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A Proclamation by the Pietide&t
Washington, Nov. 1 Con
stant thanksgivingnml grat
itude are due from the Amer
ican people to Almighty (iod
for his goodness and mercy,
which have followed them
since the day he made them,
and vouchsafe to them a free
government. With loving
kindness He has constantly
led 'us in the way of prosperi
ty add greatness. He has
not visited withsrrift punish
ment our shortcomings, hut
with gracious can; He has
warned us of our dependence
upon His forbearance and
has taught us t hat obedience
to His holy law is the price
of a continuance of Hw prec
ious gift. In aeknowled
ment of all that God has
done for us as a nation and
to the end that on an appoin
ted day the united prayers
and praise af a greatful coun
try may reach the Throne of
Grace, I, Grover Cleveland,
President of the United
States, do hereby designate
and set apart Thursday, the
twenty-ninth day of Nov. in
stant, as a day of thanks
giving and prayer, to be
kept and observed through
out the land.
On that day let all our
people suspend their ordina
ry work and occupatio ns
, and in their accustomed pla
ces of worship with prayer
and songs of praise, render
thanks to God for all his
mercies, for the abundant
harvests which have reward
d the toil of the husband
man the year that has pass
ed, and that have followed
the labors of our people in
their shops and theirmarkets
and trafie. Let us give
thanks for jeace and for the
social orderand contentment
within our borders, and for
our advancement in all that
adds to national greatness.
Mindful of the affliction
which a portion of our land
has been visited, let us, while
we humble ourselves before
tlr power of God acknowl
edge His mercy in setting
bounds to the deadly march
of the pestilence, and let our
hearts be chastened by sym
pathy with our fellow coun
trymen who have suffered
and who mourn. And as we
Ksi. VA r.vrVA r(rvi v:x.c.
'return tluuikri for all theplentiiy them, dozens of worn-!
j(j(iSKj1Jrs .jjj .jj w0 mVo re- hi in in any raises being en-:
Mvivnl from thehamls of oiirjl t on, tiiuo in hcuu-
Heavenly I-at her, let ns nor
! forget that Ik" has enjoiiieil
UKn us charity: and on this about fit t v homes m th.'low-;
day ot thanksgiving l't u jer levels. Some of the vie
generously reniemler tin-j thus were found lau icf Im
poorand neeWy, no tliat our ; neathiuniK-n -.e weigh tufsla to
tribute of praise and grati
tude may 1mi acceptable in
thosijiht of the Lord.
Done at the city of Wash
ington, on thetirst day of
November eighteen hundred
and eighty-eight and in the
year of the Independence of
the United States the one
hundred and thirteen.
In witness whereof, I have
hereunto signed my name
and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
(iiioveh Cleveland.
By the President:
T. F. Bayard,
Secretary of State.
IT WAS TERRIBLE.
St, Louis, Nov. 12. Dis
patches from Pittsburg, Kan
sas, give the following as
some of the incidents of the
mine borrow at that place.
For hours after the explosi
on which snuffed outthelives
of nearly a hundred men, the
scene at the pit was distress
ing. Poorly clad women
with babies clasped to their
breasts came through the
darkness by the . light cast
from bon-fires like haggard,
uncomy beings from another
w orld. Some shrieked above
the storm, and muttered as
they fell helpless on theshoul
ders of strong neighbors.
Still others were mad in their
despair and tore their hair
and garments, and would
have dashed into the tomb
headlong but for the strength
exerted by the miners from
other shafts.
One poor woman, whose
husband and two sons were
in the pit, lay her three
youngest children besidesthe
blazing fire and then fell in
hysterics among them. She
lay unnoticed in this posit
ion until morning, when she
was removed to her home a
raving maniac. At one time
the ch rush of women and
children at the shaft was ho
great that it was feared that
violence would be necessary
in order to clear the way for
the rescuei-H. The poor crea
tures fonghr each other in
f heir despair, and in some
instances inflicted severe pun
ishnient. As night wore on
the work of recovering the
bodies continued,
until the
floor of tlie engine house was
strewn with mangled men.
These bodies were placed in
rows upon the ground, where
the rain and snow leat upon
them. Most of the victims
were shockingly mutilated,
some were so disfigured asto
be unrecognizable; all were
covered vith blood and dust
and many were almost strip
ped of their clothes.
