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- 0, s '111' HtF J;,'is. fe s " 1 ' -::i.-s . 4v il! & JSvi 1 y 1 J -$1.00;?ef Tear INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. Single Copies, 5 Cents; - " . . . - . i in VOE XVKI. NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, MARCH 21, 189:). NO- 3 v- v .- Disfiguring Skin Diseases Instantly Relieved by COTICURA the Great K!N CURE CtTKVmA, tb grjt nkincure. inatantly allri - taemoa tatcuM itchiiic. burnine, and tnjiaiu . Button, permit iwt ad sleep, heal r-nr ami irrnfcrei4 Mrfkoa, cleanses the scalp ot cniiu - J4 lenlM, and ro. cores the. hair. Cvticcka . 8oAT,-th only medicated toilet soap, i india- peaaaMe la cleansing diacaseU aortacm. Ccrv tui Rnx.TK.xr, the new blood and akin puri er and greatest of bamor remedies, cleanae lb blood, of ail iropartttea, aal thii remorv .abaeans. Hence tbeCcmceKA RxaciiEsciira every humor of the akin, ncaip, and blood, with o hair, from pimple to aerofoil, from Infancy to age. Bold throarboot the world. Price, Ccttcctia. tee.: 8ar.e.; KnnLTtar, 1. Forrsa Dace. MD Cm ex. Cuajr, sole I'rafriaun, Bouoo. Row to Cttrv Skin DI i.iM.., mailed free- WRITE Torturing ft 7 'Ik5 (i Eiverside '''UmSi' POULTRY, - -: .: PET STOCK YABDS, for their immense cat- - .- ... - ...... alojue to be issued this month. It costs only a .stamp. - Jeugs for" hatching A SPJEOlALT V" v - v -Special fa orow!s,- ;i3E. ECEGE & CO., NEW BERNE. - N. C. Old Rip Tobacco,! J haTC jast receivwl Oue Hundred hoxe of OLD RIP Tatocco wbk h -- '; I wif! oft'J fur tlic next 30 dajs at r Coriai leralilj Itfs th:io Manufaclur ,. er cost. ? jTUe bosrs contain from 6 to 25 H. each Colors Maaooast & Black. &ha(X38; id. 6Vt 6 in. 9's and . . 1 will sell ny of the above at 25c. ' bj the lox, or 3qi-. retail, until ' '-"Hiupb lst,1S93. , ' Retpertfully, -'f Iff IJfTTf No. 40 Middle St. Ubj-lbb Easily as! Eipiilj. fJO ..TS2S UTS IT 07ES I . -" -We wnt 100 men who have enerjiy ' and. grit. We will give tliem a situ iti. n -'.in which they can irakc uiODej rapidly the labor bt-ina light ani eiiip oyment the " " jear round. Keqnir s no c;iiul or great ehctka. S-iu f fur best silemcn afe country lxy. Young men r old F'JldQ. Re)nnriertioQ4B quick and turc. - We bore need tor 1Q0 men within the "r next 30 daya. Do not wast time, but " wuteatonce lo H. C. IIUDGINS & CO. Pabliahera, Allaoti, Gj. Farmers ! MONKY HAVE D MONEY MADE. -BUY YOUR- Plows, Cultivators, -if "Harrows, i and Other Farming Implements cut La & c. t V " J " T ' t " " Did You Ever See j ANY TOBACCO ? . . If you'neTer did, go to J. F. . - TAYLOE'S, where yoa can get a Jwelve-incb ping for ftve cents 'rood sonnd, aolid tobacco be- ide . twenty-flyc other d fferent : varieties, from the best to the cheapest. ',- Anotiier lof, of good Shoes at fpcklxttom prices. A' thousand ponnds more of those Bicj . Ten-cent Hams, and jotf of other goods too numerous to mention. Don't fail to come . and see me when yon tome to town, if yon do you'll get left. Dr. t- C Wxt't Hem aatf Brahl -' iwid cw!nr aoutiTe written rwaraatee, b anthor bed agents otiiy, to core Weak Memory; Lon of Smin and Kerre Power; loot Maahood; Qmknee; . .Sight lawn; Krll Breams; I-fc ef Conndence; Worvoasmae; iMsitade; aJ( Drnlno; of Pnwer etf the (IflMmlTa Oroar n aithAr MX. caQNd br tmm-wamx&jmx Toothful Krron, or Excewtre 0 of Tooeeoo. Opium or Urjnar, which mxm if iser, CrmsnmptlfUL Inexnltr and Death. H bexj for (5: wiib written roarentee t 1 ma 10 By mail. IMkmd monet. W2ST8 COtiOU ISYKUP. A certain . sore tor Coorrbe, CoMa.A.thaia, fonaohitlH, Croop, Whooping Cowrn, Sore TbroaC fteeeant to take. ' SnwU alse dlaooBtlmied: old, aio. dxe, now 15c.; old bxaataewiua. AOAiUliXaMCa lasaed onlr by F. S " Daffy, Sole .perne, N. O, Agent, New .f BEFORE" T'-ArTr.WV' . THE FISI0MSTS CLIMAX. A lomniittPt1 Appointed .Still Left. Time I nlimltcd Eipcuar I'nliiiiitcd St.OO per Iay For Membrn-j.OO ' per Day For Clerks One Member I.yinfr ArroHH Two Trunk Itrunk t'bitriirter of flic Otlien. Uf sill the at-Is of ti e lute mrvnifivl leis litme iho iiea:!ou n comniiaiou lo in vesti: ;ite I Iil- ense 1 7 Mrs. l'auii.- D. Ar iinjitun iiiVi-s the raa; "tf the bu-li. 1 lie Ui)Ue m(o nt'xl a conimilti e ol threj t t ike tiit- mutter in hsiid, 1' ok into rlie cast- ami so.- if s-lw h-d iit-en niis 1 1 LUtd I bv lli." lnvvt-rs ami ihu courts. Tins trianul ir c ui mis-ii -n is su'j?ct ouly to the 8uiiL-i)ie cur'., an I lias ttir riyht summon itnes.es, ca'd tor prrsons mm p iper-, tiavt-1 am who. e iu lUi: Stale, and have all the assistarcu ncode l. The lime is u it U nited nt t'-ur iil!ars ach ei tlirm, tvnd all expenses psid by ihc St'ite. Tiie ilireo oorrt'-rs "I tlii niMOLde aiv fumijlv. U ( Hp.) Bivan (I'.nd n1 I'hil- hi ( ii I of I' ll. I '.i i ill' ii !.! m!i' i: t in . uieu know who liarv are!1 Campbell, li pu'-Iicon, ol lias Deironie u S-late charuc-lcr. Cherokee, the n.er. niemiono! vho-o mine rsi-s n smile. tTe is a Irtnk of ihc first oider and t ikes irs :-nti-piiili bili''H three limes a day Cntdie!l 1 a va.-4 joke with a (dove-pipe liat anil raise tee'h. I!ev. l'hiliips l'upulist. of I'itt. is u lit e spiTitnen il I he genus fusion isl. I! is now said to bo a rsvenih Tar Achentist, hav ing left the Iiapt st clum-h tin which he was a minisU'r.) I.nst night he lny across twro trunks ilatd drunk in (he b.igaye room uf tiie Yai borough Honse. Yeetcrilay I'hillipi went to the office ot the State Auditor and d.'tw his pav for the two days this irianulnr commission has tcen sitiiDjr. Then enroe his Jitile "expt ne" ncrount. Ho had u ulise fnil of lxok., which he told the chief clerk was included in the -expense?." He had been compelled to b.iy them, he st.itcd. for the a of the committee, which cou'd not get nlong without theui. In tact the tonus in that valise were issintial lo the well-being and happiness of the members of that committee. The valise was opeuod. In it were a few old law bxiks; and copies of nets of forait r legis'aturts the latter okl books that any one might have picked up ou the floor of the lum-e. The valise w.:s ru'cd "ont of order.-' Bryon of Chatham on the stump in the last campniun, did not deny that he hud passed spurious coin a crime under the laws of the United States; he did not deny that he had been guilty of s ealing a will, of which crima he was accused by the Chatham Record. This is the trio that has been selected by the late Fusion Legislature to investi gate and maka report to the Supreme Contt Yesterday and the day belore they sptnt a greater portion of tho time at Mrs. Airiogton's room getting her speci ficat on of the charges and mapping out thc-line of investigation. They will hold t beir session in the Coart House hereafW. Mr. E. P. H.