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r. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE PROHIBITIONISTS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
;4VQL. VL" . :V 5 GREENSBORO, N. Ci; FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1888. : NO. 20.
v
THE STATJIITOIT
Life Association,
OF VIRGINIA.
ORGANIZED MARCH 3. 1883.
CommjasiS Mm April 10. 1833.
P. IRVIJSf HILL,
State Agent,
"GREEHSBORO, 11 C
- POMONA HILL
li3y rseri'es!
- POMONA, N. &
.These Nnrseri s are located 2$f miles west
'y.. of Oreensbo! o, on the Richmond & Danvil e
and -Sile:n Branch Railr. ads Th ro you
can find
-One and a-Half Million o
Trees and Vines Growing.
y. Parties wanting Trees, &c, are respict.
. Jul y invited to call and examine sccck a&d
loam the exten - of these Nurseries. Stock
consists o" alt the leading and new varieties
of Apple, Pea h, Pear, (Stand ud and
- ,wii.rt' tlums Apriots Grap s, Cherries,:
, Uulbeiri s, Nectar.ncs, Pigs, Quinces, Goo e-
l erries, Raspberries, Currants, Pocans, Eng
..lish Wal uts, Ja rnese Persimmon, Stra-
fcrrks, -Smubs, Roses ,H.vergreens, Shade
.. lrees, &e., and in fa t er rj thing of the
hardy class usually ke..t in a iirdt-class
Nursery,
- SUITABLE FOR WORTH "CAROLINA
"I v AMD THE SOUTHERN BORDER
- -, - .STA'iES. '
New Fruits of sp cial note are taie Yel o
, r anspaiem, Apple, Lady Ingold i each, the
r Lawa.n Kciflxr, Lucy Duke and Beaufo t
- Pears, Lutie. Niagra, and the Georgia Grape.
WoiUi&s Winter. , -
Ifcm-iptive Catalogue 'free.
r J t3?"Cor. spondence solicited. Special in
ducements 1 1 large Planters. Address.
J. VAN. LINDLEY,
Pomona, Guilford Co. N. C
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HOW DID YOU H&PPEH .
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' . tr rrvt that dno. npcn nf ntnn'prtr cr
' - tj t l . r.vr..Jv w
cheap? J .
j-t ' ..'I bought it , at auction at a forced
sal ; - . " -
"I know that, but how do- -you
always manage to haveIlEA.DY MONEY
y with which to make the Cash payment?
That's the trick of it.
; ' 'Oh ! That's easy enough when , you
know, how. Every spare dollar, or dime
- in fact," I get hold of, I deposit .in the
People's Five Cents Savings Bank, ' and
thus while earning interest itself," it is
vwhere I can always draw it out to buy
anything which is going cheap. That's
the only secret of wealth I know. If it
is worth anything to you, "all right,
success to you. - Here is the Circular of
that helpful Institution..' Read it. -
PE 0 P L E'S '
Ym Mi Savinp . Bant,
OF GREENSBORO. N. C.
. Incorporated April 29, 1887, under
the lawg of North Carolina.
r.Opened for business July 2, 1887. -
. Under rigid examination of a Com
missioner appointed by the Governor of
the State. f- ; m ....
Character and amounts . of its invest
ments carefully limited by Statue.
Has a growing Guaranty Fund and
Surpluc - - "
Receives deposits from Five Cents to
Two Thousand Dollars from any one
p.rson. . "
.Pays all profits to depositors. , . Iaid
largest legal -dividend during first
quarter. '
Makes Loans on Public Bonds, Real
Estate, and first-class Personal Security
OFFICERS:
Jgresidentf J. M. Winstead.
Vice-President W. Ti Steele
. Udell, J, II. Harris. .
A Treasurer fSamuel L. Trogdon.
C V CVxptrr lL H- .Cartland; :
J. A.
I YP. P. Bcall, ; Thos
McMahon,2"
J VC. Benbow,
S- to i;own,t
' O. W. rr,
f R.P. DiclA
I R. Ji;Don41as,t
, Wm. Love,
J. R. MendenHall,
J. W. Scott.'
Geo. S. Pergeant,
II. Unthank. -J.
Van. Lindley, -':.
R. L. Vernon,
Constitute the Investing Committee. '.
f Const it ute Executive Committee. ,
Banking Rooms, South Elm St., four
doors South of Post Office, next; tothe
Rational Dank. - . '
Banking Hours, 9 to 3 daily..
Let ev-ryoofhf open as large an account
I e, possia and Iceep it aBOWi.u .
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
UVTiniESTINQ NEWS' C33f PILED
' FROM MANY SOURCE i. '
- ! tVirsinia.'
. Prince. Edward county will make a full
exhibit of its products at the Richmond ex
position. - , ' '
George K Tuckett & Co., of Hamilton,
Canada, have - given $1,000 to Hamyden
Sidney Colleges - . J
It is proposed to endow a professorship in
Hampden-kidney College in honor of R'jv
Dr. Moses D. Hoge. - . , -
The Old. Dominion Steamship Company. is
building ar. iron freight and passen ;er pro
peller steamer to ruu on the Nansemond
river.'- . s ... - ... , ; 1 .
The druggists of Danville and North
Danville have organized the order of 1 h:ir
maceulical Association, a local branch of the
State Society. - - ' ' . "
James Walker, son of Jerome "Walker,1 a
fanner of Norfolk county,-near J or Crcv k,
bad his face an t skull terrilily crn-ihe I by a
mule kicking him, and fatal i-esults ur
feared. ' , -' . -. ' r -
The Governor offers a reward of $100 for
the apprebeusio l of the person who set fire
to and burned the house of J. W. Jennings on
Dunlap's Creek, in Allegheny couuty, about
two weeks ago. ' -y"' "
Tbe Norfolk and Western Rnilroa I Com
I any i to canjti uci a iron b "idge of ih !
latest and most substantial design aero js tie
Snuihera branch of the Elizabeth river at
No. folk ot a cost of $ lOdjOO.
