DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEEESTS OF SOUTHPORT AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY.
VOL. 2.-NO. 44.
THE WORLDS NEWS.
:o:-
a conii:ssi;i hlmmauyof
a week's .doings
LUiripp Mill at Work. K. M. Flrld In-dlrW-tl
For Forjrrry. 8-rtator II d m
t Kna Dead. 4efrToi Iavla
Monument Fund.
TIIL'UMDAY. IIKCF.NHKK 17.
Kx-Oovernor Saflord died at his
home at Tarjoii Springs, r'la., yeter
day. Cyrus W. Field's physician, Dr.
Fuller, has given up all hopes of his
recovery. Mr. Fndd is rapidly sink
ing and cannot lastlong.
La (ripe is getting in its deadly
work at Philadelphia and thousands of
people are prostrated with the disease
in all parts of Massachusetts.
1. S. Poole & Son, proprietors of
the Irwin bank, at Irwin, Pa., have
inadei an assignment. They say that
every dollar owing to depositors will
bo paid.
All trains on the Santa Fe route are
blocked between Ias Vegas and Ra
ton Tunnel by the worst snow block
ade known in years The snow is
from two to four feetdwp.
It is reported that the case of the
Adams Express Company against
John lloey, its former president, is
alxjut to be settled by the return of
$500,000 ouT of the $700,000 alleged
to have been misappropriated by
lloey.
KOHKIG.V.
The widow of the distinguished
Russian novelist, TourgeniefT, cjied in
Paris on Tuesday night. ,
1 Eighteen Socialists who
made trouble in Chelsea,
have been fined from $15
with, for some of them, a
recently
England,
to $100,
months
imprisonment.
The lower house of the Dutch Par
liament has parsed a bill authorizing
the government to negotiate a loan of
45,000,000 florins- The rate of inter
est is 3 per cent.
KHIDAV, OKOKMIIKK 18.
Sixteen degrees below zero was reg
iftered at Saranac Lake, N. Y., on
Wednesday last
Stephen J. Klkins, of West Virginia,
has been nominated by President Har
rison to bo Secretary of War.
John L. Ferguson, a bookkeeper in
the National Hank of Kansas city, has
leen arrested, charged with the em
lozlement of $'20,0i0 f rom the bank.
McDonald Hrothera, lumbermen and
steamboat owners at La Crosse, Wis.,
assigned yesterday. Their liabilities
are in the neighborhood of $300,000.
The English thoroughbred stallion
Laureate, just im; ortedby Gen.' Sto
. phen Sanford of Amsterdam, N. Y.,
at a cost of $30,000, reached his future
liome on, (Jen. Sanford's farm yester
day. The Comptroller of the Curreucy at
Washington has received a telegram
from tho Hank Examiner at Wilming
ton, N. G, saying the First National
Bank is practically insolvent and sug
gest ihe appointment of a receiver.
FOREIGN.
W. Ilauser lias been elected Presi
dent of Switzerland.
The new com mercial treaties be
tween Germany and Austria-Hungary,
Germany and Italy, an Germany and
Belgium, jiassed their second reading
in the Heichstag after aj short debate.
Geu. Anncnkoff's plans to employ
peasants in Russia on public works
have been rejected by tho conference
called together to consider them. The
adoption of the plans would require
an initial outlay of 80,000,000 roubles.
SATL'KOAY. DECKM11KK 10.
Troops have been ordered to proceed
to Crested Butte, Col., to quell a dis
turbance gotten up by striking miners.
The Grand Jury yesterday returned
an indictment, at New York, against
E. M. Field, of the defunct firm of
Field, Lindley, Wiecher & Co., charg.
ing him with forgery in the second
degree.
Two hundred and fifty pounds of
dynamite were accideutly exploded at
SteeTton, Pa., yesterday. Nobody
was injured, but people of Harrisburg
supposed that it was an earthquake
shock. f
Porter, Donaldson & Co's immense
wholesale millinery goods establish
ment, at Pittsburg, Pa., .was entirely
destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon.
The building was a six-story, glass
front structure, seventy.five feet wide
by 250 feet deep. Loss, about $150,000.
