Carolina Watchman LOCAL. THURfPAY JVhY 28' 1887 fliiiuvft.rlnforia:Ulonon untienia4- Sab3criptipn Rates. Artillery drill to-night. Watermelons and iauskinelous are plentiful. rr. X. H. Smith, real estate agent of favetteville, was in town last week. yir. W. L. James is having his residence oa east Main street handsomely painted. Salisbury is well represented at Misen beimer springs, there is at least twenty tfulishuriana there. the street hands are doing some good work on our side walks aud some of them needed it badly. The Editor of this paper is rusticating with his family at Summerville Springs, in Davidson county. Mr. John A. Greenfield, formerly a citizen of this place, was here this week shaking hands with friends. Mrs. Jos. Horah, Lucy Brown and Emma Gowan left yesterday for a visit ta Peuhook, Franklin county, Va. Rev. T. W. Smith and Rev. Jos. Wheel er former Pastors of the Methodist church here are in. town attending cenferenee. The price of lemons has been exceed ingly low here this summer, until a few days ago when tney advanced tiny per cent. All the pasenger locomotives on the V. X. C R. R. have been replaced by larger and heavier oiie3 and the road is said to be in first class order. The stock of the proposed base ball as- . . i . n i :l I i sociution is uuoui an MHiM iiuuu lor, umi the organization will probably be effected within the next week or ten days. Our old friend John Hedrick, the old est citizeirof the place7"Tiad the misfor tune on Tuesday to take a misstep, which twisted one of his legs in away that fractured one of the small bones. Mr. Parker, of Stanly county, who, recently sold what was known as the Parker gold mine to an English company, deposted a large sum of money with the First National Bank of Salisbury last seek. Two hundred thousand watermelons . save passed through Salisbury since the season opened, ou their -way to the north ern market on special freight trains. Two hundred ears, each with lKK) melons, just think of it ! The streets asitimcd a busir.e s air last Satutday. Vehicles by the score on the streets, and watermelons, cantaloupes, vegetables of all kinds, chL-kei.s, 8tc, were on the market. Another argument fur building a market house. The water works tank is growing slow hut sure, it now stands thirty-six feet high. The plates were 10-16 of an inch thick at the start, but as the thickness is reduced 1-16 every three courses it is now only i, andJwe suppose it will grow more rapidly. We learned from a passenger on the train, Monday evening, of a shooting af fray at Bridgewater. A white man who mm overseeing a gang of negroes got into aditticulty with them, when they shot him. several times. He is thought to be fatally hurt. The gentlemen who compose the force of the Revenue office here are kept closely cimaued and constantly employed run ning their respective departments of the Service. The number has been reduced tiil it is barely sufficient to do the work. Their'a is no sinecure. The Davie Times says : A man by the name of Brogden moved from Rowan ejunty to this last week. He rolled all of his worldly goods in a wheelbarrow frum the six mile pump to this place iu a lay, and reached Clarksville towuship, the end of his iourney the next day. Mrs. C. A. Kraus ha3 two pet white rata, they are very tame and are allowed to run around the house at times. About a week ago while out in one of the rooms grey rat spied them and came out to nuke their acquaintance, but not liking his looks they caught, killed and ate him. A friend brought us a leaf of tobacco gathered while passing by the land of 8tephen W. Clark, near Cleveland, yes terday morning, it measured 31 inches long and 17 wide, and was only a fair "ample of the field, which contained 25 acres. There was H leaves on the stalk c pulled it from. we are sorry to note that Mr. J. Kluttz Hying near Salem Chnic.i R. in Lucke township lost Ms house and nearly everythingin it by fire last Thursday ght. The threshers were there at the tinse and he had stored quite a quantity f wheat in the loft only a few hours be fore which was consumed. ne Mt. Pleaimrt Base Ball Club have Challenged our hnva tn hiuAt thm nt flklA Bill. next Saturday and cross bats with si irici. Don't think they will go on Sat u'day as most of them are clerks and gt away on that day. Come to 4 Sury boys we will treat you weM try to give you a g ,o-J. sound drab- TlieHU8Cnpii?n rates oi me vrwi ,tlcliMm are a follows : I t vear, paid in advance, $1.50 I 1 lrtVmt delayed 3 iuo'h2.00 " payw't dcPed 12 uioV2.50 J I Hon. Bam. Pemberton and Prof. Spinks palled through town on Monday & route Z i ft i ,C i t , 71 in 4 Venation, of W property iu no nvoting ofthc Orand-Lodge K. ofH. wan coun.y j&iAuW : iahop jot,h E. Key, of Georgia, ar- rived