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A DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL-THE PEOPLE AND THEIR INTERESTS.
VOL. VII. NO. 25.
MAXTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1893.
Sl.OO A YEAR.
Dr. Werkele, the n8w Prime Minister
of Hungary, is a maa of plebeian origin,
something that is quite unusual in
j Austria and Hungary, where both court
and social life are noted for their ex
clusiveness aud pride. He has, how
ever, nude for himself so excellent a
record in the management of the
Finances that his appointment is looked
upon with favor on every hand, though
previous to his nomination by the Em
peror his name had not been thought of
'in connection with the post. The ap
pointment is another instance of the
Bhrewd knowledge of men and rare tact
which Franci3Jo3eph has so often shown
in critical times, and to which more than
any other thing the Austro-Hungarian
Empire owes its continuance.
The Harrisburg Independent says that
the glory, lU5cioU3ne33, richness of
flavor and solidaes3 of the old varieties
of Pennsylvania apples are becoming
luxurious more in the me nory of thd
oldest inhabitants than in the appetiainr?
enjoyment of the epicures of the pre3eat
The ' famous Rirabo, Imperial, Golden
Pippin, the delicious Homan Knight,
rich in it3 cider-producing fragrant
juices; the unrivalled Bailedower, the
odor of which perfuaisd the palate long
after it was eatea; the mellow Smoke
house that had poetic qualities in its
flesh, though its name was unsavory;
the Greening, which retained its flavor
during the entire winter, as did tho
Grindstone all these were, ani are still
in degree?, peculiarly Pennsylvania
apples, each of which had a tastt
peculiar to its variety, but they are be
coming extinct.
. It will surprise only those who
not studied the question, opines the
New York Post, that much of the oppo
sition to gooi roads come3 from the far
mers themselves who are supposed to be
the mo3t benefited by improvements.
At the recent Road Congress at Indian.
apolis, D. L. Thomas, a delegate from
Rush County, read a paper in which he
said that the liking for good roads is
the sentimental side, but the practical
side involves three things, viz: (1.)
The cost of construction. (2.) Will it
pay? (3.) Who is to pay the cost? The
prima object in demanding gooi roads,
he said, appears to be the necessity of
providing a way to get products of ths
couutry to market. Bit it is significant
that the producers of the country
those most directly interested are
making the least demand for road im
provement. He said further, that
thoughtful farmers are trying, a3 far as
possible, to consume upon the farm
their hay, straw, fodder, oats and corn,
and market their condensed products
cattle, hogs, horse3 and shssp. These
can all be brought to market upon co n
mon dirt roads. He admitted that the
most capable farmers refu-ed to serve as
road supervisors. Still he believed that
the farmers would generally be in favor
of "auy mea3ure3 which did not put a
burden on them."
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THE N. C LEGlSLATDFiE.
Wliat They are Doing in the General
Assembly.
Bills Upon Bills All Intended for th
Good of North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C 12th day. The fol
lowing bills were introduced in the Sen
ate: A bill to amend the charter of
Rocky Mount ; a bill in relation to fees
of registers, etc. ; to amend the constitu
tion relative to the homestead and per
sonal property exemption ; to prevent the
manufacture and sale of pistols, etc. ; to
pay justices of the peace per diem. The
calendar was taken up and the following
bills disposed of: A bill to incorporate
the Burlington & South Western ; Rail
road Company passed its third reading;
to remove the colored Normal School
from Warrenton to Franklinton passed
second and third readings; to prevent
the sale of liquor within one "mile of
Pleasant Hill M. E. church in Randolph
county was recommitted eo that an omni
bus bill could be framed. A bill rela
tive to executors and administrators
pleading statutes of limitation passed its
third reading. In the contested election
case of Leach against Henderson, the
former was continued in his seat.
Thereare eaidjto be plans on foot before
Legis'ature fur some important changes
ia counties. For instance it is proposed
to carve a new county out of Richmond
with Laurinburg as the county seat; one
out of Chatham with Siler City as the
county scat, and one out of Guilford
with High Point as the county seat and
one out of Surry with Elkin county seat.
It should be borne in mind,however,that
it is extremely difficult to pass a bill cre
ating a new county. Few things are
more difficult, as the promoters of such
schemes have found any time these ten
years past. There are also some plans
under consideration for changes of coun
ty seats. These are to change the county
seat of Surry from Dobsoa to Mt. Airy;
of Stokes from Dmbury to Madison; of
Rockingham from Wentworth to Reids
ville. Thtse plans -will lead to a fight
no doubt. A petition was presented by
the Speaker of the House, sent from
Asheville, asking that the liquor law in
that place remain as present.
