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CRIZIINAL, CALENDAR. WASHINGTON. Unfortunate Snooting AETalr at 8oe Month after month and year after THE COTTON CHOP AND JPBICES Spirits rurjieET? Greensboro Watchman: Th NHW CUSHY. A Drngglst's Fatal Idlitake Two liadlea Poisoned. Bv Telegraph to theXornlng Jsbset Cttt, N.

J. August 81. An The Weekly Star. WHL H. BEENAIID, Editor and Prop'r.

TPTrnrrirGTOir. Jf. C. 6 It is more than probable that in the face of adverse reports from portions of the South the cotton crop will range not below 6,750,000 bales, with a prospect of not falling much short of 7,000,000 bales. If this should be realized then there is almost a certainty that the prices will rule It is true that the crop of 1883-4, as well, as that of 1884-6, was below the average -less than 5f millions but it is -tru.

also that there is some of the.oldcroponhand and that prioes have been compara tively low and, The manufacturers in England and Amer ica have required lessaw cotton be cause of the depressed condition; of trade. The mills have not been prp-ducing their usual And stifl. in spite of this the "markets of the world are glutted with cotton goods. What does this show Can any one doubt the answer Is it not that the production has outgrown consumption? There are more mills and more goods manufactured than the world But more than this. There is more cotton grown than the consumption of the world requires.

Is not this sure then to cause low prices Does not every, farmer know the rule from experience that when more of anything is produced than there is demand for that low prices invariably result Keep on growing from year to year more cotton than the world needs and af ter awhile cotton' will" fetch but 6 cents or The laws of political economy suffer, violence but they will be vindicated in the end. With a seven million bale croprfor 1885-6, and prices will probably fall below present prices, There will be a big cotton crop certainly. Caterpillars and drought cannot cause now a short crop. No one need think of 6,000,000 as the crop The country is growing. The area is enlarging every year.

The craze for cotton planting is increasing and it must be a poor year that will not grow 000 bales. The best calculation for the growing crop is 7,000,000 bales or a littleness. This is almost a guar antee of low prices. We do not see how this can be avoided unless there should be a very "great and widen-snread revival in of which there is bnt little, if any promise. FOBAKEB ON THE SOUTH.

Foraker, the bloody-shirt Repub lican candidate in is doing wholesale business in the line of slander and falsehood. He tells his audiences from day to day that the Southern Democrats have killed more negroes in ten years than! were kill ed at Gettysburg. Tnat is to say some 35,000 negroes have been kill ed in the South to prevent them from voting. This is a whopper. If you would try to take in the huge aimensions oi uub irenieauous tie i- .1:.

m. 3. just try to think of one negro within your range of knowledge-who has lost his life within ten years at the hands of Democrats to prevent his You cannot remember one for not one has occurred within your personal That there have been now and then rows between the races is true, but some of these originated in other causes tnan political, i Jr robably within ten years not more than half dozen serious collisions in ali the Southern States growing out of political troubles have occurred. We very much doubt fifty negroes have been killed ip all the South be cause of political troubles sinee they were enfranchised. But put the number at one hundred and then see what a monster falsifier and slanderer is the Republican loody-ehirter in Ohio in his reckless and mendacious 1 The races are getting on very well together now, and if the race of Blaines, Forakers, Shermans, and Logans would only die out the chie: causes of disturbance and disconten would disappear with them.

That there has been some fraudn lent' voting and some unfairness in elections in some of the States no one pretends to deny, these things occur in the North where free schools abound and newspaper reading is general. In New England, in New York, fv far Ohio, and Indiana in every State where the Republicans have been in distress and needed more votes than they could honestly and fairly command there have been great abuses in elec tions, and there has neither been a free nor a pure, ballot. 'This is true or the Northern papers themselves have lied about it, for they have so stated. It will be interesting to see what effect Foraker's bitterness and mis representations will have on the Ohio mind. It will be instructive to know the result as npon it depends the character of the next Presi dential campaign.

if a campaign or sectionalism ana sianaer wins then ohn Sherman J- will be en couraged to declare himself a candidate for the Presidency on the bloody -ehirt platform. Blaine, after his defeat, gave the cue to ary shriekers and blowers. In his Augusta speech he set the ball in motion. Sherman and Foraker are now giving it all the impetus they can, and it will' probably be kept rolling until the Republican nomi nating convention meets in 1888. A futile effort to pass the Prohibitory measure was made in the Geor gia i Heel.

We regret to hear that there was a seri ous shooting affair at Shoe Heel, Robeson county, on the, Carolina Central tn Saturday morning last, it puu that Mr. Charles McNair, a clerk at Plumpers-; ville, who was visiting Shoe Heel, got into a difficulty with Mr. O'Daniels, a merchant of IheMown, during whicht the' latter slapped his- antagonist in the face, rhen the parties were arrested and carried before the Mayor, Here it was thought the affair' had been settled, but later the two men met and the difficulty was renewed, when, as is alleged; Mr, O'Daniels picked up an axe helve and made for Mr. McNair, when the latter drew bis revolver and fired upon his advancing foe. The ball struck Mr.

O'Dan iels in the.abdomen.passed throaghjusintes tines and was taken out of his back by the surgeons, tnree or lour ot whom were soon afterwards in attendance. The wounded man was. alive when the train passed Sun day morning, hut his condition was con sidered critical in the extreme. MrO'Daniels has a wife and four chil dren Mr. McNair is a young man and un The unfortunate affair is greatly deplored by the citizens of Shoe Heel.

y- Exotle Grapea. At the office of Maj. D.Toung.jies- '6 terday, we saw a cluster -of California grapes from a vine that was grafted on the 16th of April last at the vineyard of Capt, 8. W. Noble, near this The grape! is dark in color, a little on the oval order" fn shape, the flavor being exceedingly agree' able.

The vine, which came from a mere' bud, is now over an inch in diameter and from ten to fifteen feet in Another peculiarity of the crape is that It bat few seed, and another advantage is the unusual length of time in which it can be kepi in a perfectly sound condition. Mr. -Nobis has about two hundred and fifty of these ines. The White Princess" is the name j)f an other exotic grape which is being grown to perfection in the garden of Mr. V.

