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OUR KEW YORK LETTER.
Swells cf Seyeral Sorts Qn who' Bobbed
Cscar Wilds The Brewers and the
Teapertnce Men Oceans of fissr
Female Oaths aai Ihe fow
Bible The L'ost Popular .
Congrsssnan-TamGiany
. Decaying Pclitics
A Southern
Book.
New York, May 25.
To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic:
This is the kind of a swell we see
coming to the surface in New York
every once in a while. 'he other
day while the races were going on
but at a park a few miles from the
city, a howling swell rushed to the
depot just in time to see the last
train move off. He swore a little.
Then he smiled. "No other train
today ?" "No, sir; no other train."
So he went to see the superintendent
of, the road and chartered a special
train to pull his pretty self down
there ; for which he very willingly
paid $60. &J
There was another; kind of swell
whose "swellery" was exposed in the
courts the other' day. The plain
English of it was, he was only a
gambler. But he played big, and
he duped rich game. The way it all
came out was through his wife. She
was a woman of character and of ac
complishments and of unusual beau
ty. He married her, charming her
by his elegant manners and making
her believe that he was engaged in
some legitimate business and was
wealthy. She soon found out that
he only wanted her in order to play
the fine gentleman the better. Her
hospitable. lie got into good so-
i i 1 1 V i m l
uietjr, very greaiiy oy ioe neip oi nis
wife's accomplishments, and his
house was a charming place to visit.
But he turned it to a good business
use you bet he "did. When he had
elegantly entertained a rich man, he
managea somehow or somehow else
to draw him into a gambling game
and he won all the fellow had. A
man that had been so duped felt a
shamed to confess ic, and so. this fel
low went on playing this kind of a
game until he had fleeced a great
many elegant gentlemen of leisure
several English Lords among the
Test. His wife became so disgusted
and so miserable that she sued for a
divorce. .
THE MAN WHO ROBBED OSCAR.
AVhen Oscar Wilde was preaching
the gospel of sunflowers in America,
a sharper, known as "hungry Joe,"
one night got him into a game and
took a round sum from the English
estete. Oscar's friend i managed:'
to keep the thing a sort of a secret.
Nobody knows what "hungry Joe V
real nam: is. For a long time he
has been a notorious character, and
he has passed under dozens of names.
He has stolen hundreds of men's
moneys I but ? lie- -always i did it ; 8J
gracefully that he never got caught,
and never had the b)d luck to get
caught in the clutches of the law.
But the other day he openly robbed
a young Englishman of $200, and it
is now likely that he will go to the.
penitentiary. He is an accomplish
ed fellow, and he had reduced fleec
ing people to an exact science.
THE LIQUOR WAR.
Thn fnll forces of the prohibition-
iets andi of ih'e,bc(aroen haye been
exerted' Here "these few last " days.
'The brewers of the United Mates
held their , annual association here.
Two thousand of them clinked glass
es together and vowed to whip out
the prohibitionists in every State.
How much beer do you suppose is
made in the United States every
year ? Nearly six hundred millions
of gallons a'bout ten gallons for
every inhabitant of this country.
The brewers conduct journals, write
tracts, publish books and do every-
iu: V.oir i nan tn nrnvfi that when
ypeople drink beer they quit the use
of wnisKey ana get iuu.
Their literary fund last year, which
they spent in this way .was more
than $15,000. :
The day they adjourned the Na
tional Temperance Society published
its 20th report. The Temperance
Society, had less than $9,000 last
year to spend - in its work. But it
has 1383 different Temperance pub
lications. The Brewers; raise more
.nAr a-nA ffiAv hold the most of the
territory, but the Temperance Soci-d
ety iceeps up its laim uu
to fight-the brewers predisely as it
fights, the distillers. ; .
TJJE NEW BIBLE. I
While all of this hasbeen going
on the new version of the Old Tes
tament was published, ahd put on
sale. -But the Sales have really heen
TerV small. ; There is not much. cu
riosity: about it.' People read; the
chief-etianges which were published
in theitewspapers; aijd seemed 'con
tent tonse the old version.
