North Carolina Newspapers

U'iUJlUlUM ISSUED EVERT 'WEDNESDAY. W. G. BURKHEAD, Editor. WEDNESDAY,. JULY 2i 1887. NEWS XAKBATIVK. This summary of all the more Important events which have occurred during the part week is commended to those whos lives are too short to wade through; the latyrinths of verbosity. : 1 WEDNESDAY, JIVLY 20. F. L. Haner, vice-iresident Fidelity Na tional bank, Cincinnati, J- jailed at lJavton. -Orlando I. llastinf, domK biisiness un der the firm name of Hasting & 'Jlodd, New- York, assigned, with preferences alifiounting to $21,727. Iuncan C JIarwoodL Kaleigh, charged'with forgery, plead guilt and was sentenced to Z vears, Imnlaoor on the puii- lie roads of the countv. Uohn y c urney, fittsburg, l'a., beat his , wife to death, shot and killed his son ageL 2tj for interfering in his mother s behalf, and then shot : wounded an otlicer. bix 'persons by the heat in Charleston; fS.L'.; several cases resulted fatally.- Frank jllen,M; irble I Iill, Tenn., committed suicide by cutting lis throat. - -Oscar J. Harvey, tlitvtrtiisury d .'partment forger, plead guilty, and was sente iced to 12 years' hard labor in Albany penitentiary. In Atlanta, tia, the bill. taxing wine-rooms - $10,000 passed-the house.-j? l'leniy and M. A. Guggenheimer, wholesale tobax co and ci gar manufacturers, altim6re, in: de an as signment; liabilities 00,000. James N. Liiscomb, of Smth Caroliha, apo nted chief clerk of the patent oflice, Vice Schuyler I)ur- yee resigned. $lo0,00(Jt lire' in Cincinnati. Emanuel Lewis, an escaped c mvict, was ; -'returned to the ienitentiary.- '.'he Stand ard Oil works, Constable Hook, N. J., burned; -10,000 barrels of oil destroyed; h ss 1,000, (rOO; no insurance. The.'I'resid ;nt and his party returned to Washington. . I THURSDAY, JlY 21. i Wm. Johnson, a desperado, Mil leola, Tex., shot and killeil Uaker, a' saloon kt eper, Tues ; lay night, and lied, to the country. The sheriff pursued him with Uloodl ounds and found the criminal in a swamp; h shot three . of the dogs and one of th deput ies; lie was ' finally captured and lynched. - Secretary Fairchild appointed V. AviFrere , of Iiuis iana, to be sujiervising architect i f the treas ury, at a salary -of 4,.00pr aim um. An Englishman attempted to gist-end the Dravo liza mountain without a guide; .h i fell over a precipice and was killed. 4-75 deaths from cholera have occurred in Catania Italy, dur ; ing the past 24 hours; the-people are panic- stricken, anil robbers are'pillering the houses . whose owners have lied to escapejthe scourgk' i A gang of Italian laborers wl-re run into bv an express train on th't' Erie railroad 12 or 1") killed, others iojuml Demo crats of Ohio nominated .:T,- EJ Powell for . Oovernor. Two menotiS white the other colored, while walking- onf I'udkroe beach, were struck bv lightning aHl insthntlv killed $400,000 lire in I'.ulliilo, Nl Y. The author, Sylvanus, died at his home in Hyde J ark. Jacob rumon, JJreaux ISridge, iwir - dered in chis lied and histore"rilibeil. Stanly, the African explore!-, reported killed by the natives. leii'.iievs casfa ol vellow fever at Key West, no deaths. - ! i FRIDAY, Jt:i.Y,22. IThe coke strike in PiftsburgJ Pa., ended after 11 weeks and 5 days'sfcontest; the loss to lalxir and capital is estimated hy millions Sharp's stay of proceeding postponed : r--ierrnic tornauo in; iscoasln; immense damage done to the pine forests; roads in all directions blocked by - falling timbers Jtaivid Hoffman hanged h Netfraska Citv, Neb., for wrecking a train.' -Steamship ar rived at New York with; lOLiOD pounds of gold. A me new cases of yellow fever ?it Key "West. John 1). Sheeliajn, who wits tried at Laurens, S. C for the killing of , Hishop last July, was actjmttet. Wood side, of Phila lieat the Eriglish bicvele re cord for ten miles, covering;'. thej distance In 28 minutes and .54 seconds." -(jo. Iloltinun - a prominent brewer of lialtiriiore, shot him self through the brain. -W Mr. John Tyler, son of late President Tyler, -is seriously jll from the effects of a sunstroke. Severe storms in Marvland; badtwasl llouts on the railroads, bridges washed fa-wa and road: rendered impassable. 'diaries .Willstadt, aged 25 )'ears, and employed -atf Ridlev's drv gooiLs store in JNew l ork, committed suicide by shooting, himself in the fenjple; jealousy oi nis wiie was me cause, ; j j SATURDAY, J 1' l.V 23. j Henrv Wiggins, col.,' Iianged in Palatka, Fla.,for murder. Iaiul slidon the Penn sylvania road, near Manilnka Chunk, washed . away a dwelling and killed two-women. The steamer Mahratta foundered off' Hooglv Point; It is believed that a large number of pilgrims returning to Calcutta iw ere drowned. F. M. Kellar. near Khtllbvville. lib. killed his wife because of -tool many lingers and toes.- jNliss lheresa A all, near Sweet Water, Tenn., disapiiointed In love, com initted suicide by jumping intd a cistern.4 Ed. Mori ls, the gresit lefthanded iitcher, sold to the JNew lork elubi for 2.000, The. French steamship Xa 'anip;igne Ijeats the record bv sailing across'the oeesm in six ilays. Kibert Garrett arid: familv saile for Europe on the KtnisiaWrHtfr; j olui M Wall, of tlieiN. Y. TrtlMntA was presented wUh$l,0:Oby his IrLsh-Ameiean -friends SUNDAY, JULy2?1. I Jt is reported that Bulgar&linteiuis dejtlar ing herself independent. Vle Shelleriber ger, convicted of murdering' his daughter, aged thirteen years, was taken from jail at ieur;LSKa cut, o.eo., anil- nanged to a tree, A waterspout at Copake, Columbia doun ty; N. 1 ., lestroved much property and at least one human life. Ex-Chief "of Police MeGarrigle, recenlly coiiyicted of stetiling public funds in Chicago,." inade his escape irpniMieriU attson much Hi the way Tweed did in New lork citv.