-mser, a well-known Fu sionist in Lenoir coouty. wbo hanging a'jout the cn pi Ut I much of the time since the Leislanire met, is the clerk to the committee. He gets $5.00 per day. Attorney Geneiul Osborne j-esterday decided tliat, while no limit to the expense or time, was rmnud in the hill, the com mittee must fin:.-h ih' ir work so ns to hand in their report by the close of the present term of the Supreme court about bix weeks. The committee, in order to gave thi expanse of mileage in examining many witne-scs, will visit Nashville, und probably other places durins the investigation- News & Ohserver 15th irst. The case which this committee is ap pointed to invistiga'e is that of Mrs. Ar ringrhu, of Railegb, who was divorced friiui her has-band some yenis ago, and who was very veatbly, bat claims that her husband got her maiden property and that justice was not done her in the courts. The commit tee was appointed upon her petition to the Legislature to investigate and take evidence in the case and report il to the Supreme court at this session which hokls sJxiy days lunger. As we understand it, the State will have to loot all the board bills and travelling expenses of the 'committee, ami its memliers can separate in the securing of evidence if they cliocse and each onj have his five dollar a day clerk. THE NEW ORLEANS RIOTS. Four Men Killed---A Number Wounded. Purwr.raa Eaarlloli Ntenmer Shot ". Artlon ef British t'eanol and British AmbiWMd.r Bbent II. The riotous proctedinus on tiie New Orleans levees b.-twren white and colored stevedores are ngun leuewed. There were two conuVts ou the 12th. Four neijro.'s and one white man were killd. Not only rioteis but several innocent per sons sn tie ied. Gov. Foster ii sis called out the niililiw and has -nl--o nceived a tclegiam Irom Secretary Gresham. the conients of which he ill not yet make public. No arrests have been made. In the lighting J.imrs Bane, purser ol the Biiiish steamer Engineer, who was st uidm on ihe levee w hen the first at tack was made re.-cived four wounds, three in the head and one in the arm. Ib is dangerously wounded. SHOOTING OF THE ENGLISHMAN'. Washivotov. March 12. Sir Julian r.iunc t' t. . 1 1 it- l'.nt U Ani''..s i1,t, i!i -evening received a lele-jiani fom the British Consul nt New Orleans, inrorm- i-ig Inm ot i u- shooting (luring the not i his mom nr ol i'urser il.oie, ol the firil- 'sli steamer Knsrinecr. Tt'e C o. sul ed in his t. -leram that ti c city was terrible state ol ex iiemcnt. and t'ne of the Ku;ine' r wcie leiiful that iv Id ii a men th.-v might lx; attufkeil. He, I lien f 'V.-, earn estly ri quested th it some action lie tak-n to iosurc their sntV-ty. Spc-ikinu of the maiter. Sir.Iulian sniil: "You know tlu- lily ol New Uilears i very much perturl.-d just now', Lut the Govciuor of I lie S'a'e. I am as.-u red. is able to iju -II i he dituriinic-. As soon as I rvee; v.-d the teiernin bom Coi-ul St. John I uirned the inailer oer to the Secreiary ol Sate, and he informed n'.c that he would com mune tc with theGov- rnor of the State, sj t iut the maiter may he investigatcil." Further than tliisSir Julian re'tned to talk upon the mathr. COTTOIT 1 liave a limitetl supply of Cotton Gu ano that I will sell A TON FOB A FOUR HUN DRED POUND BALE OF COTTON. The cotton to be elelivtnd on or before November 1st, 1895. Also a full line of Truck Fertilizers Kuinif, Acid, Phosphate. &;., on hand anil lor Hale on rex-eiDable terms. J&See me before you buy. Yonrs Trulv, J. c Whitty KIXSTIIV NOW K Kill 1 1 IH ii. Finer Slruelures Tlinn Ilie HI Ones Will Soon bo in the I'liiee ol Ilie Knlitn. From the Free l'n- c clip what fallows: In seakin ol' Kins; on"s ore it fine the New Hkhnk Jot'KN.vL savs: "Xotwith sianding iheevicnt of the disaster, Kin ston's brave business men will rise to i lie occasion and rallying fio n their trouble will beslir thenisehes and make ihe burned district rise plnc:iix-like fioinii aslus and become again a tl. uriliii's;iiiisi nis? h cality." That is true. Our busi ness men have already commenced woi'K. The tuwn will bj more leaiitii"iil than ever. The brii k ai-e ntarly ail cleaned oil" from the burnil distiict and our p"ople w ill commence rebuilding at once Hotel Till I will be nb.iilt l.elter than it was before. Messrs. 15 V". (Janadv, V. ('. Fields. J no. h. Nelson, S. II. Abbott, J. YV. CoHius, Einstein Hros , S. II. Loftin t'ettinger I!r;i-.. .1. A. Pridueu, perhaps otln r losers lv i he tiit tire, are going i !. t -i I .i . 1 wlh piepaiatsoi.v :' n 1 e buil.iing. Chas. F. Dunn, colored, has purchased the lot and walls wln r- Mr. Kornespiy u el to keep, from Mrs. YV. L. Kennedy, and will Imild on ir. The walls of this building arc pronounced good. The walls of Mr. I. A. PridgenV store arc the only ones that stood the lest in the first tire. The Five Ihes is olad to observe the promptness with which Kington's people have gone to work to rebuild. It shows the gr-at confidence they have in lite town. In one or two years, the only ap parent result from the lire will I e tiuer buildings, upon ih uho'e. where now stand only broken walls and pi'es of brick. A lew of our citizci s who oi by the firis are haviu'.' trouble in coming to terms wilh the insurance adiusurs. most "t whom are very sharp and look closelv into technicalities w ith which to beat down the amount lo bu viid, though .he loss may lieseverii linit-s ihc insurance. One or two law-suits ma,- le the outcome ol some disagreements. NF.WS IN It It IKK. I.. H. Wyatt of U ih igh has assigned. His asseils and liabilities arc loth large. Mr. O. J. Carroll has been chosen chief ma-sinal at the unveiling of i lie Confeder ate monument in Kaleigh on the 20lh of May. An admirahle selection. The Pnissian Government has ordered that all scbooN te closed on April 1st, B'Smark's birthday. Sjieeial prayers will !e otlered in all the Evangelical churches for Uismaick on Sunday, March 31. A ilavana dispa'ch says nothing is known there of the Spanish cruiser firing upon the American steamer Allianca off the Cuhan coast last week. The Di part ment of Marine Affairs telegraphed to Gibrata for details. Captain Lsonuid G. Shepherd, Chief of the Ilevenue Marine Division, U. S. Treasury IX-par'.nuiil, died Thurselay alttrnoon of jincuniouia after au illness of teu elays. Ilolr, Pchaifcr ifc Co., lirge tobacco dea!cis Lynchburg, Va., h ive made an assignment. Liabilities ri presentexl to he about $4"0.000, mostly iue