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Successor -bo tlxe IdLesc
VOL 1 NO. 31.
GR EEJY VILLE, JST. C SEPTEMBER G, ISO,!.
23 CT3 A 72
JOTTINGS.
George Frank who disapear-
A Soldier On the Stage.
IlllKYITIEH.
ed from Topeka, Kansas, two Siz Thrillixu War Stories By J. S
.v J i
years ago, has just turned up
somewhere in Minnesota, just
after his lamily had won the
flits' for 58,000 against the
companions in which his life
was insured. That's the wav
some husbands have of blasting
the prospects of their families,
by always turning up at the
. Beck, C. S. A-
wrong time.
A New Brunswick, N. J.,
highly respectable girl, has been
arrested for furnishing tools to
one of the prisoners, her lovr,
with which to effe"1; his escape.
Will that love now laugh at
locks and bars, when enclosed
by them
The warm weather melted the
new varnish on the seats of a
Sharon, Pa., church, and
men, women and children found
themselves glued to the seats.
when they attempted ro ieae j was induced to remain with mv old
iifer services. A new wav to I command, until after the seven d:s
liold a c no-reation. ?hr which was t hen about to take
muuc. i lemaoieu aim iihik pail in
four out of the seven battles that
took place before Richmond. As
soon as possible nfter the' light itt
Malvern Hill I went to Uicl.monu,
preparatory to going home. I'pon
my arrival in the citv I proem ed a
new suit of clothes. fhev.were ar-
A Gruesome Hut St hi king Vks
Picture of the Ravage at a
Certain- Hemipterous Wing
less Insect Before Which the
Bravest of Both Akmies
Quailed Joe's Death Day.
pa rt II.
When asked what was the matter
the poor fellow stated that he whs
covered with vermin and as he lived
in an adjoining county, might he be
allowed to ride home and change his
clothes. He could overtake and
join his command the next ilav.
The General told him that while he
was sorry for him, he could not ex
cuse him. He f urther said : I have
them, and if you will show me a
man in this command, who has not
he ha3 not done his duty a3 a soldier.
He might have said, in the language
of the immortal band; I am sorry tor
thee, friend ; tis the Duke's pleasure.
While my paper were all made
out for my return to South Carolina
(to fall m with the reserves.) I
Twenty Cubans have been arrest
ed at Teen's C rove, N. J. They hud
gone there from Wilmington. Del.,
on a tug. They were arreted while
ashore and arms and ammunition
I1UIM KO A TO KOANOKC
Mr J L Brake, one of Kdge
cnibe' successful fanner, tells u
a iUxt. which would be ootuidrtd
incredible if coming from a lvs re
liable loorcv. He my John W
were found. They are a tine look- I Scarborough and wife, of' Edge-
mg body of nun, well dressed and
intelligent. They will give no in
telligence but i u thought tnev
were from New York and were go
ing to Cuba to act as officers for the
insurgents.
In Troy N. Y., Miss Amelie K
Haswell, city missionary, was ar
rested at the Union Dejt by (Mli
cerTJ Furlong, a inmher of the
.ew . i otk i t-n.irai ana umison
Kiver police system, an oflicer. arnn d
with a warrant, charging Miss Ho
well with aiding tbeeseae of Oliver
comU. were the happy parents of
twenty-four boys, tin?" twentx-four
th ing born at twelve birtns," or in
other words they were all twins.
The family left for Tennessee I
tween 15 and lSlo and after
wards went to California. The
sons all grew up to manhood's es
tate. It is told that when moving
to Tennessee- they stopped t Ca.
talia and the father wanting to buy
hats for his Uys steped into u
store and ordered two dozen of ;t
sorted sizes. The surrri-ed tore
Kcei r thought at first, h. ha.l
I'nrfij I'rrv tin riH.i,, t,.i.K.... I,,.... I
' . .J i I 1 1 . 1111 L I ill II llllfLR'I - -
M.rt.Mran .ai.,m : nn-s so hool to dea 1 w 1 1 h. but when
avjured that the Ihts all 11 on eri
.lohi. WesUv. u negro, who has ; to oi.e family refuel to take pay for
nisi cornpieieti a uve--ar term in
penitentiary for an attempted crimi
nal assault uHn a mil, made anotti
el unsuccessful attempt F.'idav night
on an aged willow of Manchester.
Mo. A posse with a rope has U-t-n
the hate. Argonaut.
A United States Fih Commis
fien car. in charge of Mr K I Ha
gan is at Mor head, after a supply
oi live tisti m varitv for toe Allan
i-i U'- . ii '11. . . .
ar.-hin., r..r ) ,, ,1 ivi i r n r... I i 1 1 . or tJtr couiains 8l
i. :n i ... ' ! tanks and
iif n: oesirung up.
It lias been discovered that
tlie milk dealers of New York
had formed a contract to fur
nish poor milk to their custo
mers. Here is one instance
wliiv in union was to be made
weakness.
A Chicago housekeeper. Miss
Mary Youn.s, wlh saved eveiy
cent during her life, died recent
ly at the age ol eighty seven
and worth 100.ooo. What a
prize some man missed.
A Washington ity merchant
recently committed suicide, as
the only way to get out of debt.
And then lefr his wife his burial
expenses to pay
i.
Some anti-Kot hchi l ler tried
to bomb Bavon Alphonso in
Ir
tn
(Jen, Klv Pirker died at liij resi
d'Mice in Fairfield. Tour)., alter a
long illneao. (len Parker ws a full
hhiodcd Set.eca Ind'nn and n
'!iMfot the Six Nation. During
th war he wa feeretarv 1 1 Gen.
(itanf ami prepared 'he tint eii
losrd eopv ot lor tim.- of eapuu
I.H lo!i jn (ten Is e 0 I 1 'liuer.
