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I'lSTOtGKAPJlS.
The AuzurtChroniclt say C0,000 I
atlcnding: the carniTal at
.at city
It Is in the nature of ths human dls-
D3itioa to liatohim iwh'oin you hTe
Tho Scran ton (Penn.) Democrat
laro Bounded tho war cry against a
protectiTo tariff. X
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j Atlanta ha a population of 87,000
aearl y 10,000 increase in a year. In
lfWQ it bad but 37,WK). The Cunstituiion
h-dicts it will haro 200,000 by tho end
tbo century.
; The Harrison administration paia on
la ' Deee ruber of the public debt three
jtiint-8 lca than the Cleveland adminis
tratiou paid in the same month. Mark
it. It is true.
' . o . . f 1 At
Henry Watteraon, the brilliant edi-
- . .11 i T 1
tor ol tho iouisTUio uouncT'juumui,
to have beguu on 15th inst., his
delivery of twenty-fire lectures on
" Money and Morals" in the North.
i The Galveston A"ccst Dom., has bee a
very kind on'ilill, but it had loaded lis
cruris. It tires off this bullet:
! 41 i f New York "really deairea to
have
ballot reform, the tirat step
tirat
must to
Viward kicking
Governor
Hill out of
t?t. .1. It- Sturf?ia. one of the lead-
ia; Method istT miniate ra in Richmond,
Va., ia in troubIe,and has been suspend
ed. Ho wrote a letter to a married
lnrTv and asked herto Turn it.x Like a
true wife bhe bhowedlt to her husband.
Sturgia is married oi course
Rev . DrTheodoric Pryor is 85 years
old and has been pastor of Nottavray
1 Presbyterian Church fora half, cen
' iury. Ho is a man of talents and learn
;ins and has been a'great worker. He
.has many children, the most distin
guished of whom is Gen. Roger Atkin
iva Pryor, of New York.
:. Referring to Boodlo Wanamaker the
Charleston News and Courier says:
uNo man who hasvused money to
corrupt the suffrage Is qualified to be
either af teacher of hne morals or honest
politics.?'
Ho is not by any means a model bun
;iy School teacher,
- Ingalls denies that he said the Wtter
things reported concerning little Benny
Harrison. Of course. "Birds of a
' leather, etc," What he was reported a
ayiug, among other things, was that
j General Harrison Is "as brilliant as a
1 blue book, as inspiring as fire-damp, as
commanding as an old cow."
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Some of tho more decent and konor-
; able Republicans papers do not relish
1 the Dudlev infamr one bit. The Pitts-
mt
; burgh Dispatch in Quay7e own State
ays this:
"The matter, therefore, makes sting
ing camoaitrn material bearing upon
t the corrupt use of money in politics."
Wanamaker says it is all right.
It 800 ms to us that Mr. James Payn,
the English novelist, has a very exag-
irftratod view of the excellence of
Stevenson's last novel. He says:
VTho Master or Ballautrao' is one
f those fow books which even a poor
man says to himself, when he has"
finished it, 4I would give a guinea never
to ha vo road it. that I might road it
again for the first time.' "
Tho Dallas (Texas) News Dem., thus
refers to Hill and ballot reform:
"The man whom a small coterie of
New York politicians propose to pui
forward to contest the Presidential
nomination with Mr. Cleveland has
been regarded as an opponent of ballot
reform, an i it mav now be saiu ne was
not able to stern the tide of popular
sentiment which has set in for ballot
reform, not' only 'in New York, but
throughout tkio Uni.n.M
The Northern papers with charac
teristic eagerness seized upon the
fight in Now York between two South
rn hot-heads to dig tho South. The
following is pertinent. The Baltimore
American says :
4Mai Clark, the fire-eater who shot
at Mr. Randolph in New York, d-
ClarcU. VVO BUUiuoiuDio ttlO Ull lOOlS
when we tret excited." Mai. Clark is
wrong. He was undoubtedly a fwol ol
verv amule proportions, but he does
nor, represent the South, any more than
the average fool represents the humau
race.
