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VOL. XXI.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1891.
NO 51.
A RAILROAD MAGNATE.
SIGNED BY THE BISHOPS.
GEN. JOHNSTON DEAD.
LOVE-MAKING.
A BOY PHONOGRAPH.
iLIFE SAVERS AND TAKERS
REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE OF THE
SHOOTING AT NEW OIU.KANS.
Whatever may 1m said when tho sec
ond and cooler tin u1it.s of the people
shall have pushed judgment upon the ac
tion of the ciii."ns nf New Orleans in
killing the Italian primmer in the parish
jail, it will remain as a remarkable coinci
dence that almost nt the name moment
g boat's crew of Americans were saving
the lives of fifteen Italian sailors.
As the mob moved through the streets
of the Crescent city, every step hastening
the death of the poor wretches iu prison,
a boat from the Sandy Hook Life Saving
Station was struggling, inch by inch, in
the face of a gale, buftetted by mighty
waves, to roach the Italian bark Umber
to Primo, str mded on Homer Shoal, and
upon whoso decks clung fifteen men ex
hausted from cold and exposure.
, Tramp! tramp! sounded the steps of the
merciless, determined army of the revenge
ful eitizms ia New Orleans; click! click !
sounded the oars in the rowlocks of the
life-boat as it went on its mission of mer
cy at Romer Shoal.
Bang! ban.;! sounded the discharge of
firearms, and tho nine Italian prisoners
pleading on their knees for mercy, fell to
the ground cruelly riddled with bullets;
bump! bump! sounded the lifeboat's prow
as it reached the wrecked vessel's .side,
and tho fifteen I. uli in sailors, who had
looked into the mill' of death, were res
cued and b'ought safely and tenderly
ashore.
In New Orleans there is wailing nnd
gnashing of teeth among the families and
. friends of the Italian prisoner"; wherever
families and friends nf the Italian sailors
may be there is or will bo great, thanks
giving. Slight though it be there is consolation
in the tact that the good deed has the
advantage of tho bad one by four sacred
lives.
AN HISTORICAL FACT.
Very few of us know of the origin of
the song and air ''Carolina." While
Judge Gaston was upon the Supremo
Court bench of North Carolina, oil 32,
he stayed at the house of Mrs. James
Taylor, of Raleigh. One day that lady
heard tho air "Carolina" from some wan
dering Scottish uiinsttels, and being im
, pressed with it, asked Judge Gaston to
compose some verses und set them to the
air which she hummed to him. "Caro
lina" was the result of this, and doubt
less no other poem is better known
throughout North Carolina at the pres
ent day than "The Old North State
Forever." There is an incident connec
ted with the death, or rather the burial,
of Judge Gaston. After his death be
was laid out in a cool room adjoining a
conservatory, in which tho air wasiatber
warm and moist. The door between the
two being suddenly opened the warm,
moist air ws suddenly converted into
snow crystals and a miniature snow storm
swept across the room. Tho house and
conservatory are both standing, being the
residence of Hon. C. M. Busbee, of 1U1
eii. Chipd Htllimi.
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SOME PACTS ABOLT FilESIDENT JOHN
M. ROBINSON.
The Wilmington AWnc, in an article
referring to this piomincnt Virginia
Marylaudor, mentions that as a youth ho
weut to school nt tho Virginia Military
Institute; from there he went to Harvard
University, Mass., where lie graduated
with houor. Then, Lis father owning
large interests in railroads, Johu M , was
put in the railroad shops, where he served
his time, and from there be entered the
civil engineer corps in the construction
of railroads, thus perfecting himself for
bis future business iu life, which ho has
accomplished with so much distinction.
It is well known to ex-Confederates in
all Tidewater Virginia, and especially iu
Norfolk and Portsmouth, that he has an
excellent war record. During tho days
of trial he had charge of a large portion
of the railroad transportation of the Con
federacy, and was sent to Eriglaud on
important business for the engineering
department. Ho served with ability on
the staff of General Loring. He has ever
been a thorough Southernoi iu his feel
ings and actions, and all of his family are
natives ot V lrauia. Alter the lute war
Mr. Robinson was made president of the
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Compa
ny, and of the Baltimore Steam Packet
Company, known as the Bay Line steam
ers, and since that time has acquired the
control ol the Ualeia anU liastoli, tlio
leigli and August i Air Line and their
branch' s, the Carolina Central, and the
Georgia and Northern r.nds, and be is
pro -idem of th entire syste n of railways
riown us the Seaboard Air Line. He
also is pre-id nt of th-j Old Dnninion
Steamship Company, which, under his
administration, his been most successful.
