C. N. B. EVANS Editor & Proprietor.
MILTON, N. C.
THURSDAY. -
'Z Jane 3, 1880
- Sherman is now spoken of as the
possible candidate for V, P. with
Grant. But the weather to day frowns
roauBpiciously on both.
Jndge .Seymour in bis charge at
Wentworth read the statute against
libel and slanderous articles in news
papers.
A man went to sleepon the track
of the ft. & A. A. L. railroad,betveen
Cameron-and Sanford, one day last
t.vwu. u .tuclia r jcho i- give
V O t 1 rkl 1 1 n net
i'uiuvuiaio
-Mi Nancy F. Seals, says the Mt.
Airy Visitor. com mi t ted suiciHe at
Haystack, Surry county, by throwing
heiselt in a well 88 feet deep.
, A letter from Arizona states that
fMormons are rapidly taking up land
irfthat Territory. They are getting
possession; of all the water courses
and springs possible, and are trying
to exclude all other settlers.-
Baltimore has a new institution in
the shape Ot a big van, loaded with
hot eoflee, which is driven about the
streets lor the accommodation of la
borer?. A cup of the beverage is Fold
for three cents.
A demure, diminutive girl, aged 18,
is under arrest in Philadelphia for
bigamy. She has three living bus
bands, all of whom she has married
within two years. When asked why
she bad done this, she said: "They
were all good bellows, and they coax
ed me bo."
For the sixteen counties west of the
Blue Ridge, 135 enumerators of the
census have been appointed 80 Dem
ocrats, and 55 Republicans. J he lat
ter cannot complain of their share of
the appointments.
I The credit of the State of Alississip '
TT . 1
pi is flt par. ner warrants are oquai
Her bonds command a premium in
the market The Ssuth is gradually
climbing to a prosperous position
again
It is pleasant to hear of good for
tune falling to the lot of Greensboro
Female College. The Patriot says
that Rev J). Bt Bruton has visited
Eichmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Uew York and other points and col
lected $5,250, with many substantia
promises in the future from which it
is expected a large amount will be
raised.
It was only a little bomb shell, and
thev didn t know it was loaded, that
exploded and killed six men and
wounded several others, near Balti
more, Tuesday, but where is "near
Baltimore, Tuesday? The report of
thft explosion was heard five miles.
I M. 0. Button, tht arrow-maker of
Santa Cruz, Cal , recently brought
down nine squirrels, three rabbits and
a-jav, in an afternoons hunt with
bow and arrows. Milton, we are told,
used to have a bow and arrow com
pany which hunted game, especially
op Sundays. On one occasion long
nosed "Bill H olden," as they used to
ityle bim, brought down a rabbit
running with bow and arrow. This
exploit made him a wonderful hero
at the time; but he has since become
a gieater.
t D. K. Jones, of Ohio, the inventor
of "Lucifer" matches, is dead. TLet us
(hope he has not gotten into hotjwa-
. title, and applying it to his useful
., Jittie pplints which have done so
much to enlighten the world ! It
.would prove a brimstone 'scraps on
too Dig a scaie lor nis com tort.
; .,Tvro young' men, Willie McCorkle
ol Salisbury ,and Willie Bailey of this
place, (both engaged in the Kevenue
Berviee,) had a difficulty in Marion,
McDowell county, on Saturday last,
when Bailey was wounded in the leg
from a pistol shot fired by-McCorkel.
Youth and boys should not be per
mitted to engage in the revenue bu-
" sines3. Wby not, let 'em indulge in
target practice t each other. Who
cares who's winged?
Wa go to press before the Chicago
Convention nomination is heard from
but don't be scared! Grant will be
the nominee, and ii the democrats are
true, he'll be badly licked; .
fStatesville Landmark; Up to this
date 11 counties have declared their
preference for Governor. Of these 14
have expressed themselves for Jarvis
and 3 for Fowle. 90-odd counties in
all- where ig Scale?? the triumphant,
without soil or blemitdi on bis politi
cal escutcheon? Read what a soldier
says in his behoof, in another part ot
this paper. We want no better, purer
man Achillea a the prime of his
majesty may have suited his day and
generation, but give us now Aristides,
the great, noble and just the man
who dreaded naught at the cannon's
month and was a father, to his sol
diers!" What nobler eulogy, living
or dead, could be inscribed on the
pinnacle of his living fame or upon
his tomb "by all his country's wishes
blest." A little extravagant, but we
feel enthusiastic for the brave man
'who was a father to hie soIdiers,,;and
who has demonstrated therefore that
a.