U. G. Duu J: Co's weekly review of
trade says: The holiday trade is now
in full blast, and throughout the coun
try is quite large. Commercial cred
its and confidence are in a satisfactory
shape for the transaction of an enor
mous business early next year. Fail-
area lor tne past weefc, 335, against
320 for the previous week.
FOREIGN.
The Right Rev. Ed ward Harold
Browne, D. D., Bishop of Winchester,
is ueaa.
The Duke of Marlborough has ob
tained consent to sell part of fits Blen
heim estates from the Court of Chan
cery
KUNIlAV. DWKMBKB SO.
The Associated Hanks of New York
now hold $19,104,500 m excess of the
requirements of the 25 per cent rule.
It. Q. Mills has refused the offer of
Speaker Charles F. Crisp to give the
former a place on the Ways and Means
Committee
Low water on the Merrirnac river
has necessitated the closing of the
largo tnill3 at Manchester N. II.,
throwing a large number of persons
out of employment.
Executions to the amount of $149,
0C have been filed by the sheriff
against the broken firm of Stoney k.
Darling, satinet manufacturers of New
York.
Tlio U. S. Crand Jury at Concord,
X. II., have found indictments against
J. F. Henry & Sons, lumbermen, for
importing foreign convict labor.
The last spike on the Roanoke &
Southern railroad between Roanoke,
Va.. and Winston, N. C, was driven
yesterday. Trains wjl be running on
schedule time by January 15th.
FOKKIG.V. . .
' A London dispatch says that a
jopular uprising has occurred at Per.
nambuco against the Covernor of the
Province. It was found necessary to
call out troops. It is said that sixty
persons were killed.
Franco has demanded, through the
Porte, an apology from the govern
ment (if Rulgaria for the expulsion of
the journalist Chadouine. Bulgaria
has promptly refused to apologize, in
sisting that she did right in expelling
him.
MONDAY, D1XKMIIKU 21.
Senator Preston B. Plumb,-of Kan
sas, was stricken with apoplexy at
Washington, yesterday, and died' in a
few moments.
Thos. fl. Allen & Co., cotton factors
'it Memphis, Tenn., have failed. Their
liabilities are estimated to be $844,000;
assets about $500,000.
Truckee, California, suffered a seri
ous fire yesterday, which swept the
business portion of the town, doiug
damage to the amount of $50,000;
very little insurance.
The Boardof Directors of the JefTer
son Davis Monument Association met
at Richmond, Va., yesterday. They
report subscriptions of between $15,
000 and $20,000.
The receipts from customs at New
York during the first twenty days of
this month 'were $5,3G2,7G8, an in
crease of $1,704,067 compared with
the receipts during the corresponding
period of last year.
FOREIGN.
Emperor Francis Joseph has given
lis assent to the publication of a work
by Archuuciiess fatephanie describing
ler travels and adorned with her own
pen drawings.
A London cablegram says: Mr.
Hastings, member of Parliament for
East Worcestershire, was arrested
yesterday on arriving at Folkestone
from the continent. He is cliarcred
with defrauding Malvern College of
$75,000 under his Trusteeship.
TUESDAY, DKCKMHKK 2?.
The largest natural gas well in In-
diana has just been drilled near Mun
cie. The capacity of the' well is esti
mated at 15,000,000 cubic feet and
the pressure at 400 pounds to the
square inch.
The grip has seized the inmates of
the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Md. Over fifty men and twenty offi
cers arc prostrated. Fortunately tho
disease has appeared in a very mild
form.
The sum of $70,000 has been paid
into the Treasury Department, at ban
rrancisco, by the firm of Neuberger,
Reiss & Co., members of which firm
were indictedfor smuggling.
A peculiar suit has been brought in
Minneapolis, Minn., by a traveling
man, against the manager of a theatre
at that place for refusing to procure
him another seat when his view of the
stacre was obstructed by two ladies
wearing large hats.
, FOREIGN.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
is seriously ill with influenza.
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBKR S3.
btenhen 11. Jukms. has been con
firmed by the Senate to be Secretary
of ar.
