vol :j
IJOONi:, V.'ATA A COl'NTV, N. C., TIiriJSDAY, .) I " N I' !!." 1)1.
. It.
w. iuouxcill, Jk.
Attok.vky at La .v.
Boone, N. P.
Y. B.COFNC1LL. M. D.
Boone, X. C.
Position t Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Ollice.
E.F. LOYILL
Attokm:y At Law,
Boone X. C.
1)11. L. C. BEEVES.
PHYSICIAN AND SlMiCEON
Office at Residence.
Boone, X. C.
L. I). LOWE,
Attorney at Law
AND-
xoTMir run lic,
MANNER'S ELK. X. C.
j. i. mum,
di:ntist,
ELK 1'AItK, NORTH CAliOMXA.
Oilers his jtrofV-ssional servierft
to tilt! people ot Mitchell,
Watinifiu and iidjoiiiinji eoun
ties.frAo wuto'ml n'1
and all work nanniutccd."
May 1 1 y.
J. F. Morphew.
Mnrioit, X. C.
E, S. BlrttklmiTi
Je crxm. X.C.
M0UPI1EW & BLACKIUIUN
Atttokxkys at Law.
Will practice in the courts
of Ashe, Wntniifjja and Mitch
ell counties, also in the Fed
rnl courts of thcDist.. and
Supreme Court of the State.
(olfaction ot claims solicitml.
Aprl, 10.
Xotive.
For sale. 900 acres of land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which isashestos,
and fine-land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L. I). Lowe &
J. T. Furuerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed.
Banner ElU, Nov. 1? '00..
Money to loan.
Persons wishing to-boi-
row money, who can secure
it by mortgage on good real
estate, can be a ccommodated
bv annlvintr to
J'.F. Spa inhour, Boone N. C.
or A. J. ditcher, I lortonN. C.
4. 24.
NO'UCE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
please udvnnce the fees with
the nnoers and thev Will re
ceive nr onint attention, othei
-iu tlmv will be returned
not execntod for the want of
fees. I). F. Baiud Siiff.
MILLINERY.
O
I would like to say to my friends
in Wata.ma and surrouuilinir
counties, tha t I have now on ban
and am receiving every week, a
nice hue ot
S P II I N G A X D S U M M F ll
MILLINER A XD NO TIOSS
When you come to Lenoir, I
would be pleased for you to call
and see me. I solicit your eus
ton). Orders filled promptly by
lnail. Most llesp.,
MRS. M. N. H0RT0X.
Inoir. N. C, May 21.
li:tti:i;.
from our Fular Onesponieil
i
llcpi-cscntati ve Hayes, of;
low a. who is a ,viiii ;i vvn
kc
democrat, stopjtod i:i Wash
ington long t nongh to leave
some good iifws fur his p 11-
i.V menu. in'.sis'iiai
ran contidi ntl ho counted
in tin demot ratio column for'
18'.2. Of tlu third party, ho
said: "They could have don
something if th'V h.-i I .shown
more judgement, hut theyj
.... - i ...... . :,, f, ; ..,,. i
UP t llll l." Ill 111. Illll.llll III..!
tried to make e party that
could stand on every sort of
crank theory that was pro-
I '!! 1 4
1111 Sf 1 1 1 1 11 V HUM 'I V .'111 I 1 1 1 1
thei.l.tfoi-m :in. kiss-d each
other ami let the cr.ink.s run
the convention. I do not be.
lieve the, can organize now
so as to have any influence
on the ele c t i o n s in Iowa.
either this fall or in :02." Be
ing asked who the republi
cans w o u 1 d nominate for
President, Mr. Hayes replied:
'Harrison I think he is th
only man mentioned who
thinks there is enough in the
nomination to make it worth
fighting for, and the party
has got totakehim. If Blaine
wanted the nomination all
that Harrison or anybody
else could do would not pre
vent his get ting it, but Blaine
understands the prevent con
dition of the republican par
ty so well that he doesn't
want, the nomination."
