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Tom caa get aay book oa the Stat list by mall from VOL. X.--NO. 4$ MORGANTON, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS. bath ALL ABOUT-THE PEOPLE. Onr Neighbors, Who They Are and . What They are Doing.1 HICKORY WANTS A DISPENSARY 2 UoMAitoa, N. C. Z sec price-list elsewhere, n Srrn umimirnmtmnn trmmuxniaizzu School every erbrand. supt. Marriage In McDowell A Little Girl Take a Paper MaJ. H. IS. Bower Dead CleVeland and Monazlte Moonshiners Pork Stolen Averted Accident Turn pike Tolls in Watauga. t - PALPITATION OF THE HEART. Shortness of Breath, Swell ing of Legs and Feet. "For about four years I was trou bled with palpitation of the heart,' shortness of breath and swelling of the legs and feet. At times I would faint.- I was treated by the best phy sicians in Savannah, Ga., with no re lief. I then tried various Springs, without benefit. Finally I tried Dr. Miles' Heart Cure also hi3 Nerve and Liver Pills. Af ter beginning to take them I felt better I I continued taking them and I am now in better health than for, many years. Since my recovery 1 have gained fifty pounds in weight. I hope this state ment may be of value to some poor sufferer." i E. B. SUTTON,, Ways Station, Ga. . . Dt. Miles' Heart Care Is Bold on a positive Saar&otee that the first bottle will benefit. .lldruKgistssellitatSl. 8 bottles fortS.or It will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price Ij the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, ind. Mexican Mustang Liniment : Watauga. . Watauga Democrat, Jan. 31st. Dep. Col, E.. L.. CouDcill and deputy marshals, -N. '.N. Colvaid and J. C. McGhee are on a trip to Cut Laurel Gap, looking after the interests of Uncle Sam. .. ..The tolls have been so changed on the Boone and Blowing Bock Turn pike as to allow' a one, two, or three horse wagon' or buggy a re turn ticket for 5 cents in addition to oue regular fare, and Tour, five and six horse wagons lor iOceuts, in addition to one fare. AH per sons wishing to make : arrange meiits to work ont ttheir toll can do so by applying to J. F. Spaiu hour, Pres. Caldwell. Lenoir Topic, Jan. 301. ' Hon. W. H. Bower arrived in Lenoir Thursday in response to a telegram announcing the serious illness of his father, Alaj. D. E. Bower, ou the Yadkin. ... .Suu day morning, Jan. 27, at his home on the Yadkin, Major David E. J Bower, father of Congressman W. H. Bower, died alter a long and protracted illuess. In the death of Mr. Bower, Caldwell connty loses one of her most influential, promi nent and respected citizens, and his ueighbors a kind and obliging friend. He was a good inhn and was ready wnen tue deatn sum mons came. He leaves- an aged wife and three children and a large " number of relatives and friends to mourn his death. Mr. Bower was a little past 81 years of age. His body will be buried Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock in the family burying ground uear Elkville. A more extended notice of this- good mau" will anuear in tlfle Topiq next week. . . . .Mr. W. H. Fiiicannon, who lives near Baton iu this comity, has a hen "as is a heu." She is not conteut with laying an egg that contains oue yellow, but for about two weeks 8he.has eery day been lay ing an egg containing two yellows. Mr. Fiucauuou says he is going to save soiriTj of the escgs aud set them. It is a littlti remarkable. The best of it is she is a Demo cratic hen. - .. .Catawba. . HicVdW Press and Carolinian, Jan. 31st. MrJJ.D. Elliott weut to Kaleigh Toe8day night to exert, it is said. ade whiskey and io smell a moon shine distillery up a mount in branch or in a subterranean cell. So they found a blockade distillery and arrested a trio of Cleveland's citizens for violations of internal revenue laws, Messrs. Pink Falls, Junius Goforth and Noah Huff stettlcr. Goforth was tried, the case not proven and after being told to go forth and sin no nVore, he was set free. Pink Falls and Noah -Huffstettler were arraigned before.our two U. S. commissioners this week and were bound over, to ! U. S. court at Charlotte. A WATERY RAVE FOR 300 SOULS. North German Lloyd Steamer Elbe Goes Down Under the, Wave. RAMMED BY THE.CRATHIE.: Full Account of the XHsaster glneer'a Story Passengers Like Bats Women and Aroused from Sleep to Meet -The Ei Drowned J Children Doom la ! for Burns, - V Caked & Inflamed Udders. Piles, Rheumatic Pains, Bruises and Strains. Running" Sores, V Inflammations, . Stiff joints, ' Harness & Saddle Sores, Sciatica, Lumbago, Scalds, Blisters, Insect Bites . ". Ml Cattle' Ailments, Ml Horse Ailments, All Sheep Ailments, Penetrates Muscle, Membrane and Tissue Quickly to the Very Seat of Pain and Ousts it in a Jiffy. Rut in Vigorously. Mustang Liniment conquer Pain, Makes flan or Beast well azain. THE SUN. The first of American Newspa v . ' - - j" - .' J. Pets, CHARLES A. DANA, Editor. The American Constitution, the American Idea", the American Spir-- These firs, last, and "all the t'me, forever. , r I6 year. ' - SS a year, Ml a year. 