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PIUUSDAY, AlC.rsT !!:. lss:t.
LOCAL RECORttS.
.teST" Only one more week of simi
liter. Srf Ilea l the Sh.;rili"s notices of
Kulcs.
8" Tilt! past few ll IVS llilVi! Ic'I'II
very hot.
82T"A protracted meet in-' Isoiny
tit ut Hock Spring church, near lln.-t
place..
WiTWo would venture ill" ils-iov-
tinu t lint more tin nip s'c 1 wa ; sow.i
in Chatham since the ruin than ever
boforc in one week.
ft-lTCapl. V. I j. London lias
bought from Mr. Sebum I iivh:i:n the
ohl"Irby l'uillips' store, and will use
it in h ware-house.
fraT Your last chance: After the
31st of August London will stop sell
ing his floods at co-it. Now. il xou
are lieediuo; tiny tiling brine; your
lu.iuey at on.'R. A.l.io ih his. si !;
Inn bne reduced v -ry m icii h" has
Htill u fjreivt m.niy yoo Is a. id he w ill
Hell them low.
fc-T" Publishers are warned ajjainsl
L. Wheeler .V Co.. of H i!( more.
They sent the Iii: vm a.lv.-: I isiu
jirojiosals which w.-re dc.mne.l be
ctiusifof inrormation receiv d ;:t r--sjiouse
to impiii ies ma le by us.
l-VDid yon buy any wheat (laauo
from W. li. Lnnloit ; 11 so. x.-ur'
notes were due 1st August and he
wants them paid. I'n.mpl s.n.e
incuts make lon friends. Also, he
would like to have what you owe
him in his store: just think w!i-: was
the lust time you had a sett. client
and did you pay him then or only
give your note.
-
Kisukits Crr Di r. A lad near this
jilaeo. liiimed S.imuei Hunt, acei-
dentally cut oil" two lingers of his
left hand, a few davs ago. in a cut-
tin-kiiife.
Kxnr.Y Citton. Th" tirsl open
bolls of cotton thai we have see,t
this year were s;-nt us. a few days
ago, by Mr. James D. Fields, of
(iillf township.
Ouse to Ti;xs.--On !a-t Tue-day
our young townsnien. Mcs.-r. 1. V
Hanks. Yi lie Thoii:p-on and f'rank
(!. Toe. started for Texas. Tm y will
go to the rapidly growing city of
Waco, when1 '.ve hope the.- will ae
quirc both lame and fortune.
A CoI.oltF.!' LlT.NATlf. few days
ago SheiilV Urewer cu rie. 1 Abu ion
l'rice, a colore 1 lunatic from Mi;
th"WS t )Wlislnp. to 1 he insa i- ,o .iiiii
ueiir Cioldsboro". A tew wing ha-,
recently been added to ihis a-v'.ia'.
ami aluple accooiiiiodations are pre
pared for all w ho may be cai rn d
there.
A 1'llKXK oK LnmTSlSii Dill ieg
the recent rain a il.-i-.li of lightning
struck a tree in the ynld of M -. '
Wimack, of this place, and. gla iehig
from the tree, ran to the fence (,i lev
feet distant) ami followed the fence
(which was u barbed wire feuc i
about, l'lll yard--, siiattering many of
tint nosfs. Wiult was singular about
it xvas that the lightning skipped
someof the uosts siililting lo pieces
some of them and passing others by
untouched.
...
Orn County MkuciixsTs. The law
directs that every merchant shall,
within ten days after the first day of
January mid July in each year, deb vr
to the register of deeds of his county
ti sworn statement of the toiai
amount of his purchases tor the pie
ceding six mouths, ending on the
thirty first day of December or ihe
thirtieth day of June. I'riu the
statements reported last month to
our register wo tind that there are
ninety merchants -in this county.
Tin- largest amount of purchases re
ported by any merchant is S.Slii
and the smallest amount is S;.
The Infuuok Coiur. At the meet
ing of the magistral es. h"id here on
the first Monday of this month, a
motion was adopted directing their
tderk to issue the proper notice thai
at the next term o our Inferior I ourl
n. meetinir of the lililir 1st rates Wo.iid
beheld for the purport of taking a
vote upon the question of discoid iu
uing the court. 'The law says that,
aft or three months notice lo that
effect, the magistrates may. at a reg
ular term of the court and in iin
t ;,,t;,., ,.f u;.i
7, i .i- i .
court, ill
court. Tim next term of our Inferior
Court will be held on Ihe third Matt
"day in January. The impression now
prevails that the court xvill then be
iibolished.
