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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

OK the Sd President Arthur ordered Gen.
tral HaZen under arrest, also ordering q
-court martial to convene in his case. 1t was
understood the action of the President was
precipitated by recent interview with
General Hazen, in which General Hazen is
represented as placing upon the Secretary
of War the responsibility for the loss of so
many members of the Greely party.
GOVERNOR WILSON, of West Virginia,
was inaugurated on the 4th.
DR.. DOUGLAS, of New York, said on the
5th: General Grant has had red letter
day for him. He has eaten heartily, has
been out riding, and seems considerably
improved. The condition of his throat is
no better, however, and the progress of the
disease has not been checked"
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND sent to the Sem
ate on the 9Th the following Cabinet nomi-
nations: Secretary of State, Thomas F.
Bayard, of Delaware; Secretary of the
Treasury, Daniel Manning, of New York {;
Secretary of War, William E. Endicott, of
Massachusetts,; Secretary of the Navy,
William c. Whitney, of New York; Secre-
tary of the Interior, L. Q. c. Lamar, of
Mississippi; Postmaster General, William
F. Villas, of Wisconsin; Attorney General,
A II. Garland, of Arkansas.
AT the recent city election at Champaign,
Ill, license and anti-license tickets were
in the field and a victory was achieved by
the temperance party.
LORD MAYOR O'CoNNoR, of Dublin, made
public apology for threatening to haul
down the flag from the Mansion House
when the Prince of Wales visits Ireland.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

! The clearing house returns for the week
ended March 4, showed a general decrease
of 32.1 compared with the corresponding
week of last year. The decrease in New
York was 40.4
AT Staunton, Ill.,, coal miners to the
number of 800 to 400 were on q strike
against reduction of wages.
A SPECIAL from Mount Vernon, O., of the
| eth, said Bishop Bedell, of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, was dangerously i'll.
The ex-Empress Eugenie was reported
seriously i'll from a nervous shock, being
thrown from her carriage at Marlborough.
THE trial of fhe Trappist monk, CANA
hut, for the murder of Mother Ballerich.
began at Paris on the 9th. Gamahut con-
fessed his guilt.
On the Sth General Grant was reported
as having passed a restless night, but was
better during the day.
THE strikes on the Missouri Pacific, the
Texas Pacific and the Wabash were report
ed extending and the situation somewhat
alarming on the 9th.
WALLACE, United States Minister to
Turkey, has resigned.
JOHN TIERNAN was instantly killed and
William Foleny fatally injured the other
afternoon by an explosion in the torpedo
building of the Winchester Arms Com
pany at New Haven, Conn.
ORDERS have been sent Sir Peter Lums-
den, British Special Commissioner on the
Afghan frontier, question, to direct the
Afghans to evacuate Penjden, on the with
drawal of the Russian forces from Akrobat.
Baron SSaal, the Russian ambassador at
London, promised the Russian troops shall
retire. The London papers generally were
for declaration of war if the Russians
did not retire from Afganistan.
WHILE Lord Mayor O'Connor was at the
Dublin railway station to receive an Ameri-
can deputation with the remains of Rev.
DIR. Cahill, he was vigorously Kissed and
groaned at by crowd of 5000 persons.
GEORGE NJ. MURRAY, one of six conyicts
who escaped the Michigan State prison and
was recaptured, was under indictment for
the murder of Officer Burnham at lansing
burg, n. Y, October 1881.
BAYARD, Whitney, Endicott and Gar
land, members of Cleveland's Cabinet.
were sworn into Office on the 9TH. Later in
the day Postmaster General Villas. and
Secretary Lamar took their oaths of office.
IRE first official act of President Cleve-
land was the nomination of his Cabinet.
The second was to affix his signature to the
commission of U. S. Grant, as an officer on
the retired list of the army, with the rank
of General. So.
The firm of ". II. Gumersell & Co., dry
goods, st. Louis, which suspended
some time since, was reported as having
resumed on lbasis of fifty cents on the
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

