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THE HEADLIGHT. ' A. ROSCOWEK, Editor "HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, t$AlED BT INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BT GAIN.1 W. F. DAYIS, PmblUhtr. VOL I NO. 38. Mt FIDDLE: Mv Mle? Well, i kind o' keeb hr nshdv, v.bn't Voii know? ,!:e i::li I ain't so much inclined to tromp thi t-t rin.qs ami switch the bow T as I fore the timbers of my elbows got so dry', ( .'.'.! niy Jitijrcrs was jijore limber-like endcaBer ish and spry. . , 'i i t I can plonk and plunk and plink, And tune her np and play, And jest lean back and laugh and wink At tvuy rainy day. My i lay'n's only midJlin' tunes I picked up when a boy Tlr. kind o' sort o' rkldlin' that the folks call corduroy; "The Old Fat Gal" and "Ryestraw" and "My Fallot's on the Sea," 1 !.. cmvtiilious that I saw when the'eh'ice It ltft to nie. And so I plunk ant p'onk and plinkj nd rosum lip my bow, .-.n i play ttie tnnrt that tnake ybtt think The devil's in yocr toe ! T! :.t' now this h. re old fiddle's won my heart's imlmin' love! trim t;e string across her middle td the Fcreechin' key above--1 ! ni licr apcrn, over bridge, and to the rlbboa round her throat, shfc'o a wooin", cooin' pigeon, singin' ''Lota ie" every note! An."i :o I pat her neck and plink' Htr s-trings with lovin hands.' Ar.d lir-t'niu' clost, I sometimes think She kind o' understands! Jajf.s Whttcomb RrLEr. PARSON JIM. ATHER more than twenty years ago, there was, about midway between Denver and Colo rado Springs, a point of the road where the broad valley narrowed in to a deep and Wido gorcre: known as the George Washington Gulch. If one had about that time quietly investigated nniomg the strange characters who famed the curiously cosmopolitan population of that Colorado valley, with a view to learning who among their number was held in the highest esteem, we wou'd have found that "the parson" was the man. Never let it be imagined for a moment that the parson of the Gulch was the orthodox parson, in the habit of wealing broadcloth of clerical cut nnd white cravats. lie wore a broad brimmed hat, certainly, but it whs of the approved cowboy pattern; to a coat he w as well nigh a stranger, being content to appear in a heavy red woolen shirt; while for trousers he substituted the highly ornamented and picturesque buckskin breeches affected by Mexicans, Indinns and other denizens of the far West. It is also certain that the title of reverend had never been, verbally or in writing, prefixed to his name, and yet he knew, and the boys knew, that to be called "Parson Jim" w as in itself a mark of distinction in a district where men were supposed to have no official titles' or surnames, while Christian names wore invariably reduced to monosylla bles. Parson Jim's record and capabilities were hardly such as would recommend lira us a candidate for church in com nmnities laying claim to advanced civil ization. He could not read the Fenta teuoh in the original Hebrew, or discuss !h Thirty-nine Articles; but he was a ilea 1 shot with a revolver, and could ri.le the back of a bucking broncho. The AVt stminster Catechism was a sealed bunk to Parson Jim, but he could set a i r keii limb,raise a tent or build a shanty with the next man. And because he wan as cool as iee when fiery blood C'liused through the veins of other men because he was brave as a lion be oai.se he was gentle as a woman with Kck men because he had a big heart 1 ecause he spoke kindly words and be cause nothing came amiss to Parson Jim, the rough specimens of humanity in George Washington Gulch loved and respected him as they never could have loved and respected a grave and learned il-ictor of divinity from the East. Now, in a Western mining town it is a r"s.s breach of etiquette to make in quiries as to a man's pedigree, or to at-t- ir pt to learn more than he chooses to t 11 of his history prior io his arrival in the in'iip. So lone: as he is "square" m l behaves himself heisoneof "the bov-s," and as such is bound to them by a s. rt of freemasonry. Hence, when T e. Mn ,lim came to the Gulch and an-n-u-.vd himself as a preacher, the r.iiiTs asked no questions. They did : t take "much stock" in preaching, but ti.ey v, ere disposed to give the newcomer a -'.