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THE FALCON FALCON NEWSPAPE R IS THE BEST EQUIPPED IK Eastern North Carolina ALL, KINDS OF .TOO WORK Pone in Fine Style and nt Prices as Low as anywhere in the United States. All Kinds of Stationery in StoeV. gElTD FOE SAMPLES AND PEICE3. ALIEMAU IICTION ansra otti ONE DOLLAR THE GREATEST GOOD TO THE GREATEST NUMBER.' VOL. X. NO. 7. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1888. Mar Per THE 1 'lCOJN THE lbAt oflkfei rw n'1 15. SWINDELL, D. D. S., r 1 . . Cor- -l;llu ami ittucrsis., J ,I,.IIHTII CITY. Km V. Tri th extracted without facility for milking Artillcial Teeth work warranted. Every . All pain SOUTHERN ITEMS. IXTKKIOSTING NEWS COMPILED FROM MANY SOURCE b U. J. II. WHITE, D Surgeon Qentist. EMI A1JKTII CITY, N. C. Main Street, opposite the 1'atk. Offer his professional services to the rilixcMOf Elizabeth City aid vicinity in ,11 ihc blanches of his profes ion. Reference- Faculty of JJaltiinom Callcge of Dontal Surgery. F. LAM 15, ATTORNEY AT LAW -AND REAL ESTATE AGENT, EUZABSTH city, n. c. . b. box 74. o. L. RIDDLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. Practices in the Superior and Federal Courts of North Carolina. T ROMAS O. SKINNER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hertford. N. C. 13. SHAW, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Sliauboro, Currituck Co., N. C. Practices in all tbe Courts of North Carolina. Collections faithfully ina:le c M. FEREBEE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Camden C. II., N. C. ' Practices in the Superior Courts of the First Judicial District. Special atten tion given to the collection of claims. ml&ly D P. FELTON, II. ATTORNEY AT LAW COLUMBIA, N. C. Practices in the Superior Courts of Tynel, Washington, Chowan, and Dare counties. Prompt and faithful attention given to all professional business. fc-l-y W W. O. TEJU'LV. J. IHIIKFI. GRIFFIN' & TEMPLE, ATTORNEYS & COCNSELLORS-AT-LAW, ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. Practice in the Superior and Federal Coiirta f the First Judicial District and iu the Supreme court of North Carolina. Special attention given to conveyancing ad collect tions . PRANK V AUG HAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELIZABETH CITY, Collections faithfully made. N. C. w. G. UNDERWOOD. SURVEYOR & CIVIL ENGINEER, ELIZABETH CITY, K. C. Prompt and careful attention cites to all kinds of work. " Jj L. BLOUNT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ntKTFOKD, B. c. Practices in the State and Federal Courts of North Carolina. V ire in la. FKnco Edward county will m-iko a full exhibit of its products at tbe II chmoni ex position. Georgo E. Tuckett & Co., of Hamilton, Canada, liavo given $1.0JJ to Hamuduu- Sidney Cotiago, ! It is proposed to endow a professorship in Hampden- idney College in honor of BuT. Dr. Moses D. liogo. Tho Old Dominion Steamship Comp my is building a:i iron freight und issen-er pro jiellcr stounier to rim on the Nansoinoiid river. Tho druggists of Danville and North Danville have organized tho i order of Hmt- mnvu;ieal Association, a local branch of the iit .toeicty. James Walker, son of Jeromo Walker, a farmer of Norfolk county, near Deer Cr.- k, bad his f ace an t skull terribly crushed by a mule kicking hiin, and fatal results iro fean-d. Tho Governor offers a reward of ? 100 for the appruhensioi of the person who set tiro i to and burned the bouse of J. V. Jennings on Dunlap's Creek, in Allegheny couuty, about twp weeks ago. The Norfolk and Westers Railroad Com ' j any i to c msti lie a n w iron bridge of th IntesL and most substantial design across tad Southern binneh of the Elizabeth river at No. folk ct a co-it of $'.uo,00u. Dr. Win. J .Voore, one of tbe oldest physi cians of Norfolk, has died. He graduated at 1 the University of Pennsylvania in 1841. Dur ing the war he was surgeon in charge of army hospitals in Itichmond and Liberty. The trial of the case of the Commonwealth vs. J. I0. Commonwealth's attorney of inberst county, for th killing of Cant. Joel HL Campbell, resulted iu the aciiuittal of tho accused. Mr, Iee, however, was fined M for carrying concealed weapons. Justice Thomas McGlennin, recently sent to iu 1 for six months for malfeasance in of fice, has been adjudged ins.no. The court has set as.do the judgment and suspenddd sentence, and an order issued that tho priso ner oo sent to one of the lunatic asylums for treatment. The Governor has appointed Dr. J. S. Marshall is surgeon to tbe convicts on tho Abington Coal and Iron Railroad Company; Dr. J. It. Anderson surgeon to the convicts on tho Roanoke and Southern railroad, ami Dr. i. II. Walker also surgeon to tho convicts on tho Roanoke and Southern rail road. Near Sraithftel", tfcreo colored men employed on a farm in that neighborhood, undertook to cross a narrow creek about a mile, above tho town in a canoe. On tbe way over the canoe was capsized and the three men thrown into tho water. One of them was able to save himself, but tho other two were drowned. The twelve Year-old son of Mr. Benjamin Sbepardson, on employe of tho Virginia nail j works, of Lynchburg, was shot and instantly killed by tbe accidental discharge of a gun which be was holding. Tbe boy and his father had boon fishing in a boat and had just re turned when the accident occurred. The boy had stepped ashore and was standing with the muzzle of tho gun resting against his left