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i Cherokee War.
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3'j'Hacuse, .X. Y., Nov. 1C While
Bob Fitzsimmons and Con Kiordan,
Ins sparring partner, were hosing at
Jacob's Opera House, in this city, to-
ht Fitzsiniinons caught Kiordan
No candidates' announcements pnb- qUJl:tetl wjth t)e earJy history of th a blow on the point of the jaw aud
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nTri)n7Nr(irNovoniljer 2?, 18'.) t
this immediate section T.-f thecoun- . the San Francisco pugilist was knocked
ty), a few letters of General ; out. The blow was a light one, tur
GrilHth Rutherford, who perhaps j Kiordan had been drinking heavily
did more to protect the first set- ' and did not recover consciousness
tiers of this immediate section than despite the i Herts of the physicians,
The term of tho twenty-four
Uni'.cd States Senators expire next
March.
The fuaioninU have carried
North Carolina by about 30,000
majority.
It in rumored that William L.
Wilson, author of tho Wilaon
tariff bill, will bo in the cabinet
after Marfch .4th.
The Populist, of Mor'ganton,
Bava that now the solid aouth is
broken they are going to start a
national, bank. Who ever heard
of anybody waiting till they "got
broke" to start a bank?
The Legislature ill be in the
handa of the f unionists. In tho
Senate there will be 12 Democrat,
16 Republicans and 22 Populiata
Tho House will stand: 41 Demo
crats, 32 Republicans and 47 Popu
lists.
Ge.n. CoXEY, the celebrated
crank, received 8,918 votes for
Congress in'his district. If ho had
been elected to Congress he could
do as he pleased on the grass in
Washington without being ar-
rested.
The Chatham Record is of tho
opinion that the prejudice against
Roman Catholics seems to be sub
siding in this Slate, for at the
election last week a Roman Catho
lic was elected Judge of the Fourth
Judicial district. Yes, Mr. W. B.
O'U. Robinson, of Goldsboro, who
is an Irish Roman Catholic, was
sleeted a Judge of tha Superior
Court in place of Judge W. R. Al
len, who is a Methodist. Bo far as
we can now recall, thiB is tho first
instance of tbe people of North
Carolina electing a Roman Catho
lic to any Btato office.
The Springs TUat Move .Hen.
Prof. Wilson, always sound, well
says :
Hard times is an enemy before
which no political party in Amer
ica has made a successful stand in
power. This is, and perhaps always
will be, a weak point in popular
government. When labor is out of
employment, whn the farm pro
ducts are low, whim our financial
system in disorganized, the wiaest
administration of government and
tho moit wholesome laws do not
avail to save a party from tempo
rary and disastrous overthrow.
Moreover, tho whole teaching of
the protective system trains men
toUe'pend not on individual effort
the plain virtues of industry, thrift
and temperance, for business pros
perity and material comfort, but
on government aid and laws of
Congress.
Commenting upon which the
Louisville Courier Journal says :
'This is undoubtedly true, and
it is duo largely to the teaching of
the Republican party. This is true
We can't recall a panic in thin coun
try which was not followed by a
reverse to the party in power, how
ever little that party may have had
to do with it. When the Republi
can party takes up the reins again
it may be able to control lcgisla
tion, but it will not be able to con
tro! the laws of nature and com
merce (further than to hampc
the latter) and if it shall not be
turned out sooner it will be at the
first re-appearance of unfavorable
business conditions." Charlotte
Observer.
any one man. It seems that dur
ing tho American Revolutionary
war, that began in 1775, the Chero
kee Indians gave the frontier set
tlers of Western North Carolina a
great deal of trouble by commiting
murder, thefts, &c.
Previous to the beginning of the
war. a treaty or agreement, seems to
have been made with tlictn and the
white settlers, making the Hlu; Kidge
the dividing line from Watauga coun
ty (as it now is) .Southwest, to Georgia,
or a considerable distance,, eonseqiieut-
ly the section called the foot of the
Blue Hidge was tha frontiers of Nor.h
Carolina.
