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w \fht rllseineiits.
j Notice —J. H. BRUNS.
j.;W Card— C'illey »SL Alurrii.l.
\»- ■., lon and Conover commence-,
1..,..tt his week.
tiemont College Commencementi
cy i 1 lith of June.
!U e Hive" shirts for Toct in all !
- at Royster & Martin's.
\\'i aecept the Topic's apology, '
, tge and all, if that is its best
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fine Dress shirts and new Fads
ji. gents neckwear at the White 1
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fancy flannel shirts at Royster & |
Martin's White Front Clothing Em
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R(»3steriV" Martin have the finest!
stock of ready made clothing in the I
market.
We want to give you a better pa- j
in -111(1 to do so must have what!
vou owe us.
i ir three legged horse curiosity, j
which belongs to Mr. Jim Herman,j
i- -till doing well.
Miiiisti r Lincoln sailed on the City ■
of Paris, the finest ot the ocean grey- i
hound-, on the 15th.
Two of our oldest lawyers have j
gone into co-partnership and formed
the linn of Cilley & Murrill.
Full l>i •ess Suits for sale or hire!
at Uoy-ter A: Martin s.
Hickory, N. C.
A- we go to press the city is full
of Lstinguished teachers and Divines
a11(r. ling Seminary commencement.
TLe Strawberry supper given by
tL' l little girls of the Methodist
Ci. soh List Friday night was a suc
ct clearing for the benefit of the
pai >onage *25.
il.i illi). represent the amount ot
huiMing now going on in this citv.
o o %
it i> nuule up of business buildings,'
fill lie institutions and private resi
ih i.i t>- all buildings o! high order.
li e Ith Regiment band is doing
g 1 work now drilling and practis
ii ,r up for the Encampment. The
1 iiiakc a tine appearance and will
!• n l to down on music and drill.
Oi.» of the largest owls we have
ev i >, ,-n was caught by Mr. Jett.
! . oi our town. It has been
: '"ig i is chickens and Air. Bolch
M t a trap and caught the wise fo»vl.
AN t are very sorry that during our
:i ~:'u: 'u from the proof reading de j
1 " 111 tll. l:i-.t week, when the read
f the last galleys was our duty,
'i i ookai'hu vi. errors remained
1 1 rench headline. \\ erelease the
vil" and take the blame upon our
i .e thirty sixth annual commence
of Roanoke College will be on
''h of June.. Mr. H. T. Hover
1 - count/ is one of the orators
occasion and we much regret
*vi ng able to accept his kind in
' ui to attend the exercises.
: I. V. Bonnitz has purchsed
l ate control of the Wilmington
nger Publishing Co., and yvill
• 'ie the business as heretofore
the exception of improvements.
W ilmington Alessenger came to
rdav printed with new type.
J Mt -stnger is an excellent paper
'■ 1u wish Air. Bonnitz abundant
•" 11" 11 and success.
it e vellue Raid.
On the night of 20th inst. Deputy
Collector Geo. W Me ans accompa i
nied by Deputy Marshall Harris.
Messrs. Henry JoDes and L. H. Hug
gins, went into the South Mountains
and captured an illicit distillery near j
the residence cf Joe Reynoles
From all appearances the distillery
had been producing "Stagger juice" !
for a long time. The "Golden
winged butterflies" have heretotore
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made a number of fforts to capture ;
Joes outfit, but on account of the
lay of the land and the moral status'
of the community, have failed The!
distiller was just retiring for t»ie ,
night, from his arduous h.bois, as j
the officers approached. They, how
ever got close enough to him as he
marched up the hill to hear him j
whistle the "girl I left behind me."
"Slick to Hie KiitfUsh."
Thanks Brother Williams. We
stand corrected. It is no more than
we should do under the circumstan
ces. \\ hile we know it is oneof our
many faults, we cannot refrain from j
using a little. French occasionally
and we sincerely hope our brother,
of the Futerprise will continue to
correct us when we make "glaring
o o
errors." We appreciate and respect ;
his great superiority and heartily
congratulate our county contempo
rary upon the fcet that his knowl
edge of the French language and his
capacity «s a French exercise correc
tor is far in advance of his ability as
an english schollar and writer.
New Arrivals.
On last Sunday night there ar
rived in the city a very handsome!
young lady, Aliss Martin by name. |
She is the daughter of Mr. Jim Mar
tin and weighs 1) pounds.
On last Tuesday night there ar
rived at the house of Dr. J. T. John-!
ston a very line boy weighing 10
•/ %/ o o
pounds.
Last Tuesday, Miss Hunt, daugh-1
ter of L. M. Hunt, was a welcome'
arrival at the Lutheran Semi ary.
Three precincts \et to hear from. I
Thi" stii Supper.
Oil last Tuesday thr-lil) Regiment
Band gave for their benefit a Straw-j
berrv and ice cream suppei at the'
Mineral Spring.
