FIRE WEAR DIRHXM.
The Home of J. P, Hopsoa, Six
fllles from Town, Burned.
Newt reached the city Saturday
morning of fire that occurred six miles
I ortheast of Durham Saturday morning
bout 5 o'clock.
The house, kitchen and barn of J. P,
Hopson was burned to the ground with
their contents. Mr. Hopson was in the
city yesterday morning and said when
he first awoke the bouse was ablaze and
there was barely time for tim and his
family to escape.
He aaid he did not know how the fire
originated but thought it was set on
fire. The lock to the door was found
bout ten feet from the house and he
thought tome one palled it off.
The property was not insured and the
loss will fall quite heavily on him. Be
ides loosing the contents of his dwell
ing house, he lost about one hundred
pounds of meat, barrel of flour and a
barrel of meal. His cow was also burned
to death.
If the house was fired by incendiaries
it is to be hoped that those guilty of the
dastardly deed will be bronchi to a
speedy justice. To fire a man's house
over me sleeping forms of himself, wife
nd children, is too mean to express in
written words, ,
SHORT' NEWS ITEMS.
J. E. Owens, who lives on Chapel Hill
street, is proud man. He has "new
woman" at his house that arrived day
or two, go and weighs 10 pounds.
There was another "spelling bee" at
"the Epworth League hall oa West Main
street last night The words were given
out by Dr. A. G. Carr. Quite crowd
was present and all seemed to thorough
ly enjoy themselves.
Miss Clyde Ellington, most estimable
young lady of Raleigh, passed through
the city yesterday afternoon en route
home from the Greensbsro Female Col
lege. She went home on account of
her health which has been very bid
hereof late.
Game law went into e Beet Saturday
Those who enjoy the sport of shooting
the feathery tribe will have to wait
some time before they can have that
privilige again. The law for the pro
tection of partridges, turkeys, doves,
etc goes into effect on the 15th of
March and lasts until the 15th of No
vember.
G. M. Moffitt, manager for the Lead
ing Racket Store, arrived home Satur
day from a trip to the northern mar
kets, where he went to purchase his
spring and summer stock of goods.
Mr. Moffitt say that when his stock is
opened, which is arriving every day, he
will have something to please the
ladies. His announcement will appear
later.
C.W.Johnston, prominent citizen
of Orange conety, was in the city Sat
urday and returned home on the after
noon train. In conversation wHh re.
porter he said that his son, Charley,
who is a student at the University, wss
very ill with measles. He rot wet
bout the time he was taking the dis
ease and is now in a critical condition.
His friends are fearful of the conse
quence.
Poisoned by D risking Coffee.
Mocso City, 111., Match Ij. Dill
Tsyior, Robert Taylor, and wife, and
too and daughter, living near Craig,
tea miles trom here, were poisoned from
drinking coffee. Last night Dill Taylor
died, and others are expected to die at
anytime.
Two younger children drank milk in.
stead of coffee, and are not sick. The
Co Bee grounds were throws into the
lop, and seven hogs died from eating
it Where the poion came from is a
mystery.
Another "Doable Barrel" Case.
Then was another "double-barrel
Cast at the court house Saturday after
Boon that claimed the attention of four
magistrates for some time to untangle
it
The case first got into court by Gil
liam and Chiaenhall, who lives near
Bragtowa. having a warrant issued
against Thornton Barnett and wife and
mothe-ia-1awharging tbeo with fofti
t'.e tress pas. It was tried before
'Squire Barbee and Glenn, and the de
fendants were fined one penny and one
third cost each.
After this trial a warrant was swore
oat against Gilliam Chisenhall charg
fog him with assaulting Tbortoa' wife.
The case wts heard by 'Squires Gunter,
Durham and Glenn. Chisenhall was
Used with the coat, which was f 3.10.
Jailor G. W. Teer is sorry. When
questioned yesterday as to the course of
the sad expression be was wearing
around oa bis "mug" he said that he
had a jct cause to be sad. His ok
gander, mention of which wss made
sometime ago, was killed lost week in
a "battle rojal" with another gander
that was youngtr in years. This par
. titular gander in question 30 years
Old last June ana1 belonged to Mrs. Teer
before she was married.
