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CONCORD N C. TIIUIlSDAY.TTV1HBER'3riS92.
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Btamdard.
A K ;niMi( it!i Vouchor.
Inihv our lae-t is? no, James E Shep
.t has Wen appointed Chief Jus
r.i'i'ofthe Supreme CVart. We arc
ia '. :!..tt so i a lawyer and up
iLdit man h .o tveivvd the appomt
ii 'iit. It is doe.h: f nl if there is a
l.-.tM- mm m tin- State Tor the Chief
.luitiivship.
Armistei.d BnrweiV of Charlotte,
iui been appointed associate justice,
to HI' the .i.-aucy car.sod by the
promotion of JuJe bhepherd. This
appointment is also eminently tit to
lo made. Judge Bur we' I is an ex
cellent lawyer ar.d his character is
he vend reproach.
The death of Donald W Bdn, a
good ar.d j ure m m, cieated a vacancy
in the ofiiee of State Trersnrer, S
McD IXite has Wen appointed to fill
ir. His friends say he is an able
financier. Ve know nothing to the
contrary. Xor.h State,
I lc Hotel y..ii7.iiiI.rl' Ilitrijctl
Winston, Xo.. Wins n was
viii.id with another Sirious cen
:'..ira'.ien to-day. Her model Hotel
Zinzetulruf caught lire at 11 o'clock
in kss t.o hours it was in
a -Hi s. i re on -mtueu m the roar
of the buiidig by the e.vplos on of a
zasedine stove in the steam Lundiy.
A heavy breeze v. as airing and the
" ailding Uing a n eodeu structure
the ll.tnus spread r..p;dly, The two
:'.:e companies were on hand but
for the lack of water were paperless
From sparks the wools aud old fields
for several LuiKp.-ed yards aiour.d
united, t re'p.u
,i
irea nara worK to
s.lvc other W.iLlmgs. Loss $1C0,
(-.".it iuiuivatiee $U0,tAk.
Some, of the furniture was served
UU was broken up. The trunks of
svu-rut dr a miners and lx..;rder3 were
, st. The building
o.vneu by the
West End Hotel & Land Company, '
e t which W A WLitaktr is president. '
W V." I ; r :a nrjs.ii'r. t
The hotel mauagemeiit was pivpar- end, and thinks senotuly of his cons
ing, when the fire broke out, ajditicn. Jeli-rson is gradually turn
ThaLksgiing dinner which would ! ing whit? from fright.
surpass anything of the kind ever j
given in this city. Business men here
say to-night that to-day's is the
heaviest blow Tinston has ever re
ceived. It is not known whether the
hotel will be rebuilt cr not.
Shooting Iiohins Verbified.
The news of the scrape of Rev.
Thomas Dixon caused by shooting
robins on Saten Island recently, and
thereby breaking the Xew York law
which forbids the shooting of song
birdi has long since gotton into every
paper in the State. It has also gotten
into poetry, as folle-vs:
Sing a song of Dixon,
A pocket fall rye;
Four and twenty song birds
Bagged on Staten I.
When the bag wa3 opened.
The Judge began to sing:
"Just a Hundred and sixty boius
Will square this little thing?"
Tom was in the court room
Counting out the mon-y ;
The "squealer" in a gin mill
Eating bread and honey.
ho:t., taiiii a x i ciiaisity.
We very muen regret that some
people take politic il zeal for person
al fpite, but then it can't be helped,
they cannot find the dividing line.
In politics and religion everybody
should be allowed the convictions
of hi3 own conscience, but it has
come to that point In this part of
the moral vinyard that we mud all
Le of the Eame faith, the ssme be
lief, the Eame bia3 or Boycott is the
werd.
The great apostle Paul once said
that there were three things em
bodied in the Christian religion
Faith, Hope and Caarity and the
greatest of these ti:ree is Charity.
We have had, lately, to deal with
tome who have cither never read or
h-ard of the great apostle's saying
cr have forgot t-1. it.
The Standard has endeavored
during ti e exciting campaign, just
closed, to be neither offensive or ins
tolerant. It has had its views, pos
Jitical, and expressed them in a
traight forward and manly way,
hd it now has 1.0 excuses or apolo-
ses to make. Xo spite or animosi
ty1 was thought of to those who dif
fered with us. Let it go at that.
