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WILSON ADVANCE. WILSON ADVANCE. ITBLISHED EVEKY FRIDAY AT j WlLSOX, NOKTH CAROLINA. j JtlSEPliUS It WILLS. - Edikr and ProprH-Ur : Eati:s OK ADVERTISING). Subscription Kates in Advance j one Vr...,.. -: - - J ! Six Month..... ' ;"Moncr ean be font by Money Ordi r or j iiKfu K-Tarboro Strett, in -'the- OM Vmt iiIIr-o liuildliur. " NEWS OF A WEEK -:o: TH KUKIJ 'FKOM ALL PAltTS Ol THE WOULD. PEXCU.ItSUS- O LEAN I MS Henderson is soon cotton seed oil mill. to have a Iv.ui Turgenell', the great Euss.i iill Novelist. K dead. A Wli.;il .seen :.f Nitf'- i'ct loii";, ad. '. lias been H T i Oiaded School tea ted in Statesville.' bill was de- There are lC.n students at Chapel Hill. There ought to be 50. The Tai boro "Guide" is enlarged. Best' wishes, brother .Charles. Col. Walter Clark' code will lie ready Nov. annotated lf.tb. The I'ress Association will visit I he Boston Exposition Get. 3rd. '.Mr. 1. 15- Nicholson has Weoine ;i,sMiciate editor of the Clinton "Caucasian." NVaytie county has negro post masters at Dudley and Alt. Olive. The world moves ! Durham has a street ealied 'I leu peck Uow." Kx-Editor Webb lives on it, and is, of course, 'henpecked,' A Randolph county postmaster, who robbed a letter of 101 has been arrested. Turn the rascal out ! . ! Miss Penlope NVhittiehl, aged .'C, fell in au uncovi'ied cistern in New I 'erne lasf Fi iilay and was drowned. A new cotton factory at Concord istobe lUO feet long and '2 teet wide. Did you -say Noith Carolina was on a boom t Air. .1. A. Fountain, of Uocky Mount, . made thirteen and a half miles on his bycicle in one hour and Ibrfv-tive minutes. Appletou aksuiitlis suit against the Midland lfailway company fur 2.",om . .Iian been eompromised OaksmiMi receiving o,oOO. Joshua Kidd.'of New York, owns ,),oo acres of Sinth Alountain lamK F!iiiigli,- we shouhl think for "onej Kidd. s;ivm the 'Alountaiiieer," A colored well digger, says the YVeldon "News," while cleaning out a well last week, was caught in the well bv .the. earth caving in and killed.' Two negro grave robbers at Ed wards, Miss., were quickly disposed of. One was shot and killed as he attempt ml to escape and the other! was hanged. There are two townships in Iiex inyton ciuinty, says the Dispatch, in which there is not a single. in solvent reported by the Sheriff. miuibUe ijictii! The Elizabeth City "Kconomist" is out in a ucw dress. We congrat ilate. Col. Creaey on the prosperity if his paper, which improves, like wise, with age.- The Kaiidolph -onntv uiuddle h is been settled. Noah Uush and Thos. C. Worth hav been elected "' 1 tn take the place of the conimis- S sioners who resigned. The largest crowd ever 'assent- j bled at Frankfort'. Kentucky, was; , present to see thai gifted and pop-j ular son of that Slate, Pioctor , Knott, inaugurated on the 4th. ! Omah i spends 1 00,000 a year ' om her public schools and (he lar- i ger portion of the money comes j Yroni liquor license. . North Caro- ! liua ought to go and do likewise. j Mr. James Ua.ss, of Wehlon, thought it was lard oil. ft jiroved to lie kerosene and his face and ihands were, severely burnt. He :may lose lus sight says t.he 'X, lews. Abbeville, South Carolina, is ,int, to bt outdone in' curiosities.--Sfif come to fhe front with a four .legswl d.iikev, now nine mouths old. wit, . can crawl around lively. The workmen dig'ing init the foundation for a new house for Mr.. H. J-Holmes, of S tlistuirv. struck. a gold tnine, aecoiding to the '"Ex aminer," and the ore panned out well. The Stanle "Observer" o1kt vCb that Kcv.T. l i;;,.,wT ..r nnngion, is d: ears oh! i in vi (r oilllis lie.Ol II. J;S i. ... 1. 1 t ''fell -'married ou . . ... ... ly once and dli.'. twent y- I'otir chil- Tl e colored pc. le lu l.l a Con- venlion" in lloigh Ff!1;iv anil re- sn eo io li.ne iioil.il,.,. i ... tjhe colon l'.il I ........... . oi no VU 11 i I at Louisville, . i it i en nil i.. i i it : ' e neitl to a......... i.i . piiOitc..ri '".oiu i lie n.iitot the race. Sensible; The hVl lieiVllle cae a g.ai"ns.t 'lie Ker- News" lor chan'riii., .. mai -.ijiii nun III eoliiNl..t hi his iu e eie was uecniei, i . , paper but the defendants have a, Iealed to the Suiueme Court. I'o'llnf tl It seems that in some sections iu the North the m-,;, h;is- llin sway i ne w.aiei iiur.v Connecticut "Amen an savs: t !.... ir:., . T : . ' . -'ionics. "".i, hi me leauing hotel colored poners on tne l'ull,,,.,,, en t their meals in the same' dinim ;H.n with the guests. LSr ears can ii,n n ..r lueiuuiiiu ... "ocmor 01 tne state and culti- vated ladies ami mn.ti,,,...,.. i t a remark in the w v '"rJlt to be heard. " t"1 VOLUME 13.