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BO()XL YWYTAUGA COL'NTV, X. C., riLlJllDA Y, XOVKMHKH 30, ISIKJ,
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Y. R. COl'NCILL, Ju.
Attokxt.y at La v.
I loom, N. C.
w. b. cofncill.. m. i.
Roone, N. ('.
Resident Physician. Oliice
on King Street north of Post
Oilice.
DIE. L.C, REEVES.
PHYSICIAN AMI SriiMil-.ON
Cff.ce at Residence.
rooiu n. c.
L. I). LOWE,
Aitoni3j at Law
AND-
SOTAIIY PVIUAC,
BANNER'S ELK, X. C
j. v mimiM,
AllOllSLYAl law,
MAltlOX, XL'
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Will practice in tlif court 8 o
Wntitag.i.Aslie, Mitchell. McOow
I1 ami nil other com :tie in the
rcstirn listiict r"Special ntten
ti.m pii to the colli lion of
claims. "fca
r. J..C' Er.tirr. Dr. T. C. BNekhiira.
T;aJ, Tfati. Zicuvilli-, N- C.
Butlsr & Blacktiim,
PJijsshns & Surgeons.
&'('iiils ntt ended at nil
Juie 1,'93.
E. F. LoYILL. J. C. FLKTCIIKU.
LOViU & FLETSO,
ATTUnShTSATLA H
noose, x. c.
tT Special attention ivon
to tih collet ion ofrfnimf.
L. L. GREKXE, fc CO.,
REAL ESTATE A Gr'T3.
WO.Yv, S. i.
Will giv special fit tontion
to abstracts of title, the sale
of Real Estate in W. N. C.
Those he vina; farms, timber
and miiiPtal lands for sale,
will do well to call on said Co.
at Boone.
L. L. GltlJLW k CO.
March 10, 1893.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Snie.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, I oner for sale
my hotel projiertv in the town ot
Boone, X'orth Carolina, and will
ell low for cash and make terms
o unit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Applvtioon.
W. 4. Bryan.
SOI ICE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
please advance the fees with
the papers and they will re
cei ve prom pt a tten t ion , other
wise they will he returned
not executed for the want of
iees. D. F. Baikd Shkf.
FOR SALE!
In the town of Boone, a com
fortnble dwelling house with
6 rooms and five fire places,
with nine acres of land, (good
spring, someapple, peach and
chestnut trees, situated some
S00 yards from Main street.
It is a desirable private resi
dence. The place will be sold
cheap on terms to suit the
purchaser. For further par
ticulars apply to I. W. Thorn
as, Ilibriten, N.'C, or W. B.
Councill, Boone, N7. U.
01 U STATE.
K.rth C:l l ad ia SUtMUm
Xuii.Ikt of "on n ties, '.Mi.
State aica, .".Jstj piare
miles.
Extreme length is
OO'.V, :
1 1 1 i I m
Extreme bicmlth is 1ST',
mi,. :
N'uinber of electoral votes.
1L
Xumiter of cotton factor
ies, 1(K).
L'ngth of count line is 31 4
miles.
Area Dismal Swamp, 150,
000 acres.
Xuniber of miles of rail
road, .'5,570.
Lland steamboat naviga
tion, l00 miU's.
Total population (ceiibus
1S0O) ,l,17,Ot7.
Wliie j)opulation (census
li0), 1,040,101.
Colored population (census
1S'.)0), 5i)7,17).
Indian population (census
1S0O), 1,071.
Total water-power, .'i,500,
000 horse p'wtT.
Average mean annual rain
fall. 52 inches.
Western bou'jdarv lougi-!
tilde HI degrees, 4:$. 20.
Average winter tempera
ture, 43 degrees Fa ren licit.
The 'lighest point is Mitch
ell's lVak, (, 88S feet.
Nuiob-M- of bales of cotton
consumed. 1 47, GX'A.
Assessed value of railway
property. $L:i.051,33."i.7-l
Deaths by consuinption,
1.05 per 1,000 of State pop-
illation.
X umber of b ints engaged
in gercral fisheries, about
3.000.
Limit of State and country
taxes, 0(5 cents. Limit to
poll tax. $2.
Area of largest country
(Brunswick) is 050 tpiarr
miles.
Area of smallest country
(New Hanover) is 80 square
miles.
