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f TUtlsFSSENGER r7B iDfEBTISERS : I. Published hi Three EdI- 1W i T 1 f I I If 11:11 I 1 I V 1 I t I 1 I I I ma uzssexocb ku i wJ"5?:r:Jii.isBOKo j XjLrxr ClrrulmfJo. tha may oUttr Xwp.pOT la Trancrlpt-MesensJ . 4.11 three are Attractive ESTABLISHED 1867. WILMINGTON. N. C. TLSDAY. DECE3IBER 31, 1889. PRICE FIVE CENTS i r i r i 1 f v r rlSTOL-GKArilS t 4There"sa good time coming. 'Sir Waller Srott. K Froudc is noww7iting a sketch of Ixjrd iJeaconsficld. If bo should write of him as he did of Carlyle what ahowl there would be. . "Senator Stanford U "early raising has not forgotten Ho sticks to alves liver and bacon, although worth twenty millions. His drink is beer. He iocs not mean to drink up his fortune. Dom Pedro is U dead. bereaved sorely his Discrowned and left wifeless and homeless in his old ago is a misfortune and affliction, and cf all emperors and kings living he is lb b best. ' t A Hketch f anoted newspaper eritic fe New "York is as follows: ;Mavo W. Hazeltine, the well -Down literary critic of the New York sixTi b in the prime of life, a bon .iv:mt. a Bohemian, and a man who iJk,if possiblOjbetter than ho writes." V ntglected to mention that Rev. ..m .inncs has had a fly away in his . 4Jk - - imiiv It was his daughter who took pirn iia J ... wings and married one William M. 'graham, a hbort hand writer. Sam's j ,. rhi r failed to practice what he ---0 rcacho. - 1 Tf!l it not in Petersburg, preach it ouit the Whfte House in Washing- ton that little Billy Mahone has actu ally been burned in effigy by some of bin badly fooled followers, whose eyes are now wide open. The three engineer officers selected under an act of (Jonerress, to cnoose a "deep harbor" from certain States, .have' decided in favor of Galveston as being the only ono that can be made to fulfill the requirements of the' law. The New York, Methodist Christian Advocate is responsible for the follow ing: 4,A lady tolls us that she heard a col ored preacher say: De fo part ob do bouse will please sit down; fo' de hind yart cannot see de fo' part if deo' part persist in standing befo' de hind part, to de uttah obsclusion of de hind part by do fo' part. Tho new Methodist Fifth Street Church seems to creep along. It will bo Handsome and roomy wneu com pleted. The pastor, Rev. Rufus C. Bea jnan, preached a very strikingly thoughtful and eloquent sermon on Sunday night last on "The Desire of tho Nations." It was prodigiously fine, possibly the most impressive he has Preached to his conjrreeration in six months or more. A corresDondent writes to us that it is reported that fifty Wilmington boys in their teens were drunk on Christ mas night, and ho says there are sev eral who will tell where thoy got their drinks. Our correspondent says : lNow it is tho husiness of some of us Christian people to see if the law is of any lorce in our ciiy. n is a .crying Is it nobody's business V" Mr. James Russell Lowell, perhaps the most gifted living literary man of our country, wrote some lines in reply ,to the invitation to attend tho recent merchants banquet in Boston "at which Mr. Claveland and Mr. Grady spoke. Tho verses wero private. We srive them: ' I-t-t who has felt compute the strau Of struggle witd ubu-es strong, Tht; doubtful course the htlpless pain or e in oest luteins go vkroi.g; .We, who 1 ok on with critic eyrs--, Kxt mpt'trom action s c'ruciiii U-st. j Human ourselves, at least ure wise In houur.ug oue who,did hi bt-st." rThey were sent to Josiah Quiucy. i It is thought in Rome, says the cor respondent of tho London Pall JIall Gazette, that Cardinal Gibbons 'will stand no showing for the Papal Chair. lie says : flCardinal Gibbons would no doubt bo a vigorous American Pope, but at present the rule is absolute at the Vat ican, "No non-Italians need apply. Tho primacy of the Church is one of tno perquisites oi tne Italian peninsu Mr. Cardiuai Parocchi is thought to have the field to himself, Ho is sure to have from twenty-eight" ta thirty- lour votes in the present college, so I was told; ana ii so, nis election is a foregone conclusion. There are only tuty-eight cardinals at present. The leading theatrical critics in New York do not 1 liko Ibsen, about whl there is a temporary craze. The Even ing Post says of one of his plays: "In this piece, for play it is not the re is nothing new or great, add very littlo that is interesting, but a great deal that is silly, illogical and tedious, with a strong dash of