The Guioh Line steamer Abyssinia,
has been burned at sea. All on board
were saved. The steamer and cargo,
the former valued at $200, 000 are a
total loss. '
United States troops have been sent
to Laredo, Texas, to prevent Mexican
insurgents from crossing into the Mate.
A conflict has. taken place between
the insurgents and Mexican troops.
The steamer West Coast, while un
loading at Point A vena, Cal., Tester
day; parted her moorings and was
cast up; on the South reef. The cap-
tain, nreman ana two seamen were
saved; 'nine others -were drowned
Ihe steamer was valued at $200,000
and was partially insured..
The Eli Whitney Monument Asso
ciation held a meeting in Atlanta, Ga.
yesterday, and passed resolutions to
erect a fifty thousand dollar monument
to Eli Whitney, the inventor of the
cotton gin.
SOUTHPORT,
WASHINGTON NEWS.
aui: vi: TO HAVE
with chili:?
WAR
t'ongr- Adjoam to January Fifth
Com im liter Not Yet Auuouu-tl Ac
tivity in tli- Navy Department
ferry Sluipun' Opinion.
Washington. Dec 21, 1 89 1 . Con
gress, having done a little work in tho
Senate and gone through the pretence
n the House by meeting for a few
w
minute once every three days, will on
Wednesday of this week, formally ad-
ourn until January 5. It is stated
that on the day of adjournment Sp2ak-
er Crisp will announce the Committees
of the House. It is now settled that
Mr. Mills will not serve on the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, behaving
leclined the second place on that com-
mittee, which was tendered to him by
he Speaker. Mr. Springer will be
chairman of that committee, and Hoi
man, of Indiana, of the Appropriation
Committee, unless the opposition to
these appointments, which is active
and earnest, shall succeed within the
next two (lays in breaking the slate.
There is great uneasiness among the
eastern democrats lest the Speaker
shall favor free silver coinage in
making up the committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures, and a number
of prominent men from that section
"nave come here to join with their
Representatives in arguing with the j
Speaker on tL is subject. It is a very
r on
t one,
ticklish one, for the democratic party.
as well as for Mr. Crisp, and the pre
diction is made that he will try to
straddle it by placing men on the
committee who have no decided con
victions, either for or against silver.
The Navy Department may not be
expecting war with Chile, but it can
not bo denied that it is actively pre
paring for that very contingency. Not
only have all the war vessels available
been ordered to the Pacific, but under
standings have been reached with the
owners of a large number of private
vessels that will place them at the dis
posal of the department on short no
ice, and all work in Navy Yards is
being rushed.
Jerry Simpson may not make as
big a show as some of his colleagues,
but the following opihion from him
shows that he can see as far into a
political mill stone as any of them;
"The nomination of Mr. Elkins to be
Secretary of War appears to indicate
a thorough understanding, between
Mr. Harrison and Secretary Blaine,
but whose, interests predominate in
the understanding, is the question. I
Delieve that Rlaine is playing a waiting
game, and that his future course will
be governed altogether by circum
stances. If there is a unanimous call by
his party upon him to be a candidate
he will submit; he is, in my opinion,
too great a statesman and patriot to
refuse the demands of his party, when
it is for the interest of the country.
I think Blaine stands head and should
ers above-any other man in his party,
and that he would, if a republican is
to be elected, be the best man for
President. His policy of reciprocity
means free trade, if carried to its
legitimate conclusion."
No wonder Chicago is regarded as
the most enterprising American city.
What other city would have had the
nerve to invite the entire U. S. Con
gress and the families of its members,
to become its guests, to bo carried
from Washington to Chicago and re
turn pn special trains, and to be quar
tered) at its best hotels for two or three
days, while they took & look at the
preparations being made for the
World's Fair? That is what Chicago
did, and the immensity of the proposi
tion was too much even for Congress,
and the excursion, which was inten
ded for this week, has been postponed
for awhile, probably until tho 22nd of
February, in order to give Congress a
chance to catch its breath.
