I! J.J wjr v ir TIIHHK IS XcVspapcr Rucc -H---IN EI.IZAIIKTIICITY. Hi a procession ar.d the l'lshertnan ,t The Fisherman & Farmer is NEVER A TOMBSTONE It is alone for live men. 1 I I I Farmer leads it. O Ts s ' JVX;A' VA' Yoi ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 17 1896. Established 1886. ONE DOLLAR per Year, in Advance - - - " 1 Te X-iea.in. STeTxrspaper of t3a.e First District. - , i i t km. HOLT 0 EM SATURDAY t&qqkD AWAY AFTERNOON AT 55 O'CLOCK. STATE IN MOURNING. Hi VMS ONE OF THE LARGEST COT TON MANUFACTURERS IN THE SOUTH.'. U 5.,5 o-d-c-k.lasl Saturday afternoon, -Governor Thomas M. Holt passed quietly into that rest prepared for the faithful, and today North Carolina mourns '.he loss of one of it. most faithful sons, and every citizen of the State feels that he has lost a personal friend. (low -Holt was to North Caro i;, as wss Grant to tli-.' Union, I ,.c to the South and VaslunK J.a to his country. He had been i ru,- crmr time. ior the few days prior to his . :.i i, i it in? was iiiwiw. le mourn the death 1 a Christian- terms of higher Holt loved his in i hut death hi:- The peop of a patriot am there are no nlojrv (rOV Slate as h ' loved his family, was proud of its achievements, zeal ous of its good name, and devot v 1 to its e very interests. He was d.-vout christian, serving in deep humility. He ac 1 ho gosjiol truths a id pal- C'J't t Til 1 his life by their precept GROWING LIKE SUM The Iilimlcrcr Holmes Con ft'hos to Many Horrible Crimes. Asserts that he has the Leer, the Ears, the Exact Similitude of the Devil Feels that he is Hopelessly Lost. Th? North American, ot Phila delphia, prints what purports to be sentences from the confession alleged to have been made by murderer H. H. Holmes. Among other things, the story says : "In prefacing the confession, which covers in full nearly three newspaper pages, written in Holmes' own hand vvriting, and detailing with a minuteness that is simply at times revolting, the archmutilator and author of 27 murders, as he admits himself to be, states with something like pathos that he does so simply that he may obtain enough mon ey to educate his boy. Regret is never for a moment expressed, and he comes out bold ly and without compunction in his very opening with the state, meufl was born with the very devil in me." Even now he believes that the evil spirit is the guidiTg genius He b-hwes t li t' A BIG NUGGET OF GOLD. Weighing 22 Pounds 2 Ounces Found at the Reed Mine North Carolina. As h:- grew older the Bible be rime more and more to him the Word of Life, and he found com fit and help in its promises. He loved to talk on religious subjects, and at last left behind him the assurance that with him All is Well." He was born at Haw River in iSi, and has devoted nearly all his life to the manufacture of cotton goo ls. He is the owner of 'large cotton mills and he and his family are the largest owners of such mills in North Carolina. IP.- was one ot the wealthiest men iu the State and ;ds one of He ha; re- e 1 iu the !,eg;sla- ,:er o: r. ;t far.;i fig- becoming the neatedlv ser 1 tnre nur-term as Sne House, was elected Lieutenant Governor and upon the death of Daniel G. Powle became Gover nor and served two years. For twelve years he was president of the North Carolina railway and for e:ght years president of the St-ite Agricultural Society. The funeral of ex -Gov. Holt was held Morning morning at Graham. The remains were taken to the Presbyterian church there from his late home at Haw River. There were 22 honorary pill-bearers, among them Gov. Carr and other State officers. The services were conducted by Rev. Mr. McCorkle. The burial was in the cemetery at Graham. Many prominent people horn Vorth Carolina and Virginia were present. Attorney sit baw KDHXToN, X. 0. Suncrioi Courts of .,., In til Clunv.Vi and adjoinim: counties, ami in the Supreme Court at lialeitdi. t--(jl!ectloijs promptly ma.le. oi In ; cesf.uv. he is fully under tu.