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i - " r - -.--.-. ...--.( 1" ' l' ' - "'.'.': -i j " ' 1 - ' l - V : j , ! I ' :. ' ' - i - '" i . ! ' Oli l. ! 1 ASH EVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1889. NO. 8. :l;-rl 1 ' ' - " . ': ' '; - ; :; I" ; " - l': 1 i 1 i : ; - -"11-- 1 .1 - - i -" : r ' "1V :I : : vi - .. -: - ' - , , , , i - -4 r 1 : : ! : r , t : i i i : : ' : - T 1 TH- : : : fc ; : : 1 r- : al -i a- I 3 j: ts-tv- ople. Wl trt'tfi ireifdi iuftrAoi ion from every Carolina : and. gee J. ion of. Wextern Xoi th L.ii Tinii(sce, j tiny or nil ma uu fact in tng or tm proteineit. ning f iiterprixf extabUxJud, or iin ig, iiitproeciiun i $h. to tfrfJw (xit in agriontvial, expec'adhi reults of fte?r -, e.r- pertinent in ajgricyltxtre in tJti section; of urehex, Alliaraff a nd ithrr orders or association for the good and up-building nf thf r,(hilp Srhd t '-Abort, plain xtatt , .i -- j ft M ift, u an may bf THE DEMO medium of an- CRAT xirtx to e the flouncing to the trorld th'f improceuient in i,d 1 1, at rial dertJopuu u t of thi JJie social section . Bislioij Lyman preached in Trinity Church, tin's city, last ;Sunlay morning, and administered jthe rite of conrirma- tion in t he afternoon. dies will lind omethinir of in terest td them in every .issue of The Democr Kt. "NVe are pleased to say they are among our most enthusiastic readers. . Gen. Smythe, of Ohio, gained a long pending suit .at the fetent term of the Federal court, fixing his title to the cele hrated JUnaluska tract of land in Gra land in Gra- ham county. The ba nks take a holiday to-day. We all other placets of business will presume also he open, an sion will Jutlge court .la: bar iwA Judge. .1 osed. All the churches will be 1 services suitable to the occa- be held. ' Spier AVkitakjer t week, to tle held Madison satisfaction of people. He will make a good le will hold court in Buncombe, begin n in g: December '2d. ; A gentleman who came to Asheville 'one month ago for his health, lias in creased n weight- ovdr twelve pounds, and; much more ih-'fU'erigth. This is a general o omrdaint of those who come to Ashevill j Woui. the mud -. - i it not lie a ngbd idea to scrape from the sidewalks occasionally, cr flint At rantTpr iiii'T it i enow there are , . U ,T 'j ' ... :..:. DriCK. ainj: sione AvaiKs uii oui piun-ipm streets, besides ityoiild make walking safer and more comtortiabJ To-i:iv, is Thanksgiving. Let it be en -joyed; above all, let; our people remem ber the poor. The Mission Hospital ap peals strongly to the! Sympathy of all, j aiid is solely -m. need ptiassistance. j)on t i forget thiis noble charity. There 'is fun ?)revipg on Charlotte street j between the- property owners on said" street and the street railway eorc palfty The latter hav?. dug holes in the middle df the sidewalk jinj which to place their T' les and the residents very nait- urally o J1- j The ci ty circulation ojf Thk Demockat md increasing regularly. We is large i are than vful to tlie people in the city and country, for the generous encouy- agement lextended us. Let every reader ake Tuk Demo- in Western Carolina CRAT. It will pay thena. ' . A monkey, a bagpipe and two Italians, named in the order ot attraction, have enlivened5, our streets davs, iireativ to the del jthei 'past several :ht of the small boy. The monkev -wsU immense as an attraction,- the music w;h hair-lifting, while the festive Italians were graceful collectors of the stray pennies. Our Alliance friends had a large and pleasant iineeting at S,andy Mush .lat Saturdav.l It beiiiir oiie of the best sec- tions ot our mountain country, com posed of ,good citizens and 'good farmers. of cour-e one. Tit not have their gatlwring was a pleasant Dkmocuat regrets it could a -re p r e s e n tat v e present, who was SO kindly invited.' ! A cros! walk was lai 1 at Bridge and riday, and a por- Woo(fin streets last H tion oi in je - dirt removal from.; thelsidi?- walk on iWoodrin stri? 't, with which fault last wee co rre spoil ilent tound and who now deii es t ) thank the city .authorities S through Tu:k Dkmocu at, for their5 tiro nntness in 'aiteiidihr to these matter-. Let the good work go on. St ate Bank Inspection : 3Iai Ju. Dowd, m Char ot te. wa? town, the learly' part of the week on his tour ot :n pection of; St a lanksi He i . was'app the act ; such hi--ner as if 3Iajor b ii ted by Treaikrer I 5ain under . . .. : i tne last -Jewish i turd requiring ction in much required for wd is assigned the same mah- ! 1 - i national banks. i . 1 : . I jLOjtiie terntorv west of I i ddLrh in which there are hbotit returned from 23. banks He had just Wavne-vilie who-e recently jestablished To the Pd i'5 1: bank I in-pectt ."