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f T3. Aa aof Authorize -the county .com
raisoacrs of Whmoad icounty, to pay cer-
- tola Ecaool orders."--v :
577. An act to corporate the LIghtwocd
.:, craek Uaaai Company. :- v- Cv
' 873. An act - to fprohibit fast driving and
' rUingover certain bridges in tbe county of
.: Greene... " V-G---- '.T '
Zn. An act concerning wild fowLMakes
it & misdemeanor ' to hunt wild fowl with a
fixating battery. --:-:-,.:v.,,-:-! -cZ
S30. An act to change the corporate limits
of the town oi l acksonville, In the county or
Oaslow, and for other purposes. "y-, ;
' 23L An act to authorize the cominlasioners
0 Lenoir county to levy a special tax- -Pur-"
pote or building a bridge across Neuse riTer.
j8S2. An act to prot ide for the local aasejc
- meat in aid of public schools. ''''.t
533. An act to provide for the establishing ,
of a public highway through public lands be
tween Hatch-Fork and R. J. Murrells, in the
county of Oaslow.
334. An act to amend section 5, chapter
23i, laws of 188L Striae out of act prohibit
in the sale of liquors at the railroad depot in
the town of Littleton, in Halifax county.
gSo. An act for the relief of tbe tax payers
' cf Wake connt7. Allowed until July 1,
1833, to redeem lands sold for taxes.
' 886. An act to punish ithe offense of
' breaking, tearing down, injuring or destroy--int
bridges. jyiakes it a misdemeanor, pun
isbd by fine or imprisonment at discretion
of Ihe court. - .
US7. An act for the relief of W. A. EHeaT
anfi other railroad tax collectors in Stokes
cohtny, ,
i$S3. An act to repeal the local prohibition
, at-Pleasant Grove church, in Nash county.
SJS9. An act concerning the manufacture of
brandy, in the county of Mitchell
S'JO. An act to phniah the forgery of names
to certain petitions and other papers. -m
' 31. An act for the relief of the farmers
in; Gray a Creek township, Cumberland
.- county. .
&92. Aa act to" pay Mrs. - Mary R. Moore
for services rendered as clerk to the late 8u
: periatendent of the' Insane Asylum, at Golds-
,- bojo. ; '
'93. An act t? prohibit the manufacture
atfd sale of spirituous liquors within one mile
of Uutberford College. ... '
- . . 394. An set to prevent the felling of trees
; 'in;wouth Yadkin River, in Iredell county.
; i 'S95. An act to prohibit the sale of intoii
catfog liquors in certain localities in the county
- of Madison.
595. An act to amecd seetion 1, chapter
234, laws of 1881 ; adds Pamlico, Dare and
Uald wall counties into the stock laws of 1881.
S97. An act to establish a graded school in
' Shoe Heel school district No 's 1 and 2 fcr
white children.
399. 'An act 'for -the encouragement and
sapport of the Btato Guard: allows each mil
itarj company $150 per annum armory rent.
Sad allows Adjutant General $500 per annum.
; ,899. An act to amend chapter 19, private
laws of 1881. Defines tbe corporate limits of
the town of Webster.
,400. An act for the protection of fish in
Guilford county.
4401. An act to repeal chapter 6, laws of
1869 70, and chapter 194 of laws 1870 71.
1402 An act to prevent the felling of trees
or-otaerwise obstructing the flow of water in
(rant Creek, ltowan county.
- 403. An act to amend tbe charter of Bden
' tea. '
-. 1404. An act to prohibit the use of Fyke
lipis, fish traps or set down semes in M&soc-
tfcro accLMyrtle Grove Bounds.
. 4Q5V An act to repeal certain parts of sec
' tran 13, chapter 14, laws of 1876-77. lie
t pfcals clause requiring clerks of Inferior Courts
j oped to be approved by justices of the county.
i 406. An act to incorporate tbe village of
i Loouaburg in Hyde county. . -
', 1 407.' An act to prevent poisoning streams of
I water in this State. Makes it a misdemeanor
pjjriehable with flact)r imprisoamenr at the
iSiicretioa of the court: .
. 408. An act to amen J an act establishing
- tjfig Department of Agriculture.
1 L409. An act to eetaolish a graded school in
I vimbertoa school district No. 70, for white
gaiid'cn.
-IS 410. An tct to' incorporate the town of
t fates in It jbcaon county.
I' 111. An act to prohibit tbe sale of intoxl
Caung liquors wiihm cne mile of Wilson's
Wills in Jobtsloa county. '
412. An act to repeal so much of section 2.
apter 234 of the lswa of 1881. so far as the
ma relates to Baratoca Free-well Baptist
hurch and Peasant Hill church near Saratoga
I 413. Aa act to. "authorize the sheriff cf
Fodvth county to collect ceriaia arreari of
Hes. ;.,..;.!.: . .
i an An act to mase iisamg wua eeins or
iejs in bappony Creek, Coopet 's township,
Nish county, a misdemeanor. ;
I 415. Aa act to amen the charter oi the
town of Winston.
I 416. An act to amsud chapter 60, of the
privaie laws of 1876-77, ratified March 6m,
1877:-
i 417. Ai set enpplemealal to aa aat en'itled
sn'tci auieaditg ine charier of the Greenville
tlr,jttd Company. Kaiificd February 24;h,
403J.
I 418. Aa act to change the time of holding
t4 courts in the 7th judicial district: Davie
county ho dicg cjurt on the first Monday in
Marc a and ttoptember, Yadkin court on the
s&Coad Monday in March and September and
Davidson oim oa the third Monday in March
and September.
1 4:9. An tc: to prevent live s:ock from run
rog at large in Caswell county.
HtQ. An act to aaiendhapter 212, laws of
1$7& -7 7$ provides for eumaioning, drawitg
and pay bf epeci&l venire ia certain courts.
J 421. An act to prevent the obstructing of
tleipassjge of Csb in' Neuie river. Pfobtoita
phttftig ia traps, Dutch nets, wire seiaes from
UjeFails of Nsuse, in Wak3 cjuaty, to Its
cth.
