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MOUNTAINEER. Scott A Kn in. Publishers. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2G, 1883 C2 McDowell court is in session. Read the notice of "town property for sale." The Couuty Commissioners meet next Monday. We are crlad to announce that Dr Ililliard is convalescent. Several of our lawyers are attend ing McDoweell court this week. Dr. J. II. Auderson, of Harris- burg, is visiting his parents in this place. -Dr Lincoln has sold his fine trot ter to a livery man in Asheville for $320. Davis Bros will move into their new brick store building early in Oc tober. The Catawba River was over the McDowell ford bridge durinj; the rains of last weuk. Miss Gertie Sudderth, of John's River, has been spending some time in Morganton. We call attention to the new ad vertisement of the Kluttz Warehouse, Salisbury N. C, Messrs. 1. 1 Davis and D. McKen zie have ;one north after their fall stocks of goods. The new postage rates, by which a letter can be sent for two cents will soon come into effect. Miss Nellie Seymour, who spent the summer here, sails to day for Europe from New York. Winter comes on apace still we positively refuse to call for wood from our delinquent subscribers, Sell's Bros, advertising car in charge of Mr. Josephs and a corps of bill posters is at the depot- A colored minstrel troupe, (local) have been giving some free open air concerts on the streets lately. Sherriff Fogle, of Forsyth eeuty, was in town this week, bringing an other patient for the Asylum. The excursion to Warm Spriugs last week was a failure so far as the size of the crowd was concerned. H. McSraith, the Charlotte music man, has an attractive advertisement on the fourth page of this paper. Fire? have been necessary to com fort during the past week, and frost is reported in trarLs-mountain coun ties. Mr. Lackey is building a dwelling house juat beyond the railroad above Mrs. Wm. Eruu's ou his Vine Hill farm. Monroe Cannon, who was senten ced to the penitentiary for four years lias taken an appeal to the Supreme Court. Mr. P. Baldwin, of this place, has rented property in Lenoir and will enEraare in tne drug business in that town. Thanks to the Baltimore Sun for a handsome photograph of the paper and the proprietor, which now adorns our sanctum. The Winston Sentinel now ap pears aa a handsome 32 column paper. Its energetic young editor will keep it to the front. The Lincoln Press, a neat and newsy sheet, edited by Jno. C. Tipton, has been received. We exchange with pleasure. The dust of last week has been succeeded by the mud of to-day, and the traveller still has something to grumble about. Messrs Claywell and Hogan will move into the building now occupied by Davis Bros, on Trade street some time next month. The '-hoarders" at the jail have been hind out to the town authorities, and are working in Mr. Battle's gang of street laborers. Young men who desire to com pete for a West Point cadetship will find an interesting letter from Gen Vance elsewhere. The North Carolina Press Asso ciation sails from Norfolk for Boston next Tuesday, Oct. 2. The Moun taineeu will be represented. Tiie father of Hoke Secrest and his counsel, Mr Covington, of Monroe were in town yesterday arranging for his reception into the Asylum. Our merchants are preparing for a brisk fall and winter trade, and are laying in heavy stocks of seasonable goods,- the arrival of which will be duly announced. Mr. Diets has rented the brick building, formerly occupied by the Blade on Trade Street, and will move his jewelry shop there as soon as the building is put in proper shape. The Richmond and Danville R. R. Company will build a new pas senger depot at Asheville which is to be "the handsomest in the State' It is to be completed by Jan. 1st, '84. Mr Sprague, who has made such a success of the railroad eatiDg house at Henry's, and whose famous beef steaks have been praised by travellers from Main to Mexico, will take charge of the new hotel at Round Knob as soon as the building is completed. Andy Walton has called in to inform us that he feels very