VOLUME XIV.
Reporter and Post.
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PROFESSION. 1 L  'JIHPS.
W. y. CARTER,
MrTQ*JfMr-*T~&a TT.
M r. AlltV, SL'RRV CO., X. C
rraetieos whereve. liisservlc«s are wanted
R. L. HA YMORE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mt Airv- N. C.
Special attention given to the collection ol
alainu. I—l2m
13 F. KING,
WITH
JOHNSON, SUTTON $ CO.,
I>rtv OX>OJL>M,
Jio». 2* »»•! -n Suuth shnrp, Sln-et,
T. W. JOHFBON, R M. BUTUON
J. H. R. ORABIIi, O. J. JOUNSON.
F . BAV, ALBBRT JONES.
IPay Jostesp
manufu> turura ol
BADI»LBBT,HARNKB!I,COIXABS.TRIT*R
No. 33# W. Baltimore »tr cot, lU'.tlmore, Jfl.
W.A.Tucker, H. C.Str. ih, U.N. fSpnMrglna
Tuokor* Smith * Co*>
M.tnuiMPturlirr A, wh«»le«ale Dealer# hi .
HOOTS, SilOJiiS, HATS A.VD CAPS.
No. 2M) Baltimore Street. Baltimore, M*\.
if. ./. it It. K. UKSI\
«v II H
Henry Stmiwborri s* Co.,
WHOLKS.ILE CLOTHIERS.
IS Asnor*" 1 »""» *«■ "«. i■« l"l*"'»rJ
r.M.riM nth MO.
H. 80NNEBORM, u - BUMUNB
mmtm* " ,tlair
W. 11. MILKS,
WITH
STEPHENVUTNE ) \SCO.
Wltulwilr J -Ait'm in
Boots, Shocx, and Trunks, |
I'iMl Maiu Street,
s ept. MI-Am. RICIIMO.W, YA.
a. k LBrrwiuK.
wilb
NINCO, ELLETT k CRP.HP,
RICUHOND, VA.,
Wlmles.li- Dealers ia
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, &C.
Prompt altcntiou paid to orders, and satis- 1
tliou jrauranieed.
pm~ Firymia Suit PritoH (JooJt « lytrw'iy
March, 6. ,n
MasaT w. rowtas. *ue*a D. tatui .
• R W POWERS A CO.,
WHOLESALE DKUOOISTS,
Dealers in
PAINTB, OILS, DYES, TAItSISHES,
Fronch and American
Wilt DOW OLAHS, PUTTY, ao.
SMOKING AND OHEWINU
CIGABM, TOBACCO A BHKCIALT\
ISOS Main St., Richmond, Va£
At fusiSn f»—
J. L. C. BIRD,
WITH
W. D. KYLE & Co.,
iKi-cirritiw A*n joniiKits of
HARDWARE. Cutlery.
IKON, NAILS and Carriaue GOODS
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I.iheral discouuU to merchants and teaeUers
miMR, KRHR a ee.,
WVOLCBALB UHOOKKR AND COMMIB
SION MERCHANTS.
30 s Howard street, earner of T^imbarJ;
BALTIMOKB.
We keep constant!} en ha ad a larfa aau
well assorted oleek of Grorrriea—aullntile foi
Southern anO Western trade. We solicit oo'i
sißDiiwnts of Ouantrjr Product—such as Col
ton; feathers; lleeewax WooljDrte
Fruit; i"ets; Hkiar, eic. Uot facility for do
n( business are turh as to warrant .|aik sah'l
nd pram 1.1 raturas. All orders will hare on
•ini aiiMtloa. ft
SIJIWURIBR POU
Vour County Pa|»cr,
--The ReDorter and Post '
OF THK PROPLF.I F«»H THK PROFI.K I
OF THK PKDl'laKl roll THK PKOPUB !
OK THK PROPI.Rt FOIC THK PKdI'LBI
OF THK PK'IPI.K! FOB TIIK PKOPf.E I
ONLY $1.50 A YEAR!
