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The axton A DEMOCRATIC JO ITENAL TIIE PEOPLE AND TIIEIB INTEREST. VOL. IV. NO. 2. MAXTON. N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1889. $1.00 A YEAR UNION. TOWN DIRECTORY. B. F Mcl.EAX Major. A. J- BURNS, i. II. BLOCKER, TV. S. BYRNES, TV. J. CUKRIE, Commii sioners. W. J. HALL, Town Marshal. LODGES. KNIGHTS OT HONOR, No. 1,720 meet ,n Meond unci fourth Wednesday' at 7.::0 I M. J. B. WEATHERLY. Dic taiorr B. F. McLEAN, Reporter. Y. M. C A., meets everv Sunday at 7.3 I'. M. W.M. BLACK President. MAXTON G LAUDS. WW. BLACK. Captain, uu-ts first Thursday nights of e;M h month Ht x I'. M. CJJO.SKN FRIENDS im-et on second smd fourth Monday in arh month. Arcji Shaw, rld-f Counselor; S. W. Pjii !,,a:n, S en t try and Treasurer. Sl'i.VFji: STAR BAND, W. S. NICK KRSp Lee.der, meets each Monday Mid 1 hurvday at H V. M . MAX'lioN LODGE, knights of l'Y'j'ifi YS, meets every Friday night, e ejitffirst in each month, at & o'clock. 1 l r.ol'.EHoN COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY 1 1 Melvchern, President. U" tf M DiomiiI, 1st Vice Provident. I r .f J) Cioimi, "Jful Vice President. A I.) Brown, Secretary. Wm j'liu'L-, Treasurer and Depository. I i:u;t;i tivk committer. l:.-v .Weidi Evans, Rev H O Hfli, I) D, J S HIa.-k, Rev ) P M,ks, lit v J F Kinieyson, Jos McCollurn, .1 I'Smi h, Duncan McKay, Sr. I; lir..wn, I )r J L McMillan, i A! 1)1 TINT. COMMITTEE. .1 T Smith, I II MeiM, J A Humphrey I'Ja'-'f of next meeting Lurnberton, N. C. I'iiim! ...f iixt. meeting Thursday, May :vm Fi, ! at J 1 o'clock a. lu. Billies and YVMt.'irnciite can be purchased c4 Wn MiacU, Depository, Maxton, N. C, -H All tfburch and Bible Societies in the count y. invited to. send delegates. F;rJard all c,U-ti ns to "Wm Black, 7Veit-i(jn-i-, Maxton. X C. I ('II MICHES. rHIBY'l KlilAN, KEY. DR. II. G' HILL, Pastor. Services each Sabbath at 4 P.M.- Sunday School at 10 A. M. Prayer meeting every Wednesday uftrnoon at o o'clock. . MFljloDIST, lUiV. W. S. HALES. Pastor. S rvices second Sunday at 4 I J". W.. a,id fourth at 11 A. 31. Sun- J;ii S-hoo! at !) 80 A. M. J MASONIC. NAXj'ON LODGE A. F. & A. M. nui'is 1st Friday ; niynt m each m"ijth at 8 r. m." GENERAL DIRECTORY OF RomcsoN County. natr. .1. T . Pavne. i:.nfentatives, ( T. M. Watson. D. C. Regan. IE. ?. McRae. W. P. Moore, (Viiifiy Commissioners, - B. Standi, r T. McBryde. i J. 8. Oliver, ('. S. (. ('. H. Townsend. Sheriff. II. McEachen. Ueij'rj Deeds. T. H. Morrison, 1 reastiri r, . . AlcDaimild. i .1. A. McAllister BoanS of'PAlueatioii - J. S. Black, I S J. S. McQueen. SuptJ Pub. Tutr'n, .1. A. McAHster. Oorn'nt Snj)t. (.f Health, Dr. RF Lia ; .Tojm ;. KU-in, the Nes York World's :(( i il commissioner, has returned from tiie I tluiuLs of Panama. He reports that Do Li-epss canal has cost $350,000,000, and is about one-third completed. Over I'n, o(0 lives have been lost among the I'lborjers. The project is pronounccd-the yreatjest ever undertaken by man, not tM i niiiii;- the pyramids of Eirypt. It is reported that the French Government lake some action in the matter, but th"rcj are diplomatic Wed I as financial i;r::i'iii!t!es in the wax. ..1 5 T'.' h ! licence couns from Peru that the Vcrrutxas viaduct on the Moya Rail- way forty miles from Lima, was recently swerft away by a creat cloud burst. Ten 'mimjut s Mifficcd to destroy -a threat ehgi- tcer work that cost tw'0j(ars'. to build Ap luilf million of money. . Peru, with its ijvpo -erished trrasnrv, is powerless to I tebiM this viaduct, and without it the vvt r is ur!, Pi this emerrency ihjnvnv Grace has announced his in tttit, , , furnishintr the money, but the ruj;." u,i i,0 a firm,.r ur,.;p 'ov the million- count rv's vital? iv: tle deeds of heroism that shine -lark luick;round of misery at vn during the flood is the un d self-sacrifice of Mrs. Ogle. Jon. 1 I'sitc: t v'nty years she had been the i'h operator at Johnstown. She ..,n.r t)ie fijt to net news of the : 'in3 danger. Instead of fleeing " lit. she calmly called up all the t: . ( s aionir the line