The result was, the indians would
from tune to time come on the Kast side
of the ridge and commit murder, rob
bery and plunder the settlers to such
ai) extent, that many took their fami
lies and left, while those that stayed
were forced to build ports and gather
the women and children together and
guard them in that way as .best they
could For U)t reason one of the
principle Forts was located at the head
of the Catawba as it was then known,
where the town of Old Fort is now lo
cated and where General Rutherford
camped his command of about !?,000
men for a few days, on his way from
Salisbury to the Cherokee Nation in
1770. The next principle tort was
Arthur's Fort, (now Col. John Yancey's
land in Turkey Cove, McDowell coun
ty). A number of smaller Forts were lo
cated along the loot of tho Blue liidtjc.
One was in lioritford".-; Cove, one on
the Hunter place on tho Catawba river,
As soon as the war of 1775 began, it
is said by history that Kngiishmen
who had been trading with the Chero
kee.Indians, encouraged them to throw
their inHuence with Great Brittftin, and
for that reason they seem to have dis
regarded their agreements with the
colonies of South Carolina, North Car
olina and Virginia.
I will from time to tune give some
of the ofiieial letters of Gem-nil Kuth-
crford. Col. Waightstill Avery, Capt.
Moore, Col McDowell and others who
wore among the great and patriotic
defenders of the early settlers of this
part of the State.
The following letter from the manu
script records of Virginia, was writton
by General Rutherford, commander in
hief of the North Carolina forces, to
Col. William Christian, commander iu
hief of Virginia forces, against
the Cherokecs:
My Own Home, Rowan Co , N. C.
July 5th, 177C
Col. Christian Dear sir: By the
council of safety of this province, I am
directed to march with the brigade of
the district of Salisbury unuer my
command, against the Cherokee middle
and valley" towns, at the sama time
that you, at the head of your force
inarch against the overtoils, and the
South Carolinians againut t);n upper
towns. 1 learn tiiat Mai. v Uliuiiison
has at his camp, within 4S miles of the
Cheowee, 1,200 men, and is waiting to
bo reinforced by Col. 1 nomas with JOO
and Col. eal with oOO.
I expect to rendezvous at the head of
the Catawba (now Old Fort) tomorrow
two weeks, with 2,xm) ice, ready
who gave him hypodermic injections
and applied an electric battery. Koir
dan breathed as if in pain and the oi.ly
evidence of life about him was twich-
ing of the muscles when the battery
was applied. Fitzniiniions and lus
manager, Capt. Glori, wvre greatly
alarmed when the true condition of Ri
ordan was made known to them. Fitz
siininous gave orders to spare no ex
pense to save the man's life- Fitzsim
mons himself was knocked down by
Joe Dun fee. the local pugilist who
killed Donovan in a light at V.arle Bay
about a year ago.
Robert Fitzsimmons was arrested at
3 o'clock at the Vanderbilt House, and
is now confined in the police station.
The doctors have decided that Kiordan
is suffering from cerebral hemorrhage?
and that he is likely to die before
morning, t ltzsiminons is almost pros
trated by the result. A dozen of the
best physicians in the city are at.end-
iii7 the injured until
Latkr Rior len has died from the
blow inflicted by Fitzsimmons, and the
latter will be tried for manslaughter,
PAit.vc;i:APiiE rorc the
RECOUD READERS.
Numerous earthquakes are re
ported in Italy.
Dr. Jaa. McC sh, the noted ex
president of Princeton college, is
dead.
In a big fire in New York on the
20th Jaii'ry t Co., a dry goods
firm, lost 40U,WXJ.
Eighteen miners were killed
from the blow-up t f a coal mine.
nc ar Colliers, . a., on lucsday.
Pi. P. Hartley killed a hog last
week that was not quite 10 month?
old and that weighed 4 JO pounds'.
Ljiu i: Topic.
A 10-year-old eon of Rov. W. S.
Bynum, of Lincolnton, died Tues
day from swallowing a pin, sa)s
the Charlotte Observer.
Rich Leathers, colored, killed a
negro named Seymour Canadv, in
Durham, last Sunday evening, says
tho Raleigh News and Observer.
