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SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA; TUESDAY. MAY 19th, 1896.
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S LOCAL DEPAETMEKT.
LEROY SMITH, - Local I?epoi:tj?i:
TELErnOXE NO. 5o.
IT'S LOCAL.
iOME OF THE5E ITEnS VH L BE OF IN
TEREST TO YOU.
Ill Jy Ikrnhardt is kept at home
with a sore throat.
JIr. E. C. Miller is confined to his
room by bickiiess.
'eeves Ilader, who became uxl
denly nek yesterday, is out again "to
day. M. L. Earnhardt is engaged in
building a dwelling house in DixoiL
ville. I'raver jneelinir services will be
conducted at Mi. Green Cauble's to
night. ' J
Tomorrow being a legal 'holiday,
both the banks of the city will bj
closedi ..
AVeareiglad to know that Mis.
C Tlf rnharlt, who lias been twite
ick for several day sr is better today.
AVe understand that Mr.'Chas. F.
'At well will be a candidate for the
Kepublican nomination for sheriff at
their county convention.
Lloyd iSwiccgood has secured a
position with Stewart Brothers, State
printers at Winston, and will leave
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to-morrow for that place.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. V .
A. Morris died last nii ht and was
buried this morning beside its sister
who was buried Sunday.
llobt. Bostian, the negro man
who was knocked in the head sev-
eral weeks ago, was up town today
for the first time since being hurt. j
The Would officoeems to be an
ill fated place just at this lime.
Another compositor, J. S. Williams,
was- .taken sick todar and had to
leave his ease. -
The family of Dr. J. M. Flippin
came over from Thomasville this
morning. They will occupy Mr. P.
P. Meroney's house on Horah street
near X: Wallace's. -
Mr. T. D. Roseman has returned 1
from a business trip to Texas. Mr.
Uoseman savs that free silver has i
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swepi ine oiaie, anu tuuu iuc pcu- L
pie are almost a unit on it.
Not the -r new woman but the
coming girls will serve ice cream to-
morrow evening on the lawn of Mr.
P. P. Meronev. Encourage these
-fair young workers in doing good.
You cannot be promised a refresh
ing rain but vou can be served with
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refreshing ices if you will come to '
the lawn party tomorrow evening on
- the lawn at Mr. P, P. Meroney's.
The members oi the running team
of the fire company and those who
have been requested to join are ur
gently requested to meet at the
Mayor's office tonight at 8 o'clock.
Do not. refrain Jfrom doing good
when the opportunity offers. Help
the young ladies at their lawn party
tomorrow evening. They will have
a variety of tempting ices,cakes, etc.
W. J. Todd says that it was not
during tbe" balloting that Judge
Russell called him a d d spy but
during an interim. The difference
, is immaterial but we make the cor
rection at Mr. Todd's request. t
, Mr. II. G. Miller, while out sein
inf this morning near Zeb, was bit
ten in the hand by a water moccasin.
The moccasin left three fangs in- his
hand which were taken out. He has
suffered but little with his hand al
though it is considerably swollen. -
Mr. P. Haut Meroney is
authorized collector of the
and will call qn those who
a dulv
Would
are due
us from time to t'me. Mr. Meroney
will also attend to receiving sub
scriptions, job work, etc.
Mr. II. T. Simpson has been ap
pointed a delegate to represent the
Salisbury Methodist Sunday school
at the conference of Sunday schools
and Epworth Leagues Avhich meets
in Statesville on tlie '29th.
The Comedy Company did not
meet last night oh account of the
absence of a 'number of the caste.
NTew lays have been received and
it is highly important that every
member should attend a meeting to
be held to-night. ;
The committee which is collecting
money for the firemen's tournament
is meeting with fairly good success.
They -would he glad, however, if all
who could would call at Swihk's
store and not necessitate' the com
miltee calling unoii them tor a set-
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tlement. . .:
"There Dy. His Love O'ersljaded."
