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A. ROSCOWER, Editor,
"HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S MIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNA WED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BT GALJf."
If. P. DATIS, rmlllxto.
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VOL. I. NO. 31.
sioux chiefs;
SOME INDIANS WHO ARE MOUE
OK LKSS KNOWN TO TAME.
. sifting Hull, Red Cloud, Spotted
Khr-Io, Hump and Charter
Sketches of Their
Careers.
The prrat Indian warriors and chiefs,
Pitting Hull, Red Cloud, Spotted Eagle,
Hump aud Charger, have been busy for
gome months with their followers in dis
cussing the Dawes bill to open a part of
the great Houx reservation. Councils
have been held and every clause of the
bill thoroughly sifted, both pro and con.
The Indians, according to a Pierre
'cPakotai dispatch to the"" Chicago Tri
hunt, arc in favor of selling the land
covered by the Dawes bill, but only
upon good terms. 1 he Tribune corre
spondent gives sketches ot the Indian
chiefs above named, with, portraits, as
follows :
sm iNc; r.n.u
Sitting-Bull is honored and worshiped
as the great medicine man who mixed
the herbs and roots, to the sound of the
torn torn, that caused the defeat of the
gallant Custer and hb da lung and
heroic Seventh Cavalry. The advice
of Bull is iinplieitly followed. The old
Chief seems to realie, too, that his
name and fame are known in every
hamlet in the Cnited States. Pour years
ago Sitting-Bull passed through Pierre
on his way from bort Kandall, where he
had been held as a prisoner of war. Hi.3
arrival drew hundreds of curious people
to the steamboat land'nir, and he had a
rush of business, disposing of his auto
graph at the uniform price of fifty cents.
On this occasion he had caus e to become
enraged over the duplicity practiced on
him by Colonel Dell Coy, who handed
SPOTTKP EAGI.K.
Bull half a dollar and asked that he
s Lrn his name on the leaf from a book,
hull did so, and the Colonel retired with
a do7c n copies, which he presented to his
friends, l he book was manifold. Bull
realized that he had been duped, aud he
refusd to sign any more books. The
signature .accompanying his photograph
is a fac simile of his own handwriting.
The photograph is the best one in ex
istence, Sitting-Bull iccciving $l-"0 for
the sitting. Tatinka Sitting -Full) is an
' ncapapa Sioux, and was born on the
Missouri, near Grand liiver, in 1835. As
CIIAHOER.
a young buck he was somewhat noted
',fth as a hunter and warrior, and it
middle age gained prestige as a medicine
inn the Sioux order ol puesthood) anel
eounselor. Although dest'tutc of heredi
tary claims to chieftainship, by shrewd
"ess, diplomacy and force of character,
he gained both inllueii'e and followers,
while by his pronounced hostility to the
whites he earned notoriety throughout
the Cnited States. When Custer was
killed on the Little Big Horn in June,
,s, Sitting-Bull was the consulting
head of 50(;0 warriors. Alter that
rnashaere the huge camp was broken up
M Sitting,Bull, with 10K braves o
wv- ftro?.to4 into BviiUU Amevl a
f 1 l
American soil. His l and constantly-(
suffered depletion until, in the summer-
ol lb81, he had but 100 followers remain-
iug. These he surrendered to Lieutenant-
nii,, 4. ti...j
uCX ""luv,lu" A ur.1 uioru, ana
with them was sent as a prisoner to Port
Randall. . Here he remained until Mav. f
1 wlinn lio i..o a ,.,l,,n.,1 . 1 4. f
his present home among his kindred, of I
Standing I lock Agency. He has liad
four wives and seven children. . '
potted 1 agle is the favorite rwarjrior
of Sitting Bull and recognicdby Vthe
Indians as a big man. He wasin tthe
Custer fight, and it is asserted that he
killed Custer. In their war-dance a iid
pow-wows Spotted Eagle tells how hs trd
Custer died. Spotted Eagle is inte Ui
gent, but, like Bull, adheres strictly jto
the Indian costume. He feels proud of
his record.
