TO THE INTERESTS OF SOTTTHPOBT AHD BBTOTSWICK COTOTY.
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SOCIIPOKT, X. C.; THUK8DAY, IAY 7, 1SJ1.'
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BY: THE f LEADER'S "
SPECIAL CQSH.ES PONDENT.
i ft
. i iuilint;fl&jyik 4.-J Mud.
Farmtrs' AlUaiice, 4UjJ . whether thev
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u-Mihl nil vote toirwther. The Alliance
.4 f '. i i ' t4 ,1 u i
U'proMntatiTe narw a a nno loitght
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nhy of cxpnsing their preferences, if
J$jft!fa?iiinliu5 themselves 1
with saying that tl-y proposed sup-
Krring the candidate who was willing
to )Hkj Oie '-niiisf- concessions Jo Ihoir
-pri D ci Jr-sJ ; Vn - t'reseJl tat i vu : ' E I .
iiiundsof A'irgii.ia who is here for a
unv on iu looking aiier me iiiieris ;
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fomft OI "is coir.-tituenis,-is
wVri.Xiiiwjw iihiwiui
whom I have talked. lb; said: am
forCri-Ifois one TofMlic ablest :Usi' plClM at all aloni? tll(J
men in the t House, and lie has re-; f," y tlv Lttobldl QvJ tu'
umm. .-,-,--..-vw-w . : occmv in an elior to renel a CieiTnan
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(lenuK:rat, as well as au .MlraJice inan ,
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vim i iiu anvii'i iuv iininn:i iuu
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caucus, ami .will of course Ie bound bv
its decision;
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If ltbetrue, as lhavobeen informed,
that the liquor dealers of the count rv J
pro,H making an organized light i
nponthecnnaidacy of IHehtative ;
Crist. I,ausf hfe lieii.tr a prohibi-1
tiomst. it is probal.le I hat th Ailiauce i
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intoxicating
Jjquors7 Still it iis'a serious qustion
J he American Medical Association
will meet in annual convention h-n-
to-morrow.. , There will Is. inon; than j.
a thou.siujd regularly credited delegates
MiML.iu-j.'4xMsci:-a...UiaUtitei-u .will. W
aUiut than limes 'as 'many visiting
piivsiciats. ; The convention ;wili !aM
four davft.
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Rehring Sm jias been for 5-er;il
days ..the uhjectoi: ;imny-; ruLors
probably becans- of the fact that thej
sealing season will-be -open in a f.u j
days
First it Wiussjiid that Secrei.-.r j
Fwter had iustrucUnl the commau
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ot the revenue cutters to seize ali
vessels caught illegally taking seals;
h.ouiu naioiui jorin py.-iH'aKer oiilnvasloIJ of Fr;j
men u.av all 15 iiiclimul to suppjrf V"- : ."."-aK'.v vp ' rrt5ident Charl-s K. Tavlor savs ! - : Frida- May 1
him, as m-arly all of them :o-
ctes Of temrance and natural oppo ; the deserud .hoI(S aiul J- ,0'00
whether any man can be elected w'Jso a; rt Jhe aflairs of the j u the dvik of (apt. E.AI. Stam ps f" ,J,rtCl"'',y Jr j idistuibance which occurred at Leisen-
U opp.SiHl" by the whiskey- meii,.V llt nmliV YlanlT who for :o 1: anytki , wis president v'?r,;J.)0 of ! oi eml1oyfs aPPed rmg.x0. :j, Uniontown, i'a,, last night,
great an inUnence do they comiuami instate of affairs, and its shares have of the dim-tors of tU "initentiaryj ft'r vrdayaml were as s, Waant8 have chm-ii swornout for the
our .litics.. - ' (talleiidO Kr eeiit.' Q'J t 1 - i the'Stata : lias siifere'd' ; 'loss':"''.tliei l.l.?w?r ''P Mri?r,i ;: . : wrest.Un!r:-Supertiitendent- XSray, - two
men mat r.ngianu proposcu senuing , - EHUlUl!n jj, will.
half a dozen war shqis there for the j M WillnojS Lal:x.ashi,,.
p.:riH.se of forcibly rescuing any vessel j' flt L,.iccsU.r t!C ,i,sease has devel
filing utjder the Rrttish Hag H't .atoa dangerous epidemic s
might be seized. Rut little is known ' .
