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THE ST&HD&RD JAMES 1 COOK, Editor. xiit i(vi:i:K. This seems to conce rn some people, and especially several newspapers, at this time. Don't cross the bridge be fore you reach it don't try to mount the sfeps with one foot until you reach them, or you will feel kinder etring-halted. Some talk Gov. Holt; eome Auditor Sanderliu ; some Col. Harry Skiuner ; and still others "brother Joe Caldwell. Please wait till next year, anyway. 1XTEVSEI.Y AWFI L. Mr. Will X. Coley, of Moeksville. who will be the director of the Ladies1 Exposition Baud, has arrived in the city. The band will arrive today. Raleigh Observer- This is the gentleman that nar rowly escaped eternal loss at the hands of the Chicago kidnappers. Bro. Coley is a powerful director, and when it comes to directing a Ladies' Exposition Band, he's in his element lie runs several bands iu Moeksville and has Davie county filled up with rare bands. Coley is a bander, and if a close watch is not kept up Coley will direct that baud in a way that Coley will have a housekeeper, lhe trutn, ana tue Standard gets there on this, Coley has been laboring for ten years to do something like this. A GREAT I'HII.OSOl'lIEK. Though he may not be a man of gloomy nature, the dentist always looks down in the mouth. Gold Leaf. And that is the way with the world. People act what they are not, aud appear the reverse of what they are. A dentist ''looks down in the mouth" and yet is not gloomy, but he beholds a "dark, fearful and ugly chasm that threatens to ingulf him, but as cool as the steel he punches around a sore tooth he stands calm and serene before whit apparently threatens his life. But has not Thad Manning said something most elegant aud pointed? IX THE JOrilXALISTIC PATCH. The Sandford Express has ceased to come to this office. Has it ceased, or has it become tired of a Standard ': The local editor of the Salisbury "Watchman, C. L. Miller, wants to take the Standard's advice : Go to school. We did not mean it, buddy ; Etick to your last. The Keidsville Review is published in lieidsville. It makes people " show up or shut ud They show up or get ready, but deathly silence sometimes begs for no show id. St. Clair, of the Charlotte Chron icle, is isolating himself from the world. His studious and laborious efforts are bringing into sight the silver threads silver among the gold. THE BrtLETIX. ISDVSTRIAL. The Bulletin, issued monthly from Raleigh, by the Agricultural Department, gives a list of the man ufacturing enterprises and industrial features of the several counties of the State. The Standard knows nothing of the reports for other counties, but Cabarrus i3 not rightly reported. Such may have been the case two or three years ago, but no, no, not now. The cotton mills are reported with out the faintest idea of the immen sity of either ; under miscellaneous classification it speaks of wood and iron works for Concord they are not here. It reports the wood work ing establishment of Bost & Cannon, at Bost's Mills twice. Jt reports Barrier & Peacock running a spoke and handle mill at Mt. Peasant, while this firm is opera ting in Salisbury. Under the head of "PureBlood Register" it gnes Cabarrus a place of horor reports one pure blooded animal for the county, which is a Jers?y bull owned by G. E. R tchie. That is sickening and absurdly in accurate. The county is full of blooded stock; possibly no other county in the State surpasses it. "We have horses, cattle hogs, fowls, &C of genuine stock whose ancestry is Doi; in doubt. SoTe ore ought to furnish the correct statement for Cabarrus county. It is a question whether the Bulletin ha3 done any good for ua or not HOW PEOPLE FAIL. Col. Robert E. Doan, a Republican Congressman from Ohio, said in a speech : "Tnirty-nino out of every forty lawyers, sixty-two out of eveiy Bixty-one bankers, ninety-two out of every niuetythne merchants, eighty-seven out of every eighty eight manufacturers and capitalists, and ninetyninp out of every one hundred iu all other professions and trades die in poverty and bank ruptcy, while on the other hand lit out of every 100 farmers die sur rounded with wealth, comfort and plenty." This is un awful lie! A man with eyes aud a spoonful of brains knows this statement is desperately lost. It is a difficult matter, from a general view, to tell who are failures. Probably statistics have not watched the rise and fall of the agriculturist a those of other callings. If Col. Doan means this for irony, then he is a trump ; but he is repre sented to ua ass sayiug this awful stuff under most serious circum stances. That the faarncr does not perish is no reason