- 'Oscar Harvev was not content with robbing the Treasuri' De partment; it has been discovered that he was just about to consummate-a fraud on thell'en sion Office when . he was; arrested. (-The carpenters of Chicago-are contemplating an other strike. A white woman, the wife of . a houth Carolina larmer, has gone off with negro, and a lynching party is in hot pursuit, ; The niin storm entended all over the country, and the rainfall in several places. including ew l orK, was oyer an inch. It is asserted that the-confessional is leing used in autagonism to the adherents f J)r. Mi-Cilynn; absolution, it' is .f.udis refiisetlto those who do not iiidorsertjie action of the Archbishop in his case. I r MONDAY, JUr.Y 25 J A delegation from St. liniis, Mo., called upon the President, headed ;by Mayor Fran cis, of St. IxiuLs, and invited jiim to visit that city in October next; the President replied: "I do not see how I. can dS otherwise than accept." Iewis H. Plair, member of the city lemocratic committee Kichniond, Ya., requested by the committed to resign, on ac count of a series' of articles published in the N. Y'. Inilii-endent, advocating mixed schools and other undemocratic . r ideas. -$50,IH.H) fire in New "York citv; fort v-eight horses burned. 10,000 tire, m i alii pol is, .().; outfit and material of the daily Sun, together with the roller skating rink were destroyed. Wm. Morrison, of Eureka Springs Ark., hanged by a crowd of liisrneighbors, on a charge of maltreating his two daughters. The drivers and helpers employed by the . Mutual 'Benefit Ice Co, New Y'ork, struck successfully for higher wages.-i Forty-nine new cases of cholera in Italy and twenty-two deaths. The Warren powder mill, Thoni- aston, Me, blew uy ; George Sheperd, age. 0 years, was literally torn in pieces. 1 he yacht Thistle sailed for" New York. t-Col. LI P. (i rant retired from the presidency of tne Atlanta and est I'oint Kailroad. ; : TUESDAY, JUI.V -(. Ikiurke Cochran began his argument in the Jacob Sharp stay of proceedings ; Sharp was too weak to be present incourt. Craw - ford Benson, a negro boy 18 years old, was lynched in Kauilman, lexas, for assaulting a nine-year-old girl. Cattle firms failed in Fort Worth, Texas ; indebtedness, 550,000, assets, 1,115,000; failure Caused by over buying and a depressed market. : One new case of yellow fever at KeyS West, Fla. j no dcatlis. The great IIikkIs in" Mass. are more wide-spread and worse than reported. r-The President appointed W, J: llossan ixistmaster at Starksville,Miss. i Marj- Stan- T back, a. little colored girl, died-from convul sions on Manly street, Kaleigh.-r Governor appointed justices of the peace for Caswell , county. THE PRESS CONVENTION AM) THE MOUNTAINS. IIknderxvillk, N. C, ) j July 23d, 18S7. ) I have but very little to say of thej 'res Convention. There was very ittk of it. It was short, not very wide, not very deep. A few short discussions, the election of officers, collection of dues, adiournment. Of the people! of Ilendersonville, and their open-hearted hospitality, too much cannot be said. They dkl most completely minister to the wants and contribute to the pleasure of the small press trans that assem- led. They had prepared to enter tain as many more. Their homes were opened, thfcir time was given, and nothing was' considered too good for an "'editor." I am sorry so few ed itors camcj the people of Ilender sonville are sorry, and they are sorry the few that did come left so sud denly and quickly. The visiting ditors who came to "elevate the iress of the State," and all that soft of thing, failed to elevate it, or if they elevated it, it was so heavy tliey did not hold it up long, but dropped it after the' mamter of the proverbial lot potato and returned t'o the low- grounds of- sorrow from which they came. If anybody can point out any good done .by the meeting of this week, I will mo.sk heartily thank that ixnly. I was not present on Wednes day,' the first day of the session. - I tried to find out what had been done. "Well, nothing much," was the an swer almost invariably. received. On Thursday! at an early hour, in a number-of hacks provided by our hospitable hosts, nearly all the mem bers of the-association excurted to loilstn gold mine,' situated about eight, eleven or fifteen miles, accord ing to the) speed of the team and the patience of the driver. I was one of the few who remained in 1 lender- sonville. It was announced that wojild return, by o o'clock the party m., and mat a meeting oi me con vention would be held at that hour, and, the necessary business of the association 'transacted. The moun tain roads failed to deliver up the belated excursionists until about o o clock, hence out little time re mained, i Mr. Jordan Stone, the middle .man in the Ashevilje Citizen' excellent trinity, read the Historical essay, or the Historiograph, or the Ilistorio- case may be. This is my first attendance, and I hope I will be pardoned for failing properly to apply technical terms. After waiting awhile for a few more members to straggle in, me election of officers was had. ilr. T. F. Eldridge, of the Davidson Di patch, was unanimously chosen presi dent: Mr. J.TI. Lindsev. of the Xeu: and Farm, was unanimously, with cheers and thanks, re-elected to the office of" secretary and treasurer. Three vice-presidents, an executive committee, and an orator were chosen. With calm fonretfulness of the time-honored intih. poeta na.