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Loan and Sayings Bank; was entered Sunday night and rob ed'6f fKHSOO.tlw door of rthe vault was blown open, also the inner money rault by dynamite. " 'The loss is covered toy burglar insurance. ' . t , The long boycott of the people of Hq. -ansville, Ga.,agakst the local poBtofflee has been ended by the appointment of "liss vJUpTA, Jones,, to. succedlsaiah II. Loftta, a negro, "who was formerly pout ma?ter tt that place. ; ' ; ; f I A . tragedy happened off Narragansett rjeri R.I;iBhortly after 1 o'clock Sunday: aaorningy when the barge Gen." Wiley cap-1 sizeu uunug a gaie. vapi uuruiu auu four little children were drowned in spite of all attempts to save them: ))( - AtVDanville. Va.. Sunday iiijrht..; fire broke Out in a large brick building at Main and Sixth streets; and irv less., than UTOrantes'ttie entire structum was. ip ruins. The building was occupied by the Lynchburg Paper Box company, the Providence hat factory and a furniture .factory. Loss, fSO.OHO. ? r I ' . i I :-' Shortly after midnight Saturday night the midnight ' express on the Lehigh Val ley railroad struck a carriage containing seven persons at Tuttle's crossing, about 25 miles east of Rochester, N.Y., instantly killing five of the occupants, fatally in juring another, and badly bruising the otner. . All were members of one family. , lire destroyed three " buildings Of the Troy Malleable Iron Works Sunday . Loss $150,000. The plant wa located in the Watervliet dty.boundary line and east of tne Krie canal, jf miy i.uuu employes will be1 thrown out of w6tk, and will suf fer from enforced idleness for probably three months. A As the result: of a fire at St. Ouen, a subtirb of Paris, Sunday morning, in a collection of alcohol and oil-'stores, a series of explooions " occurred, spreading the flames until a block of six' immense warehouses was involved in a huge con flagration, v 'A"gr?a't concourse of specta tors had assembled, and had approached too near, when : suddenlv and unemec edly the explosions occurred. One nun dred and fifty people wer hurt, quite 4 number very seriously. Loss, y,UW,WO rrancs doV"uu,uuo. 'Mill Ban k one of the famous Testr dences in Kiug weorge county, va., was entirely destroyed I by, fixe Wednesday niarht. It was one of . the colonial man sions, fully 200 years old, and the early home of the late.Mr. Austin mtt-iiugh In the olden times it was noted for its gayety. Last fall MrS. Jomr Redwood. of Baltimore, purchased the property and presented . it , to : her. cousins, the Misses Strother; who were occupying It at- the time it was destroyed, ,-v-t Monday's Washington Post Bays: W. Rucker. of Denver. Col.. Dresident ol the United States Monetary League, has been in Washington several days confer ring wUhIeAdiog. bimetallists through out the country, with a view ot getting their oDinion concerning tne Dronrletv of holding a national convention of bimetal lists at some time in the future. It is now definitely' determined that such a : il . It. i. tr . ftst convention win oe neiu as xvuubuh yitj on July 4th. It is' expected some six or eight hundred delegates will attend from all the Btateaand territories. C , News r comes' from Port Royal. S. C. that two lumber!:' prospectors, . B Stokes and Wilbur llis, prominent lum ber mill men 6f Barnwell, were abandon ed on a littie island near. PortRoyaJ by a boatman; and that PUsr in endeavoring to. escape,. was arowneo; "rne jumner men were endeavoring; to reach 4 Hilton Head island. The weather was cold and the boatman wished to turn back. He landed them on a small island, saying it was, Hilton Head, .and ithert " left. "The men found themselves separated from al inhabited land by a creek 800 feet wide, Ellis, in final desperation, tried to swim i He waa chilled and d ro wned, : Soma hours later a fisherman, took Stokea . off the island. , . .. objb!bndsbrotheb:8 slayjsr. Girl of 17 Upholds Her Lover WhUo . . On Trial for.Murdexy . Taaewell, Va. Feb. - 25. The trial df Tobe Heldreth for the killibsr of Worth Bane at Barge's garden, this county bst JNovember, win probably b flnisne to morrow; Held ret h says he killed Bane in self-defense. iKeidretb yra$ paying atten tion to Miss Bane, to whom he was en gaged to be married; Bane objected,and attacked ft Held reth ? as the latter; was iPScOrting thei girl i home from ? church. Held reth drew a pistol "and shot Bana in the heart, killinsr him instantly. x fx it v Bane's sister has- proven true to her lover, and although keptaway from him by her parents for three months, when put on the witness stand yesterday twi ned that ber lover killed, her; brother m self-defense. The young lady', has . the Bympatby of every , one and the jury, a well as spectators, was very attentive, while she testified. Held reth is 22 years old, white the young lady is only 17. ' ' , EIGHT IN IT, UP. TQ HIS v KECK. Pf'!f '"U"" "iff i ,j r: - r n:. ? , 1 ! ' 1 1 '7 r. lilt ' i ' ill1 4 : ; .V i r en r mm New. York World. ' GROIIJG SURRENDERS OfSUoiaUy Announced That ' Ho " SuJTendedtfnbnditibnally.Be ibr the Surrender Brltieh Had Captured Nvm Pipidtlon Enabling Them to Repulee Relnforoementa Hardest. Struggle ,Tet to Oome v For Relief of Xjadysmith. London. Feb, 27. it is officially an nounced this morning that Gen. Cronje has surrendered to Field : Marshal Lord Roberta unconditionally. AieapfJBrlt Suirender to juoers at xaaiuoa am. London, Feb. 27,;l?:Q7tpk;;m.---Lord Roberts wired . froof Taardeberg this morning, Feb. 27th: (XVonie and all his army surrendered at ajHgbt, and be is now a pruoner4iit tny camp. , The strength of his forro.wfU bV communicat ed later. I hoper her,, malesty's govern ment will consider. the event satisfactory. occurring as it does on the anniversary 9f Maiuba.". 4 . . 4 London. Feb; 25.Tbe war office pub lishes the following dispatch from Lord 'Paardeoerg jjvd. 24, '12:20 p. m. Parties of Boers recently arrived from Natal attacked our outposts; in - force again - yesterday. 4 TheV Jost a good many killed ; and wounded and nearly tOO prisoners, including a commandant and 2 field cornets. - Our casualties were 4 officers wounded, 9 inen killed. 23 men wounded. 2 men missing. On . the 21st and 22d 1 officer and 1S men were wounded. ..t . I .' "Six, men were wounded yesterday by hollow-nosed Mauser bullets. - The nickel case i sl)tvwith four, sl.ts. making the ex projectile of the roost expanhjye : and t ei plosive nature possible.: rA.t:wbundei Boer, brought tq our, hospital yesterday nan sixty w tnese.ouuew in nis pocueta. burinflf tbe advance to and at Kimberley the casualties, were: Offlcers, 2 killed 13 wounded: men, 4 killed, JS wounded." i Lord Itobert has ; sent the followins additional advicee to tne war office: ' "Paardeberg, Saturday afternoon, Feb. 24. Methuen reports that Barkley West was occupied by our troopa on Feb. 22. Tjbeioyak4nhabitants displayed . great enthwiasm.'-iji'i ; - S'. -.'i British OlOBing In. . Paardeberg.' Orange Frea.Sfate.' Sat urday ;Feb. i24.-7The British took eighty prisoners as the result ot yesterday's en frflirement. , A balloon ascended, and dis covered several new ' works, which . the British guns shelled today. . .... -. t- Paa rdelwg,. Orange Free State. Feb. 23.TrTbe British are gradually closing in upon Gen. Cronje from all sides, and making his position Jtmorev impossible than ever. Gen. Cronje'8 position is more hopeless than ever; Our guns dominate the slop ing ascents from the river tt . all .sides, apd by the rush of Shropshires On ? Wed nesday night up the river bed the Boers ost 20O yards' spare in their coven Deserters say tlm British fire . has, been very deadly and affirm that. Gen. Cronje himself ia willing, to . surrender. but is overborne by the young Boers,' from ; the Transvaal.- ,There are women and chil dren with tbw Boer..force.; Gens. " Roberts proposed to let them pass out of danger, but! this suggestion, as well as theproffer of medical aid,-has been rejected. -V The kopje captured by the British last Wednesday,' when fifty prisoners, were : mm. )m a. Lo :s your c : d ache 't t ; i If Jcurcyss? Tritasts ia yournoutli? t' your liver I Avers Tills ara liver pi'Is.- Tfcey cure constipation, h?:.-che, dyspepsia, and all liver Z5c. taken, is a most important strategical position. (Its possession should enableps to repulse any , Boer reinforcements from the eastward. - -f.