Did you eyer hear 6f M man who
bought a revised New Testament as
a family Bible ? Or oi3 man who
auoftiK ft - revised passage on hit
deatkheu ?; The old version seems
disposed tahold its owtf against the
new , LIJ
The most important change tnat
the revisers made was the substitu
tion of the Hebrew word "sheol"
for the word "hell." One preacher
has already said that thish change
has increased profanity. The news
papers every morning say that some
thing is "a sheol of a thing," and it
is now reported that even ladies,
who never rused the strong and sul
phurous old Saxon word, use this
Hebrew "'sheol" without imagining
fur a moment that they are profane.
THE MOST POPULAR CONGRESSMAN.
The : Hon. S. S. Cox ("Sunset";
Cox) is no! doubt the most popular
Congressman and one of the most
popular men in the Union. Ever
since the President appointed him
U. S. Minister to Turkey, his con
stituents and friends in this city has
been begging both him and the
President to relieve him of that
duty and to allow him to remain in:
Congress. He has served in the
House as long as any but one or two
ever served in the whole history of
the country. He would have been
elected Speaker if he had not for so
long a time been regarded only as a.
wit. He and Senator Vance are be
yond all doubt the two wittiest men
in public life.
Mr. Cox has received his commis
sion and taken his oath and will sail
for Constantinople early in June.
Before he sails a large number of
prominent raeu will give him a com
plimentary dinner.
Mr. Cox has always been a mem
ber of Tammany, but somehow he
hasneyer been a John Kelly kind of
a man. He has been the character
of the organization. He is also one
of the most pleasant writers of all
our public men.
TAMMANY DEAD, PERHAPS FOR GOOD.
The old Tammany 6achem, John
Kelly, has long been sick. He is
better now, but he has seen his best
days and the period of his power is
gone. lie is so near the end of his
remarkable career, that a follower
and worshipper has written and
published his "life." He has been
a man of as great po wer as any other
man in politics during the last dozen
years or more.
" i With his career closed, the Tam
many dictatorship will not again be
heard of, most likely, and the great
division of the New York Democ
racy will be healed. ,
CAN YOU CURE. CANCERS ?
The only distinctively cancer hos
pital in the country is the great in
stitution here devoted exclusively to
the treatment of' that disease. The
report that has just been made of
its work is both astonishing and
alarming. The terrible disease is
increasing enormously. In 18G9
there were only 304 deaths from this
caupe in New York ; in 1882, there
were 731, and during the last 14
years 6,843 persons have died of this
disease in this city. All the other
large cities-show a similarly alarm--ing
increase. T j" : . ;T.
This hospital has offered prizes for
a cure for cancer other than the
knife. The knife does not always
cure ; and what is known as a genu
ine case of cancer is. yet considered
incurable. -.'.-'
.H.bTe heard and you have heard
of "cancer doctors" in the Southern
States who undoubtedly have cured
cancers. They ne some simple
vegetable remedy. Is there not
something in their knowledge and
treatment that may be worth some
thing ? ;.
EARLY POLITICAL TALK.
It is very, very early for; such gos
sip ; but the politicians here have
already begun to bet that Cleveland
.will be renominated in 1888 and
elected , and that Blaine will be the
Republican inominee again. The
first part of the prediction may be
true, but the lastthat will hardly
be. "j : : - .
It is pretty well established that
President Cleveland sent a secret
messenger to California to find out
for him the precise situation there,
to help him to make his appoint
ments wisely.
The wood work of "turnine the
i O w
rascals out" has lately begun so vig-
OJUUBiy in v iigiiiii vuaii lit 10 eaiu uj
some here that the President has
sent a similar messenger into the
Southern States to fina out precisely
who are the proper men to appoint.
