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r.v caiuni:.
. m.-,ir of lliy font fall
iih m-:iivi'Iv left the stair,
'itIuh-s of'tliy cherry tones
iin'
ih):.tiii.j; u the air,
'n'.. m ure:iiV
davs to come
many a sigh of pain,
uoiiilcr how my heart fan wait
we s-lm'.l iiH'-t again.
,i('cl aain ! To meet thee,
in tiie iays of old,
. ii,c ine fair star beam
1 u.ti' the lii-rlil'x dark fold.
;i::ivt-r, with lowly spirit,
,t liUper vet again :
.: i.il will keep my darling
,iill w' muet !:.;ain.
MISS VINNIE'S BEAU,
TKVK, is
I.l "NC.ER.
HIP. BtAC NO
;ieli
, N. Y., October (I The
at eh from New Orleans,
liu aliened breaking off of
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.ig.igemcnt between Mir-s Win
:iis and Alfred Wiikisnn, of
cit v, cnaled no end of c.uite-
among Syracuse society eople.
. Alfred 'Wilkinson is out of
Tliom.is Kiiiore, son of Gen
'nicrv at whose house Miss
rill
Mi.
v.:i a guest when she hrst mrt
i!l.inson. said that lie hail no
!.e infoniiati'-n , regarding the
: ili.tt the engagement hud bee n
li. bill tli.it he Jul not believe
stnie. lie saul tha as far as
; rt 5iqo!ieineiit wa-- eon
,1. he knew i licit no time hail
been for tho wedding.
There has been a report' he
. " thar the wedding had been
i.ine.1 from September to next
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it w
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l-'T!
ee
said
lot
Juiiv, but I don't believe Miss Davis
ever intended to marry earlier than
that any way. She would not mar
ry In-fore then out of respect to her
father's memory. As a matter of
fact, Mr. Wilkinson iliil not suffer
any considerable loss in the burning
of the family home.'
Another friend of the Wilkinson
family said, that in all probability
there was not a word of truth in the
lvp.nt, and that he was at the house
last night.and understood that prepa
rations were going on for the wed
ding. Winn a reporter called at the
Wilkij son home, in the Dillac block,
he was to'd that Alfred Wilkinson
uu not in. His siter was seen, and
was a?ked whether there was any
tn.tb in the dispatch from New Or
kiK Without asking for the de
tails of t!ie dispatch. Miss Wilkinson
faU:
-That is entirely a private matte.-.
I: i- nothing for the public to
know a' "ut anv way."
Mi.-s Wilkinson decliued to deny
: allinn the report about the en
irii.vnient being severed.
About the time, of Miss Datis'
return fn.in Europe a gentleman in
this eity received a request for cer-
tain iht' irniation concerning Alfred
Wilkinson and his family.
1 lie lV'iiu-st came from a point
lnn.'lr.ils .f miles from Syracuse.
'!!; person of whom the inquiry
wu made understood that it had
sotuethinq to do with Mr. Wilkin
Jori's relations with Miss Davis, and
lie answered it at length. The points
touched upon by the inquirer related
t"1 Mr. Wilkinson's habits, associa
bi.", hi standing in his profession,
i::coiiii-, etc.
Tiie failure of Wilkinson & Co.
was particularly inquired into. The
iri'i rtirer wanted to know how the
Wilkinsons stood before the failure,
and how that event was regarded by
the community. He aked for coin
ji te information concerning the
transfer by members of the firm of
Certain property before they assigned,
the subsequent efforts of creditors
t) realize on that property, as to
u'hat proportion of the firm's debts
hi 1 been paid, and how the family,
which Alfred is a member, had
'rn supported since the failure.
Atlanta Constitution.
A Buy" Yarn.
The latest Munchausen story was
related by a .boy who was begging in
tlie streets of Plymouth the other
'lay. lie said he was a cabin bov 0.1
'"iid an American liner, and for
(iik' of his mischievous pranks was
healed up in an empty watercask,
twili only the bunghole to breathe
through. On the following night a
'null came up; the ship wentdown
i b all on board except himself,
ih" cask containing him havin
i' 1 over into the sea on a sudden
birch of the vessel. Fortunately it
kept bang up, and after thirty
bonis, floating about it was cast on
'h" roust where, after he had made
(lop-rate efforts to release himself,
lie gave himself up to die. Some
'ows strollfng along the beach were
iiuracteo to the cask, and in switch
ing around it one of them accident
ally dinped her tail in the bunghole,
which the boy grasped immediately,
"''I kept bold of with admirable
solution. The cow started off, and
idler running about 300 yards the
cask struck againit a rock, amk was
knocked to pieces. After wandering
about for several days lie hailed a
vessel, was taken on foard and car
'i'd to Falmouth. Pdrmingham
Mercury.
at raged Erin Gintlemin, I wild
l"ike to aslik t him Amerikins wan
thing: Who doog tho canals of the
country but furriners? Who built
the railroads uv thecoontry but fnr-
rm rs ? Who worruks the mines of
ihe country furriners ? Who
do. s the voti the coontry but
i'r 1 uicrs 7ho dishoovered
th-coontry . lUrriners? Life,
eryopten the shoemaker's first
resort 13 the last, Yonkers Gazette.
