North Carolina Newspapers

SUBSCRIBE FOR THE I Standa STANDARD. 9 Only - $1.00 PER YEAR. SEE THE this CLUBBING RATES Only $1 Per Year. CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13. ON 2ND PAGE. Single Copy 5 Cts. T i ' "i T RD. SALE OF.LAND. By Tirtue of the authority rested ia me oy oertuia niortiire or deed of trust executed to me on the 2!)th day of September, 18(W by H W Blaokwefder and recorded in the Offloe of the ltegis- ter ol UetsdB tor Uudbitus Uouuty, in lieoord of MortRftsea No. 13, pages 82 and 83, I will aell at public auction, sub ject to the dower of M J Bluekwelder, at the court house door in said county, at twelve o'clock m., on Monday, the 24th day of December, 11)00, to the tiiKhBt bidder, for cash, the fullowica tract of land described in said mortgage and lying and being in No. 4 township, Cabarrus county and State uf North Carolina and more particularly de scribed as follows : First tract Beginning at p rod oak stump on Ludwick's line and ru-is north 69 Doles to a hiokorv stump on brancli of Irish Buffalo oreek; then east 1 pole; then down the old channel of snid creek oath 25 east 2 poles; then south 77 east 4 poles then south 10 east 14 polos; Uien south 44) east8 polet.; then S51 east 14 poles; then south II) west 10 polos; then south 44 J west IV poles; thn noutn 17 JS h poles; tnnce bl west lis p lea; men sontn 144 west 21 poles to a etono, form erly a ham beau; then west 2 Doles to toe beginning, containing nve aores, more or less. Seoond tract Beginning at a block gum on Harvey Blackwelders line, north 13 1-3 west 62 poles to a Make in a lane; thence west 41 poles 15 links to a stake with II H Wilkinson's line; thenoe north 40 west 12 ptleil4 links to a stake; thenoe north 65 west 12 poles t a dog wood; tbenoe north 2 west 16 (Miles 20 links to a stake; thence north s-t west 81 poles to a stake ou Xsenhoui'a line; tteuce with Isenhour's line south 363 vast 108 poles to a stake on Isenhour's line, ilarvey Black welder's oornei; thence with his line south 89 east 60 poles to a Muck gum , the beginning cor uer, containing twenty-seven and one- halt aores, nioie or less. Terms of sale cash. Given under my hand this 2 1st day of November, 1900. M. L. STEVENS, Trustee, SALE OF LAND. The undersigned, by virtue of the power contained in a mortgage or deeil ol trust exeoutea to him on the 27th day of April, 189a, by Jhn Killough and Lis wife, Elizabeth M A Killough, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Uabarms Uounty, in itooord of Mortgages Ao. 1, pogos 50(1 and 0117 will sell at public auction, subject tc the dowel of E h Killough. at the court house donr m said county, i t one o'clock p. m., ou the 7th day of Janu ary, 1901, tbe same being the fir t Mon day of said nioutti, tho tract of 1 uni dtt scribed in said raorttfiige or died of trust, which tract of land is situate n No 2 township, said county, adji'iiiicg the lands of (J J Uarris. Win. black and others, and the metes and boundaries of which tract are as follows, viz: liegin ning at a stake, ootcer of what is known as the Valentine WiuecolT ten acre traot, and runs thence N. 81 poles to n Btake, formerly a W. O.; then N. 63. V 86 polos to a stake, onrncr of tiie W b Harris lands; then N 14 E 86 poles to a pile of stones; thence S 57 E 21 poles to WO; thenoe S 23 W 82 poles to a take or pile of stones; thenoe B 85 E 82 poles to a stake; thenoe S 8 W 22 polet to a stake; thenoe S 78 E 82 poles to a stake; thence N 18 E 23 1-2 poles to a stake; thence N 65 E 22 poles lo a stake, formerly a P O; thenoe N 4 E 48 pole to a hickory; thence S 82 E 82 poles to a black gum: tbenoe 8 21 W 8 1-2 poles to a stake; thence S 14 W 23 polos to a stake; thence S 8 E 20 poles to a W O; 'hence 8"5 W 24 r-ls to mouth of branch; thence H 82 W 24 poles to a maple; thence S 85 W 29 poles to a stake, formerly a hickory; thence S 9 W 83 poles to a bunch of willows; thence S 68 E 32 poles to a stake; thence 8 17 W 76 poles to a stake ooruer ol said ten acre tract and a thirty -eight acre tract of said Wiueooll; thence with line of said ten acre tract N 68 W 40 poles to the beginuiug point, containing 90 aores, more or loss. Teiius of sale, cash. D. O BONDS, Truste . This Noy. 20. 1900. 