. ' i , , , : Ten thousand carpenters and joim rs
iKitivelv of tlh present status. of the : . r , , , . ,, ,
, , . ,'m London met atifdav in Hvde lark
matter, J.ence he rumov-s. , J he special . " .
t t Ui in suptwrl, of 4,000 of tiieir nunibfi:
agents of the Treasury Department , 11 .. , ,. .
, who went out on a str.Ke for higher
have recommended that ail sealing I e
. - I w ages.
etopled for one or more Reasons, tuH--''?---'-' -:
i,rvent th.etioh of tlu, IsJand ! Thirty thonsand miners and iron
Sir Julian, lauiicefoU., the Rritish
MinbtdVbas inim ted1 thai hUgov-J
eminent would k 'to that ir the j
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L niunj states wouiu see iiia ius ciu i
zens caught no seak Rut this pnw
siton Is vieiifly AppOsodbvi? the
North:Ae.ricaDiJ:,ur.5CooHWnyrtheHte the course of the
present lessees of the sealing privilege,
i i in nullum f i nil mi in. MimtmtmMWli M n m t'Til" f-V . .
Mdiidi du thatUiere wa scarcity .f
BeifJ. tetirt4stefhjtsJWnt J.
Stauloy Rrpwn, onctt the priv
4iry of tfesi JeniUarUeldl, id
mid rtTxirt tn him the condition
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have ,ha4 several conferences on this
matteUnU' It tfiteV are not
in entire accord thereon 5
in tniire accoru uun-ou.
Th Trttiirtf TVtiiirttnent is takini?
steps to have the new immigration law
strictly enforced, and Assistant i-crc
.UryJttlctoxkwho pent lasUsreekJu j
bftbil mxjiifltlnrnn.rcitVclattse of
v,.. y.tru niiirviii.r itc working 1 ' inai piace oy , iwo i inei vac - ,. '-.
.New x ork, onsen nig 1U orking, 1)ro,lncers. . . . t . , , . , , , a tU for higher ages and shorter honra.
f-t-hrtAn f Jenkins who formerly resided there .,.., . . ;,. . f
ffirofOTESuL' wVH P-',nd the other ai,l Hall, who ' T'.' T' ,' ,
felftaill k Xt$W Mni"V ' therc "C?'"g itobc. Georgia detective. -The men" , ' -'l3 f' .
S ilfii? -J-( -V I scenes occasioi.e.1 by a demand for a nrtw Col IScr-vK in GeorHa AcottDacomPr.st Clelmm. Texa
iWr-rewWiMffapen. - , ......iiiiiHl I'viMf,' .C.. ' UrS7r . ? ' turned VeVtcrdiV rrith7(HWl
ri'Ti !i v. vw.nw,, t.w. -vr-r 4 Then he liatt luem uaooei anu as inev , -
"MKW US I Minister of the Intenor. ou the ground " v,.'' rottrW'
... j v.- vw ! -ii . ' 'vw... o-. cimntv laiLHiiev went,' iuk. ?iuen , ...
tnvc'ul rficfriroctLV wait U ftudd'orto f ;. u, wlVl- - &ah shot idii WitiLtUih. will ainonnt to $00,005 on
-"'"Vr i limvn HtFoiirmies on .Ma isu rix uuruie cwnt reiosry nniaTMrin hj- ia ivmai m.-.ai.-
tLerclCinVUrifit caiotiffer
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TUe Farmed Allbncblreaayaa
permanent headq6artt-herc, anCitis
expected that both the Vcpabhcait-and
ueinocraiq parties .win f snortiy loiiow
suit, so that 4Vneptoowill ere long
be the seat of xiticaFbtie again.
dangefrfUcleficiti.i thyTreWuryjand
that his decurfoh t6 continue the fonr
Jmd PJT cent bemd .tha will 1
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maim - c next tt?tnit;raC2
iHAiuiu iiuAi. ?,neiHi.x;r at i per cent.
