The .\ ews and ObserverVOL. XXVIII.

Pjgl*AKIH*POWDERAbsolutely Pure.

TUsyowder never varies. ? marvsl-«u purf#; strength and wholesomensM.Vers ffOooomioal than the ordinary

e-nnot be told in competitionwith the multitude of low test, shortweight. alam or phosphate powd re.Bold only in cant. For tale by grocers

¦iiiriUfT. Rotal Baking Powdk*SEirr; 106 WaU Street, N. Y.

WOOLLCOH f SONU B. MABTIN 8T„

IVthart received for the early springtrade new designs in Gingham Prints,Oiltslns. Dress Goods, etc.• We are exhibiting the largest stock of

Lues and Embroideriesseer shown here.

Linen Torchon laoe from Btc. a yard.We have an entire line of ladies’ and

¦Hit handkerchiefs, towels, napkins

and

TABLE LINESOar olothing and shoe stock is one of

the meet complete in the oity, and weone efering

Immense Bargainsla both lines

Oar assortment of crockery, tin*ware,nm end wooden-ware are all bargainsend oannot be duplicated elsewhere.

AH ear goods are marked in plainAgues and

ONE PRICKTO ALL.

THE SONG OP

“McGINTY”

IS ALL 188 CRAZE;

N O H T II,

BUT

RALEIGH PEOTLEContent Thenseclves

WITH USING

ENAMELINE,H IMPROVED STOVEPOLHB.

SI prodaoes a iet-blaok enamel makes nodirt, requires no mixing, always

ready for use.

It u a nests. Oannot spill on the floor,aSesVe. labor in applying it.

P t ' **•

IHOB. H. BRIGGS & SONS.RALEIGH, N. 0.

MOSELEYS ATTRICriOSS

FREER OYSTERS EVERY DAY

AT

Moseley'* Dining Rooms

VOX

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN -

and then

1. Tsn hare the rotating fly fans tokeep yon cool while enjoying a good

meal at the Moseley House 8. You hare*jl the luxuries of the season furnishedteetdet. 8. You are in the centre of tt>eaUy where you c>n see all the elite ofthe eity pass by. 4 You are near theCapitol, Supreme Court Room, Library,¦f rrlcaltnral Building, Emigration Bu-reau and Alliance headquarters. 5.Wnhin two squares of any church ycutHkh to Attend. Street oars pass the doorarmy 80 minutes 6. You will have aenmfortabie room, polite attendance,

rtrtttifnr good to eat. and fee ! as ifathorns, at tbs Moseley Hoiwe.

Bales, 10 cents a meal; 81.50 to 08.00- gay. Bptdnl nttes by the week ormoxth

BondWashigt n, Ja’i 24 —•Tljod eff r

ings today aggreeufU u $2 SB 500 fouland a halfs at IT'D el! aoucpiud.

A Prominent < it1 •/.«»*

Bf Telegraph to tbs News huß Observe r.Richmond, V» , Jan 24 —Ooi. J. L

Carrington, proprietor of the Exchange Hotel and Ballard House, diedhere this morning.

N*'U*Bly.By Telegraph to tbe News and Observer.

Chicago, Jan 24—Nellie Biy, onher tour around the world, reaobedthis oity at 8 o’clock this morning ona special train from Kvneas City andleft at 10 30 o’c ock on the regularPennsylvania raiiroid train for NewYork. She should arrive there about4 p. m.

Ka-S*n*ior Rlddlebarger Dead,

By Tel graph to the News and Observer.

Winch ster, Va, Jan. 24.—ExSenator tt.aia.Le ger died at 2:30this morning.

Ex Senator Riddleberger bad beeneoxfiaed to his room since the holi-days. He was uuoonsoious for threeweeks except at intervals. His fu-neral will take place tomorrow after-noon at 3 o’clock. The interment will

i be at Edinburg.

Total Ret Heeetpts.By Telegraph to tbe News and Observer.