A Public Loss. The burning of
Mr. Solomon Womble's mill (men
tioned in last week's lbroiuO was not ,
only a heavy loss to him but was also
u. linhlic misfortune to his neighbor-
hood. Ou account of the scarcity of
water in the streams many water-
mills have not been able to grind and
his steam mill was the only one in a
Wirn Heel ion of the county where
the fanners eouhl have their wheat
ground, l'or live weeks preceding
the burning the mill had been steadily
at work both day and night, ami in
it were burned about 70(1 bushels of
wlient.. Iii uiiilc reinaikable that
after the tire about l'11 bushels f
wheat xvere found in the ruins of the
btiilibnir uniniliicd and not exeil
Hooicliuj. :
l'i i:V 1.i:ii.ik. We are pleased lo
learn that the bridge nl I'aee's mi!'
has lieeu repaired and is now beiii"
used. It will he renieinhered that
soxeral arches of that hridjf.1 were
washed away by the reat freshet in
Apiil last. The icpairine; of this
M id;;'" xvid be ti "Teat convenience to
many of our farmers in hauling their
products to market.
. .
V.wi tti vn.i.r. 1 1 i ms. An esteemed
subset iber iii l''ayt tlevill"'. iii renew-
iee;' his sub.-ci ipi ion to the III cm:!',
writes tiie f.iliouiii;,' items from that
.... "
I'iKhl iilil t'Uvn:
'"VYe have had refreshing rains
crops revived very much, yci corn
and cotlou will be cut short in this
county.
i liaiiroa.l progressing finely. Cars
come to river now.
Very healthy here now for season.
Several new buildings in progress
here.
Times brij;hleliili,ii' up.
Ileal e.-lulc and rents hili.
Produce low ami plenty."
Public- Schools.
(iiiwn. Sciiix-:. N. C.
An--, is. l.ss:!.
M::. l'.i'i roii : The subject si-lected
ls : 1 1 - oi imporlanee and dc.-.ems
more attention than it generally re
ceives. Tiie Hi"jh Schools through
out our section of country hac
opened iiiel are. so far as my Knowl
edge e!ends. Weil attended. Ill
ibout three months in most of the
rural districts of our Slate there will
be ii general cry for teachers for tiie
l'Yee I'ubiie Schools. I'ut the ques
tions arise. Are a'l the school-houses
large enough to give accomniodat ion
to IrF1 pit, i.s who may atl"nd .' Ari
IheV a'! we. I supplied with desl.s.
blv.efcho-ird-.. etc. .' Are the pupils
.sullicientiy supplied with the l.-xf
books now recommended for use in
the schools of our State To the
question- bet a-l;ed 1 answer: Many
of I he seiiooi-liiMi-es arc not hug"
enough, oi het s are only purl ia!!y furn
ished w ith desks many being requir
ed to sil on bench"; because there is
a lack of de-ks. The.-i- things ought
not lobe. Smiio school houses ai e
toperiy tilied with desks and ae
mil mi l miming oer with ptipiis.
No.y. I ,.r, as the time is hi -t up-
proacnii:g when the I'ree I'ubiie
Schools v ii! open, comiiiitteemen ami
patrons generally, go to work and
pul every thing in order now. and do
i.ol wail ltd the last week in Noveiu-
Iter ! i.djii-t such mailers. I heard
a man spcal; last spring' in a boaslt'iti
'way of a te:vcli"i-. who was teaching
in the western part of Chatham, who
roasted and twtste iis switches for
the sake oi' ilillictiilg greater ptinidt
ineiil upon pupil s. 1 have always
performed tile duties of the scho.i.
room witiioul roasted switches:
though il eia'- : piobaii'c t hat a few
pat roils w ou d i sh I e.tch'Ts to rest a t
t this n:e;hod l pueis'iin:; beiMit-e
il W i!i M e t heli! from 1 il" e p--llse of
furnishing good desks ;uid good
school hooks or their chiidr"ti. I
hae hti I a few rather hard cases bill
m my hard c i-.es of pupil-: can be
dispell-, d with by furn'shlug good
sc ils. good I ks and a good lion-,.
Weil warmed.
Yery truly yours.
D. !. I'ki i:i i r.
State i-Jfews.
I!ah i'.rh Yi-itor: liev. Ih'anllev
Vork. I . D. President of fiaiem and
li iudh niati lii.-i. School, from ece...:
ive and combined study, lost his e.e
sighl at about fifty years of age. He
is now about ?S y.irs old. hah and
vigorous. I 'or marly thirty years he
lias labored oi
. ivil eil. Ii
heelfu'ily and with
us now 1 1 e vci e-1
hi. sight so far as to see M.uple. trees,
anim us. ,Vc so as to distinguish them.