3. E. Broom, Administrator of Henry Oarmoud, deceased, vs. Dnrant Garmond, Maok Garmund, Wil lis n Oarmond, Robert Garmond. John Garmond, Brantley Reid, James Garmond, A B Garmond, Maty Ki zer, Charley Garmond, Silas Gar mond, the heirs of Martha Bejel, aud the heirs of Wesley Garmond, sum mons The heirs ot Wesley Garmond, being the children of Wesley Garmoud, de fendant, their names being unknown, will take notice that an action entitled as above, has been commenced iu the Superior Court of Cabarrus county, he fore the olerk of paid oourt. by J E Broom, administrator of Hmry Gar mond, deoeaHed, h. sell for assets the real ea'ate of the above-named iuttwtute to pay the debts of said deceased; and the said defoudants will further take sotioe that they are hereby summoned toapponr iu tbe above-mentioned cause, before the Clerk of the Suiwrior Court of Cabarrus county, at tbe Court House in Oonoord, N. C, at 10 o'clock a. m , on Monday, tbe 17th dav of December, 190 ), and answer or demur to the peti tion filed iu said cauxe, or the plaintiff will npiily to the Court for the relief de manded in said petition. This October 81st, l'J0. Jno M. Cook. Clerk Superior Court. Armlield A Williams, Att'ys. for 1111". WANTED, Active man of good char acter to deliver and collect in North Carolina for old establithfd manufac turing wholesale houe. 900 a year, sure pay. Honesty more thau experi ence required. Our reference, any bank iu any city. Kuolose self.ad dresNcd Htamped envelope. Manufac turers Third I'loor, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago. WANTED, Active man of good char acter to deliver aud collect in North Carolina for old established manufac turing wholesale house. 900 a year, sure pay. Honesty more thau experi ence required. Oiirrefercnce, any bank in any city. Encloce solf-addies-ied stamped envelope. Manufacturers, 3rd i'loor, 834 Dearborn bt , Chicago. Paid Dear Fur His leg B D Blanton, of Thaakeivill i, Tex., In two years id over $300 to doctors to curs a rnnning sore on hii log Then they wanted to out it off, but he cured it with one bor of Buoklon's Arnioa Salve, box Guaranteed onre for Pi es. 25o Sold at FoUtr's drug store. Tho Best Prescription for Chills And over is a bottln ot Grove's Taste lees Chill Tonic. It is simply iron nd quinine in a tasteless form. No oure 9 par. Frio 60a MIXERS' NARROW ESCAPE. Thirty-Two Men Entombed In a Coal Mine Saved by a Fortunate Circum stance. Scranton, Pa., Doc. 5. Thirty- two men employed attheNayaug colliery, in Dunmoro, were en tombed by a cave in this morn ing, but. thanks to a simply for tunate circumstance a terrible disaster was avoided. The men were at work atoutl.OOOfeet from me oouom or ine 6iope ana to feet below the surface when two acres of the roof between them and the elope came down with a terrific crash, crushing the pil lars beneath it and causing rush of air that almost blew the men from their feet and hurlod the roof off the fan house. ' ' TiTheir lamps were extinguish ed, but the air was still pure and they relighted them. The crack ing of the pillars in their vicinity told them thecave-in was extend ing towards them and that they must soon find a way out or be caugbt and killed like rats in trap. Foreman John Gibbons bade them keep cool. Crawling on his hands and knees over the fallen roof and sometimes squirming through crevices that barely admitted his body he made his way to within 15 feet of the air way which led to the second aliening and which, it was pre sumed was not affected by the ran, as it is a narrow passage through the solid rock. Koturn ng for the men he had them take their tools and follow him. After a difficult and dangerous journey they reached the point where the fall blocked their way. This was attacked with bars, picks and shovels and after an hour's work a passage was clear ed to the air-way, which, as they had counted upon, was open. As fas, as they could run they made their way to the second opening aad thence to the surface, where they were greeted with wild hur rahs from the thousands who had gathered expecting to see tnem brought out crushed and nangled corpses it they were brought out at all. Fightiiig Ten to One. A Manila dispatch of the 5th says: "A dispatch has been re ceived from Geueral Punston iving an account of a two hours' fight in the woods of Santo Do mingo between an American force and 300 rebels commanded by Sandico. The American force, consisting of - 30 native scouts, commanded by Liouten ant Jernigan, attacked the reb- ls, who retreated, leaving on the