--i ; Jsoers juoia vaaucop. t London; Feb. 25. A special v to the Times from Arundel, dated Feb. 24, says: "Gen. Clements .attacked the. enemy's strong position at Knllfontein and Vaal- kop at 7 a.m. The Yickers gun in VaaK kop. the exact position of which It is dif ficult to ascertain, harassed a section of the Held artillery and the mounted ,men on the plain.' All our men behaved gal lantly; under trying conditions. The Boers still hold the positions which . are undoubtedly strong and adapted for Boer methods." ',. .hrV.;-lu;i,: "i , . .-': OAPT. MONTMORENCY KILLED. Poera Repulse Oharg;e of Hla Spouts u :.'pnaBidge Beyond Moltenol ' StfrkstroOm, Sunday, Feb. 23. A re connoissance yesterday in. force .under Gen. Gatacre, with eight guns, found the Boers occupying a ridge three miles be yond Molteno, )n the . Storm berg direc tion. ; ; . ;-r:' 'i;: "i .X.iivT , Montmorency's , scouts charged the Boers,; who crept round the scouts' flank,' pourmg In a deadly: fire. The scouts were finally compelled to retire; having lost heavily, ? Fourteen ; are , missing. Capt. Montmorency was killed. u' The reconnoissance was valuable, and would have been most satisfactory bad it not been for the unfortunate disaster to the scouts, with whom : Lieut. Col. Hoskier happened to be. Their loss was four killed and many wounded and miss ing. Vol. Hoskier was killed. ' STATE HEWS. FIGHTTNO POR EVERY STEP. Hardest Struggle Yot to Come for Relief of Lady smith. London, Feb. 25. A dispatch' to the Times, dated Colenso, Feb. 25, says: Our advance beganon Thursday. 'The country is extremely mmuuit, and the advance is slow and costly. We are at- iauiiiig a serum oi iinrtsucueu Kupjes la a K-owMwnwjodeaeoHnwy,!, which is full of. dongas. The'enetay is taking full ad van ta ice of the ground to maintain a ceaseless fire on bur front and . flanks: It is evident their rout is not so complete as at first supposed, it is probable they are maKing a. rapid recirement to a sec ond line of defense. The advance ; bj Wynne's brigade Thursday and of .HSld yard's brigade Friday west of the rail way was checked by a nank tire from a railway hill, we are now within two miles of being in touch with Ladysmith, but this is the hardest part oi the way, and we must expect very severe fighting, LaGRANGE ITEMS. Fkee Presb Bitruau. ' , LaGbanoe, Feb. 27, 1900. Miss Burgess is" visiting at Mr. W. J. Newbold's. , . .. ' The machinery, etc.. for the ? Osceola canning factory continues to arrive. Our city aldermen have under consid eration a proposition for electric lights. Mr. A. G. Creech bought a bale of cot ton last week that was seven years old. Postmaster Miller has had ' lock-boxes added; for the convenience of the patrons nf tho nfflno ' . l. , VTA VU6 , f " i Interesting: North Carolina , Iteme In Oondeneed Form. -vt and Mrs. John D, one was only , a 1,1 ' . ,"Z fmr the i . ) JlU . h': ..13 ..i r- n ., h h. The infant , of Mr. lew days old. On account of inclement weather, the protracted meeting at the M. ir. church was postponed. iss Smithwick, a cousin of the doc tor's, came last week to accept a position as teacher in the High School. Mr. Grady, of -Pink Hill township, a student at - the High School, died Mon day.' He bad the meaxles and took cold, which resulted in death. At the Christian church, on Wednesday night', the 28th, Mr. N. C. Newbold and Miss Mabel Wooten will be married. It will be a beautiful marriage, .r Rev. Mr. McDuffle, of University Station, has accepted a call to the Baptist church at this place, v He has favorably impress ed himself upon the people here. v ; Mr. Wet?.' Field has. purchased of Mr. Zeb Creech a stock of goods and the store house occupied - by him; Mr. Creech re ceived land in exchange and will move to his farm. -. . -' : . . - Mess. Wynn & Smith have just received a car load of : horses and mulea. , These, with the horses constantly kept on hand by. Mr. W. H. Harper, .make it unneces sary for purchasers to go elsewhere. , Saturday ia the last day we wili'.make our fine photos, 15 ' for 15c. Come at once, while you get pictures for nothing. CLIPPER PHOTO CO., Opera House. .A furniture factory with a paid up Capital Stock of f 20,000 was organized at