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VOL. I.
FAYETTE VILLE, N. 0., TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1884.
NO. 39.
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HOME CIRCLE.
An Express Messenger's Ad
venture.
I always knew I served the com
pany in a dangerous capacity, but I
had been an express messenger for
a1-1TaTIa l l I 1
so many years tnati tnougnt little
or nothing ot the risks 1 ran. My
route was through-a-rough- region,
Luu, mier i was ciiaiigeu iruui tne
Central Pacific to the Southern Pa
cific Road; -a region-but half-settled
and civilized, where Indians and
ruffiana-were as plentiful as China
men in ' 'Frisco."
My urun,v was a long one, through
a new country wrhere railroad sta
tions were often one hundred miles
apart; and the loneliness of the
scenery, combined with solitary con-
finement in an express car, which
11T 1"! 111!
looked more UKe a. cell than anj'-
tliing else,. -made lour days of every
week hang heavy on my hands,
though I was often kept busy for
hours at a time.
I generally had a mixed assort
ment of express matter, with plenty
of . gold and silver m bricks and spe
cie; and occasionally, not much to
mv liking, a coffin or two going
eastward, each enclosing a dead body
I would not mention this, but it is
necessary, as will be. seen further I
on..:.-.. i - - - . - ... j
i jen ju .in-eifs .dxuuuay
morning at 9:30; and from that time
until the following Xhursday X did
not leave my. express car, navmg u.
t 1 1 - 1
go to v- vao return ror -my-hf
cca. o t vuouii,. u xxc4xV
fifteen hundred miles!
This may seem a long "run," and
so it was; but as the stations were
few across the southern part of Ari
zona imd Nw Mexico, X had oppor
tunities to take my much needed
rest, which I did after I became ac
customed to the situation. -I was
always glad to get back to Los An
geles, however, for traveling ninety-
f-j " f 7 O J I
six nours witnout any enauge is ex-
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4-....... . 1 . ' fi.Jiinj iirim hi ' 1 r won:.iUfriLl.
room car. -. . . -
Imagine the contrast between rid-
tli at wav. and riding in a heavi-
ing
lv-Ioand express car, with two small
- - - -i - - , r r 1
li'irrcd windows to look out of, and
you may fori)i" some Jdea of the mp-
Tirdoiiv of VnV (riv.
The miles- passed slowly after 1
liad assorted -and oiuea me express-
m 1 1 mi i 1 1 1
nee: mv Pipe was. kept-burning, and
tl.P fonstanl roav and ramble of the
r iin MHiuiit'i during tne (lay, mu
1 il 1 11
lnlhl ttieLti) slfep at .night,- when
the windows were securely fastened,
the lamps lighted,-and several rifles
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ituan notices, to the extent of 10 lines. H"iw xur a IUIierai to Start JiUSt. 1 t hp nt iPr erif ftf tho nnv r.mot hr
ilis" examined the address. It was con- opened the door leading to the plat-
si gned to Is ew Orleans. I entered fmm Tina nmlif ,,iV rn.lm,! oj
and revolvers hung around in case' tlie' robber never changed his posi
of anemerg"ency. . tion. I could read the meaning of
t rW- a express niessenger" sever- their cold glitter, and 1 must act if
.ut,;.;.i- u-nr.miW
r It II 1III11L I 7 . Ill 1JL.U UAmAV-V 1
1
W or having the train stopped auakenr by making two or three
?CC1r hers Some of my brother movements with nnr Jmii.ls, and to
by robbers. ou my intense relief the cover of the
messengers hv . box quickly and puetly dropped
nearly every tnp, " 1 . !n to its place. .Without making Vmy
1 was uui""n.,..i.-, .
mm vm n I
nx& the dan1
During
that time 1 bfcim iiccus-
suiia-
1
. n r. ar
iion, and ' -dtnogirmy "lo'ly Uf
gave me very silent and taO-itiilii
fiabit, I enjoyed my two days at ,
jjjr.des, or at Santa Monica, se.'-
. 1 i.. ,....ir vtll'lCO lit 111 I
bathing, as much as my more
tunatp friends, who ran north over
ii... 'rvw hiitii lass, and were af home
ery night, eiijoy"l their rests.