that ha is not a failure ; some of them live miserably tuff. That a buiiness or professional man lives and hasn't his death re corded as having fallen by the way side from starvation is uo reason, cither, that he is a success. Let us all pity Doan, and may he start to Sunday-school and learn the first principles of truth. In all seriousness, this statement is the most Vilely lying that we have ever seen, on a sober, serious subject May ffcl. Doan cease lying. C OL. POLK'S SPEECH. We hope the rtport the Stite Chronicle gives of Col. Polk's speech at the Newton Pair is unavoidably incorrect. It makes Col. Polk as sume an attitude we have never thought belonged to him, and gives him credit for saying things that history and facts will not bear him out. Let it be remembered that the Standard does not for a moment en tertain the idea that the Chronicle garbled it intentionally, but some times things happen so in an una voidable manner. C. A. Pitts, of this county, who attended the Newton Pair and heard Col. Polk, says tint the Chronicle's report is not what the speech was that it was garbled and considerably changed, aud that the reporter, who took down the speech, complained that his work did not reach the peo ple as he had taken it down in fol lowing the speaker. So long as there is abuse personally or col'ectively no good results can be hoped for. Personal abuse, come from Alliance or anti-Alliance, is neither manly nor conducive to good. Let measures, rather than persons, be discussed. COME TO.TOWX-A XOVEl. The Greensboro "Workman is edited by a silver-headed gentleman who has seen man years in this mundane life. Iu some respects Bro. Michaux is a very original thinker, and is a man who has the heart and soul that wishes every one well. But we stiirted out to call attention to a clipping in another column under the head, "Come to Town," which we think really novel. It reads like the advertisement of some man that has 330 acres of laud for sale. In some points the suggestion is good; but is it practical? It seems so. We have seen a very happy people where ten or twelve families lived within a half hour's walk of each other, and they enjoyed privileges not to be had in every rural district. Of course this arrangement guar antees benefits to a very limited num ber, as to avail one's self of this opportunity he must not be a liver from " hand to mouth." But, really, Bro. Michaux, who has 350 acres of land near the rail road for sale ? Come out with the name. IT HAS THE WORLD. Winston's Blue Sluggers have at last whipped the Richmond nine in a hotly contested series of games. The deciding game showed a score of nineteen to seven. There are only a few things for which men labor for pleasure, money, heaven. There is a large class that do not labor at all, but have pleasure in not laboring; this is heaven to them, peaceful and sub lime. But these who get pleasure in baseball, get it by hard work, with little pay and not much progress heavenward. There is a class who strive for money; they would just as soon make it in abet on baseball as to get it by any other means. But to stand eff and take a bird's eye view of us humans in the sweat ing and fatiguing rush in the various capacities in which men are found, there is to be seen a funny picture. Some men like one thing and some like another, while others prefer a hard, long sit upon the body recep tacles that are to be found along most streets. They are tired and weary ; let 'em rest, and may t Hies never touch this is not f un ' at all. But we started out to say that the world stands ia admiring gaze at two crack baseball teani3 as they contend with bat and sphere for the largest score. But what has a baseball team ever done ? How many fortunes has it made? How many people has it made happy? And is such sport a necessity ? IT IS A LESSOX. Methods of past years are trying to make themselves fashionable again. When an ambitious char acter fails to mount the poll sought for a-.d fails to land himself, so cially, financially or politically where he wants to, he "kurflomicks," to use a western term or to do as iD olden times, blows his brain3 out It was once the case when mn failed in their efforts, disappointed the public, and failed rf society, that they were done. But here in this country such is not the case, exactly. A man, in business, steps on a thorn or a nail. He goes down but he can come again. A man, in. society, loses his grip and gets ousted by some cause. He goes out, probably a wretch, a black hero and vilely depraved, but he can come back again ; but woman must not and can't ! Boulanger failed; he grew de spondent and saw nothing but sour ness