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DUNN, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1&95
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,rEi VOX -THANKFULNESS,
,i, ,t !i 1 in ir.erey sends ;
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!, hi ! hfl Iron, Lome ani friends.
:'i thtiTi'.; of ii'jed.
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n My v.-.,rd and deed,
i -i .-!:!.- and holy t-ilfe,
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, ... ... ,;1 ,..-ar ii.-i'.iy waiu
r . ..ryt Ling give thankjj
.... : . Tr'Srl.l rf niira
j-.. v..- ! ,: ami ! ria i.i jveiy nower
j- r ., .;' of l-Sr 1.-, for hum of bets'
j . , ': r-fr i'lhi summer fcrcez?,
j-. r ;.. : u l j.aiu. for streams and wool,
r . : - tt o' can's mifity flood
' r --v rythiuij Rive thanks!
Y f ' v"'l M'.' - lll.lt Slurry nt u1qU
. : l : v.
r - f .(- r Turning iu"i u:n uijiii.
y ,rti, - -i.ri-r"'it .-.ni that shins on high,
-i ir- jriitt'-ri nr iu th't sky,
. !,;f.. an l everything wo se,
0 L r ' ' 'r h'MrN wo iifi to Thcc
1 r v rythin' ive thanks'.
- El! 'Mi Isabella Tupper.
Miss Barbara's Lover.
A THANKSGIVING STORY.
SHALL!"
There was wrath
in Miss Barbara's
tones and deter
mination in her
countenance.
"But, auntie"
"I shall! I
didn't make this
garden for the
benefit of the
neighbors hens,
and I will kill one
'fToaTi. Just see that and that!"
f! i- indignant finger indicated the
to'irt'oL.s l.viag in red ruins at her
feet, th' n the ragged corn that rose
f..il.riiiy further on. Iho currant
mh swore fcilill stirring where the
ji.-t v.: -milliter had scuttled through.
Fvivia Hiddenly smiled.
' Auiitie, it's u fowl theft," she said.
' it is and, as -I can't stop it by
fiir nu:us, I'll try fowl," responded
lli Barbara, giimly, beginning with
n-it --lined vigor to gather up the
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j loiuiiio'js auu lay mem on me
X t L- trellis-.
Are you prepared to go to law,
"T am prepared to do anything on
of the fence. Go into your
tHil'VoMcry, Sylvia--you'ro of no
r. f.v -as a scarecrow."
!ij waved her trowel martially,
ml Sylvia lied in laughing haste.
The t-ilenee that is voc.it with birds
and jii :ccts and rustling leaves settled
uvt-r the garden,' where Miss Barbara's
ni' rgttic figure bade defiance to the
1li ri-iometcr. Charles Dudley War-
iin- once fpeut a summer in a garden,
T htss remarked in. conserpaence that
he lilies neighbors aud likes chickens,
l ut !.: does not think they ought to
K' ii-iited. Mias Barbara agreed with
Lira warmly. She endured much be-fer.-
informing her genial, easy-going
nci 'J'hor of the mischief his hens
wr-'Hiht daily iu her garden. She had
ei-ilitrcd mora since the complaint, if
c Mholaint it could be called, had
jr ived a failure, and neither faith,
hof o.nor charity remained to soothe
li r; Mini. Suddenly an inquiring
'vluek" etruck her ear with the effect
of an electric battery. 1 It came from
"tho-otlter f.ido of tho fence. A yellow
lo:ithrred liead irotruded through the
1 irticlH, the round, unwinking eyes of
;i Lou surveyed tho premises, another
ftr-ne "cluck" sounded-, "and the
I'lurnp I'oly followed tho head. Miss
1! .irtvira cautiously arose, her expres
fciun full of martial lire.
rnoonscious of impending evil the
i:iv",-iers wriggled their way through
uut'v a largo aud cheerful company
hx.'.l assembled. In pleasant expect
niicy they gathered nrouud the laden
to'ii'ito vines. Suddenly Rnd with
viitcfnl forca a missile descended
Jutu their very midst. Squawking
wildly, the startled hens scuttled into
the. currant bushes, under the tomato
l'lunts among tho corn. A ' pause
f'lua! to a legislative deadlock fol-'
lo.voil. Then one hen after another
cautiously emerged and presently
gravitated toward the tomats vines.