Train robleries hiA latejy been
frequent, and while T did not expect
to U- attswtkI, I b-arned to on 'the
lookout. .I.had a et?of feignuls with
the liell rope -tM tire tmmiAPh'
know when I was in danger. B"b
beries were often inale while the
traijis were in motion, and the ex
press messengers. werfe either bound
hand and foot or killed, the robbers
being desperate men wh hesitated
at nothing.
Occasionally, however, I did relax
my vigilance, and slept as sound as
at tne hotel where 1 boarded. Final
ly my turn came.
1 he train arrived at Tucson one
night nearly an hour late.
There
tgieai ueai or express nutter
to exchange, and for fifteen minutes
1 was kept busy loading and unload-
..r... r. , L J . 1 l i , .
ing bundles and boxes. The passen-
gers walked up and down the plat-
xorm ro stretch their legs; the en-
nuieiy-yaive nummed with
escaping steam, and the long train
of cars, reaching the full length of
the platform, presented a picture of
hustle and activity
VV lien the last bundle was piled
away, l nan a chance to talk a lew
minutes with the expressman; then
t lie tralti - started r afid5 1 closed the
door; locked ' it and turned- to: the
boxes and packages that were scat
tered around. The first thing that
iiLirucieu my attention was a ion?
n j. -j ii i i
pine box.
1 had not noticed it when it was
loaded, and thinking it was a queer
it on the book with the other ex-
press, and tor an hour or more,
i n i
e sorting over the packages, I
took no notice of my silent compan-
ion.
it was a common thing to have
one or two funerals the whole length
of the trip eastward, and I thought
or mis as i thought ot others : some
poor tellow who lett a pleasant
h
ome to come here in search of a
l.
fortune, only to die on the alkali
plains, without a friend."
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And after I had shoved the box
against the side of the car, I opened
a bundle of newspapers and selected
one to read.
It was not very late,
and tilting my chair against the side
or the car beneath a lamp, I was
soon interested in the news of the
uav.
How long I was in that position
I do not know, but unconciously I
fell into a light sleep when 1 had
finished reading the paper, I woke
Avith a feeling or dread and fascma-
tion in complete possession of me
1 did not move; 1 could not. Some
tiling held me almost breathless,
n lit i ii iii
and several minutes passed before I
could open my eye. When I did,
my heart gave a quick throb!
The top of the pine box was part
ly raised, and the features or a man,
shaded from the dim light, were re-
vealed to my acute senses!
TTt i 1 1 ill
Even then, though greatly star-
tledjj. did not make a motion, and
y i t mnc irni'A oil 1 n 4- r 1 ffi 1 " I
l eer-
i -k
intr from the corner of one
eye,
I
fried to make out his features, but
oaw nothing beyond the 'brutal eyes
and Aalt-savaee mouth. In an 111-
stantlt -flashed ' across me. that he
Was a train-robber!
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Hewas evidently waiting tosee-
1 ww-frst-asleep, for he did jiot
move uiiTiiii; several -minuies, k
seep
ing his eyes fastened 011 me with the
steadiness of an annual.
I scarcely breathed.
mi n 1 i
ihe nnefl and .revolver were on
the opposite side of the car. If I
attempted to get them he. would
shoot before I made two steps. ith
my blood tingling ana ' my ears
stijained, I waited expectantly for
him to move, resolving to wait for
11 HAL C ' I t . A - ' ' A iil
a ftivorab e omortunit.v to snrnif?on
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I
probably. there were' a dozen more
of his associates in the. passenger
caiis. and as soon as he had secured
his prize they woul.be notified and
:
the passengers robbed. There was
enough gold and silyerju bricks in
my car to make one man Jndepend-
ently rich. Hie small sate .was full
or .specie, a:ijouiuiiig to civw,uw
l ' ' i: i. cn 1 n 1 i i I
worth.; "
With, the thought of my- respon
sirjinty came a reeling 01 res.onnnii
! -J? l..i.r
I niust do something without hesi-
tatjon.