! H e reports that bars a avinir the be.4t k ept set of books' hefhas yet) examined. 3lAjJDovd thinks tiie inspecftion will pioveiof great benefit t "jt bankeiis and theif ( iHtomers. He E j : y-12 oi 1-j have leen s xjied since the one or two his inspection f t. was passed and arted out on lie s The eastern division has about as -y -a a 1 oankf the yestern. FAYETTEVILLE CENTENNIAX. Or Ratification of the Constitution i Brilliantly Commemorated. The Fayetteville Centennial commem orative of North Carolina's ratification of the national constitution was a great success, notwithstanding many adverse coiditiions, among ; which were bad weather, insufficient railroad accommo dation and the overcrowded state of the town itself. MrL Julian h- Carr and his marshals, with ! the Marine band of "Washington and several J military, com panies, turned out to meet Gov. Fowle, who came in from Kaleigh at 11 o'clock. The grand ball also occurred on the even ing! Wednesday, and was a brilliant success. There has rarely in the history of the State been such a congregation of beauty and youth. The lj'all occurred in a building which was erected as a taber nacle for the revival meetings! of the Key. H. G. Pearson. ; A discharge of forty-two guns, one for every State in the Union, saluted the dawn of Thursday. Nevertheless it was a piost inauspicious one. The wind blekv, the sky was overcjast with heavy clouds and the rain poured in torrents. There seemed small prospect of k clear ing awav of the weather, while the streets were in a condition which made i i i it out of the question to g through with the parade which had jbeen arranged. Thie programme was therefore modified, and a( 2 o'clock the -literary exercises began from a platform upon the new market house which occupies the site of jthe old, where the constitution was ratified. Hon. Wharton J. Green read a letter from Hon. Jefferson Davis, re viewing freely North Ca -olina's part in the! formation of the government and pointing out her honor therein. ! After Gov. Fowle had presented each -regiment of the State miUtia with a flag .he introduced Senator Kajnsom, who was warmly received. The iirst part of the Senator's speech was a masterly! review of North Carolina's uttitude in deferring her ratification of the! constitution, tribute to the i While paying the highes hi torian Bancroft, he was forced, to take iss he ie with him in the three reasons which assigned for North i C orolina's delay, td-'wit: thai she was delinquent to the Confederation, that he geographical vrnity - was disturbed by t ie establishment I i - cf Kvhat was called the SI t;ate of Franklin in the West, and that she was laboring under the effects of ove : issue qf paper money. It is necessary to read he full text of the Senator's speech, which is to be published, to appreciate his masterly array of facts in refutation of Mr. Ban croft's position. He cited the vast ser vices which North Carolina, then the first in territory and third in population of the thirteen States, had 'rendered the i j i Confederationthe delinquency of other States which had accepted the constitu tion ; he pointed out that ail the trouble over the State of Franklin had been set tlen long before the question', of fatifica-tio-n was presented ; he proved that, the question of paper money had not entered into the consideration of the Fayetteville convention ; he showed that North Caro lina during her alleged vacillation had refused hesitation and o ratify unless twenty-six related amendments to the constitution were ado 3fed. Ten of these were actually ado if ed very soon afterwards and the ; principles ofjothers were incorporated. These facts proved wise and patriotic dfelay. t The Senator also pointed out the w ise conservatism of North Carolinajin the convention of the colonies which framed the constitution, the magnanimity and I ! . ' !"-"". moderation of the delegates saving the instrument in three vital prises of its fdr mat ion. j The latter part of the speech wks de voted to a discission of the present status. With many other fe the writer was unable to hear this well, as the arrange ments for hearing were fj r from gootl. concluded on The ceremonies were Friday. A grand street parade headed by the Marine band and Mr. (-arr's corps of marshals ' escorting thirteen Ifloats, a resplendent : upon each of which Wds '(mng lady, representing the figinal thirteen States. There Were also A lanre n limber of military companies. at the fair grounds upon the topic of the oc casion. He was followed by Col. Wharton J.. Green in an agricultural ad dress. At night there was a fine display of fireworks at the fair grounds, fol lowed by a brilliant german at the