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GREENSBORO, N. 0., Tuesday, Inarch 11, 1890.
No. 236.
EDITOIJfAIi KIIIKI S.
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i?fc vkhai. faith curist liavc been
arraigned before the civil authorities
of New York city for a lowing their
children to die from neglec, while
suflering from diphtheria.
When William B. Astor was on
his death bed, and had arranged all
the terms his last will and testa
ment, he suddenly thought ot six mil
lions of registered United S ates
Bonds which had been overlooked
It is needless to think of how flat
some of us would be if we should hap
pen to forget as much as six millions
of our money. It can be said in favor
of the memories of our North Caro
lina citizens that none ot them have
as yet forgotten six millions ot bonds
or anything else.
...
"There is more reality than rb-
"mance," says the New York Star, "in
traveling in the wild West in severe
weather. A few days ago I met a man
who had been very far West for about
a month. He said he was snowed in
on a train for three days, washed out
of his berth by ice-cold water a little
later on, when the train was ditched,
and he finished the trip by being blown
down an embankment 180 feet deep
Luckily for the occupants of the car'
it lodged fn a lot of trees about sixty
v feet down, and deliverance was speedy.
There was no stove in the car, and the
,. ; few passengers managed , to dodge the
flying seats and broken glass, escaping
with only a few bruises. Why, we
haven't heard anything about that," I
said. 'Bless your heart," was his
prompt reply, "you people East don't
hear-of one-half the "Western acci-
' dents." V-
To-,TIorr tVlglit. -
There was . I packed house at this
theatre last evening to witness the per
formance of Gaylor's comedy drama
"Jacquine, or Paste and Diamonds,"
by Mattie -Tickers, the sprightly and
popular soubrette, supported by Joseph
M- Doner and a good company. The
play is interesting throughout and re
plete with funny situations, , witty dia
logues, sparkling ' songs and clever
dances. It is a , good specialty play.
The old story of the long lost child dis-
,- covered by her mother, the drunken
father, etc., is repeated with new de-
" tails. And excellent and amusing idea
is given of life behind the scenes. A
theatrical manager's hardships and
- tribulations, a bill poster's evolution
into a tragedian and the crisis brought,
about by a leading lady furnish much
merriment and laughter. Miss Vick
ers is a pretty little actrt ss, a sweet
singer and a remarkably fine dancer.
As a dialect artist she is great. Her
. imitiations of Aimee "Pretty as a Pic
ture" and Modjeska as Camille were
' very good. Mr. , Joseph M. Donner,
who took the part of the bill poster, is
' a fine comedian. His impersofia-
- tion of prominent actors and his danc
; ing won for him repeated encores. Mr.
Frank Cotton, the seedy manager was
quite funny. The balance of the com
pany was very acceptable.
- , "Jacquine" will amuse those who at
'. tend theatre during the present week.
--New Orleans Picayune, Jan., 13th
, S' :- A Change. ,- -
The firm of J. W. Reed & Co., has
found it necessary since the fire Sun
day morning, to get rooms elsewhere.
They, have procured the large brick
- store recently occupied by T. S. Shel-
C ton, and'have moved their stock to
that place.- They are 'fast getting
things in running order, and after a
- .few days their renewed stock will ob
literate all.traces of the damage done
' by fire and water. , They will be able
' to serve their trade as heretofore. ;
a in in;i;t or roi Ai. muihh
I'ii'kc.l !'( nitd Jotd-.it Punn bythe
rl ii l.nu T.rre.
Quite a number of visitors are here
constant')' prospecting for real estate
and other venture.
We saw a well developed and a
fully r pe tomato this morning that
had bcfn'giowii thisyeai at Pomona
Hill.
The iron sal a which Mr. Oconner
had in use in the store that was
burned Sunday morning was removed
to day to Mr. Sheltons, near the ex
p'ess office.
Parties from Raleigh are in the city
to-'av. prospecting for land. It is
said that these panties have consider
able of money that they desire to .in
vest in land.
