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DUNN, N. G, OCTOBER 26, 1898.
NO. 18.
I UO J NT Y : TTNTON
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Expression of Deep Gratitude from the Citi
zens of Matanzas.
if CASE Of NINETEENTH Oil
Majority of Philippine Congress Favors Annexation to the United
States, Lord Roseberry's Scotland Speech. England Mak- -Jng
Energetic Naval Preparations.
( )ne of the ruoat fervent expressions
of gratitude-which has yet been uttered
by the residents of any of the Cuban
.communities that have fallen under the
iniiita y occupation of the United States
t'overnmen't, was that addressed by the
neopte of Mantanzas to the two officers
(if the United. States. Army, Captain L.
"Nilos aad Major Albert Decatur Nis
Lern, M'ho were charged with the dis
tribution of releif supplies in that fam
ine strieken community. The addreBS
iu vart is as followes:
"How .can we command language to
utterance . to the sentiment
that sway our population? How
can we faithfully represent and trans
mit the thoughts and ideas that vibrate
aii our hearts at seeing our fellow crea
tures redeemed from the horrors of fam
ine by tho inexhaustible charity of the
great American nation, so worthily rep
resented by you? In the name, then,
of those that have been rescued from
famine, in the name of the city of Ma
tanzas; iu the name of all that is holy
and Christian, wo give heartfelt thanks
to the American people for their timely
assistance, which is another link to the
chain of love and gratitude which al
ready binds us to them.
All in Favor of Annexation.
T Sax Francisco, (Special). .'The
Uuited States transport Ilio de Janeiro,
which has arrived here brought the
following to the Associated Press,
dated Manila, September 22: . "The
Philippine Congress has been in ses
sion, since Tuesday, September 15.
The first thing decided was that the
Philippine republic should not counten
ance any policy that should be agreed
on, whereby Spain would have any
thing further to do with the islands,
and would resist by force of arms any
.such measure. A vote was taken on
the policy of annexation to the Ameri
can republic, and annexation was de
cided upon by a large majority. Aguin
aklo now expresses himself as person
ally in favor of annexation.
Lord Roseberry's Speech.
' l'EHTit, Scotland (By cable). Lord
llo3eberry, the Liberal leader and for-,
mer Premier, in receiving the freedom
of Perth, referred in the most cordial
terms to the "good understanding be
tween Great Britain aud our kinsmen
in the United States. " Continuing,
the speaker said he believed the whole
history of tho ill-feeling which existed
was one vast misunderstanding. Since
1779, by the madness of one govern
ment and the want of wisdom of an
other, Great Britian had waged two
wars against the United States, in
neither of which .were we conspicuous
ly successful. " , " '
Postponed for One Month.
Keport received at the War Depart
ment from the American military com
missioners in Havana, indicate that the
neason has not yet sufficiently advanced
in Cuba to make it even reasonably
safe to send any large number of Ameri
can troops to the island just now. Ac
cording to the last advices from Gen.
"Wade, president of the American com
mission, it will probably be December
1st before additional troops will be re
quired in Cuba.
The Russians Suspicious.
Dispatches received in Berlin from
St. Petersburg show that the Emperor's
journey to the East is veiwed with the
greatest suspicion and it is fully be
lieved that Emperor William is desir
ous of acquiring a portion of Ottoman
territory. The Novo Vremya, writing
in this sense, warns Turkey that evena
Blight session of Turkisk territory will
be the beginning of the partition of the
Turkish empire, if not its ruin.
Five Killed in a Railroad Accident.
Foist Worth, Texas, (Special). A
wreck on the Bock Island road, near
here resulted in the death of five men.
Three others will die, and two were
seriously iujured. A freight train
broke in two at the top of a steep grade.
The rear portion could not be stopped
and it crashed into the front section,
wrecking and derailing several box
cars. In one of the wrecked cars were
ten men, evidently stealing a ride.
Five of them were instantly killed and
three are dying.
Restrictions on Traffic Removed.
The Louisiana board of health has
issued a proclamation removing all
quarantine restrictions on traffic, as far
as the board is concerned."
Maritime Quarantine Extended.
