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RALEIGH, JULY 16. 18S0.
ilore Taxes.
While th'
met ycFterv?
plaints con' .,
ren' state
etrotxirn t.
jeveru. ' .'
the fjet t br
ibe Sleigh
had receruiy
, m.vr.iy
"Sag the
i.i .;.;'
her v:.-.'-
he CTth i
Coiuiu't-iiHiers
to henrcon
'F'tSSTVeiltS f
li.ev do voted
v : involvin.
T.S t-3'vcU O
olin.i and
and Gaston Railroads
pur. h.. sed a n u ni her of
lots as a sif e .'or a rvw depot. No de
cist; at ton or. t-ie parr oi the 'aitroaos
to t-5 v . ax r-n Vc: yvr.-pi rry, but the
CoinmL's'oners evotlv thought it
best to "take ti;u? by ti9 foe!oek''
atifl p? a'"r,ic ''':i? ill. & ?. It. U
ers summer r I t lie c Hit: yesterday
to show c;;: e whv a county tax
should no' r-
prcpey:
. Solvent cm
$19Sy2
One t hi !.'d of
chiaeshor.s in
1 oa the
fohowing
to t!'3 ;mo:irit of
of the ma-
i7-. Tien
f'.
ths vp'
'his cty
One third of the value of thoRcuad
House in ti e c't,v, 3f5,?3Q.
The cott-n p'slcrra, $"10,000.
Lot xsar the TT..rgt street station
$4,000.
Total for ih-s It. & O. 332,523 011
which the eomrrnssictjers wou'd like
to have t ir.rs pair! to the county.
Maj Jno. 0. Vitde:Genernl Mana
ger, and Maj. Jno. W. Hinsdale were
before tb.3 board, and after some con
saltation the matte? was deferred for
further consideration until Juiy 8 th,
when the coirroissione-s wid ba in
session as-in.
Began Wiil Flay s ml Ended in
luriler.
Eichmccd Pi'ptch
Chabloit::, X C, Ju'y 11. A spe
cial from Lexington, N. C, 'ays that
a cold blood d .nd cowar iiv r. urder
was ecinrai.c-:!-d tliere o-j i'elU'i
v. he particnb rs a'e about; as fot'ows
A week or '"a dsysaao a party of
young ineu irce bathing in rhe Yad
kin river,, in what i known as the
Horsestoe bL::!, in Boone township,
ome twelve or fourteen miles west of
Lexington, iu Davidson county.
Whi'e the p:v ty wasin the river Bob
ert P.ii:tli au 1 T omas Shrpa com
menced throwirg mud on each ether
io a p'ayful manner at first, but.fin
aily they gov, ma i and. engaged in a
fight, in which it is siid Sharpe got
the better of ir. Nothing m:re was
thcught of the matter until Friday,
11th instant. On .that day Sharpe
for some reason went to the house of
ifr. Dedmontl, where Smith was stay
in. Sharp was sitting on the porch
when Smith came up aul began
abusing him. . harpe begged him to
go away and let him alone, as he did
not want to have any difficulty.
t?mith then re entered the house,
went to his room, and got his pistol.
He crme bck and struck Sharpe on
the head with it.knocking him down.
While he was down he tuok aim apd
deliberately ehot him through the
utomach, from the effects of which he
, died Saturday night,
v Young Sharpe was the son cf one
Davidson county's best river farmer.
He was jast twenty one years old,
was well educated, of good character,
and is said to have been studying for
tbeministry. He attended school at
Trinity College, and recently return
ed from a two years' co'iree at the
Cnivertity of North Carolina.
K. h. Finith has a very unsavory
reputation in his neighborhood. He
je charged with, Mffm 9fim:
One charge is that he beat and eat
an old man bo severely some time ago
that he afterwards died. He is gen
erally looked upon a beirg the lead
er of tha party that lyDched Robert
Perrier some aoo'.hs rgo. He is said
to bave boasted that he broke open
the jail door, and that he was the
man that put the rope over the limb
of the tire and that he helped to
draw him up. He has succeeded in
making good his escape.
JTo coroner's inquest was held.