A;,'.fiu MibS Barbara seized on ven
gouueo and tho etova wood Stick
aftr stick of it flew, like a kind of
hail telling upon the tomatoes if not
upon the hens. Miss Barbara Was not
unaware of the facs in tho cas?, but
felt that if she could not kill it was a
rdi. f to try. One audacious old hen
iu particular arousnd this murderous
feeling. Down'lho grape walk, over
the boet bed, up to tho door she
chased that hen ami shied her last
fctiek after it ais-it flapped wildly
r.un,l the cornr.' To her horror "a
shiirp ejaculation man's voice cut
the air. Her final etlort had made an
impression, but not upon the hen.
h.- turned theeorner hastily -and be
hold n stranger' pressing both hands
against his battered head as he looked
pavagt-ly at her. Consternation, con
tntion, mortificatiQn, animated her
countenance; . self-mastery slowly
culir.ed his.
"lid you hit one, auntie? -I.hope
's that old rooster!" sounded sud
d9ly from the woodshed. Tho face
f-the stranger turned ghastly.
"1 thought it was a man lived in
moon," he -murmurad. -'-'What
ado-yon hurl it at me?"
.Hiss Barbara's face grew white,
"as this an escaped lunatic? The
aa's fading eyes brightened as they
Ml upon Sj-lvia.
'The flowers of paradise," ho whis
Fed, and threw his arms out uncer
tainly. Xo, it hurts too much to
Pk them," ho muttered, and sank
itu a groan upon the steps.
1ylvia's wide, startled eyes met
rbara'?. The latter laid her finger
0u hor lips and motioned towards the
Det Louse. Within five minutes sev
al'iieigubors had gathered around
e Titrate man, who appeared nn
cousekms unless touched, when ho
Q a thorough knowledge of box-ak'-
The doctor on his arrival lis
to Miss Barbara's account of the
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liTLlli BIKD HAS HIS UAT.
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accident with an inscrutable counte
nance, lie was a calm, keen-eyed man,
whoso resolute orders soon cleared
tho house of superfluous attendants.
His attentions were received with in
gratitude by his patient until he held
an odroous substance near tho injured
face and said gently:
'I want to help you I am a doctor
it's all right." Tho dull eyes
wavered an instant on bio face.
"Is it? I thought it wasn't I hope
you know" with this murmured re
sponse the refractory patient sub
mitted to the touch of the skillful
hands. i
"History repeats itself, Fordham."
The speaker, a serene-faced man of
imposing presence, advanced leisurely
into the private office of a well-known
lawyer in Bombay. ,
- "So I have heard,'' said the latter,
glancing up with a emile of welcome.
The visitor settled leisurely into a
seat.where he received tho beneficence
of the punkah swung from tho ceiling.
Both men wore full 6uits of white
linen, that, despite the unutterable
heat, retained their fresh crispness.
"Marrying and giving in marriage
tho world keeps on in the same old
way," said Emmett, comfortably.
"Tiiis has been borno in upon me
since tJie arrival of the American
mail yesterday.!'
"You had news from your brother !"
"I believe so ! I have just grown
accustomed to tho pleasing certaiuty
that all the words in his letters will be
spelled according to the dictionary,;
possibly you can comprehend the
shock I experienced yesterday on
reading in hi3 i own handwriting that
he is engaged to be married."
"I congratulate you, Emmett. on
the acquisition to your family
probably your examplo recommended
this step to your youthful brother as
eminently desirable. Let U3 see he
must be about twenty-five now?"
"Possibly by the almanac, but to
my recollection he is still a bidder for
tips and spankings. The next mail
will bring out her picture and hie, and
these, with tho course of events, may
compass my comprehension of his
present legal age. I shall reply on
your assistance, Fordham. The most
charming' girl in tho worlfl, you
know." . .
"0( course" an answering ' smile
sparkled over Fordhain'a dark face.
"Knowing that you had honored the
State of the wooden nutmeg by being
born there," continued Emmett. "I
thought it barely possible that you
might know something of the family
of this young lady, and I shall bo glad
ot any information you may be able to
impart, tirovided your fee is reason
able." "I believe it is one of your maxims,
my friend, that time equals money
it is a period of seventeen years, more
or less, that you desire me to cover. I
will undertake the case for 1000 ru
pees down."
