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THE WEEKLY LEDGEK.
Saturday,
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a wtvk c5tt at? nv.fi- it Kit TFITS ! ;; .'IM
. " Tt " , ! STEALING FOll; JUS LITTLE
;' ' TIER TO DEATH. I )
I'm severed frJro friends and kindred
dear.
" III thisstraiiilancj I have some cheer.
Thoinrh live I must On a tr:une-sod
There's nought c:i wer .mo frtfm
Dame: FortYme Teas not smiicd'oh meV
I've InnPinuuUj soiTowtittle glee,
Though it)hi.'U'caV laud I Y11.
There's 4Vnht ohm sever' nle from
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This partial kraow.s noi ray hwno.
Xo.wiHKtj-r tLoh tJumprnHro.-nn.
Where e'er"1 I've, IwJfi. whcre V" I t;vd.
Nought has rove ml ufcX ironi God.
Friend may iiijiireml deee!yp.iue,.v
Far frm hoxue my lot may, be,. (
Yet thae .teaW upoji myoiil
Waves bf luiMi", xilid the- roll
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Teniiinie th it'jiisCfdiead. . h- ,
- rJh;eV:i laujl where eomeRjio dread.
Ul:er3 a land Tijoik whose sod.
' Xonht can, scivrr. me from God.
Weary, pilgrim", then take cheer, ' .
Just :diead the sky is clear,
D:y is break iii o:i yoiirsMil. i
tShoiui'Il reach the he:iyen4;o:d.
A WONDERFUL CAVE. 1
A cave ;o Lngcj ,slzj f yul ; many,
beauties has just dcen d scovcred i.u
Page ooutv,- yd.and is noy bt'ing,
v fitted' iqii . lot visitrs. ' 'A :jlfcrid
. correspondent has gone through it,
andhUiccrH!tioiVvQf v?iykr is
very edifying. There are grc.it vault
ed chambers," m oric'of 4 AyKicTr, says
tlie correspondent, "is as jerfect a
The pipes are scperate and so distinct
that you havoodcie thorn to dispel
jlie illusion. I; clambered up oh
some loose stones and passed my
hand between two of the slabs' with
my candle ; " the effect was grafid
Immediately opposite is a. mojst :Jt
perbly shaped canopy of white stone.
the folds lookins as,sofl as if made
of fine cambric. This1 canopy, with
.its draperies is fully eight feet from
end to eniBJnuli the recuiar
size in other respects. In the- mil
. dle.v of ijie rpopi is a iiiass of blue and
buff colored sVone which could easily
be taken for a roughly-made altar,
the walla'afebrilUaht With stalactite.
From 'the ceiling are one thousand
pendants a wbite.ashexl riven guovv,
looking asKhough they hacl been cut
and fashioned from the .purest mar
ble. Leaving thts' 'clrapel - we pass
through la lame hail-wav, in which
we find a beautiful" little spring of
the4 purest water constantly flowing ;
I never drank better. Proceeding a
few feet htPtheAv'cfatnc hp a ,tinp
door in the fJoor, ar.d were informed
t h at vt Q?p jvr ere To ur ali ph anbers
under our feet. Passing on we came
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into
was even
vet vseen
masses flittering stone of all des
cnptions. r rom hue side ot the w all.