coarseness and occasional approaches to positive inde cency. It may be admitted at once that this is an earnest work; that it has a mural; that in its original form it is of great literary excellence (although there is no tree of this in the transla-l tion), and that it is an elaborate and in Borne respects a masterly study of char-1 acter; but it is impossible to avoid the conviction that it is a dreadful waste of anergy." A SAD SUICIDE. A YOUNG LADY BLOWS HER BRAINS OUT WITH A PISTOL- County Teachers' Institutes filling .Satis faction effroes Going "West by the Hundreds--Work on the Central M. E. Church to be, Resumed--Emancipation Day Celebration Christinas at Pittsboro. Messenger Bureau. ) Raleigh, N. C. Dec. 30, 1889. f Yesterday it was summer, in all bu name; to-day mere is a sharp change; the wind blows; the cold wave flag flies threateningly, while the right sun- hine gives place to somoer ciouas. Rain began to iaii auo ciock mis ai- ternoon. The temperature fell steadily and rapidly. JUlL Bishop JLy man 'preached to tr large congregation at the church of the Good Shepherd yesterday morning. Ills sermon, dne of his best, was upon the divinity of Christ as proved by prophecy and was a very effective answer to the growing spirit of materialism, which finds voice ii such books as "Robert Elsmere." Your correspondent had an interview to-day with Prof. Charles D. Mclver, one of the conductors of teachers in stitutes, and .was informed that these institutes have been held in sixty-four counties. In not a case have failed to give satisfaction. All the eastern counties save eighteen have had the institutes. These thus remain ing will be looked afterat once. VntrrinV'fl nffntrain r,iriit .m from Rfm th ,ara fn r,o. exodusters bound for Texas. Another car loadpvas ready here and last night's train took all away. There were nearly 350 in the party. More cars have gone to Goldfiboro and Selma for exodusters for Missis sippi, and to-morrow these will pass here. There will be a special train. It is learned from railway people and labor agents that the interest in the exodus is rapidly increasing. A little really cold weather will erreatly! accel erate the movement. The warm wea thor has made the .'hard times," as the darkeys say, much more bearable for them. There are now only 1-50 laborers at work on the sewer trenches. Contrac tor Quinn says these will complete the work by the date agreed on. Delay in the receipt of pipe threw the work back somewhat. There was a very sad suicide here this morning. At about 9 o'clock Miss Lula Womble, aged iE the daughter of Mr. Louis D. Womble, shot herself in the head with a revolver. The bul let, entering just above the temple, ranged downward, and death resulted in about thirty minutes. The -young lady who thus ended her own life was greatly esteemed, and was for a kng time a teacher in tne i? irst irresoyte rian Sunday School. Failing health had caused her to abandon her class there. Her mind had become affected by melancholia, and she was in no wise responsible lor tne act. bno was with the family aCbreakfast, and afterwards wt nt to her room on the second floor where, having in some way procured a revolver, she took her life as stated. There is a universal expression oi sym- pathy with the family. A sister of Miss Womble is a wen Known ana valued public school teacher. It was at first stated that the eye of litilo John Hays, which was struck by a bullet from an air rifle, was destroyed. It is learned to-day that possibly the injury may not prove to be so severe. though there is as yet no definite knowledge as to this. Work on the Central M. E. Church is to be resumed in April, it is now learned. A little fire Saturday afternoon brings the number of alarms this year up to twenty. It was at first expected that the city schools would reopen to-day, tmt they will not do so until next MondaT. The term will continue a week longer. Tne Western Union Telegraph Com pany has put in a very practical shape its '"kick" against John Wanamaker's decision in 'regard to the official rate on telegraphic messages. If an official tiles a telegram he is notified what the rate is. If he says he will only pay the rate of a cent a word, the operator de I'lines to receive any pay. at all, but sends the 'message, relying upon future action or, agreement for the pay. The company has filed its protest with the various departments of the government at Washington. The negroes will day after to-mor row have their emancipation