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Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28

While a SpringheId avenue electric car Con-
tanning about seventy-five persons was moving
along Market street, Newark, late yesterday at
ternoon, the armature burned out and the
flames caught the car floor and burned through.
senger and then after half a dozen windows
were broken and lively scramble had occurred
they were all standing in the street and the car
was in q fair way to be totally destroyed.
The fire had eaten q large hole through the
floor boards and was at work on the upholstered
eorns ont and the flames were eStineuisheS.
Travel on every street car line but one in
the city was delayed for more than half an hour.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28

Excitement Among the sioux at
standing Rock Agency still Increns-
ing-Sitting Bulls Influence as a
Disturbing Element.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28
miscellaneous


Swedish Employment Office.
y GOD Swedish help always secured here
lT o2l at. 5gi CHAPEL STREET
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28
VIII Resume.

A settlement has at last been effected at
twenty-five cents on the dollar with the
creditors of Allen Seaman, the pork packer
and wholesale dealer at 265 Ferry street,
Fair Haven, and he will continue in bust
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28

a Optional capital to increase plant to
"A manufacture a new patented novelty,
which has proven a marvellous success. Address
Goes 2r+) d THIS OFFICE
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28
Political.

REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS,
u EXCHANGE BUILDING
CORNER CHURCH AND CHApEL. STREET
Any person wishing information in regard to
being made electors or securing naturalization
papers can receive all needed at the Republican
Committee room from s a. m. till 10 D. m.
JAMES BIsHoP.
Chairman Town Committee
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28
gew garen Gully aMprning gonrnal and Guarer
BEFORE THE sUPREME CoURr.
MIR. Cleveland as Associate Counsel
In What is Known as the Now Or
leans Drainage Case.

Mr.. Cleveland as Associate Counsel
In What is Known as the Now Or
leans Drainage Case.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Ex-President
Cleveland to-day made his argument be-
fore the supreme court as associate coun-
sci for James Wallace Peak in what is
known as the New Orleans drainage case.
The public curiosity to see and hear him
was such that some time before the open
ing the court room was filed with mem
bers of the bar and spectators, while an
impatient crowd blocked the main en-
trance
Mr.. De Gray made the opening augu.
ment in the case, and then Mr. Cleveland
rose to speak. Adjusting his steel. bowed
eyeglasses he took his stand at the reading
desk, opened his printed brief and began
to read. His voice sounded low but clear
at first and as he progressed he gradually
showed more and more animation, modu-
lating his voice skilfully and emphasizing
his points by frequent mods of his head
He did not gesticulate to any extent, but
as a rule held his hands behind his back,
clasping and unclasping his fin
gers. His language was simple and
businesslike and although the case was
very technical, he succeed in holding the
attention of every member of the court.
Through all Mr.. Cleveland stuck close to
to the printed brief and he was not inter
rupted by remark or question until the
hour of four o'clock was reached, when
the chief justice called attention to the
fact that it was customary for the court to
adjourn at that hour. Upon Mr. Cleve-
lands statement that he had nearly con-
Guided he was permitted to conclude and
in quarter of an hour reached the
end. The court then adjourned
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28
WANTED

a SITUATION by competent girl TO do gen.
IA erai housework; can cook, wash and iron
Inquire at
1o2s 1tsl 1874 FRANIIN STREET. Ton Floor
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28
Horace P. Hoadley,
n u Ck->-oA

We Are Bound to Sell These
Houses.
~ One for $1,000, one for $780, one for
i;I So, 1000, one for $500.
All good paying property.
Only little cash required. Call at
r.. e. BALDWIN'S,
ais dAw Real Estate Agency s18 Chapel st.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28

Humans Real Estate and Loan
Agency.
~ $4,000 to loan at per cent
It'll Fire Life and Accident companies.
B Special attention given to renting:
Collections making repairs and care OF prop
erty.
Farms and property for sale in all parts of the
city and country. 619 per cent investments.
Real Estate auctioneers.
HINMAN & MORSE,
ap2Q So Church Street, Room 1.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28
01ailts.
WANTEn

one Cent a Word each insertion |;
nve cents n word for a full week, ,
(seven times.)
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28

Tho republicans OF Woodbridge will meet at
the basement of the Congregational church on
Friday, October 81 at s p. m, to nominate jus
tees of the peace and representative.
Per Committee
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28
Haniden.