Ar San Francisco the Supreme Court de-
cided that Chinese children must be ad =
1nitted to the public schools.
THE strike ON the Missouri Pacific lines
In Texas was seriously interfering with
traffic on that road. At Marshall, Tex, on
the New Orleans division of the Pacific.
over three hundred shop hands We're out.
Freight and passenger trains were not al
lowed to pass that point in either direction.
The other night one of the guards at the
Jackson (Mich.) prison saw six convicts
running off from the north wall, and began
firing his gun, but without effect. The
funnel through which they escaped was
started under the floor of an old disused
blacksmith shop and was forty feet long,
and they must have been st work at it six
or seven months.
The United States steamer HGalena" has
left New Orleans for Central America to
bring home destitute American railroad
faborers.
JACOB DAILY, of Dunkirk, O., was killed
in the woods the other morning by a tree
falling and crushing his skull.
THE ice in Whiteside Harbor, L. L, broke
mp the other night, Early in the morning
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12
A Erenz:ed Murder.

LYNCHBURG. VA, March 2.-Royal
Mathews, head waiter in the Arlington
Hotel, reprimanded John Miller, an assist
ant, for being late. The latter, enraged
seized 4 carving knife and buried it 10 th<
kiit in Matthews brea5t. killing him.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

1t so happens that Boston man,
who has an impeachment in his speech, is.
very slow writer. One day he was
copying a long document. and sadly
trying the patience Of man waiting
for it, when a common acquaintance.
explained: why, don't you know?
He shutters so badly that he can't
write fast. .''-BostoR Globe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-12

Whistler, the artist, is coming
back to his native America after a;J
absence of thirty years. He viii leo.
ture.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

Ohio Politics are high. The Gin
cinnati Enquirer last, week gave a
fac smile of letter of Murat Hal.
stead, now the editor Of tue leading
republican paper of the state, the
Commercial Gazette, written in 1868
during war times in which Halstead
who to this day hates and reviles the
South, abused nearly all the big
men Of the war and actually propos>
Ell to have Lincoln's head Knocked
against the, wall. Foraker and
Sherman are still bitter in their de-
nunciations Of our South. By the
way, arrangements have been made
for Hoadly and Foraker to canvass
the state in joint discussion. They
were hard to match and now let us
hope H oadly will make things plain
and carry the State.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15
Montreal has the champion l

! Montreal has the champion La
crosse team.
Robt. Toombs, of Ca, is at the
point Of death.
: Foraker and Foadly have met
Hoadly WAS the victor on the stump
q An earthquake shock was reported
in Virginia last week. Politics is
very high.
We see in an exchange that only
or Of Napoleon's old Guard is living
What is his name?
While that is so still we often hear
Of old negroes who waited on George
ashington.
Heidelberg University is 469 years
old. tt will celebrate it's 5Ooth an
uiycrsary next August. p
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

Flood Rock was blown up by the
means Of 100000 pounds Of Dyna-
amite. IA telegram says:
Fully 10000 people lined the
shores Of the river today when the
great explosion ~ Flood Rock, He'll
Gate, occurred, while scores of ex-
+cursion steamers, their decks black
with people, awaited the shock. AT
precisely 1l:13 O'Clock the earth
tscmbled and the bosom Of the river
was pierced with mighty upheavtl
Of rocks and timbers Up, up, went
glittering masses CT water. until it
seemed as if they would never stop.
At height Of 200 feet the uplifted
waters paused in their flight, trembled
aloft and finally fell back again to
the river. At this moment, when
the air for hundreds Of feet in each
direction was filled with white mass
es of sparkling water. the spectacle
was grand beyond expression, the
body ofwhite foam presenting the ap
pearance.of fantastic iceberg lifted
boldly upon q solid basis Of dark va
ter. Mary Newton, the IL year old
tia lighter of Gen. Newton, who
as chief engineer has conducted the
operations at He'll Gate since the
start, touched the button that set free
|0ohe electric current that exploded
the submarine mines and shattered
the mountain Of rock, lifting it out
of the river and crushing it into 0
million little fragments. 1t was
little Mary Newton who, when a
mere baby, touched off the He'll Gate
explosion. q few feet from the point
where she stood today. The shock
of the collapse was felt only slightly
on the Astoria shore. Immediately
after the explosion a fire broke out
in the wreck and burned Justify amid
the seething waters. Four instan-
taneous photographs we're taken by
offices of the corps of engineers, from
the firing point at Astoria. AS far al
possible, to judge from the position
and appearance Of the wreck, the ex'
plosion was an entire success. The
shock was felt to a slight extent only
in the CITY," s.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15
FERTILIZER AND DRUNlMER TAX

