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1JOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C, THURSDAY, DKCKMJSKI. 17,
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Resident Physician. Office
mi King Street north of Post
Office.
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1)U. L. C. REEYES.
PHYSICIAN AXI) Sl UfiKOX
Office at Residence.
Boone, X. C.
L. D. LOWE,
Attorney at Law
AM-
NOTARY PUIILIC,
BANNER'S ELK. X.
C.
J. ft.
W1L1JA1S,
DENTIST,
ELK PAKK, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Offers his professional services
t t lit people Ol .MITCIiell,
Wntiiii-'ii ami nmoiniiig comi-
ties.lfcBAo La, in;it"i.il used
: ml .1 work n tin ra n f ee(."vsfi
May 1 1 y
J, F. HliRPIIEW,
ATTORSLYM LAW,
MARION. N.C
-(o)-
Will practice in the courts of
Watnmrn.Aslie, Mitchell, McDow
ell and all other courties in the
.vestern Jistrirt Speeial atten
tion "hen to the collection of
(jainiH,"3
Ed 1YL Madron,
dkxtal srmiiiox,
fiasco?. North Carolina.
Offers his professional sci vices
I o the people of this and adjoin
ing counties. All woi k jirompt ly
lone and satisfaction guaran
teed.
Oct. H7, 3 mo.
NOTICK.
Hotel Property for Sale.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, I offer for sale
my hotel property in the town ol
lloone. North Carolina, and will
cll low for cash ami make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. HllYAN.
Notice.
For snip. 900 acres of In ml,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which is asbestos,
nnd fine land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L. I). Lowe &
J. T. Furgerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed.
Banner Elk, Nov. IP '90..
Money to loan.
Persons wishing to boi
row money, who can secure
It by mortgage on good real
estate, fan be accommodated
by applying to
J.F. Spoinhour, Boone N. 0.
or A. J. d itcher, Ilorton N. C.
4.24.
NOIRE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
please advance the fees with
the papers and they will re
ceive proui pt attention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
fees. I). F. Baikd Siiff.
iiiouk vote of the demon -a tic
Bepicseiitutives today, was
greeted by salvo after salvo
of applause from the floor
and from the galleries, and
from the earnest manner in
which he was applauded by
every democrat in the cham
ber, it was apparent tin t be
long and hotly contested
fight in the caucus the long
est for ma uy yea rs-a nd left no
bail blood among the friends
of the defeated candidates
Another noticable and com
mndable thing is that th
friends jf the victorious can
didates have shown no dis
position tJ crow over the
friends of those who were de
feated. The democrats of tin
House are today a united
and compact body, 'ind then
is every prospect of thir le
m jinitig such, notwithstand
ing the Ilenulean efforts of
the republicans to creute dis
cord, und failing in that, to
creafe the public impression
that there is discord
The Speaker's desk was !it
erally covered with flowers,
sent by admiring friends, a
few minutes after he took his
seat. The first business after
the election of the Speaker
was the election of the other
House officers. The retiring
republican officials were all
given t h 6 complimentary
nomination of their party,
although it is known that
snme of the republicans were
opposed to so honoring Mr.
Heed.
Never was the circus which
is always a pat t of the draw
ing by lottery for seats in the
House on the first day of a
new Congress, more enjoyed
by the members and specta
tors than it was to day, and
the ring-leaders in the fun
were mos'.ly the men whose
nerves had been racked to
their utmost tension during
the long uncertain peiiod ol
the Speakeiship contest in
the caucus. The gayety ot
the members today was t here
fore but the natural reaction
of nature. The spectators in
the galleries also took in the
sport, u hen the members
weri all huddled up in the
open spaces behind the seats
and the blindfolded boy made
his appearance to begin draw
ing the mini tiered marbles
out of the box such remarks
as: '"You'll get pulled for
running a lottery," "'where's
the cops," t.nd "VYanamaker
will be after you, "might have
been heard in all parts of the
galleries, and even upon the
floor of the House.
Xever before were there so
many new faces in a single
Congress, and inconsequence
there has been an u"usual
run on the first edition of the
Congressional Directory. pv
erybody wants to find out
something about the un
known men. Theoccnp itn iis
ot the Representatives, a
given in the Directory, show
that the lawyers are still in
the maprity, there being 21 5
w ho are owners of legal 'sheep
skins.' Farmers came next
with sixty-five, school teach
ers forty two, merchantw 24,
manufacturers twenty, bank-
car finisher and one harness
maker. The total occupa
tions given is greater than
the membership, but that is
beeause some of t he members
have followed nrire than one
occupation. Nine of the mem
bers were born in Ireland,
three iu (Jtrmany, three in
Canada, tw iu Norway, one
in Sweden, one in .'Jreeee, one
in England, and one in Scot
land. It would be difficult to
get a. more lepresentative
body together.
