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NEWS OF A WEEK
'gathered from all parts
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I'l-SCl L L I MIS- i', L EAXISVS
The Star Route eases have cost
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' ( Hi.-i-ri Victoria lias ; most en
tirely recovered. '
;ov. Jarvis lias appointed 'Prof
KfiT state Geologist. '
'What is "kissing!" asks an .ex
change. A matter of taste.
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The Freed man l'.aiik
in-ti. rt-t another dividci
The Bishop confirmed
Kinston, says ,t lie Free Fi
Mrs. Mary Bayard Clar
Sist the editor of the
Journal.
Lurcka cotton mills
Airv, N. -'. were burned
Jjtiss r'io.OoO, insurance .
Aii erut ion of'Mount j
occurred, accompanied by
quake, causing a panic in
chiitv.
epositors
d.
eleven at
will as
Kewberne
t Mount
ast week.
,tna has
an ea i t li
the Vi-
YOWJME 13.--
"Nobody ever
sconding editor.
heard M an ab-
llie, reason may
be obvious, lint the lact is never
theless true.
.The mother of Josh
ninety-two years old. SI
dentlv resolved to live until her son
learns to spell
Mrs. Frank Leslie will
.spend some days atT'ok;
this spring, the guest of
man Wharton .1. (liecn.
Timothy O. Howe, Post Master
General, died at Kenosha, "Wis.,
Sunday of pneumonia. He was the
l'Jth P. M. General of thd U.S.
dungs- is
e is evi
probably
v, V C,
Congress
Little .Jimniie ArindellJ
fort was "tooling" with a toy pistol
Result, a bad wound in his thigh
an nu ll deep, xays the 'Telephone
The gre itest beauty-' in Ireland
they say, is -a. ' Belfast! mill-girl
Everv day crowds surround the
mill to get; a look at her when she
leaves. 'i
of Beau-
Judgo Black,' of Pennsylvania,
for Presi
of Mi'chi
says he is for Hancock
lent. lie thinks CongerJ
gaii, is about the best man the Rad
icals can run.
The Arkansas Legisl;
been investigating into the account
of Governor Churchill whilst he
was State Treasurer. Tljiev find a
clear deficit of .2.i3,ti0(.S
Woman is rapidly widening the
sphere of her usefulness. I A mill
ner in Plainville, Conn., has' closed
Out her business and applied for a
license to sell intoxicating liquors.
An Ohio man hastakeii the small
pox from a pet pig, and '., Minneso
ta papei 'veiiiarks in a cusual way
that when once this disease gets in
to a family it is prettv sure to go
through it.
The Tennessee Legislature, has
passed a bill pensioning all Con
Ieilerate soldiers w ho lost one or
both eyes during the wari and all
Federal soldiers not pensioned by
the Inited StateA Government.''-
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"He saw the editor" is the tirst
he.nl line in a. '-Cincinnjiti paper,
and as the. sec'ond line says that
wiicn he retired he had 'a ball in
the stomach.". it is sale tjo say that
the editor saw hint ili-d went
hi'.i! one better. -
Col. L." . Youmans and Capt
L. lit O'Bryan, of Barnwell, S. C,
wish to fight a duel. The former call
ed the latter a liar and got bis face
slapped. He then challenged.
They will light in Georgia. Both
are prominent lawyers.
" Our Chief of Police tells a good
joke on Capt. V - . Carraway
says the Free Fres. lie says the
Captain is so fond of pulling teeth
that after pulling out the eeth of
everybody in the county who wo Id
let him, he began to pull out his
fld"valler dog's." and now the
poor brute has to le fed on gruel,
Wisconsin legislators propose
that every railroad doing business
in that State whose gross earnings
exceed .5,0'j0 a mile per year shall
not charge more than i cent
a mile for passenger travel, and
that companies shall sell 500 mile
tickets at the same rate, wnich
shall be transferable.
The Mormon elders continue to
any on their business of sending
women to Salt Lake. City from
north Georgia. They do not muster
with a brass band, but they are
doing some effective work. Hardly
a week passes that some of their
victims are not forwarded to their
fate in Utah.
Bishop Lyman has expressed his
mortificat'on at the reports that he
ive' his daughter Sf)0,000 lor a
wedding present and that a great
d id id" finery was shown at the
nuptials. ' He says that the wed
ding was simple in all respects, and
that no presents of much value
were received by the bride.
John Tyler, an old grave digger
at Fayetteville, was engaged in
digging a - well iii that town on
Friday last, and when he had dug
to a depth of about .r)0 feet, a por
tion of the surrounding earth caved
in and buried him about S feet be
neath its surface. A force of men
were at once engaged in his rescue
but when he. was exhumed life was
extinct.