A. in this city. It is consideied as eood as the will readily seep a week after plucking and will remain wund on the vine three weeks after becoming thoroughly ripe. These instances are proof positive that exotic grapes can be cultivated to perfec tion in this latitude. I Badly Frightened.

A mail agent who runs between tab city and Petersburg, was in Wilningtotf i i ..1 uunugiuo preyaieiice oi uienwnsai xucb day evening of last week; This is the way he described it to a Petersburg reporter: complete panic took possession of manv people. The flashes of luhtning were frequent and fearfully brilliint, the wind blew witn appalnnir velocity tna tne scene of destruction was enough shake the courage of the stoutest hearts.) Many persons jumped into the river to secure protection from the wind and lightninl. The rain fell in torrents. The roar of tie tem pest was terrible. For his part he did not think be would ever leave the town alive Poor fellow.

He must have been1 frightened, indeed, when his imaginatioa could conjure up such terrible scenes sot put down in the bills. Go away from home if yon want to get the hews from theMabouts. Perils of Light Keeper. One of the incidents of the late storm has not yet been related. The keeper of Oak Island (Fort Caswell) Light, Mr.

Geo. Walker, finding that his house was rocking very severely, during the height of the gale, took his wife and went to an out building, which was thought to be more secure. His change had not been made long, however, when the house to which they had retreated succumbed to the vio lence of the hurricane and became partial ly demolished. There was no alternative now left but to return to the house they bad abandoned. On the front, facing the ocean, the sea washed up against the build ing to such an extent, before they left it, that ingress and egress would have been next to impossible; now, on their return, they found to their consternation that the high steps at the rear of the house had been washed away during their absence, and there was no meansof entrance.

All they could do was to select the least exposed location and patiently endure the peltings of the pitiless storm until peace had once more been restored to the warring elements. Fortunately, though fairly plastered by sand, they received no serious injuries. The Charleston Courier ot Saturday says: "Mr. John F. Divine; Superintendent of the Atlantic Coast tine, was in the city yesterday, and said that the storm had not damaged any of the property of that line, except at and that almost all of the injury which was sua-.

tained by the roads here bad been repaired. The work of the North Eastern Railroad track has been completed and all of the trains are running Over the road as usual A large supply of tin and several tinners were brought from Wilmington yesterday; and immediately set to work, repairing the roof of the business offices." Death of a Well Known Lady. We find in the Mobile BegUUr of the 23rd the announcement of the death Of Mrsi 8. A. Clitherall, wife of Maj.

Geo, Burgwyn Clitherall, formerly of this State, in the 72nd year of her age. Deceased was a native of Newborn, being a sister of Rev. E. M. Fookes, and related through mar riage to several of our citizens.

The Beg-itter says of "She was a woman noted for her energy, her constant attention to the duties of life, her cheerful disposition her charity and her devotion- to religious matters. She was confirmed into the Epis copal Church many years ago. A Lanatlcjat Large. A colored man, who goes by the name of H. H.

Holmes, who, it is alleged, burned several small houses in Brunswick county a year or two while laboring, under fit of insanity, and who was afterwards sent to the asylum, was arrested and carried to the guard house -yesterday, his" actions on the streets being such; as to show that it is not Bafe for him to beat large. He says he Was discharged from the' asylum. tie says be doesn't want to go home to Brunswick, and defies any power or autho rity to make him do so. Not Ho Bad. A letter from Mr.

James O'Daniel, Sr father of Mr. James O'Daniel, who was shot at Shoe Heel or Saturday, re ceived by a gentleman of this city, dated August Slst, says he was shot in front, just under the ball was cut out near the back bone, having gone round in the flesh only. He thinks his son will be up soon, as he is in good spirits himself and confident that he will mend rapidly, 'i 1 '7 i ai --iif Mr. H. Malloy has just returned from a trip np the Carolina Central, and reports the crops in most instances better, than last year, and in none worse, The confidence; of the farmers is displayed in the fact that they axe buying more largely than at the same time last year.

year the papers are recording the mistakes of druggists in Belling poison for some: other-- medicine and with dispatches of Monday gave jtwo instances in which one- was fatal and the other will probably be so. It was tBe same bid terrible mistake giving morphine for quinine. These mistakes are frequent. Why shall druggists be allowed to commit sueh awful er rors when iit is possible to avoid them If the morphine were color ed, or if the bottles of morphine were compelled by law to be made in a peculiar shape these fatal mistakes might never occur. North ought to take the initiative and by aw forbid the use of bottles resem bling each' other for.

morphine and requiring cross bones and thejword poisoned should be affixed to all morphine and other dangerous medicines. We were reading in an exchange day or two ago how that Pitts burg, from being the dirtiest, smokiest of American cities, was becoming clean and inviting: The furnaces disappeared and- the dark clouds from them no longer hung over that prosperous city. All this was i owing to a discovery of natural gas that was being utilized various ways." it was usea in-tue houses for cooking and lighting. It was described as extremely inflam mable, and would escape when you were not aware of it as it was odor less. We thought at the time that it would prove very dangerous 'and in many instances fatal.

The special of Monday from Pittsburg told of an explosion by which five persons were awfully burned. You will hear of other accidents from time to time we have no doubt. Charleston's commerce is steadily increasing. According to the annual report in the Charleston Mews and Courier there was "20 per oent. in crease in the receipts of ootton, and also an increase in the foreign trade The wholesale trade is over $20,000, 000, a considerable increase over that of last year, and is due to the extension of business into other States.

The phosphate and fertilizer statistics show that the value of fer tilizers manufactured in Charleston was nearly $3,000,000,, and the value of phosphate rock" mined in and i- 1 around the city was over $2,500,000. The total business of the port was nearly $68,000,000, being an increase of over $3,000,000 over last year." This is This is the time for the appearance of the And all this reminds us of the enthusiastic Philadelphian caterer who sings in the papers: "Hail brightest day of all the year; The bounding oyster now is here. Refreshed by rest since April's close, Pinguid and sweet the bivalve grows. For seventeen long and weary weeks We've mourned as those whose sorrow speaks In quivering voice and moistening eye, His absence from the 'stew' and The social the 'broiled on toast' We've missed, how sadly Jet this voice. Trembling, attest.