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wiavafy Ljbae hetJimks be
ecaii tve
if POSEiraTlEWSJCOHDENSED
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All the printers in Home, Itnlv, ;
stnicl list AVl-duesHa Jn no pat;r:. j
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: wWfiiiWWy rsiiai 1 i . i
p,..'
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newspapers
announce that
Kivnct trvoofi th'lrnVon
lan. b;inr drilled and exereis.nl nurhtlv
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on an iininense - scaie. l roons are
mv in an ellorVto rerH'i
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;tiza epidemic m hnglaijd
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Ling Efist Kent, fioth men ;
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1 he Hitliienz
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ls iiowravagin
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lllllll lir.rv.-iJ I ml 1W 1 J ft AAf. rl l.ir t
materially fromjtr.3 Ofiif madtrVnli
,, , , T, y Mitade-such prettvspeedies, etc., pulhl
IilMrtf from ay. Brts f England i . , 1 1 , , ' ,
; . ' 4 fv - .. .jlhawjol over the legislatures eves
show that the epidemic is spreading, i ... . . i , J
r t - j , ; . ,i , , .. 1 , ; and mdtTccdthcrnto pass "thtrfiTtrantl
Pill Mllil flfirtllt -UhhI. or ks:Miri t hi'i'iM ... i 1
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I "l ftl-W? Jtsf are
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. Ti.a.inn. out oi j
Ay res at 250 ptn-eent. preinium
J lKpoJice of Paris4 on Al.nl :50th, j
,n the afternoon, arrested loi:t :)0 !
Anarchists and Socialists av dun grrou i
;hafH:jjV,!like' tojiTitkea tlisUtv.bauci-
on-M4y" i ' "4; 'i ' (
A mob in Rome, on May 1st during !
x s,,,.(.ch bv an Anarchist, stoned the I
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eiiHiiriiii'siwIio ; tIiertBnSn .liitl nrniii
rlu. rjuters and the ii fai.try charged
tjK. lu.ust'-s from which the stones
,a)j j.,, tliroWU.? (),m,of the rioter
.vas kljh.d and about thirl v othei:
l,,Ili..! .n,l i.lu.et I l.ir: v tl.ei?
vounded. two of then, beintr member;
i -d ChamU-iv.tf . Deput nT iQhq gend
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irm, was kiiled
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cad
The infiuenza. or trrnuM. is snr
,kt'rs itl thc (leroi 'district
IMgtum,, haye.strnCk wfk in spite of
manifests tssued by the council ol
workine-ineu urcintr tlie men not to iro
i i i1 M
lrik J7M 4
T Cardinal Manuipg has wntten a
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j Diptheria i
; SileaiUi
Diptheria is 'raging in Sagjm in
0(
! AustrKJil iidiiTgimUh Cher time
at Monte cirlo, , Shu gives all her
wiiinins' to : VuS-it v
, winnings to, cnaruy,
t . -v -,
j hj t AVetphalr thov (Jcrman fevern -
men were, ki
seribnslv Inlc
r uoiti Ultwu 4pniujuui laiMJUUll nt 1 his li-i f, i rnniinw rrum Mr il ' ;
Th
theilschoola tftav l?eh j week's issie v( "the Intelligeiicer will ;cluk ufjou J. P. Rickniau of Ilcndcr-
atesecre-i closed. Twentv scho 1 children died be its last. The new paper, U so it 'sonviile, N. C.. , . , .
examine i of 4be Jia4tithuiaM iars yj j nia5' Uo termed, will mi Entirely f The total ? amount of gold orderel
of thert Trwr rfo?,l,,Yfo y nr' th new outut, ana jwiu. m?3 xc Tgrcariv f cxrHirtfat. New. York to-dav is
uhent hia nlacea isomo orders," for coal ;?' - . , ... , f burir and at Chattar obca. airnentera.'