and bitterness and rawness he knew his name would hereafter be "Mud," to use slang in the future and blew his brain3 on1. That ends it In this country, to go down only means a little loss of time. "When a commercial figure, a social figure (male) or politically figure becomes a failure and a cast off, you need not be surprised to see him come again. Like a stubborn sore, he breaks out at another place. When a fellow starts down its awful he is kicked and hurried by even former friends, enemies and loafers and gossipers. Then when he is down Hat, they get on what they think his dead carcass they pick away all the flesh they remove every bridge for escape they squeeze his limbs to fetch the last drop of blood they then pick their teeth and let him alone for dead proba bly they are happy. These dead (?) fellows hive cor again ; sometimes they bob up new quarters they become lights, so to speak, iu church, society and State. Boulanger probably made a mis take, lie ought to have held on, for there is hope even to the very mo ment life is shuffled off. Let us all hold on ! FELLOW tTTIZESS. FAIRI1ROTHER WEARS A BI HOOT. The Durham Globe says: "Plain Jim Cook, at Concord, has a style of his own. lie is running a little pa per which is as full of meat as our boot is of foot, and if the people of Concord do not patronize him hand somely they should simply be ashamed of themselves. The county fair, recently he.e there, was a suc cess because the Standard howled for it by day and by night and be cause Cook took personal interest in it. This showed very plainly the power of the press, and Concord folk should see that the Standard hums." ANOTHER PI.AX. We clip a correspondence from the Salisbury Watchman and reproduce it in another column, it is a sug gestion looking to the relief of the money-borrowers a majoiity of the p ;ople. The plan provides that the Na tional Government lend to the States so much money at 1 per cent. The State theu relends this to the people at 3 per cent, or 4 per cent, makin-; a profit of 2 per cent, or 3 per ceiu. By this measure the money-tightness is relieved, money can be had at an easy rate, the State will be making money, and the taxation of the peo ple for the support of the State's obligations will be vastly decreased. The measure, however, provides for a land security, which is so objec tionable to some, unless there be a way of personal security provided. What think you of it ? Send the Standard a communication on this line. EVERY IMMJ 11 IS DAY. It is a misunderstanding of human nature when people sup pose that wealth heals all trouble and soothes every pain. It was rumored that Jay Gould, who touches a button and hundreds wince and dance, had apoplexy, and hen it was believed that he had tl.et hvpo, the female of hysterics. There are some developments threat ening, where Col. Gould has big interests, that promise results th;.t make hysterics the proper and natu ral effect. Gould is not well, is the truth of the matter. His millions have no effect on the headache, or eveu do much for a sore toe. When the edict goes out this Money King has to dance just like any of us, who are more fortunate. But to keep the tactics that Gould has practiced is enough to bring him to a point where most men begin to think of the hereafter. Jao Gould is under the thumb of a grinding ma:ter. His wealth is bringing him to the graye. Looking at it from a human standpoint, one would just as soon be killed by wealth as by poverty. Wouldn't it help Uncle Sam if Jay Gould would die and leave his estate to the United States Treasury? Maybe he will! THE COl'RTS. The debate at the Lyceum Tues day night, on the question of how judges should be elected, suggested some ideas to the standard man. It was stated that one-half of the people did not know who the gover nor of the State is, and therefore should not be entitled to vote; that fully that number could not tell how the judges are elected aud therefore were not competent to say who ought to be judge. It wa3 again said the lynching and lawlessness so prevalent (?) in the land was due to the lack of judges competent in those qualities that aie necessary for a good judiciary. That justice was very seldom meted at the court room proceedings. It was contended that the judges should be appointed (and not elected) for life on good behavior, and there by any reason for courting public favor would be avoided. The Standard is well aware that justice is not always on top in the court room. It is sometimes con spicuous for its absence. Men have been tried and sentenced to ten or twelve years in the penitentiary when the evidence pointed to pure guilt of murder 3hot