THl KSDAY, AUGUST lit, lhhti.
LOCAL ZUQCOUS.
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k.n, .Tl,t m Ueiuiau euro on hi
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nmepounds.
Ye mentioned last week that
OrauA. Hanuer, Esq., was spoken
of as our next Seuator. Since tbeu
he La requeued us to state that
t aept tUe nomination, , ten -
de,.d.
MT At their uext meeting the
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appiicuou io esiaoiisu nuoiuei tu-
Ung place iu Uaidwin towusuip, on
tbe west wide of Haw liver, near tbe
rewdeuee of Mr. Johu Uark.
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T Ou Tuesday night of l,t week
it rained he,e quite lieavily, and ill
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beu luo ueaviest ia.mla.il almost ever
known. Tue laud was badly washed
aud the crop auuost destroyed. t tbeu in justice we ought to give tbe
' east and wist each a member in the
mr Stockholders of the Pittsboto i olle 0f Counuous aud I would sii;,'
R. It. Co. are so slow iu paying their w,.ht Cuarl.-a E Ifoustou and O. W
ubacripuon that the work ol track-
lariutr will !; ive to be suspended
u ii lev tiny j.iy more prompt jy. It
would be - fl'-'iueif woik is suspend
ed ou this ace. unt.
Wagons are coming into town
etery day loaded with d-igwood. per
anuiuon aud bickoiy iiuuci .or (lie
shuttle block factory, for wlii. ii the
cash is promptly paid. Our peop.e
are liudiug Ibeir inubwi to be quite j
a source ol revenue.
Mr Received this week at Loii
dou'a another lot of Fruit Jars. La
die Shoes. Also, a laige lot of
Flie Sitlem Jeans, wlncli wid le
old at Factory prices or exchanged
for Wool. Doul forget to sc.! the
liargaiu Counter at London's. Cash
will buy you moie good than ever
before.
Hair Bynuin V Uead.-n are
inc for the next lifieeii days.
oil'er-
tbeir
stock
kofRea lvmade Cloth. ng. and ;
's Si raw Hats at e.it f.u c.wi. :
I standard Pnut at (in pe,
I. Heiuuaiiis of Worsted sold
r.ll..ua ..f i'.isL A nice lot of '
men
Post
Vktd
l-ooardleaa of cost A mce lot of ,
MaUiug very low. Maou l i uit t 'mi
ou hand. Now U the time to buy
bargains.
WrOn tbe baigaiu counter this
Week wiii be found a 1 of Shoes
10(1 pairs. You can have your choice
at 50 cents a pair. Aiso ot) Men's
Coats, which will be sold at ha. I
iuicu. Cash will buy a good deal at
yindon's now. Tne.e goods can't
last long at the puces ionaon is
now offering them.
Person i. Mkntios Mr P.. H
Cowan, of the Anson Tunes, has been . !
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Iiere on a short visn io ins inenos
and relatives.
Mr. Francis M. Womack, who has
beau quite sick at Sun. bticld. is now
here Mild I ill ml V illll)l'Ovill'r.
ltp. lViev Eubanks is visiting bis
ruhitives here, before leaving for Nil-
bIioIhIi t'l'liL'c iscoiisiii. where he
will spend a year.
Amo. g oilier visitors here are .nss
Marv Wi linns, of (heeiifdi.ao : M
Lucius O. ecu and children, of Dur
ham : Mis llattie Moon, of ( liar
lotte: Mr. M. J. Ramsey, of Jersey
City Heights.
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TowssiuI'Mki.TINos. Asheietotore
aiinoiiiiceil, the ilemoci a T v ii:u
baiu will hold their township meet
ings at 3 o'clock on Saturday, tbe
liMth of tins month, and elect dele
gates torepicsent them at l be county
nomiuating convention that will be
held here on the following Wednes
day, the 1st day of September. We
would earnestly urge upon every
democrat the importance of unend
ing bis township meeting. It is im
portant that the wishes of the people
should be declared fairly and fuily
iu the nomination of our county can
oi.iaies, ami mis can o m.o, e uy
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t.tepeop.ea lemiing ine . .owtiMiq,
lueetiiigsaiidexpressiiigilieir wishes,
It is not l igbt that a few men iu a
lOVVllhllip SIIOUI.I lueei logeiliei nun
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control the choice of their township,
mid vet thev are not the nersons to
blame. Those who do not attend,
but stay away and grumble at what,
oHioib "do, they are thu persons to
blame. Let every deuiocial. then,
attend his township meeting and ex-
preaa his wishes and make known his ;
preferences among the candidates. !
