North Carolina Newspapers

. v ..: , i , j - , v - ? - - , . . . ----- - : tar A ackednle of 4dVertIaln ,HU wfil'tti tnr nished ob ppllcatioo. T r Transient drertieemenlitTble to d viaei Tea t' ly advertteemratrpanMewuNrterly in advaoee. Profeesional card, pix lines ot less, tea dollart per annmnh-payabla half yearly In adTanec; ( - ; r Bemittaneea out Tt mid bv v4iV rtft rwt office money order, or registered letter. 4,l vert I King: Rates t tVAdTerUsementB diaoontinned before the tim ! eentracted for has expired, charged transient rates ' 1 for the time aetoaUy publiahed. " a in8ertlon..., 100 MX uotitht ttve months. 1 00 12 00 85 00 ' 60 00 65 00 100 00 jlMeoltnn,1',;welVe months WCommnnicatione containing Hems of local or Sneral interest reepectfoUy eoUcited. Mammripta tended for pnbUoation most be written on oneeide i ft of the paper, and accompanied by the name of tha , writer, as a guarantee of good faith. . . ix monww. ...... VOL. VII, LENOIR, N". C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST30, 1882. NO. '51. . '1 r iii-Jn ttdvnc, per yer, $1.00 - "I I I I I T -A " '. ' " "T 7 I ir7-. - i - Advertising: Rate.V ,'1;''r! J II J l7 J 1 ? Vl, I 0,-: : - r " . . : 111,1 , i - . ,r . , i ,i hi ij OFFICE of W AIIX AIB i&d)., Statesvillc, rM. D., August i 1st, - 1QS; Xo the Trade: As it is our oughly organize our wholesale bus iness in all its branches-for the coining' fall trade, immediately, we shall, for the next 8dP days,clbse our Si DE'DIID in all departments, at SWEEP1SG RGMIGTIIIS. and as it is a class of goods exactly suited to the fruit season, if mer chants cau find it convenient to call on us at once, we are sure they will find jobs that will amply repay the visit. Very Respectfully, WAIilLACE BMOS. ,EW STORE ! BETWEEN THE CENTRAL HOTEL AND TIIEJOSEHHOVSe. tHaving just received from consisting of a beautiful line of spring and summer prints, Cas mers, Flannels, Shawls,. Alamance, Bleached and 'Unbleached Domestic, Alpacas, Boots and Shoes, Men's and Boys M 001 straw and Fur Hats, Ladies' Ilats and Hosiery, Groceries of all Kinds, Especia Best COFFEE, SUGAB, TEA, RICE, -Bf JKM OTCTBS MackerelMolasses and'Candy. AlsoDrugs, , ; ; wi,rw ninvvm-e and Crockery I he TTinware ., , , . , : uil-viiiiih 4.1,01 wnicn wm uccum rwri Thankine 'but Friends anrt matrons .o. " .ii the past, we h w.. T?rt5t noalin and in the future Dv iJ air -xreauu ELUilNE OUR STOCK AXD PRICES. " " wm. -w W ft T rn TirU STATESVittE' J T WEBB &l SON With tn&ny yejtr experienee in the "MABBLE lmtrliMJM, T 41llPl? FIIR1VITURE HOKII)1ENT,MDSTONEM . . fnmUhed at short SATISlTAC!Xl-U- au-xiwi Werk securely boxed, and deliyeTed free 01 Bend for price list and deeigns. 8Utc8viUe, N. 0. Feb. lat-ly. nr ill n 3 1 ? U3 111 111 SEEBGI For tho H AffJSfiiV- KJ vti DurDOSe to ffnoimimneir SEW GOODS! the NORTH a full line ;of TlME Prices for cash or barter. .'.U'r'.fibenfl1 support Low ..PnCC8., lALL AM f .s S;f U T;H ESftKC. . wo id t ijiioi notlc nd t -r-- V r- thfl W. N. C. Eailroad. ' ' m iontinne ss trareltag ent FBBB TO ; , illGBIEilil- Uiir Sew York1 Letter. Correspondence of The Topic. New York, August 26, 1882. longevity in america. Nearly every day you may see in the Surfs death column, ..records of old age that are a standing evidence of the fact that people live longer in this country than many wise folks are willing to believe. Only a few days jo, I clipped from the paper just named a batch ot ten death notices which showed that the persons named therela had lived an average1 of 90 years and 6 months. The oldest in the list had completed his 103d year. A few days ago there died in New Jersey a Mrs. E. Gouverneur Parker at the age of 92. She was the last of the race of Gouverneurs and was connected by birth and marriage with several families closelv connected with the history - of New York and New Jersey. Amona her relatives were Commodore Kearney, General Warren, Cortlandt Parker. W. A. Whitehead, all men having made their mark and attained some kind of celebrity. She ras laid to rest in a small cemetery on the New Jersey shore, and in that same cemetery are found the burial stones of many who lived over 75, 80 and even 90 years of age. PEACHES, Sixty four car loads of Delaware, Marj'land and New Jersey peaches arrived here yesterday. 