Toisuot Sunny Home: Wilson has
cjil under eight years old who
weighs between eighty and ninety
pounds. -We are informed by a re
li:l!)le geiitleuia.t from Na-.Si county,
1 1 1 ; 1 1 a neighbor of his was trimming
no the t rces i'l bis vard a few d ivs ago
and not thinking
the consequences
c'i nb"d up ii tree, walking out on a
large limb and cut i! o;V between
where lie wis standing and the body
of th" tlee.
Winston Itepnblicau : John H.
Sliuh. had oc' isiou to draw oi'f his
pond m ar C'lemmonsville on account
of a h ak which he had to repair and
inform , us lie found some Id or ot'of
the (ieiunin carp. I of which were
caught and weighed and the 1 weigh
ed S lbs. i it., each which shows limy
are a quick growth lish. When put
m the ootid lasl I'cliriiiirv lliev
f,.,,.,, 1 t.. -2 inches long. Now tl.ev
lin. j,.,,,,, j,) tl pj i,,..s i,,
Wilson Advance: We were shown
yesterday by Mr. A. Nadal. boss gar
dener, u cabbage on wnieh there was
a solid head under each leaf, there
being thirty linn heads on file cab
bage. --Cholera is killing I he hogs
in (irifliu's township at. a fearful rate.
T V Aveel. eso.. one ot our best
one oi our oesi
farmers has lost aoout thirty of his
finest, and Mr. W. I,. Thotp. an ex
tensive, farmer of HiHiardsion has
lost lift v or sixty.
Anson Times: A daughter of Kev.
(). J. Ihent. while playing on the front
piazza of his house last Sunday acci-
del. tally fell 1I0W11 the steps, and xvas
sciiouslv stunned for a while
She
how-
soon returned to consciousnei
ever, and was improving at last tic-
counts. Two of Capt. I'.ehn its'
hands, t'uul Menus and Sherman
Lindsay, got into u dispute after din-
ner. mid tinaily went, down near Mr.
John Hiss's to have a Ih'ht. Itcfotv
'they had got togethei tunl while yet
about ten steps apart, I'aul took a
large, llat tile that hail been sharpened
for a chisel, and threw it at Sherman,
'fun chisel st ruck Sherman just in t he
ho' low of t be neck, and sex ered the
right jugular vein, causing ileal Ii in
ah. ut live minutes. Means made his
escape i iiiue.lialelv. and has not been
c.iugi t at thi: wi lting. ,
' Wihiiin;.'! on Star: Several small
' eolored hoys were plax inr around the
ferry nt Hilton, on Sunday ulieritooii.
when one of them, iiiinied John
'Johnson, slipped olV u lo; into the
river and was drowned before assisl-
noec could reach him. Deceased is
said to have been a son of the notori-
ohm outlaw. Tom Johnson, who caused
such a stir here a few years a'o. He
; was about si or seven years old.
: Two other buys fell into the river
i about the same time, we understand.
. but succeeded in savin;,' themselves.
i , ,.,, w . i i
, .lonre ( i;iet!e : We cannot shut
I i it .. . ,-
iiiii e es in nu taci into, me erection
and !naintenaiici of our old style y.g
zayf fences, is expensive ami incon
venient, while the same object bill .'!)
plies to the more recent and improved
styles. We can't forget that in many
sections of the country the timber of
"very kind is beinjr ruthlessly and
w aslel'iiilv consumed, Cattle deteri-
' orating in quality do not pay for their
j support. Sheep killed by do",s. hos
st i. len by thieves and noses worn ofV
rooting for pine runners. Will it not
ipa better to confine, pasture mid
' fed one e;ood cow than to turn out
live pool ones .'
Newhenii! Journal:
There is a
'hild at Tar Landinu'. that drank some
dissolved lye. unit lias to live on milk.
Ft has done this for several years, and
has ordinary health. Mr. (Jeore
Cnwcil. on Half Moon, is a pitiful
curiosity. When 1(1 yearsold. he was
taken with broken bciiie fever, which
caused great siifleriiiif and left him
' unable to walk, or even turn in bed.
He is forced to lie llat on his back all
tin' while. He is now about -10 years '
old and in perfect health, being very
licshv. Ho spends much of his time;
,.J...y. w.. .,.ii i. .
j . ..?'.. l .,,.1 : .' ,.,u.
iutelligeiu.