422. Anaci to amend ths charter of the
td!wn "of Matthews.
423. An act to authorize the commissioners
o3raln couaty to levy a cpecial tax.
424 An act to incorporate theirfhiloh Lodge
No: 10, Independent order of Odd Fellows of
Uimdcn county. ,
Antes to amend chapter 234 of the
lass of 1881, known as Omaious zo. and en
tlied aa act to pronibit the aaic of spirituous
liquors ia ctrtaia localities: strikes out Ml
Vfrnoa Jiaptist church ia Nash county.
126; An act to incorporate the Seaboard
Maufacturiag Company. j
i7. An act to amend section 2, chapter S4.
law$ofl88L .
4iS. An act to prohibit the sale of liquor
wifbin,two cllcs of Spring Hill Baptist,
Haniny Grove. Arnold Plains. lather and
lUllans Methodist churches, in Uaywo'd
couaty. .
i29. An act for the relief of Efinheth P
,:;ratt' of Cnowaa county. ' .
. 43). An act to chsngo the name of Brace
towfcsaip, in Guilford CQUD'y, to Sumicerfield-
lownsaip. - .
431. Aa act to Incorporate the Acme Maa
uf aJt uriog Company.
432. An act for the relief of James Vf.
Lancaster, of Wilson county and James W.
Rurhplo, of Koaa coaniy.
4.33. Aa act to amsad section 5, chapter
19iof the laws of 187(5- -77, concerning the
tegatratioo of vottra in Wilson.
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st ' 1 lo PreYCCl lhe celling of trees
rr, in Ualso Cole Stramo in Dar lin count "
435. An aci. for tta ini.iiov. mem nt arns
I andsewers of the cny oi Greensboro.
,' '4-.An actt disqaalif v pwsons from giv
U log evidence in cirtam acnona founded on
II; fjudlmeau rendered and bunds and other
y coatracis maae aau executed prior to Auzoat
131,
An act V
175 of the
; .,li&w of" 1876-77, entitled an act to
i Me Vu of LUUetoo, lathe c ;untj
r . iad Warren. . -
incorporate
unty of Uaufsx
i 433. An act to &mend cban'r 191. lw nt
881fad an act suppkmenudj thireto; con
xutg the governing cl the market at WiK
43. An act to authorize and empower the
oard of Commissioners of Buncombe count
I to fleh the ttpartonburg and Ashevilie rail.
V,padJ between Hendtrsonville and Ashevilie.
f4). An act for the protection f the new
J. trouble track iron bridge across the French
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o amcna chsriir
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liro&d river at Asheviile. v -i
'; ' AiX. j An act to appoint and aettle'a ferry on
! ! j the " h Pee Dee river, to be known as De
.Ecrry; Ferry. : ... v.r. .:;.-- ':.
l 44. .u act to authorize the commissioners
I" I s of Iitioir in Caldwell to lay off streets.
v.4 1J. An tct to incorporate the town of
i'ic4 Bquire, ia the couuty of Northamptoa.
A 1 An act to aascd section 25. ctsrtsr
to ctacse tbe name of theEdenton & Norfolk J
Railroad Company, and to mate tee same me
Carolina 1 & ChesaDeake Bailrord Company,
land to amend the charter of said company.
447. An act to authenza me twara oi
County Comnussioneri of Northampton coun
ty to order the treasurer of said county to pay
certain accounts due to teachers of certain
public schools. :i . ": Ll.iwu.v,
- 443. ATI act to amena an ic uiuuauus
Vance county; allowing said county to hold
two week terms of Superior Court.
; 449. An serf or the better drainage of low-
lands in Reedy Fork and Horsepen Creeks in
Guilford county ana uaw xuver ana iw uii
ntaries in Rockingham county. ;
450. An act to drain ine lowiaoas oi eper-
Ssns Creek in te counties of Forsyth and
avidson. . ' ' i i . . : '
451. An act to'ailow J. F. Dawsoa, late
sheriff of Halifax county, to collect arrears of
taxes. .- -: ... :...-
452. An act to incorporate tbe btannope.
Academy in Nash county.
453. An act to prevent tne ieiung oi iimoer
in Chevah river and Its tributaries in Graham
454. An act to incorporate tna town oi aior.
Ten in Aascn county.
455. An act to authorize tne commissioners
of Madison county to levy a special tax.
456. An act to authorize tne commissioners
of Lenoir county to levy a special tax.
457. An act to authorize tne commissioners
of Wake county to levy a special tax.
457. An act to cede to tne unuea oiaies
certain lots and wharves in the City of Wil
mington.
548. An act to authorize the commission,
era of Person county to subscribe to the capi
tal stock of Roxborb Railroad Company.
459. An act to authorize Caldwell county
commissioner to offer a bounty for the kill
ing of certain predatory animals.
469. An act to incorporate the Elm wood
Cemetery Association in Enfield, in Halifax
county.
401. An act to establish graded schools in
the counties of Nash and Edgecombe.
462., An act to prohibit live stock from
ruaniog at large within certain parts of Ruth
erford county.
463. An act to incorporate tbe town of
Mebace, in Alamance county.
461. An act to prohibit live stock from run
ning at large in certain portions of Vance
county.
465. An act in relation to oyster gardens.
466. Aa act to Incorporate Yanceyville
Grand United Order; of Benevolence No. 10.
467. Aa act to incorporate the town of
Sassafras Fotk, ia Alamance county
468. An act .to change the dividing line
between Duplin and j Wayne counties.
469. An act lo incorporate the town of
Palmyra, Halifax county.
470. An to authoriz3 the commissioners of
Granville county to pay Mrs. Elizabeth F.
Jenkins for teaching a public school.
471. An act to authorize and empower the
commissioners of Rockingham couaty to levy
a special tax.
472. An act to incorporate tbe town of
Woodland, ia the county of Northampton,
473. An act to prohibit fishing on Sunday.
474. An tct to amend chapter 337, laws of
1881.
