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RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1879.
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HANGING A WOMAN.
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TneKrraat Tth Killed Ilrr JfUirrwi
a4 Oft Iferttady lata IMreea rajft
4n Penalty ! Her ( rlr.
I .ox pox, July 20. Kate Webster,
Ki rMt-Mltl MR tiMxl nftha mnr.
;der of Mre. Thomas, her. mistress, at
3Jchuond, wu hanged to-day in
Wandsworth prison. She confessod
tiuU sbeconiuiiued the muni er ami had
Jno avompIics, either In the cofumU-
s ion of the crime JT disposal of the
'remains of her tletlni. portions of which
Nrere dlacovered in a box floating iu the
(Thame and led to the arrest of the
arderer.
i - . i
i tvaie eiuer, ounrwi Known as
9
Calluutne Webb, was arrestedi ia I ro
land on Msrvh 2th. She hod been
living near Richmond as a servant to
Ir. Thomas, who was possessed of
aoin'e money. Kate, tired wU a desire
la obtain her taltre valuable, killed
ier. What to do with the Inxly was the
et question. She cut otr the head
A burned it. This done she cut the
Mlr into nunr msll pieces, wrapped
a.-h pie'- carefully in paj-er, and tack
ing them in a pine bo threw the tx
In the Thanu. J he Ix)xA aj found
rtoAiin? nf:ir lUrr.cs TerrM on the
ihnf.VUrch. For aome ilava the re
rnini muld not ln ideutitied. Finally
.the mvsterious disappearance of Mrs.
Thorn KJt discm ered. Search w:ts
tua.it for her, but she could not lv
?unl. Kate hail alo ritp-eared, but
ii ml tut heard from in Irwisnd, where
w . petuJinr uiny pretty freely.
lUr srrt-o: ass determined upon, and
on :: It of April she wm arraigned at
KVUiuuixl for preliminary examina
tion. Aiiruinn to tier statement to
the drteotiaw Mrs. Tliom-vt wis mur
4ered bv a iu.in named Chureh. while
he temporarily alent. 1 n her
n-tursi to tin houjw Church, by threat.
o.m'-'-iieo ner ionen-e aim to help him
iu Jiiing of the bo.l v and in remov
is. 1 1 i valuable. Everything except
th ttruUiire had been taken away from
;!.? ti'ue, ati 1 they hid a wiou ut the
.1 . r ;o take away the furuiUire alo,
nt.u the landlady residing next door
:nr;'erwl nnd ii'iiirel where Mn.
'I :. .:u.m wai Thereupon Kate !e-
tu;'i io ireian.i, areeuii wuu
Lar ! t!-it they would o to America
'.:.rr s- .:i aa he was re.lv. This
'siorv .yiiioi m Mrai -in onu ai nrsi, nui
k. I it. : I. 't i water atler the vxamiiia
l; .n. a in h keeps a beer houe at 1
ill ::t tit mith. i mirritoJ. ani h
,a. n - "rna m i;oo.l cliara'ler.
fa -irrcHtel when the servant had
i
! V
f:or story, but only held in cu
a hort tun. He fore the ar
he bad aiviod the otlieent in
hunt for his accuser. A wearchinir
.'.e.r
-.nation proveI that the woman
worn falsely, and C hurch was dis-
i.r.
t-i. i ne Kran.i jury returnei a
ill against Kate. The depositions
tr
re v:,t to the Judtre in the latter
I ir; ,( June, and s(ecial arrangements
were n.atia ftr trying the cue. The
j r uinm w as Cfndnctei by the So
li. ieneral, Mr. Poland, ami Mr.
A. I.. miih. but it apeais that no
i e -ii. inuihc: was retauiol to ileteml
la
Ti.nvr. ae w as ctn leted of
t iivaiu. Her i-orife?sHn rt
u. 1 tubls as to the justice of the
V rr il- t.
A uarrt
Dwm (if nrml'i 1Imii
tork nuil Hunt.
U' niN.roN, July 31. Another
,.iArrJ lictwe4i two prouiiuent army
. r. alter the !yle of the stHtile:
ii i; ;i atTair. is threatened. This time
; riucipals are lieneral Hancock
s . i Hunt. I lie troiiDie comes irom a
ir;;-r wri:t'ii ivtenerai ii.iii.tM-K to
...
t utor llurnside, a meuiler of the
itaJ nn;mit:ee on military uilairs,
r i;.. i-inc icneral Hunt's conduct a.s
the chief the artillery at the battle f
i vhnr. In reply 'Jeneral Hunt
i .k iu; i;e na.i rotnuuii'i oi tne arui
1 Irry m saui battle to the le of Han-lo-
'k - "jri', and that h is plan if re
I v4 a.,; an a ; i from the (,oui'elcra:e
I f'.n es a as cripDievl almost to a failure
by tb.r ..i:.iut of (ieneral HanctM-k.
!' H int ha l given instructions to
his two immediate lieutenants, Messrs.
li-izani and Mctiflvray, hovr.to meet
t:; antstitaU-i atta.'k. Mc4ilvray
fuie Hazartl faileJ tomply, keepimf
I Ln kfuns silent during Mte whole alfrav,
I Has at the coujiuand of tieneral llaii
I r-ii. i Jeneral II uul is now eolonel of
l the fifth arliilrv. A eon rt of innnlti
i fiectel to be the result.
l.oxrx. Jnly 3!. The Iron masters
in u. ieveland district in the north of
KntcUnd Lrale yesterday gave notice of
tUe per cut. reductiou of the w aces of
t.l.. ir employees. The matter will be
referred to arbitration.
A liindon oorrespondent of the Man
vlieter 'Wjr.iii says: The Odessa
hni.r of Commerce has manifested
iiui-b concern at the extra fact lilies af
for.ied to lite l'iolel Slate fr xprt
t'igheat by deepening of the mouth
f the Miswlppi.
