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TARBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 188U.
London hxi become recognized as the
great clearing house for all European
thieves who operate on a large scale.
The proceed v for enj great robbery com
milted in Europe, which it is intended to
restore thronah negotiations, are always
sent to be lf livcrcl in London, and there
U as vet no legal way to put a stop to the
Th-i M,.tinf".!:-rer jRcord observes:
"The- beauty find variety of Southern for
ests a re -ad mired by all lovers of nature.
Town founders, rem enibiring this, should
remembi r also that "full grown trees once
destroy!' cannot be replaced. Lowell
once wrote:
Who dots Lis duty, ii a question
Too'-.rrl x to ls solved by me,
liut he. I future the suggestion,
i . - j if t of Lis that plant a tree.
To ubi ii -may safely be added that he
who save one -from destruction, that his
fellows may enjoy .its beauty and delight
in its ,fchu.-! ', is entitled to Btill greater
, 'credit fur duty well done."
Thu ifojIc of Genoa, Italy, are already
beginning preparations for the celebration
In li;92 of the completion of the fourth
tetitury tinee the discovery of America
by their feilov: Uv. n-man, Mr. Columbus.
They prupo-e to celebrate the event in a
unique manner, :md one that is appropri
ate a.-; wel!. -The Municipal Council has
been directed .to ( onfer with the National
Government and to secure the construc
tion at Ctixin ol a first-class ironclad.
This it i- pn.j.oscd to have ready for
launching l)i.;lr 6, -1892, that being
the day f the month when Columbus I
haded at bun Salvador. The vessel is to
ihrL-iteiiY-l- the (.'I'i-toforo Colombo, and
nill be cdiistmrted in the best possible
manner.
Th? 'Hungarian 'Covernment is laboring
ualouiiy to put a ' top to the emigration
its subject 5-to the United States. Par
Scylarly is the effort made to deter the
tommon laboring classes from leaving
their native land. As one Austrian paper
puts it: "Emigrations of this kind are to
be put a stop to with an iron hand."
Even wives and children are refused per
mission to 1 ave the country to join the
tusband and father in America, where he
ins prcperi-tl .r as to pay the passage of'
kis family. Men, women and children
sho have thus been sent for and have
reached the frontier have been turned
back by the officers ami forced to return
lo their native villages. Great suffering
las been caus-cd by these inhuman regu
ations, and one cannot but sympathize
rith the desire to flee from such a
tountrv.
Herr von Bevcren, a Belgian who has
made considerable reput ation in his native
country as a political economist, thinks
that an international treaty fixing the
day's wuik in all countries' at eight hours
is ui -o-iary and urgent. In support of
this theory he advanced six reasons: (1)
The trades unions are not strong enough
to limit universally the hours of labor; (2)
if they ei, y reduce the hours in some
trades, this would produce an injurious
and " anti-fraternal ;- irregularity among
workers; (without a law to fix the hours
of labor those w ho work at home or in
email and unorganized trades would stil
beouruiikcd; (4) without such a law
the struggle between employers and their
men would Ve perpetuated it would
break out again and again at every fluc
tuation of the market; t5) such a law is
practical, 'lor it has existed for ten years
in Switzerland, and when, recently, it
was renewed, the employers made less op
f.oMti.i!. th.m when it was first introduced;
tO) that it was pure Utopia to count on
the goodness of enndvvers some among
them mi-Lt !.,- actuated by the best and
kindest nu.tiv.V but the keenness of
ce'mrv fai,,n pi .ei on xwv.i the impossi
bility of making concessions.
Collar
it. 1..
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on appropriated
ycu.UUU .lor t'VA i...i.ir..i,: i.
dense whiteih-h hau he-y somewhere on
Lake Erie, and John Gay, of the United
States FUa Couunission, who has been
loe-kiug over ditlerent locations, has
selected Put-in-Bay Island for the site of
the new hatchery. It will be the largest
in the world, it will have a hatdiing
capacity for 500,000,000 eggs. The idea
f the hatchery is to Supply Slate
hatcheries with white-fish eggs, and to
keep the waters of Lake Erie stocked with
his fine fresh-water tish. The eggs for
-etchingwin be secured on the numerous
'eefs near Put-iu-liay Island, where the
wlateiih nuke a favorite spawning
ground.- All voung f.y hatched at the
i;ov n.t.i. r ludehery will be returned to
'c hike, u takes 100 days to hatch
wLiu-tisl, They rt- placed in jars,
lhreiugh which water riius constantly.
They rt-.juire the closest of watching and
lay Kroa tare. The eggs can be safely
dipped to any part of the country by
placing them on a tray covered with can
flannel, and keeping them covered
Wlthdnp moss. Mr. Gay also an
nounces that 5,000,000 pike perch fry
will bagged m the Delaware, Susque
hanna, nd Juniata Rivers. These fry
be furnished from the Ohio SUte
"tchwi at SaadualCT.
NORTH AND WiEST. 1
NEWSY ITEMS BY J TELEGRAPH.
