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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1888
Page
1
The center of population moved southward over time with exceptions during the war and 1830–1840. Excluding foreign immigrants, the South grows faster than the North, adding about 650000 children annually versus 798090 in the North, which has nearly twice the population.
A London Times writer notes the United States government has launched a powerful vessel called a dynamite cruiser. The 725 ton ship is designed to sail at twenty knots and is armed with three guns firing 200 pound dynamite charges by compressed air, while Britain’s authorities have yet to test dynamite artillery.
In the New York Ward view the Postmaster General wields immense patronage and is nearly as influential as the President. About 50,000 postmasters and countless clerks nationwide shape appointments and administration from Washington to railroads and field offices.
Frank G. Carpenter writes in the New York World that the Treasury is the largest department in Washington with about 3000 to 4000 employees. He portrays it as sombre and massive, with dirty white stone columns and cave like basement doors, suggesting the phrase Abandon all hope ye who enter here for government offices.
A. G. Armstrong of Mexico MO paid 500 dollars after attempting to collect a 3 dollar debt from a St. Louis widow. He hired a Chicago collection agency which sent an envelope labeled Bad Debt. The jury, reported by St. Louis papers, was described as very intelligent.
A Jerusalem correspondent reports the Holy City rapidly becoming a Jewish center. From about 5 000 Jews in 1880 the number has grown to over 30 000. Russian persecutions push more to settle there despite Turkish limits, with bribes allowing longer stays. Wealthy Jews fund hospitals and homes while poor refugees rely on communal charity.
Cornell University will establish a journalism department with Prof Brainard Smith as managing editor. Fall term will start with seniors juniors and postgraduates forming classes and lectures will cover the state of newspaper work in major cities.
A Texas suit over a herd’s ownership hinged on branding size. Thirteen expert witnesses testified that branding in the dark of the moon yields no larger scar than the iron, while branding in moonlight spreads with lighter moons. The case, involving thousands of dollars, was settled on this testimony, finalizing the question that the moon governs branding.
The Boston Herald credits Harrison with Indiana residence and tactical chances over Sherman. Morton is seen as chosen for financial strength for the campaign. A telegram urges Democrats to back Cleveland and adjourn. Senator Sherman blames Governor Alger for his defeat. General Harrison appoints Colonel W W Dudley to the Republican National Executive Committee.
Reports detail a continuing railroad rate war in Chicago and Apache bands roaming southern Arizona. Other items include a Racine fast, executions in Albion and a Birmingham blast furnace project funded by Charleston capital.
Louis Nicholi a stonecutter was discharged for drunkenness. He shot contractor M B Wilson in the neck at the works and then killed himself by shooting. Both men died from their wounds and suicide.
Mrs. Lillian Warren Hammersby wed the Duke of Marlborough at 1 30 PM Friday, performed by Mayor Hewitt at City Hall New York City amid public attention.
The text notes that glass windows began to appear in English private houses of title and that glass was first brought to England in 663.
A partial list outlines the committee to notify Grover Cleveland of his renomination. Presidents entourage in the White House East Room included Mrs. Cleveland and several relatives and friends. General Collins presented a copy of the platform as Pitt read the notification. after a brief address, guests joined light refreshments and a tour of the city.
Telegraph lines restored after days of floods along the Mexican Central railway. Zacatecas table lands saw unprecedented rains turning rivulets into torrents for over 200 miles. Leon and Silao partially destroyed with at least 1500 drowned in Leon. over a thousand bodies recovered. districts filled with corpses and stench. Relief funds are being raised nationwide.
Cardinal Gibbons presided as Bishop Leo Haid of North Carolina was consecrated at the Baltimore cathedral. The ceremony included a procession of bishops and clergy, with multiple co consecrators and papal commissions naming Father Hard as Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina and titular bishop of Messenia.
The alliance of the Richmond and Danville and Atlantic and Coast Line, long discussed, is now officially confirmed. The contract would give Richmond and Danville a new Norfolk outlet, shorten routes to the South, and likely place Norfolk as a principal terminal in a 6,000 mile network. A 100 mile connecting link may be built with the Coast Line.
Lee Aderholt a 17 year old local youth is shot and killed at the Caleb Carpenter store near Cherryville by Bill and Dan Thornburry two notorious twins who tried to force entry into a show without paying. Four shots were fired with Aderholt dying fifteen minutes later. The showman was wounded seriously but survived. Aderholt is the son of Emanuel Aderholt Gaston County treasurer.
Thurman expressed a strong view on the Republican nomination saying he considers it a very strong ticket and he has no fears about the November result, predicting a Democratic victory.
The Senate debated the river and harbor bill with amendments raising funding for Baltimore, Savannah, Tampa Bay, Great Kanawha River and Cape Fear. House actions included tariff debates, free-list votes, and passage of private pensions. The day closed with Senate reports on naval construction and a secret session after Turpie's remarks.
Senate action on the river and harbor bill included a $10,000 insertion for the Mississippi River, a survey for Cape Fear River in North Carolina with no new appropriation, and a canal plan from the Illinois River at Hennerpen to the Mississippi near Rock River. The Missouri River Commission was abolished. A separate bill authorized the Bingham Selma and New Orleans mail service.