- speil oi the damned, a ;d despite tue assert tions to the contrary, that he is receiving the attentions of a min ister of God, and is gradually becoming imbued with the spirit ot forgiveness and religion, he feels that he is lost hopelessly. He even goes further. t He asserts that he is gradually changing iu appearance, in uve, that his face is distorted, and he sees whether in the distortion of his bloody imagination, which conjures up hosts of vengeance-calling dead, or not. his face assuming the look, the eyes the leer, and the very ears the exact similitude of the picture of Satan himself. "Tin; inspiration to murder came to me as naturally as the inspiration to do right comes to the majority of persons. " vVhcre others' hearts were touched with pity, mine was fied with cruelty, and where iu others the feeling was to save life, I reveled iu the thought of de stroying the same. "Not only that, I was not sat isfied in taking it in the ordinary way. I sought devices strange, fantastical, and even grotesque. It pleased my fancy. It gave me play to work my murderous will, and I reveled in it with the ens thusiasm of an alchemist who is hot on the trail of the philoso pher's stone. "I cm convinced," he declares, "that sine my imprisonment I have changed woefully and gruesoniely from what I formerly was in feature and iu figure. "I mean, in fact, that my fea tures are assuming uoiuii:. mwn- -1 or less than a pronounced sautm cal cast; that I have become af flicted with that disease, rare but terrible, with which phs;cians are acquainted, but over which have no control A telephone message received at Salisbury, N. C, on Friday from Concord, confirmed the re port as being true, that a nugget of gold weighing 22 pounds 2 ounces was found at the famons Reed mine, on Rocky river, about 12 mi's from Concord. This mine is now being worked by some parties from Ohio and the nugget was found by a man named Shinn, who was working the mine. Gold has been fouud at this mine since 1799, when a 5 -pound nugget was picked up. In 1803 the famous 28 pound nugget was found Lhere. The following large nuggets have been subse quently found: In 1804 nuggets weighing respectively nine, seven, three, two, and one and three-fourths pounds; in 1824, nuggets weighing sixteen, nine and one-half and eight pounds; in 1835, nuggets weighing thir teen and one-quarter, eight, four and one-half, and one pounds, making a total of 115. These are all steel yard weight and would be about ouefourth more weighed by troy. It must be remembered that the Reed mine is not the only North Carolina property that pro duces big nuggets in late years, as eight pounds, four pounds three ounces, and two-pound oil ces have been found at the 1 Sam Christian mine, in Mont- 1 g oinery county; nine pounce, three and one-fourth pounds, one ana three fourths, and one and ouesfourthpouu'd pieces at the Parker, and two and oncdiaH pounds, eight and one-half pounds, and tenpound pieces at Crawford; a one and three-fourths pound piece at the Fesperman in Stanley county, and a two and one-halfspouud piece at tfie nug get mine in Cabarrus county, about a mile and a half from Reed mine. The vei 1 mines in this belt have in some instances done equally as well. A Fiagnificent Instrument REPRESENTING THE PERFECTION TO WHICH THE ART OF ORGAN BUILDING HAS ADVANCED. To be Finished and Placed in the Baptist Church, of this City, by flay 15th, 1896. In the very first edition of the Fisherman & Farmer the an- nounccment was made that the editor proposed to make it a most perfect piano forte. They dispense with the objectionable "sliders" heretofore commonly used, and are so arranged ..that leach'aud every part is easy of ac- clean, up-to-date newspaper, con- cess for removal or replacement taining not only items of, inter-. in case ot accident. Every pres est to general readers, but of caution has also been taken to special interest to local patrons -secure perfection in the wind 11 a. t..i . li -,! supply; from the bellows wind is as well. At no little trouble and jdisFtJuted to the different apart expense we give today a full cle- ment cf tne organ, each being scription and illustration of theSUpplied by a separate wind new and costly organ soon to be 'trunk. To avoid friction and Dlacedin the Baptist Church, consequent loss 01 pressure wucn and by thus doing feel confr dently that we have satisfied the longings of many enquiring minds. We might go on and speak of the efforts of Dr. Blacks well and the members of his church, but this is unnecessary. Our main object is to describe the onran. Now listen : the utmost demands are being made upon the wind supply, all the wind trunks have been made of extraordinary sectional area and right angle bends in the same are studiously avoided. Each trunk is fitted with a "con cussion