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WE'LL HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CK1P8 FALL WHERE THEY MAY. m -VOL. 1. - ltlLLSBORO, & C, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, ml.,' NO. o. ' - SOUTHERN ITEMS. tor-Dcr of news gathers! tltS RE AND THESE. . SUanr Callrou Aceliloaie-Wlut I Trrnm- wind. Tea-peraaea Mattars-aaclal Art kllloaa tiaaaip. The remain of Judge Samuel ILiIL of mo oupremc iourt oi ueorgia, were Jala at rest at Albany. , . I. 0. McDanicl, the father of ex-Govv rrnnr If n VlioHint i l . n.? i dead, lit M born in South Carolina. The MSVor Of flflvnnnah tin haw vicred the police to arrest every person displaying swinging signs or algna erect ed on top of posts, - - Warren Frwier .'colored brakeman on f nn flAAMi. Ka.3 a ( nwiiroaa, leu between two box curt M fha train n. n, w"Yd was instantly killed by the . yawing over ma ooay. The extanaiva wmi-lta ,t iU " 1 ..l. 310., Car Wheel Company, situated la Ihn mmmmm-. ...I 1.- . .. -..ran auuuroa oi i no city, were destroyed by lire. The ks ft estimated ai aoout-f lw.uoo; fully Insured. . At Jackson, Miss., Chief Justice wwjw reiusca to laaue a writ of habeaa iyrj.ua in trw case of Hamilton and V"'" tanrgca with the murdi-f of Oam. Ueii, the editor of prohibition paper. The Board of AIWmm t i ik... Y-i refused pennilon to the Salvation , lu parao iae atreeta or make any demonstrate, on the ground that the -. ... . - nuisance, ana the majority cf tha people opposed them. , Toe Atlanta, tia.. notice hava mt nn to the new racket of. the drinker who wisn to evaue the prohibition law in dependent club, Recently, several ar- rests were made of porters, waiter and uaHeepera or auch place. A meeting of rtllian. ? 1.. n. Wa8 held, ta ennal.lt..- ik. ... " .v. .uq VUfiMUUiLf III holding m election about Nor. 20th. to MliAal )kaa a. a .. . I -r i-icscm pronioiuoo law. One T: aeTea l0'000 Campaign fund V defeat proWbiUon. unprecedented raina : haTe failed throughout North Ttxa All the rivet, are ovi r their banks, and many washouts re reported. Train, an. ifi deUyed. Eleven persona bat, teen drowned at Cleburne, seta, of. whom belonged to a family named, ftcumidt. , " "- J. O. Memminger, of Charles . ton. f n k ... . .v.. o ',f -erate Statra treasury aod one of I'rri- i it i.n 4 T .' . - . . oioh uuaiM mends and confidential advlarra, la acrlously ill at "niucr rmavnee u ut Itock, and Anacchlft ,. t - "nuu, aa BJUUK Hfty4v miles from AUanta, Ga. ' Freight " u acconi section tonsidcrably and a delay of three or four - ' h..ju. io uvea were lost. "w, d. v., ia very muco excited ft the reported Indications of a told iurrc. ai expert irom Colorado reports that from specimens of ore found there, he hat faith enough in it to pay a oere tUe epecimens wire found. .The heaviest rain of the season fell at siawgn,- x. C, and extended over a largo area. 8iue atreama rose at the Vato of nioe inches per hour and flooded ropi. Laigo quantitlea of hay in the . yrvunu were wawoa vway. ureat uarnaga na been done to all low-ground cropa. The total vole csit on the liquor ques tion In Meriwether county, On., vni 8,830. Of this, 1.014 were tart for pro hibition, , and 1,834 vote were caet against prohibition. The prohibitionist make the claim that hundreds of negroes who voted wire dirniiialified because of on-peymcnt of taxes. "Vrank VT. Ilitrper, of Vcrai!Ice, Ky.t lias ordered a beautiful and costly monu ment of pure hite marble to lie placed over the gruve of Ten Ikoeck, the cclc lrted tMtiog hope. It will to seven ft and two incbea high, surmounted rith an urn. The date of Ten Broeck'i Itirth and death and his famous record will be luKTibcd on the monument The rato commlitet of the Syuthern Taild Association, which Is composed of alt tho frcijjlit agenta fa the bouthem f Blatea, Wt at AlUta, Oa. The matter lonnected with r.tc and classification I Were disCU'Std. A tieur rata