The dark eyes glared at me, buf
isiivea my nte.
I pretended to
-
hurried motions, I rubbed my eyes,
gajwd oiict or 'twice, and slowly rose
to mv feet.
"Well, well," I said, aloud, Ht-
.been asiep.
Then I proceeded to rummage
around the car a if nothing had
happened, but my nerves were not
relaxed ah instant. Before the train
had' gone live miles farther I had
mw nails in my )ocket. A juiek,
careless gjance showed me a hole in
the hide of the box through which
the robber was undoubtedly watch
ing ivery movement I made.
I did not go near the revolvers or
rille. It would have taken but a
second for hint to have .raised the
lid and shot me, ;uid I knew he
would do ho if I approached them.
I instead of that I eundeHsly aborted
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a pile of express matter near the box,
with a view to what I was about to do.
I was terribly excited, though I
tried to appear cool. When I was
all ready I threw several heavy pack
ages on the lid, sat down on the box
and hastily nailed down the lid.
heard a noise within and felt a press-
I . A .
ure as my prisoner endeavored to
raise the lid. The weight was too
crp.it. and T soon lm.il nil fliA Timl
driven in to hold him fast. He was
secured, but to make sure of him I
surrounded the box with heavy
bundles and piled upon it the heavi
est boxes the car contained.
I sat down for a minute to recov
er myself, then taking dpwn a rifleT
1 cocked it loud enough tor him to
hear.
"How many more are there aboard
the train?" I asked, placing my
mouth to a crack between the bricks.
In reply I heard a muffled sound
resembling a curse, and as all the
holes through which he might shoot
were coyered with gold and silver,
I put my mouth nearer and asked
the question again.
J received no reply, and going to
fVio nmco fmln n,Q u
I HIV- Vl ' V KJ A. IHV Vtl IJ A. IT U
I
L making a din in mv ears. We were
rnmiiiu nf. a bio-h r.ifp nf snPPrl
around the hills that abound in that
I stermed to the platform of the
next car. It was a smoking car.
The train-robbers were already at
work. Two men, in the forward
end. within fiv fepfc of me. Mini.
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mantling a view ot every passenger
with their leveled revolvers, and two
more were going down the aisle for
the valuables.
It was a terrible moment tQ V
I felt a keen svmmthv for the ms-
sengers, whose terror-stricken faces
I could see in the dim light from
the lamps, but I was helpless; doubt
less a similar scene was being en
acted in the other passenger and
sleeping-cars.
I was hot and cold by turns. I
watched the villians going coolly oh
with their work until I began to
think of my own safety. Charley
hdate, a braketnau, was bound hand
and foot to the forward seat; in a
few minutes they would finish thejkr
daring work and come to my car. I
did not doubt that the fellow I had
imprisoned in the pine box was an
accomplice, and if they should find
the door of the exoress car locked.
they would break it open to see
what had become of him, and kill
r
me if I resisted.
This would enable them to take
possession of the nipnery, bullion and
valuable iackages, and escape. 1
knew that they would not kill any
one if he did not resist ; and inside
of five minutes they would demand
an entrance to my cat
Already the two robbers had near-
r.f
ly reacn the farther end of the
smoking-car; thousands of dollars
were m my care; 1 must save it.