Oxford Friday S. W. Parker, presi dent. , : ' t i- ;X-i Gov. Russell has given Capt. George L. Morton leave . to take a division of the naval, reserve , and go on a cruise to Charleston -t. the auxiliary cruiser Hor net. ' ' :: " A special tq the Raleigh News Observer front Canton denies the report .'that smallpox is prevalent there and in Clyde. There. is not a case in either town, save ,the special,. ... ' , , . ; Brpadie Moring, colored, charged With killing his father, in Wake county; Van released at Raleigh Monday on a writ of habeas corpus, evidence being introduced that the father is JiviBg. . ,..,,(' tt.? Thie schooner .'.' Jane C. Ilarris," from Washington, K C, to Phiraderphia, stranded lust north of Cups' Hatteraa Sunday, ' The life saving . ereW" rescued the, men from ; the Vessel after a hard fltruggler.f?i:!i:j , ,Winfleltt tundiff, colored, accidentally shot and killed himself neur Mt. KeBo. Yadkin county, a few days ago. He'w'ae on a stnmp looking for a rabbit when ne fell off, the gun exploded and the entire load took effect . in Jbie head, uncapping Carthage Tribune: Mr- W. A. Mills, of West End, killed bis big hug lust Wednes day, and he ! tidied the scaler at: C$4. This hog; was only two years-oMand was : no doubt ' the l la rutttt hour ever slaughtered in this cymty. . The hog was of. the Essex bi-eed and was named ' tfcKtiiley.V"- -,J ''. 'VHk-M: A'suit Was instituted at Ru'leijrh Mbn- dayby Prof. Gerald " McCarthy against .the board of trustees of the A. &M.tk)l lege asUngiDrllSQulaiMlaiiried : On salary as State hot-mint." lie alK gee, 'that' he was elected for a term Oftwjt years and then diVmiMstd,' without' catfse, before the expiration of bit teiju. . j The negroes have decided to hold n big industrial andeducatiouai expohitioa at' -Piedmont Park, Winston, August 2ptlito 25h. Bopker T. Wafhiuutuu, the n6ted edhcater and orator of AlabHtna, will be invited td make the opentng address. A fair association has bteu oiganized and the officers say they propono to make the association the biggest thing of the kind yet Witnessed in Isoi-th Caiolma. ' Salisbury and adjuceut country had a ' disastrous . storm on , the 2uih. Much damage was done, says The Index. From all sections of the country reports come in of damage done by thu ntot ui. Trees were uprooted, buildings blown ddwn, and damage to a very great extent done throughout the couuiy, ' At -Air. Pole's house just beyond Town cixek the occu pants of, the house lectmiu alarmed at the trembling of the. house und vacated. They had barely left, when tlm house went over with a crash.' Am he mine time an outbuilding was afeo blow n over.' A-slick rascal .worked the (tobacco warehouse of, Pope, Curmiuioii & Co., at Durham, out of a t-hei k ioi $$1.17 dur ing the sales Friday. A furtner , by the name of L. Jenks, of Wuke county, old ' a fine lot of the weed, hi caleon mounting ' to the above mentioned u mount.' As soon as this tobacco wuh sold a wliiteman, apparently Mr. Jynks, t.u the hales clerk thought, asked for a Mil of his sales, which Was given hint, llo then carried ' the bill to .the oflice of th " w art-house and was given a check on the First National Bank for his ..money. At the bank the thief presented hi check and when questioned by i lie teller exhibited s bis bill of sale and tiie . eht ck was at once cashed. , There is practicully no clue as to who the thief w as. . Does It Pay to Buy Cheap? ; A cheap remedy for cotiu tm ttnd colds is all right, but you want' something that will relieve and. cure t lie more seven and dangerous mult of tin oat und lung troubles. What bhul! you do? Go to a warmer and more reuular cliuite?"YeB. if possible; if not possible for you. tb'enln either case take' the oki.y innedy that has been introduced in all civ ilized coun tries with success in eef' throat'and lungtroubles, "Boschee'v German Syrup:" It not only .heals and stimulate tbetia-' sues to destroy the germ ' diMi but allays inSatnmation, caies eWy i rc toration, civea a tood uiffht l ind cures the patient. Try o.sBiott!o; i n:"cn.., J c.tny yearsby ull di ty to . world. For sale by the Tern l.v-: ton Drug Co. ' ; '
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