-itur non Jit, the convention electeda poct.- Thursday night closed the exercises. Messrs. I Wall, of the Rockingham Rocket, Josephus Daniel, of the Stale Chronicle, and Miss Mamie L. Hatch ett, of the Orphan's Friend and the Southern Home, presented .an essay an oration and a poem respectively. At the close of these exercises a vote of thanks were tendered to the citizens of Ilendersonville, and to the raib road, whose courtesy had. made the convention what it is; after which hurried preparations were made, ad journment announced, and the ed itors got ready to go to Warm Springs ;' and the Press Convention of 1887 became a thing "as was." j IIKXDEltsONVILI.E. This, is a beautiful town. I don't say. this to tickle some of the citi zens of the town. I have tried to think why I say it. I have come to the conclusion that about the only Veasoni I have" for saving sw:is bec;fuse it is albeautiful place. Don't shriiik. Iiaven't the slightest idea of steal- ing any of the obsolete adjectives heretofore used to describe the con dition,', force and efu-ct of big moun tains. Col. Pat. Donan's adjective factory never sold me a line of its goods! and I content mvself with saying I belicye the town of Hen dersoiiville is one of the most beauti ful towns in the State, ably surprised when my eyes beheld it. 1 jwas under the impression that it was! a little hamlet hung on the side ojf the mountain, with probably a mountain torrent for its main ave nue, and a cave under a rock for the guard-house. The town is situated on a plateau, which I am told (I did not measure it) is 2,252 feet above the level of the sea. This plateau is almost perfectly level, and is about three-fourths o a mile wideand more than a mile long, furnishing a space for a large town. The population of the town proper is not large, but the suburbs and the country immedi ately urrounding the town, is full of handsome residences. About three miles from the town is. the Flat Rock hotel, and surrounding the hotel for miles in each direction is a succession of hills or mounds, and onLa great many of the hills, with magnificentgrounds, beautified by flowlr-gardens, shaded drives and numerous artificial lakes and fish ponds, are pleasant residences, owned and occupied in the summer months by citizens of South Carolina, Geor- gia, and probably other Southern totA Amonir the many magi nificent residences and well-kept ground?, the residence of Rev. Mr. Drayton is specially attractive. Mr, Drayton is an enthusiastic horticul turist, and beautiful flowers of al most every species adorn the terraces tb.it, eurrouiuHthe house. Green houses are neai by to protect froiri the severe cold weather, that always visits this section in the severe win-J tor months, his rare exotics. The view of the landscape from most o the residences hereabouts is sublime; There are mountains which distance robes in azure j chantmcnt, ant nd mellows with en 1 the near-lvincr or chard, meadow and deep, tanglet wildwood," cbnibine with lake ari( stream, and niammoth rock, am gigantic trees to make a picture worthy the pen of a more ready: writer than I profess to be. The climate is most delightful, an as a summer resort no place can sur pass Ilendersonville. The people here are complaining about the hot weather, but for me not a day sine,' I arrived has been too warm, and the nights are perfect. For several reasons I have enjoyejl my visit to lit .'ndersonville. I hav 'met Capt. Pose 4y,-who was the meni ber from Hend lerson county in tl legislature of l$S:i,the only Democrat Henderson county ever sent there He was one off what was called tlje "immortal sev nteen" who voted for Uant. It. 11. 1'et bles to retain his seat in House of 18.8:;, when the llepu lican county Capt. Peebles of Northampton sent Cant. Posev lives on one ol the in my beautiful kno that abound here, and from his handsome residence can look upjn the mountains to his heart s content I also met Dr W bitted, .Henderson's member in 18So. He fs a Uepubli- can, but one oi mc nioji genial arid hospitable gentlemen of my acquain tance. Mr. 11. G. it wart was the member i from this county in the last House 1 have been most delightfully enter tained at his residence, his charming wife adding liler kindness to the cor dial hospitality of her husband. There are few prettier residences than Mr. Ewait's. It is on the brow of a hill o00 feet above the town of Hendersonvilje, and therefore 2.phl feet above sea, level. A winding road leads from the town, through an or- chard and by a large artificial lake which is stocked with carp, bass ami other fish. 1 rom his front porch one of the grandest views we care look upon stretches to the east a south. Superior court is ill session here, Judge lioykiw on the bench, Solipi tor JJrower, solicitor. A capital case has just been tried and alter a retire- ment of over 15 h iours the jury, t ns morning, retu irned a verdict of gui ty of murder, aiid the defendant was sentenced to be hanged on Septem l 7 n , i nil t berJth. ihe .prisoners nania is James lhoihas, and is. a perfect these good people, his own evidence upon the staiukprov- mg mm 10 ie a wanderer, now in Alaleuna, nw in Georgia, etc., jvnd in North Carolina only a few days when he killed a man. I saw something yesterdayl I'd never seen before. A lawyer iri his irgument to the jury closed" by read ing a newspaper telegram to the jiury. The Ashevi le Citizen was the paper used, and I am happy to know that the press is becoming so important i and powerful. To be an authority in a judicial investigation is an in crease of influence for the press. There is k case iending in court against T. S. Arthur. 