tvmmc 10. // .1. Mi'RIiILL, Editor. |p 0 11W Z£lß 5 . Advertisement*. ]'. B. ALEXANDER —Special Sale. S R )M> k SHUFORH—Clothing. (1 M. ROYSTER—ShiIoh'S Remedies, i J) ,r:'t fail to see Royster k Mar ti:. » --VA show case. F. A. Clinard and children j nt to Boone, Tuesday. Mi- If. T. Davis and daughter are i vi.-iting friends in Hickory. I! ,\>ter A Martin has every shape i 1 r. : i. unable in their hat window. Mr. Joe Tatem and Mrs. Mollie ]>, ] of Catawba spent Sunday in Hickory. Kev. Sam Small, evangelist and 1 j,r>l'ibitionist, is said to be very ill at , Lis home in Atlanta, Ga. Col. L. L. Polk, editor of the Pro Farmer, was in the City, Tuesday, en route to Lenoir. In the absence of the local editor the "old man"' is responsible for the shortcomings of this paper. Mr. I N. Bohannon will soon have a tift'ids) me residence erected on his lot West of the Methodist Church. Miss Florence Shuford returned | to Hickory last Thursday after spend- j some months with relatives in j Chicago. A collision of street cars this week in Asheville slightly wounded some passengers with broken glass and in jured the coaches. The President is expected to visit Texas at an early day, and Charlotte is asking the pleasure of honoring him on his way through. A letter from Lincolnton says they had a severe hailstorm in that sec- 1 tion last Sunday evening, slightly damaging crops and fruit. If gossips only knew how sensible people "sized them up," and disbe lieved what they say of their neigh hors thete would be less gossip. LOST—Ou Tuesday morning, at the iron spring, a silver cup. The tinder will be paid a fair price by re turning the same to this office. A good two story house, for sale or rent, beautiful location, near Ger man Reformed Church. Apply to *2' l tf. J. N. Bohannon. H. A Murrill, local editor, is on a tup to New York to buy new ma teria! and machinery for the further improvement of our p*i>er and job oftice. Mr. T H. Cobb, formerly of Lin c> iti 11 has been elected city attor nt vf.tr Asheville. The city is t° be natulated on its selection ot an a* * 111 ev ' tie whitewashing about the min « i spring gives the surroundings a : •' a-d cheery appearance. Let • 1 it-ii be opened and the spring 1 •' -d out for the public health. S. abolt. of McKinney. Tex . is '■ vn prospecting with a view of i large tin establishment. Mr. Seabo.t has formed a t'* r>hip with Mr. H. I\ Hairis. t'ii in will run a first-class tin • s here. P H. Wever will deliver a di o. 1 experimental lecture at 1 .tin ran Seminary. Tuesday _r. June 4th. on "The Lye, and Liws of Light," for the benefit •• Students' Reading Society, open at 7:30; lecture at A 1 mission, 10c. Fell 30 Feet Into Xlie Well. While Mr. Pierce Bans was draw ing water at the well last Sunday his little four-year-old daughter was leaning against the box which had o o been removed the week before for cleaning out the well and had not 0 j been fastened. As Mr. Bass leaned to pour the water from the well bucket the box fell over leaving an opening into which the child pitched head foremost about 30 feet into the well. The well is 30 feet deep and had five or six feet of water coming near the top of the rock wall. The ! child struck the wall and has a se- j vere cut on the back of her head and neck. It seems miraculous that she was not killed. Her father hallowed to her to catch the well . rope which she did and held until j he went down and got hold of her. j She is doing well, but had a narrow j escape from death from the careless- j ness of the man who cleaned out the well and left the box unfastened. HitfH •way R.ot>t*er>-. Two or three weeks ago Dick Bradford and another negro boy en-1 ticed a white boy, a son of D. A. j Abernethy, into the woods near | town, beat him severely and robbed him. They left and this week Dick was caught in Statesville, brought back and is now in jail awaiting the action of the grand jury and an in terview with Frank Osbourne and Judge Connor on a question of high way robbery. New Arrivals. Miss Fry, daughter of J. C. Fry and wife, arrived in Hickory Monday morning. Jeff. Bolcli beats the record with a son weighing 12£ pounds, net, who arrived Sunday moruing. Wards No. 1 and 3 yet to hear from. The Commencement at Highland will take place on the evening of June 13th. On that occa-ion the address before the ntudents will be delivered by Hon F. H. BusUee of Raleigh. All are most'cordially invited to at tend and witness the closing exercises j of the school. Salisbury was recently visited by a severe wind and hailstorm. Hail stones from the size of hickory nuts to a man's list covered the ground. All wind nv light* on the east side of houses were broken, tin and iron roofs were badly cut, anil crops and fruit mnch damaged. When the "New