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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-15
UP IN ARMS.
Nebraska Insists On tho Payment OF tho
Union Pacific Don't.

Union Pacific Debt
LIycoLS, Nob., Dec 1.-The Attorney
General Of this State Is mp In arms against
the proposition made ia Congress ~ cx-
tend the time for the payment OF the
Union Pacific debt lie has taken tho
matter In hand, and ia communication
60 the Governor alleges that the Union
Pacific has taken by purchase aud con.
domination proceedings large tracts oi yalu.
able land In the State outside ol any rights
oi way granted IN II 10y Congress, aud
from this be- argues that the rad should
be- amcnnblc 10 the State. Considering
the bill now pending in Congress 10 cX-
tend the timc lur the payment ui tho debt
Of this road, tho Attorney General, after
speaking OF the great wrong which he
claims would Doc done Ia the people ui
Nebraska by the passage Of such Iu net,
SAYS III this debt should be- extended
II will only prUlong the burden nov rest.
ing On the people ui this State. The only
lair method ol solving this great Union
Pacific problem is luf the Government to
order the road TO be- fold for cash. Then
the State could control L aud allow such
rates lIr transportation ns will yield liir
percentage on liz cash value"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-15

Special Dispatch 10 The ArreaL
IlurSA, Ark, Dec. I-One Of the
largest lumber deals ever entered into In
this party Of lhc country was closed this
afternoon. The contract was between the
Batchclcr Egg Case Manufacturing Com.
pany Of this place aud the Moline lumbyi
COMPANY ui this city The Egg Case iuc.
tory purchased iron the Moline Company
100000 feet oi lumber. which b. TO be-
Immediately converted into egg cases.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-15

Special Dispatch % lho ApFhh
JAcgsos, Tenn, Dee. lL-1hc Rev.
Sam Jones, the great Georgia evangelist,
lccturcd h a large audience at lcarcyg
Opcra.houso In this city tonight An ox.
cnr,ion train camo In aud all the various
roads are bringing crowds OF people to
hear this remarkable man.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-15

CONVICT HORROR.
A Recent Exposure in ROsedale.
Bolivar County, Miss, Stirred Up
From Center to circumference.
A Brutal Convict Sergeant Con-
victed OF Inhuman Cruelty.
A Convict Falls at His Task and Is
Kicked While Down.
He Staggers to His Feet aad Again
Falls at His Drivers Feet.
He Dies Five Days Afterward OF
Pneumonia.
Tho People Telegraph the Governor
for an Investigation
He Sends a Commissioners, Who
Will Report Fully.
The Appeal Also Sends Commits
sioner to Investigate
The Odious Features of the Convict
Lease System Pointed Out.
Atrocities Perpetrated on the Ship
Island 81 Gulf Railroad.
The Righteous Sentence ola Bolivar
County Magistrate.
Men With Mashed Fin yers Worked
Till Amputation.
A Chapter OF Horrors Which WIN Open
the Eyes OF tho People-The
Convict Lease system
Must Go.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-15

Atrocities Perpetrated on the Ship
Island 81 Gulf Railroad.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-15

The Odious Features of the Convict
Lease System Pointed Out.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-15
- THE APPEAL. =

h One of tho completest
newspapers in the South
is the old reliable Mem
phis Appeal.
-BroIeHsrae (Tsaa.l Sdtes. Democrat
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-15

= THE APPEAL, =
A Journal noted for Its
progressive spirit and
sound sense on public
questions.
--Chdi,cnooJd Tina
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-15

The Appeal Also Sends n Commits
sioner to Investigate.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
An Electrical Car.

