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. Dn. IT. 8. Rpoolm, of Marion, Vwl., says: " I
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f ir ranching tba blood, and removing all djspeptio
syniptoma. It does not hart the teeth." '
lB, & M. DcuriL Reynolds, Ind., ears: " I
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anemia and blond diseases, also wban a tonio was
needed, and it haa prorad thcnmghljr satisfactory.'
Mr- Wit. Brmica, X fH aUry 8t., Mew Orleans, La,
sn;: " Brown's Iron Bitten relieved me to a oasai
of blood poisoning, and I heartily oonhnend it to
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Ha. W. W. Momabav. Tusoatnbia, Ala., says: " I
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aaanat apeak ton highly of this nlu&bat medicine.'
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THE GREAT BABGA1N STORE OF
RALEIGH.
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I have Jut returned from New York, where
I haTo pui chased the largest and cheapest
lock o! goodi ever brought to the Backet
Ju t aa we have aaid all the time, gooda cheap
cut ugh will 8611 themaelvea. this and this
aiote aeeounU lor the tremen?oua trade at
the -Backet. Our gooda are cheap and It is
ime that our 'idedge-hammer bargains may be
hard hitters lor those who buy and tell on
time, but they arc real blessing to those wh
can pay caah for their good. GatLerod up
b od the slaugbter-prna of credit and laid at
nr doors with but one profit, you get a
dollar in "real value in every dollar's worth
buy, measure for measure, dollar tor dol
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lar, at the Backtt gtorw. The cw it system is
fcsystcmof sleepless nights of deferred hope;
ol blaUd expectations, of 14 dfbt, of dis
puted ledger account; a system which maker
an howrt man, who pays and intends to pay,'
lupport and jay for those who never pay
The uiei chant who sells goo?s n time nave
kuov s how much be ought tofiharge to bring
h lm rtaeonable tront on his goods, for the)
reason he never know- what b loests will J.
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The Backet is cuttiug to ther right hand an
to the left, knowing no law but the greatest
, value for the leafct money.
Twenty thousand Knvelopop, worth 8c, fof
lr liacki Splendid Note Taper for 6t
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' par quire. Best Hamilton Calico at 6c, worth
1. One thouwtnd suspenders at 16c . worth 30.
Mus' WoolLlaUat2oc, worth 60c. Big Job
1 n BooU and feUoes, Notions of all descrip
tions. Dry Oowds, Carpeting; and Oil Cloths
and Bugs. Jewelry at one-hall its value.! It is
i . ,
an endless Job to enumerate the special values
a the many departments of the Backet. MIlli-
w frT full.
Coiue and see and save yoarononey.
VOLNKYiPUBflicLL 4 00.,
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PG09E
NEWS OBSERVATIONS.
Recent he;v; rains have
ruined the crops in the north
almost
of Ire-
land. i ;,-
"Not guilty, sir, but without the
means -to prove mj innoqenoe," was
Martin Irons' melancholy answer' When
he stood up to receive his sentenoe for
drunkenness. ,
Mrs. Gen. W. S. Hancock has been
engaged this summer in writing s vol
ume of remimsoences of her late hus
band. It is now about completed, and
will be published this winter. r"
The greatest balloon in the world
has been constructed at San Francisco
by a Mr. Van Tassel. It will hold
150,000 eubio feet of gas and has 'been
made for the purpose of traversing the
American continent from ocean to ooean.
Cycling is recommended as the
most tranquilizing of muscular exercises
for men whose nerves are .. overstrung.
The man who goes through ten hours'
daily mental fret and worry will in an
hour f pleasant road riding -in the
fresh sweet-scented country, throw off
all its ill effects and prepare himself, for
another successful day's brain work.
Advices received by; mail: .state
that severe slocks of earthquake oc
ourred in St. Thomas, the Barbadoes
and throughout the Bahama Islands, on
the 28th of August, three: days before
the Charleston disaster A; total eclipse
of the sun was witnessed on the Islands
on Sept 7, and the natives attribute the
frequent shocks to this cause.
Ex-Senator McDonald, of Indiana,
says that his State will go democratic
by a large majority this fall, and - will
send to Congress a majority of :demo
oratio representatives. If the legislature
is democratic, he confesses; that he, will
be a candidate for the Senate in place
of Ben Harrison. ' The party in Indi mj.
indorses the administration, and. hi
thinks the President has increased hit
popularity by his pension vetoes!