Representative Culbertson's dechn
ing to accept a place on the Interstate
Commerce Commission after he had
agreed to talce it, has made no end of
trouble It interfered with President
Harrison's plans to a considerable ex
tent, it is said, and it 'has placed Speak
er Crisp in a very uncomfortable 'po
sition, as he had promised , the chair
manship of the Judiciary Committee,
to whicn Mr. Culbertson is by senior-
. -'ft.' k a
lty entitled, to .Mr. uaies. a num
ber of reasons have been given for
the ninth hour change of mind on the
part of Mr. Culbertson, but that most
generally believed is that it was
brought about by telegraphed offers
of support in the Texas legislature for
the unexpired term of ex-Scnator
N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24. 1891.
Reagan As Mr. Mills and Senator
Chilton are also candidate, there will
probably lie a lively fight.
A resolution has bx-n offered in the
Hou.e providing for an investigation,
by a select comtnitte of five, of all
the charges that have at various times
been made against the Pension Office
It is a matter that ought to be taken
upjwithout political prejudice, but on
the eve of a Presidential election that
is expecting entirely too much.
It is now estimated that the atten
dance of veterans at the G. A. R. en
campmcnt in this city next year will
reach 400.00(1.
The Supreme Court was ahead of
Congress in taking its Christmas
holiday, as it adjourned from last
Friday to the first Monday in January.
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
A steady' I'roKre f tht? Work in the
Various I)-artiu-iit.
The skylight of 'the Exjositio!i was
set Thursday, in the Woman's Build
ing. The paper trade '.of the. United
States, has announced the intention to
make a magnificent exhibit
A number ol the. Belgium Woiid's
Fair Commission, and a .resident of
Brussels, is in Chicago inquiring into
the electrical department of the' expo
sition plan.
f)J. Peabody, chief of the depart-
1 inent of Liberal Arts, addressed the
Institute of Principals of the public
schools of Chicago on .Saturday; touch
ing the interests which he represents.
A merchant of Smyrna, Turkey,
has made application for 1,000 sq. ft.
to displa the famous rugs bearing the
name; of the town. The government
of Turkey has appointed its World's
Fair Commission:
The Bureau of the American Re
publics is informed that the President
of Honduras has issued a decree
authorizing the .organization of a lot
tery to pay the expenses of the repre
sentation" of that Republic at the
World's Fair.
The governors of all the states
which have agreed to furnish quotas of
troops to participate in the dedication
ceremonies m October, 1S92, are cor
diallynn accord with the arrangement.
The governor of Indiana asks that
the quota from that stato be increased
from 500 to 1,000.
The King of Siam h&s charged the
Siamese Commission of " Agriculture
with the preparation of an exhibit
from that country. This official and
hfs assistants are also authorized to
charter one or more vessels, and load
them with products of the farms, mines
forests'and manufactures, for trans
port to the Exposition.
The State Horticultural Society, of
Michigan will contribute to" the Expo
sition, a novel and interesting exhibit
in the form of a peach orchard in full
bearing. The preparations for this
are already undar way, and the trees
carefully selected have been planted
in tubs, and wilL be . trimmed and
stimulated to perfect bearing by the
time they are placed on exhibition.
The President of the National Board
of Underwriters is urging a complete
exhibit of fire engines, and fire ex.
tinguishing appliances. The illustra
tion of the growth and . development
for the methods of managing confla
grations from the rudimentary (squirt"
"pail" to the splendid automatic ma
chines of to.day, would undoubtedly
firnish an interesting and profitable
showing.
Rio de Janeno desires her exhibit
to be entirely distinct from that of the
remainder of Brazil. The Director of
the National Museum at Rio, and the
Director of the Botanical gardens are
both hard awork preparing exhibits
for the exposition. The display of
orchids will probably. surpass any pre
vious collection ever exhibited. There
-4 ...
will also be a fine ana complete com
mercial exhibit. Onthe2Gtb of Oc
tober the Brazilian Chamber of Depu
ties appropriated the sum of $300,000
to defray the expenses of the Exposi
tion. It is announced that within thirty
days the tearing down of the old Inter
State Exposition building on the Lake
Front in Chicago will begin. On its
site will be erected a permanent Art
Institute building costing $600,000 or
more. The Exposition authorities con
tribute $200,000 of this amount, and
during the Exposition the structure
will be utilized for some of the meet
ings provided by the World's Congress
A uxiliarv. I
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tie-rt:e C. Itakrr of f hiras;. the Intrntur
Fr-lrtrk A. Itallin tf Itotruit thf
I.-it-r. The Ktx.rimrntaJ
lloat m Wooden One.
