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MSGinRlTI. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY J. J. STEWART, Editor and Proprietor. SALISBURY, N. C. PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year $1.50 8ix Months 1.00 Three Months . . . 50 jg Advertising Rates by Contract, Jjeaaonable. ' Entered in the Pout-Office at Salisbury at coud-clMS matter. The only railway extending into the arctic zone runs north from the port of iLulea, in Sweden, at the head of the jGulf of Bothnia, toward the iron mines !cf Gellivara Mountains. The first train ko cross the arctic circle passed over this Toad a few weeks ago. . . . . Now that Daniel Pratt is dead, Mr. Frank Vincent, Jr., the author of "The (Land of the White Elephant," may very Jproperly be called the great American traveler. "Within the last eleven yea (he has traveled 205,000 miles, and the ,records of his outings are contained in a 'dozen books of adventure and dis covery. . r- . - - Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria looki on bis duties in a different way from sia insisted unon it and he held doing he was best serving Prince Ferdinand would his bones on the battlefield ' beraiis this latter would and ruining Bulgaria. ndon novelty is the utili-drop-a-niekel-in-the-sloi purposes of insurance. as been organized, to be utomatic Accident In- mpany, aud its object is to provide the public with meauot obtaining an insurance for twenty-four hours against death aris ing from accidents of eveA' description by simply placing a penny In the stst oi a box. - President Gerry, cf the New York So ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, advocates certain radical amendments to the existing Factory laws in relation to the employment of boys and girls under a designated age. It 13 pro posed to extend the scope of the law so that not only shall a physician's certifi cate be required of the physical ability of every person under eighteen years to do the work such person is engaged in without' prejudice to his or her health, but also that no child under the age of sixteen shall be employed in handling dangerous machinery, poisonous drugs and chemicals, or explosive materials. The Nicaragua Canal expedition is pushing its way step by step through the depths of a Central American wilderness. Having succeeded in getting native and foreign labor to work side by side in peace, they are now prepared to battle Buccessiuny wun tne neat, the miasma, the venomous reptiles and poisonous in sects.of the tropical climate of the Isth mus. The Nicaragua Canal, when com pleted, will extend from the harbor oi . Greytown, on the Caribbean Sea, to the port of Brito, on the Pacific, in all a dis tance of 170 miles. By utilizing the lliver San Juan, the basin of the San Francisco and. Lake Nicaragua 129 miles of natural water transit is gained, leav ing only 40 miles of actual excavation, 23 of which will be in the eastern divis ion. V " yla 1870 the census returns showed that the residence and business real estate the United , States wa3 valued at $9, jB81,000,000, and it is reasonably certain from the progress made since that date it has increased fully one-fifth, ararfunt inar in 1887 to $12. 000. 00ft. V00. The railroads of the countrin "1880 were valued at $5i500JlrtpOOO, and taking $50,000 wtJsrtJ overage per mile of build ing and equipping, there have been con structed since then enough miles of rail way to cost $2,700,000,000. That is in even years half as much has been ex pended in railroad building as in all the previous years, from the time "when Stephenson's invention was first utilized. The out-put of coal has been increased from 70, 000, 000 tons in 1830 tol60,000, 000 tons in ,1886, an advance of 50 per cent. The production of copper has more than doubled, and that of iron ore and its products, iron and steel, has been largely increased. A few months ago aa appropriation (vras made to establish four experimental stations throughout the country, but not until recently was the placing deter mined. They arc distributed as follows : One at "Washington; the second at the Rose 'Polytechnic School, Terre Haute, Ind.'; a third &t Boston Institute of Technology, and the fourth at the Cor nell. Dr. T. C. Mendenall, of the Pose Polytechnic, will direct the work of these stations for a year. Their work will be to establish laws rroverninir at t . . . tnospenc electricity and comparing these laws with the laws of the variations of the barometer. It is thought that ob servations of atmospheric electricity will afford much more reliable data for pre dicting storms than those in present use. The electricity iiuctuates before a storm in a manner exactly analogous to ths barometer. At the Cornel? station varia tions were recently noticed two days be fore the storm occurred. Dr." Schultz's observatory th?rc is fitted out -with all the appliances of a signal ttation; beside electrical, appliances. This location is one of the best in the fouptry, j it it -Xifiht in the path of storms. v V NATIONAL CAPITAL INTER ES TING DOTS ABOUT OUR UNITED STATES' OFFICIALS. Gnsip Abont the White House-Army and Navy Matters Oar Relations With Other Countries and Nations. CONGRESSIONAL. Mr. Edmunds asked consent of the Sen ate to take up and consider the bill incor porating the Maritime Canal Company, of Nicaragua, stating as a reason for his re quest that he might be compelled to be absent ; but at the suggestion of Mr. Vest he let the matter go over. The bill tc provide for an