We now rejoice." How is it that so many of the West Point cadets fall by the way and are never graduated It is stated that of the applicants; some fifty failed to obtain admission. Too many badly trained and poorly educated boys are The North leads the South badly at the public institutions and because of far bet ter preparation. Let us amend this CottonComparative Statement of Re eelpta. The receipts of cotton at this port for the crop year commencing September 1st 1884, and ended August 31st, 1885, were as follows: September 12,089 bales; October 33,514 bales; November 20,806 bales; De cember 15,970 bales; January .6,587 bales February 2,940 bales; March 1,348 bales April 372 bales; May bales; June 86 bales; July 11 bales; August 132 bale Total 94,054 bales. Keceipts I or tne corresponding crop year commencing September 1st, 1883, and ended August 81st, 1884: September 7,696 bales; October 33,320 bales; November 21,013 bales; December 14,923 bales; Jan uary 6,577 Dales; February 4,666 bales March 2,089 bales, April 1,008 bales; May lvu Dates; June do Dales; July 71 bales August 117 bales, lotal 91.701 bales.

From the above it will be seen that there has been an increase in the receipts the pre sent crop year qi Dates. Foreign Exports, The German barque MniraeM, Capt Muswick, was cleared from this port for London, yesterday, by Paterson, Downing with 2,474 casks spirits turpentine and 250 barrels of rosin, valued at also, the German barqui Texas, Loof, for- Hamburg, by Messrs. Paterson. Downing fc with 4,774 barrels of rosin, valued at $5,265, Total $44,485.91 Snakes on tne street. A boy was exhibiting a live snake in a box on Market street yesterday'.

Officer Bender, who has a very strong antipathy for snakes in general, but especially to live snakes in a box, soon impressed the boy with the conviction that most anywhere else would be a more preferable locality in which to exhibit snakes than on his beat. He also made him understand how ridicu lous it was to expect people to look at a snake who would go all the way around a square to keep from seeing one. Stricken With Paralysis. Amos Bullard, a well-to do farmer near Owensville, 8ampson county, was stricxen With paralysis last Sunday. Mr.

L. J. Warren informs us that he is improving! Mr. Bullard is a son of Thomas Bullard, who was attacked with the same disease on board the steamer Qi Murchison seven years ago, from which he died this city. A Blc Snake.

Wright Johnson, colored, shot and killed a rattlesnake near Rose Hill, in this county, about 8 miles from the city, on Tuesday last, He i brought a portion of the body to the city yesterday for His snakeahip was A feet 2 inches in length and had sixteen ratties, A Postmaster and his Assistant Ar rested Tbe Cattlemen Decrease in the Public Debt Fourth-Class Post- masters Appointed. By Telegraph to the Xorning Star. Washthgtok, Aug. 81. Postmaster McLean, of Standfordsville, and his assistant, W.

C. McLean, have been arrested for attempting to defraud the gov ernment by making false returns of the number of stamps cancelled. The Deriod of days fixed, by tne President in bis proclamation -ordering the removal of cattle ranches from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency in In dian. Territory expires', to-morrow, The Secretary of the Interior has received advices from the territory indicating the purpose of the ranchers to comply with the terms of the proclamation to the best of their ability, and thousands of cattle are now on loot en route to other states and territories. It is not believed that the ser vices of a military force will required to complete the evacuation of the territory.

An Impression is said to prevail among cattlemen that the order of the President of August 14th, calling for the removal, of all fences on public lands, will not oe en forced. It is stated at the Department, however, that the order will be enforced to the letter, and with a full force of military if necessary. It is estimated at the Treasury Depart ment that there bas been a decrease of about $3,000,000 in the public debt during the month of August' Tne following fourtn-class postmasters were appointed to-davin Carolina: Jasper Newton, Yelton, Wilkes 'county; H. Banners, JSIkton; Alonzo Jtt. Tulberg, Goshen; John B.

Evans, Enterprise; Delia Ai Klves' Cbapel John- JUL. Pugh, Kimbolton Eldridge Foust Clover urcnara; wm. tt mreeman, If air view; Mrs. Sarah A. Warden, Mt.

Nebo; Kilby F. Priogle. Peletier's Mills: John Wil- liams, Fork Church; Mrs. Annie T. Moore, Washxngtoh.

September 2. Treasurer Jordan said to-day that the policy adopted at the Treasury Department to secure better circulation of silver coin is. meeting with gratifying success. During the month of August just ended tnere was paid out from the different sub treasuries $1,677, 444in standard dollars and $1,495,902 in raosJbn- al silver coin; which amounts were largely in excess of the issue of silver during the corresponding -month of last year. Mr.

Jordan says that the withdrawal of one and two dollar notes from circulation was made necessary by the rapid accumulation of silver in the sub-treasuries. It was expected in this way to create a demand for silver That the. -plan was successful is shown by tbe large output of silver during the past month. By far.no formal complaints or protests against the withdrawal of the one and wo dollar notes have been made. Applications have, however, been received fait large quantities of small notes.

In eacvease answer has sim ply been made that the issue of these notes has been suspended for the present sury officials express themselves as much encouraged by the present state of the finances, and predict an' improvement in the general business of the country, Among the fourth class postmasters ap pointed to day was Duncan (J. McDonald, Union Church, JN. SAD TBAGEDT. A Son of Senator Idorgnn of Alabama and a Lady Friend Drowned whUe Rowing on the Potomac near Washington Fnll Particulars of the Dis tressing Accident. CBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.

Washikotoh, Sept 2. The particulars of the sad tragedy on the Potomac, last evening, near the Chain bridge, by which jonn a. Morgan, only son of senator Morgan, of Alabama, and Mrs. Emma Delia Stella, lost their lives, are as follows Mr. Morgan, who is a member of the Washington Canoe Club, left the club house about 4 clock in the afternoon, going in Iola, a double canoe, with Mrs.

