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tl)t -isfjerman & armcr. TUALISnED EVERY FRIDAY BT THE Mwm & Farmer FnbiisMng: Co. PRICE $1.50 PER TEAS. BOLD BANK ROBBERS. Tour Daring Thieves Capture a Bank in Texas. With Pistols Drawn They Take Every Dollar and Ride Off. The boldest bank robbery ever committed fn Texas has taken place at Cisco. A few minutes before five o'clock P. M, C. C. Le veaux, Cashier; Treasurer T. R. Blake and M. B. Owen3, were sitting in the bank, when a man appeared at the Cashier's window and esked for some change. Mr. Leveaux step ped to the front to wait on him. At this juncture three other men came in, and one of them thrust the muzzle of a pistol in Le veaux's face and told him that was the kind of change he wanted. Mr. Blake started to Jeave the room, but the robbers stopped him and marched him, with Leveaux and Owens, into one corner of the room, where three of the robbers guarded them while the other one proceeded to go through the safe and money drawer. They took every dollar in the bank and a pold watch and some other valuables that were deposited there for safe keeping. After ward they made Mr. Leveaux open two doors that led into the back yard, and marched him and the other two m-n out to the Jard, where they were forced to climb over a high fence into an alley. Tiie robbers then jumped over another fence and into a wagon that was in waiting. Mr. Owens was a Utile slow in stepping into the corner, and one of the robbers struck him over the head with his pistol and knocked him down. His wound is quite a painf ul one, though not serious. In climbing the fence in the back yard Mr. Leveaux was a little slow, and the rest left him on the inside. As soon as the last robber was over, Leveaux ran through the bank and out at the front door and gave the alarm. The robbers, when about 200 yards from the bank, drew their pistols, fired several shots, held up their bags of money, and shook them at the people. In five minutes Marshal J. T. Thomas and several citizens were on the trail. The robbers went in a northwesterly direction. Mr. Loveaux de scribed the men as a rough-looking set. One of them is cross-eyed, with a light moustache, medium size, and about forty years old. The others had mustaches, one dark and the others light. They were not masked. The robbery was well planned, and the men appeared perfectly cool and deliber ate. The booty amounted to about $:,000. Perry Paschell, one of the posse which fol lowed the robbers, came back to Cisco next morniufr and reported that he had followed the burglars till dark. Mr. Paschell says they overtook the robbers' and rode in sight of them for four or five miles, but could not crowd them, as the robbers all had Winches ters, and their own arms consisted of pistols and shotguns. The robbers beckoned to them several times to ride up, and at one time, when within about 150 yards, Mr. Paschell shot at them with his pistol, but they did not return the lire. He said they rode at least 40 miles by dark, and that it was no trouble to track them through the snow. The country was fully aroused. The police officers of Albany, Breckenridge, Baird, Brownwood, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Ranger, and the rangers at Ballinger were all notified, and it was thought almost im possible for them to escape. Marshal Thomas and part of his posse came in at night and reported that they had trailed the robbers until 2 o'clock i. M. When Thomas left the trail they were in the sand ruffs, fifteen miles south of Cisco, and travel ing eastward. They found the spot where the robbers built a fire, ate a lunch, divided the money and fed their horses. The First National bank of Albany, Texas, offers $500 "reward for the capture of the robbers dead or alive (prefer them dead." In all a reward of $5,000 or 10,000 was offered. THE LABOR WOBLD, A busy season is expected in the iron man facturing industry. IsTew York K. of L. Assemblies contributed $15,10 ) toward the coal strike. lira istreeCs reports 5,957 strikers in the United States from February 1 to.date. The carpenters report a gain in Schenec tady, N. . , of nine hours