dfahitht Of five fe. aledgoi ex
tended about three .feet. with a width
of nearly, the same, and on -it, as, if
sittim: in a chair, Was a perfect figure,
pTjri . Sunday afternoon,
York,' wJsile many thousan
on-tht'fr way to church smoke was seen
to C8cape through the cracks of the,
door of the forth-story back room
in adarge. five-story brick tenement
hoiise a few doArs north of" Canal
street. The hpuse was crowded,
frorri to'p.to bottom with tenants, who
were quickly aroused.' Soipe col
hca'ded" men rushel to tlje room
from v;hijJi iho, sm"okc was issuinc:,
ami secured an entrance. Inside
they, were confronted 'with la fright
ful siurht. Ileciinini; upon the bed
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lay a .woman, yyrapped like a mum-,
mv in the folds of fhe bed-'cloihiriLr
which was rapidly becoming a shcet
of flame. The first man who entered
the rogixV called, to her 'to jump but
of the bed ahd run, as he ., himself
feared to approach the bc',1.-' She lay
p e r f e c 1 1 y : si i 1 1 , - h o w e v e r , m o i i n g ; , i n
Vcnly. Other peisons cibne iiv with
water in ' .ails, w hicli , was freely
poured over.'the slowly roasting wo--
man. "Thcfiames extinguished,! she
was ieco2ii!zed-the wife of the' tenant
r)f tlie roo'in.' When the clothing
had been removed from the woman's
JJdy. it was found lhat herilesh had
been literally roasted, 'he charged
her' lfb'aMd.Inmcs'IcGloiiie, with
tving heiAupin the bed:cloihcs, pom
ing kei osine oil up(3U them and after
se(ting thenji on fire w ith some pa
per, locked the door and leaving her
to her fate."-. She -saTd that during
(tic morning her husband, in a uar
rej'vith her, had so bruised 'and
.beaten hiu.ihahw.as .ejomjjel'ed
to take to bed.. Aftef hishe swo;e
that he would murder her and burn'
the house. , Thevomnns face--bore
e'idencc of ill-trealment. she iiavinr
a black eye and vaious severe contu
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: In theiCourt of Quarter Sessions
J in 'Newark, lienry;.'J5ussy was ar-
' "Vi'iiT?-?,"" -raigued yesterday for breaking into
isand were.ijhfreiiiht house- of the Newark &
New York Kaiiroad audi stealings a
canvas wagon : cover. He pleaded
guilty, and -said1, he' comihitted the
theft because his wile and children
were' without food; JMi sl BussV was
in cbtnt With - a babe in - her arms.
She wept bitterly w hile her husband
Avas oii the stand; and when' he w as
ibeing led an ay, slie cried out :
" JikIltc: in : the'name of God, have
mercy on' my husband ; our children
are'starving!"- ; r f- . ; ;
The ' spectators-' were affected by
tlie Svo'man s grief,' and1 Jiidge .Tits
woith called her to ? the bar and
questioned her closely. ; for1, several
minutes. She said her husband was
a stage carpenter, and that he had
worked ' in "the Jersey City Opera
House until it closed six-weeks ago,
since which time he had been out ot
work. They have four children, two
of whom are ill. The rent was due
on Friday, and the children had
nothing to eat, and '4her husband
started out in hope of earning a little
money with which to buy bread for
his : little ones. Mrs. Bussy said
that he ,had not seen her husband
since that! time until "she met him in
the.t'ourt' room. I Judge Titsworih
said he would make the' punishment
1'ght, in view of vii'cuiustances. hussy
was sent to jail for ten d.iys.
a Inrrrer room, whose brnlianev
eVen creatcr thatf hity we liad
the profile of which we all simulta-
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V;'; aqotliraiylQr Js tliexerfect
, petrified skeleton of a man, in kneel
: ing posture, with jiead throwll "back
as if lie had di6d iiv'aijony .'-atid ' in
o l 1- i tl
prayer, oeverai iucim.".u j5eu11t.-iMv.-0
have examined it, and have come to
P. the conclusion that it must have been
! there for centuries. kThat it is , the
ekpfetbn rtf atnarr there is no .doubt ;
it trfTfcctlyvfoTiiieT throughout.;
the knees have grown to the. rocks in
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the floor." ? ? j: , .
SHOT 'FROM A CANNON.