Acting Surgeon General Bailbache,
'. of: the Marine Hospital Service, has
ordered the extension of the maritime
fiuarantlne service until November 15.
The action is of a precautionary nature
and designed to avoid any possibility
of entry of yellow fever from the ports
In the West Indies.
The French government has received
Major Marchand's report, telegraphed
from Cairo. It does ntt touch upon the
Jfftihoda affair.
FROM PURGATORY TO HEAVEN.
Strange Case of Nineteenth Century Super
stition and Gullibility.
An almost incredible story of nine
teenth century superstition and gulli
bility comes from the town of Kemp
ton, Bavaria, where a married couple,
named Wohlfahrt, have been sentenced
to imprisonment after having been con
victed of an extraordinary series of
frauds on a well-to-do farmer and wife,
living near bv, wnose daughter. (Jres-
cence, recently died. The Wohlfahrt
persuaded the farmer and his wife to
believe that their daughter, Agnes
Wohlfahrt. received frenuent visits
from the Virgin Mary, who told her
that Crescence was not in heaven, but
in purgatory. They further impressed
upon the parents Jof Crescence that Ag
nes ccrald arrange their daughter's re
lease lrom purgatory if tne farmer paid
300 marks. The latter raid the mouev
and a little later Agnes was alleged to
have received the news that Crescence
had been married to au angel and ad
vised to have her dowry sent to her,
amounting to 1,000 marks. Then Cres
cence was supposed to have had a baby
and the farmer gave more money to the
Wohlfahrts. in short, the farmer was
bled iu this manner until he was ruin
ed. But news of the attair reached the
authorities and the Wohlfahrts were
arrested. During the proceedings in
court, 52 letters which Agnes Wohlf
ahrt was said to have received from the
Virgin Mary, were produced and the
public prosecutor read a receipt "from
the Mother of Christ," for 150 marks.
Another document was a letter of
thanks for a sack of potatoes and still
another was an acknowledgement of
receipt of 2,500 marks, which said that
all the angels in heaven blew their
trumpets when the money arrived. It
was also developed during the court
proceedings that Agnes actually gave
the farmer a sofa, a milk loaf and
other things, which she declared she
had received from heaven, while the
farmer's wife personally baked a fine
tart for the virgin Mary. .trail
Wohlfahrt, as the guiding spirit in the
frauds, was sentenced to two years' im
prisonment.
Energetic Naval Preparations.
London, (By Cable). The British
admiralty has ordered every Eea-going
warship to have its crewmade up to the
full complement as ordered iu case of
mobilization. The order of the British
admiralty practically means the com
plete telling off, prospective, of every
ship's company in detail. Four torpedo
boat destroyers, which were about to
be fitted with new water tube boilers,
have had their orders countermanded
and have been instructed to redraw
their stores. Officers on feave of absence
or unemployed have been notified to
hold themselves in readiness (to com
mission their respective ships if or
dered. Kaffirs Defeated by the Burghers. j
Peetokia, Transvaal, (By Cable. )
The Maerota Kaffirs have been rermlsed
by the force of Burghers sent against
them. I he Burghers chased them
into the mountains, killing several of
the natives. The Burghers artillery
did good execution and the Transvaal
forces suffered no loss. The fact that
the natives attacked the Burghers is
regarded as a declaration of war.
Change hi the Tone of the French Press.
The Paris correspondent of The
London Sunday Times says: "The
change of tone of the press is note
worthy. It is now oertain that the
Fashoda queston is loft out of all ne
gotiations between France and Eng
land, and that both governments have
grasped the double fact that England
means to stick to her programme,
while France is certainly entitled to
facilities across tho Nile. " 5
Hanged Without Delay. j
A special from sTompkinsville, Ky. ,
says: "News has reached here of the
lynching of Arch Baur, colored, who
committed an assault on and attempted
the murder of Annie Morrison, oldest
daughter of Henry Morrison, a promi
nent farmer of Cumberland county.
Miss Morrison received wounds that
may prove fatal. , j
Recommends a Peaceful Settlement, j
The Berlin National Zeitung says it
learns that Count Muravieff, the Rus
sian Foreign Minister, has recom
mended to the French government j a
peaceful settlement of the Fashoda
question, as Russia does not consider
that war will serve the interests of
France. '
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Polavieja and the Queen Confer.