ri foreign countries. The Central News correspondent in Maelnd says; '-Private telegrams from Cuba do nut confirm the official state ment that the rebellion has hi en virtually crushed. They dce-lare tnat the insur gents gain strength daily. "'SteVart Brothers, who seemed the State, piiuting by a notorious j ib, pro pose to have part of the 'vfoik elone in Richmond, Va., while North Carolina printers in Ilileigh are discharged. This is the Fusion way of "building up home industry.' " News & Observer. The Spanish Government has liegun exercising strict censorship over all dis patches t unel from Cuba. Nothing unfavorable to to the G ivernmcnt is per mitted to pas. No cipher messages are sent unlcsstiie key be given to the Gov ernment. Hod. Win. L. Wi'son. Postmasler General, has accepted tin invitation to at tend ihe Un'.versity oi 'irginia alumni banquet which will he given in Rich mond April 17ih, aiul will ivspon I to a t nst. You ought not to criticize us too much,'' said a Hep Wednesday. "We did not appoint but 80 or 00 negro magis trate." It is another excus-? of "en'v a little one." Ne-vs & Observer. '1 lie Lighthouse B'ard give- noiie-e that on March fjih, 1895, the schooner Drift was liiooietl as a light vessel in aliout 24 feet of water on the wet side of Chesapeake bay, an 1 rf the .south side entrance to the Potomac rivi r. The News& Observer gives a list of the Shite Senators and the offices with winch the Republican and Populist nvinbei. provided themse ves. It di el ires that there ought to l.e an auiendm r.t to the Constltulio1. forbidding; members to hold onii-e either e r. ate 1 or filled by the Leg ist iiure . It is f a red tuat the 'Spanish cruiser Reini Tegeiite. focjiidered in the storm last Saturday on the Spauisli coast. L'he was a steel dee-keel pr. tevted cuii-er ol 4.80O tons displacement anil 111. 000 horse pow er. She was laune bed in 1887. and was a sister 'hip of the Alfonso III, and and the Lepanto. Her speed wan '20 J kno:s. The News iV Oliserver give- th's item: "There are a number ot women suffra gists in this Legisiamn , but with a xiiid Democratic vote at bis back, ilr. Monioe sueCccdeil, afler an eloquent speech, ii de'eating Sen dor (ir nil's bill to put women on the school boarj ol (J ildsl.oro. It h id ( reated much interest and a debate lh.d biought in the lull iange of tin woman's rights (pjesiion. Piesidtnt Dole nas slightly modified the sentence of e-0.uecn Lil, of Hawaii, by remitting 111'- hard labor feature of it. Her sentence is for five ears aid she will for the p'esent he conrined in the Exe--u-live bui ding. Lately active najive roval is. s h iving b en defeated in n storing l he menarchy are now' seeking the unn xation of Hawaii to the I'niied Stales. They have formed a league for the puipo.-e a Dei tl.c m.jveiueiit is gaming cou.-ider.eb'.e strength. Four Italian .-is.sassir.s who were cod mine rs, were shot en the 12th inst by Colorado lynchers. They bnnally mur elcred a deputy sheriff. They acknowl o :gel their guilt and it was clearly proven boiihsat the inquest. At the clo-e oT the inquest the mob lushed for ihem and ridilleil them with bu'lets b fore the sheriff and his assistants cou'el raise a hand to proteet tlie-m. A hundred or more Italians swore vengeace before morning. Roth (actions are arming themselves nn.l a collision is expected at any moment. The News and Obseiver lells ol s b:g raid by revenue men in Montgomery county. The raiders hauled in n large mooiishiue still and ouifit. Deputy (iil son led the raid. When the raiders reached the spot the y found the distiller had taken to the woods, but two boys one about sixteen and the other twenty years ehl, w ere fount! lying aslet p in the house. They were w aketl up, and am sled; they said the still belonged to their father. The copper still was of a hundred gallons ca pacity, and in the outfit were twenty wat-b tubs, lour thousand gallons of beer and thirty gallons of w hisky. The whole outfit was dcstioyed. j FUSION PLANS MISCARRY. i So Many Went Hume When Pay ' ( eased That Legislation Stopped. , 4 oiiseqiienll.v the State Knilroaels Ro I iiininj I'ntonched OemocrntN f'on I timte to Control the Penitentiary I And Hold Threatened Offices-tin v. t'ltrr'a Bold Move. The Democrats were winmrs Weilnes d.tv. The Fusionists were furious with j impotent lage. There were several sur 1 prises in store for them during the day. ! l'liey had resorted to revolutionary pro I i eeilings, hitherto unknown in tfe iiisloiy ol the Stale, to make places for their fol lowers, in the Pi nitt m iary and State Library. Tluy bad parcelled out the I places to their satislartion. and after the I caucus action of selecting the head men, i thought that they already had the pie in their mouths. , Hut it now tun s out that the disgiace ful U'oce d ius ,,f Tiues lay night were "f ro avail, and th it tl. e Fusionists could not bag their game. They had the "coon" to qmte the wnids of Henderson of Wilkes: they hail: he inclinal on to ".-kin him." but their majority had, Arab-like, folded, tin ir tent-, and "stohn awav" home, upon the expiration of sixty days win n tin ir pay expired, and their pr.rtisan schemes, for the want of a quorum, failed. BAFFLED ON' STATE LIBRARIAN. The Fusionists had passed a bill t lurn out the present State Librarian, and elect K. II. S anloid, a clerk, in his stead. When the tellers reported l lie vote, Stan ford, like Kitchin, had fillen to the bot tom of the well to keep him company, lie received only 74 votes when 80 were n ec eit i y . EWART AN" I ("COOK MIST BAIT AWHILE. The n xt surprise that .-tuiimil the Fusionists was a communication from the Governor appointing Ibm. O P. Mt ares Judge of the Eastern Criminal Circuit (Cook hail been elected by the legislature) and Thos. A. Jonis, Judge of the Wes tern Criminal Circuit) Eait had been ekcte 1 by the Legislature ) This was an unexpected bomb that exploited, and scattered the Fusionists in consternation. It was the Governot s notice that he iu tetnleil to stand upon his constitutional right to appoint to all Judgeships, an el to frustrate the s -lienie to foist Radical legis tors upon the bench in violation of the Constitution. Kwart was sd nervous all day that he waddled about like a chicken w ith its head off. Cook is at home sick, and, ol course, his rage could not be seen. KITCHIN FALLS OUTSIDK THE BREAST WORKS. Capt. Buck Kitchin fell outside the breastworks. He wanted a job. lie wanted it bad. He spent sixty elays in Raleigh lobbying for it. He finally got the caucus to agree to change the penitentiary law so that new