One of the remarkable sights in this
;ity, says New York letter to the Gin
einnati Commercial Gazette, is the Julien
electrical car rushing along in way that
excite degree of surprise approaching
alarm. The car is the ordinary style
familiar on the streets. painted green,
with bell that rings sharply, and big
LEAP in front. The propelling power is
Invisible. Itconsists of electricity stored
in tanks fitted under seats. The car
spins along at lively rate, if permitted,
and is under perfect control. 1t is
stopped in less time than horses can be
checked, and starts with a gentle facility,
and gains speed as if motion was its
natural condit on and the rests were en-
forced. The one that | saw on Fourth
avenue was gliding ahead, pursued and
in part surrounded by a great swarm of
boys, who seemed to be of the impression
that they were witnessing show of
magic. The street car horses did not
like the monster, and pranced as if they
proposed going on a strike. The cleo
trical car rad load of passengers, and
moved over ordinary tracks in a MASTER
full manner. OF course, if this sort of
thing can be carried on at a cheap rate,
there will not long be use for horses or
cables. There is difficulty, am told,
in the cost of the plant, and the ques-
tion that raises the uncertainty is as to
the endurance of the costly plant. It
should be noted that the cars l describe
are not run upon specially prepared
tracks, and are not connected with wires
that are streaks of lightning from dyna-
mos. The running machinery is. of
course, peculiar, and the electricity is
stored. Electricians say that great ad-
vances have been made within a few
months in the storage of electricity, and
if it progresses a little further the APP
plicatiOn of it will be something infinite.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
Shifting the Officers.

The new management of the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad company
has made new deal in the offering of
the road. At meeting of the directory
held in New York, one day last week,
changes were made as follows:
Mr.. W. Il. Turner, treasurer, is sue
ceeded by Mr.. John w. Hall, formerly
assistant treasurer Mr. Turner is one
of the most accomplished accountants
and one of the most faithful railroad men
in the country. Mr. Hall is an old
citizen of Richmond, and, like Mr..
Turner, ranks high asa business man.
The Office of comptroller, filed by Mr..
f. A. Barber has been abolished, and
Mr.. c. NJ Crump, the auditor will have
entire control of the accounting depart
ment.
Mr. James T. Worthington has been
made general counsel of the company in
place of Judge IL. II. Marshall. The cir
cular announcing Mr.. Worthington's APP
pointment states that his office will be in
Washington.
Mr.. w. p. DeSausser, the assistant
counsel, has been succeeded by Col. John
N. Staples. Of Washington.
Secretary r. Brooke, who has been
with the company about twelve years,
becomes assistant treasurer.
Messrs. Turner and Barber had been
connected with the Richmond and Dan
vile since 1865.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
WASHINGTON.
FOR APPROPRIATIONS.

The urgent DEFICIENCIES which the
House committee on appropriations will
ask to have provisions made for at very
early day have been received by the COM
mittee. The aggregate, $50, 1924 as re-
ported by Secretary Fairchild. The
amount required for work on public
buildings in various parts of the country,
1896, 500; for high stations, $367, 932
Territorial governments, $11,264; for
miscellaneous objects, 1918, sos; the
principal part of which $685., 900 is for
agricultural experiment stations. The
war department gets $s1, ,953 extending
the signal service etc. The Interstate
Commerce Committee has an item of
SIS, 900; the public land service, $33-,
100; expenses of collecting the revenue
from the public lands, $SS, 400; survey
ing the public lands, 100000; Indian
affairs, $50, 900; pensions, $35, 900; for
fees of jurors of United States Courts,
$3.50, 600; fees of witnesses United States
Courts, 5000, 900; pay of tariffs, United
States Courts. $75,0OO; to pay judg-
ments court of claims, $210, ,0SS.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
THE OLD STORY.
Two Trains Try to Pass on the Same
Track in Opposite Directions.
Three Persons Instantly Killed and Sew
eral Others Fatally Injured.

