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, I V f T --.' - 1 v ' . :v- :i- ' .;;t '':-:.-;.: -A;- -vrju"-; 1; :v :- : . i "I - . . 1 & or 1, 1 ' Vol. 13. ' S-AJLjlftBTJRY, 1ST. C, JJSnXS-Ilir 31, 1900 "No. 13. BREEZY BRIEFS. THE PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO, LITTLE LOCALS. Items of Interest Condensed and Boiled Down. The Personals and Brief News Items of a day. JNO. M. JULIAN. I eityinJ News Editor. COEBEL ISSHOT. HEAVY BOER LOSS AMBUSHED FROM' CAPITOL GROUNDS TO-DAY. Y Samuel Henley, oi Asheboro, is 'visiting' hisuncle.TvIr. P, H. Hen ley. - - ! Richard EamcsJ Jr., has return ed from a business trip to New York.; . V ;' ;: t :' T; II. Vatiderford went to Ca tawba this morning on a business .trip;- ;'';': .;'; ;! The Plucky Fighter Laid low by the Bullet of the : Assassin, Meager Particular. ' Frankfort, Ky.; Jan. 30. Senator Goebel was shot to day, from arabushiias he en tered the capitol grounds. LATER, : , SHELL FAC10RY DESTROYED AT JOHANNESBURG. DUTCHMAN'S DAY -BOERS REPULSE BRITISH IN THEIR ATTACK A Refugee Tells the Story of a Shell Factory's Destrifef Ion and Says Great : Loss . ' London, Jan. 30. Special. rA special despatch; from Durban says that a refugee who arrived there from Jo- hanesburg, reports the de- struction of a Boer shell fac- Goebel is not yet dead hut tory at tbat -place on Jan. 20. he cannot live. The bullet The loss, if adds is irrepara- was urea irom a side window ble. on he third floor iriftbe ex- Miss Bessie Bost, of South ecutive building, v Senator T&9 Wrong Uark. . ' They are telling a good pne Kiver, returned to thci Greens- aM Wflfl nA kv xue g .uu yue uu . x. i ii ix.- t .-rw"'w-.""w I Uapt. 15H1 ueaver, the revenue lriCUUIS. AUtl aiiSaBBlU'lS not agent eiauuneu jiere. ? leuuiy i, . ? . , , Mili9 found six barrels of whiskey . wiui peculiar auu uiegioie niero- ilitary will be called out glyphics bii them at a certain place The people; especially the proceeded to seize them. Ex- v nerts were called in and none could Democrats, are worked up to decipher the nigged marks on the a frenzy of exci torn eiit; Five end of the barrel or . make aught shots were fired, but ii is not We regret to learn that Capt. Wr Murdoch Wiley has been con fine,d to his' home for the past two days. : Mrs. Q. J. Bingham came in j from the South last night . and t will spend a short while in the . city. ; r M. Iy. Bean, Esq., accompanied known how many took' effect. ; his daughter to the female college Goel;el waa carriI to', the at unncDurg' Virginia, inis ' i morning. j MissJra Palmer, of Norwood, ' was in the city this morning on her way to the Greensboro Nor mal College." . 1 ' Cant. .DfMlsoii. of OrecnRhoro. spent Sunday in the city the I military guest of his daughter, Mrs. W. guards around the! G. Crutch field. Capitol hotel. .' uranKiort, jan au. 6:l& p. of ihem. Just as Mr. Mills was preparing to bring the barrels in, Mr. Deaver appeared upon the scene and explained that the marks were his own and were on ly descriptive of tliQ quantity and grade of the contents. The laugh Attempted to Surround the Boer Positions and Repulsed With ' a Severe jossS - J Pretoria, Jan." 30. -Special. A Colesbafg despatch sayi that Commandant Delarry reports that a large body of British soldiers advanced Thursday. He attac k e d them, causing the British to retire after suffering a heavy loss. The Boers lost two wounded. General Grobler reports heavy fighting since daybreak! The British with a great force were endeavor ing to surround the Boer po sitions. General Schoemari hastened to the assistance of Grobler. Schoenmn returned this evening and reports that the British were repulsed and that the Boers maintained their positions. The Boer loss was' four. :The British loss was very severe. was on mm ana the barrels were m." Special. Governor' Tay. released.' lor has called out the 'State nwm. I cnafad. - and sta ionedl 35 ' Harry Newman, the barber, ' .V with reference to whose" where executive bouts Chief of Police Shaver Mws M.nme Jamison, a teacher J' , , brother last week, his been heard in inc normal v-.oiieirc ai greens- i uuo buui ujua ouctiy -iuuK-boro, was in the city last night : 14. a . - 1 uiu ill 11 a lj iji r-;i.rii, iir iiirr on her way to Greensboro, . , . . . - 1 linn - 1 r rWM W 1 rt. vv SCOTS WATCHFULi CHANGE OF PLAN. FIRE AT BOER CONTIN- WILL INVADE ORANGE GENT MONDAY. ' FHEE STATE. i i t t I Snibersjcaught Creeping Through British Wish to Change their I the Bushes and Put to Flight Base of Operation I and will 1 lyr th.e Scots. I seek New territory. Alodder River, Jan. 30. London, Jan. 30. Special.' Special. At 11 o'clock last The only reliable dispatch niht rickets of the Scotch frora South Africa is a con , . ' . , '. -Ifirmation nf tlio frRnort that iiuara8 aetectea a numoer oi . J . j t. . I jlupuup. rruui tins? ii o uc" i.4 ii t hes on the north bank duced that there is to be " a m Modder river in the direc- junction of the forces of is t ; t I .. . . itraa of ; the camp. After a French, Gatacre and Kelly blalrp rifle fire the Scots dis- made, preparatory to an in fheAed tn'e Boers in tho Ht(-, vasion of the Orauge Free jtipli ofj Jacobsdil. The night pas aaTK ana 4t was impossi ble! to estimate the number of QUEEN'SJPEECH. SAYS WAR MUST NOT: STOP x JUST NOW. State. loers. Debate at Franklin. - There will be a big debate at Franklin Academy on the night of February 23rd. (The question of expansion will en gage the attention of the de- i.4....w ;. i s-:'- i. JAUES JEFFRIES HERE. citement. ceeaea in locating mm in. Jt'enn sylvania, and he left for Salem, Virginia, Saturday, on hearing of the death of his father. Til Wirld't Ciianplon pisses tkrovgh "SalUbitrf to Birmlnghaa. THE PRESS COMER: COMMITTEE MEETS. f !- as in Salisbury a short while this. big trip for Tar Heel Editors. H. B. Varner, Esq., executive morning. Unfortunately! for the committeeman for North Carolina James Jeirries, the cnampioa W"or Yarner Bakes Arraiigcmeats far a Furniture to fee Selected for the Old Kick- heavyweight pugilist of the world, Dig trip for Tar Heel Editors. 1 m Club. The committee appointed by the Old Hickory Club to select furni ture and fixtures for the club room rr et yesterday afternoon with Mr. D. L. Gaskill. Various plans for the furnish ing of the room were gone over and the committee made estimates of the amount that wpuld be necessary to furnish the rooms. It was decided that the club porting frateinity here Jeffries yr&n still asleep when the train pulled into Salisbury and conse quently no glimpse of him could j be secured. j -r He wat aboard No. 87 and was ftccoinpanyjng the theatrical corn pan ith which ho is associated to Birmingham Alabama. He is billed to give a sparring exhibition . there, j'.' ; . ; - . ' ' -; Jeffries will hortly go into train' i ing for 'his tight wit h Corbett in March, i in the National Press Association, , if, - 7 was in the ' city last night. Mr. Varner tells us that all arrange ments have been made to take the North Carolina editors to New Orleans to attend the National Press Convention. Tile following editors will attend the convention : X B Sherrill, H A London, W C Conference at.Concocrd. ; Rev. Georgq SchuU tells us that a conference of the :w h it e m i n is ters engaged in fmionary work among, uie coiorea people ot irorm Carolina, will be held at Concord February 2nd to 4th. Mr. Schutz will attend the conference. The jfiring of guns berly was distinctly lore aawn loaay. at Kihi- heard be- ty 3om in ission e rs and the vigilant attending physicians, who have been chiefly concerned over its ap- pearancp nero. Alter an expenai ture of several thousand dollars Situation Well la Hand- ( Tpe sjmallpox situation has no further Iterrors now for the coun-. STEAMEB WRECKED. London, Jan. 30. Special. -The German steamer Re mus, from Philadelphia, was wrecked off Henerill, Den mark, The captain and 13 of the crew were