There is in Illinois a family
named Hiskey, whose aggregate
weight is 2,587 pounds. The father
weighs -ISO pounds, tliemother 385
the oldest' daughter 307, the next
2U.1, the third liSO, the oldest son
ol'O, the second -202, the third, 200
and the fourth 170. The pater
familias has two sisters w ho tip the
sca'es at 310 and 2i0 pouuds res
pectively. Such a family carry
'great weight in any community
In a certain town roller-skating
' t t i i . i ...
tu is one oi me most popular amuse
ments among the young people
THAT BAD BOY.
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PA USES HIS FIRE ESCAPES
"WHEN THEIiE IS SO FIRE.
THE BABY SIICW CAUSE D IT
FA'S MUSIC BOX IX CJI UliCIL
'Got any vaseline!" said the bad
boy to the grocery man, as he went
in the store one cold morning leav
ing the door open and picked up a
cigar stub that had been thrown
down by the stove, and began to
smoke it.
"Shut that door will you? Were you
brought up in a saw mill! You'll
freeze every potato in the house.
Xo, I haven't got vaseline. What
do you want with vaseline?" said
the grocery man, as he set the keg
on a chair by the s'tove where it
would thaw out. .
"Want to rub it on pa's legs,"
said the boy, as he tried to draw
smoke through the cigar stub.
"Why, what is the matter with
your pr.'s legs? Rheumatiz!"
"Wuss nor rheumatiz," said the
boy, as he threw away the cigar
stub and drew some cider in a bro-
cen tea cup. "Pa has got the w orst
ooking hind legs you ever saw.
You see. since there has been so
many fires, pa has.gotofful scared
and he has bought three fire
escapes made, out ot ropes wicu
iuots in them, and he has been
telling us every day how he Could
rescue the whole faiu ly in the case
of fire. lie ; told us to be cool.
whatever happened, and to rely
on him. If the house srot on fire
we were all to rush to pa, and he
would save us. Well, last night
ma had to ,go to one of the neigh
bors, where they had twins, and
we didn't sleep much, 'cause ma
had to come home twice in the
night to get saffrou, and an old
flannel petticoat that I broke in
when I was a kid, 'cause the people
where ma went, did not know as
twins was on the bill of fare, and
they only had flannel petticoats
for one. Pa was cross at being
kept awake, and told ma he hoped
when all the children in Milwaukee
were born and got grown up she
would take in her sign and not go
around nights acting as usher to
baby matinees. Pa says there
ought to be a law that babies
should .arrive on the regular day
trains, and not wait for the mid-
Froin an old and
fanner of Wilson county
Hilton "i aucasian, w
letter commending out
the educational quest u
educate whites; nogrot
of themselves.
ubstantial
savs -1 no
e nave ;
course oi
ii-w hites
take care
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 30. 1883.
LEGISLATIVE ACTS
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man. "iiut wnat aoout your.pa's
dancing a clog dance in church
Sunday. The minister's hired
girl was in here after some codfish
yesterday morniug, and she said
your pa had scandalized the
church the worst way."
"Ob, he didn't dance in church,
lie was a little excited, that's all.
You see, pa chews tobacco and it is
pretty hard on him to sit all
through the sermon without taking
a chew and he gets nervous. lie
always reaches around in his pistol
pocket, when they stand up to sing
the last time, and feels in his to
bacco box and gets out a chew, and
puts it m his mouth when the min
ister pronounces the benediction,
and then when they get out of
doors he -is already to spit. He
always does that. Well my chum
had a present, on Christmas, of a
music box, just as big as pa's to
bacco box, and all you have to do
is to touch a spring, and it plays,
'She's a Daisy, She's a Dumpling."
I borrowed it aud put it in pa's
pistol pocket, where he keeps his
tobacco box and when the choir
got most; through singing pa
reached his hand in his pocket aud
began to fumble around for a chew.
He touched the spring just as
everybody bowed their heads to
receive the benediction, and it was
so still you could bear a gum drop
tee music began to play, and in
the stillness it sounded as loud as
a church organ. Well, I thought
ma would sink. The- minister heard
it, and he looked towards pa, and
everybody looked at pa, too, aud
pa turned red, and the music kept
up. "She's a Daisy," and the
minister looked mad and said
'Amen,' and the people began to
put on their coats and the minister
told the deacons to hunt up the
source of the worldly music, and
they took pa into the room back of
the pulpit and seaehed him, and
ma says pa will have to be churched.
They kept the music box, and I
have got to carry in coal to get
money enough to buy my chum a
new music box. Well, I shall have
to go and get ' the vassehne or pa's
leg will suffer. Good day."
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IMPORTANT PUBLIC ACTS OF
THE LAST LEGISLATURE.
WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED
North Carolina Girl Captivates the
President.
and they have lately petitioned
the proprietors of the rink to pail
the floors Now an v one who has
pratised roller-skatiug is aware of
the fact that a padded floor; wouli"
be of no earthly use for the imr
pose of roller skating. Roller
skaters would find it hard work to
do the figure eight or any ot the
fancy skating on a padded 'flor
The proprietors are, therefore
troubled over the matter ami don'
for the life of them know what to
do. We can advise them, however.