Mr. Robinson should lie, and jutly is,
most popular with the people in the coun
try through which his lines run.
MARRIED ON THE ROAD.
"I got a queer request from a conduc
tor for a pass the other day," said a prom
inent Chicago railroad man in the South
ern corridor yesterday. "He asked for a
pass to one point for a youug lady whom
he designated as Miss and, from
there to Chicago for the same young la
dy as Mrs. , his own name. I in
quired how this was, aud when I received
the explanation I allowed the passes, lie
was on bis regular run and did not care
to lay off for a day, even though he was
to be married. He had his home all
nicely furnished in Chicago, and the
young lady was to meet him at the sta
tion where her parents lived.
"A minister was to board the train
thero also and they were to ba married on
board his train. Everything went off all
right and they were married according to
the programme. Tho only trouble was
that tho marriage set vice was a little Ion
ger than he expected and he had to sus
pend operations for a couple of minutes
for his train to make a station. They
are now quietly living in Chicago and
have a pretty little homo. The train
crew furnished tho wituesses to the cere
mony and altogether it was an ideal rail
road man's weddiug. Several presents
were received by the young couplo and
thn Mssenircra took r purse, which
f- n i a
they gave to the bride.
A I.Ittle Glrl't Kxperience Iu a Light
house. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Trescott are keep
ers of the Gov. Lighthouse at Sand
Beach, Mich , and are blessed with a
dotighter, four years old. Last April 6be
was taken down with Measles, followed
with a dreadful Cough and turning into
a Fever. Doctors at home and at De
troit treated her, but in vain, she grew
worse rapidly, until she was a mere
"handful of bones " Then she tried Dr.
King's New Discovery and after tho use
two and half bottles, was completely cured
They say Dr. King's New Discovery is
worth its weight in gold, yet you may get
a tria'. bottle freo at V. M. Cohen's drug
store. Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy a positive
cure for Cittairh, Diphtheria and Canker
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drugstore.
AN EPISTI.E TO THE AFRICAN METHO
DISTS OP THE. SOUTH.
At the African Methodist Conference,
in session ut Charleston, S. C, the epistle
of tlio bishops of tho A. M. E. Church,
in council at Jacksonville, was read and
entbuniastically endorsed. Section 13
of thecspistle reads us follows:
"There is no North, South, East, or
West. The world is one field of labor.
Nor do we recognize any moral, social, or
literary difference between our local sec
tions in miuistcrs and members. Vice
and virtue have no topographical limita
tion or spheres of- operations. There is
good and bad in till sections and lines,
aud all denominations have, through the
ages, been more or less aunoyed by the
bad and vicious and hypocritical, aud
therefore we disdaiu the truth of some
recent publication notwithstanding the
hasty approval and unfortunate endorse
ment of our aged, venerable senior."
This is uuderstojd to be a reply to the
charge recently made that the Southern
branch of the M. E. Church was behind
its brethren of the North. Nevcrtbe
less,. .be careful in the selection of dele
gates to the general conference, and pick
out "cool-beaded men of deliberative
judgment," because the last three goner
al conferences have been rashly bolster
ous, and the proper legislation of tin
church has suffered by it.
The cpis'le issigned by Bishops Payne,
Campbell, Brown, Uisney, Arnett, Way
man, Ward, Turner, Gaines, Tanner and
Grant.
CLEVELAND'S UA'JGJRJION.
INOALLS TELLS HOW HE WAS IMPRESS
ED BV IT.
I remember very well Cleveland's cn
ttauce into the Senate on inauguration
day. After he bad been seated his face
took on a woodeu expression and he seem
ed to be utterly oblivious of the fact that
the eyes of a host of the leading men of
this and other countries wcie upun him
There were the seuators, representatives
ambassadors and ministers from foreign
nations, and judges, all curious to see the
man of whom so much had been said,
aud who had only been in Washington
once before the day he cam j to be inau
gurated. If it was tho most ordinary
gathering Cleveland could not be less
concerned. But his woodonoess in the
Senate chamber did not attract so much
attention as his exhibition belore the im
mense mass of people in front of the cap
itol. Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield
aud Harrison all read their inaugurals
Cleveland spoke his. It show how thor
oughly he had his iutellect disciplined.
