LENOIR TOPIC.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 188S.
SCOTT & EUVTJf, PUBLISHEES.
W. W. SCOIT.Jr E41IP.
AsmnmxE hal.f25J000 fire lttt
Thursday night
The tral of Thomas "ITSbielda In:
Charlotte for killing Joaeph Sitten,
the allegded sedacer of LlVsister. was
in progress, last week.
On the 1 3th at Wittemberg, Ger
many, began the celebration of the
400th anniversary of Martin Luther's
birth. 50,000 risitors were present.
The Chronicle, in getting up its
opinions from the counties, says that
"Watauga Is for " Gen. Vance, first
choice for Governor, and Coke, second
choice.
A big rain and wind storm pre
vailed in the east and on the coast
faring the first part of last week.
Considerable damage was done to
shipping.
A special from Rileigh to the
Greensboro Patriot says that 'a care
ful canva93 of the counties of the
State shows that the choice for . can
didate for Governor stands, as be
tween the two leading candidates,
Scales 29, Coke 12. -
Tbe Winston Republican brings
oat Prtrick H. Winston, Jr. as tbe
Republican candidate for Governor.
The Leader thinks he has his eye on
the district attorneyship, while the
Charlotte Jeurnal,Observer is of opini
ion that he wants to go -o Congress
from the seventh district. -
AIecklexburg court adjourned last
Saturday. A negro named was con
victed of rape and sentenced to be
hanged Oct. 29, . and Thomas L.
Shields was bonvicted of murder in
killing Jos. G. Sittoo, and sentenced
to be hanged Oct. 12 An appeal to the
Supreme court was taken.
Tnis summer two steamers, the
Yantic and the Proteus), were sent
oat to bring home. Lieut, Greeley
who was in command of a party
of arctic, observers stationed at
Discovery Harbor in the Arctic Sea.
Tje Pruteus was lo3t and the Yantic
his returned with both crews but
with no cews from Greeley and his
party.
The meeting of tbe Stockholders in
tbe Richmond & Danville held on the
12th resulted in putting in Messrs. H.
C. Fahrenstock, Samoel Thomas and
Jj'ju A. McAnnery on the board of
directors. The Seney Syndicate has
intimated that they will build a road,
estimated to cost $1,000,000 from
GiUlsboro to Norfolk if Norfolk
will take onefourth of tbe stock. At
a meeting of the Cotton Exchange
in Norfolk, last week, at which all
the prominent Norfolk capitalists were
preseut. it was decided to accept the
proposition. This is important.
VOLCME NIKE.
V It is a custom, probably more
honored in the. breach than in the
beeryance, for newspapers to review
each ended volume on tho commence
ment of a new one. This week The
Topic enters upon the ninth year of
its existence. With varying fortunes,
such as follow after every human
enterprise, it has buffeted with tbe
waves which so often engnlph ven
tures upon the journalistic sea. The
tight old craft leaves, port. today upon
its ninth voyage with bran new sails,
with ,allit belongipga pfck.,and
span, and with , the choicest and Wit
valuable cargo that - it has ever been
its good fortune to carry, viz, nearly
1200 good paying 'passengers. And'
as ye ancient mariner raises bis glass
to his eye and. takes a prospect of tbe
track before him be sees no clouds
nor fogs. Here's fair weather and
clean sailing to the , good ship Tone.
A Dane of Dath-
A rustic dance to tbe lower part of
Pierce county, Ga,, was the scene of
a sanguinary encounter between two
country lasses Friday night,. Miss
liable Smith and her t niece, Miss
Roxy Wilson,' both daughters : of
respectable farmers, and belles of tbe
evening, were rivals for the band of. a
country swain, wbose personal attrac
tions were enhanced in tbe eyes ef
the maiden by a $10,000 estate, to
which he is the only heir, His prefi
erences for Miss Smith's company
was remarked and Miss Wilson
became infuriated, with jealousy.
- At 11 o'clock - she was la maddened
that she made open threats that she
would kill both v her rival and her
lover. Her brother, who was present,
r shared his sister's anger, and, while
they were all dancing In the same set
About midnight, secretly put an open
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knife In bis sister's baud and went on
with the dance. .