.h was, is, still willing to live fur his
countrv not die for it. Chron. ad
finitum 12 Pluribus Unum! "
Some moon or two back the Greens
boro Beacon diligently applied itself
to pronouncing funeral eulogies on
the defunct Democratic party, which,
quite naturally, , it supposed Had in
tentionally 'winked out'' when the
chief in command of that very derno
cratic concern, struck his colors, and
tendered them a trophy at the feet
of the common enemy of both. Now
he thinks we are still alive all over
with the high intention of making
the most horoic fight on record in the
annals of time! Having declared us
we us and Co." and be used to be
one of the firm to be positively dead
he now declares "The Chron id's party
is united on no principle, and divided
on all' And 'right u the face oall
this, in the self-same issue of the pa
per, he deploringly complains "That
they who "the tw olcl partiesJ
"seem to vie with each other in run
ning us himj-downP There's logic
for you, within the ccrnpass of a dimi
nutive third party greenback snuff
box! ' Nationals'' ; . forsooth', to ad
vance aud accelerate third-t'erm impe
rialism! Having set .himself afire in
this respect, bo now objects to the
"color of the buckets" necessary to
be used in order to extinguish the
flames he is enveloped in. But pleas
antry aside: Seriously now: When
an old comrade in arms, ;a notable
champion of the cause tor which he
has so manfully struggled in days
past, takes upon himself to solemnly
pronounce the doom ot a party whose
blood stains and sanctifies his gar
ments and ornaments his war-shield,
whose brilliant trophies were won
under its a&gis and battle-bruised flag
consecrated in part by the life essence
that Hracks its parsnt-Iake through
his veins,' when such- a hero of a
man and model of the race, either
assumes or presumes to edict either
the decease or the decline of the Dem-
4 .
ooratic party in this land of the free,
let him go but one step further
Inscribe the disparaging sentiment
upon its tombstone, and if he do not
blush for himself, the conscious mar
ble will blush for him ! In sober se
riousness again, pathetically if need
be, parentally too, for yon call ua now
the "daddy of the press," why desert
the; flag stained with'your own blood
to adopt another inevitably destined
to become your shroud. What are
disappointed political aspirations
when weighed in the scale with politi
cal principle? As flimsy as the tissue
web the treacherous spider weaves
when he would allure and deceive his
ton-confident victim.
- No,frieiid Beacon, 'tis your own
mushroon party that's dead in its in
fancy, and like the, epitaph on the
dead infants , "V
'Since eo soon -we are done for, . ;.
Wonder what we were began for."
Au revoir.' . . : t ,
Eailroad from Danville to Oxford.
So thoroughly are the people ot
Person county aroused to tho impor
tance of a railroad from Oxford to
Danville, via Roxhoro, we are told
that in the coming campaign in that
county the building of this road will
be an important issue. It is looked
upon as a first class necessity, that
can no longer be dispensed with , and
a fully aroused sense ot this necessity
is making it the absorbing topic.
The Richmond and Danville R. R
.
Co. have expressed a willingness to
build a road from Dauville to Roxboro
provided it goes no further. But the
Torch Liht, which seems to under
stand tlie ropes, says this is not what
the people of Person county want.
The road must come to O&ford and
connect with tne Oxford and Hen"
derson R. R. TheTorch thinks this
should claim the favorable attention
ot the K, & G. U.K. and that itshould
lose no time in moving: in the matter
An urgent reason for this is the
fact that some thirty wagons are
constantly employed iu Roxboro haul
ing freight to and from South Bpeton.
