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HOOXE, WATAUGA COUNTY. X. C., THURSDAY, NOVEM11KH. 1). 1801.
XO. 15.
W. lU'OUNCILL, Jit.
Attoiw.y at La, v.
IilMllH', N. C
W. B. COUNCIL!.. M. I).
Boone, N. ('.
Resident Physician. . Oilice
on King Street north of Tost
Office.
E.F. LOYILL
Attohxky At Law,
Boone N. C.
DR. L.C. REEVES.
PHYSICIAN A XI) Sl'KCiKON
Office at Residence.
Boone, N. C.
. L. I). LOWE,
Attorney at Law
AX1H
NOTARY PUIILIC,
BANNER'S ELK, N. C.
J. 0. W1LI5AB
DENTIST,
ELK lUKK, SOUTH CAUOLISA.
Otters Ihm professional services
to th: people ot Mitchell,
V:i(:iii'r; and adjoining coun
ties. v-.Yo l.nri maleial used
May 1 1 y.
I R WHEW,
.rrrvnxLYM law,
MARION.
N.C
-(-)-
Will prii'll'-e in the courts oi
Watauga. As!,.., Mii. !i-!l, McDow
ell and all other cfiui tieN in the
western iistrict aaTSpirial at ten
1ioii given to tliu collection of
claims,""-?
Ed I?I KEadron,
IKNTALSUU(iKOX,
Inxeot. North Ctmdina.
Offers his professional services
to the people of this an J adjoin
in- counties. All work promptly
done and satisfaction guaran
teed,
Oct, 27, 3 mo.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Sale.
On account of failing health
of myself and w ife, I offer for sale
tny hotel pro vert v in the town of
l?oone. North Carolina, mid will
sell low for cash and make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. Hkyajt.
Notice.
For nale. 900 acres of land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which is asbestos,
and fine land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L. D. Lowe&
J. T. Furgerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed.
Banner Elk, Nov. I? '90..
Money to loan.
Persons wishing to boT
row money, who can secure
it by mortgage on good real
estate, can be accommodated
by applying to
J.F. Spa inhour, Boone N. C.
s or A. J. Critcher, Horton N. U.
4. 24.
NO 1 ICE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
pleise advance the fees with
the papers and they will re
ceive prom pt attention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want .of
fees. I). F. Baird Shff.
WASHINGTON LETTER
From oai Begnltr Correspondent.
The story of the dent ruc
tion of the United Stntesship
"Baltimore," by a Chilian
torpedo-boat, is discredited
here, us such an outrage could
not have hewn perpetrated
without the assistance of the
Chilian authorities. T hat
they should participate in
such an affair (the nations
not being at war,) would im
ply a recklessness incredible
on the part of of i civilized
people. Possibly Home Chili-1
an navy captain might fake
it into his head to destroy
tho "Baltimore," with the
direct purpose of forcing a
war, and for the sake of ten
porory popularity, he might
thereby gain. j
Captain S-hley, no doubt,!
is looking after the "Balti
more" with due vigilance. So
far as can be judged by the
latest advices from Va'.pari
so, conditions are changing
for the better, ami no dispo
sition is manifested to pro
voke a rupture with the Uni
ted States, though there is,
no doubt, considerable irri
tation over the Itata; and it
is also sai l that the expul
sion of Unbans from the Cal
ifornia mines in the days of
the Argonauts is sMll remem
bered by some who dream
of obtaining revenge at San
Francisco.
The young men of Santia
go were considerably excited
over the reportel conspiracy
to assassinate C.)l. Canto,
and demanded that summa
ry punishment be meted out
to the Balmacedists alleged
to be concerned in the plot
and piotected by the Ameri
can legation; but the reply!
of the President-elect Montt
to the Santiago demonstra
tion was couched in the most
conservative.terms, and show
ed that he would countenance
no violence. There was real
ly no knowledge in posses
sion of the junta pointing to
the existance of a plot, mid J
if there were, the authorities
would be governed by the
laws of the country in its in
vestigations. A late dispatch from Val
paraiso says that in the no
tice issued by lntendente Car
los Lira to the crowd of hot
headed young Chilians at
Santiago, who were unduly
exciting themselves about
the reported plot to assas
sinate Col. Canto, he not on
ly said that there was no
truth in the stories published
by some of the local papers,
but added ihat no arrests
had been made. Heeritiesed
severely the paper responsible
for the charges.
