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AMI LUdLKilsUMI dJa-OT,. rriT .- L J ti ' J fcwsqsfft "todtai e-iyiote-ii vii j "' i .! wi no-.a iT - i 1 - : ,, ;..3fi.;T,!;rnia ,nr.rl:rl Tra"t .. m I .'.;. ; . .-,i ,,,; .,,. .....'WE'LUEW TO THE LINE, LET THE ONvPiT FAU WHEBqTHEVtMAy.4 Mj.il .!.) t,a Ir,j,!, ' . iimii. . - fr---. ' ' ' i M' :i..i'-.-r. t-i.,, . j . , ; ' - t v.. - . . Vii tttt T CiTrYi r xt rt mrxTTTn r r,,VtiSt'iri't'H-n o t (Sfy'o'' "''' -''I .-"''. !;..: . ! ' w- o?9 oiodzliiH it abnii I La YJI.U asmou-T hut ,fuiil no jS s'fi'l .3 .rNO,;27, .'ii'ili'i jAncky govemorJ t.iXliei opinio prevails i that all the objvctiouabje features .can be eliminsted by uusasVjf 'aifiWdmruW,'thu 1 saving the enormous ijqja ltocaaarily bm4rHlf bfc'i A&lurpitt, edsime.i liea iJiiancy, jinur tuwaHK;-au(r two "wo- mew iheatoctiri4yt to.iffiertMBJii criattly! i9ji wiafKwpjito eight; hours afterwards. Tt vaa found thaaaifchMlfcen Brifed itfthe toitips, WASHINGTON, 0 What Oaf NallaMw Slukcra mr rffff,,,,,,rf,,"',5t',!,f,uri" -IP promote the education of the blind. By Mf. Townsend, of Illiuois, to nlace suit unon'the free lint. Rt Mr. link or nt UlDoiiidlrectiitg the ,iorajnlttee--on tX)8lrflic0.9 and nosl rolid L innnl ahti ljhe ejiMidiency of gudug.Jiiobtigejon aevua, uutiw, etc., ana oi reducing u tbree centa the fie for moner orden for Mr. Mwlur wished to have this bill re ferred to the ways and mean committee, but.iriends.ci; theiaiHting. Uwcpppe ihe n feretf ejimlji fti it a thc ht)cuI tujna cortiwtE;elaote-oI td 62. rUf31r. Burner, df Klniae, proviaiufefor a Dounty on wneat, corn aud flour ex pNoj6I;lBjTjH6tone, of Ken (utkjr, to JifcVet icJniuiuatlon for the Surpose of regulating the price of pro ace, stock, bonds or labor. By Mr. ttayue.-, 0 Maryland, to prevent the creation of truata. Mr. Hatch, of Mia. touri, called up the bill making provision lo agricultural experiment ttationa. The Senate amend menta were concurred .In-- Mr. Breckinildge of kaawuyin. troadeca, had had referred to the wayi ana means committee, the Hewitt ad- " CONOBE88IOSAX. , . In tho 8cnato,MtrHke ff?ljHternic-t morial aiirued by ttnorcauUlamcn ol i:i , Faao, Texaa, rpreioaUiigi41iP eiei.alve amount of smuggling dune between the border -towni afiMriifv fflijtxthoae.'t lift UniteOtAkrUVi exlcapift! zona iar, aua a&king timt a recipiocuy treaty be euiiered into with Mexico in or der to prevent auch (smuggling. Mr.' Paaco presented a telegram which he had received from the vice-president of the renaacoia anu Atlanta lbiilroad compa-4 ny, stating that that company claimed no lands except those euaimced by the 1M to. waa in contradiction to certain statement roaae cy Mr. Uall.) Mr-.Blair'a aduca- liuistration tariflkbUl. wuivMcu Dvuniu iu tut lavui In the House, the Speaker, pro tern, pre ty3Jc4 4 memorial si-ued byMre! Waite, wife of Chief Justice Walte, president of UutW6inJlliiiAikil UtU.i AaWeiatfon, praying that pensions be granted to those engaged in the life-saving service; re ferred. ' The House proceeded, in ac cordance with previous ordej, to cooaWf eration of tbe report k the MmiAittee oi commerce, relative to the proposed in vestigation of the Reading strike. After aome delay, varioua 'pronositioua were consolidated intoh followiugiesolu tion, which waa adopted without Alivis ion : "leol ved, 4 hat a special commit tee of live members be appointed to in vestigate forthwith the extent, cause ai.d effect upon the interstate commerce of the continued failure by the Reading e .pyrp companf to trnujort mjch tou Uiercel and to report to the House, by bill or otherwise, for consideration at any time such legislation aa is necessary to aecure to the publie retnilar and com plete execution by the railroad company of its obligation' M H4 aa county carrier of interstate commerce, aiitl to investigate the differences existing iu' the Lehigh and Schuylkill region of Pennsylvania be tween cprpotttions lutein g coal anikthe miner; nBdj tlirChty Jo inv.Ai(ft aji factl Matmf to mining &pimiJhkxA individual miners of anthracite coal in connection therewith, and all facta ie relation to the matter, and report the tame to the house with auch n com men dationa aa tbe committee may agiee :pn." i' U-i Amcngthe pttl ions. and , memorials taeaetited to the Senate Were fhe 'follow ing: Against the repeal of internal reve nue taxes on tobacco and Cigars, (fitsn . i the-cigar makeia'snion iuJt. Louif). For constitutional apieudnient prolubitiog th m'ahufacture, imp rt .tiuit, esporU tie, traMportatioa and sale of liquors in tha.yult4 SUtet, (from the yearly meet ing of .the Society of Friend in Balti more).' 