field 16 men killed, including the rebel leader Aguilar and an merioan uogro. It was at first thought the latter was a man named Fagin, a deserter from the Twenty-fourth Infantry, but this turned out to be a mistake, Not one of Jernigan's men was wounded. At tho Kerr Bern Conference. A New Bern special of the 6th says; "Uonterence met at H:SU o'clock this morning. The char acter of preachers in five districts were passod. The name of Rev. ,1 Gattis being called, his pre siding elder, J T Gibbs, an nounced that there was nothing gainst him save the complica tions involved in his law suit ainst Dr. Kilgo and others. He requested the Conference to pass his character as tho case is still nding in court and as this ac tion would be in accord with that of tho Conference last year. The Cc uforence did this and referred is name to the committee on Couferouco relations for super annuation. Dr. Kilgo addressed the Con ference. He referred to the re cent trial aud thanked the Con ference for the action of yester- ;iy. Ho slated that he had no malice toward any man and that ho could not stand as a minister of the Gospel with malice toward uy ono. Many -assured him of continued confidence. Au anniversary meeting was hold tonight." Xlie ( IgareU's norK. Liuk Mills is in a critical con- itiori and is supposed to bo dy- cossive cigarette smoking. Mills is a member of a crew on the Western road. "Salisbury Sun. The Hague-McCorkle Dry Goods Co., mporters and Wholesalers. GREENS BOBO. N. 0. Dry Goods, Notions and Hats. ZW We solicit trade of Merchants only, and soli nothing at etail. We cordially invite all GroeiiKboro or see our Travelling elsewhere. Hon. B. W. Hatcher's lecture. The Hon. B W Hatcher, the State lecturer of the Masonic or der, delivered his appointed lec ture in the court house Thurs day, beginning at 2.45, speaking for 30 minutes. He spoke from manuscript. Indeed it is hardly possible for anyone to form ox ' temoraneous sentences with thai symmetry and beauty with which he clothed his thoughts. As he described the temple of Solo mon in the perfection of its parts manipulated with the skill of tho highest training, the rhetorical precision and the fluency of fit ting terms which he brought forth seemed to make it easy to realize that that grand structure wont up without the sound of axe or hammer. The figure referred to tbe building up of well round ed moral character. The Bible, he said, is the light of Masonry. The human mind looks inquiringly for that which is beyond. Masonry digs doop Into the quarry of Divine truth and brings out the beauteous character as if evolved from the divine mind. He touched upon that mystic power ofMasonic training by which eye answers to eye and recognizes the friend though he is met in the ranks of a deadly foe or where words are not intel ligible. The world's famous edifices were long years in building, even some measuring beyond a century, but the temple of Solo mon, the grandest of all, was built in about soveu years Thus Masonry teaches the art of moral training ithat facilitates the de velopment of tbe moral character into a structure of spiritual sym metry and beauty. Doubtless, too, the address had a meaning and a charm, for the craft that is not caugnt by those not trained in tho mysteries ol the order. Joe Mnnday Too Mnch of Everything but ftou. Joe Munday, who has had a various experience as actor, au thor, playwright, preacher, drunkard, Keeley Institute sub ject, and at present an evange list, gave two lectures hero, Sun day afternoon and Monday night. He sheds tears, plays the monkey, and acts the drunk ard during the course of his lec tures and then shows how expert he is in taking up collections where no admission foe was charged. Ah usual, our peo ple were very gullible and contributed largely to the cause. A home preacner wouia have failed in getting two bits whero Munday received forty times as much. His lecture ou Monday night on "Thero's a brand new baby in town" was said to be decidedly "bum," and the jokes he told were so stale that they had hairs on them. Not wishing to do Joe Munday any harm, we can't refrain from having a small opinion of this class of evangelists. There is decidedly more of big "Ego" in this man's talk than there is of God. Stanly Enterprise. Woodson-Bernliardt. Cards are out announcing the marriage on Dec. 20th of Mr. Walter II Woodson to Miss Pauline