t oiigmMklona'.
I:. S-.i i.tf Mr Vai.ce' I re-e..t».l
ti.,■]•!. l. I. Sat!..:.:-. M»(.TJ'!-r.
, ti/.er. o'. tb« UUtrict of Co! in
prmjiog e .mpensation for injury to
Lii property m West WtoL.ngton |
, IW J liv cia !'.l'k street*
Mr Vance alnopresented tb«pet.
, r , ti,e f.*",. IV ' f I)»'M"'" * "•'
pr.1.1,' I''-" P****" ""
intern.t.o. .1 PJ n K bt 1««
'I he I 1 - 11 F* nslon
00 Iy • vly to tl** w.flow of Gen. John
A. L / i!i ** H y®* o*' 0 *' !
• • «if V J r \>M. (1 like b l ..
( >li IW illOll i} 4 * *
. . ♦/, 12.000 a ?eai the pen*
j |c i .!., l« "* - ,
. f e t [ r w - low of id. I riilik 1
JP, « r '»'n pa*--»e '■
I rj ~ if ,ane il r I£owland intro
.luce 1a 1,i.. I" 1 nn: le f-r HicloMUf,'
(i ,T. ri.:iieijt r—»r,ati » »t 1' " r!
,1 i j -f'* at S''litli] i' rt
Mi K »wlan \ also introduced a bill
, •' J;e t : Pi't 1' I!l>' 1 ,l 1 111 ''"
To, J I ;
, ii ?. it "1.-l • 'tt-
V • ,„ .t j■ i iiif '1 a blii ' l
ill i« tl I- f H ( Ult,l
f. lt \, w I>i .to rep.a- * the ret.
St. vhih
Mi S.mu .• 11- nl"> intro lu.-ed a bib
hr h. t: « «!••{•• ••'tors of tl.''
I i, . ; fj. - at. 1 J rust Com
-1a,% ; i ■. - u.o ii re Iby the fail
liip f -ti l coin| any.
Mr Siiniijoi - uls«» introduced a bib
j,, ■ >• i,l * ti.'* \fl of btamlard
mlvei for certain of tiie I nited
t „ , the legal-tender
~ t«-r ■•:* tiie half dollar. arid to
perm.t the i'-m' «»f s»U«r certificates
llj ! i !t j O-lt- of tliP -.III!'':
Mr .l..iiii-ton. fioiu the committee
on j ;1 ic 1> .iid lllj..'* and ground*, re.
j • rt 1 * 1 hnck with arncridinent tlio t>nl
for thf ♦•rection of u j»ui»li-
in tii" eitv of Ashevnh?.
Mi. Hcmh i -on. of North Caralin i,
from the coiuinitt' • on the judical},
r. ported the hill to amend th internal
revenue lawn. 1 louse calendar'
1 u it ,-t present th* hill abol
ishes all minimum penalties fer the
infraction of the revenue and
confers upon the courts discretion m
the imj osition of j>unisliment witiiin
the limits tix*d hj the ntatue. It
forbids the issue of a warrant in such
easp.i upon information and belief,
• xcppt upon an affidavit made by the
collector or deputy collector or re*e
nue and with thm excwptlon r1 >
\T. ii rants are to !)«• issued except up
on >\r >ra complaint setting forth
f »r{-» >i . within the personal know!
• {_;• of the atliant. Payment of
f. i > fi'r wu i *i.t -i- forbidden, un>s>
tlnie 1p a cou viction or 11 « prosecu
tion ha- L en a ith'ori/ed by the I'ni
tl'd St;ite-« Attorney, or unless the
joo>w ution a■» b\ informa
t; -n >r m 11a• 1111• !t. l iie hi ! makes
u.! \s :ii'! ant ict .irnab'.p b fore
nenrt >t ju in a". otlic» r, who mav make
i relimmary examination* and di*-
ch bail • r c >miuit to j ri-on
pri -■ >n arr» -t■ d ('.rc;iit ( • irts of
the l i t 1 State- at. 1 I>M rict Court -
are a a.;th : i/e 1 t- ru joint as
many coiuininsiouers in their districts
a- mav i»c n« c»*>*.ar%
>the 4*7 th am the resolutions
mtiod.'.cc i w,ia on* l>\ Mr. Hakor, .of
I..it. iuec'iii t ..«■ committee on
post o:l.ce- at; i | •■ -1 roa !•» to mij lire
into the exiHshencv of reducii f 11 •
postage o-i sit ia' 1 " f !• I n
to thr. e cents the f. . f :v *
o: ii r-s f r >t- :» . ir- i : .v >
I low fir I.ouLh oii I >4.