Among the bills introduced in the
Home were the following: To repeal the
merchants purchase tax ; to establish a
S ate colored normal school at Elizabeth
City:to incorporate the town of Rob
binsville, Graham county; tomend The
Code in regard to the office of clerk of
the Superior Court, so as to require them
to keep a record of probates ; to amend
The Code relative to insurance, so as to
add after the word "agent" the words
"or pretenaing to be such;-" also impos
ing a fine of $200 for failure to do busi
ness save in the way authorized by the
State. The Senate resolution authoriz
ing the payment of $8,696 due on the
State oyster pitrol steamer -Lily passed
its sjcond and third readings by a unani
mous vote. Mr. Norwood introduced, by
leave, a bill to provide a road fund for
counties. The text of this is as follows:
"That all sums collected by the State as
back taxes from any railway company
shall be divided pro rata amongst the
several counties of the State, and shall
be expended by the boards of commis
sioners in the improvement and repairs 1
of the public roads of their several coun
ties." Raleigh, N. C 13th day. The fol
lowing bills and resolutions were intro
duced ; a resolution looking to a more
thorough listing and collection of taxes;
a bill relative to securing better title to
land ; a bill be protect persons on lands
rented or leased for agricultural pur
poses ; a bill to change the corporate
limits of Thomasville; a petition to
amend thechaiter, of Wilkesboro; a pe
tition to incorporate the town of Faulk
land, in Pitt county; The calendar was
taken up; the bill abrogating the rights
of married women came up. The com
mittee submitted a substitute that mar
ried women may contract debts in the
same manner as if unmarried, but that
she shall not mortgage real estate with
out the consent of her husband ; there
shal be no privy examination. The bill
was postponed ; the bill to determine
conflicting claims to real property passed
its second and third readings; the bill in
relation to sheep husbandry, which pro
poses to tax female dogs, was widely
discussed, amid much merriment. Many
Senators moved to exempt their coun
ties; a message was received from the
House proposing to join the Senate at
12 o'clock for the purpose of going in a
body to the place set apart for the in
auguration of Governor Carr and the in
duction of other officers. The resolution
of the House was concurred in.
Among the bills introduced'in the House
were the following ; to incorporate the
Colored Baptist Missionary nvention ; to
allow Sampson county to borrow money ;
to amend the act relative to tax on to
bacco warehouse; to amend the law re
lative to the sale of liquor on the home
stead by allowing as small a quantity as
a quart to be sold ; a bill to relieve the
overseers of public roads came up with
an unfavorable report. It provided for
pay of $2 per day. It was tabled, Mr.
Crews, who spoke in support of it, cast
ing the only vote in its favor.
OUR NEW GOVERNOR-
At 11 :45 Gov. -elect Carr arrived in the
city, and wss escorted to the capitol by
the battalion of troops, and on to Stro
nachs Auditorium where were gathered
all the officials of the State, uewiy elect
ed ones, and prominent people to the
number of 1,000. Tee oaths of office
were administered by Chief J ustice Shep
herd. Gov. Carr delivered bis inaugural.
After dwelling on national affairs he
said:
'The prospect for the settlement of
national affaiis is indeed bright. I con
gratulate the State upon the high char
acter of the present General Assembly.
Its election preserves inviolate the pres
ent system of State and county govern
ment. (Applause.) I am eorry to say
the masses of the people in North Caro
lina are not prosperous. Twenty five
per cent, of them are engaged in agri
culture or kindred pursuits. For four
ytars past the condition of this class has
been peculiarly oppressive. We have felt
the hardships perhaps as keenly as any
other section. The pall of the inortgage
hings over the agricultural section. In
carts of the State lands which buta few
years ago wer& valued at f 25 an acre now
sell under executions, for only 3, and are
not sought after at that figure. The peo
ple justly cry out at these things. Our
duty ia to heal these differences and
unite the people of all parts as to the
material welfare of the State. There is
little surplus of farm products, so great
is the dtmacd, jet the profits of farm
work yearly diminish. The farmers fel
that something is wrong. The Legisla
ture has it in its power to do great good
and to instill new l;fe and hope in the
agricultural classes. Impose as little tax
as possible upon a people who are now
groaning under as much as they can bear.
Aid should be given the agricultural de
partment and college and the various
fairs, developing agriculture as much as
possible. The geological survey should
receive the care and attention of the
State, which the interest of the people
demand, and it is heartily commended.