Mayor Forbis favors our readers
with a batch .of wholesome and timely
thoughts in relation to fires, which
came in too late for to-day's issue. We
will give it to-morrow.
One thousand one hundred and for
ty nine different persons have made
deposits in the Five cents saving Bank
of this city. New deposits are coming
in nearly every day.
There will be a meeting of the
Greensboro Reading Circle tomorrow
afternoon, at 4 o'clock, at the Benbow
house. All the membeis are earnestly
urged to be present '
The committee appointed by the
Chamber of Commerce on the hospit
al fund and work are abroad in the
city doing good work, we learn, for
their good cause.
'.' To-night at 7:30 o'clock, the Young
Men's Missionary Society of the Bap
tist church will hold their regular
monthly business meeting at the church,,
and desire a full -, attendance on the
part of the members. .
Tbi Proper Vjr,
People think the way to get the
CapitAl of the State here is, to bring
the Capitol here. .Our plan is to first
bring the CapitAl and then the Capi.
tol; and this is deing done in a very
handsome manner. Is'ntit a capital
idea? -. .
TUoy Wen no Ooed.
Uncle Fiank Caldwell bought a
quantity of paraffire candles some
time ago for use in his room prefer
ring candles to lamps as a matter of
safety. .' , .'
jje found after awhile, however,
that ome of the candles were without
wicks, and, of course, they failed to
work. The wickless candles he car
ried back to his merchant ss " ho
good " No such candles were ever in
vogue in this country. If anybody
should discover hat Uncle Frank is
in the dark about any matter, it wil
be owing to the lack of wicks in his
car.d es.
New--)ew. ,
Greensboro has more local news,
and news that is new than any- place
we ever knew since we knew anything
new. New people are coming in that
we never knew; before, who want to
build new houses and start new busi
ness houses. All this makes -news for
the news gatherer. ' , :'
Greensboro is not a Hew town,either,
but it has taken a new start. It is
just as good as new, and even better,
and. if people all over the State just
knew how things are here, many of
them would come here and take a new
start." '- , , . . .
From the Durham Sun it is learned
that a mass meeting in the interest of
Trinity College will be held -.. in the
Stokes Hall this evening,. President
Crowell and others will make addresses.
Durham is on Its mettle, v
Haply tm tiiaeroeibenU
Greensboro, N: C.
March 10, 1890.
Mr. Editor: Id reply to "Im
provement" in The Paily Workman
of the 8th instant. I say if possible,
let his suggestions be carried out at
once. I'
Let the County Commissioners em
ploy a competent man to make a com
plete map of the county,' showing all
the various products, and valuable re
sources, the jVarious,". towns, villages,
and manufacturers in the county, its
fine geographical porp'on for manufac
turing purposes, &c. '.
The small outlay this would cost, I
am sure would pay a vary large per
cent of profit to the tax payers of the
county.
It no doubt would cause many new
industries to spring up, and many last
ing and valuable needed improve
ments to be made in the various places
of any importance alt over the county.
In addition to this, hundred and thous
ands of dollars would be spent by out
side capitalists in and around the
county. Let the map be made and a
full and complete history of the county
be given. So that the public may
both see and learn - by looking and
reading, that the county of "old Guil
ford" stands ready at all times to open
up her bountiful st house of pro
ducts, natural re? "s and advan
tages, and stan3 c 0 any, or all of
her ninety-five 'sisU.- oc .nties,
IajrTew, 5f-,t.re; m that .Greensboro
is on he forward march, and bids fair
in a few years more to become the
Metropolis of the "Old North State,"
her limits should be extended, Let
her spread but wings of protection
over many, who will make good and
honorable citizens that have been
quite , a help to her. prosperity all
ready for, lo these many years.'
. ; Observer.
. Pen-anal Pitra-fraphs.
Mrs! I). R. Schenck has gone on a
three months trip to St. Joseph, Mo.
