A Triimte to Dri T. W. llarrin.
' ' Kalnlrt Chronicle.
Io Raleigh Monday morning, No
vember 19th, Dr. T W. Harris, aged
49 years. Dr. Harris waa a native of
Chatham couotjr, raided in Chapel
Bill fr number of years, and lew
than two years avo moved to Dur
bam f rtrlioe Lin profession He
was building up a -good praoie in
that growing town and tallialiiup
himself strung y in the confidences!
the peni le, Aoimt two months
be wan stricken jv'rti soojethii'g lile
paralj sis and for several days was ii
an unconscious condition. '1 ben in
seemed to get well and relumed t
work. But hi strength was a'l gone,
and a few weeks ago he was brought
to ltal igh fr a Chung. It w.
thought tht it would do bint pond.
Alas, uo chaugM.f iojatiiu or enrihly
thing could do him good. Ilia vital
ity bad gone. Hi lift, was ebbing
awayv He lingered in an uncon
scious tate uutil to day,, when be
died. , HI remains were . taken t
Durh'tit for iiiterniet.t, accompanied
by a c uitnitle of O ld rVllowa. . Ilr
wm l ri -d frcnn Trinity M. E
Church, Rev. Dra. Yates and Damall
official")!.
The ChroHi'tU publish this au
nouucnn- nt with sad new and ptla.
We b known him well and be wm
our ..fueud. Strongly attached to
bim, we mourn with bis greatly af
fl cted family in this aa 1 blow and
Jeep b"reavinent which havemine to
them. He was an exemplary nu-osua
end lather, and his h -me- was the
dearest p ace on earth to him, and hi
waa the centre of the bsp.y horn.
circle. H will be sadly iuited. but
I here us this consolation to the berea
ved : That he bad fUb in God ; that
be knew in whom he hud trusted, and
ibatbewss reaiy for the change
vie know no man whose religi u
life wm rure unvarying tbao that ol
Dr. Ilurru. He was a man tfreai
aoilit, and be had stud ed the B
Lie and was familiar with creeds aud
theologies. He ws tot deeply at
tacbed to creed, though be was an
earnest and thoroughgoing Method
iL iltvn liberal in bis M-mt,
bioad audi lerant, but firm alway
and divided in bia conviction.
Dr. Harris had ono of the brlghtM
suinds f any phyaic.an.ja li e Mt'e.
Educat d in Part, mid a til educat
ed, be wjn eooipetent to teach medi.
- cine, and rne time had a m ical e-il-
lege at the University. He w4
eicellent pbHaa and ranked with
the bs . U be h id loctted iu a city-
he won -I have wade a r. puta ion f r
h mself As it i, he did well the
duty th it was nearest him. etjored a
good pr settee and lived a aaeiul, up-
right I re. i' ten io bis svnes. ,
A Itei.: irknl.llV. t PaldJul'liil
sulvlpula.. One of the most remarkable elec
lion b s on record was paid by
Henry Warner in I'biladelpbia Sun
day afternoon. Warner is an en
thusiasiie Democrat, but for a year
or more baa been enggd r mrrj
MUs Clara Barton. Miss Barton is
Republican. The frms of the
queer bargain were tint if Cleveland
abould be elated she waa to. marry
tha eMl.nsiasiia Democrat withi u
delay, and if General Harrison should
be the lucky candidate the yomg
man wa to lollow bis fair leader
around th" noigbhorho Ml at the end
of Inn ; chain, with a b'g dog collar
aiouod bis neck and a poodle blanket
aim hi 4 .hnubler The nromise waa
In be kept n a So nday, in order t bat
the joung roan's huroill.tion might
b the more complitj f he lost.
About 3 o'clock ia ibi afternoon
Wainar prerenled him elf at the
home of his eweet heart aid annon ne
ed himself ready for t:.e ordeal.
Mim Brtoa received him smiliogly,
and with her own hands fastened the
Collar aronod Lie ttrck and tie blank
et on hi bark. Downtliertr.etihey
went, l' lotted by an amused crowd,
who b.Ud and cheered by turns at
tbe young man's predicament i The
Strang ly connected pair, after trav
ersing a number cf streets, repaired
to wht re tbe defeated partisan paid
for a dinner, at tbe Bellevue Hotel
Defpt'e the fct that Miss Jlartou woo
her In t and held her lover to it
conditions. b is to marry bim on
tbe 28. h inntant Both parties are of
excellent family, the young la ly bsv
ing a general aocifty favorite in
J'hilad Jpuia.
lie IIsm Ht't mi lvaiiilc.
rrllTlltt Olmme.
