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WILMINGTON. N. C.s SATURDAY MARCH 1, 1890.
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1'ISTOL-GKAriIS.
all Ms battles o'er again "
Dkyden.
Jem phis .rljpcal
thinks Mr.
popularity.
(1 is growing in
a great
Wales,
failed.
plague among the
and all remedies
;t
W HI
ir.ost uphill work possible U to
-aints of the two great Boodlers
i;tJn and Wany.
,'. Cold win Smith will soon have
xruphy of Jane Austen ready. He
xii-Se writer, and she an interest-
-U'j'-'Ct.
Cu., is to
give Mr. John T.
. ..,1 rtr-.ort Inn unnn hlfl rfi-
;tr 11 liiim ivv-i'" f ,
from Now York, where he lately
t'.rti
uished himself. -
Sir Win. Vernon Ilareourt, Liberal,
u rt nt speech, taid:
in... 77fjMna branded with
- - - t
eternal
lasting
A i ' -
of
di--r;u-j to Kngliah journalism
d thv nenbions for the
it 1 "
cur-
j;t t ar will afe't;rega.to $117,000,tHJ0.
Aini that ij the way the Kads are
t,:. -.ling the South to pay bluccoats
wlio -are not necessitous.
I Si -hop
Mttlnnii
n.ininlrv
Foster, of the Northern
ts. is 11 and haa been in the
years. When ho
began
lln-re
were
700.000 members
in
the
United Slates.
Now they are nearly
.-,100,(100.
The Au'ua
x lK)iK:nt, riays
Chronicle, Protection,
that "Representative
('.indlt-r, of (Jeorgia, is sure that Mr.
Cleveland will be the next Democratic
candidate for President. Mr. Hill will
not, he thinks, be in the race at all."
The rich dead Astor bequeathed
t-ome three or four hundred thousand
dollars to charitable institutions and
personal friends, but then the old fel
low had a hundred and iiftv millions.
The widow's mite would out count all
his bequests and riches.
We think Mr. Cleveland is wise when
he advises the larmers to establish
tarilT reform clubs and have object les
Mjns in facts and figures. The people
need much to be educated in matters
of taxation and cognates. The cam
paign of education must proceed.
The Boston Globe Dem., has no very
high opinion of a rich man's methods.
It says:
"John U. Rockefeller, the staudard
oil Cru'sus, enjoys a salary of $750 an
hour. lie started with picking pota
toes. It would not bo true to say that
he has ended with picking pockets, but
how much better is it morally?"
In a lottery where the prize is $15,000
there are just 90,999 chances against
you. In $5,000, there aro 49,999 against
you. In $1,000, 19,999 chances against
you. In $100, tf,447 chances against, in
$ o, 1 ;:", and in $5, 45 chances against
you. What folly to gamble against
Mich odds.
in Kentucky there is a
land that has twenty-four
l ieties of trees, ns follows:
half acre of
distinct va
"t lute oak, walnut, red oak, poplar,'
eherry, sassifras, persimmon, plum,
luaple.mulberry, pawpaw, water beech,
"n.ui-, uoijwoou. svenmnrn
. t t ..... . i - . i
willow,
elm, red haw, box elder,
pieewood, black gum,
sweet
:um,
.aw."
black
'an North Carolina match that?
The
. N e v
York Jkrald is doing good
wor,
m trviriL' to snnnlrVi
the
Radical
its edi-
v.-ur on the South. In one
triaU it sa:
of
"Tl
HMVIOrO V1 s:iv flint f
far
wel
South
as of the
and of Nnrthom
interests evn
Jiion; uuui of South
.i . -
uvdCn f Vv i lnterests it is
i iiVlkJ it J,Tr0rU r-n l,ublic liliioa
ieH.iu,i a 1,1 -opposition to
-Pu.Uan programme."-
'MedUnt f
U
IVof. Ke
"'t7 Of thtl llnrvnr.1
Uni
von
-it v
l.aw iv'ho.i "
1 1U
l u
f L'U.t:i : i
native of Au
1 ' v.n., UUmy
I ...... 1 1 :
Ik MPPrVl r,4 1
wuai uinner oi the
1 v .i u me
school. Ho is
an-
i iru as savins "th-.t i,.