Men of all parties here, except the
few rabid bloody-shirt fellows and
organs are loud in their approval of
a clean sweep in the South ; and it
is thought that the President and
the Postmaster-General have now
fairly begun that job, -and that they
will not stop until the service of the
National Government in the South
is made respectable and clean.
who wrote it ?
The North - and - South novel,
"Across the Chasm," which was
very recently published here . is - at
tracting a good deal of attention.
A Virginia lady, it has been guessed,
is the author. But nobedy here
Jcnowg. : It has been pronounced a
very oleVer book, ......
! Dr. McCesh, the celebrated ; Pres
Irlflnt of Princeton College, said here
in a lecture the other night that he,
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thongnt gins ougnt io naye . preity
much the same training in colleges,
as boys ; and there is much talk in
educational circles abouMhe ? splen-t
did record made by the female pu
pilg of . , the University of Mississippi ,.
and one or two other institutions
where they; are admitted along with
the young men. Caldwell.
" The failure of one man is the;
opportunity of another. - - ' " " 1
He who pretends to be everybody's
particular friend, is nobody's.
THE RIGHT WAT.
Bill Arp.
It is right pitiful to see how some
of the incumbents struggle against
fate. I am sorry for them. ; I saw
one the other day going around town
with a petition, asking to be retain
ed. He was a Republican and a
partisan, and worked hard for Blaine;
but his daughter ran the (office and
reaped its benefits, and shei was pop
ular and pretty, and many.iDemo
crats had signed the petition on her
account. Her father called on an
old; solid, blunt gentleman, who
never concealed his thoughts nor
minced words, and when be read the
petition he quietly opened! a drawer
that, was near him, and took out a
long, .old-fashioned pocket-book,
and after slowly untying the string,
took from it a picture a picture of
Cleveland hanging a , man.' The
culprit was a pretty TBeeent looking
fdlow, but Cleveland the sheriff,
was a hard-looking case, J a i horrid
caricature, and underneath, was
printed; in large type, "American
people ! do you want that man to be
your President ?" I
The old gentleman held jit up be
fore the postmaster, and said with
slow, emplatic words: 'My friend,
you sent me that ; you put that in
my box ; you took advantage of your
office and your position as a public
servant to insult me. No, sir 1 I
shall not sign your petition, but I
shall , send this to the Postmaster
General and let him know where I
got it." . ... ... i " t ...
Civility costs less and sells for
more than auythiug. A man ought
to . cultivate it, even for policy, if
nothing else. It pays. I, have a
friend who has held a good office for
thirty years. He is kind and oblig
ing to everybody. Sometimes an
aspiring fellow will- try to raise a
sensation and say he has held it long,
enough and ought to rbtate, and my
friend will reply that it is all true
and he is willing ; that the office is
not his, but belongs to the people
and he is' their servant, and is ready
to vacate when they say so. But
they never say so, and I reckon he
will die in harness. I know 4 a Re
publican postmaster . who.has never
given any offense, and is a good citi
zen and has raised five boys who are'
exemplary in their conduct; and are
all Democrats. And now there are
half a dozen men going round with
their petitions and want his place
just because they are Democrats
nothing else. i ; Well, ; I declined to
sign, for. I am sure the incumbent ia,
competent and is honest and is no
partisan. In facC, he was recom
mended, by Democrats and urged to
take the office at j a time when we
were all under the ban, and he was '
doing all he could tq soften the per
secution ? that was. ,on us. 1'Tu.ru
the rascals out,!; is. the watc)iword,
but until ". as good a ,raan or better
applies, let a good man stay. That ;
is the spirit .of the civil service rev
form, and ought to be in all parties. .
This is the way to make qon verts :
from the opposition ranks, and con
verts - we must have. The small
majority by which Mr. Cleveland;
was elected is entirtly too small to
bank on for the .next election. Ci
vility and toleration willwin jnore
votes than revenge. Let the disap-
Eointed howl. Let Senator Eustis
ickout of the breeching if he wants
to. The party can't pleaseevery
body ; thero are not offices enough.'