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Without any more hesitation 1
stepped to the platform of my car,
grasped tlje leyer that operated the
Miller coupling, and, with a quick
strong pun, separated tne two uraw-
1 11 1 -I 1 1 i
hends. 1 was not. a moment too
soon. Before the engine and ex
press car had shot two hundred feet
ahead of the train, the door of the
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ri 1
smoKing-car openeu aim tne rou-
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1 heard their cry
ot rage, saw tne nasnes or tneir rer
vol vers, and felt the bullets strike
the wood-work behind uie. Hurry
ing forward, I told the engineer
what I had done.
He heartily approved of my ac
tum and his words reassured me. 1
had taken a desperate course, but I
i1;ld suve(l a meat deal of valuable
'-' '
pronertv.
We hurried in through the dark-
We hurried iu througlj the
ness, and soon re-aened tne next
station, from which the news was
-1 - 1 1 1 1 1
telegraphed to the company s ofhees
in San Francisco and Tucson. .The
robber in the pine box was then
i 1 1
secured, nut reruseu to say a woru,
and with a gang of track-men
nrmpd. v returned to where we had
jeft tlie trajIU Tilt robbers had de
parted, taking everything valuable
with them, and the passengers, hailed
us with shouts of joy and sighs of
relief. Youth's Coiujxniiou.
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Finally the gn at agony is over
and Mr. Blaine is the candidate of
the Republican party for the office
of president of the United States.
We are sorry' for it, and we believe
the Republicans will all be sorry
for it next November. Indignation
of decent opinion at the ever-re-
curring nuisance oi uie mauie can
didaey, a revolt against tho open
hhaiuelessiieiss of the Hlaiuc men and
their methods and at their scheme of
1 1 ii . 1 . 1
carrying tuings wuu a oar ami not
by reason, has made men Jee) t hat jit
last there was perhaps hut one cure
for all this, which was to have the
Maine element carry the convention
ami nominate their mall, ami wee tne
mail and the pat ty buried out of
sight by an overwhelming defeat at
the hand of the people. llrrtild.
FIELD AND FARM.
Col. Bill Arp tells the Georgians
what he saw in Wake county: Not
long ago I was over in eastern North
Carolina and I jfovmcj. the . question
answered in sonn -places,- I found
some nice welL, educatedgirls culti-
awug oiiicti-i xiuiu, aiicgciuuicB
for market. They didafLilow the
ground but they planted and hoed
ana weeded and gathered the crop,
I saw an acre ot strawberries that
too sisters had idanted and thev
made a frolic of it. that is thev wpnt,
at it with a will and took a livelv
happy interest in it, and they gather-
ed 4,UUU quarts and said they would
get a thousand more, and they packed
them in the little baskets and the
baskets into crates and sent t hpm
north, and their sales had averaged
30 cents a quart. 1 heir total ex
penses for hire of help and cost of
baskets and freight to market was
$200 'and this left a thousand for
their work and watching and con
stant care. v ell those girls are
roud and independent. Their father
lad five
acres and he was making
X J.cxruii'Cl
money a gopd deal of money, I
never saw a nicer business nor one
so simple and sure. The land was
poor and sandy. The rows three
feet apart, when the plants get well
set a plow opens a furrow close by
on each side and this f un ow is uearly
niieu wiui cotton seeu ana tnen tne
eartlr-is thrown back on the cotton
seed, after that the vines are mulched
with pine straw and that is all. I
never saw vines as small or berries
as numerous, I counted 240 on one
plant. They laid on one another.
This vine had been picked three
times and there were 240 left. They
frequently picked a quart from 3
plants and left many not ripe. They
pick till 8 o'clock in the morning
and the girls averaged Id quarts by
that time. X hey-, begin again at 4
in the afternoon and get X5 quarts
more. When they hire pickers they
pay y cents a quart to gals and
cents "to boys for the girls are more
careful and do not mash the berries
no spill them and do not eat every
big nice one they come across. "
But this is not all. Xhese girls
have got a crop of raspberries just
behind and they will make two or
tnree Hundred dollars ott otJmem
jii ,i
and they are growing currants and
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gooseberries and talk about going
into potatoes and beans and grapes
and all that, well why not? Fruit
growing is a nice business for girls
and so is raising vegetables. Far
mer and Mechanic.