475. Aa act to extend the corporate limits
and to amend the charter of the town of
Greenville. I
476. Aa act to equalizj the school fund of
Rutherford county, j
477. An act to amend section 3. of chapter
-293, laws of 1879; strikes out sixty and in
Berts one hundred and twenty.
478. An act to require conditional sales of
personal property where title is retained to be
registered; regulated by the same laws as
chattel mortgages. -
479. An act to incorporate the town of
Harrelsville, in Hertford county.
480. Aa ;act to authorize Mark E. McCall,
administrator of R..R. McCall, late sheriff of
Caldwell county to collect back taxes.
481. An act to complete the new wing
of the Eastern North Carolina Insane
Asylum, at Goldsboro, and to furnish the
same.
482. An act to amend" chapter 23, Battle's
KevisaL Section 4 shall not apply to W ll
mington, Charlotte, Raleigh and Newbern.
483 An act supplemental to the Code.
So much as applies to State Library, of chap
ter iw, snail De in rorce alter March 1.
484. An act to authorize the commission
ers of Halifax county to fund and pay the
debt of said county. -
485. An act to authorize the appointment
oi cotton weighers in the city of Charlotte
486. An act to repeal chapter 79, laws of
lSUS-uy, and chapteril50, laws of 1881.
487. An act lo prevent negligence about
railroad cars, and .to protect persons from
injury by the cars. !
488. An act to amend chapter 293, laws
or lool, relating lo the compensation of the
servants in the various State departments.
489. An act to amend chapter 165, laws
of 1876-77.
490. An act concerning the sale of spirit
uous liquors m juizaDetn town.
,491. An act to promote the objects of
the Roanoke Navigation and Water Power
Company. x
An act to amend an act entitled an
act relating to bringing- stock from other
States into this State.
493. An act to protect partridges and wild
turkeys in the county of Warren.
494. An act to regulate appeals from al
lotment of exempt property.
495. An act to prevent the taking of oys
ters In Myrtle Grove Sound, in New Han
over county.
496. An act in relation to fishing in the
waters of White Oak and New rivers and the
sounds between them.
497. An act to establish in the county of
Columbus a public ferry.
498. An act to permit the presiding
Judge of Craven Superior Court to extend
the term from two to three weeks in certain
cases.
. 499. An act for the better drainage of the
lowlands of Abbott's creek, in Forsyth and
Davidson counties.
500. An act to amend an act to provide
for the levying and collection of taxes rat
ified the 11th of March, 1881.
501. An act to declare the mother of chil
dren in certain cases to be their natural
guardian. ' i
602. An act to prohibit the sale of spiri
tous liquors within five miles of Peterson
church, in Yancey county.
503. An act toincorporate the Greensboro
Water Works Co. j
504. An act to incorporate the Chowan
and Roanoke Railroad Co.
505. An act to amend chapter 247, acts of
1881. Concerns live stock running at large
in Nash county.
506. An act regulating the fees of justices
of the peace for the probate or acknowledg
ment of deeds, . j
007. An act to amend chapter 126, laws
of 1881.-r-Concerns fence law in Wake
county. i
508. An act to incorporate the Raleirb
Water Works Co. j
509. An act to amend chapter 234, laws
of 1881. Adds MU- Pleasant Methodist
church and Mt. Pleasant Male and Female
Academy, both in Guilford county.
510. An act to encourage the building of
a railroad from some point on the Western
North Carolina Railroad, between the town
of Salisbury, in Rowan county, and New
ton, in the county of Catawba, to the Ten
nessee or Virginia lbie Via Taylorsville and
Wilkdfcboro.
511. An act to allow the Superior Court
Clerk of New Hanover county to be absent
from his office i three consecutive Mondays
during 1883. . J
c6 )0 -corporate the town of
bmithneid, in Johnston county.
613 Air act to incorporate the Carolina
Wharf, Warehouse and Compress Co.
act to republish the reports of
the Supreme Court. j .
- 515. An act to repeal local prohibition in
certain localities and to prohibit th mIa f
intoxicating liquors incertain other locali-
516. An act to amend an act entitled air
act to revise and consolidate the public
school law and lo make more efficient the
fyf.PHc instruction in this State,
ratified March 10th, 1881. - - -'
517. An act to prohibit the sale of spirit-
ijy f.nd feasant Gap churches, la the
countierof Buncombe and Madison. --
018. An act to prohibit the sale of spirit
uous liquors within one mile of Mi. Tabor
Baptist churchy in Columbus county.
y 619. An act to amend the charter cf the
town of Launnburg, county cf Richno" i ,
tr 1
A- f.wt to i. a e-ipr u iv-
laws cf 1879; concerning th8 construction cr
a cnnal in Pender county. ; ; ;
621. An act to amend chapter aai. laws oi
1881; relatfcs to graded schools in Durham.
522. An act to incorporate the cane oi vx-
ford. -
523. An act to crevent the obstrucung tne
passage of fish in Sandy Mush Creek, in the
counties of Buncombe and Madison. ;
62 L An act to authorize the commissioners
of Madison county to open a public road, and
to furnish said county convict laoor to aia m
the construction. i .
625. An act to amecd the charter or tne
town of Bethel, in the county of Pitt.
, 526. An act to authorize the commissioners
of Cabarrus county to levy a special tax for
the purpose cf completing tbe macaoamizea
road from Concord to the North Carolina
Railroad. . ! -V--"
527. An tct to Incorporate the North Caro
lina Savings Back. - t !
528. An act to amend chapter 16, ox private
laws of 1870 71.
529. An act to amecd section 31 of chapter
104, Battle's RevisaLStrikes. out "ten" and
inserts "five." j !
, 630. An act to incorporate Union School,
county of Yadkin. 1
631. An act to prevent the destruction of
wiid fowl ia New Hanover county.
632. An act to change the name of tbe Fay
etteville Mill Manufacturing Company.