Roman Catholic statistics place in
Nw York the follow-
it VUUIVVVOV wa
ing:
"(ithnlic nonulation. 800.000;cburch-
awith i.idMnt nrie-t-- 152: Without,
41 intuit 10(1. Thechaoels number 64;
station without churches regularly
viitcd,48 Priests: Secular,1 823; not
affiliated, 27; regular, 146; total, 496.
Brothers, including novices and postu
lants, 391. Religious women, Includ
ing novices and postulant, 2,268. Sem
inaries, 2, with 22 students. Colleges
4, with 1,167 students. Academies for
bovs, 18, ith l,lln fitudenta. Acade
mies for girls, 32, with 2 4i5 students.
Orohanage s-.hools, 7, with l,71o etu
ienti. Industrial and reform school,
10, with 3,247 pupils.
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THE BOYLE "CASE
OIGESTOF THE OPINION OK THE
SUPREME COURT'
The Prlioner Uow He llecelved the New
The Special Tax Bond Cae Neroee
HUH Going Weat by the Train Load, Prob
ably Canting Wake Count j and Perhaps
the Itlack piatrlct to Beeome Ueraocratlr.
Messenger Hureacj, (
Raleigh, N. C. Jan. 17, 1800.
All the talk to-day was of the new
trial for Boyle. The opinion is lonir
and carefully prepared. The next term
of tho court for the trial of criminal
cases begins March 24th. His case will
then be tried. No doubt there will be
some new witnesses ana oresumablv
new evidence on both sides.
lioylowas greatly pleased at tho
news wmcn was carried to him in his
coll yesterday about 5 o'clock. There
had been intimations the day before of
tho decision of the Supremo Court.
Boyle has voluntarily abandoned all
use of spirits. He has turned out his
beard and moustache. His color is now
natural and beard improves his ap
pearance. He looks better than he did
at his now famous trial.
Chief Justice Merriraon delivered
the opinion, which is leugthy. After
citing many authorities referring to
the duties of judges in the matter of
charges to the juries the court says ;
"l he office oi trio luuge in such con-
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nection is to help the jury to see clearly
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the law arising therefrom. Failure of
the indues to observe verv carefullv
the statue fixing their cowers is ground I
o mi mi i
for a new trial. The judge of the court X?c VAaT-ThX olution U Portual at the present mo
below in this case fai ed to sufficientlv Mason, Lawler and Springer. The ment, and it is moderate in tone
state the evidence given, as appears
from his instructions to the jury. He
declined, though requested to do so, to
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direct the jury's attention to the speci
fied part of the evidence tending
to discredit the evidence of Miss
Geneva Whitaker, and to instruct
them as to its nature and bear
ing. This evidence x was in re
gard to the public location of the
l?lace where the alleged rape was com-
mittea; tne presence oi persons near
the hOuse who could have heard, but
did not hear any outcry of Miss Whita
ker, and further in reerard to Miss
Whitaker after the alleged rape was
committed, washing her face, arrang
ingher hair in the prisoner s chamber,
and then joining her companions in the
yard and going witbXthem some dis
tance without telling them she had
been outraged. The judge should have
told the jury that if this evidence were
true its effects would be stronglyxto the
discredit of Miss Whitaker. its weight.
in view or all other evidence, to be de- I
termmea Dy ine jury, xne luage leu 1
the jury to ciassijy ana aigest volumi
nous and conflicting evidence without
stating it in an orderly manner. For
these reason there is error, and the
prisoner is entitled to a new trial."
The frost and the ice were welcome
risitora thisvmorning, though they
sadly pinched the premature flowers.
Japanese magnolias, snowy white of
yesterday, were limp and yellow to-day,
.1 j . f r
ana roseouas were piuiui to see.
The Attorney General's argument in
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tho special tax, bond suits will be well
prepared, and will be read with inter
est.