The railroad commission merits special
mention. The high character of its
members insured its success 'from the
very first. Its work is of great value and
it has eaved large sums to the people and
the State. I oppose the exemption of
corporations from taxation. (Applause,)
I think all should be taxed and bear their
share of the burdens. All railroads
which belong in any part to the State
should set the example by surrendering
at once any privileges cf exemption. No
property should be exempt save that de
voted strictly to church and charitable
purposes.
"I ask your attention to the University,
now waxing strong once more. It de
mands your faltering care. There should
be heaity co operation between it and
the public schools. Such action up
builds the State. I urge you to aid the
public schools. The State will never
nave done its duty until it has compiled
with the mandate of the constitution and
provided four month schools. We are
trifling with the most vital interests of
the State in fai'mg to come up to the
constitution's requirements in this mat
ter. If under the recent decision it be
comes necessary, this Legislature must
consider the question of takiDg the
school tax out of the constitution. (Ap
plause ) An efficient system of public
schools is the only hope for the firming
population. Its provision is an impera
tive duty.
"The public roads demand attention.
Their condition is deplorable. The sys
tem is 8 failure and the roads a diegrtce
to civilization. I shall watch with p cu
liar interest the work of the State road
congress and will send you a special mes
sage on that subject.
"The tax assessment system in the
State is extremely unequal, and badly
managed. The law should be changed
so as to reach every class of property.
The work of the State board of health is
commended. That work needs to be up
held, as this year the State is menaced
by a terrible visitor, the cholera. Take
wide precautions to guard against this.
"The State ftuard deserves your care.
Snch a military organization is a neces
sity. The Guard has served a most use
ful purpose. Do nothing to discourage
its patriotic members, who have made it
an ornament and bulwark of the State.
"I am glad to see you have already
taken hold of the important subject of
a State bank law. No question before
the Legislature involves more for the
people than this . The amoun' of cur
rency is not equal to the public needs.
I believe there is wisdom enough in this
Legislature to devise a system of State
banking which will make tb.3 notes as
safe as those of national banks.
"I note the action of my wise prede
cessor in regard to the use of the direct
tax. I believe that of that tax f 25,003
will remain uncalled for and so favor
the use of that sum : the Legislature to
replace it out of the general fund if it i3
called for. I will recommend that so
much be set apart for the State's exhibit
at the World's Fair, which is a matter
of great importance to North Carolina.
(Applause.) Haviag never sought office
nor held it I am unacquainted with the
routine. Governor Holt's administration
was one of the ablest in the history of
the State. It shall act as a stimulant to
me. I assure j ou that ifjerrors do creep
in they are errors of the head and not
of the heart." (Great applause.)
At 1:35 the exercises thus ended.
President King declared the j not assem
bly dissolved. He called on the. Sena
tors to return to their own hall where
Hon. R. A Doughton was with du? cer
emony inaugurated as Lieutenant Gov
ernor, bpeaker Overman called on the
House to meet in its own hall.
Raleigh, N. C :14th day. Both
Houses of Legislature met in the morn
ing, and immediately adjourned, this be
ing the birthday of Gen. Robert E Lee.
Raleigh, N. C. 15th day. In the
Senate there were introduced : A peti
tion against the sale of liquor in Guilford
county; a bill to amend the election law
of 1889 ; to incorporate the bank of Wel
doo ; to authorize the commissioners of
Rutherford county to purchase a farm
for paupers ; to enact a special fence law
for Bidden county; to incorporate the
Atlantic & Ohio Railroad Company; to
prevent the spread of contagious diseases;
to increase the efficiency of the Agricul
tural Depaitment; to print 1,000 copies
of the Governor's inaugural address; to
incorporate the Bank of Lexington; to
pay solicitors an annual salary was passed
over. The bill for th3 relief of money
borrowers was considered and elicited a
spirited discussion. The bill proposes
to make 6 per cent, the maximum
amount charged for money borrowed.
The bills provide for payment of judges
and registrars of election in Johnston
county per diem and mileage passed its
second and third reading. A resolution
asking the judiciary committee to pre
pare a bill looking to a more thorough
listing and collection of poll tax passed.
In the House the principal bills intro
duced were : To allow McDowell county
to levy tpecial tax ; to provide a stock
law for New Hanover county; to amend
The Code in regard to the removal of
cases in justices' courls, by allowing
either plaintiff or defendant to remove a
case once; to create a board of paidons;
to restore to the railroads the right to
pive free passes. The bill allowing
owners of land to convey crops raised
thereon. This bill was refeired some
time ago and the committee recommend
ed a substitu'e, that on lands having a
burden upon them, tuch as a mortgage,
its., itlhaiibe allowtb'-
, j convey crps.