41 The resolution ollrred by Mr. Plumb, Instructing the ostoince commit te to make a thorough inquiry into the cause ofJoft!kVat tnaiiVrvfc, npecial . ly- - in - . the West y nd ttovth, wmt .taken ; up , lor cvnxiihrnUoik T change the liu.it of pprr)prUtInti' Idt , 1'Bblic buIVIiutf at Jeeksui.ville, i'la,, 'to 1275,000. The Joint reso'utipn jifopueii'g -i an asxcndairwttotheC'orstitution (known jM Mr. Hoar' amendment.) It provhbs that the' term of eilie of Irfidvot and ';;f hs-Flflkth' Coagrrsa ahall continue untd ha thirtieth day f April. I9, at noon; that rV untora hoM eiuding terra , would "other i expire Ton the 4th of lo'.Msdtli, 1KHA, hall contlutle hi ofBce oo til the Both of .April autcecding auch ex- pira ion .-Theiixker pro tctn i f the House announced the appointment of Mr. Cummtrtg. of w iork,.an4 .Mr. 0DJgrof Newnanfwhlreak addi- f , tional membcis, of the coeanlttee: on printing, charged with imjuiriug , into the adminlHtraiion' of the goverutnent M printing office, the Ppcaker pro u m.ug! geetina during Uie investigation, that the committee be -known aa the seeial com mittee en invattctioii Mr. Orfte,'of AkbnnM, front the committee on - judici aty,.n tx)rted a bill to regulate the juris diction of the United State dUtrkt courts In Alabama; placed on the House calendar. Bill were fassed forthe rre tion, at cot of flOO.OOO tatli, putf lia .huil.inga t Gwerilhc tt and A4iavlll4 XJOJ frBrtiaMVf IVnu aylvania, preaented aiuemoiial c f a com BiitfeecpreaeiiUblf BS.000 working men, asking an Inventlymllon , tt the Ri ndhig ifttlk was ordered prlntcd;" Auioiig ' die tt tiliona an4 tpemoruds Errwnted In the Senate and referred were ie foltoivitigf frf theiniitjaimt kVfjtd of tnwle, in favor of reemmcal ttade rela tuittisv between? the ' United State and lnada. , from various states, in favor of ptoMMtt.mln the District ( rUimbl ' wf s) wipyit lawf 'f PirWa in 4imtloiml etphnirWm, and of acnnsfilu Jionsl 'Sml'ndnwnt ' agdnJt tie ; !l t f J?m $f Co"ltce on pullio liinils, and tlwa bn tbe alend.Tf Kbr judielal determination of, th rigid of the United HUtca in landa grr nt -d to Florida tot railrotfj puriMSnfea oilder .the al of 17th MK ISi". .,TliC fetiata then took op thafli.rtfftrufirfimll.ifl.Hiid Mr. Mor- . maiUlraaaad th Scuato inoppoaJliotlto la .tlio iiouetg untkfthfi Call l ,ul, "j following bill and resolution! rf intmducM.oa referred I -By Mr. tate, of Alabama, to prevent aliens Horn Dre-enii,(liiiTf.rni. . t...n..-i.i. , lM'i n'i hot' erfiTcuiug ten ym. a so vrli ag -Uio.appofutment ul clorka to senators nrl rr)n enUtlv(. vHy :.Mr. Randier, of Qvor (by request), to The SenRte has confirmed J. R. Jordan at United tattv marshal for the western district of Virginia; T. Q. Crawford recover of public moneys Gainesville, Fla,; V. A. Fiske, postmaater, Ports mouth, Va. x. tu til "The Secretary of the Treasury has desie- nated t,he, first Katioua) Iknk of Ashe vifle,N. 0., aa adew)sitory of public moneys. He has decided not to add to theniuuberkrf these Jepositorica except in case wnere n is an au vantage to uia disbursing oilicer. Tbe Mississintii Iloase of Renresenta- tivei seTitameiuorudto Congress, protest ing against the piuage of the Senate bill having for ita objoofc J lie prevent ion of the use of cotton scctfiil us a substitute for hog lard, and proposing to tax lard, tax ail, enid the" privileges of manufactur ing and dealing therein. The Maxim automatio gui) is on' exhi bition In the navy department. The gun only weii;las seventy pounds, and it u fiiUBird that 700 ahoW a rninute can be UraU trim it. It fa fired br the oneratoi phasing a spring and noli is fed -from belts ldip. ona hundred cartrid'-ee each, whleh art t imtalneil in a 'box under the middle of the gun. There had been Introduced and refer red to the committee on public building! and grounds, up to date, about 150 biili for public building. They are scattered all over the country, la nearly , U tlx States, those for the South being: New Orleans, fl.500,000; Key West, Florida, 2W.0W; Newport News, Va., $100,000: Texarkana, Tex f 100,000; Monroe, La., f 100, 0OO f (kluwbua, GeorgU, $150,000$ Abbeville, N. C, $130,000; SUunton, Va., $73,000 Vkkaburg, , Mis., $100,. 