Stella; while Mrs. Stella's niece, Miss Lula McCarthy, accompanied them in a single canoe, as she desired to practice About 7.15 o'clock, when quarter of a mile below the Chain bridge, the double canoe was capsized, and both of its. occupants, Mr. Morgan and Mrs. Stella, were drowned.

Mr. Morgan went down while attempting to save his companion. He was a good swimmer but of slight physique. Miss McCarthy, who had turned her canoe down stream, and was some distance in happened to turn her bead over her shoulder, and saw the Iola upset' She saw the two occupants in the water and heard Mr. Morgan cry, "Lula, Lula," before he sank.

She at once turned about but when she had paddled to the spot both Mr. Morgan and Mrs. Stella had disappeared under the water. The canoe, it appears had struck a sunken rock. The current at this point is very swift making a series of rapids, and there are many dangerous rocks in the water.

After paddling about the fatal spot for half an hour or more, vainly hoping that the. forms of her com-; anions would rise to the surface, Miss McCarthy, in despair, the river after help. She had proceeded but a little way when she met a gentleman and lady in a boat and went back with them to make another fruitless search. Miss McCarthy and her two new companions then turned again down stream, towards Holtzman's, and Miss McCarthy, being now exhausted, was taken into the other boat At Holtzman's Miss McCarthy was cared for by Holtzman, and subsequently was taken to her home in a buggy by Mr. Holtzman, greatly to the relief of her distressed mother, to whom had been brought tidings that her daughter had been drowned.

Mr. Holtzman drove to Senator Morgan's house, at First and B. streets northeast and informed him of. hl son's death. -The announcement for a moment stunned the Senator.

When he had recovered his composure he gave directions to have a thorough search made for the bodies, and a force of men was soon at work in the river. Mrs. Stella was a widow, about forty years of age, a clerk in the General Land Office, and resided with her sister, McCarthy, and her niece. Miss McCarthy, at 2116 G. street.

Morgan is critically ill and has been kept in ignorance of her son's death for fear the announcement would prove fatal. TENNSTIjVANIA, Strike of Miners in the Spring mountain Collieries. By Telegraph to the Morning Star.1 HAZXETOK.September 2-Three hundred and fifty hands employed by J. C. Haydon who operate the Spring Mountain collieries at Jonesville, refused to go to work to-day on account of an order issued in the name, of the company to the effect that on and after September 1st the miners would have to furnish their own oil and cotton.

At the same time the order advanced their pay six cents per day; but they claim that this meagre allowance is equivalent to a reduction. The men say that Haydon is absent in Europe, is unaware of the present trouble, and that it originated with some of the minor- officials. The latter have requested the men to go to work until Haydon shall return, but they refused to do so while the new order remains in force. The strikers are very indignant and assert that the of furnishing employes with light at the company's expense has been in vogue ever since the first coal mine was opened at that place, forty-five years ago. Georgia; paying the Corner-Stone or the New Capitol Building.

Atlabta, Sept 2- The corner stone of the New Georgia Capitol was laid with imposing ceremonies Gov. McDaniel, on behalf bf the capitol commissioners, presented the building to the Legislature. General A- B. Lawton, of Savannah, made the oration of the He reviewed the history of Georgia and made patriotic references to the war and to the present peace and prosperity of the country. The ceremonies of laying the stone were con ducted by John, Davidson, of urana master oi tne.

urana lxxlge of Masons. The procession was half a mile long, and twelve hundred Masons were in it The music was furnished by a chorus of an hundred trained voices. Thousands of people were in the city to witness the Referee Tate has reafflrmed his decision that 8ullivan won the contest over McCaffrey at Cincinnati, on the ground that the authorities had forbidden knock-out or slugging, and it was understood the af- was simply a boxing exhibition, and he decided on these points. -r Bridge Burning; by masked Men In Illinois -Attempted murder and Suicide In Oblo Serious Snooting Affair at Corning rf. Y.

A Connecticut Farmer Shoots his Wife and Kills Himself Murder In New York Clty-rA Yonng man Wanted for Forgery ln: Troy, N. Y. A California Tragedy. -1 IBy Telegraph to the Morning gtar.1 Bloomington, III Aug- bas been received here of an unsuccessful attemnt made bv a srane of masked men. early Sunday morning, to burn a bridge on the Indianapolis, Bloomington western railroad, near Danvera.

4t is thought their -intention was through Express train, which passes here after midnight. A farmer discovered the bridge on fire and started to quench the flames, but was commanded to "move on and let that alone, He drove hastily to three miles distant and gave the alarm in time to stop the Express. The train aDpro ached cau tiously and stopped, and the haif dozen men nea to tne ousn. The bridge was oi feet long and 15 feet high. It had been saturated with kerosene and was badly burned.

Ibohtok, Aug. 81. In. Texas Hollow, thirteen miles from here, W. E.

Saturday night made an ineffectual attempt to kill two women and then killed himself. Booth, a year ago, married Alice Montgomery, againBt the wishes of her parents, and took, her to his father's house. 7 Disaffection sprang np between his mother and his wife, and alter a time he joined his mother in mistreating his; wife, and the girl's father took her home. Since then he has made threats against her relatives and has begged her to live, with him, bnt she 'has refused. On 'Saturday night, BoothJ while intoxicated, went to the, house of Merritt Willis, who married his; wife's half-sister, and found his wife's mother, Mrs.

Montgomery, and Mrs. Willis eating a midnight He immediately fired two shots at Mrs. Montgomery and one at Mrs. Willis. Both screamed and fell, and Booth, thinking that he had killed them, ran "nearly to his father's house and there shot himself through the head.

He was the only son of a respected farmer and had received a good education. A paper found in his pocket outlined his purpose of murder and suicide. Mrs. Montgomery was not hit but Mrs. Willis was wounded in the side.

Elmtjia, N. Y. Aug. 31. At Corning, N.