1 ion. its t 'inmcn's , n Nances
s| eeeh in favor ■ f the r peal of ti 4 o
1 nt«-rnai r» \p: t* tax. v :.«
ti ink that t * Star
k» 1 up. ii a » C'f us ft-,.. »w.» n.
t!.- ti bacco -it wj.i- N * Miction m
i ral ai N»;•» « v - o! stiiuputs ;n
] nti'-ular. a> if »p havl blockade
a] j e Hi'» ' v reakfust, nu.onshir.e
c- rt. wl :>ke\ f r dit.n» r it 1 did
I. >ti.i: ; t • res' of tie d*y '.eft aft«-r
eating but v :.e \ unstainp#il tobacco,
oi in ' ther word- t: it u'.l *i. •. f :IV r
t': e rej.eal >f t :.p liiti n.a Ih venue
jaw » • in - .*• •i - "Oi e 1 *%• 1 '.i\
s' l ti c
» ,■ • , .... 1 >
oi it .ii. .i j•iu ri i -i.
I Irr In >if VorU.
Jan. 30 Broadway xm»s visited at
r, Jo o'clock this morning by ti o
. _♦ fierce ar. 1 disastrous i.ie ti.at
i.a*i occur* d in that
fare for 1"> years. In one and a
half hours, despite the sending out
of a general call for file apparatus,
f ;r immense business liou-es weie
destroyed and others seriously dam
a •1. Tiie total 10.-s u e-limated at
J'J.O'to.oo About half an h 1 ur after
the fir»- via- discovered an explosion
rcciiel. by which A-»i-tant I* ore
n.an Michael Reilly. of hook and lad
der No. s . was fatally injured and
reveral otiur- more or less hurt
lill▼ died at 12 o'clock. Ihe tiro
discovered at 4 o'clock by an
i fficer of the eijpdit precinct, in the
b i-ement of the building Nos 549 and
r>sl liroadway, occupied by Henry
Holers. The ofih-er irumediately
-,eiit out an alarm, which was fol.o-.T
--i d bv a •econd and third, and tinaliV
tl.e famou-. "three si\«-' or
a.ai in. called for tin • s i'.ui
ed south of Four teen th street. Ihe
fire wih not finally completed unti[
aftf-r 2 o clock p. in.
Till* ItlKKtst Il;tr-1* oi in.
•• Newton has the bar room ,
of any town I ever saw. said a
stranger, the other day He had ev
idently been taking in the town, for
he says "just walk down behind the
'old depot and you will find one
which covers two and a half acres
of ground. —Newton I.nterpri.-e.
From tin? number of persons with
red noses and tlannel lined eyes who
come stepping from behind the
street corners, licking their hps, one
would infer that Morganton might
be considered a* occupying about
' one acre for this same purpose.—
Morganton Star.
" Thar, now. If we had said ei
ther of those things about our
neighbor's towns, they would have
° * r •>
been "down on us.'' The same pa
per says :
" A gentleman from a distance
stepped into a certain barber-shop
in town this week and asked if there
could be any whiskey had in town.
The barber told him to give him a
bottle and the money and maybe he
could tiinl him some. He was gone
a few minutes and returned with the
whi-kev. Now, have we a bar room
within a few minutes walk from the
public square. We pause for an an i
s\v*r "
St rlliiu r'* Maua/.Uir for l'clirn
ar>, IKKH.