VOL. III. NO. 40.
ELEVEN PERSONS i ILLED.
TIIE
THEORY OF TIIE WORKMEN
UKMARKABLE ESCAPES.
-SOME
Wilmington, Del., Oct. 8. Elev
en persons were killed and twenty
injured in yesterday afternoon's ex
explosion at the Dupont powder
mi lis. Those who were killed were
all working in and about the maga
zines and mill; and except in the
rase of three, Win. II. Green, Wm.
MeCJarver, and Patrick Dougherty,
were blown to puces, so that only
fragments of their remains have
been found.
The body of Patrick Dougherty
wis found this morning in the water
of a race along the creek shore,
where it had been thrown by explo
sion. The body f Green was found
just outside the ruins of the maga
zine in which the first explosion oc
curred, and, strange to say, was not
mangled or burned.
It is the theory of the workmen
that the explosions were started in
some way bv a soldering iron which
(liven was using in soldering tin
covers on cans of powder. This
work is extremely dangerous, and
Cii en was the only man trusted to
perform it. He was n old c-nip'ov-ie
who thoroughly nn-'erstood his
work, but it is; supposed his soldering
iron became too hot. and that its
beat lired the powder in spite of his
carefulness.
(Ireen and MeGarvey were the
on!v men in the magazine at the time.
Ki: iy ! ports of the disaster placed
Daniel iiarkins' name in the list of
killed by the explosion, but Iiarkins
was not killed, although he was se
verely injured; when the explosion
begati he was ttauding on the porch
of the press mill, where he is em
ployed, and the force of the explo
sion blew him from the porch into
the race, a distance of about 20 feet.
Immediately afterwards, the press
mill exploded and had Iiarkins been
standing on the porch he would have
been blown to atoms. As it was he
was severely bruised and shocked,
but managed to crawl out of the race
and reach his home, where he now
lies under care of physicians, lie
will probably recover.
John Dietz, James Grant and
James 1 lager, were nHn reported kill
ed, but til' three escaped without in
jury. John Drader employed by the
powder manufacturers as teamster,
had a miraculous escape, lie was
driving a double team through the
powder yard, when the explosion oc
curred, and bis wagon was demol
ished, and the horses attached to it
were killed, and Brader was not hurt.
The wounded are being cared for
by neighbors and friends, and the
ead bodies prepared for burial.
Wm. Green will be buried this after
noon, inree or tour hunureu home
less people are provided with com
fortable quarters by their friends liv
ing 111 more favored localities, and
will be looked after till their homes
can be restored.
County Coroner Gam pie is sum
moning a jury this morning for the
purpose of viewing Wm. E. Green's
remains, so that they may be inter
red. It may be two or three days
before he will be ready to hear testi
mony, as witnesses are busy clearing
away debris from their homes, aild
do not wish to be interrupted until
thev have bad the opportunity of
saving some less perishable articles
from amid the wreckage of their
homes.
The original powder works were
founded by Eleu there Irene Dupont
De Nemours in 1802, and the upper
mills, where yesterday's explosions
occurred, were added to the plant in
and since 1812. The total works
is they exist today, have a capacity
for turning out twelve million
pounds of powder annually and the
firm Dupont De Nemours & Co. own
and operate also ten additional mills
in Luzerne, Schuylkill, and North
umberland counties, Penna. In
1SSG they used in their works, inclu
ding the Pennsylvania mills, over
sixteen million pounds of salt petre
and nitrate of soda, the chief ingre
dients ot powder.
The Drandywine plant numbers
in its entirety some eighty different
buildings, extending along the west
ern bank of the creek, and for a
shorter distance on the eastern bank
about two miles. Including the site
ol the nulls, of the dwelling of the
employees, churches, schools, and
other buildings, and the company's
tract on the Hrandywine amounts to
about 2500 acres. Upon this prop
erty besides the the bandings men
tioned are three woolen mills, a cot
ton mill, and the population about
1000 people, of whom over 300 are
employed in the works.
About 75 pounds of human flesh
is all that has been gathered up of
the nine missing men.
In DistrPNN.
Necessity is the mother of inven
tion. Rut the Durham Globe is to
be pitied. Hear the cry of distress
Lives of poor men oft remind us
honest toil don t stand a chance ;
more we work we leave behind us
buffer patches on our pants. On
our pants once new and glossy now
are patches of different hue; all tie
cause subscribers linger and won't
pay up what is due. Then let all
be up and doing; send in yonr mite
be it so small, of when the snows of
winter strike us Ave shall have no
punts at all.
Sum Jones meetings closed 111
Wilmington Monday night The
financial showing gives a collection
of .$1,000, of which $2,000 was appli
ed to the tabernacle fund and $2,000
was presented to Mr. Jones. Mr.
