.fii M DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF SOUTHPOET AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY. ' VOL. 2.-NO. 39. THE AVOKLIVS NEWS. :o:- A ondknsed summary of A WEEK'S DOINGS i ,rlii- In I'ennHylramln. Terrible Gale the KnglUh C'oant. Donn Piatt 1H-I. Flftr-eii Hundrril Houwii IJurned In China. Till :itSIAV. XOVKMIIEK 12. A fire at Augusta, Ga., 3'estcrday morn ;nr destroyed property valued at $125,000 jr,riilingJwo store buildings. Ii griiie is prevalent at Plainfleld, Cuiiii., and is causing a grwit deal of suffer ing there and in the surrounding country. Five stores with their contents were burned at Han Antonio. Texas on last Tues day night. Ixiwj 47,000; insurance $24,000 The lOth annnal session of the Virginia Methodist Kpiscopal Conterence is now "hnnir held at Petersburg, Va. Bishop J. C. K- ner, of New Orleans, presiding. Kensington, Penn., a new town twonty imh-s north of Pittsburg, was visited by a rvclone". Tuesday night, which wrecked nearly every building in the town. No loss (.f life reported. ( 'olh-ctions are being taken up in Charles ton, S. C, colored churches for the purpose of raising a fund to employ counsel to de fend the ten negroes in Laurens county under n.-ntence of death for murder. One hundred and fifty dollars has been raised thus far. ' FOREIGN. Kussia intends to build a Iihc of forts along the Chinese frontier, and to increase tin- number of officers in Central Asia. Another terrible gale net in Tuesday night sweeping the south coasts of England and Ireland. The storm extended north to Scotland- Many lives have been lost and much shipping destroyed. The heavy and inccsKimt rains have caused many of the rivers to overflow,, ruining crops and inun dating towns. FKIOAY, KOVKM1IKR 13. Hev. Dr. C- Kentlock Nelson, of Bethle hem, Penn., has been elected Bishop of the Kptstopal Diocese of Georgia. Twenty tons of powder at Miller's Sta tion, Iml., exploded on Wednesday night, doiiig damage to the amount of $75,000. No one was injured. Col. Donn Piatt, the well-known news paper man, and founder of Belford's Magazine, died yesterday at lus home in .Mankheo, Ohio. Tlie California National Bank of San Diego, Cab, has closed its doors tempora rily. Inability to realize on securities is alleged as the cause. F. II. Smith & Co., ship brokers and commission merchants of New York city have made an assignment. Liabilities $300,-000- The firm have preferred creditors to tlie amount of $120,000. FOREIGN. The storm of Wednesday did great dani- age in Spain, France, Portugal, Holland and Belgium. The epidemic of typhus fever in the fever-stricken districts of Russia is spread ing rapidly. The d ail' mortality already runs up in the hundreds. Thirteen hundred houses were burned on October 3rd, in Hong Kong, China, and the following day two hundred more were destroyed in the same manner. Thousands of .people are thus rendered homeless. ' SATURDAY. KOVEM11EH 14. One hundred thousand dollars worth of T'rojH'rty was destroyed yesterday morning, by lire, in the town of Silver City, Iowa. Hon. Allan G. Thurman celebrated his Tth birthday at Columbus, Ohio, yester day. There was no celebration on account of Mrs. Thunnan's recent death. The fire on the coal docks at Duluth, Minn, took a fresh start yesterday morning. The docks of the Northwestern Fuel Com pany are on fire underneath the coal which 4sjblazing fiercely. The World's Convention of the National W. C. T. U., is now in session in Tremont Temple, at Boston, Mass. Three thousand delegates are present. The report shows a mcmbersbip of 153,402. H. G. Dun & Co's weekly review of trade mvs: Business has entirely recovered from the slight disturbance caused by the Mavc rick bank failure. Trade is large in volume for the season and in many lines, especially at the West, largest ever known. At the South cotton receipts are very large, but much is held because of low prices. Fail urvs for the past week 291 against 266 for last week. , FOREIGN. Eleven miners were killed by an explosion winch occurred in a coal mine near Essen, Germany. Sixty members of the Russian nobility have been arrested charged with being in conspiracy against the government. The Italian rice crop is 8 per cent, greater than that of last year. The wine crop is also abundant and of good quality. hlXDAY, NOVEMBER 15. Senor Montt, the Chilean minister, was yesterday formally presented to the Presi dent by Secretary Blaine. Tlie New York Associated Banks now bold $9,392,150 in excess of the require ments of the 25 per cent- rule- Several points in Iowa report that snow- has been falling for several hours and that the indications are for a big snow storm. The Leland Hotel, on Michigan Boule vard, Chicago, is reported to have- been sold to a syndicate of New York capitalists lof $950,000. , x The Edgar Thomson Steel Works at ittsburg, Pa., now holds the record for making steel rails. In twenty-four hours, ending at C o'clock yesterday morning. ,907 tons of rails were turned out. W. F. Baird, ex-vice-president and mana ger of the Bank of Madera, Cal., is, it is reported, short $100,0)0 