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i IV . 1 I' I 1 - u 3 i ! H-i f AfI3L, HlE.N f. : : I v., :: NO. 25. 1 D. 1 ' bMuea uuruig mo oesaion oi uouego, and oftenefif ho flnda it ncoskrY. ; ' erptfce ;wilj lwya bo tou in thi paper pt his coming.': A v :,T 'DATi5, t n :vu i JIp IJilB i' Permanently Jocttol in D ax ham an Uaapel? HUI.'! Offiia-KiUfbe open at O mperilill twelve dr.ye of each month, from the 13th to ths22d. ' t i JA3IES SOUTHRATE, General' Intnrance I Large lines of Insurance plaoed at anoic nouoe in mat class Companies. Term policies on D wellirla nd Farm Property, a epecialt y. PORTRAITS FOR THE PEOPLE. I beer leave to again call the attention of the people of Oraoge Comity and all portions oi ine conn try to my ; CRAYON PORTRAITS, r which can be. enlarged to any. desired size! - i ri.! ; i i; Prom any ' Kind of Small Pictures, uielnding Card Pnotographs, Gems, uia ! Xiaffnerreotypea. isreast Fin' or Locket Pictures : and finished in the fiu- eet style of Crayon I7raring,! and finely iramecL i . -, , , 8x10 1 inohos,1 ; x 10x12 inches $7"; Half Jjife Size, SIS; Ldfe Size. S20. Send ,in yonr small pictures .and have EUGENE Ii. HARRIS,rArtist, Chapel Hill-'N'O. STREFTS NATIONili HOTEL, , BALEIGH, N. a ' . t " ' T - . S, R, Street & Son,' Orrners an Prop's - a-kfeT02sr housed . . a Rk.SxEzzT & pojr, Proprietors, The undersigned harins purchasddthe Xiauonai uotei propenr at xvaieigu. onened March 15th. 1879. that well known House to tha ppho snder,theit . management, xney reier w meir pan management of the Gaston House as a gnarantee that tbo traTeling public will find the National' in their hands, up to the Blaridard'bf ftflrsivclas Hotel. The senior 1r; Samuel ?B. Stret,TATiIl re-' main in charsre of the Gaston House. Tne junioT,Mr.Wm., J. Street1 will conduct the National Hotel. u rJ ,;'.,, : ,: . 8. B. STREET &S0N; S. MdK. BOWIiES, : PLASTERER,? BRICKr MASON tad WHITEVASHER,-is now ready to do work at short notice. All of his work is guaranteed 'to give satisfaction Gall on him add have your work done neatly, j Refers to citizens of Chanel H31L - i i r-1 2a : ,Vt.-. .' ' " '" TONSOniAL ' ; AUT ,J2MJPOIlIUJBl j THOMAS. DUNBTON.i has rarrcD vi bis', i- BARBER' SALOON, r ON 1BANKXIN STEIET, in the most improTed style, and will be glad to- fee his enstoman any time. H& guarantees good work. ' Sharing, - . Hair cutting, . - r; . ' mShanooinfr. . " f 15 oents, 25 " 25 " He has a boot-black always in attend ance. ilGivo htm call;. nA - ;i ; ' 1 " ; ; ' . .y Q A WEEK Jb your own town, na n AC' cpitl risked. YoncAngivetha bus. v 1 1 Hi (ni trUl without expense. Th U y best opportunity ercr offered loot those wffllM to work. You obould try none slsena- inees we offer. No room to explain here. Youn deill yonr time of only yonr spare ttoe Wth Ssusdntki great psyor every hour tatyoa toL Women iaak as much as men. Send for spe ' eS prfrate terms and parttcnlars, which we - afl free. $a Outfit free. IXmt complain of bard time while yon hare such a chance. i - 3 ' ' U i Address H. HALLETT A OQ.t PorUand, Mains, L N ! r-f tn icv TOWOOOA TEABjorfi; fl ll( 'HIMItofMadaylnyoiirowB K lr ifn II 1 It II locality: ; Ho risk. .Wo U U ItSSr, )Vymendou weUamm. Ssny xnake more than the amount stated aboro. one can fan to male money fast. Any one ean de ffework. lYon can make from 60 cts to $2 an hour br dorotina yonr erenlnK and spare Ome to bns SeSwcoJunothlng to try the Wness. Koth. tns like It for money making erer Business pleasant and strictly honorable. Beadsrlf yoTwastloknow all about the bert paying businses Wore the public, send ns your address and ws wUl JSdyou full particulars and prlT terms free; limply worth $T also frse; you can then make vp Q1 v - a A MONTH gnarsnteed. ' $12 a ) ffll Til dT t home made by the In . "V U il