; , , "o mat lntelli
OOUld to rnl. ii .
re-
renco was
I t, . soilness of the -i7 of
the ignorant mob. Tin, 1 ! ?1
ot permit nPwn a.,.--. " wuum
-rent " vwon. The
13 "v u) ward olT
gcr."
this dan-
The Uu-hmond
a., doctors
!een UUeu-in.
have
the infl lion vi
and of
-ue unagreed.
Ihe Dispatch says:
1 he wnaLr
rtae disen
nrdedas far mnr7 6 was re-
uw as, tr .uus man tne
i U-'L 11. Ill
-psnur reported
the liinira f cu. 0S of congestion of
c.d health ami n .Previously in
... v r 1 1 SI 1okj . . . . I
two
III':
th.
I 1 T 1 I .1
VIU1 illlll 1 n... 1.1
; - ot imrtv
years following
number of RnnnL lKraea by quite
Cr8? th T?lerss a dlase affect-
" . It"- ifc WliS rmr.i -.I ,1 i
nd spinal cnrA 5 b.vstem, the brain
It iS PV?41- J'
in t.h :i , a verV serious disease
"vueu8 or cases.
yrilK STATK CAPITAL
WAKCOUNTY TO THE FRONT
WITH TROTTING HORSES-, x
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A Heavy KaIo Storm An Attempt to Wreck
a Train Gamblem Captnred at New Bern
Governor Fowle and thex Wasblnston
Gazet te The Adj utaot General' Heiort -He
Oppone Vr!g;o4le bcampments.
Messenger Bureau. J
Raleigh, N. C.t Feb. 28, 1890. f y
.There wa such a rainstorm west of
hero- yesterday that many vpeople
tnougbt tnere was a cloudbursu At I
Greensboro everything was under water I
and at Durham the clouds were so low
and dark that Limns were lighted and J
there was quite a scare. .The heavv
rain did not extend east of Burlineton. I
bomc unknown person Tuesday night
broke the lock of a switch at Garner
station, eight miles southeast of here,
and threw the switch open. The first
train to pass was one with the Govern- I
or's uuarus on board. Had it not been
necessary for this train to stop at GarJ
ner and take on two cars, a bad acci
dent would no doubt have resulted.
The New Bern police have very neat
ly captured the gang of gamblers who
have been plucking the people at the
fair. Four were causrht when their re
sort was raided. Three escaped them
but were taken the next morning,
when the train left and they tried to
"flag" it several mils up the road.
The police were on board. y
It was said to-day that, though itls
so late in the season there aro yet or
ders for 5,$00 negroes from this State.
Peg Leg Williams is the only agent
now in the State,
Wake county is coming to the front
in connection with trotting horses.
Captain B. P. Williamson's breeding
farm is one of the township sights.
Mr4. W. P. Bachelor has just been pre-
sentedbyMr. Dean Loge, of Albany,
N. Y., with Oberon, a son of Messen
ger Duroc, and probaly the fastest of
his sons. Messenger Duroc has seven
teen performers in the 2:30 list, and
seven of them have records of 2:23
and better. His sons have seventeen
with records of 2:30 and better, and
his daughters twelve with records
from 2:30 to 2:19i.
Your correspondent's desire for fair
play caused a reference yesterday to an
attack upon the Governor. The attack
by the Washington Gazette also needs
to be commented upon, lour corres
pondent knows it to be a fact that the
day after the draft for payment for the
paper had been presented to the Gov
ernor, the latter instructed the Private
Secretary to pay any bill which the
editor might present for his paper,
provided it was done in the usual
course of business. - It is well known
that Governor Fowl is-, one of : the
promptest of men in paying debts,, and
no newspaper bill was ever presented
him which he did not settle, but this
drawing upon him when no bill had
been presented he naturally regarded
as a discourtesy. The fact may be
mentioned that this draft was for the
paper up to May 28, and not to the date
of presentation.
