North Carolina Newspapers

THE R E POR TER. MOSES I. STEWART, Editor, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1879. Editorial Briefs. Typhoid fever is still prevalent in Goldsboro. Superior Court, Mecklenburg county begins August 25th and lasts for three weeks. Yellow fever has increased in Memphis since our last issue. A general panio the consequence. A Texas dog ate up eight dollars worch of postage stamps and was mailed to tbat other clime Tbe New York Herald pronounoes the city police a fraud, and a costly one at that—s3,soo 000 a year 1 The Great Desert of At'rioa is to be flooded, and the Isthmus of Panama is to be severed ! The ond is nigh. Cotton factories are paying better in the Sooth than in the North. This is the best immigration advertisement in the world. Gen. Tom Thumb was capsized while sailing in his yaoht on a pond at Mid d'eboro, Mass., the other day. A passing boat picked him up. A terriffio and destructive storm swept over Massachusetts on the lGth, destroying vast amounts of property and many lives. John A. Hyqpan, oolored, formerly Congressman from the Second District, is assistant to the mail clerks between Baltimore and Cumberland. Henry Page set out to preach mor monism in Georgia. He had made about 100 oonverts and taken six wives, when be was arrested for bigamy. If Mr. Hayes is out of employment, the oountry pumpkin shows not being in season yet, he might win the everlasting gratitude of the South by vetoing the mosquito bill. Chastine Cox has been tried and con victed of the murder of Mrs. Hull, in New York, and sentenced to be hanged ou the 29th of August. The best news that has oome from Cuba in many months is that her sugar crop exceeds that of last year by more than a hundred thousand tons. Mr. Moody will pass the summer at Northfield, and early in the fall go to St. Louis, where he will remain six months, having the aid of Mr. San key, who is to return from England. John Duncan, ot Cherokee oounty, Alabama, has a powder gourd 156 years old. It was grown in South Carolina by his great grandfather. It has been a rule to pass it from one generation to another and Mr. D has requested his children to do thp same. Good news comes frotu Maine. The Republicans have lost ground decidedly, it is believed. The Augusta Standard says that from all patts of the State re ports of losses are received. It thinks the prospects for the Democrats much better than last year. So be it. George C. Bingham, ex-adjutant gen eral of Missouri, and the author of the painting known as "General Order No. 11," died at Kansas City, on the 14th, nged seventy-four. He was an artist of considerable ability, a politician and a great hater of Gen. Tom Ewing. la the Texas IIou«e of Delegates last Saturday an altercation and fight occur red between Representatives Asbbel Smith and Bob Taylor Both were old gentlemen, Smith being nearly 80, and a democrat, while Mr. Taylor is the re publican leader in the House. Dr. Smith kicked Taylor. There was a great up roar when Smith hallowed to Speaker Cochrane ; "I was only illustrating the Governor's position of pay as you go." Miss Lou Boiling, one of Richmond's bella, was litterally r. aeled alive on the 3d inst She bad retired to her room for the evening, aod after lighting her lanp she thrvw the burning paper to the haarth from which her dress took fi>e sod wag only extinguished when the iMt remnant of hor garments were eon named. She lived until the afternoon following, when death was a welcome visitor She was about 20 years of age. Cmnps IN FBANKUN. —A gentleman who has been through almost the entire oounty, reports the drought not very bad and the ornpa looking pretty well. w DON'T SPEAK OF IT. Ob, no ! Don't discuss the Railroad question in this county It would ruin the county even to speak of such an en terprise boyond tne home circle, and we have felt its blighting effects already by some evil-disposed persons making this ruinous subjeot neighborhood chat. Wev'3 had too much of this Railroad talk, and we hope the good people will not be d sturbed with such oonse any more. It is a question of no importance to any citizen, and its agitation should cease at once. The most redioulous and absurd idea we have ever known a people to enter tain is the one so prominent at present, that of building a Railroad The idea of a Railroad, when we have wagon teams that can make a trip from our county-seat to the nearest market of importance, with a load,. (and return.) in three days, is by tar the most prepos terous ever conceived by our countymen. Now, lets be at ease, and stop this everlasting Railroad hubub, and "hold our own," as the man who started in the world with less than ten dollars and ten years thereafter counted up and found $S on hand and exol»iai''d, "I've buld my own remarkably well 1" Is the moon made of green oheeae ? The Ohio Republicans are in a deci dedly amusing .quandary. They under took to conduct the campaign on the war issue, but