The Old Folks Concert "
Soon after Hatter there will be an old
folk concert given is behalf of Trinity
college's V. M. C. A. The proceeds ol
this concert will be used for sending
young mca of said V. M. C. A. to
Ksos ville, Ten u., to attend the student
conference, hich meets is that City
- every year for the purpose of getting
Jioldof new IcVaaand plans for Chris
t Has work among unconverted stud
tola. All who have promised to take part
la this co inert will please meet os neat
Tharsday sight at o'clock at Miss
Willi fc an out's msaie loon, 1
A MAMMOTH GATE
At Trinity College It Weighs 27,-
00 and Cost $1,200. . 1
The large gate for the driveway of
Trinity college has been'placed in posi
tion and is now completed with the ex
ception of painting, which will ba done
in a few days. .
The plans for the gate were drawn by
Mr, R. Hibbard, Durham'a florist, who
has charge of the grounds of Trinity
Park. It is a mammoth affair in fact
one of the largest gates known. The
span of the gate measures 37 feet and 5
inches, and at its highest point is 32
feet. This sate was made to order and
it required the manufacturers some
time to get the pattern ready before the
gate could be made. Its total weight
is 27,000 pounds and coy $1,200. The
gate was donated to the college by Mr.
B.N. Duke.
An iron fence will be put around the
park from the old grand stand to the
gate a,nd from the gate down to the
fence on the east side of the park.
When completed, and is laid off proper
lp, it will be one of the most beautiful
parks in the State. ,
Plot a. Word of Truth In it.
'.'There isn't a syllable of truth in the
statement published in the Salisbury
World that prominent citiz;n . of
Greensboro went home at nteht and
found man in his wife's room," said
James S. Caldwell, Esq,, a member of
the Greensboro bar, who was in Raleigh
yesterday. "The report doubtless orig.
mated from the reported action of a
stranger in Greensbrw this week, who
forced himself into a room where the
female actresses were preparing to go
on the stage, and used vulgar language
in their hearing, Raleigh News and
Observer. I ,
Still Living. ,
P. M. Ellis received a letter from
Wilmington yesterday which stated that
his brother, A. G. Ellis, who was severe
ly hurt in an accident at Jacksonville
some ten or twelve days ago. was still
living ana tnere was some Dopes ot bis
recovery. It will be remembered that he
was working at "a planing mill when a
piece of lumber was thrown from the
machine which struck him in the stom
ach, wounding him in a fearful manner.
He is still unable to move.
Boys Bam Spain's Emblem.
Sxykxa, DeL.March 13. About forty
boys burned a Spanish flap late last
uight in the center of this town. A
large crowd of citizens watched the cre
mation, but there' was no attempt to
stop it, although no marked demonstra
tion was made. The boys bad previ
ously paraded the town with the foreign
emblem, accomj anied by two American
flags. :
Shot ry si lafnrlated lover.
Beklox Harbo&. Mich., March 13
Infuriated by the refusal of Miss Cer
trade Bailey to longer accept his atten
tions, Archie Belangon, a young French
man, went to her borne near here this
afternoon, and, after shooting her dead
and attempting to kill her sister and
mother, he went to the woods and com
mitted suicide.
Another Revolting Massacre.
New York. March 13. The Armen
ian Relief Association ha just received
from Constantinople the following de
tailed information concerning the re
cent massacre at Birijik :
"The object at first seemed to be
mainly plunder, but after the plunder
had been secured the soldiers seemed
to make a systematic search for men, to
accept Mohammedanism. The cruelty
used to force men to become Mosiems
was terrible. In one case the soldiers
found some 'wenty people, men, wo
men and children, who had taken re
fuge in a sort ot cave. Tbey dragged
them out and killed all the men and
boys because they would not become
Moslims.
After cutting down one old man, who
had thus refused, they put lire coals
upon bis body, snd he was writhing in
torture they held a Bible before him
and asked him mockingly to read them
one of the promises in which he had
trusted. Others were thrown into the
river, while still alive, after having
been cruelly wounded.