81JI1SCRIUE son
CAM AC A I
To the Weary, Feeble
AN i*
PLEASURE SEEK Ell
Seeing tho ne«'d () in tliis Fcotimi of n
place wliere the weary, feeble and Lrt k
en down may recruit their health and
rest; whe e Ibe; and their families may
spend the hot scarnn pleasantly when it
is neeeasary to leave their home" or
elinngo air, that the failing health of
mmio loved ouo may be restored, we
have laid out
A NEW TOWN
and are now offering for Hale lots in
probably tho healthiest section in North
Carolina. The town is located on a
beautiful
FUit .Mountain Ridge
21 milees »est from Danbnry , about I
of a mile from the celebrated l'lcdmoni
springs. about the same distance to
Pepper's Alum springs; I of a mile
from Smith's Chalybeate spring, and
two miles from C. K. Moore's Bulphur
spring, while tho location present u
The Finest Views
of Moore's Knob, the Hanging Rock,
and other promiuent peaks along the
Sauratown mountain. Tho lota aro
well onycrcd with large and small forest
trees, which will afford shada in summer
and form
IJenutitiil Groves.
The whole is
Surrounded by Springs
of the purest mountain water, entitling
it to the Indian uauic, "Cumaea," a
land of springs, which, together with
Ibe pure uiouutain air, would bring col
cr to the faded cheek, aud strength to
weary frame, even if ill ro was no real
I mineral water within a hundred miles cf
the place.
The undersigned propose also 10 cruet
• saw- lill, planing machine, Sc., thai
they may build oottages or furnish lum
bar to those who wish to purchase lots
la this healthful locality, where no ma
laria «rer coiucs, and a ease of typhoid
j fever was never known, except it was
j oontraeted ont of tho neighborhood.
Tho frico of lots this season, 50*100
foet, will bs $25 each. For further
particulars addiet,
N. M. k W. R. PEPPER,
May 20, 'BS. Danbury, N. C
k «!SOTIHi\G UtTCCTiEDS LIKE SI CCKSS/'
DAiNTU'IiY, N. C.,.THITJ!K|)A V, JULY 1; ISKfi.
4,411 MN OF NI MMKR
I
WK A 7 118P.1.Y.
• Beyond the rhostuuls on tin- lawn,
Twolinppy girls swing,
Half hid in slwtowft ofiltfdnWß
Fair typos of Summer and of Spring.
O Sprintr, Spring, Spring, hour fair art
tIUHI
An April-tiiue ofmiiies and tears—
Till Summer with tlie iiinny brow.
Thrice-welcome gucat, atieugth appears
Wlteii wood and field are crowned by
June,
ItiUi garlanded with leaf and flower,
Thru hearts of men are all in tune,
With Summer*s plentltudc of power.
| TUc I'airust scenes crowd into view—
Tlie blue sky, tlie purple hills, !
The meadow flowers of varied hue,
'Die placid lakes, the sit.i! it ri Us.
Then Jo) fully, in grateful mood,
Our hearts and voices join to praise.
The Creator of all go-hI,
The (iiver of glad Summer days.
—Tliu l'or July. i
The Astrologer's Dupe.