'ally, by mall, - T -Uy and Spnday, by malt. The Weekly, -.v. . ,: THE SUNDAY SUN is the greatest Sunday Newspaper in -the world. Price sc. a copy. By 'm ail, $2 a year. Address THE SUN, New fork. , his influence in behalf of a Hick ory dispensary. , There is a petition for the . Legislature to make a new connty to be called Claremout, with Hickory as the coanty seat. We must have it. ....The dispensary law business seems to have got', its hold iu North Caroliua. Our friend Sena tor Sigmon says the people shall have it if they want it. The Sen ator gets every thing be asksfor and tries to get. The dispensary i better than the present system. That is certain, and would be a proper solution of the liqnorjraffic. Gaston. ' ' . Gastonia Gazette, Jui. 31st. , One day last week tue uazette received a letter from, a little gill from which the following is taken: "Euclosed you will find forty cents. Please send to me your paper for three months. lam a utile girl of eight sum tners. Have neither broth er nor sister. My playmates are my ptts the kitty, the lamb, the dog, and my dollies. I have beeu to school only four months. Mother gives me lessons at home. . I can borrow your paper, out Mother.! says the best way to improve in reading is to have one of my own. I see there is a corner in your paper, for the old folks, but none for the little folks, so this I sup- pose will oe piacea m tne waste basset corner Hope you will save the money aud -send the paper and a receipt. Succoss to the Gazette and its editor. l 4m Papa's Tomboy .( ' J. . Cleveland. -Star. Jan. 31. . v ' The mouazite business is still booming. Mr. L. A. Gettys went to Mooresboro Tuesday to ship a car load of mouazite from that place. Col. John A. Martin, of Mooresboro, is handling mouazite . W 1 - . i s in a storm, xuessrs. vjreitys anu Palmer, Mr. Kemp Keudall and others at this place are buying the yellow sand very extensively. Mr. Ephraini White has found one of the richest iniues of fine mouazite in the county. It was found up qu a iiui,jHway trom tue stream, where " it is v generally found. "Getty'S -says' it is-the fiuest quality .JptVitaonaziite. yet found-. White was onereu fpauu lor me privi lKTf: oikin g it, but refused. Other very fiue mines are being il&vfelopfd. '. ... Chief of Police Janes carried two negnes to Char- ibfte1 Satdfday who are wanted in Statesville : for larceny. An offi cer fiom Slatesville came to Cbai lotte and took the prisoners back. One of them belonged to the negro minstrel that took up camp here for about a week in December,- . ' Shelby Aurora, Jfta. A. C. Washburn, a clever and ertrprising citizen at Depew post ofiSce in Cleveland county, had a sad accident last Tuesday, Jan. 22. isoth , legs and one toot were se verely crushed by a log falling from a wagon, but we trust he will in a short time recover from this accident. ....The revenue officials are quick to scent block- Rutherford. Democrat, Feb. 1st. The pautry of Mr. D. P. Riser, who lives in that part of the town known as Oak View, was raided by-av thief Sunday night and robbed of a lot of pork. Mr. Riser heard the thief in the pautry and ran out, it was so dark he could not recognize him as he ran off. Sam W ilkinsoh say s that since he quit the liquor business and Carl Jay broke into jail, two new blind tigers have, opeued up in town. Who are thevt And what are the authorities doing for the suppression 'of the illicit liquor traffic f ....Mr. T. B. Justice overturned a table on which was a lighted lamp a tew nights ago. Instead of the lamp exploding and setting'everything on tire, it was extinguished in the fall and the only thmg broken was the chim ney. .. ..Sometime ago we men tioned the fact that Mr. Henry Portrum had cut an unusully large chestnut tree on his place. He in forms us that he made 405 good large rails from the tree. The butt cut made 100 rails. ... ..Mr., James Head, aged 78 years, died at his home in Green Hill township, of pueumonia on Thursday of last week. He was a member of Moun tain Creek