. -i.j. t up won by "Isonomy,"
" Tiitf lusr" soconl ; "Parole"' third.
A dispatch from Home to the Jitl
Jf ' t:ttt says final decision of the
ori;.u lioverniosnton rwlixHUH jues
tf.itn t Uttio wJUi the Vatiaan has lieen
'uiiiiunicaied to the Utter. It is a-
f-i.v: All of the exiled clergy w!m
-iW pernn.ion w ill le allowed to re
ta.n to tttrriunv. Many laws will be
tac.tiy suspcudctl, provided the clergy
"bey ihm oouiruou Jaw, and all frb
''Uunation a-e to le ul.mittel to the
f 'rnment. The I'o;e is satisfied with
;ii-. terms.
h:RUN, July 31. Intelligonco re-'-ired
here fnm St. Petersburg an
ii"ur.. es that alxutone liunilrtsi persons
wre arrested last Sunday on the estate
'f th- Urtnd Duke " Tons antine,
brother of the Czar, at Tavlosk, near
xi- I'etsrsburg.
Tla nrrlla niwlon.
AsiiiN,,r,)N Jnlv 31. The aiigges-
W
t;"U of J.-ttral tiraiu'a name for Uie
I lace is fatorably respired, tept by
ieauti-ihird-terui ieiple. They think
apjKjiutment would aid rather than
injure the chances for a third term,
"v. -rotary Schurs la reported to have
"-d on one occasion, wheu General
'rant uame waa seriously urged in
lonneciiou with an nuptriant appoint
lueut, that should the present adminis
tration appoint ti rant to any high civil
rtfic be would leave Uie cabinet. The
Htivslsn mission now yacant Is also a
ubjes-: of speculation, but no name has
el beeu prominently meiitioned iu
-on nation with it. It is pretty well
uiHlemtoo that both missions will
hi led by Kasteru men.
''alac CuiUrdmnil Ire ' ream.
IVk rshurg todex-ApswI.
Refereuee s-as made hi this paper
ysterday, to a special report on pol
orilng by custards anfj ice creams, made
to tbe Siata MedJcaXSocJetv during its
eiou iq retarsbUrg in LS77, by lr. J.
S. Wellford. oi HichniouiL The re
port was prepare.! with Rreat care, and
embraced the full details of a number
of cases of ioisoninjr by custards and
ice creams, which have happened in
Virginia during the last few years.
The first instance he mentioned oc
curred iu Richmond in 1874. It was that
of seven persons in one family, made
ill by eating boiled custard Masoned
with essence of lemon. In the analysis
of the custard, no trace uf metallic sub
stance could I detected. All the nick
ones recovered. . ...
In 187$ a similar series) Of cases oc
curred In Charlottesville. The custard
was seasoned w ilh vanilla, and cooked
iu a tin nmseL It wna eaten without
injury the day aHer it Tauin!o, but
those" wlio ate H the'secxjTirt' and third
day thereafter were made ill. There
was no evidence iu any of the cases of
an acrid or instant poison.
Iu Louisa couuty, 174, some eight or
ten persons in oue family and three or
four in another, were made sick by
eating ice cream. Tho cream was pre-
Eared by some of the ladiea of the
ouse; but in the process of oooking
the cream was burned, and in order to
disguise the burned taste, a iarge ex
en of extract of vanilla was added.
The S3 Diploma of poisouiug came on in
from twelve to rourteen uoura aiier
satinje. All recovered. '
Ppon the occasion of a reunion of a
family of lUpid Ami, Va., in 1871, the
company, fourteen in all, partook of
custard prepared iu the usual manner,
and cooked and allowed to cool in a tin
Teasel. In from twelve to twenty hours,
each one w a taken w ilh most violent
symptoms of oiouing. Vomiting or
diarrhu-a but congestion of the brain
in several cases to a considerable de
gree. All recovered thougn the con
valescence was vervslow. The custard
alone contained the poison. Tho sea
soning wasASHenco of lemon which
had own itd for flavoriug on a pre
vious occasion w ithout injury. "
Kleven iKrsons were mafe sick bv
eating ice croam at a boarding house in
.Macon, da. All symptoms Hiuteil to
h ciioiera morons, i lie seasoning was
ennui. The illness was very severe,
(iithe "Jl of July, l7fi, thero was a
tea iartv in the town of Lexington, 2s.
t'., at which were assembled seventeen
oi ine mi? oi me community. me
supjer wassplenditl and the icecream
flavored w ith vanilla was pronounced
delightful. Kleven of the party were
nu ieuenlly taken severely ill. All
recovered. It was believed at the timo
that the sickness was caused by vanilla
Mioning-a.s it has Ineu thought to be
the cause of uLsoning iu numerous
ot her cases.
Hut there is the insitive statement of
distinguished cheinisUs that there is
nothing iu vanilla to produce johon
ing. lr. Wellford concludes his report br
leclariuc, that alter a caret u I iu veUga-
-rlon of all tbe facts in the alove cases.
-cie h.oi come to the ixmclusion that the
true cauo of poisoning from eating
ctintard and i - ream, is some le-om-K-itiou
in the albuminoid articles
useAl.viz.: the milk and egir.w-hifh may
be aidtsl by the sugar. Nearly all the
caes ocurrel in hot weather. It has
been contended tUat, if auilla itself is
not poisonous, it is fi c ;i;v:it i prepared
with an oil w hich -t i;.y Lc ome an
irritant ioiso-j; but Dr. Wellford does
not see why, if this is true, wo do not
have these" causes in winter as well as
in the ht seasons of tho year.
A Qnrsllon forCorbln.
Corrednnleice of the News.