The fellow who thinks he
knows what the House is go
ing to do, is as numerous as
usual, but the man who real
ly knows what the House
will do does not exist. It will
take some little lime for the
members to confer and ar
rive at some conclusion.
Nothing will be done hastily,
and nothing will be done be
fore it has been approved
with practical unanimity by
1 hedemocratic members. Ev
ery member with whom your
correspondent has talked ap
pears to fully realizii tha'
upon the action or nonaction
of the House may depend the
election of a democratic Pres
ident next year.
The Senate also has an in
flux of new niembeis, there
being sixteen of them, inclu
ding the three alliance Sena
tors, Irby, I 'e Iter and Kyle,
the first of whom will vote
with the democrats, the sec
ond withjHie republicans, aid
the last as he happen to feel
at the time, upon all political
questions.
Mr. Harrison announced
today that, as the House
would take considerable time
to organize, he would not
send in his message until to
morrow. There is reason for
believing that the change of
programme was made not
because of the organization
ol t lie House, but because of
a. change which Mr. Harri
son was persuaded by Mr.
Blaine to make in that por
tion of his message relating
to foreign affairs.
The deadlock in the demo
cratic caucus from Saturday
until today, gave many of
the new members an entirely
new view oi
politics.
Congressional
Costly d'nners are not en-
tin ly out of vogue. A dinner
was given at the Manhattan
athletic club Saturday night
which cost $4,000, though
there were only twenty-six
persons present. The dinner
was given in honor of John
M. Dillon, who is shortiy to
be married. Mr. Dillon is the
son of President Dillon of the
Unipn Pacific Railroad. Ex
change.
the New York World corres
pondent he said tiiat thed. ni
ocratic members of the far
meis' alliance aided the de
feat in Ohio. Hejhclieves SO
per i-eiit. of tlie people's par
ty vote came from the demo
cratic party.
'Next year.' he said, "i.oth
ing can beat us. With tariff
reform as the jsMie thedemo
crats can and w ill carry Ohio
by a handsome majority, and
we will also cany the coun
try and elect a democratic
president. It makes nodinVc
ence who may head the tick
et, we will elect him. The
fight w ill lie one of principle
not personalities, and the
Democratic platform will be
found the only real, live, liv
ing issue before the people
tariff i i f inn.''
"As to thechoiceof theOhio
democracy for president?"
"It will ue the man who
can win with tariff reform
as the iss-.K of the cam
paign. "
Asheville ( it'u.i-u: If the Jef
ferson Western Citizen will
change its name and its poli
tics all will be forgiven. The
Citizen lias, in common cour
tesy, a sort of copyright on
that nn.iie in this part of the
sta le, and the Western Citi
zen confuses the newspaper
situation with no particular
ndvanNge to itself or its mis
erable polit ics.
This is hard on our neigh
bor. Ed. l)i-M.
Life in North Carotin. -Kit. Dr. Hil'i
Joke.
The Rev. Dr. Charles II.
Hall, of Brookllvn, told a
Mnry the oi her evening illus
trative of life in North (Wo
lina. Hei-aid.
"I was seated beside the
I 1
coacn driver, i i img along a
mountain road, when the
driver pointed to a place on
the valley load some distance
l ehnv ami observed:
"Man shot down there last
night."
Yes,' I replied. 'What had
lie done?'
'Revenue oflicer,' was the
reply.
"I5ut what did they shoot
him for? I asked again.
'Revenue officer,' he replied
again.
"Yes. yes." 1 said, think
ing h e had misunderstood
my question, 'but what crime
had he committed that he
should be shot, for it?'
"Why, hain't I jest told
ye," my friend sharply re
plied; 'he was a revenue offi
cer; that was enough, wasn't
it? And there's another man
down there with u rifle, a
lookin' for the next one that
comes along.'
COIWTY EXHIBIT.
Continued from last week
Jurorsi
lnr tern S.lif.
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Jewelry Bir.ied With a Corpse.
