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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-11
ARRIVE RICHMOND.
&:45 pm.--MAIL daily except sunday.
Vas m.-ACCOMM0DATIO daily texccpt
Sunday.
l245 am.-EXPkESS daily.
CnNNECTInkS

CONNECTIONS.
Sunday accommodation between Richmond
and Scottsville leaves sUO am, arrives return
in 7l5 r.m.
Al Clifton Forge with Chesapeake and Ohio
railway for the South, Weet, and Northwest
At LyIchpurg with Norfolk aud Western
railroad for all points South, Southeast. and
Southwest, and Virginia Midland railway for
all points North and south.
At Richmond with Associated Railways for
all points I'm the South. and Richmond. frede-
icksburg and Potomac railroad tor the North.
At Lexington with baltimore and onio rail-
road, making close connections at HarpeiA
Ferry to and from PittsburR and the West
also TO points North and East.
Sleeping car attached 10 NIGHT EXPRESS
stops at Lynchburg.
SLEEPING-CAkS LYNCHBUkG to MEN
PHIS, NEW ORLEANS. aud LITTLE ROCK.
Trains marked daily except Sunday, DAILY.
Tickets sold TO all points. Offices: VIZ
st Main treet, lUV0 Main street, and 1t
Richmond an, Aileshany depot, Eighth and
Canal streets.
JOHN X. MACMURDO,
7de5 Gcn'i Passenger Agent.
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DIEDMONT AIRLINE.
RICHMOND X DANVILLE RAILROAD.
SHORTEST AND MOST DIRECT ROUTE
10 THE SOUTH.
PULLMAN SLEEPER- ON ALL NIGHT
TRAINS.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APRIL %, 1893.
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STEAMSHIPS.
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COM.
" PANY.
FOR NEW YORK,

Steamers leave Richmond EVERY TU Ell
DAY and FRIDAY at pm.
Steamers leave New York for Richmond
EVERY WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY
at 8 p. m; arriving In Richmond MONDAY and
FRIDAY mornings.
Passenger accommodations unsurpassed.
Cablr fare to New York via James river
route tincludng meals and berth). ....$V
Round-trip tickets limited to thirty days
after date of issue. ...................... IA Go
SteeIa age, with subsistence. 8 20
steer age, without subsistence. ........ 8 o.
Cabin fare via Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
rOdu... .'.'.''..'.. ~ W
Cabin fare via Richmond and Petersburg
Tickets can be obtained at A. w. CAREERS.
100 Main street Chesapeake and Ohio and
Richmond aud Petersburg depOts, and at COM
pany's Offices, 1901 Main street. and wharf
Rockets.
Fregbts forwarded and through bills Of Lao
ing issued for points beyond New York.
Freight received daily until hour of sailing
Passengers leaving Richmond on MON
DAYS, TT ESDA rs, WEDN ESDA Us. THURS
DAYS, and SATURDAYS by the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway (via Newport News)at $40 IN.
and 10y Richmond and Petersburg railroad
(same day at l0:iy Am, will make connection
Mt NORFOLK with steamer leaving those
days.
GEORGE W. ALLEN & Co., Agents,
No. 1901 Main street, and
2jy loft Company's Wharf. Rockets.
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'Daily. tDaily (eYcept Sunday.
STOPPING pfACEs.