-
At the risk Of being denounced, as
fit subject for the lunatic asylum,
and as an enemy to the material
prosperity OF the State, and the har-
;nony of She democratic party, We
propose to give our views of that sax
cred holy, touch me-riot department
OF agriculture. And if any Aone
should disagree with US, We kindly
suggest it will be more courteous
and manly to-uhdertake to convinc..
us and the public by reason and logic
that we are wron :, than to denounee
US as fool, because it is an uphill
business for u fool to convince the
world taat he possesses all the wis
dom outside of Mr.. Clev Glands era.
MUM, and that the balance of the
world are all fools. Yes, we are op-
posed to any tax ON Fertilizers or
drummers, unless we can see some
good coming therefrom to the State
| We have tried to find some good in
tue department, and falling TO dc
SO, we presumed to ask some gues
tiUns concerning its work and how
the money was spent. The answer
was on q level, with the mountain
boy, who was queried as to who
was his father, who answered 81
knows but wont tell you.' Nos
there was neither political, legal no
moral obligation resting on the igno
rant, tallow face youth to tell his
daddy's name. But we had RICH
to put our query, and the people hav'
apolitical. legal, moral right to a fait'
full. accurate, honest, answers: and
we are q part Of the people, an6
we are not yet in the lunatlc asylum
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

To levy fifty thousand dollars oftaxes
On COMMERCIAL Fertilizers made
lin or out of the State and sold III the
State, is neither moro nor less than
collecting that much money from the
farmers of tile State, who use. these
fertilizers. g. A
To levy fifty thousand dollars tax
es on drummers for the priveli sc Of
selling goods in this State, is equiv
alant to leyying and collecting fifty
thousand dollars from the consumers
of th,sc. goods. II this is not
true. then the democratic theory
of the protective Tariff system. is all
false aud has no bottom to stand on ;
and Taylor, Clay. Webster and the
Fed raj Wings before the war and
the repusiicap party since the wal
were and are all right in the stand
taken on the Tariff question. This
we are not willing to admit, for the
sake of the fifty or one hundred
thousand dollars, to be used in thi.
State as we have reason to believe not
for the greatest gDod to the greatest
number but the opposite exactly
If any man in Halifax, Northampton
BERTHE or Martin counties, knows Of
his knowledge any benefit this taz
has been to his county, either di.
rectly or indirectly. he will do us s
kindness By writing us and explain,
ing the good part. We want light
on the subject. Raise the. curtain anG
| turn it on. 49, 's
1--we can see any great good te
the State from the department, We
will confess our error, repent of oul
sins, and throw up ourghat for The
agricultural department including
fish without scales and migrant s
without money. -.........-.
AS we are now informed, If the
law cceating this department anG
leyying taxes on fertilizers and
drammers can't be repealed, we shall
urge the diversion Of this, fund to tht
creation of a soldiers home, anG
thereafter to its support.
From our standpoint and will
no more information than we have
and the refusal of those who have al
the facts at their command to she
light on subject, we shall continue
agains tthe department, regardless o
the results, because We deem it GU
duty,an because we believe the ia,
unjust, and because we believe sucl
harnacles r.. should be Topped OF
of the body polite. .-.-..-. e..
Again we ask the knowing ones t.
give the public al itemized accoun
Of the expenditures Of the depart
ment let the pnbllc know who 60
the money and how much went TO
/. cigars, whiskey, hotel bills and tra'
| olin,r
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

1t appears that Billy Malone, the
"Boss,' does not expect his man
Wise to he elected Governor Of Viz.
ginia. But he is bending all his
energies towards securing the Leg
islature. The senatorship is what
be is plotting for. Nevertheless Ma
hone is Wise man without much
wisdom.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15
AN END TO BONE SCRAPING.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, H.,
saws: "aaving received so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know it. Have
had running sore on my leg for eight
years; my doctors told mo | would have
to have the bone scraped or leg amputatee.
I used, instead, three bottles of Electric
Bitters. and seven boxes Bucklen's Ar.
MICA Salye, and my leg is now sound and
WELL"
Electric Bitters are sold At fifty cents a
a bottle. and Bncklen's Arnica Salve at
35c.ssper box by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

