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MOEOASTOX. N. C. FEB. 14, 1880.
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Our Choice for President,
SAMUEL J. TILDEN,
OF NEW YORK.
Tie People'sCMceftCojpss.
(the 8th District.)
-GEN..B.B. YANCE.
of Buncombe.
The Sale of the W. IS. C. R. It.
We have omitted thus far to say much
in regard to the salo of about the hist
available asset this bankrupt State o.r
ours has in hand.
We agree with that excellent paper,
the Statesville Landmark that a good
sale of the road would be to the State's
interest ! Wegree.with the Charlotte
Observer that there is no especial : need
of using haste in the matter, and we err-
tainly agree with the Wilmington Star
and the Raleigh Obsei ver if it is still
of the same mind, that bidders from our
own. State should be preferred to foreig
ners, particularly when such foreigners
are wrapt in the veil of mystery which
besets the pathway of Mr. Best. Who
is tbis man of the iron mask ? is he a
scout of the Midland R. R. existension ?
Is he a Carolina Central bondholder ? Is
he a a representative of some syndicate
interested in obs true ting the rival ambi
tion of the W. N. C. R. R. to be con
sidered a through line ?
Mr. Best according to the newspapers
proposes to take up the $350,000 debt on
the road for which the State is bound,
to finish in the next eighteen months the
line down the French Broad a line that
will cost say one million of dollars and
to blow the whistle in Ducktown in the
year of Grace 1883 to do which' will
' cost at a low estimate four millions and
' two hundred thousand dollars. Besides
this he is to take care of the private
stockholders either by affording them
shelter under the mighty wing of his
new comparjy, or to pay off their claims
in cash on the basis of three cents and a
- fr.la Iav on nit i Uuaiir dollars- K.iul-
ly considerate of our "God -forsaken
condition" (we quote from Northern
opinion of us given before the Exodus
investigating committee) he deponite
money to pay for the expense of calling
our Legislature together; while our
members of Congress seem at present
to be more interested in aiding his
scheme than in attending to the duties,
for which they are paid 813 50 a day out
of the "hiskey and tobacco taies.
We therefore do not think ourselves
immodest in wishing to know who and
what manner of man our new guardian
is. The methods he seems to employ
we certainly novel to this old State and
smack very much of that spirit, which in
spires the average northern man to
think he is negotir.tiug with a clever sort
of barbarian when ho talks business to
a tir heel.
We have seen Northern farmers come
down here to teach us farming and sell
their furniture to get something to eat;
we have seen model merchants from that
happy land, who knew all abont selling
goods, settle here and go into a quick
aud ignominious baukiiq toy and it haB
been too often the same with their gold
miners, their school-teachers and their
preachers. In consequence of thoss
things we are not sure, but that a like
fate may befall their rail road men. As
suredly there is no ill will between Mr.
Best and ourselves.and if that proud little
City at the mouth of the Cape Fear,
which ought to be as desr to us as Bal
timore is to Maryland or as Boston is to
New England, has no proposal to make
in connection with the sale of the Wos
teni road, whether it be to buy it out
right or alonfj with the present stock
holders to assume the State's indebted
noes, why in that event we are content
to see Mr. Bept or any one else that has
the money take the, so-called elephant
and go with it.
It is right to sny in conclusion that we
do not regard the stipulations pledging
the purchasers uot to discriminate against
North Carolina porta in matters of
freight as worth the paper on which they
are written. '
The uniform history of all such plodg
M ia that they are mado in a day of
weakness only to be brokeu in the day
of power. '
A Terrible ltepoit.
Louisville, Feb. 5. The legislative
committee, appointed to investigate the
management of the Kentucky State
prison, has made its report, The com
mittee fluds. amoojr other thinrs, that
during the year J 879, out of 1,000 pria
nnnra. 775 were under medical treat
ment for scurvy, produced by bad dJ
inefficient food. Of this number, 18,
J.v.l nf Hint disease. The death list
in that rear ran up to 79 as against
84 in 1877, and 31 in 18.8, when
riMunn IT AH ennallv overcrowded-
aides these, a considerable uiimljer died
lipinir nnrucued by the Oov-
ercor and leaving the prison .. The
. ino lor, fin.l that the practice of
,r the. nrisoners is mrrnd on to a
crnel exW; that the beds and 1 cddirg
are inefficient snd in bad condition;
tl,Bt the ventillation and stwcmgo are
A final! v that snob confine-
t tk . trar on humanity. I hey
rt-cou.mend the immrdiate removal
the prtsint keeper of the prison.
of
WOMAN SUFFRAGE. .
Some timeeince we. read a call for a
convfintion of women ia the city of Now
York, and wre surprised to see among
the signers the names of several South
ern women. On investigation we found
that they were lot Southern women, but
Northern School Harms residing in the
South; The Southern women, have.
thank Ggd, shown as yet trot little taste
for sash forbidden fruit. It seems nei
ther pleasant to their eyos, nor tempting
to their hearts. On the contrary, they
still so live and act in their own hallow
ed sphere, that they are still sacred in
our eyes and an inspiratkm.in our hearts.
jfeucB it is, mat we suy- glory in our
mothers and in the men whom they have
reared as ornaments to the human race
in our Washingtocs, our Lees, our
stonewall Jacksons and the wholejllus.
trious host of heroes who in chariots
of fire and whirlwinds ascended from
earth to heaven.