Arrivals" were read in last issue, the modest n oth ers upbraided the proud fathers for "boasting about it all about town. Don't be hard ou them, ladies; it is their tirst paternal experience and thev must be allowed a, little room to talk. The French Broad Hotel, near the depot in Asheville. was burned last Sundav night from the explosion of a lamp in a servant VlOOlll about 10:"'0 P M. We suppose "The Last Chance" bar-room went with it. The Governor offers a reward of Sj2(i() for the capture of Joe Rus^el 1 . wjho is charged with the murder of David Tompkins in Alleghany coun ty. Millions of caterpillars are imped ing the work of the Canadian Pacific Railway Tbicfeorp, Ittortb Carolina, Clmrst>av>, flfcro 30, ISSO. A SPEECH BY CLEVELAND. "wi; KNOW wi: HAVE NOT TRAFFICKED rRiXCIIMJ.fi FOR SFCCKSS." Cleveland Haw >o Apologies. NEW YORK, May 27.—The banquet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel this even ing. tendered to ex President Cleve- 1 land by the Young Men's Democrat ic Club, of this city, was in every' way a successful and enjoyable event. Tne guests included many scores of the leading Democrats of 1 the nation. Among them were: Gov. Hill, Mayor Grant, ex-Minister Phelps, W. L. Scott, Chauncey F. j Black, J. E. Russell of Massaehu setts, Bourke Cockran, ex-Secretary Fairchild, F. R. Coudert, W. C. P. Breckenridge, ex-Gov. Hoadley, P. ! A. Clllins, D. S. Lamont, O. B. Pot-1 ter and many others. Letters of re-' gret were read from ex-Secretary 1 Bayard, Don M. Dickinson, Eitz ! hugh L?e, John W. Daniel and oth ers. I Following is extract from Grover 1 Cleveland's speech : When we seek for the cause of the perpetuity of the Democratic party ! and its survival through every crisis I and emergency, and in tao face of all opposition, we find it in the fact j that its corner-stone is laid in devo tion to the rights of the people, and sympathy with all things which tend to the advancement of their welfare and happiness. Though heresy may sometimes have crept in to its organization, and though par ty conduct may at times have been influenced by the stiffness which is > the habitual device of its opponents, there has always remained deeply imbedded in its nature and charac ter that spirit of true Americanism and that love of popular rights which has made it indestructible iL disaster and defeat, and has consti tuted it a boom to the country in its time of triumph and supremacy. AUk now that we have espoused the cause of right and justice. We know that we have not permitted the country to await upon expedien- j cy. We know that we have not trafficked our principles for success. We know that we have not deceived , the people with false promises and pretenses. And we know that we have not corrupted nor betrayed the i poor with the money of the rich. Who can say that these things : promise no reward, and that tri umph shall not follow the en ight-, ! ened judgment and the sober second thought of our countrymen ? There are to-day no weak, weary and de ; spondent members of the true De mocracy—-and there should be none. Thoughtful attention to political parties i-> thoroughly aroused Events are day by day leading men to review the reasons for their affili atious. and the supporters of the principle we profess are constantly recruited by intelligent, young and sturdy adherent-. .Let us deserve their confidence : and shunning all ignoble practices, let 11s remain steadfast to Democrat ic fa tli and to tii* 1 cause of our country. If we are true and lo\a: to these, the day of our tiiumph will surely and quict.lv come, and our victory shall be fairly, nobly won. through the invincible spirit of true 1V mocracy. It is generally supposed in thi> section that BrotDer Daniels would prefer that Brother McLaurin would praftice -More Tolerance." Work or Mo\ e. The n«w Mayor of Asheville seems to be the right man in the rijjht place. The Cit'zen says Simon But ler. colored, charged with va r rancv o o • was ordered to find work at once or leave the city. The Mayor says he is determined to stop the loafiug business in Asheville, as it should be stopped everywhere. Idle, loaf ing, lazy buck negroes should be made to work or move. The Citizen further says: '•Gamblers, proprietors of and fre quenters of house of ill-fame in the city will also be vigorously dealt with, and the full penalty of the law inflicted in each case brought be fore him, by the reform mayor dur ing his term of office." Is there no such enforcement of law needed in Hickory, or has our Mayor weakened in the back? A rigid enforcement of the law iu these cases often saves the community from pecuniary loss and moral dis gi ace. Ttiey AH Have Ttiein Here. There is a church in New Y'ork which supplies every one of its fam ilies with a religious newspaper. Every church ought to see about that.