ft-0, H950WA&3 ■ TTJJ ' ' v' ' ' *%■. ; > going to have 2,000 Subscribes Authorised Agent Christmas. SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MAY 4,1889. /.-* OKLAHOMA, Q The Limits of the NewTmrltoryinWIl*5 if*, gently Defined,-.; • V ThUaMphia !»***•*'• The propped Oklahoma Territory ’ -' includes two great slices of the Indian ■ Territory and the long strip of land kStowH ah “No Matt’s Land,” and comprises over eleven and one-half million lefts; By the treatieerf An* gtist Hand 16,1866, the Oherokee* P Ceded to the United StatCs the west half of their entirrdomain, about 8.408,728 acres, at thirty cents per acre, and the Seminoles their entire domain, 2,037,414 acres, at fifteen cents per acre. The land was pur chased, as expressed in the treaty, of I' locating on it friendly Indians and freedmen, the latter those who had i been slaves among the Indians. A - portion only of this ceded territory used for the purpose specified. The remaining portion, right in the center of th^Indian . Territory, and comprising 1,887,800 acres, consti -ca_'-n_ Al.1nJ.Amn nenhAi* ■ uuo v --I-K. 7 ■» . In addition to this the Springer" . bill included in the proposed Terri* : 7 tory the“Cherokee Outlet” o£ 6,022’ 244 acres, bounded on the north by Kansas, on the west by “No Man’s ’ Land" and Texas, on the east by the 7 Cherokee reservation, and on the south by the Cheyenne Mid Arapa hoe reservation and Oklahoma, pro •’!, pet. This vast region is unsettled, fertile, well watered, suitable for I either grazing or faming. The public land strip, included in Oklahoma. Territory, and popularly known as “No Man'sLand,, ■ 'from J the fact that it has never been in cluded in any territory, is bounded - .east and west by the 100th and 103d meridians; north by the 3Tth parallel 7 nad south by 86, 81. It is 167 miles long and thirty-four and-a-half : juilei wide, and contains 8,072,340 acres. It has r population of about 7 15,000 squatters, is fertile aud well i watered. The squatters have a quasi r government, the so-called capital be fog Beaver, on the North Canadian River, To recaptulate, the proposed Territory of Oklahoma con sists as follows: ; - Cherokee Outlet. 0,022,244 acres. ' No Man’s Land, 8,672,740. “ Okldhoma proper, 1,687300 “ : Total, . 1,282,884 “ ' Should the strip of territory in dis pute between the United States nnd Texas ftnally-be allotted to the Na - tional Government, it will also be included in Oklahoma, increasing the area to 24, 772,884 acres, an area about equal .to the State pf Ohio. ■ * ''•» ® "“Not Calllny” Good Enough tor him. tcilfc «• Xtpra <» Orphan* “Tell you, boas, dey would put dis Digger up on a block, In slavery days, an’ auction around an’ fus: thing I knowd I was send to somebody else and driven cross de country. I was kep guine backards hn’ forards lack dik twell seem lack I’d been all over i de world," But you don’t ketch dia —■nigger tarrin’ crosa. de country now’ pe jest ob niggers may go to Kansas. i,ut ole Koojum is goine lay roun ! mongst dese parts long es er split « slick ul hold er possum s tail or ole ^ bin sing de tune of mawkin bird an er koon’s track.” - - - ft Hanker tor this Sort at Brio .. ■ ' ’ .'5 :\ .••---T o-Brao. ,cv,'.;. In china, it is said, people^ in easy circumstances buy their Coffins long Wore they need them, and ex hibit them as ornamental pieces of {furniture. We have never hankered for eucft m article of furniture, it is one of the things in which “distance lends enchantment to the view. i* The Richest Man ln the World. , The regular Income of John D. Bockefeller is twenty million pf dol lars a year. That makes him the richest man in the United States, "perhaps the very richest in the world. He » a Baptist. i .