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THURSDAY, MAY 17, Ji3.
It is said that President Arthur and
Gen. Malt one are now at work endeavor
ing so harmonise the conflicting political
factions within the ranks of the Republi
can party. While the President ia using
nil the power of the administration to ac
mmplish thin end, Mahone is trying to
f Z tirpate the Republican party of Virgin
la witli the hope of getting rid of "stal-
wartisro," alf breedlsm" and everything
not rendjusterism.
Is the face of this the Washington flta-J
tettc i authority for stating that "the
whole weight of the administration baa
wJ i uhnna behalf, and a
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..noknli thouffht must arise in the
minds of the faithful when the Washing
ton Republican calls aloud to the brethren
of all the factions that "the gravity of
the situation cannot be estimated."
He
Ex-Commissioner Raum's Game.
Senator Vance, in an open letter first
published in the Charlotte Journal-Ob
server under date of May 3d gives light
as to the cause of Gen. Raum's resigning
the office of Commissioner of Internal
We agree with onr valued contempo
rary the Charlotte Journal Observer, that
it is high time the attention of North
Carolinians were called to the fact that
in a neglected corner oi the national
cemetery at Arlington Geo. Lee's former
residence, opposite Washington City -
A Sea of Fire.
Lightning's Work at the
Tank,
Revenue; and ia proof of US aftMparJiaiw M remains of teany North
the following epistle is produced : Carolina soldiers, whose graves are mark
ST aTESvillb, N. C, April 30, 1883. .a vith rude wooden head boards on
I North Carolina Gems for Exhibi
tion at Louisville.
Jersey Citu OU
n- ri... t. Wheeler, the eminent
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mineralogist whose collection of North
New York. Mav 10. The tire is under Carolina keras is one oi mo mow
control bat It will burn some time before ble of any in the State, recently sen t en a
.11 U U MinanrnMl. Tfc ilk. kta olinWat snecillieUS to be CUt
Ull lug mm wmm ran W I t ""II.-." ".-11 I : w
thought that the loss will exceed $1 ,500,- ua polished for exhibition at tne louie-
Yesteruay tne geoia
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d urine clone of Sunday t.i..i.t i- '
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a bolt of Hghtnlng part of the town comparatiTelT
of the Vfestern Union ed. The loss, however, will r lv
y, at Asheville, and! 000. Three persons are knowli
1)00. Twelve larare tanks, eighteen cars, ville Exposition
... . l . . a i .a i j i f i a ranA nnrrnr hiiii
W WUliams. Ksa.. 1). V. : .l.;k .M i...riKa in hia h ack letter six barres. a dredce. turee uocas auu utb were receiveu irom v
Sir I quote ss follows from a telegram j - WOrd "Rebel." A correspondent brick bnildings were destroyed. The Dr. Wheeler took a just pride in showing
received en the 30th April from Wish- there ouanity of oil consumed ia not known, them to his friends. Among the collec-
ilJ .11 -i fina fiftT Amonc the loaera. besides the Standard 1 tion are bine and green beryl, garnets
iairton :
(ien. Kaum wisues
manufacturers and dealers io collecting .raves of Confederstes, and that at leant Oil Company, are several ether oil firms and rutilated amethyat. The bery l is a
their claims for rebate, ttx' charges will
be reasonable. Persons wishing bis ser
vices can endorse the following on their
claim : Green B. Raum is hereby empow
ered and authorized to prosecute this
claim and receipt for drafts issued in pay
ment." The collector aays please give
general information of thia fact.
Yours,
-Signed T. Guckx.
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one-third of these are tho resting places wue eaon loss rrom wu w w wnm " specially ow uu u
UwiinW nil wliifh was stored in one of 1 a mnarkle of the diamond, but the rati-
01 iigrwi vKrvuuivui v wi i.nww.. ( -- - i -
rfr tn tlie contrast tuo coarse, decay- the warehouses. Che flash of lightning Uted amethyst is
ins head-boards of the Confederate graven that started the fire was witnessed by a
make with the beautiful marble bead- Bremen on watcn in we engine uoubq iu
It
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BoaxrsLB Stoxt of a young man
who went mad from hydrophobia on the
evening of his Marriage, after retiring to
bis room with his bride. Cries ia the
room brought in the friends ; the bride
fnmmd Ivtne on the floor in s pool of
She stilt breathed, but her body
torn and bitten as if she had been
seised by a tiger. The bridegroom was
crouched down in a corner of the room.