Naw York, Jan 24 —The followingare the total net receipts at all portasince Septembar let, 1889: Galveston,739 820 bsle*>; Naw CHean*» 1599,091 bales; Mobile, 224 946 ba e*;Sevarmeb. 818 873 bales; Charleston,311,522 bale*: Wilmington, 120,077bales; Norfolk, 336 866 bales; Balti-more 57 436 bale*; Ne* York, 100,-315 bales Boston, 45 304; NewportN*ws, 27,674 bales; Paiisdelphia,39,902 bai**; West Point, V«., 269,-200 beta"; Brunswick 94,072. Total4, 785,088 bates.

Foreign News.By Gable to tbe News and Observer.

Lisbon, Jau 24.—A large meetingwas held in Trinity Theatre lest nightto start a fund for the national de-fence. The Duke of Pomares pre-sided. A committee of one honoredand twenty, ooosiating of leading

oitiaens and naval and military tffioers, was appointed to aolioit subsoriptions to the fund. A number ofspeeches were made in which Eng-land was bitterly assaulted for thecourse she has followed in her diapute with Portugal, and the Frenchand Spanish lauded for their sym-pathy with Portugal. A number ofsubscriptions were made to the fundby persons present at the meeting.

Democratic DIMSMVBt.By Telegraph to the News and Observer.

Annapolis, Md, Jan. 24 —Mutter-inga of d.soontcnt are heard on allsides among the Democratic mem-bers of the legislature to an attemptmade in the caucus to force them tosot as a unit on all matters of a polit-ical nature. A prominent delegate¦aya this mor. ing that the caucuswas called for the purpose of killingoff any measure looking to tbe adoption of the Australian election law,but that the opponents of the reformcould not have dons mora to securethe passage of tbe bill. The memberswill be left free to act and the senti-ment is decidedly in favor of ballotraform-

Snow Blockade jinOregon.By Telegraph to the News and Observer.

Portland. Oregon, Jan 24 —TheUnion Pacific trains are again blockaded. Trams going west are delayedbeyond Green R ver, and trains goingeast are blockaded at Pendleton. Thestate of the weather is not very favorable, and it oannot be determinedhow long tbe block will last. It hasbeen snowing heavily for the past 24hours. There has been no throughtrain since yesterday, and none willbe started "ntil it iiknown whenthey can ge. through. The SouthernPacific’s proposal of getting trainsthrough soou are not enoouraging.Tbe whole country is oovered withsnow and lines at present in thatdirection are prostrated so that butlittleinformation oan be learner

A Murderer HangedBy Telegrarb to tbe News and Observer.

MoHTaoMKfcY, Ala , January 24Green Braxton, a negro murderer,was hanged in the oounty j«1 heretoday for the murder of Lewis Pugh,an aged white farmer m this oountyin May last year. The drop wassprung at eight minutes past 12o’olook, aud Or ax ton was pronounceddead and was ou. down in 20 minntes.death ensuing from strangulationThe drop was sprung before theblack cap bad been put on andDeputy Sber.ff Charles E Parkerfell with the negro. The deputy waepainfully hurt by the fall to the floorLewis Pugh, who was murdered wasa well-to do farmer and was mur-dered for his money. He was asaassinaUd at bis home in tbe southern part of the county, bring shotdown in bis bed room. His littlegrandson, who was with him, wasalso shot but recovered from hiewounds and was the main witness inthe trial.

m t mTourlsla,

whether on pleasure bent or business,should take on every trip a bottle ofSyrup of Figs, as it acts most pleas-antly and effectually on the kidneys,liver and bowels, preventing fevers,headaches and otber forms of sick-ness- For sale in 50c and $1 00 bot-tles by all leading druggists.

A fine lot of Smoked Jowls, mediums zes and nicdy trimmed. Smokedmeats of eveiy description, hams,tonguee, beef, “California hams,” &c,&3 . IUbPIH & Pisopp.

RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY 25. 1880.