Kai.kioii, July 31. ijucen Victoria
and Sir Moes Montetioj-e, in tl.o year
isp. the third son oftJoorge III, whose
Q.itiio was lMwurd, lHito oi Kent,
w hose finances w ere in a bad condition,
reared t Hrucls and there in IMS he
married the widowed Princes of I.ein
inircn. Moses Monteliore. paying him a bus
iness visit, called thw luke's attention
to the approaching death of his father,
an I that his two el ler brothers were
children, hence his ;"u i child w A the
next heir to the Knush crown. Tho
Duke refused to return to Kngland just
then. Moses Monteliore called the at
tention of the Duchess of Kent to the
fa. l mid the Knglish statute law, that
onlv one born in Kngland could be
King, and she persuaded her husband
to return w ith her to Kngland.
Shortly after that she gave birth to a
Kirl named Vidoiia, w ho is now Queen
if Kngland. This explains partly the
relation of Sir Moses to the royal fam
ily. Moses is a Jew. Would you
be kind enouiih through your valued
ioiirnal to ask Mr. Corbin if he would
ncrmit him at Manhattan Beach
Hotel.
Constax r
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AUKK.
Orange and Imoni.
When a young gentleman invests
his two or three cents in an orange, or
when a peison of more advanced yeais
calls for a iiee2e of lemon" or "just
a shaving of feinon peel " in his glass,
the thought is far from both their heads
that they are contributing their mites
to an industry which last year imported
into the I'nited States at the port of
New York a total money value of those
articles of over S'J.sOn.iiOo, on w hich was
paid to the government a duty of more
than foiiO,iA. Indeed, many political
economists may le surprised to learn
from the report of the Lnited State In
spector of Customs that the value of
grown fruit entered for consul lption at
this port in the year ls7S ugrcgatod $3,
7.C.(w0, of which oranges and lemons
amounted to SJ.soJ.kW, grapes to ?-J2,-m,
bananas fio nearly fiJ,00) and oo
eo.vuin to neirly J'".in, . The duty
c)lUs-tel on these articles reach oil Jk;,-
0J. the cncoanut.s alone being tree.
The extent of the trallic may be im
agined from the fact that the number of
oranges imported in cases last year was
nearly one hundred and seventy inil-
lit u, and the number of lemons iu
boxes two hundred and eighteen mil
lions. It is evident that the business
of niiiiug oranges and lemons in the
Gulf SJUitcs may one day becouie very
profitable. The duty of twenty per
cent, paid by the importer is not the
onlv protection oilered to the home
grower. ut of the case oranges im
ported lat year more than sixty mil
lions perished on the voyage a loss of
thirty-six per cent., while in lemons
the loss ljy decay reached twenty per
cent.
A lleralne of tlie IMsarue.
Mkmi iiis, JnJy2S Tbe Ipjt of heroes
of the plaguo has been added to in tho
person of a young woman, Kvelin Wid
rig, agel 17 years, living in Bradford
street. When her ueighlM)!, the To
bina, toofc-th fever, this brave girl
visited them and nursed them until
they died. Then Uie Godey family,
across th street, were sick1, and she
visited and nuned them. Last Sunday
week she was taken with the fever, ami
'she died on Sunday last. Her father
fclso had the fever, and died a few hours
Afterward. The lie v. Dr. Harris, of the
Episcopal church, said last night,
While her father was sick he begged
hie to tell him how his daughter was.
I could say no more than tha she waa
f esting. A Iruer word than he thought
1 meant; but to-night they both re
resting in Elmwood, where side by
side we laid the two to-day."
Ieatb of Captain 1s1ib.
Pets' BSBuuo, July 31. Captain Dan
iel Dodaon, a prominent eitizeu, who,
with his entire family, was poisoned by
iatrng ioo-eream a few days since, died
ere tlrts morning, aged sixty years.
le laavea a large family, alt of whom
lr q-nltv ill.
PIEDMONT SPRINGS.
A UiL.1t OF UILE4D I'OU
ItROKEI-DOWN.
TIIE
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A CorreSMtilents Experience on
tb Western Hills North Ainerl
ran Anrcl.
Corro.sKndence of the News.
The extra besaiou having adjourned,
and all the world of money and fashion
haviug (led brick aud mortar, it is now
tbe season, alono of all the year, when
the newspaper looks rural ward, for
new s. I therefore trespass on the space
devoted to the arrival of the Hon. Mr
A. at the seaside, or the fluttering
caused by tho petite Miss 11. in some
mountain resort, to say that away back
among the loveliest spurs of the Blue
Ridge Is hidden a Gilead for tho broken
down and sawn-oil' nerves of the over
worked me:i opolita n; a glen, where
the clouds bank themselves on each
inclosing hill, forming pictures of light
and shadow, w hich, thill as in akaieid
tteoopd; a Torttable piay ground lor sor
row and sickness and satiety a place
where politicians or statesmen could
form a judicious State without being
bedeviled by gigmen, as honest Tom
Carlyle expresses it. It is, or rather,
w iib the expenditure of a little money,
it could be the Bedford of the south.
Piedmont Springs, the name of this
spot, is sixteeu miles from Morgan ton
on tho W. N. C. 11. 1L, Gabriel Peafcey,
proprietor.. Its waters are sulphur
ana chalybeate - and" their marvel
ous curative power baa been a thing of
local record and repute lor these
fotty years LaedposU in that glorious
era of patriarchal slavery aud plethoric
pocket books tbe gentry of tne lower
Yadkin and Oat aw ha were ont to re
pair here in their own carriages with
a full retinue of servants and provis
ioned from the homo larder for a two
mouths' stay. Then deer were plenty
and a good "stand" waa to be had
within a mile or the Springs. Now we
go further (that is wo will go to-iuor-row)
to the falls of Upior Creek, six
miles north, w here a sure shot can get
venison. These failure indeed a marvel
of oeauty. Think ol a large full moun
tain creek, tplendidior rttrio, seeking
gravity with a single plunge of 120
leet. lhlnK oi tnataiui weep over me
spluttering of Kocky brauch, Kaleigh'a
water course. Time would foil me to
tell of Tilden Falls; of Brown moun
tain aud iu natural house of rock from
the top of which Lenoir, Hickory and
Morganton can bo seen when the sun
Is right; of tho view from liie Jiig Chest
nut Jku'ub wiLhall thai gWrioua u ealUr
of valley and hill land' Underneath,
which make the counties of Burke,
Caldwell and Catawba; of the walks
between great row s of spruco and pine,
meeting overhead and to come to the
essentially mater. ai it tails me entire
ly in attempting to describe the savor
of l'earcey's spring chickens, the an tiij ue
ricfhiess ol the ham, the Vienna
siicculeiico of the rolls, tho vicar of
Wakefield excellence which distin
guishes his wild gooseberry pies.