; Be this your glory then, Oh! ye beau
tiful and blessed women of tho South ;
uot that you can vote or beat a negro
for the Legislature or Congress, but
that yon oan point to voir sons as your
jewels and the piomoters of a higher
Christianity, Be this your glory, not
that you are tho head but that you are
the honor of man. Be ifjts your glory,
not that you can equal man in the might
and majesty of his intellectual domin
ion, but that you can surpass him in the
sublime mission of mercy to. a fallen
world. Be this your, glory, not ' that
you can harangue a mob or thunder in
the Senate, but that yotl can wear the
ornament of a meek aud quiet spirit
which in the sight of God is a great
price. Be this your glory, not that you
can conquer and subjucate man to your
will, but that you can soften and subdue
his rugged nature1 and win his wayward
feet to virtue and to God. Be this your
glory, not that you can imitate a Wash
ington, a Lee, or a Jackson, but that
you can mould, rear, train and educate
the future great men of the Sunny
South who will i preserve and proteci
the sacred rights of woman, and defend
the honor of this great Natioa.
Mr. Tildeu.
Those who flatter themselves that
Gov. Tilden is politically dead, in our
opinion will realize that they have been
slightly mistaken. He is not one who so
easily and readily gives up the ghost
He does not, without a struggle, recog
nize or acknowledge defeat. A born
politician, experienced, aged, but with
out the loss of his vigor or monhoad
sagacious, shrewd, crafty and wise, and
withal bold and defiant, and one of the
best wire-pullers in the nation, he will
yet turn up a thorn in the flesh of other
aspirants for Presidential hoDors, a form
idable and dangerous competitor. More
than that, there are'not wanting those
who are honestly and earnestly of the o-
pinionthat.be wr.scheated out of the office
at'the last inauguration, and who if for no
other reason, would for that alone yield
him enthusiastic support. He possesses
the power whioh attaches friends- to him
"us with hooks of steel" and the diplo
matic ability which disposes of ordinary
impediments which to raoet men seem
insuperable. It 13 idle to talk of Kel
ly's opposition seriously aff&ctiug him
Wheu he chooses to rid himself of such
an incumbrance, if indeed it be one, he
does not lack the sagacity to remove it
promptly and effectually, if not by one
means, than another. It is already
bruited about in whispers that their dif
ferences have been settled, and arnica
bly adjusted, and it remains to be seen
whether in the next national democratic
convention any aspirant has a stronger
backer than hus Mr. Tilden in his late
foe, Kelly, the Boss of Tammany.
hjechange.
Is Mr. Tilden a Candidate f
Our esteemed contemporary, the
World, has been manifesting much con
cern of late to know whether Air. Til
den is a candidate fop.President.
We can answer the World: Mr.
TI
den is a Candidate. ' ' .
Mr. Seymour "is a candidate.
Mr- Bayard is a candidate.
Mr. Thnrman is a candidate.
Mr. Samuel J- Randall ia a candi
date.
Gent Hancock is a candidate.
Gen- Jno- M. Palmer is a candidate.
David Davis is a candidate.
Sanford E. Church is a candidate
Stephen J. Field is a candidate.
Elihu B. Washburne is a candidate,
Roscoe Coukliiig is a candidate-
Wm. M. Evarts is a candidate.
John Sherman is a candidate.
Jas. G. Blaine is a candidate.
Gen- Grant is a candidate for Pres
ident aud Emperor. ,
Of course we know nothing in par
ticular about Mr. Tilden 's candidacy ;
but we know that the rule, Oice a can
dldatc, always a candidate, has never
had an exception . -
Probably Mr. Seymour has about per
suaded himself that he is not a candi
date; but let a Democratic National Con
vention unanimously nominate him; let
him decline such a . nomination; and
then, nnd not before, shall we be con
viuced that he is uot a candidate.
Wheher Mr. Tilden can be nominat
ed, aud if nominated elected, we are un
able at present to inform our contem
porary. Our own choice would be Chief Judge
Church; and if Mr. Tilden would sin
cerely unite with us in his support, we
think he could bo elected. If Mr- Til
den couclhdes to do this, we hope
he will be as prompt in letting us
know as he wg in contradicting the
report that his long deferred duty to
get married was about to be performed.
Judge Church is s great constitutional
lawyer and an enlightened and incor
ruptible statesman. We should like to
see him elected President,
At the same time we should prefer,
very greatly prefer, to see Mr Tildeu or
any other one of the long list of candi
dates we have mentioned established in
the White House rather than Grant,
with his insatiable ambition, his con
tempt for the traditions of our Govern
ment, and his love of empire. Sun.
They are to have a new college at
Newton. $2,600 have already been sub-scriled.
CHEEK.
The Washington correspondent of the
Richmond Ditpatch, teleemDhs.
date of Friday, as follows: "Gov Jarvis
of North Csroflna, Col. A. S. Buford, of
iwjuuiuuu, buu omers, are liere confer
ring in regard to the proposition made
by a party of Sew Jork capitalists to
purchase the Western North Carolina
Railroad. The Governor was invited
here to confer with Col Buford and oth
ers in regard to the propriety of calling
an extra session of the North Carolina
Legislature, in order that the necessary
legislation to consummate the bargain
may be obtained. The North Carolina
Congressmen hve been in the confer
ence and to-night everything looks fa
vorable for the aalo."