international marine con ference, for securing greater safety to life and property at sea, was passed. The Senate in the morning hour passed bills extending the laws of the United States over the public land strip, and to amend the land act so as to permit foreign gov ernments to acquire property in the District of Columbia, and to author ize the removal of quarantine from Ship Island, Mississippi, and appropri ating $450,000 for the purpose The House was called to order by Mr. Clark, its clerk, who announced the en forced absence of the Speaker, and on motion of Mr. Mills, of Texas, S. S. Cox, of New York, wa3 unanimously elected speaker pro tem, amid a round of ap plause. Mr. McAdoo, of New Jersey, offered the following preamble and reso lution, , -which were referred to the committee on foreign affairs. "Whereas, It is stated that the British government has made claim to a considerable portion of valuable territory now and hitherto in the possession of the republic of Yene zeula, and is, through its agents at De marara, in British Guiena, proceeding, without legal or equitable right, and in defiance of the protests of Venezuela, to exercise dominion over the same, and has refused to arbitrate the question of dis puted boundaries; and whereas, the United States has, by its settled policy and practice, defended the existence and independence of all American countries against European domination and control, and is particularly inter ested in maintaining a Republican government and rights in both Americas ; Resolved, That the President be request ed to send to the House, if not incompat ible with public interests, all documents and correspondence between this govern ment and the governments of Great Brit ain and Venezuela, or either of them, re lating to the question of disputed bound aries between said British colonies and Venezuela." On motion of Mr. Hoar, in consider ation of the fact that the day was a legal holiday, morning business was dispensed with, so that the order of the Senate should be immediately carried out. The galleries were well filled, though not crowded. Fifty senators were in their seats and maintained throughout the ses sion attitudes of most respectful atten tion. All officials, clerks and pages were at their posts as on other days, but from the beginning there was abstraction from the pursuits of ordinary occasions. The cloak rooms were empty. The desks of senators were free from papers; there was no writing of letters, no reading of newspapers and no moving about the chamber, without precedent or under standing. The occasion was observed by all present as one commemorating an im portant historical event, and quiet and decorum, as of a religious ceremonial, was observed. The voice of the presi dent pro tem., though low, was distinctly heard to the extremities of the chamber. He read from a manuscript which lay on his desk, standing with his hands clasped behind him, except as they were released from time to time to turn the sheets oi the address. The presiding officer, (Mr. Ingalls), rising, said: "On the 17th of September, 1796, George "Washington, being then at nearly the close of 4 his second Presidential term, delivered the following farewell address." He then read the address, which was listened to in profound silence and with respectful attention. In the Senate, messages from the Pres ident with reports from the secretary of state relative to the invitation of the im perial German government to the United States government to become a party to the International Geodetic Association, and relative to the invitation of the Bel gian government to participate in the international exposition of science and industry at Brussels in May next, we;e presented and referred to the committee on foreign relations. Mr. Hoar, from the committee on privileges and elections, re ported a resolution authorizing that,. com mittee and any sub-committee thereof to continue thss investigation (ordered last R8ioTf into events alleged to have taken jjiauc iu 1 lie siulu ui unii tui iuiui in the petition of Stephen Hackworth and others. Referred to the committee 011 contingent expenses .... In the House, Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio, from the committee on banking and currency, reported a res" olution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to the number of steam power presses used in plate print ing in the bureau of engraving and print ing. J. D. Taylor, of Ohio, introduced a bill to change the common law of mar riage to the customs of modern civiliza tion by the emancipation of married women in the District of Columbia and territories. Referred. The House then went into committee of the whole, foi the consideration of public building measures. Bill - were passed providing for buildings at Charleston, West Vir ginia, Allentown and Lancaster, Pa. Gossir. Judge Crisp appeared before the con1, mittee on harbors in the interest of tin Ocinulgce, the Oconee and the Chatta hoochee rivers. There are bills now be fore the committee asking for $30,000 each for the first two, and $100,000 for the. latter. The House committee on judiciary re solved to report with a favorable recom mendation, the bill repealing section 1218 ?f the Revised Statues, which renders in ?ligible to any position in the United states army, any person who has served in any capacity in the military, naval or nivil service of the Confederate States. The Secretary of the Treasury received Ihrough Adams Express Company a pack age coiit .iriing $1. 