North Carolina Newspapers

'O.R ilifi 1 OS 11 v OLUME XV. Reporter Fast. *U BUSHED WEEKLY AT DANEURY. N. C. PKPPER & SON 3, Pubs, «V Props II AT KM OK NT ISHt'lt 12*TIOX * Cue Tour, paonblo In ndvanci lIJW Six Month* 75 RAT KM OK ADVERTIMIXUt •ne Square (ten line* or io*n) 1 time »t For each additional insertion AO Contract* for longer tlnw or more nyacu can be ua«ic in proportion to the above r*te*. Transient itdv#rttnftrii will l»o exwjcteil to ren.lt accenting to the*© rate* atti • time they *ond their fnv*ni. Local Notices will bo bargedsopercent.higher than abo* e rate*. , Bu*ini- ■ Cards will be inverted at t'vti liuilar per annum. «r ■!-" —— PROFESSION 11. CJIRPS. A. J. BOY!>, J. W. llf.ll>, t. B. JOHNSTON, J I T.I 1 H JOHNSTON. BO YD, Attorneys -ul - Law, WKNTWORTH, N C. Messrs. Ttoiil and J.ihhson will regu larly attend the Superior Courts of i Stokeii county. R. L.If.TYMORE, ATTORNEY-AT LAW Mt Airv- N. C. Special ion itiven tin- ruUeiVion i 1 alaiu>». I—Witt ' lr. F. CARTER, &TTQ iirtiir-: r-A afjEvJ MT. AlltY, bt'KitY i N. Practices wl:er«vr. hi.. wvto". ar» wanted j t. dvt, Ai.nnn ; .ionts. I Pay Z* J uiunufa't' rot BADDI.KHV •: Ml' ' ' Mis TMAR Ko. 33«. W. li.iiilnwro-t.'.-vi, • Vd. Xf. V. Tucker, II « U.S. s« r.. : , Tucki'i'i Smith & Co- Maiinfacterhra Peeler ■ in Boor.i, siiOKf, i/.tr.s asi> .ir.s Mo. «M Itallimrre sirwl. >: Itlmire, *l. Jl. t 11. J WITH henry !Soni>.'hum .V Co., WHOI.ES.ILE CLOTMEP.S. MAllinrtr St., (!"•■■ St»l BALTIMORE illK n. SOI.NKBOHN, »• BUSLINE Hlefhe* /"uiiicy, L. il Blair W. 11. >f WITH STEM E.\ J'l /'. \EI' 6 ( '> Whole d Jailer* in Boals, Shoe*, a nil Trunks, 14f9 ilalll Street, ge,t. MI4M. 1!H UitOXV, VA. RlCH.kill) WOOi» HAW I. !'• • •iCDWIN. IIUN KV UIiNIJKIISOS. l:l 11 1) It.UO.N. WOOD, BACON &CO Importer* and Jobber* ot" DRY GOODS, XOTIOXS, H KITE GVOJ)S, ETC. Nm. 309 311 Mil- t St., PIUL Ali KL I'll IA, PA. Parties having CUT MICA for itle will find it to their interest to fo'respuud with A. 0. SOUOONM AKKII, 158 William St., New »rk. e. s. ogxjesjryT WITH C. W. SCOTT. WHOLESALE NOTIONS AND WlllTK GOODS, 612 Jlaiu Street LYNl'llWltU VA. A. E usviwi ic. > with WTWGO, RI.I.ETT & CRHIP, RICHMOND, VA., Wholcaale I>e»ler9 in BOOTS, SHOWS, TRUNKS, KiC. Prompt attention paiil to on! i a. nml «tis ction gauranteed. JKf Virguiia Slate Priton Qoodt a ipeaaliy March, 6. ™ HOBKKT W. POWSKS. F.DOAR O. TA*M> . It W POWERS k CO., WIIOL ESA L E DR UQ OIS T A', Ptai»r» ill PAIHTS, o!Li, DVKS. VARNISHES, ironeh and American WINDOW ('LAssS, PUTTY, &C HMuKIFti A ND I'HKW I*o CIGARS, TOBACCO A ST'EdALTI 1305 Main Bt., Richmond, Vn, A ngimtCiijlG— wilson, i;uns & oo M WMOLESAI.R GKH'*KB AND O'MMI HLUN MKHOHANTS. 3o 3 Howard street, corner of Lombard, BAITIMORR. We keep constantly on hand * larye an well aborted stock of Groceries—writable fci Southern an Western trade. We solicit con • ignments of Country Produce —such is Oot • ton; Feathera; (iinseng; Boer wax Wool;l)rie Fruit; furs; Bk»ns, etc. Our fadlit.* lor ih af buaineseare surh as to warrant quik salt ! nd wo cap t returns. All orders will hare o , to pt sttM«4«n yi GO TO W. I tmpwa Tf T V ' 'USE I3LOCK, AVinstOn, TV. J FOR OOOI> Tobacco Flues, Sheet Iron and Ilome IIIUUO Tiuware at I'i'iccw Also Roofing and (Inttcring at short notice, at HOTTOM PRICKS. Sept IG-ly J. IV. SHpPLEY, Corner Main and 3rd Slrcct wiarsTO*, x.c, Under Jacob- Clothing Store. »l AN UK ACT I'll EH OP Harness, UriJles, Coilar: and M iddles, Also u-alof in Whips, !1 auics, inrushes, Lap linbes, in fast everything in tlm Har ness and "addlvry liiic. •CHKAPKsT Ho* : I'. V. rt'ltx SOUTH ♦ r.vnoi,!s\. Will !l my own lsinr.uficiitr.