i nmla on the goods manufactured in cotton fac toilea, atid tho classification wa changed from the fifth to the hth cU.. - A lire occurred at rr.imhvi:id, 8. Cf ami dcttroyed nioe but ding, aa follows: Hamilton's general More and residence, BUck'a general toit, A. F. H. Dake general store an I haidonce, J. Krnh'a millinery tore. PearUtlne, KurUh&Co. grneral store, J. K. Mi gtnrml tor and D. D. Myers' gr ncral at jre and dwell ing. Lose lO.OOyj Insurance ta.OOO. , CalTolivrr, the lad IS year of igo who waa spurel by the Igin during the manerre at Morchrad K w flwl on from ambush ner town. Pcvcr.il of JiOmin follower!, whit l.avn Wn In. d.cled formpprc.J psiticiiwtion In tha massacre, are hiding in the mountain near town, heavily armed, ami cannot be netted. Tron will leave hen court a IJournt, and it is expected fighting will begin then. '. A fire broke out In RIggs't livery (table at Kichmond, Kf., di-simycd if, and then spread to tha busincM portion of Ihccitv. Arnold' grocery, Ociitry A Co.' hardware, then , tho new opera hoiiM., Xi(tt jir dure itnro, DoiHfln' butcher hoji, Grren' ojmm houte, the Adsm ExprcM Coinpnny'a iilficc, l ntiill Co.'s realnurnnt. and flrnith 4 llvlfon' shop w. re li str..jel. Im about C0, 100; imiirance IW.OOO. 1 A fire wa discovered in the kitchen of the James JJottJ at Denton, Texas. The proprietor eoing the flames beyond con trol, had tbe guest aroused. " Col. A. J. Hitchcock, a Tcxa veteran, wa warned and started from his room, but lust his way an 1 rau into the flame. After a long search his charred remains were found In the ruins. He was one of the survivor of the Fannin m ssacre at Go li id in March, 1837. He was 73 years of age, a nntive of GcoTgi.1, an;V lcuvcs a 1 iro est ite. . . : GENERAL NEWS. PHOTOGRAPHS OF MATTERS AMERICA AND EUROPE. IN EIOT W 1 16EIDA. HaJ Calorea He'a Baa Things Thalr Owa , . War aa a Mraaaicri A lot of negro gambler took passage oh tliostc'imerThronatecskaatApalachicolH! Fla, .a When about twelve miles from the city they became engaged in quarrel with a lot of negro raftsmeoi PUtol were drawn And a f usilade of hois be gan. The Captain of thn tbamer, assi ted by his tW, attempted to quyll the disturbance. A negro drew a weapon upon the officer and told him to vacate the lower deck. The captain and his crew being unarmed, retreated to the upper deck. The steamer waa then put about and beaded toward the city. Just before she made tits ' landing at the wharf Cnjit. i llandlctte ordered the police to lot no man come ashore. The negrote then took ranll boat, When the oftiram Iwrran nrinirnnnti thorn The (Ire wa returned, but with no effect. Auoui two nunareu other negroes had congregated upon tho wharf, armed With (ticks and wcanonsof varinna Vimla aud several of their number were urging the black to pitch into tbe white 8cv eral arrest were made, and iome thirty ahota were fired. The. militia vm nr. dffod out, and it waa only by the cool nc'a and dctarmlnaf inn nf whitoa that serious riot wa prevented. coxfeuebatb sjoldickv none. One of the mnl nnmitnr nnhmnnl. tuai ocen s anca in ttio south, Is the suggestion of Samuel Iamn for tha e tublUhrtient in Atlanta, Ga.. of a Can federate Soldier, Home at' Athula The lnit:eirt:l ri ii-li nf lha ti it f a h .w-m .ww aHV - W'V a Georgia haio exjin-fsed their amirobution vi mo rmcmc, saa ai ini r.e unont jtx-p-'Mon, boxes will ba .lacol to receive the doo itlon of t'.iose who desiro to aid. At tha time the lln-mi r. nr.il .i4it which was finally located at KiehmomL V.. Gen. J- A- Uavdna nndimrniwil tn have it p!a-cd at Atlanta, and ui.douht- ciiiy ne w:u i. ike au active put in the Home now lro: ii-l. A lar ft nrtrtirtn nf the money ta buil t tbe KicUiuomi Home wu coDtnouica hy xorihern vctrrang. " iB-aa---aaawa.aa-aaMaaaaa tll'irkVLT BKUEAOED. Pranzlni. the muntcror nf Vrt Ttni. nault. waa executed la the Jail vard in 1'lace de la Roquette, Pans, France. A