000 in National bank notes, shipped by 4a freeman' . at Cin cinnati. It was accompanied by 'a note asking that the money be placed to the vrcdit of the conscience fund, and bear ing the signature "One Who "Will Be Honest." There is trouble between the United Slates and the government of Morocco, crowing out of the arrest at Rangier of a Moorish Hebrew under American pro tection, aud the refusal of the sultan either to release him on the demand of the United States consul, or to recognize longer the treaty, rights of Americans in his dominions. Two:United States qien-of-war are on the way to the coast of Morocco by orders of the President. In the United States Sunreme Court the Chief Justice gave notice that man dates to enforce the decisions of the court would issue in all cases decided previous ly to January .1, except those in which petitions lor rehearing are pending and those docketed and dismissed under the 9th rule. In view of the fact that the petition for rehearing has been forwarded (but not yet received) in the Maxwell Pro Her murder case, (Hugh M. Brooks igainst the state of Missouri.) the issuance of the mandate in that case is postponed. The effect of this will be t put off' for the present the execution of the sentence of death pronounced by the state court upon urooKs, anas JSlaxwell, by the state court. The interstate commerce commission ers promulgated an elaborate opinion in the case of George Rice, of Marietta, O., against the Louisville & Nashville and several other Railroads, charging, among other things, discrimination in favor ol the Standard Oil company. The com plaint was held to be well founded in all the cases. In that against the Louisville & Nashville railroad, an order was en tered that defendants cease their unjust discrimination ; that they cease to make tank rates when tanks differ in capacity, and that they conform their charges on tank, car and barrel shipments to the rule perscribed in this decision. SERGEANT JASPEE Remembered and Commemorated By A Splendid Memorial. The event of the day on the occasion of the unveiling of the statue erected to the memory of the hero, Sergeant Jasper, at Savannah, Ga., was the arrival of Pres ident Cleveland and party. The Presi dent's first greeting to the Forest City was the booming of a cannon. The dis charge was the signal to the large crowd at the depot that the train was passing the White Bluff crossing. The gun was fired by a detachment of the Chatham Ar tillery. Before the roll of the shot died away, the locomotives in the yard started to shrieking and the din that followed was terrific. For three minutes the air resounded with the jangling of bells, the screeching of whistles, and the roll of the artillery. Mrs. Cleveland was all smiles. She and the President bowed their ac knowledgement to the crowd. There was a moment of handshaking on the plat form, and some elegant bouquets were presented Mrs. Cleveland. She smiled sweetly and exclaimed: "What lovely flowers." Taking Colonel William Garrard's arm, Mrs. Cleveland was escorted beneath the bunting into the office, into the long room. President Cleveland followed with Alderman Thomas. The President and Mrs. Cleveland stood on the north side of the room, .and the other members of the party stood in a semi-circle. The party glanced around the room a few seconds at the palms, flags and bunting. The com mittee had hoped to keep them twro or three hours at least, but when they found that they could not, they determined to show them the city at any rate. The party passed out to Liberty street entered the carriages in waiting, and started off in a fast trot. A squad of the cavalry rode off ahead of the carriages, and the rest of the company closed be hind. At South Broad street the artillery left the procession, and the cavalry alone acted as an escort. After the presidential party had gone, the great crowd in the city turned its at tention to the event of the day. The un veiling of the Jasper monument, and it was a grand event. At 9 :30 the military and civic oiganizations formed nt South Broad and Bull under the direction of J. M. Sorrel, Grand Marshal; C. C. Hard wick, Cnief of Staff; Aides C. M. Cun ningham, Taylour "Walthour, R. M. De mere, O. M. Carter (U. S. A.) E. P. Law ton (U. S. A.), J. P. Overton, George S. Haynes, John Sullivan, Frank Buchanan. After marching through the principal streets the line proceeded to the Jasper monument. As far as the eye could reach down the surrounding streets could be seen throngs of assembled people, all pressing earnest ly forward in the vain hope of obtaining a position near enough to the platform to catch the words that fell from the mouth of Gov, John B. Gordon. Amid the mu sic, the governor, escorted by Captain J. R. Dillon, and followed by his staff, the Jasper monument association, and the mayor and aldermen of Savannah, ascen ded the platform and occupied the chairs that had been reserved for them on the north side of the monument. After the gentlemen were seated, the young ladies representing the thirteen original states ascended the platform and took their po sitions in thirteen chairs around the base of the monument. Col. John Screven, speaking for a few moments to the concourse of people gath ered to celebrate the occasion, closed by saying: "Is it not meet that a battle scarred veteran should pronounce the eulogium of so brave and gallant a pa triot as Sergeant Jasper." He then intro duced Gov. Gordon, orator of the day. At the conclusion 