Diversified Farming in the South.
W. S. Barron, of Bartow county,
Georgia, -writes to the Commissioner
of Agriculture of that State as fol
lows, concerning his farming opera
tions :
"I cultivate eight acres o$ land as
follows: ..lVo acres in corn, peas and
pumpkins; it makes me eighty to
one hundred bushels ot corn, twenty
to thirty bushels peas, and three
hundred to five hundred immnkins.
weiarhiner from twenty to fiftvnonnda
each. One acre in sweet not n toes,
making one hundred and ! fifty to
two hundred bushels. One acre 111
turnips and Irish potatoes, about
two hundred bushels. Oiie acre ih
wheat,' twenty-five to thirty bushels.
Three acres in oats, from forty to
sixty bushels per acre.
X keep two milk cows; the butter
more than pays ror their food tne
11 o 1 1 - n Till
Duttterminc is red to my hogs; there-
by raising more than twice as much
bacon and lard as I can consume.
keep money on hand and pay cash
T.-l. r-i-ri.r-1. .1-1 r I hnir I fik.rk vniu'A ol.
lew extra uue ueeves aim iuiik cows
p J. X5 I "JJ "11 I
a ! l T ' i l
j-wi duic, a tuny my olvjujv ji
provisions to market and asK a man
what he will give me for it, As I
. . . 'tiit I
never go m debt I keep my iiroduce
until people want it, and then they full symp.lthy with the reform sen
will come to my house and ask me timen't the countr. A couiniit-
w hut, I will r.nk'p tnr it, I nm tittv- i i i - n -.
. 1 11 T1'i II
wiu Jt0 um. , u., v .wu.,
uo mv own wuia. l uave pu-m. w
eat and wear and some tor charity.
1 . I'll I
him, very pertinently. .
"Pursued as you .follow farming,
it becomes tho only perfectly insur
ed business among .human avoca
tions: While God sends rain and
unshine to bless the earth, and the
farmer feels that he must not only
sustain his own family from the soil,
but the non-producer by his surplus,
there can be no such word as fail.
"With industry sensible econo
mycheap pjanip-e aptl plenty of it,
and then abundance of house sup
plies, with our climate, water and
other advantages, we will in the near
future be the most comfortable and
well to-do -people on earth. I
wish you
all
success,
and
your
ex-
imple universal imitation;'
For constitutional or scrofulous
atarrh. and for consumption in-
duced hy the serotinous tamt, Aver s
1 It il At ( III
iSarsaparilla is tho true remedy. It
uis cured numberless cases. It will
top the nauseous catarrhal dis
charges, ajd remove the sickening
odor of the breath, which are Judi
cations of scrofuhious origin, f
GENERAL NEWS.
j. ue ieiuucrais at oavannan re
Ai-..J A fl T--l
HPU TV -j. d : i
vcivcu uie nomination oi rJiame
with great reioicing. It looked like
a Democratic, victory. Wil. Star?
N.. W. Davis, of --Buffalo; has ob-
"iiucu u. vt'iuieu, iur j?o,uvu against
the En Railway ' ComnariFfor' n
juries received by -air explosion" of
gas in the smoke stack of an engine
formed by using soft coal
Andrew Bnion, the missing nresi
dent of the Hot Springs. Ark., bank
which failed Tuesday, was arrested
U1 -ouls vveoisaay. riruon
was. accompanied by a lady named
rs- oteei, or reoria, ill., witl:
whom he was reported to have flei
trom tiot Springs.
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The sixty-fourth annual session
of the general convention of the
church of the New Jerusalem in the
United States, convened in Philadel
phia Thursday. Delegates were pres
ent from Illinois, Pennsylvania.
