DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHPORT AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY.
vol- 2. Xo. :m.
SOUTIIPOKT, X. C, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 18il.
PRICE FIVK CTKXTH
THE STATE CAPITAL.
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LEADING TOPICS OP, THE WEEK
AT RALEIGH.
ItALKifwr, X. C , Septemler 22.
The revenue officers are 'now verv
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uy looking after the licensed distrf- j
Jcr of brandy that they have no time !
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to oevoieio irie inoonniners. uie
1 ., t ..i- n rn .t-t uinlv mriri lUrliwr tliiin i
"tl"-.' v ' v , t footing in the country, sav othen
they lined to be, m working near;. , . , . " " .
J , is certainly losing ground in the
towns. .
The fhiilroad Commission will on !
the :Dth nut.; take . up, the matter of
express ; charges.-- I ht express allega-
tion is made tliat there i no standard
basis for rates and that the general
t.nMu 'inmt understand tliem. The
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sis in liie ca.jt: oi me njjegidjm c;in
jiitliies. There arc now 215 pupils in the
white and colored departments, or
rather institutions, for the deaf mutes
and the blind. ;&pacu is greatly needed,
Imt it is of cHjrse cerUiin that it will i
uot be obtained until the white deif ; tiago to recognize the provisional gov
mutes ccupy tlie new institution for ; ernment of Chile.
them at Morganton.' : : J J! President Carnot and his cabinet
The great.-st musical event in tli ?
State will ni the, music festival here, !
October I and 2, and certainly the ie-i
presentation of " the, -ocal and instrii- j
mental taleiit jn -North Carolina will J
be larger than - ever before. Such!
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festivals ought real I v to be held each 1
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veiir.
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I'lu'se are busv davs at the bxposi-
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tiin grounds
There is the usual great
ruah in the last few ' tlays, and even
then some peoplu-will be btdiind hand
The public in North Carolina certainly
exjweted cheapi:r rates than the rail
r.nida i.liave grantwl, "and the rate
Vliould have been a cent a mile from
an point in. North Carolina. Asit is,
many people will not come, pecans.-!
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thev cannot atTord it, and thus wilh
miss secii.g wJjat really
promises t j
, be a line.exliibit. Juterest in the Ex-
! p..itioii it a great, or perliaps greater,
m other S ales than in tlrs,
The (piestiou of privileges to com
im .ji ci.i ra rs Comes up lor settlement
bv the Uailroad Commission Octobci
Ji). If an express com any is'firmeo
and o lie is t pay a railway compan
fui transporting its parcels, etc.; can
the railway tetusv to do So. upon tin
ground that it has a contract witi.
niit'ther express company. Such i
the case as now presented, and o.
-oiirs' it is ; offpeculian intnt. Tin
railways allege that the contract l.
niaile am! also that they have not room
to provide Tor more than oiiecbmpany.
There was never a nght-of way case
'which led to a more stubborn legal
light than the one which eom.5J up
next week at Fittshoro, concerning
the legal rights of the '-North Carolina
railway in Durham. When the road
was built -there, was no town. Now
the railway claims the regulation dis
tance on cither side of its track, while
the town lavs claim-to-the same.--V.
There are nudiv of the rank and
lil; of the republicans here, who are
inimical to the protective tari IT league
which has been formed. They regard. j The Sultan of Turkey has given a At last the pressure for the removal ' nuisioners at a salary tole fixed here
it as Ut that all work Ikj domMii
secret. '' The party seeks to get new
blood in its ranks. It wants to put
the negro lehind it.
The Supreme-Court wiil meet next
Friday and will examine applicants
lor attorney s license, there being now
twentV of thee. Monday the call of
cases from the first district -begins.
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None of the district dockets are heavy.
1 lie riaie n earner aciie jjo iu
4G frost warningtations and will per.
haps have more, The season is late
and the iobacco crop will need siial
1 he State weather service now has
care. It is' really about half a crop macodH by bis . owii.'haud. " He com
ami is eurinir tolerablv well. : ...;,i i.. t vu,o,.. .mr.
Could not soino means be devised
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of a Xorth Carolina buildin- The i
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space alloteil tnis oiaie is e.ceocmi
located V rendezvous for the people
who ire natives of the State ou,r!it
certainly be provided It vvi)l be a
d li.rlt V tl em t!in ome iKoile
count on what a Xorth Carolina legis
lature will jdo.
And , now Col. Polk says in his
newspaper that the bosses" in Xorth
Carolina sought to indnce him to be
Governor! What 'drosses" and wlien?