in the back without provocation. Men have been sent to the penitentiary for a term of years for stealing a chicken, while another gets off with fewer years for a graver charge. This may in part be due to the judge, jury, or lawyers, but oftentimes the secret is iu the ingenuity of those who swear upon the stand. Men swear mighty funny sometimes they swear lies, which is not funny, but awful. The judiciary of the State would not be improved by the method of election, lhe Legislature would give us no better judges than we now have. In the first place the average Legislature is not above the average intelligence of the masses; besides the tricks and other thiugs which obtain in these p ogresdve days c:in be used on a limited number more successfully than upon the masses. In another column is some object lessons, however, on sentences in court Nam J on fM Snmmonpl Itofore a (icor. Kin rnil Jury. A dispatch from Rome, Ga., savs : Two subpoenas calling upon the Rev. Sam Jones and Sam Small to appear before the grand jury now in session for Floyd county were issued today or yesterday. Judge Maddox iu his charge suggested that any one who knew so much as Sam Jones might impart his knowledge to the jury. The jury took him at his word and the two Sams must appear. That the source of Mr. Jones' information may not be wanting several of the leading members of the Methodist church from whom it is supposed the evangelist obtained it are also subpecned to appear. It will be a lively time. Those whose ways are dark and whose deeds are evil may well tremble at the prospect If all the charges brought by Sam Jones during his last stay in Rome are true then Ployed county must rent houses for crimimals. Whether Sam Jones knows or guesses at what he says, is j what the jury intends to find out" ( OMt; TO TOWS. There is a growing disposition on the part of many people to live in the town. There are several advan tages which are suppossed to belong to the town which are not to be found in the country, such as schools, churches, frequent mails, fasbionaDle society, nearness to the doctor, aud plenty of company. It is f. fact, however, that persons who forsake good homes in the coun try do to at the sacrifice, often, of very material advantages which can be hud in the town to a very limited extent only. Some of these advan tages are fuel, good water, pure air, vegetables, poultry, fruit and good elbow room. A plan might be adop ted, we believe, by which quite a number of the advantages now con lined to the town might be enjoyed in the countiy. This would be in laying off, under a charter, and p o pling what might be called a country town, with the understandingtliat.it was for the bent fit of such persons as desired as many possible of the substantial advantages of the town. The sight cho en for the purpose would need, of (-ourse, to be adapted to the purpose in view. It might be near tome railroad. There might be an understanding that the far. 9 should consist of not more than ten acres each, and that the space be tween the houses, with .a certain allow ance fr the extent of line run ning to the rear, should be just suf ficient to allow to eaeh the required acreage. Say that thu houses should be 300 feet apait, and that they should be in two lines, divided by a large avenue at least 100 feet or more. Two of the principal objects of such a collection of people would be a church and a school, and the first steps would be to secure these. There would be, in process of time, stores and shops, and possibly fac tories and mills. One mi'e in ex'ent, the street having settlements on either side, would give room for 35 families. Of course any person buy, ingaud building in such community would do so because of bis liking for the objects proposed to be Secured and a combination of that many families of well to do people would guarantee a good school, for it may be supposed that the school would draw some of its patronage from abroad. From this point on, the commun ity could be trusted to introduce and foster what other interests might appear good and desirable. It seems likely that good funning, good o chards, plenty of milk and butter and immense poultry interest would prevail, for, from this time on there is sure to be a good market for all the produce of the small farm. To supply all the ro;m necessary for such a town 351 acres of land, exclusive of the street room, would be required, and such a tract of land might be bought, within one mile f one of the railroads, for less than S per acre. A cheap town 0 for a farm of ten aens. Xow, whether such a scheme as this could be car ried out might boa question ; if not, why not? Greensboro Workman. Hi' Xcw . jxrl iuiiuM'ii t. Under the bill to apportion Pep resentativrs in Congress among the States under the Federal Censuof population in lS'Jrt, the whoie mini ber of Representatives after March 4, lb'J:, will be yrt. Electoral votes Bepresentatives ia next States. in 5iJd Cong's. Pres. Elec'n- Alabama.. 