31 rs. Dailyng's True Shot.
if rs. Fiv ncii Darlyng, of Fort Pierre
Fla., is a native Kanean, says the St.
Louis Gljbe Peruocrate, but her ex
ploits with gun aud ro I have proved
that she is well fitted for frontier life.
She in a great nViierwrman.and equal
ly proficient with the gun. Two
weeks ago she killed a big pant ier
under uioso exulting circumstances.
Necr their house flows a small crock.
and mar it is fixed th-3 wash houee
Big tr??s s'HTOiind and hang over it
uiaiuig it c'Ku &ipi uei,,;r.'iu! in the
hottest day. O.i this d.:y JJrs. Darl
yog'si 6 rv.mt girl was doing tho
weed's washing there, and with her
was Ifrs. Parly ng's youngest daugh
ter a baby of 2 year-j.
The mother was at the house doing
some vo: K,wtien a'l at one-she heard
ierriMe scresm from the colored
rl. ff.iiowfld hv Rhri'l er-'os fpnm her
Ivi'tr . Snstriiog up a Wictdiester
that i-iiu'? up beside the door, the
: med r.-ov'-pr darted toward the
crecs. A ha reaetiM tt sne heard a
loud j y, or uncarShy yell, that she
rec0g i.'V.i too wei; as rue tones or an
enraged pan flier.
Tho si'ene tht she beheld as she
ernerg upon ! ne creeiv s banK wilJ
never be effaced from her memory.
Seated uadra long, low, branching
rob of a water oak was her child,
looking un ?ato;the tree and crying:
piteoui-ly. The servant girl was lying
iowo nee.r by, her head buried In her
ap-on. almost aea-J witn lright. The
mother's q',ick ey3 glanced up in the
trco, and there encountered tho fierce
eyes and snarling face of a huge pan-
her that crouched low on its belly on
he limb, eyeing th child below.ever
n i emu lick'ng its chops at the
prospect ire feast before it.
The mother's nerves grew as stee
at the per;', of her beloved child, and
phe rai.-ert the gnn to her shoulder
end w ith steady jhiu polled the trig
ger. A hcrrii !e scream followed the
shot and a long yellow body shot
sw:My downward. The huge beast
had leaped the roommt -she had fired,
but. the r;3e ball had changed its
co i) "se.Ko thai it alighted severai feet
from ! he chiid. It landed on the
ground, ro'led over several times, and
b-n roe up pnd faced the woman,
s vei'ow fangs showing as it snarled
3d ?' e.i with r-ise and Dain.
feiowly advancing toward the he-
oic mother, the big cat snarled in-
cesiandy and us tan switched from
6ide to side, its rage increasing all the
while, When within a dozen feet it
gathered itceif together and sprang
at the woman She pulled the trisr-
ger, but the cartridge failed to ex
plode. St u n ned for a moment at this
mischance, the brave woman never
for and instant lost her wits. Spring
ing forward she grasped the big dip
per used for dipp'ng up water, and,
standing beside the big kettle that
was filled with boiling water, she
ladled it out freely and dashed it in
the face of her ferocious assailant.
This weakened the cat. and it fell
back, rolling over and over in its ago
ny, as the water was scalding hot.
Mrs. Parly ng continued to dash on
the hot water.and finally the panther
with a baffled cry of pain and rage,
hastily scrambled up a low tree near
Then the woman's pluck showed
itself. Beaching for her rifle, she ex
ancined the cartridges carefully, and
taking gco 1 aim at the yellow, furry
body amid the leaves above her, fired
three shots as rapidly as possible
The panthi r tumbled down in a hur-
y. and with one Ions$ wan d.ed
uira. lmnyn ciaspea nercnua to ner
bosom and ran swiftly to the house,
wh,cre she feu in a luint on the door
steps, iier nusbana, an hour later
on bis return from the post office,
found her just fitting up, the baby
patting ner moiner s cneeas ana say
ng; oae mamaia dooa- she it big
kitty."
The panther was skinned, and its
pelt now adorts Mrs. Parlyngs cosy
sitting room as a reminder of the
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