Being A Condensation of the PrL ;cioal Han
peninga in Different Stat k
Gikiral Adna Ajtdersox,
wbii
known
as a railroad engineer, committed
mtcid8 in
Philadelphia by shooting himself.
f
I' '
, a young
i he body of Hftyward M. Fan
Philadelphia millionaire, who d
sappeared
mysteriously from his uncle's
fsidynce
Edgewat?r Park, N. J. has been
recovered
from the Delaware River J He hafl
drowned
himself while insane. j
strike of the G0OO Pennsyltania rail
road coal miners is ended, and work in all
li -. I.
me mmea was resume. Uoncestions were
made by both operators and digger! aud the
price agreed upon to rule for die year is
jeventy-three cents per ton, whiehls-one cent
less than was demanded.
A very light vote was polled in
the elec-
tiou for the ratification of tho
Sioux
Falls
Constitution, of 1S85 throuho
lit South
Dakota. At last eighty-five pr
total vote favore! the ratification.
The entire Wabash Railway
cent of tha
stem was
sold to the committer representia
i; the ina-
jority of the bondholders for $15,5."
Rear Admiral Edward D
United States Navy, died of old
SALDSO-V,
ige at his
home in Baltimore in the sixty-
ighth year
Df his age. He was born in Maryl,
nd.
An English sjrndicate has eonl
sumniated
tha purchase of five large Detroit
The consideration was $700,000 "
ireweries.
-arload ot
ForR laborers were unloading a
Iron at Detroit, Mich., when some
art of the
brace holding the load broke and
several tons
af iron fell on the men. Joe Ben
cott3 was
killed and his three companions
jured. j
niortallv in-
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f
f of the
The office of General Inspect
Naval Pay Corps, abolished by
Secretary
Whitney, has been re-establisheeti
by Secre-
tary Tracy, and Pay Director T.
appointed to fill it.
pl. Locjker
The President has accepted the resignation
of Judare Georcre A. Jenks as Solicitor-Genera!
of the Department of Justice.
CHikf-Justice Fuller, of the j Supreme
Court, started for South Carolina on his
judicial district tour. ;
FrvE brigands were hanged in
the court
vard of the prison at Sofia, Bulg
aria
They
were led separately to the scaffold
and were
Danced in succession. Each ma:
was en-
veloped in a bag passed over the
head and
reaching to the waists j
Malays attacked the Dutch
in Sumatra, killing five of the
poft
of EcH,
garrison
and
wounding twenty-five. The Mala
dead on the field. j
s left 1U0
John C. New entered upon hifc duties as
United States Consul-General in L udon.
A United States Paymaster
$29,000.
Robbed of
Ona of tho most cleswrate and successful
robberies and fights in the history bf Arizona
Territory took place on a recentl afternoon
five milts north of Cedar Springs near Fort
Thomas.
Major J. W. Wham; United Skates Pav-
mester, accompanied . by his clf4 k. W. T.t
Oibdon. left Tucson on a trip to ibv rrooj
stationed at Forts Bowie, Grant. 1 nomas.
Sua firlui and Apache. Jjhey went
by to .Wilcox and ffm tliat
point, 1-v ambulance, overland. fThe funds
mid .rrx.os in that department ard jn enjin on
Hccount of the scarcity of greenttcks. The
funds for this oav-tnp were
pent from
Los Angeles, Cal.. tho hea.lqtl
arters of
tha chief paymaster, by; expres
to Wil
$75,000. cos. The amount was uuou
It was put in a strong wood box, bi
nded with
iivm This was stranoed to the h
ader boot
of the ambulance, which carried tl
e paymas-
tpr r.mi his i'lerlc
Tha truard ritle iu a lare, oped, four-seat
R2TO11. tlu-ee on a seat, so in case of attack
thev can form a line and lire from he wagon,
n tho front and on tha reaill Ihe cs-
riirt carrv a larvre suppiv ofljammuui-
ri.n and are jreiieral'v pickeiii soldiers.
Tl:ev follow in the rear of -ambulance about
one hundred and fifty yards, lit canyons
ami loiiffh country th?v follow cke up to its
wheels, so as to be ready for Action at
'moment's notice..
The pavmastcr disbursed at
nd Fort Grant, which reduced
prt Bowie
treasury
to-ft2'.JXJ. II then left Fort tra
it for Fort
Tlif.nifis. wbere Le expet-od
pay otf
rfnriii? tha afternoon, j U hk
d an es-
cort "of ten colored soldiers
iu com-
mand of two colored j iiou-oo4imissioued
officers. The distance from Oranil to Thomas
f,rtv-flvt miles, throuch-a uarantainous
and uninhabited country. Cedir Spring!
ststinn is about midway, and lslinaOe uis-
tor io from the fact of being oace an Ajach
st'-on-Thold. 1
' t w as at t his point, in a cl?ep m-rl-ow gorge,
t's Mnior Wliim was attacked. It
.-vs the party approached tho point they
found the road obstructed br several large
r'eck-i
Several of tn? escort got ut or tneir
wn rcua. leaving their gm behinel
them, and
pi oc -c-vlcd to remove the rocks froii
i the road-
As thev catnerei arouiia t huk
bowlder a
ga-ing fire came j Hiring tlowia
-'rTV- asd breastworks. $ At thJ
from the
firs fir
; ei-ai or tn;ai ied. Theothers rjuhei haci
Kir r heir runs and the battle berati.
rr i
Wham's driver was wounded early in the
liht -nd crawled a way into the b ashes.
iKiring the fivrht eight of the scort wer
w'cunded, four of them fatally. Ti le shooting
w as at short lT.rtv Clerk Gibb u received
several bullet I-o'es through hi clothing.