Jones ex pec Is to return there next
Oftokr.
KIXGINO WOHDS.
September 2th President Polk
addressed a letter to II. L. Loueks,
Esq., president of the Farmers' Na
tional Alliauce, of which the follow
ing is a copy:
Ihe time for action prompt, uni
ted, decisive actioii on the part of
the. fanners of the whole country,
is absolutely and imperatively de
manded No argument could ein
phasize this truth so deeply and
indelibly as it has been impressed
by tho alarming and constantly
augiucn ing depression of our agri.
cultural interests. It is written on
tho lintels of almost every farmer's
home in this broad Inn b Impelled
by .the force of its demand, farm
ers of localities, States and sections
have combined in variouR fo.ms of
o' tr niiz tion. Differing only in Dame
or fur in, these various organizations
urw actuated by one common purs
pose, and are guided by one e.ounnon
principle tins elevation and oetter-
meut of the agricultural interests-
of the country. Uut confronting
them all is the stern truth that the
greatest evils under which they so
unjustly suffer ami of which they
so justly complain, ore national in
their character.and that they cannot
be corrected bv local, 'State, or sec
tional remedies. National legisla
tion which discriminates against or
oppresses agriculture in New York,
Iiuliaua or Kansas, affects equally
that into est in Virginia, Georgia or
Texas. Hence, to meet the demands
of the situation, the fanners of the
United States must form one grand
compact national organization.
They must make common cause
against a common danger.
Impelled by these considerations,
and in conformity to tho aims an.
piiueipies of the great Order which
1 have tin honor to represent, I beg
to exte :d to you, and through you
to the brotherhood of your Order,
a most cordial and fraternal invita
tion to meet with our Supreme
.Council at its regular annual session
atOcila, x la., on Taesdaj', the 2i
day of December, lb'DO. Permit me
to suggest that properly accredited
delegates lepresenting your entire
Order or the separate States com
posing it, vested with such power
; s would give them full authority to
act in tho premises, and meeting in
conference with representatives
similarly empowered of the other
organizations, would greatly facili
tate the determination of the great
and vital question whetht-r any
plan can be devised for securing
fraternity and unity of action be-,
tween the farmers of the country.
The National Farmers' Alliance and
Industrial Union now embraces
thirty-live of the States of the
Union, all of which win be repres
sented in our meeting, and I beg to
assure you that the representatives
of your order will be welcomed by
that body with the most cordial
considerations of fraternal regard
and respect. A letter of like import
has this day been mailed to the
chief officers of the Patrons of Hus
bandry, the Farmeis' National
League, the Patrons of Industry,
and the Farmers" Mutual Benefit
Association- Will you kindly indU
cute at your earliest convenience
whether this proposition meets
your approval, aud whether jour
order will be represented? Any in
formation or service I may be able
to render is fre ly at your com
mand. The Democrats must carry every
district possible; they cannot afford
to lose one in Louisiana. The men
who are h"lit:n2 Mr. lilanchard or
who oppose any Democratic" candi
date for Congress in this State; the
men who would cause dissensions
in the oartv ranks today or brino
about a split or division, are allies
of the Republicans, co-operating
with Reed s Congress to oppress
and injure the South. Let them be
known for what they really are
enemies of white supremacy and
civilization. Yours fraternally,
L- L. Poi.k,
Pres. N. F- A- and I. U.
RUBE BURROWS SLAIN.
Memphis, Twin., Oct. 8. Ilube
Burrows, the noted outlaw and train
robber who was captured yesterday
and jailed at Linden, Alar, was shot
and killed about daylignt mis morn
ing by J. C. Carter, one of his cap
tors. Last night Burrows was placed
in the sheriff's office, inside the jail,
under guard of a man named Mc
Duffie, one of his captors, and a ne
gro named Carter. Th other cap
tor was at the hotel, with the money
found on Burrow's person, $17,000,
yesterday when he was arrested.
The outlaw's hands and feet were
tied, and every precaution taken to
prevent his getting away.
Early this morning he complained
of hunger. McDuilie answered that
he had nothing to eat A number
of saddlebags which bad been taken
frem the prisoner were lying in the
room. Looking towards them in a
careless sort of way, the outlaw ob
served, "I have some crackers in my
saddlebags, if you will hand them
to me." McDuffie suspected noth-
ng, and handed the saddlebags over,
without opening them.
Burrows, instead of crac kers-, drew
forth a pair of pistols, and covering
Mc Duffle and the negro,ordered them
to untie him, w hich they did, and
keeping them in front of him, he
walked out of the front door. He
then asked for his money, and start
ed toward the hotel to recover it of
Carter, who had it The latter, of
course, was greatly surprised to see
Burrows, whom he supposed was
bound hand and foot in jail. Bur
rows drew his revolver and demand
ed the money. Carter then opened
fire, and Burrows was killed, while
Carter received an ugly wound in
the breast. The news of the affair
has created intense excitement
Carter is a hero. The extent of his
injuries is not known at preseut
.