-1 pooils as cheap ts you ran l.tiy the N p t?ru an.j Northerncity M*. lego is. PATRCa;zC HOMK lihIiOSTRY. lias a stock of iho old army McClellan Saddics ou l and. Cunic and fee mo Sept 20 1-y. Jtirown 110 j rs & Co ' \\'h »V.«nlo and Rot oil II AltO WAII 12 J l.arpot liuaof STOKYB in Winston. ! , Agricultural Implements MACHINERY ofalllcinds ! lUiI.YKSS J.SD X.inniTES Sfc. j r.II\TS, OILS, VJRMSUES, &c Special attention invited to their IV/ules I'ti/iper Plum. i.l gents DuponVs old and Kelt known Rifle Puiater. Sept 20-1y Doorß, Sash, Blinds. Having rebuilt cur Planing Mill, Door, Sa**h and Bliud Factory, and fit ted i". up with all new machietry of the latest and most approved patterns, we are now prepared to do all kiuds of work in cur lino in the very best stylo. \V« manufacture DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Door Frames, Window Frames. Brack et*, Moulding, llaod-ruil, Balusters, Newels, Mantels, I'. reh Columns, ami arc prepared to do all kinds of Scroll I Sawing, 7'urning, &o. Wo carry in stock Weatliei boarding, Flooring, ('oil ing, Wainscoting and nil kinds of Dross od Lumber; also Framing Lumber, Shingles, Laths, Lime, Cement, Plaster, | Plastering Hair and all kiuds ot Build ers' supplies. Call and see us or write for our pricos before buying elsewhere. MILLER BROS-, WINSTON, N. C. GLO. STEWART. | Tin and Sheet Iron Manu facturer. i' Opposite Farmers' Warehouse. ROOFING. GUTTERING AND SPOUT ING done at short notlee. j Keeps constantly on liand a lino lot of | ( iMikinu ami Healing Stoves I preparation of more CI BWPMiIMMMM*' {.nan Ud Hundred FJ l| TbrltMnl MpllMHoiMf"! pstrtU In I mU the "i it«4 Sintr* mil')* C n oonn ' '*A .11 ,\#o t>o> i-" r c * * lO m 4 « -*■ fttbi 1 tori' fttft, caroita, tnde-in.»ika,Copy „ .I, ■ rtJjr, , ,uj , for I 'i« United Maty*. and to „bt*m Mr»nl« in Canada, hugtgtt*. fcrnnrrt, rea*. \ble. Hv rV.r««lor o •• natiou of wodoU Or driwintr-* Am. I K* n*" l Patent- ' rtHitfh Intheil IK^TJni' A MICHH W»' * liu UkftUrtr s« oircuuMioit ai»4 U th" inert Uuluentjal reV*o«Vr of U kind rub!i-.d in tbe woiid. j T!ie of »ui hft notico every p»tt,ul«t *"iiui\*ril at"l ■pl'n.ll.llr llluttruwl wnw mechaiiioe, Invention*. •nfftnMrinc worts, *nu , other cl.|.«r(m«nu cf lydu-n-.l r»b- Halted In any countrv. 1* confine the Dftm* of ftflpfttoot"' and I»t 1«' of every iurentu»« patented aacn wra-i Try I' four iuuntb# for one dollar. Bold bf all newiiealere. . . _ 4 ,_ If you h««» *1 ntioo to patent.writ* II nnn A "o. publi.h. re of HolentiHe Ailmio *u. i HI Broadway, tew York Handbook about pateata mailed wee. "XOTHIPSI ! I.ISJj: SI'CCIiSS. DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 13. I KfBMVMf M»K. AKI>HKW IIEDBKOOKE, The raorbte smith, at his morning task, Merrily glasses tlic blue-vcincil atone. With stout hands circling smooth. Yoi ask, "What will it be when it is do .e?" "A shaft Tor a young fill's f;rave." Bolt hat . Is Go hark with a will to their sinewy play: And lie sings like a bird, as lie swaying stands, A rollicking stave c»f Love and May. t.'tly. AM lA'l'3l ACT. "Follow you, the star that lights a dessert pathway. yours or mine—- Forward, till you ■•••the highest,; human nature i*- divine. Folic w lipht and do the for man can haiT control his doom, • Till you lind the deathless angel seated in the vacint tomb. Forward ! Letstonnv moment fly and mint !