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D mocrat IIOOXE, WATAU(iA COUNTY, X. C, THURSDAY, MAY. 14. 181)1. NO. 42. Y vol :j pno'issioxAL. W. B.COUXCILL, Jk. Attoux'-.y at La v. Boone, N. t'. W. I?. COUNC1LL. M. IK Boone, X. C. Resident Physician. Office on Kin Street north of Tost Office. E. F. LOVILL Attouxey At Law, Boone X. C. DR. L. C REEVES. PllYSK'lAX AM) SlTRGKON Office at Residence. Boone, X. C. L. D. LOWE, Attorney at Lav -AXD- NOTARY PUMJC, BANNER'S ELK. X. 0. J. (. VILMR, DENTIST, ELK PAItK, NORTH CAROLINA. On.-i s his profcssicmal services to the people of Mitchell, Wutiuiiru anil adjoining coun ties tGrXa ind wnteuil mod and All voiftwnuitwLii& May 1 1 y J. F. Morpliew. . S.la(kl)inu Je ercn,'.C. Mariun, X. C. MORPHE W & BLACKBURN Atttorxkys at Law. Will practice in the courts of Ashe, Watauga and Mitch Hi counties, also in the Fed ral courts of the Dist.. and Supreme Court of the State. ( olfaction oi chums solicited. Aprl, 10: Notice. For sale. 900 acres of land, on Rich Mountain, Watauga County, on which i.s asbestos, and tine land for sheep ranch. Sales private. L. I. Lowe J. T. Furirerson, Ex'trs. of Mrs A. P- Calloway, deed. Banner Elk, Nov. 1? '90.. Money to loan. Persons wishing to boi row money, who can (secure it bv mortgage on good real estate, ran be accommodated Kir umil i-ino" to J.F "'."i v "r i. xt n Npainiiour, ooone i. v. . . . IT . i ... T 1 or A. . J . Crueller, Jiorion i. v. 24. Whereas certain stock-holders of the Caldwell and Watauga Turn pike Company to wit: Jnel Mast. 1 0 shares; F. anklin Paird, S. P. Dulft, George Conley, llenrv Smith, William Deal, Benj. Council!, Win. Fin mnon, Iteubin Mast, John Mast, Noah Mast, 2 2 5 2 5 10 10 Benj. Green, Philip Shull, 2 Alex Green, 4 have not claimed their stoc -notice is hereby given them orkheir legal representatives to prsent their claims or the stock will be forfeited In accordance with an act. of the last Legislature I will sell to the highest bidder forcash at Patterson N. C. June 1 st, 1 89 1 , all shares ofsaid stock remaining unclaimed. Hugh Gwyn. April 7th, 1891. President. Notice. The Warrior and World Won iW .1nt 14 1-2 hands hisrh. will stand at Cook's Gap. Insurance 17.00. Perons trading mares out of the county, money is due. T. A. Critc her. WASHINGTON LETTKK.jiJilnf filk around the li - j .els during fit ;ist two day From our Regular Correspondent j Mr . McMillili h is beep, trav- Mf-rornrv rosters recem., a egei ni and lianK uisciis-. , . . , . . . p fll ... , ,. j told bv a friend of l.n that won of the condition of the', Treasury ofthernitedStntes; " " 1 " ' " . , 'from quite a number of Ib IS Hie loi eruuiiT oi roiin i-, , ,. .,, xl . ....1. !..-... Ill.H.rlltl.M ..-tilt tllit1 ' ,"'jIhe:,rtlatKerr,ofIVuns, I 15111.' I llll I M 11 I I llll I riii t - : i:.s r .i.. T isnry 1 1 t vi T nnl, Wvlth,,,,,rk,t,,i', "f "" - Ml take place as soon as Mr. Harrison return to Wash ington, that is, in the next statement of the public debt, which will lie made public .lunel. Mr. Foster proposes to change the firm of that statement, for the evident purpose of showing a ficti tious amount of rash availa ble. It will not be the first time by many that the con dition of the Treasury de partment has been falsified by official fiirures. Old timers will recall the Congressional investigation which brought out the fart that during one year. 1870. I think, nine of ilie Treasury ledgers showed 2.527 erasures and that sev eral entire leaves we e cut out of two ledgers, all caused by the efforts to make the books accord with the falsi fied statements prepared to mystify the public. I should not wonder if the House of the Fifty-second Congress did not do a little investiga ting of Mr. Foster's fiirures. The Treasury .department offers to send all the small silver that the banks in any section of the country will take, free of carriage which, if the banks take any consid erable quantity, wil! be a mighty fat thing for the Uni ted States express company, of