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PLEASANT FEMALE SEM
INARY. ii : mil iiK'iK-ci U i:xer'lsot f
i:tii luximit ions.
Mr. I'i ka-axt, June 4th, 1SH0.
l-nis :! tine day! Lveryhody caught ,
,, t. ihe daj; the church was ;
. ,,.,!,.,! to id fullest capacity by i
clt: of the town and nunier
visitors. Tiie programme for
ex.-n i-es "f the day is as follows:
i. s:;minai;y exkrcisk.
I'll A V I .K.
Ml sic.
in.ri
illliaou .
-Miss Lclia
Ml sir.
( irifiital Discoveries"
i:.-.v
Am ui!. i Uinecotl.
Mr-ie.
.... -Triumph of Truth; or
!, -e and Progress of the Ger-
Reformation. " liss
Janie
II. ( llk;k exercise.
Mi sic
Addr. ss. "Socrates."-.!. M. Cox.
Addre-s '-Fixedness of Purpose."
!".. li. W. Runge.
Mi-- Cook's piper, owing to its
;i:i.;-e. was a little hard for your
, .,; t, .-j'.'ii'lent to understand; but J
i: i iiKui scholars pronounced it j
verv liiidy written ard rendered.
Miss Amanda Winecoffs essay !
wns highly entertaining; picturing
as she did many oriental scenes
and
relics, i mo
unarmed that no com a
, ,, . ii i:i
n;i
'.st See them
Miss Janie WiuecoH did herself
:ivat credit in the paper she reiider
.1. Her manner of reading was
!:m-st perfect, and her essay showed
'vi; thought and knowledge of
rv.
I. ('ok, though young, shoas
. of considerable talent and
in studying the character and
n. His address was one
finest graduating speeches
:w-r
d at N. ('.- Colle-e and
. !
,!iei'
of delivery was earnest
life, ilv. evidently ha
a'Ls" much though;.
U'.u.ge displayed consid.
t bought in his "Fix
e.
ill tiV," UlU'.''
were
;i awarded
l.idy graduates, by!
:'. Linn; and t t he yning gent !e- ;
!; by President SililVV. Tiie;
: .- . ... t t i t
i 'r v"' s e; c tiieii li'iiiiiiiu.
: ;;.! were presented as follows :
-'. .. Slither, m-.'d.al fr host dn
! n; i'ion: W. J. roger, medal for
y: from the Seminary Miss
i : .! Mis'-nheiiiier w;us given a
; . -: f u 1 gold medal for the best
i standing, and Miss Grace Ilei
i . .i in. J.al for the greatest improve
i.i' t! iii music.
!V. .-id. nt Shi ivy, in his remarks
' in v'!ing men. -poke feelingly of
t-i- i:- duty to themselves, their couii-
v and to all.
I m -r several announcements,
' b -f-i ! another session of those
i-:-ii:-tioti?, and all testify that it
'S tip- most siici-es-ful one for
y.ii-. there basing been enrolled
i . i 1 1 ! y -six boys. The pro-p'-cts for
: year are bright, indeed.
I'll- Concord String l'and was
us. The music was enjoyed
. d highly complimented by all.
of this band Concord has reasons to
l--e proud.
!:'-.: ii lf-l hi C"l"r.
At iirst sight, after an interval of
t v.. My-six years and ten months a
I'-d-ral soldier recognized Hutz
i-..i:ds, who lives just on this side
' I'.irest Hill. In the battle of
.-burg on July 1st 1803, the
"iifederate,llutz Kaziah, cap
Federal Soldier,James Scott,
mi apple tree. 31 r. Scott at
' ' ' i Kaziah up to a, drink of
: sylvania dew. Several months
. ' Mi. Sent; caine on a visit to his
i '-f: r, .las. K. Deaton, of this
l'l -.ee. Near tin- factory Scott saw
Kei di and at once exclaimed "Hel-.-"M
ai-.- the little rebel that cap
;!;:,d !;ie-" Kaziali sized him up
i::d answered, '-Yes, at Gettysburg
m. d.-r an apple tree; and ou gave
! a drink of mean whiskey" With
' ' malice, without uniform.', with
' gnus, but in the best of humor
! ey -hook each other's bands w arni
a!d a:b ctionately.
C!i"- Fair.
Ti;" colored peple of this county
i e to have a, Colored Fail
:. lo Hand 15, and with a view
: t hat, have rented the C. C. A. & M
.:r g run mis Here, ana leave p.er
ei,i! an organization. Whit
v hankie is president, (Jeo. Shankle,
i -' presidt nt, Nelson Cunigan
'I'-isuivr and Jones Montgomery
I : t v Ti'cv vv'l! :it-.' iiineeili-
-l-p.- to advert:sj the enterprise,
inl make it a success. 'I'he colored
I - pie of Cabarrus arV! gmerally in
;i priisperofis condition, and otiht to
be able to get up ii good display,
VOL. TIL NO. Ill,
The C 1. A. Concert.