! Sudden raising " the k n i fc above
her 'bead the,' infuriated : woman
sprang upon, her aunt, tnd at the first.
kko ft3mbsU2disemboweleci her.
Before the horrified spectators could
recover from their astonishoaeut she
raised the knife again and plunged it
to the hilt in the youog woman's
breast; j catting"8 gash which laid
open her dress and exposed the
bleeding wound to the view of every
body around. Without waiting to
see the effect of the wound tbe mnr
deress 1 sprang like a tigress toward
the throat of her aunt's lever, but
was seized and disarmed before she
could accomplish her purpose. The
young woman's brother male no at
tempt to interfere while the tragedy
was being enacted, and after it was
over calmly walked away, and has
not been seen sincei Tbe murderess,
who is an uncommonly handsome
country girl of 19 years, is under ar
rest. Her father is said to be worth
$25,000.
NKTCS OF THE WEEK.
The Bolivian Congress has declared
nail tbe last election of Senators.
The statue of ex President Zachary
Taylor at Louisville, Ky.. will be un
veiled on September 30.
Mrs. Jackson, widow of "Stonewall"
Jackson, is in Boston, where she and
her daughter are the guests cf Gov.
Butler.
With ninety-eight counties to hear
from, tbe assessment fa Texas shows
an increase of ' $38,000 over that oi
last year.
John Wanamaket has given to the
Young Men's Christian Association
of Philadelphia $50,000 to pay off its
floating debt.
Memphis baa expended $2,700 000
in new buildings since September,
1882, and more than doubled her
manufacturing capital.
An election will be held November
20 in the first Congressional district
of this State to fill tbe vacancy caused
by the death oi Hon, Walter F,
Poole,
Tie new postal notes are deemed a
failure in Chicago.. The bonks have
refused to accept them as checks or
drafts on account of the mistakes of
the postmasters sending them.
P. H. Winston's withdrawal from the
Democratic party has been followed by
tbe greatest gale ever known on lake
JL'iongan, and a terrible tempest
along the Atlantic coast.
Messrs Moody, McGranahan and
Whittle, the evargelists, leave Ameri
ca on Octebtr 2 for Ireland, where
they contemplate carrying on an ac
tive missionary campaign in the south
of the Island.
Tbe annual statement of the lumber
business of Wilmington, N. C, shows
that for the year ended August 31 tbe
exports amounted to 33.000,000 feet,
of which 22.000,000 weut to domestic
and 10,000.000 feet to foreign ports.
Arose farm is a new Georgia in
dustry. Two gardeners in tbe vicinity
of Savannah planted three acres in
rose trees. This year tbey sold 22,
000 trees to parties in the Nortb, and
bad orders for 50,000. which tbey
could not fill.
Mrs. Fbilip Sneed, of Louisville, a
daughter of George Keats and a niece
of John Keats, the poet, died at Co
bourg, Canada, yesterday. John Gil
mer Speed, until recently managing
editor of tbe New York Word, is her
son.5
Postmaster Humphreys, of Perm
cola, Fla., reports to tbe Poctofllce
Department that a malignant type of
disease prevails at the navy yard and
is crowing worse. Mail from that
point is taken out of tbe sacks at Pen
sacola and fumigated.
-"; Tbe Czar is not afraid to travel In
-bis own dominions. He lately bad
the hardihood to visit Copenhagen, the
home of his wife, who Is the daughter
of Christian IX, King of Denmaik.
His reception by the people of Copen.
hagen was all bat the Emperor of all
the Rassias could desire.
' Reliable reports at the office of the
Uis8l8sippi commissioner of agricul
ture show that the cotton and corn
crops of Mississippi are much injured
by the unfavorable weather. The de
crease in the cotton crop as compared
with last year amounts to 25 per cent,
and in the corn crop to 15 per cent.
, j London, September l: 11. A dis -patch
from Hong Kong states that a
Chinese mob at Canton burned the
- houses of several European merchants
and also their wharves, causing great
consternation, among tbe foreign re si
dents, tbe most of whom sought ref
uge on board tbe vessels in the river.
No violeuce was offered to tbe per
sons, and a force of Chinese troops
was called out which quickly; .dispersl
ed the rioters.