much complimented by our publishing his speech, but ays that the "un math ematical" language printed in the speech was used by his "cumpediior," Felix Flemming. A correspond en of the News and Observer writing from Asheville pays our townsman, Col B. S. Gaither, a deserved compliment in saying that he would be the best man in the State to fill the vacant seat on the Su preme Court bench were it not for his unpaired health. Burk court did not adjourn until last Thursday. A great deal of busi ness was transacted and the dockets cleared of many old ca'ses that have been incumbering them for years Everybody was pleased with Judge Graves, way of Jtransaeting business, except the criminals. Some unknown friend has sent the editor a beautiful package of flowers by mail, and he has been puz zling his braiu to think who sent them. If ho only knewj he would but he don't and ther's no use saying what he would, ne is none the less grateful to his unknown friend from the fact that his curiosity is so much aroused. The Lenoir Tapio entersits ninth volume with 1200 subscribers, a good advertising patronage, aud an editor who knows what the people want to read, and giveB them what they want to read. This is the secret of its suc cess. A safe voyage to the good ship Topic and its many pasengers on this its ninth annual trip over the jour nalistic sea. An elegant hotel, to cost more than $100,000 is to be built on Bat tery Porter, a beautiful eminence on Patton Avenue, Asheville, by Messrs Richmond Pearsou, Frank Coxe and others. The ground alone cost 812, 500. Mr. Eccles of the Charlotte Central Hotel will be "mine host" at the uew Asheville house, which is to be oue of the most elegant hotel struc tures in the South. money by selling those to the railroad men. He likes his business, and is as happy as if he were Governor of the State. The Topic Chives us Taffy. Our esteemed contemporary, the Morganton Mointai NKER,has donned a handsome new home made suit, is now a seven column dollar and as bright and newsy as Will Ervin, who knows how, can make a paper. Hoke C. Secrest The notorious criminal, was yester day remanded to the asylum by Judge Graves at McDowell court, the State having failed to establish his sanity. He will be confined in Morgan ton jail until quarters can be provided for him in the Western Asylum at this placft. Boston S?eas-inf5 Ir-scsJ.. The fact that North Carolina is being magnificently advertised at Bos ton was practically demonstrated when by one mail this week Maj. Wilson and Col. Tate received four letters from different parts of New Fugland with regard to' the purchase of their marble quarries on the Nanti hala River. The beautiful display of white, black and flesh-colored marbles made by these gentlemen has astonish ed the New Eritrlanders. Fine Apples. Mr. John Mace, who has a farm on the South Mountains about six mile&from Morganton, brought us in a basket of apples, the other day that we have never seen beaten for size, beauty and flavor. Thirty of them filled a half bushel basket, and a bar- j rel of them would have taken the prize at any btate lair. As a lruit section I no part of the State surpasses the South Mountains. Grapes, peaches, apples and pears all attain wonderful proportions on their sunny slopes, and the crop has never been known to be injured by the frost. West Point t'aetship. The following letter from Gen, Vance to the Asheville Citizen ex plains itself: Riverside, N. C, Sept. 13th, 1883. Editor of Citizen: The position of ciai at West Point, from the 8th District of NuHh Carolina, is now vacant. I propose to have a competi tive examination of applicants at Asheville, on Thursday the loth of November next. The examination will be conducted by Rev. Tan Atkins, president of Weaverville College, Rev. J. B. Booi.e. president of Judsen College and Prof. S. F. Yen able, Asheville male academy. The studies to be examined in are Heading, Writ ing, Orthography, Arithmetic, Gram mar, History, (particularly the history of the Constitution and the adminis trations of the presidents) Composi tion and Geography. The candidate