The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK
VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST
GATHERED, AND BRIEFLY
STATED SINCE OUR LAST
ISSUE.

In Kansas there are II6 Farmer.
Alliance newspapers.
The grain crop OF tho United State.
Tor 1890, Is estimated !, ,eao, too. .ooe
bushels short.
Raleigh papers say that the ~.
ceipts OF cotton for this fiscal year
Will reach $4,000 bales.
The Wilmington Messenger SAYS
that In Spartanburg county, \. T..
There are 1000 Baptist.
During the existence of our C,v.
ernment i5,5t7,797 foreign ImmI-
grants have come 10 the United
States.
James Cord. n Bennett contem.
plates erecting the finest newspaper
building In the world for the New
York Herald.
There Is IA bin befoee the New
York Legislature which provides
Tor fine of SO on voter wh,. fall.
10 vote at a general election.
A japanese editor has discovered
one fellow In Japan who don's be-
iieve marriage u failure. lie has
been married thirty-six times.
Maj. Steadman's city property In
Wilmington was =. Id privately to
q. w. Williams for $25, 200 cash,
Maj. Steadman will move to Ashe.
vile.
Mr.. ID. Ii. Browder retire, from
the staff Of the Raleigh Chr oniele,
having sold his interest Ia Mr.. Jo-
sephus Daniels, the editor and pro-
prietOr.
Gov. Fowle has appointed Joseph
r.. Robinson Of Goldsboro State
proxy of the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad, Vice Clement
Manly resigned.
The Altoona Tribune, Rep, says
| of Mr.. Cleveland: "When a man
has convictions and stands by them
regardless Of consequences, even his
opponents respect him."
The richest man In Boston Il Fred
l.. Ames, whose fortune Is reckoned
at about $20, 900, 900. His grandfaih-
er, Oliver Ames, used to peddie
shovels of his own handiwork.
The more they stir that silver
pool ths dirtier II becomes. The
pr"b abilities are that when they get
TO the bottom they will find a good
deal of mud.-Wilmington Star.
The workingmen Of this country
have no hope save in the ranks Of
Democracy. This they will find
out sooner or later-iu all probable
ity, by the November election of
1892.
| The bright Baltimore Herald has
a cartoon of poor old Hoar weeping,
with Grape on hands and arm. Un-
dernea.h Is written-"Excuse these
tears, but there's been funeral In
the family.
A woman may do q mans work
at the counter or kes p books as well
as man, and yet she can't get a
mans pay. That Is one of the mys.
teries which no fellow can solve
Greensboro Record.
"Cinna ye hear the slOgan?" De-
mOcracy and Alliance are marching
hand I'm hand in unity Of purpose
and spirit, and the country Is once
again safe from Repubiicanism and
| rrpi A
1t is quite evident from the action
Of the Senate Caucus Committee I'm
the arrangement OF the order oc bu-
siness Tuesday, thst they have Civ.
en- the Force bill and the gag rdle
up as pair Of very dead dogs
Wilmington Star.
A terrible explosion occurred ut
Mammoth, one of the mining towns
of Pennsylvania, on the 27tn uit., I'm
which more than 100 parsons perish
ed. AT last accounts III bodies had
been recovered, many Of them burnt
hey ond recognition.
Good country roads are seldom
found and yet there IL both economy
and wealth for districts which dis
card the s'penny wise and pound
foolish" policy that has generally
distinguished our people in regard
To this class Of local work.
Mr.. Bull, the Republican Senator
from Craven, said yesterday In his
speech that he was In favor of an
/ I'D saR tan nj a.
He also said that re favored white
supremacy. And yet he voted FOR
negro for Coagressman:-Raieigh
Chronicle.
The present Legislature is in per.
sonal appearance fine body. The
members seem intent on their du-
tie, are very orderly and OF excel
lent department, and if not expert
enced, are intelligent and able
entugh to accomplish what they
think Is right and i'm the interest nf
the State.-Greensboro North State.
The high tariff has made every
thing higher that the farmer has to
buy; but 1t has not added a penny
to the price Of any product he has to
sell, and never will. We shall have
ample time now to Q, g and study the
workings of the tariff between this
and the Presidential election Of 1892.
Then let the farmers Of the country
vote intelligently and patriotically.
Western Sentinel.
| Just as Secretary Window had
concluded his speech at the Board
Of Trade dinner un last Thursday,
he grew deadly pale, fell In his chair,
thence he slipped to the floor, where
he lay unconscious. Many ran to
his aIl, carried him into an anti
room. where many physicians pro-
ceoded to hfa aaaiefanco fhorl0h