Do any of your readers know. It j
inust mean the democratic bosses rlu,,l5U" 13 ' uiug -uio -.oene-Who
are thev? fit of the presence of an unusually
How is the Third mrtv comimr on ! large "umber of the prominent mem-
I It is d,d. lv ,n Vims a. strDtri,,crs of h Vty hi .Washington, but
rs. u j
lie Alli-I
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i a in tiii. hi iii'i l i. vi 1 1- in fa
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Th showing which the penitentiary
authorities have made in a financial
WMV IS ifVOAt
The net earnings for
the iast quarter wereIl,09G
FOREIGN XKWS.
llrU-f Mf ittionitisr uf tbr Duiupi in the
Ol.l Wurltl.
The French '. Government has iu-
structed the French ministers at San-
roviewel thii French armv. consisting
0f i lo.ouo men, at Vi.ry-Ln-Francais j
ast Thursday. Immense crowds were j
present and much enthusiasm was
manif;stcd.-
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1 In; Italian (.joverntnent has recog-
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nizeil the Junta, as the established
government of Cliih".
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I'he Australian mail service ha
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.r a term or three
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I Mien renewed f.i
vears. Tlie renewal is for a four-
weeklv service via an t rancisco aim
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ew i ork.
A dividend of five guineas per cent.
was declared last week bv the Hank ?
of England, out of the profits for the j
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ma o.onu. m u..8 ew.
The damagts done by the recent
ilo Is in Spain is now estimated -to bet
about $4,!Utl,UU0.
'"Floods and hurricanes on " Sunday
did immense damage' to crops, shu -
ping and other probi ty throughout
Jieat Britain.
The' London Standard's' Sevastopol J
jurrespondeiit says that -a large par.
d Kussmiolhcers have been sent f i om 'j
St. Peteisburg to survey the whole
Crimea, ai.d to prepare'.tp(graph;cai
maps for the War Depart meiiL.
Sir James Fcrgusson, Halt, politica.
-.ecretary of the foreign iUice, has
been appointed, to the office of post-
uiaster general, vacant through the!
i e.ith of Ilenrv rec:l Kaikes
! It is said that tlie total number of
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tion of the Holv Coat, will reach two
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millions. 1 He exhibition closes on
Octobei llh
The English Government has otL-
cially recognized the provisional gov-
ernment of Chile.
.V coilision has just occu red btrtween
two passenger trains in Prussian Sile
s:a. resnltinsr in the comnlete destruo -
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tionofljoth trains, the death of ten
' people and the injury of many others.
Grand Vizier, Kiamil Pasha
lhe eldest son of the (. rown 1 nnce;
of Denmark, is to be betrothed to
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t rinceas lciona aiet.
The Holland budget shows a defic
of .$1,000,000.
The bodies of 1,'JOO vctims of the
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, flotnl at Consuegera, SUin, have been
i iuuhu auu uuum. f
j Special dispatches to the Xew York
j IkraU1 frum Valparaiso, -hile. an -
i Q thc Jeat h of c,x.prulent Pal-
j found and burieii. i.
noynce the Ueatll oi ex-rresiueui imi
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Manv starving peasants in Russia
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' havc hccu arrosted for nS filv to
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lIaces iu l?KK!eff
u rno 111 twu
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. WASHINGTON NEWS.
UK
GATHERED BY THE " LEADER'S
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
Wasuixutox, I). C-, Sept. 21. Mr.
is probable that at no times,incej :.it is thwilu that oth tlio vaic-Mici--- !"ut tml' lnm MaU-t.
MrV,Jlai!,c' w-,nt awa has Mr-1Iarri-L,n tl, In.,.oiV.n..iv.nlii.