Gen. W.S. Crawford XL. S !A.,
who was one of the garrison Of Fori
Sumter, under Maj. Anderson,; at the
time of the bombardment jof tbe Con
federate forces, and afterward' com
manded an army corps in the Union
army, has been in Charleston for a few
days inquiring for himself, with imjar
tiai spirit and kindly feeling, into the
condition and wants of Charleston.
Ex-CongTeesman J as. H. Hopkins,
of Pennsylvania, bases his hopes of a
democratic victory in November on the
claim that Wolfe will poll from 60,
000 to 60,000 votes, a large majority oi
wuiou lie uuuu win come rrom tne re
publican party. Mr. Hopkins savs Mr
iilack will receive a large republican
vote in his own county. HoDkint
thinks Black's majority in York county
will be 5f000, and sayi that eucb
wealthy people as the Smalls and Far-:
quhar, the large manufacturer of .. ag
ricultural implements, have declared
for him.
A son ef Mr. Thompson, assistant
secretary of the treasury, passed ' hit
civil-service examination successfully a
short time ago, and was last week' ap
pointed a bookkeeper under auditor
Day of the treasury department.' When
hip father heard of this he, advised hit
son to have the appointment revoked.
1 am for civil service reform, said
the assistant secretary, "and stronger
in my advocacy of it since I have been
in office than 1 Was before, and I do not
wish to afford anybody a chance to sus
pect my devotion to it." '
Gen. Edward-8. Bragg, of Wiscon-
sin, who will be remembered; as the
author of the utterance in the last dem
ocratic national convention that the
"people loved Cleveland for the ene
mies he has made," has been defeated,
his rival, district attorney Delanev
having been nominated for; Congress by
the 'democrats of Gen. Bragg's district
on the 216th ballot. There is spme -talk
of nominating him for attorney general
on the state democratic ticket. :
Mr. James G. Blaine, Jr., ambi
tious to maintain the reputation of the
family for eccentric marriages, has re
cently) man led Miss Marie JNevins,
daughter of Col. Richard Nevins, of
Columbus, O , without the family of
either having been previously made
aware of the intention of; the youthful
couple. Aliaa INevins, who is an accom
plished lady, is a Catholic, -and the
necessarry dispensation for the union
was granted by archbishop Corrjgan,
and the ceremony therefore is entirely
regular, both in the eyes of the church
and the law. Mr. Blaine is the youngest
son of Hon. James G. Blaine, who has
been incidentally mentioned in f connec
tion with the Presidency. . . ! j '
In a letter to personal friends in
Washington city just received tfrom
minister Cox he saya-that he would be
very glad to go back again in the House,
but that Mrs. Cox opposes in the most
determined manner every suggestion or
hiB re-entering upon active politics, and
that so far as he knows he thinks the
will and wishes of his wife will have to
be respected. Mrs. Cox does: not want
to go to Washington again, ana she
frankly says she does not: think the at
mosphere of the place is at all conducive
to her husband s health. lie is return
ing home on account of 11 health, and
Congressional life, she says, is not the
remedy Mr. Cox most needs.
Corsages of every description are
in vogue, but each sty lei is made suita
ble for the occasion for which the toilet
entire is designed. The same latitude
is displayed in skirts, as there are those
which are round and full, pleated their
entire length with scarf drapery above,
or kilted at the sides only,; with one
wide box-pleat in front and full drapery
in the back. There are also box-pleated
skirts which have a velvet tabl&r oov
erine the front aad sides, this Cab Her
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Often being coverea wita rico sua. em
broideries, or beaded ornaments or is
left quite unadorned. a
A STRANGE DEATH
A MIGHTY MASS OF ROCK FALLS
i FROM A MOUNTAIN,
CKDSHXS TO DEATH BIVI&AL FIOPLX, AMP
DOB8 OTHIR DAMAGB.
Pittsbuko, Pa., Sept 16. A large
rook overhanging he mountain side in
Jackson county, West Virginia, yester
day become detached and rolled down.
The dwelling and barns of Leslie Cum
m,ns were demolished. Cummins' son
Frank, and a hired man, Edward Jenks,
were killed oughtright. Two other
children of Cummins' were so badly
hurt that they will die. Several horses
were killed j
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A Tory Uracafnl Latter.
