Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-01
LATER NEWS.

THE Presbyterian Assembly at Saratoga,
N Y, adopted a report recommending that
the General Assembly assume direct control
of all theological seminaries In the Church
THE loss Mt WiIliamsport and Lycoming
County Pennsylvania, by the floods Is esti-
mated at So, 1000, 900.
TIE Southwest Pass Lighthouse, at the
mouth Of the Mississippi River, Louisiana,
has been destroyed by fire. 1t was first
order fixed light The structure was 123 feet
in height and was built early in the seven-
ties at a cost of $150,000
CONGRESSMAN w. C. OATES was nominated
for Governor of Alabama by the State Con
vention at Montgomery, defeating Johnson,
the anti-Cleveland candidate. 272 to 232.
THE corner stone Of monument to be
erected in honor of the unknown Confeder-
ate dead of North Carolina was laid in
Raleigh Walter Grimes was the principal
speaker of the day. There was an immense
gathering OF persons from all parts OF the
State.
FIRE has destroyed the business portion Of
Jasper. Fla
In shooting affray in Hanfori, Cal.
James McCaffrey was killed. AMI James Ryan
mortally wounded Eight mon were engaged
in the fight, which resulted from McCatfreys
ATTEMPT to prevent Ryan's son voting at n
primary election.
TIE corner stone of the first Pythian
Home in the world was laid in Springfield,
Ohio, with impressive ceremonies. H. W.
n dol
WILLIAM BROOKS, a colored man, employed
by w A Taylor. farmer In Forest CITY Ark,
was shot and killed by unknown persons
Brooks had proposed for the hand Of his en-
ployer's daughter in marriage and had been
dxiven off the farm colored man, who
assaulted fourteen-year-oldg girl in Airing
ton, Ga. and subsequently shot her father,
was taken from the Jail at that place by al
armed band of citizens. who hanged him
from a tree in the public square.
The President nominated A. W. Bradbury
to be District-Attorncy for Maine.
THE Queen Of England has knghted Isaac
Pitman, tho inventor of the Pitman system
| of phonetic shorthand.
PRESIDENT PEIxoToS course in suspending
relations with Portugal was sustained by the
Brazilian House of Deputies
THE French Ministry was defeated in the
Chamber of Deputies by vote of 275 to 225,
whereupon they informed President Carnot
that they would resign. 1t was looked upon
as victory for the Socialists.
THE dead body of the foureen-year-old
of RaadGhOrO
found recently hanging thirty feet from the
ground in a tree He had been missing
eight days, and ponds had been dragged ana
woods searched meanwhile. The boy hao
| climbed into the tree and rested on a limb,
tied a rope to the limb above his head, ar
ranged a moose and put his head into it, and
then slid off.
TIVE Massachusetts Prohibitionists State
Convention met in Middlebury, Mass, and
nominated State officers.
TuE PENNSYLVANIA Republicans met III
State Convention at Harrisburg and noml-
mated the following ticket For Governor
Daniel B. Hastings, of Center County 1ot
Lieutenant Governor, Walter Lyon, OF Ale
gheny County; for Secretary OF Internal Al
fairs. James W. Latta, of Philadelphia 1oi
Auditor General, Amos II. Mylin, oil Ian
caster for Representative at Large, George
F Huff. of Westmoreland for Representa-
tive at Large, Galusha A. Grow, OF Susque-
hanna.
FRANK MATERRoZGo, cook, shot aht
probably fatally wounded Joseph Lynch anc
Cornelius Bresinhan in Mountaindale, \. i
He was jealous.
SENATOR GoRMAN delivered a set speech
in which he defended the action on the Tariff
bill of himself and the Democratic majority
THE Senate confirmed the nomination
Charles H. J. Taylor, the colored man frou
Kansas. to be Recorder of Deeds in the DIS
trict of Columbia.
HEAVY SHOWS fell in Northern Spain. Th
crops have been damaged badly, roads have
been blocked and the telegraph and railway
services have been impeded.
President PEIxoTo has announced to th'
Brazilian Congress that the difficulty be
tween Brazil and Portugal has been amica
bly, settled.
A LONDON test of Herr Doves cuIrass M
convinced the Commander-in-Chiefo Of Brit
aims army that it is bullet proc.
A REIGN of terror exists in seryia an
| wholesale arrests are being made,