The wagon is new now, and the
wheels will look on the axles a little
at first, but Mr. Cleveland is a good,
driver and goes slow and'keepd put
ting on axle greese, , and he has
splendid stock; and by-and-by the
six-horse team will move along like
an old Virginia tobacco wagon. .
Ha Ran Away.
London Tropical Times, ,
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Workhouse boy who had been ap
prenticed to a small farmer, brougnt
up, as he had run away. Guardian
WDid they beat you?" ' "No, sir,"
Guard ian"Then why did you run
away ?" Boy "Please, - sir, . .soon
after I got tnere a pig died ; they
salted it, ' and we had fur to eat it.
Then a calf died, and they salted it,
and we had fur to eat that ; then
master's grandmother died, j and I
seed 'em taking some 4 salt upstairs,
so I run' away." ' i '
Kot sa Remarkable..
New York Mll end Express. , '
On day a solemn man' entered a
Washington saloon, and asked ;
-: "Is this the saloon where Booth
got a drink o brandy before killing,
the president Y',, ; .1Vi ' J ;
" "Have yott any of the sam.e hran-
dy left rf : ;z:;cr-;,:
Yes.sir.!.!:;;.;:;! ?Al
"Giye me some of the, same bran
dy out of J;he 'sanie dfearterf V ' . V
' It is ' given td' him and: he puts
down the fifty cents and' the liquor.;
Is ' that the" same brandy ', that
"-' OV air ? ' A ' ' '4 :l '
xes, lItw. r'is. v.,,.i.- -hu;.u.i
. ifAnd theti he went out and shot
the "president r -V! -Iv? itXK
. "Yes, sir,",,,. ;. , . .
"I don't; wonder; pne drink of,
that brandr would '"inalce a man go
out and kill his grandmother."
The Civil Service Commission.
News aid Observer. .
. On Juno 16th there will be held
at Goldsboro an examination of ap
plicants under the civil service rules.
Having; recently . received inquiries
about the matter, it-may not be un
interesting to state once more the
main points in relation to it. x
The law, requires that appoint
ments in certain departments at
Washington shall be apportioned
among the States, soJ;hat each State
may. have its fair share of patronage-;
and to this end examinations
are held in those States' whose quo
tas of clerks are not yet filled under
the terms of the law. .
At the examinations, all persons
who have made" application in con
formity .with the regulations are
given a set .of -'.written questions
whicn they are required to answer
in'writing in the presence of the
1 examiners.
The papers containing these an
swers are sent to Washington, where
the commissioners pass upon them
and determine which show that a
degree of proficiency that would
warrant an appointment. s
The names of the persons passing
the examination successfully are
then enrolled ; and when a head of
any department needs a new clerk,
he notifies the civil service boaYd
who furnish three names from which
the selection is to be made. The
clerk so selected is taken, however,
only on probation ;,and after some
months' trial, if found apt, ' he is
regularly appointed. After that he
is not to be turned out except for
good cause. .
The law has thus established a
sort of corps of government clerks
who once getting in can remain in
: as long as they behave themselves.
Nor are they denied hope of promo
tion. They can from time to time
be examined for promotion and can
. rise to the very highest grade. Such
Lare the main points" in .the f 'civil
service act. ; T
As North .Carolina is entitled vto
some more clerkships, those, who
desire to enter the "civil : service"
should send to Capt. R, D. Graham,
clerk of the civil service commis-r
sion, at Washington City, for blank
applications and for instructions.
rWhen these are obtained, they1 will
proceed according to the directions,
sand, eventually will have to; present
themselves at Gold sborof for, exami
nation. The examinations, are not
difficult. The questions are framed
by sensible men to test ,the profi-
iciency of clerks. A certain amount
of information is requisite to pass
'successfully a Certain standard of
literary culture must be evidenced
a certain acquaintance with the
geography and territory of the Uni
ted States, with arithmetic, and
with ordinary topics, must be shown,
or the applicant will hardly pass.