-- Hon. Z. i. Nance apiiointcd a ' tqiecial commissioner to represent , T. C. at the tenth annual meeting ; of " I'lie National Conference of j Charities and Corrections," to be j held at Louisville, Ky., during this ; month. ! The Greenville "Eenector'1' says that Eev. J. S. Nelson and wife and fchil.il were thrown from a buggy near Washington .one day last week, Mr. Nelson and the child receiving severe injureis. Mrs. Nelson was 'unhurt. James 'Payne, of Marshal, Madi son county, and Onea Eiden, a woman of bad ..repute,.. were both drowned last week in Littte Pigeon j river win i.e. reiuniiug '" xvime see, where they had been on a de bauch, says the "Citzcn." . The' -Inferior Court ameers in ! huge i nod nets, iKe. Will our-far-.Halifax' are Messrs. Mill, Daniel I ,m.r ivieuds assist us in making and . Parker presiding M?Jr ! lh,8(lopslI.tlm.Ilt of onr . 1(ai,cr inter W. E. Daniel, a talented and rising J .... 1 young lawyer, Solicitor; and Geo. j instructive. T. .; Simmons, than whom there's keki'ing nweet potatoes. not a bettei man anywhere, Clerk, i , , . .-. j From Lula, La., we have a word A, L. Harden, of "fircene, caught j on the subject of keeping sweet jo two German Carp two and one tatoes. Dr. A. J. Leach writes as j 1 i .1 i. i nan years oni, uv.n nieasmeu i en-, tyeiglit inches in vlengtn ana twelve inces from the ".-top tin to the bottom lin, full seven-inches in solid tlcsh, and weighed ten iny theorv as to keeping sweet po pounds "says the "Lnlle.in' ; ,;e smv and dig your pota- - ' i. . - . i . The New York "Sun"'.' celebrated its liltiest birthday, Sept. ."inV4, Monday, by giving a pleasant ac count of its birth, infancy and growth to the present time, and also sent out a fixe aim He of its first issue, on Sept. -3rd, 1S33, which is just one-fourth of its picsenf size. A i'rittnd has shown us a cata logue of Bryant, Strattou & Sal ler's business College, at Kaltiiuore in which we notice that our young friend, John F. liell, of Su'ton, Franklin, county made the most promising show of any pupil 'of the. large number in attendance. Good! Elam, the Keadjuster duelist, has Imcu presented with a sold headed cane "in recognition of his willingness tojiazard life itself for his convictions." The presenta tion speech was made by a kinky headed negro. And from such we tlevoiith" lra v GoimI Lord deliver n.." ' ' ' ' Have our reader, not ieed, says J t he 'Cuide' that the recent execution i iii Kalc!gh of llenry Jones, col. for j the; murder of Deputy Sheritl'j IUake,was a departure from the long est 'ablisued custonv? He was limiff on Alouda v, instead of Fridav and at half past six in the niorn- Hl!'. , I'dackwell's Durham Tobacco Manufacturing Company finding their business increasing rapidly "will soon erect a large 'addition tot- their mammoth establishment, to cost j?.'f),0)0. " Their trade is now much larger than ever before, and they continue to make improve ments. ; - lienjamin Llahn, of Laurinburg, the ripenes (f his wisdom and uiiilertook to surround iunv than; experience, he declares that he re his sliare- of the whiskey down ! frrets llothin-- so mnoi,-',.. ti.- i. there, got crazy like and went to j the woods where he took fits. A ! wagon" was sent to haul him in and he died on the way. lie was .2f years old die drunk. and':' never i' tended to T1U. Italeigh says a murder tri il in Wake Si.pc- rior Court last week was of special j interest. The Ueleimant, a negro killed a. negro : the counsel lor the defence was a negro, the counsel for the prosecution (the solicitor) a i il :.. "'"V ' --"u im ,".l"":v " ""Mj"- The. Troy ''Star" says that' there is u school in tlial jilace open to 'both races, 'hat as yet there are only whites in ''attendance but it is only a quesl ion of time lie fore the whites and blacks will "eat out of the same spoon" I 'an siii-h tlimirs lu'.-' an-l ovrn-imu' us liken summer elml And not e.xi ite our speeiul u ou ler ?" The voiinjr man l: land, who wits rnuning away to mat rv a negroi woman w hile drunk.' -an account ol which we published last week, is a itrotner ol . a prominent: lawyer in i buinoeiton. itiev art trying to ! Htul out ; Ms whereabouts so as to nut a ston to bis desire to bi iii- a negro- into the family. At Louisville. Kv., one night last week, on the stage of the liitck inghain. Theatre, in the presence of an enormous crowd. Judge Hoke iniu ied John 'maris, a Kus sian dwarf, forty-two in -lies in height ami i!.'! years old, to Maria N(il. the NotIIi 'Carolina midget, thirty-one inches talTand ."f" years old.." , ' A prudent and far seeing nuither i married 'her two daughters some ' years ago to a plumber anil an ice man. and now. no matter whether there is a mild winter or a severe one. she has a Ikix at the ! charity ball and spends the next summer at Newpoit. or goes to l-uiote wit h one or the othei jof her sAiis-iu- 1.,.