. , , . . v r , Hi. i. Rurgwyn, a leaamg cuizen oi4 . . ,.f s 1 i
with airents of Amencanand Luglish . , . ; . , wimtenr and boiler makem have struck
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THE STATE CAPITAL.
. iADIh0 tOPICSOP THE WTSK
L , AppATTTnn
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KALnon, N'. C, May 5 The colore.!
people have imitni a wcil-tnnod addrw
to their race in the South, in connec- j
.u m-IU wniwi at uie t
Jt sets forth j
'tliatth Southern white man i
is f be niHii .who is ; really aid ing - the :Wv scatd injj the? fireman:" : -Uegft
and it calls upon the blacks toi -wiiWnr,. rnm.
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citizens:
i ins m- proper war 10 . .
jPnt
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the case, and the call iroes out i
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or the South must show t.hat l;e is
f . ' ;
doing to ad vance
: i lie ix?si mieresis oi
jtbe country,; Tim pride of the racer
must 1k nronsed in tho-negro. That '
very objeet is one of the specialities of
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SHcli able men as Rev. Joseph O. Price.
.n. -hi1 Y .,
1 ue negroes will have a s?eeial build-!
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nig at the Ksnosiuon gi-oimds, -with t
i ji
.000 toctvf IhK.r stice.: " ;
loere is a grat ? leal of talk just
now u i )ou i wie iemjKraiJce icxi uooks
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which the dast ! legislature prescribe!
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for the public schools. Some of the
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people rr tsaymg tliat the lady who
tliat elie Irks'a'cotivrifit1 oil the i ?j66ks
n question: niie. matter 6ihTToT?e Cjjief of 8taff : at tf - r tlC t)f
unfavoral.y ct.mtnt 'amM mat l,v:,...d v,:.r
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,,,.,1 I0OI)ld
e! Rostwick. of .'New; York, 'next wck
is little dotUt." tiiat .tlie worry under-i
goie in, connection wiU tue failure u
he State National Rnuk, hwd much t(.
do witli causing his deathr lie lost all
his projrty ' by th'e.faiiure of tluibankj
:VVUC at one time lu was the presi -
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atP1a,1,nV3tcmct'r
fequestli? a lt-Ubout
twenty .in vita: l j. s to deliver r.coin-
'"ehcenient addresses have thus far
! hilil,- but lu Could OIlK' accept
' ,:om ,J hl,;l. but he cou.d onjy accept
I ,xv WMl$ ')eIi!',!lVl a n'
: I . 1 l ;." l . t
i 'lHncy iov.-ari wuiciiuouai topics as ..is ...
;tM'i.'iI f-i vjir:fiv: illnr Sirri'farv of
r State is .also nn i ablti speaker, with a
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voice of grauu volinna 1
, ( lie liy'dbigQfiti'achei-s' institutes is
iiipojrilxupUcjJJtJs,
season ju the? conntry: and ibeaceJl'c
suspension, as it' always is : desired to
get a good attendance of the general
j public' " These institute have done
wonders in developing and populari
sing the public school system.
The Oyster U-dmmissonf"rs: V. II.
Lucas, J. A. Holmes and Adam War
ner, will make the most "earnest efforts
tjp carry, out! tlito proisidgs 'ofthe
oystcr,;law. j tUuless theso- ae t ricly
carrietl out not much good will rsult
AThh OCfeftItiidjOyorYor, aid tlie
Intelligencer coiisolidattnl will retain
I he of the
former, paper. This'
rcmbWjhcM Mer.
j : -J utercsUufil argued
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Noilly one" of the many -phases of
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matter wnicn lias surrti ine town 01,
! n!?90? P5 JaU af Q "1
Wiwi I 5 n tTi'wa V 3TrJe"il " W h i ta ker
sustaimril.e clerfcaiel then Jcukicsj
wid Hall carried the case, to tli S'i
I preiiie Cti rt. ,7 . ' , 'tt '
WEEKLY .SEWS 'SJJMMAEY.