Two special trains full of exodusters
passed through here to-day. The first
train of twelve cars was full of those
from Edgecombe on the way to Louis
iana and Texas. On the last train
were those from Goldsboro and Selma
The latter appears to be the chief
starting point 01 tne pilgrims, it was
. a . m . m v.
uwtviua Ivim s a vuu iAiKtu49 a. v ntsg
stated this morning that Peg-Ig
Williams will remain at Selma, and
will send away the parties under
I charge of his sub-agents.
A well informed gentleman said to
day that enough negroes, had left
Wake to insure the Democracy of this
county in the future. Some claims
nave oaen maae mat as many negroes
cauie in ai went away This is now as
serted to be an error. There isa steady
urain upon the black voters here. The
Democrats will elect all their county
omcers next fall, and will have a solid
delegation in the Legislature from
Wake, which has too long been a Re
publican stronghold.
It is also said by people who ought to
know that enough negroes have left the
M3cond district to make it doubtful,
particularly since there are always two
negro candidates for Congress there.
I'ho buildings at Camp Rusel have
for two years been I'ented. This ha
now been 8 opped, the keeper of the
apital finding that it did not pay the
State to rent the houi-es there. The
county convicts by permission occupy
some of the builuings. There are
seventy of them guarded there.
t here is very little talk about 1 he
Cross and White case. The opinion of
i he U. S. Supreme Court has not yet
en handed dovn. It is said that
White has not abated his efforts to se
cure a pardon. -
The cause of the fire at Mrs. Fisher's
co' ton giu yesterday is yet a mystery.
The Bosio mai who is expect d
hero to make arrangement about
joining for us with the shoe compauy
which has a leaK3 of convicts, is one of
those who have a contract at the Vir
ginia penitentiary. The lease there
does not run a 'great while longer, so
he is looking out for a contract here.
The Supreme Court adjourned yes
terday. The last opiniou filed during
the term was in the Boyle case.
The March meeting of the directcs
of the North Carolina Insane Asylum
win do interesting. A steward and
Matron are to be elected. There are
several candidates for the position of
matron. . . . . . . . .
The people of Raleigh will have to
pull together, as they did for Trinity,
to get tne Baptist Female College lo
cated in this city. If they will have
Buch unity of action thev will carrv
their point. This is coufessed by rival
in the race.
To show the rapidl'vot the growth
Continued on k ourth Page.
C0NG.E5SI0NAL HATTHB5.
The Senate Not in 8eMloa-Tb Ilaase
AdpU Retolatlon for 8prll Commit
tee on the World' Fair.
Washington. Jan, 17. Gen. Raum,
Commissioner of Pensions, has sent a
letter to Secretary Noble, requesting
the removal from office of Henry A.
Phillips, of New York, Chief of the
mUdle division in the Pension Bureau,
on the "ground that the efficiency of the
bureau would be promoted thereby.
Phillips7 pension was rerated ana
increased, April 23rd last, during Cor- I
purai xauuer a aummuiratiuu, cut
this reason Secretary Noble, some
weeks later, requested him to re&ign-
This, however, he declined to do, and
no further action has since been taken
in the case until to-day, owing, it
is said, to the pressure which
wa3 brought to bear in Phillips'
behalf by members of Congress, and
others in hi"h official positions. It
was represented by Phillips friends
that he was not guilty of any unlawful
act in connection with his rerating.
It is believed that Phillips7 dismsssal I
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win uu dwu luiiunU' u y UtUCIB. WUUBO
pensions were rerated, and that sever
al others, who are regarded as less
guilty, will be reduced in rank and
pay.
Washington, Jan. 17. Great in
terest was taken in the votes upon the
world's fair question in the House
to-day. Members representing the
competing cities were active in
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con-
ouiiuauuK luoii tuu. in aci
ng tneir lorces ana in Keeping
their men in liDe. Dozens of members
ktrPl tally, and every vote was closely
nvw. 'I'M r rc r a ir uwrrn tii at t no
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luannri - imnna nrara m n rwnn 1 n riv
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Bland: while New York's
while New York7s interests
were attended to by Messrs. Flower,
Farquhar, and Cummings. X
The result of the contest is that a
special committee of nine members
will be appointed, without receiving
any instructions. It may choose a site,
if it sees fit; but it is more than prooa-
ble that the determination of that
Question will be releerated to the
House.
