North Carolina Newspapers

j -, it t:. : vrVLobl?"MIMit - Wo, 14311 i 1 Mll ! - -fflt XI --THIRD SERIES j : j SALISBURY, ; N. C.APRIL 1 22, 1880. : . I - " '-7 jjic yui v rcTiBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1832. llilV olTTBACT ADVRTIcIKG RATES. FEBRUAKY 20, 1SS0. ri monUi;2"m'8 3m's em's 18 HI'S ; I I.5U 3.0 4..W 6.0 I. 50 II. 25 1S.75 $2 JiO j $J.5tl 4. SO 5.25 6.00 j 7.50 $8 00 15.00 is.m 25 m 40.00 5.00 ! 7.50 11. 0 13 fO 16.50 or for ' 4.iKJ ..' j 9.75 i 11.25 da I". j: i 1 . I L. - . . 3 1 f.-j::." .rr--r T-tT : :t-t TT'-t'r7nT n ' r t. . -. a i i I . U-sauicna, coxa ot.;i..icuC- : 11k; ir, rcsrrrAL nziircczzzz. ciar-'iP. ns:?Rr, czivji: & co., " 1 ' ! MiT-a PlIflFRIZTOm. . uouot iac. Ipr Sale by T. P. KLUIT2, Druggist, lfcly - Salisi.ur.v, JC. C. POETRY Portlie'A'atclJuiaa. ' ' " iThe Colored Doeixir. Udou an arid, sandy plaih, AVXtre ..winding streams m waters drain iTo till the boundless sea. There lived lor: vears. ami ears caressed Bili tlie )itr, the sick distressed, ' JA sou ot Fijine'. t . . ' ; Like great Apollo blessed of old, Wliei! death with icy lingers cold 1 j jTlietienibling peasant shocks. Htiiixihe bowl, aiid rolled the pill, XfUnt the Frotean i iriir of i i I TJUllefrP.uido'a'stbox. Amons the Esculaniau schools - ijrWn:jindUuife, iiiid savage toolsr i :11ft !t witlitiievhrrb and juice of pine drove disease from man and kine ? hiO'erlaU Sapoua's land. . -3 ith wisdom deep and magic skill, nfnills'away the gastric cliill v1 ailielrotiud the knees;-- ' M Rhowsup every worthless drug Jlpyr quhiiue from the miner was dug old Hippocrates. . . , Wirovg tlic worst diphtheria case ' Aj"t(r ever had to chase ! i pVjth sulphur lii the husk ; . And hhifife'hoiv! brimstone fruit is found 1 vjarious countries tu 'abound Ati(l grows ou stalks like mtisk, "I'Htp "iV.-;.-f ..... . . JAid thus the mau of Cos bv will, Ml Out the dark and wondrous bill j Jftifwvn ,y tie yerdaut queen ; lf eu on 'wirth was seen no imre, r friMst from s)ine Norwegian shore -; y-l1! kilFU fhe last thing greeu. -i i ' ' " : r j "fi$" Combs of 'Kentucky,, favors i "o0; iThnrniiin for -the Presitlency, as Hjich 'n aceountof his wife as .for any 0fer reasmiiie Mrs: Thurman is of ; ihe greatest women in the world, fW-k- the Jmlge Wws not know she r ne wiuds np like a-gallant man 'f : 'Look aOIayesr Whdt would he Fttlfeat nil'.' wife th'o: hoTimwle a ible. in;in Kim KliA ftnrin nra the best 1.1 I -ngMo a family of courage and brains. vi President she haearuedauex- Jf11' reputation for lierself and her Wshand. He! can't go very far wrong r 5!lIlehe is around. . I tell yon I believe Wowen iiptditics oV out of it: They 3f''C,?aml everything, and some tiling 1 1 ''A ve a ; gl woman . in the White 15.75 I 20.50 do. 1S.75 t it38''Piil - ' icthml. Lr0Tll iiOSjJ.-.T a the discise. siid. nrevcu3 tuo xiirlii- tb!s bc-Blrrn s?pnq 7.a ccro .ya, EXA3IIJfEK DOTS. R. J. West isreajojldling the old ITotal building' on ..the corner of Counsel and Lee streets. -A iiegro was broqglit up from Cold Hill, hnrnlay, and lodged m jail charged with burgbiry. ! The vote on the School question, Tliur- day, lesulted jn 301 ballots for, and H against it. MJ nocf 'r-,1 r ! i r, lest, Col. I aite, Siaj. YA ilson, and ftlir'P.,ii..-i .L J a.1 i other; Kail road magnets! were in the citr ' -Thursday. ' ' " ; r u ' ! i Mr.R. Frank Graham! has opened a gro- eery store on JIain-Street, just below Bark- cr's Dru: Etore. OrfcRA Hall. Hayes' Juvenile Opera! (Joinpjiny will give ! an exhibition at Me- j Company will give an j exhibition at Me- j Volley's Hall on Wednesday eveniujnext, ! 