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Vol. II. No. 46. TAYLORSVILLE, ALEXANDER COUNTY, JST.'C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1887. ?1 Pbr YlAR. LOCAL DIRECTORY. CHURCHES. Presbyterian. Rev. A.W. AVhite, pastor. Preaching every second and Pniver-meetui every Wednesday night J. , . Cnnke nr. Jl a.m.. I Sunuay scnooivery ... j - - , A. C. Mcintosh superintendent. 31 ETHODiST. Rev. W. T. Nelson, ! pafor. Preaching every third bundav. at 11 k.m. and at night; . every fifth S ...i ... . n M.m. and at nisrht: every first Sunday at night. Sunday School every Sunday at 3 p.m.; W. 1 kelson superintendent. iUPTiST. Rev. J. B. Marsh, pastor. Preaching every Satnrdav before the first Sunday at 7:3J p.m. and at 11 a.m. on first Sunday. ' SOCIETY MEETINGS. A. F, & A. M. Lee Lodge No. 253 r meets the first Saturday of estch month, at 1 o'clock p.m. ---' COUNTY OFFIECRS. . V R. M. Sharpe. -Sheriff; J. T. Mdn tosh, C;S.C; J. M. Oxford.R. of D.;.C. J.Carson. Treasurer; J. B. Pool, W. R. Sloan, V. W. .Teague, Comrnissioners; A. C. Mcintosh, A. T. Marsh, W. V. Teague, Board of Education; J. J. Ilen dreii, School .Superintendent;': Z. P. Deal, Coroner. CORPORATION OFFICERS. A. A. IliU. Mayor; W. B. Matheson, E. L, Hedric'k, J. M. Matheson, Coni ' missioners; E. L. Iledrick, Town Clerk. THE MAILS. Stafesville and Wilkesboro, daily. JXAtter for either of these mails should be in the office by 12 m. Lenoir Leaves Tuesdays and Fri days at 1 p.m. and arrives Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Newton Arrives Tuesdays. Thurs days and Saturdays at 12 tn. and leaves same days at 1 p.m. Boomer Arrives Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12 m. and leaves same days at 1 p.m. Bently Arrives Tuesdays and Satur days at 12 m. and leaves same days at 1 p.m. Hamptonville Arrives Tuesdays and Fridays at 6 p.m. and leaves Wednes day and -Saturdays at 6a.m. Rock Cut Leaves Fridays at 8 a.m. and arrives Saturdays at 4 p.m. Brush Mountain Arrives Wednes days and Saturdays at 12 m. and leaves same days at 1 p.m. RAILROADS. ' S & W. E. R. Schedule in Effect Oct. 16. SOUTHWARD' STATIONS: NORTIIW'D. HONS: NO 6:2" a.ni lve Taylprsville ..Hiddenite. Iredell ... 10:2;' p. in arv 6:43 7:03 7:30 8:00 8:35: 10:30 . . . it arv 9:-7 9:37 9:10 8:40 S:W 6:35 i. i. lve arv lve it i ..Slatesville. u lvej-StatesviUe. " arv -. ?har!otte.- PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ERASTUS B. .JONES, Attornev-at-Lav. Practices in the courts of Alexander. Catawba,. Caldwell, Iredell and Wilkes-. Prouibtattention given to the collection of claims and a 1 other business entrusted to him. HOTELS. '.ALL-HEALING SPRIM, ALEXANDER COUNTY, Ni C. This famous Medieiiial Spring isnmv greatly improved and fitted up for a Health Resort andPleasure Retreat. And - the Invalid will here find rest, quiet and health. The water from thi Spring is NATURE'S GREAT REMEDY for all diseases resulting from impuri ties of the blood, suo-has Cancer. Rheu matism, Asthma, Liver . and Kidney disease. Dyspepsia, Blood and Skin dis eases, Secondary 'Syphilis, &c. Hun dreds of-: testimonials cau be had of the curative properties of the water. The Spring is easy of access, as conveyance .'can be had at any surrounding railway station. Tkkms: Board $1 per day for a less time than a month (28 days to count as a mouth);-$20 per mouth. Special" ar rangements and terms fof families. TLe best of attention given quests. Water will be shipped to anyone de siring it ai 10c. per gallon, vessel an 1 carriage extra. The following is an analysis of this water as made by State Chemit. Dab ney: Total mineral matter in solution and suspension, 14.60 grains per Impe rial gallon, consisting of . Silica Very large amount.' Carbonate of Iron Little. " Carbonate of Lime Some. Sulphate of Lime-Smail amount. Ch oru e of Soda Small amount. Chloride of l'otash-Small amount. fetnd for cireular. l- . WILBAR, Prop'r, Lllenuale P.O., Alexander Co; Si 00 7 $30 A MONTH CAN Avtyy Tlle wking for us. h 'l7U rn:a who ca niUh their ?o thP i -and K'Ve tht,r whole time to the brismess. A few vacancies : in owns and cit.es B. F. Johnsojs&Co., 1013 3!am st., Richmond, Va. C PECIAL NOTICE IF YOU DE- Sire flnvtlono- in v:n:.: - r.uii n yj't 'uc -uui.iiery line. charge for trimming hats.' No extra. Tavlor Premium ri the Millinery Stere. V W " NEW YORK LETTER. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) New York, Nov. 14. Th campaign which closed last week in a sweeking victory for the Democracy, has been one of the hottest conducted in this city for many years. The Repub licans resolved to every trick or corrupt bargain which presented itself, but were met in each move by a wonderful adversary. The heat of the tight in the metropo lies was for District Atromey,and was between the regular nominee, of the uuited Democracy, and a disgrentled would-be standard bearer who deserted to the even ing. New York can stand a great deal, but her special autipattry is a political traitor and this one was "snowed under" by 25,000 majority. The result kills the filaine boom, and, in the juege ment of prominent leaders of both parties,; Cleveland will have to beat Sherman next year,- a com paratively easy task. The Repub lican leaders throughout the cau vass sought to impress upon their followers that -'as gives New York in '87, so goes the Union in '88." The elected District Attor- ney, Col Fellow s. is a Southerner by birth and an ex-rebel, but has so indentified himself with the best interests of the city as to be considered a native. Sunday is a great day for the children New Y'ork who are not given to its close observance as a time of rest. Paradise Park and the streets of the more thickly populated parts of the city are alive with them; but if you want to see children having fun in the widest sense you must go to the upper end of Manhattan Island, where they have more room to disport themselves The small boys in the neighborhood of one hundred a n d t w e n r y se v e u t h s t re e t and eight avanue have a spirited sparring club. Two of them were matched to a finish last Sunday, and. a crowd was on hand to see the sights. It was a gamey en counter. As the right progressed a friend of one of the comb! ants said: "Hold on; dat aint 'cordin' to de Gueensburv rules!" The reference declared that it was, tlie complainant called him a Iiar,and the referee proceeded to lick him. The combatants then turned their ' attention from their own fight to help along the skirmish between the referee and his en my. A gen eral rio and several bloody noses was the result, and a nian had to eoine in and quell the distur bance. A block north of the scene of this diversion well-dressed boys were playing rmab!es,which game is just now regaining its former popularity with the boys of the metropolis. Some girls who had been contemptuously debarred from the game went aside and consoled themselves by playing jockstones. This game, too, en ded in a war. One, girl had oh a new hood. Another, who still vjore her summer hat, criticised the hood in an uncomplimentary manner, whereupon the owner of the hood said: "I know what ails yon. Your ma haint got money enough to buy you a hood, so there!" The majority of the players took sides with the wear er of the summer hat and pcrse prond possessor of the hood was boycotted and went home in tears. Probably the most exciting and novel entertainment was - that in which some boys were partieipat ing near the corner of one-hun-dred-and-t wen ty -sixth street and St. Nichols avanne, where a hicrh mass of roeks is being blasted. A big derrick worked by hand stands alongside the rock. The boys attached the tackle to a Hat rock, one of their nnrnbor took his seat on it, and then they hanled bim high in the air and swung the derrick around rapidly. It was so great fun that each boy clamored for his turn to ride on the derrick, and begged to be al lowed to remain up , in the air for a longer period, but his comrades dropped him to the ground very suddently and there was no ap peal from their action. THE GOAT. A vacant lot nearly opposite the derrick contains a shanty, a goat shed, and usualy a demure goat. Some young lads use the lot every Sunday as a foot-ball ground. They were kicking the ball about with great glee wheu the goat came out of the shed and Mrs. Dookn, its owner, came to the door of her shanty. The goat gazed with disapproval on the bounding ball, then, levelled its horns and went our-'b meet it. The encounter was not conducive to the goat's peace of mind, and it. essayed another attack. The boys by common