son so much desired the presence and 1
advice of his Secretary of State. A
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fur as parcelling out the offices is eon
cerned Mr. Uarnson cangetalong just
as well without Mr. Maine, in fact
there are those who say that he thinks
j he can do it much better; but when it
conies to foreign complications there
is no man s advice he regards so. valu
able as that of Mr. I Maine, and foreign
complication; are believed to be imnit-
nent just now. and the wrong move on
the iai t of the Department of State j
may cost the 'United States very dearly j
in the end. In the first place (ireatetgn representatives of'thoir lioanl. i
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1I lld.ll i.-l Ml.-l'.W IIIUI(Jt VI I WIWIIIU 1
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tic row iKcauso more seals wre taken
before ami after the modus viveiidi
than was agreed upon, but that is a
small matter com pare 1 with tlieallegl j
intention of (ireat llritain to establish j
a protectorate over the Sandwich" h
lands:- That is a scriwus menace to
American supremacy in the Pacific,
ami should it be consummated without
the active resistance, of the United
States it would create a feeling of in-
dignatujii throughout the countrv that
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would be fatal to the administration,
Ail of this Mr. Harrison knows, but
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Ilia ull L'll.itWt I'lf It MTlll M 111 IWlll'Jl I'
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fatal for him to get up a quarrel with
Creat Britain on a false alarm, and
that's whv'he wants t. e advice of the
j man who has so far successfully man-
j th(j fi,rej pchevon.isadminis-
j nation. J
An atUmpt has l.ieen made to ascer
tain lroin the ollicials at the Farmers'
I Alliance 'headquarters whether that
j organization in the State, of New York
I would support Lieut, (iovernor Jones
! should he run for Governor on an ln -
deiulent ticket, but the attempt was!a:id s:ibscnptio:i b !cs have laseii
unsuccessful, as they declined to talk j opened to enable hhmits to visit the
about tlnvmatter, further than to say j Fair. It is estimate.1 tlint :G'j will
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can and democratic parties m New
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l ork were uusatisfactorv to the AIU
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ance. However, this may mean that
,f Mr. Jones should rnn n a platform
that was satisfactory he might get the
Mliance votes.
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I I I II11( Plit''.' ! 1111 II ll llfb ."11
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t lureo me uoooiiiuneut us i uiiuctui oi
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; t asset t. who resigiud to make the rnn
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: for Governor o i the republican ticket,
, Whilo noUSC Saturday to
j-thank Mr. Harrison for the appoint -
,uent jt was jokingly remarked by a
, .rjjileinan
present, iu a whisper, that
i were due to soineUwlv
! iiis thaifks
much nearer home.
j E.vIIepresentative Morrow lias been;'
' uutKJinteil U. S. -'District Judire. for
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the northern district of California, to
' liil a vacancy.
! which has been constant, ever since
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and Mr. Harrison, has decided, that lie
- ! w,U take tl.at ac-ticu. It i-s U .!
;i 1 r.,uval woul.l lvU, 1na.l,riv
1 i t! TO if ex.ltel.tativc-.Mj.
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Comas ot Maryland, to whom the
' t.l -it-i w-w temleritlh-id njt declined it
; plate uaa icuutreu tiai uoi ueci.ncu u.
; -ow 11 Ia lH,-cu .'if wua.
' COUX
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has ' concluded . to accept the place.
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How and he is deswvedlv
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topular here, but it h:ts been generally
supixjsiHl tliat he was a grxnl ileal more
;of a Vteu than a civil service re
former.
- The Constitutionality of. the tax of
' ,.,. half uf one ta-r cent, on ' the .c:rcn -
,
' latiou of the national lanks every six
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j iUouius is uouoieu v ue auu a
i toUrt l"e 'dv Xational Honk
tion says that all 1'iilU for raiding reve-
nue wiall originate in th Homseof
Itepresentalives. .Should this question '
lie decided in favor of the lank, the i
Treasury would have to refund many '
millions of- dollars which have, been
eolleetei for Xational 1 tanks, but the :
victory would, in the opinion of iluc
w Im nro until i2iul t t u 1 1 1 1 i I-.
it t
tng system, eventuallv prove to be a
i.nn,,,, ln'w
sion will U filial this week, but the1
names are diflicult t guess, although
ex.Kepresentative Clements of (iergia
is a strong' favorite U r the democrat
and exdiepreseiitativc (irear, of Iowa,
who is strongly urged by J. S. Clark-
son, for the republican.
WORLD'S FAIR NOT KS.
A Steady I'roxre uf the Work In (ho
variuu iHimnmrnt.'
The Director ! Jeneral has given the
lady managers power to apiint for
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made at an eaiiv uav. i
Mis Vandall of fnisville, Kv is
i,v iHM inissi ni of the( hief of ( unstruc-
ti)n designing the carvatides which
aro to supiK.rt the rm.f garden of the
Woman's lJitihling.
The Illinois State Hoard is now. com
fortably established m its new rooms j
on the fifth Hour at headquarters.
Elaborate preparations are being!
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' the envoys from Kngland and other
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' ( lncago with the special commission
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' ers to huroio.
At a meeting of the grounds and
buildings committee on Monday, the
sites for the State bnili:ings of Texas,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Wisconsin,
Indiana, California. Massachusetts and
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Khode Islaml were ttxed.
The Local Directory has offered to j
id the Xational Commission suffi -
t ir money to make up the deficit m
j t'e (government appropriation.
i Clubs have been organize I in -Mexico j
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car McKets and ten davs stay at a first-
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i class hotel.