Stafes.illc T,atidm:irl.-: Themai hine
of Messrs, Melehor Jros., was iiuud
at Mr. John Coleman s in IJowan. and
threshed out 10(1 bn-heles of wheat
in 7- mimttes. The nmgist rates (,f
W ilkes, at their meeting last Monday
Week, voled Upon tiie question of 0--t
tblishiug tut Inferior Court in that
county, and defeated the proposition,
--in the craw of a chicken which was
killed on th" premises of I'tof. M. 11.
Hvtms. r. few das :i'ro. was fo'.t'nl a
cup of a child's lea si t and two small
rod:s which had been worn q.iite
smooth in the attempt, of the chicken
to reduce them fo a digestible slate.
The house of Mrs. IJarbaia Aber-
ncidy, ol'
ituwha count v. was buried
dov, n before daybreak Wednesday
morning. I he inner' s ol tiie lioitsi
escron-.; hut. nullum' v is save,! out of
the huii.liii:.' ewpt'n trunk and prob-
1
al'iv a dress or two.
Washington (ia.elle: The
popll-
l.ittoii is rapidly increasing in
Cr ek rii ciml. Mrs. Henry
gave birth to three well d vel
children i da or so ago -two
iar
Cox
oped
boys
and one girl. We are heartily
sorry to learn oi the misfortune of IV
J. (';. "'. M ver.. in losing his staliles.
ho. scs. ,.e. bv lire on .Monday tiighf
last. Dr. Myers liv s about l': miles
from here, and ai alioui. 1 o'clock on
M.e.ulay m.-du. h I'omel that his .sla-
bies, lltlggv ilolisC. .'.C WCie file.
Itl the Maid" Were four horses, all of
which ivi't'c binned to death. ti
either sii lo of the stables, ami attach
ed toihem. was his bunts. W hich were
tilled will) col n. oats. ..(.. and (he loft
ahc.e the stables filled with fodder,
all of which Wetc lost. He hist be
ides, I wo buggies, oil" wagon and
three carts, and nearly, U liol all of
his farm implements.
r.eaufort Ti l. phone : We noticed
on the hulhliii board a few days
shire a notice i ailing for bids for car
rying the maii between this p'uee ami
.M'.i'chc.id City, which auai.emsl a
train i f relhctiou. "or seventeen
years this svivice has been performed
by one man. and thai man. Stephen
I. Turner, in rain or storm or sunny
weal le-r. has been prompt and faith
ful. His equal cannot be found, ami
although this sci vice has been per
f 'i iiied i:i an open boat across a
fixer nearly two miles wide, only
twice during the sixteen years has he
missed connection. We assert ihat.
of n. i oilier mail route in lh" I nitial
Stales can this much be li ni hfuliy
said, and we concur in the opinion
of an ll'igli-h captain to whom the
abo e record w as given a lew days
since. Said the captain: "Steve
should have no competition for this
roure its long as be desires it. and the
government sliofitl give him a pension
rather than give the service fo sonic
one else."
Ncivs and ( Ibserver : The work of
rebuilding Si. AugUstines normal
scl I. destroyed by lire hist M uch.
has begun. -The lightning yester
day morning struck the house of Mrs.
(ieolge W. .Mordecai. on Hillsbolo'
street, and ripped olV some of the
weathcrbuarilmg. otherwise doing no
damage. At Durham this week we
learn that ii.lKKl.tKId pounds of tobacco
have' changed hands. One lot was of
l.lsl.udil pounds. The market is
booming. These met he largest trans
actions ever known in one week theie.
W. T. 1 Hack well Co. are shipping
tobacco upon orders by cable. These
shipments ate of large amounts.
News was brought t the city yester
day of a cutting utfair near Hanks,
about twelve miles south of the city,
It appears that Stephen Deal, while,
and Sandy ISauks. colored, swapped
plows. A dispute arose aoout the
matter. Hanks took back a plow to
Deal, to exchange it The men soon
got into u lighl. Deal, who was at
the. time in or near his workshop, it
appeal s. seized a drawing-knife ami
inl!icn d a teiiible wound on the
shoulder of Hanks. The sharp and
heavy blade -cxered all the muscles
ami some of the hom s of the shoulder,
Hunks nearly hint to death before
medical attention reached him.
'Mice miles from Uole.sville Sunday
uiorniit'r. some children pl-iving lira
a ditel
f. o pi
iw a negro man s hand ami
i liim from some logs. They
e.ax e t he alai m. I
isoiisxveiil to Ihe
signs indicating
place. 1'lictu were
that the man had been murdered bo-
foro (lie ruin of Wednesday ne.'ht and
that, lifter the ruin the. body had been
placed in (he ditch mid pariia'ly eov-
ered with o-;s. 'Hm comity iiulhot i
ties were notified. Coroner Kips
went out lo-dav. --Yesterday after-
noon, aliout 1 o'clock, while a si-pud
of Mr. !!lako's bunds were workitu'
on the track of the North Carolina
railroad, near the depot, t lie heat of
t lie suu overcame fair of them, and
; they fell one tiller another, senseless.