smeared with blood, snd sprang at those
who entered like, a wild beast ; and to
mwmm tbmaelvaa a brother of the bride
sent s ball from a pistol crashing through
the wretched man's brain. The bride-
aroom had been bitten by a mad dog
three months before, but having been
very promptly treated, his physicians
pronounced him entirely out of danger,
and thus the marriage was permitted
take place.
to
stones above the Federal dead, and aug- Jersey City a mile away, is waa oi a
gesta that the memorial associations of blinding brilliancy. A canopy of smoke
Wilmington, Raleigh, Charlotte and oth- rose above the oil works and spread it-
Tro. to th. intwert. of th. people, tb.lortowu. oonuder MU mmj m god. w o,w .... . t
ot the state tnose "miuistenug ngrw i tiiuji wu
iiuImH wlioae naezamnled natriotism in tensive oil works were soon a roaring
terestcd as
collect their
to how all claimants may
rebate on tobacco, fee He
says:
"Can anything he clearer than the fact
that the department ia thus lending it
self to the enrichment of the ex-Commissioner
by a trick prepared whilst in ottcef
In nine cases ont or ten persona win oe
disposed to believe that the authority of
Mr. Kaum is a necessary preiumum j
the collection of what is due them, and
will atan it aa a matter of course. When
it ia considered that the am e tint of these
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rebates will reacn anywuere in n
twenty millions of dollars it will be seen
at a glance what the "reasonable" com
pensation of Mr. fiaum would be.
'! feel it my duty to warn the manu
facturer of and dealers in tobacco in
North Carolina, that if they do thia their
money will mostly be a present to Mr.
Ranm. In nineteen eaaea out of tweuty
ill be
time of war has been equalled only by
thair devotion to the memory of the lost
since peace haa dwelt among us f
mass of flames. Before six o'clock seven
tonka were blaziuc. Rivera of
fire mwent a round the bottoms of Other
tanks while the flames bombarded them
u.n ooonnnta h tni. Rn-r ed asses from above. It was soon diacoverea to
II Hit l-WMOJVW w v. , r? m
are not infrequently concerned in law be useless work to play upon the flames
suite. But that the genuine aas equu and all efforts were directed to prevent
(Minus should assume the prominence in them from spreading. This was partial
a suit which haa been attained by aCali- ly successful until nearly 5 o'clock, when
foruia donkey was not to be expected, tank He. 7 exploded wnn a .emuo rr
The suit in which our ass is interested port, and the blazing oil spread with
k. 4.i f hn cnninicnrfd in Marinoaa licrhtninsT rapidity. Fire Chief Farrier
countv. Mr. Black is a well-to-do resi-1 and a number of men were wit
dent of Bull Creek, in that eounty, and in yards of this tank when it exploded aud
the owner of a herd of flue cattle. Lately were saved by a miracle. Dropping the
a grizzly bear haa been making nightly hose which waa soon burned to ashes,
farufi on hia corral, killing and carrying they fled for their lives. When they
off his calves. A short time since he pub- mustered together at a safe
something as odd in
appearance as it is beautiful, lbe
amethyat, which has an excellent polish,
contains a jumbled mass of something
hich resembles human hair. There are
three pale an one red ameuijv, wr
hair in the former being brown and that
in the latter being a jet black. On the
whole it is a very fine collection of gems.
Journal Observer.
Convicts Make a Break.
distance six
Pbettt Towns. The Wilmington
Star, whose editor boasts of having seen
nearly all the towns in the State, awards
to Raleigh the honor of being the prettiest
eity j and decides in favoi of Wilson as
amneir the smaller towns. ''There is no
accounting for tastes," we are sagely in
formed, aud as the question raised is
purely one of that nature, we give notice tu tobacco business is looked upon even
to the Star, ou behalf of halubury, that at t,e national capital, says :
no attorney or aceut whatsoever
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!TSl-3 Z where3 The facts Ire lished an advertisement offering $50 re- of their number were found to be m.ss.ng.
disputed or there is some suggestions of ard to any person who would kill the Tim smoke was so deuse that it was impea
fraud. JSlanxa ana now to procweu bear. William Opie, also a citizen oi now w mi wmtu wj !.rs""s
furnished by the Treasurv Department, . fa possessor of a jackass, it is thought that the unfortunate men ran
and affidavits of the collector snd his "u" ! u'71ICLZ . Z n r of the hmm and were
deputies will be conclusive in sll but ex- une nigns, , . l Su Z
ceutioual cases." broke down a portion oi air. diack s cor- iosu iiw wjr mmm v.