"There's going to be some
mighty lively democratic
music before long' said a
close friend of Senator (Jor
um n to-day, "if a certain
class of men who are trying
to dictate the nextcandidnte
of the democratic party, and
who never voted a straight
democratic t icket in t h e i r
lives, do not let up in their
undei handed mud-throwing
at Arthur G o r m a n. His
friends have stood it about
as long as they intend to,
and as they know where it all
comes from thev will know-
where and how to hit back."
The Examiners in the Pat
ent Office, who have made a
practice of rejecting many
applications for patents that
should have been granted, in
order to bleed the inventors
for an attorneys' fee a little
later on, when they shall
have accumnlated a sufiieient
number of these unjustly re
jected cases to justify them
in resigning and going into
business as Patent Attor
neys, and the Ex-Exatniuers
who are already in business
its Patent Attorneys, with n
chantage made upalmost en
tirely of the inventors whose
applications Ihey had unjus
tly rejected when Examiners,
are in a date of mind over a
ruling of Hon. Charles F.
Mitchell, Commissioner of
Patents, w hich prohibits the
appearance before that office
of an ex-employe asattorney
or agent in any case upon
which he had passed while
an employe. Their little
game, which had grown into
a mammoth abuse, is ended,
and the in v entors of the
country now have reason to
hope that their applications
will in the first, place be hon
estly dealt with, as they will
WASHINGTON
i.. - if.Mr. Miteh-ir r-.v ami
OMVileni IU.e HI'lll IM as
stt i Jlv cii,orcd hs
liis sue-
s:rs is i - mm.
IU n-si-ntal MU!
wiil
leinaiu in Wnhiiigton the
greater portion ,f tii.' mi:u-
! mer. engaged in
i t o i a r v
j work, lie is not doing any
1 1 : 1 1 k i 1 1 'J; for publication on
,. fill
political subjects, and thinks
that the numerous fake in-
A . . ' '.II' A t 1 1 1
. v ...... i,.... ...... ,
11 M' i 'iJ Mil l I 1 I , 1 111-11 I I 1 M
reeeiiuy appeared in I'lviht-
l" ' ' I-.
ofiinlatl foiniure liis urns-:
li. .lit- luxvci.-i i mi-vi !!. : nut
peets of hein-ele.-tedSpe.iker
!,f the House l,v making hha !
appear ri.h-ulous. II, wi,l,;
l s friends to I n.r-that n-'
l.tsllien.Ntokllo,, tl.at...M
. . ' ' .. 7.. " . :
u iihiimiiH on i u in lie fn
i i
any candidate, either for the j
Sjieakersiiip or for the 1 resi
11 1 " M" .
ions, as
dmiey is entirely spur
-
lie lias expressed no sucti
o-
pinions.
I ol. w.w. Dudley s.iystlKM
an.i-Harrison
nmde tools ot tnomselves up
holding their rece'tr confer
ence at Indianapolis, and
that the confeience amount
ed to nothing except an at-
tempt of (ircsham's friends
to bring him out as a candi
date. This is taken here to
mean that Col. Dudley will
support Harrison, as laid
been rumored a short time
ago.
Senator Quay, who was
hero a few days ago told his
frit nds that he would not re
main at the head of the re
publican committee during
the coming campaign, but j
whether he really intends to
retire or is hlu'.iing is a mat
ter of doubt.
Much ugly talk connecting
various members of the ad
ministration with complicity
in the crooked Philadelphia
bank failures, has indulged
in here during the last few
days, but the only thing-definite
is that Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury Nettle-
ton acknowledges that he is
endorser noon some notes.
amount not stated, held by
one of these banks. It looks j
its though Examiner Drew
was to be made the scape
goat. The following is the per
sonal of the p r i v a t e laud
claims court. Chief Justice,
J. M. Heed, of Iowa. Asso
ciate .Justices, W. H. Stone,
of Colorado; H. C. Sluss, of
Kansas; T. C. Fuller, of
Xorth Carolina; and Vt W.