The infant child of Mr., .John
brandon, w ho lives on the tarm ci
N. ! McCiinless'l 'near ,ftovn, died
this morning. It was buried this
afternoon.
Many Stra-Rrberrics on a Srtiall Scale.
V.r. Ed. Fesperinan, of Franklin,
one of the largest strawberry raisers
in 'the county, has brought to the
city about fi ve hundred jquarts of
berries since Saturday rooming. A
number of these were shipped to
other points.
In Bar Circl.s.
Mr. John Movie, wlfo for a long
time conducted sn salooon here but
who has been in Winston for several
years, is in the city making prepara
tions to come back to Salisbuiy and
conduct a saloon in the room ad-
joining IL C. Trott's bai: on Inniss
street.. He will open up n July.
Gov. Carr Pleased With Rockwell Fa m.
Gov. Elias Carr was evidently
pleased with his I recent i visit to
I Powan, as may be judged from the
following in the Paleiglr correspon
dence of the Charlotte Observer:
Governor Carr tells me he has
never seen so fine a herd of cattle
as the 150 on Capt E. B., C. Ilam
bley's farm' at Hock well, i Rowan
count7. One hundred cows are now
being milked, and these yield on an
average seven pounds of butter
i each per week.
Says the Populists of Rowan M on't Vote For
'-" Russell. 3
Capt. John Beard, chairman of the
Populist county executive committee
was asked this, morning what he
thought of Russell's nomination.
"I am not at all interested in it,"
readied the Captian.
"Will the Populists of Rowan
county vote for him in case the
Republican and Populist : parties
fuse?" was asked him.
"Speaking for the Populists of
Rowan, I can say that they will not,"
he replied. This is the seiitimeat of
nearly all the Populists with whom
we-have talked concerning Russell's
candidacy in connection with fusion.
Attention,. Consumers. ;
R. W. Price has the neatest beef
market in the city, i He has recently
refurnished his room; has a refriger
ator of his own design, which has
proved itself a complete success by
keeping meats cobb and fresh.' By
crivincr his business I his 6vt.. nersonal
iroticinn bis nnstomers are a"S"-4-
sured they will always find the very
best. NO ADVANCE IN PEICES.
I have bought 27 steers and heif
fers as good, if not the best, lot of
cattle as were ever sold on this
market. Buy the beef and be your
own judge.
r M. L. Jackson.
Swift's Silver Leaf, is thc.most
popular Lard on the market.
TWO WOMEN BEATEN.
An Infuriated Hob in Se ch cf a Political 5peak-
er Visits Two Houses and 1M is treats .
theWotnen. ' Much Excitement
. in the Neijhborhood.
There was, as we understood at
the time; an organized effort. on foot
in the neighborhood of Yost, where
A. L. Lingle and A. F. llileman
were advertised to speak last Thurs
day, to intimidate Mr. Lingle before
he had completed his speech. .The
discussion, however, was not held
and Mr. Imgle left the '-appointed
place on M r. Hileman's failure to
apjear. . Our correspondent from
A'ost writes us of the search of a
mob for Mr. Lingle and, failing to
find him, their assault upon two wo
men. He writes as follows
On May 14th, there was quite ah
excitement in this section. A mob
made up at the speaking; grounds at
Fink and Yost to see after A. L.
Lingle. The mob went to Kifnick's
and failed to find him and assaulted
Laura Hoseman and from there they
went to ;Gus Schenck'sj and again
thev failed to find him and there as-
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saulted Schenck's ' wife. ' The mob
will be looked after at the August
leim of court. This mob was hot
what .i.t should have been.
A Big Storm Reported. i
A big storm, accompanied by
thunder and lightning is reported to
reach here tonight. At the present
wwting the indications are that the,
prophecy will be realized even be
fore night. r
The country around. is parched and
a good rain at this immediate time
would prove a blessing. .