9 Arkansas . . i California 7 Colorado 2 11 9 4 ; Connecticut.... 4 Delaware 1 Fiorida 2 Georgia 11 Id alio 1 Illinois 22 Indiana 13 Iowa 11 Kansas 8 Kentucky.. . 11 Louisiana 0 Maine 4 Maryland ( Massachusetts. 13 Michigan 12 Minnesota 7 Mississippi 7 Missouri 15 Montana.. .. . 1 Xebnska Nevada 1 New Hampshire 2 New Jersey 8 New York 34 North Carolina. 9 North Dakota.. 1 Ohio 21 Oregon 2 Pennsylvania . . 3D Rhode Island. . 2 South Carolina. 7 South Dakota.. 2 Tennsssee 10 Texas 13 Vermont 2 Virginia 10 Washington.... 2 West Virginia. . 1 Wisconsin . . . . 10 Wyoming 1 13 .3 24 15 13 10 13 8 6 8 15 14 y 9 17 3 8 3 4 10 30 11 3 23 4 32 4 y 4 12 15 4 12 4 (5 12 3 411 Total 350 Electoral votes necessary to a choice, 223. The next Presidential election occurs on Tuesday, November 8, '92. An I'uparnllclod Harvest. The Chicago Herald, commenting on the unparalleled wheat crop, savs: "A harvest of gold could not com pare with this our golden harvest, in genuine worth to every man, woman and child in America" This year of plenty means a harvest of gold, but it means more than that. It means a work for the unemployed and wholesome food for all who "are willing to work for it. It means health and temperance, for good, wholesome food is the be3t preventa tive and the best correction for tbe evils of intemperance. This harvest of ours means mortgages taken off the farms, more books and news papers in the home, better wiari.ig apparel, greater opportunity for needed recreation and for material blesssiugs of every kind. The church, the State, the family and the indi vidual will all have a share in rearm ing the benefits of the golden grain, even though thy may not divine the scource of all this business activ ity, and may not realize that crain is sounder basis for prosperity than even gold itself." Shoot every straw hat. FROM WAKE FOREST CO EG E. Tom Itixon anil Ills Famonw !.-! lire. Tlio Enrollment of Students, ie. Wake Foiiest College, N. C, ") October 5th, 1891. J Editor Standard : Mirabile dictu but there are 41 in the senior class anl 225 on the roll and still there is more to follow. The village can hardly accommodate so mauy, and the lecture rooms are crowded. All were delighted with " Pack bone " by our own Tom Dixon last Thursday night. Wake Forest is justly proud of her famous son, and from the glowing tribute which he paid at the beginning of his lecture he is of her and especially of the Euzellian Society in which he was prepared to tight the battles of life. Fbr one hour and fifty minutes the speaker carried the audience as he pleased, and slow w ere they to leave the hall when dismissed, but lingered as if to catch one more word. No outline of his speech will be given, for cold fype would be but a mock. Suffice it to say that every one left the hall with a determination deep down in their heart of hearts to have t onviciions, to have "backbone" though the h s tnss from above their heads a i u.c .rth from be neath their feet. He showed his love for his old society (the En.) by establishing two medals, one for the b 'st essay and the other for the best debater in the senior c'ass. The election for anniversary mar- snals from the Lu. Society resulted in the election of S. Mclntyre, Union county, X. C; C. Is. Edwards, Ral- eigh, XT. C, and C. 1. Sapp, Concord, N. C. Cahauuvs. It This Something lietler? Cor. Salisbury Watchman. Vhile I am an advocate aud be liever in the Sub-Treasury plan, and do not believe there has yet been, nor likely to be, anything better pro posed, the opponents of the measure rail to suggest even a substitute. It has occurred to me that the ad vocates of a credit basis issue might take to such a system better than a wealth basis. I therefore suggest for what it worth, the following : IS Should Congress pass an act to loan on State bonds, say an amount not to exceed one-fourth the taxable value of the property (real and per sonal ) in each State, at one per cent. interest or less, the States to loan in turn to its citizens at tnree or four per cent, it would give a suffi cient volume of currency, direct to the people, without the intervention of any speculative manipulators aud the profits arising therefrom would iro a long w;iy towards abolishing Ma e taxation. There is much that might be said for tiiis system against the present onerous one, but enough for the plVoellt. Turn on the light, gentlemen, and let's try to give relief to the people. The .lib-Treasury or something as good or better we must and will have, if we shall kill many of our states men (t) in the attempt. St'H- I'REASntY Alliakc emax Ualeigh, Sept. 29, '91. A South iirolina .Hurderer Dead Iu ltrnz.il. News passed over the wires here Wednesday that Fred Puchanan, w ho shot and killed Policeman W. A. 1L Wilson on the 8th of last M;y, was dead. The engineer on the down passenger train on Wed nesday continued the news. He boards with Buchanan's brother in Charlotte, and stated that Fred Puchanan was certainly dead. He died in Brazil. Several telegrams, iie .