Mr. W. F. Alderman, Jr. has gone
to New York City in the business
interests of his house., V , "
Mr. J. Li Brockmann has gone to
Baltimore to lay in a supply X)f goods
for the One Price House.
Mr. Rufus Weaver, of Wake Forest
College, is oh a visit to his father, Mr.
P. D. Weaver, who is Very sick, we
are sorry td know. ( f ' .
-'Mr, W. L: Guthrie, of Durham, was
here this morning, also Mr. H. E.
Mclyer, of Winston, who formerly
lived in Greensbort. .
It was reported on' the street this
morning, that J. vv. JK.eea s v wiie was
dying The facts ot the case are that
J. Y. Reid's wife is quite sick, ; ,
Rev. W. A. Bunch came down on
the C. F. & Y. V. Railroad from For
syth county, via. Walnut Cove yester
day morning, and went up to visit his
family at Thomasville. . '
Messrs. Ernest Thacker and Watson
Smith, students in Davidson College,
are soendine some days here on their
way to the Convention of, the Y. M. Ci
A.; at (Joldlboro. ' , . , 1
'Mr. T A. Slack, of Franklinsville,
who went up yesterday to the West
ern Insane Asylum, having, in charge
Mr. Branson Allredfor that institution,
returned from his trip this morning.-
Mrs. Robert Hoe,' Jr. Miss Hoe,
Master Robert Hoe, and Miss Young,
of New York City, spent last night m
this city, kt the McAdoo House. , They
were en-route home from the South.
Rev. Daniel A: Long," D. D, L. L.
D., President of Antioch College, Yel
low Springs, Ohio, passed through this
mornina "on the way to Graham to pay
a visit to his aged parents, in which he J
will spend some days. , ( . ' )
HE PLAYED Dllt'MK.
A N(gr ntaala'a B.x ! Clfr, but
II. I. ilibM nd la Ban In bj
mm Officer,
Last night about 10 o'clock those
who were on main street near The
Workman office heard the cry "thief!
thief!" Looking they saw a negro
boy about 16 or 17 years old going up
the street at his best speed, Two or
three men were after him going at their
best Yate.
The boy was headed by a police
man who heard the alarm. When the
boy saw that he was about to run upon
a police, he turned down East Syce
more street, but was soon overtaken
by Rob't. Whittington.
' When our reporter arrived at the
scene the negro was flat of his back
and Mr. Whittington was on top of
him.
Policeman Smith soon arrived and
took hold of the negro and told him to
get up. But the boy all at once got
drunk or crazy and took no notice of
any thing that was said to. him. He
was repeatedly told to get up but he
lay still aud tried to appear as though
he was unconscious.
' When he was pulled up in a sitting
posture and the billy laid on his back,
he began to get up on his feet.
The boy, whose name is said to be
Willie Bethell, was taken back to the
store of C. H. Doughty, where he had
stolen a box of cigars. He had the
box in his pocket when caught
He still played drunk and refused to
talk. ...The police took -him . and. put
him in jail.
IMwlel Boob.
The Daniel Boone Company will be
the first to introduce acting Horses in
Greensboro, A Tribe of real Shawnee
Indians have been secured to add real
ism to the tableaux. Be sure and see
the Parade at noon. The Mt. Holly,
(N. J.) Herald says:
"We had pleasure on Saturday night
of witnessing the first performance of
the historical melodrama, "On the
Trail; or Daniel Boone the Pioneer,"
written especially for Peck and Furs
man's company by the well-known
dramatist, Charles Gay ler. Consider
ing the fact that it was a new play and
its" first presentation, it went along
smoothly under the direction of stage
manager Ungerer, formerly of Wal
laces Theatre, New York, who has no
superior. The orchestra is a fine one,
the stage settings were really beauti
ful, the costumes were- very appropri
ate, and the company being a strong
one, all the parts were filled by compe
tent people. The Indians acted their
parts remarkably well, and were at
home on the stage. The horses, the
wolves and the bear added to the per
formance, and there were many thril
ling climaxes and beautiful tableaux to
please and , delight the audience.