here on Tuesday nieht. and will preside r.t the District Comference which coti vened here this morning. He is call ed the ' held hand" of the Colleire of Bishops of the Southern Methodist Church, because of the feet that he was selected directly from that stronghold of Methodism, the itineracy, and exalted to the high position he now fills. He is said to be a superior preacher and the people of Salisbury should take advant age of his presence to attend the service regularly. Quite a large delegation from all the District are present aud others coming iu as we go to press. Tp the Threshers. We wish that the managers of all threshing machines doing business in Rowan county would report to The Car olina Watchman the number of bushels of grain threshed this year by them. We want to obtain the- vield of our count v for future reference. Will our farmer friends cut this out and hand it to the threshers in then- neighborhood. Water Turned on. While we were "slinging in type' yes terday we heard a great screeching and yelling and on looking out of the window found that some of our firemen had at tached a hose to the hydrant on Schultz's i . . . . corner ana inai iney were squirting water. The pressure was not strong as there had only been one pump started up and that only at half pressure, but there was force enough to throw the water over the Murphv building. It was euough however to satisfy us that our water works when in good working fix will be a success. We don't want any fires but would to try it. "Snaix" in Towa. Monday evening about eight o'clock while Mr. Richards and the gentleman hat always with him, was strolling on Fulton street in front of M. L. Holmes residence they saw a snake lying on the sidewalk. Mr. R. stepped off the side walk for a stone and the other gentleman thinking it was a black snake jumped on it but not getting close enough to its head the snake turned on him and fastened his fangs in his pants leg and he then noticed that it was a black spreading adder. It is said that the antics of the gentleman with the snake last cued to him as he fanned the air trying to get it loose was enough to make a horse laugh, but it was no laughing matter with him. The snake was finally killed and measur ed about three feet long. From Away Back. A farmer friend stepped into one of our drug stores the other day and called for a glass of o la water-; 'What syrup will you have?' ashed the clerk. "Put sugar in it," was the reply. The order was filled with simple syrup and placed on the couuter, but the cus tomer stood looking at it not taking it. "Drink it," said the clerk; "it will spoil." "Just hold on, I'll take my time," w: s the answer. He waited until it was perfectly flat, and then said : "Now, you fill that up, and don't try to come it over me because I am from the country. I've been iu town before and know what I'm abont." That Poisoning Case. As will be seen from the following letter from Mr. Atwcll there is no foun dation for the report of the poison iug of Maxwell Ritchie from eating watermel ons. Mr. Kluttz and others in the neigh borhood, had been bothered by people stealing their melons, and conceived the idea of marking their melons, "Poison," "Strychnine," "Arsenic," etc., thinking that would scare off the robbers. This colored boy was taken sick and died and some one maliciously inclined towards Mr. Kluttz and the others started the report that he had eaten some of the mel ons and it had killed him. Mr. Atwell thoroughly sifted the reports and at once came to the conclusion that it was no case for the Coroner. As a general thing people are too quick to jump at conclu sions of this sort, and more especially is this so f t he colored people. Often doing injury to a person that it takes years to righ Our Coroner is to be cogralulated for his prompt action in this case, had it gone on it might have necessitated the taking up of the body and analysis of the stomach which would have been a big expense to our county : Ed. ll'tUckman: Dear sir : For the information of the town and county con cerning the death of Maxwell Ritchie who died on the lands of Mr. Wm. Kluttz near the Yadkin river and who was said to have been poisoned, I would state that I have made a thorough investigation of the case and am perfectly satisfied that he was not poisoned by eating melons. He had been sick about two weeks and had taken a dose of Calomel and weut into a well to clean it out and got wet and had two chills a day until he died. His mother told me he had not been alle to do a d.tys work, that is a full days work, since.