' Many of the searchers fain
ted at their work and others
stimulated by brandy and
the entreaties of demoniacal
women, continued at, their
bloody task all through the
night. As far,t as the bodies
were brought to the surface I
there was a rush made to i -
Jiang rue moony mv i some
i unfortunate. There a r Mill ;
while others were discovered
in groups and in nil kinds of
positions. Two men who
have not been identified,
were so tightly locked in
each others arms that it was
with great difficulty they
were torn apart. Their eyes'!
had I eeu blown out by the J
explosion, and their faces so j
horribly crushed that
the
bones were ground into
flesh.
the
Two Kindt of Squeeze.
"James," said the father
of the family, sternly, "your
.1. i i i i
scnuoi reporis nave ueen
anything but favorable this
term. 1 suppose you failed
in your examination as
usual?''
"No sir" protested the
boy, "1 passed, but it was a
tight squeeze."
'Laura," continued the
father, turning to his oldest
daughter, "I think 1 heard
voices in the hall late last
evening. I have told von
you
repeatedly not to let that
young man stay later than
11 o'clock."
"It was just 11 o'clock
when he left, father."
"That's so," testified
James, eominir to the relief
of his sister. "I was at the
top of the stairway and saw
him go. He got away at 11
o'clock, but it was a tight
squ"
j n - . . . . ,
"James !" shrieked Laura
Chicago Tribune.
Hereditary.
In an Italian garrison
there was a private soldier
named Ugolino. One, of the
officers took the soldier aside
one day and asked him :
"Are you a descendant of
I the fa n i o u s Con n t Ugol i n o ,
about whom Dante wrote?"
"No," replied the soldier,
"ail my ancestors were poor
people."
"I refer to Count Ugolino
who was starved to death
with his sons in the tower of
Pisa."
"If he didn't get enough to
eat, very likely he wasan an
cestor of mine after all," re
plied the honest
Tex us Sittings.
soidier.
At The Seaside.
Dorothy I5ut, Herman I
1 can t ,,,,MVCr .Vu now. I I
-,ve ,ne tm"? to 1 lnnti Rf"
t. .... .. .i
Herman (with rapturous
passion) Certainly, my own
angel. Hut don't make it
too long, because it costs me
5 a day at this beastly ho
tel. Washington Vritic.
A Groveling EouL
She How immeasurably
.grand the ocean is! It al
ways lifts me above myself
and makes our own little
lives and interests seem so
petty and hollow.
GustavuH (who is feeling:
oneer and has heard imner -
feetly) I don't mind being'
hollow if I only dar,d fill up
! ,a,n
Life.
wkdnksdav, no .
Fresh Ke-ws-"Any
news in the papers?"
nskedjoeof his companion
yesterday. "Yen. the Arma
da is smashed all to piMvs.M
"That's oM news; read about
it in my school days." 1
don'l care, the newspapers
have just caught on, and 1
thought it was something
fresh." Itoston Jonnnxl.
A Literary Kan.
.Jones I say. Smith 1 un
derstand that Urpw n is some
thing of a literary man.
Smith Literary man. ves.
Whv, frown writes for the
waste basket of pome of tlie
loading newspajers and mag-
a zincs in the
York Sun:
country. A Vir
Includes Everything.
( oldy Why is it, Orson,
that every time you meet
Trombly you ask him,
j "
j
How's everything?
urson way umn t vou
km)W tlmt TVonibly thinks
he owns the earth ?-
-Once u
InfallaHc.
Ada Why do you
Mr. Smith is in lo
think
with
you?
Ella He pays such polite
' lo sis
i r.-mt f 7W
A bhort Allowance.
Mrs. Nobbv How many
j fervunts do you take with
jvou to liar Harbor, Mrs.
iTiptop?
Mra. 1 iptop Only twenty-
': hve this summer, louknow
I leave the baby at home.
Boston Horn hi.
QUIET ''CHUCXUST
With defaulters it is fly
time at any season of the
year. Boston rost.
If most people only knew'
as much as they think they
know, they wouldn't talk so
much about it. Somerville
Journal.
A fashion writer tells us
that puffs are quite the prop
er thing in female attire this
season. It is noticed that
actresses continue to come to
newspners for them as here
tofore. Boston Post.
If tlie oyster could speak it
would probably refer to the
clam just now as it 'steamed
contejn porary . Boston Cou
rier. The girl of the period -is
not unused to arms, though
she may utterly fail in the
art of self defense. Woston
Commonwealth.
