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TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Two trials o the Hurst multicharge gun
at Indian Head proye the theory to be in
correct Many members of Corgress are
v turning their stationery allowa nce into cash.
John B. Jersey, jnnder arr;st on suspi
cion of being implicated in tlie Barne3 mur
der In Chicago1, tells about beinj; called in to
assist Jordan jremove a dead b xly in a box.
The Fallj j River mills are receiving
greater quantities of cotton than eyer before.
Many of the; mills (have bought a year's
sunnlv Tht Full River cotton mill ODer-
Fr-j i -; , .
atives are to hold a meeting ! to discuss the
.ill . ' m k -rm
question of
an increase oi wages, xney
claim the factories are making big profits.
The Conservatives gain two seats in
Parliament byj bye elections in England,
which creates 'something of a panic among
the Liberals! j There is danger to them of a
coalition between Unionists and Paraellites.
The Minneapolis wiU go into commis
sion on the i3tb instant The Detroit sails
from Gibraltar for Naples, where she will
leave the Papal collection ol Columbian
relicsand proceed to Chinar -The Chesa
peake and Dfe aware ship canal commission
decides upon the best route for the canal.
Their finding lias not yet been made public.
A boatswain is dismissed from the navy
for drunkenness, disobedience,
etc., but the
President, on account of
his excellent
Tecord, commutes the sentencesto one year's
imprisonment- -Discord exists in the
British Cabinet over j the House of Lords
question. Some want it abolished, others
merely reformed j-There were recently at
- Windsor four'generations of the royal family-
The Pprte's j defense regarding the
Armenian attocities'is that Armenians and
Turks were engaged! in j civil war which
Turkish solc iers werei sent to suppress. The
Armenians were attacked, and t is admitted
that a number jwho surrendere i on promise
of I pardon were executed, but it is denied
that any towns wefe stormed for the pur
pose of murdering the men and outraging
the women. The 8aker, says if the Porte
shall do nothing in jthe mat ;er the only
alternative will be European occupation of
Armenia --The manager j of the express
company and Virginia official have a long
interview with1 Searcey.j the train robber.
The Ricnjnond pizpatcli tot-day contains
an editorial advocating forming a National
park of the Appomattox battle field and
gives the Postmaster General a passing slap.
A woman creates a sensation on the
streets pf Cincinnati by screazaing that she
liad been rob bed of $ io ,000 . j The police do
not believe the story- p-Johbnie Connors
challenges the world for a prize fight at 100
pounds Thfe Standard Lumber company
! I
at Geldsborb will put 10,000 iij a furniture
factory Art attempt is j made to wreck a
tram on the
brother of
S. C.. railroad A
Archbishop Corrigan becomes
insane at Tampa, iFlai A Dispensary con
stable is kUled t Gaff ney City S. C. The
Redbanks cotton factory in Lexington
county, S, CM twas burned last evening
Alabama Populists threaten extreme meas
ures if they do not carry their point with
the Legislature. (Kolb issues a! certificate to
"W. S. Reese asCTnited States Senator.
The Donations
iPor the
Orphans.
The followkhff letter will be read with
interest by te general public as well as
by our Odd Fellow friends; ' j
Odd FEiitows' Orphan Home, ?