So mote it be.
Rev. Sam Small had a small but
appreciative audience Wednesday
niiiht to hear his lecture, ''From
the lar-room to the pulpit." The
Standard has heard a score speak in
the very highest terms of Mr. Small
a3 an orator and reasonei
Christmas soon will be here,
And the turkey will be killed:
His feathers will be taken off,
And with spiffing he'il be iiPed.
The Comiu Kvont.
Th Business Men's Jubilee.,
which wr.s such a brilliant success
o:i Tuesday night, is a copyrighted
entertainment, originated and owned
by Mrs. V S Puttrrson, of Kokomo,
Indiana. The lades have had many
mpus's to repeat the entertainment,
but have decided that it is not
practicable to do so. They expect,
however, to have, later, a concert, at
which the irest popular songs (Reu
ben and Cynthia Tush dem Clouds
away The Duetts, etc.,) will be
repeated xiili many delightful addii
iions to the musical programme.
The proceeds of this concert will be
for the benefit of The Thompson
Orphanage, an institution where
children from all denominations
are received and which must com
mend itself to all. It is greatly in
need of innds, and it is hoped that,
by this concert, a rcal'.y helpful sum
nay be realized for it. Further
notice of the concert will be given.
"X."
Ilailly Bruised.
Kubt. Sappeniield, Xo. l"2s con
stable, was riding Bob Key, Mr.
CoiTs race horse, on Thursday even,
ing. The bit broke and Boy groan
ed and 'lit cut." Mr. Sappeiifieiel
knowing how Hoy loved to run,
jumped eff he received a ga;h
above one ey and his chin skinned
ti-rribly. De. Arehey pa:el.d up
Constable Sappenuld iiivd he's soon
be able to tackle Kov arair..
Torrl!lj- FrilUoiH'!.
The pressman of this ciee J.f-;
ferson Smith, of dusky line is in a'
-fate, V.'c-diusday r.ig'.fc the ;nete- .
oric display ir. the Leaven (which is
ale- ays above hi in) added to the fact,
the.. Cleveland is ikcbod, caused
deli much
bvm 'i iiu thinks it,
mun.! tho IVDTIiL 1.? f.r'.M-CaChUlr tlU' '
means the w;
Two Mpii Arr--iMl.
A Salisbury eorresp-vadei.t of the
Charlotte ..?. rwr ha; this to say:
Further information regarding the1
murder of Francis W Tally, ne.-.r
v . ixi 1 .
ne 13 surposea to nave, uetu uiui-
deied "Mo'aI.w i.iiiht
instead of
Tuesday u::ht. He was found dead
in bed Wednesday morning and his
home was vinted Monday, the door
of the bouse being locked. Foul
play was not suspected at thit time.
The crime was committed with an
axe. Two men, by the name of
Morten and Etlrd, from the lower
part of Stanly county, have been
arrested and will be taken to the
Albemarle jail to-.day. Several oth
ers are suspected. These men w ere
arrested from what they said at the
home of "Liz" Blake, a disreputa
ble woman in the vieiuity.
A Wcrl-.liijf CiMirrh.
The IVst Presbyteiian church, of
this place1, is a regular beehive
they are workers, so to speak
Be
sides heavy obligations towards mis
sionary causes (voluntarily assumed)
they gave 6250 to the orphanage at
Barium Spring?, and now they are
furnishing a room there and are
supporting Albert Moyzs, a 13-jear-
old lad.
It is seldom that a congregation
and a pastor work so aumiraoiy
together. Dr. C M Payne and his
good charge are to be congratulated.
l v'2niid-- I.iKiiliiiT Grounds.
Wilmington, Del., Xov. 23.
Broadwater island, where Mr. Cleve
land will temporally reside, is
known upon the coast survey charts
and locally as Hogg island. It lies
twenty mile -3 north cf Cape Cnarles,
Utwetu Great M.ichipiogo inlet on
the south and the LPcic Machipiii
go on the north. Broadwater island
is maintained a-J a private hunting
i nd fishing p'x-sc rve by a club ot
fifty leading PhiLdelphians. Xow
find him.
