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The Chronicle.
LOCAL DOTS,
Brief Notes of Passing Events That
May or May Not Interest iou.
Aud this is May.
French Sardines at Call's.
Boomer commencement the
12th. .
r Snow .could be seen on the
Blue Ridsre Monday morning.
V Mrs. C. L. Zoll is visiting
relatives at Jefferson.
Mr. Ricbar4 Gentry, o f
she, was in t&e city last week.
Re. J. S. Matthews went
to Rouda Sunday and conduct
ed services. ; '
Remember the meeting of
the Rebekahs, Thursday night,
.and attend.
Mess! Sloan and Matheson,
.of Taylorsyille, wete in the
,city last week.
Prof. Nicholson, of Valle
Orