THE MORGANTON STAR, fe'g
now an account to its credit there of
T. G. Cobb, Editor and Prop'r.
B. A. Cobb, Business Manager.
EBIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1886.
nearly three million
year 24,134 patents were
out of 37,695 applications
Intrd at the Post-office at Morganton
aa iecoad-cfass matter.
Subscription price, - - $1.00
Anew order of' -things confronts
politicians these days ; no help from
Washington, and stumping federal
officials to be called to account. Con
sequently but few 'can be seen here
tained a tablespoon full of water. The
water is icy cold.Ainoug thosepres
entyesterday and who can testily
dollars. Last to the truthfulness of what is above
granted (recorded, were Mr. James A. Ber
ry, sergeant in charge or the signal
station in this city ; Mr. D. P.
Hutchinson, and a largo number of
yound lady pupils of Charlotte Fe
male Institute in charge of Mrs.
Atkinson, in addition to a number
Advertising rates low,
ing circulation.
consider-1 this week. The elections are only of prominent citizens. Mr. 'Berry.
THE
STAR IN THE CAM
. PAIGN.
whilft Tite SAR bas endeavor
ed to vindicate the principles of the
Democratic party, believing as we
do tbat true democratic principles
is the foundation of good govern
ment, we have stood square to the
men who, we believed, would advo
cate an economical administration
of the affairs of the government,
both State and national ; at the
same time we have endeavored to
treat the opposing party and their
candidates with all due respect,
avoiding personalities or any re
flection upon private character j
and during the campaigh we have
lost but two subscribers on account der is to be strictly
was so impressed with what he wit
nessed that he reported the occur
rence to the Chief Signal Station at
Washington. The plat of ground
covered by the rainfall is about ten
feet square. This wonderful occur
five days off, hut the habit of running
to Washington in a hurry to get
friends or offices to assist in the elec
tion, is not in order this year. No
assistance beyond sending out docus
ments by the campaign committees
has been drawn from the Capital, rence has been going on
Notwithstanding: the ereat interest iour weeKs past, as tne
felt in the result, the administration that vicinity can testify
has rigidly abstained from everything
that could be construed into official
interference, and no carapaigu con
tributions have been collected in the
Departments.
There is much doubt as to the gen
eral result of the election, but whats
ever it may be as to parties, there
will be a large number of new men
in the next House. The recent ac
tion of the President in suspending
District Attorneys Stone and Benton,
one a Democrat, the other a Republi
can, for too great political activity, is
accepted as an indication that tae or-
enforced. It is
R. B. Brittain & Co.,
' THE LEAD'iriO OLOTHII38 HOUSE
Of the Piedmont Section of Western North Carolina,
I Aaheville u tba Great Emporium of trade of Western horla Carolina watt of tie Bint TtMre . v;t. i
daily for lotto supplies the central portion of the State, leaving a large territory, embracing the Piedmont Section.
residents oi is ncn hi minerals ana productive oi immense quantities of wheat, corn, tobacco, hay. eaU. fine caul w
. I fcheep, without a central market, and we can conceive of no better location than Morranton aa Iim,!.....
While the rain was falling yes-1 trade of all the Piedmont Section, aud with tbi idea iu view wo have arranged oar Mammoth Buildic f
terday Mr. Hutchinson climbed up purpose. Allow is to iunumerate aonie of the article! that we make t specialty of, and 41 r V"'
one of the trees to make an investi
gation,' but failed to unravel the
mystery. The leaves and twigs
were perfectly dry, and while he
was in the top of the tree, he could
see rain coming down from above
him. These are the facts aud
the wise men can now take the
case.
Wo Defy Competition This Side of Baltimore.
OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT ;
rf our nosition." and for those two
ve received ten new paid-up sub
scribers, with . many assurances
that we would be sustained ia the
future as in the past.
THE ELECTION IS OVER.
And now that the election is
over and the result declared, and
the will of the people is the high
est known law to an American cit
izen; the people have placed in
office men who are to make and
execute laws for the next two
years- and having received the
highest nnmber of votes of course
are elected it is therefore to be
hoped that each will strive to car
ry out the best interest of all the
people, and at the same time be
God-fearing men, looking to the
elevation of the morals as well as
the advancement of the temporal
expected that a number of dismissals
will result from violations of this or
der. A general court of inquiry
would probably not be found practi
cable, but where serious charges are
made and supported with sufficient
evidence, dismissals will follow.
A campaign lie has been going the
rounds of late to the effect that when
the agent for the sale of General
Grant's Memoirs asked permission to
canvass the Interior Department for
subscribers, Secretary Lamar refused
to grant it, but that an agent for the
"Life of Robert E. Lee" was accord
ed the privilege without the slightest
objection being interposed. Nobody
ever solicited permission to canvass
the Interior Department for the
"Life of Robert E. Lee' until last
Tuesday, when leave was promply
granted. When the agent of Grant's
Memoirs made known to Mr. Xamar
his desire to go through' the Depart
ment with bis subscription book, the
Secretary not only acceded . to the
requeat without hesitation, but head-
ed the list of Interior Department
subscribers with an order for the
or costliest edU
interest of the people. And it
is a natural consequence for. every twenty-five dollar
noh tt harA his nrftffirencfi andttlOU.
manifest more or less zeal in favor
of the man of his choice ; but as
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each candidate's dye is casty wheth
er elected or defeated, let all, both
candidates and voters, accept the
situation, and each persue his vo:
cation in the even tenor of his way,
and if the man of your choice was
not elected, take consolation in the
fact that two years from date an
other opportunity will be afforded
to have your preferences gratified.
Observer. Oct. L
Our people are really excited
over that phenomenon the rain tree,
the peculiarities of which were fully
set forth in yesterday's Observer
Notwithstanding the attraction
the tight rope walker, the rain tree
yesterday afternoon had an audi
ence of fully three hundred people,
all of whom saw and were convinc
ed. An explanation is now badly
wanted by our people. No possible
cause can be given by anyone and
the man with a theory has not been
heard from. During the progress
of the rainfall yesterday, Rev. Wm.
R. Atkinson, principal of the Char
lotte Female Institute, climbed into
the top of the tree to make a per
sonal investigation, and like Mr.
Hutchison, he was also puzzled,
he could see the rain coming from
above the tree, but from whence
it came remained to In in a myste
ry. There are many people in town
who hold that this must be a joke
of some sort but if they will attend
the matinee this afternoon, provi
ded the skies are clear, they will be
convinced. The locality of the
phenomenon is at the corner of
Ninth and D streets and the per
formance generally commences at 3
o'clock.
I MERMEN'S WEAR,.
ee
freaa Ik PiiHt to U LtVMt QxtU SiiU.
FOR YOUTHS
wa ea nit tie meet faataalie
alae tit laik4 flv-Uj.
FOR CHILDREN
veknre al
Our Shoe Department
A CURIOUS SIGHT.
Clothing for men boys and child-) U complete.
ren at Davis liro.
XT caarj a fell lilt
cmrs imt codes,
in ibeU.I
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence of The Stab.
Washington, Oct. 30, 1886. -The
week has been rather a quite one in
Washington. The President and
his Cabinet returned promptly after
the fatigue of Bartholdi day in New
York, and settled down to their
desks. I do not think they are bill
ed for any more fairs or unveilings
this fall. The annual autumn races,
which have always attracted large
Charlotte's Latest Sensation-Tlie
Rain TreeRain Falling: for
Three Honrs and the Skies
Bright and Clear.
Charlotte Observer.
Charlotte has a sensation of a
most .puzznug cnaracter, ana one
which will prove an interesting sub
ject for study by the scientists and
the learned men of the laud. It. is
a tree, or rather a pair of trees, in
the vicinity of which regularly each
day, at 3 o'clock, a shower of rain
falls. The phenomenon was yes
terday witnessed by a crowd of at
least 250 citizens, before whose
gaze the rain fell for the space of
two hours.
The focality of this strange oc
currence is at the corner of Ninth
and, D streets. - Three weeks . ago,
it was reported that every day 'at
three o'clock a shower of rain would
fall at that spot, but most of our
citizens thought it a subject for the
-Ric:b.- 18 lbs. good Bice
$1.00, afcli. B. Brittain & Co.'s.
for
. A car load of the celebrated 'Le
noirV Flour just in store at th
Cauh Warehouse.
Take warning
Brittain & Co.'s
and go to B. B.
anu lay in your
winter clothing while it is so cheap.
A fresh supply received this week.
Women, are everywhere nsiug
and recommending. Parker's Tonic
because they have learned from
experience that it speedily over
comes despondency, indigestion,
paiu or weakness in the back or
kidney's, and. other troubles pecu
liar. .
We fttrxj ft tafi Be 4 taCee ta UUiaa Qhi a a3 mml
HATS.
' We bare tit ioeit mmAoiM f Bala
witkoat bti smite.
tkia aaarkat m4 U ih Umi to It
a caiaiaaiar p
Davis Bros, are still receiving new
j?au ana winter (roods. Jl-very
freight train brings goods,- the fact
is, they are so full they hardly hare
room, and say they will certainly tell
chestnut bell. During the last few cheap to make room. Go and
ee
contingents from the fashionable, days, however, they have begun to their stock any way, aa it certainly is
Diplomatic, Army, Navy, and official
circles of . Washington, are in pro
gress, but the weather is unpropitious
and they have excited less interest
than usual. .
. Those of you who live far removed
from Governmental machinery can
not 'realize the extent of the improve
ments in Departmental work under
the new Administration. But. those
of us who have , beeu here all the
time, and who have seen so much of
the idleness, exiravagance worth
lesgness and: corruption of the old
. Republican omcials and methods,
look at the matter in a different
light. There is uo jke about it,
but the rain really does fall, as in
dica ted above, and it can be wit
nessed any day, after 3 o'clock in
the afternoon.
.umSutSiS . Morgauon Produce Market.
the largest ever in Morganton before.
