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'01 '. M.'' 1 . 'Li.-. Vol. 1. HIGHLANDS, MACON COUNTY, K 0., FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1880. No. 37. The Highlands school closed last week. A whip-poor-will was heard here on The slide this side of the Bound Knob Hotel, on the W, N CH R R., was the. Tuesdaly evening. TKs revenue-.-officers airestcd three men in town on Tuesday night. Nice, fresh radishes from Horse Cove in town this week. Mr. Pavis and wife have moved into Dr. Wheeler's house, on Cottage Ridge. Mr. Buck and family of Florida, ar zrved at Highlands on Friday, April 9th. The train is again running from j Charleston to Webster station. The weather for the last week has been warm and spring-like. Gardening is the ordat.o th&dagf... WttrM .Hawkins and his son Hubert, of Horse Cove, leave for Bridgeport, Conn., on Monday next. " CoL Evans and family left Highlands this week ; they have taken a house near lirankun. . Messrs. Eugene and Stephen Pool ar rived here from Excelsior) Minn., this week. The Philadelphia normal school has substituted cookihgfor mythology in the studies. It is reported that the roads in the low country are in bad condition, owing to we recent neavy rams. there are therich counties of Mitchell and Yancey, ox cnoic&trUmtarv to. Asheville. largest that ever occurred on the road; drawn into the new current and animated it took four days to- clear the .track. Con- with a new Kfei and. on the other sidethe Three drummers for Richmond house were in town this week", one of them i& a son of Col. Ingram, of Franklin. Several wild turkeys have - been killed lately in the vicinity of Highlands. They seem tobe quite plentiful this, season. The WaynesvilliV?ir says r The train now runs as far as the Balsam, where hacks nwet passengers going westward. We learn that at the raineof Mr. C. D. Bowers, on Ioja, a solid block of verjl fine mica weighing 08 lbs. was dug out a ew aayssnce..rranflrroi rress. .... nection with Webster is entirely cut off for the present. KQrth Ctowjoffa Her ald. Some papers give- an account of a won derful spring in Ashe county, N. C, which is reported to possess remarkable curative properties in skin diseases, and in many other maladies. It was found in 1875, -but its locality was for some years kept a se cret by the discoverer who, it is said, heal ed many with the water "which he secret ly brought to his house. That delicious small salad, watercress, will thrive on moist soil in garden, but flourishes best when its roots and stems are submerged in water. The seeds should bsoiyro, if possible, in wet lands along the- streams and ditches : no sub sequent cultivation is needed. So favor- vorably situated they will increase jery rapidly by self-sown seed and extension of the reQta-r-New-York Semi-Weekly lrxbune. , A special.from Atlanta tQa, New York paper states that Col, Fry, a lawyer in Atlanta, has filed a writ of lunacy against Judge McKay, United States . iudee for that district, because he postponed the hearing of a". 'number of damage cases against the E, T. V. & G. R. R. Judge Mc.ft.ay was about a year ago, placed in an asylum near Philadelphia by his rela tives, but escaped, and after his capture voluntarily agreed tp remain awhile un der treatment. .Since his return he' has been continuously on the bench, and is now taking a vacation. The best varieties of lettuce for sum mer use are the Yellow Butter and the White Summer Cabbage. Jn a deep, well enriched soil they stand the heat well and remain for a long time in a con dition fit for use. These varieties form large heads, and on this account are ob jectionable to some persons. Where a beautiful county of Transylvania in which are stored s .many dormant sources of wealth, will ;ha.ve her seclusion invaded and ner treasures made accessible. Unti the meeting at Roanoke City we do. not know what will he expected 6f cowumini- nes aiong tne