Dr. Wm. J 'oore, one of the ol lsb physi
cians of Norfolk, has died. ; Ho graduated at
the Univei-sity of Pennsylvania in 1&1L Dur-!
ing the war be was surgjon iruchargeof aiuny
hospitals in Richmond and Liberty v. '
Tlie trial of the cjso of the Co nmon wealth
vs.' J. L. Lee,1 Common wealth' attorney of
"Amherst county, for thtt killmg of Capt. Joel
LL Camploll, n suited in the acquittal of Ihe
accused. tJlr, Lee," however,-was fined $50
for caixying concealed weapons.-.. :. c
Justice lliomas' McGlennin, recently Sant
to ja;l for six months-for malfeasance in of
fice, has beea - adjudged ins me. The court
has set aside J the judgment and suspended
sentence, and an order issued that the priso
ner bo sent to one of the lunatic "asylums for
treatment, j . ; .-" .
-' Thts Governor has appointed Dr. J. S
Marshall its surgeon to - the convicts on- the
Abington Coal and- Iron Railroad Company;
Dr. J. R. Anderson surgeon to the convicts
on the Roanoke and Southern railroad, and
Dr. P. H. "Walker also surgeon to the
convicts on the Roanoke and Southern rail
road.
Near . 'Smithfiel l, three colored men
employed on a farm in that" neighborhood,"
undertook . to cross a .n irrow creek about a
mile above the town in a canoe. On the way.
over the. canoe was capsized and the three
men thrown ; into the water. Oue of them
was able to save himself, but the other two
were drowned. . -;. .' .. U . " j .;
- The- twelve year-old son of Mr: Benjamin
Shepardson, an employe of the Virginia nail
worksf of Lynchburg, was shot and instantly
killed by the accidental discharge bf a gun
which he was holding. The boy and his father
had been fishing in a boat and had just re
turned when the accid-ent occurred. The boy
had stepped ashore and was standing with the
muzzle of the gun resting against his left
breast, when the lather threw something from
the boat which struck the hammer of the gun
and caused the fatal discharge. The load tore
out a section of the boy's breast, . making
an awful wound, which exposed the heart and
lungs, ; ' . . , .. ,-f ,.v;.
f Two decisions by Judge Bond, in Baltimore,
were made ordering the discharge of A. B.
Guigo:i, attorney, at law, --. of ' Richmond,
and J. H. Siggins, of Henrico. Guigon was
undr indictment iu Hustings Court for vio
lating the State law requiring a special
license tax for selling. Virginia tax-receivable
coupons; also, for tendering the same.
Siggins was under indictment in the Henrico
County Court for tendering the same coupons
a second time, after the first tender had been
refused. Both parties applied to Judge Bond
for a writ of habeas corpus, which after being
fully heard, resulted as before stated, Judge
Bond holding that the State law under which
the parties were prosoc u ted. was repugnant to
the Federal constitution. - i ' - y j
Jeff H. Loh, -of Alexandria county, who
was arrested, tried and fined $ 2,500" and costs,
for selling coupons at Warrenton last fall was
released , by Judge Keith, who had subse
quently granted him an appeal. Loh was
arrested by Sheriff Vertch on a capias profine
from Faquier county court, and taken to
Alexandria to be taken to Warrenton. It ap
pears Vertch; telegraphed Attorney John
Scott, and about the same time Mr. Lucas,
local coupon agent, telegraphed- Mr. Roy all,
of Richmond, who got a copy of Loh's case
from Warrenton, and proceeded- North im
mediately. Judge Keith, not having put Loh
under bail, saw that Royall could apply, and
easily get a habeas corpus writ of Judge
Bond, and not wishing a' big damage suit
against the state, ordered Loh's release.
' : ; "West Virginia.
Conductor Gus. J. Shaffer was caught be
tween two cars at King wood, and very badly
squeezed.
- Assistant Postmaster Grimes, of Grafton
was severely injured a few days ago by fall '
ing into a culvert. -..".
Samuel T. : Irby, of Wayne county, was
thrown from ahorse a few days ago and
was very seriously injured. - 'i;
Teachers attending the State Normal In
stitute at Morgantown are not required to
attend a county institute. 1 ;V -; ..V.;.
Greenbrier Presbyterywill meet at Oak
Grove church, Pocahontas county, on the
third Wednesday in September-- -
Andfew Shanks is in; the. Monongalia
county" jail charged with beating his -wife
to death. There is little doubt of his guilt.
' George Jones,' a brakeman on the Ohio
River Road, had his right arm badly .' hurt
while coupling cars at Cox's Landing. '
One hundred and six: carer were built for
the B. & O. at the Piedmont shops in April,
a larger ntamber. than in any one month
known. , , '
Mrs. Kellison, mother of Mr. "Wm. - H.
Boggs, living near Frankford, Greenbrier
county, fell from a spring wagon, and re
ceived injuries from which she died in a tew
hours.";- ... - - . i---'- -'JVi-'S
The present rise in Elk river and its trib
utaries broue-ht out over 3,000,000 f eetr of
timber, composed of lumber, logs and ties.