consent made the goat the goal of the game and pelted it with the big ball until it was knocked over on its side, and Mrs. Dcolan rtlshed among them to rescue it and barely escaped being hit herself! Jut before you reach Manhat tan street on the boulevard you pass some old shanties. Thre is at least one goat to each shanty. Two boys crept into the shanty milage and lassoed a goat of the color of a dirty door-mat. They led it away despite its protest, rigged up a bridle, put in improv ished bit in its mouth, and whip ped it into a canter. They drove it up and down the street and then in a movement of unwisdom born of too much fun they gallop ed it near its resideuce. They were driving it to beat all previ ous records when there was a yell from among the humble huts, and a very large and muscular woman among the drivers and retainers of the goat and scatter ed blows on their heads as she yelled: "Ah ha, ye young spal peens! Oive caught ye now. Now Oi knowr .why me' goat keeps so poor all while. Ye've been dri ven, him to death widout me knowledge. Take that and that, ye young devils.!" The race was declared off and the exhausted goat was taken home. Ileal estate in, New York city has been booming for several years. That boom is now upon the giddy verge of a collapse, and builders and lot-owners are star ing bankruptcy in the face. The specnlars who are bound to sutler by the collapse of this boom have only themselves to thank for thir disagreeable position. It is due not at all to any inactive demand for real estate, nor to any business stagnation or financial distress, but entirely hoggishness of the speculators. This boom has been developing as a matter of fact, since the ele vated railroads penetrated the northern part of Manhattan Is land, and thus made avast extent of land to the west and northwest of the park "available for habita tion. Fortunes were made in a remardably short time by specu lators in land and buildings in that vicinity. The matter grew to be a great craze as any land boom in the western mining dis trict. The result was that three years ago builders put every dol lar they could raise into new houses, mortgaged them at once and built other new house, and so multiplied their investments until every dollar put into premises at the begining was represen ted by about six dollars in impi oved land., Such a complicated state of affairs, of course, could not en dure unlens epurchasers were quickly forthcoming. The demand for houses continued as greiJ,Kas it had been and the buuaers shove.-, -; . riocs np to an un reasonable height. They made up their minds that they were go ing n make 100 per cent upon their investments, and when the would-perchasers stared aghast at the prices demanded the builders simply sat back in their chairs and waited. They waited too long; prices for buildings and land on the west side of the city were twenty years in advance of real values. v The height of the real estate boom was reached last May. Since .ihen there has been a stea dy although quiet, decline, and the best observers prediet that there; will be a sudden rush of prices down ward within the next three months. The city has been overbuilt in the vicinity of the park, but it is not so much the overbuilding that is causing the uneasiness and that will cause actual ruin to a great many inves tors, but the fact that the inves tors haje set their ideas although too high. . The Chicago Anarchist Huusr. ' Chicago, Nov. 11. It lacked just seven minutes and a half of the hour of high noon when a sin gle white shrouded figure, al)ove which was a face ' of yellowish pallor the face of August Spies passed the first post of the gal lows. The gaping crowd, ten feet below, half rose involuntary from their chairs at the first glimpse of the apparition advanc ing across the scaffold. Spies looked calm and glanced at the reporters witli a trace of his old time smile. He walked firmly over the drop, guided by the grasp, of the deputy, to the futh erest edge of tlie gallows. Fol lowing close came Fischer close enough to touch Spies's shroud had his hand not been pinioned under the white muslin. Fishcher's countenance had a peculiar glisten totally unlike the ashiness of Engel's heavy features and in strange contrast with the dead lack of color in the