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iNew ioik, maine,
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i ti wu r nncnrr OT-i1! u ii hi-n
James Coward, Boggau Cash's
second victim, died on the ad inst
He was shot on the 23d of Februa-
ry. fie never murmured nor indi
TT - .
cated that he was sent to las grave
through a .malicious motive: He
was highly respected and resided at
Lheraw. btar.
"
Congress has passed a bill estab
lishing a -Bureau of Animal Indus
try. Xhe most prominent duty of
tne cqpatfiment is to extirpate all
forms or disease among cattle, hogs,
fowls, horses, &c. Why did it not
contain a provision to extirpate
sheep killing dogs ? Plttsboro
Joilll'.
When' the fearful Tivoli disaster
of last Summer, below Baltimore
on the Chesapeake, occurred, Christ-
opher Jjovle greatly distinguished
himself by saving fifteen lives. Well
he is dead trom drowning. He was
boating, his hat blew off, he jumped
over after it and was drowned.
Of t .
A hundred head of imported
Uuernsey cattle were sold -11 I'hila-
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.iaii,;o rn,..,...., ti. i.;i.' ....
uciwnia xiiuicuiiy. x lie liiiiiljrsi-. I'l ICC
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paid was tor tlie seven-vear-okl Lady
-i t,.i o j j? j
winner at the many English shows,
sliq was bought by H. Palmer, of
Avondale, Pa., for 81,900. Mr. Davis,
of Baltimore, poid $3X0 for Luke
xjinuy x1 uiey oecouu, a lamous prize
and 8425 for Darling's Jewel. A
Wilhelm, of New York, paid 8425
for Cherry. '
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The late Judah P. Benjamin de
nied ever having lived in North
Carolina, but Judah was mistaken
and by many years. Vilmimjton
Star, '
Yes, he was mistaken, as much so
as Andrew Jackson was in regard to
the locality where he was born.
Gen. J ackson said he was born in
South Carolina, but he was as great
ly mistaken as was Mr. Benjamin
Neither, were old enough, probably,
to know, as much about the matter
as their mothers or "neighbors and
friends. v Ilome-Deinocmt.
Blaine Repudiated.
Boston, June 8, 188X
The Massachusetts Reform Club'
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at its meetmg yesterday passed reso-
mtiong denoimcihg the nominations
nini,i nurl T, A f0fi frt
L.w th Ti ,r,A if vnia n,:
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oukjU., no iviin uiiiiiitinu Hit 11
8upport aml faiiing in that to call
, oiafc io
vi0 ,W f Arr,;,-,nfo roritinf
WVv " ti;J ni'i'viu w v 111111 lull wjhio
tQ take sucn ste b corresp01uicncc
r nthnrwi'w n if mmt rWm bf
cai,nlated to ciirrv into effect the
Villi, J WVlllll'lin X i i V VVIU"
mittee' was authorized to increase its
numbers, if desirable,. and to co-operate
with organizations of Inde
pendent Republicans and others to
secure candidates pledged to reform.
On motion of Col. T. W. Iliggin
son, the 'following resolution was
passed :
Jtcitohrd, That the foregoing com
mittee be instructed to call i; meets
ing in Ilojstun at as early a day as
possible to express the opinion of
the independent voters in this vicin
ity in regard to the recent Chicago
nominations and to prepare for fu
ture action.
Dispatches were received from
1:ii1 in rr Nw Ynrk I mlf iwtinlen f s n-
om sting an early consultation in re
gard to taking decisive action toward
repudiating the Chicago nonuna
lions.
The meeting was largely attended
and letters were received from sev
eral prominent Independents who
were unable to attend, all of whom
condemned the Blaine mid
ticket.
Logan
Dr. Worth Will Accept.
Raleigh, May 28.
Geo. S. Bradsiair, Ashboro, N. C:
.Dear Sir: In reply to vours o
the 26th inst., I have to say. that if
nominated again I will cheerfully
accept trie position.
