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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1888
Page
1
The lower classes of the Italian people continue to emigrate in enormous numbers, and the Italian government is alarmed. The number leaving Genoa last year was 101,200 compared with 52,852 the year before. Most head to South America.
Edwin Chadwick notes the average life spans for English gentry at 50 years, shop-keeping class at 27 years, and wageworkers at 23 years. Among shop-keeper children 38 in 100 die young, while at least 43 in 100 of wageworker children die before age five.
Official reports show hay production over the last seven to eight years ranging from 2,000,099 to 49,000,000 tons valued at 371,000,090 to 415,000,000 dollars. The average crop was about 40,877,394 tons worth 387,771,207 dollars. The hay crop is worth one third to one half more than the cotton crop.
Philadelphia freights show a sharp drop in foreign wheat and corn exports for the year. Wheat shipments fall by over 4 million bushels and corn by about 1.5 million bushels versus the first half of 1837, signaling a dull second half of 1888.
The Drovers Journal notes prickly pear used as beer two years ago and later by a man at Lublin in that state as a table delicacy. The Lice Stok Journal compares its flavor to preserved figs, suggesting the once despised plant may serve multiple uses.
The New York Graphic notes Captain Kidd was never legally charged with piracy. After over two years in prison he was tried and convicted only for killing a mutinous sailor. If he did any piracy the law had no proof. The correction is offered in Kidd's favor, though late.
The installation of Margaret Sophia as abbess of the Damenstift in Prague was marked by pomp as she received the staff and ring in a formal ceremony. The convent, founded by Maria Theresa, allows flexible vows and even marriage among its residents.
The House discussed a bill to fund executive participation in the Ohio centennial exposition next September and October. Senator Sherman pressed opposition to ratifying the fisheries treaty in the Senate, while Evarts spoke against ratification. The sessions adjourned as heat affected public business.
The House spent Thursday arguing French spoliation claims while pressing the Chinese immigration restriction bill. A conference report on Sioux City public building funding was approved. The Senate debated fisheries treaty with Evarts Morgan and Hall, and passed several bills including a marine hospital appropriation for Evansville Indiana. The Spooner telegraph commerce bill and aid to State soldier homes also moved.
Both houses of Congress attend the funeral of General Sheridan today, signaling a joint congressional tribute to the late military figure.
Monday House action included a joint resolution by Mr. Davidson to appropriate 200000 for combating infectious diseases. The Senate advanced a pension raise to 30 a month for total deafness. Committee of the Whole failed to act on fortification bill and the House adjourned at five. In the Senate fisheries treaty debate resumed with Mr. Call of Florida urging ratification followed by Mr. Gray of Delaware. Mr. George sought reply but adjourned at 6 15.
In Oxford area Henry C Adcock and Jennie C Adcock are accused in a deadly case. Suspicions arose after Eliza Ann Adcock died July 31 with arsenic found in the stomach. Henry C and Jennie C confessed as officers transported suspects to Oxford jail for pending trial.
Foreign notes report an Austrian archduchess discussed as the future wife of King Milan after his divorce from Queen Natalie. Count Von Moltke retires as German field marshal. Lieutenant General Count Von Waldersee succeeds him.
A crowded six story building behind the People's Theatre on the Bowery burned fiercely. Fourteen dead were recovered and a number injured as employees, mostly Polish Jews, leaped from third and fourth floors. Fire lasted about an hour with extensive loss.
R G Dunn & Co reports slight improvement in business and an aggregate volume equal to last year at this date. Iron and woolen trades declined while groceries lumber and farm products remained strong. Confidence in near term improvement grows on crop prospects and tariff uncertainty. Failures total 216 US and Canada 25 versus 221 last week and 183 year ago.
A series of campaign forums will be held in August and September with Governor candidates Daniel G. Fowle and Oliver H. Dockery. Listings include Monroe August 27 and several other towns through September 22 across counties and counties and cities.
T J Smith editor of the Pittsburg Broad Ave reports from Indianapolis the convention's rowdy atmosphere. Headlines describe the gathering as a hot scene with charges of a plan to win the negro vote and claims of a chaotic, disgraceful meeting.
The world shows 1 050 823 bales of visible cotton, with 694 228 bales American, compared with 1 344 490 last year. This week’s interior town receipts total 6 424, plantation receipts 6 615, and crop in sight stands at 6 917 760.
Contractors toil on the Roanoke and Southern between Winston and Walnut Cove. The Chowan and Southern, backed by the Railroad Terminal and Atlantic Coast Line, expands Norfolk facilities with 150000 dollars in two months. Rail projects surge across Georgia with new lines, standard gauge, and twenty record breaking Baldwin locomotives ordered for the Atlantic Coast Line.
