Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-12-20
LATER NEWS.

wooden and silk goods, have failed for $780,
600.
PETER CLAUsEE, a lineman of New York
city, while on a pole repairing wire was
killed His body hung for thirty minutes be-
fore it could be taken down.
CLAUS SPRECKELs started his great sugar
refinery in Philadelphia himself, dump
ing the first hogshead of raw sugar into the
melting pan.
IT was decided that no delegation from New
York city be sent to Washington until Con-
gress should have taken up the Exposition
bill Mayor Grant issued another appeal for
subscriptions.
President HARRISON arrived in Chicago
and delivered an address at the opening of
the Auditorium in that city.
The Capital Loan and Investment Com
pany, which was organized about six months
ago at Lincoln Neb., with capital stock of
so, 0OO 900, has gone into voluntary hquida-
ton.
A BOILER in Dean s. Kings sawmill, near
Birming CHAM, Ala, exploded, killing three
men.
WILLIAM H. SMITH, colored, for several
years Assistant Librarian in Washington,
has been promoted to be Librarian of the
the House.
CONFIRMATION of the massacre of DR.. Pc
tiers, the German explorer, and his party in
Africa has been received. The camp was
surrounded by 1900 Somalis and attacked at
midnight. None escaped.
NEARLY three thousand freedmen attacked
the office of a Republican paper at Maran-
hao, Brazil. Twenty-Five soldiers fired
them, and a brief figh5 followed Two sol
diers and six negroes were killed and fifteen
negroes wounded.
THE first hippopotamus ever born in this
country saw the light few days Since at the
Central Park New YOrk city menagerie. 1t
weighed at birth forty pounds.
A CONTRACT for thirty-six large guns to
cost 4, 800 600 marks has been concluded with
the Krupps by the Chinese Government. The
guns are intended for the northern forts.
The Portuguese Geographic Society pro-
poses, with the aid of the Government, to
organize national company to explore tie
alleged immense riches OF Mozambique, III
Africa.
TIE American Federation of Labor met
in convention at Boston.
OLIVER JOHNSON, the prominent anti
slavery agitator and newspaper writer, died
at his home in Brooklyn.
THOMAS n. HART Republican, has been
reelected Mayor of Boston by about 5000
majority.
ALL the schools Of Marlboro, Mass, were
closed owing to the prevalence of diphthe-
rla.
COLONEL JUsTUs H. RATHBONE, founder
of the Order Of the Knights of Pythias, died
at Lima. Ohio. He was born at DeerfieId, n
Y. in 1899.
TRAIN ran off the track at Watertown
South Dakota, causing the death of the Ell
gineer fireman and brakeman.
WILLIE JOHNSON, aged twelve of New
Haven, KY, shot and killed Tommy Ford
aged fourteen. The two had quarreled and
Ford was attacking Johnson.
WHITE CAPS, at Holyoke, Col, horse
whipped j. S. Bennett and w. D. Kelsey,
two prominent attorneys Of that place. The
horsewhippinG is the result of county seat
war.
" c. CHESTERMAN, a conductor. was run
over and instantly killed at the depot in Nor
folk Va. His foot got caught in a frog and
he fell backward. The train passed over his
body, cutting it in two engthwise
MRS. SCOTT LORD, sister of the Presidents
wife, after several months illness, has died
SIR JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE the British Min
lister, and his wife gave a reception to the
delegates to the Marine Conference.
THE following nominations have been con-
firmed by the Senate: Robert p
Porter, of New York to be Super
jntendent of the Census: Lewis A.
Croft, Of Nebraska, to be Commissioner of
the General Land Office; William NJ Stone,
Of Iowa, to be Assistant Commissioner of the
General Land Office: James NJ Townsend
Of Indiana, to be Recorder of the General
Land Office.
Mr.. MACDONALD, the manager of the
London Times, is dead.
THE Germans, under Lieutenant Schmidt
had an engagement with the Bushiris, on the
east coast of Africa. Twenty-eight Bushiris
were killed and the others escaped.
COLONEL CLIBBoRN BOOTH, the chief of
staff to the commander of the Salvation
Army, has been arrested in Geneva for in
fringing the decree by which he was ex-
PEELED from Swiss territory.
THE Swiss Federal Assembly has elected
NJ Louis Ruchonnet President, and Dr.. Z.
Welt Vice-President of the Republic of
Switzerland for 1890.