North Carolina Newspapers

. . ESTABLISHED 1890. Illlv .WORLD'S NEWS. :0:- A ( ON fKN SKI) S UM 31 A It Y OF WKKK'S DOINGS (.ri( "" 1 ' " - .. Tlnnldto Will Haltiiii'.re. Hre in Varioaa 1'artn of 1 ( oiiniry. Slatr Hank In Nebraf U , -Mipf ikU. Cruiner Chicago. i.iiNKSUAY. KKBKI AUV 27. . Mr-. IiourKf Cockran's will left her f 00. . i (MM-!:iS'' to her iiusuami I.viiji. Mmsh.. 1ms an alarming epidemic , T . . 1 of -ril'. csis Having uwrn reixirieu in John K. liolies. the well-known poet vctcrd.tv, iiirel Tltr- burial .of Frederick Douglas took y.hc- at Hot hester, . l., yesterday amid J g, it r:il public mourning isy the mistaken shipment of bad steel c G.i 1' mc f,,r ruii barrels to .pnngueiu. -Jiass., at- . . ; . -if 1 stwi , morv. ilif! ijovemiiit-'iii in iuc o.wu Hood, f lale A: Co. 's veneering worts at Wren, Pa., vere destroyed by fire ve- U-nlay nWninj;.- Loss $100,000 The sealinjr regulations made by the I'nited States with Great Britain's aeree! mi nt, arc denounced by Sir Charles Tupi- r.( r, Canadian Minister of Finance. , FOREIGN. The commission appointed by the Pope to ( 'insider the propriety of priests riding bicyvcles 'reported last week in favor jot tin: pi aft iff , j -f THI KSIMY. FKI1KUAIIY 38. Wilson Hros. flour mills at Peabody, Kan. -burned yesterday. Loss $100,000 t The La Libertad. the missing Mexican warship, two week overdue,, is ashore at the mouth of the Mississippi river A thousand.. Salvation Army members bade farewell to Gen. Booth when he sailed from New York yesterday An unknow n miscreant fired four shots at Engineer Had ford, as his train passed through Thomasville, Ga. but only slight ly wounded him Fire on the Dcepwater Terminus, at Halifax, caused nearly a million dollars' loss yesterday. The chief loss sustained i by the dominion Government FOKKIGX. The German Reichstag refused to con fer dictatorial iMjwers upon the Governor of Alsace' Lorraine H;il).V, MAIM II 1. Three tinplato mills, to cost $750,000, are projeeted at Baltimore . Tlie A. 1', A., will held its national con vention at Saginaw, Mieh., March 12 A petition for the recall of United States Consul an is being circulated at St. John's N. F. The mail carrier on the route between Forest and Trenton, Miss-, was murdered mid the mail robbed on Tuesday After hiccoughing seven days, T. P. lWkcrt, a New York stenegrapher, got relkf from diluted nitro-hydrochloric acid Accusing his brother, William, of be tray inn his mooHshining proclivities to the sheriff, Charles Jenkins, of .Monroe county, Tt'iih., killed him with a stick ' ; hanrcs (.f bribery and corruption were yesterday made ajainst Judge Frank Ives, of Minnesota, in a petition to the legislature, asking his impcacment FORKIOX. lfcuil w ill pay France $100,000 indem 'jity for the families of Frenchmen shot hi.rftijj the revolution WTIUUAY. MAKCII 2. Tlie discovery of natural gas near Ke NEW, - GOODS - ARRIVING T i I A I V CDT? riT a t A-.rYVL, Of.' A I riAUrn iTVnT i T O TrT rpTTTO iI7'nT"Tr OUIVIH brfiLJLALD fUtt 11115 WiiUlV. -CrC &ttT' tx'ies3 ambition WrV r?klt Lb8 Sf o the State. ?andie f Price. 53c' l'nw- av-r "-Storm Serge, 50c 1 vavy"? orm Sew 75c -.u -av:c. orm Serge. 81. 39 -nch colcncrfi Whipcord, $1.50 r' " Cheviots and iaia FutaMf ' i.-sted; Henrietta all 59c K i IOC 12Ac ISC Black Danish Uoth.. fancy "et inxm goods. n v tii, . - ' H . ' 4 :e.WHU US ouahtiro in- C ;-r-vaac , the bargain is made ... 3 .. . i - umsaeu Henrietta, ?! Oc 41). $1.25 S9c SI o9c 75c Dia 'gred Mohair, lancyT reaves. f nosha. "Wis. has greatly excited the neigh borhood The Iteno Hotel and Maupin & Wag ner's cigar factory at Norfolk, Va., were yesterday destroyed by(fire. Loss $75,000 In a general fight between negroes at Kimball, W. Va., Henry Xutt, Margaret Miles and another colored person were fatally injured R. G. Dun & Go's weekly review of trade says that there were 2-50 failures in the United States during the past week.against 303, last year. Since the Roach Family has had control of the ship yards at Chester. Pa., over $11,000,000 have been disbursed in wages FOREIGN. M. deStaal, the Russian Ambassador at London, has declined the post of Foreign Minister " - SUXUAY. MARCH 3. The Globe Moulding Works of Chicago, 111-, were destroyed by fire yosterday. Loss $75,000 Prof. John Stuart Blackie, the noted author and ; classical scholar died at Edin burgh, aged 86 years Richard Croker declares that Tammany Hall will live, when all that are active in. politics to day are dead Unless relatives of Capt. T. C. Clarke, who wag lost in the Pacific in 1877, can be found, his fortune will escheat to the State of California i