Hamden republicans will meet in the town hall
on Tuesday, October - at p. M, TO nominate
justices of the peace and representative.
Per Committee.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28
WIDE INACCURACIES.

Political Circles Stirred Over the Dis
cOvery of Gross Discrepancies In
the Eleventh Massachusetts Con-
gressiOnal District.
BOSTON, Oct. 27.-The Globe says: Ger
tain inner circles in politics are deeply
stirred this afternoon by what is believed
to be the discovery of wide inaccuracies in
the congressional elections of two years
years ago, which it is difficult to explain
to those who have hastily investigated the
subject, on the ground of carelessness.
The discoveries were made by the men
who are going over the votes of two years
ago and the check lists from certain towns.
In this way they have found, they believe,
many instances of gross discrep-
ancies between the total number
those towns and the total votes polled
there. In the Eleventh congressional dis
trict, for instance, these discrepancies al
ready discovered are said to amount to
more than 1, 900 votes, while in the Ninth
district surplus of about 500 votes over
the check lists has been turned up. The
investigation is proceeding at this hour,
and some mighty interesting developments
are promised.
The Globe will say in the morning that a
visit to the secretary of states Office showed
that in two cases in the Ninth district the
congressional returns were wrongly record
ed by the town clerks and that this error
was not corrected by the state department
officials, and adds that there has not been
time to complete the examination in detail,
but unpleasant stories are afoat in regard
to still greater complications in the
Eleventh district. 1t would seem from all
accounts. that little trouble is taken under
the present system to check off the accu-
racy of the local officials in making up
their reports"
The state department officials affirm that
the difficulty arises wholly and simply
from clerical errors
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28

Geneal opinion in Europe: Eat plenty OF Mac
Urquarht's Worcestershire Sauce. This cele-
bratad English now for sale at your srocers
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28
4 Few Hundred Dollars Will Sc
curA a Good Home

- ONE-FAMILY HOUSE. 200 Atwater
Il: street. House and barn, 90 Auburn street.
lA Two-family house, No. ii Clay street.
Two-family house, 400 Orchard street. ALI to be
sold low II sold within ten days. Also for rent,
first floor, 70 Woolsey street; first floor, 10 New
hall street, liz Portsea street, 121 Portsea street;
$40 Congress avenue. and second floor 20 Auburn
street.
FTCE 90 CHURCH STREET. no1b
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28

The republican voters of North Haven will
meet in Memorial hall, Saturday evening, No
vemher !, at O'Clock, to nominate representa-
tive and four justices OF the peace Per order
Chairman Town Committee.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28
For Sale at a Bargain.

FOr StIIe dC u bHTgaIn,
- The fine residence known as No 80
Hi Dwight street, with barn Lot 1O6 feet
wv front, with an average depth Of 900 feet.
Being home of the late Smith Merwin. House
contains fourteen rooms, with all modern conve-
niences, and in condition good as new Grounds
stocked with fruit trees and vines. Immediate
possession given For price and terms inquire Of
P. MERWIN,
sill tt % College street.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28
Local weather Report

MEAN tenpefHIuE6, H. n
Max. temp, Sc; min. temp, 81. =
Precipitation, .01 inches.
Max. velocity of wind 20-NW.
Total excess or deficiency of temperature since
January /, KISS degrees.
Total excess or deficiency Of precipitation since
Jan. /, x3 81 in. -.
H.JCOX, Observer.
Note.-A minus sign IL prefixed to thermom-
eter readings indicates temperature below zero.
A fsT''' in connection with rainfall indicates
trace of precipitation too small to measure.
*Snow is melted and resulting depth Of water
not known.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-28
wANTEp,

A SITUATION to do good, plain cooking or
"a general housework for small family In
quire CO.'S 1tO No. Is PALMER STREET.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-05-08

Mary Ann Dougherty. " hose Pension
Cleveland Vetoed, A gain Intoxicated.