lUjdMtrlons. CapiUlnotrejulr fj y Viied; we win start you. .ttsn, women, boys and girls make money fMtsrafwc.rk JaroM than fat anything else. The work Is light and liasant,and jroeh as any one can go right at. Those VhSars Twise who see this notice will send us their Iiaressat once and see for themselTes.Costly Ont l?MTtsrmsfree. Now is the time. Those already at werk are laying up large sums of money. TBU1 r GO Amgusta, Mala.. Snm&J Day IdyL f- '1 n.MornDg the mffnatains wide snel far i ' ? His rosy weakh is fliiEE, j And drowsy miB from gorse andrior , TheA ppwar(Wight sfwingin I.I Come, friend, Jhe lark Ijn the sky, Tn fi?Wen hwirs areflaeing; I The cToadlofs ees of youth and hope I j Are sorely best for seeicg. 0 ? "j Theresa glsmar in therfens. M if I WireH rustic belli sraehjlming; .1 I n ! AnejSJOwing hills beyond the fens j ! I MS?el prize 1x1 .ojabtog. We'll journey on by flood and field, t We'llrun and laugh together; And lore and truth wilkhVour stay Through dear and cloudy weather. ! I NOON, a - Here let us linger for a" while i The green leares clustering o'er us The lay of life is soft and sweet, '.I : .When bird-throata swell'the chorus. The zephyr wcos thapensiye brook ! That steals by brodmy oover; The mated finch on blossom'd spray -.j Pipes tohls nestedover. ?- Ambition-aeeks the upland pathl AWealth-care-born fancies follows; t But lore-is found in humbler ways, -j 'Mid green and peaceful hollows. ' Oh eyesAhat droop with tender grace T : Oh lips-4hat bloom'for kissing ! ' -If love waars truth upon her face, ; This is-her hour of nleesing.- EYE NINO. Tie sweet to stray by violet nooks When birds their mates are calling, And sweet, sweet is the Toioe of loye When evening dews are falling. Oh helpful hands that fain would rest, j Rttt sweet nor dream of sorrow; , Think you the heart that loved to-day Will love you less to-morrow ? The flowers that shine. about our feet Slept safe in winter's keeping, "unr And woke to-day to fragrant tifet r : More sweetly for their sleeping. What though we find the changeful sun I His weary oharge forsaking, ; We'll lay us down in hopeful rest, . ' And dreaxa cl brighter prakyog. ''r '(1,1 -' .til'. THE FAIRY GUEST. 'If John and Peggy Donnel lived half-way Up Dooish Mountain, in a region of fre quent mifet and storm.' : far: down -below them lay Gar tan Lough, embosomed in rugged, forzecovered hills', and above and around stretcned miie.upon mue oi " 'ttiA arwviA bf ff rouse, innnmerabler Datches of trass W fc WM M eWA.W WSfc MWM.wS) -w where droves Of sheerand'cattle grazed. the golden eagle and her wild brood. Ponnel was a drover, t. e. ne nongnt up ' cattle, let them graze upon the mountains, and sold , thorn when fatten ed.;! He was very comfortably off, and his cottage was well built- And thatohed.i He ' found no difficulty in paying his rent to the day, and had always abund ance of such simple, food and clothing as satisfied his desires. 16 was 'a Novem ber night of storm and rain, The gusts thundered at the' door,' tossing the bare arms oL the , few stunted sycamores that grew near-the1 house; npyrhafk, fwept l alocg mountain acmes ana acress-inai gray waters oi mo lpugn, ana now shrieked and nowied maaiy rouna sue gable. An oxfeasiOHal lulV in Cja'storin ronght tha clamoi of seagull and cry bf Dlover to Donnel's ear. He locked the. door.nstunea -a-wisp oi'tsira-wunaer is w keep out the j?old wind, ,and.sat4down opposite Jfeggy ni tneampie emmney corner. . . . God bend the cattle has found shelter the night I said he, , shaking the.ashea out of bis pipe. s"J. J'A Peggy was sphrriiDgv Bhe stoppea' her wheel sudderJyihikiiVDidybiilho hear sometlppaHPhn, dear?' 