Ut ill Bi>«liiCiar« Soinetbtog.C >. r*-»p«a«it* ©e al tbe ' *ws acd observer.

ttAiAiGH, 24 G , ti«a. 28I am glad u at.b, by the m«*s-meet-

i g at Metropolitan H«u Monday, thei iterest m«nuaated in education, andi, mi. : htre >t a p i f oui having

B st Fcmaie University in Bal--

. H - no* have too m>ny sucht.ifc i. iiiona t.ere. Bat th*t

i wi: buila c.p » toeu. Ourrineyed men nave been very liberali heipiug aii ihe enterprises that

been started; bu.* there is oneno br«» c f ouGitu;«i that

an) : rb r ot Cirrn-bava atmr'vh t n.-g ee «d, aud

aat. .» tii&tiU-wiiut. v The. ¦ aionevjllbjildup a town. I > » quires theright men at the right p ace who un-

and cat d;r«c» the businessNot men who wa<k about with theirgloves on, and are afraid to take efftheir coats, and assist as well as direothe work. Stibh men, with their

i families, will increase business in allf departments; for they have to be fed

, and elothed and ednoated here, which. would be the means of making Ral-

eigh one of the leading and most pros-l perons cities of the South,

j Th re are many enterprises thatbe started that do not require

i much capital. Aohair factory is muchneeded here; a stove factory; a calicofactory; agricultural implement fac-

[ tery; a buoket factory; a lanyard.. These would pay well, and many

others1 Now, it does seem to me, if the

I merchants who advertise their North-[ ern goods so la? fly, would club to-

ga the r and msk<3 their goods here,and then advertise them, we might

[ have a boom hate. Why not f, A Citizen.

lagaHa* Specs a.Washington Post.

1 1c was not so much of an answer tothe legislation proposed in the de-portanoa bill as it was a bold andv.v d abatement of an unfortunate9itc~tion, from an independent Be-pubhesn eland point, *u acme respect s

:n-^.r »vnj tv tUS tt publicanoa \ a-* it «*a*« ccndemrja ory to theS *o‘h/-rn D mocraor

G « i a »'i that tbe d stn guiehedtp &k * as t.i is as o tbe p iuioal de-

v‘'l o» h*t neg o at ibe Sou b,* v mad~ no fuc* aoi* than thatr':'i p * j which a** bioisiLf has so

cud ai*Jy repie&enied in greatmanner for the existingcordi'.roa of things

liis a blunder and not a theorythat confronts the s atesman whonow seeks to ameliorate it.

Itwas the blunder of the Republi-can party that by its wholesale andirrationat enfranehitemont of theemancipated blacks, rn-de possiblethe paradox of freedom without thefranchise—of cit z nship without itsimmunities; and to the Republicanparty iB chargeable the prolonged betrayal of a trnst that was originallyassumed in a freak of pari zui exalta-tion, but whioh stems to have neverbeen comprehended as a moral re-sponsibility.

The Senator’s righteous protestsagainst what he conceives to bewrongs almost without parallel, areaooompanied by an earnest appeal tothe South to be just—to rigut thesegreat wrongs—to finish the work thathas been thrust upon them as be-comes lovers of cqaity and oivilliberty. How it ia to ba done ia stilla question of commanding interest.

Mr. Butler suggests an imprac-ticable solution. Mr. Ingalls sug-gests none at all.

Natlumlel Maeou.Chicago Time*.

Ar*cent Washington letter to aNew York paper, referring to the letsMr. Kelley as Father of the House,after calling attention to the longterms of servioe in O ngress by theAdamses, Benton, Henry Olay, JohnSherman, and others, several ofwhom, besides Judge K«Uey, hasbee called Father of the House, contains the following interesting rem-iniscence of a distinguished NorthCarolinian:

“The most noted father of theHouse and Senate of the past, how-ever, was a man altogether forgottennow His name waa Nathaniel Macon,and Jt-fferson called him ‘the last oftbe Romans.’ He waa a Democratfrom North Carolina, and he had apolitical career of more than fifty-•.even years. He resigned from theSenate when he was eighty years old,and dud at eighty nine. He waa forforv? years in Congress, aud duringtb*> whole of his oareer be never re

oonm*nded a relative to rffioe. H 6e* P meet n OoUi’g* tt eighteen to

g n*o R vo'u nary war as ap «-» , ad he i»f sed tr}>* e *an 1 d«te or f,Lp Vic- -