Populist directors would elect him to Mr. Leazar's place as superintendent. PICTUKE OF BAFFLED RAGE. The Republicans were not very anxious (or Captain Kitchin to have this job, and appoint Populists to all subordinate posi tions in it. Three of them told a Demo cratic member that they would like to see Kitchin defeated if it could le secietly done. The Republicans had already got ten their share of the spoils, and their ardor to secure a place for an objection Populist was not great. Their pay had given out and their clcshe to get home was greater than their de-ire lo give Kitchen and some others an office. And so. when the vi te lor directors of tiie pen itentiary was taken, many members hael gone home, and the newel rectors received only 77 votes, while it. required 80 votes to elect. When this f ict became appar ent, the w'rath of the Fusionists knew no Ijounds. They were consumed wilh im potent rage, and wire besiele themselves with disappointment, chagrin, and fury. Their faces presented a study of baffled rage. STRUCK HARD. When the tellers presented their report in the Senate the Lieutenant Governor stated that there . had lieeu no election. If he had hit Senator Rice in the face w ith a brick, that Senator could not have reeled more than he did when the signifi cance of the Lieut. Governor's p'ain state ment was realized. He gasped for breath, ami askeel if the Senate, regardless ol the fact that less than a majority had voted, could not adopt a resolution declaring the Fusionists elected. Senator Paddison took up the cold trail twice, ami argued thai immemorial usage ought to be se t asitle, if necessary, to enable the Fusionists to put in thi ir caucus nominees. The Lieut Governor asked the Senator il he could cite a pie e-lent in any State in the Union for the position lie was contending for. He could not. He. sat down, a sadder if not a wist r man. Speak-er Walsei, although he well knew there was no election, declined to so rule. He dared not rule that the Fu sionists had been elected, and he was not brave enough to render a decision that the Boss s did not want. ki:n lacy dem., c omes in ahead. The next surprise was the confirmation by the Senate of i. R Lacy as Coin in is sioner of Labor Statistics. The caucus had decreed I o abolish this office, but there hail been some kicking. The Gov ernor did not send the appointment in until yesterday morning, nnd then, with no quorum, the Fusionists could cot have repealed the. law. Rejection of Lacy nit-ant to leave the office unfilled and then the Governor coulJ le appoint. With tl'is state of alTiirs staring them in the face, the Fusionists trade a v'ntue of a necessity. Starl uck ami Carver s-iid it would be very unpopular lo n j ct a nie chanic, pai t ieulai ly sini e tiny were ap pealing for the labor vole. And so JJen. I-acy.iike a brand -avid from the burning, esiape I, huh h to the sati-fac tioii of all Democrats. state railroads l'"i'orCHKD. The hungry ones who wanted a chance to wreck the A. and N. C. Railioail and tho N. C. Railroad are disappointed. B 'th bills l.) that end failed, and tho man igeirent o!" these two mads w id ic mnin unchanged. RK.PtHI.ICAX TI'.KACin'KV AM) I'Ol'U I.IST FOLLY. "The Democrats have lairly heat us,'' said an extreme Populist last night. It was due to Republican treichcry ai.d Populist folly.'' Never mind the cause. The people will rejoice that sojiethuig was saved from the wreck. Xews c Observer. LOOKED OCT FOR THEMSELVES. All Oflioes Save One Given to the Leg islator or Their Relatives. Judging from the following statement ; by the Raleigh correspondent of the Wil rmington Messenger the legislature which i ha just ended its session w as a ih ill be . liever in and practicar of nepotism- "One of the most prominent Republi cans in the State saiel to me today: "Do y'ou know that w ith the exceptieui of S. , Otho Wilson, not a man has been elected . to an office by this Legislature hut a mem ber or a relative ol a member.'' I Important Fair Meeting;, A veiy important meeting of the direc tors of the Fair Association will be held J tonight in the Citizens' bank nt half past seven o'clock. The presence of every i director is reepiested. The meeting of the stockholders will lie I held next Tuesday night. Notice of the place at which it will be held will be ' given later. OPF.NF.O IS HIS SEW STORK. .Ilr. II . B. 1iiU. One or Now Berne'a Most &ncceHfnl Merehaute Moves Into Larrer and Better Place ol RuwineMN. I Mr. H. B. Dully is now in his own store. 01 Pollock St., which has just beer, i enlarged and n modelled and newly equipped to nitet the requirements of his i ex 1 ciisi e and constantly increasing busi ness. His nt w stand is a two-story store of j high pitch, ample width, 120 feet deep. I well tiuisbed and newly tilted up with I well planned shelvts, excellent counteis and every needed convcn'ence,(ineluding a handsome office and fine l.urglar and fire ! proof sate) to adapt it to the requirements intents of hoih his retail and wholesale trade. The lower floor is devoted to the loriuer. the upper floor to the latter. 1 he stoie is so anaeged that Mr. Duffy's, stock shows to splendid ml vantage. Each purl is finely adapted to the storage and dis play of I lie class of goods it is designed for .uid tl e light and ventilation in eei y portion is good much better than in the majoiity of stores of its magnitude. The millinery department has been placed conspicuously to the front, occu pying one sieie for ejuite a gooel sp .c-.-. Ihrce elegant uptight cases for the mil linery, the central one ol oak. the otlur two of walnut ceupy about thirty feet of the portion devoted to millinery. They and their contents w ill not fail to ntt'Rct the a lention of all who euter the store. This department is pre-ideei over by the efficient i.ative milliner. Miss Mimie Dawson, who lias thoroughly qualified herself for managing everything petaining to it. The store and stork throughout shows well in every particular. Twelve yiars ago Mr. Duffy began business in the store now occupied by Mr. H. L. Hall, book-seller. When his in crease of business demanded it, he move I into the one which he vacates for .his present commodious one. Mr. Duffy is one of New Berne"s most careful anil cini-ervative business n en. 1 he years ago n ached a point where he. did business on a large scale. lie possesses an inherent tact for merchandising, the trial MM be seen manifesting itself in him even in his school-boy days and Ii i s after life has been only a histoiy ofi sound and shady successes, due to Ins good judgment, industry and ever