A special from Madrid, says: Con
siderable speculation has been caused
here by the holding of a long confer
ence between the Queen Regent and
General Polavieja, former governor of
Cuba and of the Philippines.
f Departed from Constantinople.
The Emperor and Empress of Ger
many have left Constantinople for Pal
estine. They received an ovation from
the crowds of people assembled to wit
ness their departure.
TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
The Carolinas and Virginia Form a Tri-State
! Medical Society.
For several years there has been a
desire on the part of many of the prom
inent physicians of JNorth and South
Carolina and Virginia to organize a tri
State Medical Society. At Virginia
Beach, in September, at the annual
meeting of the Virginia State Medical
Association, a temporary organization
was effected with Dr. W. H. H. Cobb,
of Goldsboro as president; Dr. H. H.
Dodson, of Milton, treasurer, and Dr.
1 aulus A. Irving, of Richmond, as sec
retary. The committee on permanent
organization has selected Charlotto as
tea rdssa-for the first meeting, and
Tuesday, November 22d. will probably
be the date. i
A Huge Wrestler.
Thomas Frisbee, of Spring Creek,
Madison county, who had an engage
ment to wrestle ! with Yousouf, the
"Terrible Turk," who was drownod in
the wreck of the La Burgogne some
months ago, is now negotiating with a
sporting club for a wrestling engage
ment with another noted Turkish
wrestler. Frisbee is twenty-five years
of age, and weighs two hundred" and
eighty pounds. He can suspend from
his neck six hundred and forty pounds
and from his chest eight hundred and
fifty pounds with f ease. His neck is
twenty and one-half inches in diame
ter and his arms are lengthy. His right
arm measures eighteen and one-half
inches aronnd and his left arm eigh
teen inches.
Mad Chase at Beaverdam.
I An exciting cha3e occurred near
Beaverdam recently. Camp Richards,
a bed spring canvasser from Bristol,
Tenn. , became involved in an alterca
tion with a negro named Bryson Doug
lass, who lives in Beaverdam. Doug
lass alleges that Richards pulled a gun
and fired at him. j Richards denies this
and stated that the negro's dog bit him
and he kicked it away. The negro
"cussed" him and a row was imminent
when Sheriff Worley arrived. Richards
immediately started to run, the sheriff
fcfter h im. Richards ran nearlv five
miles before he was captured, the sher
iff being obliged to resort to a haok to
catch him. !
For Slandering Ladies.
Three white men were arrested in
Asheville on a warrant issued by Jus
tice A. B. Ware, charging jthem with
slander and also lor committing a nui
sance. They were Doc. Fowler, Sam
Davis and Robert Condry. A number
of ladies visiting there had been enjoy
ing a walk along theroad in the vicinity
of the dummy line, on Sunset moun
tain, accompanied by a negro guide and
and servant. .They were accosted by
the men named and subjected to "a
volly of vulgar and slanderous remarks.
The offenders were reported and ar
rested. !
A Humorous Reply.
The railroad commission in its report
blanks this year, sent to the railroads
and street railroads, asked the question
whether there had been any accidents
to persons. The Asheville Street Hail
road Company replied in a most humor
ous way, by saying: "The only seri
ous accident this road ever had was
when it invested its money and the
concern collapsed."
What is Required.
The Attorney General gives the opin
ion that a man who goes to a place for
the purpose of attending the Univer
sity or college, intending to remain
there a limited, time, does not thereby
gain a domicile, that going there and
residing solely for the purpose of edu
cation will not; give a student the right
to vote there. Two things are neces
sary to constitute a domicile first, res
idence, and, second, the intention to
make it a home.
Tarheel Nubbins.
The plan for; the reorganization of the
State Guard, has been completed, but
will not be made public until Novem
ber 1st. It provides for three division;?
of the State, each having a regiment of
ten companies with three officers and
sixty men each. The counties compris
ing each district are. named.