A Wftfthrnirtan correspondent of the Cin- ral fence and began to eat bay wun tne and a long iresue onug oi n""i .
I ... . J a.1 I - . 4f t!lft l.iri.f vnnninnr
imit; Ti'mm.SMi' in refftrrinir to Kaum s 1 cftttle. While tie was tnus eugageu me a uhili i -n.no "B
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: .u- i,n H.i. niM.lv aMl rr!rl b.ftr made a descent on the carrol. the works to tsiaea ioms isuauu,
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up game for fleecing the people engaged in
Columbia, S. C, May 12. Intelligence
reached here last night fiom the convict
camp on the Georgetown and Louisville
railroad that a break for liberty was
made on the 4th instant by niue convicts
of the ninety-nine engaged on the works,
and the guards fired on them, killing one
man outright and another who was shot
in the river, waa drowned, and the third
was shot and supposed to have been
drowned. Of the aix who escaped two
were recaptured.. One of the convicta
who waa shot was a white man named
Coles, who is supposed to have instigated
the whole affair. He waa serving a life
sentence for murder. One of the negroes
killed had been pardoned but the pardon
bad not been received at the couvict
camp until after the escape and death of
the pardoned man.
A Telkgraph Office Biowk
Lightning. Laat Monday night
tho thunder storm
ran into the'oftice
Telearaph company
tore up things generally. The office is
in the Eagle Hotel, and it was about 12
o'clock at night when the bolt struck.
Mr. S. G. Weldon, tho operator, was for
tunately not in the office, or the fiery
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fluid might have used him up. ine
lightning struck the wires outside, only
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"a short distance iron tnw mwmw,
heavy was the bolt that it melted all the
wires in the office. A bed in an adjoin
ing room waa set fire to and was partial
ly destroyed before it could be extin
guished. A lot of written messages hang
ing on hooks in the office wore burned,
and this ia about the amount of damage
done. iTho instruments were not harmed.
Mr. Weldon went to work yesterday re
pairing the damages, and got hia office in
tamnnmrv woi killlT Order. A UOW SSt Of
wires run into the office will make every
thing all right again.
A scheme to place the cities ot New
York and Brooklyn under one and the
same government, broached at the recent
bauoaet of the Chamber of Commerce of
the former city, finds great favor among
the great body of citizens. It is claimed
that there would be a great saving in
official salaries alone, diminish in g the
number of offices, which at present are
th nrav of the hall" and "008800 For
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this reasou the scheme would doubtless be
resisted by the politicians of both par
ties, but it baa been shown in New York,
as elsewhere that if the body of citizens are
united the bosses must staud out of the
way. ATeir Observer.
she enters a cfcrnurrer, aud appeals to a
higher court.
Z kenftrior and San Salrador are in the
threes of rebellion, with little apparent
advantage on either side. Central and
South American politics are so little
knows or understood in this coantry
tntjmssess small interest with us. Strife
''Speaking of the Internal Revenue and
Commissioner Raum, brings to mind Sen
ator Vance's open letter to his constitu
ents on the tobacco rebate question. It
voices the sentiment of a good many peo
ple here. The fact is, there is no use for
persons who have claims for rebate put
ting their claims into the hands of claim
agents. The Government haa provided
the machinery bv which these claims may
be presented through the Collectors of ing the bear
from
was
aud by mistake seized upon him. A des- burned down to tho water s edge, i ne
perate combat ensued between the donkey fragments of the iron tanks were hurled
aud the bear. They fought all over the half a mile by the force of the explosion.