But news, Mr. Kditor ! 1 mentioned
uows iu the outset of this letter, aud
what news have I given you? Not
even u list of our arrivals. Wo have
lieen lucky in having no list of distin
guished arrivals, so that our American
ism has been preserved intact. We aro
all equally distinguished.
Your correspondent is the best shot
a: the rj-rt"f5i,eovering w iU c4 i.ult
dollar iorty yards oil-iiaiul w itu four
shots. Miss P., of Lincointon, is dis
tinguished in croquet, handling a mal
let like a North American angel. Miss
P., of Kaleigh, is champion at cards
(authors). Captain Tuornburg, the
clever secretary of tuc .North Carolina
' llailroad, can iliiul. n..ro sulphur
water and lire than any man on tho
ground. Professor Baumanu, of your
city, is tho best looking man of tho
party ; but as to how the other sex rank
in this resptct, a w ise regard fur your
correspondent's windpipe and other
bronchial attachments cnloiccs siienco.
Some arrivals from our sister State,
South Carolina, to meet w hom we stop
this rambling mtUe of words. Say to
the shut in aud the sleepless to buy an
excursion ticket, the price of wuicli,
per advertisement in the N r:vs of the
2."th instant, is Jli:.7l) from Kaleigh to
Morganton and return ; ami ri..o more
to tho Springs.
The sound ol il.e supper bolr suggests
that 1 sigu myscJi w hut m truth 1 am,
a gOOl TltKXCUKKMAN.
Tbe Hliitlrri;nrl n Mjslrni.
P! -PidelphJa '1 inics, :th.
interesting discussions w ere had in
tho Girls' Normal School building, yes
terday afternoon, by that branch of tho
Kducational Association which met to
consider the subject of elementary
schools. The kindergarten camo in for
a full share of the talk. Miss Lo.ia
PatriJge, well known as tho advocate
of everything that pro mi. sum a higher
and better method of education, made
an address on this branch, w hich was
full of sound sense, and carried her
audience with her from beginning to
end. She consideied the k iudergarlen
an intensely practical subject,' It is
the cheapest form of education. It is
cheaper to educate human beings into
men and women than to make them
w hat some of them are, and support
them iu tho almshouse and in prison.
The moral training of the kindergar
ten will reform society. There is no
doubt that tho training there teaches
integrity. You may not teach the
chiM that it ought to love God, but you
teach it to do it. Tho Bible may not
be in tho head, but it is put into tho
heart. Miss Patridge then gave an in
teresting sketch of Froebel and his sys
tem and concluded by saying: "The
fault in modern education is not in the
high schools ; it is further back. You
cannot build on a llimsy foundation.
Tho kindergarten is needed for that
foundation. There is a system in the
kindergarten, and it is tho only one in
which a system exists."
Fever and I)lenleetaulfc.
Wicdiiiigton Star, 3th.
The National Board of Health to-day
issued a circular on disinfection. It
states that it is prudent to assume that
the essential cause of yellow fever is
what may be called "germ." This germ
flourishes especially in decaying or
ganic matter or filth, and disinfection
must have reference both to the germ
anil that on which it flourishes. Disin
fection, when used as a substitute for
cleanliness, is a poor substitute; it is
mainly useful to mako the process of
cleansing odorless and harmless. Tho
best disinfectants are sulphate of iron,
carbolic acid, fresh quick lime, fresh
charcoal powder, chloride or zinc,
chloride of aluminum and permanga
nate of potash. The great difficulties
in destroying the vitality of the germ
of yellow fever are to bring the disin
fecting agent into actual contact with
the germ, and to avoid injuriug other
things, "wbieh 'should be preserved.
When tho germ of yellow fever is-dry
or partially dried, no gaseous disinfect
ant can be relied on to destroy it. It
'must be moistened or subjected to a
idrv heai of not less than 250 degrees.
'Infecied articles should be removed as
little as possible, when dry. The best
methods of disinfecting rooms, ships,
buildings, etc., are still doubtful, owing
to the difficulty of destroying the vi
tality ol dried germs, he board pro
poses to have the subject carefully in
vestigated, and in tha moantimn ari-
I
visaa thnrnmrli rl a nirfn tr tr i.u fr.1.
lowed by the fume of ourning sul
phur at the-rate of 18 dances io 1,000
cubic feet to be disinfected. No patent
ed compound known to the board is
superior to the agents above mentioned,
and none so cheap. The removal of an
unpleasant odor is no proof that disin
fection has been accomplished. Tne
circular also gives some sanitary re
commendations of a general character
to be carried out in tne districts in
fected by the fever last year.
A Story of a direst 3Iiue.
Two miners sat down jin the wilder
ness of Southern Utah a' few months
ago to munch their breadand then pur
sue their wanderings and their search
for wealth. They were "prospectors,"
who, having left the beaten track of
treasure-seekers, wandered off, to the
amusement of their felldws, into the
comparatively level country, where
months of searching had revealed noth
ing, t
"We had better get back into the
mountain country, Jim," said his
"pardV' - ' -'
And as bespoke his tool struck some
thing a few inches under the sand
and the prospector found a fracture on
the rocks and picked up a small yellow
ish piece of stone.