in his accounts and is also guilty of-issuing forged checks and drafts to cover his shortages. The Cheyenne' National Bank, at Chey mie, W)'oraing. has closed its doors. Its labilities are $200,000. The bank i3 solvent. The1 closing is due to the failure of the Calif onra Bank, at San Diego, Cal. FOREIGN'. Dispatches from Berlin state that there are no grounds for fearing a financial panic. Three persons were killed and several injured in a collision which took place yes terday on the railroid between Home and Turin. The wreck of the two trains blocked the road for several hours. nfOKDAT, NOVKHKKlt 16. The Bonner & Bonner banking house at Tyler, Texas, lias failed for half a million dollars. Thi3 was one of the oldest banks in the State, having been in business over twenty years. The Sandwich Savings Bank, at Sand wich, N H., lias closed its doors. The de posits amount to only $59,000 and a careful estimate shows that depositors will realize 90 cents on the dollar. Several inches of snow fell at St- Paul, 3tinn., yesterday. Reports from various parts of the Northwest indicate that the Storm is general . At Morehead three inches of snow fell and a blizzard is threatening. The White Star steamer Tauric ran ashore on Dry Homer Shoals, just outside New York harbor on Saturday night. She was deeply laden with grain and cattle. After being lightered, the big steamer was pulled off ou Sunday afternoon. Cleveland, Ohio, suffered from a $200,- 000 fire last night. One fireman was killed and two others seriously injured. Five large buildings w ere burned- For a long time the fire threatened much more serious consequences, but by hard work the fire- lwen succeeded in clicking it. FOREIGN. Forty thousand miners in the north of France declared an immediate strike j-es-terday. The failure of the principal bank at Winterthur, a Swiss manufacturing town, has caused a panic there. TUESDAT. NOVEMBER 17. Richard L. Haig, a well-known citizen of Charleston, S. C, committed suicide yesterday at that place by shooting himself through the heart. The St.- Louis Republic a three column article by M. K. Curtis, M. I)., showing up Gen. Dryenforth's "experiments" in rain producing in Texas. v W. J. Florence, the well known actor, is very ill of pneumonia at Philadelphia. His life was despaired of on Sunday, but he is much better to-day, and his physicians say he is out of danger. News has been received at Rio Grande City, Texas, that the Mexican government forces have been defeated at a place about twelve miles from Mier, on the road to Guerrero, by revolutionists under Catarino Garza. Several soldiers were killed. Every precaution is being taken in New York City to avert the threatened water famine. The commissioners of public works have issued peremptory orders to inspectors to carefully watch in every direction and see that no water is wasted The available supply is not sufficient for this week. FOliEIGX. The London dock strike has collapsed. ' Prinee George, the second son of the Prince of Wales, has been seriously ill of enteric fever. The latest bulletin of . the physicians, however say, that he is now- making satisfactory progress toward re covery. WEDNKSUAY. NOVEMBER 18. Four business bloeks at St. Louis, Mo., were destroyed by lire yesterday, involving a loss of over a million of dollars. The Middlesex Quarry Company, of Portland, Conn., has closed down until January 5th, on account of a lack of busi ness. They employ 260 hands. Herman Greenbaum, an employee of the Bergner fc Engel Brewing Company, of Philadelphia, has-been held for embezzle ment on his own confession. His stealings amount to about $12,000. The Minneapolis Glass Company's whole sale house and Lindsay Bros, agricultural implement establishment, at Minneapolis, Minn., w ere burned to the ground yester day. Loss $200,000. The Supreme Council of the Farmers' Alliance met at Toulinson Hall, Indiana polis, Ind., yesterday. The meeting was called to order bv President Force of the Indiana Alliance, 120 delegates were pres ent and about $00 spectators. The chief topic of conversation is the Third Party. FOREIGN. It islexpected that Austria w ill in a few days repeal the prohibition on the im porta tion of American pork. Lord Salisbury is said to liave intimated to the Turkish ambassador in England, that England is now ready to reopen nego tiations for a convention to regulate the affairs of Egypt. Reports from Russia's famine stricken districts continue to show great suffering and want among the poorer classes. The Government is said to be doing all in its power to help the sufferers. . SOUTHPOET, OI K CRUISERS. -:o:- THE EUKASDS WHICH ARE 1 TAKING TIIK3I SOUTH. j Activity in the Nary Yard, The Petrel' Changed Or.ler. Will Admiral ;he rardllie in Command? Denial In Washington. Washington', Nov. 13. Admiral Gherardi's friends say that it is prob ably true that he urged upon the de partment, wten he was here, the ao- pointment of himself to command the United .States fleet in the Southern Pacific, in case of hostilities with Chile. Some of the men who have heard this report have obtained the impres