kfld and Mauv neoule in the neiaiiboriiood vaca-
Veal tuif uuv tii-iuii j wmw - i a w
chewed the grizzly to death. Next morn-
uiug the badly lacerated donkey was
found quietly eating Mr. Black's hay,
while his grim antagonist lay near by,
dead. When Mr. Opie came to get his
animal he made demand upon Mr. Black
ted their houses. The space burned over
covers an area about three quarters of a
mile along the bay and a quarter of a
mile iulaud. The wind blew from the
southeast. A slight change to northerly
would have caused the destruction of the
for the $50 reward he had offered for kill- Eagle refinery works and an indefinite
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Mr. Black declined to pay amount or valuable property oesiues.
between the States seems to be the nor-1 Internal Revenue. That Is all that can
mal condition, leaving no chance for be accomplished until the next Congress
marked progress in the arts-and sciences
which distinguish
tries.
other civilized coun-
mnkes an appropriation for that purpose.
Treasury officials say frankly that no
claim agent or anybody else can facilitate
the collection of these claims. The ar
rarnremeBta made bv the Internal Reve
nue Bureau are verv thorough and com
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was es'the 11th in.t. transferred to it. plete and the machinery very simple."
new owner, Mr. Jos. Pulitzer, former ed-
iMAr Am at Tni. Pnit.Dienntrh Mr. Greenville (S. C.) News: The latest ex-
Pulitzer is an experienced journalist and ample of brotherly love is from Dallas,
is said to be loyal and sound to true N. C. The Rev. Mr. Wetmore, an Epis
Democratic principles, and is therefore copalian clergyman, was on his wav to
worthy of the confidence of the IForWs hold service in a mission church, but waa
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patrons. i stoppeu oy a swollen cross, xnereupon
a Baptist minister took Mr. wetmore on
his back and ferried him over, thereby
preventing him, it may be remarked,
from becoming more wet. This may be
accepted as aa illustration of the readi
ness which Baptist take to the water."
If it was our Mr. Wetmore, that Baptist
never took water with a cleverer burden
on his back. Watchman.
until a power of attorney could be pro
duced from the donkey, and to Mr. Opie's
astonishment presented him with a bill
for 8.25, the estimated damage by the
jackass to the carrol. Mr. Opie immedi-
" ately sued Mr. Black, setting forth in bis Neck Md ttani8 a arge sized poplar
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complaint tne iacts or me onermg oi ,ue tree, perhaps three feet in diameter at
reward, the killing of the bear, and the the gIOQU(i, and on the bark, some ten
further fact that the jackass is his lawful feet from tlie baas, is the mark of a
property, aud therefore prays juugmeni uuman baud, which it has borne for
The Print of a Felon's Hand.
On the side of the public road between
this place aud Harris' Chapel, Tuckshoo
Charlotte Journal: Whiskey got the
start in a crowd at Wadssboro, last Tues
day, and came near creating a serious
row between whites and negroes. Sober
citizens snd officers got into the crowd
just in time to svert bloodshed. There
is Xo be a bag race on the 21st men are
to be encased in bags up to their chins
sad run a race.
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Some of the newspapers of the State
are discussing ths rasrits of certain
worthy gebtlemen of the State for the
next Governor. We suppose the purpose
is to forestall the publie with the promi
nence of men who might not otherwise
be seen in a State Convention to be held
sometime next year to nominate a
can-
date.
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The municipal muddle in Raleigh, re
ferred to elsewhere in this paper, has been
settled by su opinion from the Attorney have already arrived at the depot in this
West. N. C. R. R. The Summer
Schedule on this line will go into effect
on the 20th inst., running about the same
as last year. Trains will cross the
mountains in daylight, with observation
cars, affording smpls opportunity to
passengers to obtain a full view of the
glorious mountain scenery of Western
North Carolina. This' road is being equip
ped with tho most splendid" passenger
coaches to be obtained, comprising all
the elegancies, comforts and other im
provements up to date. Two of them
in his favor for fifty dollars and cost of aboat twenty years past
suit. Black in his answer admitted tbe
allegations of the complaint, but avers
that the reward was offered to any person
killing tbe bear ; that the jack is not a
person within the meaning of the statute,
and that if he were, Mr. Opie is not his
bis legal guardian, and in default of a
power of attorney or any assignment is
not entitled to sue for the recovery of his
claim. He further alleges that Mr. Opie,
owning the jackass, is responsible for the
damage done to his carrol. Wherefore
he prays judgment in his favor for $25.
and his cost in the action. Take the case,
gentlemen. Ex.