Detroit, Mich..-December. 20. A
new submarine boat has just been con
strocted at the Detroit Boat Works
from designs by Frederick A. Balhn,
naval architect of this city, tieorgt- C
Baker, of Chicago being the inventor.
The invention consists in reversible
profilers working on each side of the
boat amidships. Their duty is to
propel as well as regulate the desired
immersion. When the boat is in
operation very little of the hull will
le visible, and 'oeeause of t..is an ob
serving tower is provided' at the high
est point, surmounting it a couple of
feet. The. puwoi necessary to sub
merge the remaining ortion of the
hull, amounting to aloul ten cub:c
feet, will be very small.
As it is jKissible to revolve the pro
peiier shaft to any desirtrd angle, it is
evident that the wheels will have a
tendency to draw the boat downward
at the oblique angle with the level of
the water, but as the remaining buoy
ancy acts perpendicularly -upward, tho
direction of the boat will he m the
line of the resolvent of these two
forces. The more acute the angle of
the shaft the deeper the boat will sink.
If turned at an anrle of 00 degrees
there will be no more forward motion
but, instead, a vertical downward
motion. As the buoyancy changes
slightly with the depth 'under water.
there 'will be a certain point where it j
will h: possible to maintain a direc
tion parallel with the level of the
water at any desired deoth.
The experimental boat is built of
wood for the - sake of economy,
although originally designed to be
made of steel. It is 40 feet lo2g, f
feet wide and 1 4 feet deep. The hull
is constructed of solid oak frames,
molded ( inches, and bolted together
fore and aft without spaces. These
frames are covered with a skin of pre
pared canvas, over which one-inch
planking is fastened, well cal ked, mak
ing the thickness of the shell 7 inches
all through. The longitudinal sections
are parabolic, while all cross sections
are true ellipses. On the inside the
hull is well braced ' by leams, shelves
and stringers, and it is calculated that
it will withstand safely an external
pressure of 40 pounds, equivalent to a
submersion of 80 feet.
The question of power was the most
important one to solve, Storage bat
teries naturally suggested themselves,
as they require neither fuel nor air,
but they were, ruled out when it was
demonstrated that 400 cells, weighing
nearly fifteen tons, could furnish the
necessary power for only ten hours
before they would have to be re
charged. Steam was finally adopted
as the one most simple, reliable, and
attainable The machinery in the boat
consists of a G0-horse power Roberts
safety-pipe boiler and a 7 by 8 inch
Willard engine, an exhaust condenser,
a Worthington duplex-pressure pump,
and a 10 by 1C by 12 inches Hughes
blowing engine, and also a hand force
pump. The boiler had to be built up
inside the boat. The outside casing
is made of one-quarter inch steel boil
er plate, riveted and calked,, and as
the fire door and ash-pit covers can !e
screwed down perfectly air-tight, no
gas can escape inside the boat.
The smokestack is connected with
an outside cast-iron conduit, which is
provided with a check conti oiled from
the inside. The blowing engine is
capable of changing the air in the
boat in two minutes, -drawing it
through a four inch inlet pipe, which
Can be extended eight feet above the
hull at one end of the boat and dis
charging it at the other. If submer
sion is desired the discharge is closed,
and the air can be stored m the hull at
a pressure of abont fifteen pounds,
sufficient in quantity to last lhre:
men for several hours -
Ingress to the boat is seemed
through the observing tower, which
is provided with a tight fitting cover
that can be opened or shut from the
inside. The body of the tower has
around the sides five side-lights or
peep-holes, and the cover is closed by
one of heavy glass.
The lateral direction of the boat is
controlled by a balanced rudder under
the stern, which is wot ked by a steer
ing wheel situated at the tower.
