The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-19
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST
GATHERED, AND BRIEFLY
STATED SINCE oUR LASp
ISSUE.


The Wattcrson letter - iE.i 4
pronounced Il forg ~.
The Railroad Commission / al has
passed the Legislature.
The cloud that has 81 lau.; loW cred
Oh the Republican horizon has now
silver lining.
Girard College, PhiIadrlphia. IA,
boards, takes care or aud o,iueatez
sixteen hundred boys.
Harrison has not smiled but oiIto
siace the November cleo ion, AMI
that was when he read the Cleveland
silver letter.
IL : stated that the Prrsi,lcut an,l
narty viii make "A visit To the Pacific
slope III April, taking in the South
during the journey.
Gen. Wm. T. Sherman died in
New York City on last SATURDAY.
He lived over seventy year, OF a
very evenlful and long To bc rcmem-
bered life.
Mrs. Laura u. Whitney, willow Of
Col. Samuel Il. Whitney, Sevanth
Illinois Volunteers, gets -, 326. 30 In
one pile in pensions. Aad that Is
The way the peoples money flies.
There were I,1l7 novels published
IN the United States in lAgn. Pro-
bably twenty were worth reading.
IL il doubtful If one OF them will
live two decades. Wilmington M.es-
sanger.
The Legislat urc Is moving on. II
has neither run aground nor hcen
ripped up by snag. The Farmer
l. gisiaiure will rank high in the
M nails of North taroiina. New
Bernc Journal.
The authenticity OF the Hill Wat
tarson letter has been questioned.
Gov. Hill should listen to the truth.
Scripture is no less scripture even
when the devil quotes it.-Ncw
Berne Journal.
The New York Tribune informs
Us that President Harrison l. anx
ious TO preserve the record br his
administration free from stain anii
clean to the end IL whitewaSh
can do il he will sucecel.-Wiimiug
ton Star.
The North Carolina Baptist, the
new church paper started IN Fayctte-
vile, makes good appearance, and
will he doubtless welcomed by t1e
denomination In whose interest IL Is
published. 1t is published by Rev.
i. u. Ncwherry.
For The present Mr. Il. Il. Kings
bury will have charge of The e,iso-
rial columns OF ,hc Wilmington Mes
senger. BE has done all tie wiring
for he Messenger, with the e. .p-
tion of locals and few other cclurIhs,
since May, 1889.
ON last Friday night the town of
New Bernc was alarmed by the *
rlssion of the boiler OF Mai. s. L.
D'hnlann's gin and oil mill. The
boiler MS clown 10 atoms, instently
killing ono man and fatally .nju ing
another. The loss is estimated ut
0,O00. Partial insurance.
Ex-Presipent Cleveland has writ
ten letter against free coinage Of
silver, which will no doubt greatly
weaken hin, for the nomination i'm
1892, though IL can be said to his
credit that we believe he Is honest in
his convictions, speaks hat bo
thinks anG lets tine result bc what IL
will.
Hon. Kemp J.. Battle, of the Uni
versity of the State, has resigned his
position as President and sas been
chosen to I'LL the Chair Of History.
IL did not state his reason. Tor his
course. His resignati Jn takes effect
next June. We tear that the State
is Ia slIsl ain great loss in the Pres
idcnt's resignation.
The organ Of TIE c0iorci people oi
B1sion asks Harrison fo appoint "A
negro Secretary of the Treasury.
Oh, N. The Republican, waut the
black mans vote, but they DON'T
propose To divide the Offices with
him. They believe ina white rlan',,
government based on a black MANS
bailot.-S. \. Herald Ind.
Admiral David ID. Porter, who
has been falling In health for some
ycars, died suddenly ON last Friday
morning al his residenccil Washing
ton City. The AGmiraI's death was
caused by fatty ofthe heart. lie was
The great Federal Naval CoInm ander
Of the civil war, living long as
we'll - redowned life, having been
born at Chester, Pa, June Sth, 1913.
SENATOR Vance wa interviewed
upon the recen: utterance OF Presi-
Cleveland against the free coinage
OF silver. lie said: "Mr. leve-
lands position on the silver Dues
tion is not a COMMON difference. but
defiance Of his party Ills whole
attitude on This subject is o..e Of de-
iiauce-a'inO>t insult to- The Demo
cratic party. II Is now q question
whether the Democratic party will
sacrifice its principles or give up Mr.
Cleveland. Under the circumstan-
ees | prefer my pa-iy 10 Mr.. Cleve-
land"
No longer hindered by the grim
specter OF Federal interference. let
us unite 10 make North Carolina the
land of progress, intelligence and
happinc-s. Lift high the standard
Of educDtion and perfect the public
school system; open new eilaanals Of
trade and create emporiums of COM
meree; unlock the prison doors that
confiRe riches in mountain fastntsses,
hidden valleys, tangled wildwood
and ocean depths, and the bloss ms
of hope will ripen into delicious
fruits. Then will we enter our tenn
Piles with thanksgiving and ill their
courts; with grateful songs.-Aew
Berne journal.