watch ful attention to his business. We look to see the success which has a1 ways at teneleel him heretofore follow him now in still larger measure. PRESFA'T WORK OS THE FARMS. The Crops Jnst Planted and Condition orthvGrowltiK Ones. I'p With the Seasou bnt Behind the Calender. The trucking and general interests sur rounding New Berne are of such impor tance that crop prospects never l.dl to be an interesting topic. Mr. Daniel Lane in the following article furnished the Joupnal gives n fair idea of the conditions now existing. He says; " The past two weeks have been filled with busy work putting In the potato crop, sow ing oats, &c. We hear o1 a few rotting that were planted cm ground loo wet, or put too much iu contact with the fertilizer in the drill. It hikes a large amount o( fertilizer eli rictid by a great amount of brain to p'an, and secure a remunerative truck crop every year, but it can be done. "Cabbages have died in some places very much, a sample of dead plants lias been s-nt to the Experiment station ut Raleigh to learn the cause and remedy if possible, and when we know what it is we will let ad who are concerned know. ' Irome say here it was cold that killed the cabbage plants, but in some places this is not the case we know, for in one patch of cabbage that followed peas and giass. very few died, while another not far from it, which followed lull potatoes, died badly, thought the l itter was bettor protected than the former from cold. "Peas are coming up. and those planted two weeks ago are nearly even with those planted two months ago, some have rolled in the ground. 'If protracted rains do not hinder plowing from now on, perhaps the bu rners aboiit lcre, are ab mt n p with the seasons, if behind the calendar." IJiPROYKMKSTS AT Till! SKISKK. t'nder Manager F. venlent and Hotel. I.. Perry. A t'on Well Furnished Several chftngi s for the better are lKung mailc at Ileitel Neusee by Mr. Fred L. Perry, w ho has just taken charge of it as manage r. The eastern room on the first floor which i nns the full lcngili of the building is having a partition put in. The front portion will hereafter serve as the office. It will be carpe'eel and neatly furnished. The rear portion, which is left larger than the (rout will 11 reafler he the dining room. The harbor shop, which will continue to have the same experts in it as hereto fore has a'ready been moved into the nicely finished and well-lighted base ment. The hotel has been n -wly equipped with oak furniture, tue halls are nicely carpeted, also there a:e bath rooms. Sec, on etch floor, speaking tulies and call bells all over Hie house, and le sides the office there is a pleasantly fur nished upper sitting loom with over a doiten window s on tim e sides to catch the passing b-eeze from every side. The Neusee is a cozy and centrally lo cated hotel, and Mr. Perry in taking charge declares his intention f making it a good one in cv. ry way. The prist e x perience he has had along this line lor iumself and with h;s brother, the late lamented, Mr. Benj. L. Perry at the famous summer resort, lha Atlantic Hotel, Morebead city, will siand him in good stead. Weh"P'tos"e him get a good run of profitable patronage. BUST OYSTERS OF TIIE SEASON. Tlie'y Command a Priee Five Times as Great as Some Others on the Market Capt. .las. Mason, of Pillenlary, on the banks, w as up to the city with his oyster vessel, the Laviuia Thomas well, loaded. He had the finest planted oysters llii-t have lieen on the market this season, and there was no troiibh jin disposing ot them at a gooel price. Oysters lime been so abundant lately that good ones were selling at thirty cents and small ones at only twenty cents per bushel; yet, so huge, lat aucl luscious were those of Capt. Mason's that they readily commanded one dollar a bushel. The captain evidently knows bow b raise ovstws. In reference to oyster legislation. Cap tain Mason expresses hiiusi It as inflexibly opposed to allowing dredging anywhere by anybody, and he says his neighbors are ol the same opinion. He declares it will destroy the oyster and bring starva tion to those who slid continued to de pend on them for a living. He says the native oysteruien do not want dredging it is new comers or out siclers who advocate it that restrictions limiting it to citizens of the Slate will be evaded by sham sales of boats (pretended native owners and native captain and that restrictions as to deep water dredging , i , it.- i. . i win ue evatieei oy mgiii wom. THAT A.vV N.l. If. U. AM LIN DM' T ! And Hie Sensation William's Bold ! Speech Created, He "Hit the Fusionists RiKlit Between tho Eyes"--. A Copy ol' Iho Amend ment, (lie Remarks ami the Vote I poii il. From tl e Wilmington Messenger's ac count of the proi-ce lings of the Legisla ture on Wcdncsd i in lvler. lice to the A. j e.v. N. C R. R. charier we take the following: I The bill to amend t lie charter of the Atlantic and Ninth Carolina r.iilway canie iiji. lis reading was demanded. . f i- iitl, ..I' 11 1.. r.lV .... 1 ., .,,e,,.l I me nts. He. siid this was simply a politi cal movi inent, and ilie changes proposed in the bill were tn-ide simply to gio I places to political lavorites. The bill left the private slockhoMe-is without any pro ; tectum at ail. but put all the power in the j hands of one man, who is even given p iwi r to sell the road. He urgi d the opposition to look on the matter in a busi m ss light ami put themselves clear of caucus intluenei s. Mr. Hay said this Legislature has cx-hnii-tcil all the menu 4 known to men to fill otli. es and to create new offices, for the greedy seekers after them. Hut so far nothing had lieen done by llieni above the dignity of a slngh: ol hand performance. This was the ow ning act of folly. It would involve the State in a long law suit, and tln usands of doliars. The char ter cannot be changed. The courts so say. The following are Mr. Smith's amend ments: "Provided that no saie nor lease nor either disposition of said railway shall lje ce'iisumiiia'ed without the co.icur rence ol at least niiie-leni lis of the entire stock of said railw ay company." To u::ik: the follow ing section 3 of the bill: That the directors on behalf of the S'ate in said company as sue-cessors to the present State di rectors in said company shall be elected by the L gislal ure m like manner as said Stale proxy nnd the direciois on hi hall o! the State elected by this Legislature shall hold office from the elate of t heir election until their suc cessors are duly elected or be appointed as below presenle !, and the commission of each director cm