Dan Brown, a bad negro, was shot
and killed at Winston by Walter
Jeffries, colored. The trouble was
caused by Jeffries employing Brown's
sweetheart to: cook for him. The de
fendant surrendered to officers. Ho
claims that Brown shot first
Miss Ella jPowell, 12 years old,
daughter of ex-Sheriff Powell, of Dunn,
was at the train at Mt. Olive to return
home from -a. j visit. Just as the train
stopped she ;fell backward, but was
caught by some one standing near, and
was dead in ten minutes.
Tlie Attorney General advises the
Seorejtary.of State that it is his duty to
examine any and all insurance com
panies doing business in North Caro
lina, no matter whether they are char
tered in North Carolina or not.
There are I 20 licensed hackmen in
Durham. One of them has been in the
business 16 years. One says he has
never been drunk in his life, and has
also never been called up before a
court
Charles Lassiter, a 15-year-old ne
gro, assaulted a highly respectable
white girl on; the public road near Rich
Square, but was frightened off before
he could accomplish hi3 purpose.
Th9 Baptist State Convention meets
at Greenville December 10th. It first
met there and was organized in 1834.
It has never met there since. Hence
the meeting will be of peculiar interest.
E. P. C&iri son of Dr. A. G. Carr,
of Durham, who has been a student at
Harvard University for sometime, has
been elected au assistant tutor in that
institution, j j
The.Deinocfatic campaign committee
of New Hanover county has forwarded
000 to Chairman Simmons as Wil
mington's contribution to the State
campaign fund.
Leslie Allen and Charles Robinson,
inn vnnn? men of Greensboro. Iiuta
l been placed in jail for forging a check
for So on Allen s lather.
The two convicts, Robert Enlow and
John Eatonj who escaped from the
penitentiary at Raleigh, are still breath
ing the air of freedom.
A lot of knives, saws, files, eta , were
found in the jail at jfeleigh recently.
il'S SUPPLY Of GOLD.
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A Notable Increase in the Produc-
tion of the Yellow Metal.
RACE ; TROUBLED IN ; TEXAS.
Troubles in the Transit The War In-
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vestigating Commission in Atlanta Put
hies ia Pcrto Rico. f"'"'
. Washington, D.' (Special). The
Director of the Mint, 'in his report up
on the production of .lie precious met
als during the caUBaa year, 1897, jus
submitted to the Secretary of Treasu
ry, says: The value of the' gold pro
duced in the United States during the
calender year 1897 was 857,363,000.
The south African republic holds first
place, producing gold to the value of
357,363,000; Australia, $55,684,182, and
Russia-$23, 245, 763, There was a nota
ble increase in the production of gold
in the word during 1897 over 1896. The
United States increased $4,275 000; the
South; African republic made the re
markable gain of $18, 954, 192; 'Australia
increased $10,502,241), and Russia
81,709,970. The United States pro
duced during. the year 53,860,000 fine
ounces of silver and Mxico 53,903,780
fine ounces, a decrease for the United
States of 4,970,800 fine ounces, and an
increase for Mexico of 8,256,756 fine
ounces.
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Commission in Atlanta.
The war investigating commission
arrived in Atlanta Friday, and im
mediately began an inspection of the
hospital. There are now ;322 patients
in the institution, tud many of them
are convalescent The commissioners
talked with surgeons, nurses and
patients. They encountered no com
plaint from the sick men, and the
nurses stated that the work was con
stantly growing less and less irksome.
Replying to a question from General
Wilson, Chaplain Nave i said he had
soen some of the surgeons at the hospi
tal under the influence of liquor, but
not to sufficient extent to interfere with
the proper performance of their duties.
He also said that no fewer than a hun
dred suits had been secured for such
men as hd lost their clothes.
j Troubles in the Transvaal.
Pktokia, (By Cable: ) -Serious trouble
is brewing with the Magato tribe in the
Zoutapansberg district, ;south of the
Limpo river. The natives recently mas
sacred a Lutheran missionary and his
family at the town of. Zoutpans, and
the government sent an expedition to
punish them. Chief Opefu, Tfith 20,000
followers fully armed, and four cannon,
supplied by white traders, has attacked
the Laager. The ultimatum of the com
manding officer of the Transvaal troops,
Gen. P. J. Joubert, demanding an un
conditional surrender, has been ignored
by the tribesmen, and he has summoned
3,000 burghers to re-enforce 5,000 now
in the field. The campaign promises
to be prolonged.