-‘•V ; •Vv „ 'l&L - Harrispn's Repudiation of Dudley. Charioted* Chronicle. There can no longer be any dpubt that President Harrison has repudi ated Coi W. W. Dudley; for the in ventor of “blocks of five" has him self confessed it. To a friend in In dianapolis Col. Dudley wrote: • "Perhaps there is no one in the country^jvho has done as much left. General JHarrison-during the "last [twenty years as I have, but because our' Democratic Mends down in In dianapolis have started the hue and cry on me,Brother Ben.does not seem to feel that be can afford-to recog nize me as an acquaintance, and con sequently I don’t take dinner at the Wtrite House as might be ex pected," * •' ;■ - ; ’ On first blush, honorable people will praise the President for his re pudiation of a man whose methods in politics wane not only rascally but illegal, Following this very line of thought the Washington correspon dent- of the Charleston News and Couriersajs; .?rr i no candidate ror the first place within the gilt ol the people can be presumed to know the methods need by his party and supporters in a campain, much less can he be justly responsible lor any departure from the line ol honest politics; but, if after he is elected, he learn that one ol his most active and. efficient wor kers has been accused of ways that are dark, and that the accusation is sustained by strong moral evidence, he owes it to himself and his coun try to repudiate the man and the methods. This is honesty, not - in gratitude.” ' All that is very pretty sentiment for Mr. Harrison, while Dudley, he pays the freight. The facts-in the case, however show the President up in a most unsatisfactory light to men who admire honor even among thieves. - For twelve years, Dudley has been one of the most unscrupu lous politicians in Indiana. He was the right bower ol the late Senator Morton, whose'pupil he also was in organizing campaigns. Alter Mor ton’s death', Dudley was relied upon to carry Indiana. As the Col. was never a candidate before the people, it cannot be presumed that the reli ance was placed upon his popularity. The Colonel was known as a desper ate and unscrupulous political man ager. His methods were always re garded as hot above suspicion. Pensions, he prostituted that office to the basest political usee. The things' were known of alt men, not excepting the pious Presi dent,. When the campaign was opened, by common consent, in whioh Harrison was not dissenter, the services of Col. Dudley were call ed for, as the immediate representa tive of Mr. Harrison, and was chos en, because it was believed that only desperate measures could secure In dianato Mr. Harrison, one of the most unpopular: fiepublicans in the State. Certainly without Mr. Harrison’s verbal, or tactic, consent, Col. Dud ley Would not have been' called to the .headquarters of the Republican National Committee. At that time Mr.Harrison was perfectly familiar with Gol. Dudley’s general disreputa ble character as an unscrupulous political manager. It comes, therefore, with exceeding bad grace for the President to repudiate Col. Dudleynow. -—-7~ Benjamins - Harrison’s axe. is ground now through. An old negro man ditching in the neighborhood of Salisbury, dug up, says the watchman, 45 Indian spear or arrow heads. An Instant, of Unconselou; Humor. HiktUai BMorder* ' * ■. Our Presbyterian brethren are not specially addicted to humor, either in their synohical meetings of offi cial publiootions, but occasionally they perpetrate a solemn one, as for instance in the minutes of the seventy-fifth sessiou of the Synod of North Carolina for 1888, in an obit uary of one of their dead brethren, they say: “The Synod ngrets that it has not had opportunity before this this to place his name on tkiuje ginter gf its honored dead,’* - ~ ■MXji"- ^JtVWi^SW 'i THOS. DIXON IN NEW YORK. His Resemblance to Abraham - Licoln Commented Upon,. The Rev. Thos. Dixon, the former pastor of the Baptist tabernacle in the city of Raleigh, and well Known throughout the State, assumed charge of the • Twenty-third Street Baptist church in New York city on Saturday. The New York Po?t in aimouhcing his arrival in that city says: ■ ** “Mr. Dixon was horn in Shelby ville, N. C., Jan. 21,1804 and there fore is only twenty-five years of age. He was pastor of the Boston church for only about seventeen months, but during that time he obtained a leading position among the clergy of that city. His nev church will be his fourth pastorate; his first be ing of six months duration in Golds boro, N. C.; and his third hr Bos ton. He comes of a clerical family, his father and two blethers being preachers, ■ ; "Mr. JJfixon is a tall, gaunt man, six feet in height, with a' slight stoop. Long-limed, hollow-cheeked and sunken-eyed, with disheaveled hair falling over a broad forhead, he is a typical Southerner, and his appearance is very', striking. Wei 1 known people of his native State and of Boston speak of his pulpit