breast, when the lather threw something from the boat which struck the hammer of the gun and caused the fatal discharge. Tho load tore out a section of the boy's breast, making an awful wound, which exposed the heart and lungs. Two decisions by Jndgfl Bond, in Baltimore, wero mad ordering the discharge of A. H. Quigo i, attorney at law, of Richmond, and J. II. Biggins, of Henrico. Guigou was under indictment in Hustings Court for vio lating the State law requiring a Secial license tax for selling Virginia tax-roc jiva. ble coupons; also, for tendering tbe same. Siggins was under indictment in the Henrico County Court for tendering the same coupons a second time, alter tbe first tender bad been refused. Both parties applied to Judge Bond for a writ of habeas corpus, which after being fully heard, resulted as be;ore stated. Judge Bond holding that the State law under which the parties were prosecuted was repugnant to the Federal constitution. Jeff H. Loh, of Alexandria county, who was arrested, tried and fined $2,500 and costs, for selling coupons at Warreatou Last fall was released by Judge Keith, who bad sub-se-luentiy granted him on appeal. Loh was arrested by Sheriff Vertchou a capias profitte from Faquier county court, and taken ti Alexandria to be taken to Wurrenton. It ap pears Vertch telegraphed Attorney John Scott, and about the same time Mr. Lucas, local coupon ag. nt, telegraphed Mr. Royail, of Richmond, who got a copy of Loh"s case from Warrenton, and proceed -d North im mediately. Judge Keith, not having put Loh under bail, saw lhat Royail could apply, and o isily get a habeas c rpus writ of Judge Bond, and not wishing a big damage su.t against thi state, ord red Loh's release. Saturday last ixiuis Karney, while gun ning near the Bocks, Harford county, bad bis hand blown off by tbe explosion of bis gun. Goorgeanna Carpenter, colored, aged 14, Ins been arrested on tbe charge of setting tire to the bouse of Bevins Morris, in Mor gan's Creek Neck, Kent county. Two at tempts were made to burn the bouse. The contract for lighting tho town of Snow Hill wilh electricity lias oeen awarded to Coliins, Vincent & Bobbins, of that place, who are to receive four hundred dollars per annum. Tho contract is to go into effect June 1. Mrs. William Castle, the wife of a well known farmer rrfi dwa a short distance south of Boonsboro, Washington county, fell dead while walking across the floor at her reidence on Saturday evening. She was about fifty years old. Josiah Kooniz, residing near L'nion Mills, Carroll county, was found dead In bis work shop. He was about sixty ye;irs old. His death i supposed to have been caused by heart dis nso. He served through the war in tho Union army in Cole's cavalry. ! The continued c-jl l and vloudy weather is having a serious efffct u.i farminj in "Worcester county. The corn worm, in con sequence of tho weather, is playing havoc witn tbe youneand tender plants, and many i large farmers will be comp-'llod to plow up and replant their entire fields. Thomas Harden, colored, who escaped from tbe jail at W est minster in 187B, while . under indictment for norso-ste. I ag, was re ; arrested last we -k and again sent to jail. He again made li s escape by scaling the , twenty-foot wnll surrounding tho yard. Harden is light in color, is over six feet high, . has small side whiskers and lwd teeth. MEN OF THE DM TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Charles Ambuster, '1 "years, died at Fred erick after a very brief illuess. He had been suffering with bis teeth for som; d.-jys, but cou.d get no rehe, although treated by two different dentists. A physician was summoned a few d y ago and pronounced him suffering from peritonitis. " The inflam mation spread to thj brain and caused his death. Two men passing Bethel gravevard in H igerstown noticed that a grav i which a small colored child had b en bu ied on Sund ly had been robbed. Not winning to shock the child's mother by letting her know of the robbery, thoy filled up the grave, but shortly after this the body of t: e child was found along a fence about fifty yards away, .where it is supposed to hnve been dropped and left by the robbers, who must have been frightened away. Win. Neal, colored, was shot and killed by George Brown, colored, near Cloppers Sta tion, Montgomery county. Brown went to an entertainment with his s ster, and et a certain hour ho wanted he to go home. Neal interfered, and a row occurred. Neal ond Brow ii were separate 1, and Brown and his S'S'er wen', towards home. A short dis tance down the railroa 1 they were waylaid by a iarty of in n, and in the scuffl-? Brown shot and killed Meat. Brown claims that he killed Neal in self-defense. 