Politics in Porto Rico.
Considerable political excitement pre
vails in San Juan, owing to the fact
that Senor Munoz Rivera, president of
the recent Autonomist Council of Sec
retaries; Senor Blanco, Secretary of the
Treasury; Senor Lopez, Secretary of
Justice, and Senor Carbonnel, Secreta
vy of the Interior, all elected last March
on the Autonomist platform, are con
tinued by Major General Brooke in
their respective offices, i Their political
opponents suggest public demonstra
tions against such continuance. Jt is
distinctlv understood that this cabinet
will act under the control of the Ameri
can military government.
A Taste of Justice and Liberty.
General Leonard Wrood, military gov
ernor, pro tem. of the (Department of
Santiago, has issued a proclamation
in ten sections, which is aaort of pro
vincial declaration ofi independence.
The first article guarantees to the peo
ple the right of assembly for the com
mon good and to apply to those in pow
er by petition or remonstrance for the
redress of grievances, i Ihe second sec
tion guarantees the right to worship
God according to individual conscience
provided there is no interference with
any existing form of worship.
France Inflamed and Defiant.
A remarkable chance has come over
the French opinion on the Fashoda
question. The attitude of the public
is more inflamed and more dofiant.
This is partly due to the tone of the
British press, but more to the threaten
ing speech of the British Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, which The Autorite calls "a
provocation that is almost a threat of
war. " j.
Blown From the Track.
1 A special from Houston, Tex., says
an electrical wind-storm has swept
Texas. The damage to the cotton crop
i3 enormous. At Missouri a number of
freight cars were blown from a siding
on to the main track.! The California
Express, running forty miles an hour,
dashed into the cars, j The engine was
overturned, instantly killing Engineer
George Johnston, of ban Antonia,
badly scalding the fireman and injur
ing the brakemen.
Cashier Missing-Bank Closed.
; A special from Ijisbon, J. , says:
"The First National Bank, of this place
has been closed bv the directors. H,
J. Childs, who has been the cashier for
20 years is missing. The ban examin
ers are in charge of the institution."
Race Trouble ia Texas.
A special from Fort Worth, Texas.
says: Trouble between whites and
blacks over politics, has culminated ia
a fight in which Hope Adams, indepen
dent candidate for sheriff, and leader of
the independent movement against the
White Men's Union - Association, was
killed. Adams was t nrea on by un
known parties concealed in the county
court house, ihe snooting was precip
itated by a negro man named Jenkins.
who fired on the white men in the
court house. ;
TAKEN OUT NEAR THE HEART,
Dr. Monroe Removes a Bullet from the Per
icordial Sac by the Aid of the X-Rays.
The students of the Medical College
at Davidson witnessed an interesting
clinic in the operation on Mr. Charles
Johnson, for the removal of the ball
from his ches.t. As Dr. Smith's X-ray
apparatus had been 6ent off to exchange
for a larger one, Dr. Munroe wired Dr.
Menzies, of Hickory, to come with hia
machine. The ball was readily located,
but it was in such close proximity to
the heart that every one present trem
bled at the delicacy of the operation.
With the confidence trained from actual
observation of the ball, however, Dr.
Munroe cut directly toward the heart
and found the ball lying in the peri
cordial sac, between the fourth and
fifth ribs. A particle of clothing was
aronnd the ball, suppuration had set
in. and the doctors say it would have
been almost certain death had it re
mained as it was.
The Muster Out.
All the arrangements for the muster-
out of the Second Regiment have been
definitely made. There was one change,
the Rutherford company (Capt W. l.
It. Bell'B) will be mustered out at Mor
ganton instead of at Charlotte. As it
now stands the muster-out is to begin
November 3d, at Charlotte, with the
Gastonia company. This, will require
tij-i rl a tt a ' P Vi a inmnanw sill rsnHZ.