the Democrats had the bad taste to put two Union soldiers, oue of them a cripple, at the head of their ticket, and as during the dark and trying hours of the rebellion Mr. Foster bad remained at home in Fostoria selling hams and calico at war prices the battle flag was judiciously hauled down. There upon the word was passed to "let up" on the great and agonizing issue of the next rebellion, and bear down bard upon the financial issue. Rut unhappily the plat-form-makers had not kept this con tingency in view. So there the Repub' lioaos of Ohio are running a country grocer who never set a substitute or a box of bard-taok, much less a pqnudron, in the field, against a Union veteran, in order that the grand results which the Union veteran fought for may not be betrayed by bim ; calling on the stal warts to vote for the man who denounoed Kellogg and secured the abandonment of his government in order that the folly of abandoning Kellogg may be made mani fest and rebuked, and dodging t&e silver question to show how fearlessly and firmly ihey have taken up their position on the financial issue 1 Lo ! TOE TOOR INDIAN—The Indian question is again being stirred up. Half the trouble arising fromr thi9 source oould be avoided hy proper management. The Indiana have but little desire to change their oondition; yet without doubt wbat the Euglish have done we oan do. and the Canadian Indian has been converted into at least a peaceable oitizen. "To be sure we do oot advocate their admission to suffrage until they become qualified to cast the ballot; but we do hopd that eventually this aborigi nal rao-5 will be constrained by force of oircumstanees to abandon tbeir primitive mode of life and oonform to the customs of the dominant race which surrounds them. When this shall be, then at least we may admit them to suffrage, just as all the Indians of Wectern North Caro lina are now enjoying that attribute to citiifDshjp." A man in Atlanta, 111 , had been so short a time a widower that he feared the public would censure him for mar rying again immediately ; but he told his sweetheart that he would marry her se cretly, and publish the fact later. They went to Chicago clandestinely, and were made one by a olergymau under assumed names. The bnsband went further west to go into business, and the wife returned to ber home. At the end of a year the wife thought that the time bad come to claim her rightful position, and went to join her husband. But he ignored their relations and the shock threw her into a brain fever, of whioh she died- Some time prior to the Khedive's ab dication a weekly newspaper, printed in Arabic at Paris, obtained, notwithstand ing the efforts of the police, wide circu lation in Egypt, and it is averred that 300 oopios were disposed of to guests at a wedding where the Khedive was pres ent. It contained striking caricatures of high 'iflicials, aod displayed a wonder fully intimate acquaintance with the inner life of the vioeregal court. The editor, a clever Jew and former favorite of the Viceroy, had been deputed from his offices and was furious BALTIMORE, July 18—General Wm. T Barry, Colonel of thn 2d Artillery, in command at Fort MeHenry, died at 11:15 to day. TUB TOBACCO CROP. The Virginia Tobacco Journal his reports from the state of tbe weed crop from ten counties in that State from which it appears that only rain is needed to make a fair average orop. Granville is the only county reported from North Carolina. From it more than an average yield is expected Ken tucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio and Missouri, will make less than half i orop. Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Conneotiout report good orops, need ing only rain. The Journal resumes, that under the most favorable auspices, the orop will be not more than two thirds of the average in quantity, but above the average in quality. IRON ORE. A rioh vein of iron ore has been found on the plantation of Mr, H. M. Oliver, on Otter river. A shaft has been sunk 80 feet deep. Tbe vein is 80 feet wide and the supply inexhaustible. Mr. Barbour, Maj Randolph, and Mr.Tfeid of tbe Midland railroad, with others, have leased it for ten years, and are fixing to work it. It is highly probable that a narrow gaugo railroad will be built for that purpose. The quality of the ore is said to be equal to any in the State or anywhere else. So muoh for building tbe Lynchburg and Danville railroad, and we are glad wo had a hard in it. The prospect is fine for developing tho mineral resources of the State which will bring prosperity upon the oountry. We congratulate Mr. Oliver upon the prospect he has of making a considerable amount out of his ore. He took 51. 