pinched linen of Parsons'. The once jaun ty, vivacious Texan came last, a withered old man. He had aged t wen ty years since the day,scarce twelvemonths before, when he tripped lightly into court before Judge Gray and flippantly said he was readj to be tried at once for his life. The moment his feet touched the scaffold Parsons seem ed to completely lose his identity and feel his spirit was no longer part of his body. II, e had wrought himself np to an air of solemn self glarification. Only he the one Amercan seemed to realize that he must die in a manner to impress, if possible, on all future generations the thought that he was a martry. No tragedian that has paced the stage in America ever made a more marvelous pre sentation of- a self chosen part perfect in every detail. The up ward turn of his eyes, his distant, far-way look and above all the at titude of apparent complete resig nation that every fold of the arwkward shroud only served to make more distinct, was by far the most striking feature of the entire gallows picture. The squat form of Engel, with stupid, wide-jawed face made a hideous contrast to Parsons' as umption of the halo martyr. Fish cher was head and shoulders tal ler than the other three, making his occasional looks of too evident bravado more noticeable than they might otherwise be and at a sorry disadvantage compared with the steady coolness of Spies. The hitter's exhibition of qniet, through nerve far surpassed as a wonder the demeanor of any of his comrades. The. four, burley deputies standing to the rear of -jhe fonr condemned men began without delay to adjust the ropes, Spies' noose bei n g tb e on e' first placed. He did not appear to re gard it off any more consequence than a new linen collar. The knot was slipped down, the cord closed against his neck, fepies did not show a tremor, but when the same process was being carried out with Fischer he tnrned and Quiet ly whispered id the bailiff some suggestion concerning the rope. Fishcher's occasional ardor was quite noticeably less when he felt his strand. Engel bit his under lip hard when his turn came. Just then Dr. Murphy, a young physi cian standing back of Engel,whis pered a-joke at Engel's ear. In credible as it may seem, the low browed anarchist laughed out right with the rope around his neck and while another was be ing fastened on Parsons' by his side. But the laugh stopped iu a single instant, and Parsons, meek ly as a saint, turned his eyes up ward at the dangling line above him. Before the four anarchist had an inkling of what was to be done, white caps were deftly slip ped upon their heads and drawn quickly down to their necks, shutting off 'the view of each as completely and with less warning than does the camera cloth of a photographer. August Spies was the first of the four doomed men to make use of his wits while he could. In a tone of intense bit terness of spirit he, the man who wrote the infamous "Eevenge" circular, hissed out between his tightly clench teeth: kThere will come a time when our silence will be more powerful than the voices they are stragling to death." The last syllable of Spies' concluding words, hoarse with passion-, had not reached an end when Engel, raising his voice, wildly cried: "Hurrah for the anarchist!" Fish cher caught the fire of utterance and more loudly exclaimed: "Hur rah for Anarchy!" adding: "This is the happiest moment of my life!" There was a silence like that of the grave, broken abruptly by the slow measured intellect of Parsons like the white robed priest before the altar of sacrifice. Not a dy ing request but rather like a com mand or warning, hie sounded forth: "May I be allowed to speak?" There was another agonizing pause. Muffled through the shroud broke out in natural, hollow ac cents, ''Let the voice of the peo ple be heard!" A crash as of a falling houses thundered through the corridors. The slender ropes were taut in full view of the two hundred men. In front were four white and withering shrouds. The ropes could be seen slowly tight ening about the necks that, be tween the caps and shrouds,couId be noticed blackening and purp ling. Nine minutes passedThen it it was known to a certainty that not a neck had been broken. The four Haymarket murderers had been literally throttled and strangled by the