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LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THf CQlTJfTRr'S, THY GOD'S, AND TBOTHS."
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WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA. JUNE 15.1883.
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JVANOE.
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Kates of Advertising.
Ot Inch, One tnvrtioo . ti i
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; - Six Month. . 4.
On You- .........- .is wi
Liberal DUooucU vlU be ma fur lnn-r
Jrertl moots anl for Contra, -t by ih- y. r
Cb mast KMOrapany all AdwnLmn.-iit
Baton food refeinc U riven.
iirnnTr ; a Texas county is not necessari
ly S 01' A W . i j L1V I ly a multitudinous affair. Yoakum
,-,.,.mii p' i'ts 'Howard seven, Hoslley five,
i 'I' 1 1 I I'll) I- l. '1 A 1'1J I AU1M -
,F Hi: -WOULD. ! three, (laities five,' Dawson s
. ' Cochran five, Subdock five, B
j county, ly census oflSSOy has two
inhabitants, Terry five, Lamb lour,
ilale
seven,
ailey
tliree ami Andrews six.
A Jamestown hen has
There arc
( 'hicago.
;.7.V drinking places
sts i onteiiiplate build
in Kaleigh.
i: tv.ii t-
o! Ion
The I .apt
H female
ii,- making t establish
eel oil factory in Tarboro.
. . . i . :.. u. ...it.,.-,.,.f
jl'rops ami eauie in iiimiiii-ni
! . . . IV. . i . . '.... it .liM.irlit
r"illi;1 nil' simci n .mini nnint.
Si. Augustine Normal School
(-,,!. .i - 1 j '.at Raleigh, will be.-ro-in
ill.
"The Slate Teachers Association
nijll meet at Chapel 1 1 ill Friday,
.Inly fit.li.
fouiyeai old girl, iu Gaines
ville, .( kniNi 1:1,0:0 stitch 'tidy in
t hrce d;i s. "
I
The first pea'cho
h;ike imiih; tlicir
W tminloii.
Ion. Alinini S. llewit is looming
ii ;n llic prohalile 1 ciiioci atic can
dii..i1e lor President.
.iiiile .1. I!. I'oraker was Hiiaui
moiisly nominated (Jovernor of
( Milo liv tin- lli'i-iililicans.
!r. Win. i:. Hunter, well known
the t liildi-n s I iiend, ' a lioteit
Suiliilav school 'lecturer, is dead. ,
colored choir sanii "Nearer
(iod toThee"' at the opeiiiii;j;"ol
Kentucky l."eiiillian coiiveu
of t he season
appearance in
My
th.
I if i(i last week.
tid I hat in New Hampshire
1
ula
vol
111 :'J
laid an
encircled by a red band. On
the band the word "devil" appears
clear uml "distinct. The imprint
is apparently on the inside of the
shell, as scratching the outer shell
dofs not efface it at all. Who can
solve the mystery! "Patriot."
An unmaVried daughter of lieu
lirookens, of Baldwin county, Geor
gia, yesterday gave birth to a child
of wnieh a negro named York
Cooper was the farther. Brookens
used his shot gun on Cooper, and
the coroner's jury rendered a ver
dict of justifiable homicide.
Mrs. Elizabeth Felt-on, the last
of four sisters who were grand
daughters of Gov. Caswell, died
in lialeio-h on the 5th inst., in her
80th year. She was the daughter
of Villiam White, : who was tor
i.i:i!iv vears Secietarv of State for
North Carolina. .
Old rhymes reset for Massachu
setts readers:
I saw tin old man pass by,
Savs, I, ''old man you're going to
- ' die."
Says lie, "if I ilo, they'll tan my
skin ;
If they don't I'll see you ag'in."
Mrs. Malaprop was heard to
remark apiopos of the weather;
"I can't se into this Wiggins idee.
Of course, .Juniper and Satan bein'
in pedigree; would Iks rather like ter
git up some sortef".storni, but it
don't seem ter me. that the sun and
inooh's bein' in ctllgy would raise
any rumpus.
THAT BAD BOY.
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IIE MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT
TO REFORM HIS PA.
THE OLD MAX SWEARS OFF
bear that performsand I am goiug to
find where he is showing, and feed
the bear a cayenne pepper lozen-
ger, and see him clean out the Pol
lack settlement Good bye." And
the boy went to look for the bear.
THE MISSIONARIES r0"8 r T"
uueu suieiy i-o tne ignorant, uueua
ted class of people, and we are in
some doubt as to whether or not the
THE LABORS OF MOBMOX State "suffers macb loss from the
ELDERS IN WESTERN N. C. depopulation caused by the )Ior-
-:o:-
Southern Yankees.
on schoi
thousand exercises it
IS :
re Ha- women have a right, to! While population doubles m this
1 .iiicslioiis, not fiie. i country, the nuuioer oi lunatics
increases six fold.. Taking these
bases of -calculation, the Toronto
'Cilobc"' readily deduces insane
conclusions. It will not be long
before the madmen will -run the
country and build asylums for the
sane. ' '
en. Grant express
that r!aine and Lor
i very strong men for
ilic.in nomination lS.St.
the
Ojllll-
,an
the
are
lie
(
hot
pa!
A storm, Saturday night, in the
neighborhood of Dallas Texas,
destroyed many farms; hail stones
of large size killed many small ani
mals. M 'nder -Green Apple Houghs' is
Helen Campbell's last novel. This
seems to imply a small boy and a
good ileal of t rouble and .ginger
i audit'liiiigs.