drowned; 14 saved. THE CAVALRY SAFE. London, Jan. 30. Special. A despatch from Spear- Sthepnimissioners have succeeded man's camp states that Dun- ; in ejtam jing the smallpox out and a very few patients remain" in the pest house. i Reception Last Klgkt. : DGa skill gave a recep- evening from 8:30 to 1 10 iO to her Sunday school class, donalds mounted brigade reached the south bank of the Tngela river Saturday. Ly t tleton's brigade remains in its original position. i Mrs; tiod 1 as at per h ome on South Mojin street THEBUS 8TATI0N OCCUPIED. Serkstrom, Jan. 30. Spe- l :j ill t r i v-mlu---u--;ii;-s citii.'r-fvroxieriu- xvciiy, , ;wim I 1UCUUW - C LU11UU U JU t V. O O XI FEARFULLY BURNED. 1 THE POSTAL TO OPEN. Dowd, J B Whitaker, II Rev T.N Ivey, A D Watts, James L Baylor and H B Varn;r. The party will meet at Salisbury and will start here on the night of February 20th. They go fry th way of Memphis to Saint LouiSj and from Saint Louis to Jackson, Will Open litS Office. Here CS February Vicksburgand Baton Roueo. They I5tli. 5 The Pcstal Telegraph Company will open its Salisbury office to the public on the 15th day of Feb rulry,c if nothing unforeseen comes in the way between now and that date. ' . Mr. C. F. Cates, the represent- will arrive at New Orleans on Feb ruary 26th and. will take in the M a r di G r a s , w h i c h will be in full blast on the 26th and .27th: 1 The meeting of the . association will be held on th3 1st, 2nd and 3rd.;.:'. ' :-' r. .r !',''. ; llUff. I aKMil1 ...nil ' ct.wl 1- A rA l i" cuuuiu. uc ncn uuu nuiiunuuiciy furnished at the outset, with regard, of course, to the available funds with which to purchase. There will be no division in the la " - a a entireroom, leaving wn.oie open and large space. The reading room will be in the front of the building. It is expected that the room will finished by the middle of next week. After the adiourhment of the tire of this company was in Salis- a830atiou the party will take a bury yesterday and mado all the necessary arrangements for open . ing1 the office. -This cqnipany will occupy th : room vacated by Mr. J. K. Link, adjacent to the room to be occu pied by the Truth-Index. They ' have employed a competent and I obliging operat or and 4ho Salis . bury public will be a gainer by ! Ihe Postal's entrance iuto the community. trip through Texas, Southern Cal ifornia and Salt Lake City. It will be "a grand t rip and Mr. Varner has made every arrange ment for the comfort and pleasure of the North Carolina delegation. 'j- Salistarj's New Lights. Mr. W. C. Baston of I. G. White & Co. of New York city-is in the city settling affairs relative to the new electric light plant and to undertake the reorganization of Attent.qn called to Harry the Salui)urj Ga3 and Electric JiX VAXJ Bros1, big ad page today. AUccsterDeiilFisk Light Company, and to generally put the affairs of the concern m opexating shape, says the Salis bury correspondent of the, Raleigh Post.' - . -' Boestoaine. ; William Horner, who has been employed" in the Salis bury ; Cotton Mill, left last night for Bedford, Maine ; where he will take a thorough course in the textile and ma chinery work. I Mrs. Flippin's Little Niece Falls From a Chair a&d is Burned. Mrs. J. M-lippiri returned last night from Pilot Moun tain, where she has been for the past t wo weeks, vi siting her sister. Mrs. Flippin was callpd to Pilot Mountain by a message announcing that her sister's two-year-old daughter had been seriously burned. Dr. flippin tells us that the child was. sitting in a chair in front of the fire when the chair tipped forward aud the child fell squarely on its face on a grate of live coals. The side of the child's face was fekrfully burned and it was at first thought that it would die. It is now expect ed that it will live but one eye will be destroyed and one side of the face will be badly disfigured, . meiits were served. It was a very pleasant! occasion for all present. Steynesburg and