of the Yalley in fort i 014 i f v.:.ri:ed tl :em of the coming calamity. !d her post in the teeth of death the last joint she could reach had 0fKv.:trned. -This is my last mes- e. she telegraphed, and it wasprac iHv .,.r :lt moment too- She had fc' ' :' r life fe-r others by as noble a of Sac'rirVe ?ic thn brio-toef nom -if 0r5- retfojfds. & - I p - ! THROUGH DIXIE. SUMMARY OF B0UTHERH HEWS Happenings of Special Importance Prom Virginia, to the Lone Star State, HOKTQ CAROLINA. Application was made for a marriage license by a colored woman of Charlotte, which was granted, but before the knot was tied it was discovered that she al ready had five husbands, and she was bound over to court for bigamy. The manuscript for Judge Sehenck's history of North Carolina for 17SCV81 has been put in the hands of the printer. The author has been engaged on the history for several years. The chief object sought is to put North Carolina in a true light during those times. The book will con tain about five hundred pages and will bo elegantly illustrated. It will contain six maps and a true map of North Carol in and South Carolina 1780-'81. The investigation of the charges against Dr. Eugene Grissom, superintendent of the State Insane Asylum, after a suspen sion of several days, was resumed at Ral eigh amid the most intense .interest Four witnesses were examined. Mrs. Parkinson, wife of an attendant at the asylum, gave damaging evidence against the superintendent respecting the charges of immortality against him. Miss Ed wards, an ex-attendant at the asylum, gave similar evidence. James West, en gineer at the asylum, was examined, and testified to his personal knowledge; of the misappropriation of supplies by the super intendent. Testimony of cruelty to patients was also given. A county confederate veterans' associa tion Was formed at Asheville Thursday in pursuance to a call made by the state -organization for every county. in the state. A large concourse of old soldiers met. General Robert II. Vance was elected president of the association. Several prominent ex-confederate ollieers were vice presidents, United States Senator Z. B. Vance, ex-S'euator Thomas L. Clingman, lion. R. B. Vance and others. Much general interest prevailed in the organization. The ladies of the county are taking steps to have a fair in the autumn for the purpose of raising funds, for disabled confederates.' Confederate veterans associations wore formed in near ly every county in the state on the same day. VlRfdNU. Prof. R. N. Pool has closed the sale of the Ferral iron property at Staunton, contain 6,000 acres, to a foreign syndi cate for $7G,000 cash. The parties pur chasing will take possession at once and mine and ship ore. Andrew Gregory, a young man about twenty-one years of age, was drowned Thursday morning while swimming in Christian's creek, near Staunton. lie had gone with a party of young friends to spend the 4th. At Richmond local rains backed up the water in Shockoe creek, which runs through the archway into the river at the foot of Shockoe Hill, and' overflowed the streets the city from Franklin to the river. The lower floors and cellars of at least fifty business houses ;vere submerged. The damage will perhaps exceed $10,000. The rainfall was at the rate of two inches an hour. The books of the Mount Tarry Mining Company, organized in March, was open ed for the sale of $.-,00,000 of stock. $100,000 in stock was subscribed1 in 21 hours. This property is situated in Augusta county, near the celebrated Crimor mine, and is now being worked for manganese. Professor of Geology Wm. M. Fontaine, of the University of Virginia, examined the property in June and made a favorable report". B. 11. Richards, of Baltimore, is president, and John W. Rice, c ashier of the Shananduah Valley National Bank, of Winchester, is treasurer. t OUT II CAROLIBTA. ," The Greenwood alliance has adopted a resolution asking merchants not to sup ply themselves with any jute bagging, or at least none manufactured by the jute bagging trust. The trial of John A. Wcjrs, for