'of the speech, the ladies took the positions assigned them, preparatory to the unveiling of the mon ument. Georgia and South Carolina stood at the base of the shaft, ready to unveil it, at a given word. The others stood by the cords, on the east and west of the platform, waiting to raise on high the flags that covered the statue. The orator gave the words commanding the monument to be unveiled, and Misses Brandt and Nisbet cast away the cords that bound the flags around the monu ment, and the other young ladies lifted them from the statue. As the flags floated on high, the cheers and continued ap plause from the assembled people, showed that the spirit- of '76 still lives fresh in the hearts of the people of Georgia. In the afternoon there were several boat races, to which everybody went, and a pleasant afternoon was spent. At four o'clock the banquet given the Macon Volunteers by the Chatham Artilery be gan. The banquet was one of the grand est events of the kind ever seen in the South and lasted until a hite hour. THE WAY OF IT. George M. Moller, a witness before the New York senatorial committee, told who were the principal stockholders in the sugar trust, and the amounts of their stock. He named Havcmever fc Elder, 16,000.000 or $17,000,000"; DeCastro & Bonner, a little over 3,000,000; Madison & Meeker, of Jersey City, $5,000,000; the Standard refinery, of Boston, $2, 900,000; the Bay Srate, ' of Boston, $1,900,000, and several others. DEATH BY CARELESSNESS. An explosion of dynamite occurred in a. rock cat on Fourth street, Duluth, Minn., and eighteen men were killed and injured. The explosion was caused bv some cartridges fused that had not ex ploded, and the men resumed work about them. ' A few taps on the drill served to set off the unexploded cartridges, with results as stated. SOUTHERN GOSSIP. BOILED DOWN FACTS AND FAN CIES INTERESTINGLY STATED. Occidents on Land and on Sea New Enter prises Xulcides Religious, Temperance and Social Matters. Pulaski county, Georgia, has voted in favor of "dry," by a majority of about 100. All the stamps, money and registered packages at Floral College, N. C, were stolen recently. The depot was at th same time entered and robbed. An unknown miscreant changed the switch of the Port Royal Railroad track between Yemassee and Port Royal, and the locomotive of an up-freight train ran off and was badly damaged. Excessive and incessant rain has fallen at Montgomery, Ala., and streams are all up. A washout occurred on the Louis ville & Nashville Railroad near Geor giaha, and delayed trains fifteen hours. Mr. Paupert, an employe of the New Orleans, La., Cotton Exchange, was dis covered to have robbed it of $20,000. Haupert, who was under the treasurer of the Exchange, had access to its securities. S. H. Cate, a prominent preacher of Chattanooga, Tenn., committed suicide by drinking whiskey into which he had put some poisonous drug. No cause is known except his melancholy feeling for weeks previous. Bill Givings, of Augusta, Ga., watch man on the South Carolina Railroad bridge over the Savannah river, was killed by an incoming passenger train. Givings was about forty years of age, and leaves a wife living in that city. The grand jury of DeKalb superior court has found four indictments against Maj. J. "W. Green, general manager of the Georgia Railroad, for running freight trains on the Sabbath day later than the hour allowed by law. . Governor Scales has ordered the en campment of the North Carolina state guard to be held at Wrightsville, near Wilmington, beginning July loth and continuing seven days. The entire force will be put under canvas. The switchmen and yardmen of the Georgia Pacific railroad, at Birmingham, Ala., about fifty in number, struck against' a reduction of wages. The company or dered a reduction of 25 cents per day in the wages of the men, and they refused to work. P. Adams appeared at Chattanooga, Tenn., about seven months ago and opened a law office. Tyre "Williamson arrived in that city from Florida a day or two ago, and happened to recognize Adams on the street as a man who was wanted in Florida for horse stealing. The' Library Exposition opened at Chattanooga, Tenn., under most aupici ous circumstances. It is estimated that at least 5,000 people were present. The Exposition promises to be a great suc cess. The proceeds will be used to pur chase a library for the use of the public. Paris mountain, which is situated about five miles from Greenville, S. C, pre sented a grand sight, the whole mountain being covered by forest fires. It is re ported that the fire is rapidly nearing the residence of Colonel I. F. Hunt, but as yet no damage has been done beyond the burning of trees. The Augusta, Ga., Exposition directors elected John VV, Ryckman, who is now there, general manager. Mr. Ryckman has had considerable experience in that line. He was connected with the New Orleans, Kansas City, Louisville and At lanta expositions, , and is recommended as an energetic gentleman. A boiler in a shingle mill at West Mil ville, La., on the Texas and Pacific rail road, exploded, instantly killing Charles Hill, of Toledo. Ohio, and John Stephen son , of Beaumont, Texas, both white, and Seymour Banks, of Plaqueminc, La., colored.: Thirteen otheis were seriously hurt. It. E. Looby, formerly chief train dis patcher of the Kansas C.ty Railroad, was run over by a train and killed in' the Union depot at Birmingham, Ala. He resigned his position recently, and was boarding a train for New York, when he fell