r L-JL T TA . ' in 4 rtrwj r
GOLDSBCjRO, N
Dear Sir Land
Brothers. Believiner
that it will Igive
. r ,
fraternity throughout the .iorisdiction to
knowihowl e-enerouslv our children at
Hi a hnmn hairA hppn -TOrtipmhprofI
have ooncluded to send you a list of our
Thanksgiving donations and have the
samfl n:iblishfid in the MES5RNORR. hp
cause I think through thi$ channel it
will reach the greatest number:
Edgecombfe; .Lodge, $1(X5Q; Mt. Airy
Lodge, f8.23j liaomie Lodge, D of ?R ,
.10.00; Wilkesboro Lodge, $5 ;S0; Eureka
T J I - ? T J I 41". t1 A
xxjuge, xvu;; vunion xjouk, iacot'
fland Neck Lodge, i$25; Mr. J. Rosen
rShackleford,! Tarioro, 6 dozen hose, 8
pair underyests; Mrs. Sol. Weill, Golds-
;boro, 6 tuckevs, libox oranges.; Mrs. M
JE. Castex. 6 felt hats; Mrs.i N. M. Jur
ney sban& iqf JLiarnest I w orkers, 1 pa&r
fihoes, 1 pa? rubbers, 12 pair hose, 1 yam
ruohing; 4 j handkerchiefs, B collars, 1
bolt of lace, 1 tedl qttilt made by
the little girls, 4 j yards domestics,
Treaet pin? Centennial Locfee,-
"barreils Dotaioes. 114 chickens. 2 tur-
Jkeys, 83 i jffcrds jof ! assorted xgoods;
jfrom Wilmip2ton j eollectejd by little
Janie Dudley. 1 box orange, 1 bunch
4banan8.-3, 16 yards calico, 17 yards wors
orl crnftfls. 49i vardscaaton flannel: 'from
Misses May and Blanch i Northrop, 1 box
confectionanes; rrpm mue wuue )acK
can 1 n 1 nair nantt?. il ishirt wast:
from Odd Fttyows of Wilmington $570
and lot or I qiotning, snoes, ary gooas.
groceries, frtnt, candy-, nuts, oysters,
tisk, beef, stationery and 1 barrel kero
sene oil. t J
For which the jchildren . jfeturn their
most sincere hanks.! . j
This does bit include amounts sent to
C. B. Edwardri, treasurer, Raleigh, N. C
x oars iracernauy,
J. 1. 1JEANS,
j t Superintendent.
The Colored Churches.
Tii o-ra will be nreachinff to-dav at the
First Baptist church,) corner Fifth and
Campbell streets at 11 a i m- Sabbath
eckool at 1 p m. At 3 p m the annual
sermon for the Fountains will be
preached. All the members of the order
are invited to I be present. Strangers and
friend welcome, Joseph Spells, pastor.
Central Baptist church, preaching at
10:30 a m by Rev Ti H Loveit: 3pm
Emanuel WiUiams 7:30 p m Rav W H
Capheart.. Sunday school at 12 m.
Shiloh Baptist church, corner Walnut
' and McRae streets, P F Maloy, pastor.
Sunday servici as' folio we: Preaching
11 a m. 8 d md Sunday school! 12:30 p m;
speaking and praise, meeting 5 p m; en-
HoQvnr nnnVfrd d-R() X) m. VlSitOS and
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Strangers welcome.
STATE CAPITAL.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED BX
OUR
CORRESPONDENT.
Sheriff-Elect Adams Kef used Further
Time improvements Needed at
,the Agricultural CollegeOdd
Fellows Looking After En
gineer Watson A Very
Amusing Incident in
the Boddie Case.
Messenger Bubeatt, )
Raleigh, Dec. 8. (
Mr. J. P. fH. Adams, whose bond as sheriff
was refused by the commissioners, appeared
again before the board and, though time td
get his bond in better shape had been re
fused him, asked that the same length o:'
time gyfen Sheriff Page (two weeks) be giver
him. The hoard did not consider that ithac
any rie;ht o r that it was incumbent on then
to rescind tieir former action.
President Charles F.j: Meserve, of Shaw
university, is in Washington, D. C, on t
lecturing tour. He intends speaking in all
the large Northern citie3 in the interest o
his school here.
The board of agriculture, which has been
in session,' pas adjourned after having trans?
acted the regular routine work of the de
partment ahd mapping; out the work fpr
thel ensuing year. The Agricultural anJ
Mechanical college board of trustees decided
to ask the Legislature for a small appropria
tion for moire properly lighting the college
and to provide a water supply sufficient fof
both dormitory and fire purposes. This rej
quest is based upon the largely increased
attendance jat the college. T
Last night Engineer VVatson who was s
badly injured on the Carolina Central wrec
near Rockihgham was reported as sinking.