-how," and when time passed, and P rson Jim proved to their satisfaction that he was made of the right "stuff," tii- y not only tolerated him, but made him heartily veleome. Theiewas no church in the Gulch, there was no school house; there was not even a hall of any kinJ. There was, howwer, a large frame shanty used for a uhisky saloon, named by its proprietor "The llocky Mountain Sample Rooms." In the West, 1h it remembered, all the ihinks are samples, no matter if the tame consumer gets away with fifty ylasst s frem the same barrel. Parse. n Jim made his appearance in the zn h during the winter immediate ly fel'a wing the summer when the Hon. auuu l Gn en made his important dis coery..f the existauce of tilver in the valley. v arrived on a handsome roan mare, without ba. or baggage, and made his quarters at the rude hotel connected with the Pcky Mountain Sample Koom. 1 hiring the evening there was a soutile in the lirge bar room, and the roweuiaer looked in through one of the dorsto see what was the trouble. A vov.ng and slender Ja I of perhaps 19 or years was struggling with a brutal leoking, muscular giant of twice hisage. It was only a question of miuutes when tlj? big rough fellow would "down" his young opponent, and yet the dozen or so of onlookers made no attempt at in terference. Just as the new .nival ap peared on the scene the yonrger com-l-atant not in a nnsty blow which evi dently hurt and irritated his opponent. Quick as lightning the big fellow drew liii tSJ?Vii fen-f(?' f.n.d 5ailei, tnarii- I PunSLng mto the lad. I llands off, you bully!" shouted the j siranerer m th rionmiir fighter glanced rapidly iri" iiib dTrettiorj from whence these words camp. hnt. Aid , , ; 4 u'Jvinay. ., me DUriv not drop the hand which gripped the ugly knife. . "Drop that knife!" thundered the fctranger,:at the. same time laving hia hand upon his pistol pocket: The bully noticed the last named action and, letting go the boy, yelled, with added oaths: "Curse you, shut up! Who are you, anyhovr?" The large man was evidently very angry, ne held he knife in his left hand,and with his right drew a heavy revolver, which he pro ceeded to level at the stranger. "Throw up your hands, quick!" shout ed the latter. But the fellow did not hear this warning. Click! went the hammers of the pistols. It was a ques tion of quarter-seconds now. Bang! went one of the revolvers the stran ger's and the big man fell dead. Then there was a momentary silence, followed by some queer ejaculations: "Dead as a Injin 1" "Sarvedhim right !" "Stranger's a plucky un !" "Be eAvti ful shot !'' "Who air you, stranger, anyhow ?" "BoySj" said the new arrival, when at last he had a chance to speak, "this is a sort Of business that I am not fond of. Sometimes it is nectcsary, though, as it has been tb-night. I am sorry; but let's say no more about it. I pay the funeral expenses and answer nil questions. You want to know who I am Well, I'm a preacher; and there'll be preach ing in this room, with the landlord's permission, next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock." It was a strange introduction for a preacher, but it was perhaps the best one he could have had in that wild place. Anyway, the respect of these rough miners was lastingly secured, and from that time on he grew in favor as a man and a preacher. In those old coach days there was one serious drawback to traveling between Denver and George Washington Gulch the road was infested by a small but hitherto invincible band of desperadoes, under the leadership of a regular dare devil known as "Kansas." This man "Kansas" had attacked and robbed the coaches fifteen or eighteen times within six months; and though he hail never been known to be accompanied by more than three confederates, his band was the terror of the stage drivers and their passengers. Once the proprietors of the stage line had organized a posse of armed men, who scoured the country in search of Kansas and his crew; but the outlaw remained at large: and within a week lightened a coach of $7,000 worth of silver ingots. Late in the evening of a summer day, when, with the exception of a party of gamblers at the "Sample Booms," all the citizens of the Gulch were soundly pleeping, a solitary horseman rode up to the unpretentious shanty which did duty for a parsonage. It was nothing but a two-roomed hut, rudely constructed and roughly furnished. On this occasion the "parsonage" was in sole charge of Ah Wing, a "heathen Chinee," who acted as Parson Jim's cook and chamber maid. Ah Wing was himself perchance