must also pass a physical examination which will be conducted by Dr. John Hey Williams. Applicants are re quested to write me for ticket of ad mission to the examinations, to whom primed instructions will be sent. I trust to have a full class, and that we may find a young man able to pass the severe examinations at West Point. The applicant must be between 17 and 22 years of age. Rou't. B. Vaxce. AHauiUed llonsein Town. Morganton has had another sensa ticn. On College Street, betweeu the Methodist Church and the Mountain Hotel stands a house which has hitherto borne a good character, but which within the past two weeks has been found to be "haunted," to the terror of its inmates. The gentleman who occupies the house and his wife first heard the strange sounds by night in one of the bed rooms on the first floor. From oue corner of the room came a lew, sepulchral, breathing sound that could be heard in the stilly hours of the night, and which froze the blood of the sleepless occupants of the haunted room. A dill igent search was instituted for the mysterious in truder, They searched and rummaged every wlure. Closetand clothes' press, chest and window seat" but still no sign of the ghostly slum berer, and after things had gone on this way for several night, the terrified couple concluded to change then quarters. A young genrJeman who was boarding in the house then volun teered to spend a night iu the mys -terious chamber, and after sitting up till a late hour to give the ghost time to get to sleep, he repai red to the room and placing a loaded shot gun near the bed, put out the light and turned in. The ghost did not keep him waiting long, for scarcly had lie gotten comfortably stowed away be tween the sheets when the mysterious breathing commenced. He sprang up to a sitting position in the bed and listened intently. Perhaps it was all imagination. But no, it still continued now seeming to rise from the floor, and now coming from an old portrait that hung on the wall The cold per spiration began to break cut on his brow, and. like the hero of the iEneid, "obsiiqmit, et vox faueibus h'J3slt." But he was brave, and was not to he id lifted by man or demon as long as he had the shot gun, and he cautious ly rose from the bed, seized the weapon and walked bravely to the corner of the room whence the breathing pro- GENERAL NEWS. He Don't IVaii't to Leave, Among the convicts who are work ing on the Ducktown branch W. N. C. R. R. is an old negro named Joe Hicks, whose time has expired long ago. but who likes the fare and treatment he gets there so well that he sticks to his poat and does the same amount of labor that he did before he had served out his term. "Old Jee," as they call him has built an odd looking little bark hut on the mountain side near the worus, where he sleeps, his only companion being a pet bear that shares his meals and his bed. He keeps a flock of chickens and turkeys, aad makes a little pocket ceeded. At times the sounds almost died away, then there would come a stifled sjb, a rustling of invisible wings, and then the measured breath ing again. What, where could it be? yes, where? Here a bright thought, struck him. Maybe it was outside. A window next the porch stood open, and he stepped out into the darknes to soe standing at the end tf the porch just at the coi ner where he had heard the mysterious sounds a tall dark figure with its head shrouded in white. He I had found the secret of the mysterious visits, but the dark apparition almost made his heart stop beating. Was it man or devil? A shot would decide, and the gun wag discharged at the white head of the mystic visitor. A scream-shrill and blood curdling Jraijg out on the still night air and a white object fell to the rloor with a heavy Ot tllO i tli ml TTa had shot the i " w J Left on the premises after the summer campaign which was peacefully rest ing on a rose bush, and wheezing with the influenza. MED. Mrs. Delia W. Blankenship, died at her residence in York county, S. C, on the 21st inst. The deceased is a daughter of our countyman, exsheriff Jos. Brittain. S?Country produce