The Senate attaches the Hennepin Canal scheme to the river and harbor bill. A bridge bill envisions a single span across the Hudson linking New York City and the Jersey shore for railroad trains and other uses. Citizens and officials note party activities as Carolina residents in Washington form Democratic associations. The treasury reports a year end surplus rise of 79,009,000 dollars. The President declines Cincinnati Exposition attendance.
Emperor William opens the Reich stag and favors peace while the Czar and Germany's new emperor plan a July 14 meeting at Cronstadt. Russia abandons any France alliance. Ireland's Langford seat goes to unopposed Nationalist Fitzgerald. A 1887 famine death toll reaches 32. Sandsville Sweden fires destroy $45 million in property. King Oscar aids relief amid widespread devastation.
The Pikesville arsenal near Baltimore Maryland is converted into a Confederate Soldiers' Home. The formal opening occurred Wednesday with the building adorned in national colors and portraits of Jefferson Davis Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Senators Hampton Vance Daniel Blackburn Beck West and J Proctor Knott spoke. Judge George William Brown presided.
Great excitement follows the mysterious loss of C. C. Wilson, president of North Side Savings Bank in Atlanta. The bank safe was found empty after the cashier opened it. Friday Nelson sold checks in New York for about 20 000 dollars and was seen leaving for the depot around 11 PM Saturday, suspected to have traveled to Connecticut.
Grant and Garfield Jones eight year old twins in Stafford County Virginia obtained a firearm while their parents were away. Grant discharged the gun fatally wounding Garfield instantly at their home. Authorities report no other injuries and the incident is under investigation.
The steamer James W Baldwin collided with a pleasure launch near Newburg New York, tearing the craft in two. Eight aboard included two men and six women. two women named Mrs. Benj Ozell Jr and Miss Annie Miller drowned.
Franklin county approves a fifty thousand dollar subscription for the Great Western Air Line from Charlotte to Weldon. A Pittsboro soldiers reunion is set, with speeches by Governor Scales and senators. Concord opens a new bank and begins a hotel project. The North Carolina Teachers Assembly meets at Morehead City. Fruit Fair plans are made for August 16 in Raleigh Metro politan Hall. Legal notices report executions set for July 13 and 18. July ratification meetings for Democrats are announced with grand torchlight processions and railroad discounts.
Reported at John T Roddy camp near Rock Hill a cave in killed one and fatally injured three others. In York county Robert Wood, a 60 year old white man, is alleged to have brutalized a six year old girl named Hill. A mob forced the child's ill mother to swear Wood injuring the girl and warned him to leave the county in five days or face lynching.
The June crop report compiled from county correspondents estimates yields at 100 as full crop for wheat, oats, corn, cotton, tobacco, rice, sorghum, apples, peaches, hay, clover, and peanuts. New cost per bushel estimates place wheat at 68.9, corn at 441.4, and oats at 801.2. Compared with May, corn and other staples show declines across the board.
A fatal thunder squall along Beaufort County North Carolina struck Dicksonville near the county seat killing Ben Harvey and Sherman Simons. Simons’ clothes caught fire and both men died instantly. About ten people were in the house. four others were seriously shocked and the building suffered heavy damage.
A southbound train to Mobile wrecked a small bridge near Tensas Florida. Engineer John Morgan and fireman Sam Williams perished along with two tramps. Mail agent Davis was seriously hurt. four passengers and the baggage master were lightly injured. An engine, baggage car, mail car, two coaches and a sleeper were wrecked. The injured were taken to Mobile.
In a plantation dispute at A. T. Jones’s estate near Richmond Alabama Melville Lites overseer and Wash Haralson a worker were killed after a confrontation over the negro’s eviction. Lites died within fifteen minutes Haralson died later the same day.
Iron and steel manufacturers in Pittsburg notify buyers that no new orders will be accepted after Saturday and none will be taken that cannot be filled by then, signaling an anticipated shutdown of the industry in the city.
A miscellany reports Harvard as oldest US college, a chemist claiming wood can be palatable, a new Chinese Sunday school in Chicago, and an alligator nest in Florida with forty three young. It also notes ruby ore valued at ten thousand dollars, red canaries from cayenne fed canaries, and peculiar animal deaths in Cincinnati and Elmira.
In 1865 General Robert E. Lee replies to six year old Overton Bernard of Tallahassee. He says his father may be spared briefly but urges the boy to train to fight for his country and not expect home visits. The letter is written on Confederate paper.
In sweltering New York tenement districts over 100 children died from diarrhea linked to the heat while total deaths for the day exceed 300, the heaviest daily tally this year. Horses also perish as cab and car teams collapse in the extreme heat despite relay teams and hospital stations. the noon temperature hit 98 degrees.
A Philadelphia visitor in Boston complains about crooked streets while praising Philadelphia's orderly layout. A local reply suggests Boston would degenerate if it were as dead as Philadelphia, highlighting a humorous edge in city comparisons.
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