- with the past, I that loathed have come to love him. Love will conquer it tlie last." Vrtnn TVMVJMII'H Lo' kslej Hd'.l SUly Vmrs Aj'lcr. TWO PICTURES. TUT: OM> FXH.KB AT IIOME, A SUBJECT DEAR VO THF. IIKART OF KVEKY TIU K .MAN. In n repeat publication was an on raving omitted "The Old Folks at Honia," It reprsMntodan tged couple pitting together reading a letter which lay on the table befor& them. The s-red mother, with a smiling l ice, was win - paring something to the pleasant faced father. Thera must havo been j;ood news in that letter. It may have bneu tv. in tlr ir hry—wflf a*- ■' .»ay* t and girls to father and mother—telling of his sucec's thus far in the battle of life. Maybe It was from a I >vo»l daughter, writing to father and mother, telling them ho* much her little oue- talk jl of grandpa and grandma. It was a bemi tiful "picture of a su'joct dear If thi heart of every true uian *nd woman. The old folks at home, m till' piatJre, Were just what they should Imvo been— happy. 11 was, aside from an artistic view, a picture that would altrae! and delight the eye. Another picture is painted to the mind. It is the same subject. In place of smiles tbuie arc tears coursing down the turrowed cheeks. An expression of anxious esre takes the place of pleas ure, as they gaxo on t'uo letter before them. That letter coutains bad ncwi from those whom these two aged hearts iu tho years gone by, had hoped would prove an honor and blessing to their father and mother in their old aqc. Now all this bright coloring of a happy old ago £ivM way to tho dark colors of lifo that make Death welcomo and tho grave a flowery bed of oa.«e Theso are true pictures of the old folks at hoiue it: every community. Looking at the aged anther's face, love for her child shine* forth under all, no matter how trying, circumstances. In tho criminal court cf Chicago, re cently, a young man w*s tried and convicted of a capital crime. The mother had sat with her boy all through tho trial. She had hoard all the ovidcuce for and against him. Sho had listened to the argu.nouts of counsel for and lag iinst her son, and when tho jury ' brought in a verdict of guilty sho could j no lougar retain herself and in her dei i pair and excitement arose and deuounc "I in frenzied w rds thu court, hopiugnly to save her boy. lilinded by lovo that mother could gee 110 ill in her sin, though he belonged to that class of lie ing« which infest all cities. Ni ! one can estimate a mother's lovo. It descends deeper, it reaches higher, it i. broader and uioro charitable than a!' thiugs else of creation. No matter how low and depraved a child may become, mother'* love goes out to th*t c\jild will tho aatuo force us it would hud that child grown up and the mother had realizoil all her fund hopes br its future, j How inuny young men who are away | from tho old folks at houio think ■ ! mothers' love ' When tempted to do n i questionable act think ot mother. I ; evil companioca en'iee you it will licl| I you to n-niat temptation. If the youn; ; ;i:on ot America wiio are out iu tin w.i Id striving to in ike a competency I wou'.i! nl•. keep the p cturo of tho oh' I folks ut home, especially mother's jto I tura, constantly in their hearts there ! would be fewer mothers laid to rest in ; broken hearted graves and oiueli h •>- I crime to recerd. Ho--, dnr.t no br.ck on the old folks at home. Stand tiriu I by the principles mother taught, for it | is to mother all credit is due for what good thorn is in us. — Milwaukee Sun. WHAT 'FUHCIM/RIII SPF TO UAQCO HAS DONK. EDITOR I'uoGHts&ivc VAUMF.U : About six or eight jenv , i|f in con vet «#tion with two otl.. r la.'