Major Wham was untouched." although th
ambulanco was riddled with bullet holes. Tb
battle continued for half an hour before
Maicr Wham yielded, but seein r tbat th
rc'.)Urs w ere completely ) protect nd, and it
meant certain death to bis entir; ! party, h
Was forced to yield to their demai ds.
The 1kx of coin was takt-u eout mung$"29,
0f. As thy telegraph line from Thomas t
Wilcox is under the control of J e military
authorities. tLey refused to allow ihe full de
tails of the right to 1 sent out to .the pub
lic. A specLJ fr.Mii F.rt Grant says the
wounded driver tf .Major J Wham was found
bv IX E. Norton, who heard the firing at a
diiance of nearly two miles and went toas
vrtaiu its caasc. K? brought in the
driver ard;' Sent, a courier or troops.
Lieutenant Wilson took to the I eld with a
lnr:e iKdy of Apache ludisais. Troops also
weiv sent out rem Fort Thoin&s, Saa Car
les. Bowie, Huaehuea. Fort Lowe lend Tuc
son to cut off the escape of the robbers to
Mexico. j j
It was thought tha$ the roLbers vere led by
two old otTenders, recently part oned from
the penitentiary, who are the mo t desperate
men of their kind in the Southwest. This is
the first tirje in the history of A rizona that
a paymaster of tha army has bee a molested
by highwaymen. j i
Half a million dollars worth
of cnnel
goods were shipped from thi
tropical regions last year. '
country U
AGRICULTOEAL COLLEGES.
.Oatline of the Work Perfonned by the
Michigan Institution.
As agricultural colleges are forming
in many of the Southern States, the facts
concerning tbf Michigan College will be
of iutcit-st. This is the pioneer institu
tion of the kind in the country, having
been established in '1857. In 1879 an ef
fort was made by the college authorities
t ascertain what had become of every
graduate up to that time. The follow
ing was the result: Farmers, 09; fruit
c.!turits, b ; professors of agriculture or
j elated 'sciences, 10; studenla in egri
culture or related .sciences, 2 ; agricultural
suitors, 3; apiarists, 4; engineers, 4;
.'.i chitect, 1 ; landscape gardener, 1 ; vt-t-.Miuary
Kurgcon, 1; sergeant United
states signal service, 1; machinist, 1;
related to industrial arts, 10; business
:sicii, 2G; teachers, IS; lawyers, 10; phy
sicians, 9; ministers, 3; editor, 1; total,
2Sd.
Up to 1387 the college had turned out
4 10 graduates, of which 154 were fol
lowing farming, horticulture audi agri
culture, and G wero professors of agri
cultural colleges. The number of gradu
ates since 1875 ha3 so increased as to
make the average time out from school
f all the graduates only eight years.
This explains why a larger percentage
were not fanning, as it is alleged that a
large number are teaching or engaged in
various business pursuits accumulating
the necessary means with which b pur
chase farms and settle down for life.
An agricultural college must also of a
necessity be a good school in the natural
sciences. Many students enter for such
purposes, without any intention of fol
lowing agricultural pursuits, and this in
io way interferes with the work of pre
paring other students to go forth as sci
entific farmers.
The Michigan College was long looked
rpon, even by fanners, as very much of J
.: humbug, but of late years it has been
steadily winning its way into public
;onfidence by its extensive system of ex
periments in stock raising and fattening,
fruit and grain production, and the use
of fertilizers.
rightiiig the Distilleries.
The northern part of Tuskaloosa coun
ty, Ala., about forty. miles from Birming
ham, has for some time been over-run
with illicit "distilleries. .' It is a wild,
rough country, along the Warrior river,
and with their hi ill concealed in the
caves, the moonshiners have defied the
law, and it has been a loLg time since a
revenue orlicer ventured in that locality.
Made bolder by their success the moon
shiners have recently become a terror to
the law abiding citizens ot the commu
nity. About liity of the best citizens of
that locality held a mass-meeting' and
adopted the following resolutions:
Resolved, first, That whereas illicit
distilling in the , northern part of this
count v lias become, demoralizing to the c
young and ruinous to the society, and
ttgaiust the best interest of all law-abiding
citizens, we, the undersigned, do
hereby earnestly ask all engaged in it to
discontinue the same, aud just quit and
let us all have order, peace and a law
abiding county, j ; i
Resolved, second, That if they will
not" be pursuaded to' stop we will 'use
any aid all lawful measures within oui
reach .to suppress the- same.