Charger became .famous in " the Nr,iw
Ulm massacres as a staunch, noble, a id
tllie friend of iho -crliitna Tf
r,, " , . "
-cv. ,w.v, UIllbU uu, Hiaj u-.uii i uicj mroar. uutsme the thr oat it pro
the threatened uprising of the Indian . J Jects a little, and tapes are tied around
wiu jiaci uiey placed lull conlidence itn
his warning that terrible slaughter migl it
have been averted. After the butcher,?
he joined the settlers and assisted in',
capturing the ringleaders. I lis gallantry
11.-1,1 . .. . . ,
was rewarded ly the (.overnineni, which
presented him with several large medals
a very small recognition, however, for
such heroic conduct.
HI MP AST
IX X EHPIvKTKK.
Hump is new Chief of the Indian
police. He resides at Cheyenne Agency,
and has made rapid advancement in the
ways of civilLatior. He has done away
with the tepee, and lives in a log-house,,
furnished in American style, and sur
rounded bv sixty of his people who are
gradually following in his footsteps.. He-
also discarded the blanket an -I had his.
hair cut short, and appears in a-Wuesuit..
His v;lhige is the most thrifty o-the re- s
servation, each Indian cultivating fro mi :
fifteen to twenty acres. Hump us. uiad: If.
two trips to n ashington.
KKD-CI.Ol'P.
Bed-Cloud resides on the Pine Bidge
Apency. He is accu.-cd of being a mischief-maker.
He is a bright Indian,
however, and labors hird for his race in A
ins own peculiar way.
True to II is Duty.
During the siege of Gibraltar, its Gov
ernor, General i liiott, was one day
mak ng a tour of inspection, when he
came upon a German soldier, who,
though standing at his post, neither
presented arms nor even held his musket.
"Do you know me, seiuinci?" inquired
the General; "why do you neglect yornr
duty?" "I know you well. General,
and my duty also," was the leply ; "bat
within the last few minutes two of th
fingers of my right hand have been shot
offhand I am unable to hold my mus
ket." ""Why don't you go and have
them bound up?" Because in Germany
a man is forbidden to piit his post un
til he is relieved by another." The
General instantlv dismounted. "Now,
my friend," said he, "give mo your
musket, and I will relieve you. Go and
have your wounds dressed." The soldier
obeyed, but went first to the nearest
guardhonse, when he reported that the
General was standing ou duty in his
place. His in jury unlitted him for active
service, but the story of his courage soon
j reached England, and hs was made an
(, officer. ,u "
An Arc hi tec final Poser.
A cntleman who is about to build a
honufiu the suburbs wishes to know
what point of the compsss his house must
face in order that the suiuightmay shine
equally on all its four sides. Hour cs are
are generally built to face one of the
cardinal points of the compass, and the
north side is hardly touched by the sun
shine. The gentleman above mentioned
thinks there "must be some way of build
in!; the house (so that the sunshine an
fall nearly equally on each side. It gives
one's brains a twist to think of it, but
perhaps some builder or architect can tell
how this can be done, or if not, why
DOt 1 Pvrtlmd Orrt'o? i in.
Ike Smith, who is a young negro of
Millersburg, Ky., is a giant indeed. He
weighs 2 JO pounds, is rather spare than
amr. and stands six feet seven inches
tall in his shoes which are the largest in
r
Kentucky, being Imp.
A medical journal has an ahle article
on "Ilovy to' Stop Bleeding." Wha
most people want to Haov, is how tJ
top feeing btoa,0i Jkrrkh
GOLDSBORO,
1 he f Operation Performed on
peror Frederick III
Em-
il :n. nilPr,t;nn f trnut
WitoSS unon ftiTi
, .-peLjannea upon the Crown Prince of
Gormanv (now Emperor Frederick) is not
JI1citr.rv so bad a it m,,i0 Yi v
!2J 3 " S. .W, t,1LI,ew"
'1
lork World. F.xiw
v
i,
rienced surgeons re
URynT S it aa a very si m
pie bit of sunr
They say that it r ery
seldom proves fu,i tal
proves fa, tab
never, in fact, if prop
erly performed and if
the patient is h jalthy.
The whole m atter is
like this: Y hen a
becomes so rliok-rrl
patient's throat
up that, he cannot breathe a s mall in
cision is made in the windprpe a lit
ttlc ay below the Adam' 'a apple.
Int this opening a sina 11 silver
lorij-e is inserted. The tube i? curved so
"lunatuuwu imo me air passage in
as to reach down into the air
the neck holding it in positif n.