[lt muy uot be generally known to
the readers of ibid paper thai fTtuno
telling ii au indictable offence punisla
ble by imprisonment according to the
laws of tlie Slate of Pennsylvania, if not i
of sonic oilier iSlatos. Am lately as June
Bth Jobu 15. llouiuiue pleaded guilty to
fortune te'liug in Philadelphia, and was
scnleuced to eighteen months in the
Eastern Penitentiary, the following
story of fast, from the New York Times,
is a singular example and most sad les
son of tne workings of this iguoraut
suprnlition in this enlightened Pith
century. —lIEVOR'I KR-PohT.J
A litllc old woman, gray-haired an.l
'rettiiling, bat a little while ago in the
bsel. i'th«.e of a Wall-streot svook brok- j
cr. 1 ler gaze was fixed on a wide black
board, whore chalk litres showed the
drift of stock market quotations ; there
Was no lustre in ber eye; !ier whole
aspect was that of one dumbfounded,
brokenhearted. She had a sad story to
tell were there on!/ spirit enough left to
her for a recital. A year ago she came
to thin same brokerage office. Her
purse was fat with hank bills and she
gave an order for the purchase of 500
shares of a stock which had been active
a long time. The broker advised her
against the purchase, and tjld her plain
ly that he bad what he behaved excel
lent reasons for expecting a heavy do- :
cline in the particular stock she had
selected to buy. But she persisted iu
her determination, declaring that she
had information which could not he j
w.otig that the stock was bound to gn
up a good deal very soon. Slio had her
way, despite ibe counsels that plainly
predioted the loss of ber money. Sho
left $5,000 in cash as alO per et. mar
gin to protect her interest and went
her way with a calm confidence shown
on hot countenance. "1 shall make
a good deal of mony," she said as she
left, "for the information 1 have comes
from the very highest author ity." Tl'J
stock pcrveisoly doolined forthwith, |
and eaeh day saw some fraction clipped j
off of the preceding day's quotation. ,
Within a month the original $5,000
margin bad dwindled down to SI,OOO,
and the broker was obliged to call for
another deposit from his customer ' i
protect her interest. Bbc esmo down
town with the same scifcatistiud smile, j
and with the tauu look of confidence!
produced her rounded purse again. Four ,
thousand dollar* she left iu the broker's 1
h- nds this time "The advance, I aiu j
told, has bcon unavoidably dciyed a,
little while," she said. With a teno full
of assurance and faith, "but it is bound
to come soon now, and I fool as sore
that my money is safe as if I had it i>
in bank awaiting n.y orders." Thiifft ■
in response) to Turther grave predictions
from the broker, who, by much argu
ment tried to couvinoe her that ahc was
being muled Auothcr short period
elapsed : and another enforced call was
made upon the sunny faced old lady.
Just a bare suspicion of disquiet was
begiuring to show itself, bat there was
uo backdown in Per action. Oat came
more money. And so a little later did
more still follow. Then not long ago
S'IC cam* yot again : now sho brought
ber baik book. She showed to tlie
broker that • year ego it oredited ber
with deposits of SIB,OOO, of wliieli but
I $2,500 remained; and tL.it $2,500 —
' every penny of it, every pennv she poss
j e«ed in the world —she handed over.
Sho was uot ye' utterly downcast. "But
Jyes'erdsy," sho averred. "Iliad my
; information repeated again and tho rise
i whieli I've wai; id for so long is to ootuo
j now right aw:; " Down went tho n.ai
, ket, lower and lower dropped the prioe
I of the expectant woman's 500 shares of
I stock, till that day ■ little while ago
when for tho Inst e sh» camo into
Wall street "gain v «utc au urm
chair before t .e (proration boaid and
gazed long and listlessly, a.: one in a
doop dream, * >fro')tiii£ die wjite fig
ures that glared out at her there liko
the eyes of so many demons. All of her
SIB,OOO was gone ; pbe had only pover
ty left. Hut she was brave still, aud
when her broker approached her she rose
with the grace of a woman young and
queenly and thanked hiui for sll his
courtesies and the good advice he had
waisted on her.
"Now, Madam, will you do me the
great favor of telling ma from , what
source you received tho false information
on which you relied so implicitly and
risked so much money !" This was the
I broker's question.
j "Upon an astrologer Tins wa." her
' amazing answer, and she named a man
| whose "curd" is fhitiuU I publicly in tho
metropolis. There wasa stupefied brok
er, a broker tviiu got mad. He didn't
say "I'ool!" but he leeki'd it. The
old lady talked thou fiecly. It was no
new tLing, she said, for her to ok the
I advice of this astrologer," bar husband
bad done the same before ':*r and a .cur.'
of her fricuds, sho said, bad implicit
confidence m the revelations of the
seer.
"I'll give you $1,000," said the bro
ker holly, "if you'll promise me one
thiu"." The old lady's iightering coun
tonance showed that he uccd havo no
doubt of the promise. ">ever come j
into WalUtrcet ngnin aud have no more ]
to do with this blanked iuoundie! whose '
lios have eost you so dearly."