sion that President Harrison does not expect to secure an expression of re gret from Chile. They also believe that he was not correctly represented when it was reported that he would declare war upon Chile. What he did say, it is now asserted," was that if Chile did not manifest a decent dispo sition before Congress met, he should ask that body to authorize him lo de clare the attitude of Chile as hostile, and that he be empowered to use the army and navy to compel an ac knowledgement and an indemnity. - The United States cruisers Atlanta and Bennington, now at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, were yesterday, supplied with complete sailing charts for South Atlantic and South Pacific waters. The charts were sent to the two cruis ers from the main ilydrographic Office in Washington. An accompanying orderdirected the commanding officers of the two vessels to turn in to the Ilydrographic Office their North At lantic charts. Each ship retains, how ever, general charts of all waters on the globe. The fact that the Atlanta and Bennington have received charts of Chilean waters leave no doubt in the minds of their officers as to the destination of these two cruisers. Yesterday afternoon all the short- time men on the Atlanta and Benning ton were being removed to the receiv ing ship Vermont and Jtheir places filled with full-service seamen. The period of enlistment is three years Should it happen that men are in a' foreign station when their enlistment period expires, they can claim, under the terms of their enlistment, free transportation to the United States and an increase of one-quarter of their pay over and above that which they ordinarily receive. In order to avoid this additional expense, care is usually taken to send only full three-year men to foreign duty. In the present instance considerable regret is being expressed aboard the Atlanta over the loss of some of the best gun captains in that ship. The time of these gun captains has nearly expired, and now that they are being sent aboard the Vermont, gunners comparatively inferior are to replace them. The Atlanta ha3 enjoyed the reputation recently of possessing some of the best gunnery men in the navy. The Atlanta was to have come out of dry dock late yesterday evening, and her place was to have been imme diately taken by the Bennington. The Atlanta could go to sea to-day, but it is not likely that she will sail before Sunday or Monday. The Ben nington can sail Tuesday. With the departure of -the Atlanta and Bennington for Chile, the Ameri can naval force en route to the west coast of South America will consist of the cruisers Yorktown, Boston, Atlan ta, Bennington, and Charleston. The last-named vessel is under orders from China to Chile. The Baltimore is at present at Valparaiso. , The cruiser San Francisco is en route to San Francisco, Cal., to have her bot tom cleaned, when she will again sail for Chile. The cruiser Philadelphia is now at St. Thomas, W. I., ready to sail for, South America on the receipt of cable orders. The corvette Kear sarge is also at St. Thomas. The cruiser Concord, now at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, has received a full supply of North Atlantic charts. It is evident from this that it is not the present intention of the-Navy De partment to send her south. The war ship Chicago, also at the Brooklyn yard, has received no further addition to her chart supply. The Chicago is carrying North Atlantic charts. The cruiser Newark, now at the Boston Navy Yard, is reported as ready to sail It is still claimed that she will be sent to the Brazil coast with Rear Admiral A. E. K. Ben ham on board This is - hardly believed possible in view of the fact that Acting Rear Ad miral John G. Walker, a junior flag officer, is afloat and in command with N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1891. tjte Chicago as his flagship. Furthermore, it is known that Act ing Rear Admiral Walker protested against being given the Newark as a flagship, claiming that the vessel was not fitted up for such duty. In con sequence, naval officers are not readv to belieTe that Secretary Tracy Will assign Rear Admiral A. E. K. Ben ham, an officer senior to Acting Rear Admiral Walker to a vessel which the latter protested against having as a flagship. It is the general impression here that just as soon as the arrangements are perfected for a demonstration of force before Valparaiso, Rear Admi ral Gherardi, now aboard the Philadel phia at St, Thomas, will be directed to assume chief command. The commander of the gunboat Pe trel was telegraphed at Santa Lucia to proceed from that point to China by way of the Suez Canal, instead of going by Cape ilorn or the Straits of Magellan and Valparaiso. NORTH CAROLINA. New Clipped From Valuable Ki change Front the Old North State. Sam Jones was paid the sum of 1,. 