'Aye, Peggy, I heardthe sough o'j the wind.' Whist, whist, honey ! there it was again ; it wasna like the wind. ; 1 . -Rum it was the' seagull an the bio- ver. replied hBrJiusbandoarelessly. i Jnst then another blast of hurricane swept across the lake, an$ .thundered at the door,-tosain? we carejuy iwfKwu, mtm oi -straw into tne miuuio ui w VifhATi- I ; , It was a pitiful cry; but it wasna' tne birds let ' alone the wind,' said "Eeggfi liateninir intently. ' r " . m ' ... !i to we er ooor tne 1 Two days previously tne servant naa taken , , his 4 , departure , without giving warning, or letting nis , master wu au ea tress .have. tne sugntesa nnang oi iu intention. Thryfhad both- been over worked since then, and tne consequence was that ohe was cross and tne otner tired andnervoup.; . V Again the whistling, raging. uiae&. Mr$ . Donnel shivered; and . muttered a prayer lor'sauors anu wwiuwwo no aU tiirw more turf nnon the.blazing hearth. There was a strange cry at that very mo ment. She went to the door and un- locked it, and while the wind burst in resistlessly. At. brought fomeUlike a hdman figute in along with it Woman ! woman !'., screamed the out raged husbandjampmupwith an oath AoTint. and lock the door. a a h a ninnd of -'turf ashes 1 began to settle again, the figure; - the giftof the storm, was more aiswncuy bcc. miserable, utunted boy, thinly elad, 4 - i : - - - :j t75! lA rZh7 ijjAfiv Tnfi Vl waB ma?l yl J rCCi" were both engaged in conversation whicn ol V&VMliZ?to he neyerahot a single one. me did not nndr8tandt tilL jaBf before l . iu7Vn tth r nfvmtk trt A AT CxCMTF I. M R 1 ' . ' . .w.a Ininn Vtdatrfa I aye taia A"" -1" 'Why but you taK ' your eoow an ar- reachiDSf the ; barracks, my father said : Jain, tnatxmeio ineworu, xiuivu fl outbye an play yoursei a weej ,Wftll WaM nurt W. M-won are X ' H ''' 'Siii JSiii,T M7."li 1 . .i i!. - ....'. ' , . . : i" 1 ! . . - ' wurnveatf 'or,iaea.otOeldngs, crouched over the QTBA yhli&tyTiiHrr. uuea nanas tor tne warmtm - tlei Had red i-Y- 111 m. . ' . IZa -X- uair, large Dlr teiiigent face. heart drawn she asked. nuvM: fWAVH fyMS iw::uuoua,Yf man makes yoliem, A 'A1,,,r.; : ;r The bow sat dnvn rm tho truVT tih placed for him before the fire, and amiled nuy juia me neart to let tee luxes a you itj call -j No John cried she: 'the poor wean 1 . The storm raged on; but the wanderer was safe and happy. , H stretched out his bare feet on, the warm flagstone, and the steam rose" from his' rags, which had been soaked through with' the rain. Meanwhile Peggy set, back her wheel, lifted the pot from the crook, arid filled a wooden bowl ' with mealy potatoes. The boy eyed them hungrily, and when sue spread a nandluLof, salt on a stool, and put a tin of milk into his hand, he required ho further invitation; ' .;- John Donnel's ill temper vanished as he 'watched the child eat his supper and heard his sighs : bf contentment. ;u ' ' Where shall he sleep ? Tim O'Brien's bed's no made yet.' V . ,- I'll shake " straw in the corner there ntar the fire,' replied Pecrp v. an throw a wneen;sackfl; over him. Hell sleep riah t w T'liXToJnV ;vT F 8tJAvi rfe'rtlJrV n' K ... A ltl ue better or the back o a - , -eui tin wv dike, I'm thinking returned John. The poor creature wasr how quite dry and warm; v he lay down on tho straw that the kind woman prepared fer him; but he first eatight- hold of her hard uanu ana pressea n:s upa upon it. 1 js a V i- 'Aiook, Jonn, look! cried she, with tears in her eyes; ' like o', that?'; ... di? you ever see 1 the It was twenty . years since, a chiM. had slcjpt under that roof ; full 'twenty year Peggy Donnel's son, and more than half her heart. : Bhe 'dreamed bf her dead son that night as she had not dreamed for a very ..long; time..