The U. S. Government is
hastening the completion of
the Mianotomah and Atlan
ta to have them :n readiness
for any contingency, and
workmen are busy upon them
day and night, last Sunday
having been the first devoted
to work in the Brooklyn Na
vy Yard since the war. A
show of activity ami strength
will no doubt aid negotia
tion. There is alo further
assurance of a peaceful set.
tlementof the Chilian mat
ter in the fact that some of
her most influential citizens,
including Pres.-elect Montt
and his brother and Mr. Fos
ter, were owe American citi
zens and knew the wealth
and power of tins country.
These gentlemen formerly
known as George. Ptcr and
Julius respectively, mid now
styled in Chili, .lorge, Pedro
and .Julio, an I other influeii
ti'il Chilians will no doubt in
sure a peaceful course in spite
of the prejudics of theChiliun
rabble.
In a few days the Speaker
ship contest will be transfer
red to this city. The candi
dates will open their head
quarters here two weeks or
more before tho meeting of
Congress. A very large num
ber of the mem bers of t 'ie nex t
House will come to Washing
ton unpledged, though the
majority of them have ex
pressed their preferences in
one way or another. But it
is an open fight yet. There
has been some talk of a pro
tracted contest in the cau
cus, but that does not seem
probable. The caucus will be
held the Saturday before Con
gress convenes and a few bal
lots will be apt to settle the
Speakership question. The
candidates genera II v express
great continence in their own
strength and in the weakness
of "the other fellow's." At
one time it looked as if there
might be considerable bitter
ness developed, but the un
wisdom of such a course is
apparent to those who wen;
at one time disposed to make
the campaign one of person
al attack rather than argu
ment, and now the struggle
promises to be one of calcu
lation and reason, with a
strong element of enthusi
asm. Speculation as to Presiden
tial nomineoh t're as abun
dant in Washington as else
where, and asuncei tain. Cleve
land, Hill and Flower are
each a possiuility ontheDem
oeratic side; so, in fact, are
others, including Mr. Gor
man, who ha? many admir
ers; probably Cleveland, and
Boies for secmd place, aie,
now oftenest named. On the
Republican side Harrison
and McKinley seem to lea-d,
though Blaine would, no
doubt, be nominated if he so
desired. The more prevalent
opinion probably is that he
will not run. His hoalth is
good, so far as known here,
and he is, apparently, fully
recovered from the exhaus
tion, sickness, infirmity or
whatever mysterious -janse
it was that kept him nt the
North during the summer.
Between the enterprisingeor
respondents who confidently
asserted for many weeks that
he was a broken-down man,
and the other witle-awakefel-lows
who as positively affirm
ed that he had never been
sick, but was getting better
very fast, the public was some
what mzzled . 1 1 is proba ble
that he needed rest and very
sensibly took it, and both his
political friends and his op
ponents can but rejoice in his
recupeiation.
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own localitire. wherever itir; live. Any
fin twa. 'Oiiii? or i.lrt, in their
We Aaroieh varvthiae'. We tun vc-u. i rt.k. Yon ran t etile
MK rr.n do llii v. ork. r eev te learn.
you- epare momenta, or all your timr to the work. 1 ht 't ad
entirely new lead, and tiring wotirterftt) eoecae. to twrr worker.
Betintir aire uniingr from ft to fat1 par cek and tipwartfa,
and mora after a liuie aai.ar1iaM Va can farntah eou tba im.
ul.teinent and teach tub r'KKK. bo apace to eiplaJa here. Fan
IManeat. WHIM. E fc CO, IMlUtTA, !.
Our High Xvanuln.
Alic llle Cititm.