The tube is apt to becoraj j choked up
ith mucous, so the usual irour.-jc is to
have two tubes, one fittingcVoselv within
t?ae other, so that it can bo removed at
v rill and cleansed and then slit 1 back again.
The cut here 'dven illustnates verv ae-
ij rcurately the amount of spa?c taken up
IMby the tube. It shows aJJso that the
H operation is below, and so dc es not touch
f ibrcathe3in at:d put of the Uibes, aud so
' "nnnlpnaicoj (l,o .1 1 I, 1 i
t 'talk. In order to articulate te must hold
. his tinger over the orifice in t?ie tube and
t juoan n s tiiKing with ttio Habe closed.
;. ,t To breathe, he must remove his tinger,
take air into his lungs throu.Ui the tube,
j and then, rec losing the orilxe, he can
',o on with the conversation.
Kmc reason why tracheotomy" is sogen
f 'Crally believed to be exceedingly danger-
ous is because when
I :tcrformed on children
. the results are nearly
' .always fatal. It is
i mo-t frcMjucntly done
r incases of diphtheria.
as a Iat report, and in
i ispiteof the relief thus
jj .obtained the child of
j ten dies of the disease.
ii 'The lelief obtained
;by the inset tiou of the
lube is instantaneous,
and a person who is
THEPIPK IX USK. v.
black in the facu
;tnd on the verge of choking to death in
a few moments breathes naturally and
seems almost well. The risk to life is
hardly appreciable.
In one London hospital
the Central
j? for disc tso-s of the throat and car,
!; were nine cases in three months r
there
and in
ij no instance did an y injury arise from the.
operation.
Acting in Japan. '
The Japanese school of acting might
be called a .natural one, the whole
progress of the play being carried on in
the quiet, even tone3 of every day.
There is little bombast or rant except in
the classical interludes, when everything
is as stilted and conventional as possible.
Pathos is always deep and long drawn,
and the last tear is wrung from the eyes
of the audience, that respo nds with hand
kerchiefs to Ihe slightest appeal to the
emotional side. Tragedy is very tragic,
and murders more gory than we wjould
quite enjoy. Deaths on the Jajiaaesc
stage .always results. from sword) cuts,
and the antics of the fencers, thewon
derful endurance of ,'the hacked jyictims
and the streams of red paint that pour
from all over them before they ;die are
rather too much. The audience enjoys
this, however, and they j shout,'' shriek
and whoop with delight? when a good
gory combat goes on. To3i press greater
approval they throw pieces of their
clothing or any of theiryvalued (belong
ings on the stage, just Jas cxcitcfl young
ladies at the opera hurltheir bouquets at
Tatti, ami Queens! draw oil diamond
rings and bracelets 'tojhand to Nilsson.
A foreigner who fawlthcrain of coats,
sashes, etc., falling on I the stage after a
thrilling scene, jtosscdhis hat over, too.
It was an old one that he did not care
for. He had a soft cap in his pocket,
and he thought it rather a nice thing to )
be
able to follow' the fashion of the I
country. At the 'end of the play the
manager brought i his hat to him and
asked for the $10. The enthusiast then
found that all the : things tossed to the
i
star were merely pledges to be after--ward
redeemed by money,thc actors hav
ing a regular schedule, so much for a
coat, a kimono, a sash and a pipe, and
corresponding sums for foreigners' hats
aud loose articles. The enthusiast sadly
paid his $10 and took back his abused
hat, as the manager only b wed and con
tinued to hold out in spite of his gener
ous protests in wishing the star to keep
it aa a small souvenir.
Worshipping With Paper Wads.
Another way to worship Buddha, in
Kioto, Japan, is to chew the prayer paper,
and when soft throw it in the form of a
pellet at the god through a wire screen.
If it goes through and sticks on the god
the prajer will b'j answered. If it hits
on the screen it is no good. Some of the
gods are thickly plastered with this
school-boy missile. When I saw this it
suddenly came to me, why I did that
same tiling when a boy at school, using
another boy as a god. It was the out
burst and overflowing of a devotional
spirit. The other boy did not always
see it in that light, and sometimes made
irreligious remarks about it, but that was
owing to his ignorance of my simple form
of Buddhist worship, that's ail Uirt
ford Couranf.