bellows" or "lung," to prevent unsteadiness arising from recoil, which is caused by the simultaneous closing of many This magnificent instrument ' pallets, and a telescope joint to to.. Work on The Dismal 8w::.iiip Canal to begin on the 23rd. P. McManus, of Philadelphia. . the coutracter for dredgi; g and , constructing the Dismal Swamp; Canal, will begin the big under-j taking on April 23rd. Five or j y six dredges are being built near Deep Creek for use in the canal, and many others will be hired. The contract stipulates that the work must be turned over to the owners, Sanford, Brooks & Co., by the first day of January, 1898. The canal will be 60 feet wide and 10 feet deep, and the locks 200 feet long. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Arizona is to be admitted to the Union as a State. Li Hung Chang will be accom panied on his trip to this country by a suite of fifty persons. White's big Agricultural Im plement Factory at Norfolk was burned early Wednesday morn ing. The general offices and shops of the Atlantic Coast Line now at Wilmington are to be removed to Rocky Mount. Queen Victoria's birthday will be'celebrated 011 May 201I1 at all naval and military stations, as well as in London. A circular has been distributed throughout the State advising silver men to vote for no one who is not fully and uuequivo'- cally for silver. The Ohio Legislature has passed a law making the county in which a lynching occurs financially responsible to the family of the victim. The Cotton Planters' Protec tive Association met in Memphis and, after a long and interesting meeting, resolved to cut down the cotton acreage this year. John C. Dancy, one of the ablest North Carolina negroes, is to deliver the annual address before the noted industrial school for his race atTuskequce. Ala. 1- In Mitchell county two men were buried alive in a mica mine bv a cave falling iu on them. Their bodies were recovered in a short time,. cold and stiff in death. T. E. Hudson, manager of a business college at Charlotte, has skipped. He fell in love with his pretty typewriter, and this seems to'have unsettled his mind Charlotte has arrauged to put in iu "Indepence Square" r 2,000 statue of Vance. It will stand on a pedestrial fifteen feet high, and will be little larger than life size. built DEATH OF GEN. KENNEDY. bv the Farrand ec 'avoid the weight of windchests ot De- anci pipes dciii uliumciui uum the !r t i . by possible f t!w r.r.111. both s the Far- Tubular Insurance agents, EDENTON, N. C. Only strong and reliable Companvs represented and at r o. obtainable with sde and sound insurance. ?,. C. P. BOGERT, Surgeon and Mechanical BSNT Edeiiton, N C. Patients visited when requested. A RIOTED SOUTH CAROLINIAN GOES TO JOIN HIS FATHERS. General John D. Kennedy, who was Consul-General at Shanghai, during Mr.Cleveland's first term, died at Camden, S. C, Tuesday morning of apoplexy. General Kennedy was one of the brigadiers in the Confederate army.atid made a bri.liaut record. He has since the war been very prominent iu South Carolina politics, having been elected Lieutenant-Governor in 18S0, and an nns.icessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1S82. His death 1 l.f-Pii fvnerte. ior SOine time. Firs at Newbern. V . . v rg 111 Lorn pan troit, Mich As this organ is of a most r ,ic.n1 ivn sneri'ication an few descriptive remarks will un doubtedly prove of interest to organ enthusiasts. The organ stands back . of the pulpit platform, partially within an alcove. The case is of solid oak. and with its imposing array of fifty-five beautifully dec orated pipes, makes an impres sive aDDearauce. The excel lence, durability and finish of the n- ; siinnK.'igi ,1 p. The action of the 1 icev a:;!.i siop.uv.-uou, rand Lc otey t " A Pneumatic type. Its adaptability to the required work when used on oui system, and its reliability under all sorts of atmospheric conditions, have been fully proven by the most exacting tests. The simplicity of the pneumatic connections is the feature that commends it to all who investi- 1 1 i . 