under the wheels and the top of his head was cut off. Looby came from Watertown, Wis., where his parents re side. Both houses of the Legislature of Mis sissippi have passed a bill providing for the pensioning of the Confederate sol diers find sailors of the state who lost a leg or an arm in the service, or were in capacitated by wounds for manual labor, and who need such aid. They are to be allowed $30 a year. The provisions of the b!ll include the unmarried widows of soldiers who were killed, and . the disa bled colored servants of soldiers. W. L. Chambers, now in New York, telegraphs to Montgomery, Ala. , that the line for the proposed new railrorxl be tween Montgomery and Maplesville is now being located, to ascertain the cost of building the road, and if the estimates submitted by Mr. Chambers are verified, the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company will indorse the bonds of the Great Northeastern, and the road will be pushed through. . The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the City Court in the case of Yellowstone Kit against Hon. F. C. Randolph, judge of probate. Judge Randolph required Kit to pay a license tax of $375 for peddling medicines with music. Kit paid it under protest, and entered suit in the City Court to recover, and Judge Arlington decided that he was not a peddler and entitled to recover. The case was appealed, and again de cided in Kit's favor. While workmen on the railroad bridge at Oconee, Ga., were engaged in some difficult job, JohnMcNish, a young white man, fell a distance of fifty feet into the water below. He soon came to the top of the water and began to swim, but as the water was very swift, he was soon ex hausted, but just as he was nearing the bank, hopeless and drenched, he man aged to grasp a limb, which he clinched between his teeth, and swung to it until assistance reached him. The British bark Crown Jewel, from Oran, Africa, for Philadelphia, landed at Delaware breakwater the master "and crew of the schooner Edward G. Taulane, of Somer's Point, N. J., which was aban doned water-logged on February 12th in latitude 35.18, "longitude 73.10. The Taulane sailed from the Sati la river, Georgia, on February 8th, for New York with a cargo of lumber consigned to the Hilton lumber company. She sprang a leak and was subsequently abandoned. F. Y. Anderson, of the Alabama State Land Company, at Birmingham, Ala., is the defendant in two damage suits grow ing out of a land transaction. Some time; ago Anderson organized a company and SGld to the company a large tract of land, representing it to contain valuable kaolin deposits. The company was organized to manufacture pottery and a large sum was paid for land. J. A. Stratton and J. R. Carrsupd'Anrfersnn for : 70.000. claim- Y 7 . 7 ing that the kaolin deposits in the land ua.l never materialized. The following books have been adopted by the board of education of Dougherty county, Georgia: Sanford's arithmetics, published by Lippiacott company Phila delphia; Webster's dictionaries, and Swinton's word books and primer, Ivi son Taylor & Co., New York; Reed and Kellogg's grammars, Sheldon & Co., New York. The readers will not be changed, being mainly Appleton's, as well as the geographies of D. Appleton & Co., New York, being mainly used in the public schools of the county. WORLD AT LAEGE : FEN riCTURES FAINTED DT A CORPS OF ABLE ARTISTS. What in Ooinff on North, East and West and Across th Water The Coming Eu ropean Ktorm. Russia continues to send troops to the frontier. A man has been arrested at Coleraine, Ireland, with a quantity of dynamite in his possession. Gen. Boulanger, of France, will issue a protest against the use of his name for election purposes. , . The miners' joint committee and Mas ter Workman Lewis have agreed, and all fear of a renewal of the Reading strike is dispelled. Graff, Benne!t & Co., iron manufactu-rcr.-, of Pittsburgh Pa., have assigned with secured liabilities amounting to $600,000, and unsecured of about $700, 000. The heavy rain and melting snow have greatly swollen the Potomac, and much damage from the freshet is feared. The eastern part of Hagerstown, Md., is al ready four feet under water. A bomb was found at the Philadelphia fc Reading Railroad freight house, at Shamokin. .It contained several pounds af powder, and was placed closely against the wall of the building. The fuse had been lighted, but went out before reach ing the powder. Reports from all parts of the Schuyl kill, Pa., region indicate that there are fewer men working at the mines, in con sequence of the new trouble arising be cause of the Reading company's peremp toiy refusal to take back all the old men, as was understood by the Corbin-Lewis settlement. ' Thompson Dickson, treasurer of Marion county, Ohio, and Robert Beatty, his deputy, were arrested on a charge of em bezzlement. The amount of shortage as shown by an examination, just com pleted by the auditor of the state, is $G,503. ' The office of treasurer will be declared vacant by the county commis sioners, and the treasurer-elect will take his place at once. : Articles of incorporation of the Du buque (III.) Personal Liberty League have been filed with the secretary of the state. The objects of the association are to se cure information regarding the operation of prohibitory laws in other states ; to apply for ancl obtain, by any and all legislation, the repeal or modification of the prohibitory law in Iowa, and to secure compensation for losses sustained by reason of