VIII Mr. Cleveland appoint three
republicans C'sainted criters'') in
the places of tile three sainted apos-
ties Eaton, Gregory. and Thorman?
Upon which party is Mr. Cleveland
relying to sustain his admins
istration, tue Mu5wunp party, the
Republican party. the cleveland
party, or the Democratic partyS
Who elected Mr.. Cleveland the
Mugwumps, the Rep ublicans OF the
Democrats? III rs
Nebeljeye sOhio Will,go demacratic
because the demac1ats repndiated
Mr.. GIeyeland's civil. service notions
and bis civil service commission
and derlYrsd FOR pure. depocratic
civil service reform. such as Allen G
Thurman, Hendricks, and senators
Beck and Zeb Vance believe in.
We tremble for fear of democratic
defeat in New York, because Mr..
Cleveland attempts to drive the
New York democracy out OF the
democratic party into his mugwump
party, and away from, the doctrines
of such men rs Samuel J 'T4den, and
Horatio Seymour. ..
We trust the democratic. ticket
in the State. Of New ,Iork with GOV
ernor Hill at its head will be elected
in spite OF MIR. Cleyeland's efforts Il
disintegrate. and dismember the
party, with his damnable civil service
| ideas, 10
If Ohio and. New York go. dem
ocratic it will be because both State:
repadiatcd Mr.. Clsveland's civil ser
vice heresy aad adopted Jefferson
Jackson's, Seymour's, Thurman SAND
the democratic idea of civil service
reform, turn the rascals out and pa
| nOHGSC men III. 4. .e s
II the democracy Of the cou n.r,
should drop Mr.. Cleveland,s wher,
would he lodgep In Mugwumpism
We hope Mr.. Cleveland will no
appoint any one. in the place Of til
two Mugwump martyrs. There is u
constitutional obligation resting O
him to fill these vacancies. Th
law. says he may appoint. That
if he and his cabinet have neithe
brain, wisdom, patriotism courag
nor manhood enough to exercis
their constitutional right to appoin
their subs-he may appoint a com
mission to aid them in the discharg
Of their constitutional duty. Shout
he fail to appoint that will end til
civil service humbug, and he wi
have saved the party from ruin
Will he assume the responsibilit
: and save the denoaratic partys
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

A crank visited the White House
the other day and wanted to take
charge Of the navy. He SAID he was
nc. .mugwnmp and ifplaced in charge
of the navy. by next day at twelve
there would not be a Republican
officer in the department. He was
not appointed,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

The Cincinnati Enquirer thinks
that henceforth Foraker will be
known as "Dodger" because he
lodged the questions so in his dis
cussion with Hoadly.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

A South Carolina court ruled that
it 's4is not a crime to steal water
melons from the vine" Many a
mans conscience will be cleared by
this t-I TAe( $50 s.y -
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15
The Star SAWS.

"Hon. j. L. N. Curry is some sixty
years of age. He is the only really
intellectual man we have ever known
who parts his hair in the middle.
The great John Milton did it also.
1t is a long interval between the
two.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

.Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, the
great divine and agent. of the Pea.
body Fund has been appointed MINI
lister to Spain,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

The New Berne Journal offers
the name Of Hon. John S. Loasg
Of New Berne, to the trustees Of the
Peabody fund, as a suitable person
for general agent Of the same, in the
stead of Hon j. l.. NJ. Curry.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

Garland has fully explained his ac-
tions or rather failing to act in theBell
Telephone case. He clearly shows
Mr.. Cleveland that the President
made a mistake in thinking it was
his (Garlands) duty to act in that
case. ..;<g-s - 4,.... s>..:~., g..
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

The Puritan VAS sold at public
auction Wednesday and brought but
S13.5OO. 's...4 ~
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

A pension clerk was dismissed
last week for E.joking" about Pres.
ident Cleveland in street car.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