200 in stoek in the railroad whiob has not paid him anything, but now be will pro bably get bis reward indirectly by tbe dcyelopmcnt of bis iron mines—Dan ville Times. We advise our people not to encour age any suoh nonsense as a railroad, by taking stock in the same, as they might discover an iron, goal or some other mine on their premises and then they would have to be bored with opening and shipping the same, and whats worpe they would be troubled with a surplus supply of money. Nonsense, this Bail road business. COMING SOUTH. A correspondent of the Danville Ke*s writing from Louisiana and Missouri, says "That tho West offers inducements for immigration cannot be denied, but the kind it wants is that which oan bring oapital with it. The capitalist can profitably invest in mining stocks, farming lands, or stock raising, and real ize a handsome income on the invest ment. But the moneyless man, depend ent on his muscle alone, has got a hard road to travel anywhere, and I fail to see that he is materially benefitted by going West. There are, in tbe newly settled districts, already laborers enough to sup ply the demand for some time to cc.mo. In all branches of the meohanics thou sands of workmen who oanaot find em ployment at tbeir own trades, and are willing to work at anything to make a living. Wages are low, and supplies of all kinds unusually high." North Carolina oan offor greater in duoementa to immigrants than any other country of which we are informed. No tornadoes, no yellow fever, no malaria, no Northers, no prairie fires and no muddy water ; oheap land, healthful cli mate, cultivated, moral population, churches, good mills and markets, cheap transportation and popular elections. When this country arrives at that point where an alligator can stand on his tail and hurl logs and things at inof fensive citizens we tbi-ik it it time for Gov. Jarvis to order out the militia. Liaten to this, whiob comes from Stone wall, Pamlico county, aa given by tbe Newbcrn A ut Shell; "On July, 3rd, about tnnset, S B Lane and his three tons, on crossing a swamp on their way home, were attacked by the largest and most ferocious alliga tor ever seen in these p He tore up the ground and seemed to stand oo bis tail and obunk them with logs. Thoy fought him manfully with poles and litnba, but finally had to climb the treea. Hit bellowings shook the spongy swamp ground like an earthquake. P C Diln mar heard the rumpus and comiog to their rescue, brought the monster down with three loads of buck-sbot and four pistol balls down bis throat." HBOKI JAIL —Two negroes committed for trial at the next term of court broke out of jail in Halifax Sunday night. When the jailor went io, one of them threw some lime in bis eyes and blinded him so that he could not see them, and the two made their escape. A third one attempted to leave, but the jailer caught his hand in the door and held him fast until assistance arrived. A reward is of fered for the fugitives by Sheriff Dawson. Fortunately the jailor's eyes were not seriously injured, though the lime was very painful for a while — Roanoke Newt. Our Washington Letter, WASHINGTON, D. .C., July 16, '79. Senator Thurman thus sums up the results of the late eession of Congress : "la my judgement no session of Con gress has done more for the vindication of the principles of American liberty. We have successfully maintained the prinoiple that the bayonet shall not oon tro! the ballot box ; we have repealed the infamous juror's test oath law ; we have provided for impartial juries in the Fed eral Courts, north and south, and we have maintained the principle that the Federal Government shall not interfere in the election of the officers of the States. A greater declaration in favor of popular liberty has not been made since the adoption of Magna Cbarta." The intellect of tha Radical party press is just now devoted to the Demo crats and Conservative men who, through merit or by means of competitive exam inations, have secured clerkships in the departments. Among the three or more thousand clerks, messengers, etc., here there may be fifty who are not Republi cans, and not mere than that number. I hope tbese will all be turned out. In some cases their will he individual hard ship, of course, but the "spite work" which deprives these competent men of their places will have some effect upon the minds of sensible men throughout the oountry. The Republican party has now no ambition higher than spoils The politician and statesman still linger ing at (he Capitol have reoeived notice ot a very important gathering to be held in Saratoga, N Y , on the 6th, 7th and Bth ot August coming. It will be un der the auspices of the American Bank ers Association, but in its arrangements it will oover much more ground than that fact seems to contemplate. The President of the Association is Alexan der Mitchell, of Milwaukee, a well known democrat, and eminent in com mercial affairs. The gathering will have no political significance, but is expected to do much towards informing the ooun try in matters of finanoe and trade, and perhaps towards reconciling conflicting news touching future legislation. Speeches will be given upon the subject of resumption, revenue, banking, the