oratory in the highest terms. He impresses everybody by bis in tense earnestness, which carries con viction with it. Many of his re cently published, sermons have ex cited remark, and, although sensa tionalism is far from his thoughts, he is likely to Jbe charged with it. His work in Boston was remarkable and he succeeded in gathering a great Congregation around him, scores of people, young - and old, have joined his church during his short pastorate. - s - - , The Twenty-third Street Church members are only half asmany as the congregation he has* left, and is without special prestige, Mr. Dixon finds in this his attractive ness, and hopes to make the church a centre of Baptist activity in the city. His striking resemblance of Abraham Lincoln will assist in ma king him a prominent character in the life of New York. : - . t--s—*—* - A Limited Understanding. The Senior-Senator from Deleware, Mr. Salisbury, is a gay bachelor of 70, for whose society half the - wid ows in Washington pice. He is very tall and very thin. He is also very charitable. He sent a bos of cast-off clothing to a committee formed for the relief of the Sufferers by the Western floods.' The story as told by one of his wicked col leagues, is that he received the fol lowing communication in his mail: “The committy man give me amongst other things, wath he called a pare of pants, and would make me pant some to Wear’em. I found your name and where you live in one of the pockets. My wife laffed so when I showed ’em to her .that I thought she would have a convul sion fit. She wants toknow if there lives and breaths a man who has legs no bigger, than that. She. said if there was he ought to be arrested for vagrancy for having - no visible meena of support- I couldn't git ’em on my oldest boy, so I used ’em for gun-cases. If you have another pare, my wifw would like to git ’em to bang up by the aide of the fire place to keep the tongs in.”—Ex. Reidsville Review: A colored female infant is said to have been born here with seven fingers and seven toes oh her left hand and foot and six fingers and seven toes on the othelr limbs. She Died. - That Goldsboro "Headlight" Inter view (?) v, CkmrUtH* JDftffcoorat. •' ■■ ■ •* Mr. Cleveland must have punished a bottle of mescal or some other poison very badiy to have made such imprudent and astonishing re marks. * * * It is a case of Light Head against Hendhight and light head ednees is a new rola for Mr. Cleveland. Long-live the Head-, light/■ '■ ■ NEGRO EMIGRATION SOCIETY. The Organization; Effected in Raleigh On Erjd?y Last. BaMgh Mem mndiObtervw.. The negroes to all appearance are preparing to su$ep the whole popula tion of their race from the State and land them in the far west. The emi gration; and. colonization craze has crystalized intft Wi organized move ment which was perfected-yesterday by representatives of the colored race aU over North Carolina. The State convention,called by Rev. Iii B. Fer rebee (colored) of this city, and others, for the purpose of Organ izing the North Carolina Emigra tion Association, met here yesterday in Metropolitan Hall. Congressional districts were the itaisia of represen tation, and the State was pretty generally .represented. There were delegates from six out of the nine districts, and there were two or three jhnndred present. The eastern part of the State was heavily represent ed. . ■_;. Permanent organization was ef fected by making G. W, Price, of Wilmington, president, and I. G. Hayes, of Raleigh, Vice president. E. W- Turner, of Vanee, was elected secretary. - . • Ashville Citizen:' Information received in this city, announced the death of Mrs. S. B. Steele, of Ken. tucky, " mother of 'Mrs. Senator Vance, ■ ’ • Raleigh Visitor: - Mr. W. R Barker, at New Hill,' this county, has a cow that performs the duty of a mother to' her calf, two pigs and the mother ofthe pigs all at one teme Modest North Carolina. 