North Carolina Newspapers

I X I K HA" AH . i i Ml IV THE , N 1 ) COUNTY. L Au&sa ye. Takin NOTES ';;.NT Them.'' r 1 on. the wolves tary lac ics er.'ed, t :u h vsoim times .tus 0:1 the I miitit nu'i', ..I K ; '.- -I ! fibers to come t-n i 1 t r .1 11 and toll , fort ;il'K'. Tbe mi. ad. l-i. l i" i (!e i' in " i rocio'as livas s. :t doem'l S-'U .d t.i) tll.lt ! lit' : fl .00 cash, un-1 ; - , u.i is luitfint"". .-. ivVIo a citizen.-! v. .i; i ,, Mr. lVur,.".. ; .1 s k' of th" 1 1 i i II- , :; !'..i,!:ni i- tor iMt.rsm and W. II. : inyoti.itinir, has , .!. The-e fiei.tte!i:eil ... ;,!ul t!i'.' Stal'.datd a in cxp:e-sing ivcre; ;t: tu;e. oiiooril. ... l'rof. A-'it;iie linuerat ; ;;-LU IV of Professor : i.'ord is a c-erioiis radvd seho.ds, of .e.ii.ning, he has i ;.!.(.! vsi-ful ofli : ... - :.'.i:icrd upon . i :.. ,- ngfttt i:g, .uoiild k-.-ive Ashe- Wili !: . nl.'.K ' !: t'ttimuiitt'tl ? .. : that an iffoit is Messrs. Kcatns a:ui ur Alf Dawles, th- tenced to be hanged I ave his seliUi.ce c imprisonment. ...-kid to sign the l ...mutatie'n. Mr. Louie was bur- j .- t sign it. J I v flionld tikis i: Chronicle. Th' S: a widower in town ' a, r a u i.U ur in town, a . go .i t et eye , :. i: u r-t sawed tht tii widower in o . 1) :-vt li in is is a widower in to vn no ane'.or; i. his I -oon a a cou- h a wi lower in town, that a eolli-ion of ; a freiitlu occurred i i.ear Da-i-...vs.in. 'I i.is wa-S.i'-, inWi-v..r, col-:Tm'":- ei;gine and . d ow n. Four -uslyh'M-f. Trats r !. : i . , !;. : J. ii0..i iutv. S.il In I : ' . v Company, which ; would sippt-ar here . : Jit, Jus decided for i oi:s not to cine ht-re i:'appiintwl, a- ,. i th" pi. asa.-e of M .rii.-Gii on the stage. !:ii''ii(!i:iri.iii. ;, t.ad thre- fir. s in day nih' a barn f r Mr." 1 :-vli n On ... t r:'.. L i;;t. I .n K , "J I? IS be. lew t! Wlat i i at;, o !:' ! Some d. pM.jae s r i ai:;e, of j.i'!en. ai.'y C"U'. y, is waik. N. J , for iu "!:i..e- c cm t n.M s would 1 i; hei Ami. ,i ,nm I ii : was a load of wo 1 ) the ''. iai that is notldng. The J"i.a! is tij'i, how V0U suppose the to town? A team ma ar.'.. horse, i !) -ifer. b.iv iii color, We have seen ' ep, bat when a young i- wmked into service, . ioiii'iit upon t he milk ! i ii reii. '. v ( 'nnnisi a;ei s order- :i 'o take pl.ee in Nos. i ii.-iii'S. J ney are ir sal-scri;tiou to N.'ilheru K.ailroad. o. c, :.j,O00; No. 'ivaui ot-ii); No. (I, ;;a,'iuO. . iike Ea-tcrii Ca 1 1 11. rai ;i. o il has a r. alio id ; it D., w it Si which ' fa n and trouble. almost certain that 'iii.. : -; .led on it -11 mi -e V. ir,M.:!. All t'e ar i !i is h Sieved t hut : i ntfi.d.'d going one y wi-hin tne ns'al O'leil arelli.d to g- t A stub, m ai . ha to the route via i WaM Hill, Mt. i'ieasint .''on and several town- idson county, and Gold M-j'gan townships in -, o e en a cuhsc-riptiii '! i i s he: t po-rrd . liisik is t he pota to, or st iii it. SHORT LOCALS. Court is jogging along serenely. Next year is leu i year. Girls get ready, Have you got your Thanksgiving 1 n r key : Will hite, of Rowan, spent Sunday in town. GoM communications don'i cor rupt evil manners. Brown Bros, stab'e was crowded with droves of horses. The shooting season is here. ".Johnny git your gun." The dry weather has been of adantae to the cotlou crop. Th- United States Army of tramps is tstimated at 3,000,000. Kit 11 corn cribs and fat hogs are th.- order of the season in Cabarrus. As usual ou court week, Dr. J. P. Mrong, of the Charlotte Democrat, is lu re The hofel clerk at the Mr. Vernon Hotel, Siisbury, lends tjiuriers. Tty him. .!. B. Wiin-eoiT gave us on Mon day, the tirst twin scaly bark we h.iw ever seen. Miss Frankie Lentz, of Norwood, is spe n.lip the we with her i.i'i ther, . E. I.entz dolin MeAuIfy has compU-td W. F. ('ninon's ne dwelling in No. '2. It is a splendid building. Clint Brown, the Alliance corres pond, nt of the Salisbury Herald, is localizing on that paper now. Is it. net remarkable that there are so many cherries about over the eo.iiitry this season, of the year? The street railway of Charlotte has Veil running six months and no accident occurred, except ihe killing uf a dog. l'ink Norm in, who escaped from the Cabarrus chain gang, has been caught in Shelby, so our Sheriff is informed. Sour krant is now on the market, and pedestrians are praying for cold, real cold weather to benefit ih' ir olf ictory nerves. An exchange, says he always envies a fat woman where he see3 her laughiug '"there seems to be so much of her having a good time." Ephraim Carter, of Albemarle, .rent Satur lay and Sunday in town Ephraim nas a tender spot around the hearts of many Concord people. A. S. L-.'htz a Cabarrus man of No. 7, who has been teaching at the Salisbury cotton mills, has resigned a';d will return to his former home. John A. Fisher, who killed Green Hurley .n Stanley last April, was co a vie ted of manslaughter and sen teheed to live yars iu the peniten tiary. (. II. Bell, of Dowd, Stanly coun ty, is as.