This substitute was adopted and the bili
thus amended passed its readings. The
bill passed protecting children from fire
by requiring parents when leaving them
at home to place them in the care of
some one.
Raleigh, N. C. 16th day. Senate.
The bill to encourage the killing of
panthers, wildcats, etc., in the counties
of Buncombe, Yancey and Mitchell
passed its third reading. The bill rela
tive to the drainage of the lowlands in
Rowan and Davidson passed its third
reading. The bill to give justices of the
p?ace jurisdiction in cases of cruelty to
animals pissed its second reading. The
bill to prevent bodies of men, known as
detectives, from going armed in this
State, after considerable discussion,
passed its third reading.
House. Bills were introduced: To
reduce tax on m-r -riage licenses to $ 1 ; to
require wster furnished through water
works, for drinking purposes, to be fil
tered ; to prohibit the sale of liquor in
Lincoln county; to prohibit justices of
the peace from holding office mere than
Wo terms; to make 6 per cent, the legal
rate of interest ; to make the defilement
of a church a misdemeanor ; to amend
the constitution by abolishing the home
stead. The bill to exempt Vance, Robe
son and Anson counties from the opera
tions of the opossum law was taken up
and passed. The bill repealing the act
allowing surveyors' fees for laying off a
homestead passed.
Raleigh, N. C 17th day. Bills
were introduced in the Senate: To re
peal an act prohibiting the sale of liquor
in Gaston county; to establish State
banks of issue. The bill in relation to
the running of daily trains on railroads,
passed its third reading, with a slight
amendment. The bill to pay solicitors
an annual salary was tabled.
In the House: The bill to allow the
people of Buncombe to vote for a judge
and solicitor of the Criminal Court was
defeated. Monroe's charter was amend
ed. The bill to create an additional
cause of divorce came up and with an
unfavorable report. It was promptly
tabled. The Buncombe county road act,
based on the Mecklenbuig act, passed its
readings. Mr. Vance's bill to forbid
the shooting of live pigeons from traps
came up with an unfavorable report
and was killed. The bill to repeal
the law as to the sale of seed cotton
in Mecklenburg was unanimously passed.
The bill to create degrees of murder
was taken up with a favorable report. It
provides for two degrees. It provides :
Sec. 1. All murder which shall be perpe
trated by means of poison, lying in wait,
imprisonment, starving, torture, or by
any other kind of willful,- deliberate and
premeditated killing, or which shall be
committed in the perpetration or at
tempt to perpetrate any arson, rape,
robbery, burglary or other felony, shall
be deemed to be murder in the first de
gree and gball be punished with death.
Sec. 2. All other kinds of murders shall
be deemed murder in the second degree
and shall be punished with imprisonment
not less than four months in the county
jail nor more than three years in the
penitentiary. Sec. 3. Nothing in this act
shall be construed to require any altera
tion or modification of the existing from
of indictment for murder, but the jury
shall determine whether the crime is
murder in the first or second degree, and
if the prisoner confesses his guilt the
court shall ascertain the crime by the ver
dict of a jury, upon examination of the
testimony, and render judgment accord
ingly. Sec. 4. This act shall not apply
to any crime committed prior to its rati
fication. The bill was then set for
Thursday at noon. It is of great im
portance and will pass.
She Could Not Plough.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
A story is told of a bashful young
Georgia swain, who called on his sweet
heart to propose. Here is a sample of
the conversation:
"Miss Addie, can you sweep the floor?"
"Why, yes; of course I can."
"Can you cook?"
' 'Yes."
"Can you wash?"
"Yes, I can wash, too."
"And scour?"
"Yes."
"Well, can you cut wood?''
"I have cut wood, too."
"Did you ever hoe?"
"Sometimes."
"Pick cotton?"
"Yes, pick cotton also."
"Can you plough."
"No, I can't plough."
"Well, then, I can plough for both of
us."
He got her.
The Newspaper "Ad." Does the Bus
iness. From the Lewiston Evening Journal.
A neat illustration of the value of sa
gacious advertising was given at the Port
land Young Men's Christian Association
meeting Sunday, when General Secretary
McDonald stated that he held some cur -
iosity to know what method of advertising
reached the most people. He naa cir
culated thousands of little dodgers, giv
ing notice of the meeting, and he asked
those who had seen them, and had been
moved to come through that means, to
rise. The hall was packed as full as it
could hold, and of the entire number
about fifteen arose. Then Mr. McDonald
asked all who had read the notices in tho
newspapers, and had been influenced by
them, to rise, and the crowd rose in a
body.