- " 1 Missouri husbands are economi cal, atul Missoiiri liiuitlciers aie cheap. We are led to this pre .sumpiion from the fact that at Ban bridge, in that State, a husband hired two men tor the small sum of one dollar and titty cents to-murder his wile. They fulfilled their trans action, but fortunately have been discovered and lynched. A 'man and his wife living near l'lack Aloiiiitain, N. C. went out one evening a tew da s 'a"o. to pick lK'rries. The man stretched ,ut 0,1 tl,lV The ground - and went to ... ... , .. . oⅈiii 10111111 :i 11 p-i - c .wuicii sue nas realized- wo onsnes, antl Juid-orders for 20,000. wh ih-her l.jorA irtwl wwjui x- . .;.: taking his ease. This demonsTrat the truth f the i.rmwwiri,,,, ,;?. women are into everything," I " I - V t VUMV ABOUT FARMING. -:o: SOMETHING ABOUT KEEP ING SWEET POTATOES. PICKED UP NOTES. We desire very much to make the Advance of special interest to our farming readers, and to that end we invite communieations on subjects pertaining to farming, re. enitj ri..;;T i,nwmnh - -'til Li3 fL tilC iC tCllllVl v'" 1 " " " cotton or corn raised to the acre, ; particulars- alxnit extraordinarily folo . t, j lve 1e(.I1 tryinjj t J'" lO farm' ever since 1:1S, when I plant- d my first crop, and l will give you toes at, the right tune, borne Tieo- le may ask when thai is. I will reply, from-the first to the last of October, alid never sooner or later, as they generally ripen during that month. As last as they are dug bank from thirty to fifty bushels in a hill; put on two feet of pine straw, or some other substance that will .shed water I prefer . pine straw as it is the best shelter and protection that can lie had; cover with two feet of earth as soon as you can; -put on the top of each hill a large mi full of same straw hud cross, u couple of poles over it. This makes the most perfector I have found for keeping sweet pota toes, and I have had a life long ex perience. Never shelter with boards, if yon put plenty of straw inside to" absorb' the moisture from the potatoes, and a good bunch on - 1 keep the water iron, striking the centre of the lull.. I have never had any. trouble under tint plan in saving all the potatoes I' could mak(?' .. . , , -f . a fe t . . w,u I" t warm, ir they are kept dry, as they can le by this plan when faithfully carried out." "Southern Cultivator," KXSKXATOU TUITr'mAN's: FARM !Ni. Fx -Senator Thiu inan, of Ohio, is undoubtedly a sound - lawyer; he made a first rate Judge, and he did himself and the country credit as a legislator: but in his old aw. im1 dfd not hold fast to the nlow-han- dl.es .and follow- the avocation for which ne had a natural bei.t that ot a farmer, A sentiment like this, coining from the bps of a man who ,ea1' tbe"t0I) ul tl,e "Uler onSfe ' arrest the attention .of farmers.' I'LOW deef. 1. It gives full scoie'to the roots o;' vegetables, causing them to be more librous. 2, It admits the air directly to the. spongioles of the roots. It raises the temperature of the .soil in spi-iug." if enables the soil to absorb hrrge quantities of fertilizing gasses from the 'atmos phere. .,. It acts as a drain in wet weather. '-Jonrnal of'Progress." iUASS IX KASTKKN XORTU fARO I.lN A. - ' .- geniieiuan irom one of the the Eastern counties exiiresses opinion, says the Xew V, erne "Journal, that there is an income to 1,0 had from the raising of grass es lar oeyond that of cotton. An ovi,..i ii,...,,t an..' .. . ; nas given U tons oer , .- 4. - acre, which pi ices. finds ready sale at good Cov. Hagood, of South Carolina. j iiasapprovcd the stock law recently ! passed by the Legislature of that State. He states that the annual i cost ol lMiundary fences to the ari cultural class of South -Carolina' ex- : cee.is ,oU,hi. per anmtim-; The abolition of iMmndary fence's saves annually, to the agricultural indus i i , in n-e as iiiucu money as is paid : in taxes by all the industries of the State combined. A part of Hell Hole w4unp, cou aiul ,,,at h(- m lw intcnl to !-ake taining 17.0i)0 ' acres, "lias ' been J,is ,l!ave nntil he ,,a1 "e ' wlien bought by Air. Jos. Rem fry who ' tl,e mail drew a Pisto1 aml' sa-viu resides at High Point, N. c as the I "1Iore ws tir 'wtlement for all representative of a conqiany of En- tim0 to conie" he ''harged the glisii capitalists. .The Commission- wealM,a tw't' in rap,1 successiouJ ers of the Sonth Carolina Sinking luoit'y, wounding Air. Alclntire, Fund are to receive for the tract and then fled. l'tKio. p iyS,b!e in three annual in- I A l,rot,lor of tho Ja11 stallments. It w ill take about 100- ! tue lKul-v in eliarSe conveyed 0)0 to dnun tlw water from this lt to Iss Neck. Wilmington swamp, and its sale is regarded as iStar." a good one for the State. ' ' L A NVilliams college professor (eorgnv the past season, drove a i aes that man is decended thriv.ng trade m her luscions wa- from the boar. Tue decent of man u ,um uuu WU Mvanm i gardnershave feathered their nest ' well by selling rose bushes. Thev ...eS. xuej ,. 111.111 . 1 1111-e iierfiu vv ' ; lT-. expect to i 8VU 1116 P 18 pm ten . to twenty cents apit ce. "LET ALL THE ESDS TUWAIJTST AT, BE THY COUXTIII'S, WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 14. 