-istant. clerk at th-j Salisbury I hotel. He likes it so will that he doesn't sleep but two nights in a week. ! The Salisbury Wa'chmui has a j sign i'p thst reads : "Agent for the Charlotte Laundry." Does .Baby Miller wear samples of this institu tion's work ? Di- d Thursday evening at Can nons wile, Sallie, daughter of Paul W. F; rr. IL-r remains were .laid away in the Baptist church yard near ' 'oncord. Mis. J. M. Br'vn is spending the week in Charlotte, taking in th en cus and Sam Joins meeting. Mrs. Brown has not isited Charlotte in thirty eight years. Mrs. Win. Propstis visiting fri. nds in Kaleigh and vill see the Exposi tion. Before returning she will visit her son, Deary, in D srhim, and Mrs. Trice, of La-xlngUm. Thomas Johnston, who for a long time has been engineer at the new factory at Forest Hill, e.r.es today to take an engineers position on the Iiiehmond and Danville railroad. A Pennsylvania exchange of extreme Republican proclivi'ies has his editorial and local pages filled up with one sentence, "Get ont the vote " The G. U. 1 of that S'ate nuist surely be in a bad strak. J Since the L'ceuui' president his requested the discontinuance of bib. lical quotations in the d-baUs, we p.ny be terrified and ussa-sinated with selections from the Congres sional Records. Fire t Chapmans & SitterthM brick vard. Thirty four tires were kindled before daylight hist Monday morning. Ovir one hundred cords of o'i ! and two hundred thousand brick v. ere burned. Court convened Monday morning at the appointed hour. Judge Arm Held delivered his charge to the jnrv. A syoop-is of the work done will be given tomorrow. Very few people are in attendance. Co!. Elam King hired a horse and saddle It tickled him tremendous ly when he found that the stirrups had to be let out. Col. King says that it whs Dr. Fitzgerald's. The Standard has found out the inward ness of the affair: It wa3 Ear! Brown's, and Col. King is not happy. There is a colored woman in Salis bury, so J. D. Barrier told a re porter, that has three feet and one hand. One foo is at the end of the arm, where the hand should be, and is p-rfectlv developed. Instead of a thumb she uses a big toe, with a nail on it. Between 12 and 1 o'clock Wednes day niffut. two suspicious looking n Km v;ir-r. r-i entered our office. The o'd mm was unprotected. They warmed themseU es, one even situn th e stove for a f.-w minutes a druggist is liable to do anything. Tlie-e mi luight roamers ought to be watched a ul arrested. Sam Jones, the rich evangelist, will ho! i meeting? in Charlotte for the eext t.-ii (Itvs. While he is rolling in luxuries, many a faithful, zealous ministerial worker m ine land is suffering for the actual neces siii.. of life. The world never fO( .1 . so far that it do-sn't come back Mgidn Bynnd by these nam wnrkb ir aehers, on poor misera , piti .l ie salaries, wi!i be treat. d light anyhow iuthe hereafter Not rnueh cotton coming to town. Not much cotton ou the market. Attorney Wright, of Salisbury, is here. How do you feel ou the election news. Eight prisoners are still in jail to oe irieu. Twenty four arrivals at the Mor ns House yesterday. Miss tnmkie Jjen'z returned to her home in Stauly today. Go to the Opera House tomorrow night. You will enjoy it. We hear many compliments for the work of the chain gang. unty iorty nve men irom one township, are to be lit this court. Dr. J. P. Strong left on the north bound train I'liesTay afternoon. B. izzards and prairie fires are the order . f the day iu the northwest. The only street attraction is Drs. Odom and Avers medicine wigwam on wheels. Stanly county is furnishing cross ties for the main line of the li. & D. railro.nl. Sam Jones ought to convert the Southern Express Company, if it is convertible. Esq. M. L Bamhardt, of Nor wood, says that all the cotton in his section is open. The farmers generally estimate the cotton crop at jus't one half a general yield. A six room cottage and lot for sale. Apply at the Standard office. This is a bargain. C. G. Heilig, of Mt. Pleasant, came in with his head wrapped up in a rag. A bad cold. Lieut. John Propst arrived last night from Shelby with Pink Nor man the eseapeu convict. If you have a business, hang out your Ein, then put your little ad- ilr.ss in the Standard. Be it remembered that Joe Good man is the best posted, politically, oi any person in town. Clint Brown, the local editor of the Salisbury Herald, devotes nearly a colunm to a barn burning. The reason it doesn't snow some of these mornings Is because there are uot clouds enough. Snow will come. Don't forget the weddings. Xm is will come, we all know, but you all don't