the existence and enforcement of such laws in Iowa; to render to all members of the association, who may re quire the same, aid in defending their rights of person and property, and to obtain by legislation the enactment of a license law in the state. NORTH CAROLINA DOTS. Governor Scales is considering a peti tion for-a commutation of the death sen tence of James Thomas, who, if there is no interference, will be hanged at Hen dersonyille, March 6th. ... .The revivalist, R. G. Pearson, has begun a great meet ing at Newbern. The attendance is the largest ever known there A school teacher named Walter Pearson has dis appeared from the town of Winde, in Moore county, in a very mysterious man ner Deeds of trust of the Lynchburg & Durham Railway to the Mercantile Trust Company, of New York, in the sum of $1,680,000, were recorded in Durham. . . . Several physicians of Durham county have been presented by the grand jury for prescribing whiskey in Durham, where prohibition prevails. It is charged that they prercribed whiskey when it was not needed by persons who applied for it. .... J. C. Morgan, general merchant of Laurinsburg, has assigned. . 1 .Treasurer Jenkins, of Durham, has for months re fused to pay out funds for the mainte nance of the graded schools in Durham township, and much feeling and law suits have resulted. He has, at last, re eeded from his position and has begun to make the payments. MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. The Memphis, Oxford & Columbus Railroad charter passed both Houses, with the amendments desired by its friends. The House passed the bill, which was adopted by sections some days since, re ducing the salaries of all the officers of the state except circuit judges. The av erage reduction is from twenty to twenty five per cent. . . .The House, by a very large vote, passed the bill preventing the running of freight trains on Sunday.... The charter of the Mobile, Hattiesburg & Jackson Railroad was amended in the Senate, requiring the road to run by Brandon. . . .The vote killing the Senate bill, repealing all exemptions of railroad charters as to taxation, was, was fifty four to forty The Senate bill fixing salaries of district attorneys at $2,000 and taking away fees was killed in the House. . . . .The joint special committee appoint ed to consider the expediency of reduc ing the number of chancery court judges in the state have agreed on a bill reduc ing tl e number. .from 11 to 7. THE BOMB EXPLODED. On James Pander's farm, in East Ar muchee valley, Tenn., lives F nnk- Gib son and his wife (negroes). ' Som3 time ago Frank found a bombshell, a hich had been used during the late War, and which had been lying in the ground since that time. He carried the bomb home as a curiosity. Day before yesterday the preacher called on Frank for dinner and Frank's wife used the bomb as an and iron. She started her fire and put on her dinner. Soon after, as she was over the fire looking after the cooking Frank and the preacher sitting in the back part of the house there was a great explosion, and the woman will die from her inju ries. ; SHIP-OWNERS DESPONDENT. The ship-owners on the Clyde, Scot land, express gloomy views in regard to the prospects of ship building. Mr. Allan of the Allan Steamship Line predicts the total collapse of this industry before tlij end of the year. A ROY AUGREETING ACCORDED TO rRESIDEyT AND SIRS. CLEVELAND. Immense Crowd Due tba trect and Cheer 1 hcm-elv. IIoare Retiutful Visit to the Sab-Tropica Ineidt-nts. The presidential train arrived safely at Jacksonville, Fla., no incident of note having taken place on the route from Sa vannah, Ga., and was greeted by a sdute of twenty-one guns and the acclamations of an immense concourse of people. The party was escorted to the St. James hotel by the state military reception committee in carriages, and a band playing patriotic airs. Mayor Burbridge rode in the car riage with the President and Mrs. Cleve land, which was decorated with flowers and evergreens. Afier the presidential paityhadT taken lunch, the marshal of the day, Major Harkishimer, with twenty aides, formed the procession. Following was the order of procession : First Di vision Police and platoons ; marshal and his aides; First Florida battalion, with band ; the presidential party in carriages, the carriage of President and Mrs. Cleve land being drawn by six black horses; Wilson's battery, mounted as a special escort to the President ; Second Florida battalion; congressional party in car riages; press association in carriages; in vited guests in carriages. Second Divis ion Key West band of colored men ; uniformed Knights of Pythias; Inde pendent order of Red Men ; Perry Guard of colored state militia; Duval Guard of colored state militia; Jacksonville Typo graphical Union, No. 162, and Jackson ville Fire Department. Other organiza tions and citizens followed. The line of march was along the principal streets, which were gay with decorations of all kinds, including evergreens, bunting, festoons of oranges and orange floaters. Masses of people in holiday attire lined the route, and it is estimated that 100, 000 citizens and visitors witnessed the procession, including thonsands of north ern tourists. . - On the arrival of the procession at the Exposition building, another salute of twenty guns was fired by a detachment of Wilson's battery. The President, Mrs. Cleveland and their party and vis iting congressmen wrere met at the north entrance by the reception committee of the