celebra- tiojn, beginning with a street parade. The'exercises will be held at Metropol itan Hall, and will consist of a praj-er by Rev. DrJ J. S. Thompson, reading of the proclamation by F. B. Williams, poem by Florence O'Geary, and an address by JJ C. Parker, of Georgia. Rev. J. J. Worlds is president of the day . Year after year the negroes ap pear to take less and less interest in the first of January and the fourth of July celebrations. Years ago they were enthusiastic on both occasions. The cotton receipts are 7,892 bales less than they were last season. A gentleman just from Pittsboro says the holidays passed very pleas-, antly there. The Episcopal church has been rebuilt. The Masonic lodge, which has for some time been dor mant, is to be revived. It is the belief of some people that the bad weather, which hasat last set in, may develop "la grippe." That may be true. . i. Carnegie's Steel Works Advance Wages. Pittsburg, Dec 30. The employes of Carnegie's Homestead steel works have been notified by the firm that the new scale of wages will go into effect Tuesday evening, December 31st; The advance in wages will average about one and a, half cents per ton These figures were given by one of the work men. The scale has not been arranged, but will be before the month expires. STORUS Iff THE WtST. Violent Wind Storms Snow Three Feet Ieep Farmers Askinr for Aid A Mill i iard In Illinois. Kansas City, Dec. .'10. A violent wind sterm prevailed in Kansas and Missouri yesterday, accomnanlea hv a flurrv of snow pnrlw in decided drop in temperature. The thermometer fell to near zero, but about noon the weather el parpd rrt only a high wind continued. But little damage was caused bv the wind- t Macon, Mo., fences were 1evfllri tn the ground; several outhouses at Bi lene, Kans., were blown down, and a barn at Wichita was demolished. Be yond these slight losses the wind did but little damage. The greatest dam: age was clone to crops; winter wheat had been forced bv the wpnt mild weather to an advanced state of devel opment, and with nothiner to protect it, the severe cold, it is feared, will kill the roots, thus causing rnffWnhiA I d a mage. Chicago, Dec. 30. A disnatch from wiemta, Kansas, says: An appeal for aia comes from the people of Sherman county, in the western part of this State, f The cold snap which ore vailed in this section Saturdav spems tn hav developedjinto a blizzard out west, and anywnere from a foot to three feet of snow covers the ground. The appeal ua creaiea no surprise, as it was ex- pecteu witn the farst severe weather. It was known that the settlers on these treeless prairies were unequipped for winter. Their houses for the most nart are mere shells and the crops, in many cases nav open failures. Many of railroad, and should snow continue to fall, it would be almost impossible to reacu mem wiin any neavy ireignt. A meeting of the board of trade will be held to take steps to furnish the neces sary aia, and tne county commission ers will lend all help in their power. Ottawa, Ills., Dec. 30. A blizzard from the west struck Ottawa during tne mgnt, prostrating several build ings, destroying awnings, etc. Brazil Ilepublicau Views. Washington, D. C., Dec. 30. The following telegram, received this morn by Mr. Valenta, Brazilian Minister from Mr. Ruy Barbosa, Minister of Finance. Brazilian Minister Washington We see that the European press con tinues to accept false rumors as a basis for the accusations against us. The property belonging to the Imperial family has not been confiscated. On tne contrary;- tne decree has guaran teed to allow to the Imperial family the term of t wo years, within which to dispose of its property. What has been conceited is the allowance in the civil list and the subsidy, granted by the provisional government. ISlgnedJ Ruy Barbosa, - Minister of Finance. Mr. vaienta saia mat the govern ment had taken great precaution to in sure the safety of everything belonging rfr to tho Tmnp.rinl familv. A nnrofnl inp-tn thfi TmnP.rinl failv A Mr0f! inventorv had bfien takfin nf thpir r,na- J sessions, and these effects had been ' 51 . -f I zealously guarded and turned over to I the Marquis Paranagua, a warm friend oi tne n.mperor. v;onnscation was an I unknown thing in Brazil, and he be I iievea ana nopea would never occur. Both the Minister and Captain Maurity delegate to the Maritime Congress, who was present when the associated oress I retwrter called to see the Minister, de- clared their firm