Contents Felix Mendelssohn
liartholdv. frontispicu : Mendeli
.-olm s Fette« s to from
the manuscripts in the possession
of Felix Mescheles. 1. By William
1.. Aj throp, ■r ith portraits rihl re
proiluctums of drawings by Mende
lssohn ; Ballade of the Kind's Way.
by Andrew Hus.-ey Allen ; First Har
vests, chapters 4 (>; Fpheineron. by
Mr- dame-T. Fields; The Man at
Arms, 11. concluded): Love's Ways,
by Henrietta Christian Wright ; Nat
• : il Select n, a romance of Chel-ea
Village and Ka-t Hampton Town,
Bart 11. with illustration-; The Law
and ti,* Ballot, by Joseph P. Bishop ;
Volcanoes, by N S Shaler, with il
lustrations ; The La*t of the Ghosts,
by liarrett Wendell, with illu-tra
t ion
-1 Sriisililr C'haiiKr.
Wa-hin ,r- s. I> C, Jan. 30.—The
H -e.» -t c mmlttee on election
i'ie-. It"nt. Vu-tt-president and
Hej !. se: 'ativ. s i n has
ttgre* 1 t rej >rt favornbly lo the
. II ;.-t tl.e ('rain resolutioj proposing
, >n.e:. mu-nt to tl.e Constitution,
. - instituting the 31st da> of Decern
- « r :'oi the f urth (. f March as the
mniencemetit and termination of
the official term of members of the
i use of Bepre—-ntative*. an 1 provid
. i: m '.i. it ( : -.- ». ai; h-1 1 its annu
, al meeting oi. the first Moi.dav in .Taa
j nary.
r
lLejiuvm r■ >.-e ,a-t Saturday eve
, : " ; '• v eclipsed, and all
i. t ft ai 1 « t'i"Mii hree/e ha 1 a
.\ i T.e\s I :.t* -na .e began to
- n s'm -irk. a:. 1 by s o'clock
.. : i -ftev t> i 7v ' \.r ■, j *
as e*«r
I. X. pi onion of I>> uamitr In >■«•
port Ifarlisr.
B -T> V. Ji .. *>!» —A -{►♦.•i t'. dis-
J'ltrii fI« lii !'j iv;i]*'!u'C, II I . h«\-
ti .tt : i.. li:.-1•» . V tire:..
Ka»t Greenwich, Fall River, aud
other Bay Si le towns were bud v
shaken up last night by a d\namit®
explosion in Newport Larbor. lij
many places the i-b"ck resembled an
eartbquake, and report 3 from the vg
r;ou> l >inr»s to lav st»« - »k • ? it a- a
v •
genuine, eaNl qu tke, tlx- onn>f- not
being generally known. No other
cause for the shock was known here
until today when it was learned that
in Newpoit harb>r efforts were be
ing made to cl« ar the harbor of ice
fields. It i- twenty mil*- from
Greenwich to New York and thirty
from Providence (Mi College hill.
1 'rovid«-nee., hoiw - were shaken
v» i \ perceptive!▼ Bristol wa> sliak
en t'> it- very centre, and much tin*
-.in ' exp« lie • - w . re had in *! ♦-♦ 11-
ui. h 'I he icf- i- considerable ci ack
ed ip in Bristol 11-t! b«>r I>\ the e\-
p"«ion 1 nti,» s off At Full River
the earthquake i» described as I e
gining with a concussion like a
thumb r-clap, and the ice in the har
bor cracked
Doctor Otin I". Maiihou.
This gentleman, an accomplished
physician, was laid to rest on v®Ver
day afternoon in Hollywood, that
beautiful "City of the Dead ' As
has been previously stated in the
| columns of our paper, Dr. Manson
was Lorn in this city in lS'2'J. and
removed to North Carolina at an
early age. He rapidly achieved dis
tinction in his profession th®ro. and
when the wur began his learning
and skill as a physician had become
so recognized throughout the Stuto
o o
that he was, at th© request of th®
North Carolina authorities, commis
sioned a full surgeon in th® Confed
°
erate army, and appointed to take
charge of the North Carolina hospi
tals in this city. So ably, so pa
tiently, and with such skillful and
tender care were his duties in this
position discharged, that Senator
Vance, in speaking of him, said:
" Every man, woman, and child in
North Carolina loves him."—Rich
mond Whig.
Colonel Tate.