taken in exsel- change for watches, clocks, jewelry &o, at L. L. Deitz' Dutton Cook, the English au thor, is dead, aged fifty-one. Texas produced 6,928,019 pounds of wool in 1SS0. The Bannock Indians, of Ida ho, are about to goupon the war-path. --Six hundred persons are down with yellow fever at Guaymfc, Mexico, the disease is spreading in the intciier. A poplar tree was recently cut down near Moultrie, Ada., that measured fifty-tight ieet at the butt and 150 in length. It will make 100, 000 shingles. Pedro Richards, recently di vorced from bis wife entered her room, at Ft. Wayne, Ind., and brained her with a flatirou. He is in jail. China has an army of about o00 000 men. Of these 100.000 ars well drilled in Privden warfare and are armed with the best American guns. Richard Wheelen fired a shot at Carrie Hart, an actress at a variety theatre at St Louis, and then blew his own brains out,he had baeu drink ing heavily. At a recent Bycicle fair at Springfield, Mass., 20 miles was made in oue hour and s,jven minutes. :Bi - arsapari Is a highly concentrated extract of Sar&aparilla and other blood-purifying roots, combined v.-ith Iodide of I'otas eiuin ajitl Iron, and is tho safest, most reli able, and most economical blood-purifier that can be used. It invariably expels nil blood poisons from the system, enriches and renews the blood, and restores its vitalizing power. It is the best known remedy for crofula and all Scrofulous Complaints, Erysip elas, Eczema, Klngworm, UlotcIiCS, Sores, lioiis, Tumors, and Eruptions of the Skin, as also for all disorders caused by a thin and impoverished, or corrupted, condition of the blood, such as lihcuniatisin, Neuralgia, Eheumatic Gout, General Debility, and Scrofulous Catarrh. Ififtaatorj fciaatls Gored. "Ayek's Sarsaparilla has cured ma of the Inflammatory Bhenmatfsm, with which I have suffered for many years. W. If. Mooee." Durham, la., March 2, 18S2. PREPARED BY Dr. J . C. Ayer & Co. , Lowell, Mass. Sold by an Druggists ; 51, six bottles for H5. ILY BIS SHOW mm III that will visit THE SOUTHEIlN STATES this year C0MINS EN ALL ITC OVEfiSH&DOWG MAGTUDE ! AS SUPEKIOB TO ANY OTHER SHOW THAT EVER CAME SOUTH AS AN ELECT HI'.' LIGHT IS TO A TALLOW CANDLE. WILL EXHIBIT AT KOmrfON ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12. Bringing Three Tra ns Loaded with the World's Wonders. Uses Ail its Own Baggage, Stock, Platform and Bal ce Sleeping Cars. Everything Bright, New, Elegant and Attractive. No Old Acts, Old Features, Old Cages, Old Animals You Have Seen Here Before. i u . w inistmtor's mm Having qualified as administrator yele riders have been known to make of she estnfo of Wm Roper, dee. all more than 200 miles in 24 hours. j persons owing said estate are not ified Mrs. A. B Churchill.of Mont- to I? at onee ":! al! Pm having gomery . Ala., has the original copy : claims against said estate to p'esent of the Constitution of the Confederate j thorn before the 18th day of Sent. 1884. Stated, the first communication ever j or this notice will be pleaded in bar of addressed to the Congress by Presv dent Davis and the first bond for $50 issued by the Confederacy. A pear orchard in Thomas 3ounty, Ga., was sold five years ago for $650. It was next sold for $1,800, the $650 having been recovered from cuttings in the meantime. A month afterward $.800 was offered for it, and recovery. M. D. EOPER., Admr. Sept 17. 1883, Kew MILLINERY STORE! MRS. J. E. BECH'I LER begs leave now it could not be bought tor $-o,000. to inform thepublic thatshe has mov- Sunday evening,Wra. lieimp, ed into her new of Cherry ville, Peiin , wnile examiu- Wf'f'r Vf TnTB'TDT1 UVftTIW ing a revolver pointed it at his wife to iM.bib JldJli Ji U & 11 !UifjJ!l scare her. The pisioJ went oirau ! the woman was fatally shot. And re w next door above Davis Bros' new brick Williams went through the same per- building where she wj be plea8ed to formance at Scranton, Penn., auu kil- 1 led his sister. have her friends examine her stock or At Marshal, Texas, Saturday CUwinm am 4 iiwiwop frrW?e night, the dead body of Bilas Johnson i"i5 OtUX