It was produced
in the following manner : In 1861, James
Wilson a bright mulatto, about twenty
three years of ags, committed a terrible
crime upon a little child. He was hun
tA down, owned the crime, and was
lodged ia our jail. A few nights after
ward he was forcibly taken from tbe jail
and hung and shot in the rear of that
building by the infuriated populace of
the neighborhood ia which the crime
waa perpetrated. After he was dead his
and burued ou
Raleigh News-Observer : The railroad
decision on which we commented y ester-
da has the effect, if we understaud it
tw. of nnttinir all the railroads of
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this State under the control of the Legis
lature in the matter of fares except
those old companies chartered in tbe for
ties, tbe original north and south lines of
the East. By the charters of these com
panies the directors are eutitled to fix
rates not exceeding six cents a mile, &c,
thus fixing a maximum rate for them
They then have a contract with the State
ot he inierferred with. The
other roads, the North Carolina, the At
lantic North Carolina, the Piedmont, the
Western North Carolina Railroad and all
the new roads, we believe, have no auch
provision in their several acts of incor
poration. They are therefore under the
control of the State.
The proposition to hold a national eon
vent ion of colored meu at V ashington in
September, for the purpose of considering
matters for the betterment of the condi
tion of tho negro race, is giving rise to
some contention among the prominent
persons who are considering it. Freder
ick Douglas advocates the call of tho con
vention, bnt it is opposed by others on
the ground that it would degenerate into
a political affair without accomplishing
any good result. Ex.
A Mean Man. "My dear," exclaimed
a loving husband to bis wife, "I have just
had my life insured for your benefit."
'Well, I declare," said the wife, look
ing roudd uDon her family and friends
with an expression of .injured innocence
"just to think of the selfishness of men
and narticularlv of husbands I There
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you've been and had your life insured
while your poor wife may go without any
insurance on hers. It's just what I should
expect of you." Toronto News.
A Boston editor has found that a tin
pan hung carelessly to a bedroom door is
as good a burglar alarm as the genius of
mau has yet invented.
Elijah
tbarlea
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been killed, namely Mm
Mrs. John Clarknon and
The injured an being
ample, relief is beine vtoa.i . 1
citizens.
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Park, May 10.-TM, momin.
T?.-. Cairtf I"l, I . l -I -
wun, uiie a ma
Was proceeding along the thomorhfTI
their wav to the rhuwl. -k .
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riace was to be solemn u.
w vj . inn kik.-i i
the bridesTOom suddeni.- .
-rr. - TftM, J "Fpesrsi
shot and killed hira. The sm....:!?
onoo nimseii instantly after
fatal sliot.
nrii
NOTICE TO CREDITOR
All persons having claims miL
tate of Levi Peal, dee'd, are hoZ ?&
to exhibit the same to tne usds J. r
or before the 1st dav of- If.- ,.f.6,raU
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notice wil!4e pleaded in bar of MLT1
ery ; and all persons owinK said titS
required to make immediate n.vZ
This April 30th, 1883. r J T
I.LSHINN,Exr
29:6w of Levi Deal, d'd.
BANK NOTICE!
Ordered by the Board of Directora (U 1
dury, at the store of J. D. Gaskill, iot jz
iiuum raun.upnuu w i ne capital t(VV .1
vm J""0"u' ji April 25th tn
and including Saturday, Mhv 5th, 1888
The amount of additional stock limiuj
to Twenty Thousand Dollars. m
S. W; COLE, Pretft
J. D. Gaskill, Sect'y Board VmZu
April 24, 1883. It. P
FAIR WARNING : All persoiia.
deb ted to me, as agent for Guano uotei
that are part dne, as well ns tlios du
me indiTidually, by note or iiecounj,,
requested to make payment, for I cannot
giro a further indulgence. If yon fail t
heed this notice don't be surprised to tied
your notes or accounts in the hands of u
officer. J. U. McNEEhY
April 26, 1883 28:1 in
Notice to Creditors,
All persons having claims against tbe n.
tate of Moses Lingle, dee'd, arc herebj no
tified to exhibit the same to the undeniga.
ed for payment on or before the 19th du
of Apnl 1884, or this notice will be pUead
ed in bar of their recovery.