The Ballou Banking C'ompany of Storm Lake. Ia, is embarrassed, and II. S. Ballau of Boston.who is charged with fraud has been arrested i The total visible supply of cottca.foube world is 4.794,719 bales, of wLkb 4:473, 519 bales are American; against 4.393.420 bales, and 3,825.220 bales respectively last year. Receipts of cotton this week at all interior towns 89,14 Vatiles Receipts from the plantations 11,?,906 bales; crop in sight 8,497,576 bales- ' FOREIGN. Tlfl Pope yesterday celebrated his 85th birthday- amir- tlie 17th anniversary of his coooatioft 'MONDAY. MAKCII 4. A blinding snowstorm set in at Peters burg, Va., yesterday afternoon Percy G. Chapbcrlain. a retired captain of the British army, shotj and killed liit self at his home in Chicago yesterday ; The steamer 3. S. Rhea, which left Cin cinnati yesterday morning, burst hermaiD. steam pip aatl dangerously scalded thiw persons , WiMiam Morgan and William JfiTf, were killed by au explosion of salhuric acid gas at the ' National Tube works at Mc Keesrort. Pa., yesterday morning The State Bank of litchr3old, Neb., has suspended. Nichols tllu cashier was ar retted at LincolQ some week ago on the charce of passiaf counterfeit coin BORBION. France is about to arrange a commercial treaty, with. Italy and thus end hostility that Hid Ion gaxi'stcd TUESDAY. 3TAHCH 5 The cruiser Chicago left Madeira yester day for New Yoi W- C. Cou p, the veteran showman, died yesterday at Jacksonville. FJa- The first movement "of Southern ncrToes to Africa a vill begin on Tbnrsday Df this week. T "ne steamer will sail fror a gavan. nah. Ga... to Monrovia oa the 9t a ii The marriage of Miss A' Jna G0l,id to CounBoni De Castellary t00t piaCe at the residence of the b' ii(3e'g brother. Mr. Qcjo. Jay Gould, in ?ew York yesterday .r.tnoon. Arcbbishryp C'orrigan and two priests from the Cathedral officiating. The gifts were numr fOU3 an( costly IMG STARTS EARLY We won't sav mnch about them, except very desirable and marked at very when you call at our Lace Department. SELK SLAUGHTER . Our Their Price. Price. G9c -Fancy Shirt Waist Silks. Bro caded Satins and Taffetas $1.50 C9c Heavy Black Satin, , $1 $1.15 Heavy Black Duchesse, $1.75 $1.19 neavy Black Gros Grain, $2.00 S5c Extra quality of colored silk Crapes de Chines, $1.25 S9c Beautiful line of fancy shirt waist, dress silks, $ 1.25 $2 33c Ki Ki Wash Silks, 75c 35c 32 inch Tongee Silk, all snades, . COc 49c 32 inch extra quality Japa- ' nese Silks, 75c We have cut our entire stock of colored Silk Vel ? vets uniform in price with . those . ot Lichtenstein's 1 stock. 95c Secures you the choice, $1, SI?? 49c Changeable Surah Silk. 7lc IUTZ & F0LV0GT, IIO Market Street. DEVOTED TO THE BEST WASHINGTON NEWS. :o:- ALL THE APPROPRIATION' BIT.LS PASSKO. Presldent CleTcland and Secretary Car lisle Going Flailing-. Compliment Paid Secretary Herbert. Pontmuter Gen eral Wilson Congratulated. Washington, March 4, The record is made, and the Fiftjj tarrd Congress, after a forty eight-War slttinc:, with several intervening recesses, -not be cause yesterday was Sunday but to rest exhausted humanity, has passed into history, which will impartially judge its acts, good and bad. It will be several days before the fall effects of the legislation do ring its last two days of life amendments to appro priation bills, etc., can be put in such ; shape as to be aggregated and fully digested, although it is already ' Icnown that much of it was unwise and more for the good of the couDtry, and would have been prompt ly vetoed in separate bills. It has liecome a custom to force Presidents to. accept vicious legislation at the eloge of every Congress as amend ments to appropriation bills, because the sponsors for this class ot legislation know that the amounts are seldom lare enough in a single bill for the President to veto an appropriation bill and entail the expenses of an extra session of Congress upon the country. The custom is a bad one and should be broken up, but that is difficult to do. The easiest way to do it would be to follow the recommendations of several Presidents and give the President-authority to veto seperate clauses of a bill, but that authority can only be given by Congress. Numerous persons, m the Senate as well as out, were disappointed because none of the proposed political investi- gations in the Southern States were Inaction of Secretary Herbert's esti authorized before the adjournment ot I mates for the Naval Appropriation.) Congress. At one time it seemed probable that a blanket investigation would be ordered, but private- dis cussion of the matter soon madje it apparent that