know tiieeo marriage predic- toins. Lots of people are going over to Charlotte tonight to take in the great 4-Paw combination and Sam Jones. Di. Sol Fun says if Campbell 1 ea's MeKii ley he will be 'he next presidei.t and that teo by the Alli ance vote There is a grocery store in town that has lace curtaius. A barrel of saur kraut looks nice behind the curtains. Lots of people have gone to Char lotte, presumably for the Sam Jones meetings, but possibly many will attend i-Paw. In put'ing in the new curbing in Mr. Litaker's well. Snell did not move the locttion. The well is at the same place. The animal election of officers of the tire company cine of Monday i.igit. John W. Fink was elected chief and Henry Kitz foreman. I.-n'i this funny : A p?rsori may marry a IVeler. Such are some times borrowed or tolled away from home. You see the point ? The telegraphic line on the Yad kin railroad between Salisbury and Norwood will be opened, in about ten days, for commercial business Th a familiar face and voice of nude Davie Parish is missed at the co" it house door. Jack Bost, of No. 10, is the witness caller now. The penitentiary farm on the Poanoke rher in Halifax county cov.rsan acreage of 11,000 acres and gives omploymtnt to 450 con victs. ll.a not the railroad Commision a right to require heartless expre-s companies to pay decent ami honest salaries? If so, let it step on this grizzly giant and squeeze something out. The cierk of the Board of Com niissioners was ordered to publish a stttement of the ivceipt3 and dis bursements of the county for tin last year. Dr. li. S. Young vas called out to Poplar Tent in consultation with Dr. Caldwell. It i3 thought that Mrs. C. J. Haiii's condition is hopeless. It was a happy crowd that hear t for a long time the reports from the election. When it came to Ohio, Esq. Puryear insisted waiting on the Western Keserve. Rev. Brother Michaux, of the Greensboro Workman, went home "wiih an ague." The Standard man is young but does not associate with such company ; we are surprised at this brother. The eastern part of this hustling county is alive and whooping op their railroad boom. They go even so far as to say they will have a railroad beyond a rea-onable doubt. Miss Laura Booie, of Marengo county, Ala. will arrive this week to vnit relatives in Mt. Pleasant. Miss Booie is a niece of Mr. Robert and Dr. Rose of Mt. Pleasant and has never, before this, been in the old North State. Drs. Gdom and Ayer gae a free exhibition of glass ball shooting, in the court house square on I uesday. With their red dressed red man, and shooting au apple off of anothers head, there is some excitement on $he part of the crowd. Th people have no reason to com plain against the dummy. It is more unfortunate tor the com.pauy that there ha3 been Q much delay in making repairs than for the pat rons Their hauling is being done promptly by the railroad CQmpany. The dum iy would have run before this bur. some repairs from Rich mond have miscarried. GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER.' JOIIK A. riSHKlt (OXVICTtl) The Following Report of 5!r.!pr Trial in Mnnly County i Cliil From The Albrmnrlft Se'. The widespread interest e Tinned in the trial of John A. risher for the murder of Green Henly, justi ues us in devoting more or our valuable space th m is uatually al lotted to a single case, even thong! we boil down the voluminous testi mony brought in by our reporter. Ihe regular panel of seventeen juror3 yielded but two, acceptable to I emberton it Jerome who fought so nobly for their client. A special venire of fifty was exhausted in securing the other ten. The jmy composed the following well known names: Tiufus Hatley ; J. C. Little ton; S. S. Lilly; li. F. Crowell ; li F. Leiler; A "I. Eudy ; O. L. El kins ; N. B. Etird ; J C. Foreman. solicitor J-iong s tirst inu most important witness for the State, helix Holder, told the story of tin shooting on that fateful 2im of April with damning circumstantiali ty. On that day, he, Cale Barringer aim me accused met at u lint Miller s house. Fisher warned witness vs Green Barringer and Green Ilenh as the d est. meanest men in the settlement They said, "Fisher will be your ruin." On saying he (witness) did not fear them, Fisher exclaims, you had b-tter be afraid! See what he told Philip Sell about you. Cale. Jsarriiiger "reckoned Green Henly indicted me, causing me to pay $75 iu fiues." Fisher then said, "If J get him on my land he will never get off alive." I'll fret him over there before I go home says Barringer. On reaching mv house we all drank whiskey. Just then Henly appeared with a gun Fisher remarked, "look at Henly ! see how he walks, there must be something up." Henly came to my house, refused to come in, pro duced a half-pint bottle and asked me to fill it with whiskey, which I did Henly returned to his home speaking to his wife who was wash ing at a spriug, and to Harnp Ilearn , a darkey who was plowing near' Heuly's house. Barringer wetit out to put up some scarecrows and tind out what Henly was up to, from Damp Hearne. FUher asked me to go home with him ; on our arrival j there he asked Lou, his wife for j breakfast. We both drank twice r isher got down a large army re volver. I didn't like his pistol ami said so. He replied that he knew his pistol and intended to kill some d d man with it. We drank again ; I got very sick laid on a pallet ar ranged by Mr. Fisher for me. Bar ringer and Henly came up. Fisher held and Nourished a pistol in his hand remarking a he came that he had lived under a d d lie long enough. "Now Henly, tell that story about Sam Sell and Mrs, Boger to 'Laws' the sime way you told me. Henly refused, then Fisher toid what he had heard Henly relate, adding that some! ody. meaning Baer I think, was a g d d d liar. Fisher called him auo'li er liar and as lleiilv started toward him, Fisher tired point blank in his face, the ball cutting Honly's windpipe, splitting his collar button. Henly sank to the ground and Fisher walked li me got his coat and gun and took to the woods. On my overtaking him, Fi;her asked me if 1 intended to testify that he shot Henly. 1 said no, as 1 had my uad down when the shot was tired and didn't see who shot. AUmt a week before the shooting Fisher had told me that Heniv would report U3 for running a ati'd and that he (Fisher) would never die happy un til he had killed the son of a b . Afrer the cross examination" of the above named witness, Mrs. Green Henly, on being sworn, testili. d that she had prepan d dinner for her husband and Caleb Barringer on April 52d last, and that shortly after they had left for Fisher's house, she heard a shot and ran down that way. She found her husband lying in the n ad. I lifted up his head and asked him who had shot him; he said, Fish r. I then rook a pistol out of Ids hii pocket. My husnand died about (5 o'clock that evening. On cros examination stated that s!ie was twenty-three years old but didn't know her late husband's age ; was married in jail, having been indicted by Fisher and Barringer for livng in adultery. P. A. Culp; Given Peeler and Rufns Trout man testified to Felix Holder's general good char-cter though all had heard that he was a bigamist and a 'blockader.' Case closed for the State. Defendant swore that he left Henly, Holder and barringer at his home. He went to the spring, saw Henly approaching and avoided meeting him ; went to see Boger, with whom he returned, passing through his own housn securing a bottle of whiskey and a loud-d re volver. After both took a drink, he went with pistol in hand to talk with TTcnlv. and suuatted down on the ground near Henly, Barring-' and Holder. Henly started towards me threatening to shoot my d d heart out. I tired, and on advice of Holder and others, fled. Previous to this ime Henly had shot at me five times one night, and twice on another occasion. On cross exami nation admitted that he and llolde. ran au illicit. ; the pistol had three loaded chambers, it Iv.d been loadtd two months; had been a witness against deceased for selling liquor, also for living iu adultery with his wife, Carrie, whom he married in jail: was tried in 1879 for stealing a ha", was acquitted. L. A. Boger stated that hi had joiued Mrs. Fisher iu begging Kisher to leave his pistol bemud but alter some talk with Ilenly lie too i along. Fisher started off, pistol in hand. Ilenly laid his hand cn his pistol threatening Fisher. Fisher then fired the fatal shot. Saw no pistol iu llenly's hand. Had heard ilenly threaten Fisher previously. Louise Fisher saw Henly draw a starting to th Knr,.. "" imeiatil mee'in at the log, saw Henly advance t or una- fcieps towards Fisher who reireaieu rnree sreps before firing, ca.v vftinc ufuiy piCKlip a pistol a-iu onji .i, iino neniy s lnp pocket. Several prominent men testiuVd I to the more or less good names of risneranu omer witnesses for the detence, at the same time cas:in" doubts as to the entire respectabili'y or tne much married prosecutions chief witness Holder. On the other hand, others no less prominent gave Fisher, Barringer, and Roger -home- what cloudy record. After some unimportant rebuttal evidence both sides closed. State Solicitor Long's thank'ess position or hangman was as it always is try. mg. Uii one Iiav.d stood Duty. On the oi her, Fishers wife and children confronted him in his address to the jury, lie claimed the attention of Court, jury and audience. Counsellor Jerome's long and mi nute exhaustive recapitulation of the evidence wound up with a pathetic quotation irom Holy writ and au appeal for mercy, such mercy