To It n, ri t , . .
" " uu. aiarns nau to con
sult Cbl. Buford as to whether or not
the Western Road should be sold ? Now
we remember how the Richmond and
Ttnwi11 PnMni.
wuuwj roan was run
down, stock valueless and they on the
Parishjgenerally, took the North Caro-
road, the backbone o the State System
and have operated it since as a "divis
ion" in the interest i of the bankrapt
company and to the prejudice of North
Carolina interests, till R & D stock has
advanced to 50 centa'.'j-a clear cam of
two million to our "magnificent Vir
ginians. And when tho question is
asked, How is this? he answer comes
qnickly, "the difference between politi
cal management and bvfcneEs manage
ment. ' . ' . -
Some of those who oppose the lease
said at the time that we were being ftold
oat to Virginia, but we had not suppos
ed it would prove so-far reaching in in
fluence as to require the aasent of the
Lessees to call a Legislature to dispose
awiuire otner property.
Tobacco Culture'.
Extracts from Hall's Tobacco Manual.
FBBTTUZXBS.
Continued from last week.
Tobacco land, more than almost any
other, should be manured with a liberal
hand. Stable or barn-yard manure is
every way the best, but wben not to be
had in sufficient quantity, mnst be sub
stituted by some Rood commercial fer
tilizer, of which there are countless var
ieties upon the market possessing more
or less merit. Much' is also claimed for
certain home preparations, such as Po
well's or Harris's compound. But as
the planter can ill afford to run a risk in
this matter, I can with confidence recom
mend to him "The Anchor Brand Fer
tilizer," manufactured by the "Southern
Fertilizer Company, R-ehmond, Va '
and whioh is a specific preparation for
tobacco, and was formerly known as
Gilham's Tobacco Fertilizer," having
been first prepared by the formula of the
late Col, Wm. Gilham, of the Virginia
Military Institute. I bave used it from
the beginning, and it has uniformly
maintained its original high standard,
PLANTING.
The tobacco plant requires usually 100
days from the tune it is transplanted to
grew and ripen properly. To secure
the best results, therefore, the planting
should not be earlier than the 10th of
May, and if possible not later than the
20th June. In the orie case the plant is
likely to be stunted in its early growth,
as well as deprived of the deWB of August
and September; ;and4h the other, there
is danger that it may cot have time to
matnre fully before frost.
The plants are set very muoli as cab
bage plants are, by inserting them to he
bud and pressing theearth well to their
roots and stems with a peg. A plant is
said! to be properly planted when the
point of a leaf breaks off in the attempt
to pull it up.
The plants should never be suffered
to wilt before they are set. If this can
not be done as fast as they are drawn
from the bed, as many can be planted in
a single day should be drawn while the
dew is on them, aud 1 kept until needed
in a shaded place with their roots upon
damp ground, their tops being occasion
ally sprinkled with water.
If the hills have been put up with a
good beason in them, they can ordinarily
at any time in My be planted without a
rain, if done late in the afternoon. They
should be cut down; to one-half their
height or a little lower if the season is
light. They should also be clapped with
the back of the hoe, winch clapping pre
serves the moisture and prevents crum
bling of the earth after the planting-peg,
and should be lighter or harder accord
ing to the dampness of the soil. But
with an abundance of plants, should the
planter be blessed with a good season in
May or June, nought else but planting
is then to be thought of. It is a maxim
with hay-makers that they should work
while the sun shines. The reverse of this-
Lolds good with the tobacco planter, ad
he promises to be but a poor one who
runs from a shower ol rain.
Aud yetfor the convenience of housing,
it is not desirable that the entire crop
should ripen at the same time, and there
fore it is not best that it should 'all be
planted in a single day, or even in a
single season, lusteaa then of Hasten
intr to set onoe over, it is better to look
well to the replanting, in ordor to get a
perfect stand in the portion which has
been planted to da so and as quickly
as possible shading or watering (he re
planted nills, wnen necessary, is re
mended,
CTLTiyATioy.
The cultivation of the tobacco crop,
though thorough, should be superficial
that is to say, only thesorface soil should
be stirred, the snb-soil being left intact.
As soon as the plant has taken root,
which is shown by its changing color, it
should be worked with the hoe only, by
removin" the crust of toe hill and draw
ing loose earth around the plant. This
destroys the first crop of grass and helps
to destroy the cut-worm, aut U tue land
between the rows has become foul,
should be plowed with bull tongue or
shovel at this first working.
Wheu the plants have covered the hi lis,
say a breadth ef twelve, inohes, they
should be worked thoroughly with both
plow and hoe. This plowing should be
wih bull-tonfrue or shovel, using snort
swingletrees, and running it olose to the
plants, and throwing out the row with
fonr or fiyi furrows. If the land has be
come very foul, a turning plowis prefer
able. - With the hoe all the surface-sod
should be drawn into bills around the
plants at first. This working is a lay-by
with the plow, which should never be
used after the plants hare enme into top,
But Later than this, should the land again
become foul, it should, be scraped with
tho hoe only. Any vegetation which
sprintrs up after the pltnt has attained
it- growth does it no harm, but is ben
eficial rather in keeping the lower leaves
from being sanded. But to the eye of
the genuine farmer it is unsightly and is
disadvantageous if a wheat cren is to fol
low i t hod better be kept down to the
xaki.