It required about three huudred men to
handle the great number of rafts. " -r
" Jas Massey,!of Spencer, who was hurt
last winter by having a hole knocked in bis
skull from which two or three ounces of his
brain escaped, has been taken to the Weston
Asylum, as his mind was impaired by the
accident. .' .. r..,- :- -
A house belonging to Mr. George Whiter
of White Sulphur district, Greenbrier coun
ty, was burned. . It was situated near - the
railroad track, and is supposed to have been
set on fire by sparks from a locomotive.
Loss about $1,000. ' . ' : - y
Rodes ' Tolly, of .White, Sulphur Springs,:
Greenbrier countr. was severelv injured by
falling on Dolman's circular saw, at his mill
in Tuckahoe Draft, by which he lost all the
fingers from his right hand, and had the left
hand fearfully torn and mangled.
' While attempting to couple cars at Petrol
eum, Ritchie county William Mason, brake
man on the "pick up," was run over and vin
stantly killed, bis head and face being ter
ribly mushed. Mason lived at Central Stt
tion, and had been on the road but a short
time. . , . " - . - .'
" Winfleld, Putnam county, had a scare over
a dynamite bomb. Some of the crew of the
Great Kanawha put off a suspicious looking
piece of pipe which they said had been found
In the engine room. It -was a copper plug
ged cylinder, with match ready to fire. -It
excited tUo town, and a party. led by Joe
Marshall, took it bac'r iu the 11 Id, biiilt a
big fire over it and retired." Atter a long
and patient watch, there beiqg no explosion,
it was further investigated and found to be
filled with babbitt metah v.
Mrs. Southworth, an aged lady and wife
of Enoch Southworth, of West Union, was
struck and knocked off the track by an east
ern bound accommodation trainT-' The old
lady, M'ho is almost entirely deaf - and nearly
blind, was walking on the ends of the ties
toward the train a few yards east of the east
end pike crossing when it struck her aid
knocked her into the ditch. She was bruised
on the head, arm and side, but not so serious
as was at first supposed. The train was al
most at a stand still when it struck her." She
is very feeblo, is suffering intensely ard it is
thought cannot survive the shock. r -
. - Maryland.
Lewis Paugh, aged about 65, residing in
Garrett county, was fatally burned by acci
dentally falling into the tire in a fit. He
only lived two bours. . : .
Arthur, a young son of John Gross, of
Ellicott City, was kicked on the head bv a
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norseauu st'i ioiisiy injuieu."
j Saturday last lxuis Karney, while gun
ning near the Rocks, Harford county, had
his hand blown .off by the explosion of his
gun. ,
1 Georgeanna Carpenter, colored, aged 14,
has been arrested on- the charge of setting
fire to tho house of Bavins Morris in Mor
gan's Creek ; Neck, Kent county. - Two atK
tempts were made to burn the house. ;v;;,'
" The contract for lighting ; the town of
Snow Hill. with electricity has been awarded
to Collins, -Vincent & Robbins, of that place,
who are to receive four hundred dollars per
annum. The contract is to go into effect
June i.' . j -:r: . . ; : - ; v-"
- Mrs. "William Castle, the wife of a well
known farmer ' residing a short distance
south of . Boonsboro, Washington county,
fell dead while walking across the floor at
her residence on Saturday evening. She
was about fifty years old. J rc :
Josiah Koontz, residing near Union Mills,
Carroll county, was found dead in his work
shop. -; He was about sixty years old. His
death is supposed to have been caused by
heart dis?ase. : He served through the war
in the Union army in Cole's cavalry, n - ;
The continued cold and cloudy weather is
having a serious effect upon farming in
Worcester county. The corn worm, in con
sequence of the weather, is playing havoc
with the yeung and tender plants, and many
large farmers will be compelled to plow up
and replant their entire fields. ; -
Thomas ' Harden, coloredj who escaped
from the jail at Westminsterih lS?J.whil
Under indictment for horse-steeling, was re
arrested last week and again sent to jaiL
He "again made his escape by scaling the
twenty-foot vwall surrounding the yard.
Harden is light in color, is over six feet high,,
has small side whiskers and bad teeth. . .
Charles Ambuster, 23 fyears, died at Fred-,
erick after a very brief illness. ; He had
been suffering with his teeth for some days,
but could get no relie, although treated by
two different dentists. ' - A physician - was
summoned a few days ago and pronounced
him suffering from peritonitis. The inflam
mation spread to the brain and caused his
death. ; : ;";.. ? t-;":'.::U'
Two men . passing Bethel graveyard in
Hagerstown noticed that a grave i i which
a small colored child had been bu ied on
Sunday had been robbed. , Not wiauing to
shock the child's mother by letting her know
of the robbery, they filled up the grave, but
shortly after this the body of the child was
found along a fence about fifty yards away,
where it is supposed to have, been dropped
and left by the robbers, who must have been
frightened away. ;.. , v r t
Wm; Neal,' colored, was shot and killed by.
George Brown, colored, near Clopper's Sta-"
tion, Montgomery county. . Brown went ,to
an entertaiiiment with his- sister, and at a
certain hour he wanted he." to go home.
Neal interfered, and a row occurred. Neal
and Brown were separated, and Brown and
his sister went towards home. A short dis
tance down the railroad they were waylaid
by a party of men. and in the scuffle Brown
shot and killed NeaL Brown claims that he
killed Neal in self-defense. J ; ; ; ,0 r '
; " 'Squire Burgess sentenced John Wesley
Anderson, colored, to six month in the House
of Correction from Chestertown for resist
ing and striking at Sheriff Casey. Sheriff
Casey was attempting to geu 1 1 jail a crazy
"man who was -disturbing the peace;-1 and
deputized several men to assist him. In the
bearing Anderson claimed -that they were
using violent means in arresting, and . that
he did not know it was the sheriff he was in
terfering with. i t ; ; '
Thomas White, a very -old man living
near Snow Hill, met with quite a serious ac
c.dent near the depot. 1 His horse took fright,
at a locomotive which wasi standing at t he
station, and ran uptown at full speed. ; The
horse soon broke away from the vehicle and
took to the sidewalk, which was crowded
with colored people. AH escaped uninjured
save an old colored woman, who was knocked
down and injured internally, but not seri
ously. Mr. White's injuries may prove fatal
as he is hurt very badly, both externally and
internally. . ; .: .. ; : , : . . ?
