Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-22
LATER NEWS,

IHE will Of the deceased millionaire
Isaiah Williamson, was admitted to probate
at Philadelphia The estate is estimated ut
SS,oOOCOO, exclusive of the gift to the Me-
chanical School of 81, 250. 900. Large specific
requests are made to relatives and ri 600 ON
is given for charity.
IHE excitement over the gold fields of
Lower California has somewhat subsidized
a wholesale firm of San Francisco has re-
celved telegram from their foreman, who
has just returned from the mining district,
which says: "Tell everybody to investigate
The mines are sell"
The Chicago division of the Wabash Rail-
road was sold for g. 500, 900 to the purchas.
ing committee at Springfield, Ill.
THE indianapolis Legislature adjourned
sine die.
BOILER, thirty feet long, in the forging
department of the Cleveland Ohio Rolling
Mills, exploded killing James Barr and
Thomas Dorsey and injuring eleven others
TIE North Carolina Legislature, which
adjourned the other day, made provision for
more fully pensioning Confederate veterans
and needy widows of Confederates, tax of
three cents on each hundred dollars worth
OF property and nine cents on the poll being
levied for the purpose.
SENATOR BECK, of Kentucky, has been
sworn in for his third successive term of Of
flee.
AS result of exposure on Inauguration
day, over fifteen Congressman are more or
less i'll and confined to their rooms.
against Balfour's treatment of O'Brien, the
Irish agitator.
A CABLE dispatch from Aquaimina, West
Coast Of Africa, states that Captain Holmes,
of the American whaling bark Sea Fork, an
officer and a servant were killed, and five of
the crew burned by the explosion of whal-
ing-bomb gun.
THE Queen has approved the appointment
of Sir Julian Pauncefote as British Minister
to Washington.
The constitutional prohibitory amend
ment was defeated in New Hampshire by a
majority estimated at two thirds of the total
vote.
JOHN A. CAMPBELL, ex-Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States and As
sstant Confederate Secretary of War, died
a few days ago at his home in Baltimore,
aged seventy eight years. His death was
the end of long ILLNESS resulting from old
age.
AT Des Moines, Iowa, the women voters
elected all their candidates for school direc-
tors by large majorities over those of the
political parties.
| The Supreme Court Of West Virginia has
decided in the Golf Wilson Gubernatorial
mandamus case that Governor Wilson is
| entitled to hold over until such time as the
contest between Fleming and Golf shall have
been settled.
THE Senate has confirmed the nominations
of the Ministers to Spain, Japan and Switzer-
land, and also of George G. Tichenor to be
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
LIEUTENANT-CoLoNE THOMAS F. BARR,
U. S. A, has been appointed military score
tary to Secretary of War Proctor.
REAR-ADMIRAL JOHN LEE DAVIS has just
died in Washington. He was a native of
Indiana, and entered the naval service as a
midshipman in 1841. His last cruise was in
command of the Asiatic station. He was
placed on the retired list in February, 1887.
being sixty-two years of age. His sea service
aggregated twenty six years. eleven months
and his shore duty fourteen years. ten months.
AT a by election in the West Riding Of
Yorkshire, England Earl Compton, Glad
stonian, was elected to Parliament with an
increased liberal ma jority
PRIVATE letters received at Berlin from
Zanzibar say that Stanley is marching
rapidly toward the east coast of Africa.
THE steamer Remus, which had Spanish
military expedition on board, has been lost.
The vessel was wrecked off the Philippine
Islands, Forty 1.-TWO persons were drowned
and 1877 were saved.
MR. HENRY CAMPBELL, Member of Parlia-
ment, the private secretary Of Mr. Parnel
has brought suit for libel against the London
Times.
TRE Chicago and All America baseball
teams now making a tour of the world,
played on Remington Oval, London The
grounds were crowded and the reception was
enthusiastic. The Prince of Wales received
the teams in the pavilion. He shook hands
with them and complimented them upon
their excellent playing. The Chicagos won
by score Of to T.
JAMES HARRIS & Co.'S rolling mill at st.
Johns New Brunswick, the largest in Can
ada, has been burned. The loss is 100000
NEWSY GLEANINGS.