crowd of 80,000 gathered during the nicl.L. and the nnlirn had imuit diftinilt in kvfj.ing tli.m within bound. The majoiity was of tbe rougher element, but quite a number llongea to the respect able (lass. Prmniini emerged from the prison, accompanied by the prison ch ip Iain and guards; he t-topped for an in stant and seemed about to breakdown, lie kised the crucifix held by the abbe, and knf.lt ti MviM tha knife v An It.. tant afterward and Marie Rcgnault wu avenged. A MOMtTCUfl rONritHtllOM. Jjaaa Pnmrnv. tha lui mnnl.n Boston, Mas, who baa been in prison several Visrs. aa the result of a ibrtftfi tiff horrible murJi-ra nevpr nritml f,.r atrocity, has just confeised to crime of wnicn ne W" not suspected. He admit having decoyed a little boy n.imoJ Hor ace Miller out on the tioutii Timtaii marshes and cut him almott to pica e. 1'omerny hd a mania for cutting reouie up, lie was only fourteen year old at the time. A numtwr of weak minded women have bwn trvintr In nnt ts Im j - ,-r as ' v I o rlj rardoned. but It i thoiioht thla km rill pot t quictui ou their BW-aMBWBaBaaaWaBaBajBaaaawawaBWWamaBW F IOOL tTBATniB. aaMaWwaMa ' Prof. Fottcr of Iowa, intl t.thr rami. table weather prophets, predict cool westher until abont IliTomiu l. . rtn. which date, tht winter will be rather warmer than usual. The first rrt of September will bo uniuuallv cool, it la aid, and about the 13th n verv heavy storm may be expected to croa tha continent. Thla ainrm will t accompanied by high winds, r-in, hall and thunder. It mot destructive fores w ill be expended in tbe Atlantic State. Tuo middlo ten davs of tha mnnth arlll r.K. ably be warm, and the last ten day will A novn uah. , Albert IIowelL aired 30 veaiw. a tttnv Ctrrier. was arrmtpil In Itnktnn ' !.. on tho charge of emborling h tiers. Ho wntiain?i.au(jiortiionit urm or cjtirt. Howell i aver stole the letter on Ilia 0m rolltl llllt tftnlr lnlfara frnm I -a boxc of other carriers before the had been put in the potteries. Howell is a church member and carried hi religion ml into hi buttiucsf, alw;ry keeping a Bible npon hi dock, which ho lead cltir Ing noun-time and tuadn himself very conspicuous in tbi rtarticulsr. VlMTINO WTATE'l.Xr.?!. Arthur O'Connor, member of rnrl la ment for Donegal, and Sir Thomas Henry (irttan Etinondc, member of Patlia. imnt for Dublin rounty, will,vlitit th Vol d Htnlc and nddroxt monster meet-In-; to bo convened by the Irish Nation nl Ingue of Amend Sir Henry E tuotide is great-grandson of Henry Gmt tan, the famous Irish patriot. Hewa ltttla ia-ltaltdaftollbU Fat 8f Elrapraa Pallilea-Lahar NatSosw , at Bane a.aa Abraad, eie. . McGarrigle, the Chicago," III., J'boo dler" who escaped to Victoria Bi Ci, has uu;i 10 jiong nong, cuina. . Isaao Lucas, treasurer of Wapoketta, Ohio, and' 31,00 of the county fund, KM mtauinn A ..u-. A (lilA Z- t , fcred for information of the whereabouts oi Mica. , A conspiracy against the Spanish gov ernment ha been discovered at Ponce. MMnria riat rrA luiAn ..(..(.J at. - bu 'J.uL il QUaiTel t B,lvabLUr Jui'muiii iuo prcsiuuuv vi lino t.a . a .iiiimninin iiiit. 1 Yum Phnn ljm thA fVitnarv..- wl.. recently married an American heiress of XT Tf 1 .1 . vw uuveo, voon., lias accepiea a posi tion on the editorial stall .of the New Haven Register. Frank C. McNeally,. li) yaarl of ago, empioyca In the liiddcford saviugs bauk of Saco, Me., ran away with all me oon a. money ana ccurmc wmount ing to nearly $300,000. . Henry George' friend in New York have subscribed $1.1,000 for the estab lishment of an evening paper to be called the Evening Standard. It will make its appearance on September 15th. " The collector of customs at Suspension Bridge, N. Y., has seized the Canadian steamer Hastings, tor violation 01 cavi gntiea law in carrying passenger be tween Lewiston and Olcott, two Ameri cn Doit. Gen. Ferron, the French secretary of war. ha caused two of his nrivate sec retaries to be