- He complained of a soreness in his stomach aud aching in his bones from the time he came out of the well. have tried Mr. J. A. Ludwick's melons. I think we cut and ate about six, some of them were marked "Poisoned" but so far I feel perfectly safe. It was reported that Mr. G. L. Kluttz had destroyed his melons to keep any one else from being poisoned, which is not so. I did not go into, his patchy but expect to try some of his melons jn a few days. - The report of the poiaouing was all without the leat foundation. I hope the people will stop their talk and not try to.iujure such good men as J. A. L'idwirk, J. L. Kluttz and Michael Miller, D. A, A xll, Coroner. Valuation. Wc were anxious lo jrfte -the total A 1U' "HWt9 1 "1 U. op (W SaJU ifwr iuwHnip, :nai on comparison vviiR iasi year s a.se.s.-iuttit concluded that "it was wrong. Franklin, Scotch Irish, Morgan and Unity have been added atoll show Frank- j lin $176,625 for'i&7, against 194;190 for 1886; Scotch Irish $218,460 for 1887, against 229,583 for 1886; Morgan $113,- 355 for 1887, against $115,570 for 1886; Unity $115,505 for 1887, against $120,530 1 for 1886. -. Should all the rest of the townships show a decrease in the same proportion (which we don't think they can) we are afraid our finances will fall short. The total we made for Salisbury township was $1,466,0-3 against $l,486,000for 1886. The assessment for both the K. C. and W. N. C. R. R. is not in for this year yet, aud that will bring it up probably to over $1,500,000. The Poor Wilt Miss Him. A city reader of the Star writes r A few days ago some gentlemen visited a poor family in the suburbs of the city. The man of the house has had consump tion ior some lime and is unable to work. One child is quite sick. In the course of conversation some remarks were made in regard to llr. Peckham's removal and the petition of the Wilmington physi- viuus iu a i io uim 10 remain, xne poor consumptive man remarked he hoped they w ould allow him to remain for he would be a great loss to him. He said "Dr. Peck ham has been attending my family and myself for years free of charge. On one occasion I seut for him and when he came I remarked to him, Doctor, I hate to have to send for you when I am unable to pay you for your services," to which Dr. Peckha.u remarked tnat made no difference, bnt to send for hiin when ever he needed him; and so this poor man has been sending for him and Dr. Peck- Uiam has been just as kind, prompt and attentive as it receiving pay for his ser vices. I am satisfied that this is not the only incident of the kind, and our poor will miss him. The good wishes of our entire community will go with him. Jlfr. Editor: In reading the above a few days ago in the Wilmington Star concerning Dr. Pcckham, it struck me that everything there said of him is equally applicable to that reliable physi cian and excellent christian gentleman, Dr. J. J. Summerell, of this place. All our physicians, doubtless, do a good deal of charity practice; but none, perhaps, does moretmui Dr. Summerell, and none do it more cheerfully aud promptly than he. All honor- to hiin. Assuredly the poor will miss him when he is gone. Observer. LIST OF LETTERS. List of letters remaining in posfoffice at Salisbury N C, for the week ending July 2:i, 1887:"' M.itiie Smith. Prof W A Smith, Mrs Anne S:n f!i. I) M Brown. Char lev Henderson Miss I hit tic C Miller. Mr Nettie A Miller Mis- Emms Dohy, Lucy Barnhart, .1 L Bvrd. Clara Bailey, John Butner, James Ci'ine, Charlie Cald well, C M Cress, Ned Ander son, Mary Helper, Lnla Edison, Mrs Anna Henes. A J Peed, Mrs A C Price, Miss Mug gie Misenhciiner, Adda Fisher Jan es Sp nigh, Miss Annie Woods, Miss Janet Ware and T A Wood. Please say advertised when the above letters aie called for. I A. H, Boyden, P. M. 'To What Base Uses!" A Yadkin county Republican hns been running a little" paper here f.r several months, devoted to abuse of Democrats and t the werk of breaking down the Democratic party. It was a prohibition. Third Party affair, but it was not appreci ated. Some time ayo its editor ordered an imposing st one a marble slab through Mcssers. Millhol and & Fou-hee, of this place, but before it came aud was made ready for nse;; t4ie Third Party oruun sus pended puhlieutinn, and the marble men have since sold its imposing store to a bar keeper who has placed it on his counter and is dealing out the seductive firewater across if. Stat ur Hit Landmark. A Drowning in Rowan. Will Morrison, a son of Mr. Dwih? Mor rison, of Atwell township, Howan county, wa9 drowned in a pond near his father's residence last Saturday. His father and mother had gone to Concord that day and Ids two older brother .,y ere at work in the field. This young may had already taken two Imths during theMay, and being missed a third time, the pondiwas visited and his clothes were found on the bank. After a search ii little time, his body, with his shirt on, was found under the water. The pond at that point was not more than waist deep. Young Morrison was suhp-ct to fits and it is probable that he was seized with one of those while in the water and was drowned while it vas on hiin.