'Squiro Burgess sentenced John Wesley Anderson, colored,to six month in the House of Correction from Chestirtown for resist ing ami str king at Sheriff Casey. Sheriff Casey was Attempting to pe t jail a crazy man who was dis'.urbing the peace, and depu iz;d several men to ussist bim. In tbe hearing Anderson claimed that tbey wer using violent -means in arresting, and that he did not know it was tho sheriff he was in terfering with. Thomas White, a very oil man living near Snow Hill, met with quite a serious ac c dent near the depot. His horse took fright at a locomotive which was standing at i ho station, and ran uptown nt !ull spoe L The horse soon broke away from tho vehicle aud took to tho sidewalk, which was crowded with colored people. All escaped uninjured save an old colored woman , who was knocked down and injured interna'ly, but not seri ously. Mr. White's in juries may prove fatal as he is hurt very badly, both externally and internally. Fira i roke out hi t.ie factory of the Ila-gersto-.va Spoke and Beading Company, and the entire building, together with all the machinery and a large part of the stock anil lumber on hand, was consumed. The tiro originated in the engine-room a d the nlarm was given promptly, but in that section of the town the water-mains are so s nail that but a smad stream of water could bo thrown oo the bud ling from the water pipes, and by the time the Steam fire engines could bo put in operation the ti e was too well under headway to be put out. It was with dilli cu'ty that the el' vat or of Mr. Victor dull mm I was saved. The aggregate loss is about ji"),000. Tho building and part of the ' m-ichinery belonged to tho Hagerstoivn i Wheel Company, whose loss is about 7,.J0, : of which 5,100 is covered by insurance. i The building was leased by the Hagerstown i Spoke and Bending Company, whoso loss, I including stock and some machinery, is ' about $!S,000; ll,000of this is covered by 1 insurance. Viv- lD Hil I la Yor. eUbtied toe , at Cairo. FIFTIETH CONGRESS. D r TW f u Tbe strike of tbs mmm at Los Aagvfaa. CL. A cTdrT fatally and .tartroynl a rhurrb an 1 iu Mrowntown. TV. Boys In to. st Viorml at San Rafael. Cat. Utilaiog. la KiW Tooota rag ptckera war fatally hart by Imping f nan umIux i trytag to carapa a Arm lu a 5ar York factory. The acbeduWa ia la ML T. Coin p tait ur. So. i Krarx laco, m'mni oaarta jt 1.1t.- WM aoU llalHUUva L'lil.lMl. Frank Cunaat, of Cmein.iali. ad robbaU. 11 w iuiu a- mro fatal TaoeaaaCtrty. wail Or-snk, 'jo, a Oiioo- J ataaflOB- la tk mmn in blca w jat for f aa. and v--rdy , tmrmM tar taw m br mmm wbswl U fllty yrsrs iu lbs urni , .'. ru Ik- nj UMimrf. SCaal. tUu. Thorn Carar. the yoa Ma who oa ,llt mT . Mr April s. walk) n.liti. lr.. ant ki:irl k4(,t rauloO- i-rwtio tor m My XI Ting, a Chtu.an . la (hrax l4n. an I aaoW a U Um tar harmlcaa aiuaarnw-fit, was wirnonl . fifty wa-va- in I- ' years ia to paaitru Ury fur tbe rrime, I (Hi wOa of Mr. rttorm aa. ta lira F. C Knv.fr, n Kl ;in. 111.. Ira j U. aa-ra-l I i -sotire toM kill in trying to r-e brr la toonlbs obi ! Vjora wr rrv 1 at 1 S ! mi i ironi an aporv inn irclaal Iraia . , of A'oktalr. atUMkl by il-m nt j S-nt- I .11 I . I ra lnaT of Ibaltl ' m aaqtoHna t.W) lor i lf nl al rr ' . on of tV IJw- L.Wl.ai at Altoaaa I Haaota blM to mm t it tor ta aaabnoz im I Mho. a Hi aaaow Vj I DAVID B. HILL, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK Cw Nartbwea-cru rai.r r T.w child also klllrd. It is olBrially s'atnt t!int tbe in ac-iuut i K. H. HrwUrv, of t f I nti Natl- nil ank. I ummm that Ura.llr's wlirmtl-xiU arr known and that ba wi: boo be pi cvJ In rvalody. Ti..- fl.kkls bar doa rin js asnitia ia Two rhildrMi M UriKt br bxblnln and killed at St Jopli. M-k Th" total rold eptt from Tew Y.rk tbU month amount to .",40.utsi John MrMahon was arrratl at W.lmin. ton. charged with tbe murder of Carava Maaaaaam Kxb-nsire fran It upn tbf fW mmw ruutMM nf Mr ttoBwr I bn tbst a th baa n "It km-mu a.l U' m mm Gorjr.i.r Iaeid IV: lie t Hill was horn in Havana, Vormnt. a tit I-il. Augnft, IMt. nnd is the youngest son of a family of five. H- is of N -w Knlaixl -t k, both i his parents l ing natives of C.niiectieuU They moved to New York earlv m the pr v-ut century. Caleb Hill, tlie Governor's father, got bis first start as c.-ir4aiu of a canal boot. Ifo was a ear; -tcr by trad" and built the bo it he afterwards c mimande 1 with his own hand, lie could not give his boys nuiny ad vantuges tn-yond an upright and honorable training. There was no talk of sen iing any of the boys to the University, for that was not of toe pieation In bis circumstances. Mrs. Hill was a woman of great "foroe of character and inWllijrenca. To ber tea-hmzs. Governor Hill says, owes all the succeot lie has achieved in life. Young Hill was graduated at tbe Havana High School at seventeen. He mode bis tirrt start in the world to earn his own liviug then. He entered a law olHec as cUrl:. anl while th-ra was ndvisM by Colonel John T. lawrencc to take up the study of law it. earnest. Tliis atl vice was followed. He entered the office of Gabriel Smith, of Klmira, r.d by close applica tion to a s books b- was a ve.ir Inter cilmttt.sl to tlie liar. a:il a ui' iith or two alUT Ibat ne was appointetl City Attorney. This was in the yr Wis. 1' mi: ks v-cmg H l.'s entrano bs.to Dolittaa Helms always been a firm Democrat, and earl v lnTame a loader and o ""ri trolling power in the jwty in bis county and district. He mud hts first r)rci when h was seventeen years old, while attending a political meeting at a smill hamlet near Wat kins Glen. Same i r. mitie'it man was alw-rr; 1 t- n Mr s. th meetinf. Imt owiux t a misluip he was prevented from attending. Hi 1 was there and atvnit MWil thrt. Not to have vx.-ople l:sappointe-l, the committee looked around lor snmn sj.