The report of the Adjutant General
lor ibay was received to-dav. it. is a
complete one, and contains a roster of
the entire State guard, officers and en
listed men, with date of enlistment of
the latter. There were December 31st,
1889, 1,505 officers and men, one com
pany, at Raleigh, having been dis
banded during the year.. Since that
date the force has been increased to"
l,G0o officers and men and two new
companies received. The Adjutant
General, the Inspector General and the
colonels of the regiments recommend
regimental encampments. The Adju
tant General says the permanent camp
site Is not yet in a condition to be oc
cupied and the grounds so generously
tendered by Mrs. Fannie Latimer and
Mr. Ldward Latimer for use in 1888-89
are to small to encamp the brigade at
one time. The statement is further
made that it is the wish of a large ma
jority of the officers and men that the
encampments in the iuture shall
be by regiments. It is also
stated that such encampments aie
more economical. Practice marches
are recommended strongly. As to
these, as well as to skirmishing, rifle
practice and knowledge of life in the
field the greatest shortcomings of the
force aro noticeable. All the troops
will be in the regulation dress and ua
dress by the end of the current year
The examination of officers before the
issue of commissions is particularly re- I
cummenueu. iuu cunuinon oi ioe i
troops as regards qu
ordinance supplies i
before, and in every
enuinment is beinl?
troops as regards quartermaster's and I
is better than ever I
possible way the I
equipment is being perfected. The I
average strength oi companies is lorty- I
hve, and the
ayerage percentage at
inspection was eighty-three. There
were l,0u0 officers and 'men at Camp
Latimer. The number of sick treated
there was less than one per cent of the
entire force present. This is a remark
able bhowing. The Inspector General
makes an earnest recommendation
for such a change in the law
as will crive the troops pay while in
camp, lie also recommends the ap
pointment of an inspector of rifle prac
tice, and that no more than thirty
companies be allowed. (There are now
thirty-two, two being in the "reserve.")
He recommends regimental camps
every alternate year, and brigade en
campments the other years, if deemed
necessary.
Lngineers were at work to-day on
tbo lines of railway into the new depot.
It la . 4 . 1 . 1 I : t.
. " W
deal of
ness among the colored
people.
: There was an examination here yes
terday for route agents in the postal
service.
Much interest was shown to-dav in
the announcement of the daily tate
unromcu.
Bismarck uill hot
thought.
resign, it is now!
conaEEssioHAL. .
New Enrlandera Petitioning for Beieal of t
theTarifl on Iron and Coal Nnmerona
' 1'enclon Bill PaMed, "X
Washington; Febw 23. Senate.
Senator George presented a petition
from the citizens of Tabor county,
Miss., for the free coinage of eilver,
and in; doing so expressed the hope
(satirically) that such a petition would
not be considered as evidence of dis
loyalty or evidence that Mississippi
had not a republican form of govern
ment. x . -" ,
benator , iialev presented (by re-
quest) a petition from the New Eng-
lana iron ana ana steel manufacturers
asking that iron, coal and coke be put
upon the free list and that duty on scrap
iron, scrap steel, etc.; oe reduced to 24
per cent, ad valorem.
Senator Gorman presented resolu
tlons of the General Assembly of Mary
land, asking that the sum of $200,000,
collected by the Confederate Array
under General Jubel Early, from the
authorities of Frederick, Md.. be re-
funded and re-imbursed.
Senator. Morgan offered a resolution
(which was agreed to) calling on the.
Secretary of the Interior for informa
tion as to the reasons that have pre
vented the sale of coal lands In Ala-
bama in accordance with the y reouire
ment of the actof March 3rd, 1883, and
for copies of' letters or papers relied
upon to justify the failure to comply
with the statute. y
Notice of his intended absence was
received from the Vice President, and
Senator Ingalls was elected President
of the Senate pro tem.