'DohJ toASSpe ouuohJps
STOPPING PLACES.
Nos. q and II make no stops No. g. stops
only on signal At Manchester anil Chester.
No. 70 stops only on signal at chester, Ccntrs.
La and Manchester. No. ID stops on signal at
all regular stations. No. o. stops on signal as
all regular stations. and also at Temples and
Port Walthall. Nos 81. e. IS, "a. B. %, 81
and 81 will stop At all stations for passenger.
PULLMAN CAR SERVICE.
On Trains Nos. IA and y sleeping cars DO.
tween New York and Tampa. Fla, (vta Jack
sonville). On Trains Nos. Il and " sleeping
cars between Washington and Charleston.
On Train No. IS sleeping-csrs between
New York and Jacksonville. On Train No. 2,
sleeping cars between Washington and Jack
sOnvIlle.
THE ONLY ALL-RAfLLfNE TO N0RFoLK
LEAVE. ARRIVE.
kiSsmOnS S ss p p% sSrtos P pn
Norfolk, 1850 pm. Richmond. SIS pm
These trains also make close connections
for Farmvillc. Lynchburg, and south
and Western railroad. except the 1888 train.
Passengers for points west OF Petersburg
should take the 935 am. train instead.
X. n. SULLY,
Superintendent.
Z. T. ID. MYERS.
General Superintendent
TN. EMERSON, General Pass sngei Agent.
Sol HAAS. Traffic Manager. Zap ~
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VIRGINIA STEAMBOAT COM

PANY'S
JAMES RIVER LINE
FOR Old POINT. NORFOLK. PORTS
MOUTH. NEWPORT news, GLAZE
MONT, AND JANIS RIVER LAND
INGS DIRECT.
AND ONLY DIRECT kOUTE WITHOUT
TRANSFER OR CHANGE OF
ANY KIND.
CONNECTIONS:
At0LD POINT. coselywitb all lines for Ba
timole. Philade iphia. and New York same at
terDOon; also, at Norfolk f. T Eastern Mort h
Carolina and the south.
AtNEwPOR NEWS for Old Point, Hamp
ton, and Smithfeld. Va
Ana ut CLAREMONT with the Atlantic Il
Danyl e railroad for Waverly, HlcksfOrd, &c.
ONLY ALL WATER ROUTE.
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DICHMOND AND ALLEGHANl
IL RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE OF TRAINS IN EFFECT
MAY 81. 1853
ONLY LINE RUNNING SOLID TRAINS AND
PALACE SLEEPING CARS bktwssr RICH
MOND AND LyNCHBUR0.
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RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND
POTOMAC.
THROUGH ALL-RAIL FAST-FRElGHJ
LINE TO AND FROM BALTIMORE,
PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK,
AND EAST TERN AND
WESTERN CITIES.
ONLY TWELVE HOURS BETWEEN
RICHMOND AND BALTIMORE
IN EACH DIRECTION.
Correspondingly quick time to other points
Through bills of laden issued at low rates.
q. A. TAYLOR,
OcV General Freight Agent.
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Train Train
mo. 5O' mo. 81.
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prosecutions or alternative sentence. The
rear room of his store on Main street was
adjudged common nuisance and abated.
G.. w. Wing and w. A. Lord for respondent.
State as. Charles w. Locklin, appellant.
Respondent pleaded guilty to keeping a
nuisance He was fined $40 and costs of
prosecution, or alternating sentence. SEN
ter & Kemp for respondent.
In the cases for violation of the liquor
law-State u.s. Clark Roberts 0hree cases)
State rs. G.. w. Lockliu, State rs. Erastus
Locklin two cases), State rs. Arthur Lock-
lin two cases), State as. Peter Dewey two
cases. and State rs. George Wade two
cases)-bonds were called and forfeited
Monday. The court, after considering the
matter, issued bench warrants yesterday to
apprehend the respondents in the above
cases and bring them into court The
liquor cases of Il. o. Walker and Il. Il.
Meader were mol pressed. The two cases
against George Wheeler were continued.
State Us. Francis ID. Lamb, for larceny, is
now on trial and will probably consume the
greater part of to-day and tomorrow.
States attorney and Dillingham; for state
Heath & Fay and Shurtleif for respondent.
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Marrtaoes.