- Fire broke out In 1 the factory of the Ha
gerstown Spoke and Bending Company, and
the entire building, together with all the
machinery and a large part of the stock and
lumber on band, was consumed. The fire
originated in the engine-room and the alarm
was given: promptly, but in that section of
the town : the water-mains are so small that
but a small stream of water could be thrown
ou tha building from the water pipes, and
by the time - the steam fire engines could be
put in operation the fh-e was too well - under
headway to be put out. It was with diffi
culty that the elevator of Mr. Victor Cnshwa
was saved, i The aggregate loss is about
$25,000. The building and : part of. the
machinery belonged to the ' Hagerstown
Wheel Company, whose loss is about $7,500
of which $5,100 is covered by insurance.
The building was leased by the Hagerstown
Spoke and Bending Company, whose loss;
including stock and some machinery, is
about $18,000; $11,000 of this is covered by
insurance. , r
r Worth. Carolina.
" A contract has been let for building a new
Presbyterian church at - Winston to cost
$15,000. - -
A full test was made of the heating of tho
capitol by the new apparatus, and the system
works admirably. : ;-; , -r :- , . j : y , ;
. Another crowd of . five hundred colored
people have left the western section of the
state for' California during ; the last two
weeks. :... ';-i. ', -' ' .'- v -'V'- "
A company has, at last, been organized, to.
build the High Point and Asheville railroad,
with R. P. Deek. of Ratidleman. president.
Grading will commence soon. ; .....
? A negro by the name of Will Houston shot
and killed a colored woman in a disreputable
house at Winston. ---The man was captured
mortly after the murder and is now in
jail. . t;;, r -y: -yr,
Allen B. Dill, a farmer living near Sylva,
shot ami killed ' Wm." H. Bumgardner. - The
lifficulty arose out of disputed . claims to a
a-act of land and Is the termination of an old
fued - " - ,
' Commissioner Robinson, of the agricultural
department, has decided to suspend the organi
zation of experiment farms and farmers' in
stitutes during the busy season, and will visi
no counties during the next few months, unless
specially invited. . -'. ? ; 't? t -
" The agricultural department is preparing
Shemontnly crop reports, for May, which will
ioubtless be the most perfect yet gotten out
is it will be compiled from over eight huudred
letters received from correspondents embrac-.
'ng every country. " .
A disease known as "Pink Eye" has broken
Dili among horses in Henderson county, and
is prevailing to an alarmiug extent." The
-yes of the animal become tightly closed, tha
itnbs stiffen and the greatest difficulty is ex
perienced in movement. : -
- PROIJIMENT
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MEN
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DAVID B. HILL, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK.
; Governor David i?ei:nett Hill was born in Ha van a, Vermont, on the 9r.h of August, 18i4,
. and is the youngest son of a family of five. : He is of New England stocky both of his parents
beingnatives ol Connecticut. They moved to New York early inthe present century. Caleb
Hill, the Governor's father, jot his first start as captain of a canal boat. 1 He. was a carpen
ter by trade and built the boat he afterwards commanded with his own hands. He could
not give his boys many advantages beyond an upright and honorable training. -There was.
no talk of sending any of the boys to the University, for that was not of the question in his
circumstances. Mrs. Hill was . a woman of great force of character and intelligence. To
her teachings, Governor Hill says.- owes all the success he has achieved in life: ? Young Hill
was graduated at the Havana High School at seventeen. Ho made his first start in the
world to earn his own living then. He entered a law office as clerk, and while there was
advised by Colonel "John Tc-Lawrencc to take up the study of law in earnest : This ad
vice was followed. He eutered the office of Gabriel Smith, of Elniira, and by close applica
tion to his books he was a year later admitted to the Bar, and a month or two after that h
was appointed City Attorne3V This was in the year 1864. It marks young Hill's entrance,
into politics. He has always beeii a firm Democrat, and early became a leader and a con
trolling power iu the party in his county and district.- He made his first speech when he
was seventeen years old, while attending a political meeting at a small hamlet near Wat-
: it'ns Glen. Sonne prominent. man was advertise i to addr ss the meeting, but .owing to a
mishap he was prevented from attending. Hill was. there and about J00J others. Not to
' have people disappointed, the committee looked around for some speaker. Finally; re--membering
the reputation young Hill had made at school, the committee asked" Hill to take
the stand. He promptly complied, and really astonished his auditors with thespeech he
made.- Hill's maiden speech made him quite famous at the time. He was elected a member
of Assembly for his county in 1S70, when he was but twenty-seven years cf age, and was re
elected in 1874. In 187-1. Mr. .-Hill was appoiuted . by Governor ,Tilden,-with William M
Everts, Judge Hand and other prominent men, on the mmission- to provide a uniform
charter for the cities of the State, but he declined to serve on account of professional en
gagements. In his own city Mr. Hill has served one term in the Common Council as Aider-
" man from ward. At the expiration of that term he was chosen Mayor "of Elmira, leading
his ticket largely, although his opponent was a strong candidate ar.d a popular man. For
" a number of years Mr. Hill was the proprietor of the Elmira Daily Gazette, but he has re
tired from the concern, holding nominally the offiee of President of the company, a position
: that entitles him to the place which he holds on the Executive Committee tut the State Asso
ciated Press, of which organization he is counsel, . While other candidates were struggling
in the Gubernatorial race of 1883 for delegates, Mayor Hill's friends secured a large majority
of the Convention in his favor as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and he was elected
' to that position on tho ticket with Grover Cleveland at its head, becoming Governor whon
; Mr. Cleveland resigned on January 6th, 1S84. r.-
SUCCESSFUL JA1LBREAKING. DOUBLE. RAILROAD WRECK,
Ono Murderer and Two Highwaymen
-TT Escape Alter Fracturing tl.e
Sheriff's Skull. . '
James ..Henderson, . the Sheriff . of Whito
county, lnd., is lying at the point of death
from injuries received at the hands of three
prisoners who escaped from the jaiL Ed.