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A JIt"0LEss Chicrks. It has been ;
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has 'boasted of a new cuiiositv, but ,
BUIIIU L IIIO IIUUIl 111U IIL..UBI' . iit.. .1.,.
i i i .i . .lav aiiei noun, Aug inn. ngui iiiug ,
now we cau boast of one that seems - . . . . " n i iT
, , , t , . . struck a tenant house ou Mr. L. li
alec)-.t incredible, and that is, a hvo.. ,i ui o ion () m lied b M'r '
eliickcii without a head I Several ' ,S " ,!" ,ClII1"J 1 '
, i, , ti- David Jo. ics It almost demolished
days ago Mr. 1. li. t owlet, who lives . , , . ...
, . i t .ii one end of the house, having lust
about four miles ft om here, wanted . V. . .. h .
, . i i i it . i i Ktrtiek the toil of the chiinliev and
O chicken tor breakfast, and proceed- . . . , , , .
.. . n. ., i i t .i. . the gable end of the bouse : running
ed to cut off the head of a plump . h , .. , . 1
pullet His wife after awhile went.
out iu the yard to pick it up, but to
her astonishment the headless chick
en was still alive, aud as it. seemed
determined not to die, Mr. Fo.vler
killed auother. After waiting several
hours, and tbe headless chicken be
ing still alive, M. Fow'cr concluded
to take care of it. and began feeding
it by siulVing coru and other food
intu its ctaw. 1 he food was digest-
ed and the chicken seemed to tin ive occurred Wednesday afternoon tit i " ' ' ". ' " ton, aged fourteen, mid MattieSmiib,
go well that Mr. Fowler iu a day or Keitiie.lay's crossitig, '2 miles west of j "sai' S""'""'. aged tiltecen. Thornton on his tirst '
two brought it to town aud showed town, iu which Mr. Jaiucs Stout of! Dasvim.e, Ya , August 15 S. M. ; visit io the girl asked her to bo his
the wonderful curiosity to lu.iuy of Randolph county was instantly killed. ! Armstrong, assistant postmaster of. wife. On his second visit he con-
our citizens. The head seems to have The dirt load at this crossing ap- Danville, committed suicide I Ms af- suited the niothei, and on his thiid
bocu cut off just at the end of the spi- , proaches the railroad in such a man-' tei noou by hanging himself to a gas visit gamed the consent of lite father,
n al column, leaving aamall portion of ; ner as to make it a very dangerous ' pipe in the basement of the postollice Hs own father, however, was vio
the brain attached to it Fhysiolo-' place. There is a deep cut just east building He left a letter saving he leutly opposed to the nuptials,
gists say that such occurrences ate of the crossing aud a person traveling was tiled of lifo. Nothing is wrong Thornton had foi got ten to get lns(
very rare, as iu cutting off the head westward in a noisy wagon could hard-: in his accounts. Ue leaves a wiiu ami hen use aud confessed that he did not j
it is almost impossible not to sever , l.v hear the approach of a tiaiu from three daughters. Deceased was a have the money to pay for it, he! e-
the spinal column, which of course
causes ueain.
Mr. Fowler will try to :
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WJI 1113 I.W.HO.D lUll.lll IUI.O Ulllll,
the State Fair, aud there exhibit it
to those who doubt thi utateuiont i
i Fr ib mnu.
! Lcjjislalive Casididates.
' Mit. Editor : As ihe time is near
at hand wh. i. the eilizens of ,,,
, Koodold county ivili assemble
' convent inn to se! eel e.m,li,l.it.es
: represent us iu the tbe next Legis -
l iture. und it beiu" bL'blv important
"tfU rlmu,.u. l"'a" uJH,n our
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vw".v eiti.eus. 1 beg leave
suggest, u.e name -.n d. a. Alston lor
! this Senatorial district. He is well
aud favorably kuown to all of us iu
Chatham county and to a largo per -
: 01 ' eui-ub 01 A.a.uuu. -e, unu
! irSAl'iffi
1 .tdith tba,
j last Legi-lature be aequi.ed early in
: the bessiou quite an enviable reptita -
'lion and as 1 hid nnn.lu onixirtuiiit v
1 owmiiir Iui-''e farms 111 eacU ci)untv
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new luemoer 01 u.e iiouse 01 u pre
a.-utatives to.-k ; inguer staml tU.ui
-"r aisioh. au.i i was prouu :i mm
as i'a1"""15 lv.pieseutative X
; bave known him well from boyhood.
and alii Slll'e that we e;iU safely trust
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nul umicr ail circtiiustunces.
i If we name Mr. A. for ibe
Senate
jjvuulll resi'ctively for tliose places.
llieynic yood and true men, with
level ueails aul slei nil'' line 'illy
and v. ed li.'irmiiiicd v itli tue wanln.
of our p. opie, and aiu sure tLey have
t lie in i ve to defend aud support at;
all tiiin s imv Uie;iuie uhicn thev be-1
lieve will i.-dound to tbe iuteresl of
our people Iu justice to these
three g. nlieiiiefi I will say, tbat I
ion't know positively lliat either ol
desires the uominatl
or
would accept it if tendered t hem. but
nwwi 'j ; them as I do. I believe tiiat
if the nomination whs i.en them!