. In Wardsboro, March 25. Wallace Smith and Emma
Bissell.
In Newport Center, March 20, NJ. f. Phillips and
Ada Page.
In Morristown, March %, j. S. Walker and Matte
NJ. Reyes.
In Hyde Park, March q, G. c. Goddard and Stella
Waterman.
In Burlington, April ?, L. o. Shepard and Eleanor
Whitehead.
In johnson, March Is, j. j. Crafts and Mary A.
Edwards, both of Lowell
In Ludlow, March %, Jacob Rhodes of Lynn,
Mass, and Ida b. Horton.
In Georgia Plain, March IS, Frank Page of Essex
and Mary f. Fay of Milton.
In st. Adams, March 2s Chester l.. Potter and
Nellie Blake of East Georgia.
In Barre, March ~, by Rev l.. L. Beeman, Frank
g. Rowland and Mary Wells, both of Barre.
In Chelsea, March %, by Rev j. A. Sherburn Hyde
Cabot and Mrs. Paulina Niles, both of Chelsea.
In Waterbury, March Is, by Rev L. B. Fuller, Jay
ii. Warren and Kate B. Lyon, both of Waterbury.
In Chelsea Feb. %, by Rev. J. A. Sherburn Mason
H. Hoyt and Rosie e. Sargent, both of Craftsbury
In Waterbury. March 2s. by Rev. l.. b. Fuller
Corey A. Larkin and Carrie A Smith, both of Water
bury,
In Waterbury, Feb. 2s, by Rev. f. b. Fuller, vii
mer H. Heath of Sparta, Mich, and Mae j. Morse of
Waterbury,
In Waterbury Center, March q, by Rev. II. Web
ster, Joseph s. Seaver of Manchester and Mrs. d.
B. Farley of West Townshend.
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Deatbs.

~ totnson ,aro,, "a go. 49,, "a
III Johhsoil, warren 10 FRANK Atwel, d.
In UnderhiIl March 2e' Otis Church 10
In st. Adams, April Jefferson Marsh IS.
In ST. Adams, April /, jefferson Marsh Y.
In pethet Narch an pos, A !, NJ. =,
In woitseoid March II tIor.,. 49,. -
~ i5 ii""iey' 90
~ , 1''''v" 90 - i'er ihoinas' 90
In Stannard, March "a Joseph Bodgett, 81
In ST Johnsbury, March % Joseph Hill 81.
In johnson, March Is, Mrs. Martha Ober g.
- ,,.,..,,,' -. ,e a., ' W.
In G, Ama,s Mel, On Antra,,, e,,.l, -
-. ~ n'""'I'' "aio" '.' Niuie" 9herlock' d.
In Bellows Falls March %, Susan ID. Cook 75
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Another Great Cure by DR.. Gage.

Dr. o. G. cage: DEAR SIR write to
sincerely thank you for saving my life On
the Both day of November, 1886, I was
thrown from a sleigh and received an almost
fatal injury to my spine. / became as help
less IA a babe, unable to move myself in
bed, and what / suffered no tongue can tell.
On the 18th Of May my mother consulted
you in my case and you sent remedies, with
out seeing me, which have worked a perfect
cure. | advise the afflicted to consult you,
for believe you to be endowed with Gods
choicest gift Of healing the sick.
LILLIAN A. ASHLEY, Royalton, Vt.
DIR. CAGES NEXT VISIT.
Montpelier, Pavilion, Friday, April 6; Van
Ness House, Burlington, Saturday, April Z.
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9Narkcts.
Brighton and Watertown
live SInnIx