The.X'ew York jSuir th.us le-
scribes a sensational and extraoi din
ary.performancc at the aquarium in
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."The ennnon -seems to le made of
woodland is mounted after the man
ner of a mortar. It stands at the
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front of the stage, ointing at an an
cle ot about thirtv-five or forty de
grees, between tlie upturned faces ol
the spectators am the rafters -over-
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"At the elose,, f hei trapeze act
Miss Geraldine is assisted to the
raised muzzle of the cannon, into the
bore which, she slips.'-feet first: I vine
on Iioi .Kick. Her liead aiyl neck
are iust visible wlien (lie5 cc'nn is cliarir
ed. TtienishL! gives, the word, the
fepcrt is heard, and she ilies toward
the sjiddfatol, croing 4 bme twenty -five
or thirty feet in a . straight line
befofe ''she drops to the net spread
to eaten tier. 1 nen she again steps!
upon the stage Hud ' smiles her -acknowledgement
of the -anplause.
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Her -bright, garments are not' at5 all
blackened by. po , der a fact, which
is doubtless due to the interior me
chanisfn 'of the cannon."'
Kli.LED ON THE BALL
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At. Eooialle,' N., Y., ii' large
ckov1 iad-assembled- on the fair
grounds to witness a match between
the nines of rival towns. In absence
0 the regular'-catcher d' one c!il.
Janie.s 15ariy, ot Utici, was; substi
tuted Tl:e first man was Vailed to
'.ho bat. 'and the umpire duMyi called
two lails and twoKtriiu's. ' The next
haM must have inacie euner tnree
ball.s or three strikes. The pitcher
delivered it with threat force, and the
man at the bat struck a foul tip, the
ball passing beneath and just, grazing
the club, and striking Jarry in the
pit- of the- stomach; '-fell to the
ground. Barry picked up the baUi
threw it to the pitcher ami fell to the
ground. The, .umpire sand striker
spoke to himjbut he couhl not ar
tictdate. A fphysician was amojug
the spectators, but before he could
get to the injurcjl man Barry , vas
dead-.; He w as t.venty-t w years old.
ami. pitched for tlie.Lltiea Club Jast
year:. Ti;c sjiectatos were " gi eat'iy
excited when the announcement was
made of BarrvVileath.' :
A BOY'S STRUGGLE WlTIlj
- j A DEEB.
' John Kfenniff; the ;feurteen-y ear
old son ofa keeper in Prospect park
JBrooklyD?!sdaled the fence arpuud an
inclosure In , which , deer are kept.
The drove of deer was grouped near,
the keeper's house, and as the lad
approached they pricked . up their
ears, and the largest ot the herd, a
fat; buck, stepped out and started
toward Kenniff, walking, and watch-
ing. tue oov micuuyf xnu
picked up the thick end of a piece
of rope and threw it at .the' deej',
startling him a iittle. Then the boy
turned, thinking no more' of the ani-
it IS XOT BIKtll, RANK NOK STAlr ;! ;-. .
IT'S IT UP AND GIT THAT MAKE MKX GKEAT.
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HE AD QU ARTERY
mal. and; went
rjong' pi el
ueking up
some chestnuts. While he was thus
engaged, the deer came softly up
behind "him and gored him with his
antlers hj the right 4 eg, knocking
him dovp. ' Then the animal hacked
off and started at him.' again, bat
yoiin Keniff caught hiui. by the
antlers w'ith both hands and held
him back!. The fleer struggled,-to
gel free, but the boyj maintained-his
grasp, although he was kept off-his
feet, being pushed - along by the ani
mal. When ho,came; near a sapling
he quick y threw out his. hand and
steadieddiimsclf, so as to get on his
feet. Then Ue started, on a run
backward tou'ardtt he keepers lodge
still keeping the deer's antlers in his
hands. lie. rim ajong, crying for
hel. ;The auimah pu.s)ietl him fasti
Wheir thev reaclted a little hillock
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at, the foot of which was the house
the bV;'fe!l and began to' roll over
and over; bat he kept his hold on
the antljers, .'fearing -.the minute he
iet go the leer would run-the sharp
prongs through him. The boy roll
ed up against the house -and -'there;
managed to get on his feet iga;n.