Wilson Advance: The only way to
defeat the informous force bill is to
elect a Democratic Congress. There
is no sort of chance for the election
of any white Rapublicans from
North Carolina this year if Demo
crats will only register and organize.
The Republican party does not
threaten Democratic success, but
Democratic inactivity does.
CONCORD, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16,
STATE KOTEft.
Kingston Free Press : Some of our
citizens say is snowed enough to
cover the roofs of houses Sunday
night about 11 o'clock.
Gasionia Gazette : We learn that
the inspector visited Mt Holly a few
days ago and did not find the post
office in a satisfactory condition.
Mount Holly News : Damson and
peach trees are in fall bloom in town
now. Bill Cherry's apple tree is
still white with blooms. What kind
of a climate and soil we have.
Mr. W. II. Privett, a leading citi
zen of Black Creek, when in Raleigh
told the News and Observer that the
tobacco farmers in Wilson county
have averaged $100 an acre this year.
Alfred Belk, who lives near Mon
roe went down to clean out his well,
and while 111 there at wort, was
struck on the head by a falling
plank, and badly hurt. The, wound
is very painful.
Rutherford Banner : Andrew
Clement, an aged gentleman, died
suddenly Monday night at his home
near Bostic Station. He was ap
parently well on Monday, ate a good
supper Monday night, and djed be
fore Tuesday.
Charlotte Chronicle : Col. Living
ston, President of the Georgia State
Alliance; who was anuonnced to
have made a speech in Charlotte yes
terday afternoon, did not come. No
information was received by the chair
man of the Democratic Executive
Committee as to why the Colonel
failed to arrive.
Workman: Our reporter learned
from a prominent director of Greens
boro Female College, who was present
at the meeting yesterday, that the
condition of the College was fonnd to
be flourishing, a state of things truly
gratifying to the city, to the authori
ties and friends of the College, and
to the friends of education generally.
The rainy weather has done a
good deal of damage probably, espe
cially those who raise cotton. The
rains beat it out and stained it up
badly of course, and it will result in
a loss to the cotton growers. Da
vidson don't raise much cotton
though, and the rains have not ma
te mlly damaged other kinds of
crops. Lexington Dispatch.
News and Observer: Several of
the Republican bosses, among whom
are Jno. B. Eaves, Dr. Mott and A.
E. Holton, of Yadkin, are here at
tempting to get things together for
the campaign. It is understood that
they will take steps to carry out the
resolution passed by the executive
committee to secure as full a regis
tration as possible. Chairman Eaves
will make his headquarters here
from now on.
Charlotte Chronicle: A negro
named Geo. McGhee was killed Wed
nesday morning on the! Yadkin Rail
road by a dynamite explosion. He
was one of Capt Fortune's hands,
and with another negro named Pem
berton, was "springing a hole, when
the dynamite exploded by friction, it
is supposed. Mc Gee's brains, part
of his head, and also one hand above
the wrist, were blown off. Pember
ton's eya is said to be out and he is
othr wise badly disfigured. Young
Fortune, a son of Capt Fortune the
contractor, had just left the hole a
few minutes before the explosion oc
curred.
Wiley Madison Williams, of Ral
eigh, was stricken with paralysis on
Monday, and died on Tuesday. He
was a gallant member of Ellis , after
wards Manly's battery. At the cel
ebration of the Mecklenburg Center
nial at Charlotte in 1875, by a pre
mature discharge of a cannon he was
serving, he lost both hands and all
of one arm and a part of the other.
He was m his 47th yeai. lhe Su
preme Court has decided not to grant
a new trial to Steve Jacobs, the Rore
son county desperado, who was sen
tenced to be hanged October 10 for
the murder of three women, lhe ex
ecu tion will accordingly be carried
into effect.
Durham Globe: Dr. T. S. Vickers
to day saw in his garden a snake
about three and one half feet long
that was of a different variety than
any he had ever seen. It resembled
the garter snake, but as it was larger
than his arm and of such great
length, he was unable to tell the
species. The joke on the snake was
what makes this item interesting. It
had caught a large frog, and had it
in its mouth, and was trying hard to
swallow it In its greed to keep the
frog, Mr. Vickers had no trouble in
hastily despatching it The frog es
caped and the 6nake died. Moral
Never try to steal anything, but if
you do, when you are discovered,drop
yonr plunder and make off with your
life. The frog will endorse this logic
if no one else does.
Oxford Ledger : Mr. A. F. Smith,
who resides on the Hillsboro road,
killed a peculiar looking snake a few
da s ago. It was short and about six
inches round, and was very vicious
and fought for its life. The snake
was of the horned species and had' a
hard substance on his tail about two
inches long, and stripes of different
colors running up and down its body,
On the 13th day of August last
a rabid dog attacked two small col
ored children (grandchildren of Job.
Cozat, at Lyons). They were taken
to Durham and a mad stone applied,
On September 25th one of them be
gan to show symptoms of hydropho
bia. Dr. Nash was called in and he
pronounced it a genuine case of ra
bies, and Saturday night the child
died in agony. The other child at
this time shows no signs of the dis
ease. It is supposed they were car
ried to the 6tone too late, as it was
twenty four hours after being bitten
before the stone was applied.