as the jury would ask for at the great bar: mercy, the equality of which is not trained but falls as the gentle dew from Heaven. S. J. Pemberton sprang into the ring with his war paint on, he went for witness Hold er s scalp forthwith and in a half hour fusillade of expletive and invective arraignment of the two leading witnesses for the State and ten minute confidential confab with the jury, practically removed the halter from the prisoner's neck that solicitor Long had reluctantly placed there. Judge Armlield tersely but judiciously charged the jury, leaving the case with them. 1 wo hours later a decision was handed in of manslaughter. lr. liny on the I'rliitiiigr Irc. Yesterday morning Dr. Bays de livered a very impressive sermon on the subject of the Printing Press. I here being only one more Sunday in this conference year, the service whs well attended. I will give a few thoughts culled from this ser mon. The Doctor takes the ground that none can ignore the influence of the press, be he preacher, business man or any one else. This is a reading age, and the press rule's the world it is the genius of the world. The tick and type, says Gladstone, is the mightiest influence on eartn. "Were not a preacher I would certainly he an editor," exclaimed tha speaker. He impresseu upon all the impor tance of newspapers, especially in regard to the influence they exert in home life. IL related an incident where a home was blasted by vi'e literature, lie stated that inform tion was neeessiry to godliness, and everyone should be" well informed on trade, commerce, agriculture and politics. He advocated no special party, but said a man could be a christian and belong to any party. Great stresswas made against reael ing newspapers on the Sabbath, ex cept religious papers. He thought by reading the secular papers that the thoughts were diverted from re ligious themes. He dd everybody would read somethb-g and plead for a purer press in ;; homes. Next Sunday there will b a me uioiial service held in the church. Prominent n embers will read me morials of all who have died during the past year in the church. The preacher will speak of the joys and orrows of his year's labors from the text, " what have we done ?"' Keg. The Stnlnrl Jolt Printing Company. The Standard h,;3 the pleasure of announcing dat it is in the field for all the printing that comes along. It has been favored with a fair share of patronage', but hit herto its equip meat has not beeu all that the man agement could desire. The equip ment type, machinery and printing appliances is now equal to all de mands and is strictly first class. From this date, the job printing business of this establishment wi 1 be carried on by The Staudard Job Printing Company, of which Mr. T. B. Eldndge is manager. Mr Eldridge, who is a printer as Well as an editor, has decided to devote li s attention to the job printing busi ness. He has moved his job print ing outfit into the Standard office and consolidated it with the equip ment of the establishment, thereby greatly increasing the facilities of the ollice for doing all kinds of printing, . The management of the paper is not affected by this arrangement. Mr. Fadridge will have charge of tha mechanical department and will try to make himself agreeable to visitors when the1 old man is out; but he will havo no interest, in a business sense, ia the editorial or business management cf the paper. Friends and patrons of the Stand ard are invited to call and examine specimens of job printing and com pare them with similar work done by any other priuter ; and wh. n they want anything in that line, they are a sured tnat 1 he Standard Job Printing Company will t!o the work a-i well, as expeditiously, are.! as cheap as any other first class printing establishment. m Copal (jrovc Itpmx. Dry wia,thev prevails. Farmers can hardly plow their stalk land. Pain is much needed. The infant child of John Fisher die d a few days ago. John Culp, of Cabarrus, died a few days "ago of consumption. John F, Morgan is very ill. Corn crops are pretty good this year, cotton will si on be all open and we think a short crop for this year. Corn shucking and opossum hunt ing is the night occupation of the boys now, hut we have seen no large opossums yet this fall most all small. Wild geese have been seen going Nnrth this week. Tell us what this 'means; they generally go South in the Fall. R. nistol when tfortirr . ... . . I '' . -- - A ii: isio. Th Allnnllc Rxprrss ('omniiiir ll n.Bl.t VliUI, ill,. ,i,(,Zn,l" li'ltt-t. Thursday morning the railway commission filed its decision in ihe much talked of cas? of the Atlantic Express Company of Morehead City nr.,.;.. .s il. . 