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; " ,'' J . ' .." -'.''.'V c, :'.'!' ' ., : T I ("M l Yol. 1. . HIGHLANDS, MAGON COUNTY, K C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 188( o. no. ...- ... , - . . . . - ''..'' 1 1 I' i f v '.: r v - V v -: ? 4v Mr. Geerand theDimiok children left for Florida on Tuesday. . Mr, Watterson, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, is thought to be on the way to recovery. Jno. B. Gough, the temperance lecturer, Is dead. In the villages of East Tennessee, butter is selling at 8 cents per pound. Ashe ville Citizen. The House has passed a bill reducing from eight cents to five the" charge for money orders not exceeding $5. Mr. and Mrs, Cleveland are to be con gratulated on the birth of a son, on the ,33rd inst. Generals Howard and Terry are likely to. succeed Hancock dead, and Pope, "re tired," as Major Generals, The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. contemplate extending their Shenandoah Valley line to Atlanta by way of Ashe-ville. Some fine comndum from the Buck Creek mines is being shipped from Web ster to New York. North Carolina Herald. If the Blair bill becomes law, North Carolina will receive $5,749,121 . 37, to be divided over eight years, or on an aver age $718,840 . 17 per year for eight years. North Carolina Herald. There is a movement to transplant Mormonism into Mexico, negotiations for large tracts of land being, it is said, underway. President Diaz Is reported to favor the transfer. Dr. Shrady, editor of the Medical Record, laughs at the recent hydrophobia scare, and says there have been only three genuine cases of hydrophobia in the United States in ten years. An agent representing an English sport ing club has purchased 30,000 acres of land in Burke County, N. C. A large number of quail have been turned loose on the land. A fire in "Wilmington on the 21st de stroyed all the wharves and most of the property on and near the river front of the city. It originated on the steamer Bladen, Ir was the worst fire that ever occurred in North Carolina, the loss be ing estimated at $1,500,000. It is said in Washington that President Cleveland is very anxious to make a Southern tour. He has expressed a de- sjxe to attend the Exposition at New Or leans, and has said that, if possible, he will attend, accompanied by several members of the Cabinet, Charleston News and Courier. The change of guage which is to take place simultaneously on June 1st on all the railroads in the country where the present five-foot guage is in use, is an immense piece of work to be done in a single'day. The change to be made is from five feet to four feet nine inches. A matter requiring equal promptitude will be the changing of the trucks, of engines, coaches and box cars, the width must be reduced to. correspond with the contraction of the track. From all the; region between Boston and St. Louis, come reports of the most disastrous floods. Great damage, has been done, and there was danger still ahead at the last- accounts. We do not realize how well off we are in North Car olina, and in this section of the State par ticularly. Asheville Citizen. t There are" more ; attractions for labor and capital in the South to-day than in any other part of the world, and labor and capital are. quick to recognize the field where they may be employed to the best advantage. They are already pour ing into our territory, in small and widely separated streams it may be, but the cur rent once turned this way will never be stayed or turned aside. The tide will grow larger and stronger every year, and the children of to-day will see the flood ere they reach man's estate.- Baltimore Manufacturers' Record. Our readers will find below an interest ing description of Southern California, taken from a letter written by C. C. Hut chinson, Esq., one of the founders of Highlands. Southern California, which lias made such a fuss in the world, is really a small region that, is, the advertised portion around Los Angelos, and no one there has yet made any money by tilling thfe ground or selling fruits. Many acres of grapes were not picked this year. The various diseases and insect pests are nu merous and serious. In my view, the water question is more serious. The ar tesian wells are diminishing in flow as the number increases, and they are bored deeper. I now refer specially to Fresno county. At Riverside, the wells, new and old, are freely flowing ; but they are, or something is, drying up or diminishing the vaters supply at San Bernardino, an old place a few miles north. There is no law of the State governing water rights, and it is understood that under the " Old English Common Law" (which California statute provides shall govern water rights), no man has a right to deprive another of his water simply because he is the first to take it out of the stream. And so it is probable that in time, after litiga- tion, engineers will be called upon to di-1 vide the water supply of each stream, apportioning it to the land needing it. 1 It will be a troublesome question, andl some, certainly, will be deprived of a part of the amount tbeyjjave bought. IshouWlmPerfection' owinS tQ tna factthat want water out of a strong, short stream, or to go in with a settlement that took all the water, and all the land that could possibly claim any of it. Of course there are many such. They are having a practical trouble in many places, especially the great valleys, because there is no proper drainage, and the land soon becomes water-soaked, and of course unhealthy and unproductive. It seems about impossible to tell where cer tain fruits will grow and where they will not, except