'Alto souieiijiii like unanimity
inc.
ccul l nut lii.d it :u tneir
lnarts to
r. tuse
I conidiT this a tirst class ticket, 1
if however aiiv
l
lT ll -.-i i win support ll Willi
pleasure.
A lor tbe county oftn-ea I have
found nil tluougii a long life, tliat '
tlie ..id atlaye "Let well euoii"h
aio.ie' i a go j 1 one to pr.ictice, i.nd i
a all the oi I o-li -era are uuiversailv
iici.o.v.e I-ed to be go -d one tneii j
we -" satety let them aioue. at :
ieat for the i.reseut. 1'aumkk. I
i---l for the present.
Stato News.
Wadeshoro Intelligencer: Trav
elling iu the upper part of Anson
county, a few day ago. we met a
family of colored people father.
I mother, children hastening along.
Mill nooks, slates ulid till kettles in
going,
Ue a ked where they were
and with one voice they a'i-
s.vi red "to schooi: tlie lather.
.mi-...i 1 , wu.' nt lomit iiii v veutrt iii.i,
' cms det.i iuiiicd to L:ivu all ed
ited ton.
I Iiockiiigliaiu Rocket:
dolpii M'.it.bs. ag.-d '21. an
Mr. Ran-
eniplow e
on It Mr. I dtiet tei s farm, com
plained of a soi
foot on Iat ill ui M
day. He wc.it to Ins former bomeition it adhered to tbe wound
.near ttiil's Mill in this county, and
verv soon vn prostrated trout the
effects ot t lie ten e. lull tunitioi) had
se.it for who, iicc.r. laded t'tleaeh
the patient iu time to reader any aid
He die I ..II S d md i folio ing plob
ably iroiii cnsipelas produced by the
sole.
Dniiatu l!c
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:der: This moining
I at the residence ol
h.s f.tt iier ui-l iw. J D. Wiibon, of
ei.iist'iiiptiou. Mr. Miller was a prin
ter, mid for a long while woi ked in
Durham, lie li ft Dttthnni two veals
n,,o, seemingly in gooa health, and
w. iit to li.cid.swih1, re' tiri.itig a few
weeUs ago, iu Ine laM stages of pul
monary consiini tion. The deceas
ed was employed iu the lti-.'olin otlice
lor one Year, beginning November,
I SKI), and w as one of tin bt st printers
we have evei known. En. Ittconn.J ,
.oll.'OIil 1 linen ; in ii. ii i.iwii-
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s.op. oo .. . ,.., ;
cm.. ... us uea. , "cunesoay .u "
wry painful and distro.sing manner.
Tbe old folks were away from home,
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ami i n ii . iiiiin itii, neii-ii iiiiu nine uiu n i
old. were out m the yard with the oil j
can pouring the oil ou some stick
and setting lliem atire to see them
blaze. They got the can and tbo lire
ton near together, aud the explosion ;
was beard nearly a mile. The older j
child's clotliing caught lire, when he I
run around the vurd sen iimmg piti-;
fullv. In a few moments it fell ex-'
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liniir-iuu, mill llill-D liuuin mill mis u
corpse. !
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down struck the corner posts
toie lliem into splinters, scattering!
the wcathi'i'-boiti ding in various di-1
ICCIIOIIIV JIIT-IU UP HH' IH-I.11.U..IU,, I. f .1
.11 , , . , , . tO lllS foot
ine House ill tue time, anil Bimiige iu
say none were seriously hurt but were ,
ten inly shocked and ft ighteiied. Mrs.
Jones was knocked oil' the bed aud a ,
lit tin bov out. of a chair. i
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High Point Kuterpiise: A
most
shocking al.d tiuloitunatc. accident .
the east and could not see it iu con-
seipienc of it sbiup curve iu the dirt
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tbe laili. a l. Judging from tbe ap-
peaiaute of thinga, iii'.btout waaiid-'
jllg wi( ij buc k toward ibe approacb-
j injr (ruiii, which struck Lis wagon
i "1,ol't midway, totally demolishing it.,
! and the doomed man was thrown vio-
in , l, llt'.y against the engiue and lodge.!
to.'"1 tun I 'lit Jt - Tbe body remained
; wlule it fll until tbe train could be
rtl'Il,eJ- was dead when tbe train
h-.n r..a. I....1 In... ia i.w t It i.rli
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U. III. in l X (i liT 4 IIIIU. A UV Jt il IIJILIU
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"''" crushed in. '1 he body was car-
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Ibd uew. lo Mr St
dnving a mule and a
1 d three or four
: U)s Woken ana lecenea otnei injuries.