The highest town in the
State is Boone, in Watauga
county. 3.250 feet.
Mean annual tempera Mire
at iialicgh. 60 degrees; Flor
ence, Italy, 59 degivea.
Highest point of Smoky
mountain range is Cling
tnan's Dome, C.6G0 feet.
Value of real and - personal
property, bund stock and
railroads is $ 202,80(5,810.
Legal rate of interest, G
percent.; by contract, 8 per
cent.; usury forfeits interest.
Mean annual winter tem
perature of Haleigh, 44 de
grees; Florence, Italy, 44 de
grees. State, congressional and
presidential elections Tues
day after first Monday in No
vember.
The highest point of Blue
Ridge mountains intheState
is Grandfather mountain, 5,
897 feet.
The average date of the first
killing frost is Oct. 10th; and
the last killing frost in spring
is in April.
Public scho d system adop-
tej 1840. At piesnt there are
4.1G8 white and 1,192 color
ed school houses. School age
6 to 21 years.
The census of the children
of school age is, whites, 380.
560; colored, 211.G9G; to'nl,
208,250. Enrollment, white,
215,910; colored, 110,441.
The grand total of r.-ceiptsj
1 f. . i i . r i. ,
11 I " m u i n u- -.u j
eimmg .line .VI. i'.yj. i;
1-
. 7 l a . I .1 111 li.i I I'M T Ml '1 I a V Tkt'tl
MlUU" - s lor t lie h.ime JwllOil
ale .7'M,'1 .'t.
1 . .a
I he death penalty s only ;
inllictetl f r murh r. nrm,1
lairglary ami I ap , t ue
ral Amiably having power;
to abolish it in nil
cues if,
deemed advisable.
Married women retain all
their real tnd ersonal prop
erty exempt from tin debts,
of their husbands. Liens of
mechanics and laborers f o r
th'dr work are required.
Legislature, biennial in o i l
nil inhered years, ineetingon jeiil, iia-lu l:i; the Bresid-nt.
Wednsday after the first Mori that lie pu ty ltoliey was not
day in January. Limit of ses j invivi d in th' se elections
sion GO days. Terms of Sen ! and sho'.ihl not in any way
ators and Ileresenta fives 2 b" intf:? !;'-,..! h- the result,
years each. Fay 4 per day. The general idt a, in wlrch
Homesteads are allowed to all concurred, was, that the
the amount of $1,000 vnhi"jissii-s in the election of 1892
and personal property to the! would still hold in the coai-
amount of $500. Th"home
stead is not only exempt du
ring the life of owner, but ni
ter death during the minori
ty of any of his children, .md
also during the widowhood
of his wife.
Sn-ps From the Mcwngrr.
Florida is shipping orange
by t he millions. Tiiecr jp is
immense.
The vote in Va. wassmall
less than 200.000. Fiveyears
ago it was 289.000.
Young Stevenson, son of
of the Vice President, mar
ried an Illinois girl recently.
It is most evtraordinary
speed that the new American
cruiser ColunrubiM made, near
ly thirty miles in one. hour.
1 1 has no rival.
Mr. Ferris"lot money on
his great wliei-l. It co-d $'Cf2
000. Receipts only show the
Mini of $300,000." How t,p
papers lied vhout the profits.
There w e re $30,014,0 13
more exports than imports
in Octob r from thisjeountry.
It is hii im-rease of more
than $20,000,000 over .Oct.
1892.
R es r esen t a t i v e M c M i 1 1 i i n f a
vors pitting a tax on whis
key of one dollar a gallon.
Tax the luxuries, cigars, eig.tr
ettes, snuff, tobacco nndj;eer
ale and all luxuries.
The legislature in Virginia
is democratic with the excep
tion of twelve members. But
one opposition member in the
Senate umi he is a very lone
some Populist.
A crank woman is v e y
anxious to meet Pres. Cleve
land, and a murderously in.
spired crank harmed to kill
the governor of Indiana.
These fools should be dealt
with by the authorities with
out delay.
The latest from Brazil is
that Admiral Mello, of t:he
Brazillian fleet in rebellion,
has proclaimed the late Ein
p e r o r Dom Pedro's son.
Prin-e Pierre Louis Philippe,
Emperor. But. what will the
people say tojthis?