With one hand holding the deer and
the olht r. against the house; "he -made
his w1; along until he came to the
door. lie tt'ied to lift the latch but
could not, and .there wa-s no one in
side to answer iiis calls. Then he
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For the Bei?t Goods at the Lowest PricesJ
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GAMMON'S
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Main JSU Durh.i
Tho Largest Assortment and Greatest Variety; at P 1 . --J.. .
Kverybady Treated Alike, at
GAMMON'S, Main St., purba
V-i'tii: Tnl iwiiia Ui.f TVwli Mini lvpll:il)Io -Goods. Ht
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let g) h
enclosu
is hold, made a dash for the
HE COULD THEE A BOOT.
Cordwiuder was peg
1 ging away npoiVa pair of half soles
lhe;o5ber yei)ii?g.'.an(-arguing 4with
Old Tite Broadacres as to the neces
sity for dogs in theeconemy of nature.
"What "account,"!. paid'Tite "is that
old dog o1 yourn, for inslanee, layin
therelab iwaitin' -'for yon day in an'
,rday out?,(j Can he, tree, a boot ?V ;
Uncle Jabe raised his near eyo
over me rim 01 111s .spectacles, tooic
'a,po6nfril:'oVi'-so of pegs out of his
f montbJand mildly answered7; . '
f. -.'"Yee, Titus, I knowed him to tree
.a pairot-bgotsone night. 'Twas in
the old wilier tree by my. hen house,
arid your. Sammy's feet wuz inside
6f Vl "i r ;
And then Titus "allowed that if
England an' them other fejlcrs were
sttt 'toirfi8lJtin,"it ' would raak'e
better times for this-country." ; '
HOW A NKORO CAUGHT
; - A TURTLE.
A few davs ago a negro man was
fishing jn the Pat aula Creek, Geor
gi'a. when he hung a huge turtle in
the mouth. with a small -perch' hook.
He managed to.raise the turtle's head
partly out of the water- and ' held
him in" th'aipositioh.Mvitb his "mouth
open, until several gallons of ' water
had run down s throaV The tur
lie theivdiyppedjits head.. oyer to one?
isidc..arid the negro thinking lie had
d row-Tied It, jhm'ped into the creek.
He caught the'turlte by the tail, ut
it betw een his teeth,'"hhd held on to
lile he cut a slit iii two of the
feel for handholds. . f He then started
for-the bankr but found it a severe
struggle, as the turtle wouht hold to
roots and branches of .trees in the
creek. The; negro finally got the
turtle on its back and pushed it out
of the water. The' turtle weighed
seventy-seven pounds,' and 'had a head
that measured seven inches across
the top. -Lumpkin Independent.
SINGULAR (ASE OF ' CA--
. NINE AFFECTION.
A very singular cae of canine ni
lection .'has- Occurred in France.
Some time since, a man .named. ?orin
was killed, by accident on n .railway,
and since tlit n h.is w;idow liad. lived
alone in a sta'e of melancliolv des
pondency At last, she resolved ..on
putting an end to her sufferings, and
determm'iii to die by hunger. 10
nrovent ner resolution - T.rorn giving
way at tlie last 'moment, sheitied her
feet and. hands' -together ' and .: lav
'down on her bed, where she was
found a week afterwards quite dead.
In the same room -was ' an ,eld dog.
which was much, attached to her
deceased, hushand, and had appeared
ullv to share -her grief at; hiis loss.
The faithful anin al aj peared to have
divined her intention ahd determined
that their fates, should be the same,
i'or lie was found -curled up on the
pillou' beside his mistress, dead from,
hunger, although in the' 'room were
found both meat and waler for him
both of , 'which - were, however, un-
touched. ':- , -
THE B ITERi -BITTEN.