JsUiiiiir.SA VlUVV&d colored, pierced with three balls, was . from town, with a rope around his i.eck. His wife says that sixteen per sons came to the door and askad for Johnson. Upon his going out the par ty carried hun off. He was known to be connected with the race troubles recently. The largest cattle ranch in the world is said to bo that of Charles Goodnight, at the head of Red river, Texas. He began buying land four years ago, securing 270,00 acres at thirty -five cents per acre. In the mean time tne price has advanced from 3d Sh is also agent for the celebrated NEW HOWE SEW TNG MACHINE if s mim - CP in MULL S CHEAP STORE On the old Mull Coi ner is the place to $2 per acre, but he is still 'mying; to get your bargains. aud controls 700,000 acres. To inclose his landed possessions 2-30 miles of fence is required. On the range he h is 40,000 cattle. TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE ! For the purpose of partition, I will sell at public outcry at the Court House door in Morganton OH Monday, the 5th day of Nov.; My motto is, "Quick Sales, Small next the tnvvn lot, tnnnm aa the Profits, and No Credit." T Carry a full line of General Mer chandise. Remember it is no trouble to show my goods. A call before buying will convince you that I SELL. tiOOSS jiCIIEAPEK than any other house in town. " Koane place," where W. G. Tur ner now lives, and also the re- I only ask an oportuuity to demon strate to the people that, itis to their mainder o! the Smyth land adi in- utevest to trade with n;e. ing about 14 acres will be sold When you come to town call on old .-eparately. Terms: One fifth "Zero." He will trade if he don't cash, balance secured by note ivith freeze. set-3m 6 mouths credit. Title and j os- session retained by me till pur chase money and interest is all paid. SAML. McD. TATE. Morganton, Sept. 24, 1883. S. C. W. TATE, ATTORTTOY AT T.AW JJTorgan ton, JV. C TAX NOTICE. The Tax List for 1883 is now in my hands for collection. I will be a! my office at the court house till Oc tober 1st to wait on the tax pay ! ers of Morganton Township and any others hat may ccme Don't ; think that as this is my first year I am going to be lenient towards i von, for 1 am determined to col- j led by mild means or by di tress. eRamsour is here ready to make ;Respj JoHNT A. LACKEY, Shff your pictures, ot any size or style Just above Davis Bro.s' new front. sTs t t. n , t t f " : . ? .i t,Ufct reoeiveu ai . iim me j About 75 acres of good Land 2 miles largest and best assortment of clocks j froln Morganton, especially adapted to ever brought to Morganton. Now i raising Tohaeeo. About 20 acres are the time to secure a good reliable cleared, new land adjoining the lands time peace, cheap for cash. jofS McD. Tate and others and the t j. ,. , . ; Hunting Creek niiSl place. Apnjy to 'Blood-food ' is the suggestive name pgAjicQjij often given to Ayers' Sarsaparilla, be- " ' k ' cause of its blood-enriching qualities. Sep 17, '83. Morganton, N. C. LAND FOR SALE OR Mm I 11 ANTFRfl OF m ft THEOi FB KLUTTI. I0HHD. Mil JOHN SHEPHERD, Late of "Pilot Ware House," Winston, ISuMKitcss Kanager nl Auctioneer with -PROPRIETORS OF THE- as N CO., el 13 m in i- W-'A '.'i ; - Hi i f J K. 1V1.LJ U m m i 5 Ai. B lit mm ftm fem United in One Vast W ohli-Embracing Consolidation INFINITELY 'HIE ONE AND ONlA' ADMITTED THE GLOBE. 11 I S-SB P2 ft a. wm m m 1 GREATEST SHOW QU THE FAGE OF EXHIBITING FOB THE FIRST TIME SOUTH 3 Large Menageries Combined. 3 Herds of Elephants. One Monster Two Horned" Rhinoceros?. The Only Living Gikaffe That Has Been Seen in the South for 20 Yearsl Only Living PAIR of HIPPOPOTAMI Ever exhibited in anjf traveling Menagerie in any part of tha world. A hngemalo and a tremendous female Hippopotamus alone forming the greatest attraction in Aine riea, and really worth a hundred milo journey t sft, We have them sure, and will refund the price of admission to every visitor if we do not introduce them loose in the rinr at every performance The above rare animals are the mo4 costly, valuable and wonderful features evo brought to the land of the Magnolia and