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y , j i a 7 HauLlu.ary mil 19 7i EIGH , ii V0L.XV.7-i. RALEIGH, X. C, THURSDAY MORxWG, MAY 29, 1879. $5.00 PER AMDjf i ;.7 ' Ral News HE TROOPS ATTHE POLLS. 4TTOKXKY UE3EKAL TAFfS . rKKTlUX TO MARAIIALM. l to lb Plla na4rr HtJ A IVdrrml Ofli. rr from Dlrurr W AoilloToy. May 27. T. J. Ma key. circuit judge in South Carolina, te-l:-rie. efortbe Wallace Committee to day Hi l be wa in affiliation with the Republican rty until 1C6, when he left il; wa present at the election for SUt nflWr, Presidential Kits. tot n and Congre-unieii in Chester, S. C, In 1C6. ii. i wa.h called on to interpose bin offi cial authority to check interference by the military and deputy marshal at the polls; weveral deputy marwhaU de--Url their purpose to carry the elec tion for the Republican, and exhibited a circular purporting to b siTd by Attorney General Tart and addressed t the United States Marshal to disregard any pro.-ew of the State court. At t. o'oU k llxi chief deputy marshal, a; the bead of a band of colored men, a.. -caul ted voter at Carmel. tearing Have and Hampton ticket from their h.nd ; eeral who refuted to surren der their ticket were knocked down; nlHuentlv uw the military t nine teen men of the lnh infantrv'i march into the court houoe yard, forming in two Im: voters were reouired to pais t.. the poll under fixed iatvonctA; on . mpl.inl leuig mwle to witne-w that oter were interfered with bv the mili tary, lie tMiied a warrant for 'the arrc-d of t.ieuten.tnt Hinton. who commanded the detachment ; the aherirT mule er :! report that llinton tinted he had U n ttimuioned by the chief deputy mrsh.l to bring hi troop. to the poll' lint tliere waa no hrenchc of the j o.m-v e.ept .i. h a. were committed bv the depot m.trthal w ho had taken ball..: rr.'io .ter', and further that llnit.n de. i rd h w a. informed that ioleuce imminent at the h1N. and that there hd lrcudv Un breach of the - .-. and aakeai to e uted from the ti-.,-rue of rr-l. promising tiial lie w..ud reiuoe hit troop to the rear f the .-..urt houe. Wiine maid tin hating liwn clone, he intrilc(ed th tarritf to take no further action. Hallrtl Ilater. ' i KBUiUMi, M.I.. May :. At 1 'ilck thi. morning the eastward bound ftpriHi on the Pit:hurgdiidon of the lUltimore .1 Ohio Railroad, t hrce iiiiU w-t of the conrluein e with the Penntvl ania, ran into a n k thtl had fed on the track, and engineer Itcnj.t uun 1'ritchard. residing at ConnclU vilie. and an unknown tramp were instantly killed, and tirrunn 1'hiherlv and another tramp erioulv injure. . The (wLAteucer were unintu red. The engine w a. wrecked. Prilchard died with hi hand on the air brake. Huhlcia Item. Washinoton. My 2S. The Senate wniiultce on Privilege ami Hle tion ha e de-ilei tciiinii with the Spotforl Kellokrvcw.te without ilelav, and ordered that tilvna. be tued for the niim tr of w itne-s. desired hy Sptlril. The eto w a not sent in to-day. the EailUh Tarf. Io-toN, May - The ra.-e for the Ihrbv Stakes wa. won bv lnl Nor rey's brown colt Sir Hews; John Trot ter chetnut colt. laliiiixarcr. tecond. and I.ord Hoeli-rry ' la tlt Vis-oi.ti thirl. Tw pmi v -three ran. Faicllah ral I area. I.om. May 'JS. John A Rolnrt Kentui, cotton pinter. f K lulale. hf failed. I.lbilltie .V,(i. Ma: hew I kie. nuU'owner. St"kport, h.i.s also faiUsl. Liabilities iH-'i.ioi. ArfJairitneHl mf larlUnirnl. IiMho, Mav . Parliament a.l j.urne for the Vhilsuntide Holiday . and will meet aain June '.nli. lMlrr ailaalrl fmr .. mf Ohio. l lisjATt. May'-. The Kepubli caii State l.n vention nouimatest ha.. Kler for (Jovfrnor on the lirst ballot. Tfeie -Uld ( avaea. Richmond laily Whk. ith The hitory of the uit- aaint Wil liam Smith and other i familiar to iitt of our reavler. On tlie tf April, the city f Kn huiond w.t. eacuatoi by the I "ontederate oern ment. and it became the unperatixe duty of the tate o eminent to re move itself to a pl.i-e of j.fety. The Stale hail no money which it could con trol ..-e aoine in the lUnk of the Commonwealth in .. I'pm iho atvis4inent of the Auditor of Public Ao-ounts that he ould pla. e thi aiim to the order of the liovernor, u. ;irt of the civil and military contnik:nt fund, the liovernor i William Smith di burael aorue li,AJii of it t4 inemler of the If'll"r otlicer of (iovern ment; and having provide. I tranor Lation for the archive of i iovcrnmeiit to Lynchburg. alout 1 o'clock he. w ith an aid-de-camp and aser iinlm hordes, left the State capital for Lvnch bun;. to which nla.-e the Public (iuard and the orx of t 'alet w ere also or dered to report. of the ifold so dtaincl the linver nor reer eil -. for hi personal expense and such exenes a. niiifht bime ne"e-wary for the utprt of the Public Guard and the preservation of the peawe. To reoiver this gold from the iivenor, eronally, the I'nitcd State brought thia auit, and the reult aAer much annoyance, wa. rea'hel on Saturday by a verdict for the defendant. We understand that al! proce-edim? arainat the other defendant will be staved and the suits dismissed. Ita Fmiit, Bat lla mil Rlfhl. There have leen telc ram. elitorial corresnden-e and all manner of no tice tcien the "Mud Cut." We sup pose 11 I, next to Anheville. the bet advertise-i t in North C arolina, and may le .some folk are Krow-in tired of hearing it, but w e w ill for the tirt time venture to remark that it i all riKht, and that thre w ho have fcarel it would prove a aeriou larrier to the running of train over the mountain way limi- their fears, or hope. the ca.e may 1h. and a to dancer, the line i alolutely sale, except for thne feminine gentletiien who are easily a a re. I to death. The Fits Jotta Prtr aae Wajiitiii(toii Foot. It is Ainderstood that the President baa decided not to approve the finding of the recent tioard of inquiry In the Kit John Porter cve, but will refer it for examination ami revision to ;ener al Iunn. JudK-e AilvH-ale (ieneral of the army. Peraon who have exam ined the evidence submitted to the board or inquiry a-se rt that the verdict is not iu accordance w ith the evidence. The President's purpose is underatooJ to be to bring out this fact if it ex lata. It is further stated by the opponents of lienerai Porter that a large inaa of ev idence which wa excluded by the board would. If atlmitteil, have inaier- iallv chan-tsl the aspect of the case. I mil t he c.Lse ha been thoroughly re views I, and the re 'oiiimcndalioi'i of the Judge Ado-uie ttcneral re. eivcd, the President ill take no a.