.W.* (tnbiu.- co raisers) on tlio subject of tobaoco raising, I tuado the assortlotf that the I culture of tobacco was tlio worse curm I that had ever been introduced into North Carolina. They seemed to al most doubt the sanity of a man who would venture tuoli an as.-nioi , ] asserted it because t believed it to b" a stubborn fact and 1 believe the time has come when hundreds of others will (if they have not already) oorne to the same conclusion. Fifteen years ago the far mer as a class paid Ills tray or he did i not go. the farmers of North I Carolina owe to firms in other .Stales hundreds of thousands ut' dollars, much of which 1 fear they will never be able to pay without sacr fiee, for eh mica' fertilizers, another grand curse for which the culture ol tobacco is respon -1 sible. Ffteen ycar igo when tho farm ] mar wanted to haul hi- grain or hi: ! pork to in irket h« could do so during fin • watlier and over reasonably g«>d roads, bringing back the cash for hi product. Now he must haul tobac oo over tho iv Ift of roads during th Worst of weather, take what bo in per, no matter what it i» w ' tat: 1 C" » bieknjt h'aled with the cash but with the very things he should rai- at limn , viz.: i: at and brea I, v h» : ', never stick another plant atytcxt >, : ho will put out inori than !IJ did l i t. I low about our seasons J Wo once 1 bad seasonable summers ai)|.l .mild win ' l r, Now in summer we Tiro PCO .1 1 by drouth ut.d in winter fro! n by il i zards. This U ibo faot. \Yhered>>ve • tind the cause ? Some yeaiS ago when 5 many of the farmers bad tluTex.is fuvir others s '•! th y would not live in u country so subject to drouth . hi u ' changes of temperature and v ( ll same fanners, in order to irro.tr fl e yel ln\v tobacco, have with tlio a\o ill io hand and tho li.o brand iu the other, J made havoc with wh it shoul 1 havu b n ' tho jirido of the old North State, her ! magnificent forests, and made North J | Carolina just such » country as th *y e onco vowed they would nevar inhab t. ti Farmers, when, oh, w'.cu will you u turn lroin your evil ways > i- Show me ten farmers who liavo raised o t»b»eco for ten years and 1 will s'. n you seven oul of tlio toil vr! • uro (al things oon*id roil) j,o.ror than they were ten years ago. It is uiy bones l conviction and I fear that timo wil pruvo tuo correct, that ten more yean of leeklcas growing of tobaccti and us ing commercial fertilizers will tin J Nort! Carolina in a norsc financial luuditiot than alio was al t'ue close of the civi war. TAB Hkkl. Dec. 10,1886. UUURKNI COMMENT. While both the uiessagi and Mr.Vanuing'n report recMtnm odor, measures of vigorous ouirency contradic tion, each fnitcd to uial.a su.rf .