About fifty names were signed to these
resolutions, and then a vigilance com
mittee was organized to uid the officers
in breaking up the stills and capturing
the moonshiners. This committee is or
ganized to guide the officers to the stills,
anil aid them in every way possible.
The moonshiners are thoroughly aroused
by this unexjected proceeding, and they
projose to make it hot for any one who
interferes with them.
Breaking Up the Pool Booms.
Birmingham, Ala. Special. The
pool room men will probably not go on
gathering in the shekels of the sport
loving public until the Supreme Court
can pass on the constitutionality", of the
anti-pool law, passed by the last. Legis
lature. So much' pressure has; been
brought to bear, the city authorities
have decided to take a hand" in the mat
ter. The board of aldermen met and de
cided that the city must do something
to enforce the law. Mayor Thompson
announced that he would order Ihe ar
rest of all those engaged in the work of
selling pools. In this way the rooms
will soon be broken up.
Dead at Its Mother's Feet.
A most distressing accident occurred
in the family of Dr. Dick Johnson, at
Clarksville, Tcnn. .Mrs. Johnson was
standing at the foot of the stairway, and
called to the nurse to bring the baby
down stairs. The nurse, with the infant
in her arms, started down the steps, but
when near the top, lost her balance and
fell headlong. The baby was hurled
forward andlfell at the feet of its moth
er, being almost instantly killed.
A Tragic Drowning.
The families of W. P. Shert-tz and W
P. Dcnham were sjteniliug Thursday
tiahing in Iike Trout, Bartow tfeunty,
Fla. The twelve-year-old ' t-on of i Den
ham stede away from the arty and went
iu swimming. Getting beyond his
depth, he legan screaming, when Miss
Sherdz went into the water to assist him.
The boy clutched her frantically, and
.both wen drowned. Mrs. ShcrttZ at
:teuitcd to save them, and was saved
from drowning only by the timely assist
ance of one OT the men in the party.
Big Fire at Norfolk.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Company's warehouse, at Norfolk, Ya.,
was burned Friday night and totally de
stroyed. The loss on building and
freight is estimated at f 100,000.
Oottoa Seed Oil Milli
Wilbur M. Cromw Jl, R. F. Munro, O.
II. Brown and William T. Well hav
incorporated the Airerican Cotton-seed
Oil Co.. at Newark, If. J., to build cot-,
ton-seed oil mills in the South, and are
looking up locations. Capital stock i
$1,0G0;000.
ALLEN T. RICE.
Stidden Death of the Xewly Ap
pointed Minister to Russia.
Taken Sick in New York as He
Was About to Sail for Europe.
ALLE5 THORVDIKJE RICE.
Hon. Allen Thorndike Rice, recently ap
pointed United States Minister to Russia,
died at 4 o'clock the other morning at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, of oedema
glottis. The disease is a peculiar one, an ag
gravated form of quinsy .
Mr. Rice's death was altogether, unex
pected. Having been appointed United States
Minister to Russia by President Harrison he
was about to sail for Europe, and had
already engaged his passage when taken ill.
He was sick onjy three days, and expired on
the day after he was to have departed for his
post at St. Petersburg.
Sketch of His Life.
Allen Thorndike Rice was best known as
the editor and proprietor of the North Ameri
can Re view. He was born in Boston in 185i
of wealthy parents, and at eighteen years of
age went to England and entered Oxford
University, where he took his degree in 1875.
Returning to the United States he entered
the .Columbia College Law School, but never
practised law. He purchased the North
American Review inl8?J, and has since made
it one of the best known of American periodi
cals. In 1S79 he organized the Charnay expedi
tion to investigate ancient civilization in Cen
tral America and Mexico. In 1884 he bought
a controbng influence in Le Matin, a news
paper of Paris. He edited "Reminiscences of
Abraham Lincoln," and contributed to "An
cient Cities of the New World." He also ad
vocated the Australian system of voting.
In 1886 he was the Republican candidate
for Congress in the Tenth District of New
York, against General Spinola, and received
the support of the "Henry George party."
He came within 527 votes of an election. His
defeat was attributed to the treachery of the
party leader to whom the conduct of his can
vas was intrusted. Mr. Rice -exposed -the
treachery, and caused the expulsion of the
accused leader from the party organization.
Mr. Rice was the proprietor of a large cat
tle ranch in Kansas, which brought him a
handsome revenue. He had an extensive
knowledge of literary topics, and was also an
accomplished linguist, speaking fluently the
French and German languages. His con
versational powers were uncom
monly brilliant. He had a strik
ing personality, being tall, well built
and proportioned, darkbrown hair, with eyes
of similar color. His manners were polite
and engaging, and he was very energetic and
a hard worker. A habit of speaking rapidly,
especially in an animated conversation, often
led to stammering.