Ihe promise was gladly czebangt d |
for the mouey, and the*nM f.idy went
her way. Hut this was not the only
scq'iol to this speculation. Three or
four days ago a dapper littlo fellow with
a face weazened around a pair uf twink
ling adder eyes thrust himself into this
i tine brokerage office. Ho sought the
manager and said he wanted to bny
some stock on a margin. He had
brojgbt a one-tbousand-dollar note
along to put up as the licscssary deposit.
He was just ready to hand over his
money when of a snddon he looked into
ibe broker's faeo and ejaculated,
"lou'vo got a bright eye ; may I draw
this hank note across them just for a
second ?" The broker was astonished,
but to huinor a customer, whom bo sup
posed to bo only in a jovial mood, he
consented, aud the bill blindfolded him
momentarily. The customer closed bis
own eyes, withdraw tho bill and ejacu
lated as if to himself aioue, "Coneot;
perfectly correct!" He deposited bis
money, and was about to leave when
suddenly the broker, urged by a stange
suspicion, called bim und said: "Will
you tell mo why you went through that
perfoiinauoc of putting that bill over my
eyes'" "Cortainly, certainly !" ejacu
lated the sallow follow. "Certainly -.
I was testing the information I had.
I am an astrologer, and—"
"Are you tho man that sent Mrs. X
bere to buy stock I"
"Yes. oh yes and the adder-eyed
customer rubbed bis hands ecs'atioally.
"Yes, ob yes! I told her to come
here."
"You swindled her, you scoundrel."
The broker's voice wasn't sweet to
listen to, anil the astrologer looked meri
dian a little soared.
"Why, I believe i'l the powers my
self," he whined, "or, of course, wouldu't!
be putting up my own money." It was
I only because there is a Police Court in
; ttis town that the fellow was not sum
marily kinked into the street. As it
1 was the broker cbiltcoltd himself with
| saying: "Year account will be closed in
tins office to-night. If there is anything
I due you you oan have it at 8 o'clock.
I Get out of here now, q-jiek." At 3
'o'clock when the gentleman called be
1 found that something had run atoul of
' the market during the day sod bis 200
' share* of stoek had fallen e'.mugh in a
' couple of hours to wipe out every eont
of his SI,OOO margin. And i betray
j only a little bit of oonfideuee in saying
that ibo follow wouldn't have been far
wrong if he had suapcoted that bis own
1 broker waii responsible himmdf for li e
sud'li-n di-rliiM!, hiiviwir haimm-rcl the
imirkot and p»'-ilii «l h.s miiiaciuncf .loiue-
what in reuieinbranco ol the duped old
lady whose fortune had gone at the idle
dictation of the arrant humbug who now
to aoino extent was doing penance for
her not row.
Mr. S' p!i> never uttered a truer
speech • „'.ien ho said "the fanners
; ,i rgia are growing poorer every
; year., Though a: the lime it created no
I littlo di.seussion atid received frequent
[denial, there are few thinking men in
; Georgia to-day who do admit lis truth.
| Tho suicidal policy of planting • cotton
lo the delusions of K id crops and mort
gaging lands t. merchant* who furnish
supplies at high prices and ruinous rates
of iulerest' makes it only a matter of
tune when the end must oome. Immedi
ately after tbn war cotton commanded
pheuouienul pricos and planters who I
raised large quantities of it made fort- |
uucs in a few years. Immediately ever/ I
farmer began to plant cot:ou. The price '
of a bale or two would buy all the meat 1
and corn lie wanted, and in order to I
give all '.he time aud acres possible to
cotton, crops were abaudoed to make |
room for more. There is no originality !
or invention among Georgia farmer* |
They are lihe boys on a fishing frolic,
[f ojo, a little more clever than'the rest, !
gets a lite, every one rushes to throw :
his bait in the sauie hoie. The result
is usually tangled lines, general disas- I
ter and no fish —Augu3'.a Chronicle.