Baptist church, and was a good man. McDowell. Marion Record, Jan. 31st. Mr. Pink Simmons accidentally shot Mr.Graysou Roone last week while hunting. We learji that the wouud is quite serious. It was made by a rifle ball and penetrated the left arm, then entering the shoulder passed through. Dr. Geo. White is attending the case and is doing all that medical skill can for Mr. Roone's recovery. .. ..Ou last Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock Mr. Frauk Wood aud Miss Edna McCurry were united in marriage at the' Presbyterian parsonage, Rev. W. H. White officiating. The bride is a daughter of Mr J. C McUurry, postmaster of Marion, and is a popular and accomplished young Udy. Mr Wood is a son of Kerr F. H. Wood, former presid ing elder of this district, aud is a cultured gentleman possessing many noble traits -of character. The Record extends its best wishes. Mr. aud Mrs. Wood left Ma rion ou Sunday eveuing's train in the midst ot a shower of rice, old shoes and ..congratulations, lor Winston where they will reside. ....A Government fish car spent last Sunday in Marion, and was laden with "speckled beauties," carp and other varieties. Mess McCurry, J. G. Nichols and Dr. B. J. Burgin were among the . gentle men who received large numbers of fish and placed them in Buck Creek aud the Catawoa Kiver. Dr. Burgin had 1500 carp aud perch put. in the river at his farm, and the' speckled trout weut to Buck Creek Some 700 or 800 of the trout died io transferring them. the Icy Waters Cut Kearly in Half by the Iron Ship Crathie Americana on Board. Baltimore Snn.tfan. 31st. London, Jan. 30. The North German Lloyd steamer Elbe, Cap tain Von Gossel, from Bremen yesterday for New York Via Southampton, has been sunk in collision with the British Steamer Crathie, bound for Rotterdam from Aberdeen. At the time of send ing this dispach the exact loss Of lite is unknown, but report has it that it was enormous.. The dis aster occurred before daylight this moiuing at a point some thirty miles from the Hook of Holland. -The first intimation of the dis aster came from Lowestoft, Suffolk, one of the chief English fishing potts. Late this afternoon a dis patch was received from that place saying that it was reported there -that a trans-Atlantic line steamer bad been sunk in the North sea, and that the loss of life was very great. The first dis patches stated that there had been 350 persons on the Elbe, and that only niueteen had been saved, the rescued having been landed at Lowestoft by fishing smacks. Later dispatches to the Ex change Telegraph Company and to Lloyd's confirmed the report of ' MET DEATH UNDER THE CARS. A Citizen of Louisville Commits Suicide at Ashevtlle. Asheville Citizen. Samuel A. Miller, who has been living in the late Judge Astou's residence on Church street for three or four months, stood uear the railway tracks at the passen ger depot this afternoon when No. 12 came in. I Suddenly Mr. Miller threw him el . forward, and, despite the efforts of a friend who stood near him, pitched under the moviug .train. Two coaches passed over his body, cutting and bruising it shockingly. The body was taken into the baggage room, whence it . , s a was later removed to ine under taking rooms of J. V. Brown & Son. . i Mr. Miller was an elderly man, and had been living in Asheville some time. He came here from Louisville, Ry., with letters of in troduction to the First National bank, and the tetters he presented showed him to be a prominent citizen aud a millionaire. He was a director of the. Bank of Ren tucky. . ' A family, survives hinj. Running the Clock Backward. This apparently impossible feat is easy to the' watchmaker, but more wonderful is the nepromancy which makes the old young again. Yet that is very much the effect Dr. Pieroe's Favorite Prescription has on multitudes of Drematurely worn-out, broken-down women, who seek in it relief from the manifold woes of their sex. Backache, dragging pains, displacements, nausea functional derangements aua irregu larities disappear before its use as by ma&ric. . For nursine mothers and all debili tated and run-down women, it is the most effective restorative tonic and aoothiner nervine. DisDels melancholv and produces refreshing sleep." Tp those about to become mothers, it is a priceless boon. Jt lessens the pains and berils of childbith. shortens labor, pro motes t'ie secretion of an abundance of nourishment for the child and shortens. th period of confinement. Mrs.