Wilson Mirror : Walter Williams,
who once lived in Wilson, committed
suicide in Petersburg last week. It
will be remembered that he was the
son of Dempsey Williams, who died
several years ago Walter deserted
Ms wife, took up with a bad, vile
woman, and becoming dissatisfied
with her, concluded to end his
wretched ad miserable existence by
talcing laudanum.
Wilmington Messenger: A very
handsome basket of flowers were sent
by the tabernacle people to Mrs. Sam
P. Jones, and the very large num
ber of persons who came forward to
shake Rev. Sam Jones' and Professor
Excell's hands at the close of the
meeting on Monday night showed
the strong hold they had upon the '
affections of a very large majority of
me citizens 01 tnis city. Mr. Jones
had frequently to use both hands in
doing so, and the general desire was
expressed for him to hold another
meeting here next year.
Landmark: Col. L. F. Livingston.
Democratic candidate for Congress
in the fifth Georgia district, president
of the lecturers of the National Al
liance, who had anappointment to
speak here last Friday, did not ar
rive. A telegram was received in
the forenoon announcing his sick
ness aud his consequent inability to
fill the appointment Quite a num
ber of people had come in from
the country to hear him and were
quite disappointed; and yet, the no
tice given of the appointment was so
short that many who would other
wise have been here were not pres
ent, and so it might have been worse
after all.
Greenville Reflector : Mr. Charlie
Ford received such injuries in an ac
cident last Tuesday as to cause his
death. He and Mr. W. B. James,
contrary to the town ordinances, were
running a horse race through Pitt
street, south of Fifth street When
near Mr. B. S. Sheppard's residence
their horses shied into the vacant lot
towards the foundry, and both riders
were thrown. Fortunately for Mr.
James he was not hurt in the fall,
but for Mr. Ford it seemed fate had
decreed differently. The horse he
was riding ran so close to a tree that
Mr. Ford came in contact with it
and was knocked violently to the
ground. He had three ribs broken
and was otherwise internally injured.
lie suffered most intensely until 7
o'clock Friday morning, at which
hour he died.
TRAGEDY IN SHILOH TOWNSHIP.
THE 8LAVEB IS ARRESTED AND IS IN JAIL.
A homicide which has shocked
the community greatly occurred in
Shiloh township, near the residence
cf Mr. Milas Sigman and a mile and
a half west of Brady's X Roads, last
Saturday night about 11 o clock.
Robert L. Elliott, aged about 18, a
son of Mr. Lee Elliott, was the slay'
er, and Hosea L. Warren, aged nearly
22, a son of Mr. Ira Warren, was
the victim. Last winter young
Warren was in Arkansas and wrote
to young Elliott to join him there,
which he did. While there they had
some misunderstanding arxrac a
financial transaction. They came
home in July last and unpleasant
words have passed between them
si nee. Elliott claims that Warren
owed him $10 ; Warren claimed that
Elliott owed him $12.50. Saturday
night last they met at a candy-stew
at the residence of Mr. John Pope,
and th altercation was renewed.
The company dispersed a little be
fore 11, and Elliott and Til. bigman,
riding together in a vehicle, and
Warren and Will iiufman, riding
behind them on horseback, all left
for home together. The wrangle
waa kent ud aloncr the wav. Elliott
referring to the money alleged to be
due him, told Warren that he intend
ed to take it out of his hide; War.
ren replied that he would never find
a better time than then. Elliott
exclaimed that he would not, or
could not, stand this any longer, and
jumping from the vehicle, ran back
ana attached warren wim a snne.
It was all over in an instant and
Warren exclaimed to his companions:
" I am going to faint ! 1 am bound
to die !" Thev caught him before
he fell and laid him in the road, and
in ten or fifteen minutes he died
without having uttered another word.
The bodv was carried to the house
of Mr. Sigman and on it were found
three distinct wounds all on the
right side; one about three inches
above the knee-joint ; one on or near
one of the short ribs, and the third
and fatal cnt three inches below the
groin, about three and a half to four
inches long, three inches deep and
running diagonnally across the thigh.
This severed the femoral artery and
was the only cut of any consequence.
the other two extending no deeper
than the skin.
Without waiting to learn the ex
tent of the injury he had inflicted.
Elliott fled, and as soon as the report
of the tragedy got abroad the citi
zens organized hunting parties and
dividing, set out in different direc
tions in pursuit of the slayer. Mon
day he was arrested by a party com
posed of Messrs. J. L. Edison, W. P.
Hammond and Charlie Smith, while
pulling loader in mc ueiu vl uio
uncle, Mr. Buf us Ellis, near Coddle
Creek church, Cabarrus county. He
was brought back to Shiloh and on
Tuesday had a hearing before A. L.
Alexander, Esq., who committed him
to jail. Deputy Sheriff R. P.