-.iK-r many, re membering the reputation young Hill had made at school, the commit Use asked Hfl to ttkt the st. in I. He iiromptlv iximpliol. end reilly a-tonished his auditors with th Hi lie made. Hill's maiden soecch Diide him quite famous at the time. He was ?bytel a member of Assembly for bis county in 1VT0. when he was hut twenty-seven vars cf aze. an I wi re elected in IST4. In 171 Mr. Hill was appjintel by Governor Tilden, with Wiilism M. F.vci ts. Judge Hand and other prominent men, on the commission to provide a uniform charter .or the cities ot tnc Mate, but tie aeciinoii to serve on a-couut or profstMo:iri en- easements. In Ins -wn citv .Mr. tiiil has served one term in Hie Common tmim tl r.s AUMN man from ward. At the expiration of that term lie was chiwen Mayor -if Faniira. leading bis ticket largely, although bis opxnent was a strong candiilate aril a popular man. For a number of years Mr. Hill was the proprietor of the A'baira Uaiy 'Stuctle, Xrit he his re tired from tbe concern, holding nominally the ollico of Irv-uieiit of the company, a paution that eutitles him to theplaco wli ch he holds on tho hxceutive Comnu.to- -.tab- At ci it d l'ress, of which org in zation ho is counsel. nil.- ot:er ciikI: la". - rg-ing inth -Guliernatorial race of 1"-J for d'-legntes. Mayor Hill's friends m-cur-.il a Urge mniority of the l.Xmvention m ins favor as a can li lat.- t r Misiu -unt u ir.-rfior. anl lie us electa to that position on tbo tiekt t wit i Grover Clevelaiul at iu head. IwoNiilng Uoveracr '.then .Mr. I levelaial restgm tl on January bin, 1N4. In tbe shipment of groin bare U-ea discos ' "J ered at Oswego. I " to kl ka; .haaV..4 tto testify tbesr rawrt tor ar r-a-totgt at4 tbetr -TmpathT fur Uoi ta be aurmw t at ta-attog tit uie.atoi . Mrs ttowyrr. wtorb are I-. orvsar at two urt dt TjW wrh now a.lKtm Tbe n4toa was agreed to mmd tbe ttoaab t samine Into all i-tasas tntciuna tm- arm of tbe I nit-I Nstew. a t iltaf : SSc4-2 JSm 9 &.()B))l& IMMENSE STEALINGS. ANDREWS HATCHERS! Prsly Cr i;.tito-rtoa Tbai Mlltfens ..r lluttors. .ttell to -fslurt, c Srtiatort mmt robtory. mt 'fly f!JJ I Thn men were arrrat si at Fort Warne. In. I . charge! with counterfeiting. Una of them was caught la tbe act. Henry Carroll pleaded rmtty of counter faitinKln Itiiladelp-ita, and wot enteatrad to three years' impriaiinmeat. Charles R, Rotrs-k hat ts-n nirj .n".! I.r the governor of Kansas, an condition tbt be forever abstain from tbe use of liquor. Col. Johu A. Fan. one . tbe Us? arriv- :n- ..(!i- rsof t!..- M-tu in war. North Carolmo, diel suddenly at Ashe v die, aged 01. A bull-ling in nmcrat of demolitioa ni the c-.rnerof Uroadway.aiM John street. w York, fell, killing tbe forems-i an I In junng fire men. Allen Ik Dills, a well knian and highly restx-cU-.! ttriner of elat r, . I . ihaltM killed William H. Huiccamer and fatally wnandel his father, Cugsa Uuai-arnor. Tbe difficulty grew out of a miaurvlerstand tug about a small tract ot Und, and is tbe termination of an old feud. Anton Wi-Klnun, importer of toys. New York has failsd. Ltabilitte) fao.dUU Fradorlek M. Mothtoton. pnblubee of tbe Arrtr. nt OdeU. Ilk, cotnmittad nfciia There were 213 bmln fail ores in Urs C inted Statra, and Vi to Canada, tbe past week. Thro prUoaari struer down the JiiUr with a crowbar la the lockup at MoatMtttaw 1 mi. . an 1 escaped. Albert Kumpka,of Colum!-u'. N.-b.. to murlerad his Uo, hiug4 biaiarlf by LU at I. to. at iuvjmW lorooe a .V. Tbe ronfe TitonZt ItSni Pat.-A: ais r.s rialifi - rtnrt New.. . Mr. Il.r. fr sn tbe library. retwte. a Is'l to Ames-ran llu rVwl A' Tbe Nr wU- !heo. at I. S'. oaew.1. rat v4 'Serst,.- IUT Day. Tbe t oltoJ not to man to-dty. i at t Ttor mm a ear of eatenac tall rity 1 tor f any wart ntbtaot -t-es. w- r by Mtettoastther btf r-.pl ttaesj lia.- lw bate i ar graia i - ar r tbe frearM trrt. lbs I tsietoti nasetw, aeabniba laeart 1 hi I eat 4 BEST ON EARTH 1 W1lf, PRICES . REDUCED llotMP If-TM lT -rkr lolloariaa UUs Hy Mr. Hjn Of SO may be thecaJl .4 . bay or anything . a; toe- nt ssm SEND fOR CIRCULARS. Maas. AMMUtWfl U Tt IIBJM mm I tmm ANfKJtws Ma,ntUe. Va S .fXm? mTiZmTm I BU' 'D l lb to aatla tail pawed t- r.r.- tastsor antt mm- I - . ...tk t ata ft. arbL anal mt 1 Ib I aeuperty estrarnWl lr rm, mmm Itwal I I . -- - ... rv m r m A teat ait I wttanstl Utac .ay t" ft a-at nb ! atawy ratra tbe sto -m 1 . f4as.es Ml , ii -II " - TATAL CASUALITIES CABLE SPARKS. E j DM UND ALEXANDER, ATTORNEY AT LAAV, Columbia, Tyrrcl Co., N. C. 9 Collect ions faithfully Made, BLOUNT, II. Procticoa Courts of N , ATTORNEY AT LAW, lIKUTKOltD, H. C. in the State ami Federal nth Carolina, J- HJ2YWOOD SAWYER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. EI.IZAIiETn CITV, K. C. Practices in the Courts of the First District. C dlectioos faithfully made. PATENTS Caveats, Rc-igstie and Tntdc-Marks so ''inl, and nil other patent causes in the Patent Office and before the Courts promptly and carefully attended to. 1 pour r. ipt of model or sketch of inven tions, make careful examination, and ud was to patentnbil'ty Free ofCfaarge. I' -KS MODElCTi-:. and I make NO ,". !t;i- UNLESS PATENT IS SE- ;ltED. I formation, advice aud special referenre Kent on application. ftt-ar L . ,s. I'ausat office! West Virjeinia. Conductor Gas. J. Shaffer w.-.s caus'ut be t -veen two cars at KinwooJ, and very badly squeezed. A-sistant Tostmaster Grimes, of Grafton wu.s severely injured a few days uto by fall ing into a eulvert. Samuel T. Irby, of Wayne county, was I .rbwn from a horso a few days ago and was very s.