STAM AHO IS5IS.
President elect Cleveland seems
to be running away from cilice
seekers. The incoming President's
postoffice address now is Ex more,
Va., if all the world wants to know
it. Between this and March 4,
1S93, Mr. Cleveland may perambu
late with his family almost any
where; but on the 4th of March,
1893, he will be "thar," and with a
level head satisfy everybody that he
is "Right"- If no then what?
The colored people had a festival
in the Hutchison building Saturday
nifht. The usual amount of fun
was secured and the evening passed
Tlirtnt.j.-iviu.- u-os.
Union Thanksgiving services were
hell r.t tne Central M E Church.
Be v. W G Campbell preached the
sermon and was assisted by other
ministers in the service. The Stand
ard hears the discourse highly com-pliuieuted.
the I.j--t'i:m.
A goodly number was present at
die meeting Friday night. Mr,
Duval, the pre udet t, coat I not be
present, which pL.c-e w:s temporarily
filled and Prof. Hall acting as sec
retary. Mr. Keistler read an essay; it was
touching and moved many to tear3
as he pictured the sad ending of
two lives that were failures.
llesolved that "Ladies should be
admitted to membership in the Con
cord Lyceum" was discussed by
Messrs. Campbell, Fetzcrand Blacks
wvldu on the ahinnative, and oa
the nog dive by Messrs. Maugum,
Cartlaiid and Alderman. The com
mittee (II McXamara, C E Alex
ander and J F lloneycntr,) decided
in favor ot the aSirma-ive,
The Standard cannot resist say
ing that Mr. Jno. A Blackwelder
Las won Lew stars he's really the
"Oudger of Cabarrus." Kev. Mr.
Aid. rman appear, el for his first
time, anel lie's a good one.
At the next meeting the pro
gramme is "rieh and rare." Dr.
Fe;.:er will present to the Lyceum a
Ceo. Vi'asLi-igt m lvl'.e this will le
worth goir.g miles to see.
Secure your ticket, which costs
not!i)iig but at king f er.
V in err Ho iii.
..e.vt'r prophets aer
S-.:iue of the
pi'euICtlUg
n e : ; y t
Uie.g in of wm-
t i-.re a month.
te-r bee
1 the ;-o
or cO ea:M-..r up
ia the "West. Ae e
climatic and a
thi'igs winter b
iu tkis latitude,
o.'th
d aLu
idiug to the regular
ivi.oiuieai order ov
ins Deceuibe:
all hour a v,''.
21 ,t
fees ,
sonic
lueauy nave ccvo. v.t
,i
L'.ner
weeks piior to that, date
I'in.i it Nqti.ri'c!.
Kv. ov V.' Thomas
viv:'nu
el' iwenty-two i
, 1 years, hvir.g seven r.ules
tack of town
:e nu-nner.
I has met death in a strai
, - ,
1 . . 1 1 '
rur several years, lie wts anected
by wnat he ate to such an extent
that when be indulged in beef-eating,
about an hour afterward he
would become restless and wander
out in searcli cf cattle and bellow as
an ox, and would get down oa his
hands and knees ::iid e:tt grass like a
cow. When he ie-.rtook of uniitou
his actions were tbue el a sheep,
uudhe would plaintively bleat like a
lamb. When he ate chicken he would
go out and ccratch for worms, which
he would devour with apparent re
lish. After eating fish ie would
wander to the creek and go in
swimming. Yesterday his father
killed seyeral squirrels, of which the
son ate heartily for dinner. He left
the house shortly after and wa3 fol
lowed by the father. The father soon
saw his son enter an oak grove, and
soon saw his soa jumping nimbly
from limb to limb, at the same time
barking like a squirrel. He called for
him to come down, but this only
eemed to make the the boy want to
escape, and he attempted to jump
from one tree to another, but missed
and fell to the ground, a mangled,
breathless mass of hnrnanity. and
expired in less than five minutes.
A wondtiful boy. 'Tis fortnnete
for hunanily that he got "mangled,"
!g the county will now breathe
free.