Downan RiwlnUi
Walter .Williams, colored, while j
undtr the influence of whiskey, took
a tumble down the embankment next
to the second bridge over; the South
ern last night. He fell a j distance of
about twenty five feet and was pretty
severely cut up about the; face. He
is laid up to-day but is not seriously
hurt. ,
Contractor Hamilton Builds for Salisbury.
Contractors. A. Hamilton came
up from Concord list night and will
remain here thijs week. He will soon
begin the erection of the stores on
Fisher street for Shaver and Wood
son. Work on the hotel Mr. Hamil
ton is building at the new!' Southern
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shops is progressing rapidly.
Another Change.
At the called meeting of ihe town
commissioners yesterday evening
complaint was ma'de by Mr. T. L.
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Swink before whose doorj the com
missioners recently ordered the coun
try beef wagons to stand. The board
thereupon ordered a change and the
country man with his beef wagon
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will nereaiter stop in iropt 01 tlie
old jail building near j the Lutheran
church.
The commissioners granted , per
mission to J. J. Allen to repair the
Rowan house which is being fitted
up by W. D. Walker, the present
proprietor. A double veranda will
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be placed in front of the house:
Please Read This.
Ge to J. S. Marable'sitent in the
old Washington building" opposite
the Opera house, He has a new re
frigerator. Has tested the same and it
does the work to perfection. He
will handle the best stall fed cattle
that the county can afford, regardless
of cost, and he will sell the . ame as
cheap or cheaper than, er before.
No flies on his meat, ; and correct
Flour: Rolled Ivin Mjsljc
and New South SuperlafeVe Paten
Flour. Same flour undtr different
brands. Advertises itseV In The
Sack and its lexcellent liaality &
Found In' The Oven and IVpon The
Tnblp. Ask vour Grocer Xr it.
dr.- vAin- bfAf mast: and rflB
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sausages ai.jach.wu . i
A lKrtJBLE TRACK.'.
The 5onthern! greasing; Business JS'ecessitatei
. Doua - , 'rack Between Greens
j t iand Salisbury.
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The Southern is soon to lay a
double track between Salisbury and
Greetvsboro. . This XVe learn from .a
reliable source. A new iron bridge
whicl -is to sjan the Yadkin for the
doubJe fe-abk 'Jhas beei built and will
be pfsced in a few months...
hfSouthern bridge force which
has-been in the citv severaldays left
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vesterdav but will return to' erect the
new bridge as. soqn an the.3 have
placed twQtherbridges. The
doubjo-track viir be to accommodate
the immense traffic which will v. be
brought oyer this road.
It has i
time that
been aarent for some
a single
track. -between
thesajpoints did; not "meet the. "re
quirements of the Southern's enor
mous traffic both freight and passen
per and it! is to this end that the in
creased facilities will be provided.
Tratfic, by this means, will be very
muc facilitated and serious delays
oncount of wrecks, blocked tracks
and such will be avoided.
They Psy for the Fight. ft
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Mil-is and Rosa Kaziah, the parti
cipants in tlie fight on Council street
Sijnday jnight, were before the
Mayor last night and -paid into the
city treasury $5.05.
rtrs. Holder Buried. . .
Eugene Holderieturned from
Statesville last night, where Le went
yestefdayjto attend the funeral of
his sister-in-law, Mrs. William Hold
er, wlio died Sunday evening. Mrs.
Holder., ' who 'went up yesterday
moru'ing, is still in- Statesvillev with
1 her son. H
The Executive Committee fleets Tomorrow.
The; Democratic executive com
mittee of
the Seventh district has
been!
called by chairman Pin nix to
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mee in this city tomorrow. The
com nitteej will select a time for hold
ing : convention to recommend 'two
dele ates to be elected bv the State
convmtiort to the Chicago conven
tion
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The
ity Hall 1 o Be Built at Once.
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another column will be found
a Lidice to
contractors calling for
bid?
for the new city hall which is to
be ffected .next month. The plans
for lie budding were made bv Mess.
Tinfiey and Seav, of this citv, and
it wl be a! credit to the town when
conleted.