1. : ,vrw rVtnil. however eate its wonderiui advantages !;m,i!;Mt lis been carried to: The voicing, on whicn mainly the highest attainable standard, depends the success of tne instru and the instrument, as a whole, . men" , is deserving of close study is a representative one of the and examination by those niter rlection to which the art of ested in the subject, combing ah onran building has been ad- the best points of European vanced. and is in every way scnoois wuu sonic cucus i ATH0C1QU5 MURDER A Negro Drives an Axe in the Back of the Head of a White Man. FOUND BY FARMERS. CONFESSED HIS CRIME AND IMPLI CATED TWO OTHERS WHO ARC UNDER ARREST THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY TELLS ABOUT THE HORRIBLE DEED. A GUARD KEPT AT THE JAIL. A DISASTROUS STORM. Every Vestige of Aniniiil Life in Its rath Swept Away. RAIUROAI CARS HI.OWN FROM THK TRACK SNOW DRIFTS ASICICII AS TWENTY KKET RAILROAD TRAEFIC AT A STANDSTILL. iev seem to whatever. - "From what I can see, I bdi :ve ully that I am growing to re emble the devil; that the osseous parts or my head and face are gradurlly assuming that elongat ed shape so pronounced in what is called the degenerated head, and that the similitude is almost completed. "In fact, so impressed am 1 ..... . 1 with this belict, conunuea ui,tp "that I am convinced that I have no longer anytniug human in me." Holmes' confession from this On speaks of his early expe riences of his boyhood days on the farm up in Vermont, and the life he led until he entered col lege, to -study medicine, in Michigan. A fire at Newbern burned the East Carolina barrell factory and storage house, A. R. Denisou's . . 1 cotton gin ana tne warenou:-e owned by the Atlantic and North Carolina Railway last Tuesday. A Household Remedy. And it never fails to cure Rheuma tism, Catarrh, Pimples, Blotches and a l diseases arising from impure blood, isBotan.e Mood Balm, (B. B. H.) Thou sands endorse it as the best remedy ever offered to mankind. The thousands of cure" performed by this remedy are almost miraculous, l ry it. uaiyji.oo per bottle. " For sale by druggists. See ad vert: se uii' u t el se who rr . The proprietors of this paper would like to meet every farmer in Pasquotank county, and invite them to call at our office when ever in town. All will receive a cordial welcome. Get ready for Spring cleaning Clean up the back lot and spread lime. worthy ot tne cnurcn in whk.ii it stands. The number of 16 and 8 stops is inexcess of that usually met with, thus forming a foundation of extra solidity and giving that impressive and dig nified bod v of tone which is the noblest feature of the "King of Instruments." It will be obs served too, that there is a care fully regulated proportion of the Diapason, Flute, String and reed qualities in stops of the various pitches, the strength of each be ing admirably balanced and adapted to the acoustics of the building and the position tlu't the organ occupies. Uvery slop extends throughout the entire compass. The windchests are thoss known as the -Roosevelt Pat ent." and may be brief! ey de scribed as being tubular pneu matic in principle, and affording a separate pallet for each pipe 1 The construction ancLoperation is such as to preclude tlitrpossi bility of almost "all ot the cle rankemeuts common to most or gans, aiisiug from thermometric 1 1 .. .4- s-v r TV! or barometric vanauuus. aw matter how large the organ, these chests render the touch light and agreeable without the interven tion of the complicated "pneu maiic lever." and above all insure a degree of perfection in "lepeti tion" never before attained man moduced. The great delicacy and characteristic quality of tone in the different stops, the digni- ied power of full organ without larshness, and the periect blend ing of the whole iuto an agree able and massive tone, yet not ackingin brilliancy, are all note worthy features and the result o! most careful and yet progres s.ve treatment. Paper which cannot be destroy ed by fire has been discovered by a Frenchman ' A specimen has, it is stated, been subjected to a severe test that of exposure iu a potter's furnace for forty eight hours, and came out without in jury. ; The South prospered more last year than any other section as the figures will show. The as sessed valuation of property iu the Southern States from 1890 to 1895 increased $356,800,000. or 7 05 per cent., while the increase in the ten Western States was 1 05 per cent. A Tyler barge, loaded with lumber and bound from North Carolina to Baltimore, ran into the Marsh Light, Roanoke Marshes, Croatan Sound, N. C, Sunday while in tow of the tug Carolina. The barge was some what damaged and sunk, she be ing left there by the tug, which had