in some Chinaman's paradise, for his pleepy features, usually utterly void of expression, were illumined by a yellow smile. The parson was off, as he fre miPnUv was. on a trin down the valley. nnd the parsonage, being well removed from the main portion ot tne settlement, was seldom visited during his absence. The dreaming Celestial was therefore much surprised, aud indeed frightened, when he was awakenett lrom ms siumoer by a violent hammering at the barred door. He cautiously drew back the wooilen 1kU and peered out into the warm, starlight ni.crht. Close to the door he beheld a stalwart man, with long black hair and a heavy moustache, hold ing in one hand the bridle of a large horse, while on his left arm he carried a girl evidently dead or in a fainting con dition. "Where is the parson?" asked tiie stranger in a firm but quiet voice. Tarson Jim he go way muchee; he no come home till Slunday," replied the surprised Chinaman. "Well, hold my horse, and hold him tight. This voung woman is very sick, and I'm going to lay her on the parson's He entered the room, and tenderly laid his burden on the camp cot which Tarson Jim used for a bed. Then he tore a fly-leaf from an old book which he saw lying around, and produc ng a short enil of ft pencil from his pocket, wrote'hastily and fcomewhat clumsily a few words. "See here," he said to the C hinamun, ns he stepped 1o the door, "give this piece of paper to the i arson as som as he returns. This young hvly is hurt a little and frightened a great deal, and she has fainted. Pivttv toou she will come around. When she does see hat you take good care of her, you ye low skinned, whit, livered duck- Peruaps vou'll behave yourself all the better A 1 tell vou my name is Kansas. ' The Chinaman perceptibly trembled as he heard the dreaded name, but said nothing, and the handsome stranger eprang to his horse and rode away. Ah Wing quietly surveyed his new nliorrra Anil 8!lW that she was a yellow- haired, fair complexioned girl of per haps 15 or 16 years, slimier, iu -dently unused to work of any kind. Ihe Chinaman faithfully kept watch all night, and noticed that the girl paesed gradually from her faint into aa eatf lumber. GOLDSBORO, N. It Was t clock in the fttornittff, and the cirl was still sleenine-, xrliPrt Jim returned- Ah -Wiri felt much relieved, and at once handed" the" tidte td his. master.. It was written in a' rough1, unhnbwn hiind, bat this 13 what he managed to decipher : " Parson, Tou are understood io bo ft pretty good fellow. This girl's father was accidentally shot this evening in a scttffle with the coach people. She must be caned fpf, ftd I select you for the job. 1 know your fecoydj flfid you are the only man in Colorado I would (ruft with an unprotected girl. I will see that you are supplied from time to time with money for her keep. Be true to this trust, or look out for Kansas. The parson twirled the paper in hir fingers, shoved it into his hip pocket, and then asked a few questions of Ah Wing. "What kind of a fellow brought the girl hefti?" "Muchee firie Mellcah roany replied thfe little Chinaman. 'Would yo'uknow hirri again if yotl saw him, Ah Wing?; "Yes, 6iree. Ah Wing no fool." Half an hour later the fair 7i?nc j granger opened her eyes, and the par i son, ill hii? homelv but pleasant way, proceeded to make her feel at home. "I am afraid, miss, that your hats ju?t passed through 6erious trouble; but try and feel that you are at least safe and amcTig friends". You are welcome to all this poor house affords, and anything that we can do for yoxi shall be .done." But the girl burst into a flood of t!ear; and could speak no words but "Poor father poor father!" Later tm; Parson Jim learned that she and her father were the only passengers on the preceding day to Denrer; and that they were going through to' Colo rado Springs on their w ay to New Or leans. The coach was attacked by high waymen, and, as the girl's father, Mr. Winship, rather unwisely resisted them, h? was shot dead. Then the girl had fainted, aud remembered nothing until she had found herself in Tarson Jim's best room. Her name, she said, was Ethel Winship. Putting the girl's story and the con tents of the note together, it looked as though the desperado Kansas had killed the girl's father, and, prompted by some feeling of remorse and pity, had under taken to help the bereaved daughter. A day or two later when Ethel 1vag somewhat