V 11 V UHJ ' m A M V W III fSMUj -
vous there on the 2d. The Murphy,
Nantahala and Ashville companies will
be mustered out at Asheville, beginning
November 6th; the Rutherfordton and
Morganton-Lenoir companies at Mor
ganton; the Greensboro company at
Greensboro; then the Fayetteville and
Lumber Bridge companies at Fayette
ville; the Wilmington company at Wilmington,-and
the Tarboro and Green
ville companies at Tarboro, this making
the twelve companies. Much money
will be coming to the soldiers when
they are mustered out. Here are the
items: Pay for October and up to date
in November when mustered out; pay
for rations during furlough of 30 days;
travel pay from Raleigh to their homes;
pay in lieu of rations on their way
home from muster-out, and last the
balance of their clothing allowance.
The total runs from $65 to $100.
Interesting Old House.
There is a house near Lenoir in what
is known as Powelton, owned and oc
cupied by James L. Morrow, which
was built by George Powell, A. D. ,
1812. Hence thi3 house has been an
inhabited dwelling for 86 yearj-i. Inside
of its walls there have been 27 birth
and no one ever yet died within it
This is the first brick house that was
ever built in what is now Caldwell
county, it being at that time a part of
Burke. The water supply is obtained
from a well 80 feet deep. This house
is surrounded by tall cedars; some of
which are 32 inches in diameter, none
of which has ever been struck by light
ning, notwithstanding it is on a high
place. Around this house is an or
chard of high fruit Apples of choice
variety, which never fail to bear. Also
some peach trees that never fail even
when it is a complete failure with other
orchards even in that neighborhood.
Nelson Towell was raised on this farm
and is upwards of 85 years old.
A Union Depot Desired.
At a meeting of the board of aldermen
of Durham the other night, petitions
were presented from the Business
Men's Association addressed to the
Southern Railway Company, the Sea
board Air Line Railroad Company,
and the Norfolk & Western Railroad
Company, asking for the erection of a
union passenger station, and that said
petitions be signed by the members of
the board of aldermen. A committee of
one from the board of aldermen was
appointed to go with a committee from
the Business Men's Association to Ral
eigh to present a petition to Col. A. B. Andrews.
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Death Under the Wheels.
Mr. Frank Chase, of McDowell
county, in attempting to cross the
platform between the cars on the At
lantic, Tennessee & Ohio train at
Statesville, fell and the train passed
over and crushed his left ieg almost off,
between the knee and ankle. He died
shortly afterwards.
Prominent Farmer Commits Suicide.
. Mr. Louis K. Purvis, a prominent
farmer of Martin county, committed
suicide recently by shooting himself
with a double-barrel shot gun. He
rigged up an arrangement to pull the
trigger with his foot. Mental trouble
was the cause of the rash act.
Distillery Raided.
Deputy Revenue Collectors Bryan
and Aiken and Marshals Durham and
Robertson raided a large distillery in
Polk county recently. The still was in
full blast when captured, in charge of
Henry Gosling, a white man, who was
promptly placed under arrest. He was
taken to Spartanburg, S. C, and at
the preliminary hearing was bound
over to court in $200 bond.
Items of State News.
A new hotel is to be erected in Dur
ham at an early date.
Mooresville will soon have a $7,000
Presbyterian church.
The Magnolia Belting factory at
Charlotte is to put in three new looms.
Two young white Federal convicts
escaped from the penitentiary in Ral
eigh recently.
The Regents of the Presbyterian Or
phanage at Barium Springs, met in
Charlotte recently.
The paymaster was in Raleigh re
cently and paid off the Second regi
ment for September.
George Cooper, an aged citizen of
Friendship, Guilford county, fell dead
while at work in the field recently.
Sam Flake, colored, who was in the
employ of the Southern as track-walker
at the Yadkin river bridge, near
Salisbury, was struck by a train re
cently, and died from his injuries.
A meeting of the local fire insurance
agents of this State has been called to
meet in Raleigh, October 26th, for the
purpose of organizing a State associa
tion. The Lippard-Shealy Manufacturing
Company, of Concord, have contracted
with the D. A. Tompkins Company, of
Charlotte, to install an electric plant pf
150 light capacity in their new milL
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK COTTON FUTtTBES.
New York. - Cotton steady; Middling
upland 6 7-lfi; Middling Gulf 5 11-16.
Futures closed steady.
Opening. Closing.