Bernhardt in St. Luke's Episcopal church, Salisbury. Served Him Right. From the Stanly Enterprise we note that the Albemarle peo people, last week, gave the Kev. I' Li Miller, in niS own wurua, 'such a pounding as he will feel tie enecis or. ior ween aim months. merchants to call on us when in Salesman bofcre placing orders , . J, W. WUOUUUKIN, salesman Senator Morgan Sees luuger. A Washington dipatch of tho 6th puts rather a gloomy phaso on the canal movement. It 6ays: "The Senate was in executive session for four hours today, de voted to a discussion by Senator Morgan of the Hay-Pauncefoto treaty for the abrogation of tho portion of the Clayton-Bui wer treaty which relates to tho Nic aragua Canal. Discussiug the queston of tho fortification of the canal, Senator Morgan argued strenuously against it, both as inexpedient and unnecessary. He admitted, however, that he had no doubt that if the Uniied States should proceed with the construction of the canal without first .taking steps to secure the neutrality of the canal, Great Britian would be grievously offended and that ho thought it not impossible that tho offence would be considered suf ficiently grave U lead to hostil ities between the two countries. Tho American people, however, were not going to allow any ob stacle, no matter how serious, to stand in the way. He believed that the administration that would undertake to build tho canal, knowing that to do so meant wir, would be endorsed by the people at largo by a big ger majority than that which McKinley rocoivod over Bryan in the last election. Sonator Morgan was pliod with many questions." In as much as Mr. Morgan said, before any one else seemed to think of such thing, that tho Cuban and Spanish difficulty inoant a war between the United States and Span these notes from the Alabama sage carry with them rather ominous rum blings. Mr. Klnttz Keeps Slmftrr Brigadier. Before the vote was taken Thursday on tho army ruorgani zution bill Congressman Kluttz opposed the item of retiring Gen. hhaftor as a major genoral, vying he was opposed to the promotion and retirement of of licors. His motion prevailed The section retiring Gen. Fits? hugh Leo and Gen. James H Wilson as brigadiors was also stricken out on motion of Mr, JUfc. His Appearance Alfuinsi Him. "Could you do sometlun' for a pore ole sailor r" asked the wan derer at the gate. "Pore old sailor? echoed the lady at the tub. "Yesm, followod tbe wottor fer 20 years." "Well," said the lady at the tub, after a critical look, "you certainly don t look as if you d ever kotched up with it," and resumed her Delsartoan exorcise of detergence. Indianapolis Press. lhg Stops Runaway Horse. "Jack," a shepherd dog owned by Frederick Gray, yesterday stopped a runaway horse on the street, Hitched to a cart, when for some reason it took fright and ran up the street. The dog, which always accompanies the team, was at a distance, but started after the horse. The dog gained on the animal, and as soon as he got by its side began a series of jumps into the air in front of the horse, which could not get past him, and after a short timo slackened his speed and finally came to a standstill. When the owner came up "Jack" was sitting upon the ground iu front of the horse, vnd at the sight ot his master began to wag his tail. Palmer, Mass., Dispatch, 3rd. Hiir Never Changed Homes. There are many things to en gage tho cogitations of the mind of man but man is equal to every phase of diversified thought. A few days ago Messrs. Chas. Mc Donald, John Moore and D A Caldwell met on the sidewalk and putting their heads together ar rived at the conclusion that our townsman, Mr. li w lirowu, is the onlv man in Concord over 40 years old who has not departed from the home or his Dirvn to ve and prosocute the avocations of life. Mr. Brown went to the war but this does not apply as he never relinquished the place where he first saw the light as his home. A Strong Fortification Fortify the body against disease by Tutt's Liver Fills, an abso lute cure for sick headache, dys oopsia, sour stomach, malaria onstipation, jaundice, bilious ress and all kindred troubles "The Fly-Wheel of Life" Dr.Tutt; Your Liver Pills are the fly-wheel of life. I shall ever ,x grateful for the accident that irouglitthem to my notice. I fee: s if I had a new lease of life. I. Fairleigh, Platte Cannon, Col. Tutt's Liver Pills Confederate