The Diirbmn l'at shanks Mr. N.
A. lUmsey for Arreting out the ille
gal f tee in Durham; tliroi gh bis ef forts
Durham out a Demccratio vote
Cam. Itamaef discovered that there
were ibiee Londred and eleven donb
le rer ictra'iotie among tbe nicroes in
that county. It ws a difficult Usk,
but Ah I namsey was the man to do
it. He celtainly deeerves the thanks
of all Dcmocraia. It is a matter that
Imnld receive the atUntion of other
e-Mintiet besides Durham. CapUlUm
sey las a t an cismple that It would
te will for u a to foil w.
He Has lorn t'mvt,
i arilM Wirrar.
Ourindustrr cannot nd will not
assent to tbe continuance of the pret
cut uafalva na taies on the neoar
ies ol life and bulnew, tor will it
ti'eiate a tariff that le framed la the
li.tere.-t t f monopoly greed. U. over
Cleveland has lost his election, hut
he has U 'alturablf defined ind lied
the emancipation of labor.
CrlHp Condensation, f ' '
A "Thirteen club" out in Tezamah,
Neb., has goua to smash. Ic was
composed entirely of bachelors, and
they til got married 4 ;:- ? I
Another Chinese belle has arrived
in New Yoi k. She is ouly 16 years
old, and has feet an inch and a half
long by half an inch in width, j
A Co'iDPitiout man has inveted an
elastio hat II" upcnt all his life
trying to iovent a compre8ible head,
tid only at the last moment thought
of the eliiolic bat. ' ;
.For several days tbe church clock
at Harpenden, England, refused to
work. On an inspection being made
it waa fouud that a awarm of bees bad
takon up their abedj in tbe machin
ery. . ,
n u t ji tir..T. r.
tells a story about a colored child,! 4
years of ag, that goes every after
uoon to abridge over a Luiter and
calls a anake, which Comes out and
feeds from the child's band. ,t f
A "Mrs Manning, of Paris, Ills.;
wbd died a few dayaago, toK t-i her
bed nine years mn, declaring that she
W 'uld never leave It, because her son
married a eirl ahe didu't like. She
kept her wool.
Calven Dowker, bo baa taut re
signed his plare as postmaster of
Savoy Hollow, Mana.. ws appointed
in 1841 nnder President Tyler, and
has held the office continuously ever
sli ce, tie is HZ ywa old. !
A Texas man was fired at and th
bullet was turned aside by a pack of
cards hi Ills breast pocRet. As it was
a new puck, with the ace outward,; it
ran be Mid that the ball came within
au aoe of killing bim.
A puixle to the city of Galveston
in how Mr. Grempczvnski escaped
from an a-ylum to which he has been
sent as a lunatic. Perhaps be en
braided his .name and let himself
down fro n a window with it
Ten cows belonging to Farmer
Green, of North Dai'Ville, Vfc. hnd
died cloe together under some trees
in a violent thuud- r sto m. Light
olng struck the trees, and, passing
downward, killed every cow in the
drove.
Pnnr yontg men at Donesdale, Pa.,
loved tbe aame virl an1 met wi i
aztii to seo who should marry her.
Af er they bal blacked each others'
vs snd skinned each others' sos a
h- slick the crowd and married a
tailor. .. ' .
The Journal la Right.
ftmbmwt tmnti. -li
The Pitt burg Timet ny ft
numhei oi g-nt'enien well-known is
tLf- rity aa bnineas and profi-asioaal
ni n some i.f a horn served in the
Un on Array daring tbe war, met
yesterday in the office of L H. S eph
n.son to enter a protest against the
planting of Rebel flags which baa of
the late become so common. A bill
was prepared to he presented at the
next session of Congress making it
a misdemeanor, punishable by a
heavy fine end impristnment of one
to three years, to display a Confied
erate flag in parade or other public
occasion." These Pennsylvania fel
lows are the blcgest fools we have
heard jet. As for a Rebel flag we
never saw one ; and we have not seen
a Confederate fisg since the one we
followed when it went down at Ap
pomattox. If they are fl iunting" a
Rebel fl ig over in Pennsylvania we
suppose tbe workingmea are rising.
