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The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-04
Miscellaneous Items.

paper women, has had the honor of 1 being elected a member of the in- eorporated Society of authors, of which Lord Tennyson is President.
 According to the recent census of Switzerland the republic contains 1,7OO, 900 protestants, l 200 ,OOO cath olicts, $500 Jews and 1O,7OO adhe- rents of no religion.
 The German Empress occupies three villas at Sassnitz, which are very simply furnished. They only just suffice to accommodate herself with her sons and the necessary retinue.
 The French Ministry of Marine has decided to establish at Brest a naval dovecote containing 500 pi- geons, which are to be trained for sea service. The idea is to utilize them as messengers.
 Miss Ida E. Bowser is the first graduate from the department of music of the University of Penn sylvania. She is the author of some good sonatos and is an accomplish ed viOlinist.
 Prince Henry of Battenburg and a companion went poaching with ferrets the other day in Hampshire. The companion was apprehended and fined ten shiIlings, but the Queens son-in-law went free.
 Miss Mary Tillinghast, of North Stonington, Conn.,, is an inveterate snake-killer. Since the 4th of July she has settled the fate of 90 snakes of all kinds, black, copperhead, ad- ders and rattlesnakes.
 Baseball is getting terrible hold in Cnba and promises to pnseat even bull-fghting. It is said to be strange to hear all the terms of tho game used ill English by people who otherwise only speak Spanish,
 William Black is about to start on a yatching cruise to the Levant and Crimea, and he will also visit Tangiers, Syracuse, Constantinople Sebastapol, BaIaclava and Malta in order 10 get material and local col bring for the new novel on which he is engaged.
 Queen Victoria pays great atten- tion to the floral wreaths which she sends out. Inquiry is made as to what were the favorite flowers of the deceased person, and if it is possible they are obtained. All the royal wreaths are made at the garden of Frogmore.
 Prince Bismarck is the only prom inent political parsonage in Euro pean statecraft who carries a scar received in another field-that of battle. He was shot through the thigh in the memorable cavalry charge of the afternoon of Mars La Tour, in which he rode as private dragoon.
 Maine is doing all it can to keep the rest of the United States cool. It is estimated that there are 130 vessels in Kennebec waters ship ping ice, and having a carrying ca pacity of 6O,OOO tons. Fifteen car goes of ice, 11,OOO tons in all, left the river one day recently.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-04

Very few centipedes, snakes tar antulas,and other birds of like ilk have been reported this season and the question is, are they retreating before the advance of civilization or is Tombstone whisky getting weak er?-Epitaph.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-04
A Valuable OnyX Mine.

MT. Smith, of the firm Ot Nolar & a,2ith, of this city, has just re turned from Arizona. where he ha;
 purchased for s25O,OOO one of tht
 finest onyx mines ever discovered
 The mine was recently located twenty-eight miles south of Pres colt, and within stones throw o
 what is and has been since the or. ganization of the Territory, the main highway of travel between northern and southern sections For over a quarter of a century. within fifty feet of Mayors station on Big Bug creek, in one of the oldest and what was supposed to be one of the most thoroughly pros pected mining districts in the Ter ritory, laid uncared for and un- needed, 220 acres of the most beau tiful onyx that ever pleased the eye of man. Red, green, blue, old gold, pink, white, black, translucent, var iegated in every variation, the onyx is found covering this area to an unknown depth, and while the owners of the only other onyx quarry in existence-the one in the State of Puebla, Mexico-were growing rich by selling their stone at from SS to $20 cubic foot, hun dreds of persons passed over the de- posit to admire for moment the wonderful beauty of the rock and then cast 1t away as worthless, un- til last February, when Al. and George McCann, William o. O'Niel and John W. Dougherty located it in vague, speculative sort of way, trusting that the future would de- velop some way in which it's pro- ducts could be utilized. A few samples sent to Chicago astonish- ed the experts of that city, where $100,000 of Mexican stone had been used in the interior decorations of the just then completed auditorium.
 Nothing of the kind used in that building, in color or texture, could compare with the Arizona stone, while the flaws that made the Mex ican stone so defective were totally missing. Both Chicago and New York experts on onyx were sent to thesTerritory, and all were aston ished not only at the fact that the onyx was in regular quarry forma- ton, something never before known, as in Mexico it is only found in boulders. The long accepted the ory that the stone was primarily formed in the shape of stalagmities and stalactites was upset, and the only explanation that could be ad- vanced to account for the Arizona freak of a regular quarry of onyx just like sandstone or granite was that the valley in which it was located had at one time been the basin of a lake formed by a spring whose waters were strongly impreg- mated with line to form the body of the stone, and with iron, gold, cop per and other minerals to color it, and then centuries evaporation un- der the burning suns of Arizona did the rest, and as a result gave quarry that rivals in it's beauties of colors the glories of the opal. The present owners expect to make fortune from the mine.-Los An geles Express.
 From G. Pucket, WEo arrived in
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-04
Reciprocity and the Wool Interest

