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SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1889.
DK. M'DOW'S TRIAL.
The testimony in the trial of Dr.
McDow for the killing of Captain
Dawson, was completed and argu
ments of counsel commenced yester
day. The case will be given to the
jury to-day. The next news we have
from Charleston will be to the ellect
that the defendant has been ac
quitted. Before another issue of The
Plant comes from the press Dr. Mc
Dow will be a free man, pronounced
by ajurytobe innocent of the un
lawful slaying of Captain Dawson.
We may be mistaken in this predic
tion, but are willing to risk our judg
ment on it. If not acquitted, he will
be remanded for a second trial on
account of the jury not being able to
agree.
The jury cmpanneled to try the
case is composed of seven negroes
and five white men. It is upon
these seven negroes that the defend
ant has cast his hope of escape from
the gallows more than upon the plea
of self-defence. The negroes of
Charleston were unfriendly toward
Captain Dawson. He had made
himself very unpopular with them
so much so that even the colored
preachers would not insert their
church notices and advertisements
in his paper. The knowledge on
the part of defendant's counsel of
this feeling accounts for so unusual
a number of negroes on the jury,
and it is to them they look for the
escape of their client.
The theory of self-defence amounts
to nothing, that is if any weight is
to be given the testimony of the med
ical expert who testified as to the
nature and condition of the wound
He says the deceased was shot from
behind. To this add the statements
of the defendant as to what he did
immediately after the shooting,
which are inconsistent with the
truth, and the further fact that he
spent some time trying to conceal all
traces of the crime by attempting to
bury the body. These facts are far
from rebutting the presumption of
malice. - The remark "you tried to
take my life and I have taken yours,"
heard by the hack driver amounts
to nothing. It was the outcome of
an. after thought made by the de
fendant to assist him in nis plea of
self-defense. If spoken at all, 'twas
said for the purpose of being heard
by some one. It will be remem
bered the witness was almost directly
in front of the door. He saw the
deceased enter ; he heard no talking
or any noise of any kind while the
difficulty was going on, as claimed
by the defendant. But after Mc-
Dow had killed the man he heard
' this remark made by the murderer
who, all the facts show, was per
fectly calm and collective.
There is another feature of this
case, which, if probed to the bottom
we think, would throw light upon
the true nature of the case. That is
the reap relations existing between
McDow and the Swiss maid. Her
extreme simplicity and want o
..knowledge of the conventionalities
while upon the stand were evidently
assumed for the puipose of keeping
back evidence damaging to the de
fendant. There was evidently a per
feet understanding between them,
which frequently brought forth
smiles from the defendant at her ap
parent ignorance as to the impropri
ety of the intercourse between them
as testified to by her. This, with
the air of complete candor, was as
sumed to prevent suspicion of more
criminal intercourse and of concerted
design betwen them. We feeTsure
that were this woman to tell all she
knew she would make the defend
ant's guilt so plain that even a negro
jury would not dare acquit him.
A REMARKABLE MAX.
Hon. Simon Cameron, of Penr
sylvania, who died on Wednesday,
was in one respect the most wonder-
ul man America has yet produced.
Born in 1799, he lived to the great
age of ninety years, retaining all his
acuities to a most remarkable ex
ent up to the hour of his last brief
illness.
From the commencement of his
political career as editor of a news
paper, at Harrisburg in 1822, he
showed great aptitude for party
management and political wire
pulling. He soon put himself at
he head of the politics of his State,
and from that time on was an abso
lute ruler of his State. None of the
potentates of Europe have ruled
their people with more absolute
power than Mr. Cameron swayed
over the people of his State for
nearly the last" half century. When
he grew tired of active political life
he did what some of these poten
tates could not do ; he retired from
active politics as one of his State's
Senators and firmly seated his son
in his place.
When Mr. Cameron began his po
litical career, George IV was on the
English throne andNapoleon III had
not placed himself on the imperial
throne of his uncle. Since he be
gan his political life two Kings and
two Emperors of France have been
dethroned ; three Monarchs have
ruled over England. When he be
gan his political career the territory
of the United States was much
smaller than it is now. Since that
time Texas and the Mexican terri
tory of the west and the vast Rus
sian province of Alaska have been
added to it. He has seen the rise of
the abolition part7 and its victory
over its enemies in the downfall of
the Confederacy and the abolition of
slavery. When he began his ca
reer there were only twenty-four
States in the Union, against forty
two at his death.