rested and her grief less poig nant, Tarson Jim had another talk with her. "What wouid yci hie to do?" he said. "Oh, sir, there is nothing for me td do. Get me work of some kind here in this place. We had no friends father and I had lived aud traveled together since my mother died, many years ago. We were getting poor, too, I "know, and my father had some plans of his own, but what they were I do not know. If yoa will help me to get a living here, I shall be much obliged, and I am willing to try auy tiling." "My poor child' said Tarson Jim, in his kindly voice j "I am truly sorry for you. If yoit can be content in my rough home for a while, stay here until we can manage something better for you. I have no one for whom I care, or who cares for me only the boys in the camp. But these same boys will tell you that not a hair of your head will be hurt while you stay under my roof. I have plenty of this world's wealth more than the boys imagine and I can afford a slight addition to my family." So she stayed, and found that Parson Jim's words were true. She could not have been treated more as a lady had she been an earl's daughter and the guest of a dowager duchess. As the weeks passed, Pardon Jim managed to add a couple of cute little rooms to the parsonage, one of which was "my lady's chamber," and the other the "parlor." Then, too, pretty carpets and furniture came from Denver, and ihe boys began to think that the parson was putting on "lugs." But they excused a good deal in the parson, aud really vied with one another in paying homage in their rough waj- to the parson's ward. Of course they soon knew the story; and Parson Jim had shown Hon. Samuel Green and one or two others the note that Kansas had left with Ethel Win ship. Months fled and Ethel stayed on at the Gulch. She lecame contented, and much appreciated the parson's care and efforts to make her comfortable. She showed her gratitude iu a hundred womanly ways, and kept the parsonage as neat and pretty as if it had leen in Massachusetts or in the English mid lands, instead of in a wild Colorado valley. Only, every time news came of a robbery or murder by Kansas and his gang, the poor girl would become agita ted and cry for vengeance on the man who took from her a dear father. Three years slipped quickly away at George Washington Gulch. The robb. r had evidently not forgotten his promise to provide for the girl, for at odd times a packet of money had been found on ! efforts to make her comfortable, the parson's window sill marked "From Kansas." It had always !eeu placed there over night in a mysterious manner, for no one was ever seen to do it. Parson Jim himself still preached every Sunday in tlio S-minlii Rooms, and was sail a rtTime favorite with the miners, though thev sometimes wondered why a man o-lm was evidently ao well "fixed'' as the parson shoull elejt to stay in a rough, out-of-the-way placo like the Gulch. Ethel Winship had grown into a beau tiful woman, and was as good as she was pretty. Parson Jim perceivea. uug. Parson Jun was & love with hii ward. C, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1888. One iSvening in the springtime he told Ethel of his love, and asked her to be his wife. . , . "I cflnlnot ahSweT that question, dear Jiffy" snid the gith "Myself is the only reward" tthkll 1 cdrt offer any man, because 1 have ntttlght else, So I hate long ago made np my mind 9 keep myself td offer,- if needs be, as s reward to" the mrf ho' shall kill or capture" Kansas. If it were hot for that firm resolve, I would say Yes at ttace foTy Jim, you deserve my love and all I cad gire you. But do not ask me, dear. Vei L'aptf Kitfisarf will be captured, any how and soofi ty sOine One who will never think of reward. Tb'n well, don't think badly of me, Jim, deaf,' two things would make me a happy girl; vengeance on Kansas, and the right to call you my husband." Parson Jim heard these words sadly enough, but he thought too much of Ethel and her resolves to seek hastily to turn her from her purpose, even for his his own benefit. Eatly ih the following summer, toward sunset, Ethel stft on! the porch of the parsonage quite alone1. The parson was iwa'y; and had been away all day, and might fetnrn until the following evening. One tit the men from the Gulch approached and loffcl his hat. "Parson in, miss?" ''NoV.eke; he is away to-day." "Well, 1 thiz jest a goin' to tell him that we've got news (h Kansas is like ly tef be up ter mischief way' Sbout ten miles along ther valley ter nighf.