- ions 01 any compensatory expedients for the preservation Q( t!io jiri sont voluuio ol currency which the country finds at it: first experiences of trade aetivity hardly adequate to its wants. The President rcocnumended the sus] i-iou of ailvei coinage, and Mr. Maiming tho same, which in ten years would deprive th currency of additions amounting to $300,1)00,000. Mr Manning also urj:- ed the rotiremcnt ct legal tender note whicli in ten years weiild de.stmy $1140,' >IOO,OOO ■>( ciioulating note* The na tional bank currency is being stc .dih retired, and under pres. Nt i;.ws the losi of §322,000,01.10 currency in this de partment is also a (|Uestion of time while the withdrawal of this oirculutiot is cvon now contiou The failun of those authoritative utterances to 'tig gost any means of saving this cireula ti oi of creatiug seme new currency while reecominendnig enormous con traction in other classes of currency, i: certainly a most renurkable feature.— l,ouiavillo Courier—Jour m\, l)cm. T'lirty th- ■ iwd persou* areau.T«rin| for the nee- s.siries uf life in the drout district of Texas THE LOST CACSE. THE At LEIiEII N ORT It W EST F. ttN" CONSPt- KACV—RECK IT SOCIETV OF THE Ko.VSOK I.l*l tilt TV. LOUISV ILLE, Kv. t January I.— Tho anuury number of t\ia Southern lliixm c will contain a second paper on tlio ■ Njrthwoxtcrn Oon piracy." In tliis the writer devotes much space t" a nur ■ iitive of thu effono made by Jacob Thompson, "Special Commissioner of llic Confederate States in Canada," in »>io summer of Itffii, wiib a view to 111- •eresline 4 |>ron;lnent men o. tur NortTi ir, furtherance of the peace poliey, and tl.i failing, to create discussion aud disunion ■ll iIJJ Northwest. A n lug tli • North ern men who went to Toronto to confer with Thompson was J udge Jcritn.ih S, Black, Judge iilaek was nnxlous to lind some plan tn.it would lea l to peaoe but bis labor was fruit!' Thompson was also in i-ommu-iicatioti with V.sl landinghaui, who was at this tunc m ! Canada. Yalluiid tighatn explained to I bompsoii the cli M i- ter 01 t!i-t -. irji society of Hons of Liberty, «*' whi -h lie was (Jrand Comuiuu ! r. Ho assured ri onipson that tho Order was in nil .lirre hundred lh"U-md strong. Tlier #cre cL'bty.livo thou- ind members, h • • :iid,in Illinois; !iity thou Hid in Itidi .. and forty thousand in Ohio. 'lis >rler owed iu exi.stoueo, it wis cl i! .1. 'd, to an apprehension that the pr-> rc«s f events was leidi i? to military d ■pot sin, against which it was 1 cessary to ■rgatiize an army. Members of this' r- ooi.uion, the writer says, h i 1 no per „.,| •!!)»,a*l -. v.-!th thi:C. nf icra'.-i at ill. !"-i- . 11 - .r. 1 tli it wir •' ul 1 •»-.-v; t.,ey di-i -i"t b 1 ul ti cotl itito i nal 1i- ■ ,j' >.. a ' t\i;!it • mi .. ■ ai d harsh; l ut ihoy d ;pv- *«• .•«! I J tl.ej did not eoudt . ti ,-e.v Thoy id no wish t.i ; tho South successful iv aimed superiority. und while thoj 1 ranted the Fed't il 0r aies wrhdrawn I 'rem Southern territory, tln.ro w.re few i ... w-H I*-.-.. .i.;„.l .1. | tnv way to a Confederate viotory, or viflhed disr.ster to the Ctlion armies in | h i field. Wo vcrv soon discover-. 1 that ! i.is >• tin- tc.iip.-r of these people an 1 | oiin-l it ne-.-CPsary to keep that fict 1 . i:ind in all 1 .r dealings whh them . I'here seemed I ) be hopo 02 the part ol J Otno nie.i.her.t of t!.