Messrs. Peck & Fursman have spared
no pains or expense to make the play
attractive in every way, and we have
no doubt it will receive the patronage
it so well deserves. There are ?? peo
ple in the company six horses, a don
key, several wolves, and eight Indians.
The street parade is very unique. The
brass band was a fine one and played
splendidly. The Indians, in full cos
tume, were a rare 'Sight and pleased
the people, especially :he young folks.
The audience was a large one, and the
performance was highly applauded."
' Oat National Ba nk.
It is a source of gratification to the
community that that long established
institution, the National Bank of
Greensboro, is able still to make its
usual fine report of its condition, as in
our issue of yesterday. Now that
business is so rapidly increasing it is
important to know .where the cash can
be had. .
An milcloua Prracber.
We remember well the. sensation
that was created here and in the coun
try at large, by the publication made
over the signature of the clergyman,
whose name occurs in the paragraph
below, and who has become almost as
famous by the failure pf his nefarious
scheme as its success would have made
him.
It is a curious comment on the in
fluence of preachers, who go out of
the range of their calling, to knpw that
when they have made big calculations
on doing something to turn the tide of
political affairs, they have made fail
ures that brought them an immense
deal of undesirable notoriety. We
distinctly remember also that when
certain counter testimony had been
adduced to destroy the effect of Dr.
Ball's card on the character of Mr,
Cleveland, another preacher, of some
distinction, volunteered to visit this
office, and insist that notwithstanding
this counter testimony, Grover Cleve
land was guilty, for he had an assur
ance to that effect from another
preacher of undoubted veracity, who
lived in or about Buffalo.
The effect on the mind of this
writer was to create a suspicion that '
the officious person here was about of
( the same stripe of the . original cal
umniator, and that the whole three
had been "tarred with the same stick."
We quote from the Henderson Gold
Leaf: "
l Many of ouf -readers will remem--ber
Dr. Ball, the Buffalo preacher who
maligned ex-President Cleveland in
the campaign of 1884, accusing him
of immoral action. The New York
Post published some very severe things
about the reverend doctor and as a
consequence got itself into a libel
suit The paper denounced Dr. Ball
for his charges and attacked his ve
racity and made life miserable for the
meddling preacher. Dr. Ball sought
vidication by suing the Post for $25,
000 for defamation of character, claim-.
ing the charges against Mr. Cleveland
were true. The jury who heard the
evidence decided that Dr. Ball had
"no cause for action" in bringing his
suit, a verdict vindicating the ex-Presi
dent. Dr. Ball is now doubtless sorry
he tackled the Post."
Benbow Hall To-Night.
James Clement , Ambrose at
Benbow Hall to:night at 8 o'clock.
Tickets to all parts of the house 25
cents. See what the press says: "He
is literary; mirthful without being
clownish, and practical without being,
stupid. He has the knack of making
truth entering,"
"The Sham Family"-is a continuing
novelty fifty heads under one bonnet,
the wit of Satire making sport of thfl
exceptional Sham in almost every walk
of life " It takes, tells for honesty, and
its numbers talk at a tea party." Lec
ture to-night. ' , y ...
That lecture. . . y
Rev.Dr. Crowell, who passed dowii
to Durham this morning, reports that
James Clement Ambrose delivered his
famous lecture on HThe Sham Family" .
at Trinity College last -night to the'
great pleasure of a good audience.. ,
Some of the young men and others
who are expecting to come in for some
home thrusts at the hands of the, dis j
tinguished lecturer are curious to know
what he will have to say about "pillow
shams," bustles and such things. All
. Ir.iy aik is '0 lave a fair ctaling. ,
'Always ahead. New Clothing an4
Hats being opened every day at Fish
blate's, the Clothier and Hatter of .
Greensboro, N. C. k -
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