The other men were very much
frightened, but as soon as possible
'took the nun .smistruck to houses
near by, where they were looked
after. They rallied after a time, but
last niht onfi wis ipiiie sick. The
occurrence caused quite a sensation
around the depot. Sunstrokes are
, rare here, in fact we do not remcm-
t her to have heard of any other eases
l this season.
j Durham Recorder : On Monday
morning about one o'clock the peace
fully shiinberiii"; people of Durham
were aroused bv the alarm of lire.
Shouts of "lire!' and the rinyin-.' of
bells was nolline; new to the Dm ham
pcoplo ; for the town within the pusl
three years has been almost tot a'lv
destroyed by several tires. The lire
could le seen fr any part of town.
nnd the citizens turned out almost en
masse. The IWmier Warehou.-e on
, Main Street and between Sears lavcrv
Stables mid Ihehmond. Cooper V C-i's
brick store was the scene ot the fire.
which wa incendiary. The stables
I were opened and tor a while horses
i made the t vn lively running over the
paved at reels. It was with great dif
'ticulty that tin1 stables were saved, the
shingles catching lire two or three
times. The store of Messrs. Kich-
inond. Cooper A: Ci., was damagi'd
by the lire. Lea V f.ockhart's Ware
house caught several tines but by
almost supe! iiinmu ell'orls it was
saved. Sexeril out houses and two
wagons were destroyed. The tool!
loss was about SlU.UOil on which
Hmimiif (her
was .tS.',) 17 insurance.
Monroe lluquirer: On Monday
evening Nathan ''iirgiison, e"lored.
while assjhiing in ch'tming out th"
well on Mr. i. D. Jiro.iui's lot sus
tained a severe injury. A ll.mr ha Tel.
'vhich had lcdes liofed in the vid.es
,v''-
slick inserted into tltem. to
the ro;w was tied, was ;,si d to
remove the iteciimulal ion of rock and
mild froin the b itiotu. Nathan had
gone down into the well and had
filled I he barrel and il had been drawn
to the top of the well when the stick
slipped out of the holes and I he bar-
" i! h Us load, descanted upon
li-adof the unsuspecting Nathan, li
i i. i i : i:..t 1 1. .
.truck hint a glancing tick on
head, should"!-, hip and leg. He wa.s
drawn from the well, and remained
in tin insensible condition for over
two hours. When his sen.-:. s ret urued
lc looked around in a startled mauii"i
and remarked to Dr. !'!ai who was
attending him. "(hat he bad b. en
somewhere and it peared like the!"
was a heap of fire there." 11" had no
recollection of what had happened to
him -didn't even remember filling-up
the barrel and starting it up. The
next morning he was doing we1'
Ciicensboro' I'.ittiot : Major i!
son relates that there's au old dai key
convict on the W. N. C. It lilroa.i wiio
has served out a senlenceof live y li s.
the last two of which In-has been a
'trusty. ' The other day he was oo
litic 1 t latt his tim.' w is out and the
siinel iiitelideiil e..pecf. d the usual
ile.iemsli-ition of j..y. hut th" old ml
low begged to stay a-'d c ilil 'nine his
work as lc reioh re. saying he was
hciter off than cv, r h. fo'e in his l;:e.
lie has a separate! abin mid ha.- raisi .1
quile a flock of cl ickeits and ten pig-'
!lc look oil' th" .-tripes, bill in utl:r
respects he is follow ing I lie old bilsi
ness at the same stand." acting as
"t rust v." A m "liber of li ecu shorn
merchants who hive lost heavily by
d a l beats are t.ilkii'g of forming a
j 1 1 ti-cl ivc iiliieu They will pn-j are
a black list of d"ad beats, livery man
who has defruude 1 his met chant by
failure to pay his bills will Le p;d ou
litis black list and no man can get
credit while hi:-, nam" is on Ihat list
without pavin;: lor. his order in ad
vance. This black list will be open
for public inspection, and nexy names
will be tiddod as they are found, out.