Mr. Rice possessed an inhented fortune
that was estimated at several millions. He
never married. Both his parents are dead
and he had no brother or sister. '
Sentenced to Death for a Criminal Assault.
Simon T. Walker, the negro who ; so
brutally outraged Mary Ann Quill, aged
twelve years, the granddaughter of
Michael Morris, a well-known citizen of
Chesterfield co.iuty. Ya., about two
weeks ago, was convicted in the county
Court of Chesterfield county of rape, and
the Court sentenced him to be hanged in
August next. Walker's victim was so
badly injured by the assault made upon
her that she died. Tuesday night. Mr.
Morris formerly resided at the North.
At the time the assault was committed
the little girl was returning home from a
neighbor's when she was met on the road
by Walker. It was two days-after the
assault before "Walker could be found.
So strong were the threats of lynching
that he had to be taken to Petersburg
for safetv. I
The Schentzenfest in Augusta,
The Dt-utseh Schentzenfest opened suc
cessfully at Augusta. The festivities at
the platz were Well attended, and the
prize shooting and drilling was enjoyed
by the military. Iu the company shoot
ing contest, the Richmond Hussars won
the 'first prize, and the Palmetto Rifles,
of Aiken, the se- onl. In the prize drill
for the battalion plume A. J. Rcnkle, of
the Cliftch Rifles, was winner. Capt.
William1, of the Aiken Palmetto Rifles,
won the officer's.- prize. Mr. Henry
Giebcer delivered the address of wel
come and presented the prizes. Cap
tain Branch, of he Savannah Cadets,
acted as judge in the company drill.
Girls Who Vowed to Get Married. !
The elopement of two young people of ;
lue western part oi .ew Haven, Conn.,
brings to light the existence of a queer
organization. Miss Lizzie Fletcher, the
daughter of a prominent purveyor, on
Fast Day eloped with Carl Treitlein, an
intelligent-and good-looking German,
and journeyed to Port Chester. N. Y.,
where they were married. Miss Fletcher
is the member of a society called the
'Scent Union.'' When organized it
consisted of twelve young ladies. Six
of the twelve are now married, and four
of the six eloped. The girls are very
close-moutheu, but their companions say
that when the Secret Lnion was
formed each girl made a vow to get mar
ried within a Tear.
Cleveland's Hew Home.
Ex-President Clrvt-laud has leased th
house of Heury G. Marquaud, thje well
known banker, at 1G Madison avenue,
New York City, for two year, with the
privilege of purchasing it at any time
prior to the expiration of the lease. The
prie of the property is said to be $100,
00J. Cleveland will occupy it as sooji
as it can be placed in thorough repair.
Workmen have begun putting-it in or-
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SOUTHERN SPRAYS.
FEOM VIRGINIA TO TEXAS.
Items of Interest Culled from Many Sources
SOUTH CAROLIHa-
A graded school vill be established at
Anderson.
A new town to be known as Rosa is
being built near Conway.
Chief Justice Fuller was in Charleston
several days on his summer district tout
A banquet was given in his honor.
J T. Wilder, from Tennessee has pur
chased a site at Rlaeksburg and will erect
foundry and machine shops to cost
$50,000.
Mr. T. E. Horton of Green v;lle, who
will represent South Carolina at the Paris
Exposition; has been in conference
with Commissioner of Agriculture Dul
ler to agree upon a plan for work.
The Democratic State executive com
(
mittee of South Carolina is to select the
successor of the late Capt. F. W. Daw
son on the National Democratic commit
tee. At the neeting of the Charleston
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday the prop
osition from Charlotte to raise $75,000
for the construction of a railroad from
Charlotte, N. C, to Lancaster, S. C
was declined.
A tank containing about 5,000 gallons
of turpentine was wrecked last week in
Union county by an accident on th;
Spartanburg Union and Columbia R. II.
The turpentine rau out in a stream which
extended as far as Broad River, three
miles away. The people near at hand
gathered it in large quantities, and it is
said that some of them have enough to
do for a lifetime.
A monument erected to the memory
of the members of the German artillery,
companies A and B; German Hussars,
German Volunteers aud Hampton Le
gion, who lost their lives during the Con
federate war, was dedicated in Bethen)T
cemetery, Charleston on Wednesday.
The monument was unveiled by ten little1
German girls, clad in white, while a Ger
man band played a German choral. Tho
dedicating prayer was in German, by
Pastor Midler, and the dedication ad
dress was delivered by. Senator Hamp
ton, in whose famous legion the German
soldiers fought.
VIRGINIA.
. Many truck farms were seriously dam
aged by the recent hail storm near Nor
folk. Rev. Sam Jones, the Georgia evange
list is conducting a ten-day tabernacle
meeting iu Danville.
Cove Springs in Wjrthe county has
been purchased by Northern parties who
will make the place a leading summer
resort.
A Richmond finn has been awarded
the contract to furnish the engines and
boilers and all other machinery for the
war steamer Texas, now being built at
the Norfolk navy yard, at $634,500.