JOHN C. LINGLE, Adnj'r.
April 1, 1883. 4t:pd.
IT IS CERTAINLY SO!
JOKES, ttcGUBBIKS & CO
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DRESS GOODS, In all tie New Shades ail Materials.
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:DRY GOODS, WHITE GOODS AUD NOTIONS H
j -ii v.wa nnPoH thPm aa the I'rettiesi in uiu
rrOUOllllteU UJT Bit WMW um Mmmmmrrw-
The Mothek of Twentt-focr Chil
dren. The Boston Poet aays that "Mra.
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the ontikirta of the town. Bat one of of twenty-fonr children, all living and in
the hands, cut off at the wriat, nae taken good health. To make it more intereet-
; n wr h nom one. and with a food inn. I will any that Mrs. Qninn baa never
Gents'
Furnishing
Goods
General, who declared that the five Unit
ed State official elected to fill places on
tbe Board of Aldermen are ineligible, and
therefore their election is null and void.
place, and one other is now on the road
from Richmond.
Cj clones, whirlwinds, storms and floods,
are fearfully common this year, and have
produced more melancholy effects than
the present generation have before known.
Verily, we know not what a day may
bring forth.
Attention ! Debating Societies. A
new and intereating question is presented
in this paper arising on a question in one
of the California Courts, as to the right
ful ownership of $50 offered by a herds
man for the killing of a grizzly bear.
The trial of Hon. Phil. B. Thompson,
who shot Walter H. Davis under such
distressing and sensational circumstances
on the morning of April 27th, at Harrods-
burg, Kentucky, promises to be one of
the most remarkable in the annals of cel
ebrated causes. Hon. J. C. S. Blackburn,
M. C, has been retained as leading coun
sel for the defense, aud Senator Daniel
Voorhees, of Indiana, will assist on that
side,' Thompson being an old friend of
his. The interest in the trial is so great
that men are anxious to serve as jurors
in order that they may hear the whole
case, and from the preliminary steps so
far taken it is evident 'that the attorneya
for and against Thompson are determin
ed to fight every inch of gronud. Newt-
Observer.
now,
seen
sized nail waa spiked to thia poplar tree.
It remained there until it decayed, and
tho handprint, full sized, may be
on the bark of tbe tree, the nail
which held it m position still fast iu tbe
three. We visited the spot laat week aud
can vouch for the correctness of tho
above statement. Denton American
Union.
been married bnt occe, aud her lawful
husband, the father of these twenty-four
children, is alive and well."
TO SUIT ALL, AND CAN NOT BE EXCELLED BY ANY.
0" Qive us a call you will be pleased.
LADIES:
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Senator Ransom made one of his great
speeches at Goldsboro on the 12th. He
pfeads for the development of the resour
ces of the State as a means of attaining
that distinction to which she is eutitled.
It is estimated that the arrivals of for
eign immigrate at Castle Garden, N. Y.,
during the present month will reach
100,000, aud that many of them are com
ing to tbe farms aud factories of tbe
South.
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Fred Douglas defends the motives of port, whioh is the propeity of King Hum- YOU Will filld mMV tlUIigS WHICH 110 0118 6186 J1&8 IU OUT piaC MM WIUWT juu
himself aud associate, in calling a color- bert. The J rest .sen veue "P"ce TIT TYDMQ JlAATtQ hows flm final, fnlm that WW
ed convention in Washington, aud says being W,UW, auu tne pnrcnasri m u qq qtiq TJlUSl SaV hliai LUB iNiiVV UIVlUU UUVUU mckvo uhv mv,wv ,v
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that it has no secret purpose : that its permiwea, u u auu. m cpi v-
ever been brougnt out.
I have a full stock of them, consisting of-
There were five public executions last
week five men taken off with hempen
cords. The pistol and gallows went to
gether, baud in hand, last Friday, and
they were worthy companions.
London, May 10.-The weather here
is very bad. Cold, cheerless rains pre
vail with a heavy fall of snow through
out Northern England. A terrrific snow
atoms visited Galway. The-snow lies
two feet deep.
mmm. .