-.tat"!, had been nceived from Buchanan recently stating that he was very ill. On Wednesday morn ing Frank Buchanan, his brother, received a telegram from Brazil stating tnat lreil isuchanan wa9 dead and asking what disposition should be made of his body. rj.KHO.973 I'uuiln Knrolled In our I'oltllt SoIiooIn. In his report yesterday to the Sec retary of the Interior, Commissioner Harris of tie Bureau of Education says that there were enrolled during the Gscal year 18S9-1S90 in the pub lic schools of "elementary and sec ondary grade 12,480,903 pupils, as against 8,957,509 in 1S80. The en rollment '.formed 20.27 percent of the population of 1890. The aver ag daily attendance of pupils on each day school in 1890 was 8,144, 938. The total amount expended during the last fiscal year for public school purposes was 210,277,484, aa against $78,09 1,;87 iu 1888. The expenditure per capita of population in 18S0 was f 1 50 and in 1S90 it was 2.24. The total value of grounds, buildings, and apparatus of educational institutions in 1891 was 72,894,729. f iitoliun Seed. Chicago, Oct. 0. A special from Charleston, S. C, says: A conven tion of planters of sea island cotton in this State, is called for Thursday next, for the purpose of organizing a combine against the sale of cotton seed. The object is to effect a com bination by which Georgia, Florida and Egyptian growers of long staple cotton ill be deprived of Carolina seed. It is believed that the out side world is dependent upon the use of Carolina seed for the quality of their staple, and that if they can be prevented from obtaining seed the quality of their staple will de teiiorate so rapidly that the sea island planters of South Carolina will practically cuntrol the fine cot ton market of the world. A com mittee has been at work for s-. me lime preparing a plan for the com bination, and it is believed now that the combine will be effected Thurs day. The Durham Sun : That's a funny story of the man and his pretty sis ter in-law who was carried out to sea from Xew York in their bathing clothes, were picked up by a passing vessel and finally lauded in Florida. They were thought to have eloped, but they say they had no such intention. LITTLE DROPS OF Tar, Pitch Turpentine antl Other Tar Heel Products. Wilkesboro Chronicle: The latest is that the other day, on the Brush ies, of course, killed nine rattle snakes all together, the smallest ono having seven rattles. Raleigh Chronicle: Tony Borland, colored, who was sent to the peni tentiary from Orange county for killing Ellen Couch, colored, for twenty years, fell dead in the prison while at work. Qoldsboro Argus: It will be ex tremely painful to her numerous friends to learn that Mrs. liowena Micks sustained a severe fracture of the arm in two places, near the elbow and wrist, yisterday morning at the home of her brother, Mr. M. Li. Lee, in this city- She missed her footing on the stairs near the top and fell to the landing, tustaining the accident. Paleigh News and Observer: Mrp. Elizabeth J. Goodwin, wife of Mr. Miles Goodwin, Sr.. dropped dead yesterday at 11:50 o'clock at her resi dence at 313 West Jones Btreet. She was 00 years of aye. Gov. Holt baa honored a requisition for Will Wilson, who is wanted in Georgia for the murder of one Johnson. Wilsou is now held in Whiteville, Columbus county. Tarboro Southerner: All farmers say tu cotton crop is nnorr, dui none seem to have an idea bow much A few say short as 1889, but scarcely any one believes it. If haymalc iuc increases as rapidly as in the next three years as it has in the last two, cotton will have another rival A diversified agriculture means prosperity to any community, and it looks as if Ed?ecombe farmers were comprehending this important fact Ashevillf Mountain Home Jour nal: J. L. Cook has brought to onr office the most beautiful specimen of cnrled poplar plank we have ever seen. So artificial work can equal it. Jim Sluder and Nick liogers both while under the influence of