! but uot.e of them fatal; the mule was
unhurt.
Kavottevillo News: At Fayette-
vi( Snur.l iy ni-bt about 2 o'clock a
. Mrtittr entered Mr. Thomas E.
: rh.lHp- residewe aud being dicover-
1 ( (, a ,k,.raU n.siMrm. o. The
' I,.i..,rl,ir u-hv nlievn'i-tei!lv run nn.in
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Mr. Phillips iu bis dining room.
i where a dim lild was burning. The
; burglar was hiding iu a dark corner
; w hile Mr. Phillips was going through
! (be room, but beiiiif discovered lit
ade for 'the window, the blinds f
! which he bad ojiene l iu his entrance.
I He wa quickly intercepted and 6m.
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lips choked inm for some moments,
but w is bring cut so badly that he
was obliged to let ;; before bis wife
flllllfl I'Pi.l'll llllil Willi :l Itlttfl 'I'll,
,. r out aU(l lk.j
Wilmington Review: At about
h i f past 3 o clock this afternoon a
i white stranger, aud evidently a tramp,
1 stepped into the store of Messrs. V.
. E Springer ,V Co, on Maik t street,
and asked Mr. F. L Springer if be
! i.aa any iwo uouar pisiois lor saie.
: -Ur. Si)niii.'er reniied m tliealtirmative
ialid showed biui one, when the
stranger asked to see hoiuc cartridges
to suit the pistol, riies.i were Kliowii:!a.cenyaie violated, but that is i
nun, i;eu ne pui one oi ineiu
into one of the chambers of the pis -
tol. as if to see that it would -uit, and
then, with the quickness f thought,
be placed tbe weapon to his b.'..rt and
!"n ed He then threw the pistol vio-
Ictitly to the tloor and staggered to
ward the door, where he fell aud died
almost immediately.
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I .i.chory 1 res: yu .i.e ,.u . !
, a little son of Mr. C. 1-. Link, who
! lives near Aunty I ill Iredell county
wiih .iii.eii o ii iitoiu pnpp. nooui I
we. ks old. J he ttiiti ol tlie puppy
bad gone mad and been killed, and
the puppy bad boon suckled by her
repealeihy after she had become rabid.
. Mr. Rink did not at tirst think that
jth puppy was rabid, but observing
!tbe symptoms .if madness, was pre
paring to kill it when it bit he child
. He immediately went to N wtoii in
search of a madstoue. Arrivin
there i
be l.viiued that the stone he was look 1
ing for was at High Point. A t le- 1
grain to High Point brought the mad I
stone on Tuesday morning last, and I
it was immediately applied to the
wound. Mi- liink wiit.-s us that be !
iiii.de eight applications of the stone '
to the wound At the )iit anpli. a- j
one
the i
hour and ten minutos On
eighth aj. plication it adhered
hour.
Louibllg Times: Much excite
in. -it wa aroi'sed on the streets on
Wednesday, about half past eleven
o'clock, v-hin the alarm w.i sounded
across the river tnat t'vo men were
drowning, at the mill. A crowd rush
ed to the nilil. but too late. Tue :iii
foi; un ites were b.-youd any earthly
aid. The particulars are as follows:
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men. in noai seme w aiei nieious across
the liver. Ti e lien of the
prcMous
night had swolcii the stieam, and the
.,
vvat r was very sw if . I.oth said the
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understood managing a ho d, and g. t
into it about 50 or 75 feet above th
dam, where the water was very swift,
They pushed off from tbe bank, i.ud
were tiiUcli liy the cut rent, atnl le-
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.urn inn ruiiiu i.iint.' iiivii ..iii..n,
wer(, ,,,,,, ovt!r tho fuUl. Quo of
iUt,m WRH ,.,. to one time bv
t,ie uji(,r wj10 W.IS the only eye wit- '
n.ss of tbo fearful scene
Much
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Ooldsboro' Messenger: A most
distressing accident h lppencd in the
Pais. m section on Tin sday of last
week. Mr. R. T. King was at Mr.
W in. Kings grinding apples mlo
cider. It seems that .luring au un- ;
guarded moment tbe little niiio year
..1.1 .luM.rl.t,.,. of l,n l.ll.,.. 1,1.1 ..1 ...ll.
o"" v. .
ed upon tbe post to which the rollers :
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re attached, while the hoise was
making its circle. Tbe little on.
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head was caught tx t ween the post
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beam, and she was oushed
to death before assistance could reach
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her. e learn lioni a coirespou-
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dent that a little sou of Mr. C. r.
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Ueiiton of t'eiio dordc, Columbus
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county, was on Monday ol last wees.
pilot I lie hoy tan some .list inc.