Wilmington ,V iew: A colored
mail, minted Freeman, wa-' found d"ad
ill Ihe woods, ab. ilt 1U miles fl"ln
Whilcville. Columbus county, in the
early pari of t Iii.-- wvcl:. under circumstance-
which i"dic:iio licit he had
committed suicide Mr. J. C. St,'
yen son had a large consign, neiit of
chickens lo arrive this morning, and
among, them xvas one which was an
actual cross between a chicken ami a
duck. In it.-genera! api .'.oance the
chicken predominated, but it xv;;
wel; footed, short-legged and waddled
just like a duck. Kngine No. .'ill.
on tim Wilmington and Weldon rail
road, with Mr. Winlield Taylor as en
gineer, one day hist week on the last
train made the trip from Wehloii to
this eily in t hree hours and thirty live
minutes, which is ten less time than
that made bv eligim r Tl:on:a-i Law -titer
a few weeks ago. The trip in
cluded four stoppages, the distance
xvas t2 mih's, Ihe lime consumed
xvas '2lri minutes, making the avetage
speial per iiiih' one minute ami .V?
llil'. This is. we believe, the fastest
time ever made over that road, and
it might to be considered fast enough
fo satisfy any one.
Cliarl
tie Journal: During the
thunder storm Wednesday night, th"
barn of Mr. Jerome, at Matthews'
Station, was struck by lightning and
destroyed, together wiih its contents
of fotage. Loss 'MM. -'-It has of
ten been remarked that Charlotte i
the largest chicken market in the
St ile, and nobody xxill be disputed to
doubt this when they look at the
figures. One of the principal dealers
made a min l'iil estimate ve-terdtv.
aici nrrivcii at i tie conclusion mat no
le.-s than .id.lMMI chickens are annual! v
sold in Charlotte. ,
t.Utltl per mouth
' something
One retail
oxer
fu in
claims that its averi'ge. sales of chick
ens per day is :c vei.'v-live. The
i prices range from l-i t: leetits.
Dr. 1'. W. J. l'uiler. as ... of Senator
M. O. Duller, of South Caiolina. while
out. horseback riding wilh :i young
! lady friend at Lancaster Court House,
. yesterday, met with a distressing ac
'eident which may result, it is feared,
in bis dentil The horse he was riding'
became unmanageable and ran away
with him. He was thrown off and as
he struck the ground, the horse fell
. on him crushing him badly and caus
jing concussion of the brain. A
postal card reci ived from (joy Vance
yesterday, conveys Ihe gruM lying in
, t'. lligenc'c that Air. 7,eb Vance is bet
ler. ami is now out of danger. Mrs.
flov. Vance is also greatly improved.
! Ashexille Cilien: Uoimd Knob is
!the name of a hole! being elected by
the Western North Carolina I'ailrtvcl
at Hound Iviitil). about one mile above
Henry Station, and literaliy icslled
in t he mom i fains, to he completed I his
fall. It is located immediately ou the
railroad, willconlain iMoruiore rooms,
mid will have one of the most com
pln.e dining rooms in Mm Slt-te the
i whole to be handsomely furnished
and will contain ail the modern im
pi ovcnici.ls. including elect rie b lis.
1'he building will be live stoi ies high,
and a bridge is to he built from ihe
upper story to the bluff opposite and
over the rai'road so as to enable par
ties to rcHch this height without lie
troubl" of climbing. Water for the
hotel will be carried from a point near
Mud Cut. and se veral fountains are
to bo placed near the hotel which will
. thiovv water some hundred feet high:
a lake is to be inadi- immediately be
low the hotel in a lovely valley, from
the centre of which one of these
fountains will play. A nuiuhir of
'ot luges will also be creeled adjoining
Ihe building for the use of priva'e
purl ie.s during the summer season.
A I'ailrmtd Accident.
I'l'"!!! 'III' Clml'lnll'- .l.-lirtl ll, s.r ihsl.
Vested ty morning, at a lift le after
3 o'clock the ii uii ii depot, in this
cdy. was thronged with travelers,
hackmeii and railroad men. wailing
the arrival of ihe morning' express
and mail from At anta. A- I he hour
for th" ar. ival of the train drew ic ar.
the headlight of the engine was .en '
coming around th" curve about a
qiia-ler of a miie belo'.v the depot.;
and pailio- who were wafihing i: .
coming in. saw it turn abruptly oil",
from the main iiti.- ai the coal chute.
aboiii two hundred yard-', from ihe'
dejioi. and dart in oh a side track, on .
which st.'o.', a large i'ri igia engine,
and at ihe -id 1 of which was the ctu
shod The coal chute stood at the .