A 8trouger Government what
i
I
Does It Mean?
I he Geneva Courier a stannoh
publican paper, in discussing the
ent aspect of public affairs, employs
folio ing language;
"ITierc t no denying thet statement
tftat the best thought of the country f
vor a stronger Government than the
nation has yet enjoyed,"
What is the meaning of a "strong
Government?
"A stronger Government," says our
contemporary, "than the nation has yet
enjoyed."
Stronger than Washington's
Stronger than John Adams'
Stronger than Thomas Jefferson's.
Stronger than James Madison's.
Stronger than James Jfonroe'a.
Stronger than John Quincy Adanw',
Stronger than Andrew Jackson's.
Stronger than Abraham Lincoln's.
A stronger Government does not
mean merely a stronger administration
of our present form of government. It
cannot mean that. There would be no
significance to the phrase if emgioyadin
that sense. It would be impossibl
the Government could be adminis)
by the great first Presidents, who
among the original founders;
strongly than by that iron man, An
Jackson; more strongly than by
ham Lincoln, who abolished slave
JNo; those who speak of a
government mean a different
reposed in the Executive. They&ean
a monarchy, and they can have no other
meaning.
Born free, they would become com
parative slaves! Such men have no fit
place on American soil. Degenerate
sons of wortheir sires, they have not the
manhood to stand erect, but would vol
untarily bow their necks to the yoke and
hail Grant as KING. N. Y. Sun.
Selling bis Kunaway Wife for
9 ISO.
Fkasklw, Pa., Jan 26. Louis Volet,
a Frenchman, lived with a young wife
at Oscola, Clearfield county. He had a
friend named Enos James. Last Mon
day both James and Mrs. Volet were
missing. The husband had ascertained
that they had run away together.
He traced them to Phillipsburg,
where he found them in a hotel. He
had them arrested.. Pending further
proceedings, friends of the parties ad
vised a settlement. James offered Vo
let $150 for his wife. After consulta
tion with his friends he accepted the of
fer. James paid him the money. Valet
went home happy, and James and Ttfrs-
Volet have been living together arer
since. Lincoln Progress. -:
CH A It LIE KOSS.
New York, Feb. 7. The Herald re
vives the stories of the detectives hafing
obtained a clue to the missing Charley
Ross. It says: "Two or three of the
most astute detectives on the force lave
been daily in consultation with Oipt
Walling, under whose directions they
are working. For a time their secfet was
well kept and tbeir movements remained
unexplained, but at last a reporter hoard
enough to satisfy himself that fee superin
tendent and his picked men had at lai$
obtained a clue which they exptfeted
wonld lead to the recovery of Chaler Ross
and the araest of several persons who are
concerned in his abduction. it says a
bulky letter will be received this morning
by Mr. C. K, Ross, father of the missing
boy; that the clue now being worked is
four years old, and implicates the parties
belonging to the gang in which the bur
glars Mosher and Douglass operated.
TheOIdest Biscuit in the State.
Statesville Landmark.
J. W. A. Kerr, Esq." of this county
writes us that he in his possession what
he supposes to be the oldest biscuit in
North Carolina. It was, he says, "kneed-
ed and baked by Capt. Wm.R.Mc 'eely,
just before the second Mannassas battle,
in Virginia. It is in good condition yet
but very light." 'Squire Kerr adds
"Cap. Mc Neely was then a corpora)
in Company A.,4th N. C. regiment, but
before the close of the war ho trorked
himself up by promotion to the captaincy.
He was as brave a soldier as ever trod
the soil of Virginin, and was killed with
Stonewall Jackson while on one of his
raid np the Valley of Virginia. I think aj
this time that Milroy Banks & Co. acted
as quartermasters and commissaries for
the Confederate Army."
Robbed ot $125,000 in Uuited
States Bonds.
Sew iobk, reb. b. An old man
named Kenneth Albro, who carp here
Saturday from Texas, where ha is re
ported to have been extensively lengag
ed in cattle raising, was robbed of his
satchel containing 8125,000 in registered
United S'tatea. bonds while a:
the steps of the sub-treasury,
leges that he was accosted by
one of whom dropped a pocka;
fore him. and on his attente
called to it ho was pushed do-
satchel wrested from his hani
has no clue to the thieves,
an answer to advertisenents w
caused to be inserted in the Morning
papers offering $5,000 for the rlturn of
the bonds. The answer agree' to sur
render them on payment of 825,000.
JtfEETntG or the State Exkcttlive
Committee. At a meeting of the Cen
tral Executive Committee of the Demo
cratic party held in Raleigh last Monday,
it was resolved to call a meeting of the
State Executive Committee at Raleigh
on Wednesday, the 3d of March, at
which meeting it will be decided as to
what will be done about calling the State
Convention.
The fallowing are the members of the
committee from the 8th District Kppe
Eliaa, of Macon; A. M. Erwin; of Mc
Dowell; B. F. Logan, of Cleaveland;
Kobt M. Fruman, of Buncombe.