Saturday, two tramps, James Murray and Joseph Martin, had an altercation in the Dougherty Hotel, when Murray drew a revolver and shot Martin, the bullet taking effect over the latter's right eye, ploughing through his skull and inflicting a serious but not dangerous wound. Murrey ran down the street and' was pursued by a large crowd. He turned and fired several times, hitting a railroad brakeman named Harrington, the ball taking effect in his groin, and making a very dangerous wound. Murray was finally captured and the officers had all they could do to heap the crowd from lynching him. He.dfas lodged in jail and denies all knowledge of the shooting.

-t New Lokdoh, 31. This morning Wm. Brockway, a young farmer of Waterford, fired three shots at his wife. Two' took effect in her back near the shoulder blade and the other in, the right hand. He then shot himself in the forehead.

Brockway will recover, but his wife will probably die. He was promptly ar rested ana brougnt to new lxraaon, pending his trial. Jealousy was the cause of the act Nkw York, August 31. A little before 2 o'clock to day "Tom" Davis, or, as he was also known, William Warren, was shot through the heart and killed in the room which he called his office, on the third floor of JNo. 113 Keade street The man who shot Davis gives the name of James T.

Holland, and is understood to be a Texan. For several years Davis, wbo has been a well-known sporting man; has occupied a small room in No. 113 Reade street He was sitting at the desk in his office when shot 'vfrrV- i Tbov. N. August 31.

George Converse fled this city last week, after disposing of his business, To-day his father was shown notes purporting to bear his endorsement and made by his son. and be pronounced the endorsements forgeries.1 The notes aggregate about. $3,000, and are held by Troy banks. A warrant for the arrest of young Converse on the charge of forgery has been issued. SawFbahcisco, August 31.

Edward B. Gaul, chief steward of a restrurant in this city, fatally shot Mrs. Lilly Crowsen, of Oakland, last night, because she refused to marry him. and then killed himself. TENNESSEE.

Murder at Knoxrllle Arrest of the Perpetrators. CBy TelegraiA to the Morning Star.l Kroxville, Sept 1. This afternoon the dead body Of Edgar Mains was found a mile above the city in a grove near the river. He had been shot in the back of the head. The coroner's inquest developed the fact that the murder was committed about daylight this morning.

Mains was seen just before that time in company with another man named Lee Sellers and a woman named Lizzie Hickman. The woman was arrested this afternoon, and says she left Sellers and Mains together and shortly after heard a pistol shot Sellers overtook the woman later and gave her a pistol. To-night Sellers was arrested, and he and the woman are now in jail. Mains was murdered for the money he had in his possession. He was in the employ of Cowan McClnng and came home last night with over one! thousand dollars in Ms possession belonging to the firm which, he had collected in lower East Tennessee.

Late last night he was with Lee Sellers, and they were drinking together in company with others. The two went'off together, Mains having first displayed a large roll of This was long after midnight Mains has always borne a good reputation. He was engaged to be married in two weeks. He will be buried in his wedding suit at his home near Athens. Excitement ran.

nigb to-night and it was feared Sellers, would be lynched. CAMERON, N. C. Six Buildings Burned The Iiosses and Insurance. CBy Telegraph to the Morning Star.J Raleigh, Sept 1.

Six buildings and contents were destroyed by fire this morning at Cameron, a small station on the Raleigh Augusta Air Line Railroad. The losses are as follows: Muse store and $10,000 insurance Moses Button, hotel, warehouse and two barrooms, $4, 500 insurance $1,000. If Muse Bros, books, which are in a safe are destroyed their loss will be in creased S10.UU0. The nre Is supposed to have been incendiary. But for the strenu ous efforts of- citizens the whole town would have been v'Zi yj CHARLOTTE, X.

C. ''-Friends School at Hew Garden Burned A Supposed Murderer Ar- if Chablottb, N. CL; Sept 1. Buildings of Friends' at New Garden, were destroyed by fire last night- Loss insurance $7,000. Tbe fire was Police to day arrested a man answering the description of John Heckford, wanted at iiign snoais.

Jnorgan county. for the murder of Collie Gordon on tne 7th of July last The prisoner denies tbe charge, and says his name is Charles F. Ward, and that he left High Shoals last March. A Desperado KlUed by Officers. Gbbehsbtxeq, Sept.

l.r Sheriff Walah Marshal Clements, two assistants, started yesterday in a carriage to find and arrest Barney. Conner, a local desperado. The two first named were armed with Shot guns, They met Conner on the turnpike and ordered him to halt He sprang toward a fence and put his hand to bis hip-" pocket, when Marshal Clements fired. at mm, killing him instantly. There were.

seven warrants out for uonners arrest one of which was for participation in a shooting Louisburg Times; We are sorry to learn of tiie burning of Mr! F. Wilson dwelling which occurred In Hayesvilles township on Sunday last. Our informant says that when the fire was dis covered, it was too late to save the contents of the bouse, and nothing but two or three beds, and Mrs. Wilson's piano was saved. protracted meeting at Moriah, which closefl iv ws anenuea wnn encouraging resulte.

Quite a number united with the church. We learn that nnnii coming into the College very finely. The propped ia goou ior a prosperous session. Pittsbora Home: Mr. J.

Q. A LeSch. while feeding a cider mill, had the fore finger of his Tight hand caught between the rollers. With a tremendous if fort he jerked bis hand away, leavirp a good portion of his crushed finger. Tbe ui iuq uxigci woo luru loose nign up in the arm and was pulled out Lincolnton Press: Last Sunday was the hottest day of the year.

The Press thermometer in the open air registered at 8 p. 100; at 8 p. 94; at 9 p. m.8tt A negro baby fell from the second 6to ry window of the house of Pink Hoke col-red; last Thursday and strange to say was but little hurt An infant of Pink's fell from the' same window last year and was not hurt The crowd at' Ball's Creek camp meeting last Sunday is said to have been the largest that ever attends one day. Good order was observed through out the camp.