Six months or more ago a number of
companies were organized in the Eastern
ciies for providing cheap trips to the
World's Fair. The buyer of a ticket was
to receive his admission to the grounds,
his hotel expenses for a week, his cab
fare, and an accident insurance policy in
cluded. An officer of one of these com
panies admit that they are not doing
the business that they had expected, and
lays the failure to the rapacity of the
Chicagoans and of the railroad'. "I
think." said he, "that we shall pick up
trade as eon as the Fair actually opens,
but at present the common people the
people that we want to reach are hold
ing off for a big reduction in railroad
fares. The extortions of railroads are
going to make the Fair unpopular.
DIXIENEWS,
The "Snowy" South Gleaned and
Epitomized.
All the News and Occurences Printed
Here in Condensed Form.
The property of the Georgia Confeder
ate Soldiers' Home is for sale. The home
was built as a refuge for the needy and
helpless veterans of the State in their de
clining years, aad was given to the State,
the only condition being the appropria
tion of a email annual amount for its sup
port. Two successive Georgia legisla
tures refused to give it, and the home is
for sale.
Reports from over the State show that
South Carolina has not had such severe
weather for forty years.
Norfolk, Va., now is by great odds the
largest lumber dealing port on the At
lantic coast and the largest peanut mar -ket
in the world.
A German Jew named Max Sallat,
Thursday, at Hamburg, S. C, killed Sam
Edmunds, colored. No cause for the
deed is given.
Joshua G. Wright, of Wilmington,
while presiding over a meeting of Carolina
Lodge, Knights of Honor, Monday night,
was stricken with paralysis and is help
" less.
At Edenton, N. C, thebiyand sound
have been frozen ov. r for 10 days and all
navigation is closed. A party of 4 gen
tlemen with a sled and 600 pounds of
baggage crossed the sound from Eden
ton to Raper, a distance of 8 miles.
It is reported thit if the new under
ground electric railway system, now be
ing put in on the Washington and Ar
lington road, is a success, a branch road
will be built through Alexandria and
Fairfax counties to Fall Church, Va.
Edwin Basbour, at one time editor of
a paper at Cu pepper, Va. , and subse
quently at Big Stone Ga;, has gone to
New York to accept a posiiion on the
city reportorial stall of the Sun. He is a
son of Hon. B. Johnson Bat bour, nephew
of the late Senator Barbour, and author
of the "Virginia Mavericks."
It is creditable ti the health of the
town that in a place the size of Hender
son, N. C, with mora than 5,000 inhabi
tants, there was not a single death among
its people during the month of Decem
ber. A gentleman from Roxboro, N. C,
says that the partridges in that stction
are so poor that the Oogs can catch them
oa the rise. They have not been able to
get much to eat for the pa6t three weeks
on account of 6now an 1 ice.
Mourning Dixon, living near Bahama,
N. C , is the mother of twenty four chil
dren, and she has a daughter who is the
mother of sixteen children. Mourning
is now over one hundred years old and
very active. She can walk a mile as
quick as a youug woman.
The Lockhatt Shoals Mfg. Co., to
erect a cotton mill, has been incorporated
in 8. C. ; cipital s'ock $300,000.
The Farmers' Alliance Store, of John
ston, 8. C, has been incorporated; capi
tal stock $50,000.
The Poultry Show at Columbia, S. C,
was well attended.
The man Snipes, now in jail at Bakers
ville, N. C, aud whose reported lynch
ing caused such a sensation last week, is
a Burke county man and worked for
some time on the stre t gang in Morgan
ton for some pet'y offense.
It is es'.imated th it there were at least
6,000 rabbits brought to Fredericksburg,
Va., last week, besides large quantities
of partridges, wild turkeys, etc.
Party Calls.
A Southern member of Congress, who
isn't much on society, but whose wife is,
came home one afternoon in Washington
and found her just returning from a
round of visits.
"Well, my dear," he inquired, "where
have you been to day?"
"Out making party calls," she replied
with apparent satisfaction.
"Party calls?" he repeated, in puzzled
in terrogation.
"Yes, Colonel, party calls."
He studied over it for a minute.
"Now, look here, Marie," he said,
earnestly, "let up on that. You attend
to society snd leave the party to me.