Allen Grei-n dtjjurfp;
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Jake xorris " "
Jas uridges "
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T L wa.td " '
w it Moody " "
J ci walker " "
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w m Michael" ''
wjcarinder' "
sol Younce ' "
M F Presnell" "
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l c wilson ' '
J I, Moretz ' 4
Manly Green' '
w n storie ' 4
J F li-.irdin ' '
(i w Mcuinis ' '
w ii chirk ' '
(c w Greene '
T I, cook ' '
cal white
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J o culver ' '
jurorsforspec juneterm '.91,
j c ilorton ' '
How much of the wealth
that you have produced du
ring the past five yeai s have
you succeeded in holding? Do
you think your wife and chib
drenhavehad their just share.
If not, why not? AVestern
Advocate.
News comes from the far
west State of Washington.
TheO. 0. P. liars tell us the
State Alliance is split all to
pieces mind you, the "asso
ciated press" tells this. In
stead of that they held a
splendid meeting, endorsed
theSub-Treasury, land loans,
etc., and elected officers all
iu good foim. The (Jrcat
West.
Labor is in a. worse condi
tion in this country than it
is in Europe, though w e ha ve
been living under the wing of
a boasted protective policy
for a quarter of a century.
Our policy has protected the
plutocrats in their plan for
plundering the proletariat.
Industi ial Ivlucatoi .
(Joy. Hill has mad.. a great
speech at Eimira, N. Y. He
aggressively assails the Re
publican party and Harri
son'sadmiidstratiou, and the
Billion Doll ir.Coi giess.
He declares that the Demo
crats of New York, including
himself, favor free coinage of
silver and of gold, but on the
ratio of the market value of
the two metals. The coined
silver dollar must be ot'equal
value with Hie gold dollar.
The largest amount of jew
elry known to be in a single
grave was buried in Green
wood Cemetery several yaars
ago. The undertaker who
had charge of the funeralpro
tested against it, but was se
verely snubbed for his inter
ference. The family had its
way, and in that grave isbu;
l ied fully Jjpri.OOO worth of di
amonds, with whichthebodv
was decked when prepared
for burial. Sometimes fami
lies who bury their dead
in the clothing worn in life
in evening oi wedding dress
es, for instance substitute
less costly imitations for the
jewelry worn in life, partly
from motives of thrift, and
partly from a superstitious
fear that anything taken off
a body when it is ready for
the tomb will bring ill-luck
to future wearers. Ex.
The oldest ex-cabinrt offi
cer in the country is James
Campbell, who was Franklin
Pierce's Postmaster-General.
Mr Campbell is mor than
eighty, and has passed the
later yecrs or an unruffled life
in Philadelphia, where he still
proctices law. Ex.
At Hardin, N. C, near tin
South Carolina line, on Tues
day evening, last, a most
horrible accident occurred.
Mrs. Nell C. Chin ton's dress
been m ignited from hercook
ing stove. Shi? ran out of her
house screaming for help and
fell prostrate upon a pile of
stubble from a cane mill near
by. A man happened to be
passing the house at the time
ran to tlieiinforttmnlelnd.vY.
relief, but was too late to be
of assistance. She wasburn-
d almost To.'i crisp a nd dii-d
iu a few minutes. Mrs. Clan
ton leaves four lit tie orphan
children. Press and Carolinian.
"To visit the sick, bury the
dead and educate the or
phans," is the foundaticn
principles of Odd Fellowship,
and any lodges which does
not literally cam this out
fails in its mission, and is
thereby derelict in its duty.
There are thousands of lire
sides in this land from which
nightly ascend thanks for
the relief furnished by Odd
Fellows in the hour of dis
tress. News and Observer.
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u o nugger '
g w caudle '
Jacob cook "
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u A Thomas'
L Hartley '
u G oragg '
J it nlair '
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it j Mi n ton '
w F iteese '
s F church '
j M Hyatt '
j Look ii hill '
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u F urickle ' '
a s F.dmisten '
itud vannoy' '
it Campbell ' '
j I) Harr-son' '
s w coffey day '
J J Henson ' '
T M cannon ' '
w w vannoy' '
j ss tan bury ' '
j A iiarman ' '
jack uenson' '
Lark Michael '
Allen Green ' '
j A narman' '
E .1 Banner ' '
L ii Michael ' '
sLBoliuger' '
TTownsend ' '
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A g cook ' '
jnmes perry
c.ilvin Long' '
j A wooi lie ' '
T it Green ' '
j it Johnson ' '
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A it cook ' 4
cm; rem ' '
w s Farthing '
i: j Norris ' '
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j n storie ' '
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T c cc.ffey ' '
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