"Done! You recollect that I always
pay in brass. iWell, the name of this
young lady who will soon have the
good fortune to become my relative is
Nutting Miss Sylvia Nutting and
she resides at present in tho town of
Brampton, county of Brown, State
of Connecticut, U. S. A. Do any of
these cognomens c iuso tho chords of
memory to vibrate in your patriotic
breast?" j
!Yes," said the lawyer, laying his
pen carefully across its rack, "I had a
college friend of the name of Nutting.
He was two or three year3 older than
I and married very young. As his
house was in Brampton, this young
lady is probably his daughter."
"I hope that will prove to be the
case," said Emmett. He proceeded to
impart the information given by his
brother upon tho subject, which
proved beyond doubt tho identity of
the young lady's father with Ford-,
ham's college friend.
"You will appreciate the first meet
ing, Fordham," said Emmett, in con
clusion; it was out of the ordinary
line. Tom was deeply impressed in
fact, hard hit. About the middle of
this summer he was wandering about
tho country on one of those solitary
pedestrian tramps he pretends to en
joy, and happened to pas3 through
this little town of Brampton. It was
what they consider there a hot day.
Tom had covered a stretch of ten miles
or so, and, happening to behold a
6hiny tin enp on the hydrant in a yard
ho was passing, he suddenly felt con
suming thirst. Without regard to
nieum et tunn, he proceeded towards'
that hydrant,1 but he never reached it.
It chanced to be one of those occa
sions when tho innocent suffer for the
guilty, and Tom received on his h?ad
a stick of stove wood, hurled by the
aunt of his future fiancee at a sinful
old hen that had astray from its right
ful premises. The blow nearly knocked
the boy under, xne aunt appeared
from tho woodshed, Miss Sylvia camo
on the scene inquiring: 'Did you hit
one. auntie? I hope it's that old roos
ter.' And then Tom saw fireworks and
nil the stars. He was half senseless
they thought ho. was a crazy man.
Well, they called in a doctor, and ho
kept tho boy a prisoner there for six
weeks ho and Miss Sylvia, and the
result, yon see, is a sister-in-law."
"A charming result, I have no
doubt," said Fordham. "It's a strik
ing story."
They left tho office together and en
tered tho lawyer's gharry that stood
waiting in the street. Tall and state
ly white buildings cast welcome
shadows along the wide thoroughfare,
and' in the arcades of their lower
floors were heaped jewels, silverwork,
wrought brass, silks and shawl3. The
squatting merchants guarded their
treasures with sleepy-looking, keen
eyes as they patiently waited for cus
tomers. Crowds of shoppers, idlers,
coolies and water carriers filled the
street, and tho tropical sunlight
brought out the glowing richness of
brilliant-hued brocade3 and silken
shawls, the dazzla of white garments,'
the satiny shine of bare bronze limb3
and chests. Little public hackeries,
or cabs, curtained with bright deep
colors and drawn by brisk little bul
locks, rolled constantly by. Hump
backed cow3 strolled placidly among
the throngs, anil a pet ram with gilded
horns accompanied its Brahmin mas
ter. Presently the gharry turned into
a narrow snio 6treet wnere luscious
fruits wera heaped up in rich-hued
piles that freighted the air with spies
and perfume. Dusty roads appeareu
when the business portion of the city
was left behind, and they rolled tho
palm-fringed roads of Malabar hill,
the residence district of the wealthy
foreigners. At the entrance to his
bungalow Emmett alighted and Ford
ham rolled on toward his own home.
It was not far, and he was sonn enjoy
ing the renovating effect of a bath.
Tie replaced his white garments with a
negligee of India eilk and became ac
cessible to his little daughter, a lovely
child with pale little face like a flower.
Sho had been motherless for a year.
He took her on his knee and drew out
the little story of her day; then he
told her fairy tales dainty fancies,
exquisite jesting that older and less
intisaate listeners would have been
amazed to hear from the keen-tongued
lawyer. Then the little one's ayah
camo to carry her to bed.