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, )uvh nwit S(io:i of the
Xatioila; roniSlli.sioM lhe memU-rs
Im.kon t. an,, ,ur.
prisci at the rapid progress which
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. liad. lee;i inaue in
tlK
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t I i-n nrruft of lfi. Hjvfei'ii corniwisin'
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the wood.l island, are to Implanted
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I m UOVVt
! "Ala meeting of the Kxecutive Com.
j wittee of the Hoard of Lady Maua-
Mrs. S. (i. Paul of Virginia, wa,"" '"
eh-cted to the place vacated by the re- t,utt a"oillit.-
jsiguation of Mrs.- Sua i Ia!e Cooke
i of Tennessee.
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: (,. amission haseuiiH.weied the Direc
j.lor.General t appoint' four lady com-j
jmuwmi.mhi.iw miiKUM m
I 1 - k r.-lt(ilt(K 1 1 t .4 k khiytt r.ol
! directing their efforts towards an urn!
.usually spied id display in the form of
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'Ira,"",,,m;'1,:'- i"";lr bsim IhiV foil .m unu.uJIy
! ,f7 'M J0"Suf XU "'' j lmgl.t. K..Ir lor t!, pt k
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lheljoapiot Itdv Managers have
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women tiiroughout the country
the . necessitv for takinir -arlv and
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prompt stejs to secure recognition on
state lUnU
i lie iiovernnient oi irr.zn inienus
- t(, make a . magnifice. exhibit at thecx
' Kxiosition. and wi exi-nd not less.'-
tha a imJiiou dollars uf-in the repre-
: ..i;aiio, Ii u,-,! n.,t ,-nlv t(,
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cr t a splendid structure in a
hicli
piace me uispiay. tui io snrrouua mai
j t!,e industries and agriculture eculiar
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WEEKLY NEWS SU1I1IARY.
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HAPPENINGS IN THIS COUNTRY
FOR THE PAST WEEK.
Thursday. Septrxaber 17
The robbers who held up the Geor
gia ( Vutral train when live miles out !
of Savannah last -Friday niirht have
rnu niianat,
caured at a place ealh.l MoMy
'.N further partita of ilver will
i
1 u made until OctoU-r 21 next, the
j reuisite amount for the current
month having U-en purchased. ;
i C. If. Allen, of Iwell, Mass , has
Uen nonitnatel by the Republicans
for Governor of Massachusetts.
j Ruswell l. Flower has Imimi noiuiu
!a,i fur (jljy,rnor bv the New York
- Democrats.
rx 1 reaMirer . r . . uugiuil, ol
t,u; Mpniery (l'a.) Trust Co., has
arresie.i cnargeu w-.ui aaeting
",u ,M,k!i ol t'e cmpany and em
lMziiiir siJitMum
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i 1 lie u altliam and IMgm waicli
',n,iJ;lII,e:' nave l!! their issues
iUnl arw woiug aga'.ust .lolin 1-.
! 1llH:ri the well known watchmaker,
jaml h is id, are trying to drive him
out of the business. These two com-
S panics will lose $1,1(10.000 by a re
jduction in prices recently made in
I what is known as the "18 size."
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Friday,- Septerabar 18
! 1 he Bank of Lyons, at Lyons, Kan.,
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i made an assignment W eduesday for
the benefit of its creditors. This bank
was supposed to be one of the strong
est financial institutions in the Stale.
The assets, it is ; expected, will cover
all liabilities.
A dispatch from t'hattauooga says
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examination of the books of M. J.
O'Brien, the defaulting treasurer of
I the Catholic Knights of America, lie
j (. t.,)olU tjiat tl,(J defalcation will U
I., hundred dollars in excess ol
71,000.
Two elevators and an electric light
wor-ks W(.ro mrncd yesterday after
: Jlooa at iTtj,,; Svb. The 1..SS wil
L aUut p.G00U00.
ir
ill I Col. Samuel IK Pickens, general
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fieight agent of the South Carolina
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I and of the i harlestor, Cincinnati and
! rhicilgo 1Ui,roaI Comnies. died at
Charleston, S. C. yesterday morning.
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tinctiou. in the Confederate army, and
F,xposmonju..w ma(I(. a Coionei wICIi uniy
I vears old.
Saturday, September 19
The great seed house of the James
Vick Company, at Itochesler. N. V.,
has faileil, giving liabilities at neatly
J00.')00 and assets sufficient to cover
Dun & Cos weekly review of
j trade says: The hot Weather at the
West is worth manv millions to this
j ui tr r evcrv dav Lach cloudhss
- 1 V"1' ri. cvcr- .f; c c
day places --millions of bushels ot
corn beyond the jossibi!ity of harm'
from frost and the great irt of the
anticipate! crop is already safe. In
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iour montiiS emnng ;-pi. aooui
'ii t.r cent, of the mortgage debt on
j tj10 farms in Kansas, or ah-ut $10,
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"210. against Jl I the preceding -week.