Scroggs, Mr. C. A. Brady and others
brought him down to town and saw
him confined in a felon's cell.
The tragedy is a most deplorable
one, and all the innocent sufferers by
it have general public sjmpatny.
Statesville Landmark.
1890.
A City of the Dead.
AN
OLD BURYING GROUND
ROCKY RIVER CHURCH.
NEAR
old and interesting rkmarkable
epitaphs graves of promixem
citizens a century ago.
Liying humanity has its cities, so
are there cities of the djad. It has
been said that the grave levels all
humanity ; is it true ? Over the
graves of some we find heavy, mag
nificent marble shafts ; over another
a hnmble, unpretentious marble slab
tells who lies there, and over still
others the visitor sees rude, ill-shap
ed, common stones that tell wliere
the graves are, or perhaps the hid
den rise or sink in the earth, alone.
suggests that beneath you lies the
remains of a dead one. It is not the
crrave. but the bottom of the tmive
that levels all humanity the poor,
the rich, the young, the old, the ob
scure, the famous; all answer the call
that is imperative and return their
earthly all to the dust from whence
it came.
Cities of the dead are too often
neglected. Yet few have been for
gotten. Single graves in different
obscure places have their location
and local history fairly well cared
for such are handed down from
parent to child. "There at that tree
a wagoner was buried," "yonder a
tramp was buried years ago;" "a vic-
A: -i'lL- 1 i- 1 .... i
um oi me law lies ouneu 111 tnat
wood," and other similar remarks you
often hear in passing through a sec
tion. Keep their graves green; keep
their names fresh; are duties that
humanity, if nothing more, imposes
upen us. But few burying grounds
are kept as they should be.
AN ABANDONED CEMETERY.
Directed aud guided by a fair one,
a Standard reporter visited a ceme
tery, whose, existence was unknown
to him before. The ground has
been filled; it admitted of no more ;
it was closed in with a rock wall and
left; cedars, all kinds of undergrowth,
vines and briars form an almost im
penetrable barrier to a passage
through. With much difficulty we
succeeded. Removing moss from
tombs and separating vines and
bushes epitaphs on a few tombs were
read.
Here is the first :
(
Here lies the body of Stancv Mas
ters, who was born April the 17 A D
1799 and departed this life June 1
1800. Aged 1 year 1 month and 25
days.
From death arest no Age is free
Young children two may die.
Around the place Where you do
stand youLL see where many in
fants lie-"
The tomb is an interesting one;
it is made of a fine grained slate, and
rests in a base made of a
rock.
large iron
WILLIAM MORRISON.
The next we saw was the tomb of
William Morrison. It is an ordinary
one indeed. He was the father of
Rev. Dr. Hall "Morrison, the first
President of Davidson College, and
the grandfather of Mrs. Gen. T. J.
Jackson. The remains of bis wife,
Abigail, are bnried there; so are
those of three infant children. On
the tomb is this :
Sacred
To the memory of Wm Morrison
who died
November 10th 1821.
Aged 65 years
He lived a Christian ; He died in
peace.
Moss had to be scraped from the
tomb before all could be read.
Here is another one that was read
with much difficulty :
Here Lies The body of William
Ruffel (Russel) Who was born SeP
teMber The 19. A D 1772 And De-
Parted This Life February The 13ih
day A. D. 1799 Age 27 years 4 mo
and 25 days.
N. B. William Kuffel married To
Sarah McCree Auguft The 27th 1797.
This is as it was found, and is cut
in a slate rock. It will be seen at a
glance that in those days many cap
ital letters were used, and that a
lower case "sM is made like our "f."
Another tomb was found that
bears this :
W. S. Alexander
Died Octo. 26, 1826.
" AE75yrs.
wife
Elizabeth died Nov 29 179C
wife
Sarah died Nov. 27, 1799.
Two tombs side by side were seen,
one bears this : "Penelope C. Burns
died Dec 28, 1830; age 17 years" ;
the other: "Penelope C. Burns, died
Dec, 28, 1830; age 59 years." These
graves are evidently of mother and
daughter, who died on the same day.
There is much to attract attention
in
this old graveyard. One tomb
was lound tnac nas in time oeen
struck by lightning. Another bore
the name of the marble cutter "J.
Glover, N. C. cc." Who is he ? where
did he live, and what means the
"cc" ? are questions. If our mem
ory serves us right, the latest burial
in the cemetery was made in 1830 as
shown by epitaph. There is no way
in telling the first grave or tne date
of its making, as there are many
graves without a stone and circum
stances and surroundings would lead
one to believe that some of the graves
without tombs are the oldest There
is possibly no doubt that many of
these graves were made early in the
18th century,
Among those buritd there we find
these names: Burns, Scott, White,
Morrison Russel, Carathers, Camp
bell, Alexander, McKindley and
others.
This hurrying ground is located
within three hundred yards of the
Rocky River (Presbyterian) church,
and just behind Dr. Grier's residence.