a day and full pay. New plate-glass works will be started in Butler, Penn., which will be the finest in the country. THELuciuda furnace at Norristown.Penn,, has just received a consignment of 2,000 ton3 of iron ore from Africa. Canadian cigar-makers average $4 per week. They are require I to pay for gas out of that sum whether they use it or not. A low estimate puts the number of per sons supported by all the forms of emplov ment furnished by electricity at 5,000,000. In England there is a society conducted by ladies for the promoting of long service among servants. Valuable prizes are given. A discussion on the relative merits of English and American metal workers took Slace at Brooklyn under the auspices of the lachinkis' Union. The Philadelphia fc Reading Railroad con ductors are signing a petition which is to be ?nt to Congress protesting against the pro posed licensing of conductors. The weavers of Fall River, Mass., have . rganizeti an assembly district from the Knights of Labor. They will thereafter con duct their own affairs after the manner of the Spinners' Union. Alarge stove manufacturer in Albany, T5". Y., has secured the consent of his work men to retain ten per cent, of their wages until the end of the year, to be forfeited to the firm in event of a strike. The Massachusetts Labor Commissione i are watching the employment of children with extreme care. The public school system has suffered by factory industry, and it is now proposed to correct this evil. A thousand women recently met in the public hall at Dudley, England, to discuss the affairs of the "Needlework Guild." The Countess of Dudley presided. The report shows that in three counties, of which Bir mingham is ths centre, 13,000 garments were made last year. The letter carriers are greatly please I by reports from a committee of the National Letter Carriers' Association at "Washington, that Congress will soon pass the bill making eight hours a day's labor for all postmen and jpostoffice eniDloves. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and. Middle State. C. C. Beal, a prominent trader, of Clinton Me., drank out of a bottle of whiskey which unknown persons had dosed with strychnine, and died instantly in convulsions. His eighteen-year-old son also drank some of the liquor, with fatal effect. Fire destroyed the office of the Elmira (N. Y.) Advertiser and the adjoining build ing occupied by the Sunday Tidings. Noth ing was saved, and the employes barely es cajed with their lives. The bonds to the value of $205,000 which were stolen from the Saco (Me.) bank last summer have been returned to the owners by a brother of the thief. At York, Penn., Oliver Truett, a fireman, who had recently been rewarded by the Pennsylvania Comrany for heroism in saving a child's life, shot his wife's tongue out in a fit of jealousy and then killed himself. Firk in an important business section of Providence, R. L, destroyed numerous busi ness houses and stocks valued at $500,000. The old Washington Hotel, the Aldrich House, the Bijou Hotel, the Shattuck House and the Freeman House were all burned and their guests rescued with difficulty. John Giblin, a counterfeiter, attempted to pass a spurious bill upon Mr. Ooetz, a New York baker, and a fight took place between them, Giblin drawing a revolver. Mrs. Goetz came to the rescue of her husband, when the counterfeiter shot her dead and seriously wounded the baker. During the burning of Henry Tenbroeck's furniture factory at New Brunswick, N. J., a wall fell and buried five firemen in the ruins. Two wre fatally injured. President Corbin, of the Reading road, has sent $ 20,000 to the striking miners' relief committee to alleviate the distress of those suffering. Sonth and West David R. Locke 'Petroleum V. Nasby), owner of the Toledo (Ohio) Blade, died at his home in that city of Bright's disease. He was born in Broome Countv, N. Y., September 20, 1S33. Mrs. Andrew Tufferth and her young son were killed at Shattuck, 111., while cross ing a railroad track. The election of Seymour as Congressman from the Eleventh Michigan District will be contested on the ground of alleged fraud. Abbot