The Episcopal council of Virginia met
in annual conclave at Lynchburg. Light
colored preachers had seats iu the coun
cil. They oppose a seperate organiza
tion. Hugh N. McKay, a deputy collector of
internal revenue at Norfolk is missing
ind his accounts are short $3,500. War
rant s were issued for his arrest and the
Unit ed States authorities are now on his
track.
J. W. Day, proprietor of the Lexing
ton chair factory, was caught in the belt
ing of the machinery at that place and
dangerously injured. One of his arms
were broken, and his head and face bad
ly cut. He also received, other injuries
internally.
Roger A Pryor, Jr., has just published
ui pamphlet form at Richmond a com
plete refutation of the charge of deser
:ion recently made against his father,
Glen. Pryor. The proof consists of affi
davits of. eye- witnesses of his capture,
itatements of Gen. C. M. Wilcox, Hon.
Washington McLean, Gen. Geo. H.
3harpe, contemporaneous accounts of
his capture iu both Southern and North
;rn papers, and letters of Gen. Pryorto
his wife, written while in confintmeut at
Fort Lafeyette, and other papers. The
proof is regarded as being absolutely
conclusive of the Gen. Pryor's loyalty to
thi South.
TENNESSEE.
Gold mines are lcing reopened in
Monroe county by miners from Colorado.
The Chattanooga Savings Bank form
illy opened for business Wednesday.
Surveying has been begun for the pro
posed railroad from Bristol to Asheville,
N. C, via Elizabethtou.
Seventeen year locusts are reported to
have made their appearance in middle
Tennessee. .
The Supreme Council of the Catholic
Knights of America met at Chattanooga
Thursday and continued in session four
days. "
Mrs. Henry Thomjjson, a most beauti
ful lady of Chattanooga, the wife of the
master mechanic of the C. R. & C. Rail
road, met with a tragic death by taking,
through mistake, an overdose of oil of I
tansy.
The sensation in 3Iemphis is the .im
peachment of Judge J. J. DyBose, inc
September, 16sa, judtre of Shelby coun
ty Criminal Court. The leading cause
ef the imiteachment is that he once acted
as second in a duel over the Arkansas t
line between James Brizzolari and
George Phelan.
The monument to the Confederate
dead was unveiled in Mount Olivet cem
etery, Nashville, in the presence of a
vast assemblage. Survivors of the war
were present in large numbers from all
over the State. The floral offerings were
magnificent and profuse. The orator of
the day was Col. W. C. P. Breekenridge,
of Kentucky. The daughter of Cob B.
F. Cheatham, of Tennessee, unveiled the
monument.
GEOSCU.
The -firemen's tournament at Athens
passed off with enthusiasm. Reel and
other races were run and fast records
made. The" first prize of $200 in the
reel race was awarded to the Bloomfield,
of Athens.
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property valuiil at $to,0oo. " -
Valley Wrk' "m W l"liit atF'"
J. W. Maloy of Marietta. l,a, Wen
granted patent, or, trucks fr railway
cars and a lubrihatmg device for railwy
cars.
The enterprising city of Grimn ha
been selected by a coumiijltn ,.f tJ
Georgia Legislature a the WsuL.n f, r
an experimental farm and station r.rif,
fin offered IJ.j ac res of land an.l o0
in cash, and won. '
A sue ror the proposed Georgia Vi a
federate literati's Home has U-..u .
lotted. A tract or land containing one
hundred aud twenty-five acres, "Lu.ut
two miles from. Atlanta, has bcVa pur
chased for $8, 500. It is 5ilKl to W a
beautiful site, well wooded, and has nu
merous springs of line water.
FLORIDA.
St. Augustine is building a garbage
crematory. a
The board of 'trade of Gaiuesville offers
a bonus of $1,000 to any one who w ill
invest $3, 000 in a canuing factory there.
Norwegians have been emigrating in
great numbers to Southern Florida aad
are iorming a large coiony, near cypress
where they are locating on a tract of 10,
000 acres.
Robert Martin, of Orange county, com
mitted .suicide on Tuesday night He
was found hanging in his woodhouc the
next morning. He was 70 years of uc,
aud was thought to have been insane.
He leaves a widow and three children.
Bills have been introduced iu the Legisla
ture to incorporate the West Florida and
Alabama Railroad Co., the-Feruaudina
and Suburban Railway Co., and the
Manatee River Railway and Navigation
Co.
OTHER STATE:
A cotton mill to cost $l,000,0u0 wiP
be built at Deuison, Tex. Fifty thous
and spindle will be operated.
'Capitalists have purchased a tract of
land at Kennedy's X Roads, Ala., and
will lay out a new town.
War upon the jute bagging trust was
declared at the convention of fanners
from a majority of the Southern States,
which was held at Birmingham, Ala.
A gang of men surrounded the hous,
of a farmer named Tom Pheltou. at Rog-
ersville, Ky., Saturday night, and at
tempted to take him out. Phelton oix-n-ed
fire on the gang, killing two of thenir
The others tied.