7A large proportion of them are splendid yellow Crawford's, that arc now sell ing from $1, to $1.60 per basket at Washington market. There is no danger now of a peach famine; nor is there any danger of a glut in the market, seeing that all the fruit is taken within an hour after it is un packed. The season promises to be a good one and to last till September. Prices will begin to advance in a few days and the quality of the fruit will improve. TWO BLACKMAILERS.' A bold attempt at blackmailing resulted in failure yesterday. On the day before Mr. Mercadante, , a fruit merchant, received an anonymous vote demanding $500 as the price of the writer's silence in regard to cer tain horrible things not mentioned. If the money is not paid 1 to our messenger, who will hand you a pistol cartridge as a token be is from us," you will soon feel the keen blade of the slilletto in your heart. Mr. Mercadante is-a a Italian and the threatening letter was written in me language of his country. He treated the affair with unconcern, but before many hours had elapsed he received a call from a young Italian who bore another note and who silently deliv ered a pistol cartridge with it. Mr. Mercadante did not exhibit any emo tion. MI have not that much money with mo, be f said, but if you will come down to my office, on Pearl street, this afternoon, I'll see what I can do." The .young man was on hand, and as he entered the office a detective who had been employed quietly took liirn into custody. A ompaoion In villainy was awaiting him outside, and he too was gathered m Til itMA mrw Af A1 f II f f f HiMBA' precious scamps, tuere win ue soon . an increase in the population of bmg Sing. PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S MOVEMENTS. There fs no special Court Journal in New York ; but no newspaper of any standing would be tolerated, now that the City is honored with the presence of the President, if it did . viWirn,.ifi!e his everv move UUu ment. From the columns of this morning paper, I glean the following very interesting and important facts in regard to our distinguished visitor. "Yesterday the . President Remained secluded all day in . his study. He spent the morning at Central Park and in the afternoon drove over to Brooklyn and dined with Henry, -C. Murphyv He was very reticent even to his most intimate menus, xu loo conversation with Mayor Grace. . - rt. t leneth his Views in- ward "to the Star Route Cases, and predicted that the Brooklyn Bridge would be opened to me puimc h uuu as Mt should be found possible , to complete it. He took a light lunch ftfter which hi hftd ft InWryi Secretary Frelinghuysen .and Hugh Hastings. The President is remark ably well, -f He is suffering with ca tarrh and has a severe attack of dyspepsia. Although not confined to his room, be has not been able to go' out for several days." These are items carefully collated from the morning papers. They seem to be somewhat contradictory, but . I have no doubt that, in the main, they are correct. NUGGETS. The city is. crowded with visitors. At many of the up town hotels, guests are accommodate! with cots and shake downs in the parlors. A gen. tleman representing himself as from Mobile, amused himself and delighted a crowd of gamins in Bleeker Street, yesterday.by scattering a few hundred dollars worth of gold and silver coins among them. He was not molested. John M. Chew, 20 years oU, a member of the Senior class of Co lumbia College, a candidate for holy orders and a son of T. C. Chew, for merly financial agent for the State of Texas, lay oh a bench at Central Park, Wednesday afternoon, face down, intently studying the move ments of a colony of ants. A police man, after much abuse, arrested the young student and, as the courts were closed, he was locked up all night In a cell. Ye8terdav young Chew was discharged , but not until the officer, Driscoll by name, has proved himself a perjurer. Chew Senior intends to make it warm for Driscoll. Students of natural history, in visiting Central Park should remember that the re vised edition ' of the Scriptures 'ac cording to the police contains some startling improvements upon the original King; James's. 'Go to the ant, thou sluggard," now reads keep away from the aut or I'll slngg you." A brigade of the Salvation Army was arrested yesterday for parading without a permit. Also for making the day hideous with their noise. Likewise for attracting a crowd, and generally for making themselves ridiculous. The mystery surrounding the many escapes from Rive rlead jail has been solved by the finding of two false keys in ; the ceil occupied by James Cash, an old and very pious prisoner. It has been proved that Cash made thd keys, and that when' ever be jxanted to enjoy a sensation, he released a prisoner. He never tried to release himself, no doubt . enter taining a conscientious scruple against thus defeating justice. Another fool was advertised to jump, from the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday, but he had more