Corn and cotton in the vicinity of Lewesville and Triangle have been badly injured in the last three weeks by tbe continued dry weather. t- Charlotte Observer: The Richmond Danville Railroad Company is still spending money on the improvement of its party, and arrangements have now been made to erect a. new iron bridge over the Yadkin river, above Salisbury. Dr R. Zearing, of Chicago, Illinois, arrived io Charlotte yesterday for the purpose of building and equipping1 a line of street railways in this city.

Dr; Zearing means busi neas, does not-ask the town or -people to give one cent of money, but aU he asks is permission to lay his lines and. put his cars to running. Raleigh wants Dr. Zearing to build his street car lines there, and a chartered company, as an inducement, offered to make him a present of the charter. New Bertie Journal; Scupper- nong grapes have appeared in the market They are held at ten cents per quart, re tail.

of our farmers near the city sowed their potato fields to German millett and it is yielding handsomely. Mr. Nat. Tisdale is getting three tons per acre and he says it is worth $15 ier ton. Forty-five dollars per acre after a good crop of potatoes seems to be pretty good farmings Judge C.

was lately crossing the street with a lamp in bis hand, going to an oil store to have it filled. A legal friend who-saw him called out "Hey, Judge, I see ij jruu.iu uie evrcck uiiu uay wiui a lamp ia your hand. I suppose that like Diogenes, you are seeking for an honest man." 'Quite right," replied the -witty Judge, "and I beg you to observe, pass you by." Wilson Mr. J. E.

Batts has invented a machine for lifting marl from a pit and he claims that it has advantages which will be of benefit to the farming interest. He claims that he can remove with ease marl from a twenty-five foot pit and cen go down until all the marl has been exhausted. Wednesday morning, about 9 o'clock, the entire roof of A. Young's large store fell in and made a complete wreck of the building. Mr.

C. -VnnM KS 1 1 mi i Earnest Young, and two negro men were in tbe store at the time. The two clerks, hearing the crash and being near the wall which was not entirely crushed in; managed to get out unhurt But who was in the centre of the building at the time, was caught by the falling timber when he had almost reached the door, and was buried completely out of sight under perfect mountain, of wrecked brick and mortar. The narrow escape of Mr. Young was truly miraculous.

He was badly hurt but it is hoped, at this writing, that his injuries are not of a serious or permanent nature. But the negro, Henry Lane, iswe fear beyond all hope of recovery, and any moment may be his last Raleigh Nenos-Observer: The Central Baptist Association, which had been in session at New Hope church, north .1 1 i oi inia cuy, ior vnree uays, cioseu isurs day. The attendance of persons living at a distance, was large but not many from the immediate vicinity attended. It appears that the dogwood and chinquepia trees suffered, the most from the drouth. Some years ago the chinquepin trees in several sections died, and never grew again.

A year ago Mrs. Letitia Morehead Walker gave $1,000 to the Oxford Orphan Asylum, for the erection of a superintendent's house. More funds are asked for, to complete this building. There are now .175 children at the asylum: a much larger nnmhftr than pvpt ViAfTwA A vnunff man of this city makes tours on that trusty steed, his bicycle, to Durham, Cary, Wake Forest Franklinton, Clayton and other points near by. The greatest txcur sion party ever crossed the Blue Ridge went over Thursday.

Many of the visitors were from Greensboro and Winston, but a few were from -Raleigh, and some from. Cumberland county. There were in all about 850 people. Oxford, N. C.

August 28. The following telegram was-sent to-day by Oxford's leading tobacconists to Messrs. Charles Watkins of Richmond; "A visit through the country confirms the worst reports. The curings are an entire failure; worse than those of 1881." Charlotte Observe): Mr. Cald-well, of Charleston, father of the Presby- at the latter place Thursday, and his body yesterday passed through this city on the way to Charleston for burial.

The, biggest watermelon of the season was brought to town yesterday. It weighed seventy-six pounds and Thomas Griffith brought it For several months past the people of Cleveland county have had the railroad fever bad, and at an election held yesterday the proposition to vote a subscription of $125,600 to the railroad project was carried by twelve hundred majority. We are informed that a larger number of students have been enrolled at Trinity College this term than at the beginning of the second week, and eighty-five in all more than were enrolled the whole of last fall term. Nearlv everv dav brines new accessions. An esteemed lady of this city yesterday handed us a contribution of $3 for the.

Shotwell monumental fund. The subscriptions have been coming in slowly but surely, and we are encouraged to hope that when the list is closed we will have a handsome contribution to send forward from Charlotte. Thus far but $4 is all that we have received for the monument Stab. This shows an increase in the wealth of pur county during the past twelve months of one hundred and thirty-nine thousand two hundred and twety-seven dollars. The total taxes for all State purposes this year are $19,818 39, against $19,091 01 in 1884.

The total of II. Ai A. 4. scooi taxes payaoie to uie county Measurer amounts to $14,969 50 against $14,523 42 in 1884. Raleigh' News- Observer' Yesterday there was a rather' strange sight to be seen at the Agricultural building.

Stretching a distance of 108 feet was a distinctive exhibit of North Carolina's varied resources, in the most compact form imaginable. The exhibit is to go to fourteen Northern fairs, to compete for gold medals offered for the largest variety of field crops, woods, timbers and minerals exhibited by Southern and Western States seeking immigration. The idea is Mr. Patrick's own and struck the observer as being just the thing to hit tbe popular fancy. There was a strip of cloth, plaid goods.

forty 'feet lone, npon which waer4nted "Nnrth Plarnlinn. Mills Man far turn a map of the State, and on a white strip of cloth twenty feet long the words "North Carolina." Another map followed, after which 4 was strip of cloth, on which 'were the words, "North Carolina Thomas -f M. Holt, Haw River these inscriptions and maps bung cases made of all the woods found in the State, and divided into little compartments. There are no less than- twenty-one of these cases. The each four inches square, are covered with mica or glass, and they con-, tain eighteen kinds' of corn, as well as every grain or grass in tbe State, beans, wild nuts and peanuts (31 kinds), cotton seed and meal, tea silk coeoons, etc.

wines, oils of various kinds, dried fruit 71 varieties and medicinal herbs, 163 kinds of minerals, as well as grain and' grasses in the sheaf, and hundreds of other things which illustrate North Carolina The compactness of all this may be understood when it is stated that the cases are 2x3 three feet in size and an inch thick, together with the cloth, go neatly in the special packing boxes about 8x4 feet in size. All the work was done in the agricultural building, error by ai.druggist resulted in -the fa tal poisoning of two well known young ladies in Hoboken this C. F. Holtz, a wine merchant, returned with his family to their home, 270 Hudson street, from the Catskills on Wednesday last. Two of his daughters, Gretchen Margaret, aged 19 years, and JUlla, agea 16 were in disposed, and August Lowenthal, a young physician to whom Gretchen was betrotned, was summoned to attena taem, and found them suffering from malaria.