Seaton Gales Lodge I. O. O F. yesterdaf
sent a conimittee Jof three gentlemen to
Rockingham to minister to Mr. Watsoni
who was a member jof that lodge, and t
take: charge of the remains .when the end
came.. i . . -- i ! "I
The State agricultural board appointed a
committee to prepare a report to be pr4
sen ted to the Legislature. In that reporjfc
was to be embodied an earnest resolution of
the board that the Legislature endorse this
Atlanta expositions and urge upon thjb
Legislature! the expediency of making ah
appropriation adequate to meet the occasion!,
and to property represent the vast natural
resources of this State at that exposition. It ib
to be hoped that this recommendation wil
find hearty1 response at the hands of the
only power Lwhich can grant this boon tb
the best interest of I all the people of the
State. j h ..
The Christian Missionary association has
adjourned after a very successful meeting.
This was the first meeting the association
hashekL -I . . J
Governor Carrtas appointed Messrs. -Wu
H. Oliver 6f Cra-ien. J. W. Atkijs5on of "No-de-
Hanover, and Jaaes A,;.Medlin. fseiti4-
The jury in ths case of United States yi
Postmaster Boddie charged with, sending h
libellous postal ard to Mrs. P. D. B. Arring
ton brought in a verdict of not guilty. A
funny incident occurred during this trial.
Sheriff Arrjngton, of Nash county, testified
that, in hisi opinion there was no resem
blance between the j writing on the postal
card and thle money order. On cross-examination,
bv jMr Aycock, when asked if hb
had any grievances against Mrs ArringtorJ,
he replied! "yes " !"What is it?" said Mi
Aycock. 'She roasted me in her paper as
'badly as she did you" responded the wit
ness. The answer satisfied Mr. Aycock thai;
'tne grievance was sumcient.
The Raleieh . Musical societv will cive itfe
first public concert early in January at Met
ropolitan hall. The society has been re
hearsing faithfully,! and the success of ife
.first concert isdlready assured. ? I
There is much dissatisfaction in regard to
the price of the stalls in the market. At
the regular monthly meeting of the board
of aldermen last night a petition was sent
in asking that stall rents be equalized.
It is withj much pleasure that we Raleig;
people greet ouropular young captain oif
the Governor's 'Guards as' Maj. Williams
this morning. Capt. Wilhaarns has been
promoted major of the First battalion He
:ia the youngest officer of th.t rank in the
.guard, being only 27 years of age. He is 4
great favorite in oilitary circles and "Alff
will carry well, and gracefully his title of
major so deservedly won.
jNine convicts icr tne penitentiary were
brought in late yesterday from Crayei
county.
mm
Movements of Our Cruisers.
Washington, Dec. 8. Secretary Herbert
hac issued drfiers fcr the cruiser Minneapo
lis to be put inte commission at League
Js land, December I3th. ; I
The cruiser .Detroit left Gibraltar for
Naples to-day. After lea vine the Papal col
lection of Columbian relics at the nort to b
tranfmittei tothe Vatican by theAmericani
legation m poiae, the Detroit wiH proceed
to China through 'thetSuez canal .ft2d Indian
ocean.
The Churches To-Day.
In the absense, at Conference, of Reyi
Dr Naeh, the Rev J B Bailey, of Rocky
Point, syill preccti this morning: at 11
and I to-night at 7:36 o'clock at Fiftrf
street M Echnrch.j Scats are free and
ecerybody is invited. ; f
St Matthew's Engli-Jh Lutneranomrct
Fourth street, above Bladen street, Rev
G D Bernheim, pastor. .Morning servicej
at 11 cfcfobk, commemhK)rative ?f the
birth day of Gutavus Adolphus, &7en
ing service at 7 :30 o'clock,. Sunday echoo
at 3 p m. All services are in English
seats free, and everv persoE welcome.