21st inst. See advertisement. Wo regret to learn that a little sou of Mr. Moi-es mith is j suffering to sucll u extent with an inflamed kneeastothieat en thejiecessity of the ampntatiou of (his le-. i I ; - J. II. Verblc is repairing and fitting;-up I his brick building pear 3Ieroney1s Opera Hall, .for a Groeerystore and bar room, j We understand Mr. S. CJ Miller will open there. Judge Gilmer was jnj the-city Tuesday. So, sijso, was Robert M. Furman, editor f the Asheville Citizen, and l'i of. Kerr, State Geologist. We are glad-to learn that the newlv ;pro jected mail route from this point via Pink llanna's and Tyro,t4 Salem is meeting with great favor among tile cifzens. It Js much needed and we hope it will meet the; ap proval of the Post ()ilice Department. Messrs. Chrnd E. Mills & Co. have bought out W. II. Kestler's bar and bil liard tables ami promise to rnu them in a sty lei iiiostracce-ptable to the public. Their lulveitiseuient will appear soon, and the public may rely upon what they say they will do. Mrs. William G. MeXecly, the accoivp p fished Hostess of tlneutional Hotel, we niidelstand,1iat iurchased the furni ture a ik fixtures olJhe Eating House at i the depot, with the intention of keeping up a- lirst-class Euting House the4-e for the travelling public. Mr. George Woodson has discovered 'a liquid preparation for the preservation of fruits, such a3 apples, pears, peaehes,: xrc., whichJhe will ofier to the public soon. He gave us an apple a few days ago, which lie had preserved by his process, about eigh teen ponths. and it was as fresh and sound a3 when taken from the tree. ' The Mining business is rather looking up in this county. The Northern Compan ies that begun operations at several jf the Rowan Mines last year, are still working with fine prospects ot success. Other mines and. veins are opening up, all showing tiiat Gold greatly abounds in this section. i And we- doubt not that there are as rich mines hfre aspire to be found in any section of our broad country. i We understand that while Mr. Best, of the Western X. C. Rail Road, was here a few days ago. he had bills of machinery ami material made out-,, which seems to in dicate that he intends to perfect the work of Rebuilding and thoroughly equiping-thc Workshops at this" place. Success; to all such efforts, say we. We are glad to hear that James Douglas Brown, our young townsman and son of the late MrD. Brown, is likely to be retain ed by Messrs. Jaffrey & Co., as a salesman in his father's place. Mr. Jas. D. Brown, is a young man of good habits, courteous and prompt in business, and we have no doubt will be able to fill his father's place with pretty gencraracccptability to his employer. Mr. John A. Snider informs us that he 1 has discovered a new Gold Mine in i about three miles of this place that promises to be as rich as any hereto fore found in the comity. We have seen some of the ore taken from this new vein, and.it is certainly Very promising. Mr Snider is at work at it and its real value will Iks made known soon. --'- A small battle occurred on the public souare last Saturday night between MrT IT Bencini and Mr. Ketch v. A stick was used and Ketch v warrather worsted. The ease came tin before D. L. Bringle, Esq., Monday mo'rnim'. Mr. Bencini was find, as we learn, .Wd costs, but Mr. Kctchy appealed ! Now. if there was no deadly weapon used aud no serious damage done, the magistrate had,a right to dispose of the matter, and: it would seem that the fine and costs -jmiposcd was a sufficient punishment of Bencini. And who was the proper udge of i this matter but the magistrate tring thcrcascj Squire Brimrle evidently lelieved he had Jurisdic tion', or he would not have undertaken to dispose ot the affair and impose a tine, tiut an appeal was taken, and thus the j dockets, ot jour courts are nueu wiin bucu cases iroiu year to vear, often imposing a heavy tax vp- an. the. ivehn'e. when- they could lx; just i-S well settled by a magistrate, . Besides, it is ,-ell settled by a magistrate,. Besides, it is LSSM. A. thrjuch two or three courts for the same offense. ( POLITIC AL Salisbury Examiner. i LOOK AT TIIE RECORD. Ye sometimes hear men say, 4,I will vote the Radical ticket nest election, the Demo crats are worse than the Rads." If such - ihen would stop to think forn moment. If It hey would look at the actions, the doings, the record made by the Radical party when in power in this State, in this county, and this town, we donot believe that any re'a- ; sonblo or honest democrat would ever say that he would vote the Radical ticket aain. , , , T ' Have wor-k and money been scarce, times , .... . . - . .. hard, living poor and poverty pinching? Look at the Record of the Radical Partv, and J'ou wU1 Be? tbc CrtUse r each antl aI1 thcse calant5es- ""Never in the history of ) mis country nave tne poor laboring