Rep. Bourke Cockran, of
New York City, is down like
a thousand of brick on an in
come tax. He says it is a vi
cious principle. It is always
wrong in the eyes of the Mon
ey Bags to touch the ingots
aud sheekles.
Tie !'i ru.ni Thinkbr cf lUt VarJ
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.m-.-i.-. i 1 1 w i mih, .mjiu Aim ih nmir i, ii'n
Ik- 1 IT
incKiiisoa ami .insian l'iin-
I'I'V Ml 'III I ICT V III I lit I I H i? Ml
t'tk . .
l aioeraiir l-.x ecu live
(laitlce In I I a i-onf-retire w'tll
Mr. ' !. t lain! to.la.y on tin
general pnfii,i if t!n dein
iien-:oerain pmiey oj ine niinre. !
going over the boleground ,
involving the (on rre .siuial '
eh-ctioti next fall nndthe pot -j
icy of the administration,!
whi h will form the policy of
the party in the next I'resi - j
dent ial eht-t ion. The first
queifioa diseiis-.e, was th" r.--i-n
el.vtioiH. and the uaati
imoas judgment of all pies-
nig congresssional elections
with o u t modification o r
chaiif, and that the. tariff
policy would be maintain'
and th" sustaining of this
policy would be th. principal
issue in thet-arnpHign.
It w as held that the nation
al policy of the party was not
involved in the matter and
that there was nothing in
tl;e;n to discourage the belief
that the democratic party
would still hold its strength
with the people on the issues
made in 1892. It is under
stood that they had before
them an outline of the work
that is being done by the
ways and-means committee
of the House, and that with
a very few suggestions for mi
nor hanges the work was up
proved of by all of them, and
it was made very clear that
the wh'd. strength of the ad
ministration would tie exert
ed to assist in carrying thro'
Congress' n tariff hill which
would accord wirh'lhe deino-
crati; declaration in their
last national platlorm. There
was no doubt or hesitancy
on this subject whatever, the
opinion of all being that the
strength of the party would
lie in that issue.
The Hawaii an question is
is said to have been touched
on, but on this there was a
difference of opinion and it
was not regarded as an issue
to be pressed in the future
ca in pa ign .--1 1 'nsbinfitou Star
That was a terrible death
the Spanish Consul, Don Car
los Diaz, had in Baltimore.
Frenzied and naked lieclimb-
ed from his room in sLIit. of
pedestrians, for a moment
stood upon a little cornice
sixty feet above t ho pave
ment, and then with a wild
shriek plunged into the air
ami fell at the feci of t he spec
tators crushed and mangled.
His mind had been disorder
ed for some time.
It is said to be tru that
Mr. (iladstone will make Lew
is Morris successor of Tenny
son to the Laureateship of
England. That would be an
instance of eternal unfitness.
As some one said, it is not
the poet Mot Ha (Willia n)
but the other fellow of that
name who is to be crowned
and all because he is a liberal
in politics. That is indeed a
thng to be proud of, but it
. . . . i. . . i- i f
. .
h h ri'ei vers liy tli? pvk
'no
Am April Sqiiw.
Living in a little hut situ J-
jt(d on the shore of (' h n n
iati'pi iake i a womai; wimi
i desei ving of more than
passing notice
She in a full
blooded Apache Indian and
has passed her 100th birth
day. and is still hs active as
a woman t r more th in half
hera.e. He i. Ki-e is piiia j
Paul. B- tiVteii twelve iu!'!
lif teen ye. n s ago mi w -e ;i t j
there with her daughter and
took up her abode. The cvi-
ple hail a little means a n d
they bought a small tract of
land, large enough to supply
them with the necessaries of
life, and there thf have liv
ed ever since.
The aged woman has full
possession of her faculties
anil does not require spec
tacles in order to see distinct
ly. Like the majority of her;
tribe, however, she is stoical,
but rarely ill-humored. Ma
ny go from Lakew ood to see
Mr:. Paul each season. She
realizes that she is an object
of interest and is always
pleased to see callers. Many
a silver quarter ami half dol
lar is left in some conspicu
ous place before the visitors
depart, and this with the aid
of what can be wrung from
the soil, provides the pair
with a camlortable living.
Dunkirk (S, Y.) Herald.