St Paul's church; Fourth and Or&ngeS
streets, Rev F N Skinner, rector. Secoa
Sundav in Advent, rservicfes at 11 a mi
and 7:30 p m. Parish Conference after
morning service, Sunday school a 3;30 p
m, all seats free. :
Services in dt. Johns church to-day,by
the rector, jRev Dr 1 Carmichael, at 7:45;
and 11 a m and 4:30 p m. Sunday School
3:30 p m.
St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church 1
corner of Market and Sixth streets. Rev;
K Boldt, pastor Second Sunday in Ad
vent. German service at 11 a m, English;
seryice at 7:30 p m, Sunday School at 31
p m. I In the morning service the pastor
will preach a special sermon in com-?
memoration of Gustavus Adolphus, King
of Sweden, j the hero of the thirty years'
war. I ' "! .' s ;
South Side Baptist church, corner Fifth
and Wooster streets, Rev J B Harrell,
pastor, morning service at 11 o'clock,
night service at 7:30 o'clock. Sunday
School at 9:30 a m. Prayer meeting
Friday night at 7:30 o'clock,
THE
NATIONAL PABKS.
Comments of the Richmond Dis
patch on the povernmeni's Form-
ins Them from Bat tie-Fields.
Kichmoni), Va., Dec, 8 The Dispatch will
sav editorially in the morning ;
' 'The United Statles Government is engaged
to some extent in buying battle-fields of the
lace war to convert into National parks. As
yet, however, we have observed no disposi
tion on its part to purchase any field on
which its troops met with defeat. Perhaps
it may do this later on. If so, we know
several fields in (Virginia worthy of the
Government's attention fields where.there
were large numbers of men engaged,
where the losses were very i heavy and
where great valor and strategy were
displayed. Among these were Manassas,
Cold Harbor, Fredericksburg, Chancellors
ville, the Wilderness, etc We have donbts
however whether the Grand Army of the
Republic, in which most of these schemes
originate, will evet urge the purchase of any
of these battlefields. But there is a field in
Virginian, where they won the conclusive
triumph of the war, and which from their
standpoint even, might well be acquired for
a National park. 'JLiiat neld is Appomattox.
We believe that Northern and Southern
sentiment both would commend a move
ment for the purchase of it by the United
States Government. .. .
"We know none o the owners of the
property, we are ignorant of their names
even; we do not speak io their interest, but
in the interest of the great American public,
which has been shocked by the spectacle of
a high officer of the Government availing
himself of technicalities to continue a wrong,
to defend a palpable blunder made in ex
tinguishing the name of the field. Besides,
as we say, Appomattox is a field which will
live in hktory; itjwill be written of j when
the names of most other fields have been
forgotten. It is dear to the recollection of
all thosJwho mustered theife whether under
Lee or Grant. I j j
''The Confederate who possesses a parole
issued at Appomattox ha3 a thing which
money cannot buy; a thing which he 'wants
handed down to his latest posterity. And
the Federal soldiers ho.ld Appomattax as
dear. There, indeed, were the very noblest
qualities of both armies manifested.! There
the American soldier displayed himself to
me Dest advantage
The Sun's Cott n il view.
New York, Dec. 8. The Sun'sl cotton
review says: Cotton declined 2 to 3 points,
but recovered this and advanced 2 to 3, clos
ing steady with sales of 68,400 bales. Liver
pool declined l-32d on the spot, with sales
of 6,000 bales. Futures fell 2 points there,
closing quiet. New Orleans advanced 2
points, lost this and declined 1, recovered
this and advanced 5 Northern spinners
during this seasbn have taken, according
to the Chronicle, j 1,085,867 i bales, i against
665,096 for the same time last year. The
total brought into!sight during the past week
was 487,223 bales,! against 400,058 for the
same time last year. Last week ; 510 415
bales came into sight. The total in sight
thus far this seasbn is 5,422,651 bales,against
4,295,738 for the same time last vear The crop
pamvement has continued ftrery IfberaTauring:
tne past weefe. The rainfall was light, and
picking is going On rapidly. The world's
visible supply i$ 4,235,584 bales, ! against
4,163.024 a year ago and 4,297,721 in 1891.