.But the requirements are not unusual
and the questions are not so difficult
that any one fairly qualified for a
clerkship need hesitate to make the
attempt. Ladies afe eligible equally
with men. . There are, however,
some limitations as to age.
A Sunday School Scholar.
i jrfere is the pith of a - talented
"youngster's paper on the "Good Sa
maritan "A certain man ' went
down from jerslam to jeriker, and
ihe fell among thieves and thethorn3
sprang up and choaked him where
upon lie gave tuppins to the host,
and praid take care on him and put
him non his hone hass. And he
past by on the other side."" This
and the following aretiot, as might
be supposed, American exaggera
tions, out authenticated instances of
examiners' experiences. The last
specimen is in answer-to the ques
tion, "Who was Moses ?" "He
lived in a hark maid of bullrushes,
and he kept a golden calf and wor
shipt braizen snakes, and he het
nothin but qwhalea and manner for
forty years. He was kart by the air
while ridin under a bow of a tree
and he was killed by his son Abslon
as he was hanging from the bow.
His end was peace."
A-Narrow Escape.
From the Chicago Herald. ;
"Poor Gordon," remarked Jen
kins as he finished reading the for
eign column in the paper, "his was
a sad fate." 1 ' ''""' I-'
,"Yes," replied Johnson, - "very
sad. But he was lucky in one thing, ;
after all." : - '
"What was that V u " ;
"Why, died . in : time ' to ' escape
reading Tennyson's epitaph on him.'
: John Cray's First Seraca '
Boston JPosbi
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"Sairy," observed John; Gray, as
;he returned from his . first visit ,to.,
church, "fl heard a funny thing' up
to the cHurch." "Wliat, was it f
Why the minister was telljng about
a friend of his whose hoy ran away
from home and left the old man and
-his brother to do all the work, hut,
after awhile got sick of 'it and came
. back," and when he got home the old
' man: gave him a big dinner. . I swo'w -if
he'd a been my boy I'd a give him
' a good lickin'.' 'IWhat , was . his
name, John, did the minister say
Yes, he said as' it was The , Prodi
gal Son You don't know 'em, do
you r
CmcsniiBt tin Pension Act
. Auditor's Depabtment,
Raleigh, If. C, May 25, 1885.
As numerous enquiries are being
received at this . office almost daily,
as to whether widows whose hus
bands d ied from natural causes,
while in the serviceof the late Con
federate Stated are entitled to the
benefits of thef pension act, ratified
March 11, 188$, I take this method
of informing tjhe boards of enquiry,
named in the act, that it is a -question
which will have to be considered
and determine by the State board,
composed of governor, auditor and
attorney-generpi,! at its first meeting,
which will nqt be held before July
or August. Ij have consulted with
the attorney-general about the. mat
ter, and he thinks it would not be
proper for hirri, now to express an
opinion (even if he had one) as he is
a member of the board and his col
leagues on it are entitled to be con
sulted before he gives a formal opin
ifn. .:.'-.; .,1 :.,. .'.. ,:,(
The State poard, however, will
require every person claiming to be
entitled to the! benefits of the law ta
make formal . application before the
boards of enquiry composed of the
commissioners clerks of "Superior
courts and sheriffs (as per forms
furnished) to the end that each case
may be considered on its particular
facts; ,: j ;', ' ' . .-
Let the widows set forth with as
much particularity as possible the
times, places and circumstances of
their, husbands' death, the diseases,
&c, and whether they died from
wound 8 received in battle or hot.
These facts wijl enable the board to
intelligently pkss upon each applica
tion separately, and the applicant
will- be notified, so that any fact
lacking may oe supplied if possible.
The opinion! of the board, and hot
of its individual members, must be
had before the question can be final
ly disposed ot Very Resp'y,' I
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I VV. ir.UXOBEKTS, Auanor.
Give Him Tims to Fining his Work.