1 opine this T. S. Arthur never wrote. Nights in a par-room." If he did the language hp used to-day wasn t as elegant as lie has used in his books that have so long been among the best books that we have. Jefferson Davis has hlso been here, not the grand old ex-president, however. Judge Boykin is sustaining the rep utation he lias made. He dispatches business raipidlv, his charges to the jury are clear and just long enbugl and the unishnient he infl cts is .fair. He tempers justice with mercy when he c m do so. 1 hew bar and the citizen are pleased witfli h: m, as I be, for he iskloinghis they shou duty well kind deserves the support and eommiendation of the people. I have not written as much about Henderson ville as I desire. I want to say a fw more things about it next week: go into a few particulars. W. G R. The Richmond & Danville railroad company has fixed the rate from all points in North Carolina to the Inter-State Convention to be held in Atlanta, G at one full fare for the round trip! This action will enable many to a tend who otherwise :ould not, and is highly commendable to the road Mrs. Liniek, who was charged with sory to the murder of her husband 1 y W. A. Potts, under a writ of habeas corpus, has been dis charged. About titty names have been en- rolled to for.m an artillery company at Salisbury!, to be known as Battery A. It will be the only artillery in the State, The Mount Ainr Neus says that the cotton cr bp of Surry county will not be more than half as large as that of last year. nURHAM GKA1E1 SCHOOL. The Graded School Committee of Durham, to the regret of the friends of popular education, have found it inoumbent upon tliem to, address a circular letter to the teachers who have applied to them for employ ment, and for the information of the public and the patrons of t.be school a copy of the letter is published be low, as follows : "A considerable number of letters of inquiry, and applications for situ ations, have been -received by the Durham Graded School Committee, and to each and all of tlfem this is intended as ;i replv. It ijs the verv earnest and unanimous desire of the Committee to keep up the white iraded School, which has heretofore icen in successful operation in our community, and aikleu so much to the general prosperity and progress of our people; and in addition there to also establish and maintain a good ind sufficient (iraded School for the :olored children, in strict accord with the late decisions of the Supreme court, prohibiting race discrimina tions, mit to run either of these tublic institutions requires public 1-1 1 '! 11 money which can oe raised only ty taxation. Certain ol. our jteflow citi zens, who are also tax-pavers, have leretofore manifested hostility to- wards the white iiraded school, and on appeal to the courts, have thrown ol shiel es in the way by jraisi aising cer tain constitutional objections to for mer laws on the subject). I lie last gislature, however,; passed an Act, which was intended to (accomplish the purpose of raising the necessary funds by taxation, and spt the same time avoid the objections to the f(,r- mer laws and conform strictly to the constitution, arid it is under this last Act passed by the legislature, and adopted by the people- at the ballot box, that the present cbnimittee is acting. As before stated it is the in tention of the Committee to exhaust every legal remedy to carry out the will of the people as expressed at the ballot-box, and sanctioned by the legislature, before j giving up the (iraded School ; but tliCj effort to do so will no doubt be-resisted, and the collection of the tax may be delayed pending litigation. . ve are there fore in this situation, 'that if teachers shall require prompt payment of salaries we cannot employ them and lve such assurance, but it a suth- cient number of good teachers shall indicate in reply to thiscircilar-Ietter a willingness to accept employment under these circumistances, then the Committee will very soon thereafter determine what course to pursue with reference to the schools ; other wise there is but one course left for us to pursue, and that is to follow the law under which we are acting, levy the tax, collect it, if the courts will permit, and when we get the money into our treasury spend it for the purposes for which it w; s collected." Requesting a prompt reply to en able us to act intelligently in time for the fall session of the school, I am, Yours rtspectfully. W. A Gl'THKIF, Chairman, the Ciraded If the opponents of School could faintly rea ttize the harm to the business interests of Durham to say nothing of the ?till greater harm and moral wrong they are do ing to the poor little boys and girls' (many of them orphans without means), we believe they would yield to a better sentiment of humanity and let the ffiends of the Ciraded School carry out the popular will, as! expressed at the ballot-box, without further opposition. When we begin to write on this subject we first get mad, and then we find ourselves filled with lamentations over the re suits which must accrue to the rising generation of children who-are pow erless to avert the blow which inevi- tably must fall on t iem. Put we will hope for the best, and that a brighter day may ydt dawn upon the 'educational intere ts of Durham must be the and our whole State wish of every patriot AYasliinjftoii Notes. . Special ('orresimndence .11 . i to The Plant. ' A delegation ol nd ntlemen from St. Louis has just arrived in. this city to invite the President to pay that much-talked-ot Western visit Gen. William Mclvee Dunn, late Judge Advocate General of the United States, died ht his country- seat near this city Sunday morning, The Secretary of war win mis week sign the appo ntment of' Mr. (ieorge G. Ransom to the military academy at West I mt. the ap by the young ppintment was won gentleman by a com! petitive exami- nation at eldpn, N by Congressman Sin C, and is made mons, the. pop ular andC able representative of the second district. ' Mr. J. . S nil man. of Halifax county, t le second best man in the competitive examina- tion, was named as alternate. The successful candidate Mr. Geo. Ran- som, is a son of Gen Robt. Ransom, and nephew of Senator Ransom It is learned here that Gen. Robt. Vanee, Assistant Commissioner of Patents, is critically ill at his resi dence near Asheville Senator Ransom arrived in this city Saturday, and will remain scv- eral days. The President acc?pted the invi tation of the St. Louis delegation and Will visit the West during the fall. He will be met in North Caro lina by Gov. Scales and staff on his way to Atlanta in October, and if possible will spend one day in Ral eigh. Among the lates; arrivals are Messrs. Chas. Price, Win. Carroll and Frances Patterson. The last named gentleman is Pat. Winston's succes sor as land agent to Idaho. Mr. Winston is here als from Idaho, and will become a permanent resi dent of that Territory.! He is infatu ated with it, and will deliver two lectures in Raleigh soon, taking the natural advantages ofi that section for his theme. In Warren county there is a clover patch which it is estimated will make 12,o00 pounds to the ace. The clo ver is 5 feet 11 inches high. TALK OF NEW YOJJK. Amos .T. Ciimniin in "Washing ton Star. When anyliody in New York does anything that entitles him to pub licity, he very soon gains an idea of the immensity of that, engine of.hu man progress the newspaper. More than forty reporters will besiege him, and his life will be niade a burden until he ceases to be of public inter est. One of the mos striking recent cases illustrating newspaper enter prise in the metropolis was witnessed at the hanging of the murderer, Pe ter Smith. A New York afternoon paper had arranged I' to publish an extra as soon as the doomed man had been hanged. The execution took place in the yard of the Tombs. In accordance with, the statute only twelve reporters were admitted to witness the hanging: sand they were given ingress to the prison enclosure only as members of ;the jury of in spectors. The had to remain until the execution had taken place and then sign their names to the certifi cate averring that the criminal had bren duly and thoroughly hanged. Not until each reporter had signed this document was he permitted to leave the jail yard, and it was fully twenty minutes before the forms of the law had been complied with. i CARRYING TIIK NEWS I1Y BASE 15ALL. The representative bf an evening paper, foreseeing this delay, arranged in a unique manner to send the news of the executif l to his journal. He purchased a bi base-ball, which he carried in his pocket within the high walled inclosu e of the Tombs. Ry a preconcerted; arrangement at the olhce i boy stood outside theinclos- ure, having beti n warried that as soon e the ball come over mid note the time and i .. .. as he shouh the wall he run to the ofli fe Ol tne paper, nve blocks away, find-carry the news, thus enabling his paper to get out an earlv extra edition announcing the execution'! The boy stood out side the high! walls that surround the Tombs, a eyes from the id never turned his point Where he had been, informed the ball 'would be tossed over, ff he instant that Smith was hanged the representative of the paper, whose boystooil outside the prison wall, dashed away from the gallows and hurled tle ball over the Tombs' wall,! The boy, seeing the ball come over, noted j the time, ran to the oflice and gave the news. Wi.thin live i linutes altr the mur derer had been hanged an extra edi tion of the aper in question, an nouncing hif death, was being sold on the street? . j i THE IMiOFEfSIoNAL INTERVI EWER. There are n New York more than twenty' newV taper men who are pro fessional intt rviewers.; It requires a special ordei of talent to be a good interviewer, mil a thorough knowl edge of publ c affairs. It demands, too, a sp'ecia knowledge of human nature. Eve y man except, perhaps, Roscoe Conk ling, can be interviewed. Mr. Conklhu is so stem and frigid that a newspaper man is seldom able to get a word out of hijm. The professional newspaper inter viewer in New York, Ko elsewhere, has certain rules which govern his conduct in approaching a diflicult subject. He appeals jo the vanity of a man wlose face seems to indi cate selt-estfem, to the combative- ness of-a person who ;appears to be quarrelsome, or to the'religious sen timent of t le individual who is ap parently of a serious turn of mind. One of- tne most remarkable, in- stances of newspaper interviewing was that of a man now! in New York, who one n ght received a dispatch at Toledo, where he hvas then at work, to the effect thut a lady who had gone down in the train at the terrible A htabula accident, and escaped- un kcathed, would arrive in 1 oledo, on her way westward, at G:30.oYIocldin the evening, on the Lake Shore! train. TI19 person who sent the telegram forgot to give her name, and the interviewer had to find her