The farmers institutes attract strong attendance with practical talks and free Q A sessions. Farmers return home improved, enjoying hands on learning and social exchange with peers. Success at Orangeburg and Laurens spurs more counties to seek similar institutes under the department of agriculture.
The August report from the Agriculture Department notes a small decline in cotton conditions in the Carolinas Alabama and Louisiana with improvements in Florida Texas Arkansas and Tennessee Georgia and Mississippi holding steady The general average price is 7.3 dollars per bale down from 86.7 last month and 93.3 last August State figures show Virginia 4 North Carolina 82 South Carolina 84 Georgia 90 Florida 92 Alabama 90 Mississippi 92 Louisiana 90 Texas 79 Arkansas 93 Tennessee 93
A concise reflection urges not mourning the past but wisely using the present. It emphasizes improving current circumstances rather than dwelling on what is gone.
General Philip H. Sheridan, famed Army commander, died Sunday night at Nonquitt Massachusetts after a long illness of heart disease. He began failing in mid May and endured several critical periods before passing peacefully with family and physicians present. His body was transported to Washington and interred at Arlington National Cemetery after funeral services at St Matthews Church.
The Republican State convention nominated Stone for commissioner of public instruction, Lewis for comptroller, Eagan for attorney general, and Althrope for commissioner of agriculture. A Tampa orange grower reports dry sand packing preserves freshness. Yellow fever spreads in Manatee and Jacksonville. three new cases noted. Efforts to ship Florida fruits to New York by coastline and transatlantic routes are arranged. Orange crop pegged at two million. cotton and tobacco outlook strong.
A washout on the Erie line near Shohola New York early Monday wrecked an eastbound freight injuring engineer M Fritz and fireman OHogan and fatally wounding others. The westbound express fell eighty feet into a ravine. fire destroyed cars and the express fireman Alex Newman killed himself as he was trapped. Total deaths reported two with twenty one wounded eight fatally.
Virginia items report a new post office for Cox in Lee County. Congressman John Wise has accepted a council position with Sprague Motor Co and will move to New York this fall. President appoints M Lewis Walker of Lynchburg as cadet at West Point. Julia Eastwood, 20, attempted suicide at a Norfolk bagnio but failed. Charlottesville notes grape crops improve after years of poor harvests inspiring farmers to replant vineyards.
Captain T. R. Kolb of Alabama Agriculture leads a thirteen member party touring the Northwest in a special car with Alabama product specimens. The itinerary runs Evansville Des Moines Minneapolis St Paul Chicago Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania to advertise Alabama resources for immigration.
In Georgia and North Carolina campaigns, H G Evart of Hendersonville is renominated for Congress in North Carolina’s 9th district and Governor Gordon earns renomination. W J Ellis of Davie county is named for Congress in NC 7th district, with Mott as elector. Blaine arrives in New York on Europe tour to applause. Voorhees and Butler address Asheville crowd at Nellie Park as Republicans and local Democrats share the platform.
In destitute circumstances a Washington woman and mother of five seeks aid from police headquarters claiming she is the widow of Captain Sidney Lee, brother of Virginia Governor Lee. She alleges a $15,000 estate is tied up by an administrator and has so far yielded no relief. Temporary assistance was granted and the case will be investigated.
In a Senate address on the Fisheries Treaty, Senator Vance recounted a North Carolina tale of a man with an extra Jack in his sleeve to mock Republican zeal. He urged a measured approach, warning against punitive aims and arguing that higher fish duties would honor national dignity while aiding settlement.
The repair shops and round house of the Maryland Central railroad in Baltimore were burned causing about $12,000 in logged losses. Also noted is the arrest of Thomas M. Haines, suspected defaulter from the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad, in Chicago.
Krupa works in Essen Germany are crafting a 130 ton gun for the Italian ironclad Sardegna. The piece will be 52 feet long with a 15.7 inch bore and will fire steel shells of 1639 pounds at 2411 feet per second. A second shell of 2314 pounds travels at 209 feet per second.
The state hosts 1 026 Farmer's Alliances, with the State Fruit Fair in Raleigh planned for August 15 and 16. Governor Scales may enter banking in Greensboro after office. a Durham exposition opening may feature speeches by Senators Daniel, Vance, Ransom, and Rep. Cox. A Wolf— Wed? tragedy, fires, floods, and drownings accompany a busy period across Charlotte, Wilmington, Morehead City and Nags Head as veterans gather and public notices unfold.
Fairfield County reports upcoming estate sale planning in the county. Woolen mill shifts discussed from Hamlet, NC to Cheraw. First bale of South Carolina cotton sold in Orangeburg. Spartanburg encampment a success and Augusta pushes toward the National Exposition. crimes cited include a murder conviction at Edgefield and a jail commitment for Kinley in a wheel theft case. Fall Festival opens November 19 with a military encampment and $1,000 funded plus private effort. invitations extended to Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta, Mobile, Macon and other militia.
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