Newspapers / The Highlander, Macon County … / Feb. 19, 1886, edition 1 / Page 1
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''. V;'. ': LAIOD Yol. 1. HIGHLANDS, MACON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 188G. No. 29. 38 3C IME V. 'IT r f V i t. d"" Mrs, Frank Hill is visiting Highlands. Florida is now sending strawberries to New. York. Judge R. H. Cannon, of Webster, died last Monday. Mr. Luck, of Webster, has left High lands, after a short stay. Our old neighbor, Captain Dobson, has been in town for a few days. Cheops," of Laurel Creek, reports an epidemic of measles in that section. Mr. Beman, of Cortland, Ohio, who came here two or three weeks ago, finds his health already much improved. Mr. Lockry, late of NewYork, has taken charge of the Mountain View Hotel at Webster. Asheville Citizen, A paper entitled the Weekly Herald is about to be published in Webster. Asheville Citizen. Henry Watterson, editor of the Louis ville Courier-Journal, is so ill as to leave little hope of his recovery. In 1885, Alabama invested $7,841,000 in industrial enterprises. Baltimore manufacturers Record. Easter this year falls upon the 25th of April, the latest date on which it can pos Bibly occur. The anti-Chinese troubles in the West were the subject of a cabinet dteoussicm on the 10th. With the exception of one cold night and day, the weather ever since the cold Week in January httS been mild and plea Bant, and on many days quite warm. Col. Evans oldest son narrowly escaped a serious accident a few days since ; his gun was accidently discharged, slightly Wounding his arm. Two mefr wh'tfwer in ifmf tthfe can didates lor the Preaencyrhafe recently died-Gen. Hancock and Ex-Governor Horatio Seyflidur of NW York. Found between Highlands and Culla Baja, a Lady's Basque, black, with velvet cuffs and jet trimming. Inquire at High Lander office. Mr. G, A. Jacobs is in town again. He brought with him some young cedar trees for the park, which were at once set out by Hi P, Kelsey, A disastrous overflow is threatened by the melting of snow, in the upper waters of the Mississippi and Missouri) and the formation Of ice gorges belowiAshe vlttt Citizen. The largest cOal-producing combina tion in the world, one that will practically monopolize the whole coal production of the South, is being perfected at Birming ham, Alabama. Rural New Yorker. The Asheville Citizen speaks of a jour ney from Asheville to Hendesonville, a distance Of twentytwo miles, occupying Bight hours. Highlands has enjoyed no monopoly of mud. Tramps are overrunning Florida to touch an extent that the County Commis fcionUns have decided to anchor lighters in the Sfe. John's River, ami corral the tramps there for ninety days teach. Mural New Yorker. A watch that winds itself by th motidn t)f the wearer is the latest wonder of Eu rope. A very moderate amount of exer fcise on the part of the wearer is enough to keep it going. It is made in Switzer land, and the case is square instead of round-. Baltimore Manufacturers' Re cord. It is safti that fcwtt men on their way hither from Minnesota) were told In Sen eca that they would find snow in High lands six or eight feet dvep whereupon they returned northward Our Seneca friends should come up here and see how much snow they can find. No$ snow-, f.mt mud, has troubled us for the past month. . . ! In this issue, we publish a communica tion in which are set forth the unique at mospheric and climatic conditions of the elevated plateau upon which our town ship is located. The paper was written specially for this journal by Col. C. W, Jenks, of Boston, who has long been inti mately familiar with this section of the country. It was intended publicly to an swer many requests made of him, for in formation as to the peculiar atmospheric conditions here ; and, if possible, to give any explanation he could of the same. Our readers will find in this communica tion of Col. Jenks an intelligent explana tion of the natural causes of the phenom ena peculiar to this locality, which are so eternally operating for the benefit of the visitors and residents at Highlands. Its publication is timely ; and its influence cannot but be far-reaching and powerful, in turning public attention to our beauti ful mountain town, as an attractive re sort for health and pleasure seekers from all parts of the Union. Mr. Hlnton A. Helper, in the Asheville Citizen, describes a visit made to the Scottish colony at Newport, Tenn. This colony was founded by the Scottish Caro lina Timber and Land Company (limited), which is backed by a capital of half a million dollars. The company owns and controls 120,000 acres in North Carolina and 60,000 acres in Tennessee, besides timber on a strip of land three miles wide on each side of the Pigeon river for twelve miles below the North Carolina State line, and they purpose to ship over twelve million feet of lumber per annum Newport has grown in a year from a pop ulation of 600 to one of 1,500. Mr. Our, of Lake Worth, Fla., arrived on Monday evening, He reports a greai boom in that part of Florida, owing to the fact that vegetation was uninjured there during the cold wave, when the more northern part of the State suffered so severely. At Lake Worth the mercury fell to 32 degrees, and thin ice formed. The highest human condition is possi ble where climate, soil and minerals exist in the greatest pefection, and we find them all in Western North Carolina. Western North Carolina possesses more general advantages and inducements for the investment Of capital than any other section in the State. She has minerals, water pOwer fltth soil, railroad advan tages, and above and beyond all,aliealthy climate unequalled anywhere on tlw con tinent of North America. Hinton A. Helper. The heavy rains which fell last week in the