Resides the machihery.aUint twentv
five tons of irt;i and tiveton of wau
l nH u h'x:k lhe w lo lho
quired draught, and th waier can be
putnpe.! out by either steam or hand,
, m cae of emergency The exhaust
I from the ditTon-nt engines is condensed
by the siphon and expelled at the side
of ihe hull The interior is lighted
by incandescent lights, electricity
being furnished by eight 300 ampere
Woodwaid cells
An anchor will le "earned-on top
of the hull and two tow posts are pro
vided for fastening lines. An iron
railing secures against slipping from
the top
'It-is claimed) for tins boat that her
every movement, forward, backward,
up'and down, will 13 controlled by a
steam screw, and that she wiR not dig
her nose in the mud, as has happened
to every submarine boat thus far built.
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NORTH CAROLINA;-
Krw C'tlpjMI From Valuable Kkrhauges
Krtnn the , North State.
J. M. l'eudieton, the late defaulting
treasurer of the Twin-City club, has
paid every dollar of his indebtedness.
Sl'ltv ( 'ifi'iitrfr,
The plans for the projiosed Union
passenger depot for this city have Kn-n
sent 'by tho railroad authorities to our
City Fnthers-for inspection. and -appro-val.
The depot, according to the de.
signs submitted will cost $15,000. and
will be indeed a crcd it to our city.
Deputy '.her if! II. B. Hyatt routevl
an 'emigration agent this week. He
was here endeavoring to entice hands
away, but Deputy Hyatt "caught on
to Ins racket" and the fellow left. Ho
eluded t he officer 'and. savod himself
i.ruIIi uuprUmuiciit or the heavy fino
the law iinjioses, for carrying lalnjrcrs
away I'lmrrs' A'fv'it-.
In the United States court yesterday
Wiley Atkinson,, who was arrested for
breaking into and robbing the post
office at Lilesville was brought before
Judge Dick to a-nswer the charge
against him. He was found guilty
and sentenced to two years hard labor
in the penitentiary at Albany, and
fined $100 and cost Clmrluifr (Jhrn-
It is said that (ion A. M Scales is
scarcely ever conscious now, and dur
ing his lucid moments lie suffers in
tersely. The (Jeneral has'. frequently
expressed a hope before his illness
that he niight not live to such aft old
age that hef would bo a burden to his
family and it pems rather a strange
fate that- he should have to suffer so
long. Consideration for his friends
has always been characteristic of the
General and it still shows forth even
in his dying hours.--Charlotte AW.
More curiosities have been found in
the bed of shell 'rock, fourteen miles
up Trent river, from which tho supply
for the additional layer on the maca
damized road is being procured. Capt
Dave Roberts brought in yesterday
an old coin and a rusty, peculiar
shaped and very ancient looking lonc
handled knife. A part of the handle
was broken off and gone, but the
blade is entire 'about seven inches in
length, slightly curved, and with the
point rounded and Kharpencd clear over
to the back. The theory is advanced
that it is of either Indian or Spanish
origin. Aft? IV. m. Journal.
THE COEEANS EXCITED.
A letter from Yokohama says that
in Corea the citizens of Soul seem to
be again stiffen ng from one of their
periodical scares. The notorious Kim
Ok-Kynn i ortentions on the horizon
at present
Kim's doing dunng the past twelve
months have partaken of more or less
mystery. Nobody is quite clear as to
tho' sources from which he derives his
mean of nmenance. He is said to
have realized a very havy sum by a
forgery which certain ountrymen of
his perpetrated . " "
He has lm ngagJ in seriois
plof kicking to hit own return to
Corea Wider circumstance of force or
violence However, his reappearance
in hi native country would array
against him a hot of bitter enemies
and invoke no partisans. Neverthe
less, rumors are current in Co tea that
he Las enlkled the service of a band
of Japanes and adventurous spirits,
with the project of making his way to
Soul and punishing his enemies by
burning the city to the groniid. This
story has found credence in the Corean
capital. It is stated that sjarcial pre
cautions have been taken to guard
j Soul against the projte-l catastrophe
and that r,oiitti alarm exists in the
r hi
ty
PBICE FIVE CEHTS.