belief that the Repub- he was assured bevond Question. The reports of trouble, they taid, were" all naicnea up in iisDon oy tne enemies of the Republic With regard to the reports that the German and other colonists had peti- aonea ineiruoyernments lor protection against a decree of the Provisional Government, Mr. Valenta and Captain Mauri ty saidtnis was a mistaken un derstanding of the intention of the (xovernment. The decree issued, de clared all foreighers,resident within the country at the time the Republic was proclaimed, to be citizens of Brazil, unless they should prefer to continue I their allegiance to their native country. There was nothing compulsory about it. The Government supposed it was conferring a favor, and those who did not desire to accept it were free to fol low their own inclination. Thfe Academy of Music Tumbles Down. Louis, Dec. 30. The Academy of Mtis sic, in course oi erection on l nir- teenth Street and Washington Avenue, fell in a heap at 10:39 o'clock th.s morning, burying several workmen. The building had gone up as high a the third story. Fifty workmen were in the building ; jumber of them are missing, and firemen are at work searching ruins. : ST. Louis, Dec, 30. Thorough in vestigation into the Academy of Music disaster revealed the fact that only one man was wounded, Wm. Litford, who has a rib broken and is somewhat bruised. Nobody was kiUed as was at first reported. The building, which was being constmctd in part of the old Cyclorama and was to be opened in March by Jacobs, the Chicago mana ger, is a mass of rubbish. The cause of the accident is not yet'kiown, but it is thought there was abedqf quicksand under it. " Mrs. Robert Tyler Dead. t Montgomery Ala., Dec. 30. Mrs. Robert Tyler died in this city yestsr day morning at 8 o'clock, in the seventy-fourth year of her age. Mrs. Tyler was the daughter of the tra gediao, Thomas Cooper, and Mary Fairlte, a celebrated belle of New York. In 1840 she married Robert Tyler, eldest son of President Tyler, and upon the special request of tie President and of his wife, who was en invalid, she presided as "Lady of the White House" during the - first three years of Presfdent Tyler's administration. STILL RAGING. LA GRIPPE SPREADING AND DEATHS INCREASING. Tbre Hundred of the Folic la 2ew York Down With It Many Tnoaaaiis la Phil adelphia Ilave It Epidemic Au FroTi- dene aad Otwee Unabated la Fart IncreaLiic in Vienna and the German C'ltle. .. .NEW ook, Dec. 30. According to the ofScial records nearly 300 notice- men are laid up with La Grippe. This number includes Inspector Steers. A number or sergeants and detectives are also laid up, while several captains are man inn nn V r(1. TV. !. fear that tho epidemic has seised the fere The death of patrolman Timothy I Golden to-day is said to have been the fatal caxe of La Grippe on ithe po- lice force here. lie was taken ill Sat- urday. PpiLj.diJ'HIa, Dec. 30. La Grippe has got Philadelphia. Estimates place the number of persons suffering from the disease at 100,000. Mayor Fitler wa3 to-day attacked, and was obliged to remain at his home. Director of Public Works Stockley, Superintend ent of Police Lamon. Chief of Detect ives Wood and 135 members of the police force are laid up with La Grippe. epidemic of influenza prevails here in a mild form. It is estimated that one fourth of the population is afflicted, 3 a, t , 11 i ? a "1 f anu mere are inuicauons mai me uis- ease has not reached its height. Oswego, Dec. 30. An epidemic of t-La Grippe" has struck this locality, and scores of cases are reported. It is indiscriminate in Its attack, and mer chants, mechanics, physicians and laborers are sufferers. To-day twelve crews on tho Western Division of the Rome, Watertown aad Ogdonsburg Railroad were laid off with the disease. Freight is accumu lating along the line of the road and the situation is annoying. Troy, N. Y., Dec. 30. The influenza h very prevalent here. Many cases are reporiea in an pans oi tne cuy. All ages and both sexe9 6uffer. Dr. R. a. .1 VV a ' - 1 D. Bloss, a prominent physician, says there Is scarcely a family in Troy ex empt from the disease. London, Dec. 30. The epidemic of influenza continues in Pans, and there are no signs of improvement. In Munich the diseaso is increasing. In Berlin, it is accompanied by dengue fever, not affecting the nose, larynx or wind pipe, but attended by rheuma tism and rise of temperature to about 104. The symptoms disappear in three days. Many of the officers of the Ber lin Garrison are affected, and about one third of the military workmen at Spankamare ill with the disease. J3ERLIN, Dec, 3U. statistics sbow a great43pe&&eujii all , lh jmaladfes at tendant upon the influenza. For the third weelt in December there were fcuiriy-beven ueaius irum mrvngiqiis. LI4 J il I 1 i-li. 122 from Inflammation of the lungs and ten from pleurisy. Half the police at Mayence are affected. There are thour sands of cases at Stuttgart, at Ausburg and Cologne. There is n abatement in the severity of the disease at Vienna, where there have been many deaths from pneumonia.. ; A fitrlk on th4S KriTKaiirJ,ad Probable. New YORK, Dec. 30.