it would have been about aa easy to get a vote on a free coinage bill as on a resolution of thai sort, so it was decided to drop the, ' whole business; ' but it vill come np at the next session again. President Cleveland certainly had cause to be glad when the fall xt the gavels of Vice President Ste venson and Speaker Crisp announ ced the legal end of the Fifty-third Congress. It is not 'oelieved that any other Pres ident "has ever had as hanl a physical t-0'iC imposed upon him as has been performed by President, Cleveland in the last 48 hours of almost continual work of the most wearing sort. Up to Saturday only two of the thirteen regular appropriation bills had be come laws an unprecedented state of affairs and eight of them were still in conference. Since then they have all been acted upon. To get an idea of the enormous amount of work the President had to perform it must be remembered that the more Important - DAILY. that they are Pretty, Stylish Goods, low prices. We will give you details DOMESTICS-LINENS. Sc Yard wide Lonsdale Shirting, 10c 20c Bleached Sheetings. 10-4 30c 15c Unbleached Sbeetm.gs. 20c Sc 45 in Bleached Pillow Casing, 121c 55c 9 4 Hemmed Bleached Sheets ready for use 25c Oil Red Damask, 75c 49c 42c Oil Red Damask, 31c Bleached Damask, 62c Satin Damask, 59c 49c S9c RUGS, MATTINGS. ' Moquette Rugs, lSx36, SSc. ( Moquetto Rugs, size 38x72, exqui site colorings and designs, value $5, sale price $3,49. Smyrna Ruirs. size 30x72. extra heavy quality, value $5,50. sale jrice A2.S9. JaDanese llasrs. size 36x72, best nnalirv full size, value 2.75. .sale ua J f - i nrice S1.S9. 1001 Rolls of China Matting, 40 yards to? roll, value $C per roll, sale crice S3.9S. 50 Rolls Cotton Warp Matting worth 35c per yard and $12.-50 per roll, sale price $7.89. INTEBESTS OF SOUTHPOBT AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY. SOUTHPORT N, C. THUESD AY, ZIABCH 7. 1895. of these appropriation bills consist of hundreds of pages of itemized appro priations, and that President Cleve land never signs bis name to anything without knowing just what it is, although he had in this case to sign bills containing items and amendments that were decidedly objectionable, be cause the bills containing them could not be voted without making an immediate extra session necessary, something that he had no desire to do, if it could possibly be avoided. Later on there may have to be an extra session of Congress called, but there is at present a good prospect of escaping it entirely, unless there shall be another run on the -Treasury for gold. ' . It is fashionable to abuse Congress, but when one takes tbxrlrJal to go carefully over the work of the Fifty third Congress, it will be seen that there is little cause for abuse from anybody and nono for abuse from Democrats. True, this Congress did not meet the expectations of the Presi dent as to the financial legislation, but why was it? The Democratic party has always taught that the first duty of a Senator or Representative, wa3 to represent his constituents. Well, that is precisely what the Democrats in the Seriate and House of the Fifty-third Congress: did, and that is why there was no financial legislation. .Presi dent Cleveland realized this, and he has had no word of abuse for Con gressmen who stood by the views of their constituents, although he has not hesitated to express the opinion that those views were wrong and that time would con vince those who beld them of the fact. It is not often that members of the opposition party pay as high a tribute to the ability and patriotism of a mera oer of the cabinet as Senators Aid rich, of R. I., and Lodge, of Mass, did. to Secretary Herbert in their snueches in the Senate against a re Secretary Herbert hs.s every right to feel proud of such compliments, de served though they were. " . One of the surprises of the last week of Congress was that Senator Chand ler, ("Little Billy") of N. H. should have dared with his record, financial and political, to have attacked the honesty of other Senators. It may have been unparliamentary for Sen ator . Hill, who gave "Little Billy" a terrible tongue thrashing, to refer to him as a "hyena." but its aptness ex cused its use in that particular case. Senator Martin after saying that he had heard it said that if Chandler had his deserts he would be in the peni tentiary instead of the Senate, referred to Chandler as a "buzzard," who sat in the nest of an eagle and "vomited forth its filth on every occasion." While a dispute was going on as to whether Senator Martin's words should be taken down he said that he would withdraw the objectionable