Ooiumc to. il l. MUItItILL, Editor.] 1 !!> 011 m Z£ 1R 5 . LA ]; .1 Shu ford & Shufords new ad, j ' • Hickory Inn took in 81063- h-t wnth. * i Ingold will preach in the lie-i fuin.i 1 Church Sunday. \ v-he\ ille is to have another cot ton factory. V, • were gad to see Mr. Allen' i • • evt Hsf Saturd'iv for the } 4> r 4 \ . > .* !i. • 'IJ •S V .i« LLi ALO i • I . j - IJI J tne uou.muuicaii HIS on lu- J- !e : Our coiuiii! s re open to both u ides. "!». Il !>•> •. ' a famous trotter, was ■ I'V a member of ( ho Vs O. N T. last week for £-">1.000 Se\of our citizens; c.aim to Lave fill ■ s'.ight s Vioc 1c of earth »iuake Sunday night. Mi rtha M. .Tones, for many rears a resident of this place, died on Saturday last, in Chester, S. C. Mr. Mi luel Spainhour, of Upper Ci'i • 1-, .T'urKe county, dit d 'ast Thurs day iogli-. aged about 82 years. The Marion Bjugm says meas.es prevail extensively about Oid Fort, and th*t Mrs. A. J. Dula has died with il. Claremont College is booming. New scholars are coming in all the time. We 1 iv.: as f.ne a job printer as :ii the Stete. Semi in youi work. HICKORY PRINTING Co. Th Newton Enterprise says New ton is to have a Bank soon. The gentiemai: who is to start ?t is said to have h' n a former ca-hier for D. W. Shuler. "What is the matter with the elec tric lights'? They ain't in the soup but they go out too early. Oue o'clock is early enough to envelope such a thriving town as Hickory in darkness. The literary societies of Catawba fol'ege have invited Henry . Gra ly to deliver the annual address at Commencement, which will be in I May. Mr. Grady has accepted. The oyster supper at the Inn was ijuite a success. It receipted about 640.00 to the Episcopal church. Manv thanks to kind originators for not foigt tting a sick editor. The busted State National Bank, of Kaleigh, has settled with its cred itor-.. It was able to pay forty per cent, of its liabilities. The amount talized from the w reck wa* The annual celebration of tne bat tle of Guilford Court House will take place on May 5 Senator \ ance will deliver the address, and * continental military company will participate in the exeicises. Scir e towns "would prefer their lepots out of town.' AV e don t ; .aine them. We would our LV one out of town too, but then y ' ,> will soon have a fine one which * Ms to the looks of the town. Hie Phu nix Mills, have jus't fin •'l-t u putting in a Lew 40 horse -1 wei engine and are now prepared lo vlo tlrst c'ass work. Capacity of "d-e null is P2o I ushels wheat and 150 '•ushels corn per day. Although a I: *'W mill their tlcur and bolted corn meal have already established a high 'Tutation. See their ad. in another column. U'ft Town. Dr. Henry Abernethy left last Friday on short notice. For j several days prior his departure, | there were numerous reports in cir j dilation regarding Lis behavior to wards Miss Laura Shernll, a respect- I able young lady, which raLge from ; imprudent to highly criminal. The 1 voung man is of a good family, hav ing a father, mother, brothers and sisters who stand high in the com ; munity, are deeply mortified over t e occurence and have the sympa ! thy of the community. f, M ? v i. ."(* 1 . i. ! ,- 1 1 X TIT; I II VV 3 IILLVJ 'V 11 18111, IIRILL Inkier r.ot be puolished to prejudice the et-e either way before any legal ! investigation that may take place. ! ' iisrt* s ems to be two sides to the •rise and we ask the public to sus- I [loiiu judgment until the truth is I known from sworn testimony. Dr. lieury Aberuethy returned to town Wednesday, since the above was written. i _ The slnller Mad Stone. Tliimadstone of BultGr's is un i questionably a genuine one, It was i found in the "light" of a deer that I ... ; was killed in the mountains, and is »fa very peculiar formation, being | egg shaped. It is composed of po ' rous layers. Some time ago the out ! side layer was broken, and it fell off like the shell of a buckeye.j The st me has been applied to hundreds of bites, and good results have al ways followed. After it drops from a wound, it is boiled in milk, and the ! milk becomes green. Bulter has re fused an offer of SSOO for it. This j stone is beginning to attract the at -1 tention of' scientists and. medical j men. It is claimed that jit will cure \ a bite without the aid of whis key.—The Charlotte News. ' Iletter Turn The River. A correspondent of the Hickory Press suggests that a new county be jO O • formed out of portions of Catawba, Caldwell, Burxe and Alexander, with Hickory as the county site. Al though Aleck is so crowded with hind that a great deal ol it has to : stand up on its edge, yet we havn't ! any to spare for a new county. If that part of Catawba is dissatisfied with the present arrangement, Aleck will just extend her limite across the ' river and gladly taken it under her protection.