growth and wealth of productive power currency demands, commercial needs and the material progress of the country. The savings banks and trust institutions of the country will form a subject of serious consideration, and means for tbeir extension and improvement for the benefit of the industrial classes will be discussed. In short the Convention will take a wide range and assume natioual itrpor'nr.ce. Hon. Wm E Chandler submitted to various interviews while in this city a few days since In fact, he enjoy* being interviewed, and gives his opinions, es pecially ot individuals, with freedom. He says Grunt may be the Republican candidate in 1880 if he is willing to enter into a scramble for the nomination ; that Klaine's chances are fair, and ihut Sherman oaunot be nominated. He says Huycs is now as radical as auybody, and that the civil service reform of this administration is an exploded humbug. DEM. "Uoole Tom," of Columbia county, Fla., informs us that Maj Ellis, of Baid county, mustered up his battalion of children, grandchildren and stepchildren on the 3rd instant, to tbe number of 101 present and accounted for at roll call, inoluding a few BOPS and daughters-in law. "Multiply and replenish the earth" is a divine command the Major is bound to carry out. Columbia county is cer tainly very much indebted to him for raising suoh a brood of Democrats, for no Badioal bloody shirtcr, male or female, sullies their rauks.— Savannah (Ga.) News. DIKD or LOCK JAW— John Bird, a well known colored drayman of this city, stuck a nail iu'o one of his feet about two works ago, and Sunday morning, about 2 o'clock he died from the effects of tetanus, or lock jaw He occupied a tenement on the premises through which Jim Heaton ran Saturday night, in trying to escape the pursuing officers, and only about fifty or sixty yards from the spot where the body was found, aud it is thought that excitement incident to the suicide and the finding ot the remains may have hastened his death. He was in tbe employ of Mr. J C. Heyer at the time of his death, and was about 22 years of age Wilmington Star. SnoT HIMSELF —A young man by the name of W I. Hurt, living in the neigh borhood of Gill's Creek in Franklin oounty, shot himself twice, last Saturday. He placed the pistol right at his head and fired. This happened in the yard at bis home; his mother ran oat and seized him ; he fired a second time while she had hold of him. Fortunately neither ball entered the Bkull. It is stated tbat he was out of his right mind, and that love had something to do with it. He was confined, and will probably go to Staunton, where we are in hopes he may be oured.— Danville Times. FIQIIT —David Murphy, of Henry Co., shot William Lewis,at Leaksville,Satur day night in a quarrel. The ball whieh was from a small pistol struok bim just oyer the eye and glanoed, going through his hat brim. The wound is an ugly and painful one but not dangerous.— Danville Times. Wilmington Star ; There are some half doseo railroad (oivil) engineers in North Carolina, who woold be glad to have work. The Oxford and Hender son Railroad goes to New England in search of one. That is obaraoteristio. GENERAL NEWS. The Caswell tobacco orop it not prom ising thus far. Mr. Wn. Cleek, of Bath recently killed four boars — Montgomery Messcn gcr. The Leesburg Wnshingtonian says: Those who have threshed their wheat make most excellent reportsof the amount raised per acre. Officer Jno. Thompson, of Stan'y county, phot a negro named Forest, whom be was endeavoring to arrest Tbe wound is probably a fatal one ATLANTA, July 18.— James V Nethers, of Union, 3 C., committed suioido by putting his head on the railroad track and letting the train run over him. ARM BROKEN —Buck Argabright, of Blacktburg, had his left arm broken on Tuesday last, by a rock thrown at him by G. Hines — Montgomery Messenger. We learn that thirty-six of the con viots at work at the head of the Western North Carolina Railroad I ave been re turned to the Penitentiary for medical treatment. The sale of the White Sulphur Sptings has been changed to Tuesday the 26th day of August 1879, instead of July 30th, as advertised in this paper last week.— Montgomery Messenger. A self adjusting switch has been in vented and patented by a Mr. Weant of Mooksville, Davie county, whioh will prove of great value and convenience to engineers.— Gulihboro Mail. There is a Baptist noblaman at Chat ham, Va., who is himself a tract society. He is president, secretary, treasurer, and gives all the money and does all the directing. He has his own colporteur, and, we hear, he likes the business so well that he will probably increase his lorce in the field. — Religious JJerahl. Obstructions were placed upon the track of the Carolina Central Railway between Boggan's Cut and Polkton a short time since. Mr. Hilburn, tbe seo tion master, had them removed, and while guarding the place that night rone one fired on him from ambush, the bullet penetrating his clothing. INYBNTION. —Messrs. B. L and G. W. Vernon, of Greensboro, N. C, have in vented a railway switch sigual, the prin cipal feature of which is that the switch man can not release his switoh rails with out first displaying a red or danger sig nal, which oaunot be removed until the track is again secured.