Mary Ann Dougherty. hose Pension
Cleveland Vetoed, A gain Intoxicated.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 6.-Several
years ago President Cleveland vetoed
private pension bill which Congress
passed in favor Of Mrs. Mary Dougherty.
His veto was based on the ground that
the woman's habits were notoriously in
temperate and that she was not pl oper
person to be thus singled out after the
officials Of the Pension Office had de-
clincd to grant her claim. During the
Presidential campaign OF 1888 Mary Ann
Dougherty became a national Issue.
By that peculiar process of political
alchemy wtich the Republican party
managers understood so we'll Mrs Dough
erty was made to pose as martyr. Her
name was paraded from one end Of the
land 10 the other as a model of domestic
and Womanly virtues, and the Presi-
dents veto Of her bill, it was claimed,
arose from no other motive than that of
alleged hatred of the old soldiers and
their families.
When the campaign ended Mrs Dough.
erty was given a small place III one OF
the departments. In short while she
was dismissed for drunkenness. she
next figured in the police courts as 6
drunken and disorderly character, anC
on the occasion Of her last appearance
there was discharged with the under
standing that she would immediatel.
leave town. The Star this evening
briggs her record down to date III th'
following paragraph
Shortly after the Senate adjourned
to day and While q number Of Senator
were still on the floor Mary Ann Dough
erty, of Cleveland fame, proceed
ed in maudlin manner to address tn
a ssmblage below from the gallery
Only few incoherent remarks reache'
the Senatorial ears and she soon tired Q
speech making. One O" two indlstlnc
references were made to cleveland, 'bn
there was no response. Mary Ann wa
somewhat intoxicated, to put it mildly
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-05-08
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

-. Laurinbarg and Lumberton will
have Local Option, say the voters, and
Maxton will be met.
DR., B. F. Dixon will deliver the
address at the close of kiusey Seminary
at La Grange on the 9th of June.
Mr. G. B. Afford tells US that an
old fishermen tells him that the fish are
dying in the Cape Fear river In one
trap 80 were found dead
-. Mr.. A. Hatchett, editor Of the
Henderson Tomahawk, was in the city
yesterday to attend the marriage of his
foreman, Mr.. D. Z. Adcock to Miss
Crocker.
-. Mai. Hankins and an engineering
corps from the Richmond and Danville
railroad, are at Greensboro surveying
the lands of the North Carolina iron and
Steel Company.
-. .Messrs E. S. Martin, y. B. Cut
lar, Sr, Sol. G. WE'LL, Marsden Bellamy,
W. r. Kenan, NJ. G. S. Noble and Rev.
Robert Strange were appointed delegates
to the Alumni meeting at Chapel Hill.
-. DR.. Robt. S. Young, of Concord,
passed through last night on his way to
Washington, where he will represent
North Carolina in the Association fos
the revision of the United States Dis
pensatory. Reidsville Review.
The Alumni Of the University held
a re nnion and banquet at the Ortor
House Monday night. DR.. A. j. De
Rossett was elected Honorary President
| Col w. L. Saunders was present, anC
being called uron gave an encouraging
account Of the University.
The North Carolina Evangelica
Lutheran Synod in session at ST Luke
Church, Tyro Shops, Davidson county
has elected the following officers: Presl
dent, Rev. G. H. Cox, Mt. Pleasant
Vice President, Rev. ". 6. Campbell
Concord; Recording Secretary, Rev, G
B. King, Salisbury; Treasurer, I. F
Patterson, China Grove.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-05-08
HOME-SPUN YARSS.
"I GIFTS the Most Men Thar the Ouick.