The women and children of this party
were loaded op like good upon the
backs ef porter and carried of to the
house of Moslem. Christian girl
were eagerly sought after, and much
quarreling occurred over the question of
their division among their captor,
Every Christian except two, claimed to
je owned by Turk, were plundered.
Ninety-sis men are known to have bees
killed, or about half of the adult Chris
tian men. The others hve become
Musselmsns,"
Corbett Mast Apologize.
LoxbuK, Marca IJ The officials of
the National Sporting Club say they
have not yet offered a purse far match
between Robert J. FiUaimmons and
James J, Corbett, and that no articles
have bees sent by this club to the
I'niu-d Suits for their signature. They
add that tbey are quite prepared to ar
range a meeting on certain condition,
one of which is that Corbet mast make
as apology to the club for his statements
reflecting spos it member, mad af
ter hi return to the United Bute
from England.
The New York Court of Ap
peal decides that Russell Sage
munt pay Mr. Laidlaw, hit
clerk, 40,000 for using him as
a breastwork when a crank
hurled a bomb at the million
aire. This is a righteous end
ing to a long litigation.
The New York Advertiser,
though a pronounced ; Morton
organ, is forced to admit in recent
Issues that the McKinley Eepubli
caus are in the ascendant so far.
Geographically Italy has the
shape of a boot. Just now the
illustration is carried further by
its lively kicking. If all reports
are true the boot is on Abyssinia's
leg now and is being used with
telling effect on . the, tottering
Italian government.
The commotion in Italy and
Spain may bear good fruit The
monarchs hear - with trembling
the mighty roar of the populace.
Bund and . infuriated, the masses
are acting wildly, but from out of
the turmoil and ruins may emerge
the Republics of Spain and Italy
and the old corrupt monachy of a
government be buried in oblivion
forever.
North Carolina's new repre
sentatives in the United States
senate, it appears, do not intend
to be wall flowers.' In - one way
or another they are determined to
have recognition. The -latest in
this line is the promotion of Sena
tor Pritchard to the seat of Senator
Hawley, 'retired, on the pension
committee.
Col. A. M. Waddell having
attempted to prove in the Wil
mington Messenger, that there is
no Bible authority br eternal
punishment, has called forth the
anathemas not only of his own
and other Protestant I churches,
but the Roman -Catholic as well.
Even if the Colonel be right, his
is an impolitic doctrine to preach
just now, for just so soon as some
people believe there is no future
hell, they will proceed to raise one
here, and at once.
The latest news from the Ken
tucky legislature has the odor of
"old rye" and sulphur. ; Neither
party being able to get enough
votes on joint ballot to elect their
man United States senator, the
conflict looks like it will be moved
from the arena of eloquent per
suasion to the ring of physical
force and brutal intimidation. It
is doubtful if an agreement is
reached before adjournment sine
die.
According to the Washing
ton correspondent of the News
and Observer, 'Congressman
Settle is holding np the confirm
ation of Dr. R. A. Freeman as
postmaster at Burlington. Tom
mie'a conduct is placed in a
most unenviable light
IT is said that Col. Bob Inger.
soil has accepted an invitation
to address the congregation of
the Church Militant, in
Chicago, the first time ho gets
to that town. When it comes
to the churches Bob is some
what of a militant himself.
As exchakcs tells of a man
who attended a hugging bee for
the benefit of a church, and
while blindfolded bugged bis
wife for several minutes with
out knowing who be was hug
ging. When he did find out he
wanted bis fifteen cents back.
Groves Cleveland is off to
Virginia waters on another
duck hunting expedition. If
be would use his gun on the
geese in Washington more
frequently keep in such prac
tice as they should give him,
he might, bi more successful
with ducks.
It is estimated that at present
fully half of the newspapers of
North Carolina are advocates
of free silver. If Us j. Guthrie's
statement to the Supreme court
as to their purchaseable price
be admitted as 'evidence, it is
hard to conjecture what the
status wilt be later on.
A Good deal is.being written
and said these days about fifty
cent silvers, but none of them
hate been seen down this way,
A silver dollar buys as much
here as a dollar treasury note
or a gold dollar, and we take it,
this is the case the country over.
All this rot about the 60 cent
dollar is idiocy, pure and sim
ple. '
From ! the number of new i
switches the Southern railroad
is putting in near Durham, it is
evident they intend to Tteep
their force straight.