Mrs. Ravsor, wife of C. A. Rav
sor, druggist, at Asheville, who
was married a year ago, died Tues
day, leaving a child one week old
Jacob Harmon, mayor of Lula,
Miss., and Henry Lawrence, were
killed by John and Bob Boyd, two
vounu men of that nlace, on the
10th, in a gcreral street row.
GRAND
Yote4 Aficr He Was Dead.
Al noted ia our Uit issue, tbe rote of
Number Eleven township, Cleveland coon
ly, was tbrjwn out bjr tbe board of can
r&siers on tbe account of teveral rotes
lutving been cast by proxej. Tbe throw
- iag out of this rote elected the en '.ire
Denocratic county ticket, except the
sheriff. It setms that two men who were
sick and usable to get to tbe polls, and
two other men who were dodging rerenue
officers, sent their rotes to the judges seal
ed in envelopes. These were opened by
tbe judgei who deposited the ballots in th
proper boxes.
One of the sick m n died before the mes
sender reached the polling place and was
a dead man stien his ballot was deposited
- In the box i puthertordtOB Democrat,
Terrible Tragedy in Nashville.
On last Wednesday tleo. K. Whit-
worth, clerk and master of the chan-
ery court at Nashville, Tenn., shot
and killed Judge Allison, ;f the same
ourt, because Allison had borrowed a
urge amount of money from him -and
refused to return it, and besides was
gojng to appoint his son, Young Alli-
iin to the position held by Wl:tworlh.
Yhir worth, after .-.hooting Allison,
hot himself. The following is from
the ( iiarlotto Observer, concerning it :
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 17. Geo. K.
Whitworth, clerk and master of the
hancery Court, who shot and killed
Chancellor Allison on Wednesday last,
is still alive, but cannot recover. An
ante-mortem statement made by Mr.
Whitworth was given to the public to
day. In this statement Mr. Whitworth
ays that before Judge Allison s first
election as chancellor the latter told
him he would not appoint him unless
he (Whitworth) would agree to divide
the fees of the office. This Whitworth
says he agreed to do, and in addition
t:) sums he loaned Allison at. different
times, amounted to ?2C,(XH). He says
he endeavored to get Judge Allison to
secure this amount to secure himself
and protect his bondsmen, and when
he learned that Judge Allison would
not agree to a settlement he determin
ed to kill him.
arch as soon as your situation and
readiness is known to me.
As soon as this comes to hand bo so
kind as to forward immediately an ex
press letting me know whmi you will
pe ready to inarch, so "that we may at
once unite our forces with the South
Carolinians, and by the assistance of
Divine Providence, crush that treach
erous, barbarious nation of savages
with their white abettors, who, lot to
all sense of humanity, honor and prjn
ciple, mean to extinguish every spark
ot freedom in these t mteu Mtates.
Applauding the bravery of the ollic
era and soldiurs of your province in the
present struggle for the rights of thes
states, l am sir,
our nioht obedient humble servant.
G R I Kf I Til 11 L' T 1 1 UK FOJ V.
OS.T&y ilsfcfe S-ogIs f Sleneffai
North Cove ZVoIcn.
The farmers of the Cove have finish
ed gathering corn and sowing grain
aud this morning the children all ttart
to school.
Among the visitors to the Cove, are
Mrs. Morris Graut to her sister-in-law
Mrs. Kobt. McCall, Mrs. l.ettie Gibbs
to her mother, Mrs. It. W. Brown.
We '.VL-i c very nmch pleaded to see
Mr. Johnnie McCall back in the Cove
Ji-hnie has been staying with his Aunt,
Mrs. Fayette Kngliih of Madison, go
ing to school.
Miss Sorrelda McCall, one of the
Cove's most charming girls, lias gone
to Green leeV to attend school. We
slull ever remember old G. S ,
Our Free School commences this
morning with Mrs.Theadore Franklin
as teacher.
Grandma Brown from Marion,
is visiting at Mrs. S. K. Conley's, X.
North Cove, Nov. 19th- 1S94.
It will be sold at ACTUAL COST, beginning with this day, for
Gash Prices.