Tlif concert, which terminated the
closing exercises of the Concord Fe
male Academy, took place last Friday
and the capacious halls of that build
ing were tilled to the utmost capac
ity The room was elaborately and
u;?wuUy tlecoratea for the occasion;
. . ,.,,.-,: tn tu ....lifni
strains of the processional march as :
played by Miss Alma Williams, of
Charlotte, the audience was capti
vated by the array of loveliness. The
music, both vocal and instrumental,
was of the higlust order, and the
manner in which it was rendered
reflects great credit upon the oung
ladies, and Miss Young, under whose
instruction they have accomplished
so much. We regret very much that
e are not, aiile to give tne progiam.
Py special request, Little T.eesie.
Campbell repealed the beautiful oid
song, ''Coining Thro' the Rye,"
which she sang so prettily at the
primary exercises.
Following are the distinctions con
ferred :
ART PKl'.VKTMKNT.
First distinction Frances
P..
l oung.
riiEKliVSn Pll.VWINC CLASS.
First distinction Connie Cline,
Lois W. Craven.
Mis to.
In music the following young
ladies are distinguished as having
nr.
...
n iu i ui i'v .i u-
and over, during t lie entire session
First distinction Grace Gibson
and Ada Craven. IT.
Second distinction Lizzie Host.
The other young ladies are dis
tinguished in the order named:
.Misses Fannie Strieker, Jessie
Page, F.lhv Ridetihour, Nettie An
derson. Juanita Coltrane, Fannie
Lippard. Lucy Lore, Connie ('line.
Of tho-:e who entered school at
Christmas, Kilie Harrier in instru
mental music and Laura Leslie in
vocal music.
LiTEI! A l: Y I E i' A 1 : T M I : X T.
Exclusive of the Primary chis
there are three divisions of the Lit
erary Department.
Li estimating distinctions,
1 c- i
poitiiieiit and Kegubirity of at
tendance as well us scholarship, hac
t ..,,.;,!. .r..,i-
First dii:in Miss Laura Leslie
ind Nettie Anderson. iS; Misses
Inatiita Coltrane, Esther Erin.
Mary Johnston, Jessie Page, '.)'.
Second division Lena Leslie,
Sara Harris, W.
Tliird divi-iiin (mi:'e f!l'!ie
. c ,
v name ninips, ,io. n uio.-e w no
. , t . . L :
entered school at tnnstmas, Dora i
II ix, '.'8; IVssie Petison, ".to.
Special distinction is awarded to
Carrie MehalTey for regularity in
attendance, punctuality and faith
fulness in duties; also, to l"ia Hix
n book-keeping.
The following were advanced from
the Primary to the Intermediate
lepartnieiit : Lucy Lore, Stuart Mt r-
ison, Henry ( 'raven and Lois Graven.
One of the most attractive features
T tho occasion was the exhibit of
he art department, which has al
ready been mentioned. The exhibit
was one of which any institution
iniirht be proud; the different pieces
were too pretty to allow of adequate
description in cold type. Following is
i list of the more important paint
ings, crayons, etc., as space forbids
onr giinr the whole list :
Fannie Y'otini; Oil paintings:
Winter Scene, Marguerites, Peaches.
Cravon drawings: Horse's Head,
Ideal Head, TheAngelus.
Pettie Alexander Crayon draw-
imrs: i ortrair, uin ana J'oirs, iueai
Head, Mandoliwata,Antique Studies.
Oil paintings: Morning Glories, Ped
ho ;CS.
Laura Smith Oil paintings: A
Woodland Reach, Water Lillies,
Peonies, Swallows, Spring Scene,
Child's Head.
p.essie (iibson Oil paintings:
Pi urns. The Old Darn, Water Li I-
r. l II' I ll'f.. 1 t' .
ies, i lie v recK, inter cicone,
placqut", Marguerites, placque, Hol
lyhocks, banner. Crayon drawing:
Storm at Sea.
Esther Ervin Oil paintings: Per-
cheron Horse. Dutch Boats, Straw
berries, Daisies and Clover, Ked
Lily. Crayon darwings: Study of
Cats, The Mad Dog, Landscape.
nnie Cannon Pastel painting:
Sunrise off Newport.
Maggie Cannon, Addie Cannon,
Mary Fetzer, Morrison Fetze, Louis
Smith Collections of Charcoal Stud
ies from Objects and Nature.
Connie Cline, Ib-fsie Campbell,
Lois Craven, Stuart Morrison, Lind
say lloss Freehaud Drawings.
I' lie Flrmiou.
The firemen met Monday. There
was a full meeting aud an enthusi
astic one. A member said to us:
"Tell the people we want more
members." The following are the
officers for next year: Jno. W.
