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Ill Li I't ' T T11kTftTT mATlT1 .- f , . SCOTT, Jr., Editor ani MMer WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2, 1885. Entered at the Post-office at Lenoir as second-class matter. Cafescription price, $1.00. . JE" Advertising rates reasonable. t$JAll bills for advertising pay able weekly. ESHJob printing a specialty. With tbe prospect that one if not two large hotels will be built at Blowing Rock before the hot weath er,next year, in addition to the one erected, and the numerous excellent boarding houses already there, it will devolve upon the people of Caldwell.county to supply the vast number of persons that congregate there with early vegetables and fruits, and our people should prepare for it. Farmers along the line should plant large quantities of beans, early corn, tomatoes,1 Irish and sweet potatoes, cucumbers, squashes, beets and oth er kind of vegetables, melons, early peaches and apples, and supply the demand. The season here is about 1 a month earlier than' at Blowing Rock, and with a nice wagon, (with 'springs) to carry the products of the rarm, so tney win noi oe injured, every day if necessary, a vast amount of money will be realized, and it -will not be so hard on those that entertain them. Look! to it, you tarmei's,' and make money. Elsewhere will be found the card of Mr. Charles K. Dabney which we .rommend to the favorable consider- m Zm'-i . . 3 auon oi an persons ueeuing any thing in his line. Having known Mr. Dabney for many years and feeling assured of his ability and promptness, send to him. for such things . as. yon need in his line, or calion him when yon visit the cit of New York. Capt. Cabkawat representing the Raleigh News and Observer as elsewhere annonnced will be here during court week in the interest of his paper. The evening edition gives us the latest news obtained from any paper, and if any of our subscribers want a thoroughly reli able paper from the capital, see Cap$ Carra way and give him your name and address, and we know you will be pleased. 4 EClTeSULCBSEESPOXSEKCL Blowing Rock, Aug. 28. Lraade my trip up from Lenoir yesterday solitary and alone, but came through safely. At the school house near Patterson I saw our friend Cornelius Crisp teaching his whole school almost al fresco, beneath an harbor raised in front of the school honsC .."Neelns" sat in. the midat. the very picture of an arbitrary rul er, and it was indeed a pretty pic ture,; It was a happy thought, this picnre8que school beneath "God's first temples, the umbrageous oaks, andhad the. appearance of carrying out the principles of the new science of hygiene, tor certainly, in fine weather, a perfect ventilation can be had without doors when it too f re quently happens that the close quar ters of the ordinary school house are net conducive to healthy respira tion,.';' ; T find the amendments of the turnpike at Catron's Hill, Cook's and Wahoo Spring to be great im provements. The route is scarcely at all shortened -but the grade is .much' improved and the rise and fall at Wahoo Spring is gotten rid of by an almost gradual grade coming a round the western side of the ridge and skirting the "big flat" at David Miller's. I find Ingle's, Clarke's, Morris' and Estes' boarding houses well fill ed with guests who are enjoying this delightful climate immensely. At - Ingle's is Major Schenck, of Shelby; at Clarke's, Senator Ransom and fam ily and at Morris'- "Jim Wren and Jimmy Hill," of course, Dr. Hack ett and family, W. F. Tomlinson, of the' Hickory Press, and gome charming young ladies. At Estes is a pleasant party, among them a distinguished Russian and his wife. At the Watauga Hotel there are about 125 guests, among them prom inent people of North and South Carolina, Florida and other States. -Among the guests at the Watauga are1 CoL Agurs, of Chester, G. G. Battle, of Tar boro, Miles Pegram, ,pfCharlotte, Ed. C. Smith, of Ral era, JViw. Bridgers, of Wilming ton, Capt.: Pippen, of Tarboro, and others with their families. Of conrb lfr. 0. B. Howell, the