-The antici- pated trouble between tho employes and management of the Erie Railroad is still a cause of apprehension. Gen eral Superintendent Thomas said this morning that he had hea-d from the grievance committee of the men. This morning an audience nad - been re quested but owing to other arduous duties of the superintendent, wa denied until this afternoon, when some decided step-in regard to the difficul ties may be expected. He denied the statement that four men bad been discharged ; Mr. Thomas said they were merely suspended. The meeting of the committee and the superintend ent this afternoon will be strictly private, and Mr. Thomas thinks that all misunderstanding will be adjusted The men say, however, th&t matters have arrived at a point where some thing must be done. If a strike should oe ordered it would affect conductors, firemen and alike. engineers, brakemen Carpet Manufacturer! Make an Assign ment. Philadelphia, ' Dec. 30. Alex,. Beek and ISon carpet manufacturer of No 1,517 Wharton street, this city, made an assignment Saturday for the benefit of their creditors, to Charles A. Furbush, of M. A. Furbush fc Co., woolen goods manufacturers of this city. The assignee estimates the liabilities at $130,000 and assets at barely $100,000. Governor Richardson Offer a Reward for the Barnwell Lyncher. Columbia, S. C, Dec 30. In view of the lynching of eight negroes at Barnwell on Saturday iat, Governor Richardson to-night issued, a procla mation, offering a reward of t200 for the apprehension and i conviction of each and eyery one of tke guilty par ties concerned lin the killing of the negroes referred to.. A College Burned. Harrisonburg, Va., Dec. 30. The Dunkard College, at B rid g water, this county, was burned to-day. There are now only two colleges in the United States belonging to this denomination, one at Mt. Morris, Illinois, and one at Huntington, Pennsylvania. Three Ladles Suffocated by Gas. San Francisco, Dec 30. Mrs. Er win and two daughters, from Benton county, Missouri, were suffocated by gas in their beds in an Oakland-hotel Saturday night. They had apparently accidentally turned the gas half ou after extinguishing it, TOREK ... 1 MLlonarie 31 orderrd Colllia la a Death $ctm of th Et'Daprr clalUta CoTlrted-The lWJct KirUe. Paris, Dee. SO. IntelUgtcce! ha been received from Oboe, a r rench settlement oa Tajorah Bay on tho east Coast of Africa, that two French mis sionaries, who were traveling from Zciiah to Harrar under escort of eight Greeks, were attacked by natives and all the party were murdered. London, Dec 20. During a fog oa the river Clyde, the steamer Ovington came into collision with the Mearaer Queen Victori , and the former sank. Five persons were drowned. Mr. Gladstone has received 30 teu- grams and 500 letters cbngrat ulatin ? him upon bis eightieth birthday. Tno earliest telegram to arrive was f rem the Prince and Princess of Wales, Operto, Dec. 30. Dom i Pedro has received many telegrams of condolence on the death of hU wife; among them was one from Queen Victoria. hen it became evident that the end was rapidly approaching, me ex- Empress wa advised to summon her conlessor. Although In great acoay she replied: "Yes, but we must await the Emperor,he will giveinstructiona. Her last words were: I regret thai my children and grand childrea are iSW,"SyS"?ffl that beautiful country I I can not re turn there." Baroness Japura ana two nuns watched the body during the night. The face oLtha dead Kmpress wore a peaceful expression. Don Pedro rose early th la morning and at tended maa. He was greatly dejected and bo weak that bin doctors were obliged to support him. A Braziian physician has arrived hero to attend the ex-Emperor, Tor whom mucn,anx iety is felt. Eluerpeld. Dec. 30 Tho trial of ninety-one socialists, who were ac cused of belonging to a "secret