PrvaiJet-ey w«ih V u Buren.was a wg i»ne Speaker of the I

Houw, ard as a Representa-tive ?n Congress un ihr Washington,kdauae, J ff«*Bon and Madison, andas Senator under Madiaor, Monroeand John Qumoey Adams. He was abrave man. and a great friend of JohnRandolph, for whom he drew a knifeto defend him when he was attackedin a theatre in Philadelphia. He wasa crank as to dree*, and he alwayswore navy-blne oiothes cut in thestyle of Revolutionary days. Hispantaloons were alwavß inside hisboots, and he wore the finest of linenand the finest of fur hats. ThomasBenton speaks of him in the highestterms, and sets him np before theworld as the model statesman.”

Afalaoxholx, Fla, Jan 24 —Every-thing is quiet here tcd*y and it isthought that the trouble with thecolored strikers is at an and.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT*)AT THE VENEER WORKS IN® GRAND RAPIDS,il TWO MSN TBT TO BESOTS A TSLLOW

W3BKMAB AND L SS THKIB CWN LIFE1

L IN SO DOING

l Special to tho Nows and observer.

Gband Rapid?, Miefc., Jan. 24.—A. shocking aoc:di>nt occurred »t the

i Veneer Works, in this city, lest even-- ing. John Gibson fell into a tank

filifd with boiling wnUr AndrewI Kiliionand George K ngsworth want

> to hia rescue aud also fell into tbe. vat. All three men were taken oat

wilh d.ffioulty. Gibson died shortlyafter his rescue, and Killion and

- Kingaworth are fatally scalded.

¦•Trial* Deaths.Bf Telegraph to the News and observer.

Bikosaxton, N Y, Jan. 24 —TwoChinamen, named Yee Lee and SirgLee, for about two years past haveconducted e laundry on one of tbe

’ leading business streets. Today arailroad man had occasion to oall attbe laundry and was horrified to dis-

-1 cover the dead body of one of tbeChinamen and that of a woman,named Mamie bweeney, lying close tohim. Beiding over ore of the tableswas the body of the other Chinamenalso dead. The Sweeney woman baaparents living at O ynhant, Pa., andfor a time resided in Soranton. It isthe opinion of the physicians thatdeath was caused by the inhalation ofof chloride gas generated in someway from the washing materials Thewoman was about 21 years of age.

lh«etlß| Adair.

Late yeaterday evening GeorgeRogers, colored, presented himieii etponce headquarters with bleedirgrace and shoulders foil of fine biro¦hot, and requested a warrant for hisbrother-in law, William WaltOD, foran assault with a deadly weapon. It

limb O 3oi(jo ia Iho sen m

law of Charles Walton, more gener-ally known as Shaokelfoot Charles,and some few months ago they hadan altercation iu whioh Georg; paral-)i d bis father-in law with a stick ofwood. They were errested for en«ffray, end the evidence showed thatGeoge did the knocking down act inseif defence, and Shaokelfoot Charleswas required to pay a $25 fine andthe ccs s. Bad blood was oreated inthis colored family, and yeaterdayWilliam, the son of the old man,loaded hi« gun aud went to George’shouse, called him out, aud as he ap-peared in the door shot him. Georgefell, and William hastened to thesuburbs preparatory to makiog hisesospe, but the eyes of the law wereupon him, and sfier a good race Offi-cer Beasley, who was near by, he wsscaptured in the Old Fair Ground, andlolged in the station house. He willhave a hearing before the Mayor thismorning.

Tit*Tempi* Tax Bond Caae.

From parties who arrived here fromWashington City yeeterday fartherinformation was obtained about theTemple bond case which was argaedst Washing?on this week before theUnited States Supreme Court Tbeease of Haas against tbe State ofL uisiana was heard in advance oftbe Temple oase and involved nearlythe same points. The oase was arguedon the part of the bondholders andsubmitted upon printed brief for theState of Louisiana The case of Tem-ple vs North Carolina was argued byRH. Battle. E a q for the State fol-lowed by Hon. 8 F Phillips and E.A Andrews of New York for thebondholders. Mr. Andrews only oompie ted half of his argument on Wedneeday and concluded it on Thursday