200, and 8800 for rent of auditorium, and $50 for the benefit of Sam Jones' orphanage. Prof. Excell realized handsomely from the sale of his books, Songster. Charlotte Democrat. A Ibji train on the Western North Carolina Railroad was wrecked at the Murphy junction near Asheville, Tues day, aad two black men were killed. A slide occurred on the mountain di vision of this road, east of Asheville, Tuesday night, and delayed trains four hours. Landmark. The Mary Smith-Morehead will case has been compromised by the parties nterested. The full details of the compromise cannot now bo stated, but enough is known to lender it certain that the University of North Carolina will receive under its terms, between 3.3,000 and. 840,000. News and Ob. . ... .. ... server. The Charlotte Chronicle says that petitions are being circulated asking that the sentence of Alfred Dowles, the negro burglar, be commuted to imprisonment for life. The petition has been signed by a number of per sons. Another petition, with numer ous signers, has been received from Georgia. After thirty months of prohibition, the Messenger. Intelligencer says, Wades boro again has a place where whiskey can be obtained. The closing battle was fought last Tuesday, and whiskey was victorious. It was a battle of giants. Mr. D. A. Covington repre sented those opposing license and Messrs. Robinson and Walker the pe titioners. The plant and stock of the Ashe ville Furniture and Manufacturing company, doing business near the freight depot, has been attached by Sheriff Reynolds, on warrants sued out by the National Bank of Asheville the Battery Park bank and Western Carolina bank, of this city. The claims on which the attachments are based aggregate nearly $40.000. Asheville Citizen. The citizens of Forsythe voted down the proposition at the election f6r the issuance of fifty thousand dollars worth of bonds with which to erect a new court house. The returns show that with the exception of Wins ton not a township favored the ques tion. Gen. LeDuc informs us that about the 1st-of December he will declare another 20 per cent, divi dend to the depositors of the People's Bank. - At the Federal Court in Wilmington. Judge Seymour presid ing, the grand jury found a true bill against Mr. 'EL F.Moore, ex-President of the broken People's Bank of this city. Fayetteville Ohsercer. , A suit case has been entered here in this county against the Richmond & Danville Rail Road Company, for damages amounting to $1995. The case is where the R. R. Company put a man. named Ramsey, off the train at Princeton. It seems tha he had bonght a ticket at W ilson for Raleigh by way of Seltna. The trains being late he went to Goldsboro under in structions from the agent at Wilson who told him that his ticket would be good that way. He refused to pay fare from Goldsboro to Selmaand the conductor put him off the train. He now has sued for damages. The case will probably come up next week. SmithjielJ Herald. . . . WASHINGTON NEWS. .u: EX-SKXATOK VAX WYCK OX ALIilANCE MATTEKS. Ex-Oorernor Foraker In Waahlngtou. The Chilian MlnUter rrnenlcd to the President. Alliance Convention Col. r oik for a Third Party. Washington, D. C. Nov. 1G, 1S91 Ex-Senator Van Wyck, of Nebraska, now in Washington, who has cast his political fortune with the Farmers' Alliance, is not one of those who be lieve the alliance movement to be only temporary. He i(says: 'Sorae folk are saying that the Alliance has gone all to pieces. That is not so, and they will find it out next year. I don't know just what the Alliance will do. but they will do something to make themselves felt in the Presidential election, and, mark what I say, though, from various causes, there was a falling off in the vote they cast this year, the great working body of the organization is all right and will be found pulling together next year." Ex-Governor Foraker. of Ohio, who is here on professional business in con nection with the selection of a site for a public building in Pueblo, Colorado, has for once disappointed the newspa per correspondents who expected to get some sensational interview with him concerning his fight with Sher man for the Senatorship and the scheme to deprive Senator Brice of his seat. His talks for publication are entirely moderate and conservative, lie says lie is a candidate for Senator, but as the election is to le by the Ohio legislature, and iot by the news papers, he has nothing to say of his prospects. About the Brice matter he pleads ignorance, and says that it is a question that belongs to the U. S. Senate. Could any body be more discreet? He called on President Har rison and also on Secretary Blaine, but as the administration is understood to favor the re election of Sherman, it could not have been to ask aid in his Senatorial campaign. w The latest news froid Brazil is a ca blegram to their minister here, which says that the republic is not nor has it been in any danger, and that tran. quility has been entirely restored. Secretary Foster, will, in his anjiual report, upon which he is now at work recommend several amendments to the National banking laws and an in crease in the number of bankl exami ners. He will also try to snow that the public clamor against the govern ment officials on account of fradulent failures of national banks in Boston, Philadelphia and other towns is un just. He , has