We know of "one" way - out of the
difiieulty. Pad the voung people.
One of the meatiest and most
cowardly crimes of the age was per
petrate the other day at Bloom
ington, Ind., which is -described
in a dispatch of the l'Jth inst., and
for which a suit for .1 2,000 dam
ages, has been instituted by the
fat her of the victim .of it. Some
men surrounded a well known
farmer's house at midnight, took
possess on, and entering his daugh
ter's room (she being in bed) cut
off her hair close tit her head. She
is said to he a young lady of ex
cellent charaeter-and standing, an 1
the only supposed cause of the out
rage was the fact that she had re
(entry jilted a young man.
A poor man in ew York Citv
was lately nrresreu ami given six
month-; because he had just killed
a cat and proposed tor eat it.
There seems to be no -disposition on
tin part of the New Yorjk authori
ties to allow the uoor anv luxuries
How it's Done.
ot
The T.uhoio -Guide",
because the legislature
son a portion ()t Edgecoitibe
late to raie a row. the
who w ere most i oncerneit i,re grati
fied and the legislature did right in
consulting their wishes.
is red-hot
gave Wil-
Too
people
The New York ''H
er
aid"
esti
mates that the roll of .liniwr nspd
in "working off" its hist Sundav
morning edition, if extd
the door of the "Herald!
would have reached bev
ded from
building
inl Wash
mgton and nearly to Richmond
I..... x - -i - k
"v iu acw ioi'k, sixteen
years old. is sueing for a divorce
from his wife, aged fourteen. The
couple should be brought into court,
spanked by fhe Judge, 5eut home
in .weii parents and told that if
they indulged in any, jmore such
cuttings up they wouU ' be c msed
all around the room .with a trunk
strap. It j nst Wats all What didos
little children will resort to when
lu K uy themselves a few
-minutes.
The a'sthetio and most approved
mode of kissing is now to throw
the right arni languidly around the
fair one' shoulder, tilt fter chin up
with the left hand until her nose
is pointed at an augle of forty-five
degrees; or, rather, untill it has an
aspect resemblidg the bowspirit
of a clipper-built loop; then stoop
slowly, and grazing about her lips
in a subdued sort of way, tickle her
nose with your moustache until
she cries '-Ouch!" The day is passed
when a voung man could seize a
young woman around the neck
and gobble a kiss in a rough but
comfortable, manner. The time
when he could encircle her waist
with one arm,' get his shirt bosom
full of hair oil, and piroutfe his
lips every square inch of' her coun
tenance, is no more. -Esthetieism
has proclaimed against it, and man
shudders, but remains silent. The
old style of kissing, which sounds
like some one tearing a clapboard
off a hen house, is now considered
bad taste, ana consequently, is
rapidly growing out of fashion
although the majority of young
ladies admit that science has cruel
lv destroyed all the comfort of a
long, lingering, heart-thrilling kiss
and causes them to express no lit
I tie regret at the change.
night express. Well, pa he got
asleep, and he slept till about eight
o'ebek in the morning, aud the
blinds were closed, audit was dark
in his room, and I had waited for Judge
niy breakfast till I was hungry as a
wolf, and the girl told me to wake
pa up, so I went up stairs; aud I
don't know what made me think
of it, but I had some of this powder
they made red fire with in the
theatre, that me and my chum had
on the 4th of July, and I put it in
a wash dish in the bath room and
I touched it off and hollowed fire.
was going to wake pa $p and tell
him it was all right, and laugh at
him. I guess there was too much
fire or I yelled too loud, 'cause pa
jumped out ot bed and grabbed a
ope and rushed through the hall
towards the back window, that
iocs out on a shed. I tried to say
something, but pa ran over me and
told me to save myself and I got
to the back wi'udow to tell him
there was no the just as he let
himself out)? of the window, lie
ia-d one end of the rope tied to the
ler of the washstand. and he was
ng down the back side of
the shed by the kitchen with noth
ing on but his night shirt aud he was
the horriblest looking object that
ever was, with his legs flying and
trying to stick his toe nails in the
rope and the side of the house. I
don't think a man looks well in so
ciety with nothing on but his night
shirt. I didn't blame the hired
girls for being scared when they
saw pa and his legs come down
outside the window, and when
they yelled 1 went down to the
kitchen, and they said a crazy man
with no clothes but a pillow case
was tryiug to kick the window in,
they run in the parlor, and I
opened theiloor and let pa in the
kitchen. He asked me if anybody
else was saved and then I told him
there was no fire, and he must have
dreamed he was iu hell, or some
where. Pa was iisto-:ished aud said
he must be wrong in the head,
and I left pirn thawing himself by
the stove while I. went, after his
pants, and his legs were badly
chilled. He lays it all to ma and
says if she would stay at home and
let people run their own baby
shows, there wouh: be more com
fort in the house. Ma came in
with a shawl over her 'head, and
after she had told what the result
Washington, March 14. A
good story is told about the court
ship of David Davis, which termi
nated in his marriage to-day. The
Judge was extremely reticent
about his new- matrimonial ven
ture aud after it was positively
known that he was engaged to
Miss Burr he dodged and evaded
every "feeler" that was thrown out
by his numerous friends. In fact,
the repeated denials On the bride
groom's part and the air of myste
ry thrown about the affair attract
ed more attention to, the romance
than would have followed a frank
avowal oi tne engagement, xne
has
one consoling
of her visit was, she sent after
vaseline to rub pa's legs. Pa says
he has demonstrated that if a man
is cool and collected in case o" fire
and goes deliberately at work to
save himself, he will come out all
right."