sub-tropical exposition, with Direc tor General Paine and officials of the as sociation and were escorted to a platform in front of the north gallery. The mili tary then entered and stacked arms, ex cept the guards on duty. Seats were re served on the the platform for representa tives of the city, state and United States government, distinguished cttizens and committees. When the President, Mrs. Cleveland and the accompaniag guests were seated Col. J. J. Daniel deli ved an address of welcome. When quiet had been restored, the President replied. The President's reply was greeted with most vociferous and long continued ap aplausc. President Cleveland resumed his scat, but applause and cheering continued to break out tlDCW tit short intervals, and at length C. II. Jones stepped forward to . the President and suggested that the people desired to see Mrs. Cleveland. He acted at once on the suggestion, and as Mrs. Cleveland arose, he took lier by the hand and led her to the front. Then broke forth a perfect tempest of cheering and storm of hand-clapping. Five thous and throa's poured forth their greeting, and hundreds of waving handkerchiefs showed that the ladies shared the enthu siasm and joined in honoring the first lady of the land. This ended the formal part of the cere monies. The ladies and gentlemen on the platform came forward and were pre sented to the President and Mrs. Cleve land, Secretary and.Mrs. Whitney, Col. and Mrs. Lamont, and, then the party re turned to their carriages and were driven to the hotel. The President's public reception was held at night at the St. James hotel, last ing two hours. President Cleveland, es corted by Judge Settle, and Mrs. Cleve land, escorted by. C. E. Jones, entered the parlors, andi when the reception ended over eight thousand persons were still in line.. The Presidential party goes to St. Au gustine as the guests of Mr. Flagier. At night they will go over to Palatka, and then to Sanford and Indian river, re turning Friday night; A stop of one hour will be made in Charleston Satur day morning. President Cleveland passed Ashley Junction, near Chatrleston, S. C, but did not stop in the city. Mayor Bryan had an interview with him. The President will stop in Charleston on his return trip for one hour. Arrangements have been made for his entertainment while . there. A national salute will be fired, the city will be decorated, and citizens, soldiers and civic societies will turn out to do him honor. CAUGHT! Very recently a man and woman, driv ing a stylish double team, stopped all night at the residence of Jlr. Mannes, who keeps a store three miles from Union, Franklin county, Mo. When the morn ing papers arrived, however, the descrip tion given there of W. B. Tascott, the murderer of Amos B. Snell, the Chicago millionaire, tallied exactly with that of the stranger. It attracted the attention of Col. A. W. Mauphin, who called the attention of Sheriff Ehlers to the matter. The latter proceeded to the farm house where the traveler had stopped over night, and obtained a complete description of him and also of his fellow companion. He then telegraphed the chief of police at Chicago for a further description, and it corresponded so fully with that of Tas cott that Sheriff Ehlers at once started in pursuit and caught the man, who is no doubt Tascott. FATAL BASEBALL GAME. While a game of ball was in progress between the students of the Chattanooga, Tcsii., University, J. C. Johnson, "of Soddy, a spectator, and also a student, took exception to a ruling of the umpire, !i':n Magill, who resides at Half-Moou tslan'T, Tenn., when Magiil picked up a baseball but and stnick Johnson a terrible blow n the left side of the head, fract uring his skull from the temple to the luck part of the head, from which he lied a few hours afterward. Ma "-ill the nurdfrcr. is still at large, having left the :ity on foot and fled to Geor'nu He ia 3uly IS years old. ARE SATISFIED. The London Chronicle tblnVa t W w Canadian fisheries treaty is an amicable bargain. In the nature of things, it says, Canada's concession may appear to'be larger than those of the United States, but it would have been useless for Mr. Chamberlain to extort such tcirns as would lead to a rejection of the treaty by the American Senate. FLORIDA ITEMS. Starke's building boom still continues. .... Cedar Key has a new combination a temperance bar and billiard room. . . . The congregation of the Oviedb Method ist cleared off the church debt of $330 in fifteen minutes the other day The en gineer corps of the Orange Belt railway was busy the past week at San Antonio in laving out the site of a new town. . . . Apopka qas completed the organization! ' of the South Apopka Immigration Soci ety. .. .A six-ton ice factory, five two story cottages, and about the same num ber of one-story cottages are some of the new buildings that are now going up at Kissimmee.. .The Gainesville Jiecord agitates the sdea of bonding the county $50,000 and expending the entire amount in making god, solid roadways through out the county The material has left the Oakland shops of the Orange Belt for the ne-v dc not to be erected at Tarpon Springs. It will be similar to the ornamental one at Crown Point, but Urger. . . .At the meeting of the Lake county scnool board on Tuesday it was decided that a series of school books for the county will be adopted at the meeting of the board in March W. A. FinleyJ of Reddick, reports the discovery of a wonderful cave two miles west of that place. It has been explored for five hun dred feet, and the most wonderful chambers are described. me vault bristles, with beautiful stalactites of great size. It is to be further explored ... Tb fin nl decision of the Board of Trustees of the Auburnd?de Episcopal College, as to when work shall be begun, will be made within the next two weeks, and the chances are that the ground w ilk be broken within six weeks. The col lege when completed will cost between. 