The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-06-28

to desolate places for three ceLts
which cost the government 500
apiece. 1t IS about time for SLer-
man to retire.
Tarboro So utherner "A gentleman
met Senator Hoar,o Massachusetts.
recently, told him that some Boston
cleryvmen had conceived the idea CT
setting apart day to offer up prayers
for the conversion of Ben Butler. eff
you have any influence with them "
said the Senator excltedly, "pray
exert it to prevent the contamination
OF their purposes. l want to go to
heaven myself
THE NORMAL SCHooL.-The Nor
NAL opens next Tuesday morning ut
10 o'clock, but the formal opening
will not take place till Wednesday
morning, Tuesday being occupied
merely in enrolment and organiza'
ton. On and after Wednesday the
public will be welcome at any and all
times. The coming session promises
to be very largely attended and by
many who rank with the best teachers
in the Wilson Advance.
The Avalanche's Jackson Miss. }
correspondent says: "A colored Sc.
cret society has been organized in
Grenada, Miss. the members of
which arc under oath to stick to each
other, and even perjure themselves in
the courts of law to protect broth er
members Recently one of the mem.
bers disclosed some of the secrets of
the society to a white man, and was
logged nearly to death by the other
members" In louisiana they open.
ly avow that they consider it no sin
to lie for what the while bosses tell
them il for Republican interests.
Charleston Neacs and Courier
Beecher preached a ''sermon" in Ply.
mouth Church, Brooklyn. last sunday
that puts the hoary sensation monger
close to the infidel. Bob Ingersoll
He declared that Goods brooding
love, not Gods avenging law. is the
doctrine of the Bible" and denounc.
ed the vicarious atonement Of Jesus
Christ as ''a doctrine as Internal as
if it had come from the bOttOInless
pitt" He denounced the old "Con-
fession Of Faith" as an Internal in
vention, and said that the doctrine oil
eternal punishment was barbara and
inconsistent with what he calls the
''love side of the Divine character
In concluding his harangue Beechel
, thanked God that his labors Evil
not run through many more years.
Let us all thank God for that.
II PENEUMATIC lube TO CHICAGO
A New York civil engineer is in Chi
cago in connection with the establish
:, ment of pneumatic pipe line be
tween New York and that city. The
plans are TO lay four inch iron pipe
for the transmission of letters, MESA
. ges, grain samples and other lign
parcels at very low tariff. Way
stations will be established at Cleav
land. Buffalo and other points. A
r meeting will be held on the 26th t,
organize the enterprise. Begin
ming with the one main building ant
an endowment fund of only $4,000
since the war, Wake Forest colleg'
can now boast oftwo large additions
buildings and an endowment funo
t which promises by the end of tn
year to reach 100000. An fn'
showing certaifily.-Putriot
: Star: The assessed valuation o
2 property in the City of New Yorl
this year, is estimated to be 1920,
0nO, 900, Of which 100000 is ol
personal estate" 1.-THE New Yorl
l Times says: Two hundred thous.
7 and dozen foreign eggs have been re
s ceived at this port during the las
nine months. In the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1882, we imported II,
928.784 dozens Of eggs, valued a
$1.8O8,450.13, or at the rate of 1!
e cents per dozen. Eggs, by the way
;, are on the free list. Isn't it ahou
+ time that the American Hen had
representative ON the committee O
;, ways and means ?" ......Most peopl
will say that the killing of Dukes
i the Pennsylvania scoundrel. by tn
J.. brother of the outraged sister AM
the son of the murdered father, wa
as it should have been. A Pennsyl
vanian jury ought to have saved tn
l young man the pain of such work
n The avenger ought to follow sue
fellars aS Dnkes