—Alexander County Jour ! nal. ' I I Caught ruder au Iviiglnc. On February 25ih, at Conover, !C„ \Y. \Y. Pitts, fireman on the YV. N. C. Railroad, while cleaning the ashes from his engine was caught in a very dangerous situation, the machinery was set in motion by es caping steam while he was under the engine and he would likely have been ' ground to pieces but for presence of mind enough to cling to the axles of 'the engine wheels. The engine v.a* stopped at the switch where it was ' derailed. Knight* of Rent. i There is trouble among the mem bers of \he "Knights of Rest and it is iumored th**y will soon disband. If they do the most of them will join tie "steady setters." a young society recently started, which has proved a \ci\ dangerous ri\al to the "Knights ol Rest." It is needless to add that the changes in either of the above s>- citties \s i*i iiot eflect the buds of pioniise m the least. Spring clothing arriving daily at the white front 10 -* Ibicfterv, IHortb Carolina, Cbursfrap, 7, isso. BEN, HARRISON.: I INAUCRRATION OF THE 23* D PRESI DENT, i I j AMIDST THE CHEERS AND APPLAUSE! OF HALF A MILLION SPECTATORS. ; trover Cleveland Goes Out at) He j C.-.nte in, tlie Couli leuce of Every Honest Man. WASHINGTON, March 4.—With situ ' pie and solemn ceremony in the ' presence e>l all of the wisdom anel I authority embodied in co-ordinate j branches of the government and sur ' rounded by representatives of all the great nations on the face of the' ? globe, Benjamin Harrison was to | day inducted into the highest office within the gift of ihe American peo j I pie. ; Gathering up the reins of power ' |as they fell from the grasp of his i predecessor, he took the oath which ; bound him to the service of his 1 country and charged himself with 1 the destinies of sixty millions of people, anel so it was that Washing-! ton, the Capitol city, was to day the Mecca of liberty-worshipers in all j parts of the land. Washington was crowded to its | utmost capacity, and very wet—it! having rained ver} l.ud Sunday night. The procession was the largest ever known—carriages innu merable, bands of music, aud sejuares and battallions of people and offi cers. The ball was immense, and ! the most gorgeous aud splendid in-! ' angulation ever known was that of! T I | Gen. Benj. Harrison. At one minute to twelve, Capt. Bassett aunounced the President of the Uniteel States, and ! a great hush fell. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND j entered arm in arm with Senator ! Cockrell. preceded by Capt. Bassett j aud followed by the members of his cabinet. He walked to the seat as-1 igned him in front of the clerk's J desk. The eight heads of depart- j ments. Br.yard, Kndicott, Fairchild, 1 Whitney, Garland, Dickinson, Villas, and Coleman, seated themselves op posite the justices of the supreme i court, the crowd standing till all j were seated. Further delay being still desiiabie, progress was halteel ! .again bv Capt. Bastett As he did; I i OFNERT AL HARRISON, : ou the arm of senator Hoar, appeared ; at the doe>r and was introduced by 1 | Capt. Basse!t as the President of j the I uited States, and he walked; with Lis companion to the seat pro- ' vided at President Cleveland's right, ' the audience again rising to their : ! feet. The same cereniuny was repeated ; with Viet, i'i v t-ident elect Morton,; who, before tnkmg hi.s seut. was sworn in by Mr. lugalls, who walked anu in arm with Senator Cullom. At 11:50 president pro I tem. Ingalls rose and closed the Fif tieth Congress at exactly noon by 'official time m the following words : •'SENATORS: —Conscious of a seri ous desire t» de»ei ve your approval and aware that ihit would be se | cured only by constant devotion to \o.:» ice. 11v C Lr.ir assumed with «1 ffideiice the great tru*t Con ten ed by >our su If rage, which to-1 : day t.e re.m juishes with the pro 1 foundest rgatitude for the honor of the resolution of commendation, and declares th»it the St-nate now stands i adjourned sine die. Immediately upou the relinquish-. - ment of the chair by senator lugalis, i Vice-President Morton ascended the ? forum and called the Senate of the* , FIFTY FIRST COVORF.SS. At eight minutes to ] 12 o clock, while the rain was falling the heaviest and the crowd cheering j the loudest, the Presidential parti'' made its appearance. President-! elect Harrison and vice President-! elect Morton acknowledged the ao * , plauso of the multitude by raising theii' hats and bowing. After going i through the door President Cleve-j land went immediately to dent's room in rear of the Senate lobby, and President elect Harrison ' and vice-President-elect Morton 1 went to the vice-President's room at ; the other end of the lobby, and ad-1 joining the marble room. i TIIE CABINET, WASHINGTON, March s.