A common use of the district messen
gers in Kew Yc,rk city, is for escorting
ebUclron IQ find from, z)Ai0 merry
SIS
2S.
r4
' 1 'few?
WittoB fin PSP- '
N. C., THURSDAY,
TOE BRINK OF A CHASM.
'A
NOTED INSANITY EXPERT ON
UNSUSPECTED MONOMANIA.
Persons Who Have All Sorts ol
j Queer Ideas and Notions and at e
Usually Called Cranks.
I There is a man in Xew York City who
is confined to certain limits on the isl
and. He cannot go above Fifty-ninth
street, nor can he cross a ferry. ( ther
wise he walks about freely and transacts
his business. He is nof a "crook," and
the police would let him go to Jericho or
Canada if he desired. Neither his
friends nor his enemies restrain him, and
he has a fortune that would permit him
to go where he liked and do as he
pleased. He is his own jailer, a mono
maniac whose sole delusion relates lotho
bounds which he flunks are set about
him. Not half a dozen of the hundreds
of people with whom he daily comes in
contact know that he is not perfectly
sane.
A Mail and Expnss writer heard of
this curious case in the course of a con
versation with Dr. Allan JIcLane Hamil
ton, the insanity expert.
"Unsuspected insanity." said Pr. Ham
ilton. "There is much to be taid about
it, which the public ought to hear.
Many a man stands upon the brink of
that chasm which it is worse th in death
to cross, and though a few words nitty
save them now, all the doctors in the
world may not be able to bring them
back after they have passed over. AVh.it
I want to say, in the hope that it may do
some good, relates to the. early stages of
such cases, the symptoms of the malady
when it is just beginning to take hold
and may be shaken off. If I were .speak
ing in the strictest scientilic language, I
should deny that a person can be wholly
sound except upon a singb; point, but the
appearance is there. Such men and women
are by no means rare. Their lunacy is :f
so subtle a nature as to defy detection
for years, though they may be hopelessly
niad. Take, for instanc e, the case of the
iriau who cannot go above Fifty ninth
street. Three or four years ago he was
going uptown and was near that street
when suddenly the feeling came over him
that he would go no further. He yielded
to it and went home. Some fatalistic idea
came over him that a penalty would have
fallen upon him if he hid contimu'd. He
brooded upon it till the absurd idea h;d
complete possession of him. Of conrse
there must have been something in his
make-up to predispose him to this mad
"ness, but by roper care it could have
been warded olL After a while he came
to me. He can talk asrationally on gen
eral subjects as I can; :n fact, he talks
rationally about his lunacy, admitting
that it is all folly and nonsense. Hop
ing to break him of it I took him in a car
riage, and we dro-c up to Fifty-ninth
street. He begged me not to cross it,
and cried like a baiiy. I ordered the
coachman to go on, aud the uufortunalo
monomaniac went into violent hysterics
so violent, in fact, that 1 gave up the
experiment and decided that nothing
could be done in that way. Now it is
just as bad with a ferryboat; so much so
that another physician had a fearful time
trying to make the man cros the East
liiver. For all that the mm is still sane
to all appearances, and you might as
sociate with him for a year w ithout find
ing out that anything was the matter.
The only thing to he done in such a case
is to take the man into the country,
where there will bo no Fifty-ninth street
and no ferry. Let him lead a systemat ic
life, with regular oc cupation and duties.
The point is that he should have beun
ueh treatment the moment that his de
lusion appeared.
"The danger in all cases of monoma
nia," continued Dr. Hamilton, "is that
they will develop info dangerous forms.
Homicidal tendencies arc always to be
feared. I recall the case of a girl who
had some apparently harmless delusion,
but who suddenly developed a desire to
smother heroclf and her roommate with
illuminating gas, and she came very iv ar
doing it, too. These people are rightly
sent to asylums by pbysieians, and then
they are liberated by a sheriff's jury, be
cause they tell such a straight ory on
the witness stand."
"Here is a peculiar case," said the
Doctor, referring to his note book.
"This man has what is called the de
lusion of doubt. He imagines that some
awful penalty attends upon a wrong de
cision of the most trilling question. If
a stone lies in his path he conceives that
to walk upon one side of it rather th;n
the other will entail a fearf . 1 punishment.