the murder of -William Murizfn'amaier last March, was concluded ' Wednesday at Charleston. The jury, after two hours deliberation, returned ,a Verdict of "not guilty." . -The sherilFof Clarendon" c unty arrest ed J. B. Dickens, formerly: a prominent lawyer "and politician of Manning. S. C, in Fort Worth. Tex. Dickens s.to.d high in his profession in South Carolina, and, several months ago. when warrants charg ing him with forgery and housebreaking were sworn, his friends at first refused to believe the charges, but Dickens rled bo fore: he could Ik arrested. A big reward was offeicd for his capture, and he was finally located and arrested at Fort Worth, Tex. The prisoner feels much dejected, and refuses to talk .about his crime. FI.OKIDA The west Florida and uew tobacco em pire convention, which assembled at Chipley on Thursday, was attended by a large delegation of wet Florida seces sionists, who desire annexation to Ala bama. ; The Legislature has passed a bill in tended for the protection- of farmers against impure and worthless fertilizer. It provides fur a State chemiat, at a sal ary of $2, 000, and six inspectors of fer tilizers, to be located where mot needed, wfce are to be jKiid in fees not to exceed f $00 per annum. Th.2 law provides the machinery to a rigid insjection of all fer tilizers offered for sale m the btate, and penalties are attached for any violation of the law. GEORGIA. The Georgia Legislature convened for the first time in the new capital building at Atlanta on the 4th of July, and ad journed after the ceremonies. A passenger train on the Southwestern road was wrecked three miles west of Geneva Wednesday morning. The train was composed of a sleer, passenger, express and baggage car. The engine left the track and two forward cars rolled down the embankment. Six persons were aeriously injured. Dan Alston struck Elias Wilson. :t stone-cutter, with a beer bottle at Li thonia, near Atlanta, Friday night, kill ing instantly. Alston was drunk but es caj)ed arrest. He is a son of the late Col. Rolert A. Alston, a member of the famous South Carolina family, who was killed ten years ago. in, the capitol at Atlanta by Capt. Ed. Cox:. Young Alston had a brother who committed suichle in Wash ington several year. ago. There is grea excitement among the stone-c utters at Li thonia. If caught Alston, may lynched. TESNKSiKE.. The county court has awarded the con tract for building a steed bridge acror? the Tennessee river at Chattanooga to cost $23:5,000. The work will bebt gur immediately. In the Chancery Court, at Memphis, Chancellor Estes delive red his dec ision dismissing the epio warranto proceedings against Judge Dubc.se, in which the rela tors in the bill sought to oust him from ollice because of his participation as a second in a duel fought more than twen ty years ago. Two remarkable games of base ball wcrf played at Chattanooga on Independence Day between the Atlanta and Chattanooga League teams, the total number in in nings being twenty-six fourteen in the morning and twelve: in the afternoon game. The play was brilliant through out. The batteries for Chattanooga in the morning game were Carroll ami Cd gau; in the al'teruoo , .Jones .and Spear.' For Atlanta: morning, Ayedelotte and Fitzsimmons; afternoon, Luby and Whal en. OTHER STATES, Natural gas has been struck at Cordova, Ala., and is now flaming, with an, esti mated pressure of 00 to 70 pounds to the square inch. Parson Duncan, residing near Newton. Ala., eloped on Saturday with the daugh ter of his neighbor. Duncan's wife was buried on Thursday, and he is known to have bought both strichnine and mor phine. The eloping couple departed on foot towards Florida and ollieers are in pursuit. Mrs. Duncan's body will be ex humed and examined. The Mississippi State Prohibition Con vention assembled at Jackson, Prof. S. L. Fitzhugh presiding. Twenty-three coun ties were . represented by eighty-seven delegates. The resolutions adopted dis avow any purpose to form a separate par ty, yet urges upon prohibitionists the necessity of co-operation