000. . - t r J ! fiaaitx Id!' Wiliaot addpt V7 i the gavel which have been presented for tho use of the Senate. The gavel now in use b a piece of carved ivory and nai arm J as the Sehatovul at ui back a th aaJikin of theuideat attache exteuds. Sposkhigof thegavil which is witliout a handle. Senator Imralls skid the other day; "Asa matUirof fact that gavel nevet had a handle. It U in iustaa eood condi tion to-dsv as ever it waa. luorluin and ita hWbry art not knwn beyond the fact that it M a suction pi aneiepuauisiooui. " fcetwtAr Hnwley' has received letter from Mr. Strmlnk. the well known Ru- aim revolutlonb-t, protesting against tbo ratillcatioa vf tbe protHwed extradition treaty with iKujai by . the Saifie. Srpniak sought an in trod not km to Sena tor Hawlev while the Utter was in Lou den during the pat aummer, for the pur pose of making. Inquiries whether he would be given an ojirtritiity to slate Ms Views on jtbef proposed, treaty, before tlir furriinr Klatiet aomuiittee- of the Senate incase be should viit America, this veat sa he at that time Contemplated doini, gvnator Jlawlcj Informed bim tluit he prenumed tha ootamiltee would crsiit him a brannir. lie has nowte ceived a letter from StpnJ .k, aaying Ae wui btrnjiauito tnaxa lae propiKaarjp. iNDVrrrimi. noikw ,It -ft 1,1 .fv.M.-rt ft' vista a J The following atAtUtica from the offi cial report, ahwwa the growth of tbe cot ton and woolen inausrry rn me Boutaern tatef lu tha past seven yer. The hi crease in milk la. the Sguth during, that prrlo.i waa CJKWy-nve, or 01 per cent. : of sjilndlea, M,0SO, r 110 per cent. ; ol loonii. 1S.7S4. of to r vxut; The In- crease In fcu h of the 8outhera alatea aeparately in the Mat seven-years, waa aa follows: Alabama Mills "Increased '15 tier cent. ; aiiladlea. 18 per tent ; looms. TOpef oaot ireOTgia-Milla, 87 percent.; SilmUea, 00 ier cent; looms, 81 ier cent, IWjdyHilktJ per ,nt ; spin-lleVJU pw fijit; looma, JOOi per Cf-nt, Maryland lills,.10 pctvent,; stiindtct. M ter cent : looms. It percent, North Carolina Mill,"61 per "cent.; ipiadles, 139 per cent looms, f.20 per Cent .South Carolina Mills, .101. per cent ; Iurgct percentage of .Increase; lpindler 181 per cent; looms,' 183 per cent Tcnnesaoe Mills, 73 per cent ; ipiiKllr, 1 S8 per cent, the Isrrcrt In crexse: looms. 183 per cont, Vircinla- Mills, 60 percent ; I'todles, K per cent looms, 37 percent North Carolina has tn-daf 60 ootU.n mills, araiost IB in 1SS0. 8 .nth Carfdlns, 89' a;rfnst , 14 In 1880. Terine'Si. 83:airait)t IS in 1X80. Geor- cia, 53 against 40 la 1880. Virginia, IS agiiinot a in lHt0. - AbdHtma, 10 againH 1A In ArkMitsM has added one mm lIunfvlwuinKattilcky ons-f,Louliuiia one: M'kiiii) two, and Man land three. The torsi toMtnbwr of mill In the. South to-day is 2'.f, aiel consumption of raw cotton in ! and 1887 was: 401,493 talus, agaiKSS Ui,00 la 1814-63, J-Ml If O .11- ,.n-iii.:i (? j. - i.ppLpDLDOTK IXTZREST1SQ SEWS IT Em FOX I V-4er ejeteitotiiiss41a4W ll.lj new, will not speak at Atlanta, Ga. TUrteed colored men wffrB sVfreatcdinl At liens, lia.. charecd withrunninar t'blind Ugers," and were each fiiild $50. tay'Poole. a netrro 4af mdtel waa foujud in the fireplace at hom(n,Bf ll'ftb N. C. with tha ton of bis, head cooked uearW to n-krv-'Si -St a-uiUivill A ereat toe torire in the hBrbor it '0 Louis, Mo., gave way andbo&U Qd bar-, get were damaged to the extent of theus-' ands of dollars. i J s-.