Miss Barbara was walking slowly
homeward through the dusk. Faded
leaves dropped softly about her and
tho mellow air was smoky with bon
fires. These Indian summer days
heralded tho approach of Thanksgiv
ing, but the remembrance gave her no
pleasure. For some reason she at
tributed it to Sylvia's recent romance
her thoughts persistently reverted
to a long-gono Thanksgiving Day that
had begun for her with happiness and
ended with sorrow. On that Thanks
giving had arisen the never-settled
quarrel that had parted her and her
young, lover. He had gone immedi
ately abroad and hastily married there.
Not until then did Miss Barbara dis
miss the man ho had accounted his
rival. Their world had held her
blameworthy in the affair perhaps
sho had held herself so. Certainly life
had looked darker to her in those days
than it looked now. She went slowly
up the steps of her pleasant home.
Far within a girlish voice sang happily
and the rooms were cheery with mel
low lamp-light that revealed Miss Bar
bara a fitting mistress for tho lovely
old house. Suddenly Salvia's head
gleamed in a distant doorway. -
"There's a letter for you, auntie,"
sho called softly; "such a queer look
ing thing I laid it on the piano."
It was a foreign-looking letter, and
bore traces of a long journey. Miss
Barbara examined the postmarks curi
ously. When she carried the letter to
her room a moment later her face
looked pale. Behind her locked door
the next moment she sat. down to read
it. With deliberate care she opened
the euvelope. It contained many thin
sheets written over in a clear, manly
hand. She sought methodically for
the signature, and read the name that
had once been dear to her. A strange,
familiar look it wore. Much wa3
written between the lines of the story
he told briefly. He had left his native
lan l hot with passion and the smart
of their broken engagement. Shortly
after his arrival in India a report of
her marriage had reached him, and,
not doubting the truth of it, he paid
court to and hastily married the
pretty but shallow daughter of an
English Colonel stationed there. Dur
ing the years that followed he had
striven to boar tho consequences of
his own mistake, aud he had borne
them until the burden fell from his
shoulders at a grave. He spoke of
'Vila fTi?1.1 in ttat.Tq tTiof lirnn r.di fc r
to the reader's eyes and then he
turned pessionateiy to the old days,
and questioned her of the future.
Tho letter fell froai her fingers. She
felt as ono must feci with the earth
rocking under foot. Wis the old lovo
dead in her heart deal liko the
mother of his child? She thought of
that giave under the Indian'palms, and
a feeling rose etow and strong out of
her heart. No his part in her life
had ended years before. She did not
hold herself blameless, but she had
Buffered once ; she had no wish to suf
fer again. She could not change the
pleasant, settled boundaries of her
life. Toward him and toward that lit
tlo child of his her thoughts would
ever go kindly but hisjpart in her
life was over. 'She sent her answer
before she slept ; and life went on as
if it had not paused. Oa the evening
befor Thanksgiving Sylvia went ear
ly to choir practice, and Miss Barbara
sat down to read the city paper, which
had just -arrived. A glowing firo
snapped in the grate, half a dozen car
nations scented the air, and Ophelia,
the cat, purred lazily at intervals.
Outside a round full moon sltone high
in the sky, and. tho frosty ground
sparkled in its radiance.,
"Fire ! fire ! fire !" shouted n voice in
the street. Miss Barbara ruriied to the
window; before she reached it the de
moniac Bhriek of tho fire whistle, pro
longed, and awful, smote upon her
ears. Then came tho sound of run
ning feet. Snatching up a siiawl, she
hastily locked the door and joined.in
a wild race toward the swelling mur
murs that rose turaultaously in the
air. She was soon in the midst of tho
oxcitement, but paused iu the out
skirts of tho crowd. It war. a barn that
was burning, and it stood, out against
the smoke-blackened sky a glowing
mass of triumphant fire. There was
no longer hope of saving it, though
the hose still . played upon it. The
rescued horses stamped and neighed,
tho firemen shouted hoarse orders,
dogs barked and a baby cried. . Sad- i
denly there arose a cry ; "Look cut !
Look out !
One of the frightened animals had
sprung loose and charged wildly for
ward. Mis3 Barbara felt hereelf
snatched up and borno- persistently
through the shrieking crowd into a
deserted street white with moonlight.