L. Kebler, of Cincinnati, Ohio. whose brother Charles committed suicide a few days ago when evidence of his forgeries appeared, killed himself by shooting with two pistols, one aimed at his brain and the other at his heart. A company of colored United States troops has just ejected a number of settlers from the Oklahoma District, Indian Territory. Four robbers covered the officers of the Pisco (Texas) Bank with revolvers and stole $G,000 from the vaults. At Bald Knob, Mo., Thomas Waltham Siarreled with Jim Blakeny, who shot him ree times, wounding him mortally, and then killed one of the "Waltham children. The dying man fired one shot as he fell, killing Blakeny instantly. Old "William "Wirt, of Burlington, Iowa, attempted to kilLhis daughter, and failing, set fire to the house, burning to death his two infant grandchildren. He then cut his throat with a corn knife and fell dead. Peter Vannice, of New Maysville,Ind., eighty-five years old, dropped dead, and his wife, aged eighty, though in usual health, was so shocked that she died a few hours later. They had been married sixty years. The explosion of a boiler at Bastrop, La., killed two white men named Reems and Johnson and two colored men. Four other men were so badly scalded that they are not expected to recover. The boiler was blown to atoms, and the ginhouse in which it stood was demolished. Sheriff Thompson, of Las Aminas County, Col. , was shot dead by Jack White a horse thief. A lively fight occurred between the oyster police and the oyster pirates in Chesa peake Bay, resulting in the death of one marauder and the wounding of several others. A man, whose name the police refuse to divulge, has confessed that young "William B. Tascott, son of a prominent and wealthy manufacturer, murdered millionaire Snell in Chicago, and that he watched outside while the deed was being committed. Tascott has fled. Rev. S. H. Cate committed suicide at Chattanooga, Tenn., by drinking a pint of whisky containing poison. Henry Grote and Fred. Behrens, cousins, and life-long companions, quarreled at St. Louis, and Grote, thrusting a revolver in his friend's mouth actually blew the top of his head off, killing him instantly." Washington. Count Arco-Valley has been amxinted German Minister to this country. United States Consul Lewis, at Tan gier, has asked the Government to send a man-of-war to enforce the release from im prisonment of a Moor who is under his pro tection. Charles F. Carey, of Olean, N. Y., has been appointed Solicitor of the Treasury. The Senate has confirmed the following nominations: Henry Vincent, of New Or leans, to be Consul at Lamantia; W. "W. Dougherty, of Missouri, to be Indian Agent at "Warm Springs, Ore. : J. A. Van Auken, to be Register of Public Lands at Central City, Coi. ; S. L. Blaisdell, to be United States Marshal for Rhode Island: A. H. Dill, to be United States Marshal for Eastern Pennsylvania, and Marshal McDonald,of Vir ginia, to be Commissioner of Fish and Fish eries. Hon. Felix Campbell, of New York, unrolled a petition nearly half a mile long in the House. It contained nearly 150,000 signatures, all collected in Brooklyn by men who are 70 years old. The signers ask Con gress to appropriate $103,00 to build a monument to Revolutionary prison-ship mar tyrs in Brooklyn. Mr. Mutsu Munamitsu has been appointed Japanese Minister to this country to succeed Mr. Kuki. The Commissioner of Agriculture at "Wash ington has jut received from Europe a con signment of choice silkworm eggs, which he will distribute gratuitously to all persons who desire to raise silkworms. The House Committee on Contested Elec tions has decided the McDuffie vs. Davidson contest from Alabama in favor of Davidson, a Democrat. General Sheridan in an interview posi tively refuses to become a candidate for the Pres.dency. Foreign. Fearful snowstorms have prevailed on the Continent and numerous avalanches have occurred, attended by great loss of life, in Austria and Switzerland. Mr. Pyne, memler of Parliament for West Waterford, Ireland, was trid on the charge of inciting resistance to bailiffs. He was convicted and sentenced to three months' imprisonment