Fink, President of Hose and Peel
Co.; D. L. Post, Chief; J. W. Propst,
Ass'L Foreman, M. L. Stuart, Secre
tary; W. L. Bell, Treasurer.
HE
Sam I'rvin notl Hip Triimsi.
We always thought Concord's
public men were brave as well as
efficient in the discharge of their
duties, and now that belief is
strengthened by the way Sam Ervin,
the assistant Express agent, and ice
cream man, faced a ''gentleman of
the road" last night.
As usual Sam met the mid night
train, and received a considerable
amount of money through the ex
press. A suspicious looking char
acter, bearing the resemblance of a
tramp of experience-was standing by
''sizing np things." When Evin ar
rived at the otlice he neglected to
lock the door after liitn, as he in
tended to remain in the ofiioe some
time. Hut his peace was soon dis
turbed, for the tranp haunted him
there, lie said a gallon of whiskey
ought to be there for him, and
impudently insisted on Sam's leaving
the money at the desk, and looking
for the ju
Sam told him the j
ofiioe was not open, that his presence
were no longer desired, and he could
either take the door-route, or the
bullet-route, and presented his pis
tol; the tramp bade Sam a reluctant
"Good-niirht."
Tho (iruvc ol- limllifr Six hit.
The following letter explains
itself and gbos us interesting infor
mation for which we express our
thanks. Now how about the grave
and home of Zacchous Wilson.?
lLvui:is!:i i:ii, N. C, June 7.
Mcssrs'Editors: I see in your issue of
the fifth iust that von wish to know
where James Harris, one
the
signers of the Mecklenburg Declara
tion of Indv-pondenee is buried. I
am glad to be able to inform you, he
is buried at the Spears graveyard
which is s",uat-.--l near the public
roaa icattmg iroju uo,- '''C
church to P:onc,r Mtlls ad -out mid- j
Why between the : wo places. j
lie lived abouf a quarter of a mile
south of where I lock v LMver church I
now stand-, on t!.e laud now owned
by S. W. Harris.
Yours re-pect fully,
S. F. IIaki:is.
! I.ono Star Xf.
Pel I heard a few davs
his brother Lcmlev, and
Mr. Jim. A. Sims from Soutiiwood
Sloan, both of w lioin left Cabarrus
about 10 years airo. am
!ire ,!0W 111 j
Narunu County, Texas. They say
corn i-j looking unusually we'l, but
cotton is backward on account of the
..Vi'
si vol v wet spring. Some corn
has Ikcii "laid y,'
while other corn
and cotton is to iv planted vet. I hey
. . , ., .
a poillics is waisl ueeji loeie,
and candidates are "as thick as
grass hopper.," which means more
in Texas ! ban it does here. Then
are fifteen candidates there for one
county office.
ICoi'il Mine I. I -.
The Peed niineis booming.
'I here is too much careie.:snf ss iu
the mails.
Blackberries are ripening, at.d the
people w ont starve for a w hile.
Pev. Mr. Honeycutt will preach
at Pine Bin IT on the fifth Sunday.
There is some talk of a runaway
match in this neighborhood. Old
folks keep one eye on your gals.
Crops are looking fine in this
section. A heat and oats are being
harvested and it wont be long till
the buzzing of the thresher will be
heard in the land.
We h ive not heard from tiie Cox
Mine yet. The manager, J. S. Tur
ner, will start it eoon. There is
gold on that mine, for S. A. Black
found 80 dwt. of gold in three pans
full. That gets there, dont it? But
Mr. Black has not, showed his gold
yet.
Patrick.
Ji J 4 -----
!3iirr:iit H'nr Hh:trruH !
At Davidson College Mr. Gil
Ion has just won the essayist medal,
and now comes the good news we
have been expecting for some time,
that Mr. Tliom is K. Winecoff i3 to
deliver the valedictory. He stands
first in his class and this is tho case
for the time of four years. Mr.
Winecrff is to go next, year to Van
derbilt University, Tenn., where he
enters upon a theological course.
While congratulating Cabarrus, we
hope to chronicle the fact that a
Cabarrus boy has won the orator's
medal, to be delivered next Wednes
day night.
Lk vksvilik, N. C, June 7. A
pall of sadness overspreads the com
munity in the death of Johnnie
King, a young man of the bethle
hem community. He and another
young man went into the river w ash
ing. After sw iming across the river
several times, on the last trip Mr.
King sank and was drowned. It is
supposed he was taken with the
cramp.
CONCOllD, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNu 13, 1S0.
ALL 01 'EI! T J ESTATE.
Wcldon thinks the coming, census
will, give it 2,500 people.
Mr J no. A. I'.lair, one of the old
est citizens of High Point, died Sat
urday morning.