A;i.tiu' bab show in Uloaming.
Hi., the name, of .Mrs. David
is has been placed noon the
board to be voted for as the most
popular lady. in (lie city.
ton,
llav
The latest snake storv: A col
respondent of tile New Heme '.lour
nal'lsays that Mr. Cad Koonce, of.
Onslow, killed-a rattlesnake- with,.
:'.7 i.ittlea'it measured l fect.X-.
inches, i . ' ;
f i ',
'l'he ticgro charged with rape at
I lie : ate term f t ';uswell Court on
the person of a little negro girl
eight. years old ijas found guilty
and sentenced to be hung on the
l'-m of next moil' h.
Om of the results -of the Salva-!
tionlAiinv labors in I'eiiiisvlvaiiia
wasjlhe inai i lage t he other day. of
two of-the liuost, active workers,
lleijjiy .lonescolormH and Annie
Wilhans, a whiTe. girl.
Thel
;
CIS III
ry. W
Harris
e are hi:! Conledoratf sohli
eired hi Arlington Cemete
isliiiigton eit v. . Mrs. C. W.
thililis they ought to lie
aiid ?is : witling toi receive'
Ihi! ioiifi to That end.
r I - ; -irgiiiia
paper, in making
inovei
contii
liieiitioii that an insect, Vxliibitiou
win oc neid in rajas on the 1st
of .bill. sa!s if, is not, too hue to
as a specimen of the
Viiicr.can Seed Tick.
l'.eaulorl 'Telephone' tells of
that is about twe!itylif
ami h:ul stopped lay-
eni sonic made her drunk on
it-aches ami ever since she
jell ; fining her duty towards
egg consumers, .
1 Jnprc
eff and
lor an
Kandlenian is a town in this
Slate of about I'OOO inhabitants.
It has a factory which employs
about ;00 hands. It is not on a
railroad.'" Manufacturing there
pays, and they will soon have rail
road facilities. There was no town
there when the factory was projec
ted. I.
A colored woman in Charlotte
named Sophia- Johnson, died last
week abnost immediately after hav
ing been baptized by the pastor of
the Church Street Baptist (colored)
church. ' She had been , sick for a
long time and a few davs agobe-
ea me great ly concerned about the
future and insisted on being bap
tized.
General Grant being interviewed,
expresses the opinion Hi at Logan is
a very conspicuous and a highly
probable'candidate lor President.
( onsiderating the devotion of Lo
gan lo the political interest of
Grant in times past, we do not see
how his old commander could have
said less.
There is a tooth pick ,; faetorv at
Scbee, Maine, that turusout a two-
litft'se load daily, uses over a thou
sand cords of poplar and ash year
ly, employs 10. or 12 men, and
gives employment to as'niany girls
as can afford', to pack a liuudred
boxes at cents ami feed them
selves. ; ,
c held
liilv. sas
enier iuanotje
i '.leal
The
a hen
years 4 I (ig
ing w
brain
ha, 1
, A schoolmistress in Philadelphia
hameil Catherine P.urneson shot
and killed a little school girl named
Maggie Cnrtell. She was sen
teneed to eighteen months m
the penitent irv. Some of the chil
dren appeared at her room window
and called Tier names. She seized
a pistol and fired irfto the crowd
killrng little Iaggie.
"If the dogs iu our neighbor
hood hold out I guess I can do
something that all the temperance
societies in this town hare failed
to do,", says the . bad boy to the
grocery man, as he cut off a piece
of cheese and took a handful of
crackers out of a box.
"Well lor Heaven's sake, what
you been, doing now, you little rep
robate," asked the grocery man,
as he went to the desk and charged
the boy's father with a pound and
four ounces of cheese and two
pounds of crackers. "It you was
mvboy and played any of your
tricks on me I would maul the ever
lasting life out of you. Your fath
er is a cussed fool that he dont
send yon to the reform school.
The hired girl was over this morn
ing and said your father was sick
and I should think he would be.
What you done ! . Poisoned him
1 suppose."
"No, I didn't joison him: I just
scared the liver out of him , that's
all."
"How was it,'' asked the grocery
man, as as he charged up a pound
of prunes to the boy's father.
"Well, I'll tell you, but if you
ever tell pa I wont trade here anj-,
more. You see, pa belongs to all
the secret societies, and when there
is agrand lodge or auythinghere, he
((rinks awfully. There was some
thing last week, some sort of a
leather apron affair, or a sash over
his shoulder, and every night he
was out till the next dav. and hi s
breath snielled a 11 the-4jme like-in
trout of ja vinegar store, where
they keep yeast. Ever since Mil-
took her hay fe er with her up to
Lake Superior, pa hasbeeu a terror,
and I thought something Ought to
be done. Since that variegated
dog trick was played on him he
has been pretty sober till Ma went
away, and I happened to think of
a dog a boy in the Third Ward has
ctit v Ar fYinlra TTn will illlnrh
"i:, 1 ill iJ luaiji t J 1
up and take a man's hat off, and
bring a handkerchief, and all that.