the part of the Slate elected by tins or any succeeding L'gis'a ture shall le in the san. e lorm as that hereinafter pr. scribed for the commission of said Si de p;oxy. In case of a vacancy, caused by death or oiheiwise, in tiie office ofdiiector on the part of the State, saie I State proxy is bet cby authorized lo and directed to liil the vacancy.'' Mr. French said that the fusionists had consulted counsel, and were assured that the b 11 was coustituPonal. He called on bis siele to vote down all amendments. Mr. Williams of Craveu, moved to table Mr. Smith's amendments, saying that there was rascality in tee bill, that it was an attempt to steal tiie property and that as this was to be made lie wauted to know who the thieves were. He said he was a Republican, but w ould not submit to seeing the private stockholders swin 1 1 K tl. He said ihat there was a ling la this business and that he had ready au amendment requiring the State proxy to give bond in fhmble the value of the pri vate stock. He said the bill now requires no bond, but .simply puts the whole busi ness iD the bauds of one man. Mr. Williams' bold speech caused a sen sation and hit the bold-laced fusionists right between the eyes. Several Democratic members explained their votes on the motion to table end poured hot shot into the fusionists. whose professions o! reform they riddled. Mr. Smith ol Siunly said the clay of reckoning would come. Young, of Wake, voted aye, with Mr. Williams, saying as did other--, that Craven hael a larger priate interest in this roael and hence that Mr. Williams' wishes were worthy of the consideration. The vole was ayes, 31, noes. 48. So the bill was not tabled. Mr. French at once called the vioiis- question and Ihe amendment of pre Mr. Smith were voted down. Mr. Williams' amendments were nad and Mr. French tried to crowd them out, but Spe-.ker WaNer saiel Mr. Williams had sent thetn to him iasc night. These were-just the s.une as those of Mr. Smith, of hues. Mr Ray demanded the yeas and nays and the amendments were lost. Mr Normi-nt voted aye, saying Ihe amendments hael nient in ihem. The bill came up o i s.cond reading. The Vote was ayes, 4 7; noes, 17. Mr. Ray Ix'fore this result was announ ced demanded a recount. Speaker Wals-.-r said that he wauled to protect the clerk. Mr. Ray said that he had as hit i regard for the chrk as the Speaker had. He said there were errors, lie was put down ns voting where he had not voled. Mr. Smith, of Gates, said he had voted aye. He was recorded as veiting ro. Mr. Kllis said that he should oppose any rei-ourds liet'eafier. Mi- Vm-irl, s o.l Ir t ,--,!.,i;,, r! the rules of Legislative as vinblies to ele mand a recount until the vote was an nounce I. The Speaker saiel he would appoint Messrs. Ray ami Turner of Milche 1. to serve as perm uv nt tellers until the end of the session. The vole was ayes, 52: noe , 17. Mr. Gentry (Uepj said he was not here to antagonize any interests such as were adopted by this bill, anil voted no; so did Messrs. Linebick. Young and WtLiams. Mr. French made a motion te suspend the rules and put the bill e n its thitd read ing, anil Mr. Kav objecte I. Mr. French said he would then perhaps make a motion lo make Hie bill a special order for next Saturelay. Mr. Ray saiel lit was here to elo his eluly if it took until next Ju' v. The motion to suspend ihe rules faded, only o2 voting for it Mr FreiH'li then nie.de a motion to make the bill spec al order lor 0:30 a. in. to mor row. 1 tits was declared adopted bv im j 1 ae an l in vote. Mr. Peebles aid a mafinty were re aiul a-k'.el tor the veas Cjtii n d to do t hi.- and nays, j Mr. Smith said the hour ol meeting was ! 10 o'cli ck a. m. and Ihe piocceding; was! irregular to meet at 9:::i o'clock. The ave ; and no vote was then taken on the mo- tion to make the Mil special order for 9:30 i o'clock. The re-suit was nvis. 59; noes, 20. So the rules were tut suspended. j Ooalh ol Mrs. John S. Long;. A telegram received Friday morning announced the death at Rdeigh of Mrs., Annie Matsh Long, wife of" Hon. Jno. S. Long, LL. D., of New Berne. Mrs. , Long had been slightly ill a few days but no danger hail been apprehended. THE HATTERAS LIGHTHOCSE. Plans for the Work in an Advanced Stage ol'Preiiaratioii, The Lighthouse Board is informed lhati the temporary slruciuie at Jhamond: Shoa's. North Canlina. withstood the recent stormy weather well, being but 1 slightly damaged. Superintendent of Cons ruci ion Rettig, : who made the examination, made sound-; ings there and reports but little if any j "scouring" in the sam I about the struct ure, confirming the oiwnion heretofore t held that the bottom is of sufficient thin ness to cieet upon it a lighthouse. The j plans are in an advanced stage of prcpara- I tion. , NEWS ADRIFT I n the 4'ity ol F.lius unel Vieinity, Gathered in and Briefly Told. Mr. Joe K. Willis is preparing a hand some monument o be eivctid to the memory of Mrs. W. M. Wals.ui. Tine present is the year in the history of ;h now Ins 403 si itdeats. most prosperous e I'niversit v. It "Disbanded. The Fred. Douglass Me- moii d Assoc '-llii ill elo: y.l". That is the way the Wilmington Messenger headed i c j notice of the adjournment of die Legls j hilure. The Free Press says: '-We uudt rstand that Messrs. F.. ILK. F. Per v, L W. Dawson, .hum s F. P.irrott and Jno. F. Mewb .rne, white, ami J..e llargett. Chas. F. Dunn and Star Hicks, colored, have been elected magistrates for Kinston The mill at Nelson's Ferry 1 as starteel up again and Guy S. Lane, of Bella"' has rented the store at that p'ace and is put ting in a full stock for ihe Spring tra'le. 1 ne popular salesman ben. . wncox will attend to the store at the ferry. The well knon and popular lecturer Mr. ILnrv W. Blount editor of the Wil son Miiror is to deliver a lecture at Jack. sonville. April 1st, 0r the benefit of the Baptist church there, so we learn from the Times. Lt. F. Winslow who bns been up to Raleigh, returnee) home last night. He gives Representali ve Williams great credit ior his gallant fight in behalf of the A. Sc. N. C. R. R. ami declares it was owing to him thai the road was saved. On Tuesday, the 8th inst., a milium sized btar was killed in the Methodist church yard at Little Swilt creek. The dogs got aTler the bear in the swamp near by and the bear ran to the church yard, which is on the main roael. an 1 climbed one eil the trees, and there Mr. Toler of the neighborhood shot him. Owing to Ihc prosperity with which this section has luecn favored alcI the wise managnient ol the A. .x. N. C. Railroad the dividends to the State from the At lantic and Noith Carolina Railroad for the three years past aggregate $75,990. The people are g'ad to see that the plan of the fusionists to grab the road failed niter! v. He Aoktiowled&rod Himself tinilty of Slander. Ma :ist rate Emmet Staph ford of Olym pia, recently had a criminal libel suit be fore hint, charging a young man of that neighborhood with slander against a young lady. The accused at first stoutly denied hav ing made the remaiks attributed to him, but there being sufficient evidence .