In his very agreeable and
cordial letter written during
a recent visit to Ashi-viUe,
Col. A. K. McClure thought
he 'iw forty Maks visible
from the portico of the Kenil
worth Inn, all of them exceed
ing in height the famous Mt.
Washington, the giant of the
New England mountains. Lo
cal vanity might impel us to
leave him in error so agreea
ble as an impartial admis
sion of the superiority long
denied to the North Carolina
mountains; for New England
long resisted the evidence
that demonstrated, not only
the superior elevation over
all other N art li American
mountains of Mount Mitch
ell, but of several other N. C.
mountains over the long
crowned king of the White
Mountains of New Hamp
shire. It is fair, however, to
inform Col. .McClure that he
did not see what he thought
he saw; for none of the rivals
of Mount Washington stand
in any point of view attaina
ble from Ashevilie. There are
some in this section that do
surpass it in height.
Mount Washington is G,
2)S feet high. As contesting
with this for superiority of el
evation. I present the follow
ing North Carolina moun
tains, the measurements or
which were made by Profess
or Guyot and other disinter
ested authorities. Amongthe
Black Mountains, which ex
tend to the northwest from a
point about eighteen miles
east of Ashevilie, the view of
which is obstructed by high
intermediate ranges, is, first,
the Black Dome, G.717 feet
high; Mount Mitchell, G,5S2;
Mount Gihbs, G,"91; Balsam
Cone, 0,071; Hairy Bear. G,
010; Black Brother, 0,619;
Cattail Peak, 0,408; Bowiiu's
Pyramid, 0,348; in all nine
peaks In the Black mount
ains, which surpass Mount
Washington. In addition to
these th ?re are two gaps in
the same range which arc
crossed at a higher elevation
than the summit of that
mountain; namely: D o m e
(Jap, 0,3313, and the Rocky
Trail Gap, 6,380.
In the northwest chain of
the Black mountains are the
Blackstock Knob, 6,380 feet,
and Potato Top, 0,393". Crag
gy, so well known to tourists
is 6,090 feet high.
In the Balsam mountains,
which stretch across theState
from the Tennessee line to
South Carolina, there are fif
teen peaks which exceed 6,
000 feet, and closely approx
imate .Mount Washington;
but only two exceed it, viz:
Richland Balsam. 0,425 and
Double Spring Balsam 0,380.
Along the Smoky moun
tains, between the Tennesee
and Pegeon rivers, are Cling
man's Dome, 0,000 feet; Mt.
Buckley, 0,599, and Mount
Love, 0,443. In the group
of Bull Head, in the same
mountains, lying within the
Tennessee line a re North peak
of Mt. Safford, 0,535. the
West Peak of Mount Curtis,
6,058; Central Peak of Mt.
Le ( outre, 6,G12; Mt, Henry,
0,373; Mt Guyot, 0,030; and
in the same range between
theNoleclsucky and Watauga
rivers, the two jteaks of the
Roan, tvsMe j vely G,.30G, and
0,290.
In all, including those peaks
jointly posnessed by North
Cnrolinannd Ten nesHee, there
a re twenty-three w hich exceed
Mt. Washington in height,
several of them by several
hundred feet.
In addition to these, there
are twenty-thiee other M'ts.
which exceed 0,00'. feet but
fall short of Mount Washing
ton; and there ure 79 which
exceed 5,000 feet, many of
them closely approximating
six thousand. J, I). C.
According to Republican
logic the States in which the
Republicnn ticket was elected
were carried upon National
issues, but that the Demo
crats won their Spates ou lo
cal issues. Let us see: "In
New Vork Cleveland stood
out as the embodiment of tar
iff reform. Governor Hill de
bated National questions dur
ing two-thirds of h i s first
speech., and one of his last
talks declared that the Dem
ocrats had "nailed to the
mast the banner of tariff re
form." In Massachusetts Govern
or Russel and all the Demo
cratic speakers put the tariff
to thefront. Gov. Russell says
of the result:
"It means that Massachu
setts is earnestly tor tariff re
form on the line of free raw
material, which has been the
chief issue in this State. It
also means that she is firmly
and aggressively for a sound
currency."