Ilea I ni' ril" .-l ie track, jlt-t ill from
ol the freight engine. ft si cine, 'out :
a seem I from the time i he incoming
p.is-engcr tiainlcl't the mum track
Ihat the shock cauie. 'flic.,, wa, a
ih a t'ening sound of clashing timbers
and escaping steam, and a great vo.
nut.' of dens.- b ack smoke coxe.ed
I tie M-etie of the wreck as with a pan. '
"l he liiaghl engine had be- 11 div.el!
d" the track which e.g..,,. led g, ;
in ten feet of the coal chute, and was
knocked straight forward for a .lis
lance of forty feet, tearing up lh
ground and Knocking the bc-un- and 1
pillars of ihe fngchute ligiii and ' -It.
Tin- engine of I he iasset.gar train
aimo-t bii.ie,! it-c.f ill the '"uder o!
ihe ft right c.g'lii,' an I followed ii
off (helr-ak and under the ehiite.
while the t'orwai d cud of the Mali
car was drr. u bodily in ah .ut six
feet. I'lnief t tie i giue. t l ucks and
win-els and rods w e mixed up in a
coiil'il-cd 1,1. IS-. A; the time of liie
rash, (here w::- no one ou i he ha o t
e-lgi'ie. (;l the passenger ele;i';e
we.-e engiuvr J. J. Jennings, lit eaiau
W. S. Karris and an a- sistau! tii'",u,in
xvl'.o v!'a- a colored malt. Mngiieer
Jetillilig'.s and tile ril I'l'c.l lireiuati.
e... aped tiuhurl. !''i!'ei;ia:i Latris wa
crushed to dentil.
de-patch Irotit Loxai.gioii Ky .
says tiiai ihe .Miami Stel dlig aec .ni
luodaiiou train, going to Lexington,
ran into the rear carol' a limn on
Ihe Kentucky Centra! llaihoad. ex
ploding four hundred keg's of giant
jiowder. the depot x lis wrecki d
au 1 I he etigitie b!o n i o a! ota-.. I In
:;iiiei r ""Vhu'cr was mi fouiid. Yaol
master ll m tal' wa- k,;,. d ...id Con
duclof M.'M:.t,ae fatally injured
."icv. rai oiiieis are supposed io hi
killed.
reli-liinir the Wrong Km!.
Many men daily polish their boots
who never give a I hough1, ic the con
dition of tin ir hair. eci j t to harii
it casually vvitii hi i-h and comb, oi
submit ii to the p'.ralvziug alleiili 'tts
of thi' average barber. What ha;
pens.' Why. this- l't.'i.i neglec'
mental amoely. or any if a score of
causes, th" hair turns prematurity
gray and begins to fall out. Parker's
Hair Dnlsaiu will a! once stop tin
latter process and restore the original
color. Au elegant dressing, free from
grease.
ci Athert Kciii.nls.
UOTSVOLD SHEEP.
I i.lf 'l' t-! sale ii tin.-1..I .. tin ruirUi- iaa li
l-U'll Lent .... IsV Vi' II ( 1.1 Jr..
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Attend tpy V
ir Hrnliii'ky I'nl vrsil.v. L'xitiL'tnn, Ky.
Tit, in o.nii'lHr' i . r'l r .',r,r ,1 ...i, in ... ... T.i
till I .i.l. iu.-i i.l.lir T.,11 H.s.l . M..ii..r. H ft.-t. -I.-
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tan s.uii.i.i Int. t f. ...ii:. ilir.. ,tjr,
W. R. SMITH, Lemr.gton, K-
GMHIH a CROCKER,
Attireys at Law, i
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FisliBi Taakla Eepsrlment
!! T. R. KKICKS i: S0.NS,
liALMKilf. X. C.
Over ninety diil'erent sizes and
kinds of HOOKS.
Japrmese B.'.mboo Poles,'
UUci'St tihd liil'v.est stock, j
(ilT.L XllTTINii.
HLL1N4 'I'HKF.AD.
SHI Nil TWIN 11.
MINNOW IMP xrrs.
MIT b'lXOS.
mWx NET FRAMES.
SPIN NT. US. S VI VI U.S.
I'nia. 'Ill's. I'ockkt w.M.ts.
W.i have tin- lar-vst stock mid
j! sell at the lowest pries,
g V ' "sill ami es intit " our stock
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8 llVllilVTHIN'tJ A FISH 111!-i
MAX N11I1DS.
THG3. H- U I M
LMADF.RS in iriiiwvm:.
ml TfiSKl'i!:.r
MILLIONS
Ifa OF THEM i
ForrLORiSTSani
far AMATEURS.
f ruiti-ti niitbu, Jvn
' ltiili'3. Knauh bult'H,
AiiK-r.'-nu Hull. Alno
1'lHTits forOrfl.-tih'iii'J
Mul XVmJi'W UurJoia,
.EH1RAMSIBIEY4C0.
