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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1888
Page
1
A poetical ode by Demorest celebrates the passing of winter and arrival of May. The verses describe morning light, sunny skies, warm breezes, and singing robins. The piece contrasts lingering chill with spring’s warmth, promising peace and renewed life in the heart.
An American woman, Mrs. Thomas, captains a trading schooner left by her husband. After mutiny, she boards the Admiral Wheeler, frees the vessel, captures the mutineers, and turns the crew over for punishment. She later recovers the schooner, then fights a pirate felucca, sinking it with discipline and tactics, earning lasting fortune and respect.
In 1857 aboard the bark Rescue bound to Madagascar, Captain Moore’s wife proves a capable shipmaster. With the captain ill, she commands, guiding the crew through calm seas toward Port Elizabeth and a distant island, preparing to defend against hidden Madagascar pirates with two nine pounders and muskets.
Carter Harrison reports from Wad and nearby regions that prosperity outstrips English-governed areas. The ruler governs one third of India, with 12 to 13 million people, owning railroads and balancing preferences between the English government and local authority. Crops are better, stone houses rise, and distinctive villages with round towers dot the landscape as England’s rule suppresses old wars.
A Northern Colorado hunter recounts the death of a tramp who sought guidance in the Elkhead Mountains. The man, ragged and worn, wore a long coat and carried whiskey bottles. He hanged himself from a tree using coat tails and a cord, after climbing to view the country.
Broad sashes and yellow hats set fashion tones while silk brocades and tortoise shell jewelry gain favor. Empress of Spain Bon nets and Miss Chamberlain patterns illustrate society trends. references to Barnum, Empress Eugenie protegee Bruhl, and a Washington charity effort anchor the piece. Names include Celia W. Wallace, Amy Morris Homans, Percilla Woody, Jennie Chamberlain, Flora West, and Mrs. Briggs with plans for men’s education and fashion evolution.
An English family feeds wild birds daily after breakfast. A window bell summons a variety of birds and sometimes squirrels to the feeding place, drawing numerous applicants each morning like patients awaiting a hospital sound.
In Washington the Senate bill for the Albe marle and Chesapeake Canal Company was passed. The House bill limiting letter earners to eight hours and providing overtime pay was also approved. Acting Secretary Thompson removed Charleston port shipping commissioner G B Stoddard, naming Franklin J Miller to the vacancy. House bills for a Columbus Ga public building of 100000 and Charleston DC public building cost limit up to 300000 passed. The tariff bill debate continued with Mr Randall ill but audible in the galleries, supported by McKinley and Breckenridge, and the day closed after a long session with a 4:45 recess and 10:30 adjournment.
Foreign notes report 500 drowned in Mesopotamian floods. The Barcelona Exposition opened with 7,500 spectators as dignitaries including the Queen and royal guests attended. Upcoming plans reveal a 1900 transatlantic balloon flight from Paris, five travelers aboard, and a Berlin scene showing Emperor Frederick’s recovery and public affection.
The General Convention closed with a 10 a.m. service on Wednesday. The committee proposed Memphis Tennessee as the next meeting site at the First Baptist church, on the Friday before the second Sunday in May 1889. Dr J P Green of Kentucky was named to preach the convention sermon with Dr J D Renfroe of Alabama as alternate.
Telegram from Hot Springs North Carolina reports a grave accident near a steam saw-mill. John Kellar, struck by a released log sliver through the abdomen, died after living three hours despite efforts to reverse the gear and halt the saw.
Six hundred quarts of berries were shipped from Newman Georgia over six days. The fruit came from at most six acres and yielded about one hundred dollars in net profit.
Ministers McLane and Col. Bell arrived Sunday aboard La Bretagne. McLane proceeded directly to Washington after disembarking, while Bell serves as minister to the Netherlands, returning from duties abroad.
A large Atlanta blaze at West and Edwards on Pryor Street causes $60,000 in losses with $46,000 insured. A Prattsville powder explosion in New Jersey kills several and injuries many. The Leadville Express derails in Colorado with multiple injuries. A fatal shooting in Atlanta ends with a coroner’s verdict of willful murder. The Gate City steamer collides 200 miles off Cape Hatteras, causing no injuries. An oil river flood in Oil City, PA, threatens the town with $250,000 in damage. Deputy Sheriff Shipe is killed by Hicks Martin near Knoxville. Elizabeth Lewis and three grandchildren perish in a Cleveland house fire.
Unbroken water covers bluff to bluff at O Fallon Missouri and along the Keokuk line from St Peter to Monroe. Sny levee gap widens as about 120000 acres in Sny basin flood, with 75000 acres submerged. 50000 acres in crops, mainly wheat. Terrible crime report from Rhea County Tennessee details four Black men accused of assaulting a white widow and attempting to assault her daughter. a large posse and potential quadruple lynching.
The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly met at Franklin Street Church in Baltimore with Rev. Dr. Strickler delivering the opening sermon. Rev. Dr. J. J. Bullock was elected moderator and clerks named, as sixty presbyteries send both clerical and lay delegates to a total of about 150 eligible seats. The assembly recessed then reconvened, with Dr. Richardson presenting the education committee report.
The weekly weather crop bulletin notes generally favorable conditions across the Southern States though more rain is needed and cool nights slow cotton growth. In the Northwest and Ohio Valley cold weather limits crop gains despite ample rain, with damaging frosts from Michigan to Northern Alabama. Minnesota reports favorable conditions but too cold for rapid growth. Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri see favorable small grain weather but poor conditions for corn vegetables and fruit.
The William and Mary College board in Williams burg Va elected Dr J L Buchanan State Superintendent as president. The proposed normal school curriculum includes five chairs with the president filling one and a model school. The committee will seek three professors two adjuncts and a model school principal with July applications. An appropriation was approved to repair college buildings. Dr B S Ewell, former president for forty years, was named emeritus professor.
For weeks an exhibition in Atlanta at the Superior Court clerk's office displays cotton plant hulls and stalks pulp. The white pulp can be made into fine writing paper and is viewed as a valuable byproduct of the cotton plant, previously deemed of little value.
London special reports a mob attacked tithe collectors and police at Lianfield Wales. In the ensuing conflict thirty five people were injured, seven seriously.
Advices from Warsaw report Russia in a ferment of war preparations. Polish military and civil authorities are asked to determine quantities of corn flour and forage they can supply in a set period. Exiled Russian Jews are arriving in Moldavia.
Western North Carolina tobacco counties report that two thirds or more of the new plants were killed by recent frosts. Vegetables and wheat suffered heavy damage in the mountains. temperatures fell to 25 to 30 degrees, harming crops across numerous points.
Andrew Patterson was convicted at Quitman Georgia on Friday of the murder of Lucius Williams and sentenced to hang on July 18 next.
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