-jJiae-tu i. A careful estimate of the cattle lossea in Texas, resulting from the recent severe blirzard. places the number of head lost at between 1,000 and 1,200.1 .!! .. A wreck occurred Beas.Ladiirs. Ala.. on ;the East Tennessee, Virginia & .Geor gia road. The freight ran off the track," upsetting the endue, ditched seven ears. and hurt two brokemen.,. .,,.! ' i, ,, . One hundred laborers employed on the extension of the railway from' Scotland w.y x to f ureenviue i situuk, ie manding an increase of wages, which the contractors refused to allow. ' Charles Ac Wrnian. a switchman in the Louisville & Nashville Railroad yards, at Birmingham, Ala., fell from a moving train and was crushed to death. lie was 28 Jfurt, ohj and unmarried, t - Judsra John I L Hull, of Srlrauia, Ga.. died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Scar lett, in Camden county.' He was one time judge, of the circuit courts and; for many years postmaster at Bylvania. Vhile enimged la his office. CoK W. D. Gale, one of the best known .citizens f X, 1 111. M " . " " 1 A . . .t osuiruic, 4aiu.r was auauBa wiuttuMu jMirulygia, and is not expected to live, lie served on Gen Leonidas Folk's staff dur ing the War.'rf ,.,,, ft f 1 ' George Bankston, who is alleged to be the most expert burglar and cow thief In Atlanta, Ga., was shot and dangerously wounded ou Decatur stieet, between Col bus and Calhoun, by Paftolman Wobten, from whom he was tiyU.(f to get awayf Hit colored, and itwo wlute convieta, escaped from the t Coal burg mines, at Birmingham, Ala by diggiug out of the shaft where they 'were'" at work.' They dug out on the pposit side of the bill from the prison, end their escape was not discovered until night A fire started in one of the compart ments of the Union Cotton Press, at Charleston. S. C, the principal owner ol which ia the firm of Pelser, Rodger Co. Two thousand bales of cotton were doiitroyed, involving a loss of over $100, 000, fully covered by insurance, " ' Yellowstone Kit tame near breaking bis neck during his show in Montgomery, Ala, He slipped from a high box where he waa orating, and full backwards. Soma gentlemen caught him just in time to prevent the, back of , his neck from striking a heavy Iron-barred chest. MinS Arrthuss TTeller, ' Kanas City, who created a sensation ia that city by her strange actions, and whose mind be came unbalanced as a result of her atten dance upon the Sam Jones revival meet; log, was adjudged Inan4 by tli county clerk, and ordered to be tent to tha in sane asylum. In accordance, with a petition signed by the presidents of several commercial exchanges of New Orleans, La., and many prominent-representative citizens, Gov. Nicholis issued a call for an immi gration convention to meet at that city Maivh 3th, the-clrject bebig fo encourage immigration) to the stato '- - Twenty-five of the prominent citizens of Opelika, Ala., njet at 'the First Xa. tional bank to take steps in organizing a cotton factory. A, committee -of fire, consisting of Major A. Barnes', ihuirman; N. V. Rrnfroe, It M. Greene, O. J. Bud dith and H. B.T. Jlontgomery, was ap pointed to canvass the town and report Marshal Tom Br0wa.'f Kinmton, Tnn., shot and instantly killed Taylor Bowlin. During tbe day Bowlin had been arrested bv Brown, and when he trained his freedom he said b would kill Itmwn on tlifhi "i lie ' -nt Id Brown's residence and attacked him, when Brovn allot him through the head with a plstou The Atlanta, Ds., f rectory canvass sliows that there sr ta - eharU-red and private banks; wtth'aa' aircreaate capital of $3,2t9,000; that theTu are 140tnilet of streets and 190 separate streets, 240 miles ofirtilfwalk, fiO of which are paved and curbed. There ia 131,000 feet of sewer age. The estimate of . the . populatioa is 91,000. . ..;, . Short, railroad sgont at Eaoxville. Mis., on the Louisville, New Orleans i Texas Railroad, was assassinated. Tbe assassin fired thrcMtgh a vbidow. 8hort at the thne wa eugngi d in making out hit monthly reports. Hi daughter, tele graph operator, and his wife were ia the room with him. Ills wife was shot in the back, f , , T A white Waif. 4 boy atmut a week old. waa found lying In a basket covered with wonted shawls, at the front door of J. T. Butler, In Hunil.iti 0. Q.1 ojiposite Amrwtta. Ga-. iusl ai rtt Uie rfvef. l The foundling was plaeel at. the door after midnight, and when found" was alive, but oaly lived an hour afterwards.