sense than his friends gave lim credit for. He didn't jump, but took a sent on a cross beam and ."loafed and invited his soul" until sun down and then went home. Mason, who. by the unfair ruling of the jury has just missed winning the 1st prize in the international chessi tournament in Vienna, U a New Yorker. The beat checker player is a jounj man in Washington market, arid the man who can play the comet longest without taking breath and without noticing the kind remarks of his neighbors; lives in 25th street. He is deaf, but toots like a trumpeter. X . - Bessie. v- PLOTTING WHOLESALE MURDER, Mobile, Ala., Aug. 21. In Choc taw county. Ala., Tuesday the 15 th instant a bundle of papers disclosing; a well organized plot among the ne-f groes to kill Mie en ire population1 of that county was found near, one of the rendezvous by two gentlemen. The matter was laid before the Solicitor on Wednesday 16th, a quiet meeting of the citizens of Mount Sterling and Butler was called at Butler to consider the best mode of suppressing the . in tended outbreak and , massacre. Af L ter discussion it was agreed that r fol lowing ringleaders Jack .Turner, F. D- Barney. Jesse Wilson Peter Hill; Willis Dyman, Aaron" Scott, v and Bange West to whom iiad been as signed the duties . of . leading the 8qu ad s to Butler, Mou u t Sic rl ing; DeSoloyille and other pieces ' and killing all the whites at each place should be arrested and lodged in jail. .Their arrest was effected on Thursday the 17th without disturbance' or blood shed. . Tho same day a m ass ; meeting of the citizens of all classci wa3 called for Saturday; to decide the fate of lhe prisoners. ? Thepiot had been in. ex istence since 1&78, and the .conspira- i tors now! number 1 400. H They now have . powder, shot, and , guns. They think themselves sufficiently strong to accomplish their fiendish design. Sunt day night the 17th of September, had been appointed as the date for its consummation. . The papers further showed that this day, was ; selected because white people would be at the camp meeting unarmed and could then offer no resistance. The meet Ing called for , Saturday . . brought to gether 700 persons among whom were about 150 negroes who after hearing the papers read by almost unanimous vote decided that Jack Turner was a turbulent and ; dangerous character, regular fireband of the curamunity and that the public safely demanded his imn)ediate death. ' He was accord ingly hung about 11.50 p. m. in the presence of the assembled multitude. The crowd dispersed and all the signs of disturbance ceased. Everything was quiet Saturday night. The. other prisoners arc still in jail to await further developments. A SENSATIONAL HOAX. Baltimore American. A mendacious journalist, employed somewhere in the backwoods of North Carolina, recently set afloat a sensa tion concerning an alleged party of girls who j-e re tramping through the mountains of that State. By invest ing them with good looks and mak ing a sl'ght reference to the shortness of their skirls he created the sort of item that the exchange editor, who understands how to meet the tastes of the masculine readers, invariably swoops down upon with his shears. Thb interesting little item has had a magnificent run in the newspapers, and now it turns out to bo a fraud. Or, at least, tho North Carolina mis creant filched a venerable fiction from a Colorado patent inside and localized it for his own , purposes. The tvrant despots of effete monarchies may.after all, be right in restricting the freedom of the press. THE TAR HEELS. Wilmington Star. A Greensboro correspondent pro pounds this inquiry : " How did the term 'Tar Heel' originate and be come to be applied to North Carolina? " Who can answer ? ; We have an impression it originated the war and was first given in in derisionbei cause of the naval stores produced in the State. But if so, the splendid soldiery of the State glorified it and turned it into a title of honor. No soldiers ever had the sticking quali ties more .highly; developed than those given to the pause, of the South by North Carolina. There were more of them, too, to stick, by tens of thous ands than any other State furnished. Truth, every word of it. Rah I for the immortalTar Heels V A HORNED SNAKE' Newton Enterprise. David Propst, a citizen of Con over, was walking through the woods on his farm, and came acros a snake. He stopped and watched the movements of the snake very closely and shortly the reptile formed himself in the shape of a hoop, striking a very large tree standing near bim. The snake died shortly and also the leaves of the tree soon began to wither.'