So I got the boy to come up on our
street, and Monday night, about
dark, I got in the house and told
the boy when pa came along to
make the dog take his hat, and to
pin a'handkerchief to his coat tail,
and make the dog take that, and
then for him and the dog to lite for
home. Well you'd a dide. Pa
panic up the street as dignified and
important as though he had gone
through bankruptcy, and tried to
walk straight, and just as he got
near the door the boy pointed to
pa's hat and said, "Fetch it." The
flog is a big Newfoundland, but he
is a jumper, and doift you forget
it. Pa is short and' thick, and
when the dog struck him on the
shoulder and took his hat pa al
most fell over, and then he said
get out, and he kicked and backed
up toward the steps, and then turn
ed around and the boy pointed to
the handkerchief and said, "fetch
it," and the dog gave one bark and
went for it, and got hold of it and
a part of pa's fluster, pa tried to
climb up the steps on his hands and
feet, and the dog pulled the other
way, and it is an old last years dus
ter anyway, and the whole back
breadtli come out, and when I
opened the door there pa stood
with the froiit of of his coat and
the sleeves on, but the back was
coin
Now, the people of Georgia have
as sharp ah eye after the dollars as
the people of Connecticut. The
COKVEIt TS JBA FTIZED N UDE
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vxeorgians are, inaeea, tne xan- Among the passengers who ar-
kees of the South. So, when it was rived in eitv veHtrdav fto-finnn i - k
- I J J I IUO UJUUlilJ, U U lull V. MIVA.UICU
moa priests. But it is a shame to
our civilization that such things are
permitted In, our midst' and mis
sionaries are needed. TheTs6rt of
missionary, however," and the' one
o suit the i ease best, m in the
household of nearly every ian: in
seen that there would be a large on the Richmond & Danville train, at any hardware . store. It is. a
iicenaance at tne hanging, some were two smooth faced, keen- eyed, shot gun. Introduce a few of these
enterprising citizens erected tiers middle aged men, whose peculiar missionaries and our couutr?wiU
oi seats on tneir premises within dress and odd appearance attracted soon be effectively rid of them
sigut oi me gaiiows anu rented general attention. They wore their "Charlotte Journal."
them to spectators at a dollar a hair in long Saratoga bangy locks
seat. This was a shrewd specula- that covered their ears and greased
tion, and the seats sold like hot I their coat collars. Their dress con
cakes. Then the mayor stepped in sisted of long black coats, or gowns,
SHOOTING AFFRAY
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WILLIS BARNES SHOOTS AND
KILLS HIS BROTHER IN-LAW.
JEALOUSY THE CAUSE.
1 Sensible Preacher.1
with platform spectators
Perfidy of the Re?.
Baxter.
Whangdoodlel
There is considerable feeling
among the members of the colored
Austin Blue Light 'Tabernacle.
It is, as usual, about a woman, and
the pastor, Rev. Whangdoodle
Baxter, is mixed up in it also as
usual. The widow Tripe t, who re
cently lost her husband, is black,
but comely. She is also very ignor
ant. A few evenings ago a sensa
tion was created in the Tabernacle
criticism of a
grammar bv
New York
another in
I Tin
(.editor's
'that city reminds '-a contemporary
j of .old Sam Medarv, wji used to
edit the Ohio -"Statesman." ' Some
sol Austiia dines on j body on an opposition paper spoke
cabbage. Not . bad J disparagingly of the grammar he
I. m press; but if used. Old Sam reidied: "V
nci imperial Highness would feed
fh.
COl ill It
ll.f ! t"
State Senator Nelson, of Wayne
and shrewdly determined to secure that were buttoned down to .the county, Pennsylvania, is a good
a share of the receipts for the city, knees, while -their lee's, or so much Methodist preacher. ; He ofliciates
bo he decided that the hanging of them as could be seen, wero mi. as chaplain of the Senate. Last
Was a ShOW, and called on .thel ve,loied in thPfimnlA fobla nfVimrnr week he assailed' President Ar
. j. --bo; i ' .
proprietors ot the seats to, pay a trousers. One wore a coon skin thur and said, that the accidental,
regular license fee of $100 each, cap, while the other had head gear not providential, President of the
which they did, making a good of a more civilized character, his United States, spreads his costly
profit for themselves besides. eyes being shaded by an ordinary liquors before his guests at state
The mayor and the citizens are slouch hat. Each one carried a dinners-with six wine-glasses to
now looking anxiously for the next been-through-the-revolution look- every cover. "I have no apology
hanging bee, and woe to the man I ing carpet-bag, and. waving the to make for advocating consti-
who is charged with murder in seductive hackman aside, thev I tutional reform. Under the admin-
- I- w t
Macon for some time to come. The pushed out of the crowd and strode instration of Messrs.1- Hayes and
jury would be snre to bo packed up Trade street at a brisk pace. I Garfield reform began at head
Arriving at a grocery store they I quarters. The bottles and jugs were
purchased enough crackers and thrown into the Potomac' The
cheese to make them a dinner, and national mansion was scrubbed
then preceded to the vacant lot from cellar to garret and dedicated
near the Carolina Central depot to to sobriety, purity ' and prayer,
enjoy their lunch. They remained How changed the situation to-day!