The following from the Courier
Journal, Mr.i Watte rson's organ; is
the conviction) of a man who has had
a peep behindjthe scenes. Hear him;
. If I had been given the making of
it I could notjbetter have suited my
self.; 'Indeed! I have been so well
pleased that have been content to
stay at home and play at philosophy,
leaving other$ to play at patronage,
quite satisfied that the President and
the eminent jind accomplished men
with whom he has surrounded him
self might be trusted to give a civil
service capab e and clean ; to hahdle
the public business with fidelity and
efficiency, and to discharge adequate-
ly their obligations both to the peo-,
pie and the party." Personal contact
and opportujiities for getting on
both siofes of points of criticism, and
dispute hav( strengthened these
original impressions. .
(After twen!ty-f our years of absepco
from : power pe Democratic party .
has, by little less than a miracle,
come into the custody of the nation
al government. Whether it retains
that custody Jwilt depend upon the
success or failure of the men it ias
delegated to represent it. The party'
is on trial." Jnevitably it is bound
to stand or fall by its administration.
It cannot afford to quarrel with this
upon matter t of detail, or lightly to
criticise it. There will be time e--hough
to disown it when it violates
its pledges. In the mean time Demn
ocrats shouljd remember , that it; is;
composed o Democrats, ; that ; jthe
Democrats ivho compose it have
their rights with the rest, and that
no one of them has given the small
est reason for anybody to distrust'
him. I have encountered but one
spirit here, and my opportunities ;
for , forming sa judgment have been
the most ample, and this is a spirit
of loyalty to ithe party and the coun
try. I will stake my life upon the sin
cerity of thi ; and I assuro the dis
appointed anjd the doubting among
Democrats that, if the President
should go faster than he is going, he
would surel ran his bark ashore.
One story is good till another is told.
The administration that starts out
to please everybody will "end by the
pleasing of jnobody. Beset on : all
sides by complications and badgered
day inand dyout by importunities,
it has kept its temper passing well
and has made no more mistakes than
are common to new-comers in office,
and not so many as, might have been
expected. , . -.-.v ;.: ,
A celebrated architict, - in passing
a ; new chur4h, was asked what he
thought of the building. His reply
was, "I can tell better .when the
Btuging is uwn.
U j fV Fist Elcycla Tics.
Ohaelotie, N. C, May 25.John
S. Prince, of -Washington; D. C;
6hampion bicyclist of America won
a four-mi e 'race against four sepa
rate trotting horses on the grounds
of the Caroyna Fair Association to
day,1 and beat his world's t record,1'
'making one 'mile and four yards in
the unprecedented' time of 2 min
utes 35' seconds. ' His1 time was
members .of) the , Charlotte Bicycle
Club, the watches '.varying only V
quarter of a;socond, and the slowest
time only being recorded.:
A' handful of common sensed is
worth a bushel of learning.
Meeting of the "Sttliirts." -;
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To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic :
i On the i 15th instant,: the Houck . "
family held a tery pleasant and en- '
joyable reunion at the old homestead '
five miles West of Lenoir. r !
By 12 o'clock every member of the .
family of twelve was present with
their children as follows :
Julius Poovy and wife Martha, '
and 7 children from,-Catawba coun- :
ty. John M. Houck and wife, and j
3 children, Robt. C. Houck and ;
wife and Tchildren, f rom Gantewell; .
Henry L. Houck and wife and 4 '
children, from Glenburnie ; Frank i
Houck and wife from Hickory; Kel-'
ly Houck and wife and 3 . children,
Morganton ; Robt. Powell and wife, .