squire cf dames par excellence, is here and is the pet of all the .ladies who find him to be a most chivalrous knight. There are some charming, beautiful ?fc?.tion women at the Wa- '. .... . . - . ' tauga, such as Mrs. F. J. Patrick, of Richmond, Mrs. Holt W. Page and Misses Sophie and Jennie Parks, of Norfolk, Misses Pippen, Davega, of Chester, &c, &c, &c, (but how can. I name them all ?) to obey whose lightest bequest every gentle man is happy. They have Brother Finley completely under their thumbs. Dr. Hackett is the youngest man at Morris' and is always teasing the girls, who are very fond of him. A man brought a jug into Morris store a while ago and said, "Mr. Morris, I was told to leave these lasses here for Wallace-Estes." The Doctor said, "We just had a lot of lasses to leave us this morning and we will keep em ourselves." At the Watauga two of the most prominent visitors have been 'Jack,' Capt. von Ringharz's dog, so well known in Lenoir, and a genuine $250 pug by the name of 'Box the win ner of two gold medals at interna tional bench-shows which were con ferred upon him for simply vbeing the - "loveliest pug" in the world. Both are gone, "Jack" to Banner Elk and Box" to Morganton, and they have left an aching void here which nothing can fill. "Box" es pecially and without prevarication succeeded in entwining himself a-: round the affections of everybody, making a complete conquest of Capt. Agurs and Mr. Pippen and paying much attention to Capt. von Ring harz. Mr. Pippen cherishes a pho tograph of "Box." ' Blowing Rock has had "tone" about it this summer and has been fashionable. It is quite the proper thing to do now to come to "the Rock" and an eastern man or woman who "goes somewhere" in the sum mer has not cut the correct caper unless he or ; she has been to the "Hotel Watauga" or one of the "Rock houses." It has had a big run this season and is preparing for a larger one next. Yesterday a very important trade was made. Mr. R. A. T. Robertson, a Durham Capitalist. bought Fairview of Mr. S. M. Clarke, of Lenoir, for the sum of $4,000. He proposes to spend $15, 000 on a big hotel on the premises to be open by the opening of next season. The main building will be two stories, 160x60 feet, and he will build 20 4-rdomed and 2-roomed cottages. Verily, the fortune of "The Rock" is made. Quite a cool spell came upon us Wednesday night. Thursday morn ing at , 6 o'clock the thermometer registered 48 degreesand at Wink ler's, Cowles' and other exposed places, there was a touch of frost. The South Carolina people here are much exercised over the report that on Tuesdav there was a destruc tive cyclone at Charleston. Last evening a charming young lady well known in Lenoir who left this morning and a young man who has been very attentive to her, took a long walk to Boyden's Hill and, this morning at breakfast at Morris,' when they were all togeth er, the poet laureate read the follow ing lines, the names which we leave blank being read out. The couple are said to have looked very guilty. "LINDEN"." On Boyden, when the sun was low. A swain and maiden were walking slow, . And soft as 'summer was the flow Of words not spoken rapidly. But Boyden saw another sight. ; When 's heart beat at early nigh t, Commanding hres of love to light, ; The darkness of the scenery. Miss S da heard another sound His heart confessed the fatal wound, And swore, by Jove, ' it should re dound To their eternal glory. Major JohnG. Bynum and wife, of Morganton, have just arrived and are stopping at Estes.' Watauga court, next week, when I will come down to solid work and will leave off being a "watering place reporter. S. STATE TOPICS. ' Salisbury has five telegraph offices. Raleigh boasts of a churn factory- Winston wants a big hotel built 1.1 1 J A. . M . . on tne oorni-oai district. - The passenger depot at Salisbury uos ueeu greatly improved. Charlotte has received its first bale of new cotton. It sold for 10f cents. a Two man in DAviriann nnimfv oak ' W MMW V a 47-pound watermelon in half an nour. . -a - The dry weather has injured the A M A T 1 