Cox Refused a A'evw Trial. -
Aixaxta, Feb. 7. The Supreme
Court of Georgia to-day refused to grant
a new trial to Cox, who was sentenced
to imprisonment for life for the murder
of Col Alston. The case will be carried
to the Supreme Court of the United
States.
A new-made Granprar out in Illinois
said to his wife, "Martha, we'll have
lots of pumpkins next year. I planted
about forty; had to dig awf ol big holes
to put 'em in thongh."
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An Unpleasant Report ia Washington.
Washtsotok, Feb. 2. One of the si
moon, newspapers prints a story which,
out giving the names, implioates a
Southern Senator in the ruin of one of
the women merits in the treasury depart
ment. The report, briefly, is that a wo
man employed in the department has been
discovered iu enticing certain of her as
sociates to houses of ill-fame. The young
woman in question was one of these.
She ia alleged to have mads a full con
fession to a relative or friend and legal
proceedings are proposed.
Jes' So.
The Richmond State's Washington
letter gives th reason why ?Tom Keogh
was kicked out of the chairmanship of
the State Committed. It was because
he was subjected of being for Grant.
Keogh had professed conversion to
Sherman, but it was feared his change
was mem on the outside1 than on the in
side. Tom wjll do to watoh, no doubt.
Tom knows, however, the buttered side
of bread. Star. ''
A Nofele Contribution.
The voluntary contribution of one
nndred thousand dollars by James
orden Bennet, of the New Tork Her
ri, to the suffering people of Ireland,
an act 01 generosity of which few
are capable. We are triad to
thut he was able to give it, and
,ve it willingly and wiKioct
of e of reward-
To the Directors of the Western North
Carblin a Railroad : The cost of iron, chairs,
Sc., per mile is near 558,000. The ap
propriation is $70,000 per annum. Yon
can build nine miles a year. The dis
tauce from Asheville to Paint Rock is
forty four miles. It will take five years
to iron forty four miles. In 1885 the
j" present mortgage becomes due, and your
road, which never has paid and never
will pay its legitimate expenses, will be
brought to the block. BaUigh Observer,
Proposed Extra ession op the
LEOtSLATCBE. The Washington City
Gazette of the 8th inst., contains the
following item of interests to our read
ers: i
Gi)v, Jarvis, of North Carolina, who
was in this city last week, nas determin
ed to call an extra session of the Legis.
latur 1 of that State to meet onthe 10th
of March, next, to consider certain prop
ositions submitted to that Common
wealth in reference to the purchase of
the State, s interest in the Western North
Carolina Railroad, that needs immedi
ate action.
Later. Since the above was in type
we learn the Board of Directors, in ses
sion at Raleigh, by a close vote refused
to recommend the acceptance of Mr
Best's proposition.
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS
There are now 170 students at Chapel
Hill.
The public debt increase for January
was $ll,014,2ob,y8.
A man named Stuckey, from Wilkes
or Catawba, was found frozen to death in
a barn in South Iredell. Cause whiskey,
Oxford Free LaAce: During the pa
month an Uiiprecedentedquantityof tobac
co has been sold ia the warehouses, and
the prices paid have been of the most
satisfactory character.
A North Carolina couple who are each
oyer ninety years of age, desire to die at
the same hour. They have completed
their funeral outfit, even to their tomb
stones. They live m Iredell county.
Mr. Edward F. Riddick, a telegraph
oorator in Charlotte, and known in this
city, committed suicide by shooting him
self throueh the hart, Monday alternoon,
No cause can be assigned for the rash
deed. t-
Senator Vance has been suffering sev
era! weeks with a very severe and distress
ing sore threat. He has several times
been detained from his seat days at
time. Hope soon to hear of his entire
recovery.
London, Feb-10; A Constantinople
dispatch reports that dunne a fete th
Barracks, three stories high, near that
city, collapsed. Two hundred soldiers
were killed and three hundred wound
ed. -
The Reidsville Times says that some
tobacco from Buncombe county was
sold in Danville last week at $165 per
handred, another lot at $261 per hun
dred, and another at 8590 per hundred.
The Milton Chronicle would "ike Col.
Cnnninghan to have the nomination for
Governor, and the Reidsville Times
wonld like it given to him or Gen. A. M.
Scales.
The Charlotte Observer records the
death there last week of Dr. L. G.
Jones, a member of the distinguished
Caldwell county family of that name,
but tor many years an honored resident
of Mecklenburg.
Asheville Journal: James Baily, a col
ored man of Asheville, after returning
from hunting last Tuesday, placed his
gun, which was heavily loaded, in a cor
ner of the house, and while he was cross
ing the floor the gun fell and was dis
charged, seriously but not dangerously
wounding his wife and child, who were
sitting near the fire. ' .
The Asheville Citizen notes the death
in Madison county, on the 29th ult, of
Mrs. Jemima Guthrie, aged 94 years.
94,579 pound of tobacco were sold at the
Asheville warehouse in January, averag
ing $15,52 per hundred. One very beau
tiful lot was sold at $2 per pound.
Buncombe peach buds were killed by
the late cold snap.
Charlotte Demoert: At a public sale in
this city last Tuesday, county bonds sold
at $101, and Western North Carolina Rail
road bonds (guaranteed by the State) at
$102.-the par value of both classes of
bonds being $100, the latter free from
taxation. The bonds were bought by
capitalists.