which ex-Senator ('me too") Tom. Piatt, of New York, is the controlling spir it. Perhaps Mr Foster did not think of benefiting the New York republican boss when he hatched up this scheme, and then again per haps he did. This mixing of business and politics is a striking trait of the republi can party. This same thing, mixing business and politics, has brought about a disagree ment between Secretaries Blaine and Foster. Mr. Blaine doesn't want the catching of seals stopped for a year, be cause a number of his per sonal friends, i n c 1 u d i n g "Steve"' Elkins, have ;n vest ed their money in the North American Fur company, which is the present owner of the sealing privileges in Behr inff Sea, ami Mr. Foster, who believes the seals are about to be exterminated, would like to have it it stopped. In the meantime the Hritish Minister is insisting that Mr. Blaine do something definite. Taken altogether this mat ter is in a very interesting stage and it will surprise no one here if it develops some highly sensational features before long. The payments on account of the Direct tax act to date amount to $9,184,734.80. The presence of three can didates for Speaker Messrs. McMillin of Tennessee; By num of Indiana, and Sprin ger of Illinois made a good , , , . . ,. . it ... .. iseiii iiuves mi in. ii Mi ni ,," ivama. nas a oea.i cui.ino.ii . , , , , . i .......... , . Dough to make his nomina tion by the caucus certain. I am inclined to think though that many of these pledges are contingent upon the elec tion of the Speaker. Representative Edmunds, of Virginia, who is a demo crat Farmer's Alliance man. was in town long enough Saturday to commit himself to Crisp for Speaker. The oddest freak in the way of a rumor that has turned up here lor some time was the onethat washat. lied out, apparently from no where, Saturday afternoon, to the effect that Mr. Harri son had something some where, at some time intima ted to somebody that he did not think that the bench ought to be constructed on a pronounced political basis, and that he proposed ap pointing three or font demo crats when the nine new Uni ted States Circuit Court judg es were named. That's very rich! When Mr.' Harrison nominates a democrat to a judgeship the millennial will certainly have arrived, and as far as Hie strongest glass can see there are no signs of it yet. It is expected that the National Association of dem ocratic Clubs, which, its Sec retary tells me, is booming, wilkshortly establish perma ment headquarters in this city, and it is hoped that the National committee will do likewise. When Secretary Proctor goes into tlie Senate I shall not be surprised to see two new cabinet officers, as it is known that Secretary Noble would gladly lay down his portfolio if he could get one of the new judgeships, and that Mr. Harrison would like to have a better politician at the head of the Interioi department. Falls Hi ir to a Million. A dispatch from Comord, X. C , says: "Township No. 3f in this county, was sur prised a few days ago when an old lady named Mrs. Westmoreland, who lives in a small tenement house, was notified that she had been left an estate of f."2,()00,000. Mrs. Westmoreland is a Vir ginian by birth, and she had exceedingly wealthy ances tors. She was lost sight of, and until lately nothing was known of her. The sea nil was again taken up, and af ter diligent investigation the aged lady was found. In her possession will be a whole city in Virginia. She has been living in poverty and obscurity all her life, and be coming so suddenly heir to millions has somew hat dazed her. for several wi-eks ai d I am' ORIH.XAKCTS OF THE TOWN Of I. It is unlawful to use tin.v hoistero.nor profane i a n . . ...... ;u"--." " -ufi.i m ".! ..... f f5,,ilt :., Kimi 1 1 jin aJli a oi tiglit, in jthe corporate hunts of tbei" y- I .. ,..,, ,.,, . feedin- the same. Ifs.ockbe vict.MofMlch'siiall be sub- -v,-,j,rt to a fine of 5. ' i ,, u lin,;1.vfn, f(. - ntoputUMontl.estn.tsj i-nissiiiirs or sn e-wii ks