-- 01 ' 'r, h iWQfGt) j ind it w .» a frequent topic of discussion, if. tablislting a saperat > Confederacy of ■he Nor. iwestorn Stares, hut the great uajority, so far as the Confederate C m | • -ioners and their subordinates could ; lisoovi r the real and preponderant feel- j ngs, were animated notwithstan ling | heir jealousy an 1 dislike of Federal iiitliority, by a strong desire to sen the nion restored "as il was. ' 1 hump on and his fellow Oommiuieneri en loa\ icd in every way possiblo to foster he idea of a Northwestern Confederacy o act in concert with the Southern. J I'ho writer denies thai President l)avi> vas a mctnb T of the • 'tdef or h id any .hmg to do with drawing its 1 onstitu- Mt. PERSONAL. The last book that General Logan read was the biography of Geo. K. K. Lee. lie finished it tho day bef..ro ho nas stricken down by his lutal sickness. -A'. V. World. The largest legal fee ever obtained by Abraham Liue 'hi • and his partuor, llcrndon, was one t»f $.i,000 from tiie lihnois Central Hailroad.—N. Y. World. tiiu Logan is dead. He was a bravo man an l made a good soldier; but he lacked that magnanimity which would have adorued his character. Poorgeuilo man' he was never able to think kindly if thu S.iutli or tho "Rebels."—Norfolk L-tnilmiirk. Lot an was too narrow-minded to be a patriot, and his pretentions to broad and enlightened statesmanship do not desiro for him 1 reputation beyond that nucot I'al ' successful politician Kvou as th's ho was partisan and bitter.— Moutgoin ry (Ala.) Ditji'tch. The whole of the five persi.us who were taken to Pari* by Pr. iv.dy, of Ciitorham to be t. -ated by M Fas'.cur al'ti r being bitten by a mad deg have returned to their respective homes, and arc reported to bo progressing favora bly toward recovery .-+Galigntint , B M* »cn *er of I'arii. Miss Winnie l».»vishas met with mark cl and graceful attentions in ti e North daring her visit. At a reception given to her near New Roehe/le she wa tousle I. Then followed the "Star Spangled iiannnr. Miss Davis jo ninf in tho song. Sho bore herself admira bly and because without subserviency —Wihnington^SYi'. NOUT 11 CAROLINA. A N'ATIVK ABTIST AT WORK. It is indeed and in truth a magic !utrl, for I re apples prow and ripon Hid mellow twico n i the same tree in one year, fur summer bring* to these »811-klSS'"l V.leS all (if til'! SWeO'Cst Btld i-uluiicrt influence of its gorgeous and l'txnriont wealth, and scatters as her incense and her fondest tribute to this beautiful shrine of plenteous land—fa vored of Ood and loved of man. It is a land where the gulden suidig'ut of .•nucu, *" uuod 4>> -V(j' »»»"•" -41 ml rppling laughter of splashing rills, scatters tho first sparking shadows of Jiving light, and makes goreeous with crimson splendor • >uie of the l iveliest vales that wero ever siretched out be ne ith tl; broad eatioty of Uciven. U is a land whose viles, treaded with sil very bn" kl -ts and (letted with flowery ernWoes, iniike one dream o' ;i nrvr I' liir -1 li, a lew er atim ; ivh 1■: fluwert prow in richest blooiu ami sweet 'st li igranoe; ■vheto bird* sing their merry roundelay fn til eai'y iiriru :ill l ite at night, rank] ill.; 'l;v v.'-.i I year vocal wiili notes of gladm : s, ind c;»ising portions of every in ,;h ol Winter to resemble a flower wreathed chil l of flagrant Spring. It is it land v h TC high mujntaiu tops, itching all t .o crimson glories of gor -15. us sin s, preiorvc for Man's de lectation an I iupturo those exqui-itc linttng of '> i tty. -icmingly ma la only or the visions of the best m the ouch m- Icd 1 aliM? of l'aradi.-o. Tuo scenes cf . i;i y. seci in the inglcd dell, the in' Imped grotto, and the crystal •ri i: | us tl.- 'cl im in . all the wild iu,nr,!i :-j (1' f,os! v.r light col wig, v • 1 •' ai'.'l b v.vilder the : 1' all • Cliil Linains who ■■ r p:r I v':!