1l"l. . . - . Samau me v iimnigton and Weldon and the Uichmoud and Danville railway for refusing to the plaintiff company me lacilities for conduct ing its business on their line. F'rom the figures and facts the court concludes: 1. 'lhat so much of ihe contract which was entered into be tween each of the defendants and the Southern Express Company as granted the exclusive t rivile"-e of conducting a general express busi ness over their limits to the South em Express Company, which denied to each of the defendants the right to grant to the plaintiff enual f anil i- ues ana rates ot transportation is a violation ot the commission act 2. That the refusal of the defend ants to grant rate3 and facilities to the plaintiff, upon demand therefor was also a violation of said act That the refusal to thus srant rates and facilities was an undue prefer ence and advantage to the Southern hxpres3 Company, and an uninst discrimination against the plaintiff also in violation of said act. It is adjudged that so much of the contract entered into between each of the defendant railways and the ooutnern Express Company as granted to the latter the exclusive privilege of conducting a general express business over the respective roads of said defendants, and which denied to each of the defendants the right to grant to the plaintiff equal facilities awd rates of transportation tor conducting, a general express business within the limitt of this State, with those granted the South ern Express Company be declared illegal and void. It is adjudged tne rerusal ot the defendants to grant to the plaintiff rates and fa cilities for conducting an express over their respective roads in this Estate, upon the demand of the plaintiff therefor, is an undue pref erence and advantage to the South ern Express Company and an unjust discrimination against the plaintiff in violation of the terms of the rail wag commission act, and of the rules governing the transportation of freight and the regulations concern ing freight rates adopted by the Commission by authority of said act. It is further adjudged, and the co nmission 0 orders, that each of the defendants grant unto the plain tiff equal rates and facilities for con ducting a general express business over the respective roads within the limits of orth Carolina, with those already granted to the Southern Express Company, or which may liereatter be granted to it, or to any other person, firm or corporation. It is further adjudged 'hat eacli party to this action pay its own costs." 'I'osHiiui Hunter Fire. Much complaint is being made about the carelessness. of 'possum hunters in scattering fire about in their nightly peregrinations. A cabin at the Gibson and Young place came very near being burned down a few nights ago, and around Pioneer Mills fire ha3 got a headway in several instances. The dry weather has made everything easy to ignite. 'Possums are good but not worth a suit iu conrt. Hunters beware ! Suits A ii i list the KnilruRtl. The Statesville Landmark says suits growing out of the recent wreck at Bastian's bridge have been instituted against the Iiiehmond & Danville Railroad Company, West ern North Carolina Division, in the Superior Court of Iredell county, as follows: G. W. Bowley, for inju rie3 ; O. W. Lawson, for injuries ; O. W. Lawson, for lost baggage; J. B. Armfield, administrator of J. C. Brodie, deceased, death claim. The liriiml Jury. Jonas Cook, Foreman ; It V. Caldwell, Secretary; F. P. Boger, L. A. Pharr, J. A. Black, John F. Moose.D. D. Barrier, L. Misenheimer, Caleb Cruse, L. B. Linker, E Tucker, R. T. Iloneycutt, W. A. Patterson, F. A. Brumley, V. C. Lentz, If. A. Smith, Tu A. Gourley, Jacob Freeze. The Lyceum. It promised to be a lively meet ing and was lively as far as "it went. Some filibustering was indulged in. The resolutions introduced at last meeting, and whose consideration was objected to by Dr. Fetzei, came up again and were referred to a committee of the whole. That com mittee doctored the resolutions so all was stricken out except the numer ous words of "whereases and the word resolved." This report of the committee was adopted by the Ly ceum. The programme for Tuesday night will be the same, as the Lyceum decided to adjourn without the lit erary exercises, on account of much iuferest in election returns. The t'oimiuNwiOiie r' Meeting. The County Commissioners met Monday, and but little business was transacted except routine work. The board did agreit deal of railroad legislating and ordering bills paid, hut did nothing aside from that. I'otit Tuesday. 'I ha greater part of the day was taken up a ith the case of the Stae TV . T ' J m vs r.rwin ljipe iorgery. The jury stayed out all nightand up. to 10 i i- n-.. i i i ,. o ciock. neunesuay, wnen tney returned a verdict of guilty Appeal. i A VnluaMe Iloott, - James C. Fink has in his posses sioh the diary and record of hh grandfather, liev. Geo. Boger. It is interesting and vaiuaoie. we are going to have a long peep over it and note many interesting things from 1800 to 18G0. Miitilf of this record is in German, but with help we will master it ri:uiti cosvicTs r.; n j r ;. Tlie Mitiin;; )Klric;s ol I v., !,-,., l!l it iianf ii. Knoxyille. No-.,2.