Jist as
soon as the bids' are
the, lowest bidder an-
opejed and
noii
ced work will be begun on the
ing.
It is something that
Sahburv has long needed and our
cor nissioriet-s acted wisely in de
cid g to build it.
TheJVatchmat Suspends.
ie Carolina Watchman, pub-
j ,
lisl d here in the interest of Popu
lisi, has suspended publication.
Ed or Atkins has not been , in the
cit for several weeks and Mr. Mott,
of -edcll who was getting out the
pa r became discouraged l ist week
an quit work.
ie Watchman is probably one of
th ddest papers in North Carolina,
ha ng been established in 1832. It
is e property of a stock company
in ie county.
rom 200 to 300 bushels of corn
fo sale. Apply to L. E. Heilig.
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our T0tm cottage for rent, 'West
CI irch strecw ;
rLMcCuLLon.
q Bread, tickets at A. parterv
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for $1.00.
B
e ,. dayg. goods
T-i.r.av and fear
i PhAr
H4iyUrtford Bicvep
uommbia an
$60, 80 amistJET & Co., Agents
L , . , , : -
ioroidden from haulino-
Partto and leavincr it on nnr
deacLMyone doing so will be lia
Unlulictment: v
NEWS BY WIRE.
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THE LATEST HAPPENINGS OIVE ByfTHE
. ' WORLD'S SPECIAL TEU4WS.
-y: A: Uniform Ponishment for the Navy.;
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Wa s hi ngtox, I). C.', 3Iay 1 9.-
After careful examination' the Presi
lent has ajvpryed the report of- the
navabloard, appointed to prepare a
codev of uniform r punisliments for
11 al offences.. Here after the navv
will eiijoy.with the army advantages
of nnifonnitj of iseiHehce that may
be . jmpdsetf i;,by , 4 court martial for
offenses similar in character. The new
Code will bnublished in a few days.
On Weyler's TraiL ,
(By 6ecial teledm i ; ' j
Havana, May 19The Tnsur
gents have burned $34,000 "worfh of
leaf tobacco at Tumbadero, Guira
melena and ' Valor.. It is reported
that. Maceo and Gomez intend to'
sweep through Weber's trocha.
Bicycl s'ts Injured.
(By special telegram.)
Maskilonv OI1107 3Iay
19. A
group oi belated twclists dr.W to the,
roadside near Strasburg last night
giving an unknown driver the righ'
of way. Their lanterns were lighted.
The driver whippetf up his team and
pushed through the wheelman, fatal
ly injuring George Spraukle and
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iiarry r uiik aim seriousiv injuring
three otheis.
An A reement Between Tobacco Makers.
(Byspecial telegram.)
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St. Loijis, ay 19. The probable
fight between the Waring (Cigarette
WtWri?-oti4 lhiX4tlur.tQb3cr makers
will be ended at an early date. John
D. Horsely and H. II. Burroughsof
Lynchburg Ya., arid A. S. Buford,
P. T. Conrad and J. D. Williams, of
Richmond, Va., leading manufac
turers, are here the guests of Liggett
and Myers and the Drummond Com
pany. The leading tobacco men
here are to arrange the basis of settle
ment. Everything is conducted
secretly. "
Arch Duke Charles Louis Dead.
(By special telegram)
'Vienna,. May 19. Arch Duke
Charles Louis, of Austria, the eldest
brpther of Emporor Francis Joseph,
heir presumptive, is dead. i
Iowa Will Go For Free Silver.
(By special telegram.)
Dubuque, Iowa, May 19. The
advance guard of the Democratic
State Convention indicates that the
free silver men will carry . the con
vention. ,
t A Larjrer Army For Germany.
(By special telegram.)
Berlin, May 19. The Reichstag
this afternoon passed a resolution
granting the government credit for
two million marks foKthe purpose of
adding men to the military force
Germany in Southwest Africa.
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In Honor of the Coronation.
(By special telegram.)
. WASiiiNGTON, D. Cn May 19.