Washington, Jan. 17. All but four
of 138 public depositories have com-
Dlied with Secretarv Windom's call
for portions of Government funds held
bv them.
The number of banks which will De
discontinued as depositances, is eighty-
five, and of these thirty have alreaay
surrendered their entire deposits and
gone out of the system.
Washington, Jan. 17. Bond offer-
iners to-day aegreg-ated $1,716,900 ; ac
cepted at 1.2b' for fours per cents, and
1.04 lor lour ana a nans.
Dr. Powell Bad III Own Life.
Baltimore, Jan. 17. Carson L.
NX- -N
Powell, Baptist missionary to Algeria,
has met with a-ead fate, indeed. fThe
manner in which he murdered his little
daughter, while in an insane frenzy.
was recently told in the Messenger.
Alter the muraer on Uecember 21st
he was confined in the hospital at Al-
8J f1 for few and ea Placed on
I ohinKnnnH s Va a n frs If nnM linn A A
shipboard to be taten to Marseilles. At
times he showed a tendency to violence
ana when four hours out fromiAlgeri
he overpowered his guards, dashed
past them and plunged over the side
the ship before anyone . could intercept
mm. -n
Mr. Powell last year spent several
weeks in America visiting friends in
Baltimore and at various points in
North Carolina. At that time he was
, - - .
in J?Jfe?. health, and was hopeful and
confident in regard to his mission. But
he was in North Africa independent of
any organized board, and. supplies
reached him at long and irregular in-
tervals. At times he was in great want
and in distress of jnlnd for the means
to provide for his family. X
It was doubtless' this strafnXwhich
unsettled his mind and led him to the
murder of hi child to keep it from
suffering, as he said. The mission at
Algeria is well established and prob
ably will be maintained through s the
benefaction of friends in America.
Mrs. Powell is still upon the ground, is
thoroughly conversant with tne needs
of the work, and can be trusted to carry
it on, after grief over the strange and
sudden freaks of her husband has sub
sided. Mr. Powell was about 40 years of age,
ana, to an appearance, a ruggea man.
Bis work in Africa was very success
ful, and in many ways original and
uuiqne in missionary effort.
Phenomenal Yield of Corn.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17, The most phe
nomenal yield of corn ever produced in
in America has been awarded the prize
of $-300 offered bv the American Agri
culturist for the largest, crop of shelled
corn grown on oue acre in 1SS9. Te
crop was within a fraction of 2-5 bush
els, green weight, which shrunk to 139
bushels when Kiln dried, arid when
chemicallv dried contained 217 bushels
The South Carolina State board of
agricultural doubled the prize, making
the award $1,000 in all. This crop was
grown by Z. J. Drake, of Marlboro
county, South Carolina. It is nearly
twice as large as tbe greatest authen
ticated crop ever before reported. The
$o0o awarded for tbe largest yield of
wheat last year goes to Henry F. Bur
ton, of Salt Lake . City, Utah, for a
yield of SO bushels on-one acre.
A Boot and Shoe Honse Earned.
BOSTON, Jan. 17. Claflin, Coburn &
Co.,boot and shoe dealers, No., l$S Sum
mer street, were burned out tnis morn
ing; loss between $160,000 and 2o0 000;
insurance 1100,000, Thet building was
a four story store, belonging to the
Boston University; lpss $i 00,000 fully
iusured. The contents of the adjoining
buildings suffered some damage from
waksr. The origin of .the fire 1 not
definitely known, but supposed to have
been caused by workmen being careless
with matches.
CABLKGRAMiS.
PORTUGAL BESET BY DOMESTIC
" AND FOREIGN TROUBLE. .