este
Especial Cor. of STATE CHRONICLE
Most of US are familiar with the reply
a certain gallant General made when
asked the secret of his success. II was
hard common sense, nothing more: the
seeing what was needed and ''gitten'
thar without regard to conventional
methods. There is pleasure in seeing
difficulties met and overcome, and the
simpler and more unexpected the meth
cd the more it pltases. Something
akin, perhaps, to that unexpected asso-
citation of ideas We call wit.
1t is just this sort of pleasure that
comes to one when sometimes we see
mule teams doubled for moment on a
load sunk to the hubs in mud. The
teamster draws his lines, cracks his
whip, applies unmentionable names:
the indignant mules strain to their bel
lies, the trace chains groan, the wheels
creak ont of the mud, and the whole
great mass rolls easily up the hillside.
1t Was not long ago that an honest old
squire IN North Carolina doubled teams
III much the same way to take the Acts
OF the Legislature up mighty steep hill.
1t seems that IN a certain valley beyond
the Blue Ridge there is little clearing
that can produce watermelons. Ii is
rare that melons grow behind the Ridge,
and among watermelon loving people
this tract is prime fayorite. But year
after year the result has been the same.
The melons have prospered: so much is
known. But when the tiIer could al
most hear the silver clinki0g in his
pocket-the rest is unknown. Some
times a COW came home with the odor of
rind on her breath, or a pig grunted
more contentedly in the woods. Bvycnd
| this mystery.
But last spring old man Galloway said
| he ''knowd thing or two" and he'd
''crap thet clearin' on sheers.'' The
melons prospered beyond all precedent.
There were hundreds of them as big AS a
man could tote. Old Galloway had
Winked and chuckled. He ''know'd a
thing or two," and the settlement was
expectant. Just before the fruit thump-
ed hollow a sign-board appeared on the
rail fence.
| 5ChkAA VI Is fIZen.7'
The next morning every melon in
the patch had been crushed and stamp
ed into the mud.
In due process of time and law GER
tain youths were charged before Squire
Wilson with the deed. But the attor-
ney for the defence argued ''thet seein
thar want marry witness agin 'em, an
bein' as the evidence war circumstan
tial an mighty slim at that, he 'low'd the
Judge would discharge prisoners without
no foolin'."
The Judge drew down his spectacles,
moved his chair nearer the window, and
read aloud all the Legislative literature
bearing on the subject Then, summing
up, be charged that AS you say, Bill
thar aint nobody as seen them boys
thar, an it haint been proved up clal
an squar as them tracks is tbarn, an as
you 'low'd thar aint marry act OF the leg
islater as gifts ter 'em, bein as how it is
But Bill, b'lieve them boys busted
them mellions, an Pm go'n' to fine 'en
ten dollars" And fined they were
which not being paid they improved tn,
public road for term of one month. HI
got there promptly and with no fooling
! JOHN W. HHYs, JR.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-05-08
THE DURHAM BUDGET.
More Money in the Banks Than Ever
Before.-Killed by Kerosene Explo-
siOn.-ElectiOn Of Town Officers.
Personals, Etc.
CHRONICLE BUREAU,
DURHAM, n. c., May 7, 1890.

DURHAM, n. c., May Z, 1890.
There is more money on deposit in the
three banks of Durham to-day than has
ever been before. This tends to prove
the assertion Of prominent business men
that Durham is on a better footing than
ever before.
A little girl of twelve, Lottie Walters
by name, was seriously burned yester
day by an explosion. She was building
fire with kerosene oil and the can
bursted. She died short while after
the accident.
a bill OF complaint was fled by the
@. Il G. railroad company this morning
in the clerks Office, against the town of
Durham, for relief. Our mayor and
commissioners were summoned to appear
before Judge Womack, June I'd, to an
ger the complaint.
Your correspondent was mistaken
when he stated in yesterdays letter that
Mr.. :. E. Watts was elected com mis-
sioner. 1t was Mr.. j. G. Christian.
At meeting of the board of commis
sioners last evening the following town
officers were elected: r. T. Woodward,
cleIk, H. L. MdIknEn, treasurer: d. "A.
"oodall, chief of police; j. Q. Scarlett,
?. b. Cheels, w. P. Redmond, L. W. H.
Faucette, assistants.
Personals.
Mr.. @. L. King, OF the Atlanta Con-
stitution, is in town.
MI. Cary J Hunter, of Raleigh, is here
to-day.
Dr.. J. NJ. Hays, of Oxford is at the
Claiborne.
Maj w. A. Guthrie lef- for Philadel-
phia yesterday.
Messrs. s. Adams, J. ". Dickinson,
Alex. Mcdonald and Sam j. Otey,
of Lynchburg, are here on business con-
nected with the L. IL d. Il r
Mrs. W. R. Wood, OF Raleigh, came
up this afternoon.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-05-08
INSANE ASYLUM BURNED.
A SCENE OF TERROR AND
CHASTITY HORROR.
300 Lunatics in the Burning Build
ing--Sixty OF Them Burned to Death.