-Emily Thome, who resides at Toledo, Washington, says she has never been able to procure any medicine lor rheumatism that relieves the pain so auicklv and effectually, as Chamber Iain's Pain Balm and that she has also used it for lame back with great sue ceBs. For sale by T. L. Hemphill Druggist. the loss of the steamer, and still later it was learned that the steamer that sunk the Elbe, bad put mtO'Maasluis, Holland, in a damaged condition. She reported that she had been in collision with an unknown ocean steamer. Toward evening tbe agents iu this city of the North German Lloyd Steamship '3ompauy re ceived the followiug cable mes sage : "Most deplorable news from Lowestoft. It states. Elbe sunk through collision six this morning. Boat No. 3, with Third Qfficer Stallburgh, Purser Weser, Engin eer Neussell and nineteen persons, landed at Lowestoft. No further news so far. 1 When the news of the disaster became generally- known through the medium of the tickers of the Exchange Telegraph Company in tbe clubs and places of public re sort tbe excitement was intense. Cable dispatches were at once forwarded to all principal Eu ropean cities, and soon a flood of return dispatches were received asking for further information, which at that time it was impossi ble to obtain. The agents here of the company lid everything possible to learn all the facts, and as soou as any new information was received it was at once cabled to tbe various European capitals. . The dispatches from Germany show that the news caused the greatest excitement- and sorrow, most all the officers and crew ol the lost steamerand a majority of the passengers being Germans. It was at first hoped that the re ports of tbe disaster bad been ex aggerated and that most, if not all, of the passengers aud crew bad escaped either by means of the ship's boats or by being picked up by passiug vessels. But as time wore out it was ap parent that tbe first reports of the sinking of the steamer had mini mized the horrors of the disaster. Many dispatches were fowarded to Maaslnis to the commander of the steamer Crathie, asking him if he had rescued auy of the Elbe's passeugers. However, no answers were received to these dispatches and the belief grew that .the Crathie after the accident bad rather sought her own safety than to rescue the people on the doomed Elber One report has it that there were about 400 persons on the Elbe, 240 of whom were passen gers, lou omcers and crew a nuui ber of cattlemen who were return ing to the United States. THE COLLISION. From the details now at hand it is learned that the Elbe was pro ceeding along at her usual rate of speed aud keeping the ordinary ookouts; The night was dark, but their was no gale. Suddenly tbe forward lookout on tbe Elbe reported to the officer on deck that tne lights ot a steamer were close aboard over the port bow. Before the course of the Elbe could be changed so as to sheer her off from the approaching steamer te latter strtick her just abaft the engine-room, going through her plates as though they were paste-board, and sticking her nose almost through rue hull of the Elbe. ForatimetheCrathielield the Elbe on her nose, but then her engines - were reversed and she back out of the aperture she had made. As she did so the wter rushed into tbe Elbe in a, torrent aud she bega,u immediately to set THE LIFEBOAT SWAMPED. The officer iu charge of the ship at once saw tha she was doomed and gave bqrried .orders to clear away the lifeboats for launching. Three of tbe boats were cleared swung out board on the davits and lowered, bat oue of them shortly after it got clear of the steamer, capsized, and it is thought mar an oi us occupants were drowned. The -first boat contained tbe third officer, chief engineer, purser and aborit twenty of the passen gers. These passengers are per sons who were picked np by the fishing smack and taken to Lowes toft. From the survivors it is learned that as soon as the Crathie backed away trom the Elbe the inrushing water flooded the steamer aft of the engine-room so quickly tbt nobody below decks in that part of the ship had an opportunity to escape. xne snocic ot tne collision was comparative slight in view of the damage done, but this is explained by the fact that it was a direct cutting blow. Nearly all the pas sengers were asleep at the time, bnt many of them were awakeued by the shock, slight though it was. They could hear the rush of the rapidly inflowing water, aud, with cries of terror, sought to make their way to the upper deck. The steamer being loaded by tbestern the water naturally