Chasliston, S. C, Sept. 16. Ex
Senator Simon Cameron, in a letter en
closing $1,000 for the relief fund, says :
"I always associate your city and State
with my recollections of your great
statesman, Mr. Calhoun, who occupied
so commanding a position in the Senate
and before the country. At my first
entrance upon public life,! more than
forty years ago, he received me in the
Senate with the greatest of kindness and
during the remainder of his life I was
permitted not only to share in the
admiration of his singular simplicity,
elevation and dignity of character, bat
also to experience almost daily some
proof of his personal consideration and
regard.' It naturally gives me pleasure,
therefore, to associate my recollections
of him .with this contribution towards
the relief of citizens of the State he
loyed so well."
Cliarlveton Sfwa.
NO BCDDXNSIIK MORTAR WANTED.
Charleston, S. C, Sept. 16. There
was an earthquake shock yesterday
morning about 4 o'clock, unaccompanied
by any great rumbling or detonation,
and it was only noticed by a few persons.
Possibly a light shock occurred last
night, but this is uncertain, as any vi
bration: caused by passing vehicles or
the pulling down of walls is apt to be
regarded as caused by an earthquake.
There has not' been a shock in some dayB
worth reporting. The relief oommitiee
has issued over a thousand forms of ap
plication for assistance in rebuilding or
repairing houses. Attention has recent
ly. been directed to the character of the
mortar used, consisting largely of yel
low sand, and the city will probably
take action on the subject to prevent
any "Bnddensiek" disaster in the hurry
of rebuilding.
A LwfftsIatlVw . Act VneoneUtuMonal.
Staustoh, Va., September 16. The
Virginia supreme court of appeals, sit
ting here, rendered an opinion today in
volving the constitutionality of. a joint
resolution passed by the general assem
bly of Virginia April 26, 1886, relating
to the appointment of county superin
tendents of public schools. The court
declares the act repugnant to the State
constitution and null and void, and the
action of the board of education taken
under it null and void and of no avail.
A peremptory mandamus is the order,
requiriig the defendant, Miller, who
had been appointed county superinten
dent for Smythe county under the reso
lution, to restore theeffioe, books, papers,
Slq., to C. W. Pendleton, the superin
tendent displaced. This decision covers
all superintendents in the State who
had been removed by the board of edu
cation. t an)
Bo End of tb Auanata, Troubles In Might
Acgcsta, Ga. , September 16. The
Knights of Labor have received over
$10,000 to date; sufficient, it is report
ed, to pay off the debts contracted by
the bands of the Augusta factory for
the last ten weeks. No money has yet
been received for the hands in the other
mills, but secretary Turner, from head
quarters in Philadelphia, writes that the
Knights will take care of the Augusts
operatives and they will not return
work till!, the mills advance wages 15
per cent. Ho declines now to submit
mstters to arbitration, as the offers here
tofore made have been rejected.
Hln Laborer In Convention.
Chicago, Sept. 16. A special from
Indianapolis says: The national district
assembly of miners and mine laborers of
the United States began its first annual
convention here yesterday. It repre
sents a I membership of 30,000. The
order was organized in St. Louis last
May, being that branch of the Knights
of Labor who arc miners. Business has
been confined so far to the appointment
of committees on by-laws, grievances,
State of order, districting and finance.
Worbbeuaea Kecommendexl.
Dublin, Sept. 16. United Ireland
suggests that in view of the probable
rejection of Parneir laid bill, all dis
tressed tenants in Ireland resort to the
workhouse. "While it is disgraceful,
says united ireianu, "to enter the
workhouse as a loafer, it would be in
the highest degree honorable to occupy
the workbouse as an encampment against
landlordism
Murder Small Blatter.
Dantjlli, Va., Sept. 16 P. D.
Spencer, who wrote a card which led to
the Martinsville street fight between the
Terrys and Spencers, was tried todav for
the lujufder of J. K. Terry and acquit
ted. Four of the participants in the
fight have now been, tried and all ac
quitted. The feeling in the county
against the Spencer party is. intense.
A Wewspaper Falls.
; Mobilb, Ala., Sept. 16 The Morn
ing Telegram, a daily newspaper started
here one month ago by a stock oompany,
made an assignment today.
n of Co-operative Mining;. .