1883. iue ronton '-uancaAian" savs "One of our farmers has just reaped 9,000 pounds of forage from less than 1J acres of land sowed in com mon Indian corn. Tho com was sowed in drills 3 J feet apart, 3.i bushels of seed to the acre, and cut just as the fodder began to ripen. lie says his horses are quite fond of the forage, eating the entire btalk. ; He thinks it beats oats badly.". The Eeidsville "WTeekly" says the most successful farming we have heard ot in this county last year is that of our young friend John Joyce, a son of -E. Joyce, .in the northwest corner of the county, who soft his crop of tobacco privately to Spencer & Sons for $2,500, while the entire cost of making it was only $300. , ALr. IT, S. Conglington, of Caroli na township, has a pig that at 0 days old weighed 56 pounds. The pig was raised entirely by hand.-- Greenville "Eefleetor." The Washington K3 azette", says that the crops in Beaufort will be almost an average. The crops in Ashe are said to be almost perfect failures on account of the deplorable drought. It is predicted that there will - be a falling, 6ff irr the cotton crop. , s ; A Pretty Story. Somebody writing to the Phila delphia "Press" concerning Mount Alitchell, the highest peak this side of the Eocky Mountains, tells how it got its name "after a surveyor' of t hat name. He does not seem to have ever heard of the Universi ty and its most eminent Professor Dr. Elisha Alitchell. But he is nevertheless able to get up the fol lowing nice bit of a story, true, or false, we know not: j-'Last Spring a young lady from the North came down here for her health. It so happened that her photograph was sent to friends in Eoghmd and there met the eyes of a young Ejig&hmanj who ex claimed. MIf that girl 'is5' as good as' she looks I should like to marry her." ; . "Coming to America, he, too, sought the Sunny South, " for his health alsolyid Cere JSa3lie mountains- of " Nrth Cardtta,r' among these primitive people, , the aristo cratic Englishman met tiyj young lady whose face he hal so admtred. Novel like, it was love at first sight nor was the city girl daunted at the prospect - of ; becoming a far mer's wife; for her lover proposed that they settle upon a small farm iu this self same country. 'Surprised at the gift of a mag nificent diamond ring, she thought it necessary to begin Caudle lec tures at - once, for surely such jewels "were .quite beyond their means. Finally, came the confes sion that has so often trembled on the tips of the heroes of yellow- covered, novels. That he might first gain her love he had deceived her. Tie was worth 600,000. A few weeks ago the minister rode over lrom his home, twenty-nvo miles away, andfhe romance ended with a quiet morning. weddiiig." ; A Settlement For all Times. A NYilmingtouian coming home fromi a Western visit, says in pass ing through Charlotte, a few nights since, he saw a corpse being trans ferred from some other train to the Carolina Central, and upon inquiry, learned that the body was that of a young man by the name af Alclntire, a son of Air. 1). 0. Alclntyre, of Moss Neck, Eobeson county, well known to all our bus iness meu. Further inquiry elici ted the information that young Alclntire had been in the turpen tine business in Southern Georgia that he had a partner, also a North Carolinian, and that they had finally concluded to .dissolve, he understanding being that the other mau should withdraw and Alclntire continue the business. AYhen the transfer was "made it was found that the other man owed Alclntire some two or three thousand dol lars he had a difficulty ingetting his partner to come to a settlement. Finally one day he went to the house of his former friend , and told him he haal come for a settlement i t , ... j ! niir-cimnw in nMiwMiu iiimiii ttic : now seems to deieud upon I kind of people the scientist is ac ; cust0med to associates with- If . . . , ... i ne associai-eu wun he associated with some of the I ritlers in Philadelphia street cars i he might claim man was a direct : descendent of the hog. Philadel phia "News' rOLl J ICAL POINTS WHAT THE POLITICIANS AEE TALKING ABOUT. THE POLITICAL CALliliOX Straw hats and tne Eepubhcan party must go. "Tho Apostle of Brass and the Beautiful" P. II. .Winston Jr., is now a full fledged radical, who is he anyway ! A writer in the Greenville "Ee tiector'.' says Col. 1. A. Sugg is the man t nominate tor Congress in the first district. The date of the election for Cou gressinuij from the first district, to fill the vacancy caused by Hon. W. F. Tool's death, has been changed to Tuesday, November L'Oth. The election will be held in the new district which has a democratic majority of 800. There is much excitement iu Maryland-over tho Gubernatorial uominatien. Gov. Hamilton is a candidate butls bitteraly opposed because he exposed the corrup tions of Democratic politicians. His friends are very zealous and tho result is shrouded in uncertainty. ' New York city Democrats, by score, think that Bayard's chances for the nomination are better than any candidate's. Deleware will hardly furnish the nominee unless New York will make him its "own by adoption. He is upon terms of most cordial relations with lioth Tilden and Kelly. The indications are now that the Republicans w ill carry Ohio, llpad lev's nomination is conceded to have been a mistake. "The party