He believes that he must spit before he
turns a corner. He knows that there is
nothing whatever in it, but he cannot
free himself from the ideas. It is a small
chance that he decs not soon become a
raving maniac, though no one would
perceive to-day that there is anything
wrong with him. Here is another mau
similarly afilicled, but with a rather
more complex mental state. lie fears
that some irresistible impulse will inac
him elo something which he doesn't w ant
to do. He doesn't kuow what it will 1 e,
but he constantly fears. The olh r day
he was standing beside a man who was
shooting at a target, when the feeling
came over him that something would
make him swing in front of the pistol
just as it was discharged. I fe was con
scious all the time that he didn't want to
be shot, but the impulse was very nearly
the death of him."
Dr. Hamtltou deprecate I the fact that
so many of what are called harmless
"crank's" were at large. The records of
crime continually reveal such 'people.
Kleptomania develops some close decis
ions. The mere propensity for theft is
not necessarily insanity. The insanity
is usually revealed by the taking of use
less trifles; and when the propensity is
combined with abnormal scck-Ikc'iuss it
should be loo!st-d at seriously. Dr.
Hamilton recal'c.l the case cf a rich
woman who used to steal child ten's toys
and thiucs of no valac. After a while
the malady developed further, and she
hid her "ill.gotten gains" in queer uooki
and corners of her house, wrapping them
in odd bits of cloth aud paper. An in
credible quantity of such t lilies were dis
covered in her house.
The sum and substance of the whole
matter is that the friends of any person
who shows tendencies to special de
lusions should recognize their seriousness
at once and see that proper means art re
sorted, to tor
conocimg tr.cm. A ludi-
cwu,3 coratimauon or reairHjr andlUropsoi ammonia uutu shghtij damp,
Twisty U thf te?t 33 prcsj with a mm, no$ h$fc Jrcn,
APRIL 5, 1888.
NEWS AND NOTES FOR 1T0MEN.
White wool waistcoats appear on manj
dark wool costumes.
Pointed caps at the tops of sleeves and
epaulettes remain in favor.
High standing collars to gowns divide
favor with low and rolling collars.
Old rose plush is a favorite trimming
material for white China silk dresses.
Tea green in a great many shades is
exceedingly popular in spring dress
goods.
Moire, China silk and plush are beau
tifully combined in many spring cos
tumes. Draperies may suit strictly the wearers'
shape and talent if only they be long
and flowing at the back.
A pretty fashion in silk dresses is to
combine checked and plain, or striped
and plain silks in them.
Fashions now make the girls of the
period present a more and more elongated
and giraffe appearance.
Malmaison gray with lichen green, and
Suede with drab or gray-brown are popu
lar spring combinations.
Ostrich feather fans are too mature
locking for debutantes, who use fairy
like painted gauze instead.
Selvages woven to form borders of
skirts and draperies are a feature in many
kinds of new spring goods.
Bengaline silk warp Henrietta doth
and watered silk are the materials most
in f;vor for ha'f-seaion toilets.
Bui tons a' e no longer in evidence upon
stUish costumes, and if seen at all are of
the most ineouspicuo.is pattern.
Miss Julia Carson has commenced a
course of lessons on domestic economy
to pupils of Kutgers Female College.
Shirred, belted and pleated bodices,
with or without yokes, are de rigver for
summer gowns of transparent stuffs.
A very wide band in place of a hem, or
several narrow ones above it, are among
favoiite skirt trimmings of the hour.
Copper hhades prevail in the new
checked and stripped woolens, and two
tones of the color appear in place of
white.
The very large figures of a serpentine
nature which cover the surface of the
new satines and India silks are very
Etylish.
Gimps, galloons and elaborate passc
meuteries arc still in high fashion, and
form the garnitures most widely used
this season.
The chapkt of fine flowers is seen on
some flat crowned bonnets which look as
though planned by some humane milliner
for theatre wear.
Portfolios, with all the printed infor
mation on the inside, seem to have been
specially manufactured in the interest of
"ladies of neglected education."
Color, and brilliant eclor at that, is
seen in the upholstery of modern draw
ing rooms, aud is a relief after the faded
tnd sickly tints of the past fashion.
So many materials are being used for
gloves nowadays, and all being more or
less fashi 'liable, that a pair of genuine
French kids is absolutely refreshing.