It was used long before the ceme-
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tery near the church was started, like
many others, as a family burying
ground.
The Standard has had no object in
the publication of this visit than to
be the means of arousing a greater
interest on the part of us all in hunt
ing up these old hurrying grounds
and to put them in better shape; to
aid those, who can not go to see it,
in recalling names and facts handed
down from parent to child; and be
cause we believe that the publication
of such items may yet cause some
one to gather facts, figures and names
in the history of Cabarrus and her
inhabitants, and put them in shape
to We kept
There is yet a possibility of getting
many tacts necessary to recording
the events in the earlier history of
Cabarrus. But in a few years this
may not be even possible.
But whoever does this must do it
from love and not with a hope of
pecuniary profit, for Bitch labors are
not rewarded in dollars but in glory.
Mt. Pleasant Items.
Since the intelligence of the death
of Capt W. A. Barrier reached here,
a heavy pall of sadness and gloom
has hung over and about our little
town.
Yesterday Messrs. D. D. Barrier,
C. G. Heilig and L. A. Lentz went
to Charlotte and attended the memo
rial service held in St Mark's Lu
theran church, and early this morn
ing returned with the corpse, accom
panied by Rev. T. S. Brown and a
delegation from St Mark's. The
casket was placed in Holy Trinity
Lutheran church, and at 10 a. m. "a
large congregation had assembled,
completely filling the house. The
Board of Trustees, Faculty and stu
dents of North Carolina College
moved in a body from College Hill
to the church, and when all had en
tered,the beautiful and impressive fu
neral service of the Lutheran church
was read by Rev. T. S.Brown. Many
tears were shed during the rendering
of the beautiful hymn, "Why do we
mourn departing friends ?" After
which the pastor of the deceased feel
ingly spoke of the character of Capt
Barrier as a man aud a Christian.
He was then followed by Rev. Prof.
J. D. Shirey, president of the Fac
ulty of North Carolina College, who
spoke of the departed as an alum
nus of the institution, and by Rev.
Geo. II. Cox, President of the Board
of Trustees, who spoke of him as a
member of the Board. Again all
nearrs were toucnea as we sang
"How blest the righteous when he
dies," and then that vast assembly,
one bv one, took a last lingering look
into that face still beautiful in death,
Slowly, solemnly, Ave bore him 10 the
silent city of the dead, hard bv his
alma mater, and as the clods of the
valley rattled upon his coffin lid, the
question iorced itselt upon many
there, " ho next f
The Board of Trustees of N. C,
College met to-day in its semi-annual
convention. There was a pretty full
attendance, and much business was
transacted. Dextua.
Capt. W. A. Ilarrler'H Will.
The Charlotte Chronicle says the
will of the late Capt W. A. Barrier
was filed in the office of the Clerk of
the Superior Court yesterday. The
bulk of Capt. Barrier's property is
bequeathed to the Lnited Synod of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in the South, to be used in establish
ing a Theological Seminary. Law
yer C. II. Duls, of this city, is execu
tor of the will, and Dr, C. A. Mis-
enheimer and Geo. L. Krueger, the
witnesses.
The following are the bequests
made: To Hugh L. Barrier, $1,000
and Capt Barrier s library, except
the encyclopaedia library , to his half
sister, iMary Ella Welsh, $1,000; to
Miss Jane Alexander aud Mrs. E,
McLeod, wife of Austin McLeod
$1,000 each ; to North Carolina Col
lege at Mt Pleasant, $1,000. The
will provides that the property of the
deceased in Charlotte, bounded by
10th and 11th streets, Pine street.
the lands of W. A. Alexander and
others, be divided into six equal lvts,
and that the lot on the corner of
10th and Pine streets go to the trus
tees of St. Mark's Evangelical Lu
theran Church ; and $500 is also be
queathed to the trustees for the pur
pose of building a parsonage on the
lot.
All the rest of his property, real
and personal, Capt. Barrier bequeath
ed to the United Synod of the Evan
gelical Lutheran Church in the
South, to be used in establishin
theological seminary; and if such
seminary is not established, then the
same is to" go to the North Carolina
Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church, to be used tor home mis
sions. This bequest includes Capt,
Barrier's school house property, store
property, the residue of his 10th
and 11th street property, two lots
in Ivanhoe, Va., four lots in Salem
Va.. and half interest in two resi
dence lots in Salem, Va.
Mr. Duls, the executor, has not
yet had time to investigate the value
of Capt. Barrier's effects, but it is
probable that the bequests to the
Lutheran Seminary will amount to
$12,000 or $15,000. The store prop
erty referred to in the will is the
building and lot on East Trade street,
between Howell's and Rhyne Bros,
stores, and is probably worth $5,000
or more. The lots on 10th, 11th and
Pine streets are worth probably
$4,000, the school property about
$1,500, and the property in Virginia
at least $4,000. The returns from
the p-operty may exceed these fig
ures, and the debts of Capt. Barrier
are thought to be very small
Summer's joys
tumn's tints are
everything.
are
over and au
being
painted on
CONTAINS MOKE HEADING
MATTER THAN ANY OTHER
PAPER IN THIS SECTION.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Siston, Col., Oct 9. A light snow
fell
at intervals here vosror.biv
There has been a heavy fall of snow
on Mount Shasta.