You don't know anything about politics,
even if you are in Washington with me,
and if you get to doing any party work
you'll make a tangle of it sure." And
then Jtfarie gave the Colonel a laugh that
made him wonder what he was there for.
Insane from Excess of Wedded Joy.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Pkinceton, Kt. Dr. N. A. Keys, of
Kansas City and Miss Kate Cameron of
Princeton, aged respectively 62 and 54
years, were married last week. They had
never seen each other until they met
here one week before marriage, and were
drawn together by their belief of sancti
fication. In her excess of joy over the
event the bride of three days has b.come
a lunatic, pronounced so by physicians.
She had to be sent awa? from home.
Miss Cameron was a very estimable lady,
and well off in this world's goods.
A Turkish Girl for Sale in Indiana.
From the Indianapolis Journal.
Tipton, Ind. A gaug of Turks, twenty-three
in number, are camping in the
centre of a large woods necr Kempton,
in the western part of thi3 county. Their
outfit consists of several horses, dogs,
one monkey, and five bears. They chiefly
live by begging from the neighbors.
Among them is a girl, 17 years old, whom
they are offering to sell. The price asked
is $250.
South Dakota Divorce Time Seaten.
From the St. Paul Daily Globe
Yankton, S. D. Bettye C. My res, of
Jacksonville, III., has been here seven
months to secure a divorce from her hus
band. Yesterday information was re
ceived that her husband had secured a
divorce from her at Jacksonville.
The Duke of Cambridge ha3 forbid
den the use of profanity by the officers
of the British army when they are ad
dressing the private soldiers.
CONVICTED OP A HORRID CRIME.
Hugh Dempsey Found Guilty of
Poisoning Non-Union Men at
Homestead.
Pittsbckg, Pa Hugh F. Dempsey,
district master workman of District As
sembly No. 3, Knights of Labor, was
found guilty as indicted for causing pois
on to be administered to the non-union
men employed in the Homestead mill.
The jury retired at 10:20 a. m. and after
being out until 1 :10 p. m. came in for
further instruct:ons from the court. The
judge told the jury that if they found
the defendant guilty at all it must be on
the first count, charging Dempsey with
assaulting W. E. Griffith with intent to
commit muider. Sevcial questions of an
unimportant nature, but which showed
plainly that the jury intended to bring
in a verdict of guilty, were asked, and
answered by the court Ten minutes
later they returned their verJict and were
discharged from further service with the
thanks of the court.
Dempsey was in a measure prepared
for the verdict and betrayed no signs of
emotion. He left the court room and a
crowd outside gatht red about him and
offered their sympathy, His attorney
said the verdict was a fulse one and he
would move for a new trial.
Shall Women Vote?
Thi TJ. S. Senate has had favorably
reported to it by Senator Warren, of
Wyoming, a joint resolution to amend
the Constitut.oD, extending the right of
suffrage to women. It provides that the
right of citiz nship shall not be denied
or abridged.by the United States, or by
any State,oujaccount of scx,and that Con
gress fch-ill have the power, by appro
priate legislation, to eniorce this provis-
ion
nority report, which stated tLat in the
first session of the Forty-seventh Con
gress a similar report was made by this
committee, accompanied by the views of
dissenting members, and the minority
believe that it cannot do better than tr
readopt the lat'er's ideas. The report
referred to was submitted by Senator
George cn June 5, 1882, and sets forth
that the matter in question involves the
rights of States, and should be left for
them to determine.
Uncle Jerry's Department Discovers
a Cure for Lumpy Jaw.
Washington, D. C Secret uy Rusk
has received from Dr. Salmon, Chief of
the Bureau of Animal Industry, a report
on the experiments and investigations be
ing made in Chicago in the treatment of
cattle fur actinomycosis, or "lumpy jaw."
The report concludes that the remedy
tried iodide of potassium is a remark
able success, 63 per cent, of the ca'tle
treated having been cured. The greater
part of these were very seriously affected
when taken for treatment. TlU report
shows the cost of the treatment to be
trifling by comparison with the results,
and it is also proved that the disease is
not contagious, twenty-one head of
healthy cauls having been confined in
close quarters with the diseased cattle for
three months without showing any signs
of being infected.
A Night in a Snow Drift.