ConapUlnU of England Violating the
Treaty of Berlin -SpanUh Republican
Ex pre Their Sytnpathy-Repablicaa
llanifestoBritUh ResldeaU In Lbboo
"Irt of a Bake ATlfeEaton Collere
Cloaed -Influenza on the Chicago.
PARIS, Jan. 7.yimro says that
Portugal has complained to Prince
msmaruK luai ureat isrilain nas vio
' -1 A W A y- mr. a .
lated tbe Berlin treaty. She, there
fore, aisks that a conference be con
voked to discus African affairs.
Madrid, Jan. 17. The nronosod
public meeting, to be held in this ciiv
on Sunday, by the' Republicans for the
purpose of expressing sympathy with
the Portuguese m their dispute with
England, has been abandoned. The
Republicans intend, however, to vMt
the Portuguese Legation and leave
their card? as an expression of sympa-
v,v
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LISBON, Jan. 17. The ikculo pub
lished to-day, an unsigned manifesto.
headed ''The Directory of the Portu
guese Republicans to the Nation."
It denounces vociferously the English
ultimatum, and advocates a Republican
federation of the Latin nations and the
adhesion of Portugal to such federa
tion. It declares that the movement
for a federation of Latin Republics is
steadily making- great progress, and
the force of that movement is seen and
f u in tbe revolution in BraziL
Tbe manifesto does not advocate rev
tnrougnoub, except as to tneaenuncia-
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tion of England's action.
All papers, Republican as well as
others, advise prudence and modera-
tiou in the present crisis. The extrav
agances of the school boys in the
street demopstrations seem to have
opened the eyes of tho men of the
country to the folly and danger of that
way of treating international difficul
ties, x '
LISBON, Jan. 17. The English resi
dents of this city, who have been vic
tims of public animosity, occasionejd by
the attitude of England toward Por'u
gal, propose to appoint a deputation to
wait on, Liord Salisbury, to urge that
Great Britain adopt a more concilia
tory policy. The feeling toward Eng
land is very bit er: manr English
employees of Portuguese houses have
boen discharged.
Liverpool, Jan. 17. Five hundred
grain porters on tne isortn ana tne
South docks have struck for an advance
in their -wages. .As a result of the
strike, the grain traffic on these docks
is at a standstill.
LONDON, Jan. 17. Tho opening c!
Eton. College has been postponed,
lwing to, the prevalence of influenza.
.Influetfza in a severe form prevails
among the omcers ana crew 01 tne
American squadron 01 evolution, now
in the Mediterranean.- There are 180
cases of the disease on board the Chi
cago alone.
ing all differences between the Czechs
and the Germans in Bohemia.
The Ohio Abee the Danger Lise.
EVANSvlLLE, Ind:, Jan. 17. The
river at this point passed the danger
line on the gauge, at 8 o'clock last
evening, and is still rising at the rate
of half an inch an hour. The water is
rapidly ..spreading over the bottom
lands, and those who have not already
been driven from their homes by ris
ing waters, are removing th.iir fami
lies and stock. A great amountxor
corn has been destroyed, and farmets
having grain in danger of beiug washed
away are at work with laborers placing
it above the high v water mark of 18H4
The prospects now areHhat the water
will reach a much greater height than
at any time since the flood of that year.
With thexrapidly rising river at tnis
place and advices of an additional ne
of the upper Ohio and tide streams.
the situation ixanything but encour-
aging, ine omo rs oi tne sieamer
Blue Wing, from Calhoun, which ar
rived herd ast night, report the river
rising at tn rale of two inches an
hour. Hundreds Of families have been
driven from their homes and many of
them are liviug in churches andtchool
houses.
aaMahyapsnaww
A Fatal Itallroad Wreck.
Mansfield, Mo. Jau. 17. A terri-
b'e wreck occurred on the Kansas City,
Fort Sott and Mem phis Rail rood aboui
three miles east of here, yesterday.
I'Hh engine of ihe weftbouud local
freight train left the track, carrying
five loaded cars with it- It then turueu
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over, caicnmg tugineer noi"u.