-Statcmtllt Landmath N. C. Faira. The time and places for holding the va rious agricultural and mcchanicai fairs in the State so far as reported are as follow: Edgeroinlie Aurieutiral and Mcha id eal Fair Association. Tarbaro, Nov. 8-11 ; Bast em Carolina fair and sto, k assoeiat:on Gnldshoro, Oct., 2"-28, Cumberland county agricultural i-acty, Fayettville. Nov. 9-11; North Carolina State agricultural societv, Raleigh, 0 t. 121. The date for tlie R uinoke and Tar ljivcr Agricultural So-l-lias not been laadc known. JVVtrj and Ob Kerter. Mayor Hewitt wants to know why a wo man when she does better work than a man shouldn't have better pay. Well, Wm be causethat is to say the rimple reas n is that thar why, of course, tisat's the r--aon. Cat am body give a better ote? N. Y. Herald. I have been for several vcars a suflprpr from Hay Fever aud severe head colds and have tried other remedies in hope ol getting relief but have bund none that can compare with Ely' Cream Balm. I would not be without it for any consid eration. It is simply wonderful in its ef fect upon the nasal organs. 8. H. Bubtt, Wilmington, X. C. I can cheerfully recommend Ely: Cream Balm to the suffering public lor Hay Fever and storage of the air pas sages. I have tried it and find it -ivsr-immediate reiif. ' ' J. K. Rr.cr jr. 209 Rock St., TJitje Rock. Ark. DEPARTMEKT. " ' - -; - i i-nr - - VUUk& in 3E BB ' J It has been well known that nickel was among the v.erv many ores to be found ia this St at e, but until recently no sufficient vein or lode carrying a large enough per cent age of this material, to make a business of mining it worth con sidering, has been brought to the notice of the public. Quite recently . however, Prof. W. 8. Phillips, of the State Univer sity, at Chapel Hill, has turned his at tention to nickel, and has located a vein on Elijay Creek, in Jackson county. He has made several analyses of the ore and the last was from a 16 pound lump, which gave the following result : Insol. Silica -. 69.00 Oxide of Irou ) Oxide of Alumina 6 44 Oxide of Nickel 18.94 Undit 9.92 ; 100.00 He says "that the 18.94 per eent nickel oxide corresponds to 14J$9 per cent. nickel. This is an analysis of the best looking pi ece . ' ' This shows a strong and rather high grade ore, and one that may prove of even greater value, as the pro perty is developed. Thsi size and con tinuity Of the vein hare aot been an nounced, but from the following, we may depend on Prof. PhillipseffoTts to throw all the light possible on the subject in the near tuiure; he says: "Work Is now going on there, and I hope to be able be fore long to report as to the average run of the ore. It is, of course, not likely that the ore will run 14.89 per cent, nickel, as the average of the New Caledonia ore of similar character is only 10 per cent nickel, uarmerite is rather a new ore, of uncertain composition, as the nickel may vary up to 40 per cent. Still it is all things considered, the best nicktl ore, as it is reduced with comparative ease." GEXNESSEE MINE. l tie uennessee, or old Steele mine iu Montgomery seems to be taking the lead in that famous district, as a producer. Mr. Cramer, the superintendent and gen eral manager for the company, has de posited in the Mint, at Charlotte, one thousand three hundred and sixty-six ounces of bullion, valued at not less than $21,000. This is said to be the result of one month's work, and if correctly stated, shows a very fine yield, by all odds the greatest output from an v mine iu the State for a corresponding period, within reeent venrs. This is at the rate ol $250,000 a year and iu that sense is very encouraging to all mining enterprises iu the State. A new rich streak is reported at the Big Russell mine in the same county which will increase the vield there frfi the next month. The 40 stamp mill at the Coggius mine is goiug steadily on good ore. No import of the output has been given to the pub 1 c as vet. FISHER 'lIILL MINE. The output from this mine, in Guilfor c )unty, for June was 15s ounces, woi .1 about $3,100.00. From all sources of mining intelligence there seems to be no doubt but that thi prediction made in this paper iu January last, to the effect that there would bo an increase of at least 25 perjwnt. over tin normal production of goldf-iu North Caro lina for 1S87, will be uu.re than realized the production tor the halt year passed has already greatly exceeded that esti mate. Montgomery county i.s iu the lead as they have at three mines alone 120 stamps in active operation. This is bound to