140,000 and $30,000. The people of Auburndale have $20,000 raised toward this amount, and the Bishop is prepared to make good the deficit Stephen C. Rowan, Vice-Admii-al of the United States Navy, and chairman of the light house board, has established the follow ing lights in Pensacola Bay and adjacent waters: Fort M'Rae Range; Fort Bar rancas Range; Escambia Bay; Beacon at Anchorage ; Blackwatcr . Bay De- Funiak is to have a furniture factory.. ..Joseph F. Bays will erect a cigar factory at Lake City... .Ma chinery has been purchased for a planing mill at Carrabclle. . . .Bronson is making lished there.... Fernandina's mayor will shortly ask for bids for building the waterworks There is talk of a can ning and cigar factory being started ere long at Ocala Another Key West ci gar factory has been started by Koenis burgh, Falk & Co.-... .The West Florida Land Company contemplate building a new and larger hotel at Bonifay .... Bids are being received at Bloomfield for building an iron draw bridge-across . the Ocklawaha River. . . . Lewis and Frederick Wiselogel will, it is stated, soon begin work on their fertilizer factory at Chip ley Warren & Williams, and John J." Philbrick, of Key West, have purchased a site at -Arcadia t lm hi :i cigar factory. E. G. Ridov.t, of New York, will build a 2'2-rooi:t hotel ten miles from Ocala. Plans have been prepared by George McKay. . . .Captain Whidden and George Mansfield, of Arcadia, brpught in fourteen deer, several turkeys, and lots of smaller game as the result of a fort night's hunt Mrs. Richard Roan, of Arcadia, who unfortunately lost her rea son some weeks ago, was sent to tho Chattahoochee insane asylum The passenger department of the Penn-' sylvania Railroad Company announces v.,t fevr fwn wppks a "Florida snpcinl of 1 11(1 U 1V1 . 1 1 w . . . x Pullman vestibule sleeping nnd dining' and smoking cars will run between New York, Philadelphia and Jacksonville ltr ovonnt Kiinlnva nnH Tlinrs- uveijr ucij , v-.-1' j. days, in order to accommodate the large number of people ues-iring to visit Flori da A man named Watson died at Cedar Key from the effects of an over dose of morphine, which he had taken to- relieve an attack of toothache Live Oak is to have a suburban addition. . MacClenny is to have a volunteer fire company. . . .Gadsden county hasa 1 jto who claims to be 104 years of age... G. W. Cline, of Lake City, will plant tea acres in tobacco this season The Methodist Conference will meet at Se ville The ice-house of the Key West Ice Company was damaged by fire .... There are three organized clubs of the Farmers' Alliance in Wakulla county; with a good membership in each . . N. E. Roberts, who has a tine vegetable gar den on Haw Creek, is chipping straw berries to Northern markets' daily The- semi-annual meeting of . the Columbia County Sunday-School Association willl be held at Fort White on the fourth Mon day in March Sealed bids for the con struction of the two Haw Creek bridges," on the Seville and Daytona road, are be ing received by Clerk Faulkner, at En terprise. ST. LOUIS SELECTED, The National Democratic Committee, in session at Washington, D. C, ordered the following call: "The National Democratic Committee, havincr met in the city of Washington, on the 22d day cf February, 1888, has appointed Tues day, the 5th day of June, next, -at noon, as the time, and the chosen city of St. Louis, as the place of holding the Na tional Democratic Convention. Each fctate is entitled to representation therein, equal to double the number of its Sena tors and representatives in the Congress of the United States, and each territory, and the District of Columbia, have two delegates. All Democratic, conservative citizens 01 ine Lnuea otates, irrespec tive 01 past political associations an differences, who can unite with us iff effort for pure, economical and constitu tional government, are cordially invited to join us in sending delegates to the convention. William II. Barnum, Chair man, Frederick O. Prince, Secretary, National Democratic. Committee. The committee adjourned to meet in St. Lou 13 on Monday, June 4th, 1888. THE TWIGGS SWORDS. Rowena Guadella, now the Wife of a prominent London lawyer, but .-during the War she was a Miss Florence, of New Orleans, and a cousin of Judah P. Ben jamin, has been before Consul-General Walls, at London, England. She claims that Gem Twiggs, of Louisiana, gave her three valuable swords one presented to him by the State of Texas, another by the City of Augusta, Ga., and the third by Congress for services in the Mexican war. When Gen. Butler took' possession of New Orleans he made Jliss Florence give up the swords, and sent them to President Lincoln at Washington. CRISIS IN FRANCE. Several Paris journals fear that a gov eminent crisis will ensue should the cab inet insist upon the Chamber of Deputies voting a sum of money on account of the secret service and declare that it will make the vote a question of confidence.'
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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