Oranare Blossoms, but rare US they aro, they form but a tithe of the many ex'raordinary features we actually exhibit. S&'-Cutthi.i advertisoment out carry it with you and try and tind one single thing here advertised that is not actually exhibited. SOME MORE STERLING FEATURE? WE EXHIBIT: The only LION SLA TER in America, the only NYL Gil A U in America, the Largest BENGAL TIGER in America, the only Amer-ican-Iiom CA3IELS in America, the only bnrden-berring DROME DARIES, and more of them than you have ever seen before. The. first Genuine BUSCHEL ZEBRA, ever seen South. The Largest Hyenas Apes, Babboons, Mandrills, Timers, hioris. Leopards, wart hos, Hmiedra4 an f the first genuine Viraima Panther seen in many y era, and a multitude ot animals not hero mentioned. "R HIT? HITS ?s THE BEST YOU EVER SAW. W. X V V LJ IS-'rnolu.lcs for tho first time ever seen South The Wonderful ST IRK FAMILY of Bicycle Riders. MISS VIOLA RIVERS, the Handsomest and Best Bare back Eques trienne in the World. ORRIN IIOILIS, Champion Triek Rider. The FRENCH FAMILY CARON, Best Acrobats. mm, mnm reason-gifteo school of dogsi DONA ID SON BRO WES. JoinUe Phenomenon. HE llll DRA YTON, the German Jfereules. THE BEST CLOWNS, THE BFS'i LEAPERS, TITK JiKsT Tl MHI.'.CRK, WIKK WAI.Kl'.KS, TRAPEZE AETI8TS, C V.'.fXAsTS, AND ORNKBAI. PEBFORMES8 EVER SEEN SOUTH, AND MORE OF T11EM. All !VTew.'i?JS2P3-e Promomtce This Show 'B' B Tii BSF.WT Rver T ! mmmm SALE OF LEAF TOBACCO ! SALISBURY, N. C. f&f This commodious Warehouse is comilete in every pa tict.lar. Our lights are unsurpassed for uniformity and softness, which is a sufficient guarantee that all who sell with u will have their Tobacco shoivn to the best advantage possible. Our accom modat'ons for mn and beatt are perfect. We guarantee highest prices for all grades of Tobacco, trom the commonest ground leaf to fancy lemon wrappers. Your Friends, KLUTTZ, G-ASKILL & CO. The Lovi3ville Ky., CeURlKR JoURKAL eottnined an editorial, written by' Henry "Watterson, which said. "The people of the South will have an opportunity of visiting Se!ls Brothers' Craat Show, wliic'n is witboot exception, the most honorably conducted and the very bet Show in America.' Propare for genuine Holiday, lit, in town early to see the many free sjghti. Clot good placet to see the finest Street procession ever seen in any Amercan city. five Bands of Music. Forty-two great Solo Musicians in the Orchestra. Sen the trauseender.tly beautiful, neh, porffeous startling, wonderful Farad. A plume-topped tidal wave or Splendor introducing 5 bands of music. 38 gold-covered cages 20 great ghl on Chariots. 14 Huge ISleplianUia Royal Housings. Tne beaut'Tul Allegorical Tableau of Columbia and her Court, of Beauty, introducing the four handsomest women in America. Huge aquarium (Jars, as large as bouses, drawn through the Streets. Telescope Chariots 20 feet high carrying alft b-gh in mid'air. a living Elephant. Jani upon its back a Leautitul lady jopresenting lala Kookh de parting from Del in. J lie Princess ot maia win ner isoyai escort, nnignts ia solid silver armor, and more sensational features than ever seen before. It is worth a hun dred mile journey to sa Excursions on all Bdrdi at greatly reduced rates. Pre pare for a joyful jubilee. All avenue.-; of travel :ivo crowded, schools close, work sus pends, and a Grala Day, WHEN SELLS BROS,' BIG SHOWS COME Prepare .i-ee the Bigge-t Crowds you have overseen in all your life. Exhibitions at tb usual hours. Be in tows early. Bring tho old folks, bring the babies, bring the aunts, cousins, wives, daughters, sweetheart, txiys and all. If yeu see nothing but tho parade, the tentsi and the iinrnnse radroud trains, you will be paidlortHe journey. Owingto theenormi us expetue atteinliug so vast an exhibition, the priee et admission will lu: the same in every place which this show visits. ADSSSiOK, - - FwAll Over 10 Years of Age, - - 75 CTS, i6 - - For All Under 1U Years of Age, - - 50 CTS. WILL ALSO EXHIBIT AT Asheville, Saturday, October 13. Slates ville, Monday, October 15.
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