Veterans Meet. At a meeting of the L. O'B Branch Camp of Confederate Veterans last night in the may or's office, the following resolu tion was passed: "Resolved, That it is tho opinion and sentiment of L. O'B. Branch Camp that there should be a convention of Confederate Veterans of at least one repre sentative from each camp, asso ciation or county in the State. This convention is to consider the matter of pensions and main tenance of tho Soldiers' Home. "That Gen. J S Carr, as pres ident of the North Carolina Vet erans' Association and Major Genoral commanding tho United Confederate Veterans of North Carolina, be requested to call this convention not later than tho first week in February, 11)01. The adjutant of this camp is di rected to forward a copy of this resolution to Gen. Carr.' The camp has ordered fifty copies of a Confederate Hand book, compiled and published by R C Wood, of Louisiana. The book gives almost every con ceivablejkind of information in regard to the Confederate gov ernment and its history. It should be in every Southern homo. News & Observer. Wood Factories In North Carolina. North Carolina appears to be loading all the other boutheru States in the important industry of manufacturing iis forest re sources into more valuable pro ducts than planks aud scantlings. Besides its M0 sawmills and 75 shingle mills, says The Dixie Magazine, which gets its informa tion from The American Lumber man, there are in the State IK." plaining mills and sash, door and blind factories, C3 factories mak ing furniture, chairs, show cases, etc.; 30 making wagons, car riages, agricultural implements, otc., and 25 making boxes, crates, veneers, etc., a total ofSnfi es tablishments in woud-wc iking which employ more or loss "skilled" labor. Of particular interest, says tho magazine, is th6 number of con cerns manufacturing "hard woods" into furniiure, wagons, agricultural implements and so on. This branch of industry was until recently practically monop olized by the North. Now there are "small towns in North Caro lina, each with five or six such establishments," and from the fact that they have so greatly in creased in number in the last few years, "it would seem that thov have proved prontaoio. There are comparatively very few such concerns in boutn Laro Una, and there are many coun ties in the Stale, we ooneve, which are well supplied with valuable "hardwoods" iu largo quantity and variety, but which do not turn a wheel ior inanurac ture into any form. It is a prom ising hold for enterprising wood workers from other States, as tho experience of North Carolina sufficiently shows. inanesron News & Courier. Delegates Here Can Talk to Home Towns From Clinrcli. The Interstate Telephone Com pany has placed a 'phone with long distance connections, in the Sunday school room of the First Baptist church for the con venience of the delegates and those iu attendance. The com pany has placed this 'phone in free of chargo and it will bo a groat convenience. Tho Interstate Company has now made its connections with the Henderson company and Ral eigh lias long distance connec tions with Winston-Salem aud Greensboro on the west; Golds- boro, Wilson and Tarboro on the east and Weldou and Ilondersou on the north with nearly all in termediate stations. Tho completion of all those new linos gives Raleigh direct telephone connection with over 150 North Carolina ami Virginia cities, and it is possible to com municate with the oihees and homes of over 250,000 people without leaving one's dusk or fireside. A large number of delegates to tho convention can talk to per sons in their homo townsi with out leaving the church. Raleigh Times. Richmond had a $75,000 lire Thursday night that started Mil ler and Millors wood, working establishment. The incident most remarkable was that of a pair of fire horses taking fright and dashing f roughjiho street full of people without nuriing more than two aud they but slightly. KXWO SIDE STRONGLY ENDORSED. K. C Conference Stands by Trinity; Her l'reBldciit ami Representatives. The North Carolina Confer enco of the M. E. church South assomblod at New Bern on the 5th instantf. A special to the Raleigh Morning Post contains tho following i "An interesting and to many unexpected.event followed. This was contained in a resolution by Dr. E A Yates as follows : "Whereas certain events hav ing recently transpired touching tlw