of blunders" is the uame that Grant gave the Democrats, ami it seems that those in Ohio deserve the name. We have never car ried Ohio and have been success ful in the past without it and wdl be a gain. The "Patriot" "-say s that Jo, Turner, of reconstruction memory was in Greensborolast Alonday; that as soon as it was known that he was in tow n the people flocked to see lmn.' It is said that he weighs 50 lbs, less than he did ten years ago. He is now living at Henderson, -Vance county, and practicing law. At one time the most conspicuous figure in the State. Jo Turner will never cense to be an object of interest. The Hickory -'Carolian" is out in a largo editorial defending lion Daniel G. Fowle from the. charge that he is either in the ' Eadieal camp or setting on the fence. This paper alleges that the report that Judge Fo'wle is untrue to Democra cy is an attempt of the I "llaleigh liink" to smirch his .fair, name. Brother Alurrell this comes to the rescue of a man who is content to let such reports go uncontrabicted. He comes w ith the sweet offices of friendship and endeavors to clear up Lhe horizon of Fowle's political sky. I le occupies over a column in his pajier in the attempt. Fowle coulddeny it in a single hue and thus rid his soul of this dark blot. If he does not intend joining the radicals he owes it to himself and to his party to deny the minor. YViU'he do it ? Judge Fiklus, A'ieavs. Judge Fields has written a letter toNYm. L- Royal Esq., which is given to the public. In brief his views are as follows: A reorgani zation of the Federal judiciary; the permanent improvement of the Alississipi; a tariff for revenue with f:il nrotection. but so ad justed as not to derange the busi uessof the country: practical re conciliation and the recognition of the 'Southern States as equal sis ters in the Union, and restitution ol the cotton tax." Aud they do say he wants to be President. His platform is a good one and w e commend it. Ev.SeXATOU AIClX'NALD I XTE li VIEWED. The Burlington "Iiawkeye," of Tuesday, ex-Senator Jos. AlcDon ald, of Indiana, who is in Ohio, al though outside impressions are against him. He declares himself rr unqualifiedly opposed to prohibi tion. Favors a tariff for revenue only aud says of Arthurs adminis tration that while it is resectable and satisfactory there is nothing to develop enthusiasm or excite censure. He refused to talk of his own chances for the presidential nomination and said Tilden was in better health, and when asked if Tilden could carry New York if nomiuated, he replied. "I think so,' iu a tone w hich conveyed the im- prcssiou that he meant the oppo- site of what he said. THY GOD'S, A!D TRUTHS' Monster Men of Modern Times. J. Toiler, of Nova Scotia, 8 feet died 1819. Anna Hanen Swan, of Nova Scotia. 7 feet. ' LaPierre, of Str itgard, iu Den mark, was 7 feet 1 inch. Alice Gordon, of Essex. Ens- iauu, giantess, 7 feet. Died 1727. 4 Martin Salmeron, a AIexican.,7 feet 4 inches." Harold Hardrada, Norwegian Ciant, nearly 8 feet. Alaximinus, 8 feet G inches. The lloinau emperor, 235-23S. ilham Evans. 8 feet at death. Porter to Charles 1. Died 1C52. James AlcDonald, 7 feet G iuches. Native of Cork Irebm.l- irr.n 'nv i A. I Joachim Eleozegue, a Spanish 7 feet 10 inches. Exhibited in London. Gilly, a swede, 8 feet. Exhibit- ed at a show earlv v B teeuth century, Ioush Kin, Eussian giant, 8 feet 5 inches; drum-major of the Im perial Guards. captain Bates, of Kentucky, 7 ieet 111 inches Exhibited iu i London in 1871. A human skeleton 8 feet G inches is preserved in the ty College, Dublin museum, Trini- Edward Earn ford, 7 feet 4 indies Died 17GS. Buried in St. Dustan's churchyard, London. ! John Btishby, of Darfield, 7 ieet 9 inches- His brother was" about the same height. Ileinrich Osen, born in Nor way, teet G inches high. Weight 300 pounds, or fifteen stones. Charleniange, nearly 8 feet. He could squeeze together three horse shoes at once in his hands- J. Tl. Ifeicllnrl- nf IVinillim.!, ' ........ , j " ' j iivUULIq, Sweden, S feet 3 inches. His fath er and mother were, giants. Francis Sheridan, an Irishman, 7-feet 8 inches. NYeight, 22 stones. Girth ot chest 58 i. ehes. Died 1870. . Chang-Woo-Goo, of Tychou, Chf nese giant, 8 feet 2 inches. Ex hunted in London 1SG.1-CG, and agaiuMn ISsO. Edward Alelon, 7. feet G inches, Born at Port Leicester, Ireland, IGG5, and died 1GS4, being ouly 19 years of age. Robert Hale, 7 feet' G inches. Born at Somerton, England, 1820, and often called the Norfolk Giant. Diedl8G2. . Louis I renz ' Frenchman, 7 feet 4 inches. His, left hand is preserv ci in the museum ot the College of Surgeons, London. Porous, an Indian kingr who fought against Alexander near the River IIydasier, B. C. 327, was h feet Iiigh, with strength in pro portion. '".", Samuel AlcDonald, a Scotchma n, nicknamed Big Sam, was k feet 10 inches 'in height. Was fotman to Prince of Wales. DiedS02 Cornelius Alagrath.rfeet 8 inches. lie was au orphanand reared by Bishop ' Berkley England. Die it the age of 20 R ears, I740-'17GQ. Maximilian Christopher Miller, t feet. His hands measured 12 inclies and n is forefi Direr was 9 inches long. Called the Saxon Giant. Died in London; 1G74-1734 Henry Lacker, 7 feet 4 inches, ami most symmetrical. Born at Cuckficld, in Sussex, tin 1723. Gen erally calledjthe British Giant. NVas exhibited in London in 175F. Bradley,- 7 Jeet S inches at dea th Horn at Alarket NYheaton, in York shire, England, nis right hand is preserved in the .museum of the College of Surgeons, 1798-1 820 ( has. O'Brien (or Byrne), Irish giant, 8 feet 4 inclies. His skeleton is preserved in the museum of the College, of Surgeons. 