-tiou in the matter. Sex end member who com IomcmI ihe original dismissinu urt martial iu teuerui Porter' cane, have taken ex-eptio:i to theris.--nt Imnni of iiio liry that acquitted ieiieral Porter, and regard that renlt a i reflection upoi them. It i alo intimate! in army circles tint this n ( ion otthe Pres ident will end in a rco;cmug of the c.i e. III LG A 111 AM XF.H HI I.IK. I'rliirr (Ulifnburg Ou lllnea 111 Pro-, teelle rnimrnliil I'ollet . 1 HriiitM.II I 'urr. Cologne iiit 1 1 -. 1 have had the honor of Ix-ing re ceieI by the future niler of Mulgnria. In the olitet and inot :imic:ibl man ner Prince Ikittenburg for mi we must ttill for the present call him c.xcwed himself for not hnving leen able to gnuit my rojueai for an Interview on the rtrat day of hi arrival in !srmtdt owing to the extraordinary claims m le ujon hi time. "Your Hightie," I anid to the Prince, after I had ongr tulnted him ii!n hi ele-tiofi. "for more than a year past I have felt pretty well -on-vinced that you, and none other, would be called to occupy the throne of Bul garia. I doubt not that you yourself have long since been perfectly clear in your own mind upon whom the choi.-o of tin Hulgarian would fall." "There." replied the Prince, "von are very greatly in error. In the first place I have never ihiivumiiI for the liulgarian crown, and fe-ondly, up to the last moment I was greatly in doubt a to whether the choii-e would fall iiMn me, and I w as esjH'. i. illy surprised to find thai I had been ele -ted unani mously." "I lielieve I may n..itine that Your Highnes intends to accept the govern ment of Bulgaria only on the condition laid down in the treaty of HerlH" " I u.tsiu uch a.s I can :v.-cnd the Bul garian throne on ly w ith the assent of the Powers, it :ipe ars to me matter of coiire that I must accept the jeace ares iisn by the Powers fully and tithout roM-r ati'n. I likewise con sider it as iiti;Tat i c. in t he iuterct f BulLTaria itnlf. to employ all our strength iiH.n its intei n il consolida tion." I called the Prince's attention 1o the internal affairs of B 1 1. 'aria, and e. piesel my view, founded u my ex KTieiiee of" the country and its inhabi tant. during the war, that Bulgaria con Id not j .i by be governed by Bui garian oflicial only, inasmuch its suit able Hrsons were almost entirely w anting. '"I know," s;iiil the Prin c, "tlia. iliis view has constantly Imii put foi.var'l in the t'ologne t;aa'tt. I do not c nceal from m ell" i he tact that the question is a ver dull. -nil one. Ixit I liae not yet in.i.le up mv nun I m. If n this iNiiii, aiil can i ! ; gi- ...i any infor- matioii Usin it. oulv when I anion j the sxt shall I l at.!.- to enter nunc j ;rticiilarly into the i;i itler. It is nee- i 'tary first tiu.ii. t. :t- -.elf aetiiain- : tel with the s ate of aMair.s a they shall ap ear in time of peace, w hereas ; I. ns well as you. know the eonntrv only a.s it was in war." EihI of Ibe M ovd Sf elloir. lUltimore Sun. Mr. Moody on Sunday Iat held hi farewell meeting and tk leave of those w ho ha. been "fellow-workers" in the noticeable series of religious services held under his direction tlur ing the )a.st se en months in this city. The meetings on Sunday were at the Penitentiary, where Mr. Moody ha.s lalx.red faithfully and constantly ever since became to town, at the Maryland Institute and at the Mount Vernon I'hurch. No one could haveleen pre cnt at the Penitentiary meeting without lM-tug i is pressed with Mr. Moody's loyally to and earnestness in his work. It "wa.- exident, too, that these qualities of hi had won the confidence and m-ed the hearts of even the most hardened convicts, leteen whom and Mr. Moody a relation of friendship hut si. run-' ut which ha. made them more than usually sympathetic under his j ministration. They responded with : ardor to his exhortations to them to reform, and w hen he w as bidding them farewell and beseeching them to stand tirin in their good resolutions the big tear which ran down his cheeks brought tears to all their eyes likewise, and the entire audience w as visibly and (oweifullv u Heeled. There is abundant evidence "that Mr. MihmIv has done much goo. I among the convicts and throughout the community at large. The impression made by hi zeal, earn estness and tact i deep ami emphatic, and it i sincerely hoed will lo dura ble. At any rate the recollection of Mr. MihmIv' meetings will long Ihj dwelt upon in the minds of those vrho attended them. A srrap or lllaiory. Ci-.o leton News nn.l Courier. The use of the eal of the t'onfederate State a the design for one of the plate of the t'oiifederate monument at Mag nolia has elicited some information re ganiing it frots a correspondent. The seal wasmrtdoin Kugland, and received bv the government only a short time lefore the t lose ol the war. having leeii i onlv used umii a few document pre J vio'us to the w ithdrawal of the Cabinet i an.l