Chamberlain, held for the murder of his
sweetheart, Ida Wittenberg, and two tramps
named William Cutleson and Alfred Benson,
held for highway robbery, are the fugitives
for whom over one thousand men are now
searching the woods and wilds of this and
adjoining county, One of the highwaymen
was captured at Chalmers. He begged hard
for his life, and was brought back to take
his chances with the law. He says they sep
arated the moment they were outs'de of the
grison and Chamberlain Started toward the
outhwest. -..' . , .... .- " ' ' ..
. The escape occurred at nine o'clock, when
the Sheriff entered the corridor to lock up
the prisoners for the night.- 'The latter had
made their arrangements. Chamberlain hav
ing wrenched an irou bar from his "bed.
When the Sheriff ordered Chamberlain into
his cell he obeyed, but -the moment Mr.
Henderson stepped up to throw tho. bolts he
struck him on the head ' with the' bar, frac
turing, the unfortunate official's skull and
felling him. The other two prisoners then
jumped on the unfortunate man, and when
tney left nun r or. dead in addition to tbe
fractured skull his right arm was broken and
he was otherwise injured. Mrs. Henderson
and her twelve-year-old -son witnessed the
assault and did all .they could to secure the
wretches and sound an alarm Tbe boy was
knocked down by Chamberlain, and then
the three made their escape.
The county offers a reward of $800 for
their capture, but it is mor j than probable
that . woile Benson ; ana Cutleson may be
brought back for trial, Chamberlain - will
surely be lynched . : ' . . . , - - -
LOSSES BY. FIRE.
Sixteen storea" in' Wallaceburg, Ontario,
were 'burned. ' Loss, S-H'OOO ; insurance .
125,000. V. : : J
The post-office, and half a doztn other
buildings " in Hiseville,- Kentucky, were
burned.. Loss, $20,000, '-r'- -'
Fire in the picker room of William Lewis
& Co.'s shoddy mill in Norwood, Massachu
setts, caused a loss of $25,000. . y f yrl
- Fire at Chaumont, N. Y., destroyed Cop
ley's saw mill and dry house, W. Elliott's
meat- market, dwelling and barn, a black
smith shop and a saloon. : --
- -Jerico Mills, at Hinsdale, -. Massachusetts,
operated vby Mendelssohn & Co., of -New
Yorkj manufacturers of .fine cashmeres, was
burned. ; Loss, $30,000 insured.
A " barn in Chica go - was burned and 7t
horses were suffocated. " Two families living
over tho barn were rescued by the firemen,
and it is feared one child will die. - .V
-".Flames were discovered m the five-story
building No. 2 Letitia street, Philadelphia
The building was stored with wool and wal :
occupied by Miller & T&ttersfleld. - Nosrll
and 22 also caught fire. All were occupied
by dealers in wool, vf The loss is estimated oj
o0,0X), and is fully covered by insurance.
TO SERVE FIFTY YEARS.
Thomas Carey, a young man whilo intox
icated, April 3, shot aud killed for amuse
ment a Chinaman named Moy Nf Ting, at
Chicago, 111. He was sentenced to servt
fifty years in the Penitentiary. -1 . f
OF li
THE
Two Trains Knsh to Destruction iu
, the Samo Ravine.
A railroad wreck, followed in ten minutes
by another wreck, occurred at a point dive
miles from Kansas City, where the Hannibal
and Wabash roads run parallel. The acci
dent resulted in the death of four men and
the injury of three otherSj one of whom will
die. ;; ; . ' yyJ,'lyy : ' 'r -Hv'T;.ir:'
. A terrific rain had washed away a, bridge;
over a ravine, and the first accident occur
red when an east bound Rock Island freight
train was thrown into the . ditch. Y.
Royston, a brakeman, of Edgartown Junc
tion. Kan. , was on top of one of the cars
that went down into the debris. He was
crushed beyond recognition. - ' --
Immediately afterward Edward C Arm
strong, a brakeman, was sent ahead to flag
the Hannibal freight. He mistook the tracks,
and was walking along the -Wabash road
when the Wabash freight dashed around a
curve and instantly killed him. -"
Tha W abash train met the same fate as the
Rock Island, as the two;bridges were only,
two feet apart and were connected, and the
heavy cars plunged down " on , the wreck of
the first train. '".- v -'-'V , . v V'- - ' -
Two dead bodies were.taken out soon after
wanl. Neither of the men could be recog
nized4 and - it is supposed they were tramps.:
Engineer Ben McCiellau, of the .Wabash
train, was badly hurt in jumping, and ; Ben
Morris, a negro youth, was so badly, hurt
that he is expected to die: John Snyder,
the Rock Island fireman, also suffered slight
injuries. . - -
It will be soma time before the tracks can
be cleared. Meanwhile both roads will use
other tracks. , .
ENDED IN TWO MURDERS.