October... 5 20 5 24
November- 5 31 5 25
December 5 35 5 30
January 5 40 5 35
February 6 47 5 39
March... 5 43 5 45
April 5 52 5 49
May 5 56 5 52
June 5 59 6 57
July 5 63 5 60
September - ....
OTHER COTTON MABKET3.
Charleston. otton steady; mid. 4
13-16.
Columbia. c.tton quiet mid. 5J.
Charlotte. Cotton firm; mid. 4 3-4.
Wilmington. Cotton firm; mid. 5.
Savannah. Cotton quiet; mid. 5.
Norfolk. Cotton dull; mid. 4 3-4.
Memphis. Cotton steady; mid. 5.
Augusta. Cotton steady; mid. 5.
Baltimore. Cotton nominal; mid.5.
New Orleans Cotton quiet; mid. 5.
, BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
Baltimore. Flour firm, unchanged.
Wheat Firmer; spot and month 73
73; November 72J73; December
7272 Southern wheat by sample 68
74.
Corn Firmer; spot and month 36 ($
36; November 3636; newor old No
vember or December 3535$ Jauuary
35$35; February 35 3-4 bid; South
ern white corn 36 to 36i.
Oats Firmer; No. 2"white Western,
old, 30 to 31$.
NAVAIi STORES.
New York Turpentine firmer at 33i
34. Rosin steady.
Savannah. Turpentine firm at 31;
Rosin firm.
Charleston Turpentine firm at 28;
Rosin quiet and unchanged.
COTTON SEED OIIj.
New York Cotton seed oil firm;
prime crude 18; prime yellow 22).
Tobacco Market.
RICHMOND, VA.
Sun-cured tobacco Lugs, $3.50 to
$6.00; short leaf, $6. 00 to $10; long leaf,
$10 to $12; wrappers, $15 to $20.
Bright tobacoos, smokers Comm.- i,
$6.50 to $8; medium, $8.50 to $10; fin.
$11 to $15.
Cutters Common, $10 to $11; me
dium, $13 to $15; fine, $16 to $18.50;
fanoy, $19 to $20.50.
Fillers Common, $4.50 to $5.50;
medium, $5.50 to $7.00; good, $8 to
$10; fine, $10 to $11.50.
Wrappers Com., $10 to $12.50; me
dium, $12.00 to $15; good, $25 to $30;
fin . 35 to 840: fane v. S40 to 45.
Dark tobaccod reordered Lues. &3.00
to $4.50; short leaf, $4.50 to $6.50; long
ie, $7.uu to $u; wrappers, $iu 10 310.
A REVOLUTIONARY RELIC.
An Old. Copy of ralne's "Common Sense"
Owned In Chicago.
Among the curios of this country's
revolutionary days is a worn paper
covered copy of Thomas Palne's "Com
mon Sense." It is owned by Clark Er
vin, an old-time Chlcagoan, and is
probably the only original copy now
in existence. Mr. Ervin has made in
quiries of historical societies and
searched diligently during the world's
fair for another book like the one In
his po&seeslon, but without avail. The
book bears the date of Feb. 14, 1776,
and was sold by W. & T. Bradford,
Philadelphia, tor 1 shilling. It is print
ed In ancient style on rough, heavy pa
per, now yellow with age and with
ragged edges. The leaves are held to
gether by a bit of stout twine. A re
ward of several hundred pounds ster
ling was offered by King George for
the head of either the author or the
publisher. It was during the war of
the rebellion that the book came Into
Mr. Ervln's possession. Mr. Ervln was
the first man to enlist in the First Iowa
cavalry and went through the war as
a bugler in troop G. For some time
his company was engaged in fighting
Bill Quantrell's guerrillas, with head
quarters at Sedalia, Mo. Quantrell
had taken possession of a small and al
most deserted town In the vicinity of
Sedalia and after a short but sharp
engagement with troop G was forced
to retreat. Before doing so his men
sacked the town, and every book or
document. of any value that they could
not carry off was piled in a heap before
a warehouse and fired just before the
retreat. While running his sword
through the debris Mr. Ervin poked
out the book, which was tightly packed
among some papers and unharmed. It
is supposed to be some family relic and
on the cover Is written the names,
"C. De Merrill. Aug. 2, 1776, Joseph De
Merrill, Alkman Welch" and below
these Mr. Ervin lias added his name.