POULTRY. The supply was light. The
ruling price was II to 12Ic per pound.
VEALs.-Receipts, ,l35 head The mar
ket was not active. Prices ranged at q to
&c per pound.
CATTLE.-The receipts were 3,371 head.
Northern dressed sold at A. to 62c and fancy
at 7 to nc per pound.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
1926 head Sheep sold at % to 54c and
lambs at % to &c per pound.
Boston Produce.
CHEEsE.-There is a better demand and
the market has irmer tendency. Extra
Vermont sells at 123 to BE, good to choice
at II to 125c common at 9 to 10c and extra
sage at IL to lac per pound.
BUTTER.-The market is firm and re-
ceipts are kept well sold up. We quote
extra Northern creamery at q to 28c,
extra Western creamery at 30 to Bic,
choice do at % to &c, the finest Franklin
county dairy at % to 29c, good to choice do
at "a to &c, choice Northern dairy at % to
24c and fair to good do at 20 to pc per ID.
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Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for
children teething is the prescription of one
of the best female nurses and physicians in
the United States, and has been used for
forty years with never-failing success by
millions of mothers for their children.
During the process of teething its value is
incaculabe, 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures dysentery and diarrh9a, gripping
in the bowels and wind-colc. BY giving
health to the child it rests the mother. Price
twenty five cents a bottle.
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&irtbs.

In Granville, March &c. to Mr.. and Mrs. George
Il. Farr.
Durham.
In East Roxbury, March 81, a son to Mr. and Mrs
A. l.. Rich.
IN Marshhed March 49, son to Mr.. and Mrs. NJ
II. Bullock.
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Who is Your Best Friend ?

Your stomach of course. Why? Because
if il is out OF order you are one OF the most
miserable creatures living. Give it fair,
honorable chance and see If it is not the best
friend you have in the end. Don't smoke
in the morning. Don't drink in the morn
ing. If you must smoke and drink wait I'M
til your stomach is through with breakfast
You can drink more and smoke more in the
evening and it will tell on you less. II your
food ferments and does not digest right-if
you are troubled with heartburn, dizziness
of the head, coming up of the food after eat
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THE prettiest lady in Montpelier remarked
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs
was a superior remedy, as it stopped her
cough instantly when others had no effect
whatever. So to prove this G. Blakely,
druggist, will guarantee it to all. Prices,
fifty cents and 81. Trial size free.
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No woman is beautiful with bad skin,
covered with pimples, freckles, moth or tan.
/ have been asked many times what will re-
move these unsightly blemishes. No face
paints or powders will remove them, as they
are caused by impure blood. The only sure
remedy have ever seen is Sulphur Bitters,
and in hundreds of cases have never known
them to fal.-EditreSS Fashion Gazette.
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BE Your OwN DoCToR.-It won't cost
you one-half as much. Do not delay. Send
three two-cent stamps for postage and we
will send you DR.. Kaufmann's great work
(hne-coored plates from life on disease, its
causes and home cure. Address A. p. Ord
way & Co., Boston, Mass.
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SHILOH'S VITALIZER is what you
need for constipation, loss of appetite, dir
illness and all symptoms of dyspepsia.
Prices, ten and seventy-five cents per bottle.
Sold by j. V. BabcOCk.
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ENERGY will do almost anything, but it
can not exist if the blood is impure and
moves sluggishly in the veins. There is
nothing so good for cleansing the blood and
imparting energy to the system as Ayers
Sarsaparila. Price 81; six bottles for s..
Sold by druggists.
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Consumption Surely Cured.

To the Editor Please inform your read
ers that | have positive remedy for the
above-named disease. By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been per
manently cured | shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy FREE to any of
your readers who have consumption if they
will send me their express and post-oflice
address. Respectfully, L. A. SLOCUM,
NC, 1871 Pearl street, New York.
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ing, biliousness indigestion, or any other
trouble of the stomach, you had best use
Green's August Flower, as no person can
use it without immediate relief.
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A SLIGHT cold often proves the forerunner
of complaint which may be fatal Avoid
this result by taking Ayers Cherry Pee
toral, the best remedy for colds, coughs
and all throat and lung diseases.
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when Baby was sick we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children she gave them Castoria.
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CATARRH CURED, health and sweet
breath secured by Shiloh's Catarrh Rem
edy. Price fifty cents. Nasal Injector
free. j. V. Babcock, druggist.
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advertisements.
For s ale or Exchange.

acres, with stock and tools. Will take a small farm
worth s2,OUO or $1,000 in part payment. Balance
easy terms. Room @, 1 8 DoaIie street, Boston
Mass.
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IfElj5Ill;I BEST