route selected On this point the Charlotte Observer says : the delegation feels authorized to say that this movement is oacned toy the JBaltimore & Ohio railroad, and capitalists in the tv of Philadelphia, who will give ample' aid uycompieung tne great woric . . V -,. . .; A remarkable bedstead; made to order by a Milwaukee furniture firm, is twenty- i our ieet wiae and nas nine compartments touu luwnaeu no noia one or tne purchas er's children. The Bland silver bill was defeated.in the House of, Representatives. Mr. Henderson of Nerth. Carolina, has introduced a bill in ConOTess'ta'redSice icner pusutgu iu uu ana one-nail cents, and postal cards to half a cent. Between the .first day of April and the nrteenth day or Uctober if is agamst the iaw to kill or uhoofej trap or-net any par tridges, quails, doves, robins, larks, mock ing Diras, or wua turKeys. to, do so makes the person eriulty of a misdemeanor and liable to a fine of $10 for each offense., It is also unlawful to destroy the eggs, of partridges or quails at any time. North State. Large quantities of maple sugar are be ing brought to Lenoir says the Topic, from the forests of Mitchell, Watauga cents per po una. HIGHLANDS MARKETS. During the past five weeks TfS.OOa in gold bullion has been shipped from the Charlotte mint, at the dullest season of the year. Asheville Citizen. The moonshiners are not shooting rev enue officers so rapidly as they did a few weeks ago in Georgia, They seem to begin to realize that a good many of their number will become awful exam ples. . ; ., y The Murphy Bulletin states that the rails will be laid on the Murphy & North ' Georgia Road to within 22 miles of Mur phy by July 1st. By January next the road will doubtless be completed to Mur- Wheat . . . . I 1 A yariety with smaller heads is desirwfilt n w V r 1 rrri j -i A Kjw iwuuu. jLiiiawa. uo ueucriuea as pc a. cij wmpaufc-growing vanecy, wiiii small, close, dark-green, crisp and tender heads which remain in a condition fit for use for a long time. Rural New Yorker. ....$1 80 our, per 100 IbsA v$ 50 T 1J5, 8 ....... . .y: . ...... Ml fiu ,M.uJ'i i I' BIGIIIDS LAND AQENOY' WK HATS Olf BAXD ALABQI AMOUXfT 09 ifarnafrg, Grazing, Fruit Growing &K Timber Landa, HOUSES, AND LOTS IN THR TOWK OF HHLANDS, Beantiful Buildins Sites, &o. No summer-blooming plant will yield a larger percentage-of flo-wers with so little attention as the petunia. On the' steep sides of a high, dry mound, or on a level bed of rich, moist soiL. the result is the same flowers continuously until hard freezing weather destroys the plants. They do not seem to mind an ordinary Butte EggsV. Potatoes Onions Apples-. t . . 50 Beans, per bushel ;. 1 00 Chickens 10 Fodder, per' 100. . . . 1 50 Hay, per 100 lbs 1. 00 Sorghum syrup . . .v. . . . 40 Dried apples, per lb. .... . 8 Dried peaches 4 41 frost that will kill the neighboring vege-1 Dried blackberries $ tation, but with the appearance of the sun, a fresh lot of bright blooms opens as cneercuuy as ever. The petunia is espec- Mr. Partridge is now making flour from ially adapted for rockeries and in vases, the whole wheat (after the manner of the "t rankhn Mufex which makes very ex cellent, nutritious bread ; we prefer it to bread made from the. above mentioned brand and there is the satisfaction of knowing it to be unadulterated. This is called "Granulated Flour." In Boone, Watauga county, there have been thirty-nine snow falls during the winter. It will be remembered that Boone is in the -very heart of the Alle ghanies, and has the greatest elevation of any county seat east of the JJississippi. Atheville Citizen. Mr. Rideout has sold his house and lot on Fifth Street to Mr. Buck for $700. When asked What house he rroDosed to occupy during the summer, Mr. Rideout . replied, "Ask the neighbors ; they : know more about it than I do.,? We leave the observance of this suggestion to readers. positions very trying on the majority of uowenug piaius. r or general use the single flowers are much the most reliable and. produce more bloom, but for pot culture under glass, the double ones are the most showy. A very rich soil ift not desirable, as in such the plants will pro duce more foliage than bloom. N. Y. Semi-Weekly Tribune, Pork ... 