government ollicera from Rich mond. It was not destroyed or thrown into the Savannah River, as has h e i generally believed, but was preserved and is now in the possession of a Con federate soldier. Another Nlltle in Mud l ui Itlue KldKS I'.lade. Thi famous cut through a mountain alsive Henry s it giving the railroad some more trouble. The wet weather caused another slide in it last Thursday night the l"th beiieo no train from the west on Friday. If our subscribers at Mull I trove, 'Futtle X Road. Colletts ville and Patterson failed to receive the Blade r last week this will account fr it. Worthy of lalroiia-e. Meridian i Texas. Herald. The Raleigh Daily Nkws. an old es tablished mi T. published at Raleigh, North Carolina, comes daily to our sanctum, and to our N'orth Car olina friend we would recommend it as paper worthy of their patronage. It Would he Impolitic. Wit-hlnic ton lot. It is understood that John Sherman believe it would I? inipolitie.under any circumstances, for the Republican par ty to nominate a Presidential candidate for a third term. A ftarceatlon to Mr. Shfrumn. Philadelphia Time. If John Sherman will cast his eye around a little he w ill see several men quite as willing to run for President as he is. It i one of the happy arrange ment'' of thing in this country that the stock of Presidential candidates never run out. Npoken From Experlenee. Baltimore Gaxette. The United Slates Senate is never as inoffensive and nannle as w hen it is assembled on a well-cnmiucbwl race ,r.rKe. REVIVING SEA ISLANDS EITKtT OF THE LFASOXN TAI 4.IIT BY STF.K.N VEdJiSlTY. Neir-Rellanee and Hard Work Begin nln( to Tell mt Ijst Cheerful I'rafiiMtlriil luua. Cliarle!tt4u News anal Courier. The short tiuio recently spent amidst the everglades and savannas of our coast, only tended to renew five-fold the conviction your correspondent has ever entertained concerning the future of our sea islands. On everj side are signs of a new life, renewed energies and of a perseverance that w ill in time overcome all difficulties. Stout hearts have put w illing hands to the plow and they will, by zeal and energy.reap the rich harvest that nature always be stows on w illing laborers. The lattt few year, with their many and unprecedented misfortunes, have at last forced into the heart of the planter a feeling of self-reliance, which he has always needed. Born in the lap of luxury, the planter has ever en tertained feelings of infinite trust and charity, never alive to the sharp prac- ticea of his fellow man, so much so that casting aside all trouble, he has always put implicit reliance in the overseer of the slave, and tar Ik it Irom nie to say if the trust has been misplaced. Every where the feeling is becoming deep rooted, that the only road out of their troubles is to make their plantations as far as oible self-supporting; a fact that is clearly apparent even to a casual observer, inasmuch as M per cent of the acreage under cultivation this year is in provisions, showing that they have at last overcome the foolish idea that provisions can be bought for less than they raise them, and think that one bushel raised is worth two that are Uiuglit, being on the spot, and giving a feeling of independence and confidence he could not otherwise have. ttradually the idle lands an.l w;iste places are being fenced in, and cattle, once plentiful, are to be seen wandering in numbers over their fields, and the old, familiar bleating of the sheep as they graze brings to the mind some thing of the past, a remembrancer of the home and hearts that can never be forgotten. Another great blessing that the plan ting of provisions will eventually be stow on the planter is that a decrease in acreage of cotton will prevent the market Irom becoming glutted, and do away, to a great extent, with the indif ference, amounting almost to con tempt, with which the buyer looks on the fruit t the planter s labor, and, in time, make them, a.s in the past, appli cants, imp: dictators. Why ship len thousand Lags oi cotton when one third has to lx turned into provisions, thereby cheapening the other six? a question that is being pondered, and, ii'te Ion, will bear its fruit in time. STATE XEWS. Itiirke. Hhi.- Ki.U'.- Kl.i.lc. There is a difference of opinion as to the future price of corn in this market. Some think it so scarce that it will go higher, whileothers say it is now at the toj. then w heat will soon come in, and afterward there will be less demand for corn. The small farmers are gener ally short, but there are a good many large lots, amounting to several thou sand bushels, near tow n yet to be sold. We do not think it likely to fall in price, because of the general scarcity in this region, but we doubt if it goes uin. il higher. We hear a rumor that the summer schedule w ill soon go into effect ovtr the W. N. C. R. R. As Morganton has no eating house at the depot, we vote for eating at Hickory, w hich has two Hotels that cannot be beaten in this State, or any other for that matter. ( iiIhh ba. Newton Kn lerpric. There i a plan "all aboard" for cleaning out Cataw ba river so steam boata yes. just think of it will run to the tow ii of Cataw ba. When the scream of the locomotive and steam-loat shall reverberate over hills and dale,, then we can exclaim, that the "good time" has come when we can point with pa triotic pride to this grand Switzer land. Scarcely any fruit, and in conse quence thereof we are using a little water in our "funeral promoter" to cause it to extend beyond the ragged edge of despair. Kleptomania still exists among soino of our people. Mr. Jacob Set .or lost some of his bacon iu consequence of the disease, but we all know that Rad icalism is