633 An act to amend an act of tbe General
Assembly of 1846 47; relating to the Rich
mond Academy at Rockingham.
634. An act to amend chapter 10, laws -of
1870 71, amending the charter of the town of
Stonewall. !
535. An act in relation to roads and
cartways.
536. An act to protect the rice planters
of Eagle's Island in Brunswick county.
537. An act to amend section 14, chapter
135, laws of 1879.
- 538. An act to allow John Green and
Samuel Hurd to redeem land sold for taxes.
639. An act concerning the toll gates of
Cherokee county.
640. An act to establish a standard weight
for a barrel of pork.
'541. An act to prevent the wontan de
struction of fish in Stony Creek1 and Pig
Bastal Creek, in Nash county, and for other
purposes.
542. An act to repeal section 27, chapter
32, Battle's Revisal, and to provide a sub
stitute for the same. Relates to crime of
disposing of new-born child by its mother.
; 543. An act to amend the charter of the
town of Troy, Montgomery county.
544. An act to authorize the town of
Concord to subscribe $5,000 to macadamize
the streets of the town.
548. An act concerning the great seal of
the State. Prescribes the form thereof.
546. An aet to fix the term of office of
standard keeper for the different counties.
Limits term of office to two years.
547. An act to require railwa companies
to keep and maintain cattle guards. .
543 An act to amend section 3, chapter
240 laws of 1874-75, concerning freight rates
on railroads.
549. An act to change the line between a
small portion of Wilson and Edgecombe
counties.
650. An act to authorize the board of
commissioners of Warren; county to levy a
special tax.
651. An act to amend an act entitled an
act to authorize the town of Warrenton to
subscribe to the stock of 'the Warrenton
railroad company, and for other purposes:
ratified on the 10th of February, 1877, and
also to amend the charter of the Warren
ton railroad company.
652. Ah act to incorporate the Indepen
dent Order of Good Sons and Daughters of
the East.
553. An act to amend chapter 173, laws
of 1881.
554. An act to enable the commissioners
of Vance county to build a court house and
other county buildings.
555. An act in relation to the justices
dockets in the counties of, Durham and Ur
ange. ooo. An act to repeal an act entitled an
act to incorporate the Jonathan Creek and
Tennessee Mountain Turnpike Company.
557. An act to prevent the felling of ob
structions in Swift and Middle creeks in
Johnston county.
009. An act to authorize the proper au
thorities of Jones county to assign hands to
WorK on Trent river.
! 559. An act to incorporate the Israel and
PriscillaTcnt of Wilmington; New Hanover
county.
560. An act to authorize the construction
of a public ferry across the Great Pee Dee
river in the counties of Anson and Rich
mond. 561. An act to incorporate the town of
Pollocksville.
562. Aa act to amend an act entitled an
act to incorporate the Insane Asylums of
tbe State, and for other purposes; passed at
the present session of the General Assem
bly. 563. An act to amend section 8, chapter
7, of Battle's Revisal. Commissioners and
justices of the peace shall not practice law
in the courts.
564. An act to perfect the machinery for
the counting of votes for Senator in the
counties of Warren and Vance.
565. An act to incorporate the town of
Shiloh, in Camden county; North Carolina.
566. An act to change the time fer hold
ing the Superior Courts of the fourth judi
cial district : Cumberland the Monday be
f ore the last Monday in January; Robeson
the last Monday in January; Moore the first
Monday in February and August, and to
continue two weeks; Harnett the third
M onday in February and August, and to
continue one week; Bladen the first Monday
after the third Monday in February and
August, and to continue one week; Colum
bus the third Monday after the third Mon
day of February and August, and to con
tinue two weeks; Brunswick the fifth
Monday after the third Monday of
February and August to continue one
week; Johnston the sixth Monday
after the third Monday in August and
February to continue two weeks. Robe
son the eighth Monday after the third Mon
day in August and February to contmue
two weeks; Anson the tenth Monday alter
the third Monday in February and August
to continue two weeks; Richmond the
twelfth Monday after third Monday in Feb
ruary and August to continue two weeks ;
Cumberland the fourteenth Monday afteT
the third'Monday in February and August
to continue two weeks.
567. An act to
line between the
Craven.
establish and define the
counties of Carteret and
568. An act to ex'.ecd the tima to redeem
land sold for taxes.
569T An act to extend lbs corporate limits
cf tbe town of Windsor.
57D. An act to prevent the hauling of drag
nets or seines or fishing with gig or spear, etc.
in the waters of Jonatcaa Crek, Haywood
County.
571. An act to incorporate the AihevIIle
Tobacco Warehouse Company.
672 An act to establish graded schools , in.
the town of Waehington, N. C,
73. An set to" incorporate the Southern
Bonanza Gold Mining Company, of North
Carolina.
674 An act to amend chapter 855, laws of
1881; makes it duty of sheriff to see this act
enforced.
575. An act to amend section 1, chapter
808, laws of 1881. Strikes out the words
'the affidavit of ' and provides this act ap
ply to New Hanover and Brunswick.
576. An act to establish a graded school
in Magnolia, Duplin county;
577. An act relating to certain contracts
for the lease or conditional sale of railroad
equipment and rolling stock, and providing
for the record thereof .
y, -About this season of ihe year many
people are asking what is it that determines
the date of Easter. The answer is that it
is the moon of March, which Tennyson
cals "the roaiing moon of daffodils." The
old rule is that Easter shall fall on the
8unday alter the full moon which comes
after. the vernal equinox. ; That brings
Easter this year on the 25th of March.
In 1818 it fell on the 22d of March the
earliest date possible. . It will not fall on
thatNlate again in this or. the following
century. . . . ; ; -
t Tennessee ha3 a weather'prophet named
Tc k-wath th Northwuft of t&6 United
' j States of America. j .-v..
From the South Wales Daily News; Jan-
j . uary io, 1000.J , -
. TO TBS EDITOR.
