The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-01-29

The Fonoe bill boomers "arc stiu
setting"-waiting to hatch frcm a
spoiled egg.
There have been several eases of
smallpox In Savannah and there are
fears of an epidemic.
Evangelist Fifa Il ,hi- week /.
Lexington conducting Il meeting.
He isdoing good work for humanity.
Ii il 81 Il that Senator Matt. W.
Ransom made 956 bales Of cotton
last year on his farm IL Northamp-
ton county.
The Ionng Mems Christian As,o-
citation of Wilmington has given out
"A contract for a building Il bc ere ed
at n cost Of s3l ,992.
Gov. Hill, Of New York, has been
elected United States Senator. lie
Is the first Democratic Senator New
York has had in over two decades.
The needy and deserving hite
girls of North Carolina will be uuw
aided by the State to get an indu
trial education. his IL ~ il should
be.
The Russian ministry has dec idcI
to begin fhIs year the construction
of railway across Siberia Ia the
Pacific ocean at m estimated cost OF
S34e, 900, ,00e.
Cross and white are pardoned.
The Governor, as well as the public
in general, thinks that they have al
ready received enough punishment
to cover the crime.
The Alliance men in the Kansas
Legislature have pledged themselves
to vote against ingalls,. Also, il is
said, that six Republicans will vote
agairst him. This make his defeat
a certainty.
The Senate bill TO establish an In
dustrial School for white girls pass
ed the three readings with an enthu-
siastic whoop. Three cheers AMI
royal Bengal tiger, tcath, claws AMI
all, fer our Farmers Legislature.
Extrefne cold weather still pre-
walls throughout all Europe. Many
found frozen in their houses. 80, 900
persons out of employment and the
loss in France by the stopping Of la-
borers is estimated at $4,000, 900
francs.
This is an era OF political surprises.
Senator Blair, like Senator Ingalls,,
has been laid on the cooling beard.
Unlike the latter, however, Blair has
been given no opportunity for
death-bed repentance.-Lo Louisville
Post, Dem.
1t is very gratifying to note that
the government is paying more at
tention to, and supplying more and
better lights on the North Carolina
coast. FOryears these aids 10 inland
coast navigation were shamefuIly
neglected i'm the Eastern waters of
our State Western Sentinel.
Mortgages are wearing down the
spirits OF the Western farmers. The
Southern lands are com parativeIy
free from debt.-Sentinel.
I'VE hope that our contcmporary
has made no mistke in regard To his
views concerning the prosperous con-
dition of the South.
The u. s. Senate dispensed with
prayer Saturday. That's right. a
gang or cOnspirators engag ed in the
work that the majority Of the Senate
is now engaged IN have no use for
prayer. 1t looks like burlesqueipg
prayer to be asking divine guidauce
for them.-Wil. Star.
Two Senators, both Of longer scr
vice than two-thirds Of the Senate,
| with their superior ability, gives
North Carolina an admirable stand
ing in the National Council. There
| are not but two or three i'm the Sen
ate low that we're there when Ran
sofn entered that body in 1872.
On last Sunday New York hsd the
most destructive snow storm that il
| has had in many years. The streets
were strewa with fallen telegraph
poles and many accidents and fires
We're caused b. timbers falling on
the electric light wires, but the FIRE
was extinguished without much loss.
No such work oi devas ta.ion has been
known since the great blizzard OF
| March 1886.
| Mr.. Charles G.. Daniels, who for
seveYal years has edited the Wilson
Advance with much ability, has re-
/ tired from the eiitorship Of that
journal and has Lecn succeeded by
Mr.. Claude Wilson, its former busi-
ness manager. Mr.. DsEiels will
practice law AT Frankli1, some sew
enfy miles beyond Asheville. Both
parties have our best wishes for their
continued success.
On Monday E. F. Moore, ex-pfes-
ident of the broken Pes ple's Nation
al Bank of Fayetteville, was arrest
ed on q warrant sworn out before a
U. S. Commissioner, charging him
with embezzling 100000 of the
funds of said bank. 1t is thought
that Moore will waive examination
aud give bond for his appearance at
the Federal Court in Wilmington in
May.
As nearly as can De estimated, the.
fire loss in the United States for the
year 1890 amounted, in round num-
bers, to 1874, 4,000,000 The year 1889
showed loss Of Sill, 100000 This
makes difference Of So, ,000, 900. 1t
is thought that the multiplication of
fire departments and the adoption of
more complete precautions against
j fire have been the cause of the enor
NOUS falling of. Or it May just be