- It's th' firot time we e'er got a pointer arf ter KariSfts' tricks, an' some uv ua thought as like enuff we might makeup a little crowd to dow n his h"obj Parson's mostly game fer bizness that's righl an' squar, so I came up to tell him." . .Fthel'a eyes flashed, and the warm blood coiif red quickly through her veins, as a wild thought Occflred to her. She could ride like an Indian"; fttid she was a dead shot ; Parson Jim had taken a special delight in making her a good horsewoman and clever with a pistol. "I will go," she said. "I'm not going to ask if I may go; I'm going, Zeke." "All right, miss; only it's risky work an' not fit for ladies. Mebbe ther par son wouldn't like fer yer ter go.'" "Yes, he would, Zeke yes, he would; don't you know don't you remember all about my poor father?" I will go, and if I get within range of Kansas I will shoot him without mercy.' So Ethel joined the party of fifteen ot twenty armed men who rode out that night for the purpose of capturing, if possible, Kansas and his desperadoes. They rode in as wido a line as the valley wotlld permit,- so that no company of horsemen might pass them unnoticed, and this plan proved ft good one. About 10 o'clock at night they espied four horsemen, evidentlv awaiting the doaeh. and closed in upon them. Zeke insisted on keeping Ethel Windship back, and made her promise to stay with him if the boys could effect a quick capture. But, no; the outlaws knew that certain death awaited them should they be cap tured, and resolved to fight dearly for their lives. There was a sharp, quick interchange of pistol shots. Thiee of the robbers and three of their pursuers fell from their saddles. The fourth des perado put spurs to his horse and dash ed right through the crowd of miners, who, in their surpiise at his action, al lowed him to pass. The desperate man emptied all the charges of his revolver beliind him as he galloped, threw t lie pistol down aud drew another from his belt. He rode in the direction of Ethel and Zeke, and they could see that he was a magnificent man, with long blaci hair aud a black mustache. "Kansas !" muttered Zeke. Ethel no sooner heard that detested name than she leveled a revolver at the man riding rapidly past. It required a steady arm and a sure eye to hit such a mark; but she did it. Cliek bang and a bullet lodged in the brain of the highwayman. A dozen men rode up and lifted the man. He was dead. They la:d him back on the ground, and one of the men, more curious than the rest, proceeded to examine the wonnd in his temple. To do so he brushed back the long hair and found it w as false. Then he looked closely at the heavy moustache; that also was false; so he pulled both wig and mustache from the dead man- As lie did so a long and piercing scream rent the air and Ethel Winship threw herself upon the corpse of the highwayman. "O my God! my poor Jim! my poor Jim! I have murdered you!" and then she fainted. "Parson Jim!" almost whispered a dozen men. One of the slightly wounded ruffians who also st jod near, letween two of his captors, nodded his head ami said: "Yes, Parson Jim. He fooled you boys badly. We call him Kansas!" When they lifted the girl from the dead body of Tarson Jim, cr Kansas Ethel Winship's lover and the elaytr of her father she, too, was dead. Kansas was punished and Ethel's father was avenged. Cha m Vr' J i rnal. Jealousy Cured her Illness. The Chicngo InUr-Own siya: One of the most probabh-of wonder cures is reported from Hartford City, Ind. Miss Mary Jane Roberts is the daughter of a wealthy farmer, and three years ago she and a yor.ng fnraier by the name of Co'e plighted their troth. Shortly after the engagement Mary Jane went on a visit to Cincinnati friend, nnd while in that city l a I a fall which brought on paralysis. She has since been a confirmed invalid, nd not long ago her lover began to cast his glances in another direction until it was rumored that he was contemplating another en gagement. The friend- of the girl feared to tell her of this for a time, but it was impossible to keep 1 er in ignorance. When told of the frailty of her lover she did not swoon or even weep. She set her teeth and climbed out of bed. She said she felt a little weak, but would be well before that man should marry an other woman. She is now as well aa ever and is