about there until a late hour Iu the It is enough to make every patri
afternoon, and in the meantime I tic citizen blush and hide his faee
were interviewed by several curi- withshame. Arthur in theNew York
ous parties. The men appeared to custom-house is Arthur in the
avoid coming iu contact with the White House. The Ethiopian cau-
oeople on the streets, yet, when ap- not change his skin nor the leop
proached by anybody, they showed ard his spots. Driven out of the
no disposition to conceal their New York custom house by Hayes,
identity, but conversed about them- as the master drove tho Scribes
6elves and their mission freely. Und Pharisees out of the temple
when Mrs. Tripet got up and com- They were Mormon Missionaries, with the scourge; made Vice Presi-
piaineu ot tne pernuy oi rarson two ofjl ban(l Df seventeen who are dent by the votes of the people and
Baxter. nnve wm-Vintr for merii its in ' t.hft no less than six months after inau2-
"What h as Our b'lovcd asture I counties adjoining Mecklenburg on I rated President by a crank, taking
done to hurt yer lectins, Y iddy uue West. They gave their names the oath of office m his parlor in
Tripetr asked Uncle Mose, who is as vfevs. Wm. Dorton and Jabel New York city in such indecent
a steward in the church. nro,'ioViwoll and at.at.Ml that thov I haste, at one o'clock in the inorn
"He is a triflin, onreliable pas- arrived in North Carolina last iug so soon after the death of Pres-
ture. He may be as wise as de March from Utah, and since that ident Garfield at Long Branch, and
sarpint, but he am not as harm- time uai jgn holding meetings then carrying into the temple of
less as de dog mentioned in de am making converts in various virtue and purity his nasty, filth,
scriptures an I pronouncehim befo' counties of the State. Themselves New York Custom-house and pot-
dis heah distracted meetm, as ade- ami fifteen other bretheren work house practices of card playing,
cebe'r. When my husband was alive separately, but meet at a certain treating, drinking, Sabath breaking
dat ar b'loved pasture would come rint about once a month to com- and Sunday ffshiug excursions, he
ter my house mos' ebery day, an pimrUotes and map out plans for gives all the public evils national
hug and kiss me and tell me to fntnre action. So far thev have sanction and notoriety." As Mr.
keep on walkin' in de narrer path, cauverted to the Mormon faith 37 Nelson described "the shameful ex-
and then he'd tell me that if 1 men and women, about fifteen of hibition of drunkenness'' by the
wasn't married he would lead me wllom have been sent to Utah, statesmen who went to Garfield's
de altaw, an' now bred'ren, my Their bst Riiee.ess. according to funeral, tears moistened his cheeks
husband has none been dead mos' their report has been in Rnther- and his voice was broken by efforts
a month and de pasture hamt said for(j au(i ju Gaston counties. to repress emotion
de first thing 'bout dat Iceremony, , . , - .nrh.
ii 1 1 r- iiiivTi 1 1 if ii uouj cuu T it r. tk.
in Cabarrus, Rowan or Mecklen
burg counties, but do not know
how long they may let these fields
remain untouched. Their work is
The Philadelphia "Times" thus donequeitly, and their presence in plin brook's side, lest babbling
briefly presents a romance that a" utJI-l,uolIJUUU " scm"Ui c" lovers wake me from my dreams.
IFoYel; Silt
an' he don't neber come to see
no mo'." Texas "Siftings"
Hoi He Got His Wife.
me
A Sensible Yonn Lady.'
A sensible young lady made the
following request to her friends :
"Lo not lay me down- by the rip
. i I.... . r ...i.
1 kuowii exeepL u.v ouu a ict .uu
lmokontof. A rattlesnake Iwas attend their meetings. The apos
, inrftin- fanofthe. e.ilminat, tie first begins by riding about a
ino- event in the romance bv which neighborhood, stopping
houses lor a drink oi water or a
a young woman was led to choose
a husband from among many suit
ors..:.
A party of people, retiring from
a basket picnic, stopped on the hill
side to gather wild flowers. Two
vounsr men and a young woman
meal, until he has become pretty
well acquainted with the women.
the weaker ones of whom he se
lects as his subjects, informs them
of a meeting to be held at a certain
time and place, and invites them
to attend. After they go to the
sat down on a large rock to rest
In reaching out his hand to a bed of meetings the work is easy, and
moss, oneof thev6aus men touch- they are soon persuaded to em
ed something c4d. Instinctively brace the Mormon faith
he knew that he had placed his
nor in the beautitul cemeteries ' in
the valleys, lest sightseers, conning
epitaphs, distract me ; but let my
last sleep be under the counter of
the merchant and the business man
generally Who never advertises.
There is the peace which passeth
all understanding, and a deep sleep
on which neither the buovant foot
fall of youth nor the wearv shuffle
and drag of old age will ever in
trude.
Rules' of Riding.
nrili
s Nhe iu ust try
Carolina -l. icon
food
and
like 111
ol.l N
greens .
'-'' , .J. "i :
Gmitord Soon, who committed
oiithge on the person of Mrs
.1 -.,"L i ; -
jilo on his wax to AYilsoo ii,
n;i jail. It was only by
action.-. 'on the part of the
ft hat he xvas not '.lx nclu-d
nH niii, iieaiei" . oi
dxcrtisiiig extensive
he at.tcntiiai of a bur-
got away with C.l0
Advertising' has
even xv hen well
led xv!i
Is
piompl
ollieial
- A
1.I.MIISV
ly. a'.U
glar,
worth
its dr
I done.
'.niiiig
ilie. .
U'led
Vli.
of. Uhi.ls.
iw.baeks
apt!
may not be much on grainiiiar, but
jvc are h 1 fin facts.''
A San Francisco professor spells
jMitato as follows: "Ghoughphth
cightreeau," and declares it to lie
correct acconling to the following
rulo : '(; h stands for p, as you
will find from the last letter in
hiccough. Ongh stands for o, as in
dough.' Phth stands for t, as in
phthisic. Eigh stands for a, as in
neighbor. Ttc stands for t, as in
gazette, and can stands for o, as iu
U'au."