Murray, of Tennessee. Two
of these are democrats.
A renoi't cnin.w from Lean ilii
ofthe discovery of an iiriowl.cad
made oft eamercied coiMH-r, and
of a number of human bones, ai
the Rocky Point mines, near Oil -
mar, Col. The relics werediscloscd
400 feet below the surlace of the
earth imbedded in a vein olVilvcr
bearing ore. More than $100
worth of ore clung to the bom s
when they were removed from t he
mines. Here is a puzzle for the
geologist.
The railway commission has
modified its order regarding tele
graph rates in -North Carolina
that it will read : "For tea body
words or under on all telegraphic
messages having their origin and
termination within this state, J'
cents; o rer ten body words, two
cents for each additional word,
to take effect June lTitlie' The
orieinn! order named June l,st.
r.i i .stni Kswiiii van-
!- litHl.T.
( i. 'orge
-ivi' ll"U
.-: fine vi
( r, i'!' hi-:
how tie-
it is .-;
tlrie oi
morii'iig
.il'.l' l bill V 0 i:
g;'oiitid ; coiiias.Mid
' Li' i.i.V p....'.'. I W.JS
xtlcnl.iv to .-ce
ork was j o'i
.i '.ianl vi
' : ht-i on a
i to
piiet
. v.li.'a the lhni.-h i
niging
hi t ll I
mum
I l .
'
urniH-ii.'s j,, j t ;:i !i,iv, ii.iw
IS
H,ul,.;iin j ,j,
. ... . ...
IIIW i.l l.l
.epiivr. tosM'.Mr. ano'Tie it. :
' . ia ,i . i i
,lf vi.;, ..,,. .,:,. .ri,J1,,t l"''". f".v
. waL 1 1 M,!! ' "'i''-i'
' . S r -.1 V who had hap-
oi.U.ai.-.a "!,
.,,,,, pnS(,s o ;!S ., ,.,.k : ' , . ,
1 " "",r- ' I "
wear-;
itii
a part of lin:e-snat tere 1
l,,),,ts
and finihin-j; out
i!
-1 . 1 1 i 1 1 1 r- - jis he ch-'crilv calls;,."'"". . ... ,
r .... . ,, . . ... I '!is toc.vings, a .
KM IIIIMI' IIMMI. lit! II i-.CS II)1
h" buv, ho says. "Luty done
I is the soul's fireside," he ie-
markofl to me ve.-.terda v. as
republiiuirtj;,y ,,nt lot of nice fresh lain-! ,
nieiit o:-i his t h u ui b ;uid
sliowed ne1 where a prettvi
little pink nail w;ts sprout
ing over the ruins of the oth
i er one.
Mr. Yandtrhilt will have
one of the most extensive
and beautiful, if not the most
extensive, expensive a n d
beautiful home in the world
when it is eomp'oled. One
reason I have not yet finish
ed up my place is that I want
first to see what George does,
and thus get the advantage
of his cxperienee. He does
not mind that, ho says. His
house will be bigger t h a n
Charlie Raster's hotel at
Laramie City, and will have
hot and cold water and gas
in every rooit
HIT
Pic5 sonants will occupy
roou entirely apart from
tno lamuy. .wr. auuci oiu
will keep help theyear round.
Ho has set out his Pieplant
already, and .yesterday or-
tiered ; span of horseradish
plants.
A railroad running from
Pntmore. on the main line,
to Mr. Vand H'bilt's phiee is
owned by him. .and is used
solely for convoying budd
ing material and salaries to
the men It is called the Van
dorbilt system. Twenty thou
sand dollars per month is the
suhi paid at present to men
working on the grounds, a
side from those who are build
ing. And yet my grounds, es
pecially on Monday, present,
I think, present a morocaeor-
ful appearance than
his 1
does, i oiten tell mm rnat
V.hon our folks tiro rinsing
I T i j .111' ili
(Ult ihi'ly wUito "l,-ll,,s 1,10
socontl Water, and placing
i tny new parboiled shirts .on
' the lawn to bleach. I know of
! no landscape gardener ivho
can begin to got such cheers'
as we do.