Sir : r-I see by the returns from New
York that 473,642 emigrants arrived at
that port during the year 1882. Of this
number sUermany contributed 17b,bJo ;
Ireland, 48,734; Sweden, 36,080 ; Eng
land, 39,581; Italy, 23,819; and Russia,
15,137. j I would be interesting to jknow .
how many of this vast number went into
the Bouinera estates to. mare ineir nomes.
Very few," I fear, judging from what! I saw
when in the State last year; nearly all
hare gone to the great.northwestern States
and Territories of W jconsin, Minriesota,
Iowa, Nebraska, Daota, Montana,! Wy
oming,' Idaho, "Washington and Oregon.
And why ? Because these places are
advertised and puffed np by large railway
companies and land speculators, who) have
large tracts of land for sale, and i whose
interest it is to populate and settle the
country j through which their lines! run.
The poor emigrant is not told ojf the
extreme heat in summer and cold in Winter
he will hate to endure. j I '
In December, 1881, I started for
America, and reached the town of Le
Mars, in the State of Iowa, a few days
before Christmas, where I remained seven
weeks, when, finding my health was suffer
ing from the cold, I left for the South. A
gentleman farming near Le Mars, who
went there in the early part of 1880, as
sured me the thermometer went down
during the winter of 1880-81 to 40 de
grees below zero, and 'that owing to the
heavy fall of snow only one train reaehed
there in six weeks, and that during the
summer bt 1881 the heat was HQ de
grees in ! the shade. Such a climate as
this may! suit the Germans, Swedes and
Russians, who are used to long, hard! win
ters, but Englishmen will do well to leave
them in possession, and go to the South
ern States, which offer a better climate,
and just as goodadvantages.I am free to
admit that an industrious man can make
money easily in the Northwestern Spates,
yet he will have to deny himself many
comforts,; and in many cases be fax re
moved from a neighbor, and religious and
educational advantages, both for himself
and family. He will find the climate any
thing but agreeable, for as soon as the
severe winter of six months is ended,
summer comes and continues until the
frost appears again, and, moreover, he will
grow prematurely old.
Many ! emigrants go to the Western
States of California, Nevada, Arizona,
New Mexico, and Colorado, where jthey
find employment in the extensive gold, sil
ver, and copper mines. Texas receives
many thousands. The climate in many
parts of that State v very fine, and it has
many advantages to offer the emigrant.
Some of your readers may ask whyj the
Southern States with all their varied at
tractions land advantages are not brought
to the notice of the public? It is because
the land has been long settled, andj be
longed to large planters who were broken
up by the war of North v. South, 1861
1865, but now belongs to a greater num
ber of people who are too poor to advertise
individually, and too indifferent to an
association for promoting emigration to
the South. The Yankees themselves,
know very little of there sources which lie
undeveloped down South; for many years
after the war lew Northerners cared to go
Scuth to live, fearing they would not bs
received; this feeling having passed away,
many are breaking up their hemes North
and settling down in the more genial cli
mate South. I may say here, I never met
a. mnPA kinr1-V'nrtArl n VinamtahlA nunnln
I than in the Southern States.
I desire to draw the attention of intend
ing emigrants to one of the Southern
States, viz , the western district of North
Carolina, where I resided for nearly eight
months of last year, which lies , between
the "Blue Ridge," a chain of mountains
extending from Pennsylvania to Georgia,
and the "Smoky Mountains," which form
the western boundary between North
Carolina and Tennessee ; it is a high pla
teau or table land, very much broken up
by mountain ranges and peaks, and wa
tered by numerous stream; the altitude
varies from 2,000 to nearly 7,000 feet
above the sea. The district is made up
of 16 counties, the aggregate area of
which is oyer 7,000 square miles, ome&rly
five million acres. The population, by' the
census of 1880, was 139,522, or about 20
souls to the square mile, showing large
room for emigration. The sparsencss of
the population is largely due to the lack
of railroad facilities up to three years ago,
but now the Western North Carolina Rail
road is being rapidly built through the
middle of the district, and will by next
summer be in tbe very heart of this moun
tain country. This lino starts from Salis
isbury, N. C, and commences the atccnt of
the Bine Ridge at Henry's Station, the
scenery cf which is most picturesque and
ruiuaiuic, auu me engineering oi tnis part
is tne grandest in tne United states.
About twenty-three miles from Henry's it
reaches Asheviile, a. flourishing and beau
tiful town, of between 4,000 and 5,000 in
habitants, and much resorted to by con
sumptive persons and invalids : it ia only
oo Hours distant irom JNew xorfc by rail
The scil and climate are adapted to the
succcsslul growing of maize, wheat, oats,
rye, barley, buckwheat, tobacco, land
nearly all kinds of iruil, and vegetables,
but as a grazing country I would more
particularly recommend it; all grasses
grown, there flourish remarkably weH,
even on the highest peaks. Stock re
quire very little shelter or attention injthlT
short, winter ; horses, mules, cattle, sheep
goats, and pigs can be raised there very
profitably. I By far the greater part of the
country is still covered by the original
forest, consisting of such valuable woods
as walnut,! ash, cherry, locust, poplar,
oircn, mcaory, encscnut, ana various oats.
The whole is well watered, by beautifilly
clear streams, from rivers down to springs,
affording a j vast water power not to be
surpassed in any country.
. There arc thousands of acres of a great
variety of sou which can be bought from
4s an acre, j and rich black soils can be
found 5,000 feet above the sea level.
In regard to minerals, the mountains
and valleys abound in gold, silver, copper,
iron, nickel, marble, soapstone, mica and
corundum.
For the 'sportsman the country affords
such shooting as bear, panther (scarce),
wolf, wildcat, deer, rabbit, wild turkey,
pheasant, partridge and duck; and the
fisherman will find abundant sport in the
mountain streams, teeming with speckled
trout, bcsidei various other fih in the
rivers, I. - " - . .