words from respect to the Senate, but his withdrawal of them would not change his belief in their truth: President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle, who have been for quite a while two of the hardest worked offi cials of the government, will this week start on a hunting and fishing trip along the Carolina coast. They have certainly earned a vacation, and every body hopes they will enjoy it and return with renewed strength to their arduous duties. Among these who extended con gratulations to Postmaster General Wilson, who succeeds Mr. Bissell. was General John E. Mulford, of Xew York, ndw visiting his old time col league in the arrangements for the exchange of Union and Confederate Drisoners. Reoresentative Hatch, 6f Mo. lit was the first time Mr. Wilson bad met Gen. Mulford since the war. Grasping him. warmly by the hand the new Postmaster General said : Gen eral, 1 am overjoyed to meet you again. You bad me in charge as a prisoner of war. I have never for gotten from that hour tq this your soldierly bearing, your genuine cour tesy, and the kindly interest you took in every prisoner on your boat on that occasion. I ereet vou with the m greatest kindness and respect. In accordance with a resolution offered by Senator Manderson and adopted by the Senate there will be no more spoken eulogies of Senators. When a Senator dies his life and services will be duly recorded, all his colleagues having a chance to contn bute, in a printed volume, and the Jarce of speaking the eulogies to empty chairs and wasting the time of the Senate will be seen no more. i RALEIGH LETTER. -:o: THE ELECTION LAW PASSED OX SATURDAY. Hartm Hatler Farbida "Any Mar Joint Cnacvaea. State Fair Association In Debt. Arery Batler Again at Large Reformatory for Toang Criminal Ralkigh, X. C, March 4, 1895. Marion Butler in a Populist caucus last week, announced positively that there was to be no more joint caucus between Populists and Repub licans. He said that the Populists roust assert themselves as a party. That if they thought they owed any thing to the . KerbHcMS -because of his election to the senate, to say so, and he would resign his seat, for his ambition was no higher than the suc cess of his party. There was a meeting of the directors of the State Fair Association held here last week. This association is $4,000 in debt. Col. J. S. Carrr the president of the association has already spent $2,500 out of his own pocket on the Fair. Raleigh people are rejoiced over the defeat of the Jim Young and Shaffer bills, looking to give negro rule in our city. The House killed both bills on Friday night. Maj. W. A. Guthrie and J. A. Smithy of Bessemer City, met in the Yarboro House a few nights ago, and, after some few words, came to blows, and had a regular Gght. At a Populist caucus last Wednes day night the Populists freely asserted themselves and gave notice to the Republicans that they would no longer play Jonah to be swallowed by "the Republican whale." They determined to fight the Government bill, and try to introduce the cumulative voting plan. To oppose changing any more charters, leaving Wilmington and Elizabeth City the only ones changed; to defeat the proposed new criminal circuit bill for Mecklenburg and New Hanover, and especially to see that aid was extended the- Confederate Monument. Thursday's proceeding in the Senate, when Senator Grant, of Wayne, intro duced a bill to appropriate $10,000 to the completion of the monument was an outcome of this caucus. The bill passed its third reading on Friday bv a vote of 21 to 20. There seems to be but little fear on the part of the riends of this bill, but what it will pass both houses and if so the monu ment can be paid for in full when it is finished, so that when it is unveiled it can stand there belonging, every inch of it, in its grandeur and beauty, to North Carolina. ' Avery Butler, the young white con vict, who some time ago waylaid and assassinated his father at Clinton, and sent to the penitentiary for life has escaped. In some way he got posses sion of a suit of citizen's clothing be longing to one of the- guards, put it on and deceived the guard, so that the latter went away, having been told by Butler, whom he did not know. that one of the officials wanted to see him, Butler dropped a key to two con victs below who were in the plot with him' and with this key they opened the door and all three got away. The other two convicts were, thirty year men. The search for them all began promptly, but they are still at large, Butler is now about 20 or 21 years of age. ' - Lusk in the House last week, tried to