without hard labor. An explosion which occurred in theKreuz graben coal mine, killed forty persons. Thirty-six men were rescued. Seven persons were killed by an avalanche which blocked the St. Gothard Tunnel in the Alps. England has seized the valuable Yuruari gold mines in Venezuela, and is said to have sent troops there to take possession. The mines produced $4,000, 000 last year. After a brilliant debate in the House of Commons, in which Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bal four, Sir Willian Vernon Harcourt and Mr. Goschen took part, Mr. Parnell's Home Rule amendment to the Queen's address was lost yeas 229, nays 317. ITniSultan of Morocco refused to recognize the treaty rights of the United States and illegally arrested an American citizen at Rabat." American men-of-war have been summoned to Tangier to demand immediate Indians, rendered desperate by starvation, are raiding and murdering s-ttlers in the Lake La Beche region, Northwest Territory. Postmaster Fleury, of Paso del Norte, Mexico, has been arrested for stealing $05,0 X) worth of diamonds from registered packages. King John, of Abyssinia, has suffered a severe defeat at the hands of the fanatical dervishes. Heavy snow storms have blockaded all the railroads in England, France and Spain. Soldiers are being employed to clean the tracks. Much excitement prevailed in Berlin be cause of an unfavorable turn in the German Crown Prince's condition. The doctors were puzzled and anxious. THE GEEAT STKIKE. to Work The Question of Wages. The Reading Co.'s miners' strike in the Schuylkill region has been formally declared off, and the men ordered to return to work in a body. Master Workman Lewis, of National District Assembly 135, addressed a letter to President Corbin, proposing that the miners return to work with the understanding that the company would accord them a conference to determine the wages question, and that no discriminations would be made acainst individuals for participation in the strike. Mr. Corbin replied that these propo sitions were acceptable to the company, that no men except such as had attacked or attempted to attacic workmen would be discriminated against, and that it must be understood that the men would re turn to work on the $2.50 basis and that the Reading Company would not be ex pected to pay more than the other com panies. On those conditions the company would consent to a conference for the ar rangement of a new and more satisfactory basis of wages. iNo mention was maae in the correspondence of the railroad men. These terms were accepted by the Miners' Committee, and the strikers were notified to resume work on Monday morning. MERRY KING CARNIVAL. Gorgeous Revival in Memphis of Blardi Gras Festivities. The King of the Carnival has held reign in Memphis, Tenn., for several days, beginning Monday noon, when the keys of the city were surrendered amid great pomp. Gov. Robert L. Taylor took part in the ceremonies. Tues day night, at Gayoso Hotel, the King's ball was attended by over 1,500 invited guests. The streets were crowded with spectators from adjoining towns and cities, and hun dreds of maskers paraded through the prin cipal thoroughfares. At 8 o'clock at night the Sphinx pageant moved along Main street amid a blaze of fire, the subjects being scenes from Shakespeare's plays fourteen in num ber. It is estimated that 40,000 people lined the route of march. At the theatre, after the pageant of the Sphinx had disappeared, Mystic Memphi appeared in tableaux pre senting scenes which led to the Trojan war. After the tableaux, Memphi executed a series of Egyptian military figures. A grand ball followed. Four public balls were in full blast and the revival of Mardi G ras in Mem -phis was a success. THE MARKETS. 7 NEW YORK. Beef, good to prime Calves, common to prime.. . . 53- Sheep 4 Lambs 6& Hogs Live 5 50 5 Dressed Flour Ex. St., good to fancy 4 40 4 "West, good to choice 2 90 5 Wheat No. 2 Red 89 & Rye State .. 56 Barley State 83 Corn Ungraded Mixed.... 5S Oats White State 39 Mixed Western 8S Hay Med. to prime 85 Straw No. 1, Rye 1 00 (4 1 Lard City Steam 7 93 7 Butter State Creamery.... 