"Well you are the meanest boy I
ever heard of," said the grocery
enisode to remember. Last winter
Miss Burr and Miss Green, the
daughter of Representative elect
Green, of North Carolina, at whose
residence the wedding took place,
visited Washinsrtoii as the guests
of Mrs. Hoge, the 'wife of the repre
sentative of West Virginia, 'Both
thes eladies were anxious to visit the
White House and see tne 1'resi
dent, but the Judge did not wish to
escort Miss Burr. He was per
fectly willing to show, Miss Green
the sights, and he. addressed a note
to the President saying that he
wished to call with a lady at the
Executive Mansion. The President
ippointed a time and the visit was
paid. Miss Green is a young and
very handsome person, aud the
President immediately jumped to
the conclusion that she was Judge
Davis' intended bride. He showed
her every attention, escorted the
couple through the house and con
servatory, plucked a bunch of
flowers for the lady,and talked until
the Judge becameimpatient to leave
When the couple returned to the
hotel the old gentleman Observed
to Miss Burr that Miss Green had
captivated the President. A few
days later the justices of the Su
preme court dined with the Presi
dent. Judge Davis was a guest.
When the cigars were lighted the
President, with mock formality,
tendered his congratulations to the
president oT the Senate. The Judge
protested that there was no reason
whv he should be congratulated.
The President persisted iu his con
gratulations, and the justices de
manded to know the mystery. The
President told about the visit of
Judge Davis and Miss Green. The
veteran jurist pooh poohed the idea
of marrying the lady, and he
squirmed under the pleasant con
gratulations that were proffered
on every side. "You may deny a.s
niuJi as you please, Judge, but you
would not dare to sigu a quiet
claim in my favor," banteringly re
marked the President. The Judge
drew a piece of paper and pencil
from his pocket, and in a careful
legal form drew up and signed a
relinquishment of all his right, title
and interest in Miss Green, pro
vided the President proposed mai
riage to her within the term of one
year. This he signed and delivered
to the President in the presence of
the court. Gen. Arthur has been
remarkably reticent regarding the
affair since the engagement of
BRIEF S UMMA BY OF LA WS.
Tne following are the acts of
general public importance passed
by the legislature.
An act to repeal the prohibition
law. "Prohibition Act" voted on
the first Thursday of August., A.
I)., 1SS1.
An act to increase the number of
ustices of the peace in the several
townships of the State. Two addi
tional justices of the peace in the
several townships tobe elected, one-
half for fourj the other, for six
ears.
An act to re-enact and amend
chapter, 98, laws of 1879, entitled j
'aii act to compromise, commute j
uid settle the State debt. "Ex
tends time of expiration of act
until January 1882. ,
An act to provide for. the Gov's.
Man.; on Burke Square, in Raleigh;
Governor and the Council directed
to use money derived from lots
leretofore sold; to use convict la
bor; empowered to sell the old
mansion and apply proceeds there
on; expenditures shall not exceed
aid amount of sale.
In act to authorize a sale of the
State's stock in the Cape Fear
aud Yadkin Yalley Railway Com-
)any, and provide for the speedy
completion of the same. Author
izes the sale oi the State's stock to
J. A. Gray and associates, at $55,-
000, and upon the payment of the
mortgage bonds of the company
now held by the State, and for the
use of convict labor paid for in the
bonds of the new company, &c.
An act to appropriate and set
ipart certain sums to the use of the
board of directors of the Insane
Asylum. Appropriates balance re
maining in the hands of the State
Treasurer, $6,275,30, for the con
structing of the same and the furn
ishing and maintainance there
of. . :-
An act to incorporate the ' In
sane Asylums of the State, and for
other purposes. Makes each of the
three Insane Asylums a corpora
tion, and provides for their manage
ment.
An act to extend the time of get
ting grants from State for entries
of land, made since Dec 31et, 1876,
to Jan. 1st, 1884
An act to change the fiscal year
of the State government, and for
other purposes. Changes time of
dosing fiscal year to the 13th day
of November. The accounts of the
Treasurer, Auditor, charitable and
penal institutions shall be examined
duringDeceiuber, by commissioners
appointed by the General As
sembly, consisting of five members
thereof; allowed the same per diem
and mileage. Treasurer must sub
mit in connection with his report,
estimates of expenses for the two
succeeding y ears, and rates of tax
ation necessary. The directors
must submit with their reports bills
providing for the support of
same.-
An act to amend an act entitled
"Salaries aud fees." Allows eon-
tables the same fees as sheriff.