Samuel McDowell Tate, bank in
spector and formerly Colon®! of the
| (sth North Carolina Regiment, was in
town on Thursday last on official
business. Col. Tate has many
, friends in the Cape Fear territory.
He lias many in all sections of North
Carolina, and deserves them all. He
would make a mighty good Governor;
practical business Governor. As gen
, tie a girl, he was a lion of a soldier.
His head is as broad as it is long,
and he is as patriotic as he is astute
and clear. H* has got a heart as
.
well as a head, and would be a dan-
I'C-rous man for politicians to trifle
0 I
with. —Favettville Observer.
Bandits in Mexico slew the hus
band of Mrs. Janet M. Baldwin, oi
San Francisco. She is now in Wash
ington and s®ek. indemnity trom the
Mexican Government through the
State Department. She ought to
1 ave it. She is the daughter of a
distinguished, noble, high-toned
North Carolinian, the late Hon. Dhl
i«l Turner, of Wairen. Her mother
was the daughter of the famous
Francis S. Key, author of "The Star
Spangled Banner. NN« had tne
pleasure of an acquaintance with Mr.
i Turner. He was a hue specimen of
a man, mentally, physical.y. socially,
mora v. He wa- an KpiscopUiian
of a high type. He retiied from
Congresa vs anUuily, giving the
same r®a--on ttiat buv* :l.: I i« '
; knew he was Sob* r an 1
: hon®>t. and h® wUhe! to get away
from Washing!**: in time. Theie
at % \® r v few 1". l•* a 111 I' u.4» y s .
' , Dsuiel Turn n * u
r '
' Star.
The I" S. \ ostal la* relative to
printing on wrappers or«nr«lop®i
»f t...i ! ..i. i f iii 11: r *«•«. umtu-r,
a 1 > it wl.ich t • i.;t~ been c«—icl
era'./lt » in u. * hi- in* >nv enien^e
o? .ate, has been re; ealed by a re
cent art of Congress So that now
v 1 1,1 ran print wi.ii' T»u like on en
▼elopes and wrappers, BO long as
you leave r '('iii f"i the address and
the j ctagi -Ump. The papers
led and (' : jjies-, ai-teil pp'i«pt
▼ How many merchants and other
business men will aektK w.cdge this
set vice of the press '
Set aid 11 imund*. has an article
on "The Tariff, not 'For lievenue
Onlv. but also f.>r Protection and
I h veloj'ineiit. in "Harpers
zin* for February. an i its very co
gfut and convincing, but the S»na
tor doe-- not show wherein a tariff
!oi l'i"ot«-cti"!i permit* *" 11 ;ii j ? -
Majjt/.lt e to be -old for thill \ tiv«
cents in A\.» : i-a an I tw«*ntv 1\ *
C'-llt> It- J'.: g.ahd There api o!
lein foi the Senator th it a gr>-at
man} Amen ■ iti> would iike to haw
>oived. Washington ( ntic.
I o I fcin«i 1 i Certificate
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 —A bill was
introduced iii the House bv Mr. W i.-
kins. of Ohio, to day, authorizing the
seeietary of tlie Ireasurv to issue
fractional silver certificates in de
nomination.-. of 10, 15, '2~> and .">0
cents, not exceedn a -urn which i
left blank, the same te be paid out
as coin and made « legal tender for
all government dues.
Hare Mlncr;il.
A t are mineral has been discov
ered at Highlands, which Dr. Smith
says is cerusite, or carbonate of lead.
Tradition reports the existence of
lead and silver near where thisdis-'
eovery has been made, and traces of
old workings of the Indians who got 1
their supply of bullets from the '
neighborhood are occasionally found
—Franklin Press.
The northwestern part of the I Hi
ted States has experienced the most
severe weather lately that has tver
"
been recorded. The blizzards of
Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin,
hare been the cause of untold suffer
ing, and great loss of life, reaching
almost into the thousands, ha* been '
reported. What can make people
go to such a count! "v '
*
A l allurr.
The present system of working
the roads has been in vo'ue for
P.
more than a century, and it is now,
and has been for y*ars, clearly dem .
onstrated to be a failure. It is evi
dent therefore that a new plan must
be adopted.—Hilleboro Recorder.