-.gainst him, and also conclusive evidence of their falsity, he sign- d a paper retracting every thing he said and acknowledging that he was guilty of wilful and malicious slan der, tie diel this witho. t even waiting for i lie evidence to be taken. This hav ing been done the suit was withdiawn. ROBBERS CATGUT AT II EA I FORT. An Organized Band That Has Been Terrorizing Our Seighbor Town. Special to Jol'KXAL. Hko foiit, N. C, M irch 15. For the past six months an organized gang of thieves have been terrorizing our town to such an extent that no one fe't safe. All the principal stores uud many dwellings have been robbed. We employed a elelctive who planned and joined them iu bteaking into Jones' anil Fotiaw 's store last night. Four of the gang were captured and are new injdl. Thos. Duscan. .Mistaken as to a Historical Fact. Some of the telegrams sent out aoout Cleveland's hunting trip and the "Violet" covering partol the course that Sir Walter Raleigh is supposed to have tailed when he entered what is now called Ocracoke Inlet and founded his iU-fated colony on Roanoke Island. The sender of Ihe telcgiam is mistaken ns to the lachs. Though Raleigh is the pionee r and father of the first English sst tlement on this contiuent, sending over several colonies, and though what he did at Roanoke Island led to the settlement at Jamestown, Va.. which was the first permanent one, he, himself, never came to North Ameiica lie was m t even in the waters of North America. lie v isited Seiutli America iu person, but uot Noith America. l..-)00 BOXES' EGGS. And Other Proilnee Made Cn the Car g:o ol" the Seitse Yesterday. The steamer Ncuss took out four thousand and five hundred dozen eggs Fiiday. The steamers take out shipments of eggs by almost every tiip made, especially in ihc Spring of the year, but this s lar ger than usual. Generally it is nt this sason from about, a thousand to fif teen hundred dozen. The e.2g business looks h';e a small affair, but in the ag gregate it counts up greatly, reaching into hundreds of thousands of cWsns annually and helping to swell the money in circu lation here. Piiultry is also regularly shipped. Some that w;1 on yesterday was to go as far ns Philadelphia. There was also a very good supply oITr'sh potatoes. They were fall growu ones whicii the truckers are now shipping away. There were also five hundred bales ol cotton and o quuitity of fresh fish besides other exports. More fish shipments were to be addid i w lun Roanoke Island was reached. The Neuse took three hundred and nine large boxes, about t wer.ty-th ree thousand shad I from there on her last trip. With such a diversity of profitable in i forests it can be rearlilv seen that New Berne's advantages are not small by any means. HEALTHFCLSESS OF THE COAST. Eleven Brothers anil Sisters all Liv ing and 171 Oeseenelents. We tell elsewhere of remarkably fine planted oysteis which Capt. Jas. Masor of Pillenlary had in market yestetday. It. telling of the Captain's good oysters, it will not be amis-; to tell something of j himself and his interesting family. " I He is one of a family of eleven eight brothers and three sislejs, and they are all I living. The youngest is forty-two years of age. Tin Captain is the oldest he is seventy-five but he is hale, hearty and strong, and can do as much work now as the average man of twenty. Two years ago the cli'ildreu, grand children and great grand-children of Capt. Mason and his brothers and sisters were counted up and there were 174 of them then (we are not infor med as to how many there are now) and they all live on the sea coast, getting their living from the waters, feasting on their fish, oysters and other- products and enjoying the invigorating and health lael en breezes. How does this show for North Carolina healtlihihie-s and longevity. There will bo a grand biblical assembly held at Ashevilie this summer, beginning the 18th of August. MISS CARUIE E. CUTTER. A Yonns Northern Heroine. Burled in the Sew Berne Sational Cemetery The Only Lady Whom the I'niied States Has Furnished With a Soldier's Headstone. Editor Journal: Having arrived in town lor the purpose of visiting the National Cemetery here located, uiv at tention was called to certain statements in the "New Berne City Directory,1898," concerning my late sister, Miss Ca trie E. Cutter, nurse, 21st Regt. Mass. Vols. Miss Carrie E. Cutter, daughter of Surgeon Ctdvin Cu.'tcr, author of Cutter's School Physiologies, was born in New Hampshire, July 28th, 1843. She was educated at Prof. Russell's Private Semi nary at Lancaster, Mass., at Mount llolyoke Female Seminary, Mass., and at a Private German School in Pennsyl vania. In April, 1861, she was on the eve of her departure for three years' tour and study in Europe when the ouhet of the civil war wrecked her plans. The writer's most vivid remembrance of her was, as she distributed New Testaments to the ' olunleers drawn up on the rail evay plat lorm of his native town on the morning of their departure for camp. She was lithe, well formed, tine featured with grey eyes and light-brown hair. A few weeks later her father was commissioned as Surgeon ot the 21st Regt. Mass. Vols., going into camp in July, 1801. In the month of Octoler, 18G1, at her earnest, repeated requests she was per mitted to join her father in camp at tlit Naval Academy, Annapolis. Wheu the Burnside Expedition was- ready to sail, her elderly lady companion, Mrs. Studley decided not to go forward. Miss Carrie was permitted to proceed with the offi cers of the 21st R gt. on the 3. S. "Northerner.'' She witnessed the horrors of those severe wintry gales oft' Hutteras where so many founn watery graves. During the action at Roanoke Island, Feb. 8:h, she was on board the "North erner'' caring for a dying scont a man who enlisted from her home-town, Charles PI ummer Tidd. This scout had lived in my father's family fiom 1860 to the time of his enlistment in the 21st Kegt. in July, 1861. Tield's finncee lived in Kansas. My mother has often told me that my sister was never engaged to Piuinme-r Tidd. The romance about Chailes E. Coleelge, as given in the New berne City Directory, has no foundation, in fact Plummer Tidd died and was buried at Asby's Harbor. My sister was uuable to le piesent nt the interment. After the action ot Roanoke Island, Miss Carrie went ashore and labored uu liringly in the care of the flick and the w ounded. Being able to use the German language she had especial charge of three young Germans, who in their delirium, had forgotten the English language. As ihe result of her exertions, her privations and tho climatic influences, she was in disposed when she sailed on the "North erner" for the mouih of the Neuse river While the battle of Now Berne was rag ing, the fever assumed an alarming fctate. Her father was unable to reach her until the 19th. When hope for recovery had vanished, she requested to "be buried with the soldier brave ou Roanoke Is land.'' She passed away in her ?abin on the U. S. S. S. "Noitberner'' early in the morning of Match. 