other barges iu tow. Some time ago at a council meeting in an English town a well-known Alderman astonish ed the members by saying: "Gen tlemen, we have been sending our lunatics to Sedgefield for a time now. and it has cost us a jyreat sum of money, but I'm glad to make the statement that we have now built an asylum for aurs.il ves." SeusUiou. Sheriff J. A. Chowning, of Lancaster county, Va., arrived in Norfolk Saturday, and gave out the details of the arrest on the 5th instant, of John Johnson, colored, charged with the mur der of Charles L. Carter, white, of Lancaster county, which was committed on the 31st day of March. Johnson walked into the store of V. T. Barrett, near Irvington, and struck Carter twice with an axe, cutting his right ear iu two first, and then drove the axe in the back of Carter's head. Mr. Carter was the only person in the store when the assault was committed, but Mr. Harnett and family Were up stairs at the time. Johnson then made his escape. Colored children told, a day or two later, that they knew who killed Carter, as they had seen the man Johnson with blood on his clothes. At least 500 men, white and colored, .-t once made a search for Johnson, and a body of them found him near Rehoboth Church last Sunday, lie was taken to Barnett's store, before T. A. Piuckard, Justice of the Peace. Johnson made a full con of the deed. alt:r which ie was carried to jail. On his ay to jail he implicated two thers, Andrew Johnson, hi? brother, and John Mason, also colored. They were arrested last Tuesday, and put in jail. On the same evening they had a hearing before Justice Pinckaid and stated that they knew noth ing of the murder. A guard of eight men is kept over the jail night and day. GREAT FOREST FIRF. Spring Tims s when nearlv everyone ;eels the v.2ca ofswnie blood m.rifyin:l strength iii- vi-'oratin:; and health producing meui- cine 1 iie ru.i lucni ui nuuu parilla is the reason of its widesprenci nopularitv. Its i.neor.aled success is its best recommeuarttion mc oic svstem is susccption to the most good from n medicine like Hood s barsapa- rilla taken at th-s time, and we would lay special stress upon the time and remedy, for history has it recorded that delavs are dangerous The remarkable success achieved by noou s rarsapa- rilla and the many words ot praise it has received, make it worthy of your confidence. Wc ask you to give tins medicine a fair trial. Denver, Colorado, on Sunday last, was the centre of one of the worst storms that ever blew over the Western country. Fast of there the country is i numb ted with from a foot to three feet of water, while on the south ami west meagre reports tell of dis.is- trous slow blizzards that have swept away every vestige of an imal life in their path. At Pueblj cars w-ere blown fiom the track and piled up in the ditches. Only one Fastern jassengcr train arrived up to midnight. Drifts range as high as 20 feet, and without shelter there is no prospect of live stock escaping the fury of the elements. Not a train is moving on the first division of the Denvei and io Grande, while the Gulf is blocked from Denver to Trinidad. The Santa Fe is the only road that is handling business, and its track is slightly higher than its competitors. Goddess of Liberty to Wed The y-oddess of liberty, Miss Anna Williams, whose profile ap pears on every silver dollars, is to be married. It is twenty years since the pretty blonde girl be came famous, and now that she is to be a bride the story of how she came to be the goddess of liberty may be retold. In 1870 a young engraver named Morgan, after designing the reverse side of the dollar, made up his mind that the profile on the other side should be from a real head. After a long search, he chanced upon Miss Williams, who, alter having at first refused, finally consented to sit for the design, which was accepted by Congress. She lives in Philadelphia, and for years supported herself a a teacher. Serious Cutting Affair. 