Middle and Eastern States have caus ed enormous losses through the floods and freshets immediately following. In Massachusetts and Connecticut, five in ches of rain fell in forty hours, and this added to the four inches of snOw already on the ground, rapidly swelled the streams, breaking up the ice, and in some instances piling it up in gorges twenty feet high, Boston was almost cut off from the outer world for a time, most of the railroads being submerged, so that trains could only reach the outlying sub urbs. In the Roxbury district the sewers burst, and the water rose td the second story of many of the houses. A similar state of things prevailed in many other cities in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and also to some extent in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, In some cases the gas works were flooded, and the electric lighting apparatus put out of or der, bo that cities were left in darkness. The wash-out oft railroads are numerous and frequently of a serious character. In an editorial on food and the fre quently CarefesS method of its prepara tion, the Asheville Citizen gives the fol lowing extract from an article by Dr. Satchwell, a North Carolina physician. " The writer only utters the truth of sci ence, and the experience of himself and pther medical observers of North Caroli na,- in declaring his solemn conviction that much of tho dyspepsia, as well as no little of consumption, and Bright's dis-1 ease, and other disorders of our State, originate in and are aggravated by, the constant unwholesome medication of the daily bread of our people in the fashiona ble use of baking powders." The Citizen goes on to exhort us, as an efficient substi tute, to return to the time-honored prac tice of our ancestors, of using yeast. The Charlotte Observer says : Captain R. P. Waring, superintendent of the as- j say office at the mint in this city, reports that there has lately been great activity in mining circles, and a good deal of bus iness is daily passing through his hands. The largest single shipment which he has yet made was on Monday last, when he dispatched $6,300 in gold to the Philadel phia mint. For the past three months, the shipments of gold from the mints in this city have averaged $16,000 a month. Asheville Citizen, Knoxville and Nashville, cities of Ten nessee, both situated m a limestone for mation, have been suffering from their position over cavernous gaps in the earth. m eacli of these cities, parts of streets have recently sunk, alarming the people with the dread of general subsidence. On Prince street in Knoxville, the sink has exposed a stream of clear running water, from which good sized mountain trout have been taken. Asheville Citizen. Rubber Boots and Shoes, Water-proof Oil Suits, Ladies' Water-proof Circulars, Groceries, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Canned Goods, and a good assortment of Fruits, at W. B. Cleaveland's. BURKE & CUNNIN&HAM, REAL ESTATE OFFICE. FRANKLIN, Macon County, North Carolina. Oldest House In Highlands. o The Best of Fooi Products. FINEST BRANDS COFFEES and TEAS. M'LEAN'S FLOUR Staple Hardware. HATS, BOOTS $ SHOES, Mayer & Ms Pocket Cutlery. DR. HARTER'S FAMILY MEDICINES Agent for Jdha Wannamaker'l Custom & Ready-made CLOTHING. T. BAXTER WHITE, HIGHLANDS From the Manufacturers' Recoi'd, Whittier, N. C January 21, 1838. 4 noticed an extract in the Mhnufac- tttrers Record from some other paper, which intimated that the town of Whit tier was progressing slowly. This is wrongi Ne other town in North Carolina or any of the Southeastern States has ever accomplished so much in so short a time. The first lot sold was on the 12th of September, 1885. The sales of lots in the town site proper now amount to over $20,000. The sales in the large tract be longing to Whittier amount to $25,000 more near the town. As some errors have crept into print in regard to Whit tier's purchases. I will state that the ag gregate of uncultivated laud is over 80,000 II A Mn AfP-MfV under cultivation, some of them sold. others under rent, besides the towh site of 1,607 acres, Costing $13,000. uonsiaeraoie woric nas oeen done m grading roads under a contract for 40 miles, and there is a large body of men now at work. Five stores, a grist mill, a brick vard. two steam saw mills on the we HAVE ON nAND alarge AMOUNT or town site, are in operation. Sash, doors, blinds, laths and shingles are made. The Swain County Terra Cotta Co. has been formed. No lots are sold in Whittier wnthrmt: nn goTAPtncnf tr, imnrAva fham I I j V -i -v. - lliirtr;iTirt perty. This, the largest temperance col ony in the world, and the largest single enterprise by one man in the United States, id attracting attention all over the country. Uivitas. HIGHLANDS MARKETS. Fruit Growing & Timber Lands, Wheat .... t v ... 1 1 ..... . .$1 Buckwheat k n . v .. Corn, new 50 Oato. ...m 50 Rye ....v. ....... n... .v 65 Flour, per 10U lbs. 3 5W rWestern flour. . n . t . . . . . -. 4 50 25 to 50 . i '. u , Butter . Eggs . . . Potatoes Onions .;. v ... . Apples . . . v . . . i . . ; Bean-, per bushel. Foudfir, per 10Q v. i . . t Hay per 100 lbs. . -. -.. . Horarnum syrup-. v '. V l . . . I . '. -. I I I 15 15 40 60 m 09 10 60 00 40 $ 4 001 35 50 HOtJsBS AND LOTS IN THE TOWN OF HIGHLANDS, Dried epplfsi per lb. .... . 3 Dried peacwea , Dried blackberries Pork Beef.. Wood, per load Cabbage, per lb.. . 4 5 6 6 75 Parties bavin er cheap Properties for sale V. v 60 in Macon or adjoining Counties, should 50 correspond with Us as we are advertising 15 quite extensively anil have superior fa ern I 50 KIT For ciitiulars descriomg Highlands q ana vicinity, aesenpuve price jistb, kc. in can on oi wiurew 10 8 '7 S. T. KELSEY, Highlands, Macon County, M &
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