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Uolumc 10. j! A. MERRILL, Editor. |p 0 II in C E 11* S . > \clMTtlSt-llieillH. .!. BONITZ —Wil. Messenger, I;. IV J. E. if AITWOCK —Furniture. I 'J ie local editor is expected Lome • tod-iy. i >rxl reading oii every page of the paper. A\ ix-jit is ripe. Harvest Las j commenced. S Koyster »S: Martin's fine stock of over shirts. fc 23 (',tpt. R. A. Host of Newton is at J; wing Rock for Lis health. Lightning-rod men were active in town this week. Glorious rains make the farmers anil gardeners happy. Mrs. 11. Scott, of Statesville, is stopping at Mrs. Fields. Mi-ses Sara and Ellen Menzies are visiting relatives and friend at Old Fort. The flood in Pennsylvania kept usfi'»m Northern mails three days this week. j'r .J. C. Clapp of Newton will preach in the Reformed Church * Sunday. Mr. F. A. Clinard left Monday on his southern tour of selling Pied mont wagons. White and fancy vests at the White front Clothing Emporium. fc 23 The Host House in Newton is keeping up its old but good reputa ticii. C'apt. J. H. Payne and family of Waynesville are visiting friends in Hickory this week. Highland Commencement next week. Mr. Fab. H. Busbee delivers iiterary address Thursday night. I r f D Anna of Lexington, Ky., anivedin Hickory to day and will spend the summer with his family at M rs. Murrill s. S rry we could not attend the Whin l>v Dr. Wever at the Semina ry l'uesday night. We hear it was vt i v interesting. T; »re i- great activity around the '.Mhouse in Newton. Some are w■! .g on the Courthouse and oth er> n the croquet grounds. Mrs Clapp, of Newton, and Mrs Lint/ Smiley, of Moffat's t' • 1 Ya . spent Saturday with Mrs. M UP. ill, don't understand this cool >v; al «r. It' "Dame Spring is linger the lap of Summer" as they -v it st ems to us the mercury Nv IgO up. '!• I. N Rohannon started Mon i a month's trip through the in the interest of Hail and ' ' >u manufacturers of plug to v. ! ue raiders seized a still and • - and a lot of whiskey for M. s >r: :i:i of this place last week. w;iv of the distiller is hard ui»- t e infernal revenue system. A; ; nations for board at the Inn oeived almost daily from jr • > uth Carolina, Georgia, Flor -1 our own State, as to indicate : -t ..,.r City will be well patronized • >ummer. Will the powers that -ive a little attention to our : --ulth-giving Spring ? Flour Xlaulluvc Again. | . |j The wide awaKe depot agent good naturedly "took us to taw" about our local about hauling flour from Newton iu wagons instead of ship- ' ping by railroad. He says the freight on a sack of Hour from New- 1 ton is 8 cts. and estimates a two-f j horse load at 20 sacks paying the i team £1 GO. On the other hand the haulers say they haul 25 sacks which pay them §2.00 for their team and they save the damage to sacks and : j loss in weight by rough handling and also the hauling from the depot to their stores. It looks like 8 cts. I a hundred for transporting flour in sacks ten miles is tolerable high i . h freight but you pay your money and take your choice. P. S:—Another man heard from 1 He is hauling rock from here to I Newton and lime from Newton here ' because the railroads charge more freight than the hire of his team to do the same work. We believe the railroads need a Commission to pro tect them from their own greed. I,lst of Jurors for July Term, FIRST WEEK. M. C. Tetzer, J. It. Smith, Silas i Wike, Sidney Carpenter, R. P. Rein- j ! hardt, Make M. Smyre, A. A. Hoo- i ; ver, A. D. Whitener, P. A. Coulter, i S. T. Wilfong, C. A. Wyant, A. B. j Mull. R. O. Ramsour, Moses Aber-j uethv, Nick Martin, Elijah Towns- j end, Henderson Sigmon, T. E. Field, j J. M. Miller, John A. Hoke, Jonas I Cline, A. M. Huit, Lawson Sigmon, John Stine, Rich. J. Lowrance, J. H. Trolinger, Samuel Turner, J. R. Stiles, John Sherrill, Miles Edwards, T. F. Connor, F. O. Robinson. M. M. i Gabriel. M. H. Taylor, T. L. Bandy | and John D. Caldwell. I SECOND WEEK. J. S. Deal. A. J. Seagle, J. Wesley i | Sherrill, N. \. Fry, P. C. Hall, F. L. ; Herman, P. G. Herman, John Ga briel, Sylvanus Holler, Lawson Mos teller, Noah Huit and J. E. Wilfong. I : I.lst v our Taxes. T 1 Under the law all property li »ble | to taxation is requited to be listed ; during the month of June. Persons who shall fail to give in ! ° j to the list taker will have to list be- , fore the Board of Commissioners | (•up 10 the second Mondiy in July)] and are required by law to pay 2f> cents for recording and live pei j centum on the regular amount to j ; tax; and all persons who are liable for poll tax and fail to give them selves in. and all who own property and fail to list it. by the second : i Monday in July, will be charged j with double tax. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, be ' fined or imprisoned. _ j I A Farmer ()al of Work. We heard a farmer sav last Fri day that this is the only year he has ever been out of work. He ha> worked over his corn and cotton and ! the weather is so dry that the grass is hacked so badly that it does not j show its head.—Newton Enterprise. Did he not know that "while the weather is so dry he should stn .the "round the oftener to give need ed moisture to vegetation ? A farm !er has uo time to be idle from seed j time to harvest, and especially iu a dry year. The Conover Improvement Asso ciation has been organized, with Dr. C. H Bernheim, Pres., J. F. Hun sucker, Sec. and J. A. Yount. Treas. | \ [ Don't fail to see Raster Mar ! tin's 2oct show case. I * IbtcUon?, IWortb Carolina, Cburs&av>, 3unc 0, ISSO. The Flood Fiend SWALLOWS UPTWO TOWNS IN ITS FATED PATH. THE APPALLING HOR RORS CROW WITH EACH REPORT. 12,5C0 Perscns Perish S:-neath The Murkj Waters, PITTSBURG, Pa., May 31.—A sud- 1 den freshet is reported in North Fork river east of Johnstown, Pa,; in the Allegtiany mountains. Two- i thirds of Johnstown is said to be un der water, and the railroad and tele-, graph lines are washed out. It is. said that the reservoir above the • town broke about 5 o'clock and an j immense volume of water rushed through the city carrying with it death and destruction. Houses j with their occupants were swept j I away, and hundreds of people werb I diowned. There is no communica | tion with Johnstown, but the tele- ( egraph operator on the Pennsylva-1 nia Railroad lower down at Long j Hollow says at least 75 dead bodies ■ have floated past. NEW FLORENCE, Pa., June I. —W. I N. Hayes, just returned from Johns- j 1 town, says that place is annihilated, ; ' and Cambria City swept away. Ful ' |ly 12,000 lives were lost. All the or- j chards, crops and shrubbery along the banks of the river have been de- stroyed. One hundred bodies have been re-; covered at Nineveh. Seventy persons are reported burned to death in a liie in Johns-, town Bridge. JOHNSTOWN. Pa, June I.—The wa ters which overwhelmed this town | yesterday, carrying death to hun | dreds and misery to thousands, are : subsiding rapidly. It is no exager- ; | ation to say there are mourners in every family. It is impossible to describe briefly the suddenness with which the dis ; aster came. A warning sound was heard at Connemaugh, two miles : distant, a few iniuutes before the. , rush of waters came, but it was at-; tributed to some meteorological dis ' turbance, and no trouble was bor rowed because ot" a tning unseen. ' The low. rumbling noise increased in volume, however, anil came near er. A suspicion of danger began t force itself upon even the bravest, i which was increased to a certainty a few minutes later, when, with a rush, the mighty stream spread oui in width. There was no time to save themselves, and many unfortu nates were whirled iuto the midst oi" the stream before ther could turn around. Men. women and children were struggling in the water, and it is thought many of them never reached this place. Here a similar scene was enacted, only on a much larger scale, as the population is greater, and the sweep in whirlpool rushed into a denser mass of humanity. It was A TWILIGHT OF TERIIGR ?nd the gathering shades of evening closed in a panorama of horrors that lias few parallels iu the history of casualties. Now and then the wa ters would wash against the one side lof the mountains and then to the other side, carrying with them their human freight. I The water is too high to even at tempt to estimate the extent of the disaster, but the nty is a complete wreck. The fugitives are returniug o O to the place, wheie a few hours ago they were happy and prosperous. WASHINGTON UNDER WATER. WASHINGTON, June 2.—The bright warm sun shone forlh pleasantly in a clear sky here to-day and the 1 northwestern part of thf> city never looked more lovely. Rut alon ,r a ... , n , good part of the principal business thoroughfare. Pennsylvania avenue, , and adjacent streets, there was a dreary waste of turbid water five or i six feet deep, tiding basements and causing great inconvenience and con i # I snlerable loss of property. Boats plied along Pennsylvania avenue and , things wore an aspect resembling the descriptions of scenes in cities : built on canals. A carp two feet | long was caught in the ladies' wait ing room of the Baltimore and Poto ! mac station, and several others were I caught iu the streets by boys. These : lish came from the government fish pond, which had been overflowed. Along the river front the usually calm and peaceful Potomac was a ! wide, roaring, turbulent stream of ; dirty water, rusbing madly on, and ; bearing on its swift-moving surface j logs, telegraph poles, parts of houses and all kinds of debris. GOVERNMENT AID. President Harrison did not attend