The Hickory Press and Carolinian
is advocating another railroad for
the hustling little town.
Tomorrow Rev. Thos. Dixon will
deliver the Literary Address at
Wake Forest commencement.
Five hundred gallons of crooked
whiskey was sold recently, at Greens
boro, by revenue officials. And so it
goes.
We see it h stated that bishop
I'i'izjerald, that son of Carolina of
whom her people are proud, will re
side in ( 'alifornia.
Don. A. I.cazer, of V ooivsville,
last week delivered the address at
the closing exercises of Farmington
.Academy, Davie county.
Dr. Johns, of Leaksville, a
staunch Democrat, has resigned the
chairmanship of the Rockingham
Democratic Lxecutive ( oniniittoe.
Senator Stafford cwns the largest
vineyard in the world, li is in Te
hama county, ('a!., and covers '.S,--1
acres.
! In Wilmington, only forty-one
j dog collars have been bought. It
j seems the dog-law will not overflow
I the city treasury of revenue.
I A well known physician of Greens
j boro. it is learned, will give up his
I practice ami will build a hospital
there, of winch he will take charge.
The Northen Methodist bishops
have passed re olutions condemning
the people of North Carolina for
driving the crank, Joiner, from its
borders.
Mrs. 0 rover Cleveland presided at
the flower stand of a charity fair in
New York Thursday evening, and
sold roses as fast as she could hand
I hem out at '!' each.
J here were thirtv-seven irradiates
;;t ,he s;llcln Female Academy this
y,..ir They could afford to lose s
many, though, out of v'oO pupils,
Then- are K,00O alumnae.
A liah-i'.di man in hi
a copy of the Ulst.-r County Gazette
of I he date of January t, lsoo, con-:
taining an account of tue tleath of
Gcoi-lv Wasluhiiton.
Mr. .!. I. L::nier, ot ralisdury. is
".-eparing to start another bi:r dis
tillery at that n'ace. It will have a
capacity of about one
llidl ed t iisil-
els per day. and wiil be running by
Auirust. 1st.
State Caiifederale Veterans' F.xe-
cutive Committee met at Kaleieh
Saturday and definitely decided (
begin an active campaign at once;
for the erection of a Confederate1
Soldiers' Horn.-. Twin-City Daily, j
A correspondent of the Durham!
Sun propos, a the name of Hon. W. i
D. Pruoeii for Chief .In-iico of bis I
State, inasmuch as "there seems to
be a determination for a change. We
sniff it in the breezes."
A. T Abernethy, pr. fes.-or of
modern languages iu l.utlieiford
College, North Carolina, is only
eighteen years old. lie is probably
the youngest teacher to bear tho title
of professor in I lie State.
Chadboiirne News: Mr. J. X. j
Dor-vy anticipates ripe watermelons
by the lTith inst. He has seven
acres and thousands of lit tie melons,
lie shipped them by the car load
hist year besides furnishing the
country at large.
liov. J. T. Bagwell is holding spe
cial services in Mecklenburg county
in connection with his work, and
great crowds are flocking to hear
him. The people of t harlotte go
out in full force to his country
churches. T w i n - C i ty D a i 1 y .
This, from the Salisbury Watch
nun, looks like business for Stanly:
"150 convicts and sixty mules, under
charge of Mr. Murry, went down to
Stanly yesterday to begin work im
mediately on the Yaelkin railroad.
This force will work from the Stanly
line in the direction of Norwood.
Paloigh News and Observer: Miss
Fht.i May Troy, formerly of Favette
vi lie, aud daughter of Hon. T. C.
Troy, ex-State Senator from Cum
berland and Harnett, was married at
the Methodist Church, Ashevill ", N.
C, yesterday, the 5th, to Mr. Horace
Alexander Wyche. of Waynesviile.
Durham Sun: In some sections
eif Chatham county the farmer.-: re
po: t the wheat crop as cumin:: in
lx't tor than once expected, but tak
ing the county over it is a failure.
Corn, cotton and tobacco are all
very promising and the industrious
farmer has good reasons to expect a
bountiful crop.
Laurinbnrg Exchange: Mr. E.
W. Manship, who lives in Wolf Pit
township, says that during the
thunder storm last Saturday niirht
he looked out. of a window and saw a
ball of fire the size of his double
fists go whirling by, whistling like a
rifle ball and strike an oak tree,
splintering it to pieces.
Some crank has been estimating
the decline in the stature of the
human race, and finds that at the
present rate the race will disappear
by the "stature of limitation," we
might say, about the year 400o, A.
D. In order to check this tendency
let every one stand as high as possi
ble. Statesville Landmark: Dr. T. J.
Corpening, who bad been sick for
a week at the resilience or ins orotu-
in-law, Dr. J. L. Laxton, in Mor-
BARB.
ganton, died Monday night and was
buried there Tuesday. Cotton
and corn are growing magnilicantly.