'From “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War” by Col. Mm . F. Fox, and published by the Alba ny Publishing Co., Albany, N, Y., a writer in the Phil adclphia Press has gleaned the following interesting statistics: . “This is the'book of revelation as to both sides of the civil war. On the Confederate side North Carolina lost more soldiers in killed than any other Southern State. The follow ing was the loss in killed of several of the Confcdrate States: —-X. 5,328; SoutlTCaroUna, 9,187; Geor gia, 5,552; Mississippi, 5,807. North Carolina also’led the list in the num ber that died of Wounds, and 20,802 of her rods died of disease to 6,947 Virginians. The sons- of other States did more talking, hut North Carolina evidently did far the most, fighting. Her military population in 1861 was 115,369, but she furn nished 125,000 men to the Confed erate cause. The per, cent age of loss in Willed and wounded was j twice as great in the Confederate army as in the Union armies. At Gettysburg the 26th North Caroli na, of Pettigrew’s" Brigade went in to battle with over 800 men, and lost 588 in killed and wounded and 120 missing, most of whom were killed or wounded. Most of this loss occurred in the first day’s fight, where the regiment met the 151st i Ponsylvania and Cooper’s Battery. The Pensylvania Rgiemnt lost 825 in killed, wounded and missing at Gettysburg; The 20th North Caro lina had only 216 men left for duty when it went into Longstreet’s as sault on the 3rd day, aqd on the fol lowing day but 80 men were left. On the first day Captain Tattle’s Company went in action With three officers and 84 men. All the officers and 83 of the men were killed or wounded. On the same day Com pany 0.', of the 11th North Carolina lost two officers and thirty-four out of thirty-eight men killed or woun ded. Capt. Bird, of this company, and the four remaining men then went into what is popularly called Pickett’s charge. The Jiag-bearer was shot and Capt. Bird brought out the flag himself. This was the se verest regiment loss ddring the war, The per centage of regimental, brig ade and division losses of the federates were terrible." t£St~v-C \ - - • v Con Have We an American Aristocracy? Jfeur York llcrnld. Ah, yea, that is the question which is now agitating the public to the point of nervous prostration. ; Un less it is settled at once and our minds pht at rest on., that all-impor tant subject, a large number of pur best citizens will find th«i^ way to a maniac’s cell. • We are passing through an alarming crisis. ••• ‘ s There are those who believe that we have an aristocracy, and that it consists of themselves and a few others. Oh; the bliss qf knowing, that on this great Democratic pail of milk there is not only a modicum of cream, but on top of the cream a small and choice quantity of creme de Id creme. To feel that yon are yourself one delicious drop of that expensive sab stance gives a new delight to life." It adds a new pang to death, howev er, for we 8fe told by orthodox cler gymen that heaven is rather aDem ocratic plate, where ancestry doesn't Count and gold and diamonds are so eommon^that the streets are paved with the one and the swinging gates are adorned with the others. Mr. Robert Lotus Stevenson said when he heard of Matthew Arnold's death: “Poor Mattew! So he’s gone. I’m sorry, because he won’t like God." Like wise these creamy drops who so softly float on the surface of American society, and who, in the adornment of a ball dress, are cloth* ed "With very little more than Raph ael’s. angels wear, are having, we fear, a better time in this world than any other world can afford them. -" But we hasten to assure the public that the dangers of an aristocracy are not to be feared. It is a bud which blossoms with difficulty in an [unfriendly climate. Without the law of primogeniture exclusive class is impossible. We all begin 'With shirt sleeves; some rise to pnr pie and fine linen, but as a general thing get back to the shirt sleeves again-by the third or fourth genera tion. That is the glory of the coun try, for if it dooms the rich to pov erty it redicts wealth for the muscu lar and the high-hearted. The pot is always boiling and the houses on Fifth avenue' are continually pass ing from those who have had means and lost them to those who have re cently acquired them; ~“ - .Ho, the signs of the tunes are in the direction of true Democracy. For example, Ward McAlister wanted the desendants of those who danced at the inaugural' hall a century ago to lead the dance at the great ball to be given this year. It was. a very neat idea. A list of names was pre pared and submitted: But if he had dropped a dynamite bomb he could not have created a greater conster nation. McAlister was .hoist by his own petard, was thrown up to the xloudcby'thxlndightmt^eipbsirbhr and at last accounts had not return ed to his abiding place in the “best society.” Indeed, “the best society” groaned so vehemently that the as sociated press came near reporting an earth quake in the Middle States. What was the trouble? Why simply this—that the good people who bore historic names had mar ried good people who did not bear histone names. The aristocracy of 1789 had become inextricably mixed up with the Democracy of 1889. So in order to carry out his plan Mc Alister found it necessary to invite , a gentleman With a large patrony mic and leave out bis wife, whose de scent was honorable enough, but not eminent, or, per contra, to invite a ■ lady with high ancestry and neglect her husband, who'had nothing par. tionlar to boast of in the way of family. The consequences that followed ■ may be iinugined, but not describ ed. No quill on our editorial desk can fitly portray the flushed cheeks, the forbidden epithets, the uncon trollable anger, which made McAlis ter feel like a waterlogged bark in an Atlantic gale.. He trios to smile serenely, but he wishes he had never been bortt. He unconsciously press ed the magic button, and something worse than the Hell Gate explosion shattered the windows along', the ivenue and throw all New York in to a perfect Uproar. It is safe to say that an aristocra :y is not necessary to the salubrity }f this section of the countfy. We ihall manage to worry along ? with >ut one as best we can. We respect the man who is protjd »f hi® grandfather, and are ourselves grateful to the old gentlem& "’ for what he did in the last century^. But 10 airs, if yon please. We tolerate also the dude, a great nan’s son, whose only peculiarities ire his lack of brains and his good slothes. We delight to glance at ;he radiant hudes of his necktie and isten to the graceful drawl in which le delivers his platitudes, file serves » while away a weary hour, like a ring’s jester of a prehensile -monkey who has learned a new trick. As Memus Ward remarked, he is an 'amoosin’ little cuss." But the standing rule for this age rad of this country is ua man’s a nan for a’that.’’ Achievement is the only title of nobility .that we sore to recognize. America, in a word, stands for personal character, and not for a genealogical tree. STATE NEWS. As the desalt of meeting of the Methodist church in Washington, N. C., 34 hare joined the church, and others hare professed faith in Christ. Near Rocky Mount on*' Friday night, J. 0. Armstrong, was shot in the arm by Frank Barnes, The altercation resnlted from, a dispute over a feuce line. The Shelby Aurora says Judge Walter Clark is an able and fearless Judge who pushes business. He is an expert Judge of human nature as well as of law. Law-breakers shun him, for he imposes heavy burdens. Robert Burton, the Il-year- old son of R. C. Barton of Durham, was drowned on last Saturday, while bathing in a pond six miles from Durham. He got into deep water and could not swim. His compan ions were unable to save him. 7 The name of the postoffice Colum bia Factory, Randolph county, has been changed to Ramseur. The new name is in honor of; Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur, who was killed in the Shenandoah Valley during the war. . L , .. Raleigh News and Observer: Raleigh will vote on the question of “wet or dry”in June. The prohibi tionists have finally succeeded in having an election called. The board of county commisionerS met yesterday in special session to con* isder a setition for an election. The petition contained 1235 names, 11* 78 being necessary to call ah election. The board of commissioners granted the petition and ordered the election to be held on the second Monday in June. New Berne Jouanal: The Tele-! phone line was completed yesterday ‘rom Maysville to Stella. A contin ious wire is uow strung from the :ity of New Berne via Polloksville md Maysville in Jones county on iVhiteoak river, a distance of about forty miles. The first message was ■eceived over the entire line yeeter lay afternoon, and was plainly un lerstood the whole distance unbro cen. Hendersonville Times: At Fair Slew Buncombe county, as we earn from Mr. Ben Williams’!who sarries the mail Jbetween Henderson ville' and that place, Mr. A. 6. Brown, was killed by