church to-day, but spent his time in | communicating with people in the flood d stricts, with a view to grant ! ing the sufferers such succor as lay jin the power of the government. He ; said that the government would sup ply as many tents and rations and soldiers to assist in the work of re clamation as possible. The oft'er of j soldiers was made for the reason that it was thought they might be useful in clearing away the debris, searching for the drowned and guarding property. FLOOD IN WATAUGA COUNTY N. C. News from Boone on May 30 tells of the greatest rainfall ever se»-n there. The valleys are from one to j five feet deep in water, crops are washed aw ay and ruined, and fences have gone down the streams. From Boone the writer says: Our town, to night, presents a desolate and keart i rending appearance, our sidewalks are torn up, our bridges all gone, houses near the streams lifted by the mad Wats rs and torn asunder, anj streets lined with debris from the surrounding mountains. Down our main street thundered a stream of , water covering the entire street to the depth of abcut four feet, bearing on its bosom cords of fence rails, logs measuring 2o inches in diamf ter; and parts of looses, bridges, stumps and solid rocks measuring at least three feet in circumference were brought d >wn from the mountains and deposited on the streets. «)jr sidewalks are covered with f*-nc rails, logs, planks, etc. To repair tLe damages done in Boone tostreets and bridges will require several hundred dollars. The water came into the house of one woman an l carried off her bed-clothes and other articles, she and her family fleeing for their lives to higher ground. The damage done in the country cannot now be i estimated as the rai.i is still pourin r . It is sad to know that amid all this death and devastation tlx re were some creatures in human shape rob bing and mutilating the dead. Two Hungarians were chased from this work, and when the linger of a little child with a ring on it was found in the pocket of one they weie both lynched. Others were caught rob bing a safe and lynched, while oth ers were shot they ran from their savage work. Half a dozen or more have been hanged or shot to death. I' rom this scene of desolation and ruin comes the cry for aid. Thesur vivors have 10.-t all and are upon the j chanty of t-lieir fellow countr\men. j Their appeal should not be in vain. The South has often received help in tiuies of distress. Lot us now do as has been don« unto us. Claremout College Commence meiit. | SUNDAY JUNE «Hh—Baccalaureate | Sermon, at the German Reformed Church, by Dr. Clapp. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 11th—At I 8 o'clock —Art Levee. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 12th 1 At 8 o'clock—Annual Concert. THURSDAY, JUNE 13th AT 11 \. M.— Commencement Exercises. Recep tion from 0 to 11 i». m. Teachers' institutes. The following is a list of appoint i ments for County Institutes made tby the State Board of Education. 1 They will begin on the dates men i tioued, be held at the county seats i by the conductors whose names are given, and continue one week : Prof. C. D. Mclver—McDowell, I j second Monday in July; Mitchell, ! third Monday in July; Yancey, fourth Monday in July; Caldwell, j fifth Monday in July; Wilkes, first r Monday in August; Alexander, sec > oiul Monday in August; Iredell, third Monday in August; Rowan, fourth Monday in August. Prof. E. P. Moses—Madison, first . Monday in July: Buncombe, second Monday in July: Haywood, third Monday in Juh; Jackson, fourth Monday in July; Swain, fifth Mon day in July; Graham, first Monday .in August: Cherokee, second Mon day in August; Clay, third Monday In August: Macon, fourth Monday ' in August. Prof. E. A. A 1 Jerman—Hender ' son, first Monday in July; Transyl vania, second Monday in July; Polk. 1 ; third Monday in July: Cleveland, fourth Monday in July; Rutherford, fifth Monday in July; Gaston, first Monday in Yugust; Mecklenburg, second Monday in August; Cabarrus, third Monday in August. ; Prof. J. Y. Joyner—Currituck, first Monday in July; Camdem, second Monday in July; third ■j Monday in July; Perquimans, fourth Monday in .Juh; Chowan, fifth Mon • day in July; Gates, first Monday iu August. Prof. M. C. S. Noble—Onslow, first Monday if; July; Pender . Columbus, third Monday in July; Brunswick, fourth M mday in Ju!\. S. M. I' IM.EIi, State Sup. A Sec. B\l Ed. Tax l.istiiiK I or Hickory Township Aberneth 7 School House: Jim*- ."sth, Hickorv June sth, 7th. Bth. 14th and loth. S. E. Killian, List 7'akei. Roaster A: Martin has every shape , imaginable in their hat window. A good two story house, for sale or rent, beautiful location, near Ger man Reformed Church. Apply to J. N. Bohannot. 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