It was feared that the
result would prove fat d but thanks
to timely and . tVcctive treatment by
Dr. Y. M. .Mcliugan, who applied
cotton soaked in concent rated he to
the wound, tbe little fellow is now
out of danger.
prominent man here, and was l ast
i (iraltd Master iu the Older of Odd
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j ago from Hampton, a, and was a
lawyer.
Prohibitum In Italeieb.
f'n.io Die !!&Iolgb Obrlstt&ti Adrosie,
Well we bave bad one month of
prohibition iu Ilaleigh, aud our read
wouu ifce to know tbe result.
V. km Wn rait n( tl,., mt nnnJ
jeai durjUg ,be mouth, but Lave
carefully inquired into tbe matter.
M Ync -even ineu
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,j, unkenness .taring tbe mouth
inree 01 llie t.evt u got tJieir liquor
outside of Ilaleigb tow-usbip, aud owe
given liquor by aome one iu 1U1-
. 1 'r r.Le oth' ,irr WouIJ uot tM
uere mey ooiaineu liquor, wniy
one of the seven entraed
' orderly condud Iu' Julv" 18
fcw Ic'atlta t'Suul
m.s, iu july im tLere were 22
rets for jjyj.,. s0 tLlit dur -
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.;7u .1. .uTi ni..! " is "
: .p, v.uu llUiS ntjun,
u. J". a er, s"l ,iear western
' tue townsbip aud one near
tbe eastern limits, the arrests for
aruiikeniie.-,s were not liall as many Some of them wi;! undoubtedly set
as fur July of last year. This is ; tie peihaiis the cutir nmnbei'
stalling off pretty well. We inter- J),-. . ji. Jnhnso,,. editor of Ecou
viewed the watchman of the Capital. ! umist, Mi.tou. Pa., would like to get
He .ays before prohibition went into ; !J the infonuatiou couccinmg North
effect he saw from two to four druu- Carolina josible.
keu ui. u pass through the Capital 1 J T. Crockett. Esq.. of Adair
Square Jate eveiy Saturday night,
""'d that during tbe month "of July,
0UI u,sl 'uoniu ol prouioition, ne j Jina fai imng kuds. He is formerly
' only one uian wuo ,le tboughtjof Massachusetts, but moved quite
had been drinking, and ho was not recently to Tennessee. He is not
in link, xuose wuo nave neeu in tue
and seeing it full of drunken men
betetofoie, say that a woudeif,!,
change has taken place, many men
WHO
useu to come to lUicnrh every
naiuraay ana go nome ai unk, now
come and go homo sober. c
Invent seen a drunken man in Ral -
uigh since prohibition went into,
', effect. The:
gather them
ate tue tacts as we
Ofcouisethe law i
violated iu some instances.
but
ur
mayor ana police are on the alert ail
the tim mul nie pntoreimr t ho nw.
and there are but few violation
of.
it. The laws itLraiust murder and
; reason w uy lllese lavvs biiouia ue re-1
1 pealed. Here and there maybe a !
; fw violations of tue. local option
law, but any man of sense can ee .
, that these lew violations are not to
j be compared to the amount of ruin
i that forty-seven grog-shops wrought
. iu IUlcigh before we closed their
.doors. In one of the principal
loons a shoe factory has been opened,
ull(hu. is being turned into a grocery
f.(ol(l) ail(lther lllto tt dry go,nl, Blol.
ajJ 8(jll wloLer iuto BUt.icgaill Jin-
; nig room.
Abduction and Murder.
LocvNsi'oHT. Ink., Aug. 14 There
is great excitement over the abduction
aud probable munler of Miss Luella
Mabbett. an estimable girl, liviug
south of here. Last week Amos
( li ecu a rejected suitor, drov.i in a
carriage to ner home, seized hex and
carried ber off. H returned home
next moining and disppeared. Miss
Mabbett has not been . en since then,
and as Urceti bad threatened her life,
it is believed she has been murdered
An organized s. arch for ber ha-i vain
ly been can led on A trail has been
found leading to Wild Cat Creek ami
some believe the body will be found
in the stream.
Thursday night a mob. believing
Green's mother knew of tbe where
abouts of ber son. ent to her house
A rope vis placed around the old
.u s ,,. i ... M.c was u... a enc..
with ileal ii il he did not reveal th
biding place of l.ersou. but th" threat
were of no avail. The mother rcfus
ed to open ber mouth to betray hei i
SOtl
' The
mystery is deepened by the;
"1
li-api.e.iiauce of another of Miss
MaliW'tt k sintoia,
John ltr'iH.
"'I
the night id the abduction
William
Wicker made a call on Mis Mahbett's '
. .... ,
. r ,i
asdieeiis accomplice Mrs. (Jrceii
, . 1 . ,
has also been aii.fi .d
.
Cniigressiiien Who ilou't Pay.
