The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-03-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST
GATHERED, AND BRIEFLY
STATED SINCE OUR LAST
ISSUE.

STATED SINCE OUR LAST
ISSUE.
The State Of Texas Las 81 ,00O,- |
600 in the Treasury.
Tuesday Witnessed the demise
OF Car Reeds Congress.
Negroes are leaving Arkansas
for Oklahoma in great numbers
The bill has become a law TOT
prohibit sale OF cigarettes to
minors.
Ex-Governor Foster, of Ohio,
is the new Secretary of the
Treasury.
The Mississippi river is very
high-up to the danger line at
Memphis.
Senator Blair, Of New Hainp-
shire has been appointed AID
confirmed as minister to China.
On Friday the Illinois Le4is
lature took The 131st ballot for
United States Senator without
result.
There are two hundred women
in the United States who regu-
larly violate the New Testament
by preaching.
We receive favorable reports
of patients treated for consump-
ton by DR.. Knoch's lymph at
at Augustine, Fla.
There are only 100000 mort
CAGES operating in this country
according to the Porter census.
Is it surprising that some people
are very poor.
The Railroad Commissioners
of New Hampshire say thatsince
1873 no passenger has been '<ill-
ed or very seriously injured in
a passenger car in that State.
The vote by which the bill
authorizing wome to vote, re-
Gently defeated in the Kansas
House Of Representatives, has
been reconsidered and passed.
Rev. Thos. Dixon said in his
sermon in New York that the
Force bill sis a quarter Of a cen
fury out of do te, and intelligent
negroes condemn it as delu-
sion and a humbug."
Gen. Butler announces him.
self in favor Of the free coinage
Of silver. Unless Butler has
been very much misrepresented
he always had a weakness for
silver. vii. Star.
The New York Hersld figures
that it costs "nearlY one hundred
dollarsa minute to keep the Fed.
eral government in running or
der" And very poor running
order at that.-Wil. Star.
There is really now no issue
between The white and colored
races in the South but this
Whether the col"red people will
work for reasonable wages or be
fooled away by lying emigra.
ton agents.
In its new dress the Progress
sive Farmer is one of the hand
soonest papers in the State an
seems to b. we'll sustained By
the farmers in whose interest il
is published. Mr.. Cade is doing
some good work on it.
United States Senator George
Hurst, of California, died at his
residence in Washington City
on the 28th ult, Of Bright's Dis
ease of the kidney aud hear
trouble. He had been ill fol
more than six months and con
fined to his room for about two
months.
The ceuter of population has
moved West forty-eight miles
since the census of 1890. 1t is
now located near Greensburg
Ind., aud is moving slowly to
wards the Northwest. There
seems to be something of a poll
tical storm center moving 10 the
same direction.
The Farmers Alliance has
done more to alleviate and de
stroy the bitter, rancorous feel
ings, engendered by politicians,
between the North and s )uth,
) than any organization since tie
"Iate unpleassntness." We hope
to see the Alliance extend this
pacific policy from Maine to
Mexico.-rhe Spectator.
Nothing fails like failure"
says thu Providence Journal
land Mr.. Reed has made the
most striking failure of any poll
tician of modern times" But
the Democracy ought not to grid
Mr.. Reed. In teaching the PEG
4 pie the danger of Republican
radica lisln he has also taught
them the value Of Democratic
Administration. Let the Mug
) wump and the partisans of