— Winston Repub lican. A thief entered tbe residence of Mr. Wm. Suiiihdeal, in the Eastern ward, one night last week, during the absence of the family, and robbed his wardrobe. This is a rare occurrence here, and we think tlie thief was most likely a tramp, and not a resident of tho town — Salix bury Watchman. Judge Settle and family, of Florida, are visiting relatives in this place. We are glad to learn they will spend the Summer in Roi kiogham and Guilford. We regret to learn that both the Judge and his lady, have been suffering frurn chills and fever. We hope our pure air and healthy olimatc may speedily remove the malaria from tbeir tj-teuis ReuhviUe News. * The Snnw Hill correspondent of the Goldaboro Mrttenger reports the serious wounding of E. Mitchell by a gun ei plosion, and the mortal wounding of a small negro boy by a larger Colored boy. The big boy scared the mule the little boy was driving, which caused him to cut the other with his whip Thereupon the big buy hurled a cart round which broke the little boy's skull. This is what the Concord Register says of the Factory run in that town by the Odell Company : The factory is running oo full time and the operatives are looking happy- The Company say that tbey have order ß for their plaids as fast as they can tern them out. It is a lively spot, and the handsome appearaoce that the young lady operatives make when they turn out on Sunday, show that they are well paid, and contented. PRESCRIPTION FREE! For the *pe«*dy Cure of bemlnal Weak neaa. Loat Manhood aim all disorders brought on by Indis cretion or t'xccw. Any ImiKiclst ha* the ingre* (Ilfi-IH. AdtlrrM. |>r. H. JAQI7EM A CO., ISO WMI Ninth Ntiwt, iWiaaatt, O. PIEDMONT WAREHOUSE, WINSTON, TV. C. For the Sale of Leaf Tobacco ! PIEDMONT WAREHOUSE sold more parcels of Loaf Tobaoco last Tubaeoo year Tluui any Warehouse in Town ! THE SALES AT PIEDMONT last Tobaoco year amounted to over (1,500,000) One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds. PIEDMONT is the only Warehouse in Town that has side lights and sky lights, and is the best lighted Sales-room ID Town. Th'i building oontains 14,200 square feet of floor room, making it not only the largest Warehouse in Winston, but in the State We now have in our Town Fifteen Tobacco Factories, with a prospect of more in the future. Our Leaf Dealers have orders from Riohmond, Petersburg und Bsltimore, also from Canada, and willing to pay liberal prices for all good To bacco offered. BRING US YOUR TOBACCO jn large parcels and in good order, and we guarantee you highest market prioe. NORFLEET & VAUGHN, Proprietors. W- A. S. PIKRCB, of Stokes Co., J. QA. BARUAM, JAMES S. SCALKS, Book-keeper. Auctioneer. Floor Manager January 23, 1879. 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HARRISON, —WITH — A. L. ELLETT & COMPART. DRY G AND NOTIONS. A. L. ELLKTT, CLAY DRRWKRV, A JDDSON W ATKINS, 8. B. IIUUIIKS. 10, 12 anil 14 Twelfth ■Strrtt, RICHMOND, VA. April 3d. 6m. J AS. D. CHAMBERLAIN, —WITH— C. W. Thorn & Co , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS, Richmond, Va. Special attention given to orders, andsttis» faction guurantetd. June 19th, 1879. 6m. The Bolargraph Watch! ONLY SI.OO. A perfect Time-keeper, Hnnting-O'se, and HUAVY PLATKO CHAW, latest style. We war rant it for lire years to denote lime as ao curately as a SIOO Chronometer Watch, ami will give the exact time in any part of lli» world It also contains a FitisT-Cr.Ass COM PASS. worth alone the price wc charge for the Time-keeper. For Men, Bivs, Mechanics, School Teachers, Travellers, aud Farmers it is indispensable. They areas good as a high priced watch, and in many oases more reliable. Boy*, think of it I A Hunting-Case Watch and Cham for SIOO The SOL.ARGRAPII WATCH is U9ed by the Prinri|>al of the Somerville High School, and is being fast in troduced into all the schools throughout the United States, and is destined to become the most useful Time keeper ever invented. The POLARURAPH WATCH received a Medal at the Mechanics' Fair, at Hoslon, in 1878. This is no toy, but is made on scientific principals, and every one warranted to be accurate and reliable. We have made the price very low simply to introduce them at once, after which the price will be raised. The SOLARGRAPH WATCH ANI> OrfATN is put up in a neat outside cart), and sent by mail to any address for SI.OO We bare made the price solnw, please send two stnmps if convenient to help pay postage. Address plainly, EASTERN MASURACTTIRTNO Co., Rockland, Mass. CM O KP 1 1 BLACK WILL'S 111 M DURHAM ■■ TOBACCO TO MAKE MONEY - Pleasantly and fast, agents should address FIVLEY, HARVEY A 00., Atlanta, Q%.