The aggressive insistence of the Ohio wool growers for protection against the importation of the car pet wools and the coarser clothing feeces which are not produced i'll this country, is difficult to under stand. The facts in the case and the logical inferences from these facts, re-enforced by the actual ex- perience of the wool interest through successive years, serve to indicate that high duty on low grade, non- competitive, imported wools is not only not beneficial, but is positive ly injurious to the wool growers of the country.
 Nevertheless, on all occasions, in season and out of season, whenever a proposition is made to render the South American wools more cheap ly accessible to our manufacturers, the "Wool Growers National Asso- citation" is on. hand with it's loud voiced protest and with its direful prophecy of impending ruin. The latest occasion for the utterance of such protest by the association was furnished by Secretary Blaine's declaration in favor of a certain de- gree of reciprocity with the Central and South American nations, and by Senator Hale's proposed amend ment to the tariff bill, which is in tended to give effect in some meas ure to the Secretary's declaration,
 Now, it seems almost mathemat- ically demonstrable that the free admission of the carpet and coarser clothing wools would prove a real benefit to the wool-growing interest of the country. The farming lands of Ohio and Michigan are so valua- ble that only the higher grade wools can be grown with profit; but, to secure a profitable market for these grades, our wooden manufacturers must be encouraged to enlarge their operations. The best way to do this is to allow our manufacturers to import raw wools free. The droop- ing carpet industry would speedily revive, and, through the excellence and cheapness of its fabrics would defy foreign competition and prac- tically exclude the foreign article. The free importation of coarse wools would naturally stimulate the manufacture of woolen goods of medium quality, and would create an increased demand for our native high-grade wools; for to utilize one pound of the coarser wool, three or four pounds of the Ohio or Michi- gan article would be used to mix with it. The result would be cheap CT clothing of certain grades, a de- crease in the importation of woolen goods, an expansion of the woolen industry, an increase in its labor employing power, and a steady de- mand and price for our native wools.
 Under present conditions it takes about 600,000,000 pounds of wool to make thewoolen goods consumed in this country. There are only 3OO,O00,000 pounds produced Tn the whole United States. Under the provisions of the present tariff the price of wool has been low and the market stagnant. Through the whole woolen industry discourage ment and despondency prevail Washington Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-04

To kill blue grass growing be- tween brick around the lawn, wash the bricks with salt water or strong solutionsof soda.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-04

Teacher (to pupil, whom he has caught mimicking him )- Tom Jones, if you don't stop acting like fool, I shall send you from the class.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-09-04

The college man who will crib his examination must be a baby.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05
Wake County Republicans.

J. @. L. Harris, chairman, and J. 81.
Young, secretary, have called conven-
tion Of the Republicans of Wake county
to meet in Raleigh on Monday, August
25th, 1890.
The business before the convention
will be the appointment Nf eight dele
gates and eight alternates to the State
and Congressional conventions. Each
election precinct is entitled to three del
egates and three alternates.
No nominations for any legislative or
comfy Office will be made by this con.
vention.
The chairman of each precinct will at
once call meeting of the Republicans
Of the precinct to elect these delegates
and alternates, care being taken to give
fifteen days notice of the time of hold
ing the precinct meetings.
The credentials of the delegates and
alternates must be signed by the chair
man and secretary of each precinc
meeting.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05
RAILROAD FATALITIES.