AX AUF.l) fIIATlIA.il LOTHARIO.
til-Is !".v-n V. HI- IE10 -i: 1
Wi-ii Iiiia.
:io I'lirted
C!i:u'ki;:i
The Styreir., Court
Carolina has thi.3 week
favor of the plaintiff the
Hi is county, which w;t.t
cf Xorth
ueciekd in
case fron.
trie 1 las:.
May, v. herein Samson Edwards is
the plaintiff and Jennie Culberson
is the defendant, and the court's de
cision should be a warning to all
yourg women not to flirt with their
beans, and especially an old one,
The plaintiff if a widower about 82
year3 old, who s;:ed the defendant (a
young wornau about 2o years eld)
for the recovery of $275.25 which he
alleged she had fraudulently obtain,
ed from him, pretending that she
would marry him anel would buy a
certain tract of land with the monej
and buying the land she refused to
marry him and married another man
not 21 years old.
At the trial the jury found as a
matter of fact that the defendant
had fraudulently obtained the money
from the plaintiff as he lnu! alleged,
;:iel tho plain'iff 's attorneys iiiMst.
0:1 the judge signing a judgment dcN
claring the land liable for the money
loaned and ordering it to be sold.
He declined to sigu this judgment
and gave judgment merely for the
recovery of the money, which could
not be collected because the defend
ant had no property above the home
stead exemintion. The plaintiff ap
pealed to the Supreme Court and
that court lui3 now ordered the land
to be sold, and the proceeds of the
s.'.le paid to the plaintiff. It is quite
a novel case and its trial last May
attracted much attention, and&ffoid
ed considerable amusement to all
who heard it.
The Washington City correspon
dent of the I7ew York World says
that Senator Kansoni Avill probably
be made chairman of the committee
on commerce in the next Senate and
Senator Vance, chairman of the com
mittee 0.1 Privileges and elections.
These gentlemen have served for a
long time on these committees and
their names head the list of Demo
crats on each committte, respective
ly. They are both important.
The Benevolent Society of the
First Presbyterian Church of Con
cord has taken in its care a bright
little boy, llobert Moies, now at the
Orphanage at Barium Springs. This
society was organized in 1S15, with
the late Mrs. R Wr Allison as its
lirst president. Mrs. C M Payne j
is no-.v president, and under her ef-j
lleKiit m inagement tlie society 13 not j
only nourishing but it is aggressive
in its work. Charlotte Xews.
j
Saner kraut lunches are in high j
odor.
Ja
Frost is monarch of all he
.i no
f:.d:n;;
vivid tints of Autuni
are
t Thanks!
:
1
Fphraiui Carter v
giving day in Cou'.ord.
Christmas cotr.03 on Sunday
this!
Ve.ir.
Oscar Allen will L 'S- old tomor
ro- night at C:30.
Thanksgiving day has passed.
Xow look for Christmas.
Chicken thieving should be suss
ponded during the hunting season.
Harry Fiyling is a climber.
walked up the flag pole today and
arranged the ropes.
Bob Hix who formerly clerked
for Mr. D Pat Daywalt is now the
big c'o'hing merchant of Wilkes
uoro.
It is when a young fellow in love
has lost his head that the girl in the
crse likely to mercifully lay her own
on I113 sholders.
idrs. Dr. John Fink had at her
home a Thanksgiv.ng reunion of the
children and grand children Thurs
day. The cuisine was superb.
Wednesday evening the new sig
nal flag pole was put up. All hands
ar.d the- cook were present to aid.
the majority of which was advice.
A drummer got off the train to
day. He had an umbrella, and he
said that he had carried that um
brella iust one v?ar and a day. lie
should be happy.
The South Carolina conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, began its 107th session at
Trinity church, Charleston, yester
day morning. j
It is the belief and hope of many
of the Methodists, whom the Stands
r.rd has approached on the subject,
that Di. Bays will be returned to
the Cetitr. 1 M E Church. He is an
lr.ct ssaut worker and his work has
prospered i
Lawyer C rowel 1 teli us that Mr.