- She fancied thafche iaI'h son nnrl rnnrAfhftn naif came to ner .neosiae. ana Deggea ner. io Be 3e good to the 'friendless "child for his The storm lulled before dawn, and by s tfcfc time the Donnels got up to their work the stranger was up alsb.a' When' Peggyj; took lhef ; milkpail, prepared to gooat,to the byre,v he .sprang forward and' took it Afrom' her hand. . Smilingly she consented to let him 'help her milk Moiley and Butteroup'and strain up? the " ""5 T A - he signed to Jonn tnat milk; then, while sne I . . - t- m as" m aiso. veiy useiui net was in ?n9g the cattle , and drivmg tnem, dred helpful things during the klay, fHe's a sight better than Tim O'Brien. Let us keep him, an, he'll be as good a bey as we could get,' said John Donnel that jcvenhig. ru - it Wn'aV name 'shall we call him V asked Pdggy, quitepleaJBfedvt.ti her. husband's proposal. ) : . . ,r . Niel. wad be a good enough name, thought John. . .'.V , , So thQ ,umb boy . was .called 'Niel,. was .given a suit of gray "freize, and shoes and Eocks. arid became the ser- vapt m8teadof the truant, Tim O'Brien'.' season of extraordinary - prosperity becrah for the Donnels from the day Niel came to ihem. No- accident happened to the cattle that winter or spring; , the hens laid diligently, so tha Peggy made nnantities of money by selling eggs; the churn was always so' fhlj of huttef that e ould hardIyJmov9 , in it; and butter as' bringing eighteen pence per nouhd inlLetterkenny market If Don nel eo hegamedmorehanhis neigh Y63 . 8 c P, J loi mm.jj) , We did weel to shelter the I was wont to remarK wnen. ny bk instance of Niel's industry or cleverness came under his observation; but some times',' to his wife's .anger i and disgust, he would animadvert upon the large ap petite of his little servant. 9 Niel gained the good-will of the few neighborswho lived on,the mountain; but, what was more ; remarkable,1 . he seemed, to have a strong attraction for all birds arid Animals. J 7 li 1,,;iV'! r ''''. .The very night after his arrival ne made in handsome 'ibow, and. each : even ing while ipeggy sat at ?her spinning Viaa1 hA mar" a, arrows, tossinsf them. as hA'firiiATthem.' up to the loft. . There t. . ' r r . . .... TJiflL dear ?'vasked Mrs. Donnel, wnen the bright spring evenings came but no; answer of any description was forth com ing i; It was a real vexation to her that she had no means of discovering why he had , made the bow and went on making so many arrows. . One November morning, a year after Niel's' arrival, John Donnel came into the ' kitchen, ale with grief and dis- The cattle are all away !' .he cried fall driven off the mountain in the night Thieyes J : robbers 1, Ob, Niel, avick J Oh, Teggy,' mavourneenji what'ill I do, SI anyway.r,t t .. fa'. Httleri ?v !'exciaimed '"'Peggy,: - ' oWAi.WnfthTe' to Vntter. a . word iLua . jy nu.iiMn. . - - , r wAJTV VT -- I " " T T . 1 UlUiOi i i t ' f . J f ' t ?'.J T LIaII If nruinfa tViA ViA I Aye,.Bone--lived owner'; crvlntr bitterly. . . i .. t . . I re kWh.isht said Niel, cdming .forward nni'otiv ond sneakinfir in an authonta- five tone whisht this minute,' an"sad- 1 avel the mght? what' do they -rwuwvvww;wiwiw lot the iSare, W let naVawV; atter the Aihi ix alous i. J. . . ; ' -I , - . -I Ecnns nr DCiiinfi- . rst takinc ma nnw arrows from ine. loft; wheii tne niprh-road: 1 see the PeaStSrt . - cross before about a quarter of a rxiilelahea of them. reduced la the depths of despair . - 1 'Leave it to me.J renlied'Niel. bend ing. to one side, . and shooting : an arrow in we uirecuon 01 tne arove. ; ' There was a strange commotion ahead wuen mac iairy arrow reacnea its goair for the animal hit at once turned round and galloped back to its owner. Another and. another arrow followed that one, till at length the , whole ; Irove . turned about, : and presently surrounded John ana aiei. . , There stood the four robbers, gazing aicer tnem as 11 speii-Donnd. ixt. " Vr S - . , , again: the cattle will go before us, ' On 1 and on they-rode. driving the re covered heifers.