Her rescuer made no motion to relaaso.
her, and, startled and annoyed, she
turned her gazo full upon him; the
next instant her breath stopped,1 her
face turned white. She was gazing in
to the face of tho man she once loved
the man whoso letter she had lately
answered. A flock of girls ran laugh
ing and calling into the street. "Let
me go there nro peoplo about- you
must let mo go," sho whispered sharp
ly. His arms dropped from her waist,
but he walked close to her si da. She
moved away towards tho iurthtr edge
of the walk.
"Barbara"
A loosa board 6hot suddenly down
under his feet the other end went up,
Miss Barbara went down. She tried
to rise, but fell back helplessly. Ford
ham dropped on his knees besido her,
speaking passionately.
"I am not hurt," she said, her lips
white and set, "it is only my foot-wl
am afraid I must have a carriage."
Many weeks e Lapsed before Miss Bar
bara was able to walk again. During
those weeks Fordham received her let
ter, which had been forwp Wnjd from
Bombay. He had been ioo wiso to
await it there. Emmett had smiled
genially as ho changed tho address
upon that letter. Ho had always
known that moro of Foiduaai's heart
lay in the crib of his child than in tho
grave of his wife, but had not before
divined that his own communications
concerning "United Spates bonds," a3
he would have phrased it, were respon
sible for his friend's surHon journey
across the seas. I' ordhiua iaiu the let
ter unopened in Miss Barbara's lap.
He knew the answer it contained, but
the writer had verbally admitted that
with only one foot ti go upon she
found it impossible to escape from
fate.
An All-Hound Thanksgiving Dinner.
Bronco Pete "Whar's th' turkey?"
Alkali Ike "I set him outside to
cool, an' th' cat et him."
Bronco Pete "Whar's tho cat?"
Alkali Ikr-r-"A cayofce et him."
Bronco Pete "Whar's tV cayote?"
Alkali Ike "Th' greyhound et
hioa."
Bronco Pete "Whar's th' grey
hound?" Allijili Ike "An Injun et him."
Bronco Bete "Whar's th' Injun!"
Alkali Ike "A grizzly et him."
Bronco Pete "Whar's th' grizzly?"
Alkali Ike "Out thar."
Bronco Pete "Waal, we'll have tet
eat th' grizzly, Ike ; but I hate ter
take th' leavia's uv a Thanksgiving
turkey like that." Harper's Bazar.
A November Wail.
The wild November comes at last
Beneath a veil of rain;
The nisht wind blows its folds aside,
Her face i3 full of pain.
But wait till will November's gone,
When glad Thanksgiving's faro
Is eaten, with its pies and cakes,
That pain will be elsewhere.
Anticipation,
Baby Turkey "Mimma, do we cele
brate Thanksgiving?'
Mamma Turkey "No, my dear;
but if we're lucky we will celebrate
the day after," Judge.
NORTH STATE
CULLINGS.
OCCURRENCE AVOKTII NOTKING
FR03I ALL OVER THE STATE.
Gold Medals Awarded.
The jury of award at the Atlanta
Exposition have given to North Caro
lina the gold medal for the Geological
Survey of North Carolina. t
I
Jessie C. Speight has been elected
to the lower house of the Kentucky
Legislature from Hickman and Fulton
counties. He is 31 years old. Mr.
Speight's grandfather, Richard Dobbs,
was one of tho signers for North Car
olina of tho United Ssates constitution.
And an uncle, Jesse Speight, served
in the United States Congress from
1832 to 1836 from North Carolina, and
was afterwards elected to the United
States Senate.
The stockholders of the Wilming
ton fc Weldon Railroad met in Wil
mington on Wednesday. Warren G.
Elliott was re-elected president and B.
F. Newcomer, H. Walters, Michael
Jenkins, J. P. McCay, H. B. Plant, J.
15. DeRossett, H. P. Willard, G. W.
Ward E. B. Borden and J. V. Nor
wood were chosen the board of direct
ors. All the officers of tho company
were re-elected. ;
At Williamston Tuesday night two
wooden buildings occupied by a
colored man ns a store and residence
were burned. Two children in one of
the buildings were burned to death.'
The man and his wife and one child
barely escaped. The other two chil
dren, upstairs, were entirely cut off by
the flames, and nothing could save
hem. j
Salem believes in helping the native
Christians by helping them practically.