He was followed by Hin Jno. W.Graham in reply for the State. So faras could be judged from the intimalions of the oourt during the argu-ment of the Louisiana oase by counselfor the bondholders, there is strongground for hopiog that neither suitoan be maintained and that the courtwillso deoide a most or q lite umani-mously. We are informed by counselchat while these are the first oases inwhioh suits have been brought byoitizens of a State against their ree-neottve S ates in tbs United StatesOiroart Court, there are strongdicta in the oases heretof >redecided that such suits oan not bemaintained. Suoh suits against Statesby oitiesns of other States in UnitedStates courts are expressly forbiddenthe 11th amendment to the Constitu-tion; a fortiari it is presumed that aState can not bs sued by its owne:t bf ns> This was presumed as a mat-ter of universal law a d it was notthronght necesary to inolude that inthe amendment.

A Murderer’* F**r*.

Davis, the man who killed John D.Horton, of Chatham, now in j til intois city awaiting tria 1

, has expressedhis fears to Gov. Fowle of beinglynobed when carried to Chathamrourt. Gov. Fowle has addressed a ,letter in strong terms to Sheriff Brownin whioh he says he believes the honor iof the State is safe in the sheriff’s ,hands, but should an attempt tolynch Davis ba made sustain themajesty of the law by foroe if neces-sary. The Governor tells the sheriffto select at least a d:zen determinedmen, arm them well, and give publionotice that you intend to sustain thelaw, and do it. If further assistanceis needed the Governor says he willsend it.

!¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦

A olothfi c» —“Sev, y u heathenChinee, isn’t my wasting done yet ?’# 1

’ . CONGRESSIONAL.PROOEEDINGS IN THE HOUoh

YESTERDAY.

TBB OUSTCM* ADMIKISTJtiATI''N BILL—-

MB. LAFALLAITk *.FFKhED AH AM:.,"D

MBNT, ETC , ETC.

Bf Telegraph t" the News and Observer.

Waßhinotov, D. U , J«2~ 21 H uir

—The Uou e went iuto com mittee • •

the whole (Vlr. Barrows in he et*o)for further oonsidera ion of the o >*-

toms administrative bill.The pending amendment- that w»

offered by Mr. Bavne to section 16,providing that during the pending clany controversy or litigation abuuthe amount of duties to be paid bsany owner, agent, importer or con-signee on any imported merchandisein courts, the merchandise in queation shall remain in tbe government

i warehouse, and under the control of. the Secretary of the Treasury, and in

i all actions brought against the Co>• lector of Customs by the owners,• agents, importers or consignee, the

1 plaintiff shall ba required to provebefore he oan reoover that said merohandise at the time of trial is incustody of the government.

Mr. Mills favored this amendment,| while Messrs. Carlisle, Flower and

Blanchard opprged it. Os the Re-’ publicans, Mr. McKenna, of Oalifor

nia, favored the amendment, aud" Messrs. Adams, of Illinois, and

; Onandler, of Massachusetts,.opposedit.

Mr. LtFallette, of Wisconsin,offered an amendment to tbe amend-ment provi ing that perishable goodsmay be withdrawn from pending liti>g»tion. This was agreed to, but Mr.Bayne's amendment as amended wasdefeated .

Mr. Rrgckinridge, of Kentuoky,submitted an amendment, me eff otof which would be to give tbe o<cunCourt the right to deteuniut? qtions of fact as well as q flaw As era lung dv-bxvM n-is w*>-

defeated 108 to 119Mr. l>ariihiw < ffo.eu a subs f itave for

the whole seotion, the chief rff. c , ofwhich is to allow courts to deGsroi n-a question of fact as well as of iaw.The sub dilute wa* Joel—ll 2 tc 114This leaves the 15th Motion an origi-nally reported.

On mo ion of Mr. Br eck*nridge, ofKentuoky, an amendment vo section19 was adopted, the vote being 107to 104; providing that this seotionshall not apply to merchandise im-

ported in cartons, oases, crates, boxea,sacks and other coverings which iasubj aot to a rate of duty equal to orgreater than 6!) per cent-

The committee then rose, theHouse then at 445 adjourned, and aDemocratic caucus was announcedfor this evening at 7 30

Washington Naw*.By Telegraph to tbe News and Observer.