smooth over the Douglas resolution and say that the same honor bad been extended to Lee and Washington as Douelas had received It is said that the House records had been "doctored" so as to show the above. J The Legislature on Saturday did one good piece of work when it passed the bill for establishing a reformatory for youthful criminals. It appropri ated $25,000 for the establishment of the Institution, and then appropriated $10,000 annually for its support. The House on Saturday passed the bills to incorporate the Southport k Western Railroad; and also to incor porate the Southport Terminal and Improvement Company. The election law bill, was placed upon its third reading. Mr. Adams sent up an amendment to allow the prohibition party the same represen tation in registrars and judges of election as the other three parties. The amendment was lost. Mr. Adams sent up an amendment to strike out clerk of Superior Court and insert county commissioners. Lost. Mr. Dowd sent op an amendment pro viding that where two parties fused and voted for tho same candidatas, such parties are to be considered as one, and shall be allowed judges and poll-holders as one party. Mr. Dowd spoke in support of his amendment, and said he wanted to give the Fu sionists an opportunity to manifest some of the fairness with which they claimed to treat everybody. He asked for the yeas and nays. The call was sustained The amendment was lost by a vote of 29 to C, being a strict party vote except as to Mr. Sharpe, Populist, and Mr. Paddison, Populist, who voted with the Democrats in the affirmative. Mr. Adams sent forward an amendment striking out certain lines and allowing clerks of tho court to -appoint judges, poll-holders and registrars The iinend.x-cjt takes the appointment of these election officers out of the hands of chairmen of the committees. Mr. Moody called the previous question and cut off debate. The amendment was lost. L Mr. Dowd sent up an amendment requiring election officers to be men of at least moderately good character. Mr. White, of Alexander.iasked Mr. Dowd if he knew how to determine a mode rately good egg. (Laughter.) Mr. Forbes, Populist. said: "If you will change your amendment to men of good moral character, I will vote for it." Mr. Dowd: "You can make that amendment." Mr. Forbes said he re garded the amendment as against com mon sense. Mr. Dowd changed his amendment to read "good moral char acter. The call was sustained The amendment was lost by a vote of 30 to 6. Messrs Forbes, of Titt, and Mr. White, of Alexander, voting with the Democrats for the amendment. Mr. Dowd sent an amendment requir ing election officers to make oath that they were not, and had not been members of any secret or oath-bound political society. He said the con stitution prevented persons belonging to such societies from holding such offices. Mr. Dowd said ho did this to relieve the Alliance of odium which had been unjustly attached to it. He intended it for Gideon's Band. Mr. Price said: "If you will include Ku Klnx, I will vote for it." Mr. Dowd: I am surprised to hear this statement from a man whose mother and sister were "protected by Ku Klux.'' Ap plause. Mr. Moody called the previous question. 1 ho call was sustained, and the amendment was lost. Mr. .White, of Alexander, sent up an amendment to strike out "chairman of the State and insert chairman of the county,'" as to appointing election officers. Lost. Mr. Fowler sent up an amendment to strike out sections 73 and 74. Lost. Mr. Dowd offered an amendment to strike out 'shall" and insert "may" in line two of the bill. Lost. The bill passed its third and final reading by a vote of 35 to 4. In the Senate and House to day bills were introduced to prevent boy cotting by railroads in the State. A fine of $1,000 and forfeiture of char ter of an offending road is the penalty provided. This is a blow at the boy cott of the Seaboard Air Line by the Southern Railway and Steamship As sociation. In the Senate a bill to appropriate 5.000 for a woman's exhibit at At lanta Exposition, and a resolution con demning the late Congress and con gratulating the country on its adjourn ment, were tabled. The bill to permit fishermen to fish at the mouth of the Cape Fear river with nets was hotly discussed and was finally withdrawn by Mr. Mc- Clammy. . . At midnight it is practically agreed that the Populists are to have the rail way commissioner and two code com roissioners and tho commissioner of agriculture. The Republicans taking one code commissioner, the president of the Atlantic and North Carolina railway, the judge af the eastern crim inal circuit and