A Changed Schedule Causes Death.-
The Plunge of an Engine into a
Land Slide.
[By United P1 ess.1
BEDFORD, Ind, August 4.-The cause
of the collision on the Monon railroad
yesterday, in which four people were
killed and number injured, lies in the
fact that the schedule of the road was
changed yesterday, and while the Chi
cago bound train was running by the
new card, the Louisville bound train was
running on the old schedule, and was
six hours late, having been laid out by q
freight train.
SOMERSET, KY, Aug. 4.-Train No.
on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad
while coming around curve two miles
north of Oakdale yesterday, struck Z
land slide and the engine and thre'
coaches were thrown down an embank
ment into Emery river. Engineer San
Moore and fireman Charles CALLAHAN
| were instantly killed.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

ALI honor to James O. MacRae ! His
gallant conduct will draw the State
closer than ever to him !-Oxford Day.
~
Judge Fred Phillips has been on the
bench number of years, and no more
upright man ever wore the judicial er-
mine. We have watched him closely
while holding courts on more than one
occasion, and we always found him to
be dignifed, fai-, faithful and impair
tial judge. He har, backbone as ''big
as circus pole," and public sentiment
has no influence on his rulings or his
sentences. Concord Times.
The Atlanta Constitution says: Capt.
W. H. Green becomes, by promotion to
the general managership of the Rich
mond and Danville system, perhaps the
most prominent figure in Southern rail-
road circles to-day. The change has not
yet been made, but Maj. Peyton Ran
dolph. the present general manager, has
rendered his resignation, and by com
mon consent of every interest represent
ed in the great Richmond and Danville
system, Captain Green is to become his
/ successor.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05
DURHAM COUNTY CONVENTION

Endorses Merrimon and Clark and De-
nounces the Nameless Secret Circu-
lar.
The following resolutions were intro
duced and unanimously adopted by the
Durham County Democratic Convention,
August Cd, 1890.
Respecting as we do the high charac-
ter and ability of the Supreme Court
bench, as at present constituted, we
most heartily approve the selection of
Hon. Augustus S. Merrimon to the high
and honorable position Of Chief Justice,
as we'll as Hon. Walter Clark for the po-
sition of Associate Justice.
We declare the assassin of character
who, from ambush, would seek to accom-
plish that which his manhood will not
warrant his doing openly and above
board, is the verieSt coward-and un-
signed circulars, alleging serious charges
against high and honorable officials in
public Office are worthy only of our most
hearty condemnation.
From the Durham Globe we condense
the following:
Senator Vance was endorsed for re-
election to the U. S. Senate.
Mr.. r. G. Russell was unanimously
endorsed for the Senate. Mr.. G. B.
Green was nominated for Clerk of the
Court by acclamation, and SO was Pas
chal Lunsford, for Register; Felix D.
Markham, for Sheriff; A. NJ. Leathers
| for Sur eyor; and DR.. U. M. johnson fol
| Coroner. The Globe saws:
For the House, the names Of DR.. VIM
3. Lowe and W. S. Newton were pre-
sented. Lowe was nominated on the
first ballot, receiving 314 votes to New
toms 28a. Some changes in the vote
we're made, and the ballot was fnall!
announced was Lowe 3O1, Newton 291
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05
A Young Lady Attempts Suicide,
TFranklin Press.1

About s o'clock last Tuesday morning
Miss Laura Cabe, aged about twenty
one years, daughter of Mr.. W. W. Cabs,
living about two miles from town, shot
herself with S8-calibro revolver with
intent to commit suicide. She was alone
in a room and broke open a trunk be-
longing to her brother and procured his
revolver. The family hearing the re-
port of the pistol, proceeded to the room
and found her lying on the floor across
the doorway and the pistol lying near.
Her clothing was set on fire and burning
when discovered. The ball was aimed
at the heart, but entering the left breast
struck rib and ranged around to the
back where it lodged. and was taken out
by DR.. S. 81. Lyle, who had been sum.
monded. It is thought to be danger.
GUS wound. She admits shooting her
self and says she hopes she may die yet
The cause is not fully known, but il
thought to be the result of some love af
| fair.
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LATE NEWS NOTES.