St. Louis, Sept. 13. A special from
Huntsville, Mo., says: Mine No. 3, the
largest in this vicinity, after being idle
more than five months has just reopened
on the co-operative plan. The miners
are to have the use of the company's
machinery and are to pay the latter a
royalty of one cent per bushel, retain
ing for a division among themselves the
remainder of the profits.
A Kentucky Killing;.
LoTjisviLLi,r Sept. 16. John Wyatt
and Dempscy Loftin are neighbors in
Marshall county, Ky., who have not
spoken for years. 4Loftin spoke to Wyatt
yesterday at a funeral and the latter
knocked him down with a stone. Loftin
drew a knife and killed Wyatt, stabbing
him seven times.
The Norfolk Bask aees lotlnned.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 16 The trial
of tbe Exchange national bank cases in
the United States circuit court was con
tinued today by joint consent of the
prosecution and defense to the Novem
ber term of the same court.
D. K. Walker Board From.
NOTES FROM TH1 GBBAT NOBTHWB8T.
Cor. of Thk Siviuid Obsksvck.
Cairo, III., Sept. 12.
I have traveled through Michigan
and the entire State of Illinois, in paral
lel lines north and south, east and west,
and I am pleased to say that I have
been treated by the people with the ut
most kindness. I make it a point to
register in unmistakable letters "Kin-
ston, N. C, and it is a fact that with
the rank and file "of both the country
and town people "the cruel war is
over. But i nnd in conversing with
these good poople, etprcially those liv
ing remote from the towns and cities.
that they have been sadly misinformed
by the politicians and the newspapers
about our laws, ways, customs, habits
and educational facilties. In pasting
et me say that a great many of the
honest yeomanry of this land believe
every word they read in their paper.
I have found among the Pennsylva
nia settlements, which are scattered out
here, intelligent, well-to-do farmers who
believe that we people of the ' outh
stand with shot-guns in hand and shoot
down every "coon" (negro) who does
not vote the democratic ticket. We
talk all these matters over without any
feeling of animosity; and I do not want
in this country any, better friend than a
soldier who fought us in the late war.
There is a sort of feeling of trust or
" I can trust you, " which is
mutual whenever soldiers who
wore the grey and the blue
meet. I have come in contact
with a treat many soldiers of the
"Grand Army of the Republic," en
route for their camp-fire meetings, which
are very numerous at this season of the
year, and they have all been courteous
and friendly. I was by accident made
known to a whole car-load of them the
other day, and was overwhelmed with
kindness when they found out that I was
a quondam Confederate soldier.
Illinois, take it all over, is the best
State I have ver been in. I have not
Been, except on the river bluffs and a
section of country (woodland) near
Cairo, any part of thiB State but what
would do to manure any upland in the
piedmont section and uplands in eastern
North Carolina. I do not mean Hyde
county or any land of that character.
One man herewith improved ma
chinery, sulkyturning-plowB, riding
cultivators, seeders, harvesters, with
binders and carriers and four horses,
and one boy to help him, makes more
clear money farming than twelve men
who farm the ordinary way in North
Carolina.
My eyes are sore, made so by looking
or poor land. This is the land for
which Cooper's ideally noble red man
fought, and for which the real red man
died. I do not blame them for fighting
for it. If I had been an Indian I would
have bled and died for it myself. 1
The whole State of Illinois is one vast,
undulating prairie. Lands are worth
from $40 to $150 an acre." Some parties
re selling and going to JNebrasxa ana
Dakota, and are homesteading, tree-
claiming and pre-empting, as a matter
of speculation. Illinois is a perfect net
work of railroads. lou can start any
where in the State and drive ten miles
and disoover a "railroad.
From Crestline, Ohio, to Fort Wayne,
Ind., and all through northern Ohio,
south Michigan and north and north
western Illinois the farms and towns are
the cleanest and neatest I have ever
Been. It would take me twelve months
to select if one was offered me for the
asking. I should be like a cow in
a clover patch in spring time; I should
not know where to anchor.