For some -time Mr. Ervin talked of
giving It to the Boston Historical so
ciety for preservation, but has since
decided that when It leaves his hands
it will go to the Field museum.
Tetter. Salt-Itheum and Eczema.
The intense itching and smarting, inci
dent to these diseases, is instantly allayed
oy applying Chamberlain's Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad case s
have been permanently cured by it. It
is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 23 eta. per box.
Dr. Cadj's Condition ' Povrders, are
just what a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition.. Price 25
cents per package.
For sale by N. B. Hood, Dunn
N. C.
vol lo wine In Calero tnO. .
The street cars in Belfast, Ireland,
contain a notice to this effect: "The
habit of spitting in a public convey
ance is a filthy one, and renders the
person so offending a subject for the
loathing of hi? fellow-passengere."
.Professional Cards.
C. VLlFFOIiD, ,
v Attorney at Law.
DUNN, N. O. j
Will praoiico in all the courts of the
State where services desired. -
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"I L. HUDSON, M. it.
Yiiijsivian and Surgeon I
Dunn, North CnrulinH,
Olli on N. F.. Wilou .St., Hpcoml building
from Broiid St. K.-Hei)c at juuetloa of E.
Brou'l and r.!m MrH?.
tfromt-t nttt ntion to nil onlta from either
town or country, day or night lnlh various
branches of tu profession.
F. P. JONEsT W. A. STEWART.
JONES & STEWART,
Attorneys - at - Law,
DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA.
Will practice enywhoro m State or Federal
Courts. CollnctioDs a specialty, and prompt
attention given.
I, Z. M'JjEAN,
Counsellor and Attorney at Law.
DUNN, N. C.
Fractioe in all courts. Collections
specialty.
TP. E. MURCIIISON,
,JONESBOltO, N. C.
Practices law in Harnett, Moore and
other counties, but not for fun. 3 201y,
ISAAC A. MURCniSON
j Fayetteville, N, C.
Practices law in Cumberland Har
nett and anywhere services are wanted
Atlantic Coast Lino.
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD OF BOUTII
CAROLINA.
Condoned Schedule in EflVct AuKUt7, 18&8.
SOUTHBOUND. No. 33' No. 23 No. BS
A M I M P If
Lv. Flonuce.. 3 25 7 45 ....
Lv. Klngstree. . .J. .- 8 65 ....
Ar. Jviues..., ...4 40 9 13 ....
Lv. Lane 4 40 9 13 8 20
Ar. Charleston 6 20 10 50 8 00
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NOliTIILOUND. No. 78 No 32. No. 62
A M I'M AM
Lv. harles'on 5 W 5 17 7 00
Ar. Ln uos 7 0 fl 5G 8 32
Lv. Lanes. 7 05 fi 5J ....
Lv. Ki: tfstreo 7 23
Ar. Florenco 8 23 8 15 ....
A M P M A M
No 52 runs through to Columbia via Cen
tral Railroad of South Carolina.
Trains Nos. 7S and 32 run via Wilson and
Fnye'.tfi'.'fv -Short Lino and make closa
'connection for n'.' points North.
Trains on C. A . It. It. leave Florence
daily except Sunday 8 45 a tn, arrive Dar
lington 9 18 a m. Hurtsviilo 1125 am, Che
raw 10 30 a m. Wadeshoro 2 25 p ro. Leave
Florence daily exempt Sunday 8 25 p m, ar
rive Darlington 8 50 p m, lienuettsville 9 46
p ro, Gibson 10 10 p m. Leave Florence
Sunday only 8 50 a in, arrive Darlington 9 20
am.
Leaves Gibson daily except Sunday 6 25 a
m. Boonetfsvlllo 6 49 am. arrive Darlington
7 40 am. leave Darlington 7 45 am, arrive
Florence 8 10 A m. Leave Wadesboro dally
except Sunday 3 00 p ra, Cberavr 4 45 p m,
Hartsville 2 15 p m, Darlington 6 29 pa,
ariivo Florence 7 00 p m. Leave Darlington
Sunday only 7 50 a m, arrlvo Floreaoe 8 II
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