Pittsburg, Pa.. Oct 9 The In
ternational Iron and Steel Conven
tion, the first one ever held in Amer
ica, assembled here today in Carnegie
an.
Rome, Oct 9. The Italian com
mittee on the Chicago Wnrbl'n "Pair
Exhibits have been dissolved. The
reason eiven is that, fpw- Tbilinn
ouses care to send disnlavs i
America in the face of hicrh (bitua
mposed by the McKinley tariff.
Ottumwha. Iowa. Cioi 9 A
Washington special dispatch saying
that the President had determined
to call a special session of Conjn-esa
is shown to private Secretary Hal-
ford this afternoon by the United
rress corespondent Mr. llalford,
after reading it. said : "That, is not.
true; no such decision has been reach-
ed
Baltimore, Oct 9. The Manufac
turers Record reports the closing of
contract for the construction of
large works including three furnaces .
rolling mill, etc., at Tredegar, Cal
houn Co., Ala., to employ when com
plete over 3,000 hands; a $200,000
rolling mill at Cardiff, Tenn.; and a
$1,000,000 company to establish
manufacturing enterprises at Roan
oke, Va.
Chattanooga Times: Mr. J. C.
Anger, of Durham, N. C, represent
ing W. Duke & Sons, the largest ci
garette manufacturers in the world,
after spending several days in the
city, left for home Wednesday night
Me was looking for a suitable sito
for the erection of a branch manu
factoiy of the Duke people. A cer
tain piece of real estate not far from
the Read house had been selected as
the site.
Cumberland, Ont, Oct. 9. The
dead bodies of Mary and Eliza Mc-
Gorgle, aged 14 and 12 years, weie
found last night by a searching party
who had been looking for them since
Tuesday evening. The girls had
been tied and strangled to death.
Narcisse Laro, who was seen followi
ng the girls on their way home from
school Tuesday afternoon, is under
arrest on suspicion. The girls lived
1 mile and a half from the village
where they attended school.
Richmond, Oct. 9. Count De
Paris and suite arrived in the city
this afternoon, on the James river
steamer Ariel, and are quartered at
the Exchange Hotel tonight They
will rest tomorrow. Accompanied
bv Colonel Archer Anderson and
Capt. Phil, llaxall they will visit
Mechanicsville. Seven Pines, Cold
Harbor, and other old battlefields.
Tomorrow night the Count has
agreed to attend a reception at Col.
Anderson s house. Saturday s pro
gramme is not yet arranged.
Atlanta, Oct. 9. The postal au
thorities today seized the weekly edi
tion of the Atlanta Constitution
which contained the prize distribu
tion offer to its subscribers to be set
tled by a Christmas drawing. About
one hundred thousand papers got
out before the seizure was made, but
the northern edition of 15,000 is de
tained. The paper offered to givfl
bond for any amount to cover any
verdict which might be rendered, but
the postal authorities were obdurate
and refused to let the papers go
through the mails. Tho objection
able feature consisted in the an
nouncement that it would distribute-
prize Christmas boxes, which feature
the Constitution, like many other
papers, ha3 been running in connec
tion with the Weekly Constitution
for years. The postal authorities
claim thai this violates the recentl7
passed Anti-Lottery law. When tho
law was passed the Constitution an
nounced that newspapers ought to
assist the government in executing
its provisions and promptly stopped
the publication of its regular lottery
advertisements, not thinking that
the law was intended to cover such
features as that for which today's
edition was seized. The forms hav-3
been revised and the edition is now
being reprinted. Other publications
with similar announcements were
also stopped.
Died.
In Enochville, October 6, 1890,
after an illness of two. weeks, Msss
Lottie Van Pelt, daughter of Mr.
Abram an Pelt, aged 10 years, ;
months and 11 months. The de
ceased, though so young, was and had
beeen for .two years, the organist in
St. Enoch church. She had a sweet
disposition and a special talent for
music. She was buried by the stu
dents in the High School at this
place, of which she was a pupil at
the time of her death. A very largo
audience attended the funeral, which
was preached by the pastor from
Eccl. 12:1. She was an only child,
hence the home i3 stul, and the com
munity deeply feels the loss. Lotti.i
died so happy that we can say, "it
is well with her." 4 W. A. L.
Poor Economy.
An exchange well
it is the
penurious kind of economy to de
prive a family of a local paper.- The
wife don't get out to see and learn
as do the father and children,, and
hence she is deprived of a sense of
enjoyment that tends to relieve many
hours of loneliness when she is alone
with small children ; and then the
home paper i3 an educator of jihil
dren ; as they read of the people and
incidents with which they are ac
quainted. There is nothing that can
be introduced in a family that will
teach the children to read faster and
better, or improve, instruct, and
store their minds with knowledge-
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