An act to amend the law in regard
ttt sneriffs' fees.. AH .ws sheriffs
commissions on all moneys paid by
the defendant and plaintiff w here
the execution is in the hands of
the sheriff.
An act for the relief of the sheriffs
of the State. Empowers shenhs
or tax collectors of the several
enmities, cities and towns, since
Judge Davis to Miss Burr was announced.
1875, arrears of taxes, which power
ceasesou December 21, 1884.
An act to chancre the times of
certain counties of the State in
settling with the State Treasurer,
Allows Rockingham, Guilford, Cas
well, Orange, Durham, Person
Grauville, Vance, Fosyth, Stokes,
Yadkin, Surry, Buncombe, Madi
son. Rowan and Davie to settle
May 1, takes effect in 1884.
An act to validate the proof and
lecistration of certain deeds , and
conveyances of land. Validates al
deeds for lands in this State here
tolore proven bj- notary public.
clerks of Superior Courts of other
States, such proofs haviug been
duly qualified to by such officer
and having been registered in the
office of Register of Deeds in the
couutv where the lands are situat
ed, deeds proven and certified,
copies thereof may be used as evi
deuce.
An act to ame:d chapter 31
laws of lS73-'74. relating to the dis
position of mortgaged property,
Changes the penalty to fine or lm
prisonment, or both, at the discre
tion of the court, and makes it un
necessary to allege or prove the
person to who the mortgagor dis
poses the property; but proof of
possession, and the officer not find
ing the same after duly and dui
gently seeking, under process
seizure, or after demanding
mortgage for' the purpose
foreclosing prima ftcie proof of
criminal disposition of same, t
An act to amend section SS,
chapter 193, laws of 1876-77, con
cerning alimony. Refers the facta
upon which it is granted to the
Judge, and allows the husband
to be heard by affidavit or on
answer.
An act in relation to the method
of allotting dower. Allows dower
to be assessed in one tract alone,
where there are several.
An act to amend chapter 51,
acts of 1880, providing for the re
moval of causes in courts of the
justices of the peace. Provides
that the motion must be made be
fore evidence is introduced.
An act to reduce the number of
the jury in the allotment of dower.
Reduces the number from five to
three.
An act to amend se ction 369,
of the original Code of Civil Pro
cedure, being also section 309, of
chapter 17 of Battle's Revisal.
Where actions in place of scire
facias and quo warranto under
said code are brought by tho Attorney-General
for usurpation of office,
the order of arrest may be granted
by a judge of the Superior Court,
instead of the Supreme Court, as
formerly.
An act touching injunction or
ders. By stipulation in writing,
signed by the parties or attorneys,
to the effect that the matter may
be heard before the Judge desig
nated, the Judge before whom it is
returnable by law shall upon re
ceipt of such stipulation, forward
the papers to the Judge so desig
nated to hear and decide the mat
ter, and return the papers to the
same court, whence issued.
An act to amend section 26
chapter 65 of Battle's Revisal, re
lating to the enforcement of agri
cultural liens. (Provides that per
sons making affidavit before clerk
of the Superior Court to seize crops
under such lien shall add that the
amount secured by said lien is due
aud unpaid, and extends the war
rant of seizure to any other person-
having eaid crops in his possession.
An act to amend section 10, chap
ter 65, Battle's Revisal. Extends
the time for proceedings to enforce
lien of mechanics and others from
six months to twelve mouths after
filing notice required by law.
An act to amend the landlord
and tenant act. Makes it a misde
meanor for landlord to unlawfully,
willfully, knowingly and without
process of law and unjustly seize
the crops of his tenant when there
is nothing due.
An act to make tenants and les
sees of land who give up possession
of the premises to others than their
landlords, guilty of a misdemean
or. An act to more effectually . pre
vent the removal of a joint fence.
Makes it a misdemeanor to remove
the division fence where owner de
termines neither to cultivate nor
permit his stock to run on the land
without giving adjoing owner three
month's notice, aud then only ie-
tween the first ot January and the
first of March.
An act to pay witnesses in crim-
nal actions in justices' courts
where justices have final jurisdic
tion; witnesses allowed fifty cents
per day. Party cast shall not be
obliged to pay more than two wit
nesses subpoenaed to prove any one
material fact, and prosecutor not
required to pay costs unless justice
fiiids the action was malicious and
rivolous.
Au act to amend section 21, chap
ter 1 19, Batth,s Revisal. Provides
that wills of citizens or subjects of
other countries a!lowea to be au
thenticated and proven by any
embassador, minister, consul or
commercial agent of the United
States, under his official seal.
An act to amend section 1. chan
ter 127, laws of 1S70. Adds "razor"
m the concealed weapon act, mak
ing it a misdemeanor.