An Old. Feud About Land Causes the
- Death of a Father and Son.
: Allen B. Dills, a well-known and highly
respected farmer, near Webster, N. C, shot
and killed Wm. H. Bumgarner, and fatally
wounded his father, Logan - Bumgarner
The difficulty grew out of a misunderstand,
ing about a small tract of laud, and is the
termination of an old feud. The Bumgar
riers had been at work on the . disputed land
during the morning.
f Wnile they were at dinner DilLj went to
the spot, armed with a double-barreHc-d gun
and awaited their return. As they apl
proached Dills said:C "Don't come; any f urth-'
er, or Pll shoot'? They however,;ontinued
to approach. Ills -discharged one barrel
of the . gun- without doing any damage, and
attempted tafire again, but the cap snapped,
and as the elder Bumgarner continued to
approach. Dills drew a pistol and fired sev.
eral shots, all of which took effect , on the
old man, who fell, The young man, who
had a single barrelled gun, tnen fired at Dills
and turned to run. Dills fired upon him
stricking him in the back, and he ran a short
distance and feir dead.; Dills made his es
cape, and is still at large. The latest report
says the old man Bumgarner has seven bul
lets in him, and is expected tar die at any'
moment.
BROKE HIS. NECK.
, James Burns aged fifty years, when about
to retire Tuesday night,, at B; idgeport, Conn,
thought it best to lock his dog, a setter in
the cellar. The animal refused to go and
force wm employetl. During a struggle ia
the cellarway at the head of the stairs Mr.
Burns lost his balance, and falling, struck
the ground below with such force as to break
his neck. The distance was twelve feet. As
sistance was called, but deat1! ensued witaiu
two hours. The unfortunate ma u leaves a
wife and six children. :
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Peak & Graves, dry goods dealers, Lynch-,
burg, Va., made an assignment. - ,
B. H. Jones, a bank defaulter, of Stafford,
Kos., was arrested in Pittiburg. - .
v William H. Roe, a wife murderer,- was ex
ecuted at Anderson, Grimes county, Mo.
The American bark - Julia - Foard was
wrecked in Karluck Bay, Alaska. - All hands
were saved. .
James McLaughlin & Son, woolen manu
facturers, of Syracuse, .N.- Y., have failed;
liabilities over $250,000, assets $200,000. - :
Thomas Cropert and his son John were
drowned In the Detroit river by the tjapsiz
ing of their boat in a squalL
T. A. .Wheeler, of Rochester, took an over
oe of chloral and was found dead in his
bai tta in a sleeping car at Cincinnati.
-Fire in Belief onte. "Pa., destroved Hume's
block, the national bank budding, and other 1
property, tue losses aggregating $75,000, on
which there is $00,000 insurance. "
: Henry E. Whitehouse, an employe at the
electric li hi work-, a Portsmouth, N. H.
was murdered. -"- James i aloier, a . fellow
workman, suspected of the crime, has been
arrested.
Va' ious sections of Illinois, Indianaand
Nebraska wei-e visited by a severe rainstorm,
which did considerable damage nd caused
loss of life.; 7n Chadron, Neb., a watei spout
w hed away numerous bridges and destroyed
many cattle. . - .-v'
Anton Weidmanv importer of toys, New
York has failed. "-Liabilities $50,OoO.
: Frederick M. Mothieson, publisher of the
ueponcr, at .uaeu. xii. committed suicide.
There were 213 busine s fail u res in tho
United Statts, and 12 in Ciinaili, the past
week. ::.y.-' ' ;::;'- r y- :--
Three " prisoners strnc't dwn ti-f - jailer
with a crowbw in tbe lockup at Mou' Jjello.
Ind., anl escaped. . . .-- ? iy-y y---: yy
Albert Kurapke, of Columbus, Neb. , who
murdered his wife, hanged-himself by hi?
suspeuders. ; .;; " y '; : ' y
A special- from Richland Centre, - Wis.
says Reuben Drake and his wife and two
grand children were found murdered in their
home at Viola, Richmond county. ' ,
In a panic, caused by a "ceiling falling in
the rooms of a school at Bloomfield, N. J. ,
two children were seriously, and many slight
ly injured. .': "..; .' -y.rj : - - . '
The managers of the Reiding Iron Works
have notified the 1,000 hands in their tube
mills of a reduction of ten per cent, in their
wages; begining June 1. : i . .; L ;
Dr. Richard M. Dayton and Albert Rora
back, of Albany, N. Y., were each sentenced
"to twelve years in stite prison for. causing
the death in May Willet by abortion. ; t; - ;
e A' remarkable story comes from Atlanta,
Ga., of the lynching of a white impostor by
infuriated colored people whom he. had rob
bed by making them believe that be was the
colored Saviour come to lead them to para
disc. ' y-r'y-. ;: '. -; :yy---':,.y.y
The Hale civil service committee is investi
gating things in New York. -' ;
Five personsjlubbed the jailer, at Cairo;
HI., and escaped. - c :.;;;; 1
The strike of the Southern Pacific switch
men at Los Angeles, CaL, continues.
A cyclone fatally injured eight persons,
and destroyed a church and other- buildings
in Browntown, Tex. ; -
.. Boys 5n the St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum
at San Rafael, CaL, attempted to burn the
building, in order to escape.