An Industrial Rerelation.
A Mrs. Joshua S. Palmer,
of Portland, Me., has discov
ered an important industrial
pro 'less in a ver. extraordi
nary way. Mrs I'almer has,
long been known to possess
some extraordinary occult
powers. It is said that, she
can take a scrap of any per
son's hand writing in her
hand, or a bit of hisclothing.
or any subject intimately as
sociated with him, iind at
once give an accurate des
cription of his personal ap
pearance, mental qualities,
and more or less of his his
tory. She can take any ob
ject in her hand and describe
the place whence it came and
the association connected
with it. This remarkable
faculty has been known to
Mrs. Palmer's intimate
friends for years and they
have delighted in testing t.
One day her husband gave
She had never neeii any be
fore and did not know what
it was, but she at once de
scribed its nature and the
procsesses lirongh which it
had passed. Not only that,
but she perceived a simpler
and cheaper process by which
it could be mde, and being
something of a chemist she
proceeded to experiment with
it. Whatever niiy bethought
of the manner in which he
arrived at the discovery, it
appears to be a very valuable
one, and a company has been
organized in Bangor, with
a capial of $400,000, to
manufacrure wood pulp ac
cording to Mi-. Palmer's
method.
W&'Oiw dodai pays for the
Democra t one year.
E'op4 on Steer.
pAKKi;sntiM, W. Va.,
Thuiad.ny morning n couple
appeared in Welch, JJcDowell
junty. They were Mkj
Coats, a pretty, x-achy-chelr
ed country damsel of 17, umi
Sandy Johnson, n tall, stal
wart, good-looking moun
taineer of 22 years. They
hud traveled all night from
the bride's home on Ground
Hogcrwk, in order to elude
the obdurate father of the
itirl. The girl was riding on
t'ie Ii.u k. of a spotted steer,
Sandy wm running by
h-r side. The unusual sight
n on drew a crowd of jeop!e,
and as rvpvbody loves a lov
er, halfu dozen hurried off af
teija magistrate orapreach
er. Unluckily for the lorers
no official could be found who
would marry- them, on ac
count of the girl's agt.
When the couple learned o"
this they both bro! e r1
and cried. the,'girl &oi, i oc' . -if
nearly heartbroken.
The tears of the el i
young gi I brought b- vv a
d-termination on the part of
the peetatois to sfe them
through in some way, and
one suggested that they take
the train, then nearlyjdue, for
Bristol, Tenn., where thry
would find no difficulty in get
ting married. This pioposi-
hange dthe tearnof the bride
into smiles of joy and Sandy's
lass apparent grief into open
mouthed delight for n mom
ent, untilhe thought of the
expense. Some one iu the
crowd, however, anticipated
the young man, and propos
ed that the crowd pay all
expenses, and in less timo
thai it takes to write it
pocket books were out and
enough money was contrib
uted to carry the couple
through, with a aouvener Idt
for the bride.
The spotted steer was stall
ed in front of a pile of oats
and corn to ruminate in
peace and pbnty until the re
turn of the couple, and the
procession headed for the
platform. Neither of the
couple had ever seen th
train before, and when it pui
led in they got on the plat
form between the engine and
baggage car. Their spon
sors soon remelied this mis
take and had them conduct
ed into a ladies' car, whero
the conductor was expressly
charged to see them safely
through. The last seen of
Carrie and Sandy a the
train irits whirling out of
sight they were folded in ench
other's arms, laughing and
straining their eyes as they
looked out of the window.
XiTSpeciai: On Dec. 5th,
1893, 1 will sell for cash to
the highest bidder at Blow
ing Rock, N. C, over $2,000
worth of personal property,
to wit: 73 bed steads with
springs and bedding; 21 bu
reaus, 42 wash uto vi(' .. n;
250 chairs, one , ; , one
parlor mite, . k v -,
ges, a large lot rf i- - ra
table ware, and iO cot'-,?
hotel furnishings too teoo-oin
to mention. TUsr-? h'ri;
the property of the lit iu oi
King and Gray.
B. J. Councill, Receiver.
Many Persons are broken
town from orerwork or bowbold care.
Itrowii's Iron Bitten Krbuiuioh
eyfctem, nidi deration, remore txcestot bllt,
kau euro nuUtui. U lb geuuUie.