Wine! Wine!! Wine!! !
THE tmdereigned i now prepared to fill
orders on short cotice fur the
Best and Purest
Native Wines
made by himself at his Yinyar Jin Davie
county. C M-respon'lence solicited
Addres
Geo. W. Johnson,
Farmirton, Davie county, K . C.
w
u. lcnra
MARION
Kale and Female
High School,
Marion, AfcDoicell County, JV. C.
A. H. JOHNSON, ParNcn-AU
Mas. S. J. NEAL, Musical Dwabtmmt.
- s-
Spellmg, Beading, JTriting. Primary, Geo
graphy, Primary Grammar, and Primary
Arithmetic $1.00 per mouth.
Intermediate Geography, English Gram
mar, Arithmetic, and Compositicn, $1.60
per month.
Higher mathematics and Bhetoric, $2.00
per month.
Latin, Greek, French and the Science,
13.00 per month.
Music, with use of instrument, $4.00 per
month.
Board from $0 to $10 per month. Char
ges from date of entrance.
No deduction unless in case of protracted
sickness.
Tuition free tcjoong men of all denomin
ations, preparing for the ministry.
We sre authorised to say that young men
can get good board including lights and
nres at $5.uu per montn.
1 oung men, wben yon get this offer again?
Spring Tirtn opns January 5th, 1880.
and closet June 3rd.
For further particulars, address the
Principal.
JTORTH CAROLINA,
BURKE COUNTY.
SuPIBIOB COUKT.
D.J.
Forney. Trustee,
Against
Albert Boat, W. P. Beinhart, Guardian
ofObarles BosrMaoori Boat and Robt
Host, J. J. Forney, Ouardian of Wm.
Forney, E. W. Faucette, Guardian of
Mary faucette.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the
uourt that the Defendants, Albert licet,
William Forney, J. J. Forney, K W
Faucett are non-residents of this State
and proper parties to this proceeding
which concerns real property.
It is therefore ordered by the Court
that publication be made in the Blue
Ktdoe is lade, a newspaper, published
in Morganton. for six successive weeks.
notifying the said defendants to appear
at the next Term of the Superior Court
for the county of Burke, to be held at the
Court House in Morsanton on the 2nd
Monday in March, 1880.
And let said. Defendants take notice
that if they fail to answer said com
plaint within the time prescribed by Law
the .Plaintiff wvl apply to the Court for
the relief demanded in the complaint.
Given under my hand and seal of of
fice at office in Morganton, this the 5th
day of February, 1880
V V. V JSA1U3U.N,
Clerk SqpBRiOR Court
Burke County.
B. S, GATTHER,
Att'y for Plaintiff.
THE WHITE
SEWING MACHINE
TBDS BEST Of AU
Unrivaled in Appearance,
Unparalleled in Simplicity,
Unsurpassed in Construction,
Unprecedented in Popularity,
And Undisputed in the Broad Claim
eVMtNQTMC -
VERY BEST OPERATING
QUICKEST BEIXIMO.
BANDSOUEST, AI1
Host Perfect Sswinff Machine
IN THE WORLD.. .
Th grss t asDataritf of HfliHi It matt em
tbtclng tribute t its txctlianea antf amriority
0ir otttrr naehlMa, ana ia aubaHtin R to th
trad w put It upon Hi merit, and in ao Instana
feat 1 1 nr yet fatted to MUti) ) NcamaMadatica
UiUtarar.
Th demand for flit Wklte ktt Inert tad to toeh
aa txtaat that art aott cempailtd t turn out
cV Caaaralarco B w 1 ill r TiTarTiIno
VK7 tl-iraa mlnutaa la.
tXL Aacy to ara.pvlar
j2a tt n I
'Evert metiriio I warnnM for 3 vein, and)
old tor trait it liberal ditceontt, or upon easy
payaienti, to suit th conranicac ot costomer.
W601HT3 WAJTOD IM BHOOCBOTD BSSITOST.
WHITE SEWIhTmACMNE CO., .
M 368 EucSd taa ClMcland, Ohio.
Blenk Leeds for sale at thi
Office.
IAEOLINA CENTRAL RAILWAY
I COMPANY.
Office General Superintendent,
Wilmington, N. C, June 7,'l879.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On and after ' this date the following
schedule will be operated on this lxauway :
Passenger, Mail and Express Train.:
) Leave Wilmington, at 7 00 p m
No. 1. Arrive at Hamlet at 2 27am
j Arrive at Charlotte at 8 20 a m
Leava Charlotte, at 8 25 p m
No. 2. Arrive at Hamlet at 132am
j Arrive at Wilmington 9 SO a in
Close connection made both wavti. st
Hamlet, with trains of Baleigh t Augusta
Air-Line Bailway.
Shelby Division lfa.il. Freight and Passen
ger and Express :
? Leave Charlotte at
Arrive at Shelby at
No. 9.
8 40am
12 30 p m
115pm
T .,1V .
j Arrive at Charlotte at 5 CS p m
. Local Freight and Accommodation.
Loaves, Wilmington at t 35 a m
Arrives at Laurinburg at 4 00 p m
Leaves Charlotte at t 30 a m
Arrives at Laurinburg at 4 15pm
Leaves Laurinburg at 6 30 a m
Arrives at Charlotte at 4 20 p m
leaves Laurinburg at 5 00 a m
Arrives at rrHrnington at 4 20 p m
Th ese trains leave Wilmingtoa and Char
lotte Tuesday, Thursdays and Saturdars:
Laurinburg, Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays.