Once 1 came here along
with a fall of two footed snow
and a moan temperature. 1
had nothing to do with it.
but even yet (and that was
bettor than rive years ago)
the peoploof Buncombe coun
ty, whenever a frost strikes
the valley, as they profanely
hunt in the bottom of the
rag barrel for their ear muffs,
murmur to themselves ami
begin to look at the depot
for baggage with mv name
!on it. Chutt.iTiooan rJlm.
"I i; oi.i h f A t:i -alt. no l.iictilw.
Hi- vt'!i a i;. ihliorliootl
ivptMaliiMj as a l.-ver youu :;
'.ui. whin, ho iiiflt'a't'd
h!.-- p. 'i fon.iai.t't' a.i pfak r, j
not idoiii tlraui. i: Upoiij
I 1 : i t i" t!i- tli-.-atisf.ntion ol'j
his i iiiilo t'l'.s I v uioii.it ii..' i
a
, i . . ii . j
t tump li. the Ii I I and Keep!
' .. , ... ,
ii".- t i' t arm .aut.s irotn
j , , ,. , .
t 'i hi- u-iii'l.- Ii nil lit unniwiiitui
fl. . f .1 ... !
I1 " ' .
'ill 1. l 1 1 . I k.1 i:n.t Iliw rllsil
a t.trioiis vein. At 1 1 - ru.le.,.rs wl,,,. Iiea.l.piaftcru aiv at
iMi'.iiii iiiii,i.i ill" M t I I e-
. .1 ... 1- . . ' , I A I ..
,
im-nt Ii oeeai.ie an niipor-
matches, too; - -rat the age
! of 1 7 hi? had at tained his full
I- '.1 siv fi-,4 V..
u : iie h"s in
e It'll any,
,
;id ;i tc-rriblt- iiiii.'.-ular clod-
hopper he was. But I: A was
i k;:i!W!i newr to us ' his rx-
r;it)rdin;!i-y strengti! to the
injury or humiliation of oth-
ers; rather to do them a
'kindlv turn, or to enforce
justice and fair dealing be
tween them. All this made
him a favorite in bat-kwoods
society, although in some
things he appeared a little
odd to hi:' friends. For more
than any of them, he was
given rr.it only to reading,
but to fits of nbstaetion, to
quiet mining with himself,
ami also to strange spells of
melancholy, from which he
would pass in a moment to
rollicking outbursts of droll
humor. But, on the whole,
he was one of the people n
moug whom he lived; in ap
pearance pci haps even a lit
tle more uncouth than most
of them a very tall, raw
boned youth, with large fea
tures.
dark, shriveled skin,
,.,1..,u;,11, . i, . .m
Iail;! j,s on out of 1)ropor.
lion.(.la(, in (lwrskin tmll.
S0PS -f,h fmm rPinonf .x.
posure to the rain had shrunk
so as to fit tigl tly on his
limbs, leaving several inches
7 --- - j--
of bluish skin exposed be
tween their lower end and
tlie heavy tan-colored shoes;
the nether garment held usu
ally by only one suspender
that wasstrur.govera coarse
homo-made shirt; the head
covered in winter with a coon
skin cap, in summer with a
rough straw hat of uncertain
shape, without a band.