We cannot tell the amount of tobacco
aud other produce that is now hauled
by wagons along the proposed line
of this railroad. But it is immense,
we learn from our authority. The
question for the R. &. G. road to de
cide is whether it shall pass oyer
their road or fall into the lap of the R
&D. road. We think (he says) it
will be decided by the R. & G. road
concluding to render material aid in
the construction of the road from
Oxford to Dauville. Then the R. &
D. and R. & G. roads become com
peting lines and the preference of
freight aud travel will be to favor
lowest rates. . '
So much we have abbreviated from
our contemporary to express his sen
timents fully and fairly. In most
respects. we concur with him. Person
county, a paradisical locality, rich in
all the exuberant, productions of na
ture, situated between two fires,. but
having the choice ot either, stands in
need of the great desideratums of the
age, railroads and a printing press,
to develop its abounding resources
It will be 6een by reference to our
paper elsewhere, that a meeting at
Yanceyville has been called to take
nteps lookiug to the exteusion of the
M. &. S. N. G. road in that direction.
This move, although we know noth
ing personally as to facts in the case,
is evidently instigated by the R. & D.
Road the power behind thethrone--
n rid-in mrhiitir purnpstnss we tfili
our Person iriends this what? hat
unless they "stir their stumps" a little
livelier wake up, rouse themselves
from the dead dreams of the past like
a lion snaking dew-drops from his
maue "Uncle Jessee," chief engin
eer and superintendent generally,and
the R. & I). Road particularly, will
be both very aptto leave you out ol
the. count. We are authorized to
invite all Person count3T, aud ad
juncts, to be present on the 12th at
Yanceyville and to take a hand '
It's a clear case, the road will be built
either the one way or the other. :
Gen. Gordon has accepted the po
sition of associate and consulting
counsel for the new railroad combi
nation of which Mr. Nevvcorob is the
head, which includes a continuous
line, under one m?nagement, from
St. Louid to Savannah. The salary
Lwill not be probably less than $15,000
per annum.
Dead at Her Bridal.
Statesville, N. C, May 24. WU
muth Jarvis, a Justice of the Peace
residing near here, was visited by a
runaway couple this rooming, to be
married. The ceremony was perform
ed, and the magistrate .sat down to
011 up the blanks in the marriage
certificate. Turning to his wife, be
asked her the day ot the month, and
before she could reply; ho fell down
dead.
OUE WASHHIGTOH LETTER.
Washingto-v, May 28, 1880.
Congress will not probably adjourn
on the 31st of May, but on or jabout
the 10th of Juue. It is admitted by
all that no work could be done after
that date, and that all necessary husi
nesp can be finished up by thattime.
The general deficiency bill was re
ported to the House yesterday, it
being the last ot what is kuown as
appropriation bills. In this, as in
many other of the money bills of tho
session, theDemocratio committee
on appropriations has been extremely
liberal in recommending concurren
cies iu the suggestions ot Depart
ment affairs.
Both the bill of Senator Bayard,
Tegulatiug election of Deputy Mar
sha la, aud the bill mustering out the
present Federal elections supervisors,
and providing that their suocejjsors
shall be appointed by the 'President
and confirmed ty the Senate, has
passed the Senate, and will pass the
ifouse. Except these, and the as
sent of Congress to the agreement,
and Senator Eaton's tariff commission
bill, I don't think there will be any
general legislation during tb re
mainder ol the session.
Of course the present interest in
politics attaches to the Chicago' Con
vention, at which there is every indi
cation of an extremely lively time.
Indeed, the Washington adherents of
the two leading candidates Grant
and Blaine are oonstauily prophesy
ing defeat and destruction to the
Radical party in the event of a; cer
tain nomination. Blaine meii will
not earnestly support Grant. Thous
ands of them will, earnestly oppose
him! 'Neither wi 1 1 ,G ran t's trie odd in
several doubtful States notably New
York cordially support Blaiuel The
Radicals who desire party success iu
November moi'e than thy wisu for
the" advancement ot any one man, are
in search ot a caudidate not distaste
ful to either Blaiueor Graut,on whom,
prior to the Convention, they can
agree. If such a man can be found
there is a posaibilitysot' avoiding the
ruptures which otherwise, seem in
evitable. Our own Convention wiil ba so
much influenced, in the selection of a
candidate, by the repbjt at Chicago, a
guess at the name is useless. Ail the
late State Democratic conventions rec
ognizing this fact, have refused to
iustruttt their delegations. J
In; April the white people of the
District of Columbia diedsat the rate
ot less than 17 per thousaud per an
num, and the negroes at tho rate of
34, and more per thousand.
Benton.
Gen. A. M. Scales for Governor.
To the Editor of Charlotte Ooserver.
It-has given me great pleasure to
see it announced in your paper yes
terday and today that Gen. A- M.