- Tht night was Intensely cold, -end U b thourht the Infant wu f rots te uestn. , Governor Lowry's vetoing t,ht oonstluv tional convention mil, puw ov uie mis sisal ppl Lefflsluturs, has Kittoa quite a happy sensation among the p ople. Coo matubUon letters frou many.of onrmost prominent citizens, have beta sent to the- i - i ha ,tti lii! sei ! -. t l ,i. ti. h i M j L WfXhhfnkAK. nill If. 4-1. A tod -theyieftABcaflUM fciR,.UdUtoEi 1 1 .7"UU"J' " "U1 oas5aTMi - . ton stone of 'lbe National Irish Y j 1 -f-i two tad nit'i 'of St Patrick, at Rome, Italy. ., '1L. J.iul ltj...aj. i.'-j-rf'i ti-uii t .1 Latest reDorts from Manitoba . - . ., , .? i:-u iff Ami Tet Bar Ukm Was aha! est Al. . ,, , : . nost Cat la 1'leees. -, .. . ... - .i m .. . .... ..... . A shooting affray i occurred at Knox- THE' BUSY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHED ST TUB EVER' 'PRESENT NEWSPAPER MAW. ' 1 j -ib ).: '' .,lt lltli .U(fy.J ' rb karspta'a iYwtmi 1'rxpavlMi ' foe' in' Ureal tMrafsSe-lrUb Aflnlra-iera, Knllroad Accidents. ' Buli'lS.' ete.i , irt Bismarck refused to see Lord Randolph Vaiirchul on the ground of ,aa, overplus of work. ' ' ' ,,r-1 Ll3i c- . ' . j.,- 1 1 - f:.i- - me uynes catriuge factory at putney, HI. (the largeat.ia-theiWesbwaaide-t stToje4by fire,, ,1!,Ul.. -x , lounua-Churcb indicate. that there has Cecn treat loss 'of life on' the1 Canadian ' Pacific owing to snow slides, . tt"i" The .private,; bank of W, s H. Cutter, riAoA i1n t'fl.&lr,), T,nnlr Mnimnv f' nna. .111. rr 1- J i . c .v.. m-.!- M--,-...., iwa., iu uul ui at. uuu s.l'ni--l twnrlfxt minnfintmwnt at IJilMnh )n. ..!. u.j i. ,u r . "V J ri .wounding of three men, one of them fa mily. At James Y-Kule, city editor of the Knoxville Journal, was entering , the church, accompanied by-his wife, ho was accosted oy three men,who walkod up to speak with him.. ,t He went to the op posite side of the street with them, when all four stood talking some minutes;" Tbe three men were John WostJYIlluim'W'efct and a friend of tbcir's named Goodman. They uttacked Rule on account of a Conr munication wliich appeared in the Jour nal, reflecting uiwn Dr. T. A. West,.,city physician, and fathor of John and Wil liam West ltule refused to give the mime of the authorof, the communication, or to make any satisfactory answer to the questions Jlot words ensued when John West struck Rule and attempted to bear him to the ground. Rule drew a revol: ver and shot John V est throngh the body. William West Immediately fln.d on ltnle. tho lialt patoinei throuirh Rule's wrist. John West then cut Rule in the back seven times. ' William West placed hia revolver at Rule's forehead and fired, but Rule knocked the pistol up, receiving only a scalp woiind. Rule then fired two more shots, one or them taking' ellect in the shoulder of Goodman, who seemed to be attempting to separate', the combat ant. A numver of men rushed out from the churcli, and stopped, the bloody fight.; WlTliiiu West ran away uninjured. . Rule was able to ' get n 'and 'walk fo the church, but Joha West warfearrieJ homo- is a dying condition. Rules injuries are not dangerous, and Goodman is not seri ously injured. Rule's wifeprho had en teral tne crmrcii. Knew nothing or tlie diHiculty until all was over, the organ having drowned the noise of the pifetdl shot. ; : ' : - WlrsjHhejnea employed at Glendower colliery, near Minersvillo,! Pa.; came' outuieU from work recently, they were met at the mouth of the.slope by a large crowd of wo men from theadiacent Heckshervllleva!- " '"H "M ley; wft0 besought thorn to stand by their , .f! , .Striking brethren, and offered, if they would," "to Share their' last crust1 with' ' iasorrM 'r fbem. As an earnest of . their sand w. i , J,l miiu, ue women onereu them sultapal contributions, which they "had brought '! ' with them, consisting of bfcmeatind o potatoes.. Littls or no attention was paid, io this novel snpeal. "V. - ' ' sua f.il I .nth at rifi ) V JEFFIRSOy pAYIS jj . Writ a Letter la tha )L(llalara el Alia. wiasipBt Kearetilaa II' I'M tat Atdreaa It. The following letter from eX-Pres5dcht Davis wu read before the Mississippi Leirislature and ordered spread uiwu the Journals: Bea voir, Miss., January 21, 18S3, t To the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of Mhwissinpi : Gentlemen : 1 am sincerely ihanuut for the honor conferred by your concurrent resolution of the 12th instant, invigng me to visit you during your present , session. It would give me great pleasure to meet tho