The fall term Of Oak Ridge Institute
will begin August 18th.
There was not lawyer in the Durham
county convention on Saturday.
Thunder Swamp Alliance has passed
strong and ringing resolutions in favor
of Senator Vance.
Mr.. J. P. Strong, owner, will sell one
half interest in the Charlotte Democrat.
He says that on account of impaired
eyesight, caused by cataract, we are
not able to give attention to the reading
requisite.
Washington will certainly soon have
branch of the w. & w. railroad. Two
lines have already been surveyed from
the junction of the Greenville branch
and the A. & r. One route runs via
Pactolus; the other considerably to the
north of it.-Tarboro Southerner.
The Lincoln county Farmers Alliance
passed the following resolution: Re-
SOLVED, That we urge upon the members
of the Legislature to make an appropria-
ton for a Training School for females,
which we regard as q necessity for the
proper advancement and improvement of
our schools.
The Raleigh Christian Advocate will
have an editor for the Western Confer
ence if it becomes the organ of that
body. If DR.. Reid is properly sustained
by the two bodies he can greatly i'm.
prove an already good and efficient pa.
per. In fact, by enlarging and increas.
ing his editorial force he can make il
equal to any Southern Methodist paper,
Wilmington Messenger.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05
VANCE, CLARK AND MERRIMON.
Resolution of the Democratic COnven-
tiOn of Clayton Township.

Resolution of the Democratic Conven.
ton of Clayton Township.
Especial Cor. of STATE CHRoNICLE.]
RESOLVED, That we, the Democrats of
Clayton township, in convention assem-
hled, do proudly proclaim to the world
our unswervering confidence in z. B.
Vance, the PEOPLES friend.
2. That we desire thus publicly to ex-
press our utter contempt for the authors
of the anonymous circular rejecting
upon the character of Judge Clark; that
the same does but INTENSITY our un-
bounded confidence in him as an honest,
impartial and upright Judge; that we
pledge our hearty support to the above
mentioned, and also to Chief Justice
Merrimon.
The above was unanimously adopted
with the request that the same be pub
lished in the Raleigh CHRONICLE and
News and Observer.
r. 81. GoWEE, Secretary.
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CASTLE CHAPULTEPEC
WILL BE THE SUMMER HOME OF
JAY GOULD.

He Will Pay $4,000. 900 for it.-And
Will Own one of the Most Imposing
Structures in the World.
. TBy United Press.l
= NEW YoRK, Aug. A dispatch from
San Antonio, Texas, to the World say it
8 reported from the City of Mexico, that
the famous castle of Ohapultepec, one
of the most imposing structures in the
world, is to be sold to Jay Gould. The
price is understood to be five million
dollars. Mr.. Gould, it is stated made
the offer of that sum for the property
during his visit to Mexico some months
ago. The offer was then refused, but
has now been accepted. The property
belongs to the government. The object
of the purchase is to make the castle the
winter home of the Goulds.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05

Randolph county Instructed for MER-
R1MoN and CLARK for Supreme Court, and
the sth Judicial District Convention en-
dorsed the same men. These conventions
met just before the "cowardly and name
less circular" appeared, or they would
have denounced the vile authors of that
production as every convention district
or county, which has met since has done.
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NEWS IN CLEVELAND.
Political Speaking--Candida in the
Legislature are in Favor of Better
Public schools.