Satin and moire ribbons are both used
to stripe black lace nets for draperies to
ihosc useful costumes which cannot fail
to be as popular this season as last.
Mrs. Scott-Siddons years ag;, being
warned that she was losiug her "stage
figure," "discarded corsets and grew more
shapely from that day forward, they say.
Plaited and yoked waists will le the
rule with all thin or light weight fabrics
Df silk, wool or cotton. Plaited and
lucked sleeves are to be very gCDcrally
worn.
Two bright New Jersey young women
Jissatisfied with the money they made
leaching, invested $o0 in poultry. The
rirst year their profits were $1,000, the
second 3,000.
In pretty gowns for afternoon wear,
the most dressy corsage-fronts have
;uimps of soft silk or China crape at the
:op, with velvet revers below it across
the chest, forming a narrow vest.
The importers' counters ae already
51 led with eases of exquisitely dyed
Scutch zephyrs, French ginghams and
Dhambrys in dots, check-, block effects
md stripes, both wide and narrow.
A lady in Lyons, Ontario, has just
sued a man for $5,000 for kissing her on
Ihe cheek. She alleges that the shock
was so great as to incapacitate her from
performing household ' duties for two
wc eks.
The American girls are bound to be as
English as they can. An impecunious
Out well-educated young Englishman is
earning 200a month teaching four buds
!f swelldom the "genuine English
accent."
French nvdistes arc making up ging
ham gowns with flounces, button-hole
callopcd upon the edge, while the sub
stantial cotton jean, so a (Tec ted there, i3
pinched or cut in saw-tooth points after
the fashion of cloth or felt.
At a recent children's ball at the
Viceregal Lodge in Dublin, nursery tales
were represented by liobinson Crusoe,
Clue Beard, Cinderella, Fed Tiding
Hood, etc., and many of the aristocratic
little tots appeared as fairies.
There appears no diminution in the
favor shown to bangles of all descriptions.
Some of ihe newer of these are forme 1
of a single gold or silver wire ornamented
with a pearl horseshoe, a diamond fox
head or two little diamond biid.
In London when an heiress comes out
iu society she begins to receive proposals
at oL-te. Oftentimes a girl his received
as many as 5oo in the first month. The
candidates do not expect to be accepted,
but they a:c willing to take chances.
Miss Townley, of Tipton County,
Tennessee, possesses a remarkable power
over wild at'd domestic anh:a!s, and can
tame the wildest horse in the neighbor
hood. The most savage dog iu the
country qiudls before her and follows as
?ociily .is a pet.
To cure warts take an Irish potato and
cut a piece olf the end and rub on the
wart two or three times a day, cutting a
slice from the potato each time used.
Very often one potato is sufficient for
the cure.
" To free black silk frarn dust, nothing
is bettor than rubbing with black
woolen glovo. To freshen it, Fponge
i wit Q water into which you hare put a few
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TELEGRAPHIC TICKS-
KORTII CAROLINA.
rhe executive committee of the North
Carolina Agricultural society met at lial
eigh and fixed October 16 tol9asdate of
next state fair.
The grand jury in "Wake Superior
Court found true bills against Sperry W.
Hearn, of Wadesboro, and J. P. Caston,
of Anson county, for criminal libel. The
case has so far attracted widespread at
tention. Hearn is editor of the Wades
boro Intelligencer. Suit is instituted by
J. L. Stone, of Raleigh, who sells what
are known as Zephyr cotton seed.
At Sparta, Allegheny county, Joseph
Lee w as informed that George W. Sex
ton had gone before the grand jury as a
witness against him. He walked behind
Lee and lired two balls from a pistol into
him, both of which passed entirely
through his body. Lee fled, but was
captured by the sheriff and a posse and
placed in jail. Sexton is dead At first
there was apprehension that Lee would
be lynched. This has now passed away.
, News has reached Raleigh of the kill
ing, in Union county, of Will Rorie, col
ored, by a young white man, Alvin Mor
gan. It is said that Alvin's brother Will
was accessory to the killing. The parties
had a dispute about a debt, and a fight
ensued. Alvin Morgan drew a pistol and
lired upon Rorie, killing him. The Mor
gan boys have made their escape into
South Carolina. Steps aie being taken
to secure their arrest.