classes suffered more inconveniences and; harder I : ti- ; i i ! i i.i iiiiic-s, ujaii iiikj imw lor uiu last eigiu or tcn Jears; anrt lse soilcnngs are directly raceaWe to the extravagance and misman- Radical party when in Mwer. Since 1868, we have had but two Radical Legislatures, and yet those two increased J the State debt from about sixteen millions of-dollars to Forty Millions of dollars. Worse, about Twelve Millions of tlus new debt, in so-called Special Tax Bonds was squandered stolen ouN right by the same men, who attempted to fix it as a just debt upon the bones and muscles of the people. Furthermore, a large number of oftices was created, and the salary of all oliko holders largely increased. The sessions of the legislature were prolonged while the pay of the members was fixed at Seven Dol lars per day. County expenses were run up to an enormous rate. Extravagance, embez zlement; and open theft everywhere prevail- ed. Think of it! The expenses of the State government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 18T0, was nearly Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars. In this amount is not included any interest on the State debt, or on any bonds issicd for Railroads, etc. It is simply the amount required to run the State government for one year under Radi cal rule. Is there any wonder we have had hard -times? Is it any wonder that the State has to sell her Railroads ? This ruin ous system of plunder prevailed not only in the State and county governments, but in the municipalities, throughout t lie State, wherever the Radical party got control. Does any honest thmking man feel like trust ing the : party . jigauu w-ith power, that h:vs thus oppressed and swindled him ? Cap he as a fair, lionest man submit his interest to such a party ? j The Democratic party has reduced the State and county expenses lessened I the taxes enormously, yet times have still been hard, but it is all attributable totheextrjiva gancc and nmshroon prosperity of Radical rule. Some say the Radicals stolcd and scattered it around, and that Democrats steal and pocket it. 1 ins is a very grave error. There was nothing left for the Dem ocrats to steal. The State was nicked ns clean by. the Radical party in GS "09 and 'A a Avar irnc flirt l tiw1 r k tr ce rty' by the buzzards. Under Democratic rule tlie people are beginning to recover them selves, and times are growing better. jBut should the Radical party by any possibility regain power, we would have worse times than ever before. To vote for Radicals is simply voting for ruin and desolation. Not long ago I. was engaged in conver sation with several members of Congress in regard to poFgicnl probabilities. Du ring the colloquy the subject of the negro and. Jus character was mentioned, when ,1 Southern gentleman remarked' to me that he and 1 had much none regard for the darkey than Mr. , (who was present), for, said he, 44 I'll bet he-never slpmk hands with one of them in his life."' j To this Mr. replied that he never had. Mr. is one of those Congressmen w ho talks very sorrmrfclbj and feeUnfjhj about the equal rights of men, and the way the Southern folks treat the negro, am yet though advocating "civil rights"-to the fullest extent, he is too proud to shake hands with him! Is not this a commenta ry upon the heartlessness of the leaders of the Republican party ? 'They do! not have half the feeling of kindness for the negro that the negro lias for his dog,! and use him only as a means of placing some white-skinetl adherent to Radicalism in power. j The above is taken from a letter ad dressed to Hale's Weekly from New ork. Of course the leading Radicals have no use or sympathy for the negroes, except to use them as stepping stones to office. Look at tlie leaders hereabouts. What care they for tlie colored man except to use him as a voter to keep them in ojme. Yet the colored man allows himself to lr deceived ""and cajoled for this purpose.