tell, even with lean ores. The ores, however, are not of the lowest grade but average up very well. This- increase in production and tho very cvi dent activity in mineral, lands all .ovei the State, means a great deal to the mining interests in the State. It requires- no prophet to predict for the near future an activity unequalled in our past hi tory. The interest is by no means confined to the mining of the precious metals, as the movement is taking wider ranee: em bracing iron, the building stones, and man v of the economic minerals. JNor is the activity confined to any "sect ion, but is scattered from the gold placers of Franklin and Nash counties in the East to the Tenuessec line in the West. This is not a random statement, but i.s based on fact, aud may be verified -by statistics. Considerable prospect ingtwork is being, conducted, and very successfully, by Mr. Edward Lyon, an intelligent and enthusiastic mine owner in Hie placets of the counties of the east.already named. We arc pleased to call attention to the advertisement of the Farmers' Institute to be held at Concord, Aug. II, 12 aud 13. We are in hopes, and have no doubt but that every farmer who attends wi.l be greatly leiiefitted by this iuterehjg iug of views on successful agrieultute. Round trip tickets will bo sold from Salisbury at 90 cents, and from Chir.a Grove 50 cents. Everybody go. I.1AEEISD. On the 26. h of July, by Rev. W. Kimball, at his resi tenee. near C'lun.i Grove, Mr Henrv Blackwebler.of Cabarrns county and Miss Fannie F. Connor ot Itowan county. May peace, prsperity and happiness at tend this loving couple through life. DIED. In this county, July 15th, 1S87, Mr. John Jacob Miller, aged year.-, 7 snnntlv and 13 days. Thfl deceased "was :sn honest upright citiA'U, u good neigh bor aud very exemplary iu hj ;.Ii;i4aiu deportment-:. r- - '.. . - v - This space is reserved for W. H. HEXSNER, the Jeweler. Valuable Tom Pfepertj for Sale. By virtue ofa decree of the Superior Court of Rowan county, in the case of Henderson H. Miller and others vs. Cal vin X. Miller and others, the undersigned will sell at public outcry, at the Court House door in the town of Salisbury, on Monday, the 5th day of September, 187, the following tracts of land belonging to the estate of Calvin J. Miller, deeeased : One tract .situate in the Great East Square of the town of Salisbury on Ceme tery stfeet 'being the land conveyed by Mary L. Hudson and J. W. Hudsou to Calvin J. Miller, by deed dated 17th May, ioei, ano regisrered in Book 89, page 196, of the public Register's Office of Rowan countv. Also another tract situate in the Great i East Souare of said town on Kerr struor ' being the land couveyed bv Benj. F. j Fraley aud wife to Calvin J." Miller, by 1 deed dated 19th March, 1885, and regis tered in Hook 64, page 008, of public ' Register's Office of said county. Also another tract lying on Kerr and 1 Lee streets in said town, being the land conveyed by Benj. F. Fraley and wife to : U. J. Miller, by deed dated 5th August, , 1881, and registered in Book 65, page , 740, of the Register's Office of Rowan j countv. Another tract situate in the South '. Ward of said town, ou Lee street, adjoin- ing L. A. Davis and others, beiugthe land conveyed by M. L. Holmes and wife to C. J. Miller, bv deed dated 11th Julv. 1872, and registered in Cook 46, page 330, of the Register's Office of Rowan countv. Terms of sale One-half cash, balance in 6 months. S. H. WILEY, Commissioner. By Craige & Clement, Att'ys. July 28. 1887. 6t FOR SALE. One Brick House and lot, on the corner of Fulton and Kerr streets, about one acre in lot. One Frame House and lot on Lee street. One Frame House and lot on Main street. Also shares iu X. C. R. R. Enquire of Mrs. H. E. and Miss Vic toria J uifN.-t in at their home, on Main street. - 40;tf i-t- Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as Administrator of ihe estate of Michael Albright, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persjns hav ing claims against said estate to present them to the undorsigued on or before the 7th day of July, 1888, or this notice will be plead iu bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate are notified to make prompt pavment. PETER R. ALBRIGHT, Adm'r of Michael Albright. Julv 7. 1887.. Ow Executor's Notice. Having been appointed Executor of the last, will and Testament of the late Mrs. Emma J. Cannon, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate to present them to me for payment, on or before the 30! h of June, 1888, or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. Those indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment. C. F. Baker, Ex'r. June 28, 1887. 36:6t Executoi's Notice. 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