A singular case in which a strong
spring went absolutely dry is report
ed to have occurred near here The
spring, which was never known to '
fail, bubbled up at the foot of a
very large poplar tree. A short
time since the tree was cut down,
and the spring has entirely failed.—
Matthews News.
Savs one of our exchanges: A
good advertisement in a newspaper
pavs no fare on railroa Is; cost* noth
ing for hotel bills ; gives away no
boie- of cigars to cutaomers, wires ;
drinks no whiskey under the head of
traveling expenses, but goes at once
and all the time about its business
frse of ex pet *e
to Ha\t %nothrr I.ln tit
WA-HIN.TOM. Jan. 2G—Senator
liansum was this iu ramg author.z
e i bj tn- C won ittee ■>u C#mcoerce,
to report favorably L.s bul provid
ing f r thee instruction of a IM/>
light l.ou l t! Cap* Hattera-.
l'h t;u> 11 I , Jan. 3u—Hope
\ SI.T > re port- an e.trt L- J .ias e •- LO k
at 12:40 this »ming. Shocks ar
u..-o rej rte 1 from \ iiiou* \ art* ot
the State
A fir , . ro ke oat in Tarboro on th*
ni'-ht of tl.e 'J4tli. burning wvertil
).ou-e" inciu.ling the county jail,
'.»• 1 coat S3O. Ther *
thirteen p-i-onera i» jail. including
one under •mltnoo of deatli, but all
were safely removed.
Onslow county voted on Tuesday,
the 24th instant, to subscribe SOO,OOO
to the W O. H R-. A lar P®
majority We hope the road will
be built in the near future, for there
are old men there who heard their
fathers talking railroad.
John. Daniel and William Mas-ten
are tLe names of three sons at on#
birth Newburg. N V on the -2nd
t>f January I hesi* muk# e t\en
chi ldr« 11 to llar-t* n in fouiteeu
▼ ears.
pojAl,
p VA Lrf
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel »f
purity, strength and wholesoineness.
economical than the ordinary kinds, and
cannot he »old in competition with t)ie uiut
- titud* of !nw test, short weight aluiu or
phosphate powder. So'.ii ouly in eat l*. KOT
AL BAKINS I'ewer.a Co., 105 Wall tet. N T,
no4:l
H tir
RACK ET!
RACKET !!
RACKET!!!
A .Mercantile Earthquake ha»
placed the undersigned on record as
the twenty-eighth "Racket Man"' in
North Carolina. If celling Shoes,
hats, v good*, notions, tin-ware,
crockei v, Glass-ware, and, in fart,
everything usually k# j»t in a store of
general merchandise,at prices, twen
ty-live per cent below their true val
ue, make a " Racket Store," there the
great ''racket" of all "rackets" i« to
be found at the " red flajr sitrn" in
O f>
Hickory.
Wrecked on the infernal "sand
lai of "credit which means little
les* tL;iii "highway robberv. #ither
for the customer nr the merchant
that well selected st « - k of goods,
heretofore offeicd in a regular wav,
is of.t-red to th* •• ,'kers of genuino
sledgehammer bargains, at such
prices as will a->tonibh any one whe
can appreciate rc al »oliJ values for
little money.
Everybody is invited to come and
purchase some bargains, those who
come will find the largest stock
to select from.
I'. 13. ALEXANDER. AOENT.
Hickory. Jan. 2, I^B.
Established 1853.
Rutherford College,
Hutherford;Collcge P O,
NORTH CAROLINA.
z Term oj»en« the fir-t Wednevtay ic
January. Kali Ttiu peni firnt
\\ t-dne>*iay itt August.
!'• ' i d T'ji a . exj-er«» , fr n |«j
'1 eit;on f r«.u. 11 to H.
I BuaincseCol eje Drpertn ei t and a M ,u
ry I)e; artment arn exed.
'1 he Si ' .« I ondenotuinat tonal and n#
&e U: a-., t- t r -iy moral a:.c
trulj piou",
A ;,IJ .a altriMtat f;i tn 200 to .' 4#.
Fct further j artif u.ar- *\ jly to
r.KT K. L ABKkXETHT, l'rr*i denl