arrested on a chargo of sign lreacon. il is cuargea (net they disclosed to the Paris Figaro tho plans of the war office for the mobilization of French troops. f The London. Times protests against the treatment to which British sealer, in Bearing sea, are subjected by American auioonues in Aiasaa, ana suggests tnat the irovernment atnd a milaor tn Atankan waters, to secure strictly legal treatment n-.' i t ...... iur cnuso vessew. c Georgt A. Ely, of Pottsville, Pa., docket clerk to the county commission ers, suddenly disappeared. Subsequent invtatttTAtinn hat twralnd tha fut that Ely ha been engaged In forging and ne gotiating county bonds, one of $100 Having been traced to bim. The notice order forbbldinir tha an. clalibt to celebrate the death of Ferdi nand Laesale at Berlin, Germany, did not hava tha deaiml rITnrt. aa thntiunda . f the follower of the great labor uuion organizer made a pilgrimage to Grucau. A utrii'.iia mtl uvnrr.it itiinn.Jk. A m and several arrest were made by the po lice. Two cattle dealers of Womctsdoorf, Pa., purchased a number of car loada of cattle at the Buffalo stock yardf, which were sold to different farmers. Some of the steers showed signs of alarming sickness, and were found in their stalls dead. Dr. Bridge, state veterinary sur geon, say the disease ia Texas fever. Farmers are greatly alarmed, fearing spread of tbe disease. Robert Bonner drove Maud 8. on the three-quarter-mile track on his farm, at Tarrytown, li. Y., the fastest mile tbat has every been made to wagon. Tbe first half wu made In 1:08, and the but half in 1.-04, making the mile in S:13. Mr. Bonner urged the mare only on the last half, when she made tha marvelous time of 1:04 1 to wagon on n three quarter track. Fresh condemnation of Pasteur hat been stirred op by the death of Lord Don mile, in France, ' Doncrailo wa bit: en by a tame fox, and although Le under went the Pasteur treatment, he died in frightful agonies, and with all the symp tom of hydrophobia. Pasteur declare that he did not see Doncraile until two weeks after the fox had bitten him, and when it was too late to announce a cure w 1th absolute certainty. . An attemnt waa mad to burn tirtdmi over culvert on the Wabash Railroad, one mile esst of Lafayette, Ind ' A freight train num arm. ml tha mm at full speed and tbe engineer ccing the fire, luip uu airara ana pawca ovcrsaiciv. 1 ne aM-nnd aiwlinn f.f tha tv.ln . . v. ..aw .. nnw liajKlH nd stopped before it reached the bridge amu ui tiaiuiura put QUI 1110 ore. AS the engineer of the lint train reached tha tilirntniT Iirldtva ha taw imh liin ant from hiding place bear by and disip- jiwir ia iuo wooua. The American ship Ropes, 4,200 ton burthen, the largest ahin that ever ailrd IntoPugct sound, arrived in Tucnma, W. TM Mng 89 day from Tokohmiu with 8,771 tons of tea and other mer chandise for Chicago, Boston and Phila delphia merchant. The sh;p, Alexander Gibson, it due in a few tiny from the same port. Tbe at rival of the Ityn ia the beginning it direct trade between Yokohomaanl Tacoroa, goo Ku..tn. 1 by 180 car of the Northern Pacific inll road. The value of the enrgo of the hipl $1,800,000. A freight ttain on the (levclnnd A Marietta Railroad Beared Oldham's tres tle, four miic north of Cambridge, Ohio, the bridge waa seen to be on fire. The engineer called for brake, but a the trainmen thought It was too late to save the train several of them jumped. Tbe fireman, Wm. Adams, had a leg broken and was otherwise hurt. Other lumping trainmen were severely Injured. The engine and all tbe train, except three cars, passed over the tmtle, sixty fret of which fell with the three tut or, dropping them forty-seven feet. . Tho- who are content to l.unt for fault find very few virtuoa. A C0L0SED AVI02. ".' ' "" mmmmm. mmmm ' " '- "' (eer(la Calor. i rcaple Are 4iappc4 From . , fredneiae a riay. In 1633 tho villagers of Olxr Ammer gnu, in the Bavarian Highlands, on