by natural instinct. The train stoppt d in Toledb but fifteen, minutes. T le reporter approached a lady in a s eeping-car,f and by the merest char.ee hit uponithe right per son. She siid that she! was the wo man who had gone dojwn with the train at Ashtabula, but when she learned that her interrogator was a newspaper nan, she very curtly de clared that she would! not talk, as she had dc ided objection to having her name niid declarations in print. The interviewer, who vas a shrewd student of human nature, r sTi niEn the lady's face a moment, and thought that he dis covered in it markings (of a strong religious sentiment. Heapted upon his judgment, and began to congrat ulate the lady on the miraculous de liverance that a kind Providence had given her from a fearful fate. Her soul was moved, and .'all forgetful that she was talking tola newspaper man, she related a 'grajphic story of the terrible accident. $he told it in an artless, manner, grejv earnest as she progressed, and did not cease talking until the trian jwas moving out ot the depot. Then the reporter arose, touched his hat, and said to the young lady : " I beg your par don, but despite your objections, you have been interviewed.! The young lady tried in vain to . c:ll him back, and not until he had gone did she realize that his adroitness in appeal ing to her religious sentiment had led her to talk in spite f herself. The average journjaljst is a good person to interview, Jjuit the politi cian is ordinarily chary? of the news paper interrogation, (pol. Ingersoll has lately adopted '. a rule to the ef fect that he will not be interviewed. He is, however, very pourteous to newspaper men. Recently a repor ter wrote out twelve qujestions for a stated interview and handed them to Mr. Ingersoll. H6 frote the re plies at considerable length, and the article, which pertained entirely to the great American system f inter viewing, was one of the brightest productions that ever proceeded from Mr. Ingersoll's pen. j - i Five wolves were killed last week by a daring hunter, Sam McGuire, in Macon county. He fwas paid a bounty ot 0 tor each scalp by the countv commissioners, Two negroes at Greensboro quar relled, when one threw 4 hatchet at the other and fractured his skull. NEIHBOKIIOOI NEWS. Chatham News. Condensed from Pittsboro Pairs.l Sheriff Rrewer accidentally in jured his right ankle a few days ago, and has been 'connneu to nis huujc ever since T. " . . i ii..i'ii.,i..,,,tornf it is rumored mat uie ju'111' " one oi f the most respected citizens in eastern part of this county the cloned a few days ago with ti mar ried man, who was born and reared near this place and recently moved to Pitt county. It is said that his wife is at her father's, near Holly Springs. Mrs. Julia -Burke, of Hickory Mountain township, died very sud denly on last Sunday, aged eighty three years. She had been in her usual good health, and after eating a hearty dinner had retired to her room to take a nap, and when found by the family she was dead. We are again called on to chroni cle the death of anotherof Chatham's oldest and most respected citizens. Mr. Owen Lindley died at his resi dence, in Hickory Mountain town ship, on last Saturday, in the eighty second year of his age. He was one of the pioneer nurserymen of North Carolina, having been extensively encasred in the business lor more than half a century. He was an uncle of Mr. J. Yan Lindlev, the well known nurseryman of Guilford county. He was one ot the most en- ergetic and industrious old men that we have ever known- Mi F.tt5i Dimniifps n d.i urliter of Madison Dismukes, died on last Krirhi- nvonincr onil vn Kilned sit. Hock Spring church on Sunday morning. She had been an invalid and a sufferer for about six years, but her end was peace. John Campbell, living near Leota, while asleep on his porch, on Satur day night, was attacked bv some unknown miscreant and badlv wounded with a knife in the region of the heart. Suspicion attaches to a-negro, who had made some threats. The farmers in the vicinity of Lib erty are waking up to the impor tance of combination, and they pro pose holding a meeting in the town .on the i'th of August. We thank them for the compliment of aninvi- tation to meet with and address them, and whether the editor is able to go or not, the' may rest assured of his earnest sympathy, and what ever he can do for their welfare, and to raise farming to a higher plane of success, shall be done. Orange County. News. Ciilleil from observer. From Thursday of last week to luesday night ot this week, we had the hottest weather ever known in Hillsboro. The thermometer regis tered from 90 to 10G in the shade at uinereni nines anu places. Bishop Lyman preached at St. Matthew Church Sunday Rev. Wm. L. Reanev, of Burlington, was ordained priest, Revs. Marshall, Hush and Murphy uniting with the Bishop in the laying on of hands' at the ordination. Rev. Dr. M. M. Mar shall, of Raleigh, preached on Sun day night. Rev. F. L. Bush, of Pitts boro, assisted in both services. Bish op Lyman donfirmed two youn gentlemen at the night service. Rev. W. F. Wilhelm announced from his pulpit Sunday morning that he would be absent for several weeks, probably until the latter part ot August. Mr. W ilhelm and wife left here Wednesday for Virginia, where they go to visit the mother of Mrs. V llhelm. e w lsh these good people a pleasant visit and a safe re turn. Mr. Wilhelm is one of the finest preachers in the State. Mr. A. Stokes Cheek, of Orange, died at Greensboro .last Sunday The remains were interred at