Francis Talley, who wrs murdered
near Xew London, Stanly county,
vas livinjr alone. His wife died
several years ago. Whilst two men
have been arrested on suspicion, the
matter is yet invoked in great
doubt.
We stepped into Becks beef mark
et this morning. We dont often go
to a beef market All in a row was
a lot of stuff that attracted our at
tention of course we enquired and
Beck said Wy dot is ht noothing but
goot dried Beef tonges, Have one.
We didn't haye one.
Tne Business Men s Jubilee was a
perfect Buccess. Mrs. R E Gibson
aud Miss Ada Rogers, the leading
spirits of the preliminaries, did the
planning admirably. The parts
were well represented and the young
l.idips were indeed attractive. The
receipts amounted to about $120,
The Standard will here hint what
d . has bo-.rd "Many wait it repen.
A KSiort ':iOf!iKiii About lli Knrll)
mitt Oilier Tliiu-fM.
Of what is the surface of the
earth composed?
Of corner lots, mighty poor roads
railroads tracks, baseball grounds,
cricket !ield-, skrtuig rinks and
Democrats,
What portion of the globe is
water ?
About three .fourths. Sometime
they add a little giu and nutmeg to
it.
What is a town ?
A town is a considerable collection
cf houses and inhabitants, with four
or five men who "run the party" and
lend money on 15 per cent interest.
What i3 a city ?
A city is an incorperated town,
with a mayor who believes that the
whole world shakes when he hap
pens to fall 11a; on a crosswalk.
What is commerce?
Borrowing $5 for a day or two and
dodging the leiuTer for a year or two.
X'ame the different races.
Horse race, boat race, bicycle race
and raceing around to find a man to
endorse your note.
Into how many classes i3 mankind
elivided ?
Seven being enlightened, half
civilized, savage, too utter, not worth
a cent, and Indian agents.
What nations are called enlight
ened ?
Those which have the most wars
and the worst law and produce the
most criminals,
How many motions has the earth?
That's according to ho. you mix
your drinks and which way you go
Iimne.
What is the earth's axes ?
The line passing between Xew
Yosk and San Francisco.
What causes day and night ?
ay is caused by night getting
tired out. Xiht is caused bv pverv '
body going home to si; inner. I
vyLat is a map ?
A Map is a drawing to show the
jury where Smith stood when Jone3
y i . i
ga,e mm one unuer tne eye.
What is a miner's compass ?
A jug holding four gallons.
Prohibition in South Carolina.
The South Carolina general as
sembly has met 3nd will remain in
session thirty days. At the Demo
cratic primaries last summer a ma
jority of the people voted for prohi
bition, aud in accordance with this
expression of the popular will a
prohibition bill will be introduced
and passed. Most of the mambers
feel pledged by the primary vote to
the support of prohibition, but some
say the vote was not general enough
and will fight the bill to the last
ditch. Some measure with reference
to refunding public debt will
be passed. The debt aggregates
$0,000,000 and a bill will probably
provide to refund at 4 per cent.
Charlotte Xews.
POPLAR TItXT ITEMS.
A thre year old white child of a
tenant, living on W W Robinson's
laud was so badly burnt that it died
in a few hours.
The-effects of hydrophobia are
still being suffered at Mr. Robinsons.
Another Jersey cow is effected and
two more to hear from. It looks like
the Democrats and mad dons have
about taken this country. K.
The above communication was
written by a gentleman of the Third
party faith. He takes the situation
like a man, for such he is, and has
just as much respect from us as if
he were a Democrat. His poetry
about "J K" we will not publish
The Charlotte Xews says of Con
coid Thanksgiving services : Thanks
giving service was held in the Cen
tral I.Icthodist church. Concord, all
denominations of the town partici
pating. The sermon was by Rev,
Wright G Campbell, of St Jame
Lutheran church." From the opening!
eenience to tlie clcsincr, the conzre-
gaticn was deeply interested and im
pressed by the able arguments of the
preacher, who exemplified the priy
ilege, the duty and the grounds of
Thanksgiving in elegant terms from
the one hundredth Psalm. Aliberal
contribution v.as made to the Oxford
Orphan Asylum.
A .Marriage That Was to Uo.
