North Carolina Newspapers

w 1H )( )N1 V VA'l A t'(i A ( ()l ; N r V, 'K1)C ES DA Y, X. f '. A 11? I ll, &H VOL NO, 42 A emockatic fau,ily "-"I''-,tiu.Ht -r uev.mi, , ' its Count v, St ate and Nation. j I'ul.Mhhtil evi-.t Wednesday nt j !l.;oiu Watauga County, X. C. .'. r. SIMINIIorit. Lama:. JOHN SAYILLIAMS.IM la.isimu. - -- St isst uii'iiox Uati.s. lcopvly.'ar '. $1 ! 1 " (i months ."(if. J l inohtl'S.. :r.c AnvKimstxei IIatks. 1 inch 1 wtvk. 1 1 month 1 ' :t 1 " i ; , ?1.7o " 1 year $7 t!tann 1 wtn-k linoiith $l:i.."( 14 : " yr. G " :$7.r0 1 vcnr.. ."( For intermediate rjiti-s comit- omiI with the 1-Mitor. btx-al notices ccr.ts a line. Subscription iuvu'inMy in Aa va.ceih1 adveitiKincnts paya ' If on deniaml. PHAUQ A lafc ud rrllsble remriU for HF ADAC1IF. TOOIHACHK ud XKl KAI.dlA. A few dni! r..p. pw-cd omr ti.. p.infui miVf.ee rIvm im. ..Jl-.. ui:.l --I.K ....mnBtl.n i.f Ik. allark Pries ric asr. Rmi soc. per bottu. foR balb Prepared only by the KEPHALINE DRU9 CO. Ltnolr, North CaroHna. HY Al l, DHI I.lilMTS MhiAUht TESllMOKi- als. Mr. A. (j CorpiMung i'th j (atawba(ahts- e..(o. .x. ! kj; vs. "1 Mite this to say! tlmt the lit 1 1. hot tie o! me.!--! t ine called KenhaliiM' is .-, I spiendid l euiedy for headache J in lionor of your distinguish-1 my whole family use it audi,.,! f.-Unw citizen. Hon. W.-. Iter all sav that itielievesthem. Mr. Wilson Lnnton, Kings Creek, Caldwell Co. X. C. says "I have used Kephaline for headache, toothache and neuralgia add have1 never ! iai:el to he relieved. 1 ha v v also used it for Colic in doses of one and two drops with great benefit' LiuvilK Mitchell Co.N.C. April 17th I.S8.). Fditor 1)i:mo( k.v: 1 i i i ngf a i e get t i i g I i vely hei e, sure as you lire, "and !ont you forget it." The Linville Land. Manu facturing and Mining Co. is building a new road from here out to Aaron, by which the distance has been shortened nearly two miles, and, don't you think, have built a good, substantial bridge across the I j i 1 1 v i 1 1 e l i v e r , c o in in e n ( i n g a t the foot of Mitchell avenue. The company are going to build their avenues, each one hundred feet wide, several miles in length one. Linville avenue, into be more than six miles in length. The lumber is now being conveyed from Bryant & Church's new saw mill to the site of a large hotel to be e rected on Linville avenue, w Inch is intended to accomo date the summer visitors. The general health of this section is fsood, but a new disease has broken out and carried off suddenly four of our most enterprising citi zens and one from your coun ty. It is called the OJaha ni a fever. This morning, T. C. Webb, Columbus a M as well, Jackson (Jraggand Lin coln Woodruff, of our coun ty, and Cicero Green, of your county, sta rted for the "Land of Promise." h. M. Dugger, one of the proprietors of the hotel at of tlie CrandfatheHMr. Tn turn's rubber pining 1W Oftive. (which was, but i ..-.'II .I..1 .1 !. vmti n.s- , ...1. ....... jtlMillMietl UU U.iil. -Ill' O I. 1. , i the contractor on t! mail route hut ween yourtownnnd pum Tnv, are here tonight. They are interested in the project of getting a daily mail from Mowing Hock to this place. And we, h re in Liuvillennd vicinity, aiv e.v-Ki-ting to .et a daily mail from Cranbi'i ry. In a previous comiminica tit ui to your paper I stated that the Liuville L., M. and .M. Co. were going to dig a I canal and traiii'hten Lin-1 ville river. 1 got a wrong impression, some way. The object is not to straighten it, hut to turn it from thM ave-' lines and let it meander as nnu-Ii as possible between Linville ami Watauga ave- j tines. A park is to be con ' structfd about four miles in length between these two av enues. In passing, allow me to say. tj;tt this coiupauv has made I ' . , 0 vjS: ( )j) f uj. j, beaut ii'ul ceiu- i .tery containing seventy (.r ima-e acrtr. I -awn tennis, baseball and other games;for t he accomodation of visitors .1 l'i fit Iw l.-iiil imt- in iliotiMi'!' whitdi is to extend to the" of lnvillt livor. , ., , . , . A sl!li,n l,!,,k ls '-bvatly le.id ;nt and named Lenoir. '.V. Lenoir. A map of the town hasbeeu printed and has but just ar rived from the printer, on which I discover a number of .. r i . , sires '.or grand residences oi t hose w h o a rea 1 Je to a d rn i n the very highest style of art. Linville looks lonesome and uncouth, even rough, I may say just now, but you just came over here a few years hence, if you want to see a magnificent toun. J. 8. W. 