liquor, went into the Glen Rock Hotel last evening and ordered sup per. fter the meal they got into a dispute as to who Bhould pay. Alter some words they clasped arms, aud Sluder reached over and bit Kogers upper lip almost on. Mrs. Frank Leslie Married. New York. Oct. 5 A marriage oc currert here wuich created a genuine surprise in society and literary cir cles. Mrs. Frank Leslie, head of the Frauk Leslie publications, was man led to uilham (J. lvingsbery. A M., of London. The ceremony was performed by the Kev. C Jb . Deems only a limited number or persons beinc present lhe marriage had not been previously announced, so it naturally occasions no little sur prise. The happy groom is a gentleman of unquestioned social position, scholar of rare atta nments and the possessor of considerable wealth Daring Mrs. L' she's recent visit to London she attended a literar gathering at the residence of a lady of dist uction, aud there met Mr Kingsbery. It was a case ot love at tirst sight, and all memory of the Marquis do Leuville was knocked out. The two were freciueutly in each other's company, and the attachment grew stronger. After Mrs. Leslie's return to New York she was visited by the Englishman, hut few expected tnat an engage ment existed. Mrs- Leslie is one of the most remarkable women of this genera Hon. Her career nas been except tionally eventful. She w. s born of humble parents, who were too poor to give L-r a collegiate education. w nen yet in ner teens sue wa an attache of the grett publishing liouso of i rank Leslie. Mr. x rank- Leslie was uuhapoiiy married, and he and bis w ife finally separated V divorce ensued. Soon afterward the young lady, who was a great f.i- vonte in the establishment, became a m otege of the owner. In time h i became enamor ! of her opulent ch irms, ami finally they were married, lhe union proved hnppy one- When Mr. Leslie died be lf-ft hin wife in charge of all the business, which she has feince man aged with remarkable sagacity. Hei success has bfen rea ly surprising- mm- IIiintcrNvllle Man Take PoInoii. William L -e Alexander, who livens near Huntersville, says the Charlotte Chronicle, has been in feeble health for several months. He has not been out very much for some time, and on Monday night was feeliug worse than u3ual. He suffered intense pain, and to get relief took a dose of morphine. He soon fell asleep and seemed to rest easy. Yesterday morn ing he did not wake un when the rest of the family did. They thought that he had gotten relief from pain, and was making up his lost sleep, so ne was allowed to remain undis turbed until about ten o'clock. Growing uneasy, the family went to his bed to wake him, but found his form cold in death. The cause was at once explained. He did not com mit suicide, but simply took an overdose. What Kind ofa Judge R. L Joger shot at Jordan, a res- Eectable citizen, and tried to kill im. Judge Boykin fined Roeers $25. M. E. Thompson, a necro ffirl. de liberatelv poisoned aod killed the little child of Mr. and Mrs. L. J Kirklacd. Judge Boykin sentenced tha murileress to eighteen months in the work house, and she has walked out and gnne and no reward has been offered. John Williams was accused of etealing ten dollass and Judge Boy kiu sentenced biin to fifteen years in the penitentiary. Durham Globe. S. V. White, who failed in Wall street the other dav, came near being successful in his attempt to corner corn. A Unicago paper says that if he had sufficient money to pur chase 500,000 bushels more, he would have had the whole visible supply of corn in the country, and could have dictated his own" price for it. He held 7,000,000 bush.ds, for which he paid $1,000,000. The comparatively small sum of $200, 000 more would have made him master of the situation, and enabled him to add several millions of dollars to his fortune. For the want of that amount the price dropped and his fortune was swept away. -- Bfo Cotton Ties Imported Xow. The McKinley law greatly' in creased the ta iff on cotton ties, with the result that no ties are now im ported. In the seven months ended July 31, 1891, we imported none whatever. The tariff lords have had the market rigged for them completely. II j V y ONE-HALF T IVE CALL EARLY AXD GET YOUR SELECTIONS op COLORS. FETZER'S DRUGh-STORE lt0.4! Itl FM'.ri'iOXS. Editor Standard : After having observed, with much care, the conditions of the public roada in some of the Middle and Western States during our travels recently, there we conclude that our North Cerolina roads will compare favorably with the public highways of most other Stites, excepting, of course, where they have turnpikes. There is decidedly an improvement in