Close connections made at Charlotte with
Trains of A- A C. A. L. R. B. and A. T. A
O.K.K,
Passengers for Asheville, via either
roure, leaving Wilmington at 7 p m, will
arrive at destination at 9 p m next day
Sleeping Car accommodations on Through
Trains boih to and from Charlotte and
Wilmington.
There will also be Through Sleepers run
to and from Baleigh and Charlotte.
V. Q. JOHNSON,
General Snperintesdent.
WHEELER ft WILSON
SEWING MACHINES.
The Cheapest Machine
FOR IT IS
The Easiest to Learn,
The Easiest to manage,
The Lightest Running,
The "lost Durable,
DOES TEE MOST PERFECT WORK.
Depot Ninth and Franklin sts ,
Rlehmottd, V.
mm aM corps
DBalaaa nr simu
lYIERCHAlYDISE
AMD
MOUNTAIN PRODUCE,
OLD FORT. N. C.
VICTORIOUS 1
HIGHEST & BEST AWARD
lad Grand Ksdal tt Bcaaz.
' I
Economy, Xtarability and Rapidity
combined with perfect work. -
Are Ditlinguisliing Features of the
celebrated
Giant Farm anfl Warehouse Fans,
MADE V
A. P. DICKEY,
Racine, W'.a.
Now havine manv late improrfmenw, thrv w fulhr
equal to eveiy demand : cleaning a.l kind or Grain,
peal, Beant, Carter Beans, Corn n-nl Small S-cd.
They jrrade Wheat perfectly by once handl-nf. Set -arateOaK
from Wheat, Barley and Rye. Tneyhe'
very perfect arrangements for cleaning liinwhy.
Clover, Flax Seed, Orchard Grass, and a'-l cir
Small Seeds. They Chaff perfect'-, rnd c n-hire
every qualification required t3 do the bc:t wur! in
the soonest
Wirehouif, as well n-, Tar-- M-'V, re !-;t';c-ii
ttructed, bt'-i Li(s ir--:iri:i" ri-e rivi f- r--rr-ji'id.itr
the denrnf', an rivi."-cri. rity 1 f T.cp z
to 500 bushels per l-or.r, fr C: Xt ' rz 'ft i:
i hey a:"C shnpcH, br :: .! f roz" ' "." ' n" -"mr
and ''set n" cr " ! -v-: ' " .' - "a.vrtJlr
1 ilaaxd, ts rcfucsic:! ; r.- ! : ;"S cj. -t frr: f
Ixard Cursor Siearr.cr. C'r.' :z f:.!c.i :r.c :
rceircd.
Mills rV-ipped "I:-oc'..c:! C vn" r i f r !
!r:i-bt c!i rped r( whm f rv. ; .'c.i ": c: rV' O! (
'TTDhs and Circu'rx-. c. c : oli. ' -.
"wi t he cuorcd and tn liber, terms. Cone
0ondc1.ee solicited,
A., T. & 0. R. R.
SUPEBINTESDEVT'S OFFICE, )
Charlotte. N.C.. Sept. 22th. IH7;).
0"
and after Tuesday, septembt-r 2-lth,
the following Schedule will b rum
over this road daily ( Sun lay exeoptwl) ;
Leava Charlotte, , 400 p. in.
" D. College, 5.51
Arrive Statesville, 7.30 p. m.
'GOING SOUTH.
Leave Siatosville, 0.00 a ru
" D. College, 7 42 "
Arrive Charlotte, 9 :tJ '
Close connection made at Stiitenville
with tri'ins over the W. .V. C. &. It.
All charges must be pre-paid on Freight
offered for shipment (o Suction 11 . s. .
Henderson's Alexandrians and (Juidwell'n
These being "Flag Stations," tl -' Cm-,
pany is not liable for lo"s, or damage to
freight after it is unloaded at either of the
above named ' Flag Stations."
No freight will be received by Agents
for shipment unless the name of consignee
and destination is distini-tiv marked there
on. J. J. UUUMLEY,
Supermtc-ud.nt.
am
8CHTMBMG SEWER
well-known Wilson Compound Feed on both sides of the needle. It
has two-thirds less parts than any other first-class 8 e wing Machine.
Its arm is fully eight and one-half Inches long and five and ene-half
Inches high, and tha whole Machine Is very compactly and scien
tifically constructed In proportions, elegance, design and appear
ance. Its simple, powerful and perfect mechanism plaoee K as far
In advance of all other 8 owing Machines as the telephone Is superior
to the tin speaking tube. The WIL80N MENOINQ ATTACHMENT,
for repairing all. kinds of textile fabrics WITHOUT PATCHING, fur
nished FREE with all WIL80N 8EWINQ MACHINES, together with
a Tucker, Ruffle r. Corner, get ofHemmaw. Under, stc. Prices fur
nlshed with freight charges prepaid, and machines furnished on
trial to responsible parties, to be used with steanstpower, in places
where we have no agents. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price
List, No. 230.
.GrTHNTa "W 'JL' JJJL.
Address WILSON SEWING MACHINE CO.