Three Persons Instantly Killed and Sew
eral Others Fatally Injured.
The most disastrous collision that ever
occurred on the CINCINNATI Southern road
took place seventeen miles south of Som
erset, Ky. Limited express No. 2 which
left Chattanooga at o O'Clock a. M, ran
into limited express No. 1, which left
Cincinnati at :55 a. m., between tun-
nels and s, demolishing both engines,
throwing every car from the track on
train No. except the two sleepers, and
killing three persons outright.
Besides these, the early reports state
that thirteen passengers were killed and
large number badly hurt. The point
at which the accident happened was over
a mile from any telegraph office and in a
country hard to get at.
At Winfield Conductor Schrum and
Engineer Michaels, of train No. 2, re-
ceived orders to run to Summit, regard
less of train No. 1. The word "Sum
nit was mistaken for the word ''Somcr-
SET" and the engineer went flying to-
ward that station at the rate of forty
miles per hour Both trains are the
fastest run in the south, and when they
came together the crash was terrible.
Neither engineer could see more than two
hundred yards ahead of him, so crooked
was the road. 1t is said that the two
locomotives were only about hundred
feet apart when both engineers saw that
collision was going to occur, and they
yelled to their firemen, and all four
men jumped for their lives.
Fortunately none of them are hurt, save
some severe bruises which they received.
The engines were thoroughly welded
together and are both total wreck.
Physicians were Immediately summon
ed to the scene of the accident and were
carried thereto by a special train. When
they arrived at the place, they were hor-
rifed.to see the baggage and express car
of train No. 2 on fire. The dead bodies
of the baggage master and express agent
and the dead passengers had been gotten
out before the fire broke out, but the
cars wero entirely consumed. Both the
baggage and express car of No. were a
total wreck, having been broken into
splinters and they very soon caught fire
from the stoves.
The scene which followed the acci-
dent beggars description. The heaviest
damage fell on train No. ., and it was
on that train that most of the people
were killed and injured. The more
fortunate passengers did everything they
could to alleviate the sufferings of those
who were dying. When the physicians
had examined those who had been injur-
ed, they very soon pronounced three per-
sons probably fatally hurt, but could not
determine the extent Of the injuries of a
number of the passengers. All the train
men on both trains escaped unhurt.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
Address,
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The equestrian takes back seat.
The convict is naturally in good
humor when he's breaking out.
Maud asks "How can / get white
handsY" Make bread, Maud. Burlington
Free Press.
Men who cover themselves with glory
sometimes find that they are, after all,
very thinly clad.-BostOn Post.
1t is rumored that the interstate peo-
pie are going TO abolish the Rocky
Mountain passes. Detroit Free Press.
II saw pretty thing in kid gloves
last evening"" observed Fitzpercy to his
sister "What was it?" "My best girls
hand. --Phtsjurgs Chrcnicle.
"a see the dude has got into the latest
edition of Webster's dictionary" "Has
he7 Well, hurry, then, and slam the
cover down. y Chicago Nens.
"Advice," says a philosopher. "should
come to us like gentle fall of snow"
Very true; but we usually receive it as
ifit were shower bath. -Bos'On COurir.
"Does marriage change MANI" asks
q writer. Depends on whom he marries.
Some women would make man bald in
six months. .-Bur!ingtOa Free Press.
Early to bed and early to rise
Makes man healthy, wealthy and WISE"
Campagne and oysters at midnight's hour
Cuts a man off in his early flower.
--Merchdnt Traveller
Lady (who had sick husband)-
"Don't you think, doctor, that you
ought to bleed my husband'" Doctor
(absent-mindediy)-" No, madame, not
until he gets well. ."-EpOch.
An exchange has an article on "China
as 1t Is" Just how China is depends
upon the hired girl Generally it is
wicked, and often so badly broken that
it has to be swept out.-OmzhG Herald.
In these cold winter nights true love is born
Conceive a sweeter picture if you can;
Fair Chloe at the fireside pops the corn
And Stephen pops the question, like a
man.
Boston Courier
II tell you what it is, Gus: Araminta's s
father can't appreciate us. He has no
SOUL" "Oh he HASN'T eh2 Well, If
you'd been in my place last night you'd
have thought he was all sole. "-HarPer's
Bdsar.
A strange child was introduced TO A.
year-old Adelaide with injunctions as TO
his entertainment. With superb dig
nifty the suggestions were checked by:
"My dear, ] have played with children
all my life. ."-Amerioda Nagasine.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
NEWS FROM THE BLIZZARD.
Unprecedented Snow Storms in the North
west-Traius Abandoned.