FREE I HliAKw'ijwu-r.K.x.suiuciiKo.iiii
THE BANK OF DURHAM,
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Xii.- lit li. "' -. l':'-.'".ii-... N. r.
FARM FOR SALS.
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I r.l. v.
It c i !."l'l I'l'C .10 1 v l..-r.!-e Hull lav. I will wll
ihe. r nan .'il iilll- nil 'U"ii "ii 0a' i.'ianisi'i. mi
iiims,iv. Si.i'iixiitra: 12th.
1 it f ll-ll.T Illt '. ti' lC.. II ;iii tv I'l
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in,: I'-.. 1-m.
FOB SALE Oil RENT.
f. .Ill .,1- I've I'XIIXtS f. i- nalc r r'lll. 'I'lM'-c
fi- 11:1 cl "ii t .c e ic' K".i.' ri v. r. at t
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KVJ'KY MAX
Ouht to
INSURE AGAINST FIRE
-IX 'till-.
.NORTH CAROLINA
HOME INSURANCE COMPANY
II A LON DON. .In.. Aeitt,
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GREEIMSCORO, JXT. C.,
The Dost. KKLLEirS IMPROVFJU
GRAIN AND FKUTILIZINa
DRILL. Give it a trial and be con
vinced that it is tho only perfect drill
ou the market.
Ye mo Factory Amenta for tho
llagerstown Horse Rake,
South Rend Chill l'lows.
Tropic Cook Stove,
Gothic Air-Tight Cook Stove,
Harvey Yv. Race's Celebrated Circular
.Saws,
Henry Diston'B Celebrated Circular
Saws,
Old Dominion Nails nnd Refined Bat
Iron,
Mcf-iayhiu's Spokes and Rimfl,
Stephen Da'.laid iV Cos. Leathor and
(illlll l.h'llillg.
Fairbanks' Scales,
'Hn Winkle Cotton GillSi
MWAA, & CO.,
UM ft T l.' r I.i 1 ill 4 I 1,M)(J TXT
1 1 w 1 4itn. 1 in J 1 4 i ii ii.ii j
Dry Goods, Notions,
Boats, Shoes, Hats, MMta,
PARASOLS, LEATHER, &0.
Agents for Odell Manufacturing Cos.
Forest Hill" 1'laids. Cottonades and
Seamless Reg. Cedar Falls Maim
' f;,: inline' Ce's. Sheetinjs and Yarun,
I V. H. Fries' Salem jenns, J. & V.
Coats Host Six Cord Spool Cotton.
Also. A.eents for Allison fc Addition's
Star Rrand" and oIIkt FertiliKefH.
We keCp in stock a full line of
which xve ofler
i AT AVIIOLMSALE 0XLV.
Merchants will tind that thcycftnbuy
e,i,(ls as cheap from us. and on
better terms than they eaa
by-foiii-,' further North.
. (live us u trial and he convinced.
Greensboro. X. C, Aug. 1. 1883.
1 E. & E. S. Mil Ui,
RAI.KKJH, N. C.
GRAND OPENING
OK
"SV GOODS
KOI! 'I UK
nT.I nnrl CH
We oiler a large and attractive stock
of
Dress floods. Silks, Clack
Goods. Dress Trimmings,
f linens. Domestics, Oinj-
hams. Hosiery and Glovenj
Shoes for Ladies, Missi-s,
Cluldieii. (ichtleiueli and
Hoys : Hats ;
Gentlemen 'h Suitlnps, Rnd
Cassinieti.s. Ix 11 t. n t lr V
deans. Cottonades;
House Keeping Goods,
l-i,1l",,s- Mii!tiiirs. iVc
Kvcrx tliinu XKW, CHOICE nnd
DKSIRARLK in tiie DIIY
liOOI'S line at popular
trices. lot eoiids for least nionev.
lie sure to call when you tire in
Ualcie.li. Salisl'aetion ' cjuarantwd.
w h- & If- S. TUCKER & CO.
MH1.-II !'. Ikki
PL. V
7ft!S',lllll
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Of Virginia
Gll'crs the following advantages over
oilier life insurance companies:
1st. It does not cost One-half to carry
a certificate of membership in our
Association as in old lino life insur
ance companies.
2nd. Our Assessment Tfiblo is lower
than in any other life insurance
''"'"l"1" 'lRM-''"djo"t or society.
:5rd. Our charcfos are at actual cost of
ciirryine- risks ; our policy holders
are our treasurers.
Ilh. Tliitinost caution is exercised
in accepting none hut sound risks.
.th. Not moro than $3000 carried op
any life.
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