- i My' earnest wish has been to he"
fitful frv fif.... ...,.1 : ii, . n?-'
ye'ntion can find a man who, in its"
juugment, win nil the place better,
or one whose name will strengthen
the party or the State more than
mine, I will cheerfully abide by its
uecision. 1 . nave no claims upon
tne people except my constant and
faithful performance of duty.
have never written a letter to, or
asked any one to attend a Conven
tion 111 my interest at any time in
my life. I feel proud of having par-
ticipated 111 the management) ot the
State's affairs for the past eight
years. I have given my earnest and
sjeeial attention to the compromise
and adjustment of the State debt,
which resulted so well as to largely
aid us in restoring the State to its
present unexampled prosperity. At
ter haying heeu twice nominated
without opposition, and my eight
years1 services known to the people,
I do not feel justified in making
personal appeals to be kept in office;
but leave tlie party tree to act as
thev think best.
There is so much money in the
Treasury at present that I feel it
would not be out ot place 111 this
letter to advise the people to be care
ful and not let any of the old lieub
lican bosses of 'US-QU act bach
while, the montu is on hand.
1 reei very grateitu tor tne Hon
ors conferred, and thank you for the
interest you have always taken in
me.
Vours tuly,
J. M. Worth.
Ashboro Courier.
ttordon Heard From.
A London special of Tuesday says:
Sir Henry Gordon has been inter-
viewed concerning his brother. He
said the latest news received from
General Gordon was to the effect
that he had no fear as to his per
sonal safety. He could leave Khar
toum by a safe route any dy, but
would not until a better Govern
ment iii the Eastern Soudan had
been established and the safety of
the inhabitiiiits-froni the rebels as-
1 1 I 1 1 A S-4 J
sured. At the time of ueneral Gor
don's news to Sir Henry he was
engaged in a project against the
slave trade in the Upper Congo.
General Goyduu considered that a
arge tiritish expedition was needless.
He only wanted a few hundred Eng-
lsh troops to co-operate with the
gunboats after the ri4vW of the Nile
to ele-ar lie country of rebels from
berber to Khartoum.
In the House of Commons to-day
Mr. Gladstone again declared that
the Egyptian conference would be
muted to a discussion of the finan
cial situation. He promised to lav
efore Parliament before the con-
erence meets whatever result may
be arrived at from the preliminary
interchange of views between Eng-
and and X ranee. ISo agreement,
le said, would be conx'luded with
rauce yithout reference to other
rowers, lhe bovernnient contem
plated an European engagement and
not a separate one with France. Al-
hough preliminary negotiations
were taking place with X'rance due
ard had been given to Jng-
and's rights and privileges.
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Congressional Convention.
At a meeting of the Executive
onimittee for the Sixth Congres-
sioh District at Luniberton on June
XOth, 1884, it was determined that a
Congressional Convention for this
District be held at Luniberton on
uly 30th, X88X, for the purpose of
nominating a democratic candidate
or House ot Representatives 111
ongress, ami a Democratic Elector
or this District and such other mat
ers as may come before it.
Arthur only received 31 votes of
he 73 votes cast by his own State.
This shows clearly enough that he
as no popularity. He had all the
office-holders and their influence and
you see the result. lie could not
ossibIy carry iSew 1 ork unless
ohn Kelly sold out, lie only got
1 delegates from Pennsylvania and
) from Indiana. Without the negro
ote how very weak he was. IP.
Star.
A coincident-hunter calls at ten-
111 A t 1 A
ion to tlie tact that the name ot
131anev is composed of six letters;
hat he was nominated on rriday
six letters), the sixth da' of the
week, the sixth day ot the month
md the sixth month of the year.
Yes; and there are six letters in
'humbug," six in "defeat" and six
111 C'lIA jsok. r,x.
Capt. Andrews, of Suiupter, S., C,
03 years old who started 011 foot to
Joston a short time ago, arrived at
New York on the 7th iust.
STATE NEWS.