...The building 'of the Kimbirbouse ;
at Atlanta seems to be conditioned
npon the citizens of Atlanta raising'
$150,000. So far $70,000 has been
subscribed, leaving $80,000 jet lo
come. Unless this sum be guaran
teed within tbe present week tbe
project will be abandoned.
A prettry Irish girl's f jkiss may be
sweet but it is costly, John Kennedy,,
of Lockport, New York, kissed pf et
ty Mary McCarthey, of - that town,
with her consent. She construed it
as an engagement, and when be mar
ried another girl she sued bim for
breach of promise and the jury award
ed her $100.
Tbe official statement of the cotton
crop of tbe United States for tbe ysar
ended August 31, 1883, issued by the
National Cotton Exchange,1 of New
Orleans, shows a total crop of 6.949,
956 bales, including receipst at ship,
ping ports of 6,009.612 bales, and
shipments by rail routes overland to
Northern spinners direct from produ
cers of 641,301 bales. The report
shews that the Southern mills con sum
ed 313,393 bales, aa increase over last
season of 26,439 bales. The increase
in tbe total crop compared with tbe
previous year was 1,493.708 bales.
The takings of United States spinners
for the year were 2.073.099 bales, an
increase of 108.561 bales.
Krtb lrolla at Bta.
Boston Herald.
The North Carolina exhibit, besides
being tbe most conspicuous in tbe
great ball, is simply immense in its
compreheaslveness.and shows a whole
souled enterprise onthe part of enter
prising citizens and public officials of
that State which cannot fail to give a
A
most favorable impress .on to all who
view it of the yariety, extent and ex
cellence of tbe resources of that State,
A Kw Paper.
Wilmington Review.
Messrs. George Dyer J and E. S.
Warrock have made arrangements for
the publication of the Sunday Morn
ing Mail) to begin in this city about
tbe first of November. We see no
reason why a paper of the diss they
propose may net be made to pay well
here, and we are satified that if there
arc auy two people in Wilmington
who can make a success Messrs.
Dyer and Warrock are tbe men.
A New Enterprise.
Greensboro Patriot,
W. C. Petty & Co.. of Bush Hill,
have in successful operation a shuttle
block factory, and they are da'.ly
shipping shuttles to various points,
both North and South. For some
lime blocks for shuttles have been
gotten out in this Mate from dogwood
and persimmon, and shipped North
to be made into shuttles, but we be
lieve this is the first factory that has
undertaken the manufacture of the
shuttle. They leave tlrs factory ready
for the loom. The specimens exhib
ited are as pretty as any made any
where. The Work of Incendiaries.
Nobfolk, Va., September! 10
Twenty-three bouses were burned in
village of Deep Creek ou the canal ot
the Dismal Swamp, 10 miles below
this city yesterday morning. The
Are was the woik of an ; organized
band of incendiaries who have tried
to burn a number of villages in this
vicinity recently. Their object is
robbery. Tbe residents or tbe village
who have been rendered houseless by
tbe flames are in the greatest distress,
several people were injured by.falling
timber, some fatally. . The damage
will exceed $75,000.
CASE OF JEALOUSY.
Marion Lamp Post,
Saturday Mr. Isaac Gner, who has
been carrying the mail from Marion
to the Srlllespie Gap on the Bakers
ville route, was fired upon by a man
concealed in the bvshes, about half
way up tbe mountain. The ball
passed through the sleeve p( his coat
and shirt above tbe elbow, blackening
tbe skin. Mr., Grier bad been-cau
tioned that threats were out , against
him, but not thinking iLey mould be
executed, continued to carry tbe .mail,
but provided himself with a pistol,
which he discharged at the rp an twipe
as be ran. down off down the moun
ta'n. Mr. Grier says the ropking of
tbe buggy, over the, very rough place
alone prevented bim from being shot in
tbe centre ot the back na y the party
did not fire until he passed. There
could be no cause for Ufi attempt at
his life, Mr. Grier thiokrexcept that
h has Jbe Inside track witbt a very
pretty girl in that n'ejgLborhoodand
t ss he k. wants to. live to. see jnore of
her he has decided to quit carry icg
the mail on that route until the girl
townsman V?e hopia heiUn
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L A Bail ! fe Bollt aa Operated fry
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'A colored man named C. F. Martin
arrived in the city Sunday from Wil
mingtoB to work up Charlotte in the
interests of the proposed Wilmington,
Wrightsviile and Onslow Railroad, of
which be is the general Superintend
ent. X Martin Is an bid slave of ' Gen.