Mr.
win 1 1 p j
Frank Clay, of -Caldwell
was killetl at a saw mill at
Icard station recently. He xvas
somehttw thrown on the saxv, and
the Hickory "Carolinian" says, was
literally cut to pieces. His lesrs and
'I'Might up to that cit v a .-monstrous arms were broken, his head and
turtle weighing loo p,,,,,,.! ...j,;,.!, lace broken and cut, one shoulder
I . ; . ... ...v
ne caught on the beach at 11.
.b.hn Turn, i.ot Savannah,
leys, near Ossab
lccfxni
ssaoaxv Sonu.i ti...
r. i . l ... -.-
..... e nine na.ljust come up on
the iK'ju-h to deiMisit her eggs.
1 he Captain sejii-ehfil imi "f!!'.i
. .. - . ...... UIUUU
the ncs . which -contained ISO e'"s.
, and I tofik hold of h:s arm
and he said. "Get . out," ami Jwas
going to kick me, thinking I was a
dog and I told him I was his own
little boy, and asked him if anything
xvas the matter, and hie said,
M (hie) atter enough. Nexv-? (hie)
lamp dog chawing nie last hour'n a
half. Why 'didn't you come and k
(hie) ill' em?' I told pa there "Was
iio dog at all, and he must be care
ful of his health or I wouldn't have
no pa at all ne looked at me and
asked me, is he felt for the place
xvhe.re the hack of the linen duster
f xvas, what had become of his coat
tail and hat if there -was no dog
and I told him he had probably
caught his coat ou that barbed wire
fence doxvo street, and he said he
saw, the dog and a boy just as
plain as could be, and for me to
help him upstairs' and go for the
dtx'tor. Pa said lie wanted to be
canterised, so he wouldnt go mad.
1 told the doc the joke, and said he
would keep it up, and he gave pa
some poxvders, and told him if he
drank any more Jbefor Christmas
lie was a dead man. Pa says it
has learned him a lesson and they
can never get any more pizen down
him, but don't you give me away,
xvill you, cause he would go and
complain to the jwlice about the
dog, and they would shoot it. Ma
will be back just as soon as she
gets through sneezing, aud I will
tell her, and she will give me a cho-
hand upon a rattlesnake.
At the same moment the snake
was discovered by the oth-
aw f-- ti.-n nti1 tlm - vrtiati
CI JUUll lUiiu uuu i-uxj j vim
woman. Both screamed and ran
from the si ot. It was a critical
moment, but the first young man
proved equal to the ' emergency.
Knowing that if he
Iu mounting, face the near side
of the horse. The near side
Before
receiving them into tne cnurcn,
they are baptized, aud in order
that it may be thoroughly done, is the nearest yourself. If you
the converts are stripped entirely Utandou the right'side of the horses
naked by the righteous old frauds, which is the wrong side, when you
when they are immersed in the monnt, yon will face the crupper,
water. The hour for these oap-1 Then everybody will know that
tisms is generally set at 10 or 11 your name is Johan Gottlieb Ern-
o'clock at nisht, and any conveni- sigeielger
II you mount irom tne grounu
Mvpi w ent creek or pond in the neighbor-
i..i . nnt, wonhl - hi.,, to hood will answer the purpose of a lead the horse to a high lence, say
. , . - , ' ,wi iima almost,' incredible "whoa" two or three times, and
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same time reaching into his pocket here under our own eyes and in will light somewhere on. his neck,
n i-;ra Rnivr i.a ..nnbi r.iior. this advanced age ot civilization,
.Vmifit.i, i.;atth ii,p enau but these Mormon missionaries ad- adjust yourself while the horse is
lurj rvii i iv m -- i
i.,i it.cif arm,n,l hi arm nut that this is their mode oi bap- running awaj
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"Run and help him !" screamed tism, and express surprise tnat oi mounung, large., P
. r i i.i .,.! r..n- n-itV. if I tli -rtiiiifr fM.ntlf.mpn from till" MIV.
l.a nnT wrvioan to tho vniino- au one uuuiu uuu " " b . '
manbv her side. "Go kill the They held a baptism on Duncan's is to balkince yourself on one foot
creek, in Kutherloru county, ana on me leuec, uuu iiunit, iuc uvufri
the "Banner" reported it at the leg at the horse, in the general di-
time. " rection of the saddle, saying "whoa'
Speaking of incidents of their all the lime. . The horse, after this
trip through Rutherford county, gesture has been repeated a few
they stated that on one occasion times, backs away, pnllsjme alleged
theV hailed two white women who "der off the fence, and walks up
were hoeing cotton in a field, got and down the lane with him at a
into a conversation with them, and "pid gallop. This gives the nder
thv onit. thev had conver- " abont ten minutes, an tne exer
-v " 7
The shooting of Clarence Boyd by
his brother in law, Dr. W. W.
Barnes, shortly after ten o'clock
this morning - caused intense ex
citement. loyd is a quiet-mannered,
womanly sort of a man and the
last person one would exieet to be
engaged in a deadly quarrel. He
has been regarded as ; one of the
rising youg artists of the .country.