"What's that?" said Tom; as he saw
with what feverish eagerness his
"pard examined that piece.
"Egad! I think it's horn silver!'
They were out of provisions and
clothes; they had not means with which.
to pay the tee lor securing their "find."
After opening their prize sufficiently
to show- that a vein of ore existed, they
ottered it to Mr. Ben Morgan, of Pitts
buiig, who is operating smelting words
a few miles below Salt Iake City, for
$10,000. Mr. Morgan sought the advice
of the superintendent of the Ontario
Mine. Together they carefully exam
ined the new "find," anil, unfortunate
ly for them, they decided it was not
worth risking tho money on. The
miners continued to open their vein,
but soon again were stranded, when
one of them wrote two Irish friends,
w ho had already lost money on sup
posed "finds," and besought them to
try their luck once more. After much
importuning they invested enough to
give the miuers, a good start, when the
development of tho mine proceeded
Tapidly. Four shafts were sunk, aud a
number of intermediate galleries run
which connected the shafts. The work
was pushed solely with a view to show
the magnitude of the deposit. It was
the marvel of the whole country. Con
servative old engineers measured the
ore-bodies actually in sight, taking
nothing for grauted, and made many
analyses in all parts of the mine to de
termine its richness, and the most cau
tious calculated the'sight to be worth
$27,000,000. Jay Cooke, hearing of this
prize, secured an option of one-half in
terest lor 2,000,000 for a short time,
and, hastening eastward, he induced a
number of Englishmen New Y'ork to
invest, and they took it at this price,
the four original owners declining to
sell tho remaining half at any price
This is the now famous "Horn Silyer
Mine or 'New Bonanza," around
which a town has in a few months elus
tered, called "Frisco," and to which
one mine the Utah Southern Railroad
will this summer be extended nearly
three hundred miles. .
TATE SEWS.
vhttrlnff Crop Ko-
porls Huakes, tMte .
FKANKI.1N COU NTT.
The Nkws" Louisburg "special" says
Good seasons. Farmers in line spirits'.
Crops looking well. A great outrage
was committed last week. A negro
rocked the 'dwelling of Mr. J. C
Wynne, and committed other deeds
equally as bad. The town has offered
a reward for him ; ho was chased some
distance last Sunday by the officers,
but succeeded in making his escape.
A number of gentlemen went seining
in tho r lag pond in Nash, last week.
The party caught about three barrels of
nice nsh. and succeeded in killing a
number of snakes, one reported to be
about 1G inches around and 5 feet long.
When attacked ho fought, breaking off
o;ie of his fangs against a stick, which
measured half an inch. The gentleman
who reported this said he thought the
snake would weigh nearly, if not quite
fifty pounds. Rev. W. H. Hester and
P. Ii. Pinell, held prayer meeting, last
week specially for rain. The rain came,
aud all feel better.
MOORE CO i: STY.
In this county the rains have over
flowed the creeks; corb has been washed
up, and mill dams carried away. Cot
ton is fruiting finely, but is threatened
by the heavy rains. A twenty-four
inch jack fish was caught near
Swan station the other day. Dr. Lacy
preached at the new church at Buffalo
for the first time last Sunday.
WAYNE COUNTY.
Plenty of rain. Apprehending a
verification of the News' prediction of
an August freshet. Crops looking bet
ter. The Y. M. C A. recently orga
nized in Goldsboro is flourishing.
HARNETT COUNTY.
Splendid rains for the last few days,
and crops are already iniproyiug
especially cotton. Farmers have a more
happy expression of countenance than
they were wont to wear a week ago.
Miss Flora A. Buie, died at Suinrner
ville on the 35 Col. Seaw ell, of Jonea-f
boro, lost his gin house used as a Btearri
corn mill, by lire on the2oth. Mrs. A. A.
Uethea fattened 18 hogs weighing over
200 lbs. each on chufas last year.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Chapel Hill, July 3. Rain in abun
dance. Crop prospects improving. Mrs.
Mooii is cond acting an interesting re-r
viva! at Mt. Pleasant, Chatham county.
FORSYTH COUNTY.
Winston, July 3. Heavy rain-fall
throughout the county. Berry trade
light, caused by last year's surplus
crop and consequent low prices. Low
lands crops are threatened with a fresh
et. Houses for rent and purchase are
in demand. Married on the 29th by
Rev. R. II. Wills, Miss Lelia White and
Mr. Ab Johnston.
DAVIDSON COUNTY. . 1
Yadkin College, July 29. Rainy
Good crops. Winston, Mocksville and
Mooresville Railroad is the one absorb
ing topic. The question is what the
county will do toward building. Di
vision of sentiment. Yadkin College
town has one store and a tobacco fac
tory. In the neighborhood there has
recently been built three academy
buildings and two churches.
Tne Fever In Washing-ton.
Post, Double Leaded.
Has the yellow fever obtained a foot--hold
iu Washington? This is a mo
mentous query, and it demands . an
immediate and decisive answer, AH
sorts of disturbing rumors were in. the
air last night some plausible, others
improbable and all, let us hope, impos
sible. In any and all events, however,
it behooves our local medical author
ities to exert every possible means and
probe the matter to the bottom. Until
that is done, we entreat a suspension of
judgment.
THE SCHOOLS.
THE SC HOOLMASTER IX COX
VEJTTIOH The National Educational AskmocIr.
Han Assembles In Philadelphia
Opening of the Convention.
Philadelphia, July 29. The school
teachers from various parts of the
United States have assembled in this
city in large numby to take part in the
deliberations of the Convention of the
National Educational Association.
The assembly room of the Girls', Nor
mal School is the meeting place, and at
10 o'clock this morning the room w as
filled with the members of the associa
tion, tbe ladies beinjr the more numer
ous. John Hancock, P.i. D., president
of the association, called the meeting
w oraer, anu iayor atoKiey delivered
a grace welcoming address, savins? that
it was fitting they should celebrate their
majority m the city where their asso
ciation was born twenty-one years
ago.