TIJE SAM POINTIIU MAI»STONE, j
Mr. J. 11. Blackwell, of lleidsvillo, i
was liiiton by a mad-dug some day! ;
ago. Mention was made of it in this ,
paper. He was bitten by his own dog
on the morning of (he lith lust. He ap- j
plied the Sam Pointer madsloue to the |
wound on the evening of the Gth, "At
tlie first application the stouo did not,
adhere vc-ry teuaeioualy, but at the '
second application, two hours after
wards, it stuck very rapidly at d remain
ed stiokiug tightly ot or two hours,
when it f"il .ff. The ports of the otore
were filled with a white, frothy ?ut.- ]
atacce. The madstonc was then put in !
a ve.«sel sUgtilly warned wbun 1
a green, greasy-looking substance arose
npo;i the surface of the water. The
stone was taken out of the water a few
minutes afterwards, and was apparently
as free from any foreign substai.ee as
before it was used. Tho natural color
of the stone is black; one side of it be
ing hard, solid and glossy, while the
other side is dull-looking and porous,
tho stono was afterwards applied at in
tervals, each time the adherence to the
wound becuming weaker and weaker,
until it finally refused to stick at all.
The stone did not become discolored j
af'or the first application. This stone
belongs to Sum Pointer and George
\V. Harnett, o? lloxboro Person coun
ty.— Kalci«h News-Observer.
HLOI'NTI ANA.
Wilson Mirror.
Ne, Fletcher, it is not amiss to kissja
■jiias.
Thoso who eat dates can appropriate
ly be called consumers of time.
Vice strings us even in-our pleas
ures, but virtue consoles us even iu our
pains.
Thermometers reform late in life ;
they never become "temperate" until
nearlv sixty.
We don't know, but we suppose that
flowers of upecolt spring from the root
of the tongue.
We knew two brothers who have to
bt told everything together, for they are
so near alike they cannot be told apart.
i
Deceit is the byway leading to eon- j
fusion and disgrace, where tlioi ns of |
misery and words ol contempt alone are
fonnd.
When a man makes a mistake in mar
riage that miss-take is •rauseJ by s«'mc j
mys-tcrious iuflucncc which he could
not fathom.
Politeness is tho natural and grace
ful foliage of a good ind lender heart, j
and nothing else oan add a sweeter
charm to human sbaracter.
A good honest laugh at a good honest
joke or bit of sarcasm rubs out the gath
ering wrinkloe of eare ; but an ill-tem
pered joke i* like a poisoned arrow, which
most iraelly makes a wound, and leaves
its poison after it has bemi withdrawn.
"PAPA, if throe wbools is a tricycle,
and two wheels is a bieyole, what is one
• wheel'" "One wheel, my son* Well,
' let me sec' One wheel must bo a uni
-1 cycle." "No. it ain't papa, it'* a wheel
barrow'"
I AS HI-: OOI'NTY'S GREAT WANT.
The Appalachian Philosopher con
tains a communication from a corro
| sponii- ill whom :t stj lc a leading cit
i izon and pr-Cical farmer—on tonic of
i the ad.u"tiges that a railroad weild be
!to Ashe "ounty. Tho array of seeni
| ingly indisputable facts wVeli the writ
] er presents as applying to tho '.ucahiula- J
i ble benefits of railroad tran 'portatior to I
j Ablic county, might he aptly transfer l *! ,
jt i Stokes county. Our mineral ro
' source', however, af ord un additional
! indu' eui' 1 fo- '-uibling s railroad into
' tbe heart of This"county Fe says:
"Corn, now a glut in our county at
cents per busbel, in selling in ibe
Southern cities at 50 to 75 oents per
I busbel. Wheat we have none to spare,
but have shipped it into our county at
a loss m the hauling—sl per 100 as
paid for hauling. Our buokwheat we
could sell every year, but the
freight takes all the profits; so we
have no encouragement to raise it.