A special from Charleston, W. Ya.,
says the legislative committee appointed
to hear testimony as to the gubernatorial
contest, has reconvened and is going
over the depositions taken, beginning
with Barbour county, and taking the
others in regular order.
ROItTn CAROLINA.
There arc twenty-nine Farmers' Alli
ances in Buncombe county.
Raleigh has decided to issue $100,000
worth of bonds for city improvements.
A $50,000 stock company is being
formed in Charlotte to manufacture boots
and shoes. Operations will be com
menced this year.
An increase of six lodges aud five
hundred members was shown for the
fiscal year at the meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows of North Caroli
na at Fayetteville.
A syndicate with Gov. John B. Gor
don, of Atlanta, Ga., ut its head, are ne
gotiating for 100,000 acres of swamp
laud in eastern North Carolina.
The following fourth-c lass pastrnastejs
have been appointed in North Carolina:
Edward K. Proctor, Lurnberton; Rry
ant B. Watts, Williamston; Mrs. S. S.
Briff, Fraukliulon.
i
Unless the Governor interferes, John
McMahon will be hanged at Webster on
June 7th. His crime was the murder of
a white man named Buchanan, near Syl
va, in Jackson county, in October, 188.
The centennial anniversary of , the
foundation of the University of North
Caroliua will be celebrated at Chapel
Hill, N. C, on June 5th. College Pres
idents and representatives will be pres
ent from all parts of the country.
Lieutenant Francis Winnslx.ro, of the
United States Navy, has resigned Ids
commis-doii and ar-cepted the position of
manager of the Pamlico OvsterCo., torn
prised of New York aud North Carolina
capualbds.
Iiew Towns in Oklahoma,
Tovrn site filing for the new towns of
HarrUtn, Frisco, and Reno Citv liave
been made at the Land Office, at King
fisher, Indian Territory. These towns
are in the valley of the North Canadian,
Reno City at the east line of the Fort
Reno military rcw-rvation, and the oth
era a!out eight and sixteen miles from it.
Elections have U-en heU, and officers
the, ii. The Grand Army aud Odd Fel
lows have taken stejw to organize lodge,
and will have a hall completed soon.
Seventy-five buildingi are erected at
Kingfisher, and many more contracted
for. The fctcrrncf Saturday night threw
dow n many tents 'and flood-.! ih loan
part of the city.
Lived 115 Years Without Teetk
Tljerc Tia-j a very oM man from Meri
wether in attend iure at Pike Sujjerict
Court lat wrek. Hr was feeble iu ap-Iear3a-e,
and, indeed, tome of LU old
acquaiutanren aki.-d him his age. 'Well,"
he nail, ' It I live Ui see Feb. 31, I will
le 115 years ,ld. Another remarkable
fact connected with my cotwructbm i
that I lureb't a tooth in my l.jd.w
Opening hi mouth aud pointing to hU
iuxth, toothtrL gurni he ontiuued.
I wm U,m tlwtt way. " Wonderful as it
nay appar, my youngest Mn aud eldest
laughter were born that way alo.
Death of Rear Admiral Donalclson.
Rear Admiral Edward Donaldson,
United State navy, aged 78, dietl at his
home in Baltimore at 4 p. m, Wednes
day. His physicians said that old ag
sa4 liver complaint ware the causes.
114TH ANNIVERSARY
Or MEOKLEKBTJF.G'3 INDEPENDENCE
Commemorated at Charlotte Pri prills,
Parade, Hor?e-Radr.e Etc.
On May 20th, 17?-, in the ,ountv of
Mecklenburg, N. C, m f.,rm-d De
claration of Independence and alr-clrea
frm the crown of England. The Mth
annual celebration of that 'event w a-- held
m Charlotte on Monday, the city I im;
throngtil with visitors" frm all oint of
the two Carolina and many from tuorr
distant joints.
The day W:es Itriobt ..) . -l.-.r i.t
made cxnd by tha tirrin Iwn At
Carolina Park,. without th citv limits.
lUc crowds wuncsMd a j.iiclriU by tb
cailets of the Biuir'uain Military Shd, '
cd Mcbaucsviile, it ling the icguUr an
nual coutot lutwi-cii the four ..n,pani
tr fiiNt place in th lmttalioii won by
oUipan'v A., L. (I'll. Join, taptain.
At 2 o'clock the drill was mr and the
ta-cs b'gan.
Ihe first race was by 'runner br u
I'Ursc of $luy. The horis starting were
El Prcito, Eriu Burke, Lillv, CharIctoii
and Dui,y M. Iu the find heat LI Pr. ito
-took the lead-at the Mart anl came iu
los.- together with Erin Buikc and
Crown Prince, time 52 J. In the m. oii.1
heat -Erin Burke pH-M.-d the wire llrt,
C rown 1 'lincc second, El Prcito, thiid;
time 51 J. The contest was now between
El Preito ami Erin Burke. TheUtt.i
winning the third and last htat, till .