in the ascendency. Wheat is pretty good. SherifF Yonnt has the best lield of w heat "that the oldest inhabitant oversaw." More people are engaged in "hunting gold" now on a small scale, than ever before in this country. ('aliarru. Concord lU-uikter. The oat crops thioughoul the county (Cabarrus; is improving. Colonel Moans gave us a strawberry last Satur day that had nine perfect tonus of ber ries in its make up. It weighed one ounce. Cotton sold for thirteen cents this week. Forajrf lie. Win-ton I.Ciitlrr. We trust the party or parties who took our new shears out of our sanctum, without our permission, will return them. We can tell them where to get a pair just like them. But if they in tend to keep them we hope they will pinch their ringers every time they use them, and make bunion on their hands a. large as cocoanuts. We do indeed! The Burlington Hawkeye has an ar ticle headed "Shot as a Robber." If that paper will only shoot the fellow that robbed us of our shears, then we'll have the satisfaction of knowing lie was "shot as a robber." We had begun to wonder how the Leader man man aged t get his paper out on tin e. w hen the following item turned up: "Smith, the loquacious Winston auctioneer, im bue'l with a spirit of liberality, a id un derstanding our wants, has presented u with a pairof office shears, for which the entire establishment is profoundly thankful. Trust they may never get sharp enough to cut our acquain tance." The 24th of June will be duly cele brated by Winston Masonic Ixxlge. J. W. Reid, Ksq., one of the finest young orators in the State will deliver the Masonic address. The sister lodges in this and surrounding counties are re spectfully invited to participate on that day. , . , Villiam Vogler has an Irish potato that is a wonderful freak of nature. The potato is of ordinary size, of the Karly Uose variety, and upon cutting it open to plant it w as found to contain eight or niue small, w ell developed potatoes on the inside. He had it on exhibition at his jewelry store and it excited much curiosity. Last year he planted one rwck and gathered live bushels. They are very prolific, and this fact is verified 1 rn ootato containing eight others. "The subleci of railroads is a matter claiming the attention of our people now. I wo or three petitions have been placed before our town commissioners asking a subscription to various routes It seems to us that the C. t , J Y. V. R R. ought to start from this place. It would be more practical and our peo- people are willing to aid in its con struction. Then let the Salem and. Winston and Mooresville Road be ex tended to Danville via Winston. This appears to be the most feasible plan Then we will have a competing line The amounts iu freight saved anually w ould almost pay for the road. Meek len burs;. Charlotte Observer, 2Sth. The rapid sale of refunding certifi cates in Charlotte shows that there is plenty of money here awaiting invest uieiiti provided the opportunity is giv en. A fishing party of about a dozen went out yesterday and on their return reported as the result of the day's sport aiiout hunureu nsn ana sixteen squirrels. The following explains itself: "We, the citizens of Charlotte, Respectfully suggest to vour honorable body the pro priety of purchasing a hearse for the use of the city. We don't ask for a line one, but we want a plain, substantial hearse for the use of the poor as well as the rich, without being compelled to pay to the livery stable a tax of 10 for a deeent conveyance of our bodies to the gr'ive yard." Mr. John Wolfe, one of the oldest and most respected citizens olthe coun ty, died at his home in Sharon town ship night before last, at 11 o'clock. He was in his eighty-sixth year, and until recently had scarcely been sick a day in his life, but almost to the day of his death was as active and walked as erect as a man of fort'. He was a good and substantial citizen, modest and re tiring in his manner, but faithful and honorable in every position. The excavations at Paw Creek, on the Air-Line Railroad, for the purpose of getting dirt to till in the trestle at that point, have resulted in the discovery of still other bones and relics of In dians. At last accounts eighteen skele tons, or the decomposed remains of this number, had been found, besides many more beads and a few other re lics. Many persons have visited the pot to see the relics, and tnev are m jch sought after, especially the beads, which are in a state of perfect preser vation. A little son of Mr. II. I). Stowe, one of the justices of the Inferior Court, ran away from his father s House in Steel Creek township yesterday, and took the train for Atlanta, at PawVreek trestle. The lmy is under twelve years old, and considerable uneasiness is felt about him by his parents. They w ere telegraphing about him last night, to various points along the road, but at last accounts had not heard anything of him. Dr. Asbury left the citv yesterday morning to attend the tobacco fair in Lynchburg, Va., where he proposes to exhibit to the tobacco growers of the Old Dominion the practical utility of his invention for diving tobacco. He took with him a model of the inven tion, ami in addition to the advantages he will be able to illustrate bv tin he will have the testimonials of parties in Danville who have used it the past year. It is attracting widespread at tention and wil 1 no doubt soon cotne to be universally used, bringing a hand some revenue to the inventor and at the same time conferring a last ing benefit on tobacco growers. New Hanover. Wilniiiigton Review, 27th. The fish market is poorly supplied on account of the easterly winds. I nwards ofi,(K worth of 810 certifi cates