Wa HiNCTJH, J*n. 24.—The Houseelection oommittee was in sessiononly fiva minutes today and did notattempt to pass upon the West Vir-ginia contest of Atkinson vs. Pendle-ton which had been set down for afinal disposition. The case of Smithvs Jaokson which has already baenreported to the House willb 9 callednp for ones deration by that bodynext Wednesday if the committee oansecure the flaor. Next week willbwdevoted by the committee to the hear-ing of arguments in the contestedelection oases of Mudd vs. Oampton(5 h Maryland) and Thweatt vs. Clark(l*tAlabama )

Washington, Jan. 24 —The Senateoommittee on naval »ff»irs held ameeting today at which, after oonsiderable discus lion, the oommittee de-cided npon a polioy which will gov-ern it during this Congress in thework of building up the navy. Thisis in brief that a great line of battleships like the English Benbo •* shouldhe constructed at once. Mr. Chan-dler and Mr McPherson, however,are not in accord with the decisionreached, and the majority and mi-nority reports will be submittedto the Senate- Mr. Stanford is slbonot wholly committed to tbe decisionreached. The naval polioy boardwhich Secretary Trapy appointedmade remnamendaMons for the oonstruotions of 227 vessels, rangingfrom first-class battle ships (tenpinnumber) of 10,000 tons each, d )*rn to‘orpedoe boats (101 in number) r.f 65tons each, at the total cost of $349,616.000.

Th* total tonnage of this fleet is610 035. This e timste of v-see sexcludes those of rcopu*. n«w »r n-HtrnftV.juD and the total or.st eub **e$65 965 000 already spent L re i»a division of opinion in

t- e as to what class of ve*asjs a maidfirst be constructed. A- a result ofthe discussion, Mr. Hale wa) in-structed to report favorab’y thebill introduced by him somedays ago embodying the re-commendations contained in Seoretary Tracy’a annual report,which provides that for the purposeof further increasing tbe naval estab-lishment of the United States, the

, President is hereby authorized to! have oonatruo ed by contract eight

battle ships of 7,500 to 10,000 tons, d splaoement, two armored ooast de

> fence vessels, three gunboats of 800• to 1,200 tons displacement, and five• first class torpedo boats The bill

provides the appropriation of $7,000,-000 to begin work on these vessels.i_. „

1 Tarkaysl Turkey*!

, A very choice lot of Gobblers,, alive, or dressed to order at abort(notice. Haboik A Pescrop.

I A Von»|| M*u Killed t»|r Taking C*rbo<t«

Washington Star.A disuvsjiug aooidsnt occurred

this morning by which Mr. MorrisonR. Avery, a premising yourg man,lost tillife. Mr. Aveiy, who was aaassistant topographer <u the geological survey, occupied a tuite ofwith a ecupie of friends, yourg menof about bis own atre, in the bosri-iug house No 512 )8 n street northwest. This murmng he aroee a littlebefore 8 o’clock and walked sorossthe room to the bureeu cn whiehthere happened to be itmdirgtwo bottles Oae contained whisky,but bore no label to that fff ct Theother waa plainly marked “pure ryewhiskey,” but was filled with carbolicaoid, which throogb exposure to airor the presence of Borne foreign ingradients had become of a dark brownoolor. Neither of his room mates

that the bottle containedbut what the label wss marked, and

i nothing was said when tbe unforcu-i nate young man raised tbe wrongI battle to his lip« to taks a taste oli the contents. They were all chbtteri ing pleasantly at the time and the

otnera were horrified at tbe changethat came over their friend. It is sup-posed he must have tsk n severallarge swallows, for the poison leganto act immediately. Before the othertwo realized what had happenedyoung Avery had fallen back unooneoiouß.