17GI-1783 Patrick, his brother, was 8 feet 7 inches. Joseph Brice. 7 feet 8 inches i rne age oi 20 years lie w.'us ex hibited in Ixmdon, 18Gl-'G.. His hand could span l.ji inches. Born at Rainonchaiiip, in the Vosges trance, 1840. NVa V sometimes called Anak. Too Mncii Sameness. Gainsville, (Ga.) Southron: There are living iu the north end of this county two young men named John and Sam. Pasco, whouc twius and look and dress exactly alike. Two or three years ago they marrie twin sisters who look and dress ex actly alike. The boys built two cot tages that look exactly alike, and each lady has a child about the same age that look very nearly ex actly alike. All are in excellent health, and last week the whole partycame to this city behind span 01 ucautiiui mules that were nearly exact matches. The bovs are partners in the mercantile bus iuess, and are prosperous gentle men. If any county. in. the State can lieat this true story on matches let them step to the front and take the premium. The day before a Turkish girl is married she is taken to the bath by her lady friends, and lumps of sugar are broken overher head, as a Sym bol of the sweets of matrimony. A year or so afterward, her husband makes no bones of breaking the whole sugar bowl over her head. THE , EXPOSITION. GOV. BUTLEE DEHVEEED THE OPENING SPEECH. GOV. JARV1S IS PItESEXT The following brief account is ! given of the opening exercises at i Boston on the 5th inst: "The opening exercises of the American Exposition at the Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute took place to-day. The exercises were held iu the hall at the north- nd of the building in the presence of a large number of invited guests. It was 12:15 o'clock before the Gov ernor entered upon the platform, lollowed by his staff and the guests of the occasion; Amonsr the nartv were Secretary Chandler, Lieu tenant Ames and repsentatives of ioreign governments. The exer cises began with braver by Eev. idward Everett Hale,- D. D. John AI. Little in a few words presented as presiding officer his Excellency Gov. Butler, who delivered tlie opening address. This was follow ed by speeches from Secretary Chandler, Judge Symmes, of Den ver, Gov. Jarvis, of North CaroJIji?!, Julia Ward Howe and others ind an oration by Gen. Francis A. Walker. Gov. Jarvis, in responding for the South to Governor Butler's welcome, said he came not to shake hands over the bloody chasm but to clasp hands with New England over the growing prosperity of a united people. Differences which led to the war had been settled. When the Southern people came back into the Union they came pledged to loyalty, but under the reconstruction policy adopted by Congress found "their State and county governments in the hands of persons who did not serve the interests of the section in which thev lived. This was what made the South Solid not hatred for the government, but a desire for wise laws, justly- administed. The development of the South had been confiue'd mostly to the past ten vears. In North Carolina over 20 new cotton factories had been erec ted, factories in wood and iron were budding; and all over North Carolina to-day there' was a spirit of contentment. Our business and public interests, he said, require that there shall be no - more harsh speaking of one section by another I bid yon join me in this sentiment: "Our united country, to thee -wo clinji." What L0Y6 Is. What is Lovef Love is keeping a ten-dollar family on a six ...dollar salary. When a young man kisses a girl and calls it heaven, it shows plainly that he does'nt know any more alKMit heaven than a gosling knows about Beethoven's sonatas. Love is like beer, it gets fiat when it is uncorked all the time. Some girls can't tell the .difference be tween love and taffy. A baby is love materialized. Whenever love has to play second fiddle it is time to break up the band. Love will make a man spit on his hamis and take another hold when every other power ou earth has backed out and gives it up as a bad job. Love is worth two dollars and a half a bushel to any man or any -woman living. ' Old Sparta. Editou Advance: Air. Eueben Keil, a highly respected citizen liv ing three miles above here, visited our little town on last Tuesday afternoon and seemed to be mental; ly distressed alwut I something, his actions was noticed by several." At last he went into several places and