33 Dairy 20 West. I in. Creamery 20 Factory 14 Cheese State Factory 112 V Skims 8 Western H Eggs State and Penn 25(g BUFFALO. 8X 8K 90 75 00 89V 5S 85 40 41 90 05 93 34 26 24 23 12X 10 12 26 Steers Western 3 25 Sheep Good to Choice 5 25 Lambs Western 4 5'J Hogs Good to Choice Yorks 5 90 Flour Family 4 75 Wheat No. 1 91 Corn No. 2, Mixed 55 Oats No. 2, Mixed Barley State 88 4 5 63 6 5 5 0 a & 15 65 58 95 15 91 55 35? 89 11 6 3 5 95 46K 65 BOSTON. Beef Good to choice. 8 (d Hogs Li ve 5 Ujl Northern Dressed. ... Pork Ex. Prime, per bbl. .. 14 75 (dJIG Flour Soring Wheat pat's.. 4 70 (g, 4 Corn High Mixed. 64?( Oats Extra White Rye State 60 ( WATERTOW.V (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET Beef Dressed weignt. 04$ 7 Sheep Live weight 4j 5 Lamb 6 6V. Hogs Northern 7 7 PHILADELPHIA. Flour Penn.extra family... 3 75 3 87 Wheat No. 2, Red 90a 9, Corn State Yellow oStf Oats Mixed , 40 40 1 Rye State. 52)$ 53 Butter Creamerv Extra... J 28 Chees N. Y. Full Cream.. 12(3 13 FCRS A.ND SKIXS. Black Bear 18 00 Cub. and yearling 6 00 Otter, each 7 00 Beaver, medium 4 00 Mink 40 Red Fox 1 20 Grey Fox 9) Raccoon, each 75 Skunk, black 1 00 Skunk, half-striped 65 (325 00 (515 00 10 00 (S) 5 50 (a) 90 (S 1 80 (5) 1 10 (a) 1 10 (a) 1 15 tJcunk, striped 3 J 3T IS 43 oo 18 15 Skunk, white 15 S S (a) (a) O (K-um, large, cased 158 Opossum, med urn and open. 20 Muskrat. w.nter 16 Muskrat, fall 13 OLEOMARGARINE. Prospect of a Renewed Strug gle Over the National Law. Manufacturers Want to Repeal or Modify the Existing Statute. The bitter fiht over the passage of the Oleomargarine bill at Washington two years asjo is to be revived and an effort made to amend the Law during the present se.sion of Congress, says the New York Mail and Ex press. The oleomargarine people hare is sued an elaborte "abstract,' setting forth their views on the subject, and asking for a repeal or modification of the present na tional law. This has been put in the hinds of every Senator anti Congressman, and the strong pressure exerted by the Western cat tle interest has been brought to bear on the subject. A reply to the "abstract" has just Tteen is sued by the New York Mercantile Exchange, and is being widely circulated among legis lators and persons intersteJ in the dairy in dustry. In the docuraeut sent out by the oleo manufacturers it is charged that the fmssage of the law was obtiined by fraudu ent means; that bogus samples, concocted by the opponents of olc-O," v ere submitted, and that the law destroys one industry to benefit another. They claim that the law deals a severe blow to the cattle induatry of the "West the tax levied to protect the cow has killed the steer; that H8,(00 dealers have been driven out of the business of selling oleomar garine; and that the Government, being in no need of revenue, has no right to tax oleo in any sum beyond the amount nec essary to enforce the law. They ask that oleomargarine be included in a general act concerning adulterated food; that the tax be reduced to one cent per pound, and that the license fee for dealers should not exceed that charged for selling liquors and tobacco. In answer o this the Mercantile Exchange, speaking in behalf of the dairy interests, states that the samples submitted for analysis were procured in the open market, where they were leing so'd for butter, and that in the manufacture of oleomargarine the sub stances used cannot be heated to a tempera ture sufheiently high to kill the germs ot disease without spoiling the product. Dis gusting animal substances may be deodorized and used wit hout danger of being detected in the result. It may be made so as to be un wholesome, but no one can tell, even from a chemical analysis, what fats and oils have been employed. The law is said to be very poorly enforced. At least 13,00J,0O0 pounds of oleomargarine escaped taxation and over 500 retail dealers sold the counterfeit article without paying licenses. The effect of the law has been to advance the average wholesale price of but ter in this cit3T from 21 cents in 1885 to 223" cents in 1886 and 23 cents in 1887. The ob ject of the law was more to prevent dishonest dealers from buying counterfeits at a low price and selling them as genuine butter than to advance the price of the real article. The value of the dairy product of the United States exceels $600,00 J, 000 a year. A slight advance in the price of butter, cheese and milk is of great benefit to the 7,OOJ,000 farmers who are engaged in dairy pursuits, and their interests are of greater importance than those opposed to the en forcement of the Oleomargarine law. The adulteration and counterfeiting of butter diminishes the price of dairy products both here and abroad, damages their reputation and decreases the amount exported and con sumed. The result of the legislation on the subject has been to restore tha reputation of butter, enlarge the markets and advance the price. The law is claimed to be satisfactory, and Congress is asked to listen to no sugges tions for amendments in the interest of manufacturers of tha counterfeit goods. A bill has already been introduced in Con gress by the oleomargarine interest. Its passage "will repeal the present law and do away with taxes and license fees. It pro vides for the sale of imitation butter in origi nal packages of not less than five pounds, and on the outsid-3 of the package the ingredients of the mixture must be stamped in plain letters. The section is worded so as to raise grave constitutional questions, and as its en forcement is left entirely to United States District Attorneys and the general public, it would be impracticable. Another section refers to pure foo 1, and is evidently inserted for the purpose of obtaining the support of those interested in Dassins a pure food bill. LOUIS F. ZIEGLEE, SABBfJET Ml AND UNDERTAKER EDENTON, N. C. REPAIRINIG, VARNISHING and UPIIOLSTER 1NG FURNITURE A SPECIALTY. A full eunply of cheap wood Coffins, fine Cases and Caskets and Metallic Burial Cases furnished at short notice and at low figures. HEARSE AND TEAM FURNISHED WHEN WANTED. As I do ALL of my own work it enables me to fil orders cheap. Pictmes and Frames of every Tariety famished npon ord-r. lia- e.of bn:rte?s. the old Hankin's Cabinet Shop, opposite the Woodard House, Main St. Residence, next door. M. E. ELLIOTT WITH CALLAHAN & BENNER, Whole-ale Commission Dealers in GAME AND TERKAPIN, 3 & 4 Dock Sreet Fisb Market, PHILADELPHIA, XA. J r I BAY VIEW HOUSE, KING STREET, Near Co art Square, EPENTON. h c. F. A. WHITE, Proprietor. Ii. L. RALFE, Clerk. Thi magnificent hoase has jat lately b'n , tj and furnished sw from top to bot!om an 1 ; now puMic. Its large and elegant r u,( ' FACING EDENTON BAT, are an attrctio cot sorpaed In Eastern Caro'ira. Table will be supplied with the bet the n:ariset"f. fords. PolUe and attentive rrants in a:tec:kLc Free Hack to meet Trains and Steamers. First-class Accommodation in Eiery Way pl-7 rJeiv Tin Shop, EDENTON. N. C. HaTirg Joat purchased a complete set of NEW TOOLS, &c, I am better prepared to do all kinds of Hoofing, Guttering, Spouliog and Tiiwork at yery abort notice. REPAIRING NEATLY AND FROMPTJ.Y EXE CUTED. GOOD WORK OR NO PAY. GIVE ME TRIAL. J. II. BELL, Shop at Bond's Bakery. nov26-ly W. J. MOORE & CO. NEW STOCK Wines, Liquors & Cigars, IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC. California Wines, Foreign and Virginia Clarets. Agents for A. Werner's Celebrated Grape Milk non alcoholic. Call znd examine at BAY VIEW BAR. Louis Tillery, FASHIONABLE BOOT & SHOE MAKER, Edenton, N. C. First-class repalrJne done at abort notice. Ao keep a full Ptoct of Shoe Findings n hnnd. Your orders solicited. Prompt attention civc-n. ly DRa C. P. B0GERT, Surgeon & Mechanical EDENTON, TV. C PATIENTS VISITED WHEN REQUESTED. ESTABLISHED 18:. . I VJ. WHARTON, WHOLESALE GOMISSION DEALER Fruit, Produce, Fish, Oysters, Terrapin, Poultry, Game, c, tc, in season. No. 5 S. Delaware Ave. Market, FOOT OF DOCK STREET, ?5fcW. PHILADELPII I A - ConslenmentB solicited. Returns made prompt:. Stenciia t crniehed. lj SAM'L J. SKINNER, Attorney at Law EDENTON, N, C. , Practice In the State and Federal Courta. OFFICE, SECOND FLOOR, HOOPER BUILDING -dose NEATLY AND PROMPTLY uy Tin Fisherman and Farmer Publishing Company. rft n iv?3i twsn Eta aUi m PRINTI