'liw Hut-shell Pump. Elijah Tat urn of TCIk X A'o.uls has bought a. County right for Watauga Co. for the above pump. I visited Mr. Tatuui recently, and saw his pump in successful opera tion. His spring is fourhiiii dred ami ten feet from his house, and some eight or ten feet lower than his house, and the pump brings the water 1.,mMtion( (.alIinR. fol. thee!ec to the house upgrade with as ti()lls ()f Xorth T;.lkota and much ease and rapidity as an ordinary pump will bring wa ter out of a well 15 feet deep. Mr. Tatum uses ordinary galvanized iron piping laid in the ground just as other pi lling is used to convey water where the spring is higher than the point to which it is conveyed. This pump is o perated by a lever just as a ny other pump, and doesits work by the force of suction. It is guaranteed to draw wa ter to the height of-iO feet, und in addition to that, a piece of rubber piping 15 or 20 feet long can be attached to the nosle of the iron piping j til lur jiuiiii', mm Hutu i cm ; .-, - I w I,,, .mi , w I .., I-. 1 1 . , , , . i . . la t hi-nvn with Tlii'j ti t ho . .i . .i uu vji ivii j vw height of 30 feet, and flowers, j ninritsi -liwl tliP ino-thMi e-ni te i0"1! y . I huiw i vvj ....... ml to extinguish hie. Itook throw water on top of a convention and are organ house, and would be very use iziug lor the campaign. niyst-lf mi. threw n pmil Kt re:im of v:i ti-r mi tnrii.iliNl ii,,.0 ;....,.,.. ! JM.lir4iA and this wry water w hi; h I threw on the hou.se the pump was bringing from the spring) 410 feet away. The pump is made of east inm entire, ami is very dura'Je. ithout pi- ping the pump costs $20. j I'iping t an be bought from 1 to cents per foot. Mr. Tat u in asks all persons wish ing to purchase to call and see his operate, and satisfy j themselves. Th. writer is i thinking of trying one in the j near futuie where the watr will have to be drawn to the height of 25 feet. 1. W. Thomas, Uoone, X. C, April IS. lbH'J. Foul Liu der. Mobile, Ala.. April 15 Jas. Cunningham & Co., an old es tablished hardware house, assigned lo-da,y to W. L. Ba ker and Richard Melletl ; lia- '"'o ,(s 4ii,i00,'"hieily t o Aot vvi 1 ' vt 't oi s ; ascst s y ea il.v nearly as much. Capt. R. C. Jones, of the! schooner, Arthen, arrived here to-day from Hay Island and reports that at Ruata'.i last mouth, the Key. Henry Jlwbson, his wile and her compaiuoii, a young girl, na lives of Jamaica, were all niurdered by Joseph oures. . The family were preparing to leave there for Haiize and Mires was helping, he discov ered that Mrs iiobson had money. Mires, at night, en tered the house and cut the throats of all three persons. He then robbed them oi what money and valuables they possessed, including a watch. Next day Mires was found with the watch and arrested and made a confession of his guiit. Capt. Jones says the butch ery of the tave peisons and multiation of the bodies of 1 . 1 A 1 I uoi n rue women uoi ea strong j i esemdlence to murders com m i 1 1 ed 1 y the White ( h a el murderer in England. Politics in Dakota. Chicago, April the 15. A dispatch from Bismark, Da k. says : That (iovernor Mel lette Iims comiileted his nroc- South Dakota, forframingof the State Constitutions. The proclamation will be issued in accordance with enabling the act of Congress, each of the proposed new Stales is divided into 25 districts ami each convention will have 75 members. The issue of the prodama- tion, denning the districts,. will precipitate as fierce a political fight as ever has been witnessed in North Da kota, owing to the fact that theeonstitutional convention is looked upon as the step- iiinn L'tnlia sf flit. I'lllfl..! ' ? . (m... fn t. ' 1 lii.uui it i yj l in i in.tn.iiui " ' . L"f ; , permission I will tell yon why posite directions and pursue tlie Democrats hope to e- 1 J ' .. .. lect about one-half of the!1 think A' h"s ,a.Vairt ?m'h 'm! UR.Ul th. hmnn 4i i i-1 in oiirl rf t hu Mfwvs?fr. Two Scicidcj in OnsEay. Minneapolis, Minn , April . I ;. ( ha rles I- . II if. Cii. l'res- '. ,M.,nf ,.f