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, DRESS GOODS. IUTS
CLOTHING, BOOTS. SHOES- &C.
COMS EIRLir .A-ZLSTID GKET BARG-AIHS'
Jicspcctfully Yours.
MARION, N. C, NOY.nd, 1894.
R. W. Williams will open a first
class shoe shop under Dr. R.J.
Burgin's dental office the first of
Messrs. Chas King and Nick
Davis left Wednesday for Blurt"
Citv, Tenn., with Lee Richards,
A Deed of Blood.
Elmika, N. V., Nut. 18.M V.
Straight, and his nite, h:ir not lived to
gi-tlier foi 111 past tew weeks on account
of domestic difT.cul'ie?. This morninj Mr.
Straight sent a i.ote to his wife usking f r
giveneis and requesting her to t ke him
back. fSlie failed to reply. This angered
the husband aud he purchased a revolver
of fire clinmbers. This afternoon he sw
his wife acd her ti?tcr, Mrs. Manr Whit-
fold, in the bu sines tmrt of the ci y, and
dopged the'r movements until ihey were
within a hundred teet of their no me, when
he ran up behind them to within ten feet
and emptied the contents of one revolver
at them botu. He then deliberately drew
forth another weapon aud fired a;;aiu at
Mis. WLitford. Afwr fi.i-ig the last scat
he ri uinrkeil. "1 ju; I'v fixed roth ci
you.' an i sitting down oji a horse i.lock,
emptied tbe other tour (harubers iuto his
bodj near "lie heart, Mcauwbde a crowd
galberei ia the vicinity of the t;r2edy
but no one dared go ucsr him. Straight
reali.ed that tbey jiera afraid of him and
shouted that he would not burt anyone, as
he had killed nose he was after. Neigh,
bors then removed all parties to the house.
Mrs. Straight was shot tLree times in the
back. . Si-.iiid. Jlrs. Whiiford was 6hot
twice, She is st ill alive, but sinking rapid
ly. The aiK-Jerer was removed to the Ar
nol OgJen HotpitoL He is now uncon
scious and death is but a question of a frw
hours. The parties are ail well known,
respectable citiaens of Kimira, and the
trngedy has created great excitement.
Charlotte Observer.
Myers iJuilty.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 18. Wm. J
M vera tho 1ov still in his teens
who was charged with murder of
Forrest L. Crowley, was found
guiltv yesterday afternoon.
The e was no recommendation
t mercy. Judge Clark concluded
his charge at 3 o'clock in the after
noon. At 4 :i0 o'clock the jurors filed
into the court room and a minute
later their verdict was read.
Many women were in the court
room. When the verdict was an
n:unced some of them sobbed.
Thoy sympathized with the eigh
teen years old murderer.
The elder Myers quivered as
though shaken by a chill when the
clerk of the court read: "We the
jury find the defendant guilt'."
Tho son looked into his father's
face and then his eves seemed to
he looking into space. He did not
tremble. He seemed prepared for
the verdict
Si.lt .ot Guilty.
The trial of IIiiry Clay SUk for the
killing la-t Jlsjr ot lleiry Lane was began
Wednesday morning. Messrs. M. H. Jus
tice, E. J. Justice, IS. A Jus'.iee and S,
(alien appeared for the defence and Solic
itor Webb was ;fig!Strrt in the prostcutiop
by Mr. Chas. McKesson, of Morg nton.
The vide!iee went to sh w that Laue
was a poxverful man physically ard ex.
tremely tyrannical. The prisoner was a
fieblc man and cripple. Lane, on the
d.iy before the killing, had forced him to so
with him several mile' and carry a large
J. A
McDosald, Prnjjriutor.
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others, or take au agency, and in this war
we thall have a large, well-paying demand
created.
As a special in Jueewer.t for every reader
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who sends twenty-fire cents in cash, or
thirty cents in stamps, for a box of System
Pills, one of the following presents: A
Handsome Go'd Watch, a good Silver
Watch, a Valualtiahie Town Lot, a Genuine
Diamond King, u C fuket of Silvsrware or a
Genuine $5. CO Gold Piece. Every purchas
er gets one of the above presents. There
are no exceptions. Shaw Kemedy Co.,
t.utherford, S. J.