CHICAGO. ILLINOIS. U. 8. A.
fiend tor Ulaarrited Circalar anJ pneee. liberal tenns to the trade, "joo't tnf
until jem hare aoea the
Most Elegant, Simple and Easy Running Machine in the
Market The Ever Reliable VICTOR.
VICTOR SEWING MACHINE COMPANY,
"T den Ectach OOce, 235 Stars St. , Cmcioo, III, K1DDLET0WK, CO Jilt
ray's Specific Medicinei.
tkaoe MARKThe great En-TAO K
glish IMniedy;
An unfailing
eure for Soiui
nal Weakness.
Siermtorrh-
ea, fmpotency
andalldiseas-
UF0XE TAIIM.e that followAmi TAIIII.
as ia sequence of Self-.4bnse; as Loss of
Memory, Universal iJUisuuae. nun mine
Back.. Dimness f Vision, Premature
Old Age, and many other Diseases tlhat
lead to Insanity or Consumption, and a
Premature Grave.
Full particulars in our pamphlet, which
we desire 10 send free bv mail Jo every one.
The Specific Medicine ia sold by all drlig-
?;ist at SI per package, or six pcags
or $0. or will be sent frj by mail on re
ceipt of the money by addressing
loe urny .Tieuiciiir
kerhanics' Block. Dvtrioi. Mich.
Sold in Jferganton. and every where by
all Druirirista.
XOTICE.
THAT FKCM AVD AFTER THIS DATE.
We will run a HACK, twice per week"
(ant oftener if necessary,) from ICAKD
to LEXOIR, via Batherford College.
RICHY A BUSH.
January 64b. 1880. 3moa.
45 Years Before the Public.
THE CENUINE
DR. C. MoLANE S
CELEBRATED
LJYER PILLS,
m the curk or t ,
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint.
DV&rcrSIA AND SICK HKADACVS.
Sy in ptdms of a Diseased Liver.
1)AIN in the right side, under the
edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the parn is in the Iclt
side; te patient is rarely able to lie
on the reft side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, .and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism . in the arm. The
stomach is aflet ted with loss of appe
tite and sickness;- the bowels in gen
T'l rrr costive, sometimes alternative
sviili lax; the head is troubled with
uin, a ( cnijianicd with a dull, heavy
v. usa'.iou in the l.u k mrt. There is
generally a considerable loss of mem
ory, accompanied wiih a painful sen
' ation of having left undone somc
;!iin' which ounlit to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains of
weaiiness and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a prickly sensa- .
:i,ui of the skin; his nirits are low;
:,nd although he is s.-ui fied th: t sneer-
re would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely srtmmon up fortitude
enough te try it. In fact, he distrusts
very remedy. Several of the above :
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex-
istcif , vet examination ol the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have "been extensively deranged.
AC. lT V. A N D FEVER.
Pr. 'C. McI.ane's Liver Pills, in
1 asf.s of Ai.ie and Fever, alien
taken with Quinine, arc productive of
(tiie most happy results. No better
icathartic can be used, preparatory to,'
rr after taking Quinine. We would
advise nil who are afflicted with this
disease to five them a fair TRIAL.'
For all bilious derangements, and as
.1 simple purgative, they are unequulcd.
Ill U ARE Of IMITATIOSfl.
Tin- prmiiiH- are never tn(:ir oostsd.
i-.vt.ry i-ut lias a re"! w.ix 1 on iht ltd,
VM'.h the luit-it-s-aoii iJli. Mi l.ANfc's blVka
I' 1.1-..
I !.- ;;i-nin.- M t.vNi's ! I' F. Pii l s tar
:!ir sin.uuri.-'i of C. Mi l.ANE and KLtMIM;
U f; it I hi rnp))er?.
In'-H . w;.'n liav in;; the genuine IiR. C.
di 's I.ivkk I'll is, prepared by Klem-
Itrus., nfritivdurrjh. I 'a., the tnrkei being
lull of imiialinn wf the nanir IfcLsilf,
i1-cllcd di!l-rcnily hui same j-ronuticiavtion.
THE NEW WILSON
Oscillating Shuttle
SEWING HACHIHE
ta wonderful In Its conception, un
precedented for doing a large range ef
sewing In textile fabrics and leather. Its
motions are continuous, admitting of an
extraordinary rate of speed, either by
steam or foot power. Every motion of tho
treadle makes six stitches, thus produc
ing about one-third rnore work In a day
than other Sewing Machines . It has no
stop motions, and tightens the stitch with
the needle out of the fabric. It uses tha
urn VICTOR.
SIHPUCITY S1MPUFIEDI
Improvements September. IC78.
KotwflhUnding the VICTOB has tosff ha tha
peer of tar Sewing Machine in the BMrfcat fact
supported by host of volunteer wi towee we sow
eosmuenur euun for it (Tester "jmpimtf,
s vondtrfal redaction of irietioa saa s rars
eombicstion of 6eimbleqiIitisv IUehu't
Ue U s bcsntial tMcimea oa aneebeniaxk
snd take rank with toe highest ecatferementa
of isventive penioa. h'oU. We do sot Iram
or consign Machines, therefore, have so oil
onea to patch np and ro-vunith tot ocr
endorser!.
Wa Sell New Machines Ererr Time.