HAPPEIIEIG3 INiTHISiCOinaY
t . . FOB. THE PAST WKHif ,.
- TJnxrsday. April 33. ' ,
1 rIer of 'a Uoconiotive oil the
ionic- WktCTtown & Ogdenbdrg rail-
Toad txpI6leI tn the anls at Oswego,
yestetdav,1CTllins the engineer,
Jnfifil OnrrimlnW instantlv and terri-
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of - V- nutcliirisou a dis
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ins Unaneial stanvUng. 1
Chatinooga. Venn., was Visited by
a terrible " sco:iflagration esterday j
"r 1 v j ""Jt
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T I 1 I 1 Tl I II IF I llfl II TO a J I I T I l"ll"III Il I 9V I s
a a.1 lktirt rt-ftli tlirk rvi"Allrkt
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rfurv for fpur 'hours when it was gotten
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I under control ' i he loss will probably
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amount to .u uuu. eventy-Ilve
r ; , : ,t.- fill,i.
irer'iit ears, iiii ui mum uiipu iu
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whvimI ! I n 1 1 1 1 i f 5 in tint Imonncc
cvitlul liiv- I'UU'lllli;.-' til mv uikhiv:
tortlou of the city.
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Henry -liariistein, a wholesiilc shoe
i i i it i , u i n-
dealer in Mobile A Ia.f hat fAUed.;JIis
liabilities are estimated to .be about
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8'.000, -and assets between 0.000
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!aud 0',ot)O., . : : ; . ,
Hien. Armi.tead I . Tioiig, Gen. lAt'a
jf the sur-
!Va.,
fn.'iu,t.
Tl:(! .strike at the. Michigan Car CVs
' uiero
were.
C0.44D immigrants
i landed. .af tle .port ot, rsew 1 ork
j during the month of April, thehig..est
I n'umlwr for ApiUsince 18S2. The
nuinl.KT.h'mletl' dnrHigApril last year
1 was 49,000. , "
i C:,shier.lL W. Covinirtons Accounts?
lat the l-'armeW aad Traders' National
: ....
J nai,k Montgomery, Ala., have been
.ftnUllj lu 2O,0.- short-: The
aluount has been made good by the
j sijrwLI.,l.li.i n
j.tockhole,g nd husiness- will
be
resnuieil, , :;-
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fsician and scientist of Philadelphia,"
died vesterdaV. i '
Saturday, May 2.-
R. G. Dud ; & i'o's weekly review of
tlie past moksays: Rrtsincss is large
in volumeand sustainetl by tlte generid
coiifitlence as to the future. Trade at
most Western and Southern points is
f encouraging. Retter Wi'Ather helps at
all Western. points. Trade improving
at Louisville, Nashvslle-und Atlanta,
with a decided strength at St. Louis.
f Rustness barely fair at New Orleans
and actne at Pittsburg. Failures for
the week, 2S- against 285 for the
Dr. R. V. (Joodwyn, alias K. C.
Ilpstou was arrestcl Thursdav in Cin
cinuati charged by; A, M. lirpwnell,
of Richmond, Va., with, forging -a
;$,S20tooO. . '
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in : fimsl.e.1 ; lU dehberations Tterday
and found indUnenU
ajcrent trades uuiattm a "" for Ugamst men ; for jury lnbin& one
an eight hour dar at' NcwA ork Ustf. .t .1.. i.n... -
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are out for the same reason at RtW
a facing
. hidi therc
It has l?3en ascertained at Inlen
- jtwn, X. jJ., that, the Jern v ho
attinpt4 the wpl:iir f the r.x
on the Pennsylvania railroad near
Yardville'on Wlnemlav, was a 12
year old boy named Harry Waller. '
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, The Masons ; of letn, Hoanoko
county, Virginia, will erect a trnplc
to cost 40,000.