taber nacle. ;"'-; ;"-. "" -' ; j ' The hospitality of the good people of Fayetteville knew no bounds; but the town was not large enough to hold the crowd. ; ; j A pleasant incident of the occasion was the presentation to Mr. Carr by his Marslialls of some handsome bronzes. Maj. Louis Latham made the presenta tion speech in admirable style, arid Mr. Carr's response was :-universal v admired for its cordiality and grace. i Personal: I)r. Newland of Lenoir is in Asheville i The doct or we understand is thinking of mvestin cr in Asheville real estate. dur young friend, Mr. Will Aiken, of this city,! is spending ; a vacation AvitJi relatives and friends at Hickory , N. C. Hon. Kope Elias and his son Lewis reathejd the city Saturday! evening en route home from the Fayetteville Centen nial. Mr. large D. Vi. Belding, bf Cincinnati,; a timber-land owner in Graham county, with Messrs, T. B. and C. Long, street, of Lansing, Mich., are at the Swannanoa, their visit being to look into the: re sources of this section. i Hon. W. H. Hargrove, of Haywood, has returned home from a business trip to Augusta and other i Southern cities. Mr! HL is a large shipper of fine Hay wood fruits and vegetables, and is doing his -co untrymen much good in aiding them i n disposing of their surplus pro ducts. We are pleased to welcome to Ashe ville, as permanent residents, Hon. Reuben McBrayer and family, late of CleVeland county, Avho occupy their res idence on Haywood avenue. Mr. Mc Brayer is one of the prominent lawyers of this State, and' will' practice in this city and section. Deaths. The! telegraph brought us information last night of the death of one of the most prominent gentlemen of Eastern North Carolina, Mr. W. T. Dortch who died at his home in Goldsboro, on the morning of the 22nd. He had been (seriously jill for; some time; but abroad there seemed to haye been no apprehensiod of a fatal termination to his illness. Mr. years' Dortch was, we suppose, about 07 of age, a little younger perhaps, but he appeared older because he liad been so long and so prominently in pub lic life, though not having attained many of its highest) honors. He was a lawyer of learning and an advocate of power, and perhaps stood at the J head of the profession in his section of the State. He w as.il politician of pronounced yxe.wSJ- a life long democrat, an early an ardent : I .1'- ' ' ,T I advocate df the Southern cause. He was onei otthe Senators from Nrth Carolina to tiiejConfederate Congressj Subsequent to the war he entered warmly into the politics of the State, and as Senator from hisldistrict, was actively useful in shap ing; much important legislation, espe cially in those; branches tending to re ceive jtlie people from the suffering inci dent ko their, hew conditions, political and pecuniary,' in which the learning ; of the lawyer and the wisdomsof the states man were happily blended.! Mr. Dortch was a1 strong man though! not a great one, and in his death the $tate loses a most patriotic son and useful servant. Citizen. ' We; regret to announce the death of Mr.1, II. Clay Maddox, which occurred at the I residence qf his father,! Lewis Mad do xi Esq., on Merrimon avenue, on Sun day. Mr. M., who for yearsjwas promi neni: jin business circles iri New York city, came to this city over a year .ago for his health, which had! about sue cumbed to consumption, but the disease hadjgained too ; strong a hold upon him, and h'e quietly passed away Sunday. His parents and friends have the sympathy of our entire ; community. His father is the President of the Western Carolina Bank . i -. -of this city. The remains were Monday to Columbus;, Ohio, for , after funeral services- at the taken buria house! by Bev. Dr. Buxton. ' 1 i ; The Democrat Abroad. i i i i i "One of the most attractive papers ;we recede is Tiie AsiiEyn.i.E jDemockat. It is jc buck full of news and good read ing matter of interjest to every one.' Chattanooga Journal of Commerce, j '"Wje have received through the cour tesy jof Fred. M. 3Iessler, jfqrinerly! of this hlace, a copy of The Asheville (N! C.) l) kmocuat, with which heis now identified. It is an eight-page paper, neatly printed, hrisrht and newsy, and Democratic to the core.'' Somerset, (N. J.) Messenger. M , - ' -. -. ' ; Sale Extraordinary. Mr. Len Henderson, of Madison coun ty, sold on the floor of tlie Farmers' Warehouse! last week .3,-"0(ij pounds of tobacco for! $1,404.80. This is extraordi- narypfor that amount round, i He savs i. i ' - -i ' i he has over a tnousand pounds more which he thinks will sell for eyen more per hundred. Good, well handled grades are fetching good prices nowl i Our Tobacco Market i ' - : Maintains itself well, in supply and