- No word of i gratitude had Donnel spoken, and as the glow of 1 ii i.' I iiirmniirn iimiimmi i iiv i. r i sa my u irur.inn ffiT my T- j r Tuv T r property died out a little, his usual fret- temper returned; but t Niel did not anTMl.-.Jii(W. k appear to notice his morose sileneeC , . Will you 1 be pleased ' to stop at this house by the road; John,! till I get a uirofir mttllJ. drink ? asked the boy, who wad tired and it 1 1 I WA I We havena the time to stop, an' night comin' on ; sure you, can waittil 4 we. get nome replied, the churlish master. Aici biuu uumiTJK uatu iuey reacnea r.I Z J . 21. 1 III' II . 3 another house, a mile 'further on, when he again r made ;his 'request. , and was again refused. , , But Donnel himself be- I "r o uxcw up. - ' 'Good woman called he, 'be pleased to gie me: a drink , ? ; j .. i The woman h urried . out with a .bowl of water, from whicn. Donnel drank; and then he. said to Niel, 'Here, boy. you No, John TJ6riSftl,',returhed the ' boy,' 'wati arA o. fXAl-Hflti TiTinrrafrFTi 1 j rn an tvn' I'll neither eat nor .drink mair frae your y V v srvjua w UMSk wk vs mii sw hand. I brought , your cattle back, but ypu wouldna stop a minute to let me drink: an' vou'd tak'l the drink vourseF before you d hand tho bowl to me. Hit wasna foir. Peggy," I'd just "send the down from the horse,, and climbing a ditch disappeared. h ; 'Oh, NieL avick I Sure I didna mean to anront yon. un, come d&ck i xlow will I get the beasts home,' anyway? No answer no trace of Niel, search where he might; '? With the utmost diffi' eulty, and after hiring a couple of men to help him, Donnel did succeed in driving his cattle home, and it was , late at night when he entered his own kitch en and sank down -by the fireside. ; 'Where's Niel?' was the first thing PoggJ said. Her sorrow and dismay overwhelmed her as she listened to her husband s iStory. . r-itt- '.' .5. i ' --'i v; Oh, John, you unfortunate, foolish man; dont.you know what you've done? You've, banished luck, frae we'er roof. Sure I knowed what he was the minute I heard him speak this mornin. ' ? - The poor woman threw her apron over her head and wept as she had not wept since her son's coffin left the house one- and-twenty years before. And good fEZ? reason had she for her tears. From that ealthSh cijents: ill luck attended him in everv- thing he nnderiook.. He. had, indeed, abundant cause to mourn for the loss of his fairy guest Reminiscence of a Great Jfovellst. f This charming little anecdote of Mr. . Thackeray is told in the 'Memoir of Henry Compton:V'I well reoollect -my brother and myself meeting my father returning from rehearsal through Hyde Park, in company with a tall, burly man of a ruddy complexion. My father carelessly introduced us as two of the varmints; bis friend shook bands witn us. and manired about our scnooi anairs and sports more kindly than did most I middle-aged gentlemen we knew. They j coiner to uxtord-st. 'xes.' saia nis i friend, I must leave you and your boya now;' and turning to us he wished us good-bye very heartily; then, as ne was shaking hands with my father, he added, I wonder what there is in my purse? There. Oompton. take it and give the young 'una what there is not much, I'm thinking.' 'No, no,' said my father; 'you must not do that' 'Nonsense, my dear fellow: I was a schoolboy once, and know the value of tips. Everybody should tin schoolboys it does them good.' r 'So saying, he hurried off, leav- ing his purse with my father. 'Who is Terr celebrated man called Thackeray,' that?' wa both Arc aimed. xnai s a i said my father. s'How. much is there? 1 r . .- . - I wag the next very natural Question. I ... -if r- . " . tnrrtai- .tVial fiVoaf. o-mnnnt : lint. -WA Vtnfll- 1 rt. ... 