11 prospect ior tooacco in miacue uar olina. ; The Statesville A merican is to be revived at an early date with E. B. Drake as editor. i Durham had a fire on Sunday morning with a loss of $4,000 on buildings burned, $3,000 on other buildings injured and a considerable amount on goods. . : ' . HftnL-'J. C. Borden, a well known citizen of Wilmington, died at Goldsboro, last week. - The total number of applicants for pensions in the State is 2,600 widows and 1,200 soldiers. L Rutherford Collesre opened with fifty scholars last week with addi- . J . .i i j .. j lions to tne numoer maue every uay. S The records of Wake conntv for the last 107 years are kept all safe and sound in the clerk of the court's vault. i Afire occurred in Winston on Thursday which resulted in alossbf $11,000 on buildings and $12,000 on goods. Ths News and Observer says that a cotton-bearing tree has been dis covered, growing in, the swamps of lyrrell county, i i The new light house to take the )lace of the one burned last spring, ias been completed at the mouth of the Roanoke river. Goldsboro will decide by vote on Sept. 14th, whether or not to issue $35,000 in bonds to be used for building water works. j The R. & D. railroad company Eropose to establish at Salisbury j a ureau for the advancement of im migration and general information. The town commissioners of Win ston appropriated $1,000 to the Wa ter works company for the purpbso of buying an engine to run the pumps. j Mr. Robert Ransom reports that good rains fell on the parched earth between Raleigh and Crreensboro bn Friday, It was much needed from reports through our exchanges. , A chapter of orphan children from the Oxford Orphan Asylum gave an entertainment in Salem and realized $59. Also in Winston, $105 was realized for the benefit of the Asylum. ; - Miss Elizabeth A. Barbee, three miles of Durham, was burned jto death last week by attempting Jto hasten the fire by using kerosene oil. The can burst, setting her clothes on fire. Mr. r. JS. Whiteman nought a tract of land for one thousand dol lars in Forsyth county. This year he sold his crop of tobacco raised 'on the farm for $1,154.32, yet some people think tobacco raising don't pay- i - Dr. Clark Whittier has bought 6,000 acres of land west of Qualla station on the line of the railroad in addition to 60,000 acres purchased some months since, and is laying oat two towns jto be called Whittier and Skyland. ; j William Maxwell, of Charlotte, and Frank Steffiier, of Asheville, are making a bicycle tour from Charlotte to Springfield, Mass. They made 98 miles in one day. They were in New York on Wednesday when last heard from. j The Raleigh News and Observer and Judge Fowle are beginning a crusade in behalf of the "jimpson weed." They say it is a "medicinal plant of rare virtue and its flowers are beautiful, with an odor much resembling that of the violet." J Jos. Bailey, colored, of Winston, killed himself last week by taking an overdose of a mixture containing strychnine.! He was to take so many drops but, having' no means handy of measuring the dose, the put the bottle to his mouth and geussed at it. In an hour he w dead. - 1 TIMELY TOPICS. The thirty-eight States bave 2290 counties. j The abundant fruit crop in all the States makes prices very low. The Sultan of Turkey gave audi ence to Hon. S. S. Cox, U. S. Min ister on Tuesday. : King Alfonso of Spain visits the cholera hospitals in Madrid, j and contributes to the relief of the suf- ferers. . ' ., f ; The United States practice ship Constellation, with the naval cadets on board has arrived in Annapolis Roads.- Mr. Conrad B. Day has been nom inated by ; the Democratic State Convention at Harrisburg, Pa.j for State treasurer. ; N . j Joseph E. Bower the oldest mas ter mason in the UnitedVStates, died at his home in Philadelphia last week, aged 94 years. ' j Col. J. S. Mosby, laite U. S. 