- At u:i.. o'clock ' Lis morning two hundred matuite men came in from the niountaii.s and liberated two hundred convicts that worked in the mines at Oliur Springs. So quiet! v was it done that people m the town knew nothin about what had happened until six "eiuoiv iin. morning v lien ir, Vv a- uncovered IMar, i .!., J lessees was a mass of ocKade oi king rt.ius -iu or in.' short; t furnished with ".vi .n-!i;ier.s v eiv citizen'. f.hiil.Wi... and Wllal tue exevmba of a lew captured, nil are te-w i-A Jar. e This makes more than live 'hundred penitentiary onvicts famed loa k that location since l-'iitav evening The Governor of the State v, s hi', yesterday, b.ifc this luoriiiug k-ft f i Nashville. It was given out afm his anival hero that the force ot gards at Olives had been lar-elv i creassed and that the attack p.,,,;. the stockades would be stoutly re sisted. It does nor. amwn- !,,".,.. .- ihat there was any resista-'r-e :t- -.li and no one was hm-t Wit i..,. , mois prevailed, one of which is t!ia . I - -" '" VI nil. 1.1 13 mmer3 will immediately proove Tracy City and release convi ts ed t tla-r. n.,. ... i, ,- -, , ' : l , i ... ic- n nun no Well IOillM rc v luence oi nil-. Jiatnoone can teli what the miners will do. Sale of I'uclaiiueil Freight. The Southern Express Company nas oeen selling today unclaimed freight, which has accumulated at the differeut offices in the Greens boro district during the past year. The crowd was laiire and the bid ding spirited. It is wondei f 111 hoe people will bid Oil things in which there is such an uncertainty as to whether they will get the return of tneir money. A great many thought they were going to get rich, but when the packages were opened a very few came out with their money's worth. Among the tilings found in the packages were newspapers, pa ent outsides, patent medii ines, almanacs, circulars, &c, &c. Every ono was in a goo . humor, however, although his money was gone. Green shoo Workman. That is a kind of gambling, but the Standard is not surprised. " This company i3 liable to do anything, most! A company that will make a man work himself, his son, a negro, furnish his own wagon and his own horse, his own room and work him like a dog day and night, on a salary of au aerage of sper month, when the ofiicrpavs bet ven saOOand $3500 per year, will do anything. tnrt l'roooeitin-N. On Monday the were disposed' of. following ease? State vs .dac Goodican, larcenv. no! pros with leave; Sta!e vs Bob Taylor, cruelty to animals, nol pros with leave; State vs Bob Taylor, r. w. 1., two cases no! pro- witli'lcave: State vs Bob and Mott Allison, af fray, nol pros, with leave; Stite vs Frank Misenheimer, afi av, nol pros with leave; State vs Whit Cauhle. a. and b., two ca-cs no nros with leave: State Vs John Brown, cruelty to animals, nol pros with leave": State vs Frank Misenheimer, c. c w., nol pros with leave ; State vs John Blackwelder, removi wood, de fendant in custody for line and cos's; State vs Byron Ingram, r. w. 1., pleads guilty, 5. and costs; State vs Dolpli Bamhardt, assault, pleads guilty, judgement suspended on payment of costs: State "vs J. E Henderson, assault, pleads gailtv. judgement suspended on pawnent, oi costs; State vs John Sumner am! Adam Lee, r. r. v., Sumne-r p'ca l. guiky, P3. and costs; State vs P. N. Hopkins, f. r., pleads guilty. So. and costs. Promoted. Mr. Frank rabbins, Jr., of States ville, brother-in-law of our solicitor has been elected Superntenddnt of the mills at Forest IIilI vice, Mr. Sam Patterson, resigned. Mr. liobbins has been here long enough to endear himself to both the owners and employees of Fore.-t Hill Factory. You See the 1'oint. An exchange tells of a person who had a call i'lom a little count iy p irish to a large and wealthy one iii a big city, lie asked for time for prayer and corsidera'ion. He did not leel sure of his light. A month passed. Finally some one met his youngest son on the street. "How is it, Jos'ah said his neighbor. "Is your father going to B ?" "Well, answered the younger, judi cious), "Paw is still praying for light but most of tne things is packed." How Ton Nee It. Older citizens tell the Standard mai something. They say that not more than ten years ago "at courts that it was no trouble- in counting intoxicated men right along; lut now it is diil'erent. It is seldom that you see a drunken man. It i; good ; it is well. Miss Sides, a voiing lady at Can nonsyiile, died Tuesday night. I'all Iij1 I.iix'. Join the great proHidm! it marches to victory! It knows no defeat! Inscribed on its banners i the inspiring battle-cry, '-Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery," Its line of march extends auoss the con tinent and around the world! A happy illustration of the popularity and success of this world-famed remedy. 