Fvery thing was neatly and tastily i
arranged and the receipts, on ac
count of good work done by the
voung ladies, amounted to 5i00.09. j
A good scheme was the voting!
a'A.iN of a handsome silver v ise, to
the mo-t popular young lady of
Hickory. Miss Mamie ljenoir got
the vase.
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There's an opening in Lexington.
N C. for some man who wants to
he Mayor. The Dispatch say- May
or elect Robbins persisteutly de
olines the honor that was thrust
upon I iin last week. 1 p to this
time he has not taken tlie oath of of
tice. Our former townsman, f H
Jones was nearly elected and turned
' out to electioneering for Mr. Rob
bins.
We ate always glad to hear from
our old home and especially anything
that is good. The Wil. Star says:
"The surveyors running a line from
Burlaw for the Buigaw and Onflow
railroad were expected to reach
Swausboro yesterday. From the lat
ter place they will run a line back by
i wav of Tar Landing. As soon as the
road is located the work of construc
tion will at once begin. Mr. H. Mo-
Bee has charge of the corps of sur
veyors."
Ibichorv, IP.oitb Carolina, Cburs&a?, 23, isso.
Tlie IZickor> Ilrivint I*arU.
The fust meeting of the Hickory
Driving Park which was held here
on Wednesday and Thursday of last
week was a real success.
As is the case with everything—
the start is always an experiment.
The people of Hickory and sur
roundings are always ready to go iu
to anything for enterprise and thec
al ways "get there."
A great deal of money Las been j
put. on tlie ground and race track
and we can now claim as good a
half mile track as there is in the
state. Wednesday the first day of
the opening was a line day. The
track was in fine condition and line
horses entered from Charlotte and
Augusta formed the attractions.
Horses were entered from Augus-1
ta. Charlotte, Newton aiul other
points in Catawba besides entries!
being made from Tennessee and one
from Burke County. Good premi
ums always bring good races
Thursday was the big day. The:
grounds were well peopled and with j
the 4th Regiment Band, of Hickory, i
and fine horses, the day was a very j
enjoyable one.
On the whole ever}* thing passed
oft' pleasantly and the Driving Park
feel very much encouraged over their
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first meeting. Keep good horses J
and be ready for the Fall races.
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A Sad ni(l Vntiiuely neatli.
AY. IT. Pryor, of Lynchburg, A'a.,!
aged 27 years, a nephew of Gen. R. I
A. Pryor, died in this city last Thurs-!
day evening. He had been employed
by the Railroad Co., about Hot
Springs and on Wednesday he was
paid £7O and started home. He j
stopped in Asheville ard got on a;
spree, spent or was robbed of most
of his money, and on Thursday again
boarded the train for home. He had
been suffering from rheumatism and
had a box of morphine pills to take |
when in pain. Soon after leaving |
Asheville and while too much under
the influence of liquor to think of
consequences he swallowed enough
morphine to cause death in three or
four hours. There is no suspicion i
that the poor man intended suicide. !
A telegram brought his aged and
; grieved father to attend the burial of
i a son who left his home a year ago
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in tine health. It is intended to re
1 move the body at some future time.
It is said: "every dog has hi* day.
1 and the nights belong to the cats."
but there are a dozen or more of
d ( gs in this city that make w k^fill
pt-op.e hate f r night to come. They
ai er t 1 e l)i eed that on their tails
and iai k at tin* mo»n i r stars for
hours bf tween midn'g} t and day
!'ln'ie is n on* y m inis wor I and
peace in the next, for the man who
will exteiMiiuate those night \ arking
c r
dogs.
Tin* liisUnt Time lcrc>«i*» Hie
Ocean.
Xtw Yoiik, Ala} s,—The ocean
git y-hound, the City of Pari*, was
sighted off Fire Island at 11 o'clock
this moruiug She left n
May 'J. and made the vovage in 5
days, 23 hours and 7 minutes. This
beats the best previous record
The city of Paris on May 7 made
her best * laily record—">ll miles
Airs. Dr. John Fin!; has an old cof
fee mill that has been in continual
use for over half a century. It is still
in good working order and is in daily
use.—Concord Times.
News Notes.
Capt. S B. Alexander, of Ohai
lotto, pre- : rt#»nt of the Xo»-th Caroli
na St ile Farmers Alliance, has ac
cepted an invitation to deliver an
agricultural address before the Bun
combe county fanners' alliance. July
Gth. Other noted agriculturists in
the State will also be present, and a
big time is anticipated by our farmer
friends upou the occasion
The Governor yesterday pardoned
Fphram Davis, sentenced to the
penitentiary for life for murder in
Alexander eight years ago. He has
been in the penitentiary eight years
AIASON CITY. lowa. Alay 14, —John
Forester and William Nolan, resi
dents of New Hampton, became
drunk Saturday. The former in his 1
drunken stupor laid on the railroad
track and was killed by a passing j
train. The latter while on his way
home drove off a bridge and broke I
his neck.