prices. Sales ' have been large, and. if anything, prices somewhat; advanced, especially on good grades. The outlook for the next week is very good. : Real Estate Business and Agents. no "boom" in While there has been real estate transactions iji Asheville yet transfers are: constantly taking place, the purchases being made 'for improve ment. This is better j than mere specu lative ventures. Our! real estate agents have beenxamong the most useful agen cies of ourvcity in secu ring purchasers and calling attention to the advantages of this city and section for profitable in vestment and good; healthful homes.. They are as straightforward, honest men as this or any j ciiy can boast of. They offer properties- aj the fixed price by the owners, only charging a j reasona ble per cent commission, paid by the owner and. not the purchaser. ! If these seem high, in any instance, it is not the fault of the agent, but the owner. But there is no property thatj is for sale' that is too high in Asheville how; comparing it with other places, and taking into consideration the advantages, surround ings and certain future qf this city, prop erty is, in the main, fixed at reasonable prices. Some, a few, people who go to a place seem to expect that property should be sold to them, at specially low figures to induce them to settle. And such, when they do settl, carry out their exacting propensities and spend as little as possible in or for the community. There is no Asheville property to give away or sell at a saerificje. The people here have as correct an idea of the value of property, estimated ijpon experience, facts and comparison af can ; have those who have only been sojourners for a short w hile. Good bargains ; can some times be picked up, owihg to surround ing circumstances ; but jin general, fair prices are put upon property by those who are willing to sell, suggested by good judgment, and while willing to sell, are hot willing to sacrifice. Property does hot gp lagging in gressive, growing town, ville is, and is known an any live, pro such as Ashe l acknowledged to be. It is our opinion j based upon a knowledge of this section of some ears, and la reasonable faith in of those reasons for continued develop ment which have broilght about the phe- nomenal growth of the jrecent past, that property in this citymus;t soon . enhance in value. Every indication points to that result. Those who are now hesita ting! should do so no linger, specially those wanting well located homes in the city. We conscientiously believe the riexjt five yearsj will show far greater de velopment, impiovemeni and increase of population than that jof the past five years, which has beenj scj astonishing to our:own people. A larger number or improvements industrial and otherwise, have been arranged to in the next six months t ie entered upon lan ever before for a similar length of time. Now is the time to invest J Good Roads. ' ; 1 t t We are glad to note that our people, in various sections, are moving in the direction of securing better roads The meeting at'Leicester la Saturday, look ing to that end, 'was a poper one, but it seems: just now; that the; attention of the people i is more direc ed to railroad schemes than any other. The Demo crat' is in full sympathy with all the railroad schemes proposed, but not being able to think that railrb ids will be built l every section from Asheville throng sadly heeding good rojads to reach the city;, for some time, suggests to the peo ple of these section that so soon as they can get done discussing railroad projects they hold a meeting j Ito devise some means for improving comity roads. All the : hauling of the coi nty to Asheville could not andwould not be done on rail roads." if we had them1 already built in forty different directions from the city, so whatever ihav be hereafter done in ..1 . j - ;!. f the direction of railrbad buildimr, we still think something ought to be and might be done toward; improving our have better use county roads, so we can Of theni .while the great railroad lines are beinr constructed. The road from the citv! to Sandy Mush via Leicester; up Hominy ; towanU-j Democrat ; up Swannanoa ; tbwardsf jllendersonville ; up the French Broad, the leading high ways of the county, J'cjUght to be im Tiroveil. ! Those interested in'each road and familiar with each section thereof, its requirements to put it in good and permanent order, ought to meet, and unite ) upon a method to secure the im provement. What say our people to these meetings ! for improving our dirt roads The Demock at is ready to co operate, with' every movement looking to the betterment of our people and of those agencies which tend thereto. . Our: Baptist friends mike a good show ing for the past church year. They re port a: gain of 15,000 members during the year and also that lio,000 has been raised; and expended for religious and educational work. One hundred new churches have ; been built during the same period. REMOVAL OF THE INDIANS A Question that Presents Some Se- i nous Difficulties. Washington, November 23. Secre- tary Proctor is endeavoring to make such arrangements as will enable him to " i T" ! i t 1 . '- . ... leave the city during the Christmas holi days, in company with General Crook and Capt. Pratt, superintendent of the Carlisle Indian, school, for the purpose of making a special visit of inspection to the Mt. Vernon barracks, Ala., where Geronimo and his Apache Indians are now in imprisonment. An effort was made early in the year to secure the removal of these Indians to a tract of land in North Carolina which the Indians desired to purchase. Gov. Fowle. of that State, obiected to the scheme in vigorous language, and Secretary Proctor declined to order their removal, especially as evidence had been given him from prominent medical au thorities that it W ould be I dangerous to send the Indians to a More Northern point, in view of the fact that they are exceedingly susceptible to pulmonary diseases. J I Since then, however, there have been other ideas on this subject advanced from other medical authorities, and the Secretary decided that it was best for a laymen to open his eyes when he found the doctors disagreeing. He has been informed by the surgeon of the barracks that the tribe is unusually sickly, and that there is special difficulty found in preventing the spread of the tendency to consumption that is chaiacteristic of the tribe. He received a letter yesterday from Capt. Pratt, w:ho argued strongly against the removal of Indians to a higher latitude or altitude. . ' . - The Secretary hopes to find a solution of the problem by personal investigation of their condition at the barracks. The Leicester Meeting. A meeting was held at Leicester on Saturday last to consider the c uestiou of better transportation facilities to Asheville either liy rail or improved roads. Mr. B. G. Gudger presided; and Mr. Lon, Wells was made secretary. Captain Natt Atkincmniadea stirring; address. Messrs. J. L. Slagle, Wilson Nash and J. C. Martin also spoke. Dr. D. F. Sum mev then offered the following which was unanimously adopted t Whereas, The townships of Leicester and Sandy Mush have long suffered on account-of their bad facilities of traffic and travel with the city of Asheville, and Whereas, These townships have al ways paid w ithout complaint their share of the burden of taxation without ever having received a cent for their develop ment and convenience,' . Therefore! be it resolved, That the M ' ' ' . chairman of i this meeting appoint fifteen delegates frdm Leicester township, and the same number from the township of Sandy Mush to meet with those sections of Buncombe that are likewise deprived of the advantages that we feel so much the want of, in the city j of Asheville on the first Monday of December next, and confer together as to what can and shall be done to improve the means of travel and communication with Asheville and the different Sections of our county, and that we demand of the authorities of our county such appropriation as will give to our sections advantages similar to those that enjoy, the blessings of rail roads. ' -' i! '; - ; In acconlarice therewith, the chairman appointed the following committees to which, on motion, he was himself added, and the meeting adjourned: j . : For Leicester B. G.- Gudger, L. N Wells, D. F. Summey, O. K. Jones, F Sluder, S. Hampton, LaFaj-ettej Iiobin;on, G. W. Nash, Daniel Shook, T, N. Haw kins, P. Israel, W. F. Wells, M. Pleni mons, J. M. Stevens, B. ALorance, Sandy Mush T. .L Ferguson, H. V. Wells, J. II. Reynolds, L. Wells, James Robinson, N. Hon ham, C. Wells, Win. Rogers, K. Reeves, Jj Aj Gi laspie, Hill. J. B. Ducket. John Garrett, J. C. All Aboard for Chestnut Street. I . ' s". : ':i v 3Ionday evening Supt. Arthur, Coun sellor Tom -Tones, and a number of in. vited friends jumped alioarjl the -bag" gage car of the Asheville street railway, I i - 1 . -''Jli' : and passed swiftly over the new track to Wood fin street, the extentj then of the trolling wirej Everything worked as -' ' it - " - i-j . - smoothly as an old road, and was greeted all along the line bv the plaudits of the residents of that routeJ The work has been well done, and how the system, as contracted for, .reaching each suburb of the city, is complete. If is a great, a grand enterprise for Asheville, and our people are justly proud of