- Examiner. The Republican orators of the House made sieecheson Saturday to their li(jarts content in opposition to the amendment to the army bill prohilnting the use of troops at the polls. The Democrats made no reply; but it is well known that while they do not intend to be provoked i-nto a wordy war on the subject they will vote j or the ameudment. . j 4 ' - r ' " I Toombs s Best. loom us at last is credited with something which is witty, and sufficiently true to be eujoyM. Sen ator Cameron, who is alwavs putting in Jus nimith,; asked Tombs if the Southern Toombs at last people had ever found out that the Xortlr-" bad whipped them. "Whipped iisr said, Toombs, 'no sir; you didu't whip ng l)nt we wore ourselves oat whipping W And thnt is .boot t!, truth of tic J?n- mattfr; llaWs TTecllif well says, " good men and true, worthy and well quftlified, must be chisen as our candidates upon both State and County tickets, and that done it will remain for us to give them a cordial. npnrrv mill n mrni niirwir i hprA ima : been much so-called 'independence,' in j onr ranks dmiiig the last eighteen months. It is time to hat ft stop to it. There is much talk of HndtnPiwlfnL' rnnli1:itfi i w . None are needed. We warn all Democrats J. i .i now, as we have warned theni before, not i toiwrmit themlMlvMt to bn MvuloA on i..- -1 eal issues, but Jo beware of jealousies and ! contentions; t. pay P heed t 'citizens' j , . ... tickets,' or so-called ')eoples candidates ' w hen brought j forward in opposition to the regular nominees. These pretences are subterfuges generally of disappointed , :iKmi':inta ikpi! ! l.v tln nomir t l..f.-.il- : n-ir- nrfiM7 .5J. v ,..w,f I destroy or weaken the Democratic party, j It has rescucul the State froin Radical mis- j rule; it has broken the alliance that has j existed so long; between paver and crime; it has cheeked ithe system of public pluu der, which was drawing our people into bankruptcy and ruin, and it has finally restored the control of the government to the intelligence and virtue, of ..the State. Its defeat is Radical rule, and Radical ride is oppress .on, civil rights bills, pluu der, bankruptcy. Its success gives assu rance of Const itutional Government, en forcement of law, and. maintenance of right. Surely Ithe cause is worthy of our supreniest e.lbvts ! Let us work together then as members i of a common olrganization -having a com- uion end in vi. stake to haziK w. There is too much at tlie result -by indulgence in petty local land personal differences. All the deserving man can hot be selected as candidates, lior can all who offer them selves or who sire urged by their friends be nominatcdj. Some must give way ; some must sacrifice their aspirations and i their pre.'erenees. In every political or ganization thej will of a majority of its members must, const ituie the rule of its action or it will laek the unify of design and concei t of (action so necessary to suc cess. This will can bo definitely ascer tained enly through mass meetings, thro1 conventions of delegates, through cau cuses, or at primary elect ions. When the will of the party is thus formerly express ed by a no:iiinaii.i:i duly ntade in accord ance with the j usage of the parly there can U bo appeal--from it, tttid in point of fact none .i eyer made. I The? so-called independent candidates do not appeal f rein the norniiiaing convention to the great body of their own party, but they appeal to a tribunalcotuposed of the .en emy in solid battle-array, aud a stragliug. handful of thvir own men. Independent candidates are; then always in collusion with the enemy, and they and' their sup porters can only be recognized as disorgan ize s in a word as enemies. No man can rightfully claim to be a true member of a party who defies the. duly expressed will of that party. Our cause is too just aud our need for victory too great, to per mit us to fritter away our strength upon local question and mere persona! prefer ences. Too many men, we fear are tak ing it for granted that the .abuses" and complaints of Hie Radical partv will work i its defeat without effort without ac tion on our part. There can be no delu sion more fatal to oar cause than tiiis. We have told these things over and over i again, but they w ill In-ar teliing once mere, for if we would win the fight thisyear ne must not take.it for grauted that our oppo nents will be defeated, aud that we have nothing to do save to divide the spoils. As powerful a& are the incentives to keep in subjection the