Senator Blair called the attention of
the Senate once more to the derilection
of the press of the country in not giv
ing sufficient attention to the proceed
ings in the Senate, and particularly to
the important facts spread by him be
fore the Senate in his speech on the
educational bill. The press, he said.
bf constantly intimat 3d that the reason
lishing such important matter rather
than reports of prize fights and dog
fights is that my speech was not enter
taining. I did not ask the publication
of the speech, but of the facts nearing
on the merits of the question. I am not
rich enought to distribute them
generally throughout the coun
try, although I have spent many
thousands of dollars in so doing.
After some further remarks by Sen
ator Blair and a brief defense of the
newspapers and an explanation of their
methods by Senator Hawle, the mat
ter was dropped and the dependant
pension bill was then taken up. Sen
ator Davis, chairman of the pension
committee, explained that it was the
Bame bill, verbatim, as had passed the
benate in the last Congress and had
failed of action in the House. After
discussion by Senators Davis. Plumb.
McPherson, -Vest and Moody' the bill
went over without action. The House
bill for the appointment of two persons
to represent the United States in the
International Conference at Madrid
was passed.
After an executive session the Sen
ate, at 4:55, adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
After the reading of the Journal Mr.
Henderson, of Iowa, moved that the
House go into committee of the whole
on the urgent deficiency appropriation
Din, tne vote resulting ys to 21.
Mr. Bland, of Missouri, raised the
point of no quorum. The Speaker could
count but 155 members cresent. atd a
call oi the House was ordered.
x wo nunarea ana thirty-eierht mem
bers responded to their names, and
then Mr. Henderson's motion was
agree lio.
Aftei three hours and a half, con
sumed in the discussion of points of
order, the committee rose and the bill
was passed. It appropriates $23,650,
uuu me largest item oemg an appro
priation of $21,600,000 for the payment
oi pensioners oi the war oi larz. and
tke Mexican war. The remainder of
the afternoon was devoted to the con
sideration of the private calendar, but
no bills were passed; and, at o o'clock,
the House took a recess until 8 o'clock.
the evening session to be lor the con
. ..... '
sideration of private pension bills.
j.ne nouse at its evening session
passed forty-five private pension bills
and at 10:30 adjourned until to-morrow.
Snow in the Tfest.
Chicago, Feb. 28. A light fall of
snow occurred here last night. It be
gan again this morning, and at 11
o'clock is still falling, driven in exists
before a sharp wind. The local signal
service reports inai. iue storm extenus
over Northern Illinois, Iowa, Wiscon-
sin and Michigan. Thus far, the fall
has not been great, the heaviest beiner
at Green Bay, where it is twelve inches
deep.
A Severe Snow Storm in Texas.
St. Louis, Feb. 28. Dispatches from
various cities in Texas say that the
worst "Norther" of the season prevail
ed in the State yesterday. Sleet and
snow fell over a large portion of the
State and the mercury sank to twenty
degrees below the freezing point in
many plaees. The fruit crop is badly
damaged and early vegetables are de
stroyed. The same cold wave passed
over Arkansas and reports from that
State are of much damasre done to
fruit and vegetables.
Marjlaad's lS'ew Congress lonal Districts
ANNAPOLIS, Md.,Feb, 2S. Governor
Jackson to-day approved the bill re
districting the State. Five out of the
six congressional districts of Maryland
are now, by common consent, conceded
to the Democrats.
A Murderer lynched. .
Atlanta, Feb. 28. Brown Washing
ton, a negro in .morgan county, was
lynched by the citizens at midnight for
the murder and outrage ox a tf-year-old
white girl. ;
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There are two things not well under
stood La Grippe and electricity.
WASHINGTOX CITY:
AN 5X CONGRESSMAN SHOT BY A
REPORTER.