With all his rx)litical power he
has left behind him the memory of
no act which stamps him as a great
man or, a wise statesman. He was
neither. The most that can be said
of him is he was a "masterful poll
tician" and a shrewd political wire
puller.
OUR EXCHANGES.
Laurinburg Exchange : Mr. West-
ville Quick had a fierce combat with
an eagle near Old Hundred last week
and after a hot contest he killed it
with a lightwood limb. The eagle
measured seven feet from tin to tin.
Goldsboro Argus : TntT pantry of
Mr. Duke Traylor, who resides on
William street, was entered on Wed
nesday night last, -and robbed of all
its contents. This is getting to be of
nearly nightly occurrence in this
city, and we hope that some of these
midnight thieves may be caught in
the near iuture and made an exam
pie of.
Wilmington Star: H. II. Upchurch,
late an employe oi contractors on
the C. F. & Y. V. railroad,- on the
grading near the city, was arrested
by the police last night on a warrant
issued on complaint of .It. A. Thratt,
a sub contractor on the road, charged
with stealing a large sum oi money
over two hundred dollars from
another sub-contractor.
Maxton Union : A terrible boiler
explosion occurred at the eteam saw
mill of Mr. Neill McN. Graham near
Wakula Saturday last, which re
sulted in the death of a colored man
by the name of Sip McKay, he be
ing blown several yards away ; and
the serious but not fatal injury of
Mr. Ed. Jessup, who was blown some 1
distance and was picked up insen
sible. Johnnie Murphy was also
slightly scalded.
A CoDfession "by a Murderess,
Caswell News.
Julia Jackson, the woman who
caused John Yancey to murder Bob
Oliver, died a lew days ago, and on
her death bed confessed that she
poisoned Mr. Geo. S. Fitch. That
she put it in his collee the day he
took dinner at Mrs. Alverson's. It
is well known that Mr. Fitch, with
a number of others, was at Mrs. Al
verson's the day her husband was
buried, and that Julia Jackson cooked
the dinner and waited on the table.
That Wednesday evening lie was
taken, with what the ;doctor thought
was cramp colic and iliedon Sunday.
Mr. Fitch was a deputy shcrift, lie
worked up the case and arrested
Yancey. Her object, no doubt, was
to get the important witnesses
against Yancey out of the way before
his trial. A negro from that neigh
borhood was at the jail a short while
before court, and in his conversation
with Yancey, was j heard to say,
"she says she has got two of them
out of the way and will get another
before court." The. two spoken of
must have been Alverson and Fitch,
and it is thought that Mr. Stainback
was the other one. i
The Battle of Life,
Fighting the battle of life,
With a weary heart and head ;
For in the midst of the strife
The banners of joy are lied !
Fled and gone out of sight,
When I thought they were so near,
And the murmuf of hope this night
Is dying away on my ear.
Fighting alone to-night,
AVith not even a'stander by
To cheer me on in the fight,
!Or to hear me when 1 crv :
Only the Lord can hear,
Only the Lord can see,
The struggle within, how dark and drear,
. Though quiet he outside be.
Lord, I would fain be still
( And quiet behind my shield,
lint make me to know Thy will,
j For fear I should ever yield ; ,
Kven as now my hand,
So doth my folded will
Lie waiting Thy commands,
Without one anxious thrill.
Put as with sudden pain
: My hands unfold and clasp, v
So doth my will stand up again
And take its old firm grasp ;
Nothing but perfect trust,
And love of Thy perfect will,
Can raise me out of the dust,
1 And bid my fears be still. .'
( )h, Lord, Thou hidest Thy face,
j And the battle-clouds prevail ; i. V
Oh, grant me Thy sweet grace,
That I may not utterly fail.
Fighting alone to-night,
! - With what a leating heart !
Lord Jesus in the fight,
; Oh ! stand not Thou apart !
; Miss DrexeTs Trousseau.
The wedding dress is of thick
white satin, en train, with front
1 1 1? 4 1 1
urapeu in rare point u .aiuiicou lace
one hundred and fifty years old, and
worth about $2,000, and the entire
dress represents sewc-thing like-
$5,000. The garniture of the drap
ery is of orange blossoms. The
square cut corsage is edged with
heavy white braided cord wth long
tassel ends. The neck is trimmed
with point d'Alencon lace and the
veil is of-thc same delicate material,
and will be arranged on the head
with a magnificent tiara of diamonds,
a gift from the bride's mother, all of
which will be secured with sprays of
orange blossoms fastened with dia
mond pins; wiiitc satin slippers,
with pearl trimmed bows, and white
iiede gloves complete the costume.