the cessation of a plague whioU desolated tha surrounding country, had voWcH to per form every tenth year tho Passion of our Savior, out of gratitude and as a mearti of religiou instruction, vow which Hi ever since been regularly observed. It wa afterward omewh'ut remodelled, nd i perhaps the only mystery or mira cle play which has survived to the pres ent day. The last performance in Bava ria took place In 1880. The persecutor of Christ considers his part an act of re JigVme wprsblp, nd he and the other performer are said to be selected for their holy life. There are usually about five hundred players. Some Seven or eight year ego, Salmi Morso, who had visited Ober Ammergau, formed a com pany of iibout one hundred players in Sin Frsncisco, Cal., with James O'Neill, who impersonated the Savior, snd gave one performance in the Grand Opera House. The building was packed to (uffocation, but immediately after the l)lar the nrincinnl charar-tra worn nr. rested and fined, and were not allowed to give another.-performance. Morse then went to New York and made prep arations to present it on grand scale. Hundreds of performers wcra entraaoi but the authorities there prevented it preseaiauon. 'juorse tuett gave it . up, having lost .. his fortune in attempt- iug w present t it, ana shortly "iter j committed suiciae. The ne groes, of Bummerville, Augusta' Ga.; pretty suburb, were to produce the mr mmeu passion piay, ana at the Hour of 8 O'clock a lurtre audienea. rnmnnai'd of both white and colored, congregated at the hall to witness the play. Howevei just before the performance was to have Commenced, the mnrnhnl nf Riimmnrvilln mounted the stage and informed tho ac tors tbat it tbey attempted to imperson ate the Savior he would arrest them. Aa to the other portion of the performance uey were at uoerty to produce it, but be had been instructed by the commissioners oi ine village to stop the show immediate Ififanv one tried to imiwrannata r'.rint the action of the authorities disconcerted the colored neonle considerablv. aa thev had irone to tha avnanan nf frottini nn - i - o o . r uaoasome costumes lor the occasion. Most of those who were to take part were britrht mulattos, but tha Twrann wrhn wu to impersonate the Savior was as uiacit as me ace oi spades. - - " BITALLINQ WOOLFOLK. Albert Mead didn terrible murder at the Mcadville mining camp, at Santa Fe, New Mexico, in which he was partner. He bad fallen out with the company and went to the camp to secure certain papers. He hiil in the buhes to imbush bis part ners, two of whom were expected to pass in a wagon. V ben the team was within fifty yards of the camp, Albert stepped from the brush with a Winchester rifle in his hand snd ordered halt. He ordered a Mr. Hands to call Harvey Mead and Joseph Downing from tbe cabin. Mead and Downing came out. Albert fired and Downing fell dead. A second shot killed Harvey Mesa and a third fatally wounded Hands. Fred Mead, who was in the wsgon, attempted to fire on Albert, but bis weapon snapped, and the two men clinched and struggled for the weap on. Fred securing it, shot Albert through the heart. "BETTY AND TUB BABY.' Frankfort, Ky., was crowded with people from all part of the state, and all was bustle of excitement, the occasion being the inauguration of Gen. 8. B. Buckncr. The crand stnnd in the state house yard was beautifully decorated with flags, festoon and fi iwcr. Scat were provided for the people in front of it, and back of the date house were 130 lent spread for the use of the soldiers. A procession composed of the state mili tia, officials, judge of court of appeal tnd superior c urt, and tbe city fire de partment and police, escorted Gi n. Buck- ner to the state house, where the oath of office was lmlnNtrred to hi in bv Chief Justice Price, Then-tiring covemor. J. P. Proctor Knott, will make his home in Louisville and reume the practice of the law. It h aaid