'con sul at Hong Kong, arrived in San Francisco last week on his way home. He realizes the fact that the govern ment nas cnangea nanus. Spain is losing in population at a fearful rate. Since the outbreak of cholera, 73,347 have died of the dis ease out of a total of 187,565 cases. The death rate is about 1,500 a day. Great destruction of life and pro perty is reported from Canton; Ohi na, and vicinity. 10,000 people have been drowned by the floods in the rivers, and a far greater number left in a starving condition. . The majority in favor of the stock law at the recent election in Cataw ba county was 228. In Gaston the majority was 270. That means bus iness and prosperity, without waste of material or unnecessary work. ; The names of 560 pensioners who have been fraudulently obtaining money .from the government for years have been ordered dropped from the rolls in Chicago. Some of them have been dead for many years. Only five of the bra ye band that 1 drove the British back at Baltimore i o t i.i. u mi i . . : i:;.. . ' Georgfi Boss, 92 ; Samuel Jennings, 91 : James Monford, 90 ; Nathaniel Watts, 90, and Sohn . Peddicord in; the nineties. An investigation into the Alabama claims commission has revealed the fact that twenty four persons acting in various capacities, at salaries from $700, to $4,200, have been illegally held on the rolls and have been dropped. Mr. Walker Blaine at a salary of $3,500 is one of the num ber. It seems to us that we have heard of the name of Blaine before. Oh ! the crookedness of republican rule and ruin that will be unearthed in the near future. , The city of Charleston, S. C, was struck by a cyclone on Tuesday of last week, and one fourth of the houses in the city were unroofed. j Parts of the spires of St Michael's; and St. Matthews' churches were! blown down, and the spire of thej citadel square - Baptist church was: blown to pieces, falling on houses and demolishing them. The wharfs cannot be repaired for less than $500,000 while the individual losd amounts to $1,100,000. TOWH TALK TOPICS. Trivial incidsats ani Idls Gjssiji fro tfaa Outlyin: Ham!3ts. Spartanburg claims an ox 48 years old tough beef, that would make, j A contemporary says, "it is a lit tle singular in view of existing facts that Salisbury, named for town of that name in England, means "dry town." ;- " . - " ' ' Capt. Harrison Watts has sold his elegant Charlotte mansion to Miss Jennie Johnson, daughter of the late Dr. S. X. Johnston, of Gaston, for $10,000. i Asheville wants to oust II. ii. Gudger, the Republican postmaster. There is much complaint about his carlessness in delivery ; of letters, putting them in wrong boxes, etc. The people of Goldsboro are com plaining of the awful heat and the continued drouth, as if they have anything else but hot weather in the summer time. Let them come to the mountains and cool off. The young man who writes the locals of the Winston Daily gets very sentimental sometimes. Speaking of Miss Kate Britmg lie says "she is looking just too sweet, to but we desist lest we fail to do the Bubject justice." k Conning Hail Robbery A Good Bit Detsctivs Work. of Cor. of Ue Mews nd Oborver. . The mail robbery noted by tele graph in the News and Observer ot Vednesday is pronouticed by in spector Henderson, who has had many years experience, to be one f the most cunningly perpetrated he has; met with in all his service. The mail bag always arrived in good condition, with no signs abou;. it of having been disturbed in any way, while the registered packages, although rifled of their contents, were so deftly put together again that it took the olosesr inspection to tell that they had really been opened. Jethro Almond, who was the real robber, filed o!f a little brass or iron pin that bound down the strap locking up the bag, and then working the registered pack age he would carefully open it and after taking out the money, fasten ed it again with a peculfar liquid glue, and none but a strictly profes sional eye could tell that it had been opened at all. He then put in a new pin in the bag, and so far as the eye could discern neither , bag or package had been , tampered with at all. The case was worked up by post master Boyden, of Salisbury, who found shortly after taking possesion of his office, about