There, before 50,000 people, where the
slightest mistake would be held up to the
country, with a piece of paper no larger
than a visiting card to guide him, he
spoke to the world. It was the most remark
able exhibition of nerve and control ever
given by a president on his inauguration
day.
SHE WALKS BT HIS SH) E.
THE INVISIBLE COMPANION OF A WIFE
LESS WESTERNER.
Tho Atchinaon man who hd the
strange experience with his deceased
wife's empty chair, which rocked in a
strange manner, is having another expe
rience that is still more remarkable.
Wherever he goes of late he heats a soft
foot-fall keeping step beside him. Ev
ery step he takes, wherever he goes he
hears that mysterious step joining in with
his own. In crossing in the snow the
other morning, sido by side with his own
footprints, there appeared the prints of a
woman's feet. He is sure that the ghost
of his wife is shadowing him, and that
for some reason it distrusts him. He is
feeling very much worried about it
Atchison ulnde
The Rev. Geo. 11. Thayer, of Bour
bon, Ind., says: "Both myself and wife
owe our lives to Shiloh's Consumption
Cure. For sale at W. M. Cohen's drug
store.
THE GRAND OLD HERO SANK TO REST
AS PEACEFULLY AND QUIETLY AS A
SLEEPING BABE EX-GOV. MCLANE
AND HIS OLD SERVANT WERE THE
ONLY PERSONS PRESENT.
General Joseph Eggleston Johnston
died of heart failure at his residence in
Washington City at 11:15 o'clock Satur
day night. With him at tho last mo
ment was ex Gov, Mcl.ane, of Maryland,
and the nurse. His death was very sud
den, and a few moments before dissolu
tion there was no outward appearance to
indicate it. He then gasped feebly once
or twice, aud the great leader of armies
had himself obeyed the last summons.
General Johnston had been confined
to his room for several weeks past, and
during tho lust few days had gradually
grown weaker. During the past twenty
four hours he had remained in a semi
comatose condition and was aroused with
difficulty.
His death was so peaceful that Gov.
McLane, who was at his bedside, could
not for several moments believe the gen
eral was dead. There was not a frigh
nor a movement, his heart ceased to beat
and he sank to rest as peacefully and quiet
ly as a babe to sleep.
In addition to his heart trouble, the
general had contracted a severe cold when
he recently acted as, pall bearer at the
funerals of Admiral Porter and Gen.
Sherman.
Gen. Johnston was born near Furm
ville, Va., February 3, 1800. He grad
uated in the same class with Gen. 11. E.
Lee, from West Point in 1820, and
rauked Lee at the outbreak of the rebel
lion, being his senior as a general in the
Confederate army. After the war he
served in Congress from the Richmond,
Va., district, and was subsequently com
missioner of railroads, being appointed by
President Cleveland.
With the death of General Johnston
there is removed the last prominent fig
ure on either side in the great civil war.
BIG LAND SUIT.
MANY NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS UN
EASY ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF THEIR
TITLES.
The people in this county arc very
much excited over a big land suit involv
ing the titles to a great portion of the
land in this and adjoining counties. Be
fore the Revolutionary war, William
Magness obtained a large grant in Tyron
county, N. C., which county embraced a
part of what is now Lincoln, Cleveland,
Gaston and Catawba counties. During
the lifetime of Magness, his estate was
administered on by a kinsman by the
name of Roberts, who divided the prop
erty and sold it to various parties. It
has been subsequently resold many times.
A lawyer has been here under the di -guised
name of Jehn Sweat, who was
formerly connected with the famous Pin
kerton detectives. He has been search
ing the records in the court house aud
looking up titles of tho land. It was
learned that he represents one of the
heirs of the original William Magness,
and that he has absolute proof that Wil
liam Magness was insane, and that his
estate was administered on by fraud.
The titles to the laud in this county can
be traced back to the sale of the Magness
estate.
Suits will be brought to recover this
large tract of land. At first our people
made light of the case, but upon investiga
tion they begin to see that their holdings
are in danger. Some of our lawyers
think that the case is a serious one. The
first suit will be brought at the next
Cleveland County Court. Much excite
nient is prevailing in this section. Lin-
oilnton special to tho Richmond Times,
12th.
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IF ADAM AND EVE DIDN'T SING "IN THE
GLOAMING" IT WAS BECAUSE THEY
KNEW A FRESHER SONG.