f John B. Gordon, of Georgia, and got
bis ideas of railroading from his old
master; ' His plan is to form local
companies in all th6 towns of the State
eocb party subscribing to so many
shares in the proposed railroad. He
has visited a number of towns, and
las enrolled thousands of sharehol
ders. He has already grabed six miles
of bis road from Wilmington to
Wrightsviile sound, and says be will
succeed beyond the shadow of adoubt
n completing the road. It is propos
ed to run the road to Wrightsviile first
thence to Jacksonville, alosg the coast
in Onslow county. He talks railroad
with surprising intelligence, and says
that within the course of three years
Wrightsviile sound will be a port of
entry, with as fine a breakwater as the
Delaware. The country along tbe line
of this road is low and flat, and from
Wrightsviile to Jacksonville, there will
not be a cut over five feet deep. It is
exclusively the colored people's enter
prise. Rev. J. C. Paice is President
of the company and all tbe officers and
directors are colored. Martin showed
us a map of bis railroad drawn by a
colored draughtsman, and which was
excellently executed. He has been
working on this project for a long
time and has so well succeeded that
there is uo.coubt of bis ultimate suc
cess. He met with considerable encour
agement in Charlotte, we learn. A
mong bis list of stockholders are a
number of white people.
TUB ORIOLE.
Featnree of the Festival.
Baltimore Sun.
For the third time Baltimore has
prepared fot tbe entertainment of the
thousands who vUit her Oriole festi
ycl a psgeant which at night will
emerge from the rude workshops on
the suburbs like a butterfly from a
chrysalis and come down through the
main thoroughfares of the city, The
Order of the Oriola promised that
their efforts this year would eclipse
ail past processions ot a like charac
ter, and the word has been kept. The
subjects this year are rich ones, and
forty floats are required to illustrate
them. The Lost. Continent and the
Spanish Conquest of Grenada form
tbe motives for the tableaux.
In 18gl the subject was "The March
of Ages," and the endeavor was to
make a tableau of every momentnus
event in the world's history. Last
year the subjects were "Illustrious
Women" and the "Ra may ana," a leg
end of the East.
The subjects chosen for this year's
parade are ''The Lost Continent" and
The Lost Kingdom." Both of them
abound in oppotcoities for rich, fan
ciful treatment, and the work done is
believed to be the finest in the way of
street pageantry ever accomplished.
dazed by Jealoany.
Rockv Mount, N. C. Sept. 10.
Rush Hall, a young man living near
here, on Wedeesday last parted from
iss Alhnie Hopkins, n beautiful girl,
his betrothed wife. The engagement,
was broken from some trival cause.
On Saturday evening as the 'ady and
a young man were walking togblher
they were seen by Hall, who, crazed
by jealousy, slunk out of sight into
tbe wood 8. He cut a heavy club and
followed tbe couple. When they ar
rived at Miss Hopkins' house, the
young man left her near the gate.
Suddtnly Hall rushed upon her and
felled her to tbe ground with his club,
fracturing her skull and otherwise
injuring her. She begged ptteously
fdr life, 'but her appeals seemed to In.
furiate bim and he only ceased lo
beat her when she was unable to cry
any longer. She cannot live. Hall
bas fled.
Toe contract let Oat.
Hiplcory Press,
Cspt. D. S. Hassey an engineer of
the Harrow Gauge is in town seeing
after the work of tbe roadP He says
tbattWilkins, Post & Co., of Atlanta,
have received the contract for building
the bridge across the Catawba river
and, work will begin soon. A . force
will begjn on leveling tbe old grade
Afnnrinir
a- -s r
Railway eenselldatlen.
BrUtol Oouelr.