were sold at the post ollice yes terday. Mr. Angel is getting up a telephonic exchange for this city. Already twen ty-three instruments m this city nave been engaged and in all probability more will oe before the day is past. Tue telephonic exchange is a fixed fact. After many delays and embarrass ments the first section of the Sectional Dry Dock w as successfully launched at about.' o'clock this afternoon. I his section is 70 feet long by :i.r feet w ide and 7i feet deep and draws but two feet ol water. The tanks are t ieei high. The dock when completed will mbrace four sections, and ttere are three yet to be launched. It is at Messrs. J . R. Blossom & liivans yarn, in the northern part of the city. Ihe revenue cutter Colfax tooK aown the river this morning quite a party, mionir whom were Lieutenant (jtovern- or Robinson, Speaker Moring, of the House of Representatives. A. . 'iai- lowav, Ksq., of Ooldsboro, the Presi dent of the Produce Exchange, Presi dent of the Board of Tr ide, Mayor Fish- date. Henry Nutt. Lsu.. Chairman of the Committee on River and Harbor Improvements, Custom House officials, vice consuls of ireat Britain, Germany, Norway and Sweden, besides other prominent citizens. The party will make an examination of the improve ments now being made in the bar and harbor and will probably visit the for tifications and Sniithville before they return. Rohewon. Kobesonian. Mrs. C. Von Glalm of this town, sent us last Friday the finest cabbage we have seen this" year. It measured thirty inches in diameter. She has a very fine garden. Mr. H. F. Pitman, who by the way is one of the very best farmers in this county, has sent us a stalk of cotton which" measures eighteen inches in length. Mr. W. A. Alford, near Ashf O e church, has a collard growing in his garden that measures four feet seven inches in diameter and twelve feet five inches in circumference. Trot out your big collards. Sheriff W. E. Thompson placed upon our table last week a corn silk of this year's growth. It was raised on his lot. "Robeson is still ahead, both in corn and cotton. As was predicted, the weather settled after the change o' the moon, but to that time we had rain for ten days in suc cession. YTe hear a great deal of com plaint of cotton dying from the effects of the late rains. Cotton may be a king at maturity, but it is extremely w eak and powerless in infancy. ur item last week headed who can "beet" it, has brought Rev. A. R. Pitman, of Grays Creek, Cumberland county, to the front, who s lys: We had a tine mess of Irish potatoes on the !Uh inst., and ever since; beets since the tenth from six to nine inches in circum ference; young cucumbers, early corn tasseling'and silking; beans ready to eat; cabbage heading. He says corn and cotton are looking well. Color Blindness. At the annual meeting of the Penn sylvania Medical Society, at Chester, recently, Dr. .P. D. Keyser, surgeon of the "Willis Hospital, Philadelphia, made a report on color blindness, show ing as the result of an examination of train men on roads converging in Phil adelphia that 3i per cent, mistook one color for another (and therefore un safe and unreliable) , and 81 per cent, who though able to distinguish colors, were unable to tell the shades of colors, thus making 12 per cent, of those ex amined not quick in distinguishing colors and shades. SHE SHOOK HIM. THE RAD EFFECTS EC'OXOMY. OF (LOSE Pretty tilrls for Sale at a Church Fair A Miserly Bean Who Lost His Olrl. Rocky Mountain News. It has grown into a fashionable cus tom of late to have a mock auction sale of the prettiest girls at church festivals. It tends to increase the resources of th church, and at the same time very clear ly demonstrates in which way the affec tions of youth are bent. For it is rea sonable to suppose that no ambitious young man will permit his sweetheart to be knocked down to a rival until he has expended his last cent in the effort to become the fortunate purchaser. Acting upon this idea a fashionable church in Denver is preparing for a festival, in which the auction business Js to form a prominent feature. It has put theyouag ladies in quite a flutter of excitement, and unhappily at this stage of the novelty for, however com mon in the East, it is a novelty here has coirre very near wrecking the fu ture happiness of two estimable young creatures. The facts in the case are these: A young gentleman who con fesses to an amiable weakness for one of the young la. lies who is to be disposed of on the occasion referred to, called on his dulcinea a few ev enings since, and very naturally the subject ofrfhe festi val came up. " "I'm to be sold, Charley did you know it?" exclaimed the enchantress. "No ! are you, though? I suppose I shall have to buy you." "Of course. But how much do you reckon I well sell for?" This was a naive inquiry, but it led to a moment of brief but sagacious speculation. If he had any rival the girl was likely lo go high; if he didn't have any it would appear as if he was investing in an exceedingly cheap ar ticle. "I don't know." The words were long drawn out, and his face was grave. "I suppose a dollar or two !" If he had reflected a moment longer he never would have made this obser vation. It was born, however, of a sense of economy, and he had no irtea of what it would lead to. But as the word fell from his lips he looked at his inamorata and caught the flash of in dignant blue eyes, which made his heart sink. "One or two dollars, indeed ! I'll sell lor fiftv at the very lowest." "I can't buy you, then." "Sir!" and the ladv's face was rigid with amazement. "That is I mean to say confound it, Maria, I can't spare that much money," and the poor fellow looked