> •• . >■ 1 brush the ■1 li (, ati. ■ ■ I' tli ;'.r j > •ic bosoms. Yes, it i.t a land rich in sneno* like •! 1 \ for l"-ro n-i'uri absolutely seams to empty all li e paint pots of heaven an the lot• :.ea| >. Earth 'loos her most ■j>rg'?'itH apparelling of mviisd tmcH ; .-.try. Creation seems bathed in iri nintifl spleudors. Th« for sts, re i iiig in hor r.cw ontfi' of endless var ed and be'} angle 1 togg"ry, toss 'lair 1-iUs jauntily, swing th ir long arms, lend, sorapo and chuckle, and put en is many tiirs as 1! idius at a rural ball. I'lie red hud blushes at th wooing of jol \ Ic Frost, who conies pinching her jhei k and nipping her nose with the rol licking insolence of a true devilmay :are. The will »» and cotton voods, ispon arid laurels, in 'heir delicate dra ictiea of er ■ :i and gold, flutter and simper Willi coquettish delight at the rhisperinz of 'li a morous lireoze.— >\ ilsun .Mirror. BRIBFS AD 111 FT. Violent earthquake shocks are report •l in Wester.l Maryland, causing great ilarui, but no damage. Three hundred pcrson» perished in a ue at Madras, British ladia, on Dec. [list, 1886. The shipments of Chrif'mus presents to New York was so great that they could not be dclivorud by the express companies, who Saturday had nearly ono million packages awaiting deliv ery. The day set by Uov. Lse of Virginia, for the execution of Cluvcriua is Jan. 14. In bodford county, Va., Christmas daj some biiys tied a package ot lighted fire-era "kers t the tail of a dog, near L'rofe- r il. 11. Meredith's barn. The dog ran into the barn aud the fire crackers set fire to the build ing. The building wns burned, with twenty-live barrels of corn and forage, and the professor barely saved Lis cat tle aud horses. The severest snow storm ever known in (treat Britain h»s been sweeping Kngland during tho past twenty-four hours. Trains arc blocked over all roads, and travel in many instances en. tirely suspended. Telegraph wires have been prostrated in every direction, and for several hours Loudon was entirely cut from communication with the out side world. STON KWAI.II JACKSON'S HORSE. — TUn frame of-'Old .Sorrel I, ' the horse Stonewall Jackson rodo on the ill-fated field of Chaneellorsville, has been moun ted by a taxidermist who, it is said, if now exhibiting it somewhere in the north. "Old Sorrel," it will be remem bered, died at the soldier's home some months ago, and his frame w ill be place! somewhere at the home as soon as tin taxidermist brings it back to Iticbmoud j -Ex. NO. 27 OCR STATE CON TEMPORARIES. To bojsrin then with our highest oonrf. They should provide fur the amendment of our State Constitution go as to add two more Judges to the present number. The business of the court has Increased to such nn extent (hat the labor is too f»reat for three persons to perform, with tho thorough mid careful consideration which ull of its adjudications should re ceive. The decisions of our highest court ought to be carefully made, and thoroughly and maturely oonaidered b*- foto they are Ac guMsnoe and government of the inferior ooaru and the public. The judioial districts of the State ought to be reformed so that courts of adjoining counties should conflict with each other as little as pos sible. This could bo acoomplishod by establishing an nifonor system of oonrta upon us permanent a basis as tbo Supe rior Courts arc now established, and not