Rosmead. A WOUAN IN IT. CAPACITY UORE THAN DOUBLED. Theosie b Mill to turn out a fine grade One Negro Shoots Another at 6old Kill of Goods. ' - Oier His Wife. Mr. S Wiley, of the Salis- Injured honor .was" satisfied bury Hosiery Mills, who has just again yesterday when Louis Cot- returned from Durham on business connected with the mill, showed lay! of ton, colored, put two v bullets in Dave Kirk, colored, at "Nigger town," the f suburban "Rabbits ville" of Gold Hill. 1 Coton became enraged because his wife danced to the music of goods are of extra fine Kirk's harp. He ordered them lo made from Egyptian yarn desist and both refused. He threw ,176 needlo machine, and his wife out of the door and i turn- niuch finer grade of goods ed his arsenal on Kirk. He left thanihayeiever been turned out by two souvenirs in the shape of bul- thejalifbury Mill before. lets in Kirk's leg and fled. - JK5. Wiley says this order will Kirk dragged himself over to uece3sitite tne placing of 3 addi- the Union Copper Mine and Dr. R. A. Campbell extracted the buli lets. No arrests have yet been made. Eelietesja Rotation. Walter Murphy writes to the Raleigh Post as follows : The Rowan county Democrats believe in rotation in office. The county convention two 3ears ago passed a resolution that no one should be eligible for a county of fice more than two terms ; hence we will lose all our old county of ficers in the election. Among these will be Jim Monroe, the"best sheriff in the state, and the very best of all the good Democratic sheriffs Rowan county has had As a result of that resolution there and nerves and muwles and brain. . Mr. C. L, Shoaf, who came home iU be an unusually large number But Dr. King's New Life Pills are a from Knoxville with a case of var-.; of candidates before the county aafe and certain cure. Bent In the aloid, is improving. Mrs. Shoaf primaries. world f6r 6tomsch, Liver, Kidneys .- of r.r,f ;,i. uaf. ' ' ' andBoweK Only 25 centii at Then . m at present wtb her parents at IT. KluttzA Co.'s drug store; 1 . Conprer. Subeoribe for the Tauru-lirDxx. TAatfniiln ltd ilAlm la (vna rf Constipation. The iower of this . murderous malady is f It on orgsn Uf. 01331 ICprBUg. k C:r.:!ag Fictsry. . Efforts are being made to organize a canning iactory here. Such industries pay if conducted properlj ; not only here, but the whole State of fers the best of fields for such enterprises as this, says Wal ter Murphy iu his Post cor- reepondence. I -". Alig&t cf Terror. Awful anxiety wa felt for the widow of the brave Gfeneral Burn ham, of Machias, Me , when the doctors said she could not live till morning" write Mrs. 8. II. Lincoln, who attended Iter that fryrful niirht All tbmiisht slw to utsKndi from Pneumonia, tut she begged for Dr. King's ew Dicovery. saying it had more than ouce aved her , life; and had cureo hr or Unjvumpiion. After three mall doses she Mept easily all night, and its further use completely cured her." Thi mar velout medicine is guaranteed to cure a 11 Th roa t Chest and Lune Disease Only 50c and II. Trial bottles free a Theo. F. Kluttz & Co.'a drag store. a number of fine samples aidie3 hose and half hose, for wiucn ne nas securea a large or- derp j T ese qual ty, kbiiion are She Boasts of the Devotion and -Enthusiasm of Her Subjects. Deplores the Loss of lives. London, Jan. 30. Special. The QueenVspeech to Par liament, which reassembled today, says concerning tho invasion of her South African colonies by . the South Afri can Republic and the Orango Free State: "My people havo responded with devotion and enthusiasm to tfie appeal I made to them, and the hero-, ism of our- soldier in tho field 'and the t?ailors and ma rines co-operating with them, has not fallen short of the no blest traditions of our mill- ;. tary ; history. I am deeply grieved that so many valu J able liven liave been sacri ficed, but have witnessed with pride the patriotic eager? j ness and epontaneous loyalty with wliich my subjects