moral integrity of Dr. J V Kilgo, president of Trinity Col lege, W K Qdell, member of tho M. E. churclj South in Concord, and 13 N Duke, of Main Street Methodist church, Durhamjthere fore " 'Resolved, That this confer enco has unabated confidence in the said J C Kilgo, W K Odell and B N Duke, and assures these brethren that it shall be tho nleasure and duty of this confer ence to aid them in overcoming, in the name of our Lord, the ef forts being made to destroy our college and damage the influence of tho Mothodist church in North Carolina. "'Resolved, That in our judg ment the church will bo more united than over in her prayer and effort and purpose to sustain the college with its able presi dent aud faculty, and we hereby offer tho Messrs. Duke, the most generous benefactors of the col lege, our sincere thanks for their support of the institutions. Signed. 'E. A. Yates, . 'J. B.HuKLnY."' "The resolution was put and adopted by a rising vote. It was unanimously adopted by all the members rising to their feet." An example of tho chances in he United States for the bright and energetic young men who stay in ono place is furnished by tho success of Chas. M Ilayes. At tho ago of 19 he was a clerk in a railroad office at St. Louis, his salary being $10 a month. That was 23 years ago. Mr. Hayes has become president of tho Southern Pacific Railroad, which is tho largest system but ono in tho world. He will have a salary of $55,000 a yoar and will be the highest salaried rail road man iu the world. xndor son Intelligencer. A Goldsboro special of the 7th to the Charlotte Observer says: "Parties in the city from Canton report the sad death of a young man by tho name of Robinson at that point on Tuesday night. The circumstances as told were as follows: Mr. Robinson, who is a son of the Widow Jas. Rob inson, was a salesman in the store of Bernice Herring. He was endeavoring to make a sale of some cloth to a Mr. Coleman, who, lifting tho bolt about his hoad, struck a swinging lamp. The lamp was knocked from its rosting place, exploding, tho oil falling ou Mr. Robinson, who was a burning flame instantly. He, iu his oxcitemont, rushed out into tho street and it was fully five minutes before his clothos wero stripped from him aud the tire extinguished. Ho was badly charred. My first information was written on tho night of the accident, and stated that young Robinson could not live. Today I am advised that he died later. Tho storoalso caught fire but the Games were soon extinguished by parlies who wero in the store. The Alabama man aud pipe tako tho precedence as far as an tiquity goes, A citizon of Shef field, in that State, has the fossil remains of a man and a corncob pipo, found sixty feet below tho tlll'f inn In O liarl ff Vir,TVn!frt How the man. and the pipe got thore. none of the nrosont iuhab-1 itants know, and as ho is thor oughly fossilized tho inference is that ho got there somotime be fore C. Columbus arrivod on this side. This gives proof of tho oarly settlement of Alabama and also that her peop'o were far enough ' Ivancod to appreciate he pipe a corncob pipo too. Morning Star. Sunday Rest. One of the most significant facts of the time is the attention being given iu Europe to the question of Sunday rest for em ployes. Three years ago the In ternational Congress on the subject was held at Brussels fol lowed this year by another in connection with the Paris Ex position. The attention given to it by the Paris journals and the membership indicate tho hold the questior has on the public mind. The presiding officer, Berengor, was a member of the French Senate and Institute, and among the delegates were repre sentatives of various associa tions and industries, as well as of several of the States of Eu rope, The discussion took up the various phases of the ques tion in relation to manufacturers, commerce, transportation, pub lic service; but the point that oc cupied far more attention than any other in the Congress was that of legislative intervention for the protection of the Sunday rest. On the one hand, delegates from Belgium, Germany, Aus tria, Great Britain and Switzer land, where Sunday laws are now enforced to a greater or less ex tent, urged the justice and ne cessity of such intervention to protect tho rights of the great majority in any branch of business against the selfish competition of tho few on the principle so generally