Years ago Mr. C. G. Hege, of Salem,'
donated a saw mill to the Alaska mis-,
sion, and last week, in response to an
appeal from Bishop Rondthaler, J. A.!
Vance and C. II. Vogle promised to
give a .steam mill to a Moravian mis-'
sionary in Central America.
Col. P. M. Douglass, Master in'
Chancery, has filed his report in the
case of the United States vs. D. L.j
Boyd. He finds that there was no
ovidenco of fraud in the transaction by.
which Boyd purchased ft large tract of
timber land from the Indians. The
report has not yet been affirmed, says
the Ashevillo Citizen. I
This decision disposes not only of the
eluim of tho plaintiff, Mr. Stanford, to
the office of Librarian but also of the
controversy pending in relatiou to the
Directors of the State Penitentiary,
which was recently decided by Judge
Coble in Wake Superior Court upon
the precise point at issue in the Libra
rian case. k
i
The Baptist State Mission Board
have held a meeting to make some,
arrangement for the mi&sou work of
Dr. Durham until the annual meeting
of tho Baptist State Convention next
month. Dr. Dnrham'n nnrr.fKKnr will.
it :i: x-
moii uu njipuiuifu, us 1 1 1 u convention
office. t I
Buncombe county Farmers Alliance
has passed resolutions endorsing the
actions of tho State Alliance in de
nouncing the lease of tho North Car
olina Railroad, and decided to raise
money to assist testing the legality of.
the lease. :,
The Carthago Brownstone andLum-J
ber Company has been organized to'
develop property near Carthage, under-'
laid with a fine quality of brownstone,!
and covered with a growth of long
leaf pine. Maine men are interested.'
The decision sustains in all respects
the action of the Governor in his ap
pointment of directors to the peniten-1
tiary upon theground that theelectionj
of directors by the Legislature was
without validity. -
The new mill of Mr. W. L. Holt, at
Fayetteville, will be two stories high, !
with basement, 400x100 fett in dimen-;
sions. About 400 looms and 10,000
spindles will bo put in, and the output
is to be plaid goods.
A large factory for the manufacrure
of telegraph and telephone pins was
destroyed by fire nt Wilkesboro lues-
day. It was owned by R. M. Spain-,
hour, who places his loss at several
thousand dollars..
There are now 512 students at j the
State University. The new electric
lighting system in working well. Toi add!
to the volume and convenience of ihe.
the water supply, several new wells;
are being dug. t
The Salisbury World learns that fire
at Linwood Tuesday night destroyed
the store and stock of Fitzgerald k
Raper. Loss $4, 500; insurance $2,000.!
President Winston, of the Universi
ty of North Carolina, accepts an invi
tation to deliver the commencement
address at tho University of Texas.
Monday the Crown Cotton Mills of
Greensboro, which have been refitted
with machinery, resumed work, with
100 employees.
The city of Raleigh, will vote on an
issue of 50,000 in bonds for street im
provements on January 14.
N. K. Stringfellow, of Findlay, Ohio,
has a contract to erect the new garbage
crematory at Charlotte.
A colored child burned to death at
Madison Tuesday morning.
R. L. Belk will establish a broom
factory at Altan.
Mandamus Refused.
The Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia,
Thursday morning refused to grant the ap
plication for a mandamus compelling the
Serjeant of the oity of Richmond to deliver
ihe Lunenburg prisoners to the sheriff of that
county as ordered by the judge of Lunenburg
county court.
LATEST NEWS
IN BRIEFi
GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS
Important Happenings, Doth Horn
and Foreign, Briefly Told.
Newsy Southern Notes.
November 30th has been set apart as
wheelmen's day at the Atlanta-Exposition.
The jury of awards says that Geor
giv'sis the finest State display at the
exposition.
Sir Alfred Maloney, governor of
Honduras, "has been taking in the At
Ianta Exposition.
Dallas, Texas, had a fire Monday
night which burned over $175,000
worth of property a total loss.