ST. PAUL, M1nn., Jan. 2.-All points
north of the international boundry and
in Montana were reported below zero
temperatures last night. 1t was still
showing at st. Paul at midnight, but the
fury of the storm had abated. All trains
into st. Paul were one to four hours late.
Sioux Falls, Dakota, reports trains badly
delayed Huron, Dakota, reports the
sending cut of a relief train to meet the
Chicago mail, and stuck at Arlington.
At Brainer Mimi, the snow is drifting
badly. Rotary snow machines have done
capital service on the Northern Pacific.
Shaopee, Mimi, says all north and
south roads are blockaded. All Northern
and Pacific freight trains east of the Mis-
souri, river were abandoned yesterday.
At Davenport, Iowa, a heavy snow
storm has been raging for 12 hours. Over
twelve inches of snow have fallen.
Freight trains have been generally
abandoned and passenger trains go forth
with double locomotives.
At Dubuque, Iowa, another blizzard
has been raging for the past twenty-four
hours All freight trains are Abandoned
and passenger trains are working along
with double engines and snowplows and
making very little progress. The situa-
alton is worse than during the recent
storm. The present one extends clear
across the state and is more violent be-
yond Fort Dodge than on this side.
Southern trains are expected to arrive
without losing much time. The murcury
is above zero
The cold wave struck Vermont last
night, this morning the following tenn
peraturc is reported: At Barre 30 below
zero; Calais, 22 below; East Calais, 30
below; Hardwick, 81 below; Marshfield,
"a below Montpelier, 50 below; More
town, so below; Plainticld, 30 below;
West Randolph, 28 below, and Stowe 30
below.
At Chicago the blizzard that blowed
yesterday afternoon drove almost every
body off the streets and almost blockaded
traffic throughout the city. The street
cars struggled along at long intervals
early in the evening. Mails were nearly
all from four to five hours behind time.
The streets were deserted at ten o'clock,
at that hour the intensity Of the storm
was almost unprecedented in this locali-
ty. The wind shifted into the east and
was blowing at the rate of 80 miles an
hour. Suburban trains were also greatly
DELAYED and at one time were completely
blocked by drifts at thirty fifth street.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
SOUTH CAROLINA'S ADVANCE.
Great increase in values Reported by
the OmcInls.

tne Umcl0loe
A review of the progress made in all
branches of business in South Carolina
the past year, as compared with the pro-
gress made in 1880, will show that South
Carolina is making rapid onward strides,
is in better condition than she has been
within the past quarter of a century. In
1879 the comptroller generals report
shows that the value of all taxable prop
erty in the state was 1920, 900, 900. This
year the value of such property is placed
at Sal, 900, 900. The increase in real es-
tate, outside of cities and towns has been
So, 500, 900. In 1880 the values of farm
products and manufactures, and minerals
live stock, fruits and vegetables was $72,
500, 900; in 1887 the values of these prod
ucts is one hundred and three million
dollars, an increase of thirty-one and a
half millions. Farm products in 1880
were valued at forty-twO millions in 1887
at forty-seven millions. Live stock in
1880 was valued at twelve millions; in
1887 nearly twenty millions. Mineral
products in 1880 one and third millions.
The mineral products are principally
phosphate rock. Fruits and vegetables
in 1880 one hundred and sixty-three
thousand dollars; in 1887 eight hundred
and sixty thousand dollars. Three hun
dred thousand quarts of berries and near
ly millions melons, an enormous in
crease over any previous year. The pro
gress in the construction of railroads =
South Carolina has been marked. In the
past two years one hundred and eight
miles of road has been built and put into
operation, and half dozen lines are
now being worked up. The cost of this
has been nearly 81, 200, 900. Since 1880
$500, 900 have been expended in build
ing railroads. In 1880 the total railroad
earnings for South Carolina were 81, 900, :
900, in 1887 So, 500, 900. There is more
money ofioat now than for years on ac-
count of the good cotton crops. The
state has Just turned over to Columbia the
canal valued at $4,000, 900, which the
city will complete at cost of 5000, 600,
and when this is done there will be as
fine water power as there is anywhere,
and accommodations for fifty factories.
The condition and prospects of the state
are excellent.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
WISE WORDS.

There is no joy like the joy of resolved
virtue.
Truth is rock large enough for all to
stand upon.
The way to have a good credit is to
keep out of debt.
Faith is the pencil of the soul that
pictures heavenly things.
The worst Of slaves are those who are
constantly serving their passions.
We commonly SANDER more through
vanity than through malice.
1t is an irrefragable law Of mind that
moral efforts become definitely easier by
repetition.
Tenderness makes a woman grateful; a
noble manhood compels all her deep in
stincts of love.
Education is the leading of human
souls TO what is best, and making what
is best out of them.
The blessing of house is goodness.
The honor of house is hospitality. The
ornament of house is entertainment.
Companions are to be avoided that are
good for nothing; those to be sought and
frequented that excel in some quality OF
other.
Every man takes care that his neighbor
shall not cheat him. But day comes
when he begins to care that he does not
cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well.
He has changed his market cart into a
chariot Of the sun.
These who have no ear for music must
be very careful how they speak about the
mysterious world of thrilling vibrations
which are idle noises TO them. And so
the true saint can be entirely appreciated
only by sanity natures.
We can use every part of our nature
conscience, intellect, heart and will-so
as TO reailirm the old verdict that all is
vanity and vexation of spirit; or we can
give ourselves up TO the divine posi-
bilities within, and, living in them, find
our relationship to the Infinite Life that
has no limits.
The setting Of great hope is like the
setting Of the sun. The brightness Of our
life is gone. Shadows Of evening fall
around us, and the world seems but dim
reflection, itself broader shadow. We
look forward into the coming lonely
night. The soul withdraws iDto itself.
Then stars arise. and the night is holy.
Monkeys in Eastern countries are said
toacquire such fondness for opium that
they will habitually smoke any that may
be left in the pipe when the master lays
II down, and when deprived Of it will
Suher from nervousness and depression,
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
FIrreen Thousand Ducks Shot in Day.