accepted in this country that the liberty of rest for each depends upon a law of rest for all, while on the other hand all such legislation was earnestly opposod, especially by the French members of the Congress, as involving infringe ments of personal property. It was urged by them that after all such laws could not bo enforcod, except so far as they accorded with customs and convictions of the people, and that reliance for the procuring of Sunday rest must bo placed upon tho good will of employers. It was con ceded, however, by both sides that it was the duty of theState to set the example of according Sunday rost to all engaged in tho public service, save in cases of real necessity. This question (which seemed for a time likely to divide the Congress) was fin ally settled by the adoption of a resolution affirming the right of the civil law to intervene in fa vor of Sunday rest, but refrain ing from expressing any judg ment as to the application of this principle in different coun tries. The circumstances of each country must be left to de cide as to whether and to what extent the Stato should thus intervene. New York Inde pendent. Looks Like Agreement. An important dispatch of tho 5th comes from Washington rel ative to tho Chinese situation as follows: "The State department has been iuformed that tho foreign ministers at Pekin yesterday reached an agreement which was submitted to the homo offices. Secretary Hay today cabled Mr. Conger authorization to sign tho agreement on behalf of the United States government. It is difficult to gather details of the understanding at this time. However, it is known that in tho two important issues that were still open, namely, those relating to punishments and in demnity tho views of the United States government havo pre vailed. As to punishments they are to bo the severest that can bo inflicted by tho Chinese gov lernmout. As to indemnity the I Chinese government is to for- mall.V au,nl m "amnty and then the matter is to be left for future negotiation. It was understood that on the other points the French proposition has formed the basis of the agreement." Women would be less danger ous if they could cure thoir mad craze for telling "why." Trotting in double harness proves impossible to many who end by going alone at a spank ing pace, Philadelphia Record. Lynching lii Virx1ii,a Richmond, Decern her 7. In the lower part of the county yertor day afternoon a young whito wo man, Mrs. Robert Fisher, was criminally assaulted bv Daninl Long, a negro agod 23 years. Tho outrage WJV8 comnr; d after the victim had been choked into insensibility. The nero escaped. ' Last night Long was arrested by: offcers at his homo, throe miles from the scene of the outrage. uother negro, named Lewis Hall, who was with him, was also arrested. Tb ) two were I ; taken before Mrs. Fisher, who immediately identified Long, arTd the officers started with him Tor tho jail. Almost immediately, however, they were confronted by an un disguised crowd of about 100 men, who took Long from thorn aud after allowing him time to pray, attempted to hang him to tho limb of a tree. Tho rope broke twice aud thou the nesro was tied to a ttvo and shot to eath. Long implicated Hall, declar ing that Hall was watching fur ;iim and the latter would "tils lav" bceu lynched, bat for th s am st ; r a - i . ') omas 'lair, a pronim c far:..cr. A ompromiso verdict was reache I iu Uie ca.so ox luail, the crowd tearing his clothing from hii body aud whinping him unmer cifully. ElmiTood lq 0t ?.,.! -J. Says tho Elmv.oou corres pondent of the Statesvillo Land mark: "La.it .'..a ulj--.it h''.i;oiiii known party or pai-i.iea entered tiio railroad depot at this place. They forced au en trance at the sido window and took W S Rickort, tho agent's, overcoat, a pair of kid gloves-and his revolvor all tcld $15 or i-2) worth. They also tried to force tho lock on tho ticket caso but did ne t succeed. As yet thoro is no clue to tho robbery. Mr. Eickert's coat can easily bo detected by two red s'.ripes ou the collar ono on each sido." Observations. No house was ever too small to hold peace. Gossip has a forked tongue, but scandal has talons. Infidelity wrecks hearts; in- combatibility, homes. Until you are maligned never consider yourself of groat im portance. Wailing never wiped out error. Working may. 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