one of the first acts of Gov. Buckncr will lie to stamp on the lawlessness now prevailing in Rowan county err n two. " A watchman in the emnlov of Wicsct Bros., at t White street. New York, on opening the store discovered a man inside the railing. Knowing the intnidcr had no business there, he quickly locked the door and went for a policeman. When the officer anmared on the scene tbe supposed thief started for the front of a a. ' - a a . . - the building, ana witnout ne-iuu.m prang headforemost through the pkte gins window. A large sign outside the window mpeuod bis ucweni, ana ne iy face downward on tbe shattered glate, which wa fast cntting his body In two. Hewssreicued fioin his position, but died in ten mlnuUs afterward without tittering a word. He was identified u Jimmic MeDavItt, well-known profes sional thief. On the officer searching the prcmi, neon federate of M .Davit t's was found and cuptnred. lie it knows to the police a Rat." FOOLHARDY MAN. f Charles Alexander Pctf v. of Susnen. lion Bridge, N. Y., 87 years of age, and by trade a wagon maker, mule info trip through the whirlpool tapids, Ningan Falls, in a lifelwit built by himself an.. upon the conxttu ti-iii f wbiih hi ha Iwcu engaged duhng the. p;i.l sun.iner. The strangest part of it Is t it Pvicy hii oo practical knowledge of beat building. DOTS FROM WASHINGTON. PREPAR1SO FOR HARD VORK KEXT WISiER, Anpalatateata af Soathrra Maa -Intrrntliif - ueparia ai Urpariraeat umeera Nelra A baa t Nate Omdala. THE CHICAGO CAMP. The President ha issued a proclama tion allowing the free entry of the arras, munitions and baggage of such foreign military organizations as may desire to participate in the militia encampment end drill to be held in Chicago, III., iu October next, upon ' satis lac to ry osf us ances being Given that none of the ar ticles shall be Sold or permitted to re uuua in ijus country, K" tAUtU BESTORKD. ' Acting Land Commissioner Stokalnger 1 as issued the necessary instructions to carry into effect Secretary Lamar's recent order restoring to settlement aud entry certain railroad indemnity lands, among others the following: Alabama & Chat tanooga road, Alabama, about 3,500 acres, covered by unapproved selections; Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad of Miss issippi, about 1,300 acres, also covered by uuapprovea selections. , TOE fbesident's prooeamme. President snd Mrs. Cleveland on their arrival at St Louis, Mo., Saturday even ing, October 1st, will proceed immed iately to the residence of Mai. D. R. Francis, whose guests they will be until Monday morning, when they will take quarters in one of the hotels. The Pres ident and wife will, on Sunday, October 0th, in Madison, Wis., be tbe guests of Postmaster-General Vilas, and will be tbe guests of Senator Howell E. Jackson, at Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, October EK. CROOK'S MOVEMENTS. Gen. Mcfeelcy, Acting Secretary of War, said that the department had not heard, from Gen. Crook since he wu or dered to go to the scene of the Indian troubles in Colorado. - Gen. Macfeely discredits (he published reports of a fu rious fight near Rangley, and reiterates what himself and other army officers have laid, that if the civil authorities will leave the settlement of the difficulty to Gen. Crook, the trouble will soon be ended and the Indians all brought bsck to their reservation; and that this will all be done without the United States troop firing a single gun. AS EXTENSIVE FBATJD. The Pension Office has information that Henry S. Anderson, of Sexton, Washington Co., Ark., has been convict ed in tbe United States Court of the Western district of Arkansas of six sepa rate offenses against the pension laws, namely: Taking illegal fees, one count; presenting fraudulent papers, two counts ; and forging evidence, three counts. TT special examiner having the case in charge report that material wa In hand for