in electing to the Legislature only such candidates as favor prohibition. N. C. Amos ran off with Ada Beard, the l.j-ycar-old daughter of J. II. Beard, at Waco, Tex. The lather opposed to:the match 011, account ef the youth of the girl. The pair eloped and started for the Indian Territory, v. here age is no bar to marriage. The father and a friend nameel Crabtree followed. They overhauled Amos, who showed right. lie was shot twice in the affray, and the pursuers took possession of the girl and the lover and brought them back. Amos is fatally shot. A Five Yeirs' Test of t!w Varict:e3 cf Cot ton. Tt will be of peculiar interest to note Gie tests of the varieties of cotton planted in South Carolina, Tots e-o-.-i ring rive years, Conducted by the ColutuI ;a K.v-eiiment-al Station, of which Dr. McCryde is director and Mr. Garllard superintend ent, have just been completed. The cot ton was planted in duplicate plats, re ceiving exactly the same treatment throughout. In all the tests of varieties care vas taken to preve nt any variety oc cupying' the same two plats for two years in succession. This .rotation was for the purpose of eliminating as far as pos-iblp. any ". difference of the soil. The result of the test is as follows AvfMwj i-c wflr the five .ar i'--'. ISsS. 1S& ISa.. lst- ' !ut au'l ler Ct S-oL S t U. of II,-, H-s. Jiiit. 1. .."1 31 ; 1. .."si 5a 1 1. -. ;.. .1: '. !.:? -ilJ' l..'l UUJM . 1. $-J ' I 1:1 Variety Peterkiri Dicts-n" Iniri-icJ Jones's I ill pi uvea DuiK'a' Hamiii t'u OMfUOil New Tet-i Dfcfca' aaster Uler's silk Crawf'r R!ch.n.. ... . :it rTM : 1 i f .to v.; s A !J1 In thij tabic ti' p.-i .kin still main tains the superiority, -nu'-if aa average of fifty-two pound, u;. .c lint per ucit than the next b-s; va : :y, the Dickson's. It may be u-.t, d -j'.'-l p.Hiidi of cotton seed me.:'. I'M ihxuids 01 cid phosphate and p-a.id- muriate of j ot ash jkt ac re were u-.-d fcitwizera in these exit rimeM' . Chinese the Greatest Egg-Eaters. Chinese are the greatest egg-eaters in the world. They raise more poultry than all the other nations of the earth taken together, and have a way of keep ing eggs for forty years or more in a sound condition. The older the eggs the more valuable they are, and it is a trick of the Chinese grocer to ring in fresh eggs on his , customers whenever he can get a chance to cheat them in that way. IWu. Fidd and 8ttmum Old William and Mary. WiLLiAMsnuao, Va., 3. Notwith standing the showery weather, the one hundred and ninety-fifth anniversary of William and Mry College took place here Wednesday under the most favora ble auspices. A large assemblage was present, composed of representativet from all parts of the State, among whom were many alumni of the old institution. whose interest in the revival of their Alma Mater promises well for its f Qture career. With the omission of dormer windows in the roof, the college retains JU original shape. The trees on the cam pus are differently arranged, but. under hcir classic shade tho status of Lord Atctuttrt stills gtrsrds the past, around which the people grouped, and strolled, discussing similar occasions in old times, ud formulating, hopeful prophecies for yeara to come. The buildings were taste fully decorated with Rational and State ountiag, festooned with evergreens. The Navy yard baud from Norfolk was in attendance, and gave soie fine selec tions during the day. The exercises were opened by Rev. JL Dorset t with prayer, after which the Hon. William Lamb, of Norfolk, wa in troduced as the joint orator of the Phce nix and Philomathean Societies. The speaker chose as his theme, "The servi ces of Janie? Monroe to his country." ColoneljLamb opened his address with a beautiful allusion to the fortunes and vicissitudes of tho old institution. He then passed into the noblo works it had done for the youth f former generations, lie reviewed the political services of the immortal Virginian, and claimed that he has left ail imperishable impression upoe American history second to none. After the close of the exercises a large number of