Mr. Edward T. Whiffen,a prominent
citizens, also made years interested in
educational matters, also made a speech
of welcome on behalf of the Philadel
phia Board of Education.
HALF A CENTURY'S -VORK.
President Hancock, in reply, alluded
to the famou s public educjitional
system of Philadelphia and its 100,
000 school children, and then sketched
the history of educational associations
in this country. "A half century age,"
said he, "two great educational organ
izations were established in this coun
try. The one embraced in its field of
operation chiefly the New England
States, the other the States of the Mis
sissippi Valley. A great cloud of
teachers in the midst of the noble
White mountains joined in the exer
cises of the fiftieth annual meet
ing of tho first during the present
month; the second held its last meeting
in 1845. It matters little which may
justly claim precedence by a year, and
this is no place to discuss the question.
In the one were found the learning,
wisdom, zeal and self-sacrifice of the
educators .of the older parts of our
country, of that section which has done
so much to shape all institutions; in
the other were united for like pur
poses the educators of the same char
acter belonging to the States of the
gieat West."
Speaking of the present asssociation,
beginning with the organization of the
Academic Institute at Cincinnati in
1829, the president traced its history
dow n to the present. In 1847 the name
adopted was "The National Teachers'
Association," and this, in accordance
with a more liberal provision subse
quently adopted in regard to member
ship, was changed to the present one of
National Educational Association. The
reason membership was carefully re
stricted to those engage i in the active
work of instruction was doubtless to
promote one of the leading objects of
the association the building up ot the
teacher's calling into a profession. Like
the American Institute, our association
did not recognize the equality of men
and women in the profession, though
it took a step in advance of the insti
tute in regard to the rights of the latter;
for whereas the institute only accorded
women the rierut of listening to the
wise things made public by their breth
ren, our association extended to them
the additional privilege of presenting
thoughts of their own under a curious
restriction, as will be seen from the ar
ticle or tne constitution relating to
membership of women, which I
quote:
Ladies engaged in teaching may, on
tho recommendation of the Board of
Directors, become honorary members,
and shall thereby possess the ritjlit of
presenting.in the form of written essays
tto be read by the secretary or any oth
er member of whom they may select)
their views upon the .subject assigned
for discussion.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
Mr. Hancock concluded his address
as follows: "In what I have said I
have attempted to give voice to what I
conceived to be the general mind olthe
association as to what its future work
should be. I uow beg to express in a
word views entertained probably by
only a miuority 'of the people. Im
portant as I deem the different lines of
work I have pointed out, I do not think
them grand enough to call out all the
powers of the National Educational
Association. I believe .it ought to test
its strength on measures greater than
the greatest of these. One of these
measures the supreme one as I view
it is compulsory education. I weary
of half wray pleasures. If education is
what we profess to believe it the one
earthly good to be chosen before all
others why should we hesitate to
throw ourselves into the advocacy of a
measure that will make it universal ?
To carry learning into all houses and
make it the possession of every crea
ture, so that there shall no more be a
neglected class in this country. That,
as it seems to me, is a work altogether
worthy the full power of this great or
ganization." Rewarded.
.States vllle Landmark.
Colonel S. A. Sharpe has received the
appointment as postmaster at this place,
to succeed Colonel W. A. Eliason. The
change was a surprise to all, because of
the promptnessand business-like man
ner in which the affairs of the office
have been administered. The reason
of this removal is purely political.
Colonel Eliason is, though quiet, an
avowed Democrat, while Colonel Sharpe
is equally as avowed Republican ; and
the change was simply the stepping
down and out of a Democrat to make
room for a Republican. Colonel Elia
son has lorwardea tne department a
strongly fortified petition asking for his
retention, but has little idea his request
will be granted as his politics will not
admit him to help along the Sherman
boom or be utilized during the cam
paign. .Personally no objection can ue
brought to bear against Colonel Sharpe,
but bis politics are treacherous, or
rather obnoxious to a majority of our
citizens.
Death of Judge Ballard.
A dispatch from Louisville an
nounces tho sudden death at his home
in that city of Bland Ballard, Judue of
the United States District Court lor ths
District of Kentucky. He was to have
held court yesterday morning, but
awoke feeling ill. Inasmuch as Jhe
did not appear two hours after the
usual time, a Court messenger was
sent to his residence, lie sent bacic
word that he felt very unwell, but
would come down. He then went to a
barber-shop and was shaved, and next
to the Kentucky National Bank, where,
he attended to some business, and from
there to the post-offlce. Here he felt so
unwell that, instead or going to the
court-room, he returned home. W hen
he arrived there he told his wife he
was about to die. She tried to cheer
him up, but he proceeded to state his
wishes in regard to his property in case
he died, when suddenly Mrs. Ballard
noticed a violent twitching of his
features, his face became livid, and in a
few minutes he was dead. 1 he cause
of his death is supposed to be either
apoplexy or heart disease.
J udge Ballard was born in Shelby
county, Ky., in 1819, and was descended
from twp families that went to Ken
tucky in the days of Daniel Boone and
Simon Kenton, and the Blands and the
Ballards have been distinguished men
of Kentucky throughout the history of
that Commonwealth. He was a com
paratively young man when he was
called to the bench by President Lin
coln in 1861, but he had made for him
self an enviable reputation as an advo
cate. His mind, however, was essen
tially j udicial,and his loss will be keenly
regretted by the abler lawyers who
practiced in his court, but the "petti
foggers" will probably be glad, for to
them ho was the terror of terrors. Sharp
practice he discountenanced as though
it were thievery, and the consuming of
the Court's time in irrelevant oratory
was frowned down most successfully.