July 1st, that the mail between' Salisbury and Al bemarle was beings systematically robbed. When the postal depart ment was notified they put on three experienced inspectors, Henderson Thomas and Smith. It was , soon discovered that the robberies occur red on alternate days, corresponding to the trips made by George Eagle a mail driver. Six decoy letters were put in the bag at Albemarle. When the bag arrived at Salisbury it was examined by postmaster Boy den, whepromply notified the in spectors that the letters had been taken, whereupon, they immdiatedly arrested Eagle and searched him. But only $3.50 was found upon him and for this he gave a precise ac count, specifying in detail where and how each portion of it was received. This rather nonplussed the officers, and with post-master Boyden they went over the route and pounced, down upon the postmasters of Gold Hill, Rockwell and Biles ville, making ' them show np every cent. But tney found all right. So it was concluded to shad ow Eagle to see if he had an accom plice, and Mr. McOandless, a miner near Bilesville, whose business took him over the track. He saw Eagle joined by Jethro Almond as ne reached a stretch of two " miles of lonely road through the woods as the route turns off to Bilesville. After riding with him long enough to to effect the robbery, Almond, got off and made his way by a footpath to his home. In order to capture Almond, Eagle had been released from arrest, and let- go over the route once, but he thought the .best thing for such an Eagle to; do was to use his wings, so he stole a horse and disappeared, and has not since been seen. The inspectors imme diately visited Almonds house and arrested him Fourteen dollars of the marked money was found upon him, out of the twenty-four that had been taken that day. He short ly confessed his crime. He seems to have used Eagle as a cat's-paw, as although $200 was taken, all told, Eagle got very little of it. Almond is now in jail at Albemarle, and will betaken to Salisbury, where he will have a hearing before commissioner Holmes. The capture reflects great credit on postmaster Boydon.' who showed remarkable skill and alertness. ; A CARD. i New York, August 21t 18. Referring u te followinij ' tt r. f wouM . that I have uontlilattid the business of K. I. MALE HON with Mmws KUKH, HAMBL'N . & PO., 110 and 112 WilUaiu ntra , w Y.r, hr t thai! be ileuH(l to roc ivtr jimr order aad s you when in Sew York With law'y i crj'iwil fw'it'U- f. I hIi be able to (i'l iirUMS prompt y .iiii o:. r f.iv t b t- riun, tiixl venture to li.xn t i.t. 114 eH' n-e togeth- 'l Willi p'l8;tl.ll attl'ilt IU Wilt Hull iu ' iil 8l til your Kitisf.iciixn. ; ' i , ; nu pr -paretl to fur ivh a I artx"." p 'Umin.; tn til CDinitiu ; Ili'U lhi S mi. Mi.rooiu, ibc jlr: r, such an Txt BxtH. Ml mIjhi.i and Ktamlurtt B oUn, Bank Urohp, Phofraph Linuis. Enveinpes and i.l k.jnls of Mtap a id I'micy St.itii.uar'. Alex H Mepheu'ri Kolio ! Hiht"r of tbe U. 8. livvitied Kdittou. Ur H. K. kbeperd'a Hiht.ry of the K.udi h LKnx . K -vlid Kditiou I'rof. F. A. bbnup'n Algol ra, and thn other Hiiblicatious of K. J Hate ft Hon will bo replied tU 'Ugh MeHerx. : Affar. Hautbiia ft Co. . Your tro y. B lci-b, N. C. Augu.t 2Ut 1.85. Mr. 'bar' as K Dubaey was with ii old fit n of E. J. H Son friu ux l-iun iu New York to it endiux w th Uii-UfMih -f Mr;' Hale, since that time hp ban owncl an tMimuued itn huninciw un.iei tlic old ill ui naim ; i ccr..jii n . w oi k Inws ; He fl d i cmvn.ent un I uff a; t c n- .iluti ill. bui-itierH of the ttrm wi.h tint of M.-Ht-r-.. g:tr. Hauiblitt ft On., and with liver .t, d lao lilt - in be atb , if that b p itli. to rfni' uort I'mrough aat iafctioii tbau ver to Ih i r-'tib nd cuMomers who have dealt with E J. Ha.' ft S .n in Kew York for th pai-t twei.tv y. an, tie will c :itinu trt Hupp y to cui-t-'tuTH nnd th- fal! K",-rl Kt-phen'a HcbiHii Uialory if tbr U:i b-d St-t k. au I the otbrr pul'ii ti"U l K.J Il . ft Hon I bpurtt y ooiii . end huu to the o itl Ijik" and 1 vtroftbeoldHoa'itiieu.lH I' H HUE Surriv:n. Partner i.f K. J. Hale & Hon. Granite Falls Academy, LOVELADY, N. C. AF1KST CLASH ERH 8faooL. rOK BOTH HEXES. t onvenicnt y located ou the t . ft I. H II. in a h-althy and in .rai cni. . unity. liiBtruction, tbor ouxh practice, progiw-siv. Tuition SI to (4 per month Music fi 50. Bnari6tofi Fall Term opens Sep'. 