Mary and! four children, Lenoir;
Eli Curleo1 and wife Laura and 1
child, Cilley ; Walter L. Houck !
widower and 1 child, Morganton ; ;
Jas. A. LaFevre and wife Anne, f i :
Glenburnie ; Ella, twin sister to , .:
Anne, Glenburnie; Algernon Sidney ;
Houck, Glerburnie; Anne Catherine, :l
widow of the late Leander Houck. 1
After the greetings were over the . s
whole assembly, . the children, and : :
grand children of Leander and Anne
C. Houck j " their sons-in-law and i I
daughters-in-law, ; numbering 52, ' '
proceeded to the long table loaded 1
with good things, under the shade
of the old apple trees and partook "
of the feast. ' After the dinner and .
smoking were over the old members
engaged in ! various athletic sports,
such as they practiced in the days i
gone by, pitching iron bars, lifting j
anvils with one hand, doing the ,
giant Bwing on a trapezbar, summer- , !
sault and throwing, jumping, etc.. , "
: Best three jumps (standing) 42 r
feet. Best jump half hammond, ' ;
standing, 41 feet. Best one jump,
running 21 feet. . ,
After these sports, hunting was :
next in order and visiting the old
j haunts of childhood, J not the least "
among these was the ancient site of -;
old Avington Baptist Church, where (
many of the children heard their 1
: first sermon, when John Powell and
: Cornelius Livingston, Bro's Bohan- '
an and Grayson, Medlock and Hol-f
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, BCiaw, most oi wnom;are now rest;
ing beneath the green sod, preached f
in their youthful' days. No vestige;
of the building remains, the outdoor" '
seats have moulded to dust, but the;
book board of the outdoor "stand," .
a heart pine plank made by Solomon i
; Crisp, and placed between two oaks, L
bv wtinm ? cfill rpmaiTia BnrjTf1
firmly clasped by the growing ivood
of the two oaks, which has grewn
but along the .plank 12 inches irom :
'the bodies of the trees as if trying to j
cover ine entire Doara. ; - . i
' Letter from Watauga.
, Watauga. Co., May'25.
To the Editor of. TJie Lenoi Topic :
j - As I am not at home nor any
where else permanently, oannot
fjve you an item of news, Jut( as I
aye seen some interesting cbrres-
. pondence f.om Zionville, I will tell
,your readers something of that
;place. . Zionville is a promising lit
tle ville at the head of Cove Creek ;
it has one store, a nice church, a
blacksmith shop, and a good mill ;
and is populated by good citizens,
for it is so near the State line, when
.a man gets there he goes on to Tenn.
(I did when I was there.) i
i A mile and a half below Zionville
is Church P. O. They have a good
school house and another mill there.
" Now speaking of mills, at Zion
ville they have taken advantage of
the water fall, and have an over-shot
wheel, and also the same at Coun
cill's mill on Brushy Fork and , at
Elizabethton, Tenn., the corn mill
is run by an uhder-shbtwheel, but
the mill at Church is different j the
water strikes the wheel about the
middle, and as water shows but, lit-',
tie inclination to run ; up hill, of
course it does hot go over. . Now it
seems to me that should be called a
"center-shot" wheel, but there I am
wrong again, they call that a "breast
wheel." ...
; I The weather has been very dry in
Watauga until last week, during
which there has been a ood deal of
rain which has been considerable
hindrance to the many farmers that
are not done planting. . , N.
; The prisoners all escaped from
Boone jail last Thursday night, by
cutting out another ' window. Bat
of course uncle Hallelujah will give
you full particulars. (N. B. He
calls himself "Old Hal' But both
the adj. and abbreviation (Hal)
sound too harsh ; therefore I am
constrained to writeit in the le
spectful manner I do.)
I was deeply moved to sympathize
with friend "Phlete'' upon reading
an account of his many mishaps in
,trbut fishing." It seems he had a
; better day for fishing than for catch
ing fish.: r When he sufficiently : re
cuperates to go again I hope he may
have better luck to infoim us of.
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U;Siersity cf .Ksrtk CircIIza. :
The Catalogue of the University
of North Carolina for 1884-'85-
shows an; increase I of students, 230,
as against 210 the previous year.
Announcement is made of the . in-'
.tended election before the beginning
of the next session of four addition
al full Professors and three Assistant
Professors, which will greatly incdi-,
fy the distribution and enlarge the
scope of instruction.
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