54, the race was awarded tu him.
ihe second race was for trotter Tho
horses starting were Lulu K. ami S'md.
Koe. The three heat were won by
Simla, time 3:0 2:53 and 2 43. She wm
awarded the purse of $10O.
The third race was a running, one of
two heats for a purc of $12-5 for which
were enter, d Molli- K., lu ett St ir and
Spend thrift. Hu-sett Star won easily in
1 :4and 1 :51 j.
The fourth' ra-e wan b.r tndtcr-, free
for all. Mairifie K., Melville Chief ami
Jerome were tin- 'horses to lh t!trt.
This rate excited the liveliest iutent,
Maggie" H. at once went t the front in
the firt heat, but "li the home -'stretch
Melville Chief got down to business.
Tiuie2:4lj. Melville Chief ai ab-.il
for the first eighth mile of the second
heat, but he broke and was paw-d by
Maggie H. and Jciime, but wt nt in hiin
ahead of Jerome. Thin' 2:30. In the
third heat -Jerome Wolkel ahead of
Mairgie R. and came in wcoml, with
Melville Chief first Tim.' '2:'.V2. The
fourth aud last heat Maggie R. went
away from the starting jint with Mel-'
ville Chief s-conl. The latter broke
within a few hundred yard-, howevi r,
and Jerome went up b biful Maigie
R., but iu the last eighth Mel
ville Chief forged ahead ami
without a break cuine grandly down
the quarter stretch and pa-ed under tin
wire the winner of the bent am! winner
of the race, Maggie It second. Time of
last heitt; 2::i'iY- William Burn'-, tho
owner, himself drove Melville t hief.
Hetween two heats of -ihe fourth ra-'e
J came the gentlemen's ran- for trotter-, at
tached to four wheeled vehicles, won i)
Mr. Kimball, time 3:10. .
During the remainder of the day mib
tary companies paraded th- Mr et to th
Htep of martial music furnish. .1 by ac
companying bands and tin M w.n
crowded with -ptHtor-, A dies, ,t
radc bvlhc Bingham ...d.ts .;,i.d
tiouso'fthe Hornet's N -l Ibib n- u .f
Charlotte, excite.) .dmirt'nw. In tb
evening a plav, calbd th- "Star d Em
pire, " was presented at th- Oj-.ri ll- 'i-e
uuder the ausjiices "f tb- Rifl. m u, r.nd
as a fitting closing -r.grainne to th
day, a ball and Gerinaii u.t. bM at lh
Central Hotel.
Special trains on all the railroad r
ried the visitors home.
Jeff. DaviHH Niec3 Arrestwd.
Mrs. Maybrich, ni- "f Jfll-rs.,11 li
vis, and French Canaliau arist-rat l.y
birth, has lx-en arr ted at Liv. tj- i,
Vim on 1. rlinrifc ii( itoi-onini b' t
band with arsenic.
Mrtvbri b, wh" w
a prominent men bant, died with "'".;
toms of idow pfisoning. M -''
trate Col. Bidcb-I a oiti.anid by the
chief of t-dice went to Maybri- 1.
dence. Tbev were told th- laU w- oi
in Ud. Mc-diral men w.r- nm.ne.n-
ami after an examination they pronoun 1
her fit to hear th'targe. U-ric f r
demanded to know the itur- f th- i
deuce. The chief of j-dic- ro""'" 'J
that he had grave twdcu.e tU li"'
womau had given ars nt to h r bu-!a.n 1
from time to time. The inagH rat ' -retted
that i-he le removed to hirkU."
jail where she i now. 1- ing atfemb d l.y
dxors and nurw . Th ' a, J
a great s-nsaticm.
The CosJlnK of Ocean Steamers.
Talking the other day with a rnaxr
of one of our transatlantic lines he told a
New York Star reporter some ronoti
things about the coaling of ocean bUxw..-.
and the work and men on board of the h.
ships. It appears that as time goes oa t.vs
daily consumption of coal increases oa ail
the Atlantic steamers, -which mat mJ.e
the voyage now in fctven days or under if
they would hold their own and attract
torn. To do this ayevd must burafrA
200 to 300 tons of coal daily, zsakic? tr. j
item cf expense over $150 cvtry t ety
fours, requiring more men w Laule t z i
takin" up sdditiocsl room in the ho. J .
the ship. The Uuibria bums twtlre tox.i
of coal per hour, and on eyery vcm1 of
her sire th joumahj and bearing of tho
machinery require ISO gallons of lubricat
ing oU per day. The Cusard Line tui
ploys 4500 handi, including Hb'J cf a
shore gang, 900 stewareb, C.ir:;-f'-'-captains
and 146 officers.
How the Signal Corp 1 VaIA' -The
600 men in the Signal Servica
Corps are paid monthly their army pay
proper, commutation of rations and com
mutation of rusrters and fuel. The Paymaster-General
sends each man a check
for his pay proper, for which. he iga
duplicate vouchers, suwl the bureau scads
each man a check for his commutation ol
quarters and foeLfor .which heiijiHt1