undertaken no light task. President Harrison's Thanksgiving proclamation was a little late in being issued this year, but the date has be come so thoroughly a fixture in the public mind that the proclamation has come to be looked upon as an almost useless formality. The fourth Thurs day in November would probably be just as generally observed, even if something occurred to prevent the issuing of the Presidential proclama tion. Senor Montts .credentials having arrived Secretary Blaine on Saturday formally presented him to the Presi dent as the Chilian minister to this government, and the usual speeches of courtesy were exchanged. Senor Montt has never wavered in his belief that everything would be settled in a satisfactory manner, and now that his brother has become acting president of Chili and will soon be regularly elected president, his influence is like ly to be all powerful with that govern ment. . All of the prominent National Farmers, Alliance officials have gone to Indianapolis, where the annual convention of that organization is to meet this week. Although the final determination as to what, if any. ac tion the Alliance is to take in the formation of a national third party will not be known until the national conference, provided for at the Cin cinnati convention which launched the ! people's party, to be held at Washing ton on the 22nd of next February, shall be held, there are many who be lieve that the action of this week's convention will really settle the ques tion. Col. Folk makes no attempt to conceal his sentiments, . which it is natural to suppose will be influential with the convention. He favors tfce formation of the third party. It is denied by those in authority that there is any foundation for the statement made in Italy and cabled over here, that this government had accepted the responsibility for the killing of the Italians in New Orleans, and would pay indemnity to the fami lies of the men. It has from the first been believed that President Harrison would call the attention of Congress to the matter and perhaps recommend the payment of a small sura of money to the families of such of the victims as werjej Italian citizens, but there has been no official action of any kind taken concerning this matter sjneo last Spring. It is probable that the Italian government may have author ized some such statement for the pur pose of explaining to its own people it contemplated action of sending its minister back to Washington, The professional wire pullers are here in force engaged in working up the claims of the various candidates for Speaker, in fact there are more wire pullers than Congressmen. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. A Steady ProgrrM of the Work ta the Varloaa Department. A Londoner wants to exhibit spe cimen copies of all the newspapers of the last two hundred years. The U. S. Potters' Association, now in session in Chicago, will arrange while here, for an exhibit at the expo sition. The Governor of New Jersey, ac companied by the State Commission ers is in Chicago, to select the site for New Jersey's building. England, France, Austria, Switzer land, Belgium and Germany will be conspicuously represented in the Elec trical Department of the exposition. . . A Portuguese artist iu wax figures proposes an exhibit at the exposition. The suggested display will be some what similar to Madame Tussaud's in London. The Sch wabische Merkur of Stutt gart, says that the Central Association of German woolen manufacturers has nominated a commission for the World's Fair. A lady missionary to Siam has been in consultation with the board of lady managers this week, touching the interests of Siamese women at the World's Fair. The Foreign Affairs Committee passed a resolution on Friday recom. mending the appointment of a com mission, to be nominated by the Director-General, to visit southern Europe. The W Oman's building no longer monopolize the roof line on the Worlds Fair site. The Mine3 and Mining building reached it several days ago, and the great roof trusses are rapidly going up. A set of china presented to John C. Calhoun by the Emperor of China will probably be exhibited at the ex position. Several interesting Colum bus relics are also in tho possession of the Calhoun family. Si-Henry Wood, recent royal en voy from England, has made a report of his work in the interests of Great Britain it the World's Fair. The report recommends the appointment of wom en on England's commission, to work with the board of lady managers. Signor Bodie, one of the leading statisticians of Europe, has expressed a desire to attend the exposition for the purpose of study. As Italy has not accepted the invitation to partici pate, it is probable that an official in. vitation will he Riven Signor Bodie. A German horticulturist offers a complete collection of South American orchids to the exposition for $C00. He is now in South America making a collection for the German Emperor, and makes the offer through the World's Fair Commissioner. Mrs. Lucas, lady manager for Penn sylvania, has appointed Miss Florence Lewis, a talented, highly