-riously injured. Teachers attending the State Normal In stitute at Morgnntown ore not required to attend a couuty institute. Greenbrier Presbytery- will meet at Oak Grove church, Focanoutas county, on the tmru Wednesday in beptember. Andrew Shanks is in tbo Monongilia county jail eharred with beating his wife to death. There is little doubt of his guilt. Goorgo Jones, a brakemau on tho Ohio River Road, had his right arm badly hurt while coupling cars at Cox's Landing. One hundred and six cars wore built for tho B. & O. at the Piedmont shops in April, a larger number than in any ouo month known. Mrs. Kelllson, mother of Mr. Wm. EL Bogs, living near FronVford, Greenbrier county, fell from a spring wagon, and re ceived injuries from which she died in a lew hours. The present rise in E'.k river and its trib utaries brouht out over 3,000,000 feet of timber, comjiosed of lumber, lojs and ties. It required about three hundred men to handle the great number of rafts. Jas Massey, of Spencer, who was hurt list winter by having a hole knocked in his skull from which two or three ounces of his brain escaped, has been taken to the Weston Asyium, as his mind was impaired by the accident. North Carolina. A contract has been lot for building a new Presbvterian church at Winston to cost 15,000. A full test was made of the heating of the capitol by the new apparatus, and the system works admirably. Another crowd of five hundred colored people have left tho western section of the fctate for California during the last two weeks. A company has, at last, been organized to build tho High Point and Asbeville railroad, with R. P. Deek, of Ratidieman, president! Grading will commence soon. A nogro by the name of Will Houston shot and killed a colored womm in a disreputable house at Winston. The man was captured shortly after tho murder and is now in jail. Allen B. Dill, a farmer living near Sylva, shot and killed Wm. H. Bumgardner. The difficulty arose out of disputed claims to a tract of land and is the termination of an old fued Commissioner Fiobinson, of the agricultural department, has decided to suspend tho organi zation ot experiment farms and farmers in- i slitutes during the busy season, and will visit . no counties during the next few months,unless specially invited. The agricultural department is preparing the monthly crop reports for May, which will doubtless be the most perfect yet gotten out asit will be compiled from over eight buidred letters received from correspondents embrac ing every country. A disease known as "Pink Eye" has broken out amon? horses in Henderson county, and is prevailing to an alarmiug extent.' Tho eyes of the animal become tightlv closed, th j limbs stifT.-n and the greatest difficulty is ex perienced in movement. The adjutant-general has rec?ived-notice of tbe formation of two more military companies : one at Concord and the other at Rocky Mount. They have mado application for 1 aatraaoa into the State Guards, but will have ! to be equipped on private funds, there being Howard G iskiTl, agct I P2, and John Wil I liams. used 1 L were drowned in tbe cinnl at . Lockport, H, Y. John Holland, one of the proprietors of ; the Four Mile House, Auburn, fL was drowned iu Owasco Lak--. Three colored nam, attempting to cross n j stream near Siuitblield, Ya.. were drowued i by the capsizing of their canoe. Horace Eibs, IS years of njre. fell upon the ! saw ia a mill at "lie witlsvill -, Now York, j II. s he id mm s. vered from bis tody. John P. Webater, tbj oldest attorney in 1 Somerset county. Me., was killed near bis ' residence, in N uridgewock, by fulling from I a railway bridge. Kobtirt Smith, who was placed in the lockup iu Cairo, Illinois, in an intoxieated condition, set tire 10 the place mid was buriKsi to death. Schubert WD Jar, a retin-d iron niTcbint, was found dead iu the Btraot in Middleboro, Massachusetts. It is thought he was throwu from u carriage. Thomas Wynne, -JO years old, arstdent Of Canton, lVnn., dieu iu a boaaatel in Cincin nati. He was found in a freight cur, and tbe direct cause of d -ath was exposure. Gas escaping in the basement of the Fir' National llmk, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, ex" ploded. The building was wrecked. A number of p-.-opte were hurt, R Kellar, J. Kuhn, A. L. Huber, F. Taiiuau and J. Walutney severely. Mrs. Etiznlieth Lewis anl her three grind" children, uged from 1" ui uths to yearti periafaqd by the burning of the hous-of William Llewellyn, in ClevelatHl, Ohio Llewellyn ai.d his wife were abs.-ut at the tune Isl.nn.l rad ar Km I. Il l: Point, Missouri, cruhm ; into a ravine ' fi-ot deep. A short tiino afttr a freight train on the ItaanibaJ nn I St. Joe railroul went throtij;h a bridge whieii aijoin-sl the Rock Island, and artaeh was weakened by the ti st wreck. Two vncinaats, a liremau and two trumps won kilie t. I-cat on iu A freight train on tho Rock road went thrbugh a i rbtei mtt TORI URED BY A LUNATIC. M'CLEESE HOUSE, COLUMBIA, N. C, First class accommodations. Terms toderate. W. L.. McUCEMa, Proprietcr, mil dealer. iu gciurd merchandise: "ii'Rui""""'' L riled are tbosa wdo rend tint and t; tbey will tin 1 hon.irubla ejuplo. iu -ut b.i.h win u.ib ..no i.i.iu iru.u u.rir n-noi't and fsiaiiiet. Thi prufitt aro larse tud sum r vrvTy ludutiriuas p:-rt')o. inaay have ma le ami ars '" 'Q.ikinn ttaral Uundrad dnlUn a month- It is iii uy OJ" to ma'i'1 aad upard per day, who it willing to wotk. i.nli- r S..-J. younff or old ; cap.t.,1 H' nij ie.l, w atari yju. EtBrylhing nw. Sn tpscUi abltti eiaired, you reader, o.ndo it aa well t"-"'. Writ, lo ua at once tor fall psrtictiUra. ih we mail Jret. Addreaa iitiiMou Oo.. forte - Mai as. A house belon?inT to Mr. George White, of White Sulphur district, Gre.