a falling stone which hit him on the head. He was lurried, and on Monday night Dr. 0. A. Wise end Messrs. B. L. Ash worth and J, V. Jay who are study ing medicine under the doctor, were janght in the act of stealing the body from the gfoubd. They had it in a sack and were walking away with it when discovered. They wera made to surrender the body, and now the physician has been ar rested, while the students are wanted but cannot bo found. A Yanoy County Innocent Who Paid $160 for a Black of Wood. JT(irt*n Timn-Btf/itUr, , • - Ur. Robert H. Lewis, of Bee Log, Taney county, came near being tafc en in by the'greenwoods confidence game last Monday. Mr. Lewis’ ver-< sion Ofthe affair is that he received a lerfer from Mr. Townsend to the* effect that there awaited him in the express office ^package upon which was dusstbe snm of $150. Ur. Tay lor came to Marion, paid 'the $160, and received his package,' and with it a bill, in words arid figures aa fot* lows: “Robert H. Lefria, Dr., To Charles McDonald, Railway, N. J., for jewelry per invoice, $150*’ He started • homeward rejoicing when ; ' for the first thge it occurred to his astute mind that ha would examine the package, and let his eyes feast on the glittering prize which 'had come to him Unbeknown^ -and so M unexpectedly. Mr. Lewis'most en ergetically affirms, that he had neith- ! er knowledge of or previous acquain tance% with his benefactor, Mr. Charles. McDonald. He undid the wrapper, which disclosed ahandsomd jewelry caae. Mr. Lpwis’ .eyes en larged, became distended, AU m* gerness and impatience,, ho Could noC wait to find the key whichjopens the Casket, hut forces thelock,,raises the wp, wnen lo and behoiklt there neat* W ly wrapped and fokjed lies a nice, 5 clean, welt-shapen, smooth, block of wood. 4, change came over Jlr. lien* 1 w in the twinkling of an eye,* he ex* perienced a revulsion of feeling; his eyes distended yet wider ;-his lower jaw dropped; his topgne lolled from his month; a cold streak of big dis- ■ gnat traversed his spinal column; he tumbled all in a heap*1 realizing that he had a clean, clear* title to, and'-.; was in possession of, a big block of ; dearly-bought experienoe, and felt a goneness in the place whew; that $150 was wont to be. He pulled himself together, came to a right about face and countermarched, or . rather kicked himself all the way back to Marion, by which time his senses bad returned. He sought out , J. L. C. Bird, Esq., placed himself : and his block of Wood in ‘Mr. Bird’s keeping, who promptly ascertained*' that the money was still in the hands 1 of the express agent, andesfroffipt^* ly attached the'same and it is now in the custody of Marshal Flaky, whew it will lie. until its rightful owner-, ship is determined by the slow pro- < cess of the law. The express com ity is neutral in the contest, only : solicitous that thp proceedings, shall be legal. Mr. Charles McDonald, of Rahway, N. J., defendant, will be summoned bypublication, bathe is not likely to answer in penoii on the 24th of May next, wheii the case will be tried. The result j* readily anticipated—The court will getr it* coets, Marshal Finely his fees, and Mr. Bird his fee; Mr. Lewis will get i the balance ofLfi $160 and a whole- :M some lesson in the uncertainties in cident to monkeying with the green goods bus* saw, which We hope will make him • wiser end a better lhe ISew York6'torV‘Man About Town" has this to say of * distin guished North . Carolinian • “Qjj Broadway yesterday I.met ex-Gov ernor Jarvis, of North Carolina, who has just retired from his post as American Minister to Brasil, and Robert Adams, Jr.t of Philadelphia, who has just been appointed his suc cessor by President .Harrison. Two men could npt^ ba moro -unlike in habit, resource a>jd ambition. Adams is rich, dresses in the height of fash ion, and plays (he high social dodge to the limit. Governor Jarvis takes the other shoot, Sand rather affects the hay seed or husbandman racket, and, like ex-Attorney General Gar land, repudiates a dress suit on any and all occasions' Neither does he take any stock in the custom which requires s man to dress out. of tho ordinary. In fact, simplicity is his motto in all phases of life. ( Archibald Brady has been appoint- « ed post master at Charlotte, N. C., - vice Jobu A. Young deceased. L . .■*. . ' t,v-.