MDreeentatives of the motile I have served so long and hare loved so much. It j It reasonable to .suppose that the thne it near at - hand when I will go hence forever, .and I would be glad personally to know toe men of. tha present (feneration to whom the dewtiny of Mississippi is to be confided. Missis si plans from the time of her territorial existence, have borne an honorable tmrt In the affairs of the country, and have shrank from no sacrifices which patriot ism hat demanded. Boating testimony, at one who comes down, to you from a past age, I can applaud the chivalry and integrity of old Mississippi and my Wh eat wish is that her future- record maybe worthy of toe poet n hen your very eomnlimentarr resolution was received. my health did tot permit mi as I desirAl,. at onee w avqit- ana inuicato a time at which I would visit you. My anxiety to confer with siKlTcarn the views of my younger brethren, caused me to hope that at a later period. I might be able to send you aa acceptance, but that hope has not oeen realized, unieea we session snoum be protracted. I am compelled to ' an Bounce my inability to attend. With grateful acknowledgment) Of your 'kind consideration, I am. with, cordial wishes for your Welfare and hniniinina individu aUy and collectively, your fellow citizen, 8EVBU KA1LROAD ACCIDENT. Two passenger trains collide at the eeventy-three mile post, on tbe savannah, Florida & Western Railway. Three nton, an engineer, fireman and train band, were killed. One entire train wnd twl'uilinAa coaches were dent roved. The dead entrl ner, AVlUlam Divlue, wis f native of Savannah, Ga., and very popular. Tho train was runtiiiro int two lections, five' -minutes spert. 1 he forward section waJ oomposed or empty coax he., the second teotion wm the tegular train. A freight train was side-tracked at Uie 73-mile post waiting for the regular to iinss. The first section stopped at the turnout to cool hot journal, ami was just moving off when the second section crashed into the rear coach, coaipleUl v totctcoplog R. Oil set fire to the car. In aa Instant it was la flumes. The fire communicated to tht next cosch flM std, imi that wubarntd. Before it could be got under control five, coaches in all, two of .which .were Pull man alee jiers. were 4ewroyrl Engineer Divine's section waa running nt full spcel When the rnjlisiaq orirre.l, jmt of tluit in !!ick ff res cdnchc-,,' . . .... Kwnrrixl.iut ht spite f Ah Fat. a Chinaman, was hanced at Victoria, B. C, recently, for the mur der of a Chinese woman named Chney- Whey. i ; The slcrual corps station at Nantucket, Mass., reiwrt upwards of fifty vessels in Ihe ice near Nantucket, and from Great Point to TuckiiucJc shoa'.s. Afire, which 'started hi' the store ol Henry Rogers & Co., No. 540 Broadway, Jsew York, caused a loss of $1,500,000 before the firemen controlled it. beveral firemen were hurt. Chicago's " labor organization opposes the holding of llie Deipocnitic- National Convention in the ' new auditorium be cause non-union men and- convict stone were used in its construction. Dr. Mackenzie inade another examina tion of Crown Prince Frederick William's throat.. The tumor inflammation was re duced, and no signs of cancer found. No operation will be made. . s, The National Tube Works Company, of McKeesiwrt, Pa., employing 4,000 men, have posted a notice ordering a re duction of ten per cent, in wagea of all employes. If the reduction is not ac cepted, the firm will shut down. i The carpenters of Pittsburg, Pa., have notified employers that on the hrst ol May they will make a demand for an ad vance of ten percent, in wages, and the employers say that the demand will cause a suspension of business. ( iit , ., Eugene Zimmerman, formerly a direc tor, of the Fidelity National Bank at Cincinnati, Ohio, who wa in Europe when he was indicted by the United States grand jury for complicity in the wrong transactions in that bank, has re turned. Ex-Lord Mayor Sullivan, of Dublin, Ireland, was released from Tullamore prison the other day after two' months' confinement. A large crowd was gath ered in front of the building and greeted Mr. Sullivan with great enthusiasm, and he afterwards received addressee from various delegations. A man named Fitz Maurice, who