She will carry a bouquet of Xephctos
Yoses and a beautiful prayer book
bound in vellum and ornamented
with a cross, crown and anchor of
diamonds, rubies and sapphires, the
gift of Mrs. Dahlgren, the bride
groom's mother.
The bridesmaids will wear similar
gowns of white point d'esprit lace
and moire, white felt Hading hats
trimmed with ostrich feathers, and
each will carry a bouquet of La
France roses and crepe de lisse fans,
which are gifts of the bride,as also are
their lovely gowns. This fashion of
presenting bridesmaids with the
dresses which they were desired to
wear to the wedding was, it is said,
inaugurated in iSew ork society by
Miss May Brady, now Mrs. J. Albert
Stevens, and the custom has been fol
lowed bv a number of brides since.
Some of Miss Drexel's gowns have
been made here and some have come
from Paris. The entire trousseau
has a dainty look on account of ev.
erything, from the scented silken
ware, lace-trimmed over and under
skirts, waists, handkerchiefs and
gowns with the exception of the
travelling dress and one other ele
gant costume, being in white.-. The
travelling dress is of gray check Eng
lish suiting made in English style,
one plaited wide skirt and double-
breasted jacket. 1 he bonnet is o
gray tulle. Each costume or gown
has stockings and shoes and gloves
to match, and those to be worn with
this costume are gray gray silk
stockings, gray Suede ties and gray
kid gloves. A handsome gown to
make calls in is of black and white
striped silk made with plain Empire
skirt and Josephine jacket with
slashed back, having a heavy white
sash with large bows set up high tit
the waist. The collar and culls are
white, wide and turned down. Sev
eral pretty morning dresses are o
white serge and muslin, made with
plain skirts, loose waists and sashes
A simple but pretty reception dress
is of white India silk. The skirtis
accordion-plaited from belt to hem
and the waist is in surplice effect and
trimmed with lace. Several hand
some parasols and a number of
dainty tans, rare lace ruches, under
sleeves, collars, cuffs and chemisettes
help to make up a trousseau that
any girl might be proud of, and
which probably aggregates a sum
something like $25,000 exclusive of
jewels.
Adeline Patti's Sister Dead.
i Paris, June 28. Carlotta Patti, a
well known singer, and a sister o
Adeline Patti, died in this citv.
f Good Points in a Woman.
A clear bright eye
That can pierce the skv,
A rounded cheek
Where the roses speak,
A chest so grand
That the lungs expand ;
A steady brain
I That can bear the strain,
A manner bright
And a spirit light.
Who does not wish for these, or .having
them wish to keep them, yet when weakness
irregularities, sick headache, nervousness,
and inflammations, attack her, restoration
can be accomplished by the use of Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, a medicine designed
lor woman s use, and placed with all drug
gists for their relief, bold under the manu
facturers" isU'ae ijuamntt of satisfaction, or
money refunded.
DO YOU
PROPOSE g BUILD?
THE DURHAM
Sash, Door ;3,nd Blind M'fg k
ANNOUNCE , .
That they are prepared to take con
tracts for Buildings of any size, in
Wood or Brick, from the plainest and
cheapest to the finest and most elab
orate, at
Lowest Prices.
Plans and estimates cheerfully furn
ished ard contracts solicited at home
or abroad.
Our j plant is equipped with the
latest j improved labor-saving ma
chinery and we are prepared to fur
nish Sash, Doors, Blinds, and all
kinds of Builders' Supplies at prices
that cannot be beat. auglO-dt.
TOTHE
People of Durham.
I had the misfortune to lose my
ice factory by iire just as I had suc
ceeded in making a good quality of
ice. The complaint of a little smo
ky taste was caused by distilling the
water,! which had been remedied.