I A young man sat up half an hour
one night after his jmnm had gone to
bed, sewing thip leg) of the innocent
sleeper's trowsers. together.. He
sewed them strong, and 'laughed
long and silently after he went to
bed, as ho pictured; the scene in- the
morning. When the morning dawn
ed, he arose with a glow of anticipa
tion in his face, and as; it slowly faded
away lie sat' down upon the side of
the bed, and dejectedly cut open the
bottom of his own1 carefully j sewed
trowscr-legs, and when his unsuspeet,
ing ol.nini. asked . him w hat he was
doing, he sighed; and said sadly, 'Oh
nothing." And jhe wearily thought
how full of meanbess was this base,
deceiving old world. , ---
e where the hens fire kept
and . tried to get over the fence ; bin
ran ' up'on hi in ai:d knoe' eii
Then the animal struck
ee in tue lace witli 1is nnt:
ting a 1 asli neai'- his light
tearing (-pen the llcsh of the
The- lad" cricti. piteously f j
V bov passing -along Fiat bush
avenue saw- the deer bucking him,
atil infjir.ned tl e tdi ivei of a passing
horse car. The dri ver and tw) pas
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sengers seaiCd tt:e -jence aim ran at
full s;ecd to the b'jy's assistance.
At ihelsight ofHhem. the deer r;n
awav. The lov was taken, to the
city '-hospital, ;where.his wounds were
dres'sei
the "dee
-him dojvn
him ti
lers, cii
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eye am
cheek,
help ;
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The IrVt aihl-.Mos't Coniplete Stock
of Goods in the County, t ,
G AM MONj'S, Main Durhm
Chndrens;and 3Iisycs Hose, and Fine: Shoes and S
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Jleadv ifauo f Inen uT:.. nil St vies and Prices, at
UAJliiu s, jviain sr., uur&ju
ippers in abuiidanci
GAMMONS, Main St., Durhai
I Iambur Kdghiijsaml Tiimmitigs in i Endless Var:
etyj at
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. G.VMMOX'S, 3Iaiu St., Uurlmi
Kv;; vtfa;n imd Anvthin? ; you'want jat Prices bound to pleaW, at . ..
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SHE I'.OUNCKD HIM.
r or iiaii an Hour ieiore the circus.
yesterday an aiixious-Iookiiig
aged man was obsei ved valk:J
Kipene
middh
was (
When
made
ing around nervously, as if he hail a?
free ticket and 'was afraid the s how
n the point of busting up.
the ticket wagon opened lie;
a rush for it and bought a
pasteboard, but while on his way to
the tent, ticket in hand, : a woman
dodgejl into -,the procession,, seized
his collar, and for a halt a jninute
the a!r seemed full of heels.
?; A LARGE STOCK OF
BLANK BOOKS, V V
1 EN V ELOPES; PAPJlj
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PENS, INK, PENCILS
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and COP Y BOOKS .
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At . i li.nbee's Drue: Stove.'
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Pi RFUIRY, "TOILET AND
SHAVING SOAPS,
HAIR,' NAIL, TOOTH, PAINT,
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BLACKING and WHITE
WASH BRUSHES
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TJI v: SEWING MACIIIN E 01
at Barbee a Drug Store IsfealJ
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-j to be superior to ay
in
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the Market.
Try it." ' -
FKESII LEMOXSl AND 0RAXG1
AT.
BAIlBEITS DHUG STORK.
in reat variety, at
"- i ; -Biirbec's Drur Store.
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"Going to the
stop for hcav-
' WTe can do with the'body 11 that we
have already done with the battery
heat platinum wire1, -'decompose
water, magnetize iron and deflect a
magnetic needle
Love's Ways. Mr. Martin was
on his way from Madison to Janes-
ville, Wis , to marry Miss Foster, but
he chanced to meet Aliss, Cobbe,
whom he had once known and loved,
and straightway married her, leaving
Miss Foster and ber wedding rruests
torwait in vain for his coining.