-' Mr. Propst drew the sword - of the snake from the tree and carried it into town to show for itsself, any one can see it that comes to Conover;,? : . TFE t WESTERN INSANE ASYLUM, The Morganton u Index says the commissioners of this i charity, togeth cr with Dr. Fuller of Raleigh asylum have been in session' here for several days of the past week, making' an inventory for the purchase of furni ture, aad perfecting details looking to the opening' of the puilding 'We ve informed that by the first of Novem- ber accommoaations win oe proviueu for one hundred patients,and the'offli. r.prs npf-pasnrv to 1 110 care 01 iuaw nunlber. The 'forced now at work upon tho building will at once be increased, to secure its completion by the date above specified,. ;Ve Vcon gratulate. Gov, -v .Jaryls.and Ui Dem? i ocratic paity upon tho ,. management wlich.haa tbrpugionV been displayed in connection witr (his budjng, DR. CRAVENIN BALUMOR". " Greensboro Patriot. . . . ' Dr. Craven has gone to Baltimore -for medical .treatment. He : has re . cently; been examined by Drs. Opie and Lynch, of the "College of Wiysi. clans and Surgeons," two of the most eminent physicians in that city, and they pronounce it a case of nervous proitration caused by overwork and worry. Proper care they say will restore him to health. Dr. Cra -ven writes us that he will be able to direct the affairs of the college at the ensuing session and is hopeful of a speedy restoration to health. THE FUNERAL OF SENATOR HILL. ' Atlanta, Aug. 20. The remains of Senator Hill were placed in a beau tiful bronz casket exactly like the one in which President Garfield was bur ied. At 3.30 o'clock yesterday the casket was carried to the First Meth odist Church under an escort of 100 members of the-Atlanta ba and a committee composed of Senators Ltt mar, Misaiss'ppi. Beck, of Kentucky , Morgan, of Alabama, Butler, of South Carolina, Johnson, of Virginia, and Pendleton, of Ohio, and Congressmen Pettibone, of Tennesse, and Brumm, of Pennsylvania. The sermon at the church was preached bj Rev, C. A. Evans.after which the procession went to the cemetery. Mauy State and city officers and others of prominence were in the cortege. Mayor English acted as marshal, with several proiui. nent men as aides. The pall-bearers consisted of the most prooiirent men in the State. All business was sus pended. ' NOT ALWAYS 1HUS- Several partieshad stopped to look at a patent churn as he exhibited its workings in front of a grocery storo in Jersey City, and one of the finally observed : group Have you been long in this busi nessr" "No sir ; I assure you that I have seen better days," r "Had to comedown, eb?" "Yes, sir: I have seen my palmy days as well as other men. "It must have been a hard blow?! "It was ; it nearly crushed me." Beg your pardon, but may I ask if you were a broker or capital ist?" "Neither one, my friend," replied the man as he wiped a tear from his eye. ".bxcuse my emotion, but when a man who has sold washing machines at a profit of $4 apiece has to come down to peddling churns at a profit of $6 per dozen, it rankles and stings and degrades him in his own estimation, lake home a ci rem lar to your wife easy to work never gets out of order certain to bring the butter, and the children cry for it." ' FRED GRANT AS A FISTIOUFFEB. Boston Herald.. . . . . T Fred Grant was, during his four vears' course at West Point, cuntinu ally in hot water on account of his pugilistic propensities. The very first day be entered camp he had a fight with a fellow pleb, who made a remark derogatory to young Grant's father. It happened in this wise : It was the. Fourth of July, and the plebs were watching from the doors of their tents the evolutions of the cadet corps, when Grant's tent'inato made a remark to the effect that George Washington was the greatest general that ever lived.fi Grant said : "I. think he was the greatest man that ever lived, but not so general as my father." much of a j vPooh, pooh," retorted the other, I'thcre is no more comparison between your father and George Washington than there is between a plucked lieu and the American eagle." At this Grant struck him, and one oP;the hottest fights of that. summer's. Camp occurred then .and ;thcre4 An officer appearing on the scenc,.the? affair was a draw. .,.-. :, This, was But the beg'nning,,fof v ur2 Grant's pugilistic career. He. was thrashed beautifully once :dunngir his! pleb camp for refusing o carrya buekot of water for a firstelast,.rapijt: , and;iafter a three . years .courso had i". transformed him into a first-class mabi'. rie: In turn: thrashed a pleby! for i -fi 1 1 fming to perform like srjlw, 'tf fl