Me bane Monday. Ralph Maxwell, aged 4 months and 24 dars, infant son of Mr. Ernest D. and Miss Emma Cheek, died Sun day night, 01 whooping cough asso ciated with pneumonia. Rev. J. L Currie conducted thefuneral services from the Baptist church Monday evening. Mr. J. J. Ward died at his home a few miles west ot town, lhursdav night, July 14th. lie was buried Friday at Mars Hill Sallie, infant daughter of Mr. R. C. and Mrs. Salhe Strudwick, died Sat urday night at the residence of Mr f . Is . Strudwick, near town, of whoop ing cough associated . with pneu mi t . -i . monia. ine mnerai services were conducted by Rev. ,W. F. Wilhelm from the Presbyterian church Sun day evening. . i: ' Person County Jfews. Condensed from Courier.J The meeting at Mill Creek Baptist church closed last Sunday after morning services. I he pastor of the church, Rev. J ..Lamberth, ad-j ministered the ordinance of baptism to 23 candidates, in the creek, just below Ramsey's mill ; there was a large crowd present to witness the baptism, and everything passed off in a pleasant, orderly way, the whole scene being solemn and impressive Mr. Lamberth was ably assisted in his labors by Rev. J. M. Luck, of feoutli lioston, whose sermons were unexceptional, each one being elo quent, earnest and touching. There were 30 professions during the meet ing, the bouse being full of attentive, quiet listeners. The singing was very juiti lioicuciB. i iic aui"iii was very fine for a revival season, and alto- frpt.her t.hp mpptinrr will Ko o mnmr gether the meeting will be a memo rable one in the history of Mill Creek church. One day last week Arthur Brad sher, 5 years old, son of our excellent and esteemed townsman, Dr. C. E liradsher, went fishing at a pond near here and caught 27 of the finny tribe small perches. Quite a small angler is he. The Sunday School Conference of the 1'erson circuit was held last Sat urday at Mt. Zion church. A lare crowd is reported as being in atten dance Last Wednesday our genial friend f v4 n':n: i i w t , ' aixi. uu uiiauis, iea imss Ida Trimm, a fair specimen of Person's beautiful daughters, to the hvmenial altar, and there took the sacred vows of matrimony. May their life be a long, happy and prosperous one. On last Sunday, at Lea's Chapel by Rev. L. L. Nash, Mr. P. P. O'Bri ant, of Durham, was married to 'Miss Susie A. Wdiitfield, daughter of Mr. G. W. Whitfield. May they happily glide through life together in peace and abounding joy. The bride and groom left last Monday morning for their future home m " Afr A OUriani anu - Mr. 4 uggie v MLss Ella Colert.au,. Mr. Vvm field and Miss. nmeUlntfieW. At his home in mis " ' Saturday evening, Mr .esse i nof mir wealthy oei, uwv v.. u;l3i.,ct lie an- He ential citizen, d eiuuu. has been quM UlOUgn m V - Hp He was about-u years oi , ,r n.i'itivps and menus io Ipnvps manv re mnnrn his ( loath, but tin . 1 1 1 . 1 1 , iv ..... he is now rc- lieved of this hardships. HOUIll -' ' lift suffering' and e s Alain nice News. Gleaned from the Gleaner. John Bill Hason-, a negro man a'ed 40 or () iars, was drowned ai Saturday morning, from drink, having Haw River last He was crazy been drinkingt(great excess ior a u.i or more On the previous nigui lav out. He h ad waded me nvei On the morning he ic was attempting to above the dam and below the dam was drowned cress the river witer twelve leet ucep !.-! and i.f . i.i, ,..iill roach him ne was llflUll' Iltlj' x-.k.... ( drowned. , .,. The watchman at the l'laid mi us at Burlington 6bserved a man suiwe o ,otn h -in. trv to lit a Key m me office door, lltf hrcd upon mm un a shot-gun. The would-he house- breaker disapjieareu, oui oo-pjv. match-box wijth shot holes in it. This was Monday night. Mr ( 'amnbell. of Burlington, agei about forty-fivk was sleeping on his tr.rrli hist, h ltl(I;lV 1112111. WhCIl tl f.i. ...a df.ilt him which went t,U v.vT.- - crashing throiigh his shoulder, lie nwnkft nnd beheld an axe in the hands of his sbn, a young man about 17 vears of age. of unsound mind It :is a serious wound. 'We heard some conflicting reports as to tin number of wounds received. statu m:vs. Culk'.i from Exchanges. F.-ivettevillJ- is to have a tobacco factory. A cotton factory is to be built at Sanford, Moore county. Two moonshiners have been cap tured in Cleveland county. Seven horsrs and mules died from the effect of the heat around hnfich last Saturday. The ( ! rand Commanderv of Knights Templar in this 'State will hold its annual Conclave at Greensboro, Au gust 2d. A little girl near Monroe lost one i i .i i - r . n : . eve and limireu anoiner oy iauing with a cup of lve and dashing the liquid into her face and eyes Wahab Bros., of Hvde county, re- port to Commissioner Robinson 1,.'5() acres in corn anu i,ux acres in rice, and that both crops are excellent Shelby New Era: Mr. Robert Hal- lyburton, the well known railroad contractor, last week shot his cook a white woman. The shooting was purely accidental and the woman is rapidly recovering. Wilmington Hecieir: There is some kind of a bug that is playing havoc with the nowermg plants and vines in some portions of the city. It is a strange looking bug, such as has seldom been seen in this city. Goldsboro Argus: The machinery and material for the broom factory have arrived and work will begin in a very few days. The third story o the Argus building has been securec for the work; and thus does the gooc 1 i 1 1 1 woi'K 01 building up our city go steadily onward. Daily Workman: A lady in South Greensboro had set a hen on eggs in the barn loft, but on account