rushed afr,and this allowed many of the passen ger forward to reach the deck. In the case of tbe saloon passen gers, however, the resnlt was fatal. is they rushed from their stateroom into the saloon they were met by tbe torrent, against which it was impossible for them to make headway. They were caught gap and swept aft to ward thecookpit, where they were probably drowned before the sbip foundered. THE ELBE GOES DOWN. Altogether, about fifty of the passengers reached the deck, where the wildest confusion ex isted. Wild rushes were made for the boats, but the terrible excite ment prevailing impeded the ef forts of those who were trying to clear them away. Many heart reuding scenes were witnessed be tween parents and children iu tbe few moments preceding the sink mg of the vessel. There is some disagreement among the survivors as to the num ber of boats that wefe launched. One survivor, Rarl A. Hofmaun, declares that only two boats were launched. Oue of these was swamped instantly and only one of its occupants, a girl named Anna Boecker, who was bound for Southampton, was rescued. .She clung to a .piece of 'wreckage, which she grasped so tightly that it was ouly with difficulty that she was dragged into the second boat. She was just returning from the deathbed of her father and moth er. - . Meanwhile the cry was raised ou the doomed vessel for tbe wo men and children to go over to tbe other side of the steamer, away from the port side, in which was the gapiug bole caused by the Crathie. The half-fainting wo men and terror-strickeu children hurried to the starboard side, but they had scarcely reached the boats wbeu the huge vessel lifted her bows high in the air, and then slowly and silently sank, stern foremost, beneath tbe waves, takiug with ber her human freight. Barely twenty minntes elapsed between tbe collision and the sink ing of the steamer. A heavy sea was running and tbe wind, which was from the east south-east, was bitterly cold EXPERIENCES OF THE RESCUED. Mr. Rarl Hoffman, the husband ot .Mrs. Anna lion man, is among the survivors. He is in a condi tion of terrible distress from the loss of bis wife aud son. He pa thetically exhibited a gold watch that his wife had slipped into his hand as she parted with him to go to the starboard side of the steam er, when the order to that effect was given. He said : "We left Bremerhaven on Tnes day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Our cabin was one of the second-class and was within six feet of tbe spot which received the lull force of the shock. "My wife, child arid I were asleep, wheu I was awakened at 5.20 o'clock by what seemed to be the ringing of the gong that is used to call the passengers to meals. Finding that it was still dark, I jumped out of my berth, ut heard nothing to alarm me. I went back to my berth again and mmediately heard the inshing of feet and shoutiug. I concluded something serious had happened, and seized some clothing. I awak ened my wife and child, who hur riedly dressed, and then we all rau along the corridor with the others to tbe deck. I was kuqeked downstairsvhen I reached the top, but my feet caught on a hook aud I managed to save myself from being trampled upon. I got to the port side and saw that great damage had resulted from the col lision. The water was then rush ing into the steamer in a great torrent. The air was very dark, though the sky was clear.' The sea was very rongh. Two boats were lowered. I caught my boy aud threw him into one of the boats. Calling niv wife to ac company me, l got into .it, but at that moment there was a shout for tbe women and cbildreq to go to the starboard, side. -Slipping ber watch, iqta my hand, my wife left tne apd the boy was taken out of the boat. While I sat there I saw one boat swamped) We tried to rescue those in tbe water, bnt all save one, Anna Becker, disap peared. Our boat was then shoved off. We saw many ves.setst but could not attract their atteptiou. We used sail aud 'shirts for sig nals, bat the passiqg vessels paid no attention to their. Eventually tbe signals were answered by the smack Wildflower. After the collision rockets were ately after we had left it. I do not believe that the steerage pas sengers were aware of tbe acci dent, because the collision did not make much noise. We were ex posed to a heavy1 sea and bitter winds for over five hours. Tbe boat shipped water constantly." THE CHIEF ENGINEER'S STORY. Chief Engineer Neussell in an interview said: "The steamer that ran into us appeared to be a vessel