re cently took a farm near Tralec, County Kerry, Intbmd, from which two brothers had been ejricted, waa going to market, when he' was approached by the two brothers, who shook hands with him, as if to make sure of his identity, and then shot him fatally with revolvers. The limited express west bound on the Pan Handle railroad, ran into an open awitch at Urban a, Ohio, and collided with a switch engine. ' Both engines were badly wrecked. Frank Brown, engineer, and Charles M. Alband, fireman of the passenger locomotive and Frank Shade, roadmaster,,were killed. . Wm. McFarland, one of the oldest actors in the country, died in the county jail, at Minneapolis, Minn., where he was awaiting examination as to bit sanity. Intemperance had made him a wreck. McFarland had supported 'Macready, the elder Booth and Forrest, and other noted stars of a former generation. . n The people of Kildymrt, Ireland, and surrounding neighborhood gathered, and headed by pri sts, marched toward the court-hon e. They were charged by the police, who used their batons freely, and succeeded in clearing the st reets. Many persons were injured. The people Col lected strain, and finally the police de cided to allow them to remain. The court-room wu filled with priests. One thousand two hundred men have become idle at Sing v3ing prison, New York, and locked in their cclla. Advioea , from riattiburir state that the same eon oiwon is true iticre or three hundred and fifty T-onvfcts In Clinton prison.' The men will be confined in their cell for twenty-two hours daily until the Senate passes a bill making an appropriation for uiauuiaciuriDg in prisons. t , K , Alwut 8,000 men. Women and irirl. employed io the shoe mnmifscturing bos-' mess, are locked out In Cincinnati, Ohio, The manufacturers agreed upon , this course of" action. " The origin of the trouble was the keening back of 'tht wages of twelve girls in Blocker, Gentle & Co.' manufactory recently, which the firm claimed hnd been paid them lm proerly t j mistake in estimating their wroflr . London, (Eng.ind)tadv!ce from Stre tersburg my that an army officer, who bad been ahot in tha region of the heart, was taken to the hoopital, where the doctors declared that his wound was mortal Tbe officer thereupon admitted that he had lhb himself in order to avoid, the neces sity of shooting tht Czar, lie said he waa a member of a aet.Trt society, which had balloted to decide who should undertake to amaminate the czar, and I fhoire had fallen ujon him. s ift ;'-:!" ;,": "-' I XI. . 'i. '..'' . i) Hil.'IUit (, ,..M,S fi4 ,,. pnw rt.kmt ATTnwa. 4p.k- j ' !! lf!'.iei(i Oarlaa the Estreat ceid wataa , bar af lloaaca Were Baraet. tiitfi.u jv Thevillngeof Aisone;In iiaiy.hasbeen-'i wm ' almost whollvi destroyed by fire,, ; Jwo tli . 4 persons were killed and ; muny injured. The inhabitants ' are 'destitute. - A de- - ' 3W(,f t.) fuctive fine in the four-story building of .., , 4W C. O. Uuosev. occupied bv UrlincrJk Sons. merchant tailors, BBd Ileercn Brothers,' manufacturing jewelers, Pittsburg, i Pa,, resulted ui a tire which burned fiercely for eight hours, and occasioned the loss of $300,000. the total loss was $295, 500, on which there was $230,000 iu- surance. The magnificent country home of Overton Lea, situated five miles from Nashville, Tenn., on tho Granny white, pike, was totally destroyed by fire," to gether with the fine library, many costly. tuu-.i paintings and marbles, u was too nnest .,;.., out of town home in tho county, 'and1 l i C'1"'-''"1 was built only five years ago, Malono, .! ,na ul. . nit us'J tit-.. l'i !'"!. !tnl iii: iki'A ii t wr Aaul ,r.oi) " p j vijiij IB1 ) HU ''" : 1iIlO trfV Franklin county, N. Y., was vbitcd by a, terrible fire. It commenced in the crock ery store of M. C. Fuller, situated in the Empire or Howard house block. Owing , o the hydrants bcinir frozen, no water- could be obtained from them, - and long delay was caused from the fact that; con uecUoti had to be made with the river, aud water forced up by steamers. ; Dor-1 ins the burning of , tbe Howard, , house, an explosion, presumably of gas, occur- . red, blowing out a portion of the btick 1 ' walls, and killing Isaac unester, a -prom-H. iueut business man of Malne, who was , . , coming out of the bank, and injuring" ' several others. The whole Empire block j , , ( , iucludine the hotel, opera house, and all . .1 . 