Aia Seal Fit heriee Lua t th. ru-.
ernment A Nomination Confirmed Tno
Government Telegraph KM Under DU-
ennslonfn Commltteo-Dr. Green of the
QWMtern Cnlon Company
Washington-, Feb. 2S. Bbhop John
W. Hurst, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, resident in Wahinfrtn trw
day, made the first pavment of 120,000
for the tract of ninety acres of l&nd
lying just west of Oakview. ex-PrKi-
denV Cleveland's former country home
near this city, to be used as the site of
the proposed new Methodist Unlrersi-
liisnop uurst held an option on this
proiierty, which had not exnired. hut
owing to the generous response to the
call for contributions for the Uni
versity he was able to conclude the
purchase at an earlier date than he
had anticipated. The remaining pay
ments t! the purchase moaev will be
made in installments, and it is the in
tention to collect the balance of the
money needed in this city, where all
the money thus far expended has been
contributed. It is estimated that at
least one and . a half million dollars
will be needed to erect the necessary
build ingsand to properly endow the
new ijniyersity.x
Washington, Feb. 28. In the cor
ridor of the Hbusexthis afternoon ex-
Congressman Taulbee was shot through
the head by Charles Klncaid, corres
pondent of the Louisville limes. Both
men are Kentuckiaas, and the
trouble was caused by the ex-Congress
man pulling the correspondet s nose
forlpublishinfr certain statement in re
gard x to y. him. The shooting oc
curred just outside the y Capitol
near the southeastern entrance
to the building. Taulbee was shot
in the head and his wound is serious.
He was taken to his boarding housed
Kincaid was arrested and lodged in the
rew Jersey avenue police station,
where he is charged with assault with
intent to kill. Kincaid is a slight-built;
inoffensive looking fcan, of about 35
years of age. He was formerly Judge
in one of the Louisville courts, and his
family is one of the best known in Ken
tucky. Taulbee is about 39 years of age
and is tall, sinewy and strong. He rep
resented, one of the mountain districts
of Kentucky in the 49th and 50th Con
gresses;
Washington, Feb. 28. A number
of persons interested in the Postal Tel-
egraphjr, assembled In the room oi the
House 1 post office committee, this
morning, to listen to Dr. Norvin Green,
president of -the. Western Union Tele
graph v ompany. Postmaster gener
al WauTnamaker," and " rpresentati yes
of different telegraph companies were
present.
Dr. Green began his remarks by dis
cussinsr the merits and dements of the
European Governmental Telegraph
systems. He said that, while in in
. TT IJ ii A. 1- 11 1 - i
stances their charges were lower than
those in the United States, they were
conducted at a loss. He presented a
table showing that domestic companies
had 18,000 stations and handled over
60,000,000 messages annually as against
33,000 stations and 173.000,000 messages
in the rest oi the world. They
had more than half of the en
tire mileage of the world. The West
ern Union controlled ten-elevenths
of this busineis. Its stock was held by
3,550 persons in the United States and
1,141 of them were females. Dr. Green
believed that the United States Gov
ernment had no busiaess with the man
agement of telegraph; it could not
manage it as cheaply; it could not do
it better, and none of the senders of
teleerrams had asked it. It was pro
posed to make a rate of one-half of the
cost of sending messages, and the de
ficiency would have to be made up by
57,000,000 people who did not use the
telegraph.
The receipts of the- New York office
of the Western Union included $700,000
annually. He said that it would require
21,875 miles of wire to supply a single
connection to the 447 places comprised
within the Postmaster General s plan
and to do busir ess practically would re
quire at least 100,000 miles of wire. At
the press contract rates, the rental of
this wire would be $3,600,000. Who
eyer undertook to do telegraph busi
ness over this system would do it at a
loss. In this country there were more
"telegraph offices than postoffices; in
the older part of this country it was 50
per cent greater, and vet Great Britain
owned both telegraph and postoffices.
T! a I . . . .
via mat iuok as ii the western union
was not keeping abreast of the times?
In North Orolina, the Western Union
had telegraph offices that did not pay
cents a day in gross receipts.