Fireman Merman, ad tiraKeinaii
Hughey under. Brake man Widdoaon
was caught in the wreck of the curs
and fUstaiued severe internal injuries;
Firemau Hermau was iustantly hilled;
Engineer Howland had one leg broken
and Brakemau Hughey was Irighlfily
bcalded about the head and hands.
Alarming !eth Kate in Chicago.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. Report received
at the Heaitn Office, yesterday, were
not of an eueouraging nature. Eleveu
of eihiy-&eveu death cirtificatea bad
the word "Influenza." on the line after
the cause of deaths. The number of
victims of the grip was the same as
that reported Tuesday, but the in
crease of dtaths from other disease
was something alarming, it being
larger by 178 than for the previous
day. ' . . . v '-
Sixty Then sand Proas at a Faneral.
BESLIN, Jan. 17. Tb funeral ol toe
socialist eaitor, Wedde. at Hainourg
to day was attended by 60,U0u persona.
wife of the Dukeof Saxe.Melpingen.an vii ttfcr,mm 0 tt," .lb., IJEt
. American, nee Uraut, la dead. ; . " 7" . " i . "
a, Vienna. Jan. 17.-The result of the -.T.r. rJT" r.C,-Tr V"" . .
German-Czech conference, held in this I i J t ... . n .
i . " j-. .j mi i various verms. juniv reiwri, fuauuDt oi 10 uctavo
oi I citv. have exceeded ezDectations. The I ... . v It t o .
I I';'" v,, n. I The DeoDle of the count v of Colum- I pCB AU vcnioou, ocuswr
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
One af Tanner Pe la Tranble Interest
la the richt Over the World Falrw
Death of Bev. W. A. llarrl.
Washington, Jan. 17. f House.
The Speaker &latcd that tbe urnal
of Wednesday's proceedlng,whfch wbj
approved yesterday, proved to be inac
curate in a few intancv; he thervforo
caused that journal to be read aa cor
rected, and It was finally approved.
Mr. McKinley called up hi motion
to table tbe motion to reconsider the
vote by which the House, yeterdy,
refu.Hl to substitute tho resolution re
ported by the committee on ru!e, a
amended by the adoption of the Cannnn
resolution for the original resolution
referred to the committee. Tho mo
tion to table the motion to reconsider
was agreed to. Yea 144, uays 162.
Tho question then recurred on tho
adoption of the original resolution, as
follow:
Itcsolcedi That a elet committee of
nine members bo appointed by the
Speaker, to be callci the "World's
Fair CommitUre,' to which shall le
referred all matters relating to the
proposed celebration of tho four hun
dredth anniversary of the discovery of
America, or the W orld's Fair of 1892.
Tne resolution was adopted yeas
141, nays 136, Mr. Springer changing
his vote from the negative to tho
affirmative, in order to enter a motion
to reconsider.
Mr. Springer 6ald that he only
desired that the committee should
be instructed to report, next week,
to the House a plan by which
the location might bo settled.
As it now stood, the committee
would b authorized to select the loca
tion. He withdrew his motion to re
consider, stating that he would trust
to the fairness of the committee and of
the House. Mr. Flower, of New York.'
introduced the New York world's fair
bill, and it was referred to tho special
committee, when appointed.
Mr. Barnes, of New York, offered a
resolution increasing the membership
of that committee from nine to thirteen;
referred to the committee on rules.
The House then went into committee
of the whole on the bill to provide for
town site entries of lands in Oklahoma:
j pending action
the committee rose.
and the House adjourned
until 1
o'clock to-morrow.
Whltevllle Note.
Columbus county court is in session
here this week, HU Honor Judge John
Gay Bynum presiding. His Honor, it
appears, has made a very favorable im
pression upon the minds of the good.
law-abiding people of old Columbus,
with whom he has met during this
term of the court, but be is a terror to
evil doers, is no respecter of persons,
deals justly with all, and in the court
room where he sits the utmost quiet
and strictest order prevail. .