the manner of wcrking public roads in the last decade. There are two factors in the development of a country that the people have found will not do to ignore, and these are good roads and good schools. Of course we want turnpikes, and when we can get the pt-ople to see the untold advantages of good dirt roads they will gradually become more and more convinced of the im perative necessity of turnpikes. We heard a practical farmer aud busi ness mau say, not long ago, that good turnpikes connecting the coun ty seats would be worth more to the people than railways. People who live even quite a distance from town can sell all their procr.ice right at their doors, where they are on a good road or pike, for buyers, from town do not mind going after your chick ens, eggs, butter, etc., if the road are good. This is done in Kentucky and Virginia, where graded roads and pikes are more numerous than in other states, and they will pay you as much tor your produce at your home as if you were to haul it to them. II. T. B. Lexington, Va., October 5. A telegram from Burke's Station says that Oen. W. H. r. Lee is in a criti cal condition, ins son3 and ex- Governor Lee have been summoned to his bedside. CONCORD MARKETS. COTTON MARKET. (Corrected daily by Cannons & Felzer.) Low middling 7 Middling 7J (ft Good middling PRODUCE MARKET. (Corrected daily by W. J. Swink.) Bacoa ?8(ft Sugar-cured hams 15 Bulk m ats, sides 8j$ 10 Beeswax "3 18 Butter 15 dh 20 Chickens 10 & 25 Com 75 & Ergs 10 & 12J Liara 8 10 Flour (North Carolina). 2 50 Meal 85ft Oats 40 (t 45 Tallow 4 5 Salt .. 70 a 80 Dr. B. L. Griilin, COXCORD, N. C. I am now with!M. L. Brown & jie , iuu wm practice vniji,itis NARY MEDICINE AND STJR- (tLul. All calls answered dav or night at the stables. I also have a number of veterinary remedies that will bi furnished when called for. an 5 dwlm B. L. GRIFFIN. SALEiEBRICK -A N D- mm i I have BRICK on h :nd at all times. Parties needintr auv wiil do well to s.'je me before purchasins. I also TAKE CONTRACTS to do small or large jobs in brick work in any part of the country. rite me or come to seo me. R. J. FOIL, ''onord. N. C Is equaled by few and excelled bv none for his noliten88 and cnod work as a barber. Clean line of cups ar.d brushes at all times. Office'opposite Morris House. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE " Having been duly annointed and cjuahtittd administrator of the estate of Esther Isenhour, dee'd, by the proper court of Cabarrus county, all persons holding claims against the said decedent are hereby notified to present tnem, duly authenticated, to the undersigned for payment on or before the 12th dav of August. 18!2, or this notice will be plead as a bar to their recovery. Also all ner 8ogs owi og said decedent are notified mat prompt payment is expected. August 11, 1891. L.L. LSEN..OUR. Ot Adm'r of Dsther Isenhour. Contractor Notice A CLEAN SWEEP AS WE INTEND TO DISCOX TLTE SALE OF Peepless WE OFFER TO CLOSE OUT OUR vUEn SENT STOCK OF Peerless Package Dyes A T - i m illl 1 111 CENTS A PACK A(iK. He set a remarkable pace, He ran with astonishing grace, He could not well lose With his feet in our shoes. And came in ahead of the race. MEN'S POLICE, BOYS' OIL GRAIX SCHOOL, CHILD'S LITTLE GIANT, NEVER RIP. ANY OF THESE WILL ENABBE YOU TO WIN THE RACE. BUY THEM FROM Cannons Fetzer. Hoar Me for My Cans I BUY AND SELL LTX jVT EES OF ANY SIZE, I'm speciadT anxious for a bit: lot at this time. I keep on hand, at all timee, u full line of FRESH Family - Groceries Call at my stand on fNorth Main street, near the Odell Factory. - M. BURRAGE. Now for Taxes ! The tax books aro now in iuv hands. T will visit lhe nlaces below for the collection of the taxes on tbe days stated: Township. Itfd. No. 1. Monday October' ' 2. Tuesday.... ' " 1? ' 3. We inesday " 14 ' 4. Thursday ' 15 5. Friday " h' 6. Saturday " 17 ' 7- Monday l'J ' 8. Tuesday " 2H ' 9. Wednesday " 21 ' 10. Thursday " 22 ' 11. Ffiday 2:5 Respectfully, L. M. MORTUSnW SWiff. itCllili HE Cabarrus county, N. C, Sept. 27, ''.'1. For Sale or Rent 100 ACRES OF LAND in No. 5 Township, near Mt. Gileail church, 4J miles from town 15 acres in the' town 5f Concord, recently purchased of R. A. Brown. 1 house and lot on Main street, opposite Mrs. Hetty WinecciTu; residence 16xl32 feet. 1 vacant lot adjoining Reformed church, lot fronting on Church street, CGxl65 feet. 1 house and lot on Corbin street, adjoining my residence, 6(1x175 fee),: As agent 1 bouse and lot on Sprint; street adjoining John B. Caldwell's and the Pink Deatou lot, 95x215 feef. bo 30 JNO. K. PATTERSON-
The Standard (Concord, N.C.)
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