-nbrier coun- no avaj;auie public funds for the purpose. IV, v tlA um ilea. 11. tis m;u;il':u ucai i ne j r.iilroad track," and is supposed to have been s t on fire by sparks from a locomotive. Loss about $1,000. Bodes Tolly, of White Sulphur SprinRS, Greenbrier county, was severely injured by falling on Dolman's circular saw, at his mill in Tuckahoo Draft, by which he lost all the lingers from his right hand, and had tho left band fearfully torn and mau&led. While attempting to couple cars at Petrol eum, Ritchie county, William Mason, brake man on the "pick up," was run over and in stantly killed, his head and face being ter ribly m shed. Mason lived at Central Sta tion, and had been on the road but a short time. Winfiel 1. Putnam county, had a scare over a dvnamite bomb. Some of the crew of the I Tho Raleisrh street railwav company is busi ly etkagod in extending its main line to the new park just north of the city, and will be ready to transport pjissengors in about ten days. Such has been the increase of travel of late that th cars now pass a given p- int every twenty minutes iustead of every half hour. Great excitemet exists among the people in the neighborhood ot HendorsoiiYille owing to the presence of Mormon missionaries, who liave succeeded in gaining several converts in that section. A meeting of citizens has been held and the obnoxius intruders have been warned to leave under penalty of a resort' to force. In a recent decision of the supreme court an opinion oi liiucii mieresi to aauumstrators is rendered. It is held tliat an administrator I Horrible Sitnvri:ij . at a I.ad Cut nml Stablieil by a Man inc. The most astrot-ious cruelties were practiced on a boy named Jesse C. Hen lers-jn, in Tylor county, W. Ya II- was working in a field some d stance from the road, when a tnrap, who afterward proved to in Isatc Hoyt, of Colum bus, Ohio, caught him and tied him to a tree He then began pricking him with a darning needlo attached to a ftiok. Whenever tbe boy made any outcry he struck bim heavy blows on the mouth. Ho threatened several times to cut his heart out, ami to still further torture tho boy throw a big knife at him, with great dexterity, that pa- .d through tbe boy's ctothiug, just scraping tbe skin. Re then, af ter pulling out some of bis victim's hair, mado incisions in h.s rloxh more for than an hour. All through these operations he would grin and chuckle as though tbe boy's suffertugs gave him intense d-light. The boy finally croused belp and the man ran off, but was subsequently captured. He is evidently an escaped lunatic, and says bis borne is in Columbus. He understand the deaf and dumb Language a- d is an expert gymnast. niy me man test evidences nt insanity saved the man from lynching Tho boy is in a critic il condition. There is scarcely a part of bis boiy th it is not pierced or cut, and it presents a terrible sight. A dispatch from Milan sirs the onprrur of limzil lias Had a c-nous re; tpM-. it is estimatisl tli .t I I! pensaisl to the ththiug fleet lost their II tat cent gale olT Ireland. Count Mcnabn-a. the Italian nmb Paris, gave a gr.ind baiupict and N Honor ot fri-si lent v arnot . There lias N-en a rich dlicorery of goM on the estnte- of Ird .Newbor .ugh and Sir Wat kiu William, Wan i in N r.h Walv. Most Rev. Father OVallagha", Roman Catholic bidioti of Newc ittle has resigned. Canon Wilkiiison, of Crook, will luctted bim. Colonel Graham, who Ls in command of Sikkiin, has been ordered to pursue into th--ir o-vn ccuntry the Thibotans,who.are altac.irr; that place. Immense t warms of locusts are advancing upon TwretV. Toe intecU extend in a mui :r ..-.e. tbe diameter of which Ls calculated at L millimetrea A dispatch from Wellington. New Zcatind, say that u bill directed against Ctnm-se iiiiint ftration h is initted tbe House of Representa tives of that colony. f-Tho Parliamentary eler-iion at Southamp ton resulted in a victory for ihe liberal. Mr. Evans, tbe Liberal -nndilatc, receirinz 5, 1.1 1 votes, and Mr. Guest, the Conservative nominee, l.JliU. A decree under nremration in r-sard to Frenchmen entering Alsace and Lorraine will reoinre tbem to oreeont their passports fitr examination by the German embassy in Parte. Th-y must at i b-j calors I by the g ivornora of these provinces. Th; T mm (Pari) d nies that tbe aorern- meiit has nss-ivr I nnv romiilnint fr-en tier- uiaiiy n-ganting chargwaof interf.tsmc; with li'-riinii mi' )-: the Fn-neh frontier, aiel siy that nothing h.i transirs to -iipart tbe statement that Germany is vpartng to take meaiires of retaliation oa aivoaut of such interference. Munster meetings of work ingnvn are bring lieM through at ti-.rmtuy, ainl ariK-ni are Mridinc. At Maveno- ami Hamburg col- , ImotH have occurn-1 la"t ween the strik.-i-s and the police. At .Neumuiistt-r l.'Vi ankt-rt paradctl tin- tro l- ..nglng the M io-. lllatt. and a largo imml-r of tla-iu were nir--UsL lr. S-hweinfiirth writes fr o l'.nis-ls tliat lle-re is no reason to b uoeo -v l.ut St.--nh-v's fate. He is iro!ib!v w.iiUni h.ilf way for Tippoo Tiba rrinfomt.MiU and stores, w ith-Hit which it is iis-Ii-s. to retch Wadolai. TIk- goven-m-iit of the Co ig. Slab In. received alvetm tliat Hr Ma'i-g M. at Keil, is about to start in search of Stoul y. SUCCESSFUL JAILBREAKING. A tpvUI from ItiehUml tvntr . Wis., say R -aU-.n Drake ami bis tf and two gr in-l children were f.