Many ot his pictures have attract
ed attention and been sold at high
figures. For sometime he has com
ducted an art class in his studio
in the "Coiirier-Jonrnal" building,
aud his pupils were much devoted
to him, owing, in largfV part, to his
quiet, genteel manner. Hence
the siirpriso Avhen it was told that
he had gone to Barnes oflice and
anuounced that he had come there
to kill him. Dr. Willis W. Barnes
is a well knoxvn 1 and popular
Fourth avenue dentist. About six
vears ago he married Miss Jessie
Boyd. Txvo childreu, a lxy antr a
girl- were born to them.'.
DE. BAKNES JEALOI S.
;Ybout two months ago -.unfortu
nate differences caused a separa
tion. Whether there were Causes
is not known, but it is stated, that
Dr-Barnes grew jealous. His wile
went to her father's and he to a
boarding house; Out of this separ-
ition grexv the - event of. to-day.
Clarence Boyd, devoted to his sis
ter, warmly espoused her cause
and XTas indignant at Barnes
treatment of - her. This indigna
tion, it is said, led him to denounce
Barnes in front of his oflice some
time since in vigorous, terms. A
friend of the latter says Boyd
meeting Barnes on the street had
several times addressed very
strong terms to him.
This morning Boyd . .went to
Barnes office while the latter w as
engaged professionally w ith a lady
patient. Boyd called for Barnes,
who went out in the hall-way. Mr.
R. T. Fairman, brother of the lady
patient referred to, says that Boyd
took Barnes by the lapels of , the
coat, using' very strong .terms to
wards him. Mr. Fairman, who did
not know Boyd, asked him to go
away and have no disturbance, ad
ding that there was a lady ' in the
adjoining room.
I HAVE COME TO KILE YOU.
Boyd responded: "I have conic
to kill him and am not going axvay
until I do." A scuttle ensued and
it is said that Boyd made, ii motion
as if to draw a weapon. Barnes
drexr a revolver and fired txxice,
one ball taking effect in his left
shoulder, the other striking him
near the spinal column, pas.-ing en
tirely through his body aiidViiie'rg
ing froni the lower portion of the
abdomen. The men. were' but a
few feet anart when the tiling - be
gan. Boyd rushed towards Barnes
making an effort to tjiroxv up his
pistol hand, which caused the first
bullet to lodge in his shoulder, from
which if. was extracted. He xvas
assisted from the house to a milli
nery store near by, where he- re.
ceived prompt medical aid before
being moved to his father's resi
dence. THE WOUNDEll MAX I'SAKMEI).
i
It is a singular circumstance that
Boyd should have used the intird
erons threat imputed 'to him am
yet have about hint no vcapoiis
for its execution, hone being found
on his person aftep the affair. He
was eutirely sober and xvas a gen
tie man who barely took a glass ot
wine. Only a high state of men
atl excitement elm explain the Ian
guage life is said to have used, Dr.
Barnes immediatelv after t he slutt
ing left the house, and. meeting a
police officer on the street, said to
him that he hail shot a man ami
A doctor named Roylston had
sued reter Bennett forj his bills
long overdue, for attending the
wife of tho Litter. Alexander II.
Stephens was on the Bennett side,
aiid Robert Toombs, then Seator
of the United States, ws for Dr.
Roylston. Tho doctor proved the
number of his visits, their value
according to the local cistom, and
his authority to do wiediical priK-
t ice. Mr Stephens tohl his client
that the physician had made out his
case, and ; as there was nothing
wherewith to rebut or! oflset the
claim, the ouly thing left to do was
to pay it. I
"o. said Peter "1 Iiiml vou
to speak in my case; now I speak."
Mr. Stephens told him there was
nothing to say; he had looked on
out, and
REV. DR.TALMAGlv,
:o:-
RELYRKS ON THE BROOK
LYN KR1DGE DISASTER. -
'f TO LI TOU SO!"
snake !
The young man hoxx'ever, had no
desire to die, but remained at a
safe distance aud shouted lustily
for help.
"I'll 20 nivself!" exclaimed the
young woman, sjiringing forward.
Her services were not needed.
Pale to the hps with the pain
to see that it was made
it was.
Peter was obstinate, and at last
Mr. Stephns told liim to
make a speech himself. if he
thought one could be made.
"I will, replied peter, "if Bobby
Toomks won't le hard on me."
Senator Toombs - promised, and
Peter liegan. j
"Gentleman of the .Iqiry: You
ami I lspiaiu tarmers, aiul u we
don't stick together these 'ere law
yersand doctors xvill git the ad
vantage of us. I ain't no lawyer
nor doctor, and 1 ain't no
turns to them in their projK'
place, but they ain't farmers, gen
tleman of the jury. Now this man
Rojlstor xvas a new doctor, and
went for him to come and doctor
my wile s leg. And lie come, an
put some salx-e truck oui it, and
some rags; but never done one bit
of good, gentleman of the jury
I don't lielievc he is no doctor, no
way. There is doctors as -i doctors
sure enough, but this man dont
earn his money; but if you send
for him, as Mrs. Sarah Atkinson
did, for a negro as was worth if I
000, he just kills him and wants
pay for it." - r
"I don't !" thundered j the doe
tor. '
"Did you cure him !" asked Pe
ter, with the sloxv accents of a
judge with t hp black cap m.
The doctor xvas .silent, and Peter
proceeded: '- v. .