Two old rag-pickers were fatally hurt by
leaping from windows in -trying vo escape a
fire in a New York factory. . .". r- y
The schedules in the W. T. Colenan fail
ure, San Francisco, shows assets of $1,707,,-
000 and liabilities $2,661,000.. s-- -
Frank Conant, of Avondale, a suburb of
Cincinnati,- was attacked by highwaymen
and robbed. .His injuries are supposed to be
fataL - . r ,; . ; -;;r X;
Thomas Carly, while drunk, shot a China
man in Chicago just for fun, and yesterday
he was sentenced to fifty years in the peni
tentiary.;;. ' "; ;.;; ; yyyty: ;.,:'
: Thomas Carey, the' young man who on
April 3, while intoxicated, shot" and -killed
Moy Ni Ting, a - Chinaman, in '- Chicago as
harmless amusement, was sentenced to fifty
years in the penitentiary for the crime. ;;
Mrs. F. C. Krneger, of - Elgin, HL, was
killed in trying to rescue .her 13-months-old
child from an approaching", freight train on
the Northwestern railroad. , The child was
also killecL-' ,: ;,-: yly - "y- y'y:'.y- ;-: ; 5f r . '-":
It is officially stated that the shortage in
the accounts of E. B. Bradley, margin clerk
of the Union . National Bank, of Chicago, is
$3,700. From some statements made it is be
lieved that Bradley's whereabouts are known
and that he will soon be placed in custody.;
The yearly convention of the society of
Friends has begun in New York. -
Boston Corbett, the slayer of John Wilkes
Booth, escaped from a Kansas insane asylum,
; Fire at Tyrone, Pa., did $40.000 damage, de
stroying a number of Frame dwellings and
stores. " - -
. Julia E. E. Dewey, a widow was found
nearly murdered in her home in Jefferson
county, N. Y. - .' y -.:
Harry O. Billips, hat manufacturer,"
South Framingham, - Mass., has assigned V
1 abilities, $100,' 0'. -
Rev. Samuel ' H. Giery, .D.- D rector of
the church of the Epiphany, rWashington,
died of pneumonia ;; .- -i-V.-. y"
: ; Charles Houses, a paper dealer, of Lancas
ter, Pa.r fell down a flight of stairs at his
home, and was picked up dead. ; yyy :;:,y
; D. T. Jones store- and Dr. Thomas' build
ing, at Wilkesbarre,Pa., were burned ; losses
$20,000,. partially covered by insurance.
Hugh Maroris aged eight years, and
Willie Miller, aged, seven years, were drown
ed at Coropolis, Pa., while fishing. - -"
Laura Jones, the Georgia girl who has in
vented a new plow and corn planter, is said
to be a cousin of Lulu Hurst, tho famous
electric girl. - . . .. .
Col. Eli Slifer. former state" treasurer of
Pennsylvania, died at Lewisburg, Pa., from
injuries received in being thrown from bis
carriages. . . ...; - ' " "'i.''yyy
William Miller saw his-wife and John
Morgan sitting together in a railroad station
at Brunswick, Mo., and suspecting them of
intimacy, killed them both.
Col. John F. Brua, a retired army officer,
brother-in-law of Gen. Simon Cameron, and
uncle of Senator Keefer, died at the latter's
residence, in Cressona, Pa.
At the opening of the Peak murder trial,
at Mount Holly, N. J., Peak P.eaded guilty
to the indictment.. Judge Garrison instruct
ed the jury that they could sign a verdict of
murder in the second degree.
ACCUSED OF -PATRICIDE.
A fcKn charged "With the - Murder of
- His Father.
A few days ago Joseph James, living near
Timmonsville. S. O. was foully murdered
while sitting at supper with his only son,
Joseph James, Jr. The Coroner's jnqueso
gave no clue as to who the assassin was.
James possessed considerable land and money
and' did" a small banking business, but he
was something of a miser, lived in very or
dinary style and held his son, who was twen-?
ty-five years old, in check. In a few days
after, the murder the neighbors began to
think that the assassin. might be young James.
He was highly insensed by tbe talk and he
went to Darlington to have the accusers in
dicted for slander, but while there was arrest
ed.. Louis Williams and William Scott,
both negroes, who - have also been jailed,
swear that young -James offered them $500
each to kill his father, but that they refused
and that Robert Arthur, coloredaccepted
the offer and committed the crime. .
FIFTIETH CONGRESS-
, Senare. - .
111th Dat. Mr McPherson introduced a
joint resolution providing for medals- to the
officers and enlisted men of the three months
service in 186 L ........
On motion of Mr. Sherman, the Senate, at
12.30, proceeded to executive business. The
doors were reopened at 1.20 and legislative
business was resumed.
After some-routine matters were disposed,
of Mr. Spooner said: "It is known to Sena
tors that death has crossed the threshold of
my colleague's home and has stricken down
at his side the companion of his life-long
journey. Many Senators on both sides of the
chamber have intimated tome a desire to
testify their resect for my colleague and
their sympathy for - him in his sorrow by at
tending the obsequies of Mrs. Sawyer, which
-are to occur at two o'clock To enable s.ueb
Senators . to do so I move that tho Senate do
now adjourn .
The motion was agreed to and. the Senate
adjourned. V - - .-
112 Das". The presiding officer announce:!
the appointment of the select committee to
examine into all questions touching the meat
product of the United states, as follows:
Senators Vest, 'Plumb, Mandersou, Cullom
and Coke. ;
The conferenco report on the pension ap"
propriation bill was presented and agreed to
- The Senate then, at -1,40, proceeded to ex'
ecute business. .; . - t
- I 151th Day. Among the bills reported from '
committees ivore the toi lowing: Senate bills
appropriatins $50,000 for a public building at
Scauuton, Va., and $100,000 for oue at New
port News, Va. .
Mr. - IIo:ir, . from; the" committee on the
library, reporte'd a' bill to incorporate the .
"American B istorical Association.
;r The Senate then, at 1.20, proceeded to tho
consideration of executive bnsiness.
-114Tn Dat. The United States Senate wan
not in session to-day.
