Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-26
LATER NEWS,

GENERAL CHARLES KINSAIRD GRAHAM
of the United States Army, died of pneu-
monia, at the Laurel House. Lakewood. n. J.,
aged sixty-five.
THE Conshohocken Worsted Company.
of Philadelphia, has made an assignment.
The company operates three mills and the
monthly payroll amounted 10 about SIS, 900.
Liabilities 500, 900.
Mrs. RUNAtAGE, of PittSton Penn, over
come by grief, committed suicide by jump
ing into areServoir. Her son committed sui
eide year ago. and her husband was killed
by lightning last September.
CHARLES F. HATCH, President Of the
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railway
Company, and F. E. Lockwood, a real
estate dealer and capitalist formerly of New
York, both committed suicide in Minneapolis,
Mimi
THE Governor OF South Carolina has
granted full pardon to two colored lynchers
convicted of murder, his ground being that
they had simply followed the example of
white men, who had never been punished.
DAVID LINDSAY, farmer over sixty years
old, living near Ann Arbor, Mich, shot and
killed his adult son in drunken quarrel.
Gus SUNDERLAND, a colored boy, living at
Mosely, S. c., was left by his mother to take
care of younger brother and getting tired
of the job, put rope around the haby's neck
and hung it to the rafter Of the house The
child was dead when found.
A CYCLONE swept over Montgomery,
| County, Ala. Two men were instantly
killed by lightning and several others were
shocked and seriously injured. Houses were
blown down and damage done to young corn
and cotton crops.
A TERRIBLE forest fire in Patrick County,
Va, swept everything before it. One man,
six horses, a large number of hogs and cattle,
and about 200 dwellings and tobacco barns
were consumed. Many poor people are left
in a destitute condition.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MILLER presented to
the Supreme Court the resolutions of the Bar
on the death Of Justice Matthews and made
an appropriate speech, to which Chief Justice
Fuller replied, and the resolutions were spread
upon the records.
REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM ROGERS TAY
LoR, United States Navy, retired, died in
Washington He was born at Newport
R. l., November :, 1911, and entered the
navy as a midshipman in 1928.
THE Chinese Minister gave a gorgeous
spread at Washington to the Cabinet and a
host of high officials. A magnificent display
of roses was one of the features of the
! banquet.
PRESIDENT HARRISON, accompanied by
Mrs. Harrison and her guest, Miss Murphy,
of Minneapolis, and Secretaries Blaine and
Window, Went down the Potomac for days
ride on the lighthouse tender Holly. The
little vessel steamed for distance of about
forty miles, and then returned to the wharf
which was reached about six o'clock Before
leaving the President received the Chicago
and All America baseball clubs in the East
| Room.
JOHN ALBERT BRIGHT, the candidate of
! the Liberal UniOnists, was elected to succeed
his father, the late John Bright, as repreSen-
tative of Birmingham in Parliament. Mr..
Bright received 500 votes, against 1850 votes
for William c BeaIe. the Gladstonian candi-
date.
GABRIEL DUMONT, the late leader in the
Riel rebellion in the Northwest Territory,
has arrived again on the scene of the 1885
battles, and is addressing meetings of
half-breeds, urging them to press their
! grievances upon the Canadian Government
AT Ruatan, Jamaica, West Indies the Rev.
! Henry Hobson, his wife aud her companion
a young girl all natives of Jamaica, were
murdered by Joseph Bures.
Mr.. GosCHEN, Chancellor of the British
Exchequer, laid before the House the budget
! deficit Of $40 600 900. This Mr.. GOschen pro-
| poses to fill up by an increase of the death
! duties and a slight increase in the duty on
! beer
| COUNT HERBERT BISMARCK and Councillor
Kranel will be German delegates to the
| Samoan Conference.
| EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has declined the
| post of one of the Commissioners of the New
High Bridge Park, to which he was recently
appointed by a New York Judge.
DR. SAMUEL w GROSS, the eminent ply
stefan and surgeon of Philadelphia. has just
| died
| GENERAL SEIGEL has sent 10 Commissioner
| Tanner his resignation as Pension Agent at
| New York city, to take effect upon the APP
| pointment of his successor.
| JUDGE VILLAGES order dissolving the in
! junction of the Western Union Company was
recorded in the United States Circuit Court.
cnmbrances, Of New York city, tore down