An act to amend the stray law;
repeals section 1, chapter 258, acts
of l874-'76. Makes the Register of
Deeds county ranger and amends,
section 1, chapter 94, acts ot 1S9
by making it the duty of any taker
up to make returns to the Regis
ter of Deeds in five days.
A HOME STORY.
"OUR FIRS PARTING IN OVER
SEVENTY YEARS."
DEATH OF THE OLD WIFE.
A Jealous Loier Kills his Riial.
Columbia, S. O, March 19.
Frank Mitchell was brutaiiy mur
dered in Orangeburg county by
William Trezevent. It seems that
jealousy had existed between the
parties for some time on account of
a young woman whom both men
were courting. Trezevent , had
threatened his rival, and finding
that Mitchell intended leaving
home Trezevent went near the
house of the woman at night, and
concealing himself near the gate
until Mitchell approached, sprang
upon him and dealt him a. blow up
on the head with a heavy club. He
then dragged his victim into the
forest near by, and, after beating
his brains out with the club buried
him in a shallow grave, which be
covered with straw that it might
not attract attention. Mitchell be
ing missed from the community,
suspicion fell upon Trezevent, and
he was arrested. He confessed the
crime and made a foil statement of
the affair, adding that upon leaving
his home on the night of the kill
ing he took a spade with him
witn which to dig Mitchell's grave.
Trezevent is in jail.
"IT IS GBOU IXG DABK."
She had lain all day iu- astuHir,
breathing with heavily laden breath
but as the sun sank to rest in the
far-off western : sky .and the red
glow on the wall of the room faded
into dense shadows, she woke and
called feebly to her aged partner,
who sat motionless by the bed-side.
He bent over his dying wife, and
took her wan, wrinkled hand in
his. "Is it night!'' she asked in
tremulous tones, looking at him
with eyes that. saw not. "Yes," lie
answered softly, '-it is growing
dark." ' "Where are the children,"
she queried, "are they all in!" How
could heauswey her! The child
ren who had slept for long years in
the old church yard, who had
borne the heat and burden of! the
day, and, growing old', hud bid
down the cross and gone to wear
the crown .before the father and
mother had finished their sojourn.
"The children are all safe," an
swered the old man tremulously;
"Don't think of them, Janet; think
of yourself. -'Does the way seem
dark!" "My trust is in Thee; let me
never lie confounded. What' does
it matter if the way is dark? I'd
rather walk with Hrin.by fait h than
walk alone by sight." "John, whore's
little Charlie?'' she asked. Her
mind was again in the past. The
grave dust of twenty years Had
lain on Charlie's golden hair, but
the mother had never forgotten
hinn The old man patted.her cold
hands hands that had labored so
hard that they were-seamed and
wrinkled, calloused with years of
toil, and the wedding ring was
worn to a thread of gold and then
he pressed his thin lips to them and
cried. She had encouraged and
strengthened him in everv toil of
life. Why, vhat a woman she had
been! What a leader in Israel!
Always with the gift ol prayer or
service.' They had stood at many
a death bed together closed the.
eyes ol loved ones, and then sat
down with the Bible between them
to read the promises. Now. she was
about to cross the. river alone.
And it was strauge and sad to the
old man,, and the yellow-haired
granddaughter left them', to hear
her babble of walks in the woods,
or gathering May flowers and stroll
ing with John; of petty household
cares that she had always put down
with a strong, resolute hand; of
wedding feasts and death-bed tri
umphs; and when at midnight she
heard the bridegroom's voice, ami
the old man bending over her, cried
pitifully, ai.ii the young grand
daughter kissed her pale brow,
there was a solemn joy in her Voice
as he spoke tne names ot her
children, one by one, as if she. saw
them with.-immortal eyes, and with
one glad smile pet on immortality.
Thev led the )bl man sobbing
a wav. and when he saw her again
the , clad sun was shiuiHu, tin:, air
. .e ' i
was jubilant with the song of birds,
and she lav asleep on the couch
under the north 'window where he
i bad seen her so often lie down to
rest, while' waiting for-the Sabbath
boll. And she wore the .same liest
black silk, and the string of gold
beads about her thin neck, and Un
folds of white tulle, only, now the:
brooch with its . miniature was j
wantiugindiaits place was a white'
rose and .a, spray of cedart-she had !
loved to sing over her-work:
J" v ' - i
"Oh may I In His t-ourts tit- seen. ;
Like a young ct-dur, fn-sh Hti'l (riwii.'"
But what a strange, transjoi ina
tion was there! The wrinkles were
gone. The traces of age and pain
and weariness wore all" smoothed
out; the face had grown Ntrarigely
.round and a placid smile . was on
the pale lips.' The ' old niau was
awed by the likeness to t he bride
of his youth, lie kissed the un
responsive lips", -and said softly:
"You've found, heaven tirs-f,, Janet,
but you'll come for me soon. , It's
our first parting in over seventy
vears, but it wont't be for long."