, : llora Dat In tho Senate, in presenting
-a memorial praying for changes in the inter
state commerce law, Mr, Plumb expressed
his conviction: that some very, drastic
amendments to that law- would be necessary.
Among the bills reported from committees
was the House bill to create a department of
agriculture.
House.
',111th Day. The House went iuto con
mittee of the whole on the jostoffice appro
priation bllL" " :' '-'-' .''-
s After debate the bill was read by sections .
for amendment. Mr; Kerr moved to strike
out the appropriation for rest, light and fuel
for third-class postoffices,- 'Lost.
.Pending a final disposition of the bill
the committee rose, and the House ad
journed. - " . V V
y: 112th DAY.-?The house went into commit
tee of the whole on the postofiiae appropria
tion bilL . - - - -
.On motion of - Mr. Blount; the appropria
tion for mail-messenger was increased from
$900,000 to $950,000. - '
The committee-then rose and "the bil
passed. - -
113th Day. Privato business having been
set aside the House went into committee of .
the whole, on the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, which was read by
paragraphs for amendment. '
After . debate, and pending a vote, the
committee rose.
On motion of Mr. Davidson, the Senate bill
was passed appropriating $75,000 for the
erection of a public building at Tallahassee
Fla. -
The House then, at 5 o'clock, took a reeess
until 8 tho fiveninor session to be for.he con
sideration of private pension bills,
r- EvEKiNd Session. The House at its even
ing session passed 38 private pension bills, and
at 10.30 adjourned y;:;. ,;.
, 114th Day. The House wont into com
mittee of the whole on the legislative, execu
tive and judicial appropriation bilL
: The pending amendment offered by Mr.
McComas, increasing the clerical force of the
civil-service commission, was advocated by
Mr. Tracy; who said that the increase would
enable the President to extend the classified
list. ""- .. - " . ' '- -
The amendment "provides for one addi
tional clerk of class three, one of class two
and. one at $1,000, and increases the appro
priation for necessary traveling expenses
from $4,000 to $5,000. -
The amendment was then agreed to 81 to
71.
Pending" further action the committee rose
and the House, at L05, adjourned.- -
-115th Day. Under the call of .States the
following -bills and resolutions were intro
duced: .
By Mr. Lodge, r granting the government
employes who were present at the battle of
Gettysburg leave of. absence to -attend the
anniversary celebration of that battle. , :
By ; Mr. Cheadle; to retire ex-soldiers and
sailors who have- been wounded in battle,
after twenty-one years' service in the civil
service. . .. -.;
Mr. ' Thompson, from the committee on
invalid pensions, submitted a minority re
port on the bill repealing the limitation of
the arrears of pension actf and it was ordered
granted.
a 7k w -r m - m t rn -v -v r- Y n
. AbUUi JNUlJlL ftVVLt.
Lady Dudley -always sleeps between ola -ik
silk sheets. , t ,
Simon Bolivar, the Bolivian liberator, will
have a monument costing 400,000". "
Mrs." W. -KL Vanderbilt wears a solitaire
diamond ring that cost $48,000. ; ,
' -Prince Henry, of Germany, has had 700
different photographs of himself taken.
. Senator Butler, of South Carolina," is a
lineal descendant of the Duke of Ormonde, ol
Ireland.- ..- ----- - ---- -
Mr. Spurgeon, writing to a Glascow friond,
says: "lam ill and worn, and can hardly keep
on at alL" . ' ' f:'v?;- .-;--.-;
Darius Scott, of Arkansas, is 75 yeara old,
and has his gravestone all lettered, except the
date of death. '."y-"- C 1 .
The Queen of England was so charmed with
Florence that she contemplates purchasing a
residence near Fiesole. -
A Spanish priest who recently inherited
$30,000 gave it all- to the pope for a plenary
indulgence. . , . .
"Mrs. Cleveland is anxious to indulge in
equestrian exercises, but is restrained by fear
of notoriety. .
Queen Natalie, of Servia, alwayswears her
hair down her back, waterfall fashion. It is
. 1 V 1 i 1 ,
Ol a glossy uiacK. uoiui . .
Mrs. Thomas Wilson, of HiUsboro, N. H. ,
has just celebrated her 98th birthday in the
house in which she has li ved 85 years.
Queen Victoria traveled through .Europe
with so much luggage that it took an hour to
transfer it from the train to the boat at Flush
ing. ... ." .. ,
1 Charles Dickens's nurse, Mary Weller Gib
son, was buried on April 28. She was generally
regarded as the prototype of Mary,the pretty
housemaid, in - the Pickwick papers. She
always upheld the theory that Micawber was
really Dickens's father.
4dmiral Sir Alfred Rider, the English
naval officer who was accidentally drowned a
few days ago in the river Thames by falling
off a wharf, had attained the rank of admiral
of the fleet, the highest title in the British
marine He was the author of a work entitled
'Life Saving at Sea." . -
Princess Irene of Hesse, who is about to be
married to Prince Henry of Prussia, has been
trained in. all the housewifely duties that
would fall to Jier lot were she the wife of a
poor man.. AH the Princesses of Hesse were
trained . in this way by their mother, the
late Grand Duchess, daughter of Queen
.Victoria. ;j - -; ' .. . '" " -.;:
Princess - Isabel' of . Brazil, who is now
princess regent and has . been so siuce the
emperor left for Europ?, is about 42 years old,
and.as is well known, is the wife of the Bour
bon prince, Couat D'Eu. While inheriting
many of her father's aptitudes for matters per
taining to intellectual culture, she is not com
monly thought to have had hitherto much
ambition or inclination for a personal partici
patioa iu statecraft.