A young woman in Leon,'Tex'., was
engaged to be married. That did
not de'ter, her from eloping with a
second lover but she was speedily
overtaken by ' the first lover, with
whom she went j obediently to a
clergyman and was joined in wed
lock, the second lover returnina"
home Wifeless. '
circus, eh ? ' ex-
claimed the woman: as she s ammed
him around. "Sneaked out of the
back way and marie a bee -lino f in
here, did you ?"
"Lejt up on me
cn'y sake! stop this1 disgraceful con
duct' Pf he ejaculated as he tried to
keep her at arm's-length.
"-"Gentlemen,'', she said to tlie
crowd!, as she held up one foot and
then the other, "se them shoes? I
have jvorn 'em better nor a year
ami there hain't nothing left but
heels j and shoe st inis. All the
children are just as bad off, and We
don't have half enough to eat. -That
explains why I'm bouncing; him
why I'll make his good-for-nothing
heels j break his good-for-nothing
neck I" - v. ' : ' ."-,-
They fell over a rope as she grasp
ed, him, and, in tlie con fusion --he
brokej away, leaving the ticket' on
the ground A boy handed it to
he r, an d w i p in g t h e In u d oil' h e r nose
with her apron, she said : ' ' ;
VI 'hain't seen no giraffe s, 11 or
clowns, nor snakes, nor hyenas for
twenty-five years, and beinV this 'ere
ticket is bought I'll walk - in - and
the gorgeousness, and the
en shall come to-night if I have
to pawn the wash-tub ; to raise the
money I" Detroit Free Tress. -
J-y J . K 7j Z E L L ,
Watfhm:iker and Jeweller,
Chapel inn, Ar. a
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Watches Clocks and. Jewel r
paired with neatness and dispatch.
my 25-tf : J .', '
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The Best 5 cent c!nir.iii the Stite.
At Barbee's Drug Store. "
,Seek 10 further, ,. '- .
' For better can't be found."
US T RE C E IX E p
FORTIl BtTSli ELS OF Gitbutf
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PEAS.
' jy 13-tf
D. JfcCAULET.
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TCJ ON SOU I A. Xi
ART EMPORIUM!!
$1) U X S T 05
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Mj- Cotton Gin is nOw.ingood order.
Marion Cheek, will attend to it ami
J have things doiie up aU'right.!
I Price of hiigmr auU Ties '$
111 pay tne highest price for seed
cotton in. cash or in pavment of debts.
sep 21-tf ' J. W. CAKR
view
child
HAS FITTED UP HIS
B AKBER S'ALO ON
onnosifn Rnrhr ilriic cfnro. W
most improved style, and, will be P
to I see,- Iiis customers any time f
guarantees gffiyd worki ;
SKiivlnn-:" J ' . - '
ll:nr f'liMiiior -
jShampfloing,' - - ' - -
j Ho has a boo tlb lack JilwayJ in
ance.. (iive him a call.
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J" A M E S SOUTH G;A T E,
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GEKRArJ INSUHANCE AGENT,
' DUUIIAM, N. C.
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Large lmes of Insurance Iplaced at
sliort notice in first class Companies.
term policies on Dwellings and Farm
Property, ii -speciality. '
J M . A LE
EX A N D E H .
ATTORNEY' AT LAW. '
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Collections in Orange and Chatham a
peciality. . ' -' V
Remittances made promptly! i ; .
A lin'nf JA AAA.' ...t..1, lort tVtO 01
horse w:i-o!is. V.iiniiii-f nf
J. W. ('AK'S
my 2',-tf Ch'apel IliU-s
rSXT. I) G A TE S
! VV - Will be pleased at ai J
jww to iiiKl irom j
l'OllVV TVi 5MII,IM
at, s!iort noiicei at any time of jjL-(
nirht. Orders for express am! 'rr I
I)romptIy attended to.
PRESCRIPTIONS carefully
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