society and of conspirinur to disturb tne public peace, was ended here to-day. The taking of evidence, and the speeches for the prosecution and defense have occupied six weeks. Of the accused, I ft m Bebel Gillenburger. Schumacher and forty-four others were acqulted. Deputy Horn was convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment; Bartel, a carpenter, and Hulttenberger, a tailor, each received a four months sentence; Numann, a eigar dealer, was sentenced to five months, and Firke, a confec tioner, to eighteen months imprison ment. The others who wero found guilty were sentenced to terras rang ing from fourteen days to twelve months. Brussels, Doc. 30. The situation at Charleroi is more serious. There are now 17,000 strikers. There is great scarcity of coal, and supplies are com ing from England and Germany. The Governor of Ilainault has summoned a meeting of the strikers and employers to try to effect a ecttlemont. , a -a 1 Greenville Notes. ' Notwithstanding th short crops and hard times Pitt county Is ail right financially. Nearly one thousand dol- lars in tie treasury more than the county had last year at this tiniie is no bad showing. The collection 61 taxes o far this fail has been almost as good as usual In former years. . The enterprising D. J. Whichard, editor and proprietor of the Eastern Reflector, treated his patrons to an eight page sixty-four column paper last week. The Jiefiedor is a creel it. to Pitt county and deserves i a liberal patronage. Maj. R. S. Tucker, of Raleigh, who had the misfortune to lose his large nd elegant store house by fire at Pactolus last Saturday night, and who has large landed interests in that sec tion, is spending a shoi t while in Green ville. There was some insurance on the store, about one thousand dollars. Greenville is growing in population and importance year by year. She -its,queen like on. tho banks of the fa jmousTar river,and hxs communication Arith the outside world by river. and rail in many directions. Besides to Tarboroand Washington by river, and Williamston, Tarboro, Weldon, etc., by rail, she will boon be In direct com munication with Norfolk, by the Nor folk and Carolina, and with Wilming ton by Kinston and Goldtboro. Indeed Greenville has a bright future. Ex-Governor Jarvis, since his return from Brazil, has, Cleveland-like, gone to work in hi chosen profession of law. He is a hard worker, a student, and it is only a question of time,shou!d he live, when be will again be called on to fill some high public fctation in the service o)L his country. Old Pitt has many noble tons of whom any country or. State would be proud. Greenville has several industries, but she needs to multiply and increase them if she wishes to grow in popula tion and importance as she should. The future of this section is much brightened by the fact that a very fine quality of tobacco has been success fully grown here this year, and prepa rations are being made to largely in crease the crop next year. Good time must come from the ground. Success ful farming is the hope of the country financially. The Messenger holds Its great popularity here. It has always been a popular and well patronized paper in this county, we look upon It as the leading daily in the State. Kemmler t$ b Executed toy lHetricity Rochester, Dec. SO. The General Term of the Fifth Department this morning handed down adecision in the case.of Kemmler, the murderer con demned to death under the new law, providing for execution of 'criminals by electricity. The court holds the law to be constitutional and the writ of habeas corpus is dismissed, and the prisoner remanded to the custody of the sheriff. WASHINGTON CITY. CREWS ORDERED TOTHE CHARLES TON AND BALTIMORE. Tt Way and Maa Cmmitt I U 0airml hrd!. Ancmat Mad hf Many If aafwrrr Qlnla Vi (. 4 er th rrr iatntCh d. rtd for CMr t. Washington. Dec, .3) It i iatcsi at tho Navy Department that th sew embers 'HalUtnore and Cliarietoh &r to bo doignated a the fapbip of the iorta Atlantic and tha laeifc tation respectively. The Mlowir.k officcrt are ordered to the IlalUmore January Jt: ucunanUi.M. r . riijhi. Jarac II . Scar?, Robert M. Botle and H. H. May; EnsUm'a, II. W. AVolla, C C. Marsh, H. C. Dtvker, Gn:M Drk and W" iVHulme; a.itant cngittcr, Iloterl I- Werat; acting gunner, Peter Hawlev; medical iiiiHrUr. John Clark; pas&ed aMiiitant urgtm, 4llvcr Dyel; assistant urgcon, K. IL Stoti; chief engineer, A. II. Able. OfSccm are ordered to the ruier Charleston a follow; --ChMongittecr? Wm. S. Bmljth; r&.ed Mit.iini. J, A. HolU: Cha uaiu, i. iiuuKMi; enmiTR. KlUotl 8do, II. K. Par. M. Behrer and J. D. Mc i t a - 1 m t J, I.