Wm.)iliit;t.. ii..is In ltiuil.urit IM...aloli.
Some queer things can be seen
about the Capitol . luring tbe last
days of tbe session. One of tbe
queerest is the crowd of collectors.
-;"iing to Congress may be an honor,
but it cannot be said to make
men
UOlll
honorable. The average of
lead
beats in Congress is quitu as great as
outside. On the last, days of the
session you will find a swarm of Uor-
ists, livery stable nieii, hotel and ;
boarding bouse keepers, constables ;
and prot.'S-ional collectors svvaiuiing
u,,. corridors, looking after delin-
,,llt.nt uieinbers and trying to eatch (,n r(m
,.m in the halls. ' Tliere are mem-; T. , .if..
I .1 .. ..:.. . 1. I...I'. wtteri
l)CI S Willi MVSI fllllll 1C11I1 y ioo notch
ft,i Labenlasheia and all sorts of
, . . , , - ,
tradesmen light and left. Nothing
an be legally done with a member
of Congress for obtaining money
under fai so pretenses, though it is a
jailable oli'ciiee when comm. tied by
common people. I lie only remedy
is to make the transaction known.
If the records of the Congressional
dead beats could bo printed a good
many people would be astonished.
Two School Children Mur
lied.
Jim.nsoN, Ua., August 15. Mag
istrate Pieasani J. Hobeits was called
; to the residence of Mr. Ca!. Smith to
' perform a man iagc ceremony
I'heie
i'hildreii
he toiiu.l abool titty school
and learned that the bride and groom '
; were ol tun iiuiuocr tliiaui 1 hoi n-.
upon tue school chiUtieit present
took up a collodion for ibe llecessa-
l,t.i, M, u
j .. u. ...o ,..,,
prououueud the uoupia husband and
'wife.
Immigration Item.
Mr. V. E. Bigelow, of North Viue
land. X. J., wishes to purchase lund
near Littleton.
V. T. Ogden of Port Republic.
Md., desires to visit North Carolina
with a view of making a purchase of
land. Parties bavins: sjood land lor
would do well
to correspond
with biui. He writes that li. W.
! Gardner a friend uf bis will mccoiu
1 JyUm
j Seven gentlem. u from l'eousvlva-
! ia arrived in Ralei-b 1 be tiist of t Lis
we.-k and after looking around for a
! T" f tf h TT'U ,MUt
! a eSlor .UoK
j Zlirlbl" ..oint "o
! oien a store and tbe remainder of
i..i.:.. 1
r l V ""
j UM OJ je ,orineru immigration
1 Agents informed Coimuissioner Pat
j ,ick that tbe whole paitv could com-
mand ten thousand dollars or 11101 e. .
Creek. Knox county, Ttnu , wish.
I information conceding North Caro -
verv.wtll pleased with Tennessee and
1 i .
. ,w .
Let Democrats Organize.
1 .,. v ... ,
j The democrats of North Carolina
cannot expect to win tbe figi.t that
1 w I ...r. ., ii, ...;(i, ,., .....
wo,k and hanl work nt t t T'leri
' w iii ,,,i,.,t,!.. i. i,. , i,,;
i ...ln ..,..,, ,. ,.,..,,.,..., i,, ,i, '
i W1i i, L..i.;.. ..f uu
whackim; known as i-,dci.ciideniim
... i. ..... . ,
io ci usu out ol existence and orirati!
j . . d.i.. , f i i i.;.,i,
time that we.io so. LetUedemoc! a?io
hosta )ti careful iv em oiled in every
ro.i.)t v. township and precinct. Let
tie ralJjg ,,f the party be arraved.
Otherwise we slniil have no reason
i,. i,mw ;..t.., ,. r,,i i, .
, o:gMtizi be the 'word throughout
tho democratic party, and let it be
,,.,.;,., rtled mi,i we'aie fullv pre
j .mml to meet any and all enemies.
i ,,.i- i, ,..,... .i,, ,. ,.'
under whatever guise they may ap
pear.
A Horrible Tragedy.
F.vFisuHAM, Illinois. Augut 11
It was rumored yesterday that a hor
rible tragedy, followed by lyn. long,
occurred near Georgetown, Hiiuuis
The names could not be I. an.p.l. In
formation was that a party were
threshing oats, wbeu a son of the man
feediig the thresher accidentally
hacked bis fathers band. This so
enraged the latter that be picked hi
sou up and threw him it. to the thresh
cr. Tbe boy being cut to pieces, the
father ut once lied. He was i-ooii
captured by the machine hands and
lynched by being banged f ivn the
thresher. Tbe rumor piv.luec.1 a
great sensation
A Dot i nctive Sturm.