(n one occasion a lawyer named
Lane, who, whenever he had a case'on
the docket, made himself a nuisance by
the frequency of his motions, arose to
address the Court. The Judge hearing
the disagreeably familiar voice turned
quickly, and seeing that Lane wore no
shirt collar stopped him, saying : "The
Court will not listen to you, sir, until
you have put on a collar." Lane re
monstrated and the Judge fined him
for contempt of court, at the same time
expressing a regret that he had not
fined the lawyer for not having a collar
instead of waiting to fine him for im
puderce. Judge Ballard was often spoken of in
connection with the Supreme Court,
and his friends felt that he had been
treated very badly when he was passed
by and General Harlan was selected by
Mr. Hayes to succeed Judge Davis.
He was for several jrears a professor in
the Louisville Law School, was Presi
dent of the Kentucky National Bank,
and at different times held many posi
tions of importance in his native State.
OLD A X.SOX.
lJouel Little's Death Dr. lr it ch
ard's Presidency Commended,
Correspondence of the News.
Lilesville, July 30. There is a
general feeling of gloom and regret
throughout our community on account
of the death of Colonel B. F. Little, of
Richmond. Although not a citizen of
our county, his business and social re
lations with our people were so intimate
and his intercourse with us so frequent
and so pleasant, that we always claimed
him as almost an Anson man. He died
on Sunday last, aged, I believe, 52. No
better man no more exemplary citizen
no purer Christian gentleman ever
lived or died on the great Pee De ; no
one has ever departed to the great un
known, whose loss will be more seri
ously felt. W ere I not incompetent,
and under the grief his death has caused
me, totally disqualified for the task;
'tw ould afford me a sad pleasure to write
an extended obituary of him ; to tell of
his merits, his virtues, his modesty his
true greatness ; to narrate how, to my
own knowledge he ; on account of his
feeble health and what he deemed to
be his duty to his family and neigh
bors ; positively declined honors of
office which those knowing him best
were so ready and willing to bestow
upon him. Frank Little dead ! The
fact is too solemn : too crushing for im
mediate realization ! Who is left like
unto him ?
To change the theme; though now
rather late to speak of it, I must say a
word as to the selection of Thomas
Henderson Pritchard as President of
Wake Forest College.
"Old wake" has always lieen a
favorite in this section net with bap
tist onlv. but with all. Methodist of
this county as well as others, have
sent their sous there ; and all have ac
corded to it a foremost place iu the
educational institutions of our State.
The Baptists are"strong" hereabouts,
and I have interviewed several of them.
They say that the only mistake made
was that of not at first calling Dr.
Pritchard as successor of the lamented
Wingate. The Wilmington Star's no
tice of his election and acceptance is
one of the best of the many I have seen,
though a doubt is therein exprossed as
to his "administrative qualifications."
I do not claim to be a competent
judge in this matter, but I am proud to
claim a somewhat intimate acquaint
ance with the "educated" but not
"learned" Dr. P., and I confidently be
lieve he -will, in. all respects be found
"equal to the emergencies of the occa
sion." In fact, until otherwise in
formed by the Star, I really thought
he was "learned." But that fact don't
amount to much. I, in my ignorance,
might form an equally wrong opinion
of others.
It requires men who know, but won't
tell, who wrote the "Janus" letters,
(long ago, and not about Railroads and
North Carolina systems") to decide
who is "learned," " et cetera. But sup
per is ready and I subside. Rains con
tinue and crops are reported as "the
best ever seen." L.
The Mines.
Charlotte Observer.
Mr. Walter Hamilton who represents
reduction works in New York, yester
day closed a contract with the Rudi
sill mining company for all the sulphu
ret ore, they may take out. . The com
pany Has a large supply of this on
hand, and since the new administration
took hold have only been working the
free ore. Mr. Hamilton, we under
stand, declares his ability to extract
within five percent, of the assay value.
The ore will be shipped to New York
and worked there.
Messrs. Thomas Floyd-Jones, J. P.
Caddagan aud E. Hogan, of New York,
the last named being a State Senator,
are in the city looking after mining in
terests which it is said lie chiefly in
Cabarrus county.
The Monroe Express is authority for
the statement that the northern mining
compauy, who last year worked the
Christian Gold mine, have returned
and intend to resume work at the mines.
They say they are going to pay up the
"old score," and go ahead with the
work of unearthing the precious metal.
The Great Wall of China.
An American engineer who, being
engaged in the construction of a rail
way iu China, has nad unusuany iavor-
able opportunities ot examining tne
famous "Great Wall," built to obstruct
the incursions of the Tartars, gives the
following account of this wonuenui
work: The wall is 1,728 miles long, 18
feet high and 15 et thick at the top.
The foundation throughout is of solid
granite, the remainder or compact ma
sonarv. At intervals of between 200
and 300 yards towers rise up 25 to 30
feet high and 24 feet in diameter. On
tbe top of the walls and en both sides
of it are inasonary parapets to enaoio
the defenders to pass unseen from one
tower to another. The wall itself is
earried from Doint to point in a per
fectly straight line across vallleys and
plains, and over hills. witlTout tbe
slightest regard to the configuration of
the ground, sometimes pltlnging down
into abjsses a thousand feet deep.
Brooks and smaller rivers are bridged
over by the wall, while on both banks
of larger streams strong flanking tow
ers are placed.
The reason Blackwell's Fragrant
Durham Bull Smoking Tobacco is used
by all judges of tobacco, is because it is
the best.
COTTOIC FACTORIES.
An Answer
Some Inquiries from
Abrad.
Constitution,.