It is not hard to tell a Pennsylvania
settlement. The qarn is always larger
and better looking than the dwelling,
though both are neat. A barn larger
than the dwelling betokens thrift; where
both are equally large and neat it be
tokens wealth. Every farm in Illinois
is supplied with water, either by a wind
mill or an artesian well. The country
in earlv days was sickly and malarious
but tilein, which is general, has freed
it rrom cnuis aim ievci u iu luauav
rial diseases. But let mc say to iyou
that all of these farmers are not as neat
aa those I have described. Central 11
liaois reminds me very much of North
Carolina. A good many of these people
plant too muoh. ihey try to ao
much and their crops are not tidy;
too
nor
are the towns or premises neat, either
And afW all there is no place like
home. D. R. W
MsMtconaery'a Helping- Band.
Montqomxbt. Ala., Sept. 16. The
contribution of the citizens of Mont
gomery, amounting to $1,100, was to
Hw fnrwerrlArl to Charleston. A sum
V . M - .
aggregating several hundred more had
been sent previously, to ohurohes at
Charleston.
Pis
WHOSE MISTAKE?
SOMEBODY TO BLAME FOR AN;
ACCIDENT.
THB XNOINhXR OT A TRAIN IN H1DING HM
WRITES A LKTT1B.
Buffalo, N. Y., September 16 The
list of killed in the Nickel Plate railway
collision, which was further swelled to
nineteen by the finding of three more
bodies, mangled beyond recognition, is
now supposed to be complete. The re
sponsility for the disaster has been settled
as nearly as possible, pending a full in
vestigation. Engineer Brewer has not
yet been found, but a letter from bim
addressed to the editor appeared in this
morning's Express. The letter bore no
date and the postmark on the
envelope was that used by clerks
on the Lake 8hore trains. In the
letter he says: "I see that it is
reported that I ran away for fear blame
would be put on me for that terrible
accident at Silver creek. I have neither
run away nor do I intend to, but in
jumping from my engine I hurt my back
and hip, and as.I was unable to assist, I
left the wreck; but in regard to my stop
ping at Silver creek, I did stop and
took on passengers. I had orders to
meet the local train at Silver creek.
There is no side-track there and never
having orders before to pa.- a train
there, I proceeded, tbo conductor
having given me the signal to go ahead,
which(he should not havedonc,ashehad
the eame orders that I had, and when he
saw me starting the train he should
have used tho bell-cord or automatic
brakes in tho coaches, to stop me.
(Signed) LpwLj Brewer, engineer of No.
159."
If the above statement is true it re
lieves tloso in charge ef tbo freight
train and tbe train dupatcht r from res
ponsibility, aud places it nololy upbn
conductor Harrington and engineer
Brewer. Parties at Silver creek assert
that Harrington signalled Brewer to go
ahead, but that he did so on the suppo
sition that the engineer had no orders
to the contrary, there having been no
orders given to either of them at Silver
creek. The railroad officials state posi
tively that Brewer's orders were to pass
the freight train at Silver creek and
that he disobeyed them. Coroner
Blood, of Dunkirk, will begin an in
quest tomorrow.
Cholera In cnlna and Japan.
San Francisco, September 16. Ad
vices by the steamer Gaelic from China
and Japan are as follows: The total
number of cholera cases throughout
Jspan since its first appearance this year
is 59,000, of which 37,000 resulted
fatally. The indications are that the
epidemic is now abating. Intelligence
from Seaul, Corea, say the cholera is
still raging in that city. According to
official returns the fatal oases for July
of this year are 48,600 out of a popula
lation of 250,000. Outside the capital
the epidemic is equally fatal. At Shin
shn, province of Keisnado, 5,000 and at
Torai 6,000 deaths are reported in one
month. -
t hre Knlghta Acquitted.
St. Louis, Sept. 16. The trial of
Knights of Labor Frank Young, Oscar
Harron and Fred Hundhausen, charg
ed with conspiring during the late South
western railroad strikes to injure the
Missouri Paoific railroad company's
firoperty and business, was concluded
ast night. The jury after remaining
out for two hours returned a er diet of
acquittal. 1
Tho 1 art; eat Sawmill In tbo World
Burned.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 16 Dis
patches from Eua Clair say the Chip
pewa lumber and broom company's saw
mill at Chippewa Falls, the largest in
the country, was struck by lightning at
o clock this morning and completely
destroved bv fire. The loss is ft250.000:
partially insured.
Tbo See urg-lng; Cholera.