The New Building of the Albany Business
College and school of Shorthand
and Typt-Writing
is the best structure devoted to business education
in the world Catalogue and specimens of penman-
ship free. Address JOHN H. CARMEL. Principal,
SO, 70 and ~ North Pearl St, Albany n. Y.
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CATARRH CURED.-A clergyman, after
years of suffering from that loathsome dis
ease, catarrh, and vanly trying every known
remedy, at last found prescription which
completely cured and saved him from death.
Any sufferer from this dreadful disease
sending self-addressed stamped envelope
to Professor j. A. Lawrence, 212 East Ninth
street, New York, will receive the recipe
free of charge.
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GROUP, WHOOPING- COUGH and bron-
chitis Immediately relieved by Shiloh's
Cure. For sale by Babcock, the druggist.
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HARDLY wise to suffer pain when a Hop
Plaster acts instantly and pleases the
wearpr.
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SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, made miserabl ,
by that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is the
remedy for you. For sale by j. V. Bah
cock.
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SHILOH'S COUGH and Consumption
Cure is sold by us on a guarantee. 1t cures
consumption. j. V. Babcock, druggist.
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COOP, square, honest goods. Hop Pidsters
never fail when applied to soreness or weak
ness.
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Business Nutitss.

For coughs, colds and consumption use
the old Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam.
Cutler Bros. & Co.
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WILL YOU SUFFER with dyspepsia
and liver complaint? Shiloh's Vitalzer is
guaranteed to cure you. Sold by j. V.
Babcock.
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TAKE d. X. and be o. X. See adver
tisement.
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THAT HACKING COUGH can be so
quickly cured by Shilohs Cure. We guar
antee it. j. V. Babcock, druggist.
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S A L G. S M E N
w A N T f D

To canvass for full line of HARDY CANADIAN
NURSERY STOCK. Honest energetic men 25 years
of age and find steady work for the next
Twelve Months No experience needed. Full in
structions given We engage on SALARY and pay
and enclosing Photo STONE q WELLINGTON,
Montreal, Que. j. w. BEALL, Manager.
Special inducements to men. Nurseries -
Fonth Ont. Established 1872, i65 acres, the largest
Nurseries in Canada.
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For lame back, side or chest use Shiloh's
Porous Plaster Price twenty-five cents.
At j. " Babcock's.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-05-18
THE LABOR WORLD,

THERE are comparatively few idle printers
In the United States
HE big American sugar refinery at San
FRANCISCO, Cal, has shut down.
IN Massachusetts $4,000 children under IA
years OF age are working in shops.
DANvILLE, Va, is to have a new tobacco
warehouse that will hold 600 hogsheads.
OVER one hundred thousand anthracite
miners are employed by six or seven men.
HE Georgia granite quarries employs 400
men, who average $4,000 square yards q day.
TIE capacity of the Southern Pacific Rail
road machine shops at Houston Texas, will
be doubled.
THE largest silk factory in the United
States is being built at WilliamsbTidge, n. Y,
by Dudon & Co.
4 THOUSAND idle men applied for work in
one day at the office OF the Traction Railway
Company in PittSburg Penn
THE flint glass workers VIII start a cooper
alive factory at East Liverpool, W. Va. An
other will be started in Sandwich, Mass
THE largest rolls in the world have just
been completed for a PittSburg mill. They
will roll armOr plates from ingots weighing
80 tons.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-05-18
House PROCEEDINGS.