When in need of any Good, call
and see me. I have got the
Largest Line in town, and
sell them low down,
and I know it
will pa' you to
EXAMINE MY GOODS AHD PRICES
before makingyour purchases,
as I can Bave you money.
Yours for low prices and fair
dealings,
TEE - FIEDM01T IK
of MORGANTOX, N. C.
?Geo, 1. Ebwix, Pres'r. S. T. Pkarsox, Cashier,
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Chrome bteol Safe for C:h and
Valuable?, Kxchange on New
Yui'k and other Trado
Centers bought
and Fold.
Banking hours 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
m Buy Clothing?
jus of liquor, treating liim as a islave. It
was also iu evideuce that Lane had threat
ened to hang him and had made prepara
tions for that purpose, On the morning of
the killing Sihk had rtsented rerouiks
made about his dead father by Lane and
left the house at which they were stopping,
carrying his gun. lie was followed by
Lune, who, he and his witnesses swore, had
a pair of steel knuck and a bottle. The
State's witnesses swore ihat Lauo had no
ksu.ks. ! ir Lai .i licit ie iu It is left baud.
iVliiMi L.u.e in j verv ne.u !v c.'t
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JuJjje W.nf ton concluded his cLarge s.nd i you wjlb a sf nSOB-a fading for a were
the jury retired at seveu o'clock, last even, j song; and will be appreciited by ail in
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manslaughter until thia Knrnn,. h.n i "ocbxhold Tories I'UB. Co.. P. 0. Box
decided to join the other eleven acd a ver
dict was returned when court convened
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Democrat.
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Granulated Eye Lids, Sore Ripples, PUe
Eczema, Tetter, Salt Khecm and Scald Head,
!. 1 T.1 1.1 J
Last spring tho wife of Steve
llVr of Cherokee county, died, For hoT . fine hewthr
leaving with him several small dition try iir. Cady's Condition Powders.
i -i i i. , ., , i i They tone up the FTstem, aid 'iicestion, euro
Children. Recently he married h:s of ap-petito, relieve conetipation, comt
mother-in-law, which now makes key disorders and destroy worms, giric?
i-i e lt , , new life to an old or over worked horse. 23
lumhisown father-in-Uw and a cents per package. Fox sale by druggist
grandfather to his own children. Morphew & Streetman.
W. L. Dquclas
93 SHOE
S THE BEST.
WO SQUEAKING
And Other specialties (or
Gentlemen. JLadlea, 074
and JZUaes are the
Best In the World.
Ge descriptive advertise
ment which appears la this
pap.
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Insist ea having V. L.
POICLAS HlfOES.
with same and price
stamped on bottom. SuM j
jf ho it will ):y ytiti to go to
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AT MORGANTON. N. C
For anything you want. Save your Jiniinta l fare bj
going to sec them, or kcmI o'der for wliiityuit
want. Sutislaction in fit, style, qualify, uu I
The largest stoat in Vejtcsu North Carolina.
Bought U Ths Present k Mss
ELEGANT SUITS FOR MEN AND BOYS! GENTS' FURSiG)!
Ow-rcoats and McTntoshes, best goods an.l latest v!
We will compare goods and prices with WunanmLer or anvliotlv
Square dealinsr and one nrico to all. Call on us -,r sent! u yu"01'
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RctiMctfully,
COLLETT & G!LLAM, Plorgar.t:n N C
FALL
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J.S.0YSART Mari..n,..C.
G. B. THOMASO:!, 01 '. Von, x. c.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
LW MIFF! LOW FRIGES!!
I have bought a new and large stock of
JLry uoods, JMotions, Boots and Shoes, au
will sell them at the Lowest Prices.
Groceries. Grain. Prodno" &c. See ml
line of
STOVES, HARD WAKE AND LIME SPECIALTB
he Choicest, Largest and Cheapest Stocic ot gls
offered m Marion.
Marion, y.