If the Government wanted to go
into the telegraph business it should
buy lines outright. It should not seek
to fix losing rates upon existing com
panies; that would not be fair to the
3,600 o stockholders of the Western
Union. The Government would need
twice as many lines as were now in ex
istence to do business. Here was a
scheme presented to go to -447 post
offices where there was free delivery
and where there were abundant tele
graph facilities. This was the way
the Postmaster General proposed to
supply the needs of 58,000,000 people.
This was the entering wedge of a
movement to ; break down the present
companies and establish a complete
Government telegraph; and against
that he protested.
Washington, Feb. 2S. It is esti
mated at the Treasury Department that
there has been a decrease of $-5,000,000
in the public debt since the 1st Inst.
The House to-day adopted a provision
in the urgency deficiency bill for print
ing 1,500 additional sets of the new map
of the uniciamauga battlefield.
. The War Department nuts the
fighting men of our country at, 7,000,
000. '. ' x. : x -
RICHARD K. HAWE3 HA!
Tne Criminal Coot and Collet ed Ho
' Leave a Written Matement of HI
Crime.
y.
HIItM Ingham. Ala.. Feb. IS.At
three minute' before 1 o'clock, this
afternoon, IUch&rd K. llawcs ru
hanged in the fail yard in thUeitT.
The hanging was attended with no ex
traordinary clrcumUncc. and, aside
from the fearful atrocity of tho crlin.
the hanging would have been In all
respects commonplace. The doomed
man ipent last nizht rather cailr and.
this morning at T o'clock, told Sheriff
Smith that he was ready to cat hit
breakfast. It was brought, but ho was
unable to cat. A little later Drs.
Perser and Slaughter, the rpiritual
aa risers oi liawes, arrived at the jail
and, from that time until the sheriff
called for him to co to tho irallowi.
they talked and prayed with hira
it was raininff silently when a few
minutes before 1 o'cloek it was whis
pered in tho jail yard that Hawes was
coming. In another moment he made
nis appearance leanine upon the arms
of Sheriff Smith and DeDutv Sheriff
Love. He ascended tho callows with a
firm step and when ho reached tho
gallows floor he surveyed the crowd
carefully. Tho crowd consisted of about
100 people, nearly all of - whom were
newspaper men - and officers. Hawes
then called for two newspaper men. ono
of them, M. S. Caun, city editor of tho
Aqe-llerald. and said he wanted to for
give him for anything he had written
and to die at peace with tho world.
Ho then turned to the crowd and said:
'I want t say to this congregation that
I have made a written statement of thfa
whole thing from the first to the last.
and it is the truth. I want the peoplo
to believe and I certainly hope that no
one will think that I come to the gal
lows with a lio on my lips.'
no told the sheriff he wits ready.
and the noose was adiustedA When
first drawn areund his neck, it was too
tight and his faco began to growred;
it was loosened and he said in a firm
voice: I can stand this now for a few
moments." . He again turned to the
crowd and 6aid; "this has been brought
aoout by whiskey and vile women.
Take my advice and let both alone."
A short prayer was pronounced by Dr.
Slaughter, and the blackcap was plac
ed on the prisoner's head. The Sher
iff descended from the gallows and.
adjusting the rope which was to pull the
lever and sping the trap, hex counted
one,t wo, three." The man who pulled
the rope was hidden from the crowd and
unknown to everyx one. There was a
slight pause after the word "three"
fell from the sheriff's lips and then tho
trap leu. The body shot downward,
six ieet and rebounded In the air.
There were a few slight convulsions;
tne muscles oi the legs and arms con
tracted a little; the swayinc ceased.
ana at the expiration of. seven minutes
Hawes was pronounced dead.
The confession which Hawes wrote
is now in the hands of his brother and
a gentleman of this city and they will
dispose of it for the benefit of Hawes'
I 1 ... i rwmt - . 1
uttie son ine statement is supposea
to be a true account of the crime.