cultivated young colored girl, a member of her auxiliary committee. Miss Lewis is also one of the press representatives of the Board of Lady managers in Philadelphia, . A somewhat novel item, allege! to be cabled from Chicago, is reproduced in the Pfalzischer Presse to the effect that newspaper 'correspor dents and reporters, regularly accredited and desirous of visiting the exposition can obtain free transportation on all the railroads. The Berliner Lokaianzeiger alluding to the interest in the fair, manifested in Berlin says that it is understood that the entire organization of the imperial opera of Berlin is to come to Chicago in 1893 to give operatic per formances, in the music hall to Vo erected on the exposition groojjds. PRICE FIVE CEHTS. RALEIGH'S BUDGET. -:o:- A CORRESPONDENTS VIEWS ON RALEIGH AFFAIRS. A Marker by Xoa!erm Oot. Holt aa4 rmw' Alllaoeo. Important Hallway XoTvnaenU. Tfco later Stnto EspoalUoa, IUljcigu. N. C, November 17. The negro now is fully up with the worst class of white men. He is rather numerous as a moonshiner and when neighbors who do not fancy the de moralization caotod , by tho illicit dis tillation of whiskey shorvr the location of his still ho adds murder .tohie other offences. A terrible instance of thia train of crimes has just occurred right here in Wako county; negro moon shiners having waylaid and aasaasina ted Simeon Ulley, an inoffensive ne gro, and shot him dead as he rode in his cart along a public highway. Governor Fowle marked deep and clear the new feeling toward the moonshiner; once a sort of hero, now a scoundrel who violates the law and debauchee the morals of the comma nity. Where there is a moonshine distillery low people and bad habits will always be found," and people who r might desire to clear away the law breakers fear the torch and the bullet. . Gov. Holt has the best of good feel ing for the Farmers' Alliance,, and en. dorses all its views save as to the sub- treasury plan; that plank npon which so many alliance men are divided in sentiment. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun came here last week and with rare carelessness imputed to the Governor language which the lat ter never uttered nor thought of utter ing, lneuovernor is always frank and direct and whenever he says any thing he meats something. The cor- respondent made him attack tho Alli ance and Col. I'ollc. liewsnaner - people ought always .to bo careful as to what they-say about public raon. In this case the correspondent never even interviewed Gov. Holt. Important railway movements are now on foot, which mark some events of importance to the entire State. The new coast line, for such may be term ed the Norfolk, Wilmington L Charleston road; the linking together of tho Capo Fear k Yadkin Valley and the Norfolk Western and the fast approaching finish of the Seaboard Air-Line; the rapid extension of the Atlantic Coast Line into' new territory all mark a new era in railway plans and contests. For tho building of a little line will sometimes cause the greatest effects. In proof of this tbert is the construction of the Oxford k Henderson road, and its acquirement by the Richmond & Danville system. This little lino has caused the construe tion of hundreds of miles of road and no end of hostility between the Rich mond & Danville and the Seaboard Air-Line system. The State profits by all these conflicts, of course. The Inter-State exposition has only two weeks more of existence. If the unfavorable season is taken into account, it is readily seen that it has been a decided success. The average daily number of visitors to the city has been 1200. These have been of a good class; above the average of those usually attending fairs, Lc All this has resulted despite a very unfavor able season. Had tho year bca like 1890 twice as many people would have been here. Bat the exposition has done good. It has brought many people, and useful people too, to the State. .-V . '' , To-day the State Auditor began to send out the 4682 pension warrants: As has boeen stated, the amounts are less than they were last year, owing to an increase of 400 pensions. The reports made by the railways to the railway commission are wonder, fully complete. The office system is a thorough one and the commissioners -report will be something well worthy careful reading. Tbe59 railways and branch lines make a good showing. Tlie richest of all is of course the pow erful and admirably managed Wil mington L Weldon road. It has $1,800,000 sulcus. The commission in this State has a great deal to do. far more than ia other States. It has to assess the property of all the hoes; to regulate the railway, express and telegraph charges and to look after the general interests of the public in connection with all these. It must act as a sort of buffer between the railways and the people. It is cer. tainiy of mutual advantage. The supreme court has pushed quite rapidly along its business this term, aided by a light-docket. It has given very close attention to the most im portant case before it at the present term, the legality of the merchants purchase tax.