. Audtcioui eccentricity became then his watch wo: ?. AVhcn the other singers took to wear-. . ing cuffs fifteen inches in circumference about their wrists, he cam? out with' cuffs a yard in circumference, making him look as though his hands were stick ing out of beer barrels. AVhen large nosegays afqieared he adorned the lapel of his coat with a cauliflower encircled with a wreath of mammoth sunflowers. AVhen the others affected low-cut shirt collars he had his bosoms cut open clmost to the waistband. These tricks, more than his singing, attracted attention. Thousands flocked nightly to see what new trick he would display. So he won fame and fortune. As his songs were almost always polit ical or satirical he made many euemieo. . Frequently he was threatened with rio- . lence, and more thin once was on the verge of a duel. In preparation for emergencies he studied boxing, fencing and pistol-shooting, until now he would be, in e'ther of the three, one of the " mrst dangerous antagonists in France. But as yet he never has been compelled to put his prowess to actual test. The White - eeth of the Siberians. Three hundred versU from Yakutsk, says John P. Jackson,"in the New York Mar, I saw men of sixty and seventy with 6cts of teeth small and pearly white and polished and healthy as those of the handsomest American girl of sixteen. Decay and suffering and nnsightlinest and loss are actually unknown. A physician of Yakutsk told me that he believes the reason of this phenomenon is to be found in the habits and kind of food eaten by the natives, aj well as to certain care taken by them from child hood up. In the first place the Yakut do not touch sugar in any form, for. the simple reason that they cannot afford to purchase it. Secondly, they are in the j habit of drinking daily large quantities of fermented sour milk,, summer and winter, which is an antiscorbutic and it Tcry beneficial in preserving the teeth. ' And lastly, they have the habit of chew-' ing a preparation of the rosin of the fir tree, a piece of which, tasting like tar, ther masticate after every meal, in order jc I specially to clean the teeth and gums of meah. The gum or rosin is sold and prepared by all apothecaries in Siberia and is much used by Itnssian ladies. If anyone would make this an exhaustive study, and publish the results of his ob servation he would. I imagine, confer a lasting benefit on suffering humanity. A Dentists ICpitapli. They have put up an epitaph in one of the Ixmdon cemeteries which equals in pith and exactitude any Vhing of the olden time. Over the grave of a dentist there run these lines: Yiew this gravestone with all gravity, J is filling his last cavity. Quite Kaoirlng'. Charles "She's pretty, but she doesn't know anything." Evelyn "Oh, yet the doet: sheknowt I the't urettT." Life.
The Goldsboro Headlight (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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