London, September 16. Advices from
Vienna say that one person died from
cholera in Pesth, Hungary, yesterday
and three in Trieste and that two new
oases are reported in the former oity and
nineteen in the latter, cholera returns
from all Italy since last report show
sixty-five new cases, twenty-five deaths.
Jndft-e kyneh's Qnlek Work.
Augusta, Ga., September 16. Henry
Barnes (oolored) was lynched today at
Millen, for outraging a white lady at
Rogers station. A party of masked men
did the lynching. Barnes was taken
from a train near Millen and riddled
with bullets.
Wow Tork Cotton Fntores.
Nbw York, Sept. 16 Greene & Cb.'s
report on ootton futures says: With
some little help obtained through for
eign advices, the market has been fairly
well held. A point or two lost was af
terward recovered and the clot. ; h1
pretty steady. The actual deni.
however, was extremely limited, as b
desire to cover or make additional in
vestments prevailed.
Over $300,000 for Charleston.
Charleston, 8. C, September 16.
The fund for relief now amounts to
$309,118. , ;
Baseball Yesterday.
At Staten Island, Metropolitan 2,
St. Louis 1; at Brooklyn, Brooklyn 12,
Cincinnati 10; at New York, New
York 1, Washington 1, (game called
at ninth inning on account of dark
ness;) at St. Louis, St. Louis 0, Detroit
0, (game called on account of darkness;)
at Boston, Boston, (game postponed on
account of rain;) at Baltimore, Balti
more 0, Pittsburg 6; at Kansas City,
Kansas City 2, Chicago 7; at Philadel
phia, Athletics 8, Louisville 6.
Tbo Cjilld of tho confederacy.
jxff Davis's prxtty daughter yi siting
FKIXNDS IN VIRGINIA. :
Alexandria, Va., September 14.
Jefferson Davis's youngest daughter
who has been called "the child of the
Confederacy," because she was born at
Richmond while her' father ruled as
President of tho Confederate States is
on a visit to the family of Gen. "Roonv"
Lee, who lives a few miles out of this
town. Until last week Mr. Davis had
lived, ever since the war, at her father's
home, Beauvoir, Miss. A few days ago
she came to Richmond with her aunt
and- after calling on some of her family
friends she set out for Fairfax county
for a visit to Gen. Lee, who is one of
the Confederate President's closest
friends.
"Many Alexandrians have gone out to
Ravens wood, Gen. Lee's oountry scat,
to pay their respects to this "child of
the Confederacy." All speak of her
admiringly. Miss Davis is a typical
Southern beauty. She is just tall enough
to be commanding in appearance, and
has a willowy, graceful form, which is
clad with a richness and taste that are
surprising, when it is remembered that
this young girl has lived all her life in
the retirement of a country house. Her
face is long and somewhat inclined to
leanness, but it in every lineament be
speaks the patrioian. Her complexion
is a rich olive, her eyes hazel and her
hair black and curling. Although still
very yourg, and without society ex
perience, she loks like a queen j amcng
wemen aa sbe stands receiving her Cill
ers. Frem her conversation it appears
that she cherishes the same sentiments
as her father in regard to the "Lost
Cause." She regards it as a sacred
theme and considers the Southern poo
ple s martyrs to Noithern greed and
j.alousy. That she should imbibe suol
sentiments is no more than natural
Ever since the war she has been at her
father's side, his chief support. and con
solation. He educated her personally,
gave her his views of life, and fashioned
her in the mould of the ante-bellum
Southern lady.
Decorated with a Live Bag-. 1
Philadelphia News Atlantic Cit Letter.
One of the most notable guests who
i .t i . -Li - l.
spent tne summer nere, anu woo ate
just departed, was a bltmdo lady from
New Orleans, who was conspicuous at
the hops for her diamonds, her skye
terrier with a gold collar, and a black
Machette beetle with gold harness and
chain. ; She was originally a truest at
one of the fashionable down-town hotels,
but she persisted in having the ugly
beetle crawling around her at the table,
and the more fastidious guests broke
out in cpen revolt and threatened the
management with abdication. She re
tired to a cottage and spent her even
ings as a lonely spectator at the hops of
the up-town hotels. Here she wonld
gather around her a crowd of curious
folk, who would gaze with admiration
at her wonderful Brazilian beetle chain
ed to her bosom. The terrier was her
only companion. Her purse was always
well filled, her diamonds measured al
ways a peck, but she suggested mys
tery with all her wealth or appearances
of wealth.