conviction almost ad infinitum, but six conviction afford ccope for the in fliction of punishment to more than fill the measure of life remaining to the of fender, these were deemed sufficient. WBAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING. It is the intention of the President to spend the next few weeks at Oakview. He regards this as his vacation time, and while he will spend it near the capitol so that he can attend to actual public busi ness, he will not feel obliged, when nec essarily called to the White House, to de vote any time to persons seeking places or merely desirous of paying their re spects. The President appointed Prof. u. Brown Goode, assistant director of the national museum, to be commissioner of fish and fisheries, Vice Professor S. F Baird, deccAscd. Judge McCue, solici tor of the treasury who waa first tended the office, declined it because of hi lack of Kicntiflc knowledge. " XOTEs. The President ha been invited lo be present at an all-day jubilee at t'ae East ern Schuetzcn Park, B iltimore. Tho President hat appointed Robert C. Crowley, of Mississippi, to be marshal of the United States Consular Court at Ningpo, China. The finding of a court maitiat has been approvcd.dismisdngCspt. Cyrus N, Gray, 25th infantry, from service for appear ing at inspection for duty as officer of the day while drunk. The British government Las notified the Department of State that the date of receiving applications for space at the Melbourne international Exposition has been extended from August 81st to Oct ober 31st, 1887. Mayor Hewitt and a committee of the Board of Aldermen appointed for that purpose, sent aa invitation to Mrs. Presl dent Cleveland to attend the New York firemen's parade and inspection next month and present a stand of colors on tbat occasion to the fire department. The Acting Secretary. of the Treasury made tbe following appointment in the Internal Revenue service t Fulton J. Williams ganger, "District of Georgia ; Win Held 8. Morris, Samuel C. Foutnin and Thomas K. De Witt, gangers. Sixth district of Virginia; Wm. F. Camplw l, traugcrft, Fifth district of North Carolina; Luke Verner, storekeeper and gauger, District of South Carolina. j SOUTH CAE0LDTA (WAXES. The aad Feapla Baiaewkat Frlghlcaetl Caarche Fillrd Wllh Hinnera. , Three shocks of earthquake occurred in various part of South Carolina. The disturbance was very slight in Charles ton, which would indicate that the center of the trouble was northwest. Nevcrthe-4 less the excitement there is very great. A large number of white people have left the city on summer excursions. . The ne groes were greatly demoralized, holding nightly prayer meetings in churches, and ' many conversion occurring nightly. uuuwuuiu lauur is utterly aemorauzea. Among the white a vague feeling of unpleasantness prevails, but there is no interruption , to pusmess of sny kina. An earthquake shock was folt - at Or- ' angeburg. It was accompanied by tha usual rumbling nois which was quite lengthy and loud. The shock was general ly felt. Columbia must got the full benefit of the earthquake. Houses shook and win dows rattled to a decided degree. The trembling lasted about ten seconds. A pronounced earthquake shock was felt at Sumter last night about a quarter of 11 o'clock at night. The rumbling sound was particularly heavy- and the tremor very perceptible. A loud roar with a small shako was experienced at Camden. ; COLOR MNB IN VIRGINIA. The city of Petersburg, Vs., is in a feverish state of excitement, caused by a clash between the colored people and whites. Mrs. Dejarnett was struck in the street by a negro man, while she was interfcrring in behalf of her child, who bad trouble with a young negro. The negro man was arrested, fined $50 and sent to jail. Dr. Samuel Hinton, a prominent physician, interferred in an alteration between his young son and some colored children, among whom was t girl. The girl with a stick threatened bis son. Hinton expostulated, and tho girl's response was that she would kill the boy. Dr. Hinton then shot the girl. IT . 