of the heat or something else, the hen for sook her nest after setting ius't one week. Two weeks afterwards the chirping of chickens was heard in the barn loft, and on examination seven little chicks were found. They were taken and placed in a bird cage where they are doing wen. The chickens can be seen at any time. Thus it will be seen that South Greensboro is determined to keep -in the lead. Franklin Times: Our entire com munity was shocked last Sunday by' an occurrence that resulted in the untimely death of Mr. Geo. Strick land. It seems that he and his lit tle son had been out to his father's on a visit, and on returning got up ; at,.u i t . ii , 1 in muck. jieeii;$ ouggy inai was coming over towards town. 1 lie horse became frightened at" a cow and began to run, the little boy jumped out and escaped unhurt, but the lather jumped out from behind, and as he jumped his feet got caught in the curtains, his head struck the i,r..,;n ir, :.i nes but , .mif nn ,r The deceased was a good citizen, a kind father and an aflectionate hus band, and willbe sadly missed by a large family to whom he was de voted. R. C. STRUDWICK. R. B. BOONE. STRUDWICK & BOONE, Attorneys at Law, DURHAM, N. C. Practice in the Courts of Ilurham, Oranpe and Person Counties, aud in the Federal Courts. JNO. M. MORINC, WffrmAwiTWTf w ATTORNEY AT LAW DURHAM. N. C. S-OFFICE IX ULKE I51ILIHNG. JOHN W. GRAHAM. THOMAS BIFFINS GRAHAM & RUFFIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, HILLSBORO, N. C. Practice in the counties of Alamance Caswell Orange1' Guildford' Kockingham, Person and ' WM. A. GUTHRIE, Attorney at Law, DUUIIAM, - - c. OFFICE OVER P- W. VAUGHAN'S DRUG STORE. t. w. harris.IvTd!; " PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON: DURHAM, N. C. OFFICE HOURS : 12 to 1 and 5 to 6, F. M. if Iffi?f over Rawla' new store on Main street, ln Mangum and Church streets. Rieennue3.nearCrner f Wtttkin88treetand NEW BRICK! I am now making a large quantity ol Good IBricls And will increase my supply this imrinp For terms and partkulare, appYf & w. KfcKST i - Durham, N. C. ARE YOU IN SEARCH Of A GOOD SCHOOL If si, write to thi? l'riiicij.u', ,- Oak Ridge Institute AND BUSINESS COLLEGE Foroneof the beautiful oataiou'iie-t.f r . . -,, , This school is largely wtnnif. fr.. . lv ami section, ami iias hecn li.r .. lents lust year. m. males reprcM-in,.,: A-lilrcss, J. a. .v m. 11 ; r jvl3-:im Oak , TRINITY COLLEGE Rev. JOHN F.CROWELLPres. Fall Term Begins August 24th Atltl Kll'is lk'ccnil.cr l . !--rn.H'rtv of thr X. '. ' nfrv. -n. -.- ,. i'liiin-li. Siiilli. liiaiia'cl li :i 1' i . i elcclci ''' the . niiteiviii e : ! .icu:ly. jjx lull I'rolessors ami iwo I ill. - . . . . College r.rtire leuoinu l Un u t . . .. , . of Arts ir Itiichelor ol rmiixili . . :' j , iiamtorv and Business U-.anim in- . Iiurs. furniture mi airniu: . healthy; Kailroa.l Mation. Iliuli I'. .: the Ui. hiiioiiil an-1 1 'anville K.ii'.r.M i . loir'.tc ami information, ulirt i!,, i ' Trinity College.' Kamlolph Co.. N. THE WILMINGTON STAR REDUCTION IN PRICE. Attention is calle.l to the !" of sul.!-cri.lion, ca- Mow Tlio ZDiily- Star One Year. Six Months. Three Month-. t me Month, Tlio "Wccltly Stnr One Year. -Six Months. Three Months,' - Our Tilctrrai'li New- M-rvi-- l;n- t. lnrircly iiiTi-iiel. a;n I it is mir : keep ilic Stm: up to tin- lii':!it -l -!m :i i i luitier exicllciH c. ' Al'!rcs. U M. II. Kl !: Wiltnii:. R. W. RICE, Gsntlsmens Furni 14.-1 V. P.ALTIMoKF.vM-. Fine shirts a specialty, and fits k'H"'' ! C. G. YOUNGER, Sign and Ornamental Painter, DURHAM, X. ('., Will do work in any part f the .-!::! v: . guaranteed. J. Southgate k Sen INSURANCE! DURHAM, N. C. W. J. WYATT&CD.. Exclusive Grocers! Wholesale and Retail. CARRY LARGEST STOCK DURHAM, X. C. FEED STUFF -A- Specia-lt-. IiKTWKK.V P.KAMS ami liAXXKI! THE DURHAM' FLORAL GARDENS, REUBEN HIBBERD, Prop. Kver(reen, Pot Koses, flerauiunis, I'.ul!. all kinds of Flowering Plants furnished t an. I hint notice. Work in Landscape nardeninu. such tin Ijiying Out of Iits, the Care of I-huii-. tin- TriM liiiiiK and Care of Shrubhery, uiidertakeii at i"t erate cost. Shale Trees Ftiniislied and Set, and Cunlt n Tended on reusonahle terms. Cabbage Plants, lieet 1'lant.s and Tomato plant for sale. Apply to UFXP.KN IIIi:i!i;i:l. At the Durham Floral (Jar-den-. On Kaleigh Street CHAPEL HILL, N. C. The session is divided into two terms : tin' firP tieginnine the last Thursday in Au-iim and end ing at Christmas, the sei-ond lieiuuins.' early in January and emling first Thursday in June. I "i tion, S:K).() for each term. For room rent and vice, ?".00'per term. Those unahle ti ) luitn.n are allowed to give their notes, secured il p-ilie. Tuition in the Normal course free. . l(t Jrad:iate instruction also free. The faculty is no ut!r ciently strong to give instruction in a u ide ran:;c of studies. For terms in the I.aw School aply to Hon. Mm Manning, LL. II. For Catalogues apply to V I -Patterson, Bursar, Chapel Hill, N. C. For spi-einl information apply to jne29-4w KEMP P. BATT1.K, LI- I- GREENSBORO, N. C. The Sixty-fifth SessiorTof this well equipi-d mid prosperous s-hool will begin on the 24th of August, 1W7. Faculty able, accomplished and faithful. Instruction thorough. Iocation healthful. I-are good. Sicial advantages ottered in the depart ments of Music, Art, Elocution anil Modern I-an-guages. Charges moderate. For catalogue, apply to . T. M. JOKKS, ine22-tsl I'residcut B as 1 W is JigK g II " .0J UHIYERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA :;;:::;,: ::i:v.: :::::::