A day ortwo ago the following letter
was received at the cotton factory in 4hia
city. Governor Bullock, the treasurer
turns it over to uafor answer, furnish
ing us with the data. There are so many
letters of similar import received that
ho takes this method of answering all;
Suffolk, Va., July 7. Gents: liar-'
ing noticed a great many statements
from your State with regard to the man
ufacture of cotton, ani aa our people
hare an idea of establishing a small fac
tory, I write to ask that you will please
send me any information on the sub
ject which you may have, either in
printed form or by letter, relative to
wst per spindle and -profits of manu
facture, demand for the manufactured
goods, etc.; in fact, anything that will
assist us in getting the enterprise under
way. Your attention will be highly
appreciated and duly ackhowlged
through my paper. Yours truly,
Thomas U. Elam.
Cushier of Commercial Bank and Pro
prietor of Herald.
Tha Atlanta cotton factory hsa a ca
pacity of 24,000 spindles and machinery
to correspond. At present it hat
only 10,000 spindles and aO0 looms.
This machinery will produce
5,000 pounds of cloth or d5,000
yards per day. The cost of production
is four cents per pound. The machin
ery cost 13 per spindle, and is calcula
ted for twelve to fifteen years of use.
The looms were made by the Lewiston
machine company, of Lewiston, Maine,
the pickers by the Kitson machine
company, of Lowell, and tbe spinning
machinery by the Water Power ma
chine company of Boddeford, Maine.
It is believed to be the best in the
world.
The Atlanta factory has no record yet
as a factory, having been running ouly
about one month, but there are proba
bly twenty-five leading factories in
Georgia, every one of which has made
money heavily for the past ten years.
They have without exception paid from
8 to 12 per cent, on the capital.aud have
passed up large sums to the surplus or
extension funds. No other stocks have
paid so uniformly and so well. The
Atlanta mill is an experiment in the
direction of manufacturing with steam
instead of water power, but it is dem
onstrated that the difference in cost
will not be appreciable in the results of
a year's work. It is proposed, we be
lieve, to put in new machinery next
year, and fill the mill to its utmost ca
pacity. The Farmer's Dilemma.
Chatham County Record.
What is to become of an agricultural
people who consume more than thef
produce? This is not a theoretical ques
tion in political economy, but a practi
cal one of vital and startling import
ance that must be answered by the peo
ple of Chatham! For it is a sad reali
ty that the people of this county, an
exclusively agricultural people though
they be, do not produce as much as
they consume, and are forced to buy
from abroad and bring into the county
the very products that they should be
sending out and selling to others. For
years past it has been the boast of our
farmers that they fod the citizens of
Raleigh and Fayetteville; that these
two towns were in a measure supported
by the farmers of Chatham. But alas!
this is no longer true, and indeed almost
the reverse is true. Too many of our
farmers are dependent for their sup
plies upon the merchants of those
towns, and too many mortgages are
resiiug oil their faruM. Instead of
streams of our country wagons pouring
into these towns, the current has now
changed and reversed. While in Ral
eigh recently we received information
'on this subject that was absolutely
startling. From commission merchants
of that city we learned they were daily
shipping to all sections of this county
largequan titles of meal and oorii.
They send corn even to such fertile and
productive sections of this county as
Hickory Mountain, Deep River and
New Hope. And most of this corn
comes all the way from Chicago!
Think of that, ye farm e: a of Chatham!
The idea of bringing corn from Chicago
to Chatham, and selling it cheaper than
it can be raised here! Is it not time
then to ask what shall our farmers do?
The merchants in our county are now
selliug Chicago corn and Richmond
meal to our farmers ; yes, we actually
can get better aud cheaper meal from
Richmond, Virginia, than from the nu
merous mills of Chatham. With our
farmers then buying the very things
that thoy should sell, how can the
county prosper ? Ifow can we get or
keep any money here, when we spend
what little we have in buying those
little articles, from the sale of which
we formerly obtained our money?
How can or will our farmers raised, he
money to pay for all this corn and meal?
What surplus products can they give
iu exchange? Is it cotton? Np; for
we doubt if there is any profit in rais
ing cotton in this county, after paying
all expenses and the heavy cost of fer
tilizora. Is it wheat? No; for wheat
crops for the past two years have al
most been failures, and many of our
farmers are now eating the wheat
which next fall they will need for seed.
What then have our farmers to sell, so
as to raise the money to buy the neces
saries of life ?
Tlu is the question now stubbornly
staring us in tbe face, and demands a
practical answer. For unless they have
something to sell how can they buy?
This matter should receive the most
serious consideration of our thinking
farmers, arid they should take counsel
together for their common good. Mat
ters will go frotibad to worse until our
farmers unite together in one common
and mutual effort for their improve
ment. If we find that wheat and corn
can be brought here from abroad cheap
er than we can raise it, then we must
either learn their improved methods of
cultivation, or turn our attention to
other pro .lucts. And on this subject
we will say a few words next week.
A Handsome Npeelmen.
The following is one of many cards
that have attested the honesty of the
distribution of tho Louisiana State
Lottery Company :
334 Canal St., New York, June 2H, 1H7!.
The undersigned certifies that he was
the holder of one-tenth of single-number
ticket No. 35.4M, "Class F," In tho
extraordinary djsfwing of the Louisi
ana State LoUTv. which drew the capi
tal prize of one hundred thousand ($100,
OOOj dollars, on Tuesday, June 17, 187y,
said ticket having cost the sum of one
dollar at the office of M. A. Dauphin,
sis Broadway. New York city, and
that the amount was promptly paid in
full on presentation of the ticket at the
office of the company in New Orleans.
Isidore Lichtenstkii.
The next drawing will take place
August 12th, and the reader can gain
any information on application to M.
A. Dauphin, P. O. Box G92, New Or
leans, La., or same at No. 319 Broad
way, New York city. ,
A Had Aeeldent.
A little child, the daughter of Arthur
Bank, L..', of this city, fell inta tub -of
hot water yesterday and war badly
scalded. The immediate PPlttoii
of Henrv's Carbolic Salve, which waa
fortunately in the house, Instantly -removed
the pain, and the little .ufrerer
is now out of danger.
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