ofi r s lid town any obstruction to ! public passage, or to put up- on the streets any filth or to otherwise injure or impair the streets orside-walks, and any person so offending shall u li on convict ion, be subject to a line of .2. III. It is unlawful to dis charge any fire arms or fire works in thecorporate limits of the town, except as it is necessary in butchering, and any person so offendingshall, upon conviction, be fined 1 for each offense, and costs. IV. That all men living in the coiporate limits of the town, between the age of IS and 45 years, shall be requir ed to work on the streets of the town, upon notice by the street overseer, ten days out of each year, and any person failing or refusing to work as required by this ordinance, shall, upon conviction, be lined $1 and costs fo;1 each day he shall fail to work. V. T h a t all peddlers o r salesmen shail, before selling or offering to sell, any goods, wares or merchandise, obtain from the mayor licence to ex ercise their trade in said incor poration, and forsaid license they shall be required to pay the sum of $5, for each day or part of a day that they may engage in theirbusiness. Persons violating this ordi nance shall, upon conviction, be fined $10 and costs. VI. It shall be unl iwful to hitch, ride or drive oh the side-walks, or hitch to the shade trees or plank fences. Any person sooffendingshall be fined $1, for each oflense. VII. It shall be unlawful to deface or mutilate any signs or legal notices or street lamps in said town. Any one convicted of the same shall be fined $1 and costs. VIII. All privies, and hog pens shall be kept clean, and all garbage filth or offal shall be burned or buried. Any per son failing to comply with the foregoing sections of this ordinance, shall upon convic tion, be fined 2. IX. Any person failing to pay the tines or costs shall be imprisoned or put to work on the streets ofsaid town, until he works out. the value of said fines or costs. X. Any person found drunk within the incorporate limits of the town of Boone, shall be fined $3 and costs. XI. All shows or sleight-of-hand performances or other entertainments for reward as taxed by the State laws, shall pay a tax of $5 for each and every performance. XII. That no stock or geese shall be pern it ted to run at large within the corporate limits of the town of Boone: and all stock and geese run ning at large within said in corporation or or after the loth day of May, '91, tduill le impounded by the marshal .'ami shall be released only on the payment of 25 rts. each ifor horses and cattle, and - ., . . r , , 10 cts. each for sheep, hogs, 'poundeu by ihe marshal J'""' not -ml w i t h I II three days, thesarne shall be - l - rtised for ten days and v.. t.j iine.s and costs XIII. It shall be unlawful to sell, or give away spiritu ous or malt liquors or any in t ixicating drinks, within the corporate limits of the town of Boone. And any person so offending, upon convic tion, shall be fined $." and eost for each offense. XIV. It thall be unlawful to rock or in any way injure or deface, any building, occu pied or unoccupied, or feu'-p, within the corporation, and any peron so offending shali, upon conviction, be fined $1 and costs, for each offense. XV. The mayor shall have the right to remit fines in part, under certain circum stances. The above ordinances are in force from and after their rat ification. Ratified this the 15th day of May, 1891. I). B. Dougherty, Mayor. I. W. Thomas, ) .J. F. Spaixhour, Coms. It. C. Rivers j The Westet n Citizen says: "Our town electiion was held Monday, and resulted in the promotion of Messrs. J. M. Carson, J. E. Foster, and W. H. Gentry to ths position of aldermen; S. F.SancMur, for marshal, while the vote for mayor was a tie between J. Z. Xeal and C. E. Grabeal." It further says; "Mathisthe man who was sentenced to be hung at the last term of Wilkescourt, and has since been in Wilkesborojail await ing the decision of the Su preme court in his case, act ed in a