1 .1. - 1.1 l. , mhWnl'- ' Hie avurm iu uio univn, wvic .twbvij destroyed. A fire broke-out in the upper 1 ! story of the south wing of the four-story ( . v brick building in urooKiyn, . i., oc cupied by St. John'a Roman Catholic j t i, ; orphan asylum. , The building is on j yU. Marks avenue, near Aiuanv avenue tui the distant suburbs), and is occupied by i 1 v)i.:;.-.Ki'!J 400 or 500 children. A ur broke out in the hospital for the ruptured and crip pled at Lexington avenue and Forty-Seow ond street in New York City. The hos pital contained 163 crippled children under treatment, but all were" removed safely. One domestic was suffocated, aud the building waa badly damaged. T. M. Gamage bail the misfortune to lose hit dwelling, born and stables by fire. In the stable there was several fine horses, , one of which was 'very-'badry -bnrned. ' Mr. Gamage thinks it was the work . ol . some malicious person. The large build-, ing occupied by the York Dnily publish- ing companv as a priming uiiut, u. u. Welsh, clothiers, and It F. Polock, jew- eler, in New York Citv, was burned. The loss is 50,000. The chamber ol commerce, in Peoria, 111., was partiil destroyed by fire. It was insured for $40, 000, which will probably cover tho loss, .i Every business house in me town oi Walnut Cove, Stokes county, 2f. C, was burned. The fire broke out aliont ten o'clock in the store of John C. Bai ley, and was due to a defective Sue. Fire broke out In the job office of the Chattanoopn, Tenn., Cmmretal com pletely ' gutting the job office, and flooding the new room, press and counting room with water. -The Western Union telegraph, ofllot and KnishU of Pytluaa ball, id the same building, were Iwidly damaged. The great printing and binding establishment , of U. W. Rocker, In Springfield, Ill.,waa destroyed by fire. The building, ma chinery and stock are a total loss. Tbe plant wa one of the most complete in the Writ, and the estimated loss is over 173.00ft. while its insuraace waa $35,000. .'..j -l 9.:' iff.-; ..MiJp-. . ; all .:. -1 -an. u ili-v t;l:'.tti!fll :.,':! it ; .: . : Ji!t o7 s?ti!t tl Ct as Ezcirnra ma. ' - l i i.i"lT '., , , , f d- i I, M". TbiailUnrik Vlratala PfanaattaST , I ' ;i: Wiatrarrtantlb Mliltarr t'allrt Oal, ' The buildings of the Virginia peniteu tlary. at ' Riehraond, Va., leased by the . DavU Shoe company, of Boston,' Mass., ; , and oiH-rated as a Shoe lactory, was auv coverud oh fire. Tlie flames spread rap: Idly, and, despite the effort cf the fire department, the building occupied by the thoe Company were totsllydcstroyed, together with all valuable msrhioery and stock. The buddiogs burned user three story bricks and covered au area of atmut " 700 feet in length and 00 in width. Lost t to the shoe company is estimated at from $130,009 to $173,001 ' The amount or Insurance it not . yet ascertained. Soon ' after the Ore broke out tha bells of the city sou ided a military call, and In a few minutes about 200 soldiers were on the ground to guard against any emeute of the prioner,but everything was entirely' quiet, and after the walls of the burned ' building hsd fallen In and fears of a fur thet spread of the fire was over, the mili tary were ordered back. ' The building were state property, and the Joss caused,.. ,, by thHr destruction will amount to $23,- , n-i ay u ,.1.-4 t...- .1 drod coavlct. All the ., . : ,-it 'i .1. m'r J.ili ; i.jiil j.i, three and four bun eonvicta. about 700 in number, remained oulet ia their cclla when the fire first broke out and for tome time after, but .i e n when many of the cells begaa to fill with smoke the occupant clamored to be let , out. Tliis w as scon done, and theprht oners" were turned Into the galleries fsf- Ing the inner court, w here they remained under a strong military and civiq giiani uutu the fire waa gotten under coutrof,' after which they were returned to their ceil. . : . . ... t iji.a Ktit -til i odT in J.lt u i
Hillsboro Recorder (Hillsborough, N.C.)
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Feb. 9, 1888, edition 1
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