-uivl atuiil- red In tb.-ir boait at Ytoia, lUchmoud ronnty. In a panic, cuatc 1 by n o illug falling to the room, of a .-hool at llbernifieM. J . two children were seriously, and luany aitgltt ly liiJUTM. The uiannr rs of th- P. din; Iri W rlt hnve notiflsl tbo I.UUU Imods in tbeir tub m.llt of a re-luctiou of tea y.t cent to thaw ;tgea, lo ;ining Ju.i i Dr. lUelianl MI- . nr. I Alb rt P..w lack. of AHa.iy. N. Y.. were enrU - ul-ne -l to twelve year in at tie prison lor cju.ng tho death in May Willel by aUarttoa. A renin rk aid - sbrv nii-i fn :n Atlanta. fli., of to lynching of a whit imptst.-r by mfiiriab-l odor I people ttlewn be bnt nib ttM create an ezecoxit Ot t m 1 Vlit n After nbrwf UetAte im nenbat tntata. 4 tbe rub and lata tbe tail ton a. re d to yao n, nay to. om lsT Tbe (ttor wa - tobur. aa I Mr W Ub r to ih. Wale in Mr. Caniat off ered nn hibiUng the itnpurtaleai fur o - or all r"-, ware or E. K. CANUitC dL CO. to 4aTftXVt B4fODB 0 ELMIRA M. V. aw t-e to ta it lb- rtst 4 -a. lVt r ia it fur tea. ri- tes ttty ITrta ate tow bart V- tr W e4 tt. I w mi rt mwm 1 e rair I mm. MM A rtoa wa'eb I to to part a all tb- U rest let t -t- t.al ! e1 r as .4 a4tb m e peevtoos owwatotl ttoa E nay 41 - at the ett tbir-l reaylirtC of tbe Ull tbe II- 1 1 Im II V Tb Hon 1 1 - ia by lattii ators ab ta4 tea t-w iaal' I.. I I v making 1 cotornd Saviour 1 I- Ii-ee thnt ti lead then Tb V earlv conv.-rtti .i of th Friend has IvgUll bl New York. Iknton Corls-t!. Ih . tter of John Wdk Booth, eacapol from a Kanaa insane ay .um Fire at (Mt Pa...li 1 !.. Umsre. .! troylng n number ot Fram - dwellings and Julia E. E. Deev. a ttid. nearly murdered in ber b w? couuty, . 1. Harry ). Bilbp. bat manufacturer. o South t ramingl aoi, JUa , has Oamgnd lal tliti.s. ltit. 0 . Rev. Samuel II. Clary. D. D., rertor of th - chun h o the Epiphany. atLingt an. died of leUinool Cbnrtot Hoanra, a paper denier, of Lancaa tor. Fa., fell down a night -f tta.r. at bU borne, and was picked up dead. D. T. Jones' store and Ir Thomas' build ing, at WiUe.rre, I"a. "ere (-'. . parli.s.lj i-v. n l t v llua;h iiarorta aced t(bt year.. Wille- Miller ased a veo years, -ere On J at Coropolto F.. while lUbinx Laura Jonea, tbe teorgia girl th ba Tented a new plow an I rum planter. I to be a cotton ot Lain Uarat. tb tai t Uvtrtc KbTi CoL KU Slifer. form-r ttate trensnrer of Pennsylvania, died at le-wi -urg. la. front injuriea rvceivcU in U lag torown I carri.ngi-v William Miller t his wife anl John Aft-T Mr fun tltra Dat 1 I t mm9 a MB mtf00k 1 git ea WJ n MM I a t -tnt t ae4. at e- aa If tn teei t t-ti mm mm mmm CHURCH OFFICERS FINED. Wot for, I f Mr o t-.d I jaTttoM CffPlVfr, tb btl 3in Day. rrtet jiflenaJ apoe-Tev.!! -1 ratragrapba for ane Mer dett.te.aa4 fmf tNte lflttlitc Tkrk Pre .. c Mi I Jtow Tarb rMy. tbe tow ENDED IN TWO MURDERS. , f Mr of a , at . oVfark. t.. t .u . toftn-M at HOW 1 I Urn Dat Tb ive ani jw The nt eel br Mr t w- A IV Tern II 'njlaf Tito Mr. frary. b 1 I rbe onrki Tbe 1 Her. M. Wy A V0NDER IN THE HEAVENS. J a..t. w . . , , 1 S X. at" IS v-tA. A t. -3 UV1U HUH ail aUllii Great Kanawha put oir a suspicious loon nj; who at bis own sale of lauds to make assets piece of pipe which they said had been found collusively purchases the land himself and 1C was a copper uiu MD0NALD S HACK, Makes regular connections with all the WMttt and the Steamboats, promtitly not'r ? bdr arriv!l1 nnd departure. If, .u umc neitiier W win be left. mm p;isscngcr3 nor JJiat rsTOlatlonlzed the world dannc last half OKntary. Not leant Ma it a msMinrf 1 Q,? wuaaer 01 in tent itb pro formal al i n. ,., ,i ""tia ol wor. thai ean bo per. frker, tl Iti"'1 epratin the do tha wo-k th """"" ey liberal any one can at.nty renairH.I .. ,- r""11" or Ola. in special ree. n !w' ' ' l"tal not a . eilsd. you areatmid to ii. and we will tend portanoe to I i.i!l hrini. yriU. I t It N i OnTFIT lot w A A. 4 WDnu you. ha'twi'.,11'.?"'' "ea Tl9 Bd tmportal "u in tol , L 1 ,a ,n boin"a. which sill lh"worldWoL'''e'r-,L-.- tb anything et a nn a """"'OTri; uu., Angntta, Jtoiatt in the enirine room. It was a copper ged cylinder, with match rt idy to fire. It excited tho town, and a partv led by Joo Marshall, took it unci in tho fl.ld, built a big fire over it and retired. A:ter a long and pntient watch, there being no explosion, it wis further investigated and found to be fil ed with babbitt metal. Mrs. Southworth, an aged lady and wife of Enoch Southworth, of West Union, was struck ond knocked off tho track by an east ern bound accommodation train. The old lady, who is almost entirely deaf and nearly blind,, was walking on the end of thi ties toward the train a few yards east of the east end pike crossing when it struck her a id knocked her into the ditch. She was bruised on t he head, arm and side, but not so serious as was at first supposed. The train was al most at a stand s.ill when it struck her. She is very feeble, is suffering intensely and it is thought cannot survive tho shock. sells it at an advance, is liable to tbe estate of h:s interstate for the full amount for which he sold the land, even if it be in excess oi its value, for he shall not be allowed to make any profit by his collusion. Maryland. Lewis Faugh, aged about G5, residing in Garrett county, was fatally burned by acci dentally falling into the tire in a fit. He only lived two hours. Arthur, a young son of John Gross, of Ellicott City, was