by actual trial. It is a very strange country. Its climate, fruit, &c, are very attractive. Excepting a few or anges called the " Navel," however, they are sour, poor fruit juicy, but as sour as the poorest Sicily oranges sold East. I suppose improved varieties will prevail in time. I really believe that if the same effort was made m the South, not only to grow in quantities but to dry and can in the best possible Bhape, it would be more profitable with such fruits as will grow.. I sfnd you a little circular on dried fruits, and you will see that most of these goods can be grown around Highlands, or not far away, certainly in the Southern States largely. The statistics of canned goods make almost the same showing. The capital, energy, faith and time, which have been applied to the building of this trade, would do wonders in the South, and labor is cheaper there. You see there is nothing to do here, except for the few months m f ruit and grain harvest. I do not speak a predicting any back-set to California, although the Chinese question must hurt, because they have' not the la bor to care for fruit if the Chinese are immediately driven out. There is pmctir cally one sentiment here, that they are a curse to the country, and "must go.! The wonderful climate, and infinite va riety of productions, and immense returns under irrigation, will continue to attract people. The talk that landowners want to divide the land is an error. They do not, to any great extent, and are about as difficult to manage about that as the Southerners that is, they get scared, and raise the price of land, if settlers begin to come in. I wish I could try irrigation on some tracts in the South. I believe it would pay on some crops and fruits. In the Charleston Weekly Neics and Courier of the 17th inst may be found an interesting letter on grape culture. It is written by C. W. Wiecking, jr., of Walhalla. In view of the fact that grapes are so easily grown, and that the vines so soon become profitable, it is to be hoped that many of our neighboring-southern and eastern slopes may before very long be cultivated as vineyards. The experi ment has been tried on a small scale in Horse Cove, and the fruit always meets with a ready sale at good prices, in High lands, where much more could be sold. Long ago it was thought and said that on the slopes of the Blue Ridge were to be found all the conditions most suitable for the growth of the vine, in greater perfection than anywhere else on the continent east of the Rocky Mountains ; and there are doubtless very favorable situations quite close to our village. In the village itself the nights are too cool for the successful cultivation on a large scale of the finest sort of grapes, or those which are late in ripening, but a few vines trained on a building would no doubt grj)w and bear well. As Mr. Wiecking says, the fact of the grape being readily transportable long, distances, and not soon perishable, gives vineyardists a great advantage over the growers of strawberries, raspberries. &c., which can be kept at most but a few days and which never reach a distant market bear carriage they must be gathered be fore fully ripe. Many varieties of grapes may be kept for some months, especially by using "cold storage." v Mr. Wiecking gives a short list of the varieties grown in his father's vineyard at Walhalla, some, and perhaps all of which would be found to succeed here. Wilder, a fine black grape. Massassoit, pale red, early and excellent Lindley, pale red, an abundant bearer. Goethe, pale red, considered by Mr. Wieoking the best of the Rogers' hybrids. Concord, very productive and hardy, but the quality not so good as the preced ing varieties, and it does not keep long. There are many other sorts which might be added to these named by Mr. Wiecking, such as Brighton, Jefferson, &c. And it may also be said here, that one mistake is made every year by most of those who bring grapes to our market that of gathering them too early, when they are hard and sour, the vine not hav ing had time to elaborate the rich juices which give flavor and sweetness. If al lowed to hang unpicked for three weeks or a month longer, they would be very greatly better. HIGHLANDS MARKETS. Wheat .fl 25 to $ Buckwheat 50 Corn, new ' 50 Oats 50 Rve 65 Flour, per 100 lbs. 3 50 Western flour . . 4 50 Butter 15 Eggs . 15 Potatoes 40 Onions 60 Apples,;..... 50 Beans, per bushel. ....... 1 00 Chickens 10 Fodder, per 100. 1 50 4.00 35 50 60 1 50 15 1 50 50 .8 15 10 8 7 n . - u iiar, per 100 lbs. 1 00 Sorghum syrup. Dried apples,' per lb. 40 3 4 5 6 6 75 inea peacnes Dried blackberries Pork Beef Wood, per load-. uabnage, per jfc 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 ft. CUNNINGHAM, REAL ESTATE OFFICE, FRANKLIN", Macon County, North Carolina. Oldest House In Highlands, rOr. The Best of Food Proflucts. FIXE ST BItAXDS OF COFFEES and TEAS, O i M'LEAN'S FLOUR. Staple Hardware. -o- HATS, BOOTS $ SHOES, O- r Mayer & Ms Pocket Cutlery. DR. HARTERS FAMILY MEDICINES -o- Agent for John Wannamaker'g Custom & Ready-made. CLOTHING, T. BAXTER WHITE, Highlands. HIGHLANDS LAND AGENCY WE HAVE ON HAND ALARQE AMOUNT OP Farming, Grazing, Fruit Growing & Timber Lands, HOUSES AND LOTS IN THE TOWN OF HIGHLANDS, Beautiful Bnilm Sites, k Parties having cheap properties for sale in Macon, or adjoining counties, should correspond with us, as we are advertising quite extensively, and have superior fa cilities Tor handling real estate- Cg- For circulars" descnomg Highlands and vicinity, descriptive price lists, &c, call on or address S. T. KELSEY, Highlands, Macon County, N, .C,
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