It is said that a marriage was to
have been celebrated in Winston this
week. This young lady ' had made
all the necessary arrangements so far
as she was concerned and was await
ing the arrival of her lover for the
event to be solemnized. The young
man failed to put in his appearance.
The reason given for his action is
that the girl whom he had promised
to wed had discarded him once,
it! hence "turn about was fair phiy."
li STRUCK.
IT PLAYED SMASH WITH
ITSELF.
The Standard Scoops a Itlcli and
Riirc Item at the F.xiX'iise of the
Cotnot Midnight Workers Cot the
Ilu!c on Sleeping Ons.
The advertised comet to hit terra
Orma was about 10:12. There was
a delay, a considerable one. The
comet made poor time when it got
within 780,213 miles of the earth.
For several thousand miles travel
was rough and jigged, but the lady
comet reached mother earth at 3:38
a. m It struck with a dull thnd
within fix feet of our reporter.
The comet is a female and alto
gether very insignificant. It lies
near the It & D depot within stone's
throw of the Lone Thirteen Posts.
Our reporter built up a fire near
by and proceeded to take such notes
as could be secured. The comet is
about the size of a barrel and shaped
like a hoop-skirt. It has the ap
pearance of much wear and tear, and
looks as n it had been in a melted
state.
If it is rock, it is unlike any our
geological editor has heretofore seen
in his travels (of course he has
never been to Raleigh, where rare
and curious thing3 are to be found).
A thorough examination cannot yet
be made the comet 13 still in bad
humor from great heat and a tired
and weary feeling from such a long
journey.
From all things, the Standard re
porter must confess sore disappoint
ment over the insignificance of this
comet, which lias stirred up such a
big cemmotion in this wicked and
sinful worll.
The Standard docs notveuch for
the veracity of this reporter. Ed
TorCMt Iltli Chcreh.
Among the items in the pastor's
report for the past year are the fol
lowing :
Xumber of professions of faith,
about 150.
Accessions to membership, eighty-
five.
Amount paid on salaries... $1,095.00
Amount paid conference
collections 330 05
Amonnt paid for Sunday
school 115.20
Amount paid parsonage
aid 51.C1
Amount paid Oxford ovi
phan asylum 9.15
Amount paid Bible cause... 5.00
Amount paid all other
purposes 333.12
Total $1,939.73
During the three years of the
present pastorate over 300 have been
received into the church, and the
net increase has been over 70 per
cent. The pastor took charge with
229 members; he closes the third
year with 400.
The .tloiiiorial Exercises.
Sunday night interesting services
were held at Central M E Church,
The evening was giver, up to read
ing memoirs of those who had died
during the Conference year. This
was the programme as carried out
1. Voluntary by the choir.
2. Memoir of Mrs. Christiana
Bostian by J C Fink.
3. Hymn.
4. Memoir of Miss Maude Suther
by Pi of. E P Mar.gum.
5. Hymn.
G. Memoir of Leon Dayvault by
J Lee Crowell.
7. Hymn.
8. Memoir of Julia Mills by L
D Duval.
Hymn and benediction.
rnsscd In His Chot Ks
Jacob Partee, a colored resident
of this place, bat an employee of
the R & 1) Railroad, passed in hi
checks Saturday evening, at Dan-
yille, Va.
He was a brakeman on a freight
train and got caught between two
cars, resulting in fatal injury.
His body was brought to Concord,
on Sunday, for burial. He leaves a
wife and three children.
Ex-Senator Ingalls doesn't like
Mrs. Lease and Mre. Lease doesn't
like the ex-Senator, But in one re
spect they resemble each others.
They both part their hair in the
middle, but thi3 is the only part they
take in common
Geo. Farrington, of Ashe, and
Elizabeth Royall, of Wilkes, were
married last Sunday the groom
C2. the bride 10. "Better be an old
mill's dulling" than be a
Hi ' "- h i -s.
yo"i g
hot iu.Mi i:oiSBs:iis.
Johnson City. Toiiuts-pc. Has Souk
Youthful KoMhtm. 1
Johiuon City Tenni, Nov. 2G. A
bold attcniDt to rob the Watattga
bank, of this city, was made last
night, and as a conseepaeuce four
young desperaeloes are now m jail.