1O3D DAY.-The day was devoted to the de
cate over the Mills Tariff bill. MessrS. Will
son and Lanham spoke in support of the
measure, while MesSrs. McComas and Allen
took the floor in opposition to it.
10TH DAY.-Mr. Wilson, a member of the
Committee on Ways and Means continued
the tariff debate in the House, his speech
consuming the entire morning session. Mr..
DingIey, in a speech which lasted through
the remainder of the days session, argued
against tariff reform.
105TH DAY.-Mr. Caswel began the days
session by making lengthy speech on the
Mills bill The rest of the day was con-
sumed by speeches on the Tariff, Messrs.
Wheeler, Guenther and Mcdonald partici-
1O6TH DAY. The debate over the tariff bill
continued. Mr.. Belmont introduced
from the Foreign Affairs Committee a bill
making the necessary appropriation in order
to enable the United States to be represented
at the Paris Exposition The bill was passed.
10TH DAY.-The following bills were in
troduced: Appropriating $4,000 for the
erection in Washington of a statue to the
memory Of Major General W. S. Hancock:
directing the Secretary of the Treasury to
use any money now in the Treasury for the
payment of any of the outstanding interest
bearing obligations of the Government,
known as 4 3 and per cent. bonds at par
and accrued interest; authorizing the publ
cation of the documentary history of the
financial, fiscal and commercial records
of the Confederate States" for the ap-
pOintment of a committee to inquire
into the existing irregularities in the
compensation Of officers and employees in the
executive departments. Mr. Blanchard
moved to suspend the rules and take up the
River and Harbor bill. The bill was passed
after lengthy discussion. 1t appropriates
nearly $4,000, 000
108TH DAY.-A letter was read from Mayor
Hewitt, of New York explaining his position
III the case of O'Donnell, the Irish dynamiter
Speeches were made on that subiec byMessrs.
Bryce, Brumm and Woodburn The House
then went into Committee of the Whole on
the Tariff bill. Speeches were made by
Messrs. Stockdale, Hopkins, Mansur. Taylor,
Morrill,. Richardson and McAdoo. The even
ing session was devoted to further debate on
the Tariff bill
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-05-18
OUR GRAVES.

A mound, a stone and violsh
A bird song in the air.
a child that gathers flowers and Ishs
The wind play with its hair:
A field Of wheat across n hedge
Rippled by fairy hands.
a silver stream that downward runs
To cheer the lower lands
No mound. no stone. no vio,ecs-
\ blue sea overhead.
\ sobbing wind that ne'er foryets
It, chanting for the dead;
Beneath the stars on summer nights
That deep, blue grave. how fair,
The while upon the shore the waves
Beat low, as II il prayer.
No mound, no stone. no violets,
No birds, no wave. no star.
A spot where memory forgets
What spring and summer are;
Deeper it lies than deep sea graves,
From land and sen apart.
a grave, 50 sad and iesoia;s'
A grave within the heart
Clarence T. Ucmy
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-05-18
THE METHODISTS.
Figures from Bishop MerriIIs Ad-
dress at the General Conference.


Bishop Stephen NJ Merrill read the Bish-
hops address at the second days session Of
the Methodist Episcopal General Conference
in New York 1t states that since the
last conference not less than $4,000
souls have been brought into the
Church. The membership has gone up
from l, 769, 534 to ., 093, 935. There are now
Ill conferences under the control of the
American Church. Considerable CORE
spondence has been had with the
English Church about conference
between the English and American churches,
to be held in the United States in 1891.
After dwelling at length upon the growth
OF Scepticism, the address advises that pull
pits be filed only with men able to cope with
the arguments of scOffers.
The Church has now twelve theological
seminaries, fifty-four colleges and 154 acad-
emies for the education of candidates for the
ministry. The value of this property is
little over S25, 900, 600
The missionary work of the church de-
mands outlay of 81, 200 900 a year.
The growth of the number of delegates to
the conferences was spoken of, and it was
suggested that some change should be made
to limit the representation.
For the first time in the history of the Con-
ference women had been sent as delegates,
The bishops did not think that they were
eligible
The struggles between capital and labor
were considered, and it was denied that the
Church had any right to take part in political
struggles or had done so.
The bishops denounced Sunday papers and
advocated total abstinence.
committee made a report saying that
women could not be admitted as delegates