'As I xvas sayin,' gentleman of
the jury, wo farmers, when we. well
our cotton, has got to give vally
for the money we ask, and doctors
ain't none too good to lie put to
the same rule. And I dont' le
lieve this Sam Roylston is no dfi.
tor nohoxv,"
The physician again put iu with
'LM)k at my dioloma, if yttu think
I am no doctor." -
"His diploma!" "exclaimed the
nexvTleilged orator, with great contempt-.:
"His diploma'! Gentleman
that is a big word for printed
sheepskin; and it didn't make no
doctor of the sheepis first xvore it
nor ilfK's it 'of thejinan that now
carries it. -A gmnl . newspaper has
moie iu it, and I'll point out to y !
that 'he ain't no doctor at all." '
The man of' medicine was noxv
in fury, and s;i earned out, "Ask
my patients if Iain not a doctor!"
"I asked my wife,'' retorted Pe
ter, "an' she. said as how she
thought you x iuiii't " .
"Ask my .other patients," "aid
Dr. Roylston.
; "This seemed to lie the traw
that broke the citnePs back. Peter1
reilied with a look ami toue of imi
utterable sailness- .
"This is a hard sayin' genttcmeu
of the jurvj and one that requires
me to flic, fr have poxvers. as I've
hearn tell ceased to be exercised
since the Apostles. Dos he ex-
1 1 jiect nie'.to. bring tli iUigle (lab iel
;oxv to toot his horn Ulfne ins
time, and cry aloud, 'Awake, ve
dead, ami tell ' this court an d
jury your opinfoa of Roylston'H
practice? Am I to go to the lone
ly church yard, ami rap on the
silent tomb, and K.iy to Yin as is
'of rest from physic and doctor
bills, 'Get. up here, y ou, ami state
if you died a natural death,' or was
hurried ii) some, j by doctors f lie
The 4th chapter of James PUli
and 14tn verses furnished the tab
ernacle preaHier with his text Sim
day.
,uGo to now, yo thit say, to-ilay
or to-morrow we will go into such a
city, and continue there a year,
and buy and sell and get gain.
x hereas ye know not what shall
lie on the morrow, for what is your
life? It is even a vaior that ap-
peareth for a little time, and then
vanisheth iiwuv."
The eighth wonder of the world
has been built. People who had
been compelled to spend all their
lives in this city, and who had never-
seen many of the cities ami the
wonders of the world, had the satis.
faction of seicing the jfrcateift.
Trajan's passage across the Dan
ule, Darius passed the Bospluuus,
Xerxes bridge across Hie. Ilelle
Mint, seems to have 'been, cclipsetl
by the gi-eatest wonder uniting
the.se txvo great cities. The ohh
lug ceremonies had just closed.
i
if.Mip"h nisli
l wa- the m.il-
says, 'Ask my patients,' and,"gen-
goiug to jail. ' He 1.ifKeedel j tk'm(:U oftliu jury, they re all dead.
,e City nail with the officer (Where is .Mrs. Bcazley's man Kami
Oo ask the .xrbrms. in the gnixe-
he lies, Mr. Peak's
was
to the City
nml fnidin? the Citv (knirt ill sess
ion rf.n.iAstd the Chief of Police I J111'1 where
t cn-l for Maiof Keiinev anl. rei- i w'jm;" ah was attanded by
!rlresented bv that gentleman, appb ! ."''. ancl ner fuL,eral wa PIoint-
i " . .. , t. . ..il ii.il Iia liuil tlif rx.riia w-.ulv.
cation was made lor bail ix-iore j '-'' "" - . i
;.. wiere is inai oaoy gai tu iiarry
where, dyi-tors
aoove BiatemeiiiH aii'i j'iin'c
mioau.il iririniT lwtmls in the sum fants are at rest
V.-i'-v-., ' j
of $1,000 Mr. lioyd, of course,.; "Gentlemen of tho jury, he has
cannot talk of the afl'aijr in his des- f et chickens enough at my bouse
perate condition.
rKOBABLY DIE
Pitx-.Indcrft Thomson. Mr. Fair-
man detailed iu substance the i l wl,
above statements an.l Barnes was , irom trou,iI,M
in-
BOYD WILL
, saxved almost entirely from his
ImuI.v, tAie eye sawed through, and
a piece of the skull, and one - side
of his head with one ear cut. ..
tirely away. The ioor man liifruieo, canse she don't like to have
jrered four davs aud died Tnesdfere 1 ". drink onlv between meals. Well
about noon. 1 od day. There's a Italian got.a
.1 t l... f Ilif Aiiinrr fVl.lc
?he snake, tte ungS cut off tefl the two women, took them to a
the, snake's head with the knife neighboring creek and baptized
which he had opened between his them after the usual lashion, when
teeth. The snake was nearly six the womeu returned to tlfe field
feet in length and was so , . Mormou missionaries"
strong that tne young ,.;',.
man's firm Tl" .as black and blue for proceeded on tueir wa,
a mouth afterwards- two women joined a party the next
The seaual need not be detailed. ,iav and left for Utah. The
The young woman accepted the preacher3 stated that they were on
Ulil3 UUU UiaWf cAi-lvi ivu u ? j
The suakeiskin, cured and stuffed, to have left the city last night for
nccnnies a shelf in the parlor. The Soa?tanburg. The other members
other young man, driven desperate Df their band are scattered through
by the young woman a i cuoiee, Eutherf ova Gaston, Polk and sev-
LTservinronirrerm in the -al other counties, and are almost
Kansas Lejrislatnre- I daily engaged in working for re-
cise he wants for a week.
If by some miracle you manage
to get into the saddle, hold with
both hands and say "whoa." The
faster the horse goes the tighter
you niusfi bold on, and the louder
you. must "holler."