,The climate is admirable, the thermom
eter rarely gcing down to zero, and, in the
fummer, 85 degrees is about the tenpera-
lul, DUl Wj
feiadly &rord any f zrther in
formation on receipt cf a stamped-address
ed envelope. ; f
1 hoi;e this letter wul induce many
intending emigrants to go to W. North
Carolina, and they will not be disappointed,"
as thousands are .with the northwest. I
am, fca, , ! SiDNxr Elfoed. '
Northampton House, Swansea, ;;
January 12th, 1883,
Btolen.
1
Always give, the facta of
and straight to vonr lawver.
a case plain j
He can mix
them up for yon when they come before a
jury. - , : -.p . '
The question Is asked of us if there is
anything that will bring youth to women;
Yes, there is. An income of say $2,000
will bring any number of them. .
A Philadelphia hroker asked his grow
ing son what he intended to do when he
became a man T ' Well, pa,H was the
reply, "I guess 111 hang out a shingle and
hunt for suckers like you do."
An Oil Citizen purchased a piano for
his daughter recently, and the other day
went around to the agent and wanted to
know when the "forte would bis delivered.
The piano had arrived all right, but the
"forte" hadn't got there yet.
Sympathetic stranger : j "My poor man,
why do you weep ? i Has yomr wife died ?"
"N-o-o-o." "Lost la child?' "N-o-o'
"Been robbed?" "N-o.' "Then what
is the matter?" "N-o-thing. I have just
been reading London Pu Pu Punch, that's
all? "Poor fellow, X beg pardon for
intruding on your grief."
Visitor (cheerfully ) "Ah 1 You don't
know my name, I'll bet, young fellow ?"
Y. F. "P'r'aps I don't, but I know what
my sisters call you." Visitor (more cheer
fully) "What's that?" Y. F. "Stoo
pidl" Visitor (wi;h diminishing cheer
fulness)"." A pretty girl out West; told her beau
that she was a mind reader. "You don't
eay so?' he exclaimed. "Yes," she said,
"You have it in your mind to ask me to
be your wife, but you are just a little
scared at the idea." Their wedding cards
are out.
In the way oi precedent: Poet "But,
my dear sir, it is now four years since you
accepted my epic, and no steps have yet
been taken to publish it." Publisher
"Don't be in a hurry, young man. Homer
had to wait more than three thousand
years before he got into print, and you
will hardly claim that your poem is an
Iliad."
She can work a fancy screen,
Just the nicest ever seen,
In a style that all her "cukhawed" set en
chants ;
But, my friend, 'twixt you and me,
It would chill a man to see
How she stitched a patch upon her old
man's pants. IPttck.
A few nights ago O'Rafforty said to
Teddy : " What is it, me bye, that you
have to de first thing in the morning ?"
"I know well enough, fayther, v?hat I
have to do first thing in the morning," re
plied Teddy, laughing. "What is it, ye
spalpeen ?" "The first thing I have to
do in the morning is to get the kindling
wood ready the night befon?."
For Sale A fine farm in the glorious
New Northwest. Take the train to Gla
cier Junotion, then the overland bob-sled
to Frozen City, where showshoes can be
borrowed to continue journey. The loca
tion of the farm-house will be recognized
by the chimney smoke curling above the
snow-drifts. Ring the bell on the trap
door near the chimney.
Mr. koi airs. Spoopendyk.
Prom the Brooklyn Eagle.
"And so, my dear," observed Mrs.
Spoopendyke, as she and her husband
reached their room, and she stepped be
fore the glass to arrange her crimps, "and
so, my dear, that was the Legislature,
was it? Who ever expeet,sd that I should
ever see a live Legislature ?"
"You didn't think it was going to be a
dead one, did you ?" growled Mr. Spoo pendyke,
who bad just discovered a rip
in the sleeve of his overcoat; "you don t
think I brought you up here at an enorm
ous sacrifice of comfort and cash to show
you a stuffed Legislature, do you ?"
"N-n-n-o," faltered Mrs. Spoopen
dyke; "I didn't thick it was sxactly that.
Oalv I wanted to know what it was about,
that's all."
"Well, it was about time you got out, if
that's all," retorted Mr. i Spoopendyke,
ripping away at the hole in his sleeve to
see if the stitches were strong either side
of the fent. "It was about making laws,
that's what it was about."
"But that's just the part I don't un
derstand," insisted Mrs. Spoopendyke.
"A law is something about being arrested,
but I can't get it through my bead how
they make them."
"You got the law part right," rumina
ted Mr. Spoopendyke, "and I'm not sure
but what you've hit it pretty close on tbe
density of your head. I'll tell you, my
dear," ho continued gravely; "you
saw that place with the rail around it and
the man behind it ; well, that is the law
machine. They throw the Lsgislature in
at one end and the law comes out ol the
other. They used to buy second-hand
laws and pour them into new bottles, but
they finally caught the combination, and
now they make their own stock. But
you want to watch it 'closely. None gen
uine without signature on the label; stand
fna cool place; these lawi aro only good
for special crimes ; for any, other crime
try our extra celebrated extra session laws,
for sale by all druggists. See into it
now? Begin to get a dim, visionary no
tion that a Legislature is cot an aquarium?
Think you would know a Legislature from
a crick in your back, if you saw them
coming down the street arm-in-arm?"
"That's different frcm what I sup
posed," murmured Mrs. Spoopendyke.
"1 thought a Legislature was where they
all got together and made up their minds
whether the police did right or not"
"Did, did ye ?" grinned Spoopendyke
between his teeth.
"Anyway, I'm -glad 1 came," sighed
Mrs. Spoopendyke, "because I saw the
Governor;" and she patted down the front
of her diess and twisted herself into a bow
knot to see if her panier hung right for
dinner.
Better late than never I "Twenty
years ago an old man named Kerce and
his son were lynched in Worth county,
Ga., for cattle stealing. There has never
been a trial of the murderers, because as
each, term of the court rolled around for
an investigation of the case the court
house of that oeunty with all its records
have ; been burnt. At this ( term of the
8uperior Court of that county seventeen ,
men of good standing art ,to be tried for
the lynching. H ' -, ;:; r;L;-
. jr.