kicked on the head by a horse and seriously injured. A Hand of Flauic A Singular nnd Awe Inspiring Spectacle. A strange spectacle wa visible iu th northern sky at Findiay, Ohio. It was the representation of a human hand of immense proportion and awe inspiring in its realistic vividness. Early in the evening tbe sky in the north had a peculiar appearance, which, as the night wore on , took tbe form of fltsh- n South Carolina Bv ! es oc constantly cnanging in coior, SWOLLEN STREAMS. Two Lives Lost llUint; Waters. Miss Juliet Earle, the nineteen yearold daughter of the R?v. T. J. Earle, of Spartan burg, went driving with her brother. They attempted to ford the North Tiger river just above a fall. The river was swollen and h irses and bugy wera washed away. Young Earle succeeded in catching some bushes aud was rescued, but the youug lady w is carried over the fall and dashed t j death on tho rocks below. Ijiwrfm Ilavia. a vountr white man of Clarendon, while attempting to flaming up from the horizon and again sub siding, but with each appearance b.-coming more brilliant and unnatural. This contin ued until aboat 11 o'clock, when those watch ing the phenomena were terrified to too the plumes of light concentrating into a distinct object, which soon assumed toe proportions of a eiant hand, well formed and as distinct as ff painted upon the dark background f the sky. The hand appeared to be a shadowy substance through which waves of Ibrht of ' a blood-red color surged and then fell off at ' the ends of the fingers In drops ot the sain I color. I The first finger of tho hand pointed down : ward toward the sleeping citv, as if warning n,iiicrn.hnro over n. ssro.l.-:! stream, with Mil 1 the neoi.lo oi some woe anout to Detail tnem harness about his own neck, was thrown J Tb spectacle lasted for about an hour, into the water anl drowned by the gear j when it began slowly to fade away and about his neck. ' ljnally disappeared altogether. One Murderer and Two Highwaymen Kncaftc After Fracturing the Shertff'a Skull. James Henderson, the Sheriff of Wbito couuty, lnd., is lying at tbe point of death from injuries received at tbe bands of three prisoner who escaped from the j ul. Kd. Chamberlain, held for tb nturuer of his sweetheart, Ida W ittcnbt-rg, and two tramps named William Cuticson and Alfred lien son, held for highway robberyare th fugitive for whom over one tbouaud men art- now searching the woods and wilds of this and adjoining county, Uns of tbe highwaymen was captured at Chalmers. He begged hard for his life, and was brought back to take his chance with tbu taw. He say they aep-a-ated the moment tbey were outs de of tbe prison and Chamberlain started toward tbe Southwest. The escape occurred at nine o'clock, when tb Sheriff entered the corridor to lock up the prisoner for the night. Tbe totter bad maue their arrangement. Chamberlain bat ing wrenchel ati iron bar from his bed. W hen tbe Sheriff ordered Chamberlain into his cell he obeyed, but tbe moment Jar. Henderson stepped up to thru toe bolt be struck him oa tbe bead with tha bar, f rac turiug the unfortunate official's skull axsl relling him. 1 be otner two prisoner jumped on the unfortunate man, and thev left him for deal 111 aldil.o 1 t, fractured skull bis light arm was broken and he wo otherwise injure!. Mr. Mender and her twelve-tear old son wittieal I assault and did all tbey could to rurt tb wrvtche and sound an alarm - Tbe boy was knocked down by Chamberlain, and then the three nitit- their eacep-. The county offer a reward cf r their canture. bat it is mor - than probnbto Uat wane li.-iis u ami muwm may oe brought bock for trial, ChaaiU.-rlato wi.1 surely be Ij uc i.i 1. TO SERVE FIFTY YEARS. lhMSSMl his Thomas Carey, a youos lea tod, April 3, shot and moat a Chinaman named Hoy Ni Ting, at Chicago, III. a wis seat fifty yean in tha Fenitontiary SAFETY AT SEA. An aaralh nill M.i 1 An In Z A DESTRUCTIVE SfOR. Tho bill providing for a Marin Confer ence to revise the rul of th road at era and to reorgaalx? th settsa of fog signed liu and 1H4 t.otlli-.x. PMl t-r iU I Via m .1 - up' Tbe to usd by unanimous consent tv up Senate bill, oo th same !') -rnV watoa was f ourl to be df-s-tive In som ptrticntl tr. I . ibstit.it.. 1 the ilelraoa honw Ull with It ts bole-red. will be concurred to by tbe -nite. Tb points of digjrancii le lull are toe: Tha Im UU require two of tb Hr I rilt-i M it. - t -si . mt bb navy and u aa Saving Herrto. TbHt 11..:. .fl-gtl-t not um- ut at UW ra of Tbe Senate bill doe not Um nary to pro rid Uon for Um : -s not. fn 1 cign Affair redarwl it to t: mJl Mr. Hob snan trtoa to tower it to A MMM. Mt aiu r th point of no on inia bod baSM MMM t. . -r. Iid U-.-n -rler.-l i be cossfartMMts it to meet ia Wa nest October aa I a l tlei to lia Powers of Um wa. Id are to be tuvitad to j Uopit. 1 aa mmmm O MARKETS. i . yafn lalL'fa?- a I mmm9 . bad est-WnUy been 1 1 li t'e- tresatwa. I lit : - a ALIVE WITH A BROKEN NECK. S3m Mrs Al wtraJ.r L Th tha.. TORTURED BY BURGLARS. DISROBED BY LIGHTNING. Thcl 1 of iHv-d W, LirjL tal L-at a; Ryw-ItarytosMlMll 99 atn r ' f mmmf9iam f t-MBtMMV, 1 -Caw Y . a II. at m Th 1 -S. Y Ut BROKE HIS NFCK ZTAViVwr!? I e b If oa. af HM .asst 1 rntcrvd hy n 1 Th M atJ land toft lying fort lastly gut $.: 4. 1 lifrM to TZ lb 4t
The Weekly Economist (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 1, 1888, edition 1
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