'Tis everywhere relieving pain, inspiring hone, curing disease ! For all blood disorders it is acknowl edged the safest, the most tiioronh, the best! The liver and kidneys re spond at once to the invigorating touch; through them the whole system is cleansed and built anew. up If you are sick, indUpoaed, de bilitated, weak, suiJeii - from mala rious or othor poisons, you'll lind the i . . . i .-,. . ... "u , jULU":i" JlH fie t remedy par excellence to restore yCU. ;tf4 -u-3-s ii. li-v. T. p. a n: nmi in: 01 tlhi .Mate, ha n,K-.,, Cfd a ue,i -'A all tii. vr tnat will lj.' es-sie'rly owed by Mn ii'eat many pe.,pl0 ,ved w!,., .is h.eheu against tn u 'etriiie that ihe Caliein bmgoliau, the egro and the In were all descendants of Adani ueiv all brut hers, so to snea V iii a lee! is New hern M re recently delivered in r. KicauJ. Meem-,i;i.,T tiie Journal. t'-soic the position--in, I (':, ,! nis MateinenN ami !i's br scriptural "g li quotations of mankind lhat tlie inferior "Kl htjt orio1!'!o v.ith Adam; that s 'm.3 !V'CVS ',vtIV i existence prior to an.i contemporaneous with him; tint ti.e i' j;,,!, caii-aiv to the gen eral.y r -.caved opinio;), eli,l not ex end i . v r t e i. whole word: th.if. t !i'.)e i:c. s di- not therefore boennio extllle". hut til: t the:r descendants are nniabitauts of the world today, and th.' separate origin of their aucisfry accounts for the vast dif ferences so manifest in the various types of tiie human family today." The pre-ht.storic ruins of Central America, Mexico and the United Na'cs, and the traces of nations who had attained a high degree of civ ilization long before the flood and who, con tin ies bt fore the di.spnve ,,r u; i ,i j o.i,i,ui ov me Europeans, peopled the cities the ruins of whose vast bud i in gs are being constantly di covered in the semi-tropical .por tion of tin's continent, are stroii" ev idence in support of .Mr. Iiicaud's position The materialism of the age is doing much to prove that Adam was not the progenitor of the whole human family, and such a position ; lhat taken by Mr.' Uicaud is not inconsistent wiili the teaching of the " Uilde. In the language-of a noted "hard-shell" preacher of the Blue Iiid:e, ''If Adam-ali uaw tbo fncf mau-ah, whar did-ah Cain git his ' wife-uli 'r' Go to the Opera House Thursday evening, with the t ho road. T'ot',000. '.co Mrs. Tom Thumb moit elegant costume, on The jewels alone costing Dn :-: Lumber! I have a lot of.-ood DRY LUMKEIt for or ilooring, ceiling ami (heart) fence ailing-. Parties desiring such lumber r will call on me. CONTRACTOR l .--; f.ae WOO!) V.'O car.traeta to do any kind 'of and wnl mcarautee sat taken byjlie job or by i:-!"-a-:iea. Vi'or the day. Pounds. I BUY AND SELL Hi u JVT IB IE OF ANY SIZE. Cm it thi-: pr eially anxious for a bi? lot ime. I ker-n on hand, at all times, a full linn of ri!i-:sir Family - Groceries Call at my stand on North'j Main Li-cot, near the Odell Factory. -j. M. HURRAGE. G.'or'e E. Fisher has received a lot of candies, finer than anything that ever sweetened any man's tongue before. Hero are some crystaiized fruits, piuo apple, apri cot, .-ihiioms and all such. You will iiud any and everything in the tfrocfr ime n my store, opposite the St. Cloud Hotel. G E. Fisher. lotice of Sale, I will s.'Il at public auction, for cash, on Tues I iy, tho loth day of November next, at my residence, near St. John's church, the follow ing person; property, viz.: Two head oi' noises, two heael of mules, a number of c ttt le, sh -ep and hogs, a lot, uf com, wheat and oats; one twoho -a' v,.i,'iii, a lot of farming utensils, boa-.a-iold and kitchen fur niture, an 1 muiy othor articles. MILS. M. M. MILLER. Oe :: tds Lost. My little Lea .do bitch, Bell. Sho is wiii to with deep yellow spots, an 1 about 1-' inches high. Anyone returning her or informing me where sho is, will bo suitably re ward a A, i'eport to Standard office. FRANK LOST. TIsEOOHNBGiCERy F.vcrythi'ig good for h -a'th and to i'1-d..j you eom'ortable can be fo .nd at lay Htaud. Why I have oi-kb :'., h mr, candy, tobacco and lots of thcai. Cour in - ihnv citizens- JOHN A. KIMMOXS. BENEHAL WOl" Wo car. y e very variety of mer-chtnui-; n l kinds to suit every taste. Try us. Do you want any brick, if so call on us. LII'PARDS & BARRIER, HIP, THE RACKET. The prices that tho racket makes, startles tho community. You come in and if we don't make 3-our eyes water and your heart jump, we'll give you something. DAVID J. BOSTIAlNT. John T. i Hi .