dependent as tho lato Inferior Caarta were, upon the whim and caprice of sel fish politicians and unprincipled dema gogues. Wo have had enough local op ti 'i legislation, and the worst of wbieh was that which applied to our courts of justico. Our judiciary ought to We in dependent, an 1 as far removod as possi blc from the corrupt atmosphere of pol itics -GolJsboro .Messenger. hi the language of tlie statute, "tlic enils of juslico, public morals and the preservation of order demand that the execution of capita! offenders should be ma le private." We have no hesitation i»i ' :\ing that the statute is right. I'ob !:o executions tend to corrupt morals pervert ju.lf.oont and inspue vicious p-K.-iotm. Of course there is a horrid interest attaching to the hanging of a human being, and there arc thousands who would like to sec it. Those who go to iviti.cM uch scones expect to sco so::, thing that will horrify their better feelings, and they generally resort to stimulants to brace up their nerves. Wo ml know tlie bad effects of whiskoy upon a crowd, and wo cau hardly con ceive it to be possible that a crowd sboul lgo away-from such a place bet ter nnd wiser. There was perhaps noth ing that tended to debauch the moral* of the old Romans so much as their fu rcc and cruel gladiatorial contests on the arena. This final act of the penal l iw ought to be invested with proper solemnity. This cannot be done in public.— Pittsboro Home. , Thcro are writers who are hopeful that the time will come when human life will bo very greatly extended. San itation and medical science, it is hoped , will, yet incrotute tlie arerago of life permanently and greatly. To justify s ich an rxpoctation the city of Birming ham, Knglaud, is pointed to. In 1871, it had 344,9-.0 inbabitanta, and 41 persons to every acre. In 1885, the population had grown to 427,769, and C>l persons to each aero. But theheabq lias been better and tbe death rata low. cr. In 1871 tbo deaths numbered 8,695; in 1885, but 8,156, although the popn. ation was some 85,000 more. Th# ictuul saving in deaths for throe yean ivas 17,715. r l hat is what good sanita iou and science did. 1 leie is a lesson :or all cities, towns and villiages.— Wilmington Sl/ir. Senator Vance has introduced a bill n tbe Senate for the repeal of the Civil Service law. We hope the Senator will ieep hammering away on this manifest y unjust end un-Democratic measures intil it shall have been wiped from tbo itatutc books.— Albemarle Observer. ((ne. of the saddest objecta we are apt to pee is a heart broken by afflictions mil without ooufidonce in God. The uind is m such a ease is the ounning ustruuicnt of its own toitnre. It preje ipon itself with a cruel voraoity. It s not only despair, but despair armed irith a deathless sting. To tbe inSam* nl imagination I'rovidenoe wears tbe is poet of a eapncious tyrant eversport ng with the sensibilities of its helpless nctuns.—Charlotte Church .Mtsen 7f. Speaker Carlielo thinks there will be no legislation this winter to rednoa tbe revouue. Tho time is too Bhort and there is too much disagreemiDt on both ni.lcs of ihc House. "The American, people," tic says, "cannot bo made to realize a situation until it is actually upou them." 1 en. York soon a dol lar, and with no introduction save It's reputation. He acquired alnioati iir uiudiately a good praotioc, which hr« steadily gtown, until ituo# biingt bin $•20,000 a year.