More Kind Words.
WUmiuftua Sur.
Every true North Carolines mast
sympathise with Durham in its recent
business calamity. It was a big fail
ure and some friends of this writer
were amonz the sufferers we are sony
to know. Mr. Blackwell has been a
very true and useful friend to Dur
ham, where be made hie foitune and
where be has lost iu We can only
hope for the best for hinf and other
nniurmnae Dimness ucn, aa'i wiu
them a aucoessful d iverance and
h tf-r fortane next time. Durham is
wonderfully plucky, as it rapid
growth and remarkahle business en
terprlses on- clusively establish. : It
will soon reei-.ver from tbe blow and
go ahead with andiratnished vigor
and push. ?
Certainly Khe Will.
RlohBoaS Sitl.
The Datbam failure was the prin
cipal U pie at the Tobacco Ex sbaoge
io nay. tuenmona loses nine or nom
ing by the failure, bat as the business
relations between Durham and this
city are dose tbe sympathy oa tbe
part of oar merchants and bankers is
pronounced. Durham hi alive, pro
tressift city, and will recover speed
lly from the ahock. , , , i
You Hct They Will.
Mtm Ortossa Tint Ommnt,
If fie newly elected President goes
wrong tbe people will very soon put
him straight again J if tbe republican
patty attempt U Play any lantasitc
tricks or to disturb the peace and
piosperity of th i South and Ihecoua
.ry at laree. it will be relegated by
,be people Its masters to sudden
J b J -t !. i
nu ui serrea ouscariiy, .
a ?; . ii i i ,
You are Itlght, Joseph.
tstwtllU VmimmX
TniDukBAM Pxooapiasays that
In two d s last we-k an attorney in
that town made 'i.WO Tuat Is more
than the avenge North Carol ca edi
tor makes 'm a week.
ALF WILL GO TO CONGRESS.
While Dob gtays at, Home to
Bun the State of Tennessee,
A special f om "iferoplls, Tenn., to
the New Yoi k Wi rid, says t f A nota
ble new fet,iir la the delegation
frnm TonnAnt ii the next ConcrresS
will be ilfre 1 A. Taylor the Repub-f pwtj ook out a patent on, disaster
lican elected tu the First District, ifntjyers ago and it has never been
Reflectiohfl front Bait -River.
Onogs (V J Obwrfer. i H
BbimcybiIro, Saline ; Co'., Novl 5.
i Fkllow DKMOCBAtsTbe election
Is over and we have been defeatea.
Disappointment is tbe modern Demo
cratic birthright, .and mourning his
nbtmal condition The ' Democratic
but who had previously won fume by
his Uubern .tonal campaign against
bis brother Bob as hie Democratic
opponent. ' It anyibtne, Alf ia the
brightest of old man Taylor's boys,
although Bob remarked during the
canvass; '
j Tbe world goes round and round ;
j Bob goes pp and Alf goes down.-
At the last Democratic State Con
vention it was a week before a candi
date was nominated ' for governor.
One day during the convention it was
reported all over the ntate that cob
bad given up hopes of being renomi
nated. It looked that way, too. On
tbe self same day, Alf was nominated
to Congress in the second district,
and wrongly anticipating Bb'a de
feat (for the latter finally got there.)
Alf, in bis speech of acceptance, said,
quoting Bobt ? i
. The world go.es round and round:
But Alxgoes np and Bob goes down.
Alf is a low, fat. round, dumpy
man. His eyes are brown and the
baldness of bis head would please a
lazy barber. He la too fat to cross
his legs. There is a nasal twang in
bis eonversation-a family charac
teristicbut which is lost in a re-
sounding voice when be ia upon tbe
stomp. His dress is almple and he
wears a black slouch hat
"U t'.Ylw in a'sutshelli !&
An agreement without a consider
ation ia void.
Contracts msde on Sunday cannot
be enforced.
Written contracts concerning land
must be under seal, ,t . n
A tote obtained by fraud, or from
one intoxicated, is void, i lit ,
'If a note be lost or stolen it does
not release the maker ; be most pay
It- n , . .' - . ,fw.-
" Each ' individual in partnership Is
responsible for the whole amount of
the debts of the firm.