Horatio Key m our declares that a tariff
for revenue enly is ths true platform of
.the party in the uext campaign for Presi-
nr. seymour voices tbe seutiment of
",tfUL OOQUl- beep ordered, and the road will
operation.
has no secret
only object is to advance the
the colored race, and that there is no
more reason why there should not be a
colored convention than that the conven
tions of Irishmen, women, temperance
people, workingmen, and religious socie-
es should be abaudoned. The colored
men of the District of Columbia are much
Tbe Last ttiver Bridge, connecting
New York aud Brooklyo, will be opened
to the public on the 24th inst. It will bo
a grand day in the metropolis.
Big S)iAK--STORr.-So ponder coon
"ty is awarded the honor of producing a
snake 15 feet long snd six inches across
tbe head. Send it to the State Fair.
All the necessary material and arrange-
menta for the completion of the "Yadkin
Valley Bailreadn to Greensboro have
soon be
A negro baptist preacher wab detected
in And arretted in South Cat oliua for horse
stealing, and on the way to prison t ok
ftUyt'hjijue Jo cuic the ttr at om-e. .
The recent session of tbe Ev. Lutheran
Syijud arranged to ra-oppen North Gsm-o
Una College, at Mt. Pleasant, whioh haa
been temporarily suspeuded.
A Crown for Sale.
London is the mart of the world. You
may buy anything here, from a wife or a
white alave, to a castle, a palace, or a
pedigree. It ia not often, however, tuat
a crown is in the market. Such ia the
case. in all sober seriousness, to day.
There ia an island somewhere to the east
of Sardinia, to bo bought, all except the
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it suits hia caprice, to as-
interests of 1 some the name, atylo and title of Kiug,
such being tho designation of the ven
der, who prefers bard cash to barren
acres and barren honor, like a wise old
Roman. Here is a tine chance for Mr.
Shoddy, Mr. Brummagem, and those
numerous plntorats who will back any
political party that will covenant to give
THEY ARE PERFECTLY CHARMING.
excited over the removal by the
of the district of Perry Carson,
many years has been oue of the leading
deputies of that office.
rshal them a Baronetcy in return for bard cash
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who for and their votes, a .ing is sareiy a cut,
atwi vp & Rarouet . and among other ad-
jjll Sif HB gP Sm fiBBl yj
Go to tbe Ant, Thou Well Digger.
The Dakota Free Press aaya, "Mr. Syl
vester Snow, who lives eighteen miles
south of Plankinton, in range 61, informa
ua that in digging wells, at whioh ha has
had much experience, he always makea
it a point, if possible, to find an ant bill,
and digging directly beneath it invariably
strikes water at a depth of from nine to
seventeen feet.
vantages, ho could make all hia progeny
Princes aud Princesses, and he might re-
.,n biiimelf bv sellins titles ad litU
turn. London Truth.
nmnvfll of a niece of steel from tbe
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interior of the eye by a magnet.
Dr. Geo. Reuling of Baltimore, the
well known Occulist and A urist , removed
veaterdav a piece of ateel from the inte
rior chamber of the eye of Mr. G. Helens,
It is said that the anu by the introduction of a pointed power-
Elizabeth City. N. C, baa suffered a
j ten ibis vUitatiott by fire, Lot est i nut t
ied at 9133,W.
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invarUblv locate their hills directly over I ful magnet. The ateel naa oeen loogea
ft vein of water, which, if so, accounts for ia the corner and pushed oy the constant j
bis statement He savs he has tried the endeavors of a physician extricate it
experiment several times in Dakota aa into the interior chamber, from where the
well as iu the East, and as yet it has not Doctor removed it by inserting the mag
failed once" J net in the slightly enlarged wound.
NTOS'VTIILraG, and many other kinds. Also,
Ottoman Silks, Satins, Laces, Buttons, Ribbons, Hosiery, Pans, Parasols;
Kid, Lace and Lisle Thread GLOVES,
all in perfect style and very pretty.
GKJN TLi!iMr!iJN will find a fuU, complete, and a very nice
selection of CLOTHING, HATS, Underwear, Collars, Cuffs, Hosiery, H
A jj win Dlease note that I buy more and sell more Goods than any ether Store in Salisbury : W
a better and more stylish Stock, and have the best and leading trade of the Town. Very respectfully,
April IS. 1888,
J. D. GASKILL.
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