The American visible supplv is 3,896,684
'bales, against 3,760,724 ayear ago, end 3,906,
321 in 1891. Spoticottoa here was dull and
unchanged. Port receipts were 47,114 bales,
against 47884 this day last week and ! 44,544
list year. Houston received to-day 8,720
bales, against 14,459 this day last week and
7,532 last year, Memphis 4,002 bales, against
5.344 this dav) last week and: 4,104
last year. New Orleans receipts
on Monday were estimated at 113.000
bales, against 21,291 last Monday and
17,393 last year, i The receipts at Memphis,
St. Louis and Houston aggregated! 13,512
bales and the shipments 24,846, The Liver
pool news was unexpectedly bullisbhal
though it showed some decline. Reports
from some parts jof the South indicated a
smaller interior imovement. There were
rumors that some of the mills of, Cohoes
and Troy were finding the times pretty
hard, but nothing definite was reported.
The market here is heavily -short and the
bears are nervous It is believed that they
would 'run quick on any bullish jnews.
Some of the German houses tried to ham
mer the market to-day, but made a rather
poor fight of it. ! ! j
To Discuss Increase of Wages.
Fall ,River, Mass. , Dec. 8. In his call for
a general meetingof the Spinners' associa
tion wjzt Wednesday night. Secretary
Howard says that 'since the starting j up of
the mills at the conclusion of the strike
there h&s oeen . continual complaint made
to the cemmittee df low wae;es. It is con-tended-fcy
members of the union Irom
many of the milli that the late cut down in
wages of 5 per cent, has made .more than 10
per cent, difference in their weekly wages.
"If thistis so" said: the secretary "why not
come to the meeting and discuss these ques
tions and strike jout a lme of action tbat
wiU raise your wages to where they ought
to be. e;Trade is ;in a fairly flourishing
. condition at the p'resent time. Stocks are
appreciating in value, goods are contracted
f or well ahead at prices which tre sure to
return good dividends to stockhoidersi The
imargin between 8 pounds of cotton and 145
yards of print clotn at present quotations is
jabout 78 oents,and 15 per cent, higfcerj wages
have beenpaid and good dividends made on
aconsideraJy Jess margin of; profit than is
being made at the; present time." j ;
The secretary of
me weavers' UEion, in
flourishing condition of
has call, notes the
business an savs:
'With these factoin view
weee no reason why the recent reduction
mwages should rv' h r-.-toprj
91arri . in tTt. Uf,
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,Corresi.on ence o f t e -Messerger.j
PETiiSBUkG, Va., Dec. 6.
A very beautiful blue and white mar
riage tsok plaee 4n Thursday morhuzg.at
the residence of the bride a mother. ! Tne
contracting parties were Mias Ariadne C.
Smith and Dr. Ash ton L.i Scott, j Tfee
ceremony was performed by the Rer.
John Ridout, of jrrace Episcopal church.
The bri is one of Pettrsourg'd motst
accomplish d ank attractive daughters.
The groom is a popular young druggist,
formerly of this place, but now of Wil
mington. N. C. j The parlors were re
splendent with blended hues of blue and
white, reflected from soft shaded lamps
and wax candles,) which shed a lovelight
on a blue and white altar prepared for
the purpose. Potted plants and fragrant
flowers were to be seen everywhere.
Dr. Scott and bride being related are
both descended from the colonial fami
lies of Harrisonj and Claiborne. ; The
Doctor on paterhal side is descended
from the celebrated families of Pegram
and Scott, ' :
The happy couple left on the 10 o'clock
a, m. train for their future home in Wil
mington, N. C.
! BLOW TO THE LIBERALS.
THEY LOSE TWO SEATS
IN
PARLIAMENT.
The Anti-Iiords Contest Recoiline on
Them Discord in the Part j The
.'Porte's Defense in the Arme
v:. nian Affair Four Genera- '
tions of the Royal Fam
ily Assembled at
"Windsor Yacht
ing News.