Scales would accept the nomination
for Governor if tendered him. ;
I have known the General for ovei
20 years, served with him as an offi
cer of the Thirteenth North Carolina
Regiment, under him as colonel and
afterwards as general, from th? com
mencement to the end of the war,
and always found him among the
truest of men; brave in action and a
at her to his soldiers.
I would like nothiug better than
to have him nomiuated for Governor
of our old North State, aud I believe
that this is the sentiment of at leas
seven eighths ot the Democrats oi
North Carolina, and of all his old sol
diers, who would workbard to insure
him as glorious a victory as we had
in 1876, if not more so.
As this is the presidential yep, we
should select our strongest me r, and
I believe Gen. A . M Scales to Be the
strongest. I also believe that were it
known he would accept he would be
nominated on the first ballot, j
Mecklenburg county instructed her
delegates to vote for Gov. Jarvis, but
had it not been announced that Gen.
Scales would not accept (and the gen
tleman who made the announcement
was candid in believing he would
not accept) I Relieve he would have
carried the convention by storm, be
ing satisfied thatgeven eighths of the
Democrat .c vol era of Mecklenburg
would sooner vote for him thau any
one else. , H J
The Reidsviile Times is hot for
Gen. Alfred M. Scales tor Governor,
and the Greensboro Patriot writes it
iu italics that the General will accept r
auu uuu i ) uu luigeuu. j
Ob! the tervidity of the weathei!
How's it, erselC Kernel? We feel.
i ; ir Chicago.
Radical Chicago to day is to its
grandeur, its globm and its glory.
Grant is pur candidate, on that side
whether beaten.or elected . But our
candid choice for President is one
notable J). F. bald well, of Greensboro,
who we think would remember pa a
little in the distribution of the spoils;
besides possessing superior claims for
the position from having written once
a deplorable poetical encomium upon
a deceased "box of sardinesP or a? box
of deceased sardines, one or the other.
But either vay, anyhow, the true
greatness ot genius was therein sue
cessfully displayed: Grant coud not
have equalled: it in his palmiest days
of poetio ferVor. Nor could Gor. Sey
mour, or any of the smaller rest, have
achieved such an ( Homeric epic on
t4little fishes put up in oil." "Twas a
model of poetical perfection indeed!
Therefore he is'our versical and ver
satile colorbearer in this present
dubious campaign.- But next to him
we candidly avow our sincere predi
lections for Geo. W. Childs ot the
PhiladelphiarLedger, whose post mor
tem poetical " effusionp are likewise
entitled to a considerable qnantity of
eminence in the Temple of Fame
lwhoe proud domes shiue afar point
ing iipwatd, ojiward, to the very
realms ot Shakspearean "cloud capped
towers" and transcendent visions in
Hoe frenzy rolling. Roll on the ball,
then, for one or the other of our can
didates, for bojh of them if necessary.
Who's afeard ?' D g on it! Degln
titions, d ndelions, d n it,somehow
anyway.
Alamance Gleaner: The editors of
the Patriot and Beacon (Greensboro)
are indulging in some little pleasan
tries through the local columns of
their respective papers. Each seems
to be impressed with the idea that
the other is closely related to a certain
animal known better for his length of
ear and strength ot lung than for any
more attractive oualities.
a.
'Your little fingers were never made,
To tear each other's eyes." Chbojt.
Ratlroad Stocks. Not withstan d
ing the increased earnings ot the rail
roads during the r)ast five months.
decliniug in Vall street. This is not
tr ho r trmr(i am rvriooo t ailrror'
securities bad, witb all other va'oes,
been pushed to figures not justified
by the situation. '
Keep Cool Politics are mighty
uncertain, and the campaign is going
to be a long one, and all people had
better keep cool and not get excited
over their favorites for this or that
place. Somebody is certain to be din
appointed, and why get mad about it
in advance? Our bro. Yates gives
this bit oLgood advice, but did be
feel in a precisely good spell himself,
when he was induced to indite it iu
his Democrat?
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NOTICE.
HAVING qualified as Administrator of
the estate of Wiley B James, decease
ed, I hereby notify all persons indebted to
the estate to make payment, and all per
sons having claims against it to present
them within the time prescribed by law or
this notice will be plead in bar of recovery
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