Hawes yesterday told one of his spirit
ual advisers that while ho never com
mitted the murders himself, he was as
sruiltv as the person who did the kill-
I ing, for he had paid for the work.
,lf).
Further Accounts of the Dim Disaster
Presscott, Arizona, y Feb. 28 A
miner returned yesterday, afternoon,
from Walnut Grove dam. He inter
viewed Captain Hunt,late of the United
States Army, who was on watch with
Superintendent Brown when the dam
gave way. Captain Hunt says that all
day Friday twenty men, being all who
could be secured, were employed in
blasting the waste water way to in
crease its capacity. The sign of the
break was the snapping of a large
steel cable connecting a tower In the
middle of the dam with the bank. This
occasioned a loud report and he said It
seemed as if a bail of tire was shot
from it. The next instant the tower
tottered and it seemed as if the entire
dam containing ninety thousand tons
of rock all moved bodily at once. The
r.ar of the waters and the grinding of
the bDulders wa perfectly deafining.
The messenger sent to warn those at
the lower dam, and who failed to do so
on account of becoming Intoxicated,
has not been seen since. The fr-st of
the survivors to arrive in Presscott
was yesterday afternoon, when John
Hardee, Ed. Davis and W. M. Russell
came in, all of them being more or
less bruised and skinned from climb
ing the steep hill among the castus and
sharp rocks to escape the flood. John
Hardee gave his experience as follows:
I was camped on Barren Creek with
three others. Some time after mid
night we were awakened by a deafcring
roar, when l jumpea ou vi ueu auu
yelled at the others:
The dam has broken, run for your
lives." I reached high ground ana saw
.a mt-M at iAtfiiTtr feet hlPb jiriKe
th tent and It was cone. The distance
between the biuns at inispomwsanoufc
two hundred yards and the water filled
this space forty ieet deep, a nugo
houlder weichine 100-tons, in front of
our tent was swept away and next day
I went down the cut five miles in scarcn
of bodies and saw do trace of 1L Some
lumbe" bad been left on a high oiun
near the lower dam, which was not
reached by the water. Coffins are
being made of this and then floated
down stream to where the bodies are
found, the latter being buried where
found. Thirty-seven bodies In all have
been recovered. '
Seal Fisheries Leased.
' Washington, Feb. 28. Secretary.
Windom has directed a lease . to be
md with the North American Com
mercial Company of New York and Sin
Vr&nclsco. J. Ldebes t resident, ior tne
tAlrfnff -far seals
upon the Islands of St. Paul and . St.
George. Alaska, for a prid of twenty
1 years from May 1st next
t Aivi '.rj .v.vis
unrauN NEWS.
RUMORS THAT PRINCE C1SMARCK
HAS RESIGNED.
He tTtlhlra HU ReliMtlon at U i:
lwrltT1 DmU mf U! far
doned-ltrttUh Mine 0r trr"t(
tho KJcht Hear ttate
London, Feb. 20. The 2W i
na) corrcponder.t tvport that irloc
UUmarck had actuHv rrtlgnt u and
urrcBdcred tho reals of o!Sci but that
ho withdrew hi redgmtUn t the
carnct rcqueet of the Kmpervr, ncd
that Luitpold, of iiararia, ar.4 th'
(rand Duke of lUdcn have tttl5oI
tho Emperor that they do not ajprvie
hl policy toward ocialim.
Maduip, Vtb. IX The Duke . f n,
villo has Wen rdoned by the ,teen.
Ho was condemned to hnnlhuu-.ot In
for rpeaklng of her Maj :r i t
insulting term bccauo the had refund
him an audience. He wa an adherent
of cx-Qutcn Isabella, who ald he
would not ermit him to bo'ctndetaned
to any but a nominal punUhtnent.
Tho Duke of Sevillowaj condemned
to eight yvari imdrlnment ai.d th
loss of hi grade in the army nut to
banlmcnt. a previously reirlHl.