A ccluan of Eritish gel, 2,2C0,-
e United
States.
- The H?n. David Davis
he was an ex -senator before he
be paired. r ".
ited till
.cided to
, Cincinnati is a promising cMidate
Tor the location of the great cottonhxpo-
aition of 1884.
v A Pittsburg man nndet took the Viet.
day to thaw out a can ol frozen ayna
The lesson of the experiment was enti
tost upon mm, so iar as una www u
ccrnsd.
- "Number One" ia israin reported to-
be in America. If he had swallowed a
dynamite cartridge and touched it off he
could tot be in a more dispersed condition
than the English newspaper reports make;
him. . -::
Having succeeded in getting lumber
protected againstihe growth of foreign
trees, the lumbermen eflthe Northwest
are forming a secret association to limit
production. In this way American labor
is amply protected.
Ex-Speaker Keifer is catching it all
around. The New York Times declares
that "the more his gross abuse of power
is laid bare the more forcible becomes the
lesson to the Republican patty of the dan
ger of placing such a man in so prominent
a position."
An American admirer of Mr. Glad
stone says that every step of policy taken
by EngfaaH in Egypt has been successful.
The Egyptian question to-day is exactly
what England proposed it should be six
months ago.
There is nothing harder to do than
to gather money subscriptions for a char
itable purpose. Yet the very large sum
of forty thousand dollars has been raised
by the .New York Herald for the sufferers
by the western floods. Here is a splendid
example of newspaper influence exerted to
the accomplishment of a noble end.
They tell a story of a Woonsocket
(R. I.) man who visited Boston to do a
little business and hear a lecture by Mark
Twain. By mistake he happened in on a
talk of the Rev. Joseph Cook. "Was it
funny?" queried his family at night.
AWall, yes," slowly replied the traveler,
"it was funny, but it wasn't so darned
funny."-
The man who built a barrel with noth
ing but a bunghole as a start has been
eclipsed by the author of, the stor v of an
attempt to assassinate ex-Secretary Blaine.
He had nothing but a small hole in a car
riage window as a basis for his sensational
fabric. It is true Mr. Blaine had once
occupied a seat in the carriage, but, no
doubt, so had many others.
London, as it is to be consolidated by
parliament, will have a population of
4,764,312, equal to the combined popula
tion of the cities of New York, J3osMn,
Philadelphia, Providence, Brooklyn, Chi
cago, New Orleans, Cincinnati, St. Louis
and Baltimore, or, to put it by Steles, a
population as great as that of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut and Minne
sota. Experiments in jute raiaing ia Mis
sissippi have been go successful that the
cultivation ol it is to be entered upon quite
extensively this year. Every ytar adds
to the variety of crop products in tbe
South, and each addition increases the
wealth, not alone of this section, but of
the whole country. Land that ten years
ago was idle and a burden to the owner,
now commands ready sale at fair prices.
When Senator Vest was solicited by
the suffrage-begging women to help their
cause, says a Washington letter, he lis
tened patiently while they contended, in
the usual style, that the woman was the
equal of the man and ought to hold office
any office, Senator, Governor, postmas
ter, justice of the peace or constable
anything, indeed. "Great heavens," said
Mr. Vest, "do you mean that? Now,
just think of it. Think of a man going
home and kissing a justice of the peace, or
telling a friend that he was in love with a
constable 1 It is dreadful 1 '
Now that the period fixed by Wig
gins for the occurrence of most extraordi
nary convulsions of nature has passed
by as everybody of common sense sup
posed it would pass without anymore
notable elemental disturbance than is
likely to take place in any part of the
month of March, the press of the coun
try owes it to itself and its readers to pay
no further attention to that pretentious
humbug and his absurd predictions. He
has had a prominence, both in the news
papers and the public mind, altogether
cut of proportion to his consequence, in
any point of view, and one which, in the
face of the intelligence usually accorded
the human family, is a little difficult to
understand. For this, howsver, and for
any mischief that may have resulted from
it, it must be admitted that the good
nature of journalism is largely responsible.
But that is past. Let it make amends in
the future by lystematically ignoring
Wiggins and his prophecies. Let them
be consigned to the oblivion of profound
silence and contempt, so to speak.
Here is a little gossip about the com
ing lashions, which theIdes of March
warn us are close at hand. The Hussar
jacket will be a favorite style for young
ladies, ornamented in military style.. A
really novel jacket is of mastic "gray or
wood brown, trimmed with cashmere braid
in all the blended tints of the Orient.
Pelisses will continue to be worn in utility
suits, and will assist in disposing of many
odd skirts whose top piece is useless. Some
very stylish single shiwls are imported,
quite of the old-time Stella fashion, which
will prove a desirable wrap for dress and
veranda airings in the country. There is
also. the wide, long scarf, so useful for
wrapping about one's throat and head as
precautions against draughts and sudden
changes. A new velvet casaque must be
described as among wraps, although with
out the cape it may be worn in the house.
It is long and shapely, with open pagoda
seams, which may be lined with quilted
satin of color. A cape simply edged with
cord finishes for street; this is worn over
'a closer-fitting cloth suit, with long coat
sleeves. ' 7
In shaking hands the average pres
sure of a gentleman is as five to a lady's
three. But small ladies shake hands with
greater vigor than do the large ones.
The broad range of climate that we
poisess is illustrated by the fact that while
corn is ten inches high, in southwest
Georgia, snow is three feet deep in north
ern Maine and Vermont.
The daughter of a Texas cattle king"
has just returned from Paris, where she
says she walked through the Tooraloorals,
and visited a shottoe where she eaw the
r.r.
111 uiTdra Kuongh.