-Jayne, eienter, A. Donald. Assistant engineer. II. W, Joues; paymaster, Arthur Hurttv' Washington, Iec so. The ways and means committee having a-wigned to-iay for the hearing of geotlemea Interested in the chemical industry, there was a large contingent of uch gentlemen present hen the commit tee met at 10 o'clock thU rnornfnp. Their wants were many and varied. W. II. Brower, of Philadelphia, ob jected strongly oj the provision of th" Senate bill which places carbonate of potash on the free lbt. He wanted tba ? resent rate if p0 per cent." retained 'resident Armhtrong, of the Pennsyl vania Salt Company, adocaUd im position of specific duty of i of a cent per pound on sulphate of soda, instead of the present rate of 2 pr ct nt wi valorem. II. B. Rosongnrtcn of the Manufar turers' Club of Ihlladelphia, objfctei to the regulations placed by the Senat bill uixjn the uc of free akxhcl in manufactures and of methylated tpir its. He advocated the restoration of duty on quinine, contending thntthU would Increao Its manufacture in this country. 1 he price had fallen off on account of the large - production of chinchona bark. If the duty wu re stored, the increase in price would very email. . B. Cogswell, of Syracuse, the onl? manufacturer of wla ash in this coun try, was satisfied with the duty ot 3 dollars pcrton oil his product. Representatives of tht Manufac turers' Club, cf Philadelphia; uked that the duty on phosphorou bo iu creased from ten cents us in thoSenat bill, to twenty-five cent per pound. lie proven tat Itch or the caor oil in dustry protested against tho reduction of the duty on that oil, unlcM cator beans are admitted free. i Carroll Beckwith, prehident of the National Free Art league, ad vocated the total abolition of the duty on work of art. Kenton Cox, of tho tsame; League, spoke in the name vein. The Analine Dye Industry aked for a new class! ucalion oi their produo. which would make an average increa. of five or tlx jwr cent, in dutie. Th cement manufacturers asked for a jpe cific duty of eight cents ier hundred when imported in barn.l and Mjycn cents in bulk. A. S, Thomrm of Baltimore, advocated an lucrvuw; to fortv rKr cent, of the dutv on unenum. eniteu chemicals The committee then adjourned until to-morrow, when gentlemen interested in tho manufacture of gias and earth- ern ware will be heard. Stealing Horses bv the Hundreds. Chicago, Dec. 30. A dispatch from Chattanooga, Teun., ivs : What amounts to a panic exists among th faimers of Davidson'. - and adjoining counties, in middle Tenness.:e. A splendidly organized bind of horw? thieves has beeir pp-rating- there for months, without let or hindrance. R is e-U mated that, within the lat two wetks, horues have beenjiUHen and run into Kentucky fastne'M.j; where it i next to imjxj-sible to follow them or the thieves. Not one of these niina'.s ha- b-en recovered. u It is fcuppo.-ed the "' thieve - havoJk regular underground route irXu Cln einnali. where the stolen horse are "old. General W. II. Jackson, of. the famou Belle Meale farm. Colon U John Overton and Cockerel ls are pre paring a farmers' association, which, with ah abundance of money to back it, will employ an adequate and com petent force to annihilale the robbers. Died at the Hand of an Ass!a. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. SO. James Hi Woodward died in this city yesterday evening. Thursday night VVocMlward, who is a well known bualness man, was walking out Marietta street, when somebody stepped in front- of him acd asked him If he was Jim Woodward. He answered in the afarmatlve, and the man pushed a pistol to bis breast and fired. Woodward walked to hi sister's house, a j mile or more away, and told the story. as here given. lie Treated the matter lightly, and it was thought he would get well, but a re--lapse to-day brought death. Tke po- ) lice have kept the shooting aa quiet & possible, hoping to catch the perpetra tor.' as ss ssar Arrested for KiflJojc the If alia. Richmond, Va-, Dec. SO. Postoffioe Inspector G. W. Wilde to-day arrested Jas. P. Wright, a letter carrier In the Richmond Post-office , charged with robbing the mails. A portion of a rifled letter was found Oa hispersoL. Wright was formerly a Methodist minister. r
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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