Both are (dean and there never was
a tiner prospect for cither. Wheat
harvest has commenced and by the
last of next week the bulk of the
crop will be cur. Wheat has im
proved greatly within the past, four
weeks but the crop will be short
not much over the half of a full
crop, perhaps.
Wadesboro Messenger: The ver
diet is i.n iniinous that cotton looks
better in this section than it ever
did before at this season. Corn
is not so good, but there are chances
for it yet. The prospect now is that
I the crops will be as good this year
as they were sorry last. o
are informed by Messrs Marshall &
Little, business agents for the Wades
bore Jbown Stone Quarry, that the
pay roll for hdor of that, quarry
averages at lea-t $1,000 per month,
during the dull season, and at times
a much larger sum than that is ex
pended monthly.
It seems like wonders never cease
iu Chatham county, at least as long
as the Chatham Kecord is iu exist
ence. Here is the latest from that
paper: "Did you ever heir of a cat
hatching chickens? Well, such a
strange event occurred in Chatham.
A few weeks ago the wife of ?dr.
Matthew Seymour, of New Hope
township, put some eggs in a basket,
and soon afterwards noticed that the
cat laid down on the eggs, and it
continued to lie there day after day,
until at last a chicken was hatched
from every egg, eleven in number."
Tlic I.iMiihiiiim l.oll-ry Ami'iKliiiciit.
Uatox Pougk, June 7. The
text of the proposed lottery amend
ment has been made public under
the following caption: An act
providing for submission to the
electors of the State for the adoption
or rejection of an amendment to the
constitution of the State by insert
ing therein: "An article on levee,
schools, charities, pensions and
drainage.' The proposed amend
ment embraces a contract between
th. State and John A. Morris and
associates under which for the priv
ilege for twenty-live ears from
.Iiiin-ni- Is! IS'll MoVris Xr f'o
:Sve to p-iy the Mate .y.,W,OOU,
I,0' 'M'";' l';'. P
'mr en' 1 r?v,slon el llUo niu'le
;"r tie- expenditure (if the money to
te received !y the State annually, as
fi-
' '. i
lows: i-or puiHic schools
0; for levees s')"0,000, for chari-
ties and rons-ons s'iOo.oOO to the
citv of New Orleans for drainage :
and
imtarv purposej
Sl 00,000.
I li'.s measure will be introduced oti
Monday next.
I'.v.iM' of it I's;crnIi.
Makiox, N. C, Juno lhif
afternoon the hands on Burgins :i
C .- works discovered that
discovered that some one .
had stolen their clothes, provisions,
etc.. inciuding a " calibre pistol, the
property of Noah Briscoe. The
men caught the thief who is a large
buck negro called "Big Jean" and
brought him to the shanty. They
I hen went after a warrant, leaving
Noah Ibiscoo to guard the thief un
til the polite arrived. After all bad
gone "Big Jean" drew the pislol lie
had stolen from Noah Briscoe and
shot at him three times, striking
him in the left hip and in the left
side, below the heai t. Briscoe was
shol about :i o'clock and lived about
one hour. Ho told who shot him.
"Big Jean" litis not been captu red.
t.
iiiiiiilaliiu in F.i;jil.
London', June 1. The most appal
ling accounts are received of the
sufferings of the people in Upper
Egypt and along the scene of the
expedition for the relief of Gordon.
It is said that the inhabitants, driv
en desperate by starvation, feed on
each other, while all kinds of ani
mals, however loathsome, are eagerly
sought for food. The wretched
people light with each other for
morsels, and hundreds are perishing
daily. Failure of crops is said to
cause this awful misery, though the
wars in which British ambition for
territory has prominently figured
have doubtless bad their influence in
causing the failure of the crops.
Indeed, it is said that the slaughter
of male population left the devasta
ted reirion without suUicient. man
labor to raise crops.
A baler of tobacco asked an old
negro woman, the fumes of whose
pipe were annoying to him, if she
t bought she was a Christian. "Yes,
brudder, 'specs lis." "Do you be
lieve in the Bible:-" "Yes, brudder."
"Do you know there is a passage in
the Scriptures which says that noth
ing unclean shall enter the kingdom
of Heaven:-'" "Yes I've heard of
it." "Well, Chloe, you smoke, and
there is nothing so unclean as the
breath of a smoker. What do you
say to that?" "Why, F spects to
leave mv breff behind when I go
dar."
New York, June 9. Wan ants
were issued this morning by U. S,
Commissioner Shields for the arrest
of about thirty people who refused to
answer the questions propounded by
census enumerators, ana in some
Teases assaulted them.
I'roirrrss ol'llif All in tire.
The most, encouraging reports
come from all parts the country iu
reference to the progress of the Alli
ance in membership and education.