. (Arkansaw Trave'er V- i
A gentleman. was arranged before
Arkansaw justice - cn a cVarge cf obt
ing money under false pretence. rjet
entered a store, pretending to be a iustZ
mer, but proved to be a thief. I .
x our name is J im ruckm r
the justice. f
"Yes sir.M ,
said
"And you are charged with a win,
that mer ts a leng term in the pemtenu!
ary." ,
"Yes, air." ,
. And you are guilty of the crime?" I
"And you ask for no mercy?" j i
"No. air" r ,
" You have had a great deal oftrouU.
within the last two years?" ! e
"Yes, sir, I have.
1 "You have often wished that yolP1l
dead?" ' t;,'.;. J
"I have, please your honor."
"You wanted to steal money enough to
takejrou away from Arkansaw?" j
"You are right, judge."
"If a man had stepped up and and shot
youjustjas you entered the store, jot
would have said 'thank you, sir?' " j
"Yes, sir, I would. But, judge, hot
did yoa find out so much about me?'
"Some time,1 ago," aaid theuige, wit t
a solemn air, "I was divorced from m
wife. Shortly afterwards you marriea
her. The result is tconslusive. I dis
charge yoe. Here, take this fifty dollar
bill. You have suffered enough, j
Ex Governor William Spragoe, of
Rhode Island, was j married Thursday
night in Staunton, Va., to Mrs; Dora Inej
Calveit, who had arrived from Greenbrier
W. Va., a few hours before the ceremony
was performed. Upon the arrival of the
lady, who is understood to be divorced,
and who is a native of Connecticut, bat
has been residing in West Virginia four- j
teen years, the ex Senator applied for a !
license, hut was refused, the clerk telling j
him that the lady must be a resident of!
Staunton for the license to be legally
granted. The result was that Mrs. Cal-
vert presented herself to Clerk Argen
bright, and said : "I am a resident of this
city, and have no other residence in the
world. It is my usual place . of abode,
and if necessary yeu can have my affida-!
vittothat effect." Rev Mr. Hulihen,
of the Episcopal church, having then been
sent for, unitedhe two in the bonds of
holy matrimony, in the Virginia Hotel!
parlor, in the presence of the proprietor,
Mr. J. D. Crowle, his wife and two others..
r The 1 o'clock train took the bridal couple
northward Thursday night. j
A great many trousseaux are being'
prepared for wedding which are to-tate.
place after Easter. Wc hava been shown
a bridal-dress which is
comparatively simple
very
T e
beautiful and
dress, which1
is of white batin, has a skirl front draped
over ittelfphe jlaiu of which, stopping
about two inches from the waist lincr let
fall the satin in the shapoof a bag, widen
ing uutil about half way up tLe skirt to
ward the left, and finished into a quilling.
The bag part appears to be fastened by a
light wreath of orange flowers. This skirt
is trimmed round tbe foot with three nar
tf pleated flounce?; the train, very sooer-
a draped, is finished in handsome fin
draped pleats. Theoilet ior the bride's
mother is oflain nasturtium-colored vel
vet, brocaded velvet, and satin to match.
The footjs trimmed with Empire puf
fings of satin, over which fails the edge of
the skirt-front of brocaded velvet, cutouts
in equate turret-blocks. The train, with
puff, is of plain velvet, and is finished into
two large round plaits. Velvet bodice,
with collar and very deep cuffs of point
lace. The bridesmaids' dresses are of
pale blue Furah, with peaked dark . green
velvet bodiees, trimmed with very small
buttons. Collar and cuffs of Venetian
point. The skirt is trimmed with puffings
nd scarfs erasing each other. Leghorn
hats lined with plaited blue -surah and
trimmed with a clusUr of pale blue os
trich tips a unique, but extremely pretty
and becoming style of toilet.
New materials fur the manufacture of
paper are Constantly being discovered. Ic
is stated that a very good paper is now
manufactured Fn Naples in an exceedingly
primitive way from the bark of a kind of
daphne. .The fresh bark is ground between'
stones into a very fine pulp, and as much
as is required for a sheet is thrown into a
caldron containing"boi!ing water T:he
pulp spreads in an equal layer oyer th
water, and b then taken out. In man
raris i f Sweden ihere are enormous quau "
rities of bleached mosses which j rew many ;
ages ago. A manufac ory.of paper from
this material has begun operations at Jon ;
koprng, and is said to be turning out a
product of excellent q iaity.
As Hon. R. G. Frost, of Missouri, was -ejected
from the llouse on the last day of j
the session but one, so thatTbis Rejrubli- i
can competitor might d;aw the pay of a
.member for two ycais,-he delivered the I
following. parting shot: ' I can congratu- ;
late myself on the fact that my exit from j
this hall will be a matter which will con
cern tLe public very little.' But you, too ;
Mr. Speaker, in a few short hours will"
quit that chair, and ycur party wil quit
this floor, "and this to the satisfaction of i
all, not by the decision of a malignant j
partisan tribunal which has not heard ;
your case, or pretended to hear it, but by
the impartial, jWell-considered "verdict of
the public, wbich has judged you, sir, and
judged your party." Then the House i
voted, and Mr. Frost was ejected by a
strict party vote.
In New York a man andhis wife
have been qu?rr cling so much over the'
naming of their children that tfre affair
has got into the court s on proceedings foe
divorce. The wife insisted upon naming
her two childreu after her father and ,
mother, and the husband demanded tho '
privilege of naming them alter his father .
and mother. The wife, howevefpersisted
and named the children her way, when
the husband left home and continues to re
main away. It is remarkable what funny
things people can find to make themselves
unhappy about. j -
Wiggins has had beautiful weathaj
for his storm. y V
Professor Beauvias of Nanoy finds
that it takes 0.37. seconds to smell am
monia and 0.50 seconds to smell camphor
that is to say, -so much time elapses be
tween an actual inhalation and the sensa
tion caused thereby. - '..
, One gf '" the substantial farmers of
Sparta, Ga., when he was married, twelve
years ago, had to borrow money toj pay
for his marria ge license, and, not having a
decent suit of clothes, tbe young woman
whom he was to marry tore the wool from
sheepskins, spun, wove and made him a .
enit of clothes. : '
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