party that when in pow er brought ruin and disgrace upon the State, we can accomplish that cud only by united effort. " We have a hard year's work before us, and we need not shut our eyes to the fact. - Ifwedoo-.tr duty the day will be ours, it not we shall lose it.' SIiow me tin; i I s iuti hiirg 31 1: i ;lWc r, IJatler of So::th Carolina. Judge Macke.v (Republican). fm South Carolina, wasjsitting-in the gallery of the Senate when a sharp-faced, razor-strap look fellow from YankeelandVaid to him: 44 Mister, can you point, out to me that infernal Hamburg murderer, Butler of South Carolina?1' ' Certainly," said ti.e polite Judge iiand I will point, out, also, other uotabies of the Senate. Don't you see that handsome Senator with light curly hair ? Well, that is Conkling ; and the gray-headed, bright-looking man near him is Blaine; that large Senator is Judge Davis, jof Illinois; and over there is General Jhn B. Gordon talking to Lamar. Don't you see that bald-headed man,'1 pointing to Senator Edmunds; 44 well that i Uiitler of So ith Carolina.' The eyes ot our1 Yankee friend were lighted up with indignation as he replied, 44 Yes, I could have picked him out of a thousand" njldipg; a god deal that was not complimentary' to the distinguished Verm outer, flhe other day Senator Ed munds came over on the Democratic side, when Mr. Vf st said, 44 Edmunds, Hamp ton baa a gool joke onyyou, and the gal lant Carolinian was forced to tell the whole storv. Senator Edmunds laughed heartily, and remarked that it .was a corn- plimenf to bci taken for so handsome a r. na r"i.,,i-..iol iPtitiAr. Thi fart, how- )1 1 J l 1.-7 V. i .a. . ..in.... " " " " 7 - ever, i that Mr. Edmund's face strougly indicates justice and wistlom, .with no trace of mercy in it, unless when he is ,'. talking to Mr. Thurniaa or; some person. al favorite, and then it is as genial and Pleasaiitaspohle.. ,f , .. .4 '. .. , . . , i John Kefley's Irish in Kew ? York are opposl to Tilden ; Schurz's Germans in : Ohio are onnosed to firaiif: tl. rKi ar onnnsi.l t Doi.i.io . t! : 1 tv utuuv, me Vsiuuuse jaud Sherman are opposed to each other- i i .i. t ' it , . . . ' Bob In-erstdl is a-ainst h vn i,.n . neiVhlra dnn't. lit. ut. i -and what, in the name of prosperity are we to .say about "the situation t- M a&huwton Gazette. im General Grant has been edncatishim- 'lf, i company w ith Phil Sheridan, up to fl Dili lit. vlier lin pin fa.iii"iU.. fl. ITninn. wiill. lio w-.o i i. i better have learned all he could about tn fte of Maximilliau. .,,a , ! i uey s a part ; of history. How can any one reasonably expect to I receive Democratic support for official posi-: tion, who refuses on any ground to vote for the regular Democratic nominees ? Bear Poplar. Rowan, N. C, April, 4, 1SS0. Mr. Editor. I see an article in vour last issue from my esteemed friend J. D. John ston, on the stock law tax, or rather the i section of Scotch Irish expenses 'for building '; siocu law lence, ana as ne lias singled 'aJ. this township and-uses the phrase, "some of the oo(I citizens ot it, we leel c alled upon to make a few corrections, or give him a more exact knowledge of t.ie Opposition to the tax. If he will call on me I will show him our obligation signed by all the land owners in this township except two, who re fused, it is thought on other uiotiues, and some, very few who have not had an oppor tunity, and have sent me word to put their names to it, and a great many have already paid in their mites, for which I hold the councils receipt. Atwelis are joined with u and are even more unanimovs than we. Locke, the first to kick has not joined. I will say as to the charges put in his article, and the miles of fence mcn.ioned, it will .'