to be married in a few days. "When a woman will, iJie will, and yea can depend on't," whatever may be in the way. Hnsband (in the early morning) What are you going through my pocket for, my uearr Wife A littla change, John. Husband Have yon no monr of your own? Wife Yes; but It 1 m much easier to i!nl a rsan'i poelet, Joha than a woman's. -Hartr'i Bazar North, East and ff es(. ' At Toronto, Canada, Archbishop Lynch died yesterday. At Pratt, Kansas, the Pratt Company National Bank was entered and the safe robbed of $4,016. Justice Field disposed of 341 divorce caw in Boston in a single day last week. At Quincy, 111 , the Mississippi River ie now ten miles wide, and hundreds of farms are submerged. Twenty wearers quit work at the Charleston, S. C, bagging factory on ccotnrf of reduced wages, on Monday. Three" redlining chair cars are now being run between Birmingham and Kansas City. This is a new thing east of the Mississippi. At the Savannah Yacht Club's thir teenth annual regatta, the Glance won by half a minute, Zinza second. The course was twenty miles in length. A volcanic eruption and waterspout have occurred in New PomeTania, New Guinea, doing immense damage. Many native and three Germans were killed. Three persons were killed and fifteen wounded Sunday on the Santa Fe Rail road by the explosion of a powder car on that road. A steam fire engine, which formerly lelonged to the Brooklyn, N. Y., fire department, is on board the steamer Seminole. Jt is going to Titusville, Florida. A cyclone of tremendous force whirled ver a part of Northern Indiana. The e'xfect of its ravages can only be guessed from the fact that the telegraph wires throughout a considerable territory are prostrated. In the Methodist General Conference lfl New Y'ork Sunday a proposition to elect Bishops one at a time, accompanied by a statement that there were combina tions among the candidates, was voted down after great excitejient. At the assay office. New York, the amount of gold bars on hand is larger this vear than ever before. The amonnt is 3,000,000, against 57,000,000 a year ago, and $15,000,000 in August, 188. Besides gold bars on hand, the assay office has gold coin amonnting to $13,000,000. NORTH CAROLINA CATTLE. Great Interest Developed I the Live Mock nlea9. The Wake Count v Cattle Club held its fourth annual show at Ra'efgb, N. C. There were 117 thoroughbred Jcrssys, Guernsey, Holstein. Devon and short horn cattle on exhibition, and the dis play was the best yet made. In connec tion with the cattle show there was an exhibition of horses, ail thoroughbreds, which attracted a great deal of attention, and was the best ever made in the State. There was a parade of horses and cattle, and as many visitors went to attend the show, the city presented a gala aspect. A meeting was held and the North Caro lina Trotting Horse Breeders' association was formed, J. W. Bcthell, of Rocking ham county, president of the meeting and W. P. Bitchollor, of Raleigh, was secretary. The association elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, S. B. Alexander, of Char lotte; vice-presidents, Baily P. Williams, of Raleigh, and J. W. Bethell, of Rock ingham county ; secretary, W. P. Batch cllor, of Raleigh; treasurer, Dr. James McKee. of Raleigh ; executive committee, William Burns, Frank F. Berden. W. H. Whitehead, Bensham Cameron, W. P. Montgomery and R. B. Ramsey. The secretary was directed to open a regis tration book for all horse6 bred in North Carolina. The trotting meeting will be held next fall, the time, place and pro gramme to be decided uponby the exec utive committee. The organization of the association is an important step, and is the first of the kind ever taken in the State. A TLRR1BLE DEATH. A .Mas Strii-k Jir in Enclae 4 Cat lata mall Piece atBlta, Ga. About a quarter past four on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. John W. Roberts was killed at Bolton, Ga., bv freight engine No. 10. Mr. Roberts.it seems, has been at work for about two weeks with Mr. William McKuight for McCombs, Tavlor & Co., on the tanks now being constructed at Iceville, on the Chattahoochee river. He did not ro to work as usual yesterday morninir, complaininsc of chills and a bad headache. The freight engine had been busy switching, at the time of the accident, and as the train neared the switch Mr. RoVrts was standing upon the track with his face towards the approaching