1 ? T 15 went -lipme some five or six shillings ncner, mucn impressed v wiUKme oete?. brated man who had such ideas, and carried them out so well.' aAOro AiifaJ, niiV XiasXA OUWU PSrm & w ,v.,..v r 6Aua v-w 0.(i.t height Mjro-insnTi' t.h a mnft-nro- rtfid.,The day. was ; far advancsa I jr.ucJ-?"k- they caueht sicht of .the drove. J tr"tti"k.;i; -ki.- beasts back to the thieves; but Til leave 1 flexible, and. what remained, to him of made oreainast, yolir house; an that 'ill be punishment life rapidly ebbing away, he at last con it was his wish to enbuch for van So savincr Niel iumoed serited to the act of vandalism! exacted I o u w a. i " . j a. Boy's ' Terrible Fall; A few days aero the Salt Lake raised to pay nls xuneral expenses. Though the mta mation did not prove, true, it is rattier a matter of regret. as ' one" vouhcer and f tunA . T.f L:.u - il. i..t L.j jstand on his head upon it, to lie : down on his face", balancing the pole oyer his back, and to . carry two pails of water from one building to another. The rope was stretched across Main street. He commenced his exhibition.- and while endeavoring to carrv the bov across he lost his balance and dropped him to the pavement, -fifty- feet below, after havin g walked Within ten feet of the end. The rope was on an incline of aoout tnree feet. In steppmg on this incline ; the professor" seemed to loses his balance, his. pole swinging to the. perpendicular, and almost instantly after the immense concourse of people who nad assembled to wittiefiHi the .affair wnrft horn tied to see the bdy' whirling through the air, striking his head with a siokening thud.' J striking nis nead witn a sickening tnuav the rope with one hand in his fall, and after hanging a few seconds in mid-air succeeded in - gaining a window, going hand over hand.- The boy, whose name is stated as William Allen, is said to be a Jeon of the city marshal of Junction Oity, Kan. It , is alleged that he ran away from. home and was taken up by me traveling periormer, many exnioi tions having been given successfully. The t bov struck the navement on the right shoulder and head, partially dislo cating the neck and 'causing concussion of the brain. He is sail ajive; but no hopes are entertained of .his recovery. '' . Meffffinson is arrested. i 4 ' ' , 11 'y. I ! Singular Law Suit. i A law suit of a singular kind is short- uaw an auiau, ibjr. ; ; au wunreiu , w art. residing in the above-named town, recently. died. On his death-bed he sent , for a confessor, but the priest who obey ed the summons of the sick man abso Mutely refused to absolve him unless he ly fine oanvases sighed- by Babens, I xxrn i . n f nfl ricrtri nnn nf thfl nhnrfth fonnd I too nude to meet his bigoted views of i wubw wwa w ww propriety and morahty. The proprietor1 oi tne paintings pieaaea nard ior ms chef d'(BUvre8. which, with the rest of J his art! collection, ho wished to bequeath to his heirs, but finding the priest 'in of him-, and the two Rubens were com mitted to the flames, This done, there remained Just time for the priest to ab solve the dying man before ne : breathed his last. ; His son , who inherits the property, was absent at the moment of his father's decease; buu having since discovered the circumstances under which those two valuable paintings were destroyed, he has determined to prose cute the priest for having abused the failing intelligence of a dying man, and thus diminished the value of his inheri tance by 30,000 francs. This sum he claims from the confessor,; who refuses to pay, urging that the paintings i were burned with the free consent of their late owner. It remains to be seen what view the judges will take of such fanati cal conduct, i "w London's Water Supply. : London is not so progressive in some other matters as in the construction of the road-bed of her streets. It will hardly be Credited that this vast metrop-: blis. with its population of three millions, has no .municipal water -supply. That is to say, mere is no suppiy oi pure water direct from its source under the .administration of metropolitan authori ty. The quotation is from the language of a resolution passed at a recent meet ing held to consider the question, and at which such prominent men as Sir Ohas. Dilke, Sir John Lubbock, the bishop of London and Cardinal , Manning were among the speakers. - . 