ing--Sixty OF Them Burned to Death.
MONTREAL, May THE insane asy-
lum at Tongue Pointe, nine miles from
here, caught fire at II o'clock and at
was mass Of flames, with no hope OF
saving the building from destruction.
The fire apparatus at the asylum was ut
terIy inadequate to control the flames
and several steamers were forwarded
from here on special train. The sights
on the grounds surrounding the institu-
ton are horrible beyond description.
Hundreds Of lunatics, male and female,
are groped together jabbering and in a
frenZed condition. The nuns are max
ing every effort TO control tlem ar.G al
lay thelr fears. There we're 1900 per-
sons in the asylum when the fire broke
out.
Tongue POINT, Quebec, May 7.-Dr.
places the loss Of life by the destruction
of the insane asylum at not less than
sixty. At the ruins of the asylum moth
ing but a heap Of smoking brick and
mortar could be seen. No vestige of
the dead is to be found. In the rear of
the asylum are the stables, where about
one hundred male patients were quarter
ed last night in charge of the Sisters
and policemen. The scene is not one to
be easily described, and one not to be
forgotten. Lying on heaps of straw,
sickly and feeble lunatics were to be seen
manning, while gibbering, shrieking
twisting and jumping, were the more
sturdy ones On the floor around them
In space between two hay mows, so
fierce was the expression on the count
enance Of these lunatics AT the laund
ry were 100 patients, mostly quiet per-
sons, whose aid had been taken advant-
age of in putting things in shape. They
were in charge of John O'Rourke,
whose heroism last night saved twelve
lunatics from the flames when all hope
had been abandoned Of being able to
save them. O'Rourke, his brother James
and William Higgins climbed the veran-
das on the outside of the asylum, and
cut through a floor ard passed the Il
women, one by one, to his brother, who
in turn passed them to Higgins, and
thus they were safely lowered to the
ground. One of the attendants said that
seven lay nuns, who did work about The
the institution, perished in the flames.
L is rs yet impossible to get a list o
these who lost their lives, owing to tn,
confusion which still prevails.
The loss financially is placed as higl
as 81. 800, 900 with insurance of $500, 600
Early this morning the lunatics wcr
removed TO places of safety and the pro
ces5ion is get in progress. The whole
len3th OF TIE road is crowded will
vehici.s The number Of the dead is
mere matter of speculation but the gen
era opinion is that it cannot be fewe
than one hundred .aud perhaps nearl
double that
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-05-08
. SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Democratic Executive Committee to
Meet Oh Friday.

Democratic Executive committee TO
Meet on Friday.
Wilmington Star.l
Mr.. E. w. Kerr, of Sampson, chair
man, has issued a call for a meeting of
the executive committee of the sixth
judicial district, to be held in Goldsboro
on Friday next, the 9th inst, to name
the time and place for holding the judi
cial convention. The committee con-
sists of Messrs. L. W. Kerr, of Sampson,
chairman; a. G. Higgins, of Onslow;
DIR. M. Moore, of Duplin; J. W.
Granger, of Lenoir; 2. NJ. Pearsall, Of
Jones; W. S. Chadwick, OF Carteret; A,
G.. Ricaud, of New Hanover, and Edwin
Fennell, of Pender.
Mr.. Ricaud being in Europe and Mr.
Edwin Fennell having died since the last
meeting of the committee, the chairman
has appointed Col. B. r. Moore as the
member for New Hanover, and Mr..
Bruce Williams as the member from
Pender.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-05-08
Silver Valley Il Pee Dee Il. R.

Especial Cor. of STATE CHRoNICLEI
The ck-holders of the Thomasyille.
Silver Valley & Pee Dee railway com
pany net in Thomasville May lst The
meeting was called to order by JOS A.
Leach. V. Mauney, of Nilledgeville,
was elected chairman, and J. Ii. Lam
beth secretary. The amount of stock
required by tie charter TO organize
having been subscribed and pad in,
the company was organized by electing
John I. Cramer, President; ID. I. Lam
beth, L. Y. Mauney, j. NJ. Badgett, II.
G. Thomas and George Kinney, Direc-
tors. The Directors have ordered a
survey, and work will begin at once.
Jos. 81. LAMBETH, Sectv.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-05-08
TELEGRAPHIC FLASHES.
(By United Press.)

New YORK, May 7.-Dr. Douglass,
licn. Grants physician, has been para
iyzed. He is in destitute circumstances.
VIENNA, May THE press of Austria
and Hungary is very much gratified with
tho pacific tenor Of the speech with
which the Emperor William yesterday
opened the Reichstag.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, May THE Hon.
q. r. Olarkson, father of Assistant Post
master General Clarkson and K. P.
Clarkson, of the State Register, died
this morning, aged so years.
LILLE, May Tn a collision between
oeodarmes and a crowd Of turbulent
strikers here last evening, two OF the
latter were wounded and seven arrested.