Lodojt. Dec. 8, The defeat of the Libera1
party's candidates in the bye-elections in
orfarshire and the Brigg or North Lindsey
diyision of Lincolnshire, has struck a chill
to the hearts of the Liberals. The announce
ment of the results in the Brigg district fell
like the pall of doom upon the crowd as
sembled in the National Liberal club. These
Liberal defeats are held to prove that the
cries of the party against the House of
Lords and in favor of the disestablishment
f of the Church in Wales, etc., are failing of
effect against the reaction towards the
j Unionist policy, especially in regard to
social reforms initiated by Jos. Chamber
lain. The opinion prevails in Liberal circles
5 that the Cabinet must reconsider its posi.
; lion.
1 I A movement was started, to-day by the
! National Liberal club, which is strongly
: supported by the party generally, demand
ing that the Cabinet summon a! general
' meeting of the Liberal members of the
House of Commons for the purpose of as
; ccrtaining the exact condition of affairs.
Nominally, the Government retains a ma
l jority of fifteen in the House, but the seces
' sion of Henry Labouchere and Sir; Charles
; Dilke is threatened, unless they are satisfied
that the Cabinet's measure for the reform
ing of the House of Lords has the adherence
f of at least twelve radicals.
The Redmondites declare their intention
to vote with the Unionists if the anti-Lords
resolution obtains precedence of the home
rule measue in the consideration of the
Hou-e. The Government obviously will
fall unless the Radicals be placated, and, in
any event, will be in continual peril of the
formation of a coalition between the Union
ists and Parnellites. j
Within the Cabinet discord undoubtedly
exists as to the treatment of the House of
Lords matter. Lord Rosebery, Lord Spen
cer and the Earl of Kimberley, with Glad
Stone in the background, are in favor of re
forming the peers; while Campbell-Banner-
man, Asquith, Morley and Harcourt advo
cate the abolition of the Upper House. So
far have these Ministers' views advanced
that Campbell-Bannerman in a speech on
Thursdav lst, declare that it would be fool
ish and mischievous to maintain a second
Chamber, whether hereditary or, elective
and that if it be allowed to exist it must not
be vested with power to override the legisla
tion adopted by the first. I
jit is probable that the Ministers will meet
the party with proposals relative to tne
House of Lords which will secure the adhe
sion of Radicals. !
. Mr. Balfour will test the strength of the
Government at the coming session by mov
ins an amendment in the address in reply
to the speech from the throne, j insisting
upon the immediate necessity for the pro
duction of the anti-Lords proposals The
opposition will have a very strong case, as,
according to everv precedent of the House
of Commons, when any great constitutional
change is announced, it should I be dealt
with without delay. If the Government
shall prove to have a bare majority, disso
lution wiil be imperative. i
The simultaneous presence of four gener
ations represented by the Queen, the
Prince of Wales, the Duke of York (his son).
and the latter' s son at Windsor is a fact
unique in the history of the English mon
archv. I
The communications from the Porte to
the British Foreign office indicate that the
line of defense to be pursued regarding the
Armenian atrocities will be that.,tne Arme
nians and Turks were engaged in civil war
and that outrages were committed by both
sides. Turkish regulars were called upon to
suppress the feud, and, nnamg tne Arme
nians entrenched, called upon them to sur
render. The Armenians refused and were
thereupon attacked by the troops, who were
at first repulsed. It is admitted tht
a number of Armenians Who sur
rendered unon being offered j pardon
for their share in the disturbance
were executed, but the stories that
fortified villages were stormed 1 by the
troops that they might murder the male
inhabitants and outrage the women are
denied. Zeeki Pasha, who was in command
i of the force that is said to have committed
I the outrages, caused the women who where
taken nrisoners bv the Turkish troops to
be.closelv guarded. The Sultan, it is said,
is desirous that severe punishment shall be
meted out to those guilty of committing the
outrages.