If you are from New York or Phil
adelphia, yon will shorten the stir
nips until your knees are on a level
with your chin. Then as yon ride
yon will rise to your feet and stand
in the attitude of a man . peering
over a fence to look for his dog,
and then suddenly fall in the sad
dle like a man who has stopped on
a banana skin.
uer, ami n;m -cpi ; ci,arge lor curin7 or her, and l am
latter, going to ! nij,, thaukfHi he ,1Cver gave
growing excited; ., , , , ,
s, had doubtless ; Jt nothin' for inwards, as be did
to pay for the salve, and I furnish
ed the rags, and I don't suppose he
His father stated this t-yeningj charges'.-for' making her otse,
had of late been talking about his j and even ne don't pretend to
.a . I 11 1 I i. ' .
wife ami ner urotuer, ami nafi kepi ; charge for curnr of her, and 1 am
this up until the latter
remonstrate ana
f siirbt. nf Barnes.
f-i.;na i, n-nnlil' otherwise not i his other patients, for sometliin
Dam u i 1 - " .. s - .. -
have said. It is probably that Boyd -, made 'cm all die mighty ud
will die. The actors are young ; dl?n -men,
each with a large circle of jiore the applause made the
friends. Dr. Barnes this afternoon, j fi ak.r 8it ,Iown ju great wufus
it is said, 'expressed an earnest i ion ah),? iu spite of a logical tate
hope that Boyd would recover from f J))ent of the bv Senator
his injuries. Toombs, the dmrtor kmt and Pe-
Dr. Barnes is a native of Wilson j ter won.
county and baa many friends who
The roar of caiMiou had hardly
ceased ita rcvei'lteration ; the two
cities hardly taken off their coat of
bunting, when all our hearts were
shocked with' a great tragedy. 1.1
human lives sacrificed, 40 people
reported us wounded; a King roll
of casualities that xvill never In
known. A woman stumbles and
falls, and there is a an outcry, and
people imagine there is something
the matter with the bridge; ami
Oohers iinjH-lled by a morbid curi
osity rush ami others are trampled.'
Bereavement of many households,
fathers, mot hen and sisters pushed
out of life in the rush ; a horrible
One. Is there anything the marter
with the bridge! No! that sf.iml
as firm as the eternal hills. The
next generation w ill have no power
to weaken it. This generation wilt
cross it and the next, and the next,
ami the next. Asia that case jm
in '.HHl out Ol a thousand, there xxns
nothing the matter; absolutely
not hing. ' When xvill people learn
that in great excitement the safest
and the best thing is to sit or stand
still? What a sad thing it is that
one fool or one ruffian can turn
thousands of eople into ii herd of
buffaloes. Our decie.t commiser
ation is aroused for the victims and
our flecju'st prayers for I he bereft.
To go out on .u bright excursion
aJid conic home with only ivpait of
the family. Some of iirt know the
horrorof the contrast. These peo
ple wlio'wcie sacrificed xveie iu no
wiso to blame, but they were tl c
victims of a heedless crowd, victims
of a -vast multitude of
inir there to see what
ter. Per.VMis crowded ftut a great
crowd gathered around low-c what
was the matter. A ixtsoii taken
ill iu wuiie public assembly. Five
hundred people, arising tf see what
is the matter. I bu ses running
away with the vehicle. Who gets
hurtf .Those who junqu Who
comes off w ith' the fe.vcst -aif
Those who sit still. These people
tifHldeii under Toot by a great
crowd, heedless ones iiishingahead
to see what is the, matter.
There is to this great calamity a
worldly side and a religious side.
KiH-p CfMtl, never go to ce hat is
the niaftor llides.s you au In- til'
practical help. If there ls a iml
oii Tweton street, doX n Seficr
inerhorn street, if (M-opIc fall on
the bridge walk the other wax, un
less you can help them up. " Your
curiosity will make matter wore.
Some cay this was Hie work of
pick pockets ami others cl arg.- it
t the iiiconi'teiicy "I offici.Us. It
nr:is a pun? accident, ami no pre-e-iition
could have pn.U-ibiti l it.
Aigood,s wise, and a- small men
ua are in our cities mad.' the place
;ml gave it their entire time, and
made every reasonable precaution-'
C tjnfity to sec what xvas I he mat
te.: broogtit ii a great multitude
wh otiaiuplcd these poor victim to
death. " Tu .tendency of Midi a
tinnr W.toblaiue the bridge trustees.
Your-blam iug the trustees at this
time i unfair. Vor i xears they
were lieai-d with f.ihuany. and
thej iecl no imv installiuei't ot
abuse- and they were uo more re.
sjfnsiWe tor the disaster lhau you
or I. Oh! how wise ".ple aie af
ter any thing has hapjrf-ned. 1 told
you ho! To hear u talk yon would
think xt c wre greater engineer
than Iti leWing, and feel that they
made a mistake iu not calling u
Into thciJ coutl'lciic.
Dr. TVilmage continual-, by a -plving
t be lesson of the accident i
a refigio us and moral w ay";
B.N.
sympathize with him in whatmnst c -be
a very trying' sitnation-I'.D. J DeJK)t. Wilmington N. C. .
A fine assortment of (Jun ami
I'istolsat- JacolM's Hardware 1'
jt. W ilmington, N. C.
1
lerv. got Jacobi's Hardware Depot
- WilminetonN.C.