in ; all parts of my dominions 3 have come forward, to share in the common defense of their interests. I am confl dent that.Lfiball not look in vain when I exhort them to sustain and renew their ex ertions " until they havo brought this Btrnggle for tho maintenance of my empire and the assertion of its; fix' premacy in South Africa to a Tictorioua conclusion. ' Bpeakinnto- the Corrmbnf ner Jiiajeijcy kukh ' v ce-cr, perience of n jgreat war muxi necessarily afford lessons of the greatest importance to the country rniiitary admin ; istration. You "will not, I am convinced, shirk aiiy outlaj required to. place ; our defen, sive preparations on a level with the responsibil 1 ti e which the possession of such an empire entails. At a time-, when several other nations are perfecting their naval- preparations. at the cost of in creasing effort and sacrifice. the policitude whereby you have provided for the eflV ciency of the navy and coast defences will assuredly not be relaxed." ' tibndl niachines, which will more ii hah It double - its present weekly production. is the intention of this mill A i fill it,s presents quarterp to the iunt. jTilus t quite gratifying to the ft i w rtends bt this mill. Dific Heassgstis. Alice Ray, a negro woman, sued the North Carolina Railroad jin Durham tsounty court this week for $5,000, for the death of her husband who was killed while whoaied Saturday night, was due walking on the railroad. She was to" meneumtis, ine remains were i i ! .!'. . taken: o her home at uartnage, Virgiiiia. ; where the v interment took place. ' Uissloairj Kotes- rW Voman's Missionary Socie ty of Ithe First Methodist church wilM Uld its regular monthly meeting at Mrs. T. R. Garner's Tbursjiay afternoon at 3 o'clock Oa i Host. Mess. Ernest Woodson and Lon- nie Gaskill will spend several days this week in Davie county hunting. They will stop withMr. Gaskill's uncle. Xttta tkisCcsstrj. All oil the members who have mite 11 wa8 rePne1 fiere that bofces i in I are requested to bring them Url Wlidsor's Illness. Col. Wm, J. Bryan passed through Salisbury yesterday. This is mistake a Col. Bryan is stumping the Eastern States now. 1 . ! f. m W. Windsor had & Mn. geitiv chill last Friday and has M8 Ftnl VtilttlJ. been: quite sick since. We are glad) ie learn that Congressman to learn that he b improving today. 1 Kluttz is making an earnest effort I )1 - i . I to secure the driveway from South The appolntement of Mr. J. Main street to the Federal ceme T. Robinson, of Selma, Ala- tery. He has asked for an appro bainai to succeed Capt W. H. priation from Congress for this Hudson, resigned, as master purpose, mechanic at the Southern I I shops j Here, nas Deen an I G. w. fright will have an ad in nouncea. the Tbuth-Ixdxx this week. I i . i .. ' . ..... . SPENCER 6ETS EXPRESS OFFICE. 1 Drs. Pooio id j' Ygssk Fern Ptrlserialp. Weddiag at Spencer Scoa. j , Our correpondent at Spencer fend us the fillo wing ljv6aud in teresting items: Wo are glad to learn "that Sp?h- cer u soon to get an express office. it was very inconvenient to nave to go to Salisbury' for every little exprm package. L j Drs. Van' Pxle and Young have formed a co-partnership and have their . office over Bryan's drug store. , ! -i 0 I ' Spencer is so5n to have another wedding in which Kid" Robert son is to play a very important role. ' Strange to sav thrt such little folks are always the first to get married. i . Another new store house is be ing erected in Spencer. -Tins one is located beside the Racket store. The one on the comer of 4th street and Salisbury avenue, is about to be completed, aud is to be occu pied by a reliable merchant from Raleigh, by the name of Lambkin, j He came well recommended and we all gave him a hearty w elcome . . Special meeting of the Jr.- O. U. A. M. tonight. All members, are requested to be present. Milaa Poole, who haa beVti-Verj' sick isconvaIsceut '; : f . M
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