A Miniature Whirlwind.
, Persons on South Water street,
in the vicinity of the market, short
ly after X o clock on Wednesday
afternoon, witnessed a carious freak
of; tte-elements. . There" was riot a
clpud to be seen, but suddenly there
Collie a burst of wind that sent sand,
paUbles and small particles of everv
description in ii whirl. It struck a
pile of shingles, some of which were
hurled into the air to such a height
tliat they were lost sight of. Men
at work 011 the yards in trtie vicinity
were so badly frightened by the
commotion that was going on that
they ran away from the spot. Gen
tlemen who witnessed the phenome
non say the air in that particular
spot was full of fragments of vari
ous kinds, and pieces of paper, chips.
etc., could be seen whirling in the
lir at a great height. The minia
ture hurricane, or whatever it may
be called, lasted about five minutes.
-n il. Star.
' A Mysterious Death.
Peter M. Tuttle. of G
Stokes county, yesterday boarded
the train at Kcrnersville and paid
the conductor his fare to Greensboro.
After the departure of the train
from Salem Junction the telegraidi
operator at that place discovered .1
dead body on the track at that place
where the train stops to change th
switch, and upon an investigation
it was found to be the body of Tut
tle. It is evident that only the hind
trucks of the rear car passed over
lis body, and how or whv hesrot on
' n
the track under the car when the
train stopped is a mystery. 30 in
old and a tax receipt was found ou
lis person. His remains were
wrought to Greensboro and are being
leld for further identification. Other
levelopments will be given in our
next issue. Greensboro Patriot.
Travelers up the Western North
Carolina Railroad were treated a
day or two since to a most remarka
ble sight, being what they term a
hail spout on a mountain side. The
scene was witnessed one mile east
ofr3Xarshal Station. Properly sneak
ing, it was a water spout at the be
ginning, but before it ended it turn
ed to hail. The spout broke out on
the mountain above the railroad and
came tearing down directly upon
he track. As it swept down the
mountain, it brought trees, timber,
rocks and dirt with it. and lodged
hem in a confused mass on the
railroad track. The hail, our in
formant says, could have been raked
up by tho basketful, the whole moun
tain side being as white as any snow
fall could have made it. The hail
storm, appeared, confined itself to
he vicinity of the mountain in ques
ion, there being heavy rains, but
only slight falls of hail on theneigh-
bonpif mountains. It required sever
al hours to clear the railroad track
of the debris brought down by the
laii spout. Charlotte Observer
Th.e liquor license in this county
s 85U0 and in consequence we have
only seven drinking saloons for
over 7,000 inhabitants. No place
in North Carolina can make so
creditable a showing, and surely
none can boast of so small a share
of drunkenness as Winston-Salem.
The latter portion of our communi-
y, although over a hundred years
old, has never had a bar-room.
Winston Sentinel.
The steamer Wave has been raised
ar enough to start her on the way
o this city, but she is so deep in
he water, with her hold full ot na
val stores, that she has grounded on
one of the shoal places, and will Ix
detained a day or two longer Ik fore
she will reach here. Ilenew.
The Wilmington lleview says:
"The committee having the matter
n charge in this city to prepare our
roducts for the approaching State
exposition, are working energetically
o make the display from ilining-
ton such as to reflect credit upon our
eople.
Dr. Wheeler has at last been con-
irmed as the Pevenue Collector of
he Winston District. We heard a
roniinent Republican say the other
day that his appointment was worth
3,000 votes to the Democrats in this
Congressional District and 500 in
he county. Winston Sentinel.
The track of the Western N. C.
Railroad (Ducktown branch) has
been laid ten miles beyond Waynes
ville, into Jackson county. llonie
Democrat. Mr. Washington Duke of Dur
ham, whom the Republican-mixed
State Convention nominated for
State Treasurer, declines the nomi
nation. Of 1,012 convicts in North Caro
lina, SOX are negroes.
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