1 he Pullet carnage facto rv at Ilell-'
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to s are yesterday morning. 1 he ma t
: rhinerv and VotiteuU. which are a total f
loss, are valueil at 9'Jj.uoo. lltelosnj
will f:,!l lv.lr on .,,. lh dirw
. lors and slock 1. oh ler who were on
ex JMate I reasurer Archer lnd.
Congressman HoU'rt IhiHock. of the
u.fd Florida district, w lying dan-
c-ruulv ill at the White Soriua
to wliere he has lh laying for medical
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Saaday. SetrUzaber 20
The monument was erected by fuiidt
contributed by the employes of the
company.
The Xew York .MUtal Hanks
now hold $7,750,800 in vxces of the
requirement of the '2Z percent, rule.
The Comptroller of the Currency
j tuts authorized the Firt National
llM, Newport News, a., to Uvui
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with' a catil of $100,000.
attorney for parties unknown
has jiid to the State Xational !Uk
l lt,n -Xouckvto
money. l lie lawver do not him-
mm urn m h
K-lf know from whom the luwuej
cuine.
Smith Cllegt?for Wtmnat Xorth-
aiupton, Masiu, wjs ouel yilrrdy
with 700 students.
A disadro':s fire i now raging iu
the great cranberrv inarf he near Xor
way Uidge, Wis. Tliirty-fivo mpiarw
miUs of marshes have Uvii coiituinett
and thousands of acres are still bvforu
the fire. 7
Uondar. SpUnbr 21
Ex ( oiign-Ksmaii Win. !. Scutl, of
leuns Ivania, died suddeulv U'fore
midnight Saturtlay. He wu G3 year
old. having beeu bom iu Washington,
D. C, July 'J, IH'IS,
The tutU of the Lyons Pajier (m
laiiy, Lyou, Iowa, was destroyed by
lire yesterday. The hws U C4tliuatel
at $75,000; insured for $30,000.
A frei ght a reck otcurrtl on iho
Pennsylvania railroad, two miles east
ot lireeitsburgli, Pa,, ycatenlay morn
ing. Forty freight cars and twenty
cattle cars were com plvtcly detnohshel
l'he cattle car were loaded with cattle,
all of which were killed. Three of
the train men were fatally injured.
Hon. Henry S. Walker, of Charles
ton, W. Va., who was for live years
editor of the Wheeling Itcgistcr, died
on Saturday, at Philadelphia, Pen u., of
heart disease. ;
Titos, li. Shields, secretary and
treasurer of-the Allegheny, Pa., Heat
ing Cornpauy, whose account were
said to have leeu 100,000 short, ha
made a full settlement and sevwred hi
connection with the company.
Tnasday, Sptmbr tX
A second hbel, for $'200,000 has
bectl filed ttt Io Alipjlen, Cl., tgatiut
the Chilean (overnment for damage
sustained in bringing the I lata back
from Chile.
The American schooner. Senator
Sullivan, front Brunswick, Gal, arrived
at New York yesterday, having ou
board the captain and even Bailors of
the American be Inciter Luella A.
Snow, which wm lKit in a heavy gale
oft Cae 1 1 altera on the 13th instant.
Tliey had U-cn rescuel by the Xor
wegian larpie I'elhca.
During the year ending with the
hit of June, immigrants were
landel at Philadelhta.
The larger tt oGicr are fctwii to
be fumisheil with stamp cancelling
machtnes; theo can canc 1 tlie LaniMi
on l,."d)0 Icltera every tx minute.
Wednesday. September 23
A cablegram received at the Xavy
Dejartment, annouucea the arrival of
the Charleston at Vokohoma. Jaiau,
vesterdav. .
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The well known firm of S. V. Whit
& Co.. of Chicago. aiuignl yesterday
morniug. It i not known at pn-ni
what the amount of their aMketa and
I'iabililie if 1ut they inut U very
9m
large. '-
Tle Southern Gaj Trust and Cn-
4 ,f .1 t t . 1 '
'kt ruction t o.. roritrolhiiL' the I Utka
t " .
- 1 ,HU r urM a'
f v ill Gas and Klectnc Light o , ha
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'Hie Wit Hotel at Fort Worth, Tex ,
j tory ne trurtur
togfthri witha thrwftory annex w-rr
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.Ietroyed by fire on Xoudy.
Lu $U0,00U; inurnce atnail.
The Chilean steamer Itata la here
ordereJ rvh-a-d on filing a bond foi