And it was not. The winter snows
have not yet fallen, and toIay
wonld ' have leen their diamond
wedding. - We planned much fori;,
and I wonder P wonder but no!
Where thev.are, there is neither
marriage nor giving in marriage.
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vo tr .. ia u
XJtenl DlMounta wtu be maUe for Urvvr
AdrortiMmwto and for Contract. ty the Yir
Cuh mutt accompany all Advcrtbrmmt,
unlMt rood refmoc ta tirca.
table. A day or two after it had
arrived and been duly installed in
hirs quarters a brother officer, a
great swell and very unpopular,
dropHxl in familiarly, and greatly
admired the beautiful-table. The
owner was shaving himself at the
glass with his back to the visitor
Colonel Brownbut continued the
conversation until the colonel with
drew, the latter remarking that he
hoped soon to have his legs under
that elegant mahogany. ;
The owner of the table, whom
we must call Major Jones, made up
a little dinner party in the course
of a few days, and Coionel Brown
was one of the number. It was
natural that the new table should
be the subject of remark, and
Brow n, who affected to be a con
noisseur in all matters, said the
L table was perfect, with one excep
tion.
Jones. "And pray what Is that,
colonel!"
Brown. It is just a little too
high." . 4
JoxEst. "Do you think bo? How
high, would you suppose it to beV
BitowN. "I presnme it is the
usual height, just thirty-six inches
and it inight to be less than that
by 'at- least half an inch."
.Jones.. "That is the exact height
thirty -five and a half inches, not
thirty-six as you suppose.''
Brown, "Pardon me. I am cer
taiu it is three feet high; I will
make yon a bet ou it."
Jones. "You will lose if you do
for I give you notice that I know
its exact height to half an Inch,
and if I bet I shall bet on a dead
certainty." ' '
Brown. "Iam just as sure as
you arej; I am betting on a certain
ty also; my eyes never deceive
me. I will lay you a hundred or a
thousand pounds that this table
is thirty -six inches high; no more,
no less."
The major sought to dissuade his
guest from his purpose to make a
bet, assuring him that he knew the
heigth of the- table, and did not
want to bet on a certainty, but,
when the excitement grew furious,
the w ager was finally laid at an
enormous sum I have heard it
stated as high as $50,000 10,000.
That seems preposterous, when
such a trifle was the subject, but
the gambling spirit does not stick
at trifles. When the betting was
finally arranged, Colonel Brown
exclaimed, exultingly, "I told you
I kuew the table was exactly thir
ty-six inches high; I did know it.
because when I called, just after
it arrived I took the measure on my
cane as I sat by it, and afterl went
out I measured, and fouud it to lc,
as I have said, precisely thirty-six
inches high."
"Yes," said Jajor Jones,' "I was
sittinir wilh niv back to vou, but
1 was shaving lie to re the looking
glass, and I saw you taking the
measure of the table with your
cane. Suspecting that you were
preparing for a bet as to its height
after you left I had half an inch
taken "off, and it is now precisely
tliirty-'tive and ahalf inches high.
The applause that followed this
result was tremendous,' nnd com
pleted the discomfiture of the un
popular colonel. It wan evident
that he had ln-en laving a plan to
cheat, and would have 'locketex
the money if he had won. He was
sent to M;o.entr.v, He nolo ins
commission and returned to .ling-
laud, uiUble to stand up against
the con'cinpt of the officers, who
thoroughly dispised his character.
Kditoi's Drawer, in Harper"1
Matiizine for April-
A FINE SERMON.
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DK. TALM AGE'S TUIBL'TK Tot
A GREAT AND GOOD MAX. I.
ALEXANDER !H. STEPHENS
Died in Her Lofer's Arms.
Betting on a Certainty:
In the British army in India bet
ting'among the officers often runs
to an extreme of vice that is some
times fearful to contemplate. Per
haps it is no worse than iu club
lite" in London, where the most
amusing as well as tragical stories
are told of the curious bets that
are made. Betting on a certainty
is held to be unfair, unless the
avowal is distictly made, so that no
undue advantage is taken.
. An officer in the army had im
ported for his private apartment
a new and beautifnl mahogany"
Mary J. Cunningham, ; a weU
known young lady who liven in
Washington ( it , died suddenly of
heart disease last Tuesday night,
at the residence of her parents,
No. 1,017 Twenty-sixth street, un
of neruliar sad-
tier cu Liiiii"" " . - i --:
ness. A young man named John
Callahan, to whom she was soon to
lie married, called during the even
ing. Jle remained until about 10
o'clock when he started to leave.
Miss Cunningham canght his arm
saying, "Please do not go yet." He
turned with some gentle protesta
tion, when he noticed that he was
very pale and caspiug ' for breath.
He caught her in his arms and
called for am istance, but in a few
OOIi II A Tit 14 K i: II l u."