The increase in membership is not
only in new Stales, but in those long:
organizeu and in winch it was sup
posed that the territory was com
pletely covered. Indiana has organ
ized her State Alliance, and West
Virginia only waits for a convenient
time. In New York two counties
hava the necessary number of subs
to permit organization, and the work
is started at other places. In Cali
fornia the first county has been or
ganized, and the work will no doubt
proceed with accelerated speed.
Everyw here the necessity for organi
zation is recognized, and th;; people
are inquiring what shall we do?
Not only iu the Alliance, but in two
great friendly orders, the Knights
of Labor and the Colored Alliance
and Co-operative Union, the same
gratifying improvement is noted.
The same principles underlie these
three greatest organizations, and in
all tho educational progress is mark
ed. Economist.
A Terrific Kxilsiki.
Maxsfikld, O., June 4. At 4.-30
o'clock this afternoon, during a hea
vy storm, lightning struck Tracy &
Avery's powder house, located about
a mile east of the city. The house,
is said to have contained two tons of
powder, which exploded, causing a
tremendous report. Hundreds of
windows in tho city were broken,
china and glassware were knocked
from shelves and people thrown
from their feet. .Many buildings in
the vicinity were badly wrecked.
Two frame dwelling houses on the
opposite side of the street from the
magazine were leveled to the ground,
scarcely air. thin z remaining to show
that they were dwellings. One of
the houses was vacant; the other
was occupied by Henry Koost, his
wife and two children. The hus
band was absent at the time of the
explosion. A six month old baby
was instantly killed, it being muti
lated beyond recognition. The
mother and other child, two years
old, were blown over a hundred
feet away and are thought, to be fa
tally iniuivd. Nothing remains of
the powder house; the Orteks are
scattered in all directions, some be-
inir found a ouartor of a mile dis
tant. The explosion was heard ten
miles distant. Fully three thousand
people have visited the scene.
Joy Killed Him.
Joii.kt. 111., June 4. Bernard
Haley, a life convict, who received
, i t,
I worn a iew oaysago mat ms sentence
had been commuted, and that he
would be free next October, drop
ped dead yesterday while telling his
good fortune to Neebe, the Anarchist.-
His excessive joy undoubtedly
produced heart disease. The dead
man was an iron moulder at Pock
Island. On his marriage day he
and a number of companions were
celebrating, and in an altercation
with the police captain, the officer
was killed.
Tll .! m I.OIICI-J.
Nkw YoitK, Jnne 4. The Times'
Bismarck (X. D.) special says that
the efforts to secure a charter for the
Louisiana lottery in North Dakota
are being renewed with great, energy.
The State is swarming with agents
of the lottery, and it is said 5,000,
000 will be expendeel with a view to
securing the election of a Govornor
and legislature favorable to the
scheme.
Kosl-iKil IteemiHe n X'tfro was Ap-
IMlilltdl.
New York, June 5. The Sun's
St. Louis special says that Shcppard
Kuapp, son of the former proprietor
of the Republican, Col. Geo. Knapp
has resigned his position m the
money order department of the post-
office because a negro has been ap
pointed to a clerkship in the office.
m
IoikI Unrt Iu South Carolina.
Coi.t MiUA, S. 0., June G. A large
section of Hampton County was del-
ugod by a cloud burst on Wednes
day. The crops have been greatly
damaged. In many places, the fields
are perfectly bare, and not more
than a halt crop can be made. It is
impossible now to estimate the dam
age. .Many ot the liuoiic roans are
blockaded by fallen trees, and some
bridges have been floated away.
SlM' ;iiillri'il Killoil.
ST. Paul, Minn., June 5. A spe
cial from Sioux Falls, S. D., to the
Dispatch says that during a storm
yesterday, lightning struck the
Blissman school . house, IS miles
southeast of Flandeure, S. D., kill
ing sixteen children.
An Alliance in Davidson county
has expelled their President upon
the following charges: "First, for
using language in open Alliance
calculated to disorganize; second
for denouncing our State Organ, the
Progressive Farmer; third, for put
ting wrong constructions on the de
mands made by the alliance for the
purpose, as we think, of misleading
the members." Progressive Farmer.
A lady about thirty years of agf,
was heard to say : "Mama, I want
you to tell the census enumerator I
am twenty-two."
WHOLE NO. 125.
SIMJIARV,
The people of Louisiana will be
called upon to vote upon the Lottery
question as an amendment to the
constitution. The scale of u-.,.
ges for the Pennsylvania iron work
ers has been settled for the ve:.r
The war vessels of the squadron of
eoiuuon sail lor J'.razil, except the
Yorkfown, which is ordered home
on account of injury to her steerin"
ipparatus. I'he Senate committee
makes rapid progress on t he tariff
bill. ItwillprobabIy .be reported
to the senate early next week.
Three freight trains are wrecked to
gether on the Illinois Central road.