Political Speaking--Candidate in the
Legislature are in Favor of Better
Public schools.
[Staff of STATE CHRoNICLE.1
SHELBY, N. c., Aug. 2.-Yesterday
was big day here. Prof. McIver closed
his institute with lecture on the ellis
tory Of the Political Parties Of the Unit
ed States" It was highly entertaining
ard instructive. He also showed by
figures how little North Carolina paid
for public school compared with some
other States, and how the future of this
State depended upon the education of
our boysxapd girls. The Professor is
full of his, work, and no man could dis
charge the duty intrusted to him by the
State better than Prof. McIver is dis
charging his. He leaves here this even
ing for Rutherfordton where he will
conduct an institute next week.
The county candidates spoke here
yesterday. The primaries come Of to-day
throughout the county. The candidates
for the Senate are L. N. Durham, of
Shelby, and W. I. Stowe, of Kings
Mountain; for the House of Representa-
tives, e. A. Dixon, of Bellwood, N. 9.
All of the above gentlemen boldly ex-
pressed themselves as Vance men, for
the U. s. Senate.
Mr.. Durham said he was for Vance if
he did not go back on the people, and
he would do anything of the kind, but
that he was Farmers Alliance man
and that he thought Vance ought to
have amended the sub-treasury bill SO
that he could support it. After the county
candidates spoke, Hon. W. II. II. Cowles
spoke to the people for about two hours.
It was strong, clear speech, thoroughly
| explaining the Force bill and the rea-
sons it was first introduced. He told us
how Reed ran business for the benefit of
the Republican party, and how he had
control of the House of Representatives.
He spoke of the sub treasury bill and
showed why in its present shape he
thought it was not best for the people,
and as the honest servant of the people,
doing all that he could for them, he
could not vote for it as it is, but that he
stood ready to vote for any measure in
| VuO AUtuAC1 do u0 udO uOuO III
the past, that would give relief
to the farmers of the South. He
closed by telling the people that he was
candidate for re election again because
matters were now in such shape that he
believed he could do more for his peo.
pie than new man. and that it was his
strong desire to serve his people and te
be of use to them. That was the reason
that he was a candidate. He spoke oil
the other gentlemen who are candidates
before the people of this district fol
Congress, in the highest terms It was
splendid speech and wish that the
whole State of North Carolina coulc
have heard it.
81. B. II.
PS. The candidates for the Senate
and House in speaking yesterday with I
GREATDEAL OF EMPHASIS, said they wer,
in favor with the public schools of tn
State, and that they would do all the,
could in the legislature to increase th'
school fund, so as to have more and bet
ter public schools for North Carolina.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05

A private letter received last night
stated that Lincoln county had gone for
Maj. w. A. Graham for Congress; and
the opinion was expressed that it looked
to the writer as if the Major would re-
ceive the nomination. Charlotte Chron-
icle.
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1. o. o. F..
(By United Press.)

Meeting of the Triennial Cantonment
at Chicago.
(By United Press.)
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-The first triennial
cantonment of the Patriarchs' Militant
of the I. O. O. F. began here to-day,
and will continue every day during the
week with a grand parade Thursday and
a variety of exercises on each day and
evening. About the whole of to-day's
programme will be waived because Of
the incessant arrivals and the infinite
amount of business on hand for the de-
partment Of entertainment.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. 4.-George
Tuttle, we'll known merchant of this
city, was yesterday shot and killed by
man named Harris, who suspected that
Tuttle was unduly intimate with Mrs.
Harris.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05

BUFFALO, N. Y. Aug. 4.-There ap-
VIM. Kemmler will be electrocuted be-
tween Tuesday night and Wednesday
morning.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05

Catawba county declared for Hoke as
second choice for Judge. 1t is said that
McCorkle will not be candidate.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

The county convention of Johnston
will be held Friday, August Sth.
Hon. Henry g. Turner, of Georgia,
has been nominated for Congress by ac-
clamatiOn.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-05

P.S. The candidates for the Senate
and House in speaking yesterday with
GREATDEAL OF EMPHASIS, said they were
in favor with the public schools of the
State, and that they would do all they
could in the legislature to increase the
school fund, so as to have more and bet
ter public schools for North Carolina.