appealingly at the divinity which was about to shape the end of his purse. But the disaster had come. Ihe voting ladv rose from her seat like a queen, and with the cru el remark that a gentleman who thought so much of $50 was not a suitable per son to encourage as a lover, sailed ma jestically from the room. And now that young man s soul is convulsed with anguish, and his re marks upon church festivals are fearful to contemplate. Asa Packer'sfM 111. The will of the late Asa Packer was admitted to probate in Philadelphia Monday. Besides the provisions here tofore published he bequeaths to his wife, Sarah M. Packer, w hatever she wishes out of his estate, and all other provisions of the will are subordinate to this one. After numerous bequests to relatives he leaves to the divinity school of the Protestant Episcopal Churchin Philadelphia $i5,000; Jeffer son Medical College, Philadelphia, $5 00.); Muhlenberg College, of Allentown, Pa., $-20, 000; to the re. tor, church war dens and vestry of Saint Mark's Church, Mauch Chunk, Jj&O.OOO; to Washington and Lee College, Lexing ton, Va., $4,000, and releasing a $1,000. bond of the college now held by him. He directs also that the income of $1,500,000 shall be paid to the trustees of Lehigh University, in South Beth lehem, for its support and maintenance $50,000 to be paid the first 3-ear, the sum to be increased $5,000 per year until the annual amount shall equal the whole income; also that the income of a prin cipal sum of $500,000 be paid for the erection of a library building on the college ground. To St. Luke s Episco pal Hospital, at Bethlehem, Pa., he gives the income of $o00,ono, on condi tion that sick or disabled employees of the Lehigh Valley railroad be boarded and attended fieeof charge. The trus tees under the will are to terminate twenty-one years after the death of the last survivor of his three children. In case there should be no descendant of said children, two-thirds of the estate in the hands of the trustees is to he di vided among certain nephews and nieces, tUe remaining third to Lehigh University auu Si. Luke's Hospital, at Bethlehem. A codicil directs that stock of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company at its par or nominal value, be substituted for the amounts named in the will in dollars; this not to apply, however, to any bequests to his wife, daughter or sons, or to any bequests below $10,000. He also directs that the money heretofore paid the account of Lehigh University and other institu tions be deducted from the principal sums bequeathed to the trustees of the university by the will. Over Niagara Falls. At Niagara Falls, Sunday afternoon, visitors were horrified to see a man in a skiff in the rapids above the lalls. He was rowing for all he was worth, but suddenly his oar flew out of the row locks, his head went down, and he lay at length in the bottom of his boat. The boat then turned its prow down stream and began to descend the rapids of the American falls, its pace growing more and more swift, until finally it struck a rock about two inches from the surface and stopped, and began slowly to twist and turn in the eddying current. A moment later the boa"t struck another rock, parted in twain, and the body of the mai. was flung headlong into the eddying maelstrom, sucked under lor a moment, and then tossed to the sur face, just above the bridge which leads to Goat Island. He threw his arms wildly into the air, and those who were on the bridge saw for an instant a white and haggard face set in the agony of despair; then he was again drawn below the surface and did not reappear. The victim was "Pi" Walker, a noted river guide, who had been on a spree. A Uobbline anie. The shares of the two elevated rail roads of New York city have proved in this brief time to be such profitable property that the larger stockholders have become dissatisfied with them selves at their short-sightedness in not "gobbling up" the whole of the stock when they had a chance. To make good this neglect, they have hit upon an expedient which promises nearly as rich results. A small number of men, who control the stock in both compa nies, have met together and organized, under an old eharter,granted some time ago for railroad building and operating purposes to the Manhattan company. This last-named corporation has leased both the Metropolitan and,. New York Elevated roads for 909 years, agreeing to pay the stockholders of these two companies ten per cent, per annum upon their investments, and also guar anteeing some other slight concessions. But to those ill the Manhattan eoinonnv the prize is a rich one, for, as competi tion will now be at an end, they have the city at their mercy. It is the faeil- "ou iiicu grasping combinations of this kind are formed which nnl rw a regulatory constitution, like that of uamonna, seem, at limes, an almost uec-essary evil. A FEW BRIEF REMARKS. We can hardlv'-crd of the CineinuatfCommereial "Ohio is ienceci in." it may be, however, that the rest of the country is just fenced out. The .Czar has been rendered so des perate by the Nihilists that he has given his assent to the shooting of women accused of belonging to that society. He might as reasonably hope to quench tire with oil as to drown this move ment in blood. It is only a trifle of $600,000 a year that the British guarantees to Yakoob Khan. Compared with the and oerouisites of useless notAnbioa rf the old world this is not much. And compared with the $50,000 which' Mr. Hayes is permitted fraudulently to draw it seems about the fair thing. Of William Llovd Garrison's survi ving children, William Llovd is in the WOOil business in Boston! XVndell v is connected