Asheville, N. C. The train on the
Murphy branch of the Western North
Carolina Railnad which left Asheville
Tuesday morning struck a suow drift on
Balsam ' Mountain. Four extra engines
were sent to aid the train in getting
through, but noting could ba done, and
the train with its passengers, had to
spend the night in the drift, s;x feet deep
where it first struck. Wednesday morn
ing the luck was better, and the drift
was removed, the train reaching Murphy
in th5 afternoon. The train coining to
Asheville stalled on account of snow be
yon 1 the the Balsam, but was finally
helpei to Balsam where the passengers
spent the night and arrived here 30 ho irs
off schedul-'. The obstructions by snow
are the greatest in the history of the road.
A Modest Man.
Washington, D. C. Representative
Bunn, from the committee on claims, will
report adversely the claim for twenty
million dollars, being compound interest
at 10 per cent, for 110 years on $15,645
furnished by General Daniel Morgan, hero
of the Cow pens, (S. C.) as subsistence
for his troops in that memorable cam
paign. It is brought by Daniel Morgan,
of Wisconsin, his sole survivor. The
matter was fully investigated in the Treas
ury Depaitment by ths Third Auditor
and Register, and found to have been
paid off long ago.
A Historic House Burned.
Richmond, Va. Information was re
ceived here of the burning of the old
Bowlett house located on the south bank
of the James river opposite Dutch gap,
and famous in war annals. Theie was a
Confeieratj Lattery of artillery stationed
at this house during ihe war and while
General Butler was cutting bis canal
through Dutch gap, his troops were con
stantly fired upon from this point. It
was occupied by a family from Michigan,
who lost all their personal tffects. The
loss is $1,500, with no insurance.
Western Civilization Transplanted in
the SDuth.
Radford, Va. -The w fe of A. W.
Fillie, who came here from Iiiinoi3 re
cently, was found chiin d i:i a deser ecl
b rn near town. Fillie had spread a
s'ory that the waman was insane and
would soon be sent to an asy!um. She
proved perfectly sane. It is supposed
that Fillie and a woman, who parsed as
his houss-keeper, were trying to put Mrs.
Fillie out of the way. Fillie is under
arrest and the jail is heavily guarded, ai
there is danger of a lynching.
South Carolina Places $2,000,000 of
Her Bonds.
Columbia, S. C. Governor Tillman
has entered an agreement with the Balti
more Trust and Guarantee Compauy to
purchase $2,000,000 worth of 4 1-2 per
cent. State bonds at par. The induce
ment offered U $130,0U0, amount of pemi
annual interest on stock, whiih is to
bear interest on stock, which is to bear
interest from January 1, '93, to July 1,
'93. The Supreme c ourt yesterday de
cided that th3 Governor had a right to
pay six months interest as a bonus.
THE WORST IN FORTY YEARS.
Telegraph Poles and Wires Down and
Business Suspended in Charleston.
Charleston, S. C Charleston was
completely off from till telegraph com
munication north and m st. Tlni only
connections possible were with Savannah
and Jacksonville. The Western I'uion
wires are down from Florence ti Charles
ton, 108 miles, and for miles along the
South Caiolina Railroad, from diaries
to Augusta. Friday morning the regular
passenger train on the Jouth Carolint
Railway was delayed greatly by telegmph
poles and wires which were blown across
the track, and it was nete-sary to send a
wrecking train ahead of the passenger
train before the latter could move. Trie
graph wires are also prostrated. Linemen
have been sent out to repair the damage.,
but the t legraph mn.ager here says it
will take a week or ten days to get th
wire-son the South Carolina line in good
working order again. Connection will
be made by ihe Atlantic Coast Line.
There has been a practical suspension
of business ou change, and the bulls and
bears nursed their frost-bitten lingers
while counting their chances on the auti
option bill. The weather here has been
very wet and jaw. The thti momoter
at night was at freezing uoint.
RX-PRESIIJENT HAYESDEAD.
The End Cam to Him at His Hom3
at Fremont, O.
Fremont, Ohio. Ex rrc-iU-nt Ruth
erford B. II iyc3 died unexpectedly at II
o'clock Tuesday night. 11 is death was
peaceful
The funeral too't place Friday after
noon. His remains weie baric 1 in Oak
wood Cemetery b sMe those of his lalJ
wife.
JNo JKLore Jjynctung;.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Raleigh, N. C. Thi Legislative
Committee on Judiciary decided to make
a favorable report ou a bill intended to
put a stop to lynching. It imposes a
penalty of $500 aud imprisonment on any
person engaged in a lynching. It also
holds the authorities of a county respon
sible if a lynching occurs. The Gover
nor will be allowed to send c jude aud
Solicitor directly to the place where a
lynching occurs and try any persons con
cern! d in the affair.