The
i Mate-
Paris last week but failed,
takes the Rothschilds th
selves to boom some things.
In Ohio a negro killed an old
white man, and was lynched
for the crime in less than two
hours. Those Ohioans were
c dor blind sure.
While eating a clam, a New
York man, found a iearl which
was w rth :25 He was not a
nevspaier man.
Smokeless powder is now a
certainty. Next comes the
noiseless report.
j ried t the Spotlswood Hoirl. being
! afraid to cairv them mvself for r-a
nns known to all old sooliers.
I'pon my arrival at the hotel I pio
enred a room contiguous to a barb
room. I then obtained the ie- i,-e
of and old darkey, who sn ipped me.
and then lav me on the door of tie
bath room, and by th aid of hrawn
a'ul muscle, &op. towel and a horse
brush he siiecet-ded m getting me.
hack to witere nature intended 1
should be, pe'fectly clean, wi.h aj
few slight abrasions of the tNkin.
After settling my bill witji the old j
lai kev and the hotel cjerk I pre- !
par-d to go to the railroad station to ,
einhark 0r home.
The city was in a crowded condi
tion with prisoners ami wounded
men. As I walked nloug the street !, 0
I uiivo all passersby a wide Iw-rth.
tor I knew what contact with them
meant. To iHe an Irish bull, I wjs
i.ow rid of a bos mi friend, whogiood
to my ba'k. Upon mv arrival at
r he depot I was doomed to disap
pointment. No )ne was allowed to
40 upon the Iranii but Uim who
were wounded. Now here was the
chance for one of tw things, lor to
get home I wa deU;niniiel. Now
would I strl to walk it, (several
hundred Mules) or should I play the
wounded soldier ? By Joiug the lai
.er I kept gome poor fellow back,
but no one could Mgjibl? want to
go home worse than myselt. My
mind was made up, I would play
the wounded sold;er. I ttl 01.ee
went to a caretiter shop, limping
badly, and gol the erpenwr to
Continual on Fifth Patjt.
Another Mar 1 he 4Mb 1 to l
adiied to the stars and .-iri-. The
1 ew j:tar will reprent I'tali and
flie order tor its addition to the nat
ional colors was made by ccretary
of W ar L unont Tuejitlav.
corn crop of
is estimated as
the lnitil
the greatest
eer prtdmed ; 1,mi(i.mm i.i'kmi hush
eU aganiM l.CMMIJMMj.lMMi bushels last
w:ir. This at 5 cents a bushel, if
worth ..oo,lHK,(MH) to tiie count r).
Mr Heur Moore, of Moiikm
Kails, )., has given birth to six
teen children in eighteen years, all
at single biiths. Fourteen are nou
living and healthy. Mini More is
thirty-six years old.
The report o! the killing of lifu-en
Bannock Indians b cattlemen in
the neighnorhiKid f Hiomoml Val
re., is not believed at the In
ban bureau in Washington.
William K Vanderbutlt has
bought sixteen thoroughbred nuro
from Pierre Ixrillaid for the racing
s able which he is to establish in
Krance.
mil apparatus ior reoxTren
i.iiig the water to eep it fit for the
abode of the ti-h and they liar Urn
taken from "the deep blueMH.
St-crutary f Sute, Cb ta iu Coke
died at his home in Ualeigh, Iwt
I'ridav, was mined Saturday, und
Moiolay '.Jovemor Cirr npoinWd
Hon ChaiUa M L'ok ot Iounbu'g
to till the tucancy.
K-Sdicitor Frank McNeill, o(
loM-kingham, who thouglit ine
months ago, of H-ttling in Atlantn
has decid-d to lix-afe in Wilmaiyiou
for the practice of tne law.
It is rumt.re! that a railroad deal
is in progress by vhich the (Jap
Fear and Vadkms Valley road whl
iMiotne a part of the Baltimore and
hio system.
City alitor Menchaui ol the Wib
uuugton I bsp itch w ho it indicated
lor Jlbilling ex-MaiOr FuhbUte. t.n.
1 tK-en rele;tsed from jail on a
; Und.
Tht Alliance sluv factory ha? Ix-en
incorpora'etl t t ry. Wake county
, The capital it o ,l H K. Th fct
ry ant legin oj-r-tious on .'. m.
, The tinet Uaie of thU year's crop
1 d North Carol ma -otton w;m .iolu
at Mat rin on the 'g'.hh. Itutighrti
(Miuud nd Hold for JctK.
1 The Biblical Uccorder sav ther
! are twenty tif Baptial church ju
. pt- of construction m North
j Carolina now.
I he life saTingi, ?14 of Aron
Kxi'ting lmrsonie.tr is becoming Mtzelle, of Martin county waj toUn
1 from him one night 1&1 werk.
There ate li'l Sutte OfrnTict1
only lT.'lol whom are in the eui
tentury al llaleigh.
i The police cetitas of Charlotte.
juat taken, gifei that ctt? a opul
' Hon of P.,5h3.
.1 ....
o common mat rvcieiarv .iiorion i-
hking after if, and it must !
mat ked what i.
Tiie as-iess-d aluation of the real
an personal property in (ieorgia ha
d-creased more tli.tn jf ", M i,m i
sim e iSf2.
A Sunday Bull tiiiht at (HIette,
Col., was witneel by 5.K) Kople
In lo'wer Craten coanty, Var are
" 1 a.. .i.... .
among whom were nrniy paolic , ugil,i K,cak wino.
officials. ! Six men are wanted in Wkf
county for murder.
Spus Limfbart, of Stroodsburjt i
his falltn heir to a jlmxVAKJj The cotton yield
estate in Denmark. 406,000 bale.
I ait year was