New Jersey is progressing in
the social equality business.
Wednesday a Mrs. Gibson,
white, having a reputable hus
band and three promising
children, deserted them and
eloped with a negro laborer.
An unwitting constable arrested
the woman and carried her
back to her husband and little
ones. Strange doings these.
The Indiana Republican edi
tors have pronounced In favor
of that kind of money "wherein
one dollar is as good as any
other." The editors of North
Carolina are not so very parti
cular as to what kind of money
they get, and would just as
soon have crip $2 bills as any,
especially when they come in
Wads. . Most of them have a lot
of accounts owing them that
they would be glad to get in
any kind of money.
; If reports are half true, the
republican candidates for the
presidential nomination are
spending a good deal of money
in the south just now. We
hope it is so. The more they
spend down here the better we
shall like it Campaign money
j generally of the circulating
kind, and that is the sort we
need.
The Spaniard when mad, and
he is mad in earnest now, is
not easily detered from ven
geance. lie is as fertile in in.
trigue as cunning with the
stilettos thrust, as vindictive as
the tarantula, and would mur
der every man, woman and
child on' Cuban soil rather than
yield the spoils of that island or
their offended honor. But they
will have to do without Cuba
just the same.
Latest reports from Frank
port, Ky , made it pretty certain
the present Legislature i will
not elect a successor to Mr.
Blackburn as United States
Senator, . whose term t expires
March 4th, 1 897. This being
the case, we presume Kentucky
will have to get along with one
Senator from March 4th, 97,
till early in '98. Possibly this
would be better than to have
two, not in accord with, the
public sentiment of the State on
the financial question.
11 WIXIIIU gSj SIIIHMJHMB f ; ,
Thi matter that most con
cerns the management of the
Tennessee Centennial , Ex post
tion at present is the prepara
tion of the programme for the
fitting celebration of the State's
Centennial and the formal in
auguration of the Exposition on
June 1, 1896. It is the desire of
the management that the oc
casion shall be forever, memor
able, and to that end every sug
gestion will be seriously con
sidered. The programme is in
the hands of a special com
mitteeof seven, and the gen
tlemen composing it have wide
experience in such matters. It
is probable that the festivities
will last three days, culminat
ing on June 1, and that several
governors, large bodies of mill
tary and famous bands will
participate.
Held Up by a Lone Robber.
Chicago, March 13. A dis
patch from Salem, III., reports
the holding up of a fast mail
train of the Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Railroad at that plac
yesterday.
When the train approached
the crossing, where an inter.
locking switch is used, the
switchman at the tower was
unable to give the signal to go
ahead and the train stopped.
The trainmen went forward to
learn the cause of the trouble
with the switch, when a man
boarded the passenger coach
and began to hold up the pas
sengers.
The train stopped only a
short time and but one man
was robbed L J. Cowles, a
passenger from St Louis, who
was going to Dayton, Tenn
Mr. Cowles says the robber got
from $6$ to f 70 from him. There
is no clew to the robber. II. C.
Barnard, superintendent of the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwest
ern Railroad, Is infesligating
the matter. '
History eecms to be repeating
itself at Rome. Ancient Rome
declined and foil because of inter
national dissensions caused by
outside defeats and ignominies.
Modern Rome is filled with dis
sensions over the African disasters;
but the king insists upon fresh
loans at usurious interest, fresh
troops against the Abyssinians,
aud has the obstinacy of the an-
e :nt Roman senate when fighting
Goths and Vandals, who were the
Abysinians of their day.
Wouldn't Have One.
A bachelor who has spent his
life in New York had business in
one of the leading dry ; goods es
tablishments lately for: the first
time. He said: "When I was
coining down the stairs ;I stopped
and looked at the throng , ot wo
men. It was all contusion. They
pushed each other, crowded to
get a look at the same thing,
spent their money as if.it were a
thing of no value."
"Did you fall in love with any
ot the pretty ladies?" !said the
person to whom he was speaking.
"Fall in love? No, Indeed, I
stood there and thanked the Lord
that not one of 'em belonged to
me. Jud?e.
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