—The I res- , ident sent to the Senate to-day the , * i following list of names, gentlemen ! I selected for his Cabinet officers : i JAMES G. BLAINE, of Maine, to be Secretary of State. WILLIAM WINDOM, of Minnesota, to I I ; be Secretary of Treasury. REDFIELD PROCTOR, of Vermont, to be Secretary of War. WILLIAM 11. H. MILLER, of Indiana, | to be Attorney General. JOHN WANWMAEER, of Pennsvivai.ia, ■ j to be Postmaster General. BENJAMIN F. TRACY, of New York, 1 to be Secretary of the Navy, JOHN W. NOBLE, of Missouri, to be ' Secretary of the Interior. ! JEREMIAH M. RUSK, of Wisconsin, ; I i to be Secretary of Agriculture. t r . . These nominations were promptly i confirmed. 3Xor£anton Court. The senior editor was unable to j be at Morgan ton as he expected but the junior one was there. He ( ; was born up in that neighborhood ! i j but dont know ail of our subscri- j hers. Some he saw r through the I aid of lieid Pearson—thanks to Keid anel some ha didn't see. It ; all he did not see will send us $1,50 we will be thankful. All owe that and some owe more, but we will be ; satisfied wiUi that fwut. for the pies-: | ert. Judge Armfield is holding court i , and is pushing through with a fuil 1 docket. I A large crowd, lots of lawyers, j ' hard times and something elegant O O | to eat at the Banks House is the way you find Morgantor:. Our Hotel. Mr. A.—Have you stopped at the i new hotel at Hickory? Mr. B.—Yes, una it is the nicest, I neatest and best kept hotel in the I Stata The above conversation was acci dentally overheard on the train. j I ' A Utile KlMtieuff. | Ou last Saturday an affray oc curred, in Sherman's bar. between Lawson Jones, of Caldwell county. I and Pinck. and Charley Campbell, of Hickory. It cost Mr. Jones and the two Campbell boys £2 50 each and costs Oakland Inn, one of the attractive, new and elegant buildings in the suburbs of Ashevilleis to be no long !er a hotel. It has been purchased at a price of >75.000 by the Board of Home Missions of the Northern Presbyterian Church, and is to be devoted to educational purposes. Spring overcoats at Rojster A Martin S, Hickory. N C. IPE-Kseiwais. R"\\ Mr. Richard? and wife, of the Re forme 1 Church in Ohio, are spend ; ing this week in Hickory. T C. Martin left Sunday for ' the North to buy his spring stock of goods. lie a 1 so attended the iu | auguratioa at Washington. Happy John ! Dr. I. P. Jeter, of Union, S. C., is tlie new dentist, who has recently ; come among u-. Dr. Jeter gradua ted from the T niv *rs!tv of Mary'and an 1 is highly reeoimuoudeu ooih as ; a gentleni.tn and a il«*;jt aud we i are ghi 1 to welcome him a* a citizen. ■ Mis.> 1 1 Gwne. >t \\ i j,esboro, 'whonis been \.*irinv' Mi->s Jsur«»in tor some v. et»ks, teit last Fridav for her home and left many acheing j hearts «>ehiiid her. whose soothing , nothing cau accomplish but the , backing in me sunshine and tae I breathing again of the exhilarating. ench*vt and aromatic atmos phere which belongs to M tie ! - _ Hickory Rlble Society. • At a joirt moet : ng of ail the de -1 nominat'or,!- in town nt the Presbv j terian Church last Sunday a Bible 1 society, with about members was ; organized by the R-v. Mr Liw,ofS. • C. who is agent for the American Bi ' ble Society of \ V. About £4O was raised as a fund | and Davis Bros, book store was i selected as a depository for the : Bibles. The cHoct of fhe socictv is to v ». furnish bibles at New York cost and to donate them to those who aie j unable to buy them. ! 7 See Rovster V Martin s storing i slock before you buy. 10-2* Some of our state exchanges are publishing what they call a likeness of Dr. P. L. Murphy, Supt., of the i Western Asylum. If he should sue l and recover deserved damages he would be vt rv rich and the aforesaid papers would bo poor for a fact. If they did not tell who it was intended to represent, his friends about here who know him would never have guessed for whom it was intended. Lenten bevices commenced in the ' Episcopal church in thin place on !\V rdnesday and will be continued daily for a week, when it will be trans i ferred to the Church in Lenoir for a week and so alternating through the ! season. Wait for the new fads in spring clothing. Rorster A* Mai tin. Hickory, N. C. 10 2* ftvlclH\llle items. Mr. S. Wittkowskv of Chailotte is \isitiLg J. M. Kids. He made the people of Denver u speech to-day on building a cotton fartorr at that place, in which he proposes to take , home stock. Mrs. Hettie Smith, one of our old est and mo.it highly esteemed ladies, is very sick. The cold wave has passed off, and the farmers are again busy prepar iLg land for com and cotton. A little right occurred while the hands were working the public road ia-t week, between S. J. Forney and -T. T. Good son. There wan «»uite a contrast in their sizes—Forney 265 lbs.: Good son 111 lbs. Goodson claims he got the best of the fight, but Esquire J. A. Da VIM lined them both the same. J. Feb. 28, "SO. 1-lumbcr 10.