1 . 1 . . i . uo waa arruaieu. auu urougut oeioro the mayor's court, and the case wss con tinued. The colored people have be come verv vinlpnt and hava demanded through a colored lawyer, that the same punishment' be inflicted on Dr. Hinton tbat was given in the case of the negro who struck Mrs. Dejarnett, A card publit-hcd in the papers and -signed by ptominent colored men, has incensed the white portion of the community. War rants were issued and tbe editor of the Iudcx-Appeal and tbe signers of the card were arrested on the charge of libeL The excitement has become so intense thit the mayor ordered three, companies of militia to hold themselves in readiness to preserve the peace. . THE Bat-ATI It, GA KIOT. From a careful investigation of alt the circumstance connected with the Deri tur, Ga.. riot, it pcr that the hoot ing oi Mar-Hal Hurst waa tlone by a negro named Pritchett, who ha not yet es raptured, ana I supnosea to be iding in Tennessee. Two no;1 roc amed Gather and L'l'vij iv have Ut i. arrested and are now la the jail at Atlanta. WILL BB StSPEXDED. The Chicago 111.. Herald tavs. the seven condemned anarchists are to hang. Information has been received through reliable sources, tbat the supreme court will affirm the death verdict against the anarchists when they meet. The opinion iu the case will then be filed by the jus tice wno mauo it, ana it will receive the signature of all other justices, who, it wou d appear, are fatly--reuajed.. with its contents. Chief t f Police, EberWd , and Sheriff Matson have already received an intimation of what is coming, and they have been making active preparation to meet any emergency that may arise. That Shcritl Matson also had received di rect intimation of the act ion of the court, is evidenced b the extraordinary precau tion bo hat been taking lately in keep ing suspicious persons out of the jail. Everybody who call to ec the anarchist isrcloscly watched while in j ul, and not a few visitors, are denied admission. rOLOBED BAPTIST". The American National Baptist Con vention (colo-ed) assembled in Mobile, Ala., in annuul session. Delegates were present from Alubama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Hanson, Mis!ssippl, Missouri and Ohio. Rev. M. J. Simmon, of Louisville, -Ky., the president, made the opi ning address, showing the progress of the work of the colored Baptists. An add.es of wel come was then made by the Rev. W. F. Owens, pastor of the Third Baptiat Church, in which the convention is meeting. Dr. Simmon wa re elected president, and tho Rev. Mr. Owens vice president CRAY AND BLCC Elaborate preparations have been made for the reunion of the 23d Georgia in fantry, at Adairsville. A colonel in a Pennsylvania tcgimeot, who waa for a time a prisoner of the 23 J, ha had mado a large diamond cross of unique design, valued at $2,300, which he will present to his former emptor a a mark of his esteem. The cron will be presented by a delegation of ten Pennsylvania young ladies, who will come to Georgia in a special car. At the state Hue they are to be "met by a delegation of Georgia young ladies and veterans. EARTH Qt.'AKB IH MEXICO. A brisk earthquake shock was experi enced In the City of Mexico, agitating houses and making the pt ople dizzy. In some streets the people ran out of their houses and fill on their knees, praying. The sh ick was not severe, ami mostly felt in the outlay Dgpoi tion of the city. Tbe direction of the dbrthquake was from north to south, and iu duration wu eight seconds. In the cspital of the tate of Giiicrro, two archc in the r cideio tbe main square were thrown down. Eatihqunke shocks were felt at Oiziba, Fiapa snd Ottumba.
Hillsboro Recorder (Hillsborough, N.C.)
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