it. Geo. W. Reynolds, colored, has leen appointed postmaster at this place. He is a school teacher and house piainter. He will take charge of the office; as soon as bond ($10,000) can be arranged. Mur- freesboro Index. StiU Coming. Our townsman, W. H. Inloes, Esq., in forms us that the Southern Engineering and Construction Company, of which Mr. Wm. Colcorel is financial secretary and L.jC. Watkins chief engineer, head quarters in Boston, have organized with a capital of $2,000,000, most of which has been paid up, and propose at once to construct the Blue Ridge system of rail road, beginning at Morristown, running to Knoxville, Athens, Tenn., Waynes ville arid Asheville, N. C, Greenville, S. C. and Augusta, Ga. Work is ex pec ted to be begun soon at Morristown. In connection with the railroads, five hotels. will be built in the mountains at various points, the first to be erected in sheville, to cost about $100,000, and after the style and finish of the fine Ben nett Hptel of Baltimore. It is to be one of the finest hotels, in all its appoint ments,! of its size, in the country. A central location in the city is desired, as it is intended to have six store" rooms in the hotel building, but enough land is wanted Bo,000 square feet to give good lawn privileges. Mr. Watkins will be in Asheville about December 6, with a viewof selecting and buying a site if all the requirements can be complied with, and the price is not too high. We have no doubt the geptleman can and will be accommodated in our city. Asheville needs at least three more large, first class hotels, to accorimiodate the rapidly increasing number of winter and sum-' mer visitors. " Guilty" Was the dreadful verdict of the jury in the case of Fore, tried: last week for the killing of Amos Lunsford some months ago at the Turkey Creek camp meeting. The following jurors, good, true con scientious men, tried the case: J. M. Is rael, foreman ; J. H. Foster, T. R. James, W..O. Wolfe, J. B. Ingle, G.'H. Starnes, W. E. iPounders, Thos. F. Wilson, M. G. Coffee; It. S. Shook, W. M. Weaver, John Brown. '' The! charge of his honor was fair, im partial and clearly presenting the law as bearing upon the case as produced by evidence. -. ' Messrs. J. 31: Gudger and M. E. Carter defended, Solicitor Carter prosecuted. The j defendant Fore gave evidence in his own behalf, which, in accordance with he law as laid down by the courtv justified the verdict of tlie jury. It was a fair trial, by a good jury, 'and the ver dict was in accordance with the evidence and the law. It is a sad case, as all such are : but it is the vindication of law es tablislied for the protection of society which courts, impartially and fairh' conr ducted as was the case here, are insti tuted to maintain. The Trial of Berry. The case of State against John Berry, for the killing of Geo. W. Bell, was taken up Monday morning, Solicitor Carter and Capt'. M. E. Carter appearing for the State, and Messrs. Jones & Shu ford and Maj. W. II. Malone for the de fense. The jury is composed of the fol lowing good citizens : J. W. Holt, J. M. Stepp, T. T. Howell, S. F. Stroupe, W. A. Kelly, A. T,yt!e, R. B. Glenn, .II. Sj Carson, W Fox, Smith; L. Allman. 31. C. Davis, Pink - i Defendant asked for a continuance, owing to absence of Chas. J. Harkins, a very material witness, who was beyond the reach of a subpoena, but who could attend : the next term of court. After hearing argument, the Court overruled the nidtion, and the trial proceeded. A large number of witnesses were exam ined as to the difficulty' ; it was brought out that Bell had accused Berry of being a thief, and also had made indecent pro posal to Berry's wife, a young and pret ty woman. It was also in evidence that Bell was a violent, dangerous man, while BerryjV character vras testified to as be mg good. , " Testimony closetl Tuesday night, and yesterday argument was proceeding at the hour of closing this paper. A Friend Indeed, excellent friend 3Irs. J. 31. Ou Air; iiav. seeing! our recipe for pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, and fearing we had none for the occasion in which she was right has kindly sent us a splendid specimen of that delicious fruit; In enjoying the pies made therefrom our Thanksgiving will certainly bear in remembrance so thoughtful a friend. Our Public Schools. Wei begin this isue a series of articles upon the Public Schools of Buneonile prepared specially for The Democrat by our; faithful and energetic Superin tendent of Public Instruction, 3Ir. John W. Starnes. They Ivill give useful in formation concerning thi most impor tant work, j Hon. George H. Pendleton, of Ohio,. ex-Senator and ex-Minister to Berlin, died at Brussels, on Monday. J