tried to procure morphine for the purpose of taking his life, but fail ing in this he purchased a flask of whiskey and started; for home. He arrived at his farm sometime late that evening, lfis family uoticed that something was 'wrong with him, but thought alter a nights rest all would be well, but to their surprise on the following morning he rose early and proceeded down the road from bis bouse towards a creek three miles 'distant, bis son fearing something wonld hapi)c"n to him followed two or three hun dred yards behind him, the old gentleman noticing his son come ing after him told him to go back, at the same time picking up a rail as though he intended to use it unless he was obeyed. But the faithful boy continued to pursue iu the direction wit :iout heedingpiis fathers command to go back. At last the father took to the woods in the direction of the-creek and has not leen seen or heard of since. It Is believed from what could be seen that Air- Eenben-Keil ended his worldly career by drowning himself in tho creetjA pet dog, as a general thing, followed him at all times, bas been seen near. tfie creek in a small cotton field where it is supposed he went in. Several -NUMBER 31 of his friends and family have been searching for him, but np to this time without any satisfaction as to his whereabouts. On Tuesday evening 'last Kinch en Cherry white, and several ne groes were settfig nnder a shed to Kep out of tho storm ou the plan tation of Staton Conuuing's, near Sparta,, when lightning struck a shed rnuning down the post, kill ing Cherry and a negro by the name of Knight, and shocked sev eral others. Cherrv Is fmm South Carolina. Ow iwi v Inhuman Conduct of a Drnnien Jaileo. Ealeigh, Sept, 7 ( )n Sunday morning last three prisoners es caped from the AfcDowell county jail, and on leaving the building. rudely pushed Airs. Finlev, the jailors "wife, aside iujuring 'her slightly. The fugitives were capt ured the same morninirand return. ed ttf the jail. About ten o'clock repeated pistol shoU atracted the atteutiou of a number oJE citizens, who were surprised and "indignant to find the jailor, enraged by '.he treatment of his wife, and inflam ed by whiskey, shooting one of the iaieiy escaping prisoners a uejrro- ..... 1 - . -- as he stood in a cage chained hand cuffed. Four painful wounds were inflicted, none of which is danger ous. No one justifies or excuses in human cJudu::t of tho jailor. The Boston Exposition The New York "Times" is pretty heavy on the Boston Exposition It says: "The animals in the foreground of this picture,' said the lamented Artemus Ward, in explanation of his panorama,"arc horses. The ar tist told mo so himself. HeJ came to me hist Spring, and, bursting in to tears, he said: 'Air. Ward, it is useless to disguLse it from you any longer. They are horses'. " It is useless to disguise from the pub lic any longer that there is a foreign exhibition inB oston. Whether the idea of Hie managers in concealiug thier intentions was to prevent foul play with the foreign exhibi tors at the hands .of the New York ers, or to exclude-1 improper exhib its, there is uo longer auy reason for dissembling ; and we feel that we violate no confidence in print ing a report of the opening cere monies. The managers have evi dently made- up their minds to brazen it out. It is hinted that it is a very interesting exhibitou. Pretty. Women. "A drummer of 13 years' experi ence, a native of Syracuse, N. Y., says he has seen more pretty women iu North Carolina than iu any other State.", "Bait imorean." "That same sensible, observing drummer, had been spending some time in Durham.; One time a drummer did not deviate from the truth." Durham "Eecorder." Very likely. A person who is in pursuit of t he prettiest women might very properly stop awhile in Durham, then come on to Greens- iioro and find the article in. perfe tion. Our goods are fresh and gen. nine, and in the latest style." "Workman."' . Peace, all of you ! .The drummer came to Wilson, and after having beheld tho wondrous lieauty of our girls, said, "I've seen pretty girls I've read of pretty girls, I've dreamed of pretty girls, and I've heard of t he In-auty of the Wilson girls aim was expecting to see many Junos,. Out since I've seen them with my own eves, like the Queen of Shcba, I'm forced to say "The half has not lieen told." Next! ' " ' A Mississippi Hero. A negro ni the Virginia Midland sa.vs the "Star",endeavored to drag a lady from her seaU He hadoccu pied it and had gone into another car. A lady came iu and took the empty seat. .The negro returned, dcmanded.it, and was forcibly drag ging her from it when W. W. Sharp, of Alississippi, knocked him down and upon his rising, retteated it Other colored men i tart ed to the negro's assistance. Sharp stopped them with a revolrer. Other pas sengers appeared and the matter was quieted. Itecentiy, a very modest young lady who wanted a pair of garters addressed the shopman thus: "It is my desire so obtained a pair of circular clastic appendages capa