7tb, 18H5 Ad(lrea, 1 1 r . i, lill(ill'8. Principal NOTICE. Left my bona on loth bast., J C Webb, a bound boy, contrary toord -r whose time nf Mrvitu le wonld expire April 'D , 1887. I therefore forbid any and every person from harboriuaf or trading with aid l.C Webb. Fivt o.-nU reward forbiing ng him to me but no thank you. air. Isaac Oxford. Pedab Vallky. Ang. 34, 1885. A big lot of ready-made clothing just received at Cloyd & Nelson's. Dr. T. J. Corpeuing, Dentist, of Statesville, will be in Lenoir during Court. NOTICE. The notes and bonds taken by me in the fall df 1884, for Star Brand Guano are now due nnd in my hands for collection. Come forward and settle up without further notice, as I have to make settlement with, the Company the 1st day of September. Some have, failed to pay up for 1883. I hope they will pay up at once as further indulgence cannot be given. It R JFakefielp. August 10, 1885. TO THE PUBLIC! ' "i " ' i ' I am still at my old stand, next door to S. W. Hamilton's. All per sons wanting either ; j Sheet Iron or Tin Work Done, dan have it done on short notice and in good style, ani all new work guaranteed. Tobacco flues and ptove piping to be had at i- S II O R T NOTICE. Sugar and Coffee and other groceries and notions and bread and cakes always on hand. FFith thanks for past favors! I humbly solicit a A continuance o4 the sain. Toniininif to ell as Cheap as any of the rest can sell. J. S. P. HAMILTON. TINWARE FOR SALE. Bv virtue of three uiorjiitn made by t M. Allen and J. M. Kurcron to J. H. Hixhtower, dated March 13, 1885, and assigned to in, we will sell at publio auction, for cash,' on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1885, at J. 8. P. Hamilton's Store, in rnoir, N C, a large lot of Tinware and Tinners' Machinery. WKI8K1TTLE ft SON, i 1 By C. A. CILLKT, AtVy DAVENFOIIT COIXEGE. A Hiu Grade Home School for Girls. IiKNon, Oaldwsli. Ooumtt, N. O. Term Opens Thursday, Sept. 3rd, 1885, with a full corps of Teachers. Charges for Day Scholars. Kindergarten alone, per term, 5 Primary and Kindergarten, 10 Preparatory from $12 to $18 Music from ' $15 to $30 Art from $10 to $25 Higher English, $15 The charges for the next session have been reduced and the advan tages increased. This school is Pro-eminent in Point of Lo cation, in Ilifjher English, nZcsic, Art, and in Reflnim Influences ani Hons Life, A new Chapel is in process , of erection and the equipment and oat fit will be largely increased. T7ill H, Oanborn. Prca't. J;B.ERVII, ! -THE MAN- Will appear j in a if "" i. Advertisement in this Column next week! - i LOOKOUT FOR FT! Read & Remember! That we want all the Blackberries We can tray this Season And will pay the very For the same that the market ! will allow. i i - Owing, to the "hard times" we j . ' ' '. are now selling our LARGE STOCK -OF- General Merchandise At Extremely Either for cash, or good merchantable produce. Special attention is called to the following seasonable goods : Grass Scythes, I Mason's Improved Fruit Jars, Oriole" and "Gold Medal" Apple Pealers, Corers and Slicers. ' ' ' " Bear in mind we offer no "batea to catch trade, but sell each artic for what it is worth and pledge ourselves to gve our customers both in Buying and Selling Every legitimate advantage of the market. . Hoping by honest effort and. fair Dealing to merit your" ! continued i patronage, i tro are. Respectfully, 1 . CLOYD A11D NELSON. Furniture F. WIEOENFELD, Not Having time to Write out an AdTerti8ement And one at Length, would say thalf lie is ready for Every Hind ofTrado in its Season. He Will Give Good Prices and Sell GOOD GOODS A 4. ftAaannafila 'Dnl f A G 1 t f m i Watt Plows, SEWffiG MACHINES 4 Always on Hand, Respectfully, ' 4 ail t ?iesenfeli
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