tl... w:.......,;., ;...! " I.iIWII.TJU. .till! i ncssotn and Pacific Rail Road Company committed suicide j 1 1 i i- morning in his office by islut ii:sl:iiut'lf in themout h j this t anning with a revolver, j The suit ide is vdl nigh inex- j plieable, as llat h's hm-ine-M j and his domestic relations 1 are of the happiest. lie was i an even tempered, contented J man aiid his friends niv at u loss to explain the ten ibl" j deed. 1. F. Lock wood, n well I known real estate dealer und j uipalist, tommitted suicide last night, by taking poison upon his own cemetery lot. A Stfhtcu la E7e:y Closot. What gave rise to the ex- pression, '"There is a skeleton in e-ery closet?' and just! wnat does it mean ? Alicc. There is an old story that a soldier once wrote to his j mother, vho comni. lined of 7 i I) t uu ha p ! i less, asking her j ID Rome Wrtl.iS, (KMIC l)V i- 4- : 1 .. . I... someone who had 1.0 care or j trouble, ; Coming in her search to (me j who, she thought, must be ! content and happy, thislady ; took her to a closet contai ! ing a human skel.'ttm. "M;id- am," said she. I trv to keet) my sorrows to myseif, but know that everv ninht I am compelled by my husband to kiss this skeleton of him who was once his rival. Think you, then, 1 can b;' happy ?'' The inference is certainly too ! ,.ivu. to need interpretation Wealth in Ores. The wealth of Western North Carolina in Bessemer ores is far greater than is known to the world in general. There is enough high grade Bessem er in that section to run ev ery Bessemer furnace in Amer ica. As strong as this state ment is the Manufactures Re- knows whereof it is sneakina1. It also know that English and North steel makers have been carefully investigating that region through their engineers, and that, there an1 good pros pects of developments in the nea r future which will surprise the whole country. The belt of country running through Western "arolinn, East. Ten nessee, North i.Jeorgin, and part of North Alabama has mineral welt h yet undreamed of. Western North Carolina is one of themost remarkable countries in the world, with advantages of a balmy, brac ing, health giving climate; water in abundance, pni-e as cvvstal itself: mineral and timbt1. Wealtliahnost beyond j description, and it will in a few years be the scene ot vast industrial developments. Baltimore Munufnctui'eii' Re cord. Does 1'raining-pay? I see by reading Home ami ; Farm, some people think e . . , F.m n-iillA -Ml'f t"el Ill4- I ii.ii-il it- .bwwi omt! u-ith viuit . . . ... i imm ii uwroj mm nun tuii lUu.L ilUiilC U L 1IV ilIU o v.vv war without nothing but his t hands and a will to work J The first three months work , he did he lost, ns theman he 1 uotl;.'iI li if ihe.l limol vent. I !i . .. ,.,1 .a ..i, f.... ., i 1MIIA' 'i tJt"l! 1U1 I H(ll U two. ard got enough pro vis-. ions to keep two a year, ami j pursuaded me to help me eat j it. (and by the way I was 1 not hard to jtersuadc). I ! had a little household fund-; tare and a eow and pig, so i we cast our lot toti-i t hT and ! went to work. We bniht a i the enirine siart up again, mule on time nnd rented a ! and as the net is drawn in it farm, and by working hnrdji Mingly bestowed on the and using economy, he help- i iny me in thehousenightmid ' morning antl I hoping him in the field during the day, we managed to make a good living and pay the rent. After a while we bought a farm, not a large one but large enough 1o make plenty to keep t lit family and some' to s-mi. We haw) done our work on twelves, have hired but very little help. We made our pvovL-sons at home and then what cotton we could, have '.t lou-ht corn but 'two or tn:ve times und then 1 I just afnv bas'.iels when wt : ii.i.l .i ,- a..,. i " iy "'.V ri-tinvu, uill W'.mal have some to sell most every year. As the children grew ii we taught them to work not hard work but enough tomakethem healthy ami to keep them out of mis chief. And now we have our farm paid for and stock to work it, don't owe but a few dollars Nothing we have has any mortgage on it, as we have never gi .