He wrote a prescription for four powders, of ten grains of quinine each, and bad them filled himself at the drug store of C. Am. JSuae, (reputea to be one or tne best druggists in the country) at. the corner of Washington and Seventh streets. JSach ot the girls took one of the powders at 10 o'clock last nightwhen Dr.

Lowenthal left for his home, About 1 o'clock this morn ing Ella peculiar breathing alarmed her family and they aroused her with difficulty She began vomiting and Dr. liowentnal Was summoned. He pronounced ber- symptoms those of poison and Dr. Coward. or-new i org, was telegraphed lor.

Gretchen exhibited no unusual symntoms and assisted in: working over her sister. ma King tne case more one soon, however, began to exhibit identical symptoms. The powder- was examined, and found to be morphine: there -being enough to kill several men in each dose. The druggist: was sent for" and admitted that he had made mistake. He then rnsbed from the houBa, and has not since been found, and it is feared he has committed suicide.

By this time six physicians had gathered at the bedsides, doing all possible to revive the victims; but without avail, Gretchen dying at, about o'clock. At noon Jfiiia condition was very critical and. the physicians had little hope of say ing ner. ur. laowenuai is prostrated witn griei.

tioitz is a member oi tne firm qi Holtz Koemeckj 848, Broadway, New xora, HEW TOBK. The- Hoboken Drngglst's Fatal Bf la. take. Holland, the Slayer Tn DaTls President Cleveland' Move ments. -'V t- i a Telegraph to the Morning Btar.l Nhw Yoke, Sept 1.

Miss Ella Holtz. who. -with her sister. Miss Margueritta, took pills last Sunday night in which: the druggist placed morphine, instead of qui nine, regained consciousness last night, out soon after sank into a stupor ana died The druggist, A. M.

Eude, who took poison when be discovered the mistake he naa made, will recover. Nbw Yokk. Sent. 1. James T.

Holland. the Texan, who shot and killed "Tom'' Davis yesterday, was taken to police head quarters this morning for the purpose of giving detectives an opportunity ot seeing aim, lie appeared unconcern ea and seemed to look upon his arrest as a mere formality. Holland was hand-cuffed to a detective and crowds followed them through the streets, When asked how he felt, Holland replied, un, i am all right." tie refused to say anything about the affair, beyond the fact that Davis and his pals baa tried to rob mm. Steeger's Lake. September 1.

Presi dent Cleveland and Dr. Ward left Prospect House yesterday afternoon and remained here last night They left this morning at 10 clock; They will remain at the Stevens House, Lake Placid, to night stopping briefly en route. They will take a train at Westfort Saturday. TEXAS. A Strong Political Party Looming TJp The Knights of Labor la Session Probable Coalition with the Proht Mllonlsts and Farmers Union.

IBy Telegraph to the Xormng Star. Galveston, Sept 2. A special to the News, from Dallas, says: "The first annual convention of the Knights of Labor ot Texas met here yesterday, for the purpose of organizing a state Assembly; One hundred and four delegates, including eight colored men, were in attendance. The proceedings were secret All of the dele gates are extremely non-communicative. being bound by an oath not to divulge anything Much speculation is being indulged ia by outsiders respecting a proba ble coalition of the tt.nignta of witn the Prohibitionists.

Owing to the fact that the Knights of Labor throughout the btate generally are refraining from the use of strong drink, it is surmised that they are preparing to make overtures to the Pro. hibition party, especially as a number of brief interviews show that a large majority of the delegates sympathize with the prohibition movement which is assuming wide-spread proportions in the State Another report current 'Qates that plans are being, perfected for a armers Union, Willi tbe nope of making a common crusade against what is described as the ex cess of "TOagreement entered into between the Executive Committee of the Assembly of the Knights of Labor and the officers of the Texas St. Jjouis Kail way, last Saturday, will, it ia thought be proposed by the State Assembly as the means hereafter of settling strikes in Texas? It prescribes, first that those who have quit work by a strike shall be reinstated, and shall not be discharged for any action taken by the strikers in regard to wages due, but this is not to cover temperance or neglect of duty that thirty days' notice shall be given to. men before being discharged, except for cause, and in Case of a raise or reduction in wages, a similar notice shall be given. Old eniDloves are to have reference of work.

and all differences between companies and their employes shall be settled by arbitra tion. vv A''' "The Convention will be continued to- day, when an organization will be effected. Wisconsin! Slight Frosts The Tohaeeo Crop Four Persons Drowned. Milwaukee, Sept. 2.

Reports from the interior of the State indicate slight frost at several points. At Lacrosse frost was reported and also in the Cranberry re gion along the valley division of the Uht cago, Milwaukee St. Paul Railroad. No serious damage resulted, however. In the tobacco region, near Madison, slight frost occurred but without injury.

The crop Is two-thirds harvested and in good condition, save slight injury done by grasahop- Oshkosh, Sept. .2. At the St Paul Railroad bridge, across the river here, at 6 clock this morning, the draw being open eleven persons nine girls and two men nearlvall of them emoloves in the Dia mond Match Works, attempted to cross the open channel in a boat. They were caught in the swell of a tug which had passed through just previously and their boat was upset. only nve or tnem were rescued.