ble of In-ing contracted or expand ed by means of oscillating burnish ed steel appliances that sparkle 1 like particle.? of gold leaf set with Alaska diamonds, and which are utilized for retaining in proper po- sitionjthe habiliments of the lower extremities, which innate delicacy forbids me to mention. A girl worked the motto, "I need thee every hour, " and presented it to one of our young friends who does his own cooking. He says he can't helpit ; it takes himtwo hours to get supper and wash dishes, and business must lie attended to. One Inoh, One IomtUoq. ' .Mm " " One Monm-Z ' i ft" " ? s."n"f- ' One iir lioo Liberal Dtacounu wiu" bo m4o fr 1 jirvi r AilTerUwmonU aaJ (or Contract ly the Yvar CUh must BOOOmpanr U AdVvrtcmeiH , nksa rood reference la rtrrn. SCENE IN COURT. -:o:- A SUIT WTUICH NVAS WON BY PEAYEE. , JIETH ODISTItA PTIST. Au amusing incident on-utred in the Justice's court at Kuhai lee. Ga. An old colored Bantlst min. ister, Andrew i Jackson Carter. sued Pinckney Carson, white, for and Carson 'pleaded a set-off-' of more than cfirson's demand. The lawyers proceeded with the sjH'eches. One of them, who is a Methodist,, said, among other things, that while there were some good meu among the negro preach ers, as a class they were , very great rascals, and Baptist neio preachers were the worst of all. Tlie opposing counsel, who in a Baptist, dee'ded to say something in defeuce or his client. He grew earnest, and the old darkey! be came very attentive, ami tears stood in his eyes, and the court looked serious. The speaker, hav i ing succeeded in moving the audi- was himself moved, and clos ed by saying in a solemn uiauuei: "Alay it please your Honor!, .my oor client, instead of all this tirade and abuse, ought, to hear the welcome plaudit. 'Well done, thout?ood and faithful servant,' for thus devoting his lime and his talents in Hintinghis )copli' to the word of Cod that takclli aw a. the sins of l he world." This viw more than the ohi darkey could lar, and with tears ruuuing dowt his cheeks he raided his bands and eves heavenward. fell uion his knees and said, "Jx t us jine in pra'r." The court, law yers and by-standers looked on -in" amazement, while Hie old daikey prayed earnestly at the top of his voie. At the coiicltisinii ul tin' prayer the Court rendered judge, nient in favor of the plaintiff. Louisville "Courier Journal." Breach of Promise. At Tate Springs, Tenn., there . was a burlesque breach of promise case tried lie fore Judge Fa in-loth, ofGoIdsboro, and six ladies, and six gentlemen constituted the jury. The case was Alary L. Bnulsou against E. F. Alay : "The plaintiff alleged that she. arrived at Tate Springs alwnit July the first, a very young and nnso phistiua.ted girl, just from the walls of a convent where hhe waV educated that the defendant was a gjy deceiver, and something ol a dude, idling at the springs, when she arrived; that he. immediately, began to pay her t he most -'.devoted attentions, in spite of her modest aud retiring disposition, but a his conversational hiwcis were some what limited his passion expressed itself for the most part iu uiiihk- incloiis and canteloupes, shrewdly conceiving that by means of the same he could most readily find au avenue to a school girls heart : that finally the plaintiff was induced by intoxicating visions of thousands of the aforesaid miiskinelons and canteloupes, promised to hei by Hie defendant, toiuterchaiige a prom ise of marriage with him. That shortly thereafter, the defendant suddenly, and without provocation or excuse, broke his engagement with the plaintiff and neglected her to such ii degree that her mor tification and disappointment could not escape general observation and remark. The supply of m tisk nu b.nx and canteloupes cut t i 1 v - ceased, and thereby the plaintiff become di scons&latcd and heart broken to her damage live thousand cantc loiqies and muskmeloi's.' Verdict for the plaintiff. Airs. C. W, Gray, at Highlands, at tempted to fill a keioM-rie I imp while.it was burning,. The -Fntci prise' gives the result: "Mrs. Cray swallowed the llaine, ami her mouth and throat are badly bin ned. She is also burned about the face. neck, arms and -bi east Air. Cray the face, is but six is badly burned about arms, and liowel.'' -Sh A North Carolina Ab .ntain cpi sode: "Mrs. A., who is of a jenlous torn, to Miss B,, who is no longer in the heyday of youth "u hy Aliss H, was it y ou I s;iw talking so confidentially with my husband on the piazza this morning ! I thought it was some young lady and began to lie quite jealous, but I feel qipte rclcived to find it was only y ou." ' A Alaryland post master has just died who has held his ofih-e for more than fifty y ear. His great est regret innst have leen that he had to give up his office at last. .Wbat isthe difference between cotton and wool! Give it up, eh I Weil, one in grown down South, and the other is grown on South Down.
The Wilson Advance (Wilson, N.C.)
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