6 Beef . : .7 Wood, per load . . 75 Cabbage, per lb 1 Mutton, per lb., ..... a .... . .4 50 20 10 50 60 25 15 25 50 8 15 10 8 8 10, EIDEOUT & CO., Highlands, N. C. DE1LEBS X GENERAL MERCHANDISE AND COUNTRY PRODUCE. We Keep Constaitlj Oi Hani A Full Line Of Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Clothing, &?., At Lowest Living Prices. our From Horse Cove. We have been shown a very rich specimen of gold ore, found upon the farm of Dr. O'Farrell in Horse Cove. As far as we know this is the first gold bearing rock found in the Cove, although many thousand dollars worth of placer gold were taken from there before the. war. If there is a lead comparing in richness with the one spok en of, there is a fortune in it for some body. The Dr. thinks gardening more certain thau mining, and declines to prospect. . H. An illicit still near Gainesville, Ga., which for six years bad escaped detection, has been discovered and raided. The proprietor had dammed a small creek, , ostensibly to make a fish pond, and under the dam he placed his distillery, with tunnels for ingress and egress. The smoke was conveyed to his house and out through the kitchen chimney. HEDDEN MOUNTAIN, JACKSON COUNTY, N. C. . Editors Herald : At the Boston Company's Works,, near here, one crystal weighing over 200 lbs., was mined and said to be of very fine quality. The mica from two of these mines was mostly clear and good, while that of a third was part ly discolored, but of large sizes, which will make it very saleable. It is a pity il. Al . 1 " 1 1 f uwb iuww wuriuj were ciosea last weeK TXr0,.l n n sss turi and all work suspended, after finding Wanted, 10,000 Ot WOO! many inousana pounds oi mica. All the hands were paid off and accounts settled. It is hoped they may resume ODerationa .again and give employment to the people vi uiu secuon. x uere is some rumor of two other parties coming to this section for the purpose of mining mica and cor undum, and one party to open up :some of the gold placers at or near George town. Col. Sylvester is said to he th leader of the C. Herald. last named Company. N. w; A. H. 8. DRBSS.GOODS. Received, a new Lot of HATS AND SHOES, Just ii Season, ani. Better AND CHEAPER THAN EVER. The Roanoke City Meeeki. On the 20th of this month an organiza tion will be formed looking to an exten sion of the Roanoke Southern Railway Company with a vew to Southern con nections. If such line is built passing through Asheville, it will add another and a very important. spoke to the interests tliat radiate from this city as ft centre, and at the same tune will send a current of prosperity through communities that now are torpid not from choice but from ne cessity. If the Asheville route is chosen i B 0 YNTON BROTHERS & CO. CARPENTERS, BUILDERS AND"' CONTRACTORS. HIGHLANDS, ' : Parfies-lilavinff cheap properties for sale, in Macon, or. adjoining counties, should, correspond with us, as we are advertising quite extensively, and have superior far cilities for handling real esta o. For circulars deserioine Highland and vicinity, descriptive. jrie& JJsfo fcc., cau on or au T. KELSEY, HiOBXijrpq, AJacon County, N. O. J, JAY SMITH, MANUFACTURER OJf SASH AND JjOORS, FLOOfilHS, CEEJNa, !WIJi8,&C, Hiyhlctftda, Macon County, N. C. Highlands Insurance AGENCY 1& eonneoted wita only First-claw Compaai T. BAXTER WHITE, Agent BURKE & CUNNINGHAM, REAL ESTATE . OFFICE :. Macon County, fyrth Carolina, HIGHLANDS HILLS, WILLIAM PARTialPOBi Prop. CASH PAID FOB GBAIN, Wheat, Buckwheat and Bye Flour kept for Sale. JOB PRINTINGONE At ThS Hi6hl1dkb Ojtitt.
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