.mount to the bill claimed. But if I am riht, 20 miles offence built entirely of new rails at $10 per mile, which is the universal price for making hauling and puting up ne.v fence, would cost but a fraction over $1200.00. But he claims that they hate made only 2 or 3 thousand new rails, arid also, much of the fence is used by the citi zens as pasture fence, which they would have had to build, and a great deal is built of old rails, hence is not worth as much as new fence;, and yet, their hill is but little below the price of an entire new fence, with no joint owners to share half the expenses. I have no doubt he has an excellent fence, and good gates, as he says, as all who know him, know . that he has all work in which h engages done up right. But everything it. seems to him, mu-t lc paid for by taxes. Now heretofore such fence was built in many places by neigh borhoods, going together and building it as they would help one another to raise a house or pile n p logs, and make no charge. Iredell, paid no tax tor her fence, i) on 10 miles of which, is in this township, and is, and formerly was, owned by our citi zens, mm wncre new lences were neces sary, those along the line, and inside aud some outside, too, helped to build it, fur nished all the rails and made no charges. We do not say, that Scotch Irish, charges more for her work done, than Franklin, and othet townships, where they charge at all. But much fence built in the other townships would not have been charged for -at all had not such large bills been presented, which made them trump up their charges for self protection. Tor in stance, Locke would have charged but lit tle, but now will put in a big bill, so will Atwell. lint as we wish to settle all amicably, I and Col. Houck, In.-t Monday, after consulting some of our people, then in Salisbury, agreed to submit the pro posal to the Commissioners, to appoint a committee of one from each township, to try and arrange matters satislactoriall y, as thejunee will not be necth-d longer than September. By allowing them a fair sum for the use of the fence, &c., till that time when it will all revert to them, as it would not be just for us to pay full price for the fence, and then after Sedtember, they get it all. In fact four-fifths of it will never Ik moved from where it is, as it will be used, ami much U now used by the citizens. Aud I hope all will be mag nanimous and enable the committee to make a harmonious report. A good man has been appointed from this township, also from Atwel'.'s. Do not know who the others are. 1 have said this much in vindication of the action we have taken in the matterT As any one can see we would have had all the surplus taxes to pay, as Locke and Atwell. each could put bills to cover their share, Franklin a little more than their share and Scotch Irish, treble, Mt, lilla, none. Though you have us dowu as charging Io0.00, we had but r-rl-UKh which amount was expended for gates, charging nothing for our 7 miles of fence. We ought to nave oexweeu sisiy aud seventy dollars, in the county trea sury credited to this township. Will say nothing as to the wisdom of our members to the Legislature. Bat in my humble judgment, formed from what I saw and heard last Mouday, they have made bad, worse in regard to the stock law. Every land owner would have hailed the late bill with joy had it left out Dm slate sec tion of the County whose bind owners are unanimously opposed to it. It could have been done, and our fence would have been seven miles iustead of more the way it js. W. L. KtsTLKR. When a man's wife comes inand sees him razor ia hand and with his face all lather, and asks him : 44 Are yon f hav ing t" It's a provoking thing in him to answer, 44 No Tin blacking the stove," but it's human nature to so reply. They tell us this is a world of progress and yet it is just, ns hard for George Francis Train to put his big te in hi.s month as it was for Mark Antony ton Tost. If George wants toe try it heel .find it considerable of a feet, Ynvtop Strauss. 0. - ...v,m ,uiiuuuiiim...: i. . . . .... . . ' IMISCELLuiNEOU mne discovered in Davie xbunty. "e leara from Ir. II. H.Croweli that ayal- . ijjf Snr 'wrr"' Irop mW 5ave county. The specimens, of heore.V Ma-. nnJIJ iiqr;A fPL . :: ' e said io be very fine! TJieine can etelVle were liaU-stoneslis bought cheap. " " I .. mm, . . . , J""-r"-liLCTION.- i lie . 4'"i-''n.ous. iiiu esiern iron As8ciatiloo ln .a;recnt mebtlng in' wliicfrf uearlv $50,000,000 of canit.al wn renw. 1 UKaiS OI MPal repre- f 8ened eed the price of bar iron 20 i " . ' ' l ; sented, reduced- the price of bar iron 20 t 1 " ru"om 4 10 u w,smcnT Z"5 j C J? redaceil SO.Per cent. . , !. auun w jO.uu, iiHiis win stan a at $ zrzo per keg, ! V0 oJect, tor iiaus seem to ue cneaper tnan baiH iron, which is not reasonable. Nails are "ow 4otea at per keg. ------ w Mtt . -v AblA.O fL lux. ttv,-..