HALEKMTS BUDGET.
a ouitnsinN ii:nts Yirorn
ON ItALKIGlI AFFAIIIH.
lljf. TliXn Warhl lUUIck. TIm
TrUI C rrrrlMr AWrHky.
Xw Stale Valail.
Kaleiou, N. C. Doc 22. Tb
The Sute Unjiversity is doing a
good work and itt new president Dr.
(Icorgo T. Winston, is well pleased
with the progress made. The 230
students have behaved well and under
tho new rules they provido practically
for their own discipHno. Tho faculty
encourage athletics, and rcrjr properly
so Many sports tnako men. as Eng
land has shown for hundreds of years.
The schools' of medicine and civil
engineering are soccessfal. The for.
mer has thirty students; the latter
seven; Later there will bo a business
dejartmcnt.
The people of Ilalcighwill make a
gift to the new warship lUleigh; a
vessel whoso name is really a compli
ment to to thecntire State, and which
will be launched at Portsmouth Janu.
ary 15. (Jov. Holt and a number of
oiher prominent people will attend tho
launching, and a young lad y of Raleigh
will cb tu'tcn the new cruiser m which
the. --people' hero take sach a great
lride. Many North Carolinians ought
to Ik; in her crew, and thero ought
not to bo the least trouble in manning
the war vessels as soon as tho men
are needed.
The question of female education is
just now one of tho matters of popu
lar talk. " Tho new collego for the
training of white girls will do a great
deal of good. Tliero is a further
movement in the direction of opening
the doors of tho University to women.
It would bo interesting to know tho
status of public opinion regarding
this matter.
It will be after tho holidays that
the dull times set in. Hut this' very
dullness may- be the means of doing
good. Tho lesson of economy, taught
for years, but forgotten after last year's
phenomenal croj, is again before tho
people. There is not enough saving.
People in North Carolina, that is the
mass of the people, arc not in a condi
tion to-spend money save for tho
necessaries of life. It is tho failure to
see this which has' produced this style
of living, so unfortunately common
all through tho cotton -belt. Negro
labor and tbo habits of tho negro are
responsible for a good deal of this
sort of thing.
Hishop Lyman V jubileo or semi-centennial
of his ordination as an Episco
pal priest, ha just been very fittingly
celebrated hero. Tho wide pre valence
of tho grippe prevented tho largo
attendance of tho clergy expected.
The gift to the bishop from tho diocese
was a crosier or pastoral staff of ebony
and silver, which cost $250. Addres
ses were made by Kemp T. Ilatile, r
Rev. Dr. J. U. Cheairc, Jr and F. 8.
Sprunt, tendering congratulations to
tho Bishop. The Episcopalians are
making gains in membership in tho
State. - ' .
The exact amount of tho defalca
tion of Charles I). Unchurch, the de
faulting clerk of Wako Superior Court,
is said to be $20,000. So postmaster
Shaffer of Raleigh, his bondsman,
tells me. Unchurch has a good place
in tho barge office. New York. It isW"
a disgrace that such men, who take
orphans' money, jpst places under the
government j
The shooting affair between preach
er Abernethy and Grimsley, at Snow
Hill attracts undiminished attention.
To rnorrow tlie trial of tho preach
er begins before a church coram tUee
of five His friends allege that
f jrimsley will kill him if he gets the
opportunity, Orimsley is yctat large.
It is not understood thai any effort
haa been made to capture Jiim. Of
course ho lias
many lopportert.
is said John T. Patrick,
And now it
the life and soul of the late exposition"
here, is out of pocket just $1000
thereby. Raleigh made money oat of
the exposition. The cash subscribed
by the people here was $SS00. It is
said that $200,000 was spent here by
visitors.
The value of tho real andjcrsonaj
property in the State under the last
asatfssment, for is $257,052,-
21. That includes the railways. U
is remarkable when contrasted with
the total valuaUon in '1887, which waa
$31,000,000 less. Even now much pro
perty is undervalued, and will bo until
there is a State board of assessors,
(if course the tailway commission as
sesses the railways. Tho gain in the
value of those over last, year
was $0,000,000.
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