We have before us, in pamphlet
form, the articles of consolidation of
f'The Bristol & North Carolina Nar
row Gauge Railway Cff wjtb ?Tbe
North Carolina and Tenpessee Rail,
road Co." forming f'Tbe Tennessee
& North Carolina Railroad Co." John
D. Imboden, Wm. B. Council! Tbos.
J, : Coffey Robert Shearer, Jos. R.
r4.nderfon; R C. 8mltbr and F. It
InDodea compese the board of DUec-
tors. At a meeting; of the Board
at lizabethton,JulyVl8, Gen. J. D.
Imbodea was elected President of tbe
Company, and John Slack, Secretary
and Treasurer, Jos. RAnderson and
Wm. B. Councillwere appointed the
Finance Coeami Ace.
Sunday Xlant'a Storm.
WiLiONQTOX, N. C, Sept. 10.
Last night at 12 o'clock a terrific hur
ricane centered along the coast near
this place and a storm I amounting to.
almost a cyclone prevailed at this
place unceasingly until a late hour
last night. No - damage is reported
as having been done in the city, but
it is feared there have been wrecks
at sea, The sea came entirely over
Wrightsviile sound, and the roar bf
the breakers was distinctly heard
here, a distance of eight miles. The
hurricane started off the coast of Flor
ida and moved northward.
A Bloody Row at a Campmcetlng.
Iiinooln Presx.
One of the bloodiest campmeeting
rows on record occurred at a negro
campmeeting in Catawba county, near
Ball's Creek, last Saturday, between
the whites and blacks. . Whiskoy was
the cause. Knives, pistols, rocks and
sticks wcro the weapons used. . Qae
negro will die, and four others were
desperately wounded. Two whites,
Doc Lockman and Bruce Brown were
badly cut.
I T. Lippard & Co,
BOONE, . N. C,
Have just reseivad a good assort
ment of
SCHOOL BOOKS,
Also a new supply of
GROCERIES, COXFECTIOAEK.
IBS 'AND FAMILY
MEDICINES.
A FiXK LOT OF LEMOXS"
Prices low and terms cash or
barter.
CALL AND EXAMINE
THEIR STOCK
AT THE
POST OFFICE.
XOKTH CAROLINA, AStfE COUNTY,
8UPEKIOK COURT, Aug. 81. 1SS3.
KKBEO'-A r.OTEX v JOHN II HOT EN.
ACTION KOHDIVOBCE. ' .
IT APrEAKlSO to Uie natinfaction of the Oout
that the defendant is a no:i tresident of thi State
and cannot be curved witU ordiun ry process
IT IH OKDEBED y the CJurtthat publication be
made for bh bu!oc ve rec-ks in T IE TOPIC, a
nevepaper publinhed iu the town of Lenoir In the
county oi Caidvoll
COMMANDING the said defendant to appear at
the nut Ter. x of the SUI'EBIOB COUIIX to be
held for tho county of Ah at the Court House i'l
Jefferson on the wveuth Monday altar the fourth
Monday in 8o,itnUer ISi'l, and answer the coui
piaint of the p'aintia which will t)c tiled in the ofHee
of the Clork of aid COl'KT during the Crirt three
day of the Term, otherwise
JI'IHMFNT will be taken according to the re
lief demanded ia coiui-ltint.
'j. M. MCKSO$. O. b. C. Afhe ounty.
Day and date ve written. 12-fit
YADKIN VALLEY LAND F0U
SALE!
I QFFEJi fir pale my Kami of 33 acres, more
or lean, on the Yadkin Kiver iu ViiUcs county. N. C.
THERE are about CO acres of good Biver bottom
10 acres of which is One Timothy and Bed Top Mea
dow. BALANCE iu Heavy Timber.
THIS Valuable Property will bo sold at private
aale on easy terni.
APPLY to JAMES C. ITOKTON. either at Patte"
ont Caldwell County, N. C, or at Elkville, Wilkes
County, H. O. mh21-tf
LAND FOR SALE.
I have 85 acres of land right on top of tbe Blue
Ridge, 3 miles weut of C. Jones Coffey a 20 acres of
It improved Rood house, barn and out building;. It
i s for sale and I ask persona interested to come and
see it or write to me. J. A. OR AGO,
Shnll's sM lis, N. C. A. I. 7t.