An Ice Gorga at Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn. For tho second timft
known an ice gorge has formed in the
Mississippi river at Memphis. The ice
began to make its appearance Thursday
night along the city front, and now large
cakes are banked up in the bend of the
river in front of the Auch r line elevator.
The town3 along the Missi sippi without
railroad facilities are threatened with a
coal famine.
Eight Killed.
Pkovidence, R. I. A dreadful acci
dent occurred at a crossing near Lons
dale, on the Providence & Worcester
Railroad. A tl -ighbig party from Taw
tucket, returning from a dance and sup
per at Woonssacket, was struck by the
locomotive of a freight train, .'m l eight
persons were ins'antly killed and l'i in
jured . Of the injured it is feared 8 or 10
v. ill die
Put a Bullet in His Brain.
Richmond, Va. Thomas G. Jackson,
A prominent member of the Richmond
bar, f-hot himself through th ; temple and
killed himself while alone in his room.
Jackson was a great sufferer from wounds
received during the war and had been in
ill health foi ieveral months.
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. 1
In the Senate.
2iST Dat. Most of the session was occu
pied by a discussion o? the Nicaragua Canal
bill Then the Anti-Option bill was enti
tled to consideration; but Air. VVoicott (in
opposition to that measure) move! to pro
ceed to the consideration of thi first bill on
the calendar. Tne vote on Mr. VVolcitfs
motion was nine to tiiirty-ons (ih quorun).
Adjournal.
22n Day. The Anti-Option bills was dis
cussed The Mc(rarrthan Cliim bill was
the text of several spseches.
'io Day. A bill to repsal the purchase
of silver bullion was re ortel by Mr. Sher
man fron the Finance Committer 'Va3
Senate refuse 1 to pass tie Mc J-irraaiti bill
over the veto The Anti-Optioa bill was
discusse.t.
24m Day. Itnni3Jiita aljjurn nenfc was
ordered oat of respect to the tnsrrory of ei
President Hayes.
25th Day. The Anti-Option bill was dis
cussed Mr. Wolcott introiucsl ai
amenimentto the Sitvef Purc&asa ll-jpsat
bill A bill to enforc? xhi Sun lay cloias
of the Fair was presentei Mr, Woicotc
proposed tD discmtiau3 tii? sale ol the Col
umbus postage stamp?.
26th Day. The Senate adjournal at oac3
out of respect to ex-President Hayes's me n
ory. In the House.
24th Day. Toe ti:ne was principally con
sumed in the coasi ieratioa of t'aa bill rati
fying the areineat; with thi Casr
Nation of luiians for ths c?s;iu t- th-s
United States of tlie tract o? Ian 1 kno .vn as
the "Ch ro IP's outlet,'' ta 3 Govern neat to
appropriate 5S,0u'J,')0J t carry out its rare
ot the contract S .-cratary Fosfcar, 0 th3
Treasury, sent in a req.i3st tor an aporoprl
ation ot $X0 for batii housjs ani disinfect
ing apparatus at Cm Lj v, San ly Hook,
N. J., these improvdur-nti liivinr b?an
red amended by Surgeon-'Janeral Wymin.
25th Day. A resolution prazosin; a con
stitutional amendment for popu'ar election
of .Senators wa3passei The Swamp Lini
bill was defeatad.
26th Day. Mr. Brosius introlucsi a bill
for tae issue of twj per cen'. bonis an 1 tho
repeal of the silver purcaasj law A tew
private measures were passeJ, and the Cmi
mittee on the Judiciary having, uaier a
prior order, tha right of way, callei up
some bills of seoaalary imoirtiac;.
27th Day. The SunJry Civil bill and the
report on tae Reading deal wire presented
The announcement of the death oL ex
President Hayes was than made by Mr.
Haynes, of the Fremont (Ohi) distric:. Re
marks upon the life and public serv.'css of
Mr. Ilaye3 were male by Mr. O'Neill, of
Pennsylvania, and others who sjrve 1 in the.
House" with the ex-President. Than the
House adjourned out of respect o" the ex
Presideni's memory.
.izTH. Day. Oiiatorv tactics defeated
action on the hill appropriating tl03,0J0 for
the erection of a monum?nt to the prison
s hp martyrs in Brooklyn, and on the meas
ure for construction of two revenue cutters
for the Pacific coast Several amendments
to th interstate Com tierce law ware passed
The National Quarantine bill was the
nextia order, but its opponents succeeded
in stavin? it on.
29T3 DAYThe Deficiency Appropriation
bill was rs.iAgted, after whic'a the Hans
adjourned ia memory of ex-Presidsst