Look around and see the hay tbat is
not sold or used up. 1 wonl I say that
there are several thousand tons in this
uounty that will be carried over, and as
it now stands is not worth 25 cents per
10'J lbs. At Knoxvillo, Tei n., I see
good hay is selling a' from 0" coats to
$1 per 1 00 lbs., and in So'jth Carolina
at from $1 to $1.50 j-er 100 lbs. Of
cabbage we oau raise any amount wc
wauf. If we had n railroad we could
get 2 cents per lb. hero iustiad of pay
ing 1 eon! fur hauling to Stslesvilifc, as
we do in*, and that 1 cent would pay
us well a? clear profit. Irish potatoes
wo could raise tons of ihein, bnt wc
have no market except for a small
amount, and tbe freight or hauling to
the railroad oosts us too uiuoh; so we
raise but a small amount. In the mar
kets south of us they :«e!t from 50 eonts
le $1.25 pet b".»h«l. They would give
Ms a good profit a r ter paying the rail
road freights. Our butter, cheese,
eggs and turkeys—we can mako and ■
raise teus of them—but thi-rc is no
market for tlioin here. Itut'er is ?ell
k lng now at from I', to 10 cents here,
but the best of it would sell for 25 to 50
cots, south of us. Cheese tne same: ii
seils here for G to 10 cents per lb., and
OUT merchants will bring tho Western
or socalled Huglisb cheese and sell it
for 16 to 25 cents per lb. and make
large profits on it, while for our own
cheese there is DO market for it at any
profit to the farmer, and I have eaten
some iff as good cheese made ia our
ceunty as ever was brought into it, to
my taste. Chicfrens arc selling at 8j
to 15 eents in our county, and .at tho
railroad they sell for 15 to 80 cents
apcieo; turkeys in the same proportion.
Our apples sell hero for 0 i lo 50 cents
per bushel, owing to the tiino of year
and the amount wo have and the qual
ity, Mid wc have some as fine fruit as,
I think, can be found anywhere, and in
the markets of the South and West are
selling at 25 cents to $1 per bushel.
Yes, but some of our brights would
say we have none to sell; but I say
give us a good market, and wo oould
save and sell 10,000 bushels nearly
every year. Say 25 to 50 cents per
bushel would pay us well, but as it is
they lay on tbe ground aud rot or are
made ii.to that which is tho great curse
of mankind, exoept a small amount
dried or fed to hogs. Look around
you, farmers, and see how much is
wasting beoause it will not pay to haul
it by wagons to the railroad—your black
walnut, cherry, oak, locust, and other
timber, ete
Hut let us look at some of tbe arti
cles wo have to have: Sail; say wc have
families of 5 persons each, and it
will take i lo 3 sacks of salt to each
family,and we have 0,400 sacks of salt
at a cost bere of sl2 800, aud at a
loss to our people of $0,400 per year
and sometimes more- For iron wo pay
nearly twice as much as it ousts at tlie
railroads, and fully one third mote for
nails; sugar, coffee, putty one fourth
more. Plastor costs SS.SO per ton of
2,0U0 lbs. at Marion V'a. Tho haul
ing to our county seat will rost $lO to
to sls more; so it mukci it vory costly
to the farmer. Lime costs us in the
same way.
Bnt there are othor advantages, such
as to give tbe laboring roan from 75
cents to $1.25 per day, aud make hi*
rcooossorios ef life ehcnppr to him. It
also give* the farmers and men «f prop
erty a gTeat many advantages which
tbey arc deprived of now, aud any one
that will give the subjeot t fair aud
cand'.d review in his mind is bound to
see the many advantages that a rail
road would be to us as a people, from
| the laboring moo for his daily bread to
the uiau uf wealth anl ease.
NO. 52
TKKKIIiLK RAIT.' STORMS.
Lynchburg. Jnoe 22 - There iu a
terrific rain storm here last night and the
.-•traets were, badly washed. The total
J rain fall for June up tu date is 5.44
inohes, tin' greato.it over known.
