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. HOW IS YOUR GARDEN? TTSX5 Wood's Seeds And you will have a good one. You can get them at Vaughn'sDrugStore PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING Oi -s - fA I For Barb Wire Cats, Scratches. Saddle and Collar Gall, Cracked Her! Duma, Old Bores, Cat, Boll, Braise Piles and atl kind of Inflammation or man or beast. Care Itch and Mange T , Nt So 9 Mftf sasM an Iks " in ii m its Bsara4frerl4mh7 lMptitf H htya. vmatM. MSrffittaltMMtsM''Ma .Cm. Par. Pnc ) at. a4 Sua. llj Jrugfut 4om mi ktt II 4 m h I r gotaap aa4 w vol am a jm Sy mA. frrU.Tmmm .tk.wn. ) tw.st.it im p4 tawn aMta .itrMiuwiM,u41 uni a a c a tarnrt. ttT mt tmt smm. susvausMio. 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Shoes stock of the most desirable Shoes for Spring and Surnm wear. which in Style, Tattern and Finish represented the la i thoughts of the most progressive manufacturers. old time favorites have been rebuilt over new lasts stilish patterns and are now better than ever before al to easily hold the first place that they have won. , ea icouna Hound and wedge . Spoke Wagons. STARKE'S DIXIE PLOWS ' buy until you see what we have. Yon will save . money by coming early and securing . some of this special lot at .ana & 5 CPT.T Prior ft rCanJTrt r ja.i r 1 Write for our "Farmers' Guide,", a I4a-page illustrtei.1 bo-.lt, ts brim full of useful Information forfarmeis. It will be tt:,t fre..-, ,nl wl!l make and save you money. Address, ; -.f ' ' V GERMAN KALI WORKS, t) Nhmu Sirat. New Vivit. The Spring seasonof 1896 finds us receiving daily o We havtf been to unusual pains to select those Shot whose positive worth made them of exceptional value, &d We believe among our new Shoes are many that nil be worthy of a prominent place on our counters, while of No trouble to get suited here. PRIDQEN & JONES. P. S. All mail orders given prompt attention. Old Hickory Wagons J. I. Nissen Wagons, the Celebraf Parmer Friend Plows, Oliver Chill! ed Plows, Clarke s Cutaway Harrows, Traces, Hames, Chains, Etc. r-. Ve have the cheapest lot of Hoes ever offered; Don- Lloyds Hardware Store V - I "Big Enough for Three" vsr t i f The largest piece, of .good ml ai ViLet: of oM ion ar qu jpr ,iq cents

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