On the Pith inst., at Copps Hill gold
mine, in Mecklenburg county, William
E. McGinn instantly killed Leroy Elliott,
with whom he was quarreling, by strik
ing him in the forehead with a plow
share. Both were white men, young and
well known. McGinn fled at once, and
it was thought had taken refuge in South
Carolina. Governor Scales offered two
hundred dollars reward for him. Pur
suit was at once made, and he has been
captured in Gaston county by .1. C
Bowman.
SOl'TII CAROLINA.
A burglar forced open the front door
of Mr. Chas. Sessit's jewelry shop, in
Barnwell, and carried away a dozen gold
watches, of which four were gold; loss,
$500. Two of the gold watches were en
graved with ihe owners' names, G. Dun
can Bellinger and T. J. Simons. A third
watch was marked D.
The Governor has offered a reward of
$150 for the apprehension, with proof to
convict, of the iierson or jiersons who
murdered John Fcnton, at the Broad
River bridge, on March 11th. This
makes $250 which is awaiting the cap
ture of the murderer of Fcnton and the
assailants of the bridge-keeper and his
wife.
At Greenville several houses were
blown down, and four children, who
were in one of them, narrowly escaped
death, being completely covered up by
the falling d'bris. Chas. Williams was
also badly crippled. The storm was
going in a northeastern direction, its
track being about one hundred yards
wide. It did its work in a moment and
was over. It is feared that great damage
has been done which has not yet been
reported.
KOUTII. EAST ANI WEST
The suspension of S. T. Russell has
been announced on the New York Cot
ton Exchange.
Two white men and a negro were
killed by the explosi n of a boiler at the
Lucas mill, in Cookeville, Tenn.
Walter T. Miller & Co . the oldest cot
ton brokerage house in New York, who
recently failed, have announced that they
will settle in full in a few days.
The pork packers of St. Louis are very
indignant because one of their number,
one Bartlelt, has testified before a Con
gressional committee that he and all
other packers sold diseased meat. They
deny it emphatically.
Ab-ent Minde I Men.
A story used to be told many years ago
of a merchant who was peculiarly sub-
J'ect to fits of absent-mindedness. Once
ic was wriiing a letter, and thought,
absent-mindedly, that he had forgotten
his correspondent's first name. Turniog
to one ol his clerks, he said:
John Jackson's first name?"
The clerk, accustomed to
ployer's peculiarity, replied:
'What's
his em
"John, sir."
The merchant wrofe the letter, put it
in an envelope and Mas again at a loss.
To the same clerk, he said: "Excuse
me, Charles, I'e forgotten John Jack
son's last came.''
But a better story than the above is
told of a gentleman in the city who was
met by a friend one morning recently
hurrying back from the depot toward
his home.
"What's the matter?" the friend
asked.
"Oh, I've left my watch under my
pillow, and I'm going to get it."
"You'll m:s your train."
"Oh, no," was the absent minded
man's reply. "See, I've got four min
utes yet," and he pul'id out his watch
t cnfoicc the statement. And he didn t
teali; e for several seconds what it was
that made his friend laugh so heartily.
1'itUhurg Disjnt:h.
A White Robin.
Mr. II. W. Barret, telegraph operator
at Maiden's Adventure, Virginia, wa?
sitting in his office recently, a :d to his
astonishment, he saw a white robin
perch itself on a tree near by. He
called the attention of several persons to
it, but they said it could not be a robin.
Mr, Hicks, who was present, shot the
bird, and it proved to Le a robin, en
tirely white, with the exception of a
small brick dust spot under the breast.
Iticltmend ( Fa.) Stn'e.
Sitting Bull has settled down into i
contented loafer, thinking of eating anc
sleeping more thm aught else. He can'i
understand why ho was so long satistlcl
to, be a wild Indian and hustle for hit
trea4t8&h'4ttr,' ' - -
THE nOXETXOOX'8 AJTS.
My darlinc GeorRe," it med tot
V ben wed clod life m new.
His title now is "him" and "he,"
And sometimes "Say, there, ytm.-
BotUm Courts,
KO DAWOEB.
"Bids in the horse-can I Doyoaf
I should think you'd be afraid of catch
ing cold."
"Oh, there's no danger. Our horse
cars don't go fast enough for one to
catch anything.' Boston Tmnteript.
it's kxgush.