AiihitiiKi n, Dakota, August 17. A
heavy wind and rain storm again vis
ited this vicini'y yesterday, and swept
over a li f t v mile radi.is, doing more
lainage tl au any pievious storm. At '
NVtt.a,k. thirlv-tive miles northeast ol
ll-re, ou tue new extension of tlie
.Milwaukee load, the suffering was1
ii.,. I,.. ,, l'. ..... ....... l. n.
, amj mu)lU,.t. fh,u,jv ,:,,,.,
The Teliliesse
n is novel,
i if not unprecedented, in the fact
it (mi tlie two pa lies have nominated
t.... I., others as their can li.hitcs.fot'
""
The engineer and conductor of a
passenger train on the Chester and
Lenoir niilroad were arretted an 1
jailed at Liuc.ointon for di-iegaid-ing
the town oidiuance which regu
lates the speed of locomotives with
in the corporal ion
The Johnston county Detnociatio
convention nominated for the Senate
Janios II. Pou: for the House of
Representatives. .1. W. Perry and lv
S. Abell; for cierk Supeiior court,
L. ll Waddell: for shciili'. .lacks.m
ltailis; for register of deeib. Jesse I).
Morgan: for treasurer, licv. John J
Harper: for coroner, li. ll. Hood; for
survever, i. It. l'ulgliuni
You tire not old, yet your hair is
Your friends remark it.
: v ur wife regrets it. Parker's Hair
. mi ,., .1.:. ... ,,
! f ' , , , 1 , Jt , , K ,7, ',. ,1 'l
iiia.i and lesioieinc oiigiuai gto-s
glo-
and color. F.xepiionally cletn, pie-,
vents datidititV. a perfect dressing. j
Remember that J W. Scott .V Co, 1
(iam.Nsltoi:n', N C, is the house for .
you to piitronie. Ample facilitns
and fifteen years experience g vi-.
them supeiior advantage.
I
MAltltlld.
..U..H ..f .loHiliii Hit.! lrnirrhiiTc InniTtntl j
fnH.. .It-ltuill'li.s .-i.irpa.l .. veil ins :i hut..
I'RIIIiV- liOHrilS -Oli II.H Mlh ,.I Vi.;.i-t. I) c.
F. J -hlis ii. J I'., Mr. I l l. l l KKV I.. V.ibk S... j
l lllli.MA Itm.KtBt, all ..f Cliallintu.
"THE LEE BOOK "
MF.MOIl.S OF ltOHF.UT F. l.KK.
Rv (hsvu.M. A Ti. l.oso
A full lilHtnrv of hi n.tMttry rt - anil enm
imtiri:. w rn ifit ls i'it l..it, fr nt 'tiitn d(o-'iiU
Wlillt' H ini'inlt'r i if Hi' (h'O.-iiuI l.t(T 'f tifli !,. ,
anl fMm IHIi'tm nnil tiiMirml .itn tlni;i, . thr
!. ffttnll) . t'liiim-li'ltsl ty ibf ti-v,i ti-ipH ut Vlr
iTllltK ttil N-Tih CarnllMii. ftl l'rt-W-l Dy lhi
KHIltltM I! l-IPKil.HH Hi '-titM'i.
II Im 1'iivrtif, hiii'1i ai. l r? ti?tl lilfir,
from iiifni liifi'.iiiti ht'it'.dfi.ro ut )utU)tMl, furn-
nui iy M--i'iit irirri'm. iipiimiil' na in Hint
aiil Itviillfic nirn "I ih" A'HSb, i iit'U-1 itii.1 ihIi;
a i
with the Hsnlstniti-oiif Ootiml M titer? J, W nit. in
The Whole Kortnttii
A (hii-li iimvi. Arrurate niul
StuiiilarJ Mi-ni ii of lite lilust ) ion
Soldier
vni.ift'
'it ..liim., Hl'ttui Tnii l'An, fully
IIIiiwihim wiih imriraim. nan. . s.l.l l.:
,,.,,., ,ulty. WUII lMlw,. Kl llM'll,.
uv.. .ir.'niHn. n i i..-.
' Aug. uiu" SIOWUAkrwiuu6iua!,w!'c.
THE MARSETS
HeiH.rted tor Tali KEOnHD by
WYATT A: TAYLOR.
GUOCKliS & COMMISSION MKKCHANT8.
No. li Souil' nide Martin St..
KAUat.U, N. c.. August 1". I.
COTWJI MAliKtT;
MM.liMix, t-
sirn-i U'W Mitldlag, . (
M&lUb, 7
WHol.lALF. UiiiiOEhY MAhETT.
MoMl -O K sides, C , (j.froe. Hall
f. l li.ur. N.C., H Ui'r. w
Uains. N.C, 1(1 'oal. Willi, Wiffl
hUtfar-furtnl, 12 r'li t.ril, ?2uT5
lr.l Of,!, iMiiii
iloi refined, 9 vfilu l''u..f
ramlly, e ut ;ie.n, 70
V.'!u " .1'pms, IW'iSOO
V-w cam. t-it.li Nrw Mackrref.