4 At present the city is supplied by no less than eight trading companies, whose dividends are enormous. - Their net profits for last year are said to .amount to nearly .$4,000,000. Of course, , the effect of the water supply being in the handai of tnese greedy corporations is to maKe tne wona-wiae expression 'as iree as water,' a grim sarcasm to the swarm - ing population of London, Indeed, one ! the speakers at tne meetmg to wnica have referred rather wittily remarked that the head of a great manufacturing house in London had made a calculation 01 tne water nsea Dy nia essauuBiimeni and found that it would be cheaper foi" hirr io connect his' premises with the nearest brewery and use oeer at tne cost price, instead of water! V; I Educational Statistics. I j j The printing of the.report of the com missioner of education for 1877, as . au thorized by Congress, has just been completed; tit shows the increase for all the States and Territories (Wyoming not included! to be $86,863,166. The expenditures (Wyoniing not included) $80,233,458. The school population of thirtv-iaht Ntates ana nine xerntories is said to be 14.227.748.. The bequests made to educational institutions for the . - , year equaled $3,000,000, of which, sum mstitutions Jfpr Jne eupenorinsiructioii of women received $I63,'976. ' j J Handsome sapphires and amethysts are. found in Jackson county, N.j O. ITEMS OF GENEEAL TEIiESt saisi ; V W V i. k 1 aha is The population of 1 K"ewf Orleans 230,000., 1 ;." v F Scarlet fever is so prevalent in Indian-' apolis .that the advisability of keeping the public schools closed for a time is being discussed. vt -'.:'.; The drought in Boumania continues. A partial famine is ' likely to ensue in many districts. unle3s the government assists the inhabitants. .: i; IForty-one of . tfcS . candidates on thet Workingmeh's ticiet in, San Francisco m werevt f oreigners,,-rari3 v of that" number - twenty-font came from '-'Ireland. , . ,, ; ' Since the reduction in the tobacco tax, the loss thereby to the internal revenue department has been over three-quarters j of a million of dollars per. monttv All the directors of the West pi Eag-. land and South of Wales District bank . except one, have been committed for1 . trial for publishing false balance- sheets. , King Mtesa, ruling near -Victoria Ny-4. a m . s 1 1 - s . . anza, Atnca, nas aDOiisnea Biayery throughout his dominions. At least half a million of slaves were liberated on r Saturday. , . r - , , , , : j1 Eggs . imported Horn unioago last month were eaten at Dablin breakfast tables, and good American butter fc 8d. , per. pound was. ana sun is on Baie uq, DaWin quays. t ' , ' f Janies'B'uilock, of Walton oounty.Ga.; ' while hoeing ' in a cotton field recently, , found concealed in a stump ; $10,000 in( ; goX and silver and a pile of greenbacks. The paper money had rotted. ' ' " ' ' : t A span of the Great Kaw river bridge, t Kansas, gave way, precipitating 279 tie and two nerders a distance oi eigniy feet One herder was badly - injured,' but less than a dozen cattle were in ured. . vEarlv in 1880 the Bible, revision com-; mittee hope to give the publio a sight of the New Testament. Two editions win be issued one small and cheap,' for gen eral use, and the other a large, hand some octavo. '.' ! A I necrro