They are John Crouch, son of the
ex-city recorder; John Orr, Will
Campbell and Y D McBray.
When arrested they had tunneled
under the bank from the rear end,
had takan out the brick in the wall
and were directly under the vault
and had only one foot of cement to
drill through before they were inside
tha vault where the money was
kept.
When the boys were arrested a full
kit of burglars' tools were found
with them, such a3 pick?, shovels,
drills bulls-eye lanterns and a six
ounce bottle of nitroglycerine, which
they intended to blow open the safe;
had they succeeded in their attempt
thty would have secured about
$15,000,
The boys arrestee! are members of
a regular organizrd band of young
bandits who hava been operating in
and around the city for several
month".
Several fine guns which were stol
en from Seaver & Summers a few
weeks ago from the Xew York
Racket store were found, also books
and canely which was stolen. The
jiifair has created a good deal of ex
citement here as a scheme was also
on foot to rob the first Rational and
Cstizen3 bank together with the
Watauga bank.
tinvc lhoojro Iho crlKlcaiP.
Columbia, S. C, Xov. 20. Ti e i
ct 1 1 1 e j. i l I
State board of canvassers tonight
1.1. i -V,
completed a two days hearing of the j
. . i 1 , em T,
contested election of Gen. E W
Moise, the Democratic candidate for
Congrcis from the seven I h (or black)
district, by George W Murray, the
reesro Republican. The certificate
of election i3 given to Murray by
forty votes only, the total being
Moise 4,955; Murray 4,995, The
face of the returns, as sent up by
the county boards, gave Murray little
more than 2,500 votes. Over 1,700
of Murray's votes, thrown out as
illegal on account of eff size ballots,
were counted id. General Moise
will carry the fight to Congress. It
is intimated that the State board al
lowed partisanship in State affairs to
influence it, and it3 action has cres
ated one of the political sensations
of the year in South Carolina.
Exjtlosion on a i'aj Ct'.
Knoxville, Tenn., Xov. 20.
(Special to Associated Press) The
pay car of the Knoxville, Cumber
laud Gap and Louisville railroad
left here yesterday to pay oil the emi
ployees. On the car were paymas
ter Richard P Johnson, car account
tant Ralph Lax ton and professor E
D Wirtz, of the Knoxville Classical
School. As the car came near Wash
burne station the steam beater sud
denly exploded. Paymaster John
Eon was seated nearest the heater
and escaped uninjured, but Mr.
Laxton was so badly hurt that it is
not thought possible for him to sur
vive. His skull was fractured and
his left arm was broken and ho is
paralyzed on the right side. Prof.
Wertz received a cut on the right
side of his head and his skull is
thought to be fractured.
A 31 iirdcr Chooses Dcalh.
Franklin, Tex., Xov 20. George
Freeny, col., was hanged yesterday
for murder of his step-son, John
Robertson, aged 12 years. He wa3
to poor to have a lawyer and the
court appointed an attorney for the
defense who agreed with the prose
cutiiig attorney that the prisoner
should plead guilty. The prosecu
tion was to recommend imprison
ment for life. To everybody's sur
prise Freeny refused to plead guilty,
was convicted and the death penalty
pronouueed and executed.
Uolh Will Accent IX Ieat.
MoxTe;ojn:uY, Ala., Xov. 20.
The talk of revoiut:on in Alabama
over the governorshi, i3 idle. There
is no sentiment in favor of the Kolb
claims and Governor Jones and other
State oflicers elected in August l ist
will take the oath of office in the
presence of the two houses on the
first day of December.
Another Doualion lo Trinity,
The trustees of Trinity College
held an important meeting in Dur
ham a fewr.days ago. Some import
tant measures were adopted. The
Dukes have giyen $10,000 more to
the college. The Board recom
mended the two.niur.l Ccnforeuces
the appointment of a iiiKineeil ag
f..r h- oolle'-c.
Why One Munis Ta.inkfiil.
I am thankful because I am red-
haired. I might be bald.
I am thankful there is a young
lady next door who practices on the
piano two hours a day. She might
practice four ; and, in addition,
might nave a brother adelicted to the
cornet habit.