Just think of &' good pair- of shoes
for one dollar and many other arti
cles are cheaper than they have be
fore been. .'. : . .
ueh m Wkiti t Shirta, latadrted aa4 alauSxied,Colerea Vool
Linen ai Silk HaWkerekieft, SttfmUm.
Saiita, Uaier flkiat, Cravaia, 1Zh-.t
yesterday visited the spot and found
a crowd of a least 270 already as-
semoied, waiting for the rain to
commence. The skies were per
fectly clear, the sun was shining
brightly, and everything in the vi
cinity was dry and dusty from the
CORRECTED WEEKLT T
JOHN. JT. PEABSOIT.
BUYING TRICES.
In order to
and Willovware
A LOT OF S30BS AT 00ST-
"if COST.' " " 'ClJf, vt ySl'wU M UxrA-rtr, Cj, TT
take special delight in the new order 1 prolonged drought. On -reiichina
of thines and feel as it too much
could not be saul about it,
For instance, the current business
of the Patent Office is in much bet
ter and more prosperous condition
than when Commissioner Montgora
ery assumed control. At that time
the work was largely in arrears, and
he has succeeded in bringing much of
it up to date. The application of an
inventor for a patent is now reaehed
in. about . three- months after filing.
The time formerly was five and a
half months. Mr. Mongomery . says
he expects to be able to bring all of
the work substantially up to date
within the next few months, and so
' keep xt. ' v ' ':
A little over a year ago some of the
divisions in this office were as - much
as seventeen mouths behind in their
examinations. To fully appreciate
the work accomplished, consideration
. must be given to the fact that the
Commissioner Was experienced and
' had to . study up and advise himself
thoroughly oh all points .relating to
: a, very, difficult practice. The attor
Jieys practicing before the office are
much pleased with the progress
made, and ask that the good work
may go -on. The Patent Office, be
the place where the people, were as
sembled, the reporter enquired for
the spot on which it was said that
the rainfall was to be seen, and waa
pointed to two scrubby oak trees
growing in a yard in the corner of
Ninth and 'D.v Streets'" There was
nothing unusual about the appear
ance of the' trees, save that they
were not very well filled with leaves.
At half past three o'clock the ex
pectant multitude was rewarded by
the appearance of the rain. It be
gun coming down between the two
trees in a kind of a mist which grad
ually increase until it was a gen
tie, but undoubtedly a genuiue rain
fall. ' Though the rain was falling
before the eyes of all uresent. no
one could tell from whence it came. I 11 persona having clams against the
it could be seen coming down from n. estate or J. k,. ite, late . of Harke
a point above the tops of the trees, county, will present them to the h
and continued falling until 5 o'clock dersigned, or to S C. W.. Tato, attor
and that was all that could be real- ney, on or before the 1st day of Oct.
ized. Every individual present I A. D. 1887, or this notice will be
Apples, ; .
Cabbage, . .
Buck wheat flour,
Corn; "T .
Oats,-
Beans, wkite,
. T colored,
Potatoes, Irish,
" ' sweet, .
Pork, V ' ; '
Turkey, per lb.,
Butter, . .
Fresh Eggs, .
Spring Chickens
Wheat White,
" Red, .
Rye 1 .. .
Hides, dry, , .v .
3550
4
' i' 67
40
. 80 100
; so
40(50
50
5
7
. . 12
8
. 812
. 8090
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FOR TBI . W ODR GDSTQMER5 MF 1 LIMITED m SJOCEEIB.
Rico 181bs. for a Dollar.
NOTICE
In addition ur already Lar tHoth, u are daily rtccimnt Jfei Goods fron
th A'orikm Markets in larjc quanfitUsZ
k . - - J v - -
I -
Batteae peeple, wke ltelt.at iketUrk tide of the aiettire o1y, mky itjt TTkytaea oalltr tr
theMpply t aair te tkdata4. Per Ikerr benefit wilt ay that, from all fottitas ef tk eatauj
yield of theareps will be far fceyoad ererjeat expeetaiiea, ani a kutrr traleia tbu till taaa tl
Already tke aretaU are brifkraruf an4 tke way h clear,- 'Lei ear peo?U take mg M M1,3j m
indaitrf ra fraraeriaf the Vanalifal roti tbat the earth an titllti.
We taadar oaf aintara ikaakt far the liearal paireaasa Ual wa krrt receive! fr tie aVl, aa I ti
a eeatiamatieA f tkev farvra, wl beepeak a food wwri frera thiea t lkir fmaia. ' .
respectfully,
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could see . it plainly An umbrella
held under the falling water was
quickly made dripping wet. Hand
kerchiefs spread on the ground I delar.
were also made wet. One lad v nlac-1 W. M.
ed a cossamer at the foot of the
tree, and when she took it np it con . S?pt. 28
plead in bar of reeovery. .
. All persons indebted to ai& de
ceased will make payment witkoat
B. B, BBiTTAIK" CO.
WALTON, Ad'rar.
By S. C. W. Tate
1386. Auoruey.