with the New York Na tion; rank is with the Houghton publishing house and th 1 the wife of Henrv Villard. nwell known railroad manager. Republican economy has b roilcht the great State of Pennsylvania to the verire of hankriintcv It. has rnhharl th (3 l . " -' .VWULAA Lll.l school fund of $1,707,040.74. And yet we are alwavs heariiur that, the Rudicul party is the only reliable friend and supporter of free schools. If the Ohio Republicans would only insist upon taking General Sherman for Governor, Grant could be made General of the Army, and thus leave a clear field for Secretary Sherman. There ought to be genius enough in the Sherman family to arrange this. The rapid sale of four percent, cer tificates has resulted in a temporary contraction of the curreucy to a very considerable amount. During last week the banks of New York citv lost $5,8oo,000 in legal tenders. Their sur plus reserve was reduced over $5,000 000. The manufacture of ice has at last been reduced to a science. The city of Atlanta, Ga., has ihree factories in op eration, and another just ready to start which will maive fifty tons of ice a day, and the price has been redud to a cent a pound delivered in small quan tities, and as low as fifty cents per hun dred at wholesale. The California Constitutional Elec tion Reviewed. General John F. Miller, a leading Californian and member of the late con vention talks thus of the recent vote: More than half the votes cast for the new constitution came from men who have no sj'mpathy with the Socialistic movement, nor with what is called Kearney ism, but who are strcngly opposed to anything of the sort. A greater part of the farmers voted for the new constitution, and they, as a class, are as conservative as any part of our people. We may expect that the su preme effort of the Socialists will be made in the September election for members of tue Legislature and other State offices, but they cannot hope to obtain the votes of those who voted for the new constitution for their candi dates. The two old parties had nothing to do with the late contest as party or ganizations. In the next election the old parties will come to the front, and the voters of those parties (who were denied, through the operation of sever al causes, the new constitution) will range themselves again with their re spective parties, and the workingmau's party, so called, will be left alone with their old adherents, who compose a class insufficient in number to carry an election of themselves. Thousands voted for the new constitution, because of the hope that something might come of it to curb the power of corporation monopolies.andfix the principal burden of taxation upon concentrated capital, never intending to embark in Socialism or identify themselves with Kearuey ism. These have never left the national tiarty organizations to which they be ong, and when it comes to voting upon the question of placing the State gov ernment in the control of the Socialists, they will be found among the most earnest and energetic conservatives. Classical. Burlington Hawkeye. There is no authentic photograph of Medusa on file that we know of, but it is generally understood that the ex pression of her countenance was that of a man who has just gone into the cup board in the dark, groped along the shelf for the old flat bottle with the broken cork, collared the wrong one and swallowed about three ounces of rheumatism liniment before he found it out. May be Battled. Philadelphia Times. The stated intention of John Kelly to give New York to the Republicans this fall in order to defeat Tiiden may be baffled by the renewal of hostilities between Fenton and Conkling. It may be necessary for Conkling to give New York to the Democrats as a means of heading off John Sherman. Every great man has his own view of politics these days. But Systematic Jury Pack lug-, Washington Post. There are some State courts where juries are occasionally packed by cor rupt country officials, but systematic and lawful jury-packing only obtains in the Federal courts of the South, Mr. Hayes will use the veto power to con tinue this infamous wrong. You may talk about Communists, but the person who chiefly desire i that the ruler be done away with is the school boy. Boston dandies are recognized as boss stunners. Home Sentinel. And the coal-dealer who gives you 2,000 pounds to the ton is the boss tonner. A prominent druggist at Frankfort, Kv., was stabbed four times lately. Probably one of those fellows who charge lb cents lor a glass of half froth and half soua-water. What has become of the old race of circus clowns, those genial, jolly fel lows who made one laugh even at the oldest jokes T-r-Tratutcript. Just as if you did not know that they are para graphed on the daily papers. -D. T. Johnston was engage 1 last evening getting a safe in his store on Wilmington street. Verily, business must be getting good when merchants run in new safes every few days to hold their spare cash. KING'S MOUNTAIN. THE DEFEAT OK IKRUIINOX OAK HLUHEI YEARS A0. The First Steps In the Dlrectloa ofs Celebration Taken by the People -of the Ylllas-o. Charlotte Observer. Kino's Mountain, May 24. At ' a meeting of the citizens of King's Mountain and vicinity, on Saturday, , May 24, to take initiatory steps toward the celebration of the centennial of the battle of King's Mountaiu, Dr. J. V, Tracy was called to the chair; I. W. Garrett and W. A. Mauney were ap pointed secretaries. The chairman having explained the object of the meeting, Capt. W. T. R. Bell moved the appointment of a committee of five to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting. Capt. W. T. R. Bell, Dr. B. F. Dixon, W. A. Mauney, P. S. Baker, and