24th, 1862. Had she lived till July, 1862, she would have been niueteeu years of age ! By order of Gen'. Burnside her re mains were forwarded on a special steam er to Roanoke Island where she was buried with the military honors bestowed upon a colouel. At her request she was interred by the side ot her friend, Orderly Sergent Charles P. Tidd. Her father, owing to duties, was unable to accom pany the reunaiDS to the Island. When the National Cemetery was established at New Berge, by the order of the Secretary of War, ber remains were removed to New Berne. Her Dame is inscribed in enduring bronze on the soldier's monu ment erected in her home-town, Warren, Massachuselts. The United States has furnished her with a soldier's headstone this beiog the only instance in which it has been given. John C. Cutter, M. D. Late of the Imperial Japanese Service. THE CRIMINAL CO CRT J IDG EM Both Sets Will toalirv-Gov. Carr's Authority for Appointing. We have given the news of Gov. Can's appointing Hon. O. P. Meares of New Hanover county as Judge for the Eastern Criminal Court the circuit of which is composed of the counties of Craven, New Hanover, Mecklenburg, Vnnce, Warren, Robeson, Edgecombe and Halifax, and ol his appointing Hon, Thomas A. Jones of Buncombe county as Judge of the Crimi nal Court composed ol the counties of Buncond , Madison, Haywood and Hen derson, both of which circuits were cre ated by an act of the General Assembly, ratified on the 12th day of last March- The Wilmington Messenger of the 15th has this to say of the appointments and the provision which the Constitution pro vides for makiDg them: THE GOVERNOR 18 RIGHT. In discussing the position taken by the Governor in this matter a prominent Wil mington lawyer, who is an able expositor of the constitution, says it laises a very pretty and interesting constitutional ques tion. He stated that he had not looked into the question tareful'y enough to de clare himself on it, but he is inclined to think that Governor Curr is correct in the position he has taken. Wg understand that the Governor has acted on the advice of eminent counsel and that he is fortified by the opinion ol Attorney-General Osborue who has ex amined the Constitution very thoroughly nnd is very positive in his construction of the instrument. WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS. Section 2, Article 4 of the Constitution of North Carolina is as follows: "The .judicial power of the State shrill be vesteil in a court for the tiial of im peachments, a Supreme court, Superior courts, Courts of Justices of the Peace, and such other courts inferior to the Su preme court as may lie established by law."' Section 10, Article 3, of the Constitu tion, is as follows: "The Governor shall nominate, and bv and wilh the advice and consent ot a ma jority of the Senators elect, appo- officers whose offices are established j this Constitution anil whose appointment is not otherwise provided for." From the section first quoted the Leg islature gets its authority to establish a Criminal court or a Criminal circuit, which is a court "inferior to the Supreme court.'' Under Section 10 it is held that the judges of Criminal courts are "officers whose offices are established by this Con stitution and whose appointments are not otherwise provided for." Clearly the words ''appointments not otherwise pro vided (or ' me in not othentiae prov 'ulcd for in tiie Constitution and have uo reference to their being provided for by the Legisla ture, Of course; thre w ill he litigation to decide a , to whether Cook or Meares is Judge, and the matter will no doubt get before tho Supreme court at once. BOTH JUDGES WILL TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE. The Messenger learns that "Judge" Cook proposes to take the oatli of office, and that Judge Meares will eio the same, and each will go ahead to aasune the judicial functions. Judge Meares could not be seeu last night, as he had gone to Lake Waccamaw to visit his daughter, Mrs. II. B. Short. THE A. S. C. BAILBOAB BILL. iit.-i Its Ad venture In the Lt Lf;laiiBir A False Entry About It Pmm Strurk Out by Williams-Th Wmlt Intention of the Bill. A Raleigh special to the Wilmington Messenger gives ihe following in reference to the attempted action of the Legtsla ture against the A. & N. C. R. R. Representative Williams, Republican, of Ciftven, tells me some history. - lie says the House journal actually shoved that a bill to amend the charier of the Atlantic and North Carolina railway tad passed the House and been ordered tu rolled; the fact is, it passed IU MCOod reading and that Williams, co-operatfog ' with the Democrats, preyented V third reading. He discovered the entry regard ing the bill in the clerk's office aodatruck it off. ' . . . He tells me that two weeks ago the fusionists made their plan to gr& this road and Senator Grant was to ba 6tte proxy and he. Rice, Abbott and Duncan were to be dire-ctors. The arrangement for the grab of (he North Carolina railway was thatfienator Moody was to be State proxy. After wan Is George Smathers' name WU put iu. This bill wai tabl-d in the Senate.' SUCCESS Such as Ours 'is a . Only Attained!. u BY- WE HAVE TO OBTAIN OUR PRESENT BUSINESS, AND INTEND TO NOT ONLY HOLD ; IT, BUT TO INCREASE IT. The way we propose to do it, is to Still Continue - to give the People tho Best Goods that can be bought in the city tor the Money. -HArW- s . . . j p We know hey appr';f- : om the increase .itt 'bur busK ness. : '" "''" Our Stock COMPUTE Only examine it and be convinced. Yof'RS Vkry Trult, Hackburn & Willett. 47 & 49 Pollock 8t V'.- if r