Three negroes are executed iii
Texas for the murder of a white
man. All confessed their mi ill-
General 11. Lindsay Walker, of Co
lumbia, Va., died Saturday.
The Richmond & Danville rail
road will soon build a road to Bris
tol, Tenn., via Wilkeshoro, N. C.
President Carnot has pardoned
seventy-two convicted strikers and
refused pardons to twenty other con
victs, the latter mostly foreigners.
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I lie House passes the silver
bill. Many Republicans expressed
themselves as opposed to it, but were
compelled to support it. Mr. Cou
ncil, of Nebraska, Republican,
warned Reed against carrying his
tyranny too far. The Senate
passed Saturday one hundred and
twenty private pension bill
The steamer Captain from Liverpool
was on Monday surrounded by hun
dreds of iceburgs. Several in
oculated rabbits have been stolen
from a Chicago medical college.
The transatlantic steamer City of
Rome came near being wrecked
Sunday morning. Iu a don so fog
she struck a reck, but was back
ed off of it. She was so close to
tho perpendicular cliff that one pas
senger picked a flower from it be
fore she backed off. She reached
Liverpool safely yesterday.
Five men, officers and cmr loyes of
the Iaman line of bteuiaers, have
been arrested inXcvvYorlc for smug
gling on a' big scale. The
east bound mail traiu on the North
Pacific road was held up androbbe-d
in North Dakota by two masked
men Saturday niht. They ridod
the mail sacks but aro outwitted by
the express messenger who locks
his safe and leaves tho car- The
passcngeis are not troubled.
Bank-wrecker Pell of New York,
has been sentenced to inprisonmcnt
for seven years and six months in
tbeSlatc prison Tti.'V.Di' Jains
C Merffat, professor emeritus of
church history at Princeton College,
died cn Sunday Rev. J. D.
Kuicst died in his pew in Emanuel
church, Philadelphia, Sunday night,
A buffalo escapes from the
Smithsoniau grounds and attacks:
pedestrians. Seven men and
fifteen horses were killed iu a rail
road disaster inMissouri yesterday
The Mayor of Baltimore has signed
the ordinance for the sale of the
city's stock in the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad The street ear
strikers in Cincinnati prevent the
company tunning their cars. The
police are powerless against the
mob- Military protect ion is to bo
asked for The business portion
of Colchester, Conn., was destroyed
by fire yesterday morning. A
band of Cheyenne Indians vvajdnj
and slay a ranchman and several
of Ins men in Montana. The
Indians are thoroughly armed and
great excitement prevails among the
settlers. Senator Hoar proposes
to provide, by amendment to the
constitution, for the election of
postmasters by the people The
Senate discussed a bill prohibiting
vessels bound for foreign ports rc-
I fusing to recive cattlo as cargo.
It is reported that Proctor Knott,
jpanker, Really and Huntress were
among the horsej killed in tho rail
road wreck yesterdaj. At the
Morriss Parkjraces yesterday Tcntiy
made his in 1.-10. The 'conven
tion to nominate Senator Carlisle's
successor is in session in Louisville.
Eveiy county in the district has one
candidate, some more than one,
A Colli-xjk Crisis. Hope Col
lege is in trouble. It is also in
Holland, Mich., as the Eastern
reader will be glad to know, for the
sake of local color.
Hope College hoped for a refresh
ing Commencement and is in de
jection because the Seniois decline
to commence. The trouble origi
nated in the fact that a Senior re
cently took a young lady to ride in
a buggy, an offense for which the
Faculty expelled him. J he r acuity
holds that buggy-riding with a best
girl is a practice, as Justice Shal
low would say, "most tolerable and
not to be endured." The Professors,
mindful of their ow n experie-nce in
"the slippery paths of youth," do
not, think it well for young nun to
perfect themselves in the art of
driving with one hand in that way.
They think it unsafe for a youth
to learn the anatomical truth that a
man's arm may be "out of place"
without pain or permanent detri
ment to the limb. Thev desire to
preserve the illusion that conjuga
lion is confined to the Latin grain
mar. They fear the acquisition of
the worldly wisdom winch a buggy
ride imparts; Avhercfore the expul
sion of the Senior.
Put tho other members of the
Senior class, finding themselves, a
college students often do, unable to
agree with the Faculty iu opinion,
have unanimously declined to take
part in the Commencement exercises
unless their comrade is restored to
his place amoug them.
The Faculty, appalled by the pros-
THE STANDARD.
LAlUilvST VWVM
-I'UJiLisiiF.D is co:coi;d
C0NTA1XS MOKE KHADiXit
MATTER THAN ANY OTIiiv:
PAPEK IN THIS SIXTIOX
pect, have be.-i.iu
youth to return am
it tlio expellel
i-s-nre-l him that
all will be forgiven, hut
o!dii r-
if.a,. ....'.. . . . i i
Mi
tional in-iiievnient " thev have ex
pelled a whole preparatory ( lass.