gentlemen crowded upon the platform and shook hands with the ora tor. In the audience were noticed Mrs. Ex-President Tyler, Gene ral Joseph E. Johnston, General William B. Talliafer-,ex-Congrcssman Hubert II. Mayo, and nd many others of pronincnec. ' Hon. I;. P. Munford addressed the alumni the following day. The Ohl Capital was crowded with visitors. The Preacher Was Guilty. On last Tuesday a new born colored in fant was found abandoned in James City, N. C, a suburb of Nuwbcrne. When found it had only some strips of clothes wrapped around it. In the basket with it was lo0 and a can of condensed milk. Investigation led to the arrest of Rev. C. II. Smith, colored, pastor of St. Peter's A. M. E. Zion church, on the charge of abandonment. It has been but about two months since Smith was MAKKIED ix POMPOUS STYLE, driving to the depot in a carriage and four when he and his wife departed on their bridal tour. Upon his return a grand re ception was held. His church is, per haps, the largest congregation of colored Christians in the state. They have a magnificent church building. The larger portion of Smith's congregation was much devoted to him, but when these facts were rumored the members immediately DEMANDED AN INVESTIGATION, and in the meantime asked him to sus pend his pastorial duties. His attempt to continue these caused considerable dis turbance at church on Sunday. Smith admitted that the child found was his; that he was informed that his nurse, or some of the family connections, had made arrangements for it with relatives. The nurse stated that Smith asked her if she could not find some one to take the child, and that he would pay almost any price to have some one to take it. Smith gave as a reason for, allowing the child to be sent off, that he thought the condition of his wife absolutely required it in order save her life. He wxs judged guilty and fined $o00 and cost. He appealed to the suDerior court. A Talkative Officer. A Charlestons. C. dispatch says: W.W. Simons, who has been clerk of the city council for ten or twelve years, has raised itorm about his head which threatens to wamp him. lie-went to Atlanta and was interviewed by a ne suaper rejxjrter. In the intervie.v which is published he bj reported as saying that the .best citi zens of Charleston am satisfied with the ustice of the 2,Ictow verdict. There ire about thirty thousand white people in Charleston, and most of fkern consider themselves sis among the best citizens. A cfns; ! rabie proportion of them are also of the opinion 'that the McDw .ver dict is an outrage upon law and justice, ami that the jury wits paid expressly for forjhc puqiose of ui pu!ting him. A good many .' the aldermen of Charlcso.a are oi th': opinion, and it is extremely pnb.ii.:e t!.:.t the services of a ucvv ckrk will o- n. cd.-Ldiort i r. There is considerable talk le rc of -ettlng up a public- mee ting or the purpM.- of de nouncing the . ru'. t. It is Ki.own that several prominent Prot.-s-Unt clergymen have already expressed ti.t ir desire to take Kirt in and sj-ak at the meeting, if it should U- held. In the niesintime, McDow lu-.s cvid. nlSy fr:"Ur:i hi little .ndiscrction. IL- u: tiie fctrtet, and oct-aVioaall t.-ci-s the Lww and smiles of his Lm,- fri-M'X The negroes serenaded him, but a j-j:: emau came up and di-creed the baud, they not hawuj a jK.'iuit, A Cumulation of George Wash! nitons. Said an old retired merchant of city recently : "Nearly half a century ago George Washington Oliver, of Mem phis, shipped to George Washington West, of this city, a It of cotton by the stumer George Washington. The cotton was s)!d through a broker (George Wash ington Sully) to George Washington II ynson, by whom it wai shipped on a vessel (the George Washington; either to New York or some foreign port 3c Orleans Titre-DocrL Two Hoted Women Gone. Maria Mitchell, the noted astronomer, died at 9:30 in the morning at the residence of lira. Benjamin H. Carrier, In Lynn, Mass. She has suffered with a disease of the brain and been failing for the post year and a half . The remains were ta&en to Nantucket fof burial. Maria Mitchell was a daughter of William MitcbeU, the astronomer, and wm born in Nantucket, Mass., AugusCl. ISIS. She early made such progress in mathematical and as tronomical studies as to be able toaaast her father in his investigations. , 8b devoted much time to astronomical retioarrh, CFpe cially in. the line of nebula and comets. In 1847 came the" discovery of the comet which introduced the voung astronomer to the older astronomers. The King of Deumarb gave her a gold medal in rccognitiou of th i (uscoTery. There are aeven other comets which she has found. 