Sheriff McCormick and deputies
evicted fifteen families at Adelaide,
Pa., yestenlay tnl- oh Monday will
evict twenty-uino others at Ijeinring
iXo. 1. - '
Tlie funeral of Oeh. A. I. Iong was
leld at Cbarlotuy iile. VaM at 2 o'clock
yosieraay. All busuiesswssu3H?niei
tho funeral wasTattehded bv thous-
U.;ir.r nr,,.i
A disastiwis fire ccurred at Scran-
mi, lVnn.. yesterday moniiug. ,The
lVoples Street Uailway, Cos building
with twentv-u:ne ehx-t ric , ers were
bununl and the Republican building
was partially destn.ye!. Tlie losj will
foot up alMjut $100,000.
r ' monaay.jxaay . ki j
Kx-SocretaryofkVar, Taft had!
another reunisu yostenlay at his home
in San. Diego, Cal.
and . his , death is
nioiiientarily exiK-ctetl.
; 'Despatches from points in Northern
Minnesota' and Iowa say that a sharp
frost prevailed Saturday night doing
much damage to1 young wheat, oats
and the fruit crop. ; : t
Mej?senger lnjy3 1 employe! by the
Western Union sand Commercial
Union Telegraph (Jo's at Tortland Me.,
have struck for an advance in wages
from JJ to 3 cents per message.
Due mau was killed and ouo or two
i
others injured by deputy sheriffs m a
1,1,05 andtwo-of therinkertougiurds
: charging them -vnth murder.
Sister Mary Agatha Russell, founder
of the Convent of the Sisters of Visita-
tation in St. Paul, Minn., and the
oldest Visitant in America, died at
the Convent in lhat city yesterday, of
old age. . . '
Tuesday, May 5.
Jesse H. Lippincott, New Vork, sole
kssee of the Ameiican (iraphophonc
Co., and president of the North Ameri
can Phonograph Co, has failed. Lia
bilitieS unknown at pre.s?nt. He has
preferred creditors to the amount of
ovct 23,000.
One thousand carpenters at Newark
N. J. went on a strike yestei-da'y for
an eight hour day.
The President and Cashier of the
North River Rank, New York City
have lxn arrestetl charged with falsi
fying the records of the bank. -They
were placed under bonds of 15,000
each.
President IJarrison and party arrived
at Red Rluff, Cal, yesterday morning
on their wav to Oregon. Thv were
given a cordial reception.
r TTedacadiy. May 6.
1 : Frost has done great damage in
Mkssacbu.wtts,Connecticut, Nev York,
Vermont, Indiana and Michigan. Fruit
and garden tmck is badly iujnred. At
North Troy, Vt., thc ground was cov
ered with snow vesterday.
The grand jury at New Orleans
i uivui uu-iK uuomib
r Nebraska's Supreme Court has ren
dered its decision ousting the Demo
cratic candidate, Boyd, from the Gov.
eruorship and r declaring his opponent,
Thayer, aiUovernor. , , '
1 The coal breakers of i the Kingou
Coal Company, t rwardsTHlel.,
together with several boiler and me
chanic hott.e and other' buiMingu,
burned yesierday. .The loss - will be
about $'2S0, 000. '
A cavem oecuired at McNamani
Pros' oro mines, Uinniugham, Ala
yesterday, killing two men and wound-
mg three otIer-.
f THE CITY ELECTION.
LIGHT VOTE CAST A CLOSE
CONTEST FOE ALL OFFICES.
Although do fonnal Minuanomirat
was made, tins tr-publicans had tlieir
ticket in the Geld for tho annual h.
tion of Mayor and Aldermen, which
was held in this city on Monday last.