I uni thankful I am the father of
twins. Suppose they had been trip
lets? I am thankful I wear a number
nine shoe I might have to wear
elevens.
I at 1 thankful I am poor. I might
be in debt.
I am thankful I possess quiet
tastes. Suppose I had been fond of
Wagner's music?
I am thankful I learned to smoka
cigars. I night have tackled cigar
ettes. I am thankful I can't think of
any nior3 things to be thankful f of
If I could I should feel oblidge t(J
write t Jem down. Puck,
A Monarch -Murdered.
London, Xov. 20. A special from
Calcutta to the Times say 3 that Abi
zuegal Muliz, the reigning sovereign
of Chitarl, together with h'13 younger
brother has been murdered by Sher
Afzul Khan, brother of the late
ruler ot Chitra'. Sher Afzul Khan
had been exiled. He gathered a
small following and returned to the
country and affcr murdering the
ruler aud h'13 brother seized the
throne. It is also reported that the
Ameer of Afghanistan i3 supporting
tlie Usurper. The Tiuie3 Eays
Chitral L a place of great military
oirl r--iTYr.ir.i -moI ii'rvlrrniro rn thfi
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in Central Asia. Ihe top of the
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Hindoo Koosh Mountains form the
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r.iunr rla'eau winch the Russian
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IStoilK'i-ia riiijliis Hiivoo.
Oit.vwa, Ont., liov. 2 (.'..Lumber
men who haye arrived here from the
lumbering shanties report black dip-
theria as making scrioti3 havoc
with the men employed in cutting
timber in the Madawaska Company,
many deaths having already taken
place. The Ontario Government
has sent up a number of doctors
with the hope of checking the dis
ease. ;eltiiii(U ItiKl't.
Fmr.i Judge.
"You live on Bacon street, do yctt
not, Miss Emerson?"
"Xo, Mr. Hawkiii3. I live in a
house that is situated at one side cf
that throughfare."
Just before the election 300 men
employed in the stone riuaraie3 near
Hartford. Conn , went on a strike
againot a reduction of wages. Fear
ing the result on the election the
party managers got together and ar
ranged to haye the old rate kept up.
The men went to work. But the
election is over and now notice ha3
been given that a reduction will bo
made Decemdcr 1st.
Here rests a greedy little boy;
Don't idly pass him by,
Thanksgiving filled him full of joy.
And too much pumpkin pie.
33
Wishes to speak through the Register ot
the, lienelieiiil results lio lias received
from ;i regular uso of Ayer's Tills,
lit-says: "I was feeling .sick and tired
jiiid my stomach seemed all outof ordnr.
I tried a nnnihor of remedies, hut 110110
fceined to ;;ivc nic relief until I was in
duced to try tlio old reliable Ayer's
l'ills. I have taken only one box, but I
feel like a new man. I think they aro
the mrist I'leasant and easy to take ot
anything I ever used, being .so finely
fciigar-coaled that even a child will take
them. I urge upon all who aro
In Weed
of a laxative to try Ayer's rills."
Boothhay (Me.), Ikyistcr.
"Between the ages of five ami fifteen,
I was troubled with a kind of salt
rheum, or eruption, chiefly confined to
tho lfcs, and especially t'j the bend of
the knee above tine ;tlf. Here, running
sores funned which would si: ah over,
be.t would break immediately on mov
ing tho leg. My mother tried every
thing tjho could think of, but all Jwas
without avail. Although a c hild, I read
in the papers about the beneficial effects
of Ayer's I'ills, and persuaded my moth
er to let me try them. With no great
faith iu the reault, she procured ,w,
Ayer's Palis
and I began to u?o them, and boob
noticed an improvement. Encouraged
by this, I kept on till I took two boxes,
wiicn the sores disappeared and havo
never troubled me since. "II. Chipman,
Ueal Estate Agent, Roanoke, Va.
"I suffered for years from stomach
and kidney troubles, causing very severe
pains in various parts of the body. Nono
of the remedies I tried afforded me any
relief until I began taking Ayer's I'ills,
and was cured." Win. (joddard, Notaj-y
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