of about 1,500 tons. Nothing was visible oy which either her name or her hailing port could be ascer tained." The chief engineer declined to give any opinion as, to how tbe catastrophe happened. He said that the Elbe bad had a good 'passage until the accident occurred. Not more than twenty minntes elapsed before tbe steamer sank. It was only the position that tbe Elbe assumed when the water rushing into her made its volume felt that prevented tbe launching of more boats. Everything possible, including the firing of rockets, was done, in the short time before the vessel settled down. Tbe night was very dark at tbe time of tbe collision. ' There being a difference of opin ion as to the number of boats that were launched, tbe . agent of tbe company has employed a steamer to proceed from Lowestoft to tbe scene of the wreck arid search for any of the survivors that may be afloat. The German vice-consul has purchased a quantity of cloth ing for tbe survivors and has done everything in bis power to relieve their distress. The rescued are now at the Sailors' Home ,at Lowestoft and tbe Suffolk Hotel at that place. FIGHT FOR LIFE BELTS. cabin passengers, 130 second cabin passengers and 900 steerage pas feengers. THE CRATHIE. The crathie is an iron screw steamer of 475 tons register, and is a trader between Aberdeen, her hailing port, and continental ports. She belongs to W. T. Moffat t, of Aberdeen, and was commanded by Captain Kennedy. TAB HEEL TIDINGS. A Few Short Nawa et. The dispensary law seems struck to North Carolina with have favor. Tbe Newberne Fish, Oyster, Game and Industrial Fair begins Feb. 18th and 'asts till the 23d. Hickory is to have an election to vote a bonded debt on the town for the purpose of putting np water works. They also want a dispensary. " - Bnba Haner, Smith Leonard and Clyde Grimes, three yonng boys who live in Lexington, took it into their heads to skip one night last week. Accordingly when the north bound passenger train rolled in at the depot last Wednesday night these boy's boarded ber and started out on their career. It is said that the condoctor detected that they were "beating" and put them off the train just this side of Greensboro. It is supposed tbe boys tramped it on to Greensboro. It is evident that the boys only meant a little harmless fun. and took this man ner to exhibit it. They all came back home w safe and sound " Fri day night. Ex. ' i Absolutely Pure. A cream of tmrur btklnr powder. Ht su la learning 8'rnirtU. Lattit tnn. or Am OoTiBXMurr Food Kxtokt. IlojalBaklns: Powder Co., 10 'Wall st v. t. January Woolen Prices. A . passenger named Bothen, who was going to Southampton and thence to France, says that only two boats were lowered. Mr. Vevera, of Cleveland, Ohio, was returning home from a visit to a sick brother. He was accomp anied by his niece, whom he fears was drowned. He says that he looked at his watch at half past 3, when everything was going along as usual. About ten minutes later he heard a terrible crashT He went on deck, where he found the mailman, who calmly told him that nothing had. hap pened, Mr. Vevera disbelieved this. and went in search of his niece. He could not reach her cabin owing to the shattered woodwork. He then went to his own cabiu and got a life belt, after which he returned to tbe upper deck and found the boats being lowered away. He asked permis sion to enter in one and was told that the women and children must go first. Thereupon be quietly looked on. By this time the men were madly alarmed. Mr. Vevera added : "Some of them -tried to tear my life belts from me. I managed, however, to repolse them. In the meauwbile tbe boats were filling with men. I realized that with me it was now or never, and jumped on the rail, and as tbe boat sheered off aud rose on a sea I jumped aboard of ber. A man tried to expel me, bnt 1 clung to him, spying to myself, If 1 go, you go too. He then desisted. We saw the Elbe sink, after which we cruised about until tbe Wild flower rescued us." Mr. Vevera's leg was badly bruised, but otherwise he is no worse for his terrible experience. - Chief Stoker Fuerst says that the inrush of the water quenched the fires quickly. All below knew trom the torrent pouring in that nothing would pievent tbe vessel from foundering. He saw tbe cap tain ou the bridge when he went on deck, but-did not see the pilots'. ROCKETS FIRED FROM THE ELBE. Cwrlif from LUe. Wilkcaboro Chronicle. A serious stabbing affray oc curred np in Mulberry township last week. Troy Dancy got on the rampage and