It is doubtful whether ho
felt himself much superior to
his surroundings, although
I 1,,. if., nl to vi 'iniil ir
1.V l llllll i-l'l M l". ' ,l (1 i III llll f.
for some knowledge of the
world outside of tlie circle in
which he lived. This wish was
ratified: but how? At tlx
,;1L,;M)f ) H, VV(,nt. down tie
Mississippi to New Orleans
as a fiatboat hand, tempor
arily joining a trade niany
members of which at that
time still took pride in being
called "half horse and half
alligator." Alter his return
ho worked and lived in the
old way until the spring of
IbVA), when his father "mov
ed again," this time to Illi
nois; and on the journey of
lo days 'Abe' had to drive
the ox wagon which carried
the household goods. Anoth
er log cabin was built, and
then fencing afield, Abraham
Lincoln split those historic!. -harms.
r.i'l.s vl.i h were deMincd t(i
play m pit tui-estpie a part in
the Pie. id. 'itial campaign
J S years later. (ml Sdiuvz
in Atl.intir Mailt lily.
A iri Tie' oil fr BidJJe lnlitutf.
Cliarltitt; w wl li.
Ti.e t lit i hi of .itT.iirs at
li.i.. .:..... i. i . i -in
.! iiioniu- ui lie hit Mill
.
( IiiiiiL-i !. I.i.l'll.' 1 unlit in-m a col-
. i n i V
!rel cull. 'f (or lit' edilriil ion ol
, ... .
Ihetnlolf.l ir.f. fht.it.ii.sii. nil '
iiKiiidv H"iiMirtet lv Northern
l'i(tlnirji, I'n., and now it very
prnjierly !ias n in'ro resiilnt.
l".:rtl ot rusttvH of LuKlli
In.Hete, at trrt nti,
t VasUn , Rev. a,
,l,,s. a eoloreil p,vnH.er and cl-
,., (,f Wilmii.-ton. to the pres-
idiMicv of bidille. Rev. Sanders
lias rect i '1 official notification
of liis elect ion. and lie lias accept
e.l.
The result of thin step on the
part of the trustees will he watch
etl ".ith i''.t crest by our pet'ple.
Tlie institution has heretofore
Ihvii under the presidency mid
pi oiessorliip ot white people, hut
now that a colored man 1ms been
elected tt) the presidency, it is not
unreasonable to suppose that a'l
the profesorsliips an to be filled
by colored people. Indeed the
News has it this morning Ironi tt
citizen of liiddleville thatthetalk
is that of t he present force of ed
ucators only Prof. Tattle will re
main. Dr. Johnson, the lormer
nresident, goes into missi onary
service, and reports say that Dr.
La urn nee, Prof, beat tie and Prof
Duncan will all leave the institu
tion. MILLI0XS IX IT.
Wasiiixotox, June 9. Within
a year from July the 1st the
Treasury department will pay to
the citizens of the United Ftates
between twelve and fifteen mill
ions ot dollars as a bounty for
raising-sugar. The most of this
will go to Louosiana for the pro
duct ion of cane sugar. Over one'
million will be paid to the farm
ers in the New England states,
Aew York, Ohio, Illinois, arid the
Northwestern states ior the pro
duet ion of sugar from maple sap.
A large sum will be distributed
in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowo and
California., among those who
raise sug;ar from beets and sor
ghum cane.
The list ribution of such a great
sum of money among o many
people so widely, separated, and
the pains that must lie taken to
prevent fraud upon the govern
ment, will bo an undertaking of
cousderable magnitude. E very
ounce of the millions of pounde.
sugar produced must be weigh
ed and samples of it tested and
inspected by go vermeil t inspec
tors, who will be appointed for
that purpose. This work will be.
done under the direction of the
international revenue bureau of
the Treasury department.
Mary Ann (irier disappeared
from her father's home two milef
south of Navatak; Ind., nearly
AO years ago. A few days ago"
her body was recovered in an a
bandoued bog iron-ore pit, with
out one vestige ol change from
the appearance it had known In
life. Not only is the contour o'
the form perfect as in health, but
even the color has remained un
changed. The arms and shoul
tiers are as white as marble, the
hands are brown, and one of them
still bears the stains ot the ber
ries with which she wa working
the afternoon of her disappear
ance. The cheeks are slightly
brown, but suffused with a ruddy
flush, which old settlers remem
ber as one of the girl's chief