was watching negroes in1 Griffin, Ga., play billiards, t In turning, his stick knocked down several coats, . in the pockets of one of which was a' derringer, which being discharged in flictod a mortal wound. , ". , Indian Agent . Newell, at Rosebud Agency," Dakota, reports during the month of August thd Indians made good ... . ...... i. j use oi tne twenty mowing niacnmes aau Four thousand tens bf good merchant-'. ablei hay has been harvested by them. . The king of AbyBsinia . claims the whole of the strip of coast which was ceded to E&ypfc in 1877, and also seyeral towns and the territory in which i they are aituated. If his demands are re jected war is apprehended. . General Gordon has been empowered to . offer a compromise. i ; vi' j d The New York produce exohange has, issued a circular to the manufacturers of flour throughout the country, recom mending that hereafter all barreled flour intended. for shipment to that market shall iweigh 200 pounds,' and all floor in sacksllOO, 150, or 200 pounds, the nunv ber ot pounds to be marked on eacl package. ; .j ; In) the chancery court of tlampbell county, Kentucky, Chancellor Menzies rendered a written opinion that thelot tery commonly known as the Common wealth Distribution Company of Ken tucky is an illegal enterprise, subject to suppressidn at any , moment bv grand j juries, and, that purchasers of tickets have no s-curity for payment of "prize8 A hew colony to ba introduced in Georgia will be composed of, many weadthy ; members, , who .will bring o printing press with them and pnbliah an organ styled The Worker, edited by. Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, a lady of great wealth, noted for her many noble acts bf ctarity, and who gave last year over 30,000 to the yellow fevar, sutler- ( ers of Memphis. . ; . ; y ; ." A I terrible diseas3 has appeared In Paulding Harrf son alal Polk counties, Georgia. - It has bsen fatal to all per sons attacked. It appears to be a sort of typhoid fever with-unnsuil symptoms,' and it is quickly fatal. Physicians say they cannot tell what it is. . One doctor -had twenty-nine oases and lost them alL The disease has carried off sixty young men in the three counties mentioned. railroad across the Isthmus j of A Tehuantepec is to be built by a. Massa chusetts man who has secured from the Mexican government the right of way and the promise of a subsidy of $12,000 a mile. Tho line will be an important rival of the Panama railroad, and will be of immense advantage in assisting the Mexican authorities to enforce order, in a large section of their turbulent repub- hO, . . i A Milan, Italy, correspondent, refer ring to the Philadelphia and leading lo comotive exhibited' at Paris last year,, says that it has given most satisfactory and creditable results on the B iman and Alta Italia railway, burning every kind' of lignite found in Italy, and, according to the report of railroad engineers who made the tests, more successfully than any other, at the same timedding better service and drawing heavier trains than the best Italian engines. 1 , : j A young Kentnokian named Thomp son,' who was happily engaged to a fair widow, got intoxicated while in the com pany of some exciting companions, whereupon the lady broke the engage ment, declaring she would never mariy a man who drank. This decision eo work ed upon the man's mind that after mop ing about .for a few days he descended into an unusea wen ana neia nis iaca m tHe'Bhallow 'water Until' 'deW.'' 'Wfien found the , body was on its kneea, and the shoulders and back of the head were not even damp. i -1
The Chapel Hill Ledger (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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Oct. 4, 1879, edition 1
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