Ohio has at least three candidates
for Governor. Prohibition is the
third.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

Mary Anderson ia coming back to
this country soon.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

GENERAL
Commission and Produce Merchants
No. Ill s. 18th St., RICHMOND, VA.
~Strict personal attention given
to the sale of Tobacco, Grain, Cot
ton. Lumber, all kinds Of Produce,
and to the purchase Of Supplies.
A full stock Of Flour, Hay, Mill
feed, Seed Wheat, Rye, Winter Oats,
and all kinds of Grass Seed always
on, hand and orders will be promptly
filled.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-15

Last Saturday in ,ivil Gasv. \ Y.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-03-12

The Derivations or the Names Now
Born by European Countries.

Bofne Dy european Countries.
tGalignani's Messenger
These are derived principally from
some peculiar cause or object. For in.
stance, Ireland-which julius Cesar
first called Hibernia--is kind Of mod
iication of Erin, or the country of the
west.
Scotland, from Scotia, tribe which
originally came from Ireland. II was
anciently called Caledonia, which means
mountainous country - forests aud
lands.
Portugal, the ancient Lusitania, was
90 named from . town on the River
Douro, called Gale. opposite to which
the inhabitants built city called Porto
or Oporte, and when the country was
recovered from the Moors the inhabi.
tants combined tie words and called it
the Kingdom OF Portucale - hence
Portugal.
Spain, the ancient Iberia, from the
River Iberius or Hispania, from tie
Phenician Spdniga, which signifies
abounding with rabbits. which animals
are very numerous in that country
hence Spain.
France, from the Franks. . people Of
Germany, who conquered that country.
Its ancient names were Celia, Gaul, Bar
chatta-the latter signifying striped
breeches, which were worn by the
natives. -
Switzerland, the ancient Helvetia,
was so named by the Austrians, who
called the inhabitants of that mountain
Gus country Schweitzers.
italy received its present name from
q renowned prince called Italus. It
was called Hesperia. from its western
locality.
Holland, the ancient Batavia, a war.
like people, was so named from the
German name "hohl," the English of
which is "hollow," implying very low
country. The inhabitants are called
Dutch, from the German ''deutsch" or
"teutsch."
Sweden and Norway were anciently
called Scandinavia, which the modern
antiquarians think means . country and
woods which have been burned or de-
stroyed. The appellation Sweden is de.
rived from Sintuna, or Svitheod, the
native term Norway. or the northern
way, explaining itself.
Prussia. from Peuzai, aSclavonic race;
but some writer's suppose il took its
name from Russia and the Sclavonic
syllable Po, which means adjacent or
near.
Denmark means the marches, terri
tories or boundaries of the Danes.
Russia is the ancient Sarmatia, which
has been subsequently, named ,Muscovy.
It derives its present name from Russi,
. Sclavonic tribe who founded the Rus.
sian monarchy. The original savage in
habitants used to paint their bodies. in
order to appear more terrible in battle.
They generally lived in the mountains,
and their chariots were their only hab-
itations.
Turkey took its name from the Turks
or Turcomans, which signifies wander
ers, and originally belonged to the Scy-
thiaDs or Tartars. 1t is sometimes called
the Ottoman Empire. from Othmon,
one Of their principal leaders.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-03
ROunneIia.

LONDON, October 2.-According to adj
vices from Philippopolis the report that
Russia wishes to dethrone Prince Alex
ander has greatly angered Roumelians.
The Prince. it is said, was never so
popular as he is now.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, October 1.-THE Sui
tan is receiving COUNSEL from Prince
Bismarck respecting the Roumeli an
question, and it is probable be will
adopt a policy in harmony with the
German Chancellor's suggestions.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, October 2. = The
first formal meeting of the ambassadors
to consider the Roumelian question will
be held on Monday next when Said
Pasha, new minister of foreign affairs,
arrives from Berlin where he has until
the recent change of the ministry been
Turkish ambassador.
CoNsTANTNoPLE, October 2.-Great
activity prevails to-day in all the va
riOus bureaus of the war office. Troops
are rapidly arriving here. and as
quickly dispatched to Tripoli, SaIonica
and Dedagutch. Marshal Fouad Pasha
has started for Adrianople.