-. c.-... - . ........ ,j i st t r-.--. 1UIK, .'ltl . An appeal to the members of the - Pro testant Episcopal Church thronghout the country for the snm of $"230,000 to endow a general theological seminary ' in this city has been issued by a committee charged with the duty of securing the ad ditional endowment. The appeal sets forth that the seminary has educated more than a score of bishops -and more than 1,200 clergymen, representing every diocese and every school of thought in the Church. The committee wishes to ! endow Yhe office of dean and 'four pro fessorships in the sum of $50,000 each. The Fastkst Engine. The Reading Railroad Company has had built at the Baldwin Locomotive Works a passenger engine which it is designed shall make the distance from Philadelphia to New York uiucty miles in ninety minutes u.us saving auoui nan an no.ir. i tie driving wheels are G feet in diameter, 1. - " . .1 - a. 1 Ij 1 r-i i:m i i.e-eiigmc u eigus auuui c-,oini poiuuis from 10,000 to 13,000 pounds more than (ho ordinary passenger engine. It isexpected to make the entire distance to New York without stopping to take water. That this may be done, it is supplied' with a tank of about twice the capacity of en gines in general. It will hold 4,000 gal lons of water. Tlie .capacity of the or dinary passenger engine is from 2,000 to 2,500 gallons. The engine will be put to work in a few davs. .1 1 1 .....:.. : i l o i mm i Discovery of a Mountain Whetstones. of A mountain of the finest whetstones in the world, equal if not superior to the finest oil-stone or English hone has re cently been discovered in Lineville Cove near the dividing line of Burke, Caldwell and Mitchell counties, and within a few miles of the Mitchell turnpike to this place.; The discovery was made in this way ; about a year ago Mr. Tyre Webb killed a deer on a rocky cliffand in dress ing the same he whetted his knife ou one of the stones aud found it to be a whetstone of a superior quality.' He told the secret to Mr. Jacob Carpenter who upon examination found that it was almost a solid mountain of w hetstones, and he has since obtained a State Grant for the land and expects soon to manu facture grindstones, whetstones and hones in large quantities. A wagoner from Mitchell showed ns one of -these whetstones which looks like petrified wood, and we think it is tho equal of such stones and will put just as smooth an edge on a razor ns the fine.st English hone. Moryanton Made. The Handsomest Girl in Kocklaml. A letter postmarked Bangor and ad dressed 44 To the Handsomest Young La dy at! Roekland Maine," was received at the post office in the latter city one day last week. After a consultation between the chief of the office and his subordinates the former official ordered the missive to be displayed through the glass window that some maiden with confidence in her charms might step up anbdVddly demand her property. The Cotrricr, which is one of the brightest little papers in Maine, by the way, says: 44 Crowds of women have looked at that euvelope, but none have dared to call for it. Maiden ladies in false teeth and falser hair have stood and gazed at the magic direction, and then walked meditatively up and down the corridors, endeavoring to muster courage to face the awfully penetrating eye of the man at the delivery window. Handsome young women, with rosy cheeks and laughing eyes, have seen it and specula ted as to why it was not given to them without further delay. Young- men with girls have urged their respective sweet hearts to step up and ask for what was clearly theirjiwn. The amount of trou ble and worry which that little envelopes hascTeatcdin onr city is simply incalcu lable. And meantime the letter tantaliz ingtv hangs in the window, while the Cerberus at the delivery window awaits with uneasiness aud impatience the dread ful moment when some woman shall de man the troublesome document, and he shall be forced to compel her to show cause, if any, why he should consider her the party named in the writ." "1 do love a fool" said Ophiclcide, with 4 a scornful glance at bis neighbor. " You conceited egotist," replied Foghorn, with scathing calmness, and the fight jiras.oTer before the police could get there. Destructive Haii "I sec o one lias ypa about the Itail storm hereTuars- .