Syrui, Irlghi, i-f hwitii, turn
sutu Ui::ut, 1.V40
UrlBlil lrllvt, l-ez. lOall
KlrH C.
6j C'hl.-kiut,
ui..
Bmsuio: uw urrua t;.h
Pletxd Tim
ll s.i.
1 -!
New Arivcrticmi'iits.
GRAIN DRILLS.
The PENNSYL-'
NIA is thf- most !
e-'r nml Iu exiMwHv. j
.TltH-t I ..rv. I 1 I
siii r t o a tvuu'i o
wi..i:uy.unii Mi'-i-s. moaiU ljliuil
M
(in I'liWi'rs, rider .niils. Tiiifsbiud
M:i'lnu. O ru SLHIan- .'.lJ S.hli-lnr.l Airrl'-ultu-
; !?,!.X'".n"'u' srr-t Bh'JlwK'''M t
e. i,ry(t.iuu Agriiuiiurai "rki, lurK, I H.
AUfc-.i! il. Ism;. I
ORTOAGE SALE. BY VIR-!
-
l-'k "U. I.' In itif.-m tnt Uie n-sier t.r ai
o( iiiiijaru iMuniy. 1 will im!1 at .t.tiii. niK-Uou j
f'Tcftli, ti Hie f.-un-liou1 f md r.tuuiy, .
ll'iy'l Htl. III Nlld O'UU'iV V It'.f.itjltljr H itnir
li' ri it fbire ti-UM Utf bH'ln KtuuiitHl I
ly ' C. J--riHjp.u ui'.! Mrs. L. C. Vil!"ii. t
A (THTIS, ;
f ... '-:. lhO. hock 0rl, N. C. j
HOLLY Nl'ltlMiS INSTITUTE.
VAl.K AND I KMALE )
Rkv. J. M. WHITE. A.M.. Principal.
Mr.. A. L. Thompson, Music.
""'"-'''.n r.i it-.i n...uoy. n. nviiiau..
FALL Tl :.M i.i..-ii rot sT J3rd nD.l offers Uik
'"r '"-"'Oi ui in.-iHiiijr.
i In tl'.M : muilc. HS.fti. Brd uer
ni"iiiii J; .Vi.
K-T .nri'-uirrs -ri! f-.r f;sl gue.
ll lly .rti.Ks, WnkeCo., X. c.
Jul; 1. , lt.sO. tlc.L
GO TO
mmm, mi i c;,
DURHAM. N. C,
roR
Hardware, Cutlery,
CROCKERY aai STOTES.
SHEET IRON
AND
Tobacco Flues
A SPECIALTY.
AUK NTS FOIt
LKG:'.':'GR AND NEW LEE
COOK STOVES.
We
l.te
p the largest and most com
k of the above goods to be '
foued in town, and ffuarautee the low
est prices,
Al,rl1
for cash.
cm.
1885. SPRING. II
OT GOODS!
AT-
We take pleasure in announcing to!
our friends aud customers, that our
l'IN" AND hl'MMF.R GOODS
wiU be offered at Prices in sympathy
with the Low Prices of l anu
Products.
We hav e a more complete hue of
DliY GOODS.
NOTIONS.
CAUPETS.
OILCLOTH,
HOOTS AND SHOES.
H ATS AND CAPS
(il'F.ENSWAliE,
GLASSWARE.
C.UOCEUIES. &.C.,
than ever before otVered.
Ladies' Cloaks and Dry Ooods
a Specialty.
We solicit an examination of our
Goods before buying. Thanks
for past favors.
JeirThe Highest Cash Prices paid
for Cotton and other Produce.
Yours Respectfully,
K. Ii. Mr LEAN & 10.
Sn.r.ii, X. C. April '22. ISSti.
FIRE! FIRE! !
15c IVudont and
IKIES M PROPERTY !
IX THE
N. C. HOME INSUEAHE CO !
All kinds of liuililings iiiHiired at
; rcasenaldc rates.
lie warned by the losses of your
! neighbors and insure in time.
XI. A. LONDON,
I Agent.
Uvit. 19, IBM
EVERY DEMOCRAT
-IN
CHATHAM CODHIY.
ought to read
the
RECORD
during the com-
ing
campaign
THE RECORD
Publishes fuller
i
i
i
and later news
from the State
and County than
any other paper,
and every citi
zen of Chatham
ought to take it.
IH EVERY CAMPAIBH
FOR EIGHT TEARS
The RECORD
has done its ut
most for the
Democratic Party,
and it now ap
peals to tlie
Democrats of
Chatham for
their subscrip
tions.
SUBSCRIBE AT DICE!