6ho was in advanoa of other watchers in some cases by a few days, in others by only a few hours. Soon after 1H47 Miss Mitchell went to Europe. In England she was tho guet of Sir John Uerschell and Sir George Airy, then astronomer royal at Greenwich. In 1Ka Miss Mitchell was called tothechair of astronomv at Vansar College, where she remained unt il 1SS8, when sue offered her res- 4 tgnation. The trustees refused to accept it, but grantod her leave of abeeoce. The degree of LL. P. was com erred upon her in IfVSi by Hanover, and by Columbia in 1888. Carlotta Patti. Carlotta Patti do Munck has just died la Paris in the forty-ninth year of her age. 8he was the daughter of Sal vatore Patti, an Ital ian singer, and of a Spanish mother, well known bef ore her marriage with Patti as Sig oora Barili. She was a sifter of the famous Adelina Patti-Nicolini. Carlotta Patti was one of the greatest song birds of the world, and liad it not been for her defect of lameness she would have rivaled if not eelipsud the fame of her sister Adelina. As it was, her sphere was restricted, and her reputation was Jess general. Her 'voice was tho marvel of her time; and was probably tho highest soprano ever known; while her execution has been re garded as extraordinary. She tried tho experiment of singing in opera, appearing in the "Magic Flute," where the heroin is not obliged to bo active, but her physical limitations made her efforts unsuc cessful. . As a concert singer her fame was world ide. But this sucx-oss did not satisfy her am bition, and toward the last she grew to be a disappointed and unhappy woman. It was a soro trial to her pride to te regarded &s so inferior to her sister, wlien she felt, but for the misfortune of her lameness, that sho would have boon the greater Patti. Of lato years she has not appearod frequently in pub lic. In IS'79 she married the well known vio linoellist Ernst do Muuck. The First Trial on Tie cord or an In dian by Jury of His Countrymen. A dispatch from Red Lake Falls, Minn , gives particulars of the first trial on record of one Indian by a jury of red persons. On June 24 an Indian named Big Bird while out hunting shot and killed another Indian. Big Bird and his friends claimed it was an acci dent. The matter was reported to Major B, P. Schuler, the Government's agent in charge of the reservation. By an act of Congress passed in 1885 the jurisdiction of the United States Court was for the first time extended over all the Indian reservations in the coun try. Major Schuler determined to have this matter legally investigated and empaneled a jury of six full-bloxied Indians, entirely dis connected by ties of relationship or other in terests with either the deceased Indian or the Indian who did the shooting. Big Bird and the friends of the dead man were allowed to send for witnesses,' who were sworn and gave their testimony, after which the jury retired under the instructions of the agent, who pre ided as judge. The jury deli berated from 9 o'clock in the evening until .11 o'clock the next morning, when through their foreman they announced that they were unanimously of the opinion that "there wks sufficient cause forsuspicion that the shooting was not accidental," and requested that the accused be held for trial by the United States Court, thereupon Big Bird was locked up to await the arrival of the Deputy United States Mar shal. Major Schuler states that he never saw a jury of white men more impressed