A special from Atlanta says M. f
Lowell, Pennsylvania commissioner
died suddenly at the home of Mr. 1
T. Trowbridge, in Atlanta, Thursday
II. Tucker, a patient in the Florida
insane asylum, committed suicide Mon
day night by hanging himself with ia
bed sheet. Tucker was from Sanford,
Fla. - . j
A special from Louisville, Ky., savs:
The Court of Appeals has sustained the
law imposing a 2 per cent, tax on the
earnings of foreign building and loan
associations. J
A cablegram to the Times-Unicjn
from Key West says that General Aii
tonio Maceo with 1,800 fought a battle
with General Mavarro on the 1 7thneir
Santa Clara, which lasted 17 houra.
The Spanish, were defeated and lcist
500 killed and wounded.
Georgia Day at the Atlanta Exposi
tion saw an immense crowd on the
grounds, the Southern Railway and the
street cars having all they could do jto
transport the sight-seers. The Speak
ers of the two houf3es of the LegisUv
tnre were the principle speakers. Hon
Albert Cox and Mr. Bennett, of New
York, also spoke.
Northern News Notes.
Frank Hoffman, the notorious
ban
dit of Missouri, was shot and killed! in
Hickory county, Mo., Wednesday
night by Sheriff Moore.
Jen Jot, a chinamen at St. Louis,
asks for police protection, saying that
his fellow-countrymen have condemn
ed him to death for embracing Chris
tianity, j
At a special meetirig of the Silk As
sociation of America, at New York
Wednesday, the price of twisted and
sewing silk was advanced 5 per cent
The new price goes into effect Decem
ber 3nd
At Summit, ,N. J., burglars blew
open the safe of the postoffice on Wed
neBday and secured over five thousand
dollars worth of stamps of all denomi
nations, and five hundred dollars
in money.
A special from Brownsville, Oregon,
states that John Montgomery, his wife,
and D. R. McKeecher were murdered
on a farm near that place Tuesday jaf-
ternoon. The victims had all leen
shot with a rifle. The motive for the
crime is not known. The murdeters
will probably be lynched if apprehend
ed. "
A Great Northern train was hekr up
by eight or ten men three miles west of
St. Cloud, Minn., on Monday. The
robbers cut the train in two and) or
dered the engineer to go ahead. This
he did. A posse was organized who
made up a special train and went to
the scene of the hold up. The amduht
taken is not known.
AVashlngton.
The national treasury gold reserve
nt the close of business Wednesday
amounted to 89,468,210, subject to a
deduction of $1, 750,000 withdrawh at
New York for. export, making the true
reserve $87,718,210.
The supreme court of the United
States reversed the order of Judge
Hughes, of the federal court for the
eastern district of V lrginia, releasing
Jas. Van Vraken from the custodjy of
John F. McGlensil, . an officer of I the
United States navy. ,
Foreign.
Jabez Spencer Balfour and hiB ac
complices were found gnilty at Lou
don Wednesday.
A London cable says that Rustem
Pasha, the Turkish ambassador! to
Great Britian, died on Monday.
The coronation of Emperor Nicholas
II. has been fixed to take ' placie at
Moscow on May 24 next, the date o:
the 77th birthday of Queen Victoria.
i
Cardinal Lucion Bonaparte died sud
denly in Rome Monday from syncope.
Cardiual Bonaparte was bono iu 1828
and created a cardinal in 1868, ranking
second in the list of cardinal pnests.
A Paris dispatch says the Frjench
torpedo boat Le Lleche has been or
dered to proceed to Smyrna to! join
Admiral Maigarofs division. The
crniser Linoise has been ordered to
proceed to the coast of Syria.
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Miscellaneous.
The President has appointed John
L. Peak, of Kansas City, Mo., asjmin-
ister to Switzerland, vice Broadhead,
resigned, and Otto Munchmeyer, o
West Virginia, as consul at Sani Sal
vador.
Lieutenant L. M. Kasuler, of the
Tenth Cavalry, stationed at Fort1 Du
chenre,' Utah, went hunting with a
party, breaking tho Colorado game
laws. The Governor is going to prose
cute him.
Lord Dnnraven has signified his will
ingness to como over and place j him
self at the disposition of an in'vesti-
rrntino- committee of the New York club.
A committee has been appointed! with
full power to act.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Machinery is being rapidly put Jn at
he new Cannon cotton mills at Con
cord.
Governor Carr has appointed Col.