Mr. Lodge warned his party
on the night btfore election
that
'Every Republican who gives
his vote tomorrow casts it
in the Presidential election
just as surely as he will cast
it there next fall. It is use
less to disguise it any longer.
The batt'e has taken such a
shape that it has all the im
portance of the National and
Presidential year."
And since his defeat Mr.
Lodge has said in an inter
view that
"Weshallhave to fight as
we have never fought before
to keep Massachusetts, awe
can keep her, in the place she
has always occupied in Pres
idential elections."
The same is true of Iowa.
The tariff issue was domi
nant, and the State iwdoubt
ful for the Republicans in
1892." News and Observer.
SHARPS AXI FLITS.
Wilmington Uestratj er.
What a beggardly show!
Out of 425,000 votes cast in
Iowa where Radical Weaver
lives, the Polk Peffer-Peoples
Party put up but 15,000.
Surely, a fizzle.
Flower got 45,048 plurali
ty. That takes the cake.
Since Tilden cairied the State
there has been no such ma
jority. Cornell, Republican,
had 42,777 in 1879. Hill's ma
jorities in the two electiotis
were 11,134 and 19,171.
In spite of the greatly re
duced tax in beh alf of carpets,
a mill at Yonkers shut down
and turned out lor a holiday
over 2,000 worknigmen who
mast get their bread as they
can until work begins again.
Tuon tj Frenldentm Polnteri.
rblUdelphla Timefl.
The election of Tuesday did
much to clear up the doubtn
which hung over Presidential
possibilities for '92. The mail
apparently buried without
the hope of resiirection, is
President Harrison. He lost
New York by the defeat of
the republican party in that
State, and he lost Pennnylva
nin by the success of the name
party and the decisive victo
ry of Quay. New Yord waa
organized entirely in the in
terest of Harrison, and solely
with reference to his re-nomination,
and he lost. Penn
sylvania was organized un
der Quay with the Blaine ban
ner floating over the party,
and Quay won by an over
whelming majority against
the most fearful odds he ev
er encountered.
There was no need of any
fresh impetus to the Blaine
movement, for the Plumed
Knight has had the nomina
tion clearly nt his option ev
er since the November elec
tion in 1890. The election
of Tuesday did not weaken
him in any section, and great
ly strengthened him in both
New York and Pennsylvania.
He will be the nominee of the
party if he shall have vigor
enough to accept the strain
of national conteitanditwill
be substantially unanimous.
Until Tuesday last, it seemed
settled that if Blaine should
be unable to accept the can
didacy the nomination would
go to Harrison without a con
test. Things are different
now, and the legatee of Mr.
Blaine's political estate i a
Governor McKinley, of Ohio.
It is now next to certain that
the republican candidate for
President next year will be ei
ther James G. Blaine or Will
iam McKinley.
Tuesday's elections have
cleared away what seemed to
be a tangled thicket of under
brush in the Presidential field
on the democratic side. Had
Pennsylvania and Ohio vo
ted democratic, it would have
created two presidential possi
bili ties in Governor Campbell
and Governor Pattison, and
if the Farmers' Alliance had
maintained its power in the
West, it would have made
the nomination of Cleveland
impossible. As it is, the West
will have no formidable can
didate to hold the Western
States from Republicanism,
and the Farmers' Alliance
has practically perished as a
political factor.
On the other hand, the
doubtful battle in New York
was turned to a positive and
sweeping Democratic victory
chiefly by the heroie efforts
of Grovr Cleveland. He made
but one speech outside of his
State and that was in Massa
chusetts, where for the first
time in the history of that
Commonwealth the Demo
crats have elected a Govern'
or to two consecutive terms,
So far as the Democrats have
won on Tuesday, they have
won on a conservative finan
cial policy, and there is now
apparently but. one hopeful
candidate for the Democratic
nomination next year Gro
ver Cleveland. Such appears
to be the Presidential point
ers of Tuesday's electious.
I.