DR. A. F. HOICK,
vJifcrs hi a aervioes Jo (he public.
Will do Cfflc and General P.sotice.
May bo found at Office, Clover Hill, tuika East
of Patterson, when not uroff&s.onuMy enacd.
Calls, both ni rht and day, promptly arended it.
SherliT'k Notice. Watauga county.
I SHALL attend at tbe followtig times and
places in the different townships of Watauga Coun
ty for the purpose of collecting the Taxes for the
year 1883:
BLOWING ROCK L W Estes' Store, Monday,
October 1.
BLUE KIDGE Storie's School Houee, Tuesday,
October Z
ELK Eli Wolfe's Mills. Wednesday, October 3.
8T OT FORK Horton k Walsh's Store, Ihuro
day, October 4. Sidney Elr'od's Store, Friday, Oc. 5
MEAT CAMP John lUgan's Store Monday Oct 8.
BALD MOUNTAIN Elk X Roar's Tncsday Oct. 0.
COVE CREEK Mouth of North" Fork of Cove
Creek, Wednesday, October 10.
BEATER DAM Bethel Church, Thursday, Oc
tober 11. '
LAUREL CREEK J B Philips' School House,
Friday, October 12 J V Reece'i (Store, Saturday,
October 13.
8HAWNEEHAW Poga School House. Monday
October 15 L M Banner's Stoje, Tnesday, Oct. 16.
WATAUGB J C Shula 8tore, Wednesday, Oct.
17 Heary Taylor's 8tore, Thursday, October 18,
BOON K Boone, Saturday, October 20.
THIS lSih day of September, 181.
D F. BAIRD, Phi riff.
RACKS AND DORSES TO HIKE.
Hit. Juries justice desires to inform the public
that he is prepared to carry passengers te and from
the rail load r id to go on excursions.
JULIUS JUaTICE. Lwfoin, N. C,
ANN0UNCENENT.
LENOIR MARBLE WOi2KS.
I will open, on or about Oct.
1, a complete stock of tnaible
in Lenoir, and will be prepar
ed to furnish all kinds of
TOMBSTONES, MONUMENT
FU11NITURRE MARBLE, &c.
at the most reasonable torins,
Having been connected for
some time with the Statesville
Marble Works, I feel confident
I can fill the . wanta of all in
need of marble work, Be sure
to give me a call before buyiDg
elsewhere.
- CB. WEBB.
Lenoir N. C, September, 19
We have
Call and sue it and set a bargain.
CLOYD-&
Lenoir, N. 0., August 22, 1883.
J. T. BELL, J. A. BOLCH, J. A.SEAB'33
HICKORY 3IARBLE YARD,
I3ELL,' BOLCH & CO.. PropVs,
HICKOUV. CATAWBA CO., N. C.
AH kinds of Marble Work executed with neatness
and dispatch.
Country Produce taken in exchange for work-
BORDERS SOLICITED.
GLOBE IJAfTIST ACADEMY,
Globe, Caldwell Count j, IT. 0.
"Vest term opens August 6. l&i.i. Board ter
month from $5 00 to $6.0.).
W"Tnition pr monJi, $1.00. $2.0-) and $3.00.
arSi)2cial attcu. o j given to debute and dec
lamations. i Wf or Catalogue, address,
Ocl K. L. PATlOX, A. B.
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MlSualle
brought on a
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BEES! BEES
1 if ITALIAN QUEEN
I tintetsted Queen $100
Xim unteanted i-5o
0 M 1 warrd X0
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tlTKU tbe above
V Queens will be raised
from pure mothers, and safe arrival by. n;ail eur
antecd. Addns H. A DAVIS,
Moretz Mills, WaUuga Countr, N. C.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR
SALE.
WE OFEEIt for sale six acres of land at Oik.
well, on the Slorgrnton road fo ir luiles from "Stji
upon which are a Dwelling Hu.use, f-tort tioup
barn and stable-, blacksmith shop aad site ior
tannery.
TEUM.S LIBERAL.
APPLY to Mrt WILL C. NEW LAND, Atfy a
Law, Lenoir, X. C.
mhwtf F. P. k J. C. COFFEY.
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