Dr. T. J. Walker were appointed. The committee presented the following resolutions which were adopted: Hesolred, That this meeting is hearti ly in favor of celebrating the centen nial of the battle of King's Mountain. Resolved, That we will co-operate in all measures tending to secure that object. Hexolvea, mat as an initiative step it is recommended that a public meeting be held in the town or King s Mount ain, to which our fellow citizens of the surrounding counties, both . in North anu South Carolina be invited; that at said meeting it is recommended that a joint committee, eompesed equally of .North and South Carolinians, be ap pointed to take in hand all correspond ence and preliminary arrangements. and who shall constitute a standing committee for the purpose mentioned. Jictolued, lhat b riday, the 2.lh day of July, 1879, is hereby appointed for said meeting, and we hereby call upon the counties of Cleaveland, Gaston, Rutherford, Lincoln, Polk, Henderson and Mecklenburg, especially, in North Carolina, and lork, Spartanburg, Union and Lancaster in South Caroli na, to hold meetings, and send debjr- gates to said, meeting ou the -'Zjlnol July. Itesoired, That tho secretaries of this meeting be instructed to request Senators Z. B. Vane and M. C. Butler to be present and address the meet ing; also that similar invitations be ex tended to other prominent gentlemen in North and South Carolina. llexolved, That we cordially extend an invitation to all citizens of whatever county or State, who are friendly to the object in view to meet with us and par ticipate in tho proceedings of that meeting. Itesnlred, 1 hat the papers in snolbv, Lincolnton, Charlotte, Rock 1LH, Yorkville, Spartanburg, Columbia and Raleigh be requested to copy these' resolutions. W. T. R. Bbm , . Dk. B. F. Dixon, W. A. Mauney. P. S. ItAKKR, Dk. T. J. Waukk . Committee. P. S. linker, W. A. Mauuey, Dr. Dixon, Dr. Walker. F. S. McGinnis, R. S. Sugg; Capt. Hrell and I. W. Garrett were appointed a focat committee of arrangements for the mooting on July 25th. The meeting adjourned. I. W. G A R rt ETT, W. A. Maunky, Secretaries. The Topper Church " Imbroglio. This most unfortunate church organi zation, better known among the colored people as the Second Baptist Church, has prominently made its appearance once more. There are so many con flicting stories in regard to tho latest phase the trouble has assumed that it may bo well enough to make a short statement of tho affair. Some few weeks since the Rer. "Ar thur Williams, formerly of Warrenton, immigrated from that village and made application to be installed in the vacant pastorship of the church. At a church meeting held to consider the matter it ) was resolved to take him for a month on trial, and if he " tilled the bill" he would be engagwl for a year, provided " that he brought a dimit or letter show ing that ho was in good standing iu tho Warrenton church at the time of his leaving and that he w is honorably free ' from all engagements. On the strength of this he continued his exhortation at the stated meetings, until a feeling of dissatisfaction arose, and a church . meeting was called. At this meeting, according to the testimony given in court, there were thirtyrfive members present who voted to dismiss Williams from his temporary pastorship on the ground that the promised letter from the Warrenton congregation ha) not. been furnished. This eventually led to a little scuffle between the minister and one of the deacons, which showed that Williams had the greatest amount of muscular Christianity. Instructions were given by the trustees to tho sexton not to allow Williams to occupy Ihe pulpit again without orders, but the sexton failed iu Ins duty, and .: tho Rev. Mr. Williams gave , his dissenting congregation "tits," taking his text from the four teenth chapter of John (very definite, this bit of information.) He also insti tuted a suit Monday against the pugna cious deacon, and in return the trustees had him arrested on a chargo of tros- Rass, aud the trial came off 011 Tuesday efore Justice Barbee and a jury. All the wealth, beauty and fashion of the congregation were present, and the trials and troubles and tribulations of spirit that the church had experieueod during Williams' ministrations were fully detailed. B. B. Lewis and Colonel Walter Clark apeared respect ively for the prosecution and defense. It was a juicy affair: the witnesses got mixed, tho attorneys more so, the Jury couldn't unravel the tangle, and the spectators were unable to make, head or tail of the evidence. The ooly oue who apieared to have a clear head was the justice, and at times ho seemed puzzled. The jury found all parties. 1 not guilty aud recommended them to mercy; the suits were withdrawn; the deacon will not buck against the pillar of the church again; the minister will postpone his preaching; ami if the reporter decides to ever again encoun ter the "blind staggers" ho will do it on champagne cocktails instead of get ting "scattered" on a colored church trial. The Rlirht Sort of Man. The vicinitj' of Fort Belknap swarms with Sioux. A man named Lhryd, while camped' twenty miles from the post, was attacked by fifteen warriors. He scooped out a rifle pit with his hands, and after a desperate fight of two hours' duration, in which three Indians were killed, the intrepid while man succeeded iu driving oil' his at sailants. Lloyd had but three car- ,; tridges left when the savages abandon- ' ed their attack. . ., As One Hiiuut aop. . .0 Cincinnati Commercial. , , Will somebody have the goodness o , unblanket a dark horse for the race of i780T .......
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