most commendable mannei last week, while the jail was ia danger of being consumed by fire. He was re leased under the excitement, and instead of fleeing, he worked heroically for the sup pression of the fire and when all danger was over, he re turned to his cage. Wedoubt if such a man should uuffer the penalty of death." "Well, good night, Miss A ." said a' young man the othereveningtoa Dwight ville girl whom he was visit ing. "I think it's better for me to go. 1 feel certain that if I stay two minutes longer 1 shall be indiscreet enough to kiss you." "Well, good night, Mr.F ," replied the younggirl. "Oh, by the way," she added, "I want to show you my .lachet bag before you go. It will only take a couple of minutes." It is only necessary to state that the young man in question is possessor of a bright intel lect, and he quickly embraced the situation, and we can further assert that the girl was in it. Bin ghaint on lie publican. LADIES Needing tonic, or children wao wont build in up. should take BROWS'S IKOSi BITTERS. It is pleasant to take, oures Malaria, Indi gestion, Hiilouioess ud Liver CowpUunta. HER BABT'S GRATE. The keeper of a cemetery in one of the caxteru htnteswasat work in the cemetery not long age), when a poorly dressed and f.-eble looking gray-haired women en tered the gate and said that she wanted to make arrangements for setting up a small tombstone. 'Where is the grave,"1 asked the sexton. "I can't tell you jui?t where it is," answered the woman, "but I can go to it.' She led the way to a remote corner where there werj but a tnv graves, and there, close to a pine tree, and almost hidden un der its low-g rowing branches wa a little, sunken, neglected grave. "Thisjs it sir, this is it,'' said the woman dropping on her knees upon the grave, with streaming eyes. "It's the grave of my little boy sir; the only child I ever had. I buried him here nineteen years a go. He was only four months and 1 hree days old, but he was a dear little fellow sir, and it al most killtxl me to give him up." Wiping her eyes on the corner of her shawl, she added: "1 have never been here since the day we buried him, but I knew I could come right to the spot. I've seen it in my mind ev ery day for nineteen years. We lived close tothegrave-yard,and in the evening of the day we bur ied him I slipped over here anl set out this pine at the head of his grave, for I'd no money to buy a stone. "We moved out west soon af terwards, and we've been kept poor all the time, but I've saved. little by little, all these years, and now 1 want to have hissrrave fix ed up and a little stone put to it the dear little fellow!" She laid her wet cheeks down on the rank and tana-led errass. and tenderly stroked the sunken clay, and the sexton quietly withdrew, leaving her alone with her dead. Youth's Companion. KEEP A BRAVE HEART. Said somebody to a wo man in our hearing the oth er day: "My friend, I am a fraid you are getting bitter. I detect it now and then in what you say and write. Not much, only enough to show some bee h:.s stung thesound fibre of your nature and left the rankle of its bite." If you have tiny spare prayers to offe , n y dear, whoever you are who reads this paragraph get right dow n on your knees and implore heaven to keep you from all cynicisms and bitterness. Try hard to pre serve your faith in the ulti mate victory of good over evil, and in the fair shining of an untroubled sun behind these flying clouds. Whn you and I let go our hold on hope we join hands with despair, and despair is a guide that leads the soul downward. No matter how- hard life may be, how the storm may beat, or however unceasing the grind may be, hold fast to your faith in the captain who never lost a battle yet, nor ever signaled the trumpets to call retreat. Everything is coming out right in the end. Nothingcan withstand the advance of an earnest soul. There is not material force enough in the universe to keep it down. Difficulties vanish before a steady front. Reelected. . -1 N