engine. "Look out!"' yelled the engineer. Mr. Roberts paid no attention to the warning. The whistle was blown, the breaks applied, and every effort was raande to slacken up. The engine gained steadily, and about eighty yards from where the race began, it struck Roberts. He screamed once as he fell in the mid dle of the track, and the concimion was felt by all ou the freight. The engine was stopped a few feet from the depot. The IxkIv had leen torn and cut into small pieces. The lower limbs were seperated. but tolerably complete, the other parts of the body could not be identified as those of a human being. The heart had been seperated as if by a knife and was lyin all alone upon a crosstie. A gentleman who saw the remains said : "It was the most terribly mutilated body I ever saw. It was cut in inch pieces. I telegraphed to Atlanta for a coffin, and as much of the remains as could be found were put in it. Mr, Roberts's brother went to Bolton for the remains the following morning. Mr. Roberts is a married man, aged thirty-eight or forty. JI has no chil dren. Slarery Abolished In Brazil. Advices from Rio Da Janeiro state that the Brazilian Senate has passed the bill abolishing slavery which palled the Chamber of Deputies last week. Subscription, 01.00 Per Year. Joseph Edwards, "Yho Champion of Lotv Pricos." :o: HAS JUST RETURNED FROM THE NORTH WITH TIIE LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED STOCK OF GOODS THAT HAS EVER BEEN BROUGHT TO THIS CITT. I WILL GIVE YOU A FEW PRICES, WHICH WILL TELL TIIE TALE. LADIES' DRESS SILKS, in all shades former price $1 .10, now 40c. a yard. NUN'S VFILING8, all wool, in tfce latt st s'lade?, double width, former price 60c., now at 42 l-2c. ALBATROSS, the latest of the feason, fotmer piice 65c, now selling at 16 12c. per yard. A FULL LINE Of Ladies' Dress Goods, Seersuckers, Ginghams, Henrietta Cloths, Poplins, all kinds of Embroideries, Hamburg Edgings. Ol these goods we deduct 35 per cent, from the usual selling price. 1 0O Pieces of Straw Hatting Just direct imported from China, from 20 to 80c. a yard, actuil value 75c. Clothing, Clothing ! FOR MEN, BOYS AND CHILDREN A fine quality of CORK SCREW SUI TS, former price $20 00. we are no selling at $6.85. 500 MEN'S SUITS, all wool Casi'mtre, worth $15.00, we are now driving at $6.75. DOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, GENTS' FURNISHING GOOBS. FURNIURE. We take off 35 per cent, from the usual price this season. WeQaLSO KEEPA FCLL LINE OF Heavy Groceries, Such as Meat, Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, etc., the regular supplies for farmers which will be sold to responsible parties ON TIME, until next Fall, for CASH PRICES. Since my return home the rushes have been so immense that I would beg our eity patrons to do their shopping outside of Saturdsys in order to be able to givo better attention to their wants and desires. Remember the sign in front of my store: Joseph "The Champion 03. WEOL a HMOS., Vbolosalo and Rotai I Merchants, 60LDSB0R0, II. C. IN ECONOMY THERE IS WEALTH ! IN THE JUDICIOUS EXPENDITURE OE MONEY THERE IS ECONOMY! In buying j our goods of us you will find that jo j are expending your money JUDICIOUSLY. HAVE YOU VISITED Our Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Department. If not, depend upon it you're I behind the times in knowledge of the prevaTing ttyles. AVE MAKE A SPECIALTY Of our Merchsnt Tailoring Department, and have your garments made by famous Northern Tailors . We guaumtee to please alL rTJT nDT?oc nrrnoi tit7T a ptmttvt I pr ono i need the mst extensive in the 1 ' mr I REMEMBER THE j When you enter our Shoe Department. We are selling only 8aoes of well-known I manufacturer, and guarantee sitisfs.tion as to PHICE and QUALITY, i WE WILL DUPLICATE BILLS From any Market in our Whilf'ale Department. Call and be con need. UPChildren'i Carriage! in the most unique stiles. CARPETS, MATTINGS, OILCLOTHS, ETC. A large assortment of rew and exclusive patterns, at Lowest Fricri. IT WILL. COST NOTHING To look through our ptock; and conrlnce yourself that we carry the mt com, piste line. Edwards, of Low Prices. citv. Tbey are NICE; they are NEW; WIT ONE PRICE SYSTEM Hi WEIL d DBOO.
The Goldsboro Headlight (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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May 24, 1888, edition 1
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