A city young man who
w hile summering a week in
the country fell in love with
a j ret ty d a i ry m a id , proposed
rnd was rejected, told Ins
friends when he returned
home that he only got one
"milk shake" while he was
away, Norristown Herald.
You can tell w hen a dog is
warm, the same as you .can
tell a dude when you meet
him on the street by his
loud pants. Yonkers States
man.
j ome people have strange
' tastes. Hugh M. Brooks, in
thi? leather, is pleased to
! stay thirt i days over his
B ","hlot Lo"is
I OrleTm
us. ihss.
T. E. LATHAM.
Attorney at Law.
Jefferson, N. C.
June (i HS. ly.
E. F. LOY1EL.
Attokney at Law;
Poo ne, N. C.
J. ISPAlMK)i;it.
Attorney at Law.
Iloor.e, N. C.
Spmal attention given to
the collection of claims.
June 0. 88. ly.
M. M. PARKS,
Attorney at Law
Jefferson, N. C,
June G. 88. ly.
H. K. POYER.
Attorney at Law.
Sparta, N. C.
June . 88. 1y.
SCOTTA ERVIN,
Attorneys at Law,
Iicnoir, N. C.
uuel2 88 lv.
W. 15. C0UNC1LL, M. D.
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Ottice.
Juuel2 88.lv.
DR. L. C. REEVES.
Physician and SunorcoN
Office at Coffey's Hotel,
Roone, N. C
June (5. 88.
E. W. HENNESSEE.
1' ASHIONAIJLE BaUHER,
Roone, N. C.
(Office at Bryan's Hotel.)
Clean towels, sharp razors
and polite attention.
F. J. McMillan & Son
Mouth of Wilson, Ya.
Manufactures nil kinds ot
woolen goods, which they will
send to your door in exchange for
wool. They nlso keep a full hue
of goods on hands at
SCTHKHLA XDS.ASH E,Co., N.C.
They pay highest CASH prices
lor wool
GO TO COL. (. AV. RAY. Jef
ferson, Ashe, Co., for all kind
FURNITURE
Such ns
Bedsteads,
Bureaus,
Dressing Cases,
Tables,
Chairs, &c
His work is nrt-elasH in mate
rial and finish) 1 'rices very rens
sonable. One piece of his furni-
t ure m wort It half a dozen pn ee
of the lifiht, shoddy, inn chine
made furniture and the finish
equallv aH pool. (Jive him acall
June 12 88 Gm. .
STOVES!
bu vjiitto CHmate is tin-
We can and will sell you
COOK
STOVES
Cheaper than 3ou can buy
them in Western N. C.
. L. M. BANNER & CO.
Elk Park, N. C.
JuneGth. 1SS8. 0m.
T. J. Coffey & Bro,
We Keei In Stock At Thm
Place
Dry (IchxIh, Notion,
IIetn. l's, Hoots, MioeH
I'pjier, HurncKK Jt Hole J.entltef
GROCERIES,
Factory J'mi hmJ CaMimer.
The most extensivo line of
Medicines & Drugs
kent in Iloone, such n follows;
Compound Syrnpof Hypopbos
phitcs, Simmon's Liver ltegula
for, Warnor'n Kaft Liver and
Kydney Cure, Keplialine, Jack
mii'b Magic. Hainan, Dr. Jane'
Medicine Ihown's Iron Bitters,
l)r. C. ('. Roe k Liver, Uheuiiyilic
and Neuralgia Cure and variou
other medii-nies too numerous to
mention. s
All the abor will be ho'4
CHEAP
FOR
m
We believe our facilities art
hucIi oh to enable us to sell good
as
LOW
OR
LOWER
than any other merchant in th
COtJSTT, As m
PAY CASH rOR OUR
GOODS
and get a discount pf from 3 to
0 er cent.
We pay no clerk hire or house
rent and can give onr customers
clober figures than many othci.8. .
We take iu exchange fcr goods
Butter
Egg.
ax,
Wool,
(Jrain.
Geusing,
Jloney,
Feathers,
Chickens,
Hay,
Hides Ac.
We Also Deal InLivs
Wehave in connction with on
other business a
hote; stabies;
AND
TANNERY
where we promise to give satin
laction to themo who giv
their patronage
Our Hotel i
Keadquarters for Drum
mers 'M m Travelin
PUBLIC.
As a Summer resort
suisd in iho
STATE '
V keen the .
SCHOOL BOOKS recomenb
db by the State Board or
Education at LIST prices
T, J, Coffey &Bro
June 7. 188vS. ly. ,
1 Picayune.