(J.n W eniwur boarsailer ..vit .o man say 10-oay a.iu. .. .. . ... "uu, rviicof ine ciass WoirordCoHes ilone.liad 330 panes knocked to atoms. Some slrrbVlita - . , rf--o----- wjere broken, and gardens were beaten to ' to stoma, sonic sk-yiignts 1 , , r""8 OIPwnK onsesiooK jnst ?y.rf rocks lmceu thrown against them. c rri . . . - - - -.w r.v. Ul. 0,6- 5 vuucc, i.ar. uusercer, - . ... ' "jir-t"iu ru ivnvEKTisEns a Shrewd v iew. A wholesale grocer in this city, who become rich In business, says bis rule has always been, when lie sold goods on credit, to at once subscribe to the local paper of his debton So long as Jiis customer advertised liberally and vigorously, be rested, but as soon as lie began to contract his advertising space, he took the fact as evidence that there was trouble ahead, and lie io variably went for his debtor. Said he, the man who feels too poor to makeliis business known, is two poor to do busioess. The withdrawing of a advertisement is evi dence of weakness that busiuess nien are- not slow to .net upon. Ac York Timet. -. - -Chinese Seeking Xatliuuzatiox, A New York letter mentions a rumor that at least one hundred Chinamen in tliat city, following the recent" example i of one of their couutrymen at Foud du Lac, Wis,, arc preparing to take out naturali zation papers with a view of becoming American citizens. They are understood to have been persuaded to this step by V th0 Chinese Employment Bnreau, which orn-nnized 5.. W Yn,L- -a-o sine by a number of philanthropic nien and wonienvwho were desirous of protec ting them from the persecution to which 44 the little brown people" are subjected in' Francisco. The expense attending the procurement of the necessary papers will be borne by the society. " ,i w A Stijikikg Coincidence. Mr; Robt. II. McCurdy and Mr. Herman D. Alricb, old Xew York merchants, died Monday last, the former aged SO years, and''ihe latter aged 70 years. Born in adjoining States at about the same time, they first met in New York city as boys; commenc ed the battle of life together under the same employer; ultimately became part njs in business together, as well as iriti matc friends ; lived side by side for many years after retiring from active life, and . finally died on the same day and of the same malady. In Greenwood Cemetery their burial plots adjoin each other, and. inorttiaTy services for the two venerable friends, who, after going through life to gether, have almost met again in the val ley of the shadow of death, took place in. the same sacred edifice. The Puzzler' Feast. From the Home ana Farm.- Tlie letters composing tlie follow ing words are capable of being re-, arranged to as to form single words, having an intelligible reference to the ofijrinal words: - Best in prayers I hire parsons Nay, I repent Great helps No more stars To love ruin Got as a clue Sly ware Partial men Mind is map Into my arm Queer as mad Tim in a pet There we sat - Moon starere A nice cold pie I met my Delia Presbyterians. Parishioners Penitentiary Telegraphs. Astronomers Revolution Catalogues Lawyers Parliament Midshipman Matrimony Masquerade Impatient Sweetheart Astronomers Encyclopedia Immdiately DECAPITATIONS. What country, beheaded, another willremaiu? Prussia. What country, beheaded leaves what nobody likes? Spain. ( What musical instrument, behead ed, another remains ? Flute. r What bird, beheadciF, another will remain ? Fowl. What stone beheaded, a soft sul stance will remain ? Flint. - . What great American statesman, beheaded, is a song ? Clay j CONUNDRUMS.- What is the most sifting question a person can be asked ? A riddle. Why. is the sun thestrongest thing within pur systeiii ? Because he sup ports everything witji-his beams. -. Why, ought SirE. L. Bulwer,jto be weary of writing? Helias writ ten " Night and Morning." . - i. . "Why sl.ouid cn insolent fishmon ger have more busiuess than a civil one? When he sells bis fish he gives sauc 1 -1 ! i 1.1 - t i 1 1 i7 - ! S"- M ' ' t 4 '! Vf - j : j j I -. fe ns it is to have a good inan."