10,000 Acres of Long Leaf Pine Destroyed. The p-reatest forest fire ever known occurred in Cumberland county, N. C, last week and has destroved 10.000 acres of the finest long leaf pine timber in that section. The loss is over $100,000. One house, many barns, and miles of fencing and many cattle have been burned. The lain checked the fire, which threatened the town of Fayette ville. A NewShipbuilding Plant It is stated that there wil shortly be established at a poin nn the Faster Branch of the Elizabeth river on the Berkley- side, near the Norfolk & Western railroad bridge, an enormous shipbuilding plant and machine works, coveringeighty-four acres of ground. The company which is to cs tablish the gicat plant is as yet iu embrvo, not having obtained its charter, but it is understood tint its capital stock will be set at $500,000. It is proposed to put in a fin-t-class shipbuilding plant, ar.d to carry out this put- pose the company intends to con -; struct and operate the lirsl fi at- ' ing steel dry dock in this country. ' This dock will be of a p utt in known as the off-shore floating Sunday morning a serious stabbing affair occurred atScotts- ville, suburbs of Portsmouth, Va., Mr. John Shea cutting Mr. Ben Cattenhead in the right side, the blade of the knife reaching the lung and inflicting a wound that may prove fatal. The trouble between the two men started Sunday night on a street car in the city, while both men were on their way home. Cat tenhead claimed to be an A. P. A. and made remarks about Shea, who had him put off the car. Sunday the quarrel was renewed in Scottsville and ended by Shea drawing a knife and plunging it into Cattenhead. Dr. Parker was sent for and dressed the wound, which bled so freely that Catten head came near dy ing before the doctor arrived Mr. Shea was held in $200 bond for his appear ance. , ; :Jr. iiLl z . - J .The Philadelphia Tims says that the appointment of Fitz- hugh Lee to be Consul-General of the United States at Havana will be received with satisfac tion, and will even arouse some enthusiasm. The North Carolina crop re ports says tiie frosts this winter have considerably hurt uncover ed strawberries, ami have slight ly hurt truck. Oats are badly winter-killed. Wheat looks well. Lauds are being admir ably prepared. Great prepara tions are made for cotton, and planting ii in progress. Some corn is up. The acreage will be the laro-est on record. feet wide. Mr. hrank is. King 'T.ot it" is trood advice dui ia ...ii i,r.UMi tin vnl arc h :t .?et and .- t Jw- Pf-iMiirUor" is het;cr ft;r ; . .... ?: "t ; ihaViness. Eveibodv ! marine engineer ol wul, c q,e , . should taKC a liver icmcuj uttjiuuawj and especially in the Spring to wake VrEGULATOH THE DBOT SPRING MEDICINE dock, and its dimensions arc toj ,sSlMMO:;s LlvER REGULATOR, Don't be 400 leet in icngm iy i -3" forget to ta!e it. INow is uie um ywu organ TTptirv Ward Beechcr once informed a man who came to him complaining of zloomv and despondent feelings, mat what he most needed was a good ca thartic,- meaning, of course, such a J : - V. o ,-f r 'Pills I mcUlClllU US 3 v-aii'""- ' , and equal to that of the every dose being effective. upthe torpie liver and keep upaheal thv circulation of good rich blood, free from poison anu iud -m uuun3uun.ui i the bodv. "We would not keep house without it." 11. G. G. Fink, Springdale, Pa. The most successful men as a rule are the most liberal adver tisers. There is more accom plished these days by iudicious advertising than by faith in the fallacy, that you "are well enough known." rience, has prepared tl: : planh and estimates, and the raising ot the stock, &c is in the hair's rM Mr. J. P. Andre Mcttu.- ; .: 11. Landniurk. No small objection which y folk:, had to the old time spring-mc-ilki::., was their nauseousness. In our day this objection is removed rud Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the most powerful nu'l popular oi blood-purifier.s, is as pleas ant to the palate as a cordial. need it most to wake up your Liver. A sluggislr Liver brings on Malaria, l-evr and AZU-.', Klieumausm, anu many uui iiis which shatter the constitution and wreck health. Don't forget th word REGULATOR. It is SIMMONS LIVER P EGULATOR you want. The word L'LATOR distinguishes it from a 11 othar remedies. And, besides this, SIMMONS I IVER RLGULATOR is a Regulator of tho I iver, keeps it properly at work, that your aystem may !e keptln eood condition. FOR TIIU BLOOD Uke SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR. It is the Jst .blood purifier and corrector. Try it and not the difference. Look for tha RED Z on every package. You wont find It on anv other medicine, and there is no other Live? rTmedy like SIMMONS LIVER Regulator the Klngof Liver Remedies. Be sure you get it. 1. H. ZelUn & Co., Philadelphia, W.