Itinerant vender 'Ere'syer nice frsi&h
'ot waffles, halways Mnwigorntin' han'
comfortin.
Miss Anglos Oh, Trem! do let's stop
and listen a little. I haven't heard such
pure English since we left Ltunnon.
J udne.
NO TIME TO TALK BOOKS.
Book Agent (to Kttle boy) Sonny, if
your main? t
Little Bo y Yes, she's in; tmtlgnes
you don't want to talk literachure to her
now.
Book Agen t Why not t
Little Boy 'Cause dinner's been
ready half nn hour, an pa ain't home
yit.
Hasty departure of agent. .
JCST INDIQHATIOSr.
(Jack has left one of those extremely ,
English walking-sticks too near the par-'
rot)
Parrot (hysterically) Johnnie, get
yer gun, get yer gnn.'get yer gun !
WHAT HE FEABEO.
"But, George." said the young lady,
"if ycu would state the case to pap M
fully as you have to me I think he would
consent to our union. Heeonld help
you, you know. With that patent clothes
rack of yours, the whole country for a
field, and papa at your back "
"It's your papa at my back that I am
nfraid of, LnMra, ejaculated George,
moving uneasily ra his chair. Chicago
1'ribune.
rillDE VERSUS SHAME.
Minister (to littlo boy with a basket of
fish) Little boy, nre'nt you ashamed to
go fishing on the Sabbath day f
Little boy (lifting the cover of the
basket with conscious pride): Ashamed I
Look at them I Tid-biU.
CCRIOOS EVOMITIOlt.
First Omaha Ulan Has Swearhead
got religion f
Second Omaha Man Not that I know
of.
"Very strange. He never swears any
more, ho don't chew tobacco except on the
fly, he wears a clean shirt, changes hit
collar every morning, has put on eufia,
and when he talks his voice is as soft aa
a woman's."
"Yes, I've noticed that. His private
secretary is sick and he is getting along
temporarily with a pretty girl type
writer." PERFECTLY 8EIF-FOSSES8BX.
Stranger Oh, yes.
Passenger Know exactly what to do;
never lose your head ?
Stranger I should say not. Whj I
can change cars at Buffalo without get
uig on the wrong tram. Troy Prem.
GOOD INDICATIONS.
Mrs. Penn Has Miss Leepyer pro
posed yet, Pisastratns ?
Pisastratus No, mamma, but I think
her intentions are honorable.
Mrs. Penn Why?
Pisastratus She asked me last night
how I was on making fires. Philadelphia
UuU.
she'll be there.
Omaha Husband My dear, do yon
know it is the fashion now to hare big
clock at the head of the stairs?
Wife Yes, I know; but ours is net go
ing there.
"Why not?"
"A clock at that point is not neoessarr.
When you come home, late I'll always be
at the head of the stairs to tell you what
time it is.'
A SVOGESTIOir.
''By Georgol" exclaimed "WagstarT,
with a chucki ns he looked his oards
over. "I don't believe I could improve on
this hind."
"Perhaps you have never tried soap
on it," suggested BucUicrn. CJUai
Tribune.
THE boy.
Littlo Nellie Ma, is the baby very
6ick?
Mother Not very, Nellie.
"He isn't likely to die, is he?"
"Ob, no; you wouldn't like your little
brother to die, would you?"
"Well, n-no, ma with just a tinge of
hesitation, I wouldn't like him to die, of
course; but still, ma, when Willie Wei
ll es's little brother died he didn't have to
goto school for a whole week." Teton1
Siftinog.
HS ACCEPTED.
"Leap year is a great snap, isn't it!"
remarked Snobbins.
"Just why i" queried Smith.
"A girl proposed to me last night.
"No; yon don't say ?"
"Yes; aud I accepted. .
"Worse and more of it. How did it
happen i"
"Simplest tiling in the world. She
proposed to me to leave the house or
she would call her father, and I left.
That was all. Wntihinglon Critic.
ill
1 lpjR?
AN ZPICtJT-E. i
Small Boy lenr the window of restau
rant) Jest smell dat soup, Jimmy.
Hain't dat fiu ? '. ,
Jimmy (holding his noseWl ainf
imeUin' no tonp terdiy, it 'aa spile is?
pptite ferde roas'ciicitaj,--Z(j1r,