The impression that amoniaor other
chemicals can get in the ice is cer
tainly! a mistake, which can be
shown by the physicians ol the
town. I
If have on hand enough ice to sup
pi the town for over GO days, and
I respectfully ask the people to give
me all the encouragement they can
by patronizing me at this time,
thereby enabling me to rebuild my
factory. Ihe loss to me is great, at
best, and if the people will encour
age the enterprise, I will rebuild be
fore the present supply,gives out,
and my experience heretofore will
enable me to improve on the other
factory. ery respectfully,
C. M. Herndon.
May 1G, 1880.
Racket Grocery
Telephone Call, No. 23,
-. t
i '
Opposite Parrish's Warehouse,
.1 .' :
Wishes to invite your attention to the
fact that we keep everything
needful for man or bea-t,
I in the
Heavy or Fancy Grocery Line.
We make a specialty in Fine Brands of
Flour, Canned Goods, Fruits, Confec
tioneries, Snuff. Tobacco aid
Fine Cigars.
ALSO COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Call and see us, or send i i you
i orders.
Goods Delivered Free of Charge.
Thanking the public for'pasl favors
and j hoping to share a part of the
same in the tuture, I remain,
j Your friend,
W. H. PROCTOR,
mch!6-d3m Durham, N.-C,
A Mew Supply
OF
TRIUMPHANT SONGS
TRIUMPHANT SONGS
TRIUMPHANT SONGS
TRIUMPHANT SONGS
TRIUMPHANT SONGS
Just Received
AT THE
DURHAM BOOKSTORE
OF-
J. B. WHITAKER, JR., & 'CO.
For sale at Publisher's prices :
35 cents each 'by mail; 3 GO per
I dozen by express.
telWIRE RAILING
And Ornamental Wire Works.
Mr&CollMi;H97irdSt,Slio,i!i
Wire railing for cemeteries, lawns, gardens
offices and balconies; window guards tree
guards, wire cloth, sieves, fenders, cages.' sand
and coal screens iron bedsteads, chairs settees
etc- ! j'yS-dly '
Million
Jones
lelifl
S. R. PERRY.
I wish to return my many thanks
to my friends and patrons fcfr past
favors, and hope to have their con
tinued favors by
t
Honest and Fair Dealing,
and will promise at all times to sell
goods as
Low as Any, House in Our Cily.
I keep constantly on hand most of
the Leading lirantis oi riour,
Best Mill Feed, Pure Hog
Lard, Corn, Oats, Best
Dried Peaches and
Apples. ,
In fact every article kept in a
First-Class Grocery Store.
I earnestly invite all to give mc a
call. Very truly, '
mch5-d3m
S. R. PERRY.
W. H. k 1 1 Tflfe k Co.,
RALEIGH, N. C.,
Importers and Retailers of
DRY GOODS
The Great North Carolina Dry
Goods House !
SUMMER DRESS GOODS!
Ve are now prepared to supply a very large de
mand lor materials of very light textures for mid
Summer season; just the goods we can recommend
as the most desirable, for the reason that they com
bine lightness, coolness and firmness, viz : Tamise,
Convent Canvas, Silk Warp Challies, Dress Veilings,
Printed Mohairs, French and American Challies.
Genuine China Pongee, Printed India Silks, &c.
Complete Mail Order Depart
ment With all the machinery for filling orders, by ComJ
potent men.
N. B. On all orders amounting to $5,00, or more
we will deliver goods by mail or to the nearest ex
press office PliEE OF CUAKGE.
W. II & R S. TUCKER & CO.
REUBEN HIBBERD,
Florist d Landscape Gardener.
Cut Flowers and Bouquets
A SPECIALTY.
Evergreens, Shrubs 1 Shade
TIKE IBS
of all Varieties lurnislied upon short
notice.
LAWNS,
GARDENS
AND
Oena.eter3r Lots
Carefully looked after and kept in order
CHARGES MODERATE.
REUBEN HIBBERD,
Durham Floral Nursery.
SCHOOL OF in
MISS L M. S0UTI1GATE, DIRECTOR.
Terms Per Quarter of Twenty Lessons:
yvai v,uuure, nour lessons. - - . inn
IhoriA ' xo.vyj
uuui letms, - - . Jin fill And v nn
Organ, hour lessons, - - 5.10-.an(1 Jg-gg
p5o(?a?ses in IL"monF and Sight Reading. '
Pruate lessons also given in Elocution and
riiysical Culture, per quarter, 15.00
MISS MARION S. FULLER, See'y!
XT
DURHAM, N. C.
S-A11 work guaranteed and at satisfactory
pricea.
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