The following named attorneys hare
been and are now in attendance upon
the court: Frank McNeal, Esqi, soli
citor, Rockingham; Maj. C. M. Sted
man, Wilmington; G A. Ramsey and
Bruce Williams, Uurgaw; u C Lyons,
bus are f be congratulated upon the
financial condition of the county and
the most excellent government under
which they live. Ia addition to about
$2,000 paid ont for repairs on the court
house in 1888, and several thousand in
building two excellent houses for the
poor last 3 ear, one for the white and
one for tbe colored, and paying all the
county expenses, they have several
thou-and dollars in the treasury and
are entirely out of debt. The crops
throughout the county, also, were or
dinarily good last year, and the people
generally are in better condition than
they were the year previous. Not a
jingle mortgage has been recorded so
far this year, which speaks well for
the people aud should be encouraging
to all.
The people generally are more set
tled in this than many other counties
in Eastern Carolina. The colored
people have not, it seems, bad such a
severe attack of the exodu fever, as
in other counties, though quite a num
ber of both whites and blacks have
gone to other regions.
The climate and much of the soli
hei are peculiarly adopted to grap
cultu -e, hnd thii s-cion wan once not d
for the fine wines it produced. The
premium was taken at a wine expo-i-liou
in California some time ago by
wine mde h-re by Mr. W. A. Byrne.
This gentleman now has on hand six
teen arrelj of fin Kjuppernoug manu
factured by himself.
Five eo pi en of ths large eight page
daily Messenger being read in oue
room at the name time by fire gentle
men yesteiday morning and not an
other paper in tb room shows Its
great uopulariiy here. Nothing like
It. . . ; V ..
The death .f Mr. M. F. Cook on
Thursday was one of the saddest acci
dent that has ever occurred In this
-action of the State. VVbile out hunt
ing with two gentlemen from Philadtfl-
phia, and while endeavoring to cross a
dlxh in a field, one of tbe gentlemen,
it M;ms fell into tbe water below, and
reaching his gun ud to Mr. Cook, it
was ai-ciJentail y discharged, the load
entering Mr ook'a right breast, kill
ing him Instantly. News was at oice
dhi patched to iown of tbe sad affair,
ana relatives and friends hastened to
he unweleome rCene, only to find the
1 filers r ma xm of tbe god and noble
and now greatly mourned F- M. Cook.
Mr. Cook leases a ife and one child,
father, mother and one brother to
mourn the grrat and irreparable loe.
The geutlemen bo were accompany
ing Mr. Cook are almost crazed at the
ad occurrence, but no blame u attach-
ed to any one.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
R G.
DUNN & CO-S WEEKLY
VIEW OF TRADE-
RE"
Improvement eC4 Where the va4aev
Uaa Itereme CaUerIaflaeata r.nVit!c
Trade MetertellyNevertheU Tra4 U
Very Ilea vyr pert V !! y Heavy
Active Trade at the tfc.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-R.G. Eua A
Co. a trade review for tho rcl;
An Important improvement in bui
nes 1 noted where the nnv n t chanj
to colder weather ha ticen Mt. Kt.
whero the UDKaonablo et.hcr 1
itlli the chief complaint: but every
where the interruption of buit.t ' nod
manufacturing, by tho prrvaUlr-g kk
nes, U obevrved, and many factor le
have been forced to c1ok icw o
many of their employes wt-ro uuabUt Ui
work. At one or two eaatcrn ptuU
this interruption appears to bw pa Uig
away, but It b Ull wldesprtad and
serious. To nearly all kino of trad
it means not only delay In production
or dealing, but also some khrinkne In
the ability of great number to pur
chase tho products; but in -pito of all
this the volume of tx iuJ e Up.
East bound khipmetUii from Chicago
last week were 131,793 tons, hlch is
the largest ever known. Export of.
provisions are heavy, .tho lard rcov
ment last week reaching H2,Nfi2
pouuds. Tho clearing of bauks ial
week were uot only the largest oa
record for that mrt of the year, but
showed an iucrvaso over last year of 12
per cent. ouUlde of New York. Tho
weekly output of pig Iron January 11,
was 174,t3S tot., against 1G:,131 De
cember 1st, and 154,a'JS a year ago.