law which they had defied. , Gov. Gordon, of Georgia, in a speech at Cincinnati on the 28th ult., in speaking of Jefferson Da vis, said: "If we should turn our backs on that man, refuse him our sympathies, we would merit the scorn of every brave man in this audiance, and you would feel an absolute contempt for us. I am not going to do it." Yes; they may as well under stand that the South will always love Jeff. Davis, and if that m treason they can make the most. of it. The subject leads us to- mark that there are some fanatics in this country whose hatred of the Southern people because they love Davis is the only patriotic sensation they ever experienced. Salisbury Watchman; The Speed of Heat and Cold. Tt has been asked which travels fast est, heat or cold; and answered heat. Because - arjcv one can catchf a cold. ' I therefore follows that every one should keep Taylor's . Cherokee 7 Remedy of Sweet Gum and Muuem, which win cure toughs, eokfo and consomption. ITorth Carolina Kewt Ifotes. It is learned that Judge James H. Merrimon, of the twelfth dis trict, intends resigning, his seat on the Superior Court bench in about sixty days. So rapid was the rise of Nuse river that a number of negroes living on lowlands near Goldsbo ro Were in great peril. All werei rescued by means 6? bdats. It is reported that ex-Congre si man A. M. Waddell, of Wilming ton, is an avowed candidate for Hanson's seat in the Senate. It is certaiuly well understood that Minister Jarvis will press his claims for that position. The Arrington divoce suit,which has been in the courts for several years, ended at Henderson Satur day. It was decided in favor of Mrs. Arrington, who thus gets property worth some $20,000 iu addition to the custody of all her children. - The reports which wili be pre sented to the State Baptist Con vention will be very gratifying to members of that denomination. They will show that work has been unceasing in all departments and that there has been an in crease of membership amounting to some 10,00.0 A portion of the great storage--sheds at the cotton seed oil mills at Raleigh and fell with si crash. The massive brick foundation had given way under the weight of over 1,000 tons of "seed, and all went down in the wreck; - The loss will be several hundred dol lars. . - ; It is stated in telegrams from Washington that J. M. Brown, who in the last election beat Eied for Congress in the fifth district, will be the Republican candidate for Governor. Prominet Bepno licans, when asked about this statement, said there was noth ing in it so far as they knew. There has been an unbroken week of perfect weather. Farm ing operations have been resumed on high lands. Bottom lands are too wet in nearly all cases to be plunged. ! The main damage by rains was done east of Greens boro. The mountain section es caped. Two more washojnts on railways are reported; one at Tar river, on the new r railway from Rocky Mount to jNashville. One abutment of the bridge was swept away. Communication in Nash, Edgecomb, and Franklin counties is like that iu Wake, Johnson,and some other counties badly inter rupted by the loos of bridges. Al together in a distance of sixty miles from Baleigh it is calcula ted that over 100 important brid ges are washed away or ruined. The loss on bridges foots up many thousaud dollars, while that of crops is far greater, and the ag gregate in the State is hundreds of thousands. Saturday the great freshet made itself felt ner Golds- boro. After threatening the track of the North Carolina railroad, as reported, it attacked that of the Wilmington and Weldon road. It made a break of about fifty feet . and delayed trains greatly. . A large force have been at work there and the damage is repaired. The damage in Wayne county is also heavy. This great freshet will never be forgotten.- People . have in some cases to drive forty miles to get only ten in an air line. They are cnt off from tneir usual markets.. Cotton, corn, and. fodder are swept away in many cases, and streams are yet "cheked with all kinds of debris. Prince-' ville a negro village on Tar river, opposite! Tarboro has' been under v water, and its-residents were ariv- en to the Tarbofo: sid$ for ref uge. ' .-.':. ;V---"-;i '-.- i-t. ... . 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