with its responsibility, or who gave closer attention to the testimony offered than did the Indian jury in this case, and that he was also struck by the evident desire to bring out the facts on the part of the witnesses, all of whoa ' were Indians. Evidences Tnat a Icad Volcano la J Coming to Life in California. News from Susan villc, Cal., in the Sierra Nevadas says slight earthquake shocks con tinue, and that the people have become so ac customed to tho constant trembling of the earth that they pay no attention to it. Those shocks, however, havo revived recollections of old settlers, who predict volcanic disturb ances like those of 1H50. Susan vflle lies on a Jugh mountain-walled valley directly east of Lassen Butte, an ex tinct volcano 10,500 feet high. From its sum mit no loss than forty craters can be seen. Cinder Cone, which rises 000 feet above the level of the plateau, was in eruption in lSW. Two prospectors visited it, and they found Ike Saltatara, eight miles south of CinW Cone, a centre of volcanic forces. The lake was a mass of boiling water and mud, and from it vast columns of name f hot up at in tervals. Timber was on fire. . Within two years there has been a renewed activity in the internal fires, and the present shocks point to the possibility of anther great vol canic outburst which will find vent through some of the old craters. How 1SOO People) Perished in New York City. From tables just prepared it appears that 13GG persons died from violence in New York city in the year ending with June. Tby aro classified as follows: Barns and scalds, 122; KufTocatiou, 85; powon, 173; ran down by wagons, 53; by street cars, 14; railroad. Ui by electric win, 5: expkiding cartridges, 3; ir-inflicted uwdpracticc, 3; '4wounda,"'l '-H; fractures and crmtusiona, 154: drowning. HS3; exploding fireworks. 'J: falls, 1. Of the children who were smothered, 21 were over laid in bed. Eighteen irsoo were smotltorrd by gas and two were killed by the caving in of subways. Thirty perished in fires, one by t-t gf.imning, and on from ether in a 1U.H tisl's chair. VTHAT TUX SaLOOS TOBTZMM. The following from the Milwaukee Senti nel shows whet kind of education the saloon system f otters : "At least six new school building are im mediately necessary, but beranie there are so many saloons the taxpayers most support f4k and courts and jails and eharitabieia fttiiutioas with their money. There are hun dreds cf children of school age in the dry who ardexud achool prirOeee bacuwv cannot afford to pot up man? vchool buUd- NORTH AND WEST. HEWBY n FEUH BY 1PE Being A Ckmdmwtffm of t&aPrfacgallto peaiagi in Diferest Etila, The Boston limited express Quinnipiac, Conn., and Miss Mary A. Etfs ham of Brooklyn, a drawingoom car eat erector, and a traveling agent wcra kiDad. Seven passsugcrs were seriooaly borL iKaac N. Watkubcrv died a few days ago in Glen brook. Conn., the town of Ma fairCfe, in the seventy-third year of his age. Wtti the death nf JJx. We tor bury there ! awav nearly tho last of the number made American thips famous all over the world. - Thk schooner Maggie Avery founder! In Traverse Bay, llich., and her crew of four perished. Dr. Me Dow Las Uvn acquitted at Charles ton, S. C, of the murder if Captain Dawson, editor of the AVtrs amd Courier. The JUTJ ;umed a verdict of not guilty" after two hours' deliberation. The verdict was a sta . . - prise to me auuience anu vae awmiuuiji ie jury was a composed of seven colored! men and five whites. Hknut BnoEj,llennan KarnaU and "VTill iam Kanuits wcru drowned at St. Loala whilo out briing. Tub (j' rand Jury at Chicago has found in dictmenta against seven men for alleged par ticipation in tho murder of Dr. Cronln. A iikavy rain fell throughout Virginia. All the lpwlands were submerged andfthe crops on them entirely ruined. The rain was esiecially heavy in the upper countiea, and a largo number of bridges were swept away. Martix lie dg rues, the Town Marshal of Union town, Ky., cut his throat, oanssns death immediately in tho public street, in the presence of several friends. Tue