."The Bine and tbo Gray.
yyikchistbb, v a.. Bept. lo A num
ber of citizens, headed by the Union
cornet band, seventeen pieces, left this
morning, via Harrisburg and New York,
to attend the celebration of the New
Hampshire veteran association next Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, at Win
chester, N. H. All are guests of the
association and left 'in anticipation of a
royal good time. The Virginia militia
rifle team, that had also been invited,
was obliged to decline the invitation.
Berlin la a State of Sleg-o.
BiRLiN, Sept. 16. The bundesralh
has agreed to prolong the minor state of
siege of the cky of Berlin.
Railway Hews.
The board of directors of the W. O.
& E. 0. railroad company have request
ed the chairman of the New Hanover
board of county commissioners to call a
meeting of the board for the purpose of
taking action on the petition asking for
an election by the people on the ques
tion of subscribing $100,000 to the
road.
The Atlantic & North Carolina rail
road will, within the next sixty days,
the New Berne Journal says, have a lot
of old iron rails for sale. This iron is
of the very best quality and of English
make. There is scarcely any iron of the
same quality to be had in America to
day, as nearly all roads originally laid
with English iron have already taken
up their old rails and substituted steel.
Mr. Hicks, tho contractor, informs
the Greensboro Workman that Satur
day last the grading on the new branch
railroad had already reached a distance
of three miles in the direction of the
Deep river towns. This is quick work
and would indicate an early completion
of the road.
The Durham Reoorder says : The
' ".eciion to vote on the Lvnohbursr &
Durham railroad will be held in Halifax
county, Va., the 25th of this month.
From the best information we can gather
the subscription will be carried. If this
be a fact work will soon be commenced
on the road at this place.
Bmnswick county voted by a large
majority for a subscription to the capi
tal stock of the proposed railroad from
that place to the great West.
Mr. J. W. Morris, agent of the At
lantic Coast Line, informs the Clayton
Bud that regular trains on the Wilson
& Florenoe Hhort-Cut began run
ning Thursday from Wilson to Benson's
station, fourteen miles beyond Smith
field, and by the 1st of October trains
will run through to Fayette villo.
It is reported from Samoa ,that the
rival native kings are again at war.
I & Very Strange BT otaea.
Cor. C harleston News and Courier.
1 Spartanburg, Sept. 15. While the
pnblio mind is directed to the study of
earthquakes, it may be well to know
that in Abbeville county, eight to ten
miles from Ninety-Six, there nave been
strange and unaccountable noises for the
last five months, or perhaps longer.
Henry J. Hinard wrote to 8partanburg
somo time in May, stating tne fact and
asking for an explanation. He cam
here in August and stated that the noises
continued and oould not bo explained.
It was suggested that it was either
blasting or the running of trains on the
railroads. He said that they had
thought of all these things, but tha
noises did not proceed from any such
causes. They were heard over an area
of eight or ten square miles. No special
excitement was caused, and only a pass
ing inquiry was made. It is hoped that
Mr. Kinard, or some person living
about the centre nf the noises, will de
scribe them, telling about the time they
were .first heard, and if they have
been heard since the earthquake.
They were evidently of subterranean
origin, such as they have in earthquake
regions ; or, at least that will be the
opinion now.
a :
Uie Dr. Pierce's "relleta" for eonstipa
on. ' i Emperor William was forced by ex
haustion to remain away from the Ger
man military maneuvres at Strasburg
Sonday.
j Cnred of Uver Complaint
i Iowa Falls LIakdin Co., Iowa,
i Junes, 1885.
1 have been using Allcock's PoroiM Plas
ters for four years, and thin'-t I could not get
along without them. For a long time I was
afflicted with a pe.ln under my ritbt should
er blade; I had considefab e difficulty in
bieathiog. I applied an Alleock's Porous
Waster on my back and one on my cheat. I .
kept changing them every four days, and at
the enrt of four wrt-ks was entirely rured.
i ' E S. Stivkns.
Young George Gould, with his
many millions in prospect if not in pos
session, came mighty near marrying a
kingdom. He: united .himself to
Miss Kingdon, of Daly's iNew York
theatrical oompany, Tuesday.
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