ALL EFF BTB FAILEDDrs. Roz er Middietou and Jsmes

S. Cobb were at once summoned fromthe emergency hospital and did allthey oould to save tbe young min’slife, working hard even after it wasthought life was exiiuot- Emeticswere given and respiration tus amedby artificial means, bat the no d hadcompletely paralyzed (ha stomachand there was no possible cha ma ofsaving his life. He never regainedconsciousness for a moment aidedquietly and without apparent painabout 9 15 o’olock

The bady was removed to Sp aresaDd«rikk.r>g establish meat, w ere itwillremain until tbe arrival ot theyoung man’s father, J dge Avury, ofr.he Supreme Court of N ;nh CarolinaJudge Avery was teieg aphed for im

mediately and will prob«biy arriveuere tonight or tomorrow morning.

SKEICH OF THE DIOSABBD <

Mr. Morrison Avery was twenty-three years old ani was very popularin this oity, although he onlybeen here about two years. H« camenere from Raleigh, N. 0, and procured a position in the geologicalsurvey, where he has worked steadilyand earned aa excellent reputationHis sad death will bs a great shookto his many friends, both here and inhis native State.

• Starving In Dakota.

Chioao), 111., Jan. 22—An Asso-ciated Press reporter, just from theNorthwest, brings w>ta b m a tale ofhorrible suffering ai d destitution innineteen counties of Siu h Dakota,gathered from persons who but re-cently have been eye-witnesses ofwhat they so graphically de o tb) FE P*xton, a well to do m«nof Soabbon, Da K.ib county, tusState, who has spent some days iuthe § ffi oted district, says:

“However hard land sharks andother interested parties may try tokeep the true state of things from thepeople of this oouutry, they cannotba long successful. The successivefailure of four years’ crops has reduoed those formerly well to do to acondition of direst distress. Manythousands of families are entirelywithout means of any kind. Theytack the wherewithal to purobase thenecessaries of life, whilst the ominousplacard confronts them in every storewhere they once had credit

“No trnst given. Gocdi sold forcash only.”

Mr. Paxton describes the conditionof the people in K ng?bury andMinerconnties as simply heart-rend-ing In the latter ooanty they haveao floar, the staple of lifebeing btdlyground oom meal, and there is adeplorable insufficiency of thatEvery farm is mortgaged, in manyoases for more than a sale underpresent prioes wou d realiz?. Most ofthe stock has been levied on and soldby the sheriff at publio auction, theridiculously low pnoea obtained be-ing eleqaent, not only of the starvingcondition of the cattle, but theeoaroity of means ia the community—cows fetching as low as $5 a piece,horses $8 and 810, while eneep andpigs are simply unsalable, tbire be-ing nothing to feed them with. On*man bad a few miserable chicken*left of what, two yjars ago, was awell stocked farm.

The women and ohildren bear evidenoes of the hardships they haveundergone in their pinched audmeager faces. In many instance*they are unprovided with olothingwith whioh to withstand the rigors ofwinter, wbat they now have being ina damaged and worn out condition.“At one place,” said Mr. P*xtor>, “Isaw two children walking with theirj'eet wrapped in pieces of old blanketthrough the snow. They told methey bad had no shoes for manymonths. I lifted the youngeit up —agirl of seven or eight years—she waslittlebetter than a skeleton.”

Advice to Mothers.Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing «”r*in shooll alwaj*

be used when children xre outtlns teeth. It > elevee the little sufferer at ou<.e. It produces nat-

ural, quiet sleep by relieving the ehllaren Iron,pain, and the Uttle ohernb awakes as “bright ae» Dutton.” It te very pleasant to taste; soothesthe ohlld, softens tbe gums, allays aU pains, re-

lieves wind, rerulates the sowt ls and Is the b*tknown remedy for diarrhoea, whether riaiaxWorn teething or ether causes. Twenty-tva ce usa bottle.