The best record ever made in the Sus-
quelanna fields was about eight years
go, when ON the opening day William
,obson, of Havre de Grace, an expert
gunner, killed from box $40 and burst
fine gun before he stopped. He kept
two men busy all day picking up dead
ducks. His second got at times too hot
to hold. Ten or fifteen years ago Is, 900
were killed in a days shooting. In an
average season there are about fifty boxes
aud $50 bushwackers. The capital in
vested in the business is from $75, 600 to
800, 600. This includes boats, decoys,
boxes, guns, &c. From 2j, 900 to 80, 600
ducks have been killed in season in
later years They are sold everywhere.
The best prices are given in New York.
Washington, Boston, Baltimore and
Philadelphia. No wild fowl can equal
in flavor a Susquehanna canvas-bacl5
duck. .-Baltimore american.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
THESTRIKERS QUIET.
Seemingly Awaiting DeveIOpments-Prcs
ident COrbiu's Address.


At the office of Mr.. Corbin, president of
the Reading Railroad Company, in New
York city, it was learned that there was
practically very little news TO report in
regard to the stiik9, and that there would
probably be no important developments
for few days BY that time miners will
have had full opportunity to discuss
and take action on Mr.. Corbin's address.
AT the offices of the various coal compa-
nies the address of President Corbin was
considered very fair presentation of
th9 facts of the case, and it would in all
probability have the effect of preventing
the great body of the miners from taking
action. ''We don't anticipate any seri-
our trouble said Mr.. Maxwell. the chief
assistant of Mr. Corbin, ''When the men
realize that they are asked only to keep
a contract which they voluntarially made
have no doubt that the greater part of
them will refuse to go out"
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
Beyond Comprehension.

A certain Sunday school worker, noted
for bis pompous manner and lofty use of
language, was invited to sister city TO
establish a Bible class. IL was mostly
composed Of ladies. One day two of the
members met friend who had not
joined.
"Oh, you ought 10 come and hear Pro-
fessor -. he is SO grand. so deep, and
so-so-religious, cried one.
ayes, indeed" chimed in the other
member, she talks to us in such a schol-
arly manner and uses such beautiful Lam
guage, don't believe anybody could un-
derstand what he says except himself. -
And with this peculiar tribute 10 the
great mans greatness, they went on their
way.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
KILLED BY q Falling Tree.

A negro lad about II years of age,
named Joe ManigaI1t, living ON Mr..
Henry Sandifer's pace, three miles from
Midway, $. c., was accidently killed by
a tree falling on him. lie and his broth
er were engaged in splitting rails. When
the tree was about to fall he ran TO get
out Of the way, but piece Of limb fell
on him and threw him on his face Be
fore he could recover the tree fell on him
and strange to say, no part Of his body or
limbs was broken. II is supposed that
he died from some conclusion on his head.
lie lived about half an hour after he was
struck, but was spccchless,
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
is PUBLISHED
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of the Country.
Able and well-known writers will contrib
ute to its columns from different parts of the
country, and it will contain the:latest Gen
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IHE MESSENGER is first-class newspaper
and will not allow personal abuse in its col
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Independent-dealing fairly by all. 1t re-
serves the right to criticise the shortcomings
OF all public officials-commendin the
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meu as in its opinion are best suited to serve
the interests of the people.
1t is intended to supply the long felt need
OF a newspaper to advocate the rights and
defend the interests of the Negro American,
especially in the Piedmont section of the
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