The Russian minister has sent, the
President and members of the Cabi
net and a large number of public
personages, invitations to attend the
ceremonies to be held at Beauvoir
subsurbs of Washington on the 20th
honor of the Coronations of tlie Ctjit.
"TIOSCO W. Ma v. 1 0 .. Tl. J TA i
and Duchess Connaught arriyed
from St, Petersburg to-day. The
r m represent his mother.
ueen victoria, at the corbnation
ceremonies Admiral Selfnde of
tne L. S. X:, whose flagship, the
United States Cruiser Minneapolis,
is lying in the roads a Creonsf.u7f
a'so arrived to-day.
A Freak Not!un of W'eyler.
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(By social telcgrani.) .
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Toipa, Ha., May 19 Ckn.
AVeyler's rocla nation forbidding
the exfQTU, ion of tobacco from Cub;;
after ten iays has ciiuseil great con
ternation araon.!; tie large man uf ac
tifS: Tain pa f. Many cf heiti
iiav latgp quantities "of , tola too
pin cliased in Cuba and thev. fear thev
cannot get it out in the tlme ij..-,
scribed. A scarcity of bonded wart
houses has causeda large amount to
be, stored in Havana. Fleet sohooiri
wtil be required to get it out;V
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Schlatter Heard Fro in. ;
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(By speci.il telegcam.)
- k--.v- j k r k, iuay. j it. r ranc'R
Schlatter, the henler, hps been hearo!
from sixty miles from . Lordsburg,v
near the Mexican line. It is -report- ,
ed that J. Sloat Fassett,- of New
York, has been healed by him.
A Wise Report.
t.ly sperial telffyrn.)
Wasiiingtox, May 11). The
Secretary of the Interior has for
warded to chairman Sherlnan, of the
.house committee on '-Indinn :ifTnifh
favorable rqort of the 'iVlier bill
I providing for the abolition of the
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offices of T'ommsssioner of Indian
affairs and assistant Commissioner,
and substituting therefor a loard
of three Indiau Commissioners.
Cotton Reports. -
(By sj;u-ial teleraui;) ; .
Xkw YoiiL, May 19.---Cott6n quiet
and steady. ' - .
Liverpool,---Weaker owing to
WThitsuntide holiday. .
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It isMcCabe.
(By special telegram.)
Cleveland, May 19.
was elected bishop on the
ballot. " .
-McCabe
fifteenth
Still at Work. .r
(By special telegram.) .
Washington;, May 19. The Sen
ate has taken up the District of Col
umbia, appropriation bill.
, 20 Imprisoned.
(By special telegram.)
Richmond, Iay 18 Twenty men '
who are imprisoned in the Midlothian
mine twenty miles distant; whieu
is burning, will probably be suffo
cated. '
The Running Team Takes up Quarters.
The running team of the lirer de
partment hastaken up quarters in
th e room above, Sides and Howard s
workshop. This will be made head
quarters for the boys during their
practice for the tournament in Au
gust. The team consists-of sixteen
members, besides Captain P. II. Me
roney and Foreman Walter R. Lin
ton. It is composed of the swiftest
runners in the city and our boys aie
coniident of carryjng off the laurels
on this occasion.
i Notice to Contractors.
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Sealed bids are invited" for the
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erection and completion ot City
! Hall building for Salisbury, X- C.
The right. to reject any or all bids is
reserved by the building committee.
All bids are to be submitted by VI
o'clock a. m., May 30th, 1890. Draw
ings can be seen at. the office of
Tirisley S: Seay, architects, Salisbury,
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Cnni
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to-dav at,
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ny suffer with C,r,rhc. ni.t.
Quixixe will cure " you" ih one
in ti. ??,M0t Prod"ce the ringing
Vn he head hke Sulphate of Quinine:
1 at upin tablets convenient for tak
ing. Guaranteed to cure or monev
refunded. Prieo 95 ,,ntD - tJ
ttuu mB wnen i.ivtTrT,
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