reduction in the public debt for June amounted to 115,000,000. Tuk President has made the following Con sular appointments: William T. Sornby, of Mississippi, at Guayaquil, Mexico; Edward C. Goodenow, of Maine, at St Stephana, New Brunswick; Daniel B. Hubbard, of Massa chusetts, at Anna berg, Germany; Hugo H. 8tarklo0", of MUisouri, at Bremen; W. F Orinnell, of New York, at Manchester, EngC land; John A. Tibbita, of Connecticut, at Bradford, England; Robt. W. Turner, of Kansas, at Cadi-; M. D. Bamp3on cf Kanaas, at St. John, New Brunswick. The President has appointed Robert H. Hunter to bo Collector of Revenue for the Fourteenth District of New York. Mr. Hi ter is a lawyer by profession, and at holds the office of Deputy Clerk of the 8tate Senate. Ho is a resident of Poughkeepsie, and was formerly Postmaster of that city. Mrs. Cattbyxa F. TxMrxx, wife of Ad miral Temple, United States Navy, died of paralysis in Washington. Sho was a daughter' of General Tot ten, United States Army. Sm Jcuan Pacncktotk, the British Min ister, has purchased several acres of fine farming land just outsido of Washington. This is the first instance on record of a foreign embassador investing in District of Columbia real estate. While the Berwaliem Regiment was marching at Naples, Italy, a private named Borrclli in a fit of madness fired upon his comrades, killing the Major of his regiment and wounding a Captain and others. Tho madman was finally killed with a revolver. William O'Brikit, member of the British Parliament, has been arrested fe.r tbf eleventh time under the Crimes act for agitation in 'Ireland. " ' TniRTT-Slx buildings, with much ma chinery, were destroyed by fire at Luneburg, Prussia. The roof of tle St. NicholaaCharcn was also destroyed. The low is $3,000,000. Six hundred workmen are thrown oat of employment. Foreign. Tax English Royal Yacht .Squadon met fat London and adopted a rer4ation declaring it impossible to aorrpt the terra of the new deed of gift of the America Cap. This action upon th part of the Englishmen put an end to the V alkjito contest. Sekor Macxih bbot and stabbed his wife and than committed suicide at I'fisfiiads, Lower California. Evolaicd is having trouble with the Portuguese in Africa and with the French in Egypt. The iimxrase warehouses in llambare, f.muanv.of Tiegr-n ItobertAon. stored with oil, have been d.troyrtl by Ere with all their cwntwit. The low amount to $300,000. Thk Print - Maud, youngest daughter of tho Priooe of VVrJc has Un betrothed to the , Earl of Fife, hr father's tmsncn frirnd. The l'rirc is not yd out of her ttens whilo the Earl is past f rty. Tn rkc iMuxtits wro garroted at Cienfne gos, Cuba, for kHnnf-Dg a plsnW. Four W'xiicn and Two Men fiffO catcd by- Gas In I'atcreon. X. J. The bodies of six persons, two men and four wcMuen, er? found asphyxiated by gas at No. 50' Water street, PaUrson, N. J. The apartment on the lower floor of the boose wa occupied by John Gslfrey, aged nearly tgbty ysurs, a silk wevr tn the tenploy of IL fi 11. Adams. Although be bad only ooe room with a partition running tartly on-. it ner the rear, be had been in the habit of siring lodging to abmlooed wcamq who caiWl at his pUce at all boors of the night. Three days before the doery a cumber were there ami since that: time there had been no sign of life ahoat the phvs:. Mrs. Hfcrth, who lives p stair k noticed a smell of gas and informed iLc pvlico of the case. An entrance was lut ool and a lnnMe sight rrmed itself. In the forwanl part of the apartsnent were tho hoiks of four women, three on the floor aiid xi3 i a citair. One of the women Lay in a pool of blood, but this w believed to have been caused by a faH. as there was no evidence of a fisat, ahh.-uH the rTrcsVt disorder raevaued. la the rrar of tha run wa found Godfrey's. body -n.1 that of auot'wr man, eaiw sitting jn too nW, dre-2d. None bnt God- trvf was nSfnuueo. i tn-o za n rtnn Timr CioJfreT's bodv. the I U which bad m beeoallj tsnaX !. :.:
Maxton Scottish Chief (Maxton, N.C.)
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