The following isriui extract Inxn
Rev. T. DeWitt TaIinro tribute
to the late Alexander II. Stephen:
TBXT Isaiah ixn I'O 1 ;,
beanHC a thoHsand.'
In this prophecy is set forth thai
which we have all noticed, that it
is not the amount of nvctduHi.
weight which decides oflootiveness. .
Many u jnan w ith vast pin Meal
equipment has not weighed half
ounce on the side ol the world's
betterment, while many a one of
usigiiincHnt stature and l.-eU-
forearm and decrepit limb- has
weighedntou on the right side of
the moral !alances. David the King
of Israel was so small a mite tlmt
he upset the gravity of the giaiif.
Goliath,yet the swoid of I he giant
is hung up in histor as impotent,
beside the sling of hi$ d at I com
batant. Napoleiin was only live
feet in stature. Archibald Alex i
ander, though head and hhonldei
above other preachers of his time
iu theological Httainnu nts, was not
more than up to their oIImiw in
)hystcul height. . Some of the
grandest, mightiest and most d'e .
cisive and resounding strokes that
have been given for God and the
Church of the world have Im-oii
given by some whose equipment
has been only a pledge for,' the
soul's earthly "retention. Isaac
Watts sethis diminutive personal.
presence iii immortal rythni. One"
such man as any I have mentioned,
though built on contracted corpo
ral scale, in intellectual or moral
fo:-ce amounted to thou.suud or
dinary leople. Their" achieve- '
menu were far beyond anj thing
their body prophesied, and no my
text had its echo 'and ajittle one
liecame a thousand."
Among these men of small body
and great notil I place the name of
one, the announcement of whose
death falls upon me with this eve
ning's shadows. Alexander, II.
Stephens, Governor of Georgia,
nnd late member, of the Congress
of the United States, is no more,
for
noi nA.ru taken him.
With him I nave ;ino warm perso
nal friendship, and the tidings c iiihJ
to me this afternoon m'ne like a
sharp blast out of the north than n
message from the balmy south. I
have nothing to do with Alexander
II. Stephens as a olitician, but us
a warm friend, us a devoted Chris
tiaii, as a great and magnificent
soul, wrapped up in the fra'.Iost
earthly tenement, I have some
thing lot ing aud gladsome and
earnest to nay." Though a littleone
he was a thousand.
lie was first of all a Christian,
a meinlHT of our lieloved deiiomi
nation, Imimuii friend ol and
companion with' He v. I r. S;""'''
K Talmage, whose name i" "
branches of my own fain '' isati
inspiration and a beiie''ctn. lie
theologian of whom now peak.
like his Senator frml whom I com
....... ..f.i.. .-un little one who lx-
came a thousnud. Ve". 'Alexander
H. Stephen Indit ed iu God! the
Father AfmigNy, maker I hcen
and earth, and in Jesus Chiit. Hi
onlv logoH'i Son,, with wore brain
thai- aW the infidels iiou blatant
and brailing and blaspheming
ar'imd . Washington. , . He as a
believer in the Ibble and hristi
anity; and all up nnd ' iTow'n the
South are minister of the s.'- spel
who went, into college and into
theological seininaries fhrouzh Al
moments she
was dead.
Johnnie's Description ofi lonlej.
A mOukey is a blamed funny in-
sek. . Yon can't tell bow many feet
he has, cause be aint made up
his mind yet whether his front feet
Is hands or feet, an', he use 'em
lioth waze. When be srojles his
feechers work hard enuffto pan out
somethiu' . ginowine, but the. real
flavor don't seem to be fetched out.
Monkys hang on a tree just like
grape -vines, Uut there's more meat
to em. Monkeys don't dress
enough to suit most folkes, an,' be
sides, their clothes is made of such
thin stuff that - it wares off wen
th sit down.
exandcr H. Stephens' oinket.
With no princely es'ate, I am told
that for the last thirty y eaM 'heie
has not been an hour in which he
has not leen supMrting ineu 'i
their way to medicine or the I iw oi '
'Jie pnlpit. Starting for the mini -
try and turning aside for legal pre.
fessionj yet-" preaching today : H
over the South the Go-m I of gi-od
tidings which slndl yet le t" .'11
people. He wa one of the few
t f
men who, iiKeH"""e juim.i,
Sew York, could -tav outside of
the marriage relation and yet-. In
come kinder aud moie genial ai'd ,
more sympathetic and more gene
roun as the years went by. First,
he honored Owl; and next, he hon
ored Christian womanhood, and
wherever there was . burdened
man who wanted 'helper a way
ward man who wanted opiM.r.niiify
to return; or a struggling man who
wanted knowledge, there was one
who might count on Mr. Stephens
as an ally.
The Statesville Landmark c&U at
tention to a late decision -of the
Supreme Court, (name of the case
not given) to the effect that dealers
in bnilder' supplies are not en.
titled to the benefit of the mechan
ic'i lien law. The laborer can get
the benefit of it, but not the ma"
who supplies the material such
as a saw-mill man etc.
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