the superintendent of the penitentiary. This appears to suit all bands and it is said there will- be no more caucusing. Some of the Republicans give as an argument for conceding a good deal to the Populists that they will need the support of the latter in electing the long term Senator next time. Mr. Williams, of Craven, rose to a question of personal privilege and read from the Asbeville Citizen an editorial which, after alluding to his voting for the . Douglas resolution, proceeded to identify bhn as the same R. P. Williams from Craven county who ran for Mayor of Xewbern as a Democrat, but was defeated, and 'then became a Republican for office only. WHOLE NUUBEB 263. STATE NEWS. ::- SIXTY HOUSES RUIIXRD IX KIXSTOX. Sal of FvrtUUara. Barm la Paata. A Notarloaa Maoatfclaer CaatarW. Taa IMa aa4 Bracket Factory, llaavy Kalaaaaat mt ClarMa, Another large cotton factory ia soon to be in operation in Salem. The sales of fertilisers in this State so far this year are the smallest for a gteat many years. The Xorth Carolina Iin and Bracket Manufacturing Co- has been organized and will begin operation in Wilkes boro in a few days. The Lobdell Car Wheel Worka of Raleigh are doing a big business. One day last week over forty wheels were moulded at one time. Winston shipped over one million pounds of manufactured tobacco dur ing the month of February. The stamp collections aggregated $61,332, 59. Samuel Ray, the notorious moon shiner, who has $0 long operated the "worm that dieth not" in Xew Light township, was caught in Xash county Wednesday, and is now in jail. Hannah Jones, of Groensboro'an aged colored woman fell in tho fire in a fit last night, and being alone, she was not discovered until this morning when she was found burned to a crisp. She is still alive, but cannot live. The grand jury returned a true bill Saturday, against policeman J. R. Haston, of Winston for shooting and killing Walter Tuttle, colored, while resisting ar res ton Xovember 1st, 1894. The defendant gave bond for his ap pearance at court. Quite an addition is to be made to the lower factory Liverpool. One hundred looms are to be put in, and the extension to the north end of the factory building will commence at once. The total cost will bo about $10,000. This factory is in a healthy condition financially. Davidson Dis patch. The Carolina Central tram was de layed eight hours at the big Pee Dee bridge Thursday night. on account of the burning of the track on the Hamlet side of the bridge. A pile of lumber near "the bridge, the debris lrom the old wood bridge, caught from a forest fire, and in turn set the track on fire. Four hundred yards of track were burned. , ; The commutator on tho dynamo at the Dilhng Cotton Mills Kings Moun tain was torn to pieces last night at 1:30 o'clock, causing tho mill to be shut down at night until more light can be turned on. CapL Dillmg went down to Charlotte on the early morn ing train to see Mr. Duval, the electrician. The same can be repaired in Charlotte, and the mill will be run ning again regularly Saturday night. Charlotte Observer. Mr. William J. Taylor dropped dead near hialiouse in Carver's Creek township Wednesday evening. He had just finished repairing a chimney, and told his wife be was going to bum some, brush. A few minutes later, m walking around the grounds, Mrs. Taylor ran across the body of her husband, x face downward, about a hundred yards from the house. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of death. Mr. Taylor was about 70 years of age. Fayetleviile Ob server. Messrs, Hackburn & Willet continue to make daily shipments of lettuce and spinach to the northern market and they are working a full force on their Oak's Farm, planting potatoes, plow ing and hoeing cabbage," preparing ground for spring planting, Lc They have 65 plows and 120 bands at work. What is going on at this farm is a specimen of what is in progress on others The time for active work on the truck farms is here. -Xewbern Journal. Fire broke out in Kinston at about 4 o'clock on Thursday afternoon in Bryan field's stables and rapidly spread to the wood buildings in rear of Oettenger Bros', store and the opera house. The two main business blocks of the town are in ashes or smoulder ing ruins. The flying sparks burned two or three houses occupied by colored people in another part of town. It is by far the ; severest fire ever known in Kinston. The loss is fully $250,000 and the Insurance In the aggregate is smalL The origin of the fire Is reported to have been a cigar ette stump, carelessly thrown by a boy in Bryan field's lUbles. K ATZ & P0LV0GT, WILMINGTON. N. C.