—Our Church Paper. If Brother Henkel would start out to canvass for a secular paper he ! would be astonished to find every I bod]/ takes a church paper. That's ! the reason we get for refusing to j take ours, and when one says he is! not able to take but one paper we! always advise him to stick to his church paper. Nearly all take them in this section. Woik is progressing rapidly upon the new cemetery grounds. Walks, drives, mounds and lots are being laid out in the most modern and ar tistic manner. The ground is lo cated most advantageously and when in a state of completion will prove beyond question the most beautiful and attractive portion of the city. Honor of the dead is glory for the living. In Vlleghany county, on Sunday, the 19th instant, a mulatto named Joe Russell shot down and instantly killed a venerable white man named David D. Tompkins, near Sparta. There was no provocation whatever for the crime. Governor Fowle to day offered a reward of two hundred dollars for Russell. J. B. Connelly was tried in State^- ville last Saturday on the charge of ; . embezzeliug £SOO left in his care by ; one Plyler. now dead, and was ac quitted. He was e.lso tried for not making report as Clerk and acquitt ed. There were other cases tried, the result of which are not known as we go to press. Since writing of the mayors arid the vagrant law we have been asked to call attention to one Adams who swears he will starve before he will work, and is imposing himself on ihe extorted hospitality of a family in ea>t Hickory. He needs atten tion. The North Carolina Teachers' As sembiv will meet at Morehea 1 City on June l N th and continue in se->ijn two weeks. Let a! the teachers come. Plenty of room and plenty of good, wholesome food, and all the pleasures of a sea-side resort 1 Don't forget the day —The Atlantic. Sit. I'anl Ht'inltsary. May 22nd was a glad day for the Lutheran Seminary in Hickory. The board of diiectors had met the day before, transacted part of its busi ness, and given us the information that two of our best Lutheran friends had each agreed to give twenty dol lars per month to our institution. Wednesday was a cool day and threatened rain, but a good audi ence assembled at the Seminary to hear the addresses. The people ex pected something fine, and they were not disappointed. Rev. K. L. S. Tressel, of Baltimore, Md., deliv ered the dedicatory address. In the introduction he touched upon the strange spectacle of Lutherans dedi cating to their own use, a once Ro man Catholic property. He then showed the founding of a true school to be upon earnest prayer; its success upon the help of God; and therefore the people should rejoice. The address was delivered in Rev. Tressel's usual earnest and spirited style and held the strict attention of the audience. The address at 2 o'clock, p. iu. was delivered by Prof. Schuette, of Columbus, Ohio. It was full of good sayings and showed some f the gold and the glitter of the. that is in an earnest christian. The speaker insisted that the first, requisite of a theological Professor and students in a Seminary is chris tian life; the second Christian love. We have not heard a better and more compact address. Besides the keen penetration and profound knowledge, the speaker brought to his aid some of the logic and philos ophy which a theologian may pos sess. H. Mr. W. O Higbtower, ofAsheville. was in to see us Monday. He is agent for the ''Complete School Charts," a valuable help to teachers and pupils in any and all schools. It has the warm endorsement of our County Superintendent, who is a practical and experienced educator, and no doubt many of our school committees will order it in the pub lic schools. It gives us unmixed pleasure to know that Mr. T. B. Kingsbury has so soon re-entered journalistic life. He is on the editorial staff of the Wilmington Messenger whiih must add to its already great popularity aud make it surely the leading and most popular daily in the South. The Messenger is to be congratula ted on its new acquisition. C apt. S. B. Alexander was adver ti dto speak to the Alliance men in Newton last Friday. We desired to hear him. l>ut were informed the speech would be in secret session, within closed doors, and we did not go down. The Atlantic i* a new venture on the >ea of journalism, at Morehcad City. It is a neat paper and exten sively advertises the attractions and comforts of Morehead City and Beaufort. hieen Victoria celebrated her 70th birthdav la-t Frid ty. the J4th mat. She has i t ached the scriptural a^e — three -or- anc. ten. Tit x I.ittiiiK I'or Hickory Tow nship Abeixeth j School Hour-e: June oth. Hickory June Ctb, 7th. Mb. 14th and l"»th. S. K. Killian, List Taker. number 22.