The bodies of those drowned have all been recovered. MARINE DISASTER. The Allan Line mall Steamer Ban overlan Wrecked on the Newfound I land St. Johhs, 8ept 2 Tbe Allan Line" Mail Steamer Hanoverian is a total loss, having gone ashore this morning at Portugal Cove, fourteen miles north-by west of (Jape itace. Tbe steamer JSimrod was dispatched this afternoon to the rescue of tbe passengers ana crew, wbo are thought fo be safe.

The British war ship Tenedos is also going Jo the scene of the wreck. The Hanoverian is an iron cliDper-rigged steamer of 2,853 tons register and was built at Glasgow in 1882. She ran between Liverpool and Baltimore by way of Hali fax, one sailed from Baltimore August 2th, 21 cabin, 9 intermediate-and 145 steerage passengers, and a valuable cargo oi nour, toDacco, canned' meats naval stores and miscellaneous goods. She bad a crew of 85 menov Halifax, S. Sept.

2. A dispatch received here relative to the standing of the steamer tianoverian says mat tne vessel lies in a bad position. on board were saved. h. Five Hundred Dollars is the sum Pierce offers for the detec tion of any colomel, or other mineral poison or injurious drug, in nis justly celebrated "Pleasant Purgative Pellets.3 Thev are about the size of a mustard seed, therefore easily taken, while their operation is unat tended by any eriDtne nain.

Billiousnea. 8kk-beadache, bad taste in the mouth, and jaundice, yield at once before these ''little giants." Of yonr druggist Fbiday, September ibso. renn writing to chance lyour raddress, alway JStEZfSSSJSia welfw.MU particulars as where you wlEh your paper to Do Ben cereal. vnn An both can not be made. x.

Trlhntea of Bespeot Kesolutlons of Thanks, freoofWJ for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates whenpaid for strictly In advance. At tWs rate centawill pay for a simple announcement of Marriafce or Death. -Remittances must be made Poatal Money Order or Registered letter- foet masters will register letters when desired. .1. miiAAtliAiglrhr tne puDiianer.

--Specimen ooples forwarded when desired. CUBIOCS THINGS IN JPOMTICS. Many curious things are constantly happening in politics on both sides of the For instance: yon will find Senator Eustis quarrelling with the Administration, while the other Louisiana Senator, Mr. Gibson, is in full harmony with it. Ton will find nine out of ten Demo cratic politicians strongly in favor of Tariff reduction.

You will find most Democrats in States like Massachu setts, Connecticut, New York, and bo on strongly favoring an internal tax ojel whiBkey, beer and the lux-' uries. You will find, in opposition, most Democrats in "Virginia and North Carolina favoring the abolition of this really needed tax and putting it exclusively on articles im ported, and among these are nun dreds of necessaries that are used by all of the laboring classes in the land. You will find Democratic leaders clamoring for a violation of the Constitution in order to secure an appro? priation for edncatienal purposes the States, while you will also find such Democratic statesmen as Bay ard, Vest, Coke, Beck, Salisbury, Pendleton, Butler and Maxey opposing this measure with earnestness and ability. You will great satisfaction at the harmony ex isting between the sections, and pray ing that henceforth ours shall be an united country in which all sections shall dwell together in harmony. He is scarcely in his tomb before the Ohio Republicans his own party friends hoist the banner of sectional discord and enrobe themselves in the bloody garment that had been buried.

When you cross the oCfanyou will find both of the great parties in Eng- land weakened by dissensions. New alliances are formed. Tories and Home Rulers and Whigs are found sleeping in the same truckle beds. The Radical wing of the Liberal par ty are in revolt and all is "sixes and Lord Churchill denounces the Liberals for opposing a reduction of the. tax on beer.

His leader, Pre mier Salisbury, declares emphati-callv against the' wild movement to revive the tax on food- sup and very wisely. Churchill wants to lift the tax on the lux uries, (beer, and put it on corn, wheat and other necessaries. Bat Salisbury has too much sense for such folly. He knows that a movement would be the death knell of his party in England. To under take such a radical change would be as unwise and suicidal as it would be to restore the powers that were exer cised by Charles and that lost him his head.

The world moves. Eng land has flourished as no other conn' try under heaven has flourished since 1840, wnen tne corn law were abolished, and England entered npon her career of prosperity under liberal and wi Be laws. Free Trade, i pure and simple, does not exist, but less than are included in her Tariff. There are some four thousand in the American War Tariff. jLvery and then some one writes an article to make ex-Presi dents United States Senators for life.

One Writer in the Century Magazine proposes to do this and to pay them $25,000 annually. The proposition to make cx-Presidents members ot the Senate is absurd upon it face. It shows a want of familiarity 1 with the plan of our Government. are Senators? Whom do they represent? But let the Charleston News a Courier be heard. It dis- poses of the matter ih.

a few lines. It says: "Artnrt frnm tha nt.Tim nMutfnna ft Hw ww.w. WJ.U.VU0f would destroy the fundamental principle vi uib vtovernmeni, me equality or tne States, as manifested by equality of representation in the Senate? The Senate consists only of the Senators from the States, and the Vice President. President-Sena. tors would be additional Senators from their respective States.

Mr. Arthur, for example, would really be a third Senator from New York, and Mr. Hayes a third Senator from There is far more need or cantion in admitting new States with their two Senators and one Congress- man. man mere la ot nnding soft births A negro was killed in the spring at and a negro named Swain Prince was arrested and tried; and acquitted for want of sufficient evidence. He was dying last Thursday and he thought of the horrible murder.

An account says; "The- ghostly victim lay stretched upon the CTonnrl. and lin vnl1 ua lha hnmin. timbers of the shanty fali npon his up-turned face. The sick man shrank-from we iwmi epeciacie. ana in agonized tones VUWi 4- "I have killed hm once.

Keep him off, keen him off." His death la Baid to have been an awful one. i as nre ena arew near remem-- brance of hia r.rimo herauna an -a UUVU him. that his eyes seemed to start from their 1 1 rccuiea me scene oi tne mur- uer. -Representative Hill, of Ohio, has auowereu yonn cnerman's bloody- shirt harangue. He warmly defend- eu me amimstration.

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