NO. 38• A !<«llro*<t (tumor.

| li»as rumored yeilerday ia Riol-I mmd rnat Mr. Sol Haas had be n

I a pointed G**T>«»ral Manager ft tbe[ li’chmODd & Dtnville Railroad, v;ce

joij Peyton Randolph, resigned. Iftin* is true Mr. F W Clark, of thoSef-bour i Air Liae, or Mr. T M Era*

| rsou, ts .t< Atlantic Cosst L ne, w.ilj hw among ib ? probabiii »ee as ilr.

j Haas’ slice* s*‘ r m the *'•ffi- mtnager-l stdp of the Associated Ralways.

| foh»e*» interest*.| The Raleigh Tobacco Market lias1 i*d onneidrTJib'e Ifein it this w. k,to re bei-g good breaks at all 1 1 awarehouses Tnere is ad. lerui ation ou tb- part of our warehoust-uipd 4a provide every p'ALter ean-tiguous to this market with the verybest seed for the 1893 crop, and par-ticularly on the fiue lands of Wakecounty much may bs expected this

F.v»*r> thing conducive to (he b. tier coo-<lit on of the b >by is sure to attract al-to?, tion, and he,ico it is that L?r. Ball’sBH?>y Syrup is bto miag mor* and moreappreciated, a its wonderful influencein t>ubduin£ the diseas s of baoyhooib'comes recognized. Price 35 o uts.S >ld everywhere.

When troub ed with a sense of full-n°es or oppreaei >n after meals, the pleas-antest relief attain .ble ia a dose of Laxa-dor. Price 35 cents a package.

fclockoldsrs’ Meeting.

The first annual meeting of thestockholders of the Raleigh OonouM Us, will be held at tbe Mayor’si ffioe in Raleigh, N, 0., Wednesday,January 29/c, 1693, at 7:80 p. mRicnk pr x ss wiil be furnished any'n a who omnet attend the meeting.

J. S. WfNNa, Secretary.—— . ¦

Matin Kfchingi.

The handsomest Hue of Satin Etch-es ever exhibited in tte S ate ean

as seen at Fred A Watson’s Picturemd Art Store. In the collection ia a

t m op> if The Angelas,Du- highest pace picture now inPisrica Oo Ohristtuas Goods I

prepared to offer extia induce-p nts Eogaat line of novelties,tod pma‘ed cards, Oh«mois skin

< oda elaborately fu n shed. Shop,rs osn -ave rnonvy oy lookingo.igh rm stock Mail orders have

>ri.mpt atteoticn.Fnm A Watson,112 F*yetlevil e Bt.

A < heap Vegetable.

Riel a* corn 10a , e-cun. As andaad b and of oom, m full

iz jNo 2 cans A full Block of reli-able canned goods of every desorip-iou—fruits, v*ga<able?, fish, at*.. ®t o.

Hakdin & PieouD,

It is the scissors grit d r wholikes to SOB tli g» dull

Bnckl*n’* Arnica S*>v*.The Beet Salve in the world for eutf,

: bruises. Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum, FeverSores. Tetter,chapped Hands, Ohiibiaina,Oom*, and all Sk n Eruptions, and poai-tv ely cures Piles, «>r no pay required. It-

is rtmranteed to aivs perfect satisfAction,or money refunded.bo*. For sale by John Y Macßae, drug-eist. .

ONE ENJOYSBoth the method and results whenSyrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasantand refreshing to the taste, and actsgently yet promptly on the Kidneys,Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-tem effectually, dispels colds, head-aches and fevers and cures habitualconstipation. Syrup of Figs is theonly remedy of its kind ever pro-duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-ceptable to the stomach, prompt inits action and iruly beneficial in itseffects, prepared only from the mosthealthy ana agreeable substances, itsmany excellent qualities commend itto all and have made it the mo&i

popular remedy known.Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60c

and $1 bottles by all leading drug-gists. Any reliable druggist whomay not have it on hand will pro-cure it promptly for any one whowishes to try it. Do not accept anysubstitute.

CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.BAN FRANOIBCO. CAL.

LOUIBVIUS, KY. NEW YORK, N.V.

JOHN 8. PESCUD,

Rtloigb, N C.

i OLI) NICK »

I 8Cure* Colds, Coughs, L hills*

liidigtetiou and Oonsuiupt'Oßas it is the be"t Rye and Corn Whiskiestn North Carolina, aad you o*n av>jibuy it at ?ny age f on> one to four yeanid quadruple rootid d *eship in any'nanti’y dt sired, so write tor our proa

list.J. FORD * CO. #

fPnvv>gei<rs to Jos.i Yiflk'nCo., Panther Creek, n. 0,