An indorserofa note is exempt
from liability if not served with no-
Uoe of Its dishonor witbii twenty.
four hours of its non payment. "-"
V HA
m. 1 HAIR
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PAkKEK'8
DAL8AM
Niwt FH S Khiw, Om
PARKER 8CINCERTOWIO
infringed but once. It ran out in 1884,
and they have just had it renewed.
looking over the Jandscape we behold
acres Of busted hopes; cords and cords
of disgruntled ambitions; barrels and
barrels of unavailing tears), oceans
and oceans strewn with the 'wreck of
phantom ships once burdened . with
Democratic delusions. r Disappoint
ment is an anchor to the Democratic
soul, both sure and , steadfast We
have one consolation j .
, Tis .the Sooth can supply j
' Solid comforts while we die. '
But Democracy still lives. - Its like
the mnle-lt never dies. ' Bot unfortu
nately, like the mttle,'Wbim It liyes.it
is forever throwing its riders. It buck
ed Greeley off and kicked him in 1872.
Tilden atuck on until be passed nnder
tbe wire, but there was so much day
light between him and this Democratic
quadruped that the Judges counted
bim out, although be bad hia feet in
the stirrups. Hancock tried tbe ani
mal next, but he ran into tbe oppo
site direction, and threw the superb
warrior on the race track. By put
ting bis arms around the neck or the
tricky beast and shutting his eyes,
Cleveland won the presidential prize
in 1884. This year we got a splendid
send-off and might have won again,
but the donkey was stricken with the
glandera of tariff, reduction and tbe
epizootic of civil service reform, and
spavin cure tailed to revive him suffi
ciently to make a successful run. We
take d feat every four .years. Its a
standing prescription. " It might
well be called tbe squadrennial
ipecac. It works np before the elec
tion and works down as the rSturns
comes in We clone this chapter oi
history with the hope that the story
will not be continued in our next, i
P. 8. If Newt. Rogers and Jim
Sneed will send us two dozen blankets,
and Henry McMurran ship as two
boxes of cigars," and our best ' girl
will send us the letter that never
came, with a lock of golden hair en
closed, we will be contented, if the
weather is extremely cold in this sec
Uoa, where we have but little to eat
except an abundance of free salt. '
x ours, lor free trade,
R. N. RoBisaox,
jUMtTaa Observer Max.
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rial ou aril! find them in our store.
Our nw cloak-room is well lighted.
flnlarad HlnnVeU from 80s on to
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Fancv Wrapper Blankets at 15 and
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. : . . .
Lace unrtai is can be baa at very
lw fJriixs, aou bii aiuu ui vuuwu
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Our atvlea are handsome, aa we only
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DgESS OOODS.
A larire assor'ment of Black and
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IlenrletU Clothe, Serges, iasn
meres, Camel's Hair, Fouls Cloth,
Broad Cloths, Tricots.
Plush aad Velvets in au coiors.
mac Bktss ooodi. ",
riup atwir r niaek Dress Goods is
larger and belter assorted than aver
before. We always carry a larg as
sortment of Priestly's celebrated
Black Goods. -
DBXSl TRIMMIXUS.
Wa ahnar tha latest StvleS of Gimp.
Cord i, Buttons, Fringes, and Orna
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lowest pi Ices.
LACES AMD KXBRniDIRIES.
In this line we surpass any house
south of Philadelphia. We ahow
tbe choicest patterns at we lowesc
(ricea. A tery large stock of Hand
erchiefs of every description from 3
cenu np to 110 each.
OKKTS iTBRUHlaO 00ODS.
Fall not to look at this stock, as
m Knr in it a full aaanrtmant of
L unJiitd and Unlaundrd Shirts,
..... m a .a a S
all kiidi or ondcrware, nocka.uiovea,
a a a t T- aa . aT- aw an
Uandkercaiera, ijouars, vuns, ra
aia Koarh. TIm. Kuanandera. and
Mufflers at prices so low aa to aston-
isnyou.
Umbrellas ef all kinds very cheap.
TABLX LI HEX,
Wt ahnw a lanra atcek of aiccllant
Pum Lilian Djmaak for Table Cloths
fiom 30e op to $3 per yard Nap-
Tt'a a,!1l Mom nu r ln hrtoM than on a11 la sea tha mods. Yon
can save more than enoueh to pay your traveling expenses and board by
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