Tho car was filled with excursionists
returning from the Exposition, and every
seat contained a pair of "Buckeye" lov
ers. Tho last bear in Ohio died some
time since, but the urt of hugging has
survived it. It was the midnight ex
press, and the air was right chilly, but
not a soul noticed that except a poor little
married man, who sat all alone in the
half-seat by tho big unlighted stove.
He looked down the car, and he no
ticed that apparently all the young men
were one-armed at least, but one arm
of each man was visible. The light in
the car was very low, however, and that
might account for the phenomenon.
Lovers like the twilight. And it was
twilight in that car, for all three double
lamps were turned down very low, and
before the train was out of the Alleghany
yards the flame in one of them had
sputtered, fizzed a moment, and expired.
ilC t .1
wt course every girl in tue car was
much alarmed when the gloom deepened.
getting a little closer to her protector;
and a few minutes later, when the second
began to show signs of collapse leaping
up frantically, as if afraid to die about
i dozen screams issued trom as many lair
throats.
The conductor opened the door a few
minutes later, and the draught finished
lamp number two, leaving one lamp
alight at the rear end of the car. How
anxiously it was observed! Would it
go out ? It looked consumptive, but
there was no kind draught to expedite its
ocease.
At last the whistle sounded for the
first stop, and the little married man got
up out of his corner to depart. He had
been a bachelor once, and he remembered
it as he laid his hand upon tho door
knob. The train had not stopped, but
he opened the door, and immediately a
gust of wind murdered the last lamp. As
he stood in the doorway, inhaliug cinders
I river fog, he had the satisfaction of
hearing a sweet, low voice murmur be
hind him ;
'Oh, George, I was so afraid !"
"Of what, my darling?"
"That that lamp would never go out!"
A BLASPHEMER STRUCK.
HE BECAME SPEECHLESS AND IS NEAR
LY PARALYZED.
The French Catholics of New Haven,
Conn., are in'a state of excitement over
what they call a miracle. A former mem
ber of the church while indulging in the
most terrible blasphemy was stricken
with paralysis a few days ago, and is now
unable to speak.
The man's name is Louis LeMay. A
number of friends had pursuaded him to
attend church, when he began to denounce
the church, religion and priests. The
next minute, it is said, he was seen to
grow rigid. His arms drew up convul
sively, and he gasped for breath. He
endeavored to speak, but could not utter
a word.
The persons who witnessed the sudden
nd fearful stroke at once pronounced it
a visitation of P.ovidence.
A physician was summoned, and he
was taken to his home in a helpless con
dition. '
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HE IS FILLED WITH NO END OF STATIS
TICS AT THE AOE OF FIVE.
When Oscar Moore was thirteen
months old he began to show a wonder
ful memory. Oscar is a colored boy,
blind from birth, and is now five years
old. He is a perfect phonograph. Any
thing told him is repeated exactly, in
flection, emphasis und words, although he
docs not know tho meaning of anything
ho hoars. He will recite tho alphabet
and multiplication table backward; tell
the population and number of square
miles contained in every country on the
globe; give the population of the princi
pal cities of tho United States; name the
Presidents of the United States in their
order, with the beginning and expiration
of their terms of office; and will answer
numberless questions which ordinary peo
ple will have to refer to encyclopaedias to
find out. He has been something of a
pet with a German lady of Bridgeport,
who has taught him a number of German
songs. For the edification of those who
come to see him ho will sing these songs,
and his pronunciation of the German
words is said to be perfect.
But it is sense of smell that is the
most wonderful. One day recently two
gentlemen entered the office of the St.
Mare Hotel, in this place, where young
Oscar is now stopping. Neither ppokc
a word, but one of them beckoned to a
dignified looking colored man who was
holding the young prodigy by the hand.
Tho man led Osoar up to the couple and
said: "Now, Oscar, see if you can tell
who this gentleman is." The boy took
the gentleman's hand, carried it to his
face, and carefully studied of his hand
and wrist, after the fashion of a dog. Iu
a moment a gleam of recognition lighted
up his face and he replied, "Charles
Schneider." He was right. He had
once before met Mr. Schneider, who was
subjected to a smelling process on that
occasion. Young Moore does the same
with everybody he meets whom he wishes
to recognize again. He is good at re
membering voices, like most blind persons,
but says he feels the most confidence in
his powers of scent. New York Sun.
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Weldon, N. O.
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