Frank Coxe, Hon. J. B. McDokell,
Col. Fred A. Olds, Geo. II. BellAmy,
Esq., and W. J. Andrews, Esq., tj act
as a State committee for the Mexican:
International Exposition which
18 tO
open in the City of Mexico oh
or
about the 10th of beptember, ISiH
6.
The Salisbury Herald learns o
five
brothers who participated in
hard
fought battles ali through thewarj
and
M.
yet are living today. They are Mi.
James, aged 66 years, of Texas'W. L.
James, age 61, of Salisbury; A. J.
James, age 56, of Richmond, VaJ;W.
M. James, ago 51, of Marion, and R.
J. James, ago 49, of Richmond.
As the east-bound passenger train
neared Roaring River Friday the en-
gineer saw a man lying on me iracK.
The train was stopped but not until the
lront wheels of the engine had scyered
tho head and otherwise mangleijl the
body, which was found to bo that of
Parks, a negro. Foul play is suspect
ed as the body was cold as soon
las an
examination was made.
The taxable value of property i
n this
State, on the 1894 valuation, for
1895
taxes, was made up Fridayjn the
office
of the State Auditor, as follows:
of land, $115,082,723; town lots,
Value
$43,-Per-
006,141; total. $158,088,864
sonal property, $76,391,037. . Railway
property, $24,501,899; Pullman
cars,
$31,043; telegraph lines and telephone
lines, $212,602 ; stoiunboats and canals.
$289,003. Grand total, $259,634,419.
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Second Annual Convention of the
North
Caroliua Society.
The second annual convention
of tho
North Carolina Society of the . Sons of
the Revolution was held Thursday, in
Raleigh, at the Supreme Court j
build-
iug, pursuant to adjournment,
as no
ovem-
quorum had been present on N
her 15, the date prescribed by tho by
laws.
A quorum being duly announced,
the convention proceeded to th j elec
tion of officers for the ensuing year ns
follows: Governor Elias Carr, presi
dent; Hon. Kemp P. Battle, LL. D.,
vice-president; Mr. Marshall DeL&ncey
Haywood, secretary; Prof. D. l. HiJl,
registrar; Rev, Robert Brent Drane,
D, D., chaplain. Dr. II. B. Battle,
who was re-nomiuated for treasurer,
asked leave to withdraw his name,
owing to tho pressure of othe ' busi
ness. .With this request tho (society
reluctantly complied, and unanimously
elected Herbert Jackson, Esq., as his
successor.
The board of managers was elected
os follows: Capt. S. A. Ashe, non.lA.
C. Avery, Dr. II. B. Battle. Mr. B. C
Beckwith, Major Graham Davos, Dr.
P. E. Hincs, Col. A. Q. Holladay,
Hon. Thomas S. Kenan, Capt. Joseph
D. Myers, and the officers ex -officio.
As delegates to the General Conven
tion, which assembles in Savannah,
G., next April, Major Grnhatn; Daves,
Mr. Heriot Clarkson, Col. A. Q. Hol
laday, Hon. A. C. Avery and jMr. B.
C. Beckwith were chosen. The follow
ing gentlemen were selected ai alter
nates: Dr. Richard' DiUari!, Mry
Herbert W. Jackson, Dr. P. E. Hinea,
Mr. A. B. Andrews, Jr., aid Mr.
Marshall Delancy Haywood. j
Col. Kenan, Mr. Haywood und Mr.
Andrews were apppointed a committee
to inquire into tho jjracticability of re
publishing Jones' Defense of North
Carolina. This valuable contribution
to State history, which is noi out of
print, was published in tho first half
of the present century, and will be re
printed by the society if it mdets with
sufficient encouragement to justify the
expense.
The Greatest of ail His Meetings. .
Evangelist Fife's meeting closed in
Winston on Tuesday. It is said to
have been the best meeting! he has
ever heldl The meeting lastej sixteen
days, aud 900 professions were made.
Mr. Fife and his helpers wre paid
SI. 400 for the work. Tho Hentiuel
says that the wish was expressed by
Mr. C. B. Watson and approved by the
congregation generally thatIr. Fifo
aud his assistants rhould return to
Winston next summer, at a time of
moonlight nights, and hold sei-vices in
a larger building, so that tho people of
. II il m 1
the country, as wen as inosp oi tuo
towns, may have the opportunity to
attend.
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