By his Ktrdoh hit grade In the array U
not rtlored. v
IX)NiON, Feb. 2S. Msutter Abraham
Lincoln tvittd afalrnlght. Hi con
dition this morning it a h.ido im
proved. -
London. Feb. .- Ttt.Northum!r-
land Miners AtKciatlon ha decided,
by a unanimous vote, not to untort the
movement for a reduction of tho work
ing hours to eight per day.
Tho trial of the acllon for HN-I,
brought by Morrill McKe'iuie, the
noted physician, against the St. J aim-
Gazette for publishing tho ttalementfr
of his treatment of the late F.mieror
Frederick, of Germany, wajt commenced
this morning and was concluded IhU
afternoon. Tho jury awarded ZZ,r
damages to the doctor. Ho had a i am
against tho Ixndon 7Tdj, and the jury
in that case awarded him i..jOU.
Dun & Co's. Weekly U I w
New York, Feb. 28. II. G. Dun A
Co.'s weekly review of trade ay:
The unreasonable weather and grow
ing doubts about the monetary futurv
does not help business, and norU this
week are less encouraging. Yetltmuit
bo remembered that the reports of
dealers, everywhere are liable to be
mucn influenced by disappointments of
past hopes, so that they consider trade
unsatisfactory because it is not up to
their expectations.
Tho enormous traffic during the lat
ter part of last year showed that ex
ceptionally heavy purchases wero
made, and the clearings Indicate that
statements are in larger amount than
a year ago.
Philadelphia find! the. iron market
weak and for other than the best
foundry grades, dull, and at Pittsburg
iron is weaker, Bessemer having fallen
$1 per ton, but firm.
The cotton goods market is strong,
with prices well sustained though
print cloths are a shade lower and
takings of spinners continue in advance
of last year e. Cotton was held. without
change, though receipts for the week
are about equal to last year's, and ex
ports considerably larger." Coffee has
been held at 20 cents, though there aro
.growing doubts whether the conumr
tlon will sustain such a price. Suar
has not altered, the price being appar
ently ruled for the moment by offering
of the Sprocket product.
Coal is dull. The output for the year
thus far is 420,000 tons below latt year's
with stock still accumulating.
In the stock market the tendency has
been toward further deprcstlon, as is
natural with money working mom
closely, and the average has declined,
eighty-one cents per share for the
week, not including trust or Industrial
stocks, which havo been specially dc
pesscd. Tho desired monetary relief
through larger treasury disbursements
has not come, and the Government re
ceipts exceed itiaymentsfor the week
by $2,900,00f. .
Tho business failures occurring
throughout tbc country during the last
week number,for the United States 7,
Canada 44.
Walnut Cote Xofe.
The young and rapidly growing town
of Walnut Core is beautifully tlluateU
In the county of Stokes, at the juncture
of tho Capo Fear and Yadkin Valley
and Iloanoko Southern railroads, about
twenty-nine miles from Greensboro,
forty-one from Mount Airy and 207
from Wilmington, and has a hopeful
future. It consists of several hundred
inhabitants, quite a number of mercan
can tile firms and a few manufacturing
enterprise. The surrounding country
Is fertile and well watered and abounds .
fiou timbers and a great variety
of minerals. Three years ago there
were only a few house where the bulk
of the town now stands, but from time
to time beautiful structures have arisen
till Walnut Cove presents a very neat,
handsome acd businees-llke appearance.
Since tbo completion of the C. F. fc
Y..V. Railroad from FayettevIUe to
Wilmington quite a nice and satisfac
tory business is being done with your
wholesale houses by our merchant, and
if Wilmington can only give satisfac
tion In freights and prices, Baltimore
and Richmond, will stand a poor show
ing herd, as the business men
here generally prefer patronizing homo
and your correspondent finds that
the business men generally along the
line of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Val
ley Railroad would be clad that the
t contemplated excursion
contemplated excursion to mercaoi
bo at aa early a day aa possible, so that
' ther could . bur their spring stocks.
I which they are compelled buy soon in
Wilmington. The time is looked for-
ward to with great pleasure.
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