The "wet season'" in Portland, Or., is
I touiuwliat protracted this year. A letter
; from there to an Kastorn paper state* that
rain begau fulling iu Outuber laat and
lias continued evor since
The studeut of human nature cauuot
help forming the following conclusions
A nan may bo without aptitude for any
thing and yet achieve suioess in life the
may hare aptitude but be without euer
gy that ia to say, laay, in whioh event he
will be a failure; he may have both apt
itude and energy, but be a drinker in
which cane he will be the greatest failure
of all.— Boston Courier.
Niw OBI.EA.NS June 19.—A special
to the Pioayui>e from Alexandria, La.,
says that the rainfall for the twenty
four hourn ending at 1 o'clock Wednes
day wn... 122.-27 inches Had washouts
are reported on the New Orleans
divisien of the Texas Pacific Railroad,
and no trains from New Orleans have
reached Mnrshnll, Texas, since Monday.
S l . Paul, Juue 21.- -Rcporta of aso
vore Itorui in Miunesota yesterday are
coming iu. A great deal of damage
was douc, but no lives were lost.
.\t Wadena, Furgus Fulls and liarnes
ville theic was terrible thunder.apd at
I>( er Creek, during which the store of
A. IV llaki r was struck by lightning and
ileoige Moody, a clerk, im' mtly billed.
A. D. Ilaker and auoibor olerk were
struck sense lees by the same bolt that
killed Moody. The store ia considera
bly shattered.
Lynchburg, June 21.—A special,
from Kaloony Falli say a that two young
men, tourist, from Dayton, Ohio, a rived
at Clifton Forge on Saturday having with
lueui too small boats with which they
intended to make a ilesoent of Jam**
Riv-rto Hiehnioud stopping at inlrtmd
late poiuts. When they reauked Hope fer
ry, iu Bedford county, one of the boats
occupied by a man named Wharton
struck a rock and Wharton wag thrown
it to the water and was drowned. The
body has not been recovered. The name
of Wharton's companion is not known.
(IALVBHTON, June 21.—Specials
from Elgin, Manor and Pigeon, on the
line of the Austin branoh of the Hous
ton & Texas Contral Railroad, state
that those places and the surrounding
neighborhood wero visited yesterday
evening by heavy storms, inflicting
great damage. At Elgin a terrific
thunder, rain and hail storm swept over
that yicinity, dclugiDg a portion of the
town; nearly every building in the place
had windows broken and holos kuockcd
in the roofs. Hail stones fell varying
in size from a marble to a man's head
perforating iron and tin roofs like
chaff—a poici of hail stone being picked
up that actually weighed seven pounds.
A churoh was blown from its founda
tions and wrecked. A Uaotist ehuroh
was moved slightly oat of liu j, and the
windows on the north side were wreck
ed. One uau was struck down by a
hail stone and seriously injured.
At Manor the storm did indescriba
ble damago to tho crops, hail stones
falling as large as hen eggs. Three
churohes and many other buildings were
badly damaged.
At Mcxia, on the inain line of the
Houston A Texas Central Railroad, in
Lime stone county, the storm struck
that plaoe about 6 o'clock, wrecking
one cburoh, sevoral small houses, un
roofing others and badly injuring the
corn crop. No lives wero lost, pnople
hastily seeking shelter in stenn houses
when the galo approached.
BEAUTIFUL MRS. CLEVELAND.
Mrs. Cleveland is a beautiful woman,
and she is better looking than any op
the pictuits which haye been published
to represent her. She is of about the
satn.i height as President Cleveland,
perhaps a trifio shorter. Sho stands
straight upon her feet, and ber (bould
ers are very pretty, very straght, and
well rounded. She has a beautiful neck,
pretty pink ears, and hor arms are
largo, fair and beautiful. Her complex
ion is tair, bat not rosy, aad ber eyes
are perhaps the prettiaat feature of her
faoe. She smiled upon nearly every
mau that shook hands with her laat
night, and the smile seemed eaok tine
as though it was intended flir the man tn
whom it was addressed. It was not
stereotyped, icy, or effusive, but !t was
full of friendly feeling and personal
magnetism. She made a splendid loa
prexsioa.—Cleveland Leader.