The cotton industry is disturbed only
by siekuess. Tho demand for good is
slightly improved. Staples and print
are firm. Wool and woolen Hade
show distinct signs of division between
light goods and worsteds, and heavier
goods of nearly all kinds. Tho Utter
are seriously depressed by tho unsea
sonable weather.
Collections arc quite generally slow,
because of retarded distribution, but
uneasiness Is reported at only a fow .
points. All Southern reports note ac
tive trade.
Exports of cotton, provisions, oil,
breadstuff and cattle In December
were 174,449,727, against tC7, 045,344 In
1868, which points to an aggregate of
exports exceeding f9!,OO0.UA) for the
month, and again surpassing the im
ports by 1 20,000,000.
Foreign exchango has weakened to
4.8(3, and the Treasury has taken In for
tho week only tl,l0o,00C more than It
has paid out, but the money market,
here and elsewhere, show, on the
whole, rather more pressure, which
the heavy business in progress and
tardy collections exj lain.
Business failures occurring through
out tho country during, tbe last week
number, for. the United States, 307;
Canada 31; total S3S, against 373 hut
week.
The lTMt Virginia Gubernatorial Oaateet.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jan. 17 Th
Morris, Republican, presented the
minority report which has not yet been
printed, but which filled lbO pages ol
closely written legal cap. The ma
jority report was not read, but was dis
tributed In phampblet form, and
ordered printed in tho journal. Mr.
Morris read tbe minority report, or
the greater part of it, before the joint
assembly. After presentation of the
reports, a joint committee was ap
uointed to orenaro mode of nroceedure.
m m
and tbe joint session adjourned until
Monday next.
The majority report beam evidence
of much study and labor. The report
shows that 124 of the votes cast for
Fleming were cast out; 437 cast for
Goff were cast out; three were added
to rlemlngs vote and flvotoGofTs.
fhi gives Fleming a plurality of 237
votes. Ihe minority report presents a
long argumeut of the ca-o and makes
the statement mat th elec tion a
fair aud legal one. It stales the point
of uifferenco between tho mtun of
the committee, and states that Goff was
elected by a Majority of 140.
Death of ltev. William A. Ilarrt.
' Wasuingion, Jan. 17. IUjv. Dr.
Wui. A. Harris, an KpUcopal ceri
mau, resident here, and one of the
oldest Maeoi.s in tho Union, uitd at his
home, on L, near Ninth street, last
night, ot pneumonia. Dr. IlurtU
auitmoerof tho faml'y that gave !
name to ilarrieburg. Pa. liu wa at
one time rvetor of lU-k Creek iarish,
and was over bO ears old.
Two ratal Accident.
Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 17 Ec-
gineerJuo. Wiley, of the Baltimore
and Ohio Road, was cut In two by hi
ou eugiue at 0 o'clock this evtnli g.
lie tried Ui get off while the engine
was lu motion and fell on the trsck.
Tnoiuas Currao, of Benwood, wii
cut to pieces by a Baltimore and Ohio
engine at Muuudstllle last night.
Three Persons Killed by a Train.
JOILNSTOWN, Pa , Jan. 17. The lim
ited express, west bound, on tbe Penn
sylvania Jirl) road, struck and killed
Edward 'Gallagher, aged . 17 years,
Michael Gallagher, his brotner, aged
15 yeari and Mr. Katti StockbouMj, a
married sister, bgtd 2ti 3 ears, at Mor
rill vilie near here last night. ,
UlsaesU to Death.
. Cincinnati O., Jan. 17. Lata hut
nlvht William trlirnr.a mulatto aged
'SZ years, died in a tit of . sneezing. Ho
had been suffering frou Influenza only
during the evening, and, about 11
o'clock, was attacked with toeioff
and died before relief could bo
obtained.'
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