The Sveaker. referring to the subject says
that if the Porte shall do nothing in the
matter, the onlv alternative will be an
! European occupation of Armenia.! A pre
cedent for this sten. the paper savsl will he
found in the French occupation ;of Syria
subsequent to the massacre of the Maron
ites and Christians at Demascus in1860.
The Yachting World, in speaking of the
yacht to be built for Lord Duuraven for the
pcrposeof coutestingfor the America's cup
save it will probably combine the good
points of the Vigilant and the Britannia.
She will be a keel, not a centerboard, and
will have more beam and a more hollow
floor that the Britannia has. j
Lord Dunraven will shortly bring an ac
tion .against Mr A. D. Clarke, owner of the
Satanita, for damages for the sinking of his
Lordefeips yacht, Valkyrie, last summer.
Mr. Gladstone will go to the Riveria in
January. j
Only advertise what you have and
have it. Davis & Zjwdler never say that
they are "sola out" of what they adver-ti-e.
t
Highest of all in Leavening Power,
3
THE
WANT THE CASH.
Congressmen Who Have no Use for
Stationery The Multicharge Gun
a Fajlnre Mr. Cleveland a
Sympathy for a Boa swain
The Roll of the Next
House.
j w - u w t T LA. V V
memberaof the House who wrote to the
sergeantratiarms at the beginning of the
session asking if they could not collect their
mileage Jwithout coming on hereare being
kept in countenance by a number of other
rejected) members already here who are
crowding qver each other at the sergeant-at-arms
officejin their efforts to convert their
stationary mto cash. The law allows each
member $ii:o a session for stationery, or he
can at wilt take its equivalent in cash.
"Cash please" appears to be the request of
quite a lare number of the members. It
may be tbit they do not think it will be
necessary ti
use so much stationery, as the
session is
hort, or it may be that they
deem urigr
tef ul constituents are scarcelv
worth
wasting
postage on. The fact
t
re-
mains thac cash has the call on stationprv
in the sergjeant-at-arms' office this cold De
!.(.. J
cembers
The Hurst multi-charge gun, as an
ticipated by the naval officers, has
proved j a failure and no further
experiments with divided charges in big
guns will tje made At Indian Head tOKiay
two shots were tired from the gun, the first
witn ie pounas oi powaer aiviaea into two
charges.1 giving a velocity of 2,378 feet and
developing! I about 15 t,ons pressure. The
second Hurst cartridge contained 182 pounds
of powder and produced 2,290 velocity. 1 In
a former test of the same gun under ordi
nary service conditions exploding the entire
powder charge at once, a velocity of 2,500
feet was obtained. This seems to demons
trate that single charges are superior to the
Hurst tneory. j
Dominick Glynn, a boatswain in the navy,
was recently tried for drunkenness, dis
obedience to orders and absence from his
station without leave, and the court, finding
him guilty, had no alternative but to
sentence him tb dismissal.
When the case reached President Cleve
land he fottnd that Glynn had entered the
naval service as an apprentice boy and,
working up to the highest enlisted grade.
had distinguished himself in the Samoan
disaster. The President decided that all the
cardidal virtues could not be expected in a
boatswain !
and j mitigated the punishment
to one yearj
's confinement at the Mare Island
navv yard
on half pay.
An order
issued several days ago by the
Postoffice Department placing restrictions
on periodicals sent through the mails as
second class matter, has been suspended
until after; the holiday season, so that cer
tain legitimate publications, which are usu
ally increased in size during Christmas time,
may be allowed to go through at second
classrates.il ! i
Chief Postoffice Inspector Wheeler to
night received a telegram from New Orleans
saying that Postoffice Inspector Dice, at that
place, had paused the arrest of L. A. liour
dain. president of the Louisiana Grand Lot
tery, on an! indictment found in the United
States court at Topeka, Kans., for violation
of the Anti-Lottery law.
The Treasury Department is informed of
the arrest in the Lookout mountains of Ala
bama of W. J. Morris, a preacher, charged
with manufacturing counterfeit silver com.
Several sets of plates and a large quantity
of com were captured.