We learn that Mr. T. B. Kings- '
bury, for the past twelve years the
talented and able editor of our con- '
temporary, the Morning Star, has
resigned his position on that paper, j
and that Alaj. P. T. Duffy, formerly
of the Greensboro Patriot, will be I
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his successor. We trust it will not
be long when Mr. Kuigsbury will
again be in the editorial harness j
where he is so thoroughly at home ,
and where his facile pen is much
appreciated by a host of admirers in
all parts ot North Carolina.
A dozen or more beardless young
men recently attended, while they
were intoxicated, St. Paul's Church
in the country. Several of them
behaved bad!}' and vomited on the
floor during Rev. Dr Brooks' ser-1
mon.—Shelby Aurora.
Jacob Johnson a colored barber
of Wilmington attempted to commit
suicide by shooting himself twice in
the temple Monday about 1 o'clock.
His wound will probably prove fatal.
He had been drinking heavily
some days.
AY ashingtox, D. C., Alay 17.—Airs.
Sarah E. Allen has been a public
school teacher in Washington for
many years, and during the last
J %> ' o
twelve or thirteen years she has
| supported from her earnings her
worthless and vicious husband, Os
wald A. Allen who to day went to
the school room and shot his wife
and then himself.
LONDON", Alay 1«S. Airs. Afaybrich.
neice of Jefferson Dav : s. and French
Canadian aristocrat by birth, has
been arrested at Liverpool on a
charge of poisoning her husband with
arsenic. Alaybnch, who was a
prominent merchant, died with symp
, turns of slow poisoning.
Washington Bishop, the famous
mind reader, is dead. He was try
ing to peiform a feat. He had faint
ed once and was warned not to try
again. He replied he would make the
attempt if it killed him. The under
taking was to lind a concealed book
and designate a word selectel there
in. It was accomplished, but, on
writing the word backward. Bishop
fell in ft cataleptic fit. He had had
similar attacks, and recovered, which
causes his fiiends to believe that Lk
was no' dead when his body was cut
open by the doctors. A suit is ei
pected against the doctors.
If Mr. Harrison don't happen to
have any more law partners, brothers,
or any other kin around that he can
appoint, he can subsidize another
newspaper with the Russian Mission.
[0 £ 1R S O U-1 tl 15.
I. i*. M' , ''t>iuh mill Jim
Martin. two \oung busimss meu of
Hickory are building private resi
dences.
Messrs. John Micha-l and Frank
Clinard hare returned from a very
successful trip for the Piedmont
Wagon Go.
Rev. J A. We>ton is this week at
tending the Episcopal Convention at
Henderson. Ihe Convention meets
next year in Tarboro.
We are hidedted ♦o 1). Matt.
Thompson, of Lineo'iiton, for an in
vitation to attend the closing exer
cises of Piedmont Seminar? on 2lUh
and 3Uth in-ts.
Rev. H. M. Blair, formerly of
Hickory, but now ot Farmville, was
in to see us Monday. He looks well
and it seems natural to have him
with us again.
Maj. Finger reports that arrange
ments for holding Teachers* Insti
tutes in thirty-five counties have
been perfected. Five instructors
will be elected to conduct them.
We failed to mention last week
that Mr. .J. H. Bruns had been re
elected secretary nnd treasurer of
the city of Hickory for two years. A
bettei man could not be found for
the position.
Mr. H li. Hyder: a Catawba boy,
after spending some time in Ruth
eifordton, is now on a visit to his
I parents, near this city, with his
bride, are Miss Celia Walker, of
RutherfordtoD. to whom he was
married on the 16th inst.
I*roiuincut People.
Senator Ransom will deliver the
centennial address on June sth next
i before the Alumni of Chapel Hill.
President Buchanan's niece, Mrs.
Johnson, formeily Miss Harriet
Lane, who used to preside at the
White House, has been to see the
| President.
Ex-Secretary Bayard is said to be
engaged to be married to Miss Cly
, mer. She is wealthy, cultivated and
; refined.
Ex-Governor Jarvis has been elect
ed a member of the Board of Com
missioners of Greenville. If he can't
get a big office he will take a little
I one.
With Jefferson Davis, the honored
ex-President of the Confederate
States, as its guest. Fa\etteville will
be the biggest town in North Caroli
na at her grand centennial in Novem
ber next.
Judge Bennett is at Hot Springs,
j Ark , under treatment for rheuma
tism.
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Allen 1 horndike Rice, Minister to
Russia and editor of the North
American Review, died on the lGth
at 3:30 A M. in his rooms at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York.
Thus is ended a brilliant career—
the surpassing career, even, of a man
who lea\e- on the times in which he
lived a considerable mark
Though young, Thorndike Rice
was felt as a factor and an energy in
the thought UL 1 movement of the
world
Gen. Clingn an -till believes in his
tobacco cure all—he is a remarkable
man —must be not far short of 00.—
Reidsviile Review.
Great scott ! man, what do you
mean ' *Gen. Clingman will sue YOU
for much damages; he is still "on h:3
fir:-t legs." —not yet married.
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P. umber 21.