Great interest was hown on both eideM,
and while everything passed off quietly
there was a hustling, after voU-a until
the polls cUed. Neither fiilo Iiad ita
full vote out. Tlie following was the
vote j tolled: ; . . . .
For Mayor.
I). 1. Watson, I democrat, 102.
M. FurjHft Hepubhcan, U7.
. Aldermen.
JIri J fr Keith u , ltepn bl ican, 1 02.
JJ. A 'n'itmf Uepnblican, loi.
.11 Ihtxhrr; Republican, 100.
Hkharl IkWher Jr., Democrat, 100.
AVtilidth Wet'ks, Ikmocrat, 1 00.
-I. fV ll't rr. Republican, 99.
, H F.JhyM; Republican, 09,
K. JVivvt; IVmucrat !V 1
R. M. Wescott, Democrat, 9.".
W. II. Tyke, Democrat, 03.
Their Flnt Meeting.,
A calletl nie?tiiig of tho ncwly
elected.Citv.CouuciLwas held on Mav
til Hi l Mil .i.,fJ ' i:lf:
Mayor Watson announced the elec
tion of tho following: D. I. Waton
mayor; Wm. Weeks, Richard Doaher
Jr.. KL A. Grissom,- Moses McKcithan,
and Asa Dosher, a.1 ahleruien.
The newly electwl aldermen were
then sworn iu by the Mayor.
Asa Dosher, as clerk of the previous,
board read the minutes of the last
regular meeting, which were approved.
The Mayor was then sworn in by
W. S. Dosher, CUtrk of the Superior
Court, and then made a sliort address,
to the new Roanl, calling attention to.
some; of tl e provisions of the city
charter.
Charles McDonald, (col.) was thei
elected constable and tax-collector ami
D. I. Watson, treasurer.
Tlie lloard then decided that the
treasurer and tax-collector must each
give a justified bond for the amount
of00r u ',. ... ;
It was 'decided, ..to advertise in tho
Lkadkk for bids for furnishing mate
rial, keeping r m repair and lighting
the street lamw for one year, bids to
be opened May 10th at 8 p. in.
It . was further decided that tho
regular meetings of thc Roard should
be on the first Friday of each mouth
at 8 p. m.
Aldermen Richard Dosher Jr., and
Asa Dosher, were appointed by the
I lay or to have a rw.m prepared at the
Academy for the use oft he Roard.
The following bills were prvsentiHl
and ordered aid: W. T. Ilaggelt, $D;
II ; K Phelps, registrar, $2,75, J. X.
Daniel, iwll holder,$J; II. RO. Mints,
poll holder, Whitfield OnfHn, 111
holdcr, $2; John Kvans, poll-holder,
$2. Hie meeting then adjourned.
Storm at Wilmington.
Tlie Wilmington ,SW of that city
says that a storm of wind, rain and
hail, of remarkable severity,, .' visited
Wilmington about I o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, blowing lown treea and
fences, unroofing houea and smathing
window janes. Almost the entire tin
roof of the Industrial Manufacturing
Corojiauy" building was blow n off and
other damage done. Rhcinntein k C6s
wholesale dry goods house had its roof
partly blown off; the Diamond saloon
had its sky light broken; four hundred
panes of gls were broken at the Wil
mington Cotton Hills; the stock of
clothing in Lee JJegitera store was
damaged by rain; fifty-two window
jAne broken at Kidder's mill; several
telephone poles were Uown over.
Messrs., Alex Sprunt k Son pive
timely aid to the Industrial Manufac
turing CbVy fnrniihing canvas to
cover goods exposed to the rain.
- Tt , dwelling of Mr. J. Dickxou
McIUe, at Easy 1IH1. about two miles
from the city, was destroyed by fire
yestenlay about noon. No particulars
of the 0 re were learned. Mr. MelUe
and wife were on their way to Wil
mtngton when the fire broke out.
Wilmington Star.
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