The President to-day proclaimed the
Chinese immigration treaty, ratifications Df
which were exchanged yesterday. The
treaty went into effect yesterday and the
effort of the proclamation is simply to
notify all persons of the fact. I
An unofficial list of members-elect to the
Fifty-fourth Congress has been compiled by
the clerk of the House, The list is cor
rected up to December 5th, and gives the
Republicans 244 members, the Democrats
104 and; the Populists b. In the present
Congress tnere are 1219 Democrats, lzy Ce-
pubiicans and 12 Populists members
Heavy Cotton Receipts at New Eng
land fotton Mill?. , ' ' I
Fall River, Mass., Dec. 8. Great quanti
ties of cotton are being received and the
New York, New Haven and Hartford rail
road is being overwhelmed with cotton
freights. There are 185 carloads now in the
local freight yards and 500 carloads are side
traeked in this s vicinity, awaiting an oppor
tunitv to be unloaded. The boats of the
Fall River Line are bringing in the largest
freights ever known here, the steamer City
of Taunton1 discharging 2,648 bales of cotton
alone a few j days ago. Most of the mills
haye purcblased'a year's supply of the raw
material on account of the ruling low
prioes, and! this fact explains the immense
deliveries.! j! I !
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The Chesapeake and Delaware Ship
' j II I Canal. !
WASHinGoN1, ! Dec. 8. The Chesapeake
and Delaware ship canal commission, con
sisting of Gen j Casey, Col. Craighill, Tapts.
DeWev. Merd.l Cohen and IS Porter Alex
ander, held its final meeting at the War De
partment tj-day. The session was private
and the decision as to the best route will be
reported to Secretary Lamont for transmis
sionto Congress.
As Christinas is drawing near. I will state
to the holiday trade that my line of Men's,
Youths' aid Children's clothing is now
complete, having received a large line since
Welcome Week- I also have added largely
to my iinmen&e stock of gents' furnishings
and hats.
I. Shetee,h
Corner Front and Princess Streets.
Just arrived, twenty-seven head of
nice smooth horses. Come see and you
will buy, as they are the cheapest lot of
good horses'1 ever brought tb this city.
H. I . FennellJ .' , j , - t
.Latest U. S. Report
iitensg
f A Sensation on the Streets.
t . ec Anursday evening
Miss Josephine Brand, of Lawrenceburet
Ind., created the greatest sensation of the
ZfmY?ang!h,lt ?hehad been robbed
crowd on the street her handbag wm
snatched from her and her bundles scattered
t j j ? ' ueveiopea mat Miss
Brand is fho HefonHon - i ' K i00
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, -v Wl meaiiegea tnier eai
found it is . believed by thipoli that
, u ucjf iu auomer oanic
and gave out her sensational story for a pur
pose.The police are working on this
We Are The Leaders.
JMTTATORS ARE MANY, LEADERS
are few. We are the leaders in our line
of business. Why ? Because people ap
preciate the fact that in our establish
ment they can find ALWAYS in our
many departments the very latest de
signs and patterns, whether it be in
Dry Goods, Carpets,
UPHOLSTERY :: GOODS,
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Ladles and Children's Cloaks.
LADIES', GENTS and
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Children's ::: Undarwear,
In fact eveirthing in the way of wear- i
ing apparel, also at jthe
Lowest :: Prices.
It is no use of us telling you a great j
deal in our advertisements, but just come'
and see for yourself what a pretty Une
of goods we carry.
MANY, MANY NEW THINGS for
the Holidays.
A. : jDf.; BROWN
Successor to Brown & Roddick,
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Shoes.
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HEAVY SOLE SHOE IS JUST T
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the thing for this seasqn of the
year. Look to your health by
protecting your feet from the
cold and wet. You can easily do -
this, for we hare
just receiTedU
another lot of our $3.50 Double
Sole Congress and flioo Calf
Lined Double Sole
Bals.
We are
having a big sale on these goods
and do not hesitate in
recom-
mending them as an
Shoe.
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