The enib u-ra-s!)i..if ; ii.i.ir,,;
i-i-n ieiii-es. u o ir . ) ... .i . i
The baccalaureate sermon can !.(3
preached and degrees conferred, btiG
t he eloiptcnee of l he Seniors is mis
ing and the multitudes who expect
ed to learn ripe wisdom ceuvr'uiug
"The Wei Ispri tigs of Kistence,"
''The Reformation of National
Character," "The True Aim of Life,"
"The Ideal and the Real," and all
the rest of it, by a sojourn at Hope;
College, are doomed to disappoint
ment. The Faculty have sa lly sinned,
ami sadly do 'they repent " them of
their rashness iti interfering with the
inalienable right of the American
youth to take his 1 '.. G . out. riding.
LiKrTsK7riTn"i-:s.
WIT A X I) 'I'll I I'll A Uo IT eo( ol;ld
ItoNi: M si NKW.
To bring tilings home to our
readers we .will mw introduce tho
only reliable, original, Jesse F.
Willeford. It is of no use to parade
his character to the people for every
body knows Jess. Ho is the friend
of everybody and if you want to get
the whole truth out of him, start;
hinion some war story or about his
fishing at Sinithsville.
Tho interest he manifests iu things
pertaining to the war is commended
by all and he would walk 10 miles
to do an old comrade in arms
favor. Ue is a combination man
and it will take a smart man to
unlock him. lie is merchant, drum
mer, magistrate, ticket igeiit, Sec
retary to every known secret society
in existence aud is trying to rai-e
(aud will do it) funds to erect a
monument to our Co;, federal deal.
He chews up l is own f anipl. s or
tobacco, never fails in his attendance
at church, marri.-s people wit!'.. eat.
fee and for the fun of it, and ren
ders his decisions in a in euistretes
trial like he had
lel-
utho
for so doing than Rattle's Rovis.a!.
His very looks indicate guod living
and any drink stronger thati ic-d
tea nauseates him. lie was hardy
old enough io join the 'loyal Arca
ii'iin and doe -5 not we.r knee
breeches.
N. D. r'et.er, I lie handsome drug
gist, is of rigid ago to enjoy himself
and in sporting circles, would not be
considered a light weight, lie vis
its Wilmington, ami is fond of fish
ing sonic say that ho had other
fish to fry in making those visits, on
account of this, people aro disposed
to call him an Odd Follow. Ho
deals in drug--, ptiuts. oils, fanoy
goods and milk shakes. In military
parlance, ho was a "Junior R-sorvc"
and took first honor at Reiifoiisville;
Sherman presented tho medal. He
bore his honors with characteristic
modesty but has not since aspired to
higher military fame. lb- recom
mends bilod beans to his customer.:
and takes "OfTner Rakokzey" him-,
self, lie is a fancy gardener and be
lieves millet, orchard grass, and timo
thy, with a liberal addition of ship
stuff aud e-ottoii seed, a good feed
for cows, lie is a zealous member
of the Y. M. C. A. and sustains ful
ly the name of a good man. lie is a
widower and is proverbial for hi.3
good nature, lie was born in tha
valley of Virginia and deals in
Duke's cigarettes.
Illinois fiii'i-:il..
Si-niXfiFlEM), 111., June '). Tho
delegai.es to the Democratic State)
Convention were yesterday polled a t
to their choice of candidates foi:
President and N ice President for tho
Democratic party in lS'xl, with the
follow ing result:
Cleveland, P.iine r, o7; IITR
7; Abbott, X; Whit no v, '2. Vice-President:
Gray, 3SI; Palmer, 1 12; Mor
rison, -!; Black, oi'; Stroughton, 27.
An ancient and remarkable clock:
has been recently set up in the read
ing room of the municipal library
at Rouen, France. A single wind
ing keeps it running fourlcn year-;
and some odd month.-'. It. was con
structed in D's2, iiini.-rwcnt altera
tions in LSD;, wa? bought by tin'
citv of Rouen in IK" and has been
recently repaired and set going.
A lot r.f mii ir at work
clotuiing- tho w;i.lls of the enpi
ted n the west nnd north
fncos, removing t :ie d':irk sub
stance which forms upon the?
granite. This is duo to tho
weather. On Hie. north faoj
the eliscoior.it ion is great.
Raleigh Corresponelent Wil
j mingt (n Mos-enger
Diirliani (JloLe: Two color
el barbers in town unlerteol:
to settle a difli cully with .t
boMle and a razor yesterday.
Ono. of them cut the othe?
quite severely on the leg.
Both were before tho mayo:
this morning ami were bomi I
over to court in a justifk' I
bond of $100 each.
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