cut Frank Myers. Lee Bash swore out a warrant for Dancy Aftewards Dancy tackled Hash about it, and after a few words in which Bash acknowl edged to have sworn out tbe war rant, and Dancy taking out bis knife cut Bash, making a danger ous wonnd. We are selling at rery low prices, worth your consideration. Fur Capes, Down Quilts, Ladies Coats, Fine Dress Goods, Woolen Bed Blankets, Men's Woolen Underwear. A Cutting Scrap. Mecklenburg Times. The Bee Hive and the Blizzard bad a big cutting scrape Saturday. The Bee Hive put out a sign, "Shirts at 15 cents."" The Bliz zard saw the sign, and in order to sell more shirts than the Bee Hire, also put out a sign "Shirts at 12 cents." They kept np the cutting prices until the Bee Hive put down its shirts to 7 cents apiece. Tbe Blizzard conld't e-tand that, and took in its sign. Mr. Collins says the Bee Hive is hard to down. Under the new tariff, there his been no duty on raw wool since Oct. 1st, 1894. . The new tariff reductions on manufactured woolens became op erative Jan. 1st, 1895. The prices on all of our Woolen Goods have been made to conform to the new woolen schedules, a saving from 25 to 30 per cent. W. H.&R. S.TUCKER & CO., RALEIGH, 1M. C MtllMIIHIMII Fomnd Dead. Burlington New. On last Saturday morning as Mr.. L. W. Holt, was coming to town be found George Hunter, colored, lying cold and dead near bis, Mr. Holt's, nursery, beyond tbe suburb known as Petersburg. He hurried on and reported the fact to Mayor Hall, who is also a jus tice or the peace, there being no corouer to notify, as the new coro ner, Dr. Cummings, has not yet qualified. After a short while dis cussing tbe matter Dr. J. K. Stockard was persuaded to act as coroner pro tern and hold an .in quest, ueorge was seen very drunk out in tbe country the even ing before and no doubt got down in the cold rain which fell in tor rents the first half ot Friday night. fired 'from the steamer, but no help came. ' I think it was impos sible that any others were rescued, as the ship sank almost immedi- Tbe Standard in its report of the disaster will tomorrow say : There was a tremendous sea running at tbe time and the morn ing was unusually dark. As lights were seen in various directions, showing the presence of otter vessels in tbe vicinity, rockets were speedily fired from the Elbe in order to warn them. About 6 o'clock tbe men on the .lookout saw a steamer approach ing, and in order to attract her attention more rockets were fired at shorter intervals. No attention was paid to these signals, and the steamer still came on, and before anything could be done the vessels collided. On account of the intense cold and roughness of the sea few, even of tbe steerage passengers, were astir so early, but tbe shock aroused everybody. Tbe passen gers crowded np half dressed and terror stricken. The officers tried to calm them, but their efforts were without avail. When it was found that the vessel was settling orders were instantly given to lower the boais, In a very short time thee were got alongside. The sea was running with great force, and one of the small boats wag swamped before anybody got into it. It is hoped that auotber boat will soon turn np. THE ELBE AND HER OFFICERS. The Elbe was a foar-masted iron screw steamer, 420 feet long, 45, feet beam and 30 feet A inches depth of hold. Her tonnage was 2,810 net and 4,&1Q gross. She had four decks and nine balk heads. Her ergines were of the compound- type, the cylinders measuring GO by 60 and 85 by CO inches and were of 5,C00 indicated horse power. She was built in Glasgow id 1881 by the Fairfield Engineering and Ship-building Company. She was last surveyed at New York in July, 1894. She had accommodation for 120 first - . t . - : 1 Killed by Cherokee Scout. Arnold Keith, a shoemaker of Blue Bidge, aged about fifty years, was killed by the train last Tues day, two and one-half miles south of the State line. Keith had been to Culberson for whiskey, and on his way back home he broke one of his jugsand went to the house of a Mrs. Arp to get another, which be failed to get. He went away and lay down on tbe track, in a .drunken stupor. We learn that a son of Mrs. Arp bad gone for help to get him off the track, but before be got back tbe train from Murphy to Blue Bidge came alongL and, as he was laying across the track at a short reverse curve, engineer Urimtns could not see him and his bead and arm were severed from his body. Keith was kind-hearted, 1 Does This Hit You? 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