-en one on anything. We have partly raised s;ven children and send them to school more or less every year until trie older ones have a very good edu cation. And we have lost a good deal in the way of stock, hav ing lost four good milk cows and a. valuable horse, besids other smaller stock. Some times money is not very plen ty but we always manage to save fifty cents to pay for Home and Farm every year. It has ben a regular visitor to our housefor about twelve years and 1 e.vpeet it tojie as long as we are able to raise fifty cents. I have a kind husband ami seven sweet children to love me, and a kind heavenly father to watch over us all and direct our af fairs, and therefore I urn hap py and conl en ted as a Farmer's Wife Homo nnd Farm. r. V-v i I the. water, followed instantly einerish cntheA le. lnt:n who rnt(.h mMl Beam hs angisa tascinat-;(;()f )(t jn t,.uh ,mm, mgsectacleat all hoursbut aij,j ,U1U l;nd tug once mure. especially by moon light. The lish in the bunt come Through the kindness of Dr. j i'n iight and roll in upon the Capehart, I spent .; e vera 1 i platform, water spouting days at Avoca watching the j from seine in tiny jets. Full operation. The water was j hard ie.s! There she is! and fine, the moon well on its! in rolls the great mass, while second quarter, the fish plen-j the men in the water put up tiful. The steamers have re- j tin hinged parriers. Then ceived their seineaboard oneall of the seine is withdrawn half heaped on the stern of j and tossed out of the way, each and side bv side they go I and the catch lies shining i.i.A-ino- n sti-nioht course for the station where the seine is shot. When that is reached thev are brought stern j ouui. (uiu -uv ii i u u stem, and then start in op-i j villus cim ' cr 1 1 wmno it; nTn- .it. l. I ! As soon as this done each starts for its respective en- gine house, paving cut the hauling line as it goes. On reachlliir t he I .-: wh t 'i Imp f.,.tn.-.u,l t-itl. " 'llir ' H 'i nil I U'7 Oil u ill windlass and the seinemen take their resit. For several hours t ho engines continue to pull und wind untill two ends or the net are near the s'lore Then whistles are blown, the. seine hands take their stations on the flats. fiat, in such fonn fold upon f(,hl as that it can be run off readily for he next haul. After a time t he groat crescen t of bobbing corks that .has spotted the glistening waves is very near shore and must be rounded in toward tin; landing. The whistles sound boys and hoises station themselves at the horse wind lasses to w hich the lines are ti ansf. rrc'. At either end a muscular negro stands with a strong erotcbed stick overt he line, keeping it to tne ground, the windlass goes round slo wly; each boat lloats steadily towards the landing, taking in the seinas before, "he torches and great lanterns are lighted; the fires blaze brightly, men and wo men come hurrying from their cabbins; the masfer walks out from his lodge; two stout fellows in high rubber boots wade out into theellipticalinclosure formed by the seine and examine it, all around rectifying hitches; theliues reach the ends of the platform, the horses cease their rounds; men jump from the boats and wade ashore to assist in the lan ling; at either end they pull, some on the top, some on the ground line. There is a splash; a sharp fir cuts the water:.Stecl hooks set on long handles are tossed to the watchers in the net; thehaulmgcontinues steadily Trump! He has him, and a tussle occurs be tween one of the men and a big sturgeon but the man wins and pasce tli3 handle ashore to eager hands who tlrags the strugling fish out of way. Trump again! An other, and still another. The light of the lull moon, the fiare of burning light wood shining upon these, dark ex cited facets upon the broad rippling waters of the sound, upon the boats with their heaped seines and groups of watchful men, upon the close drawn i e: gle lining with silver spnrldings forms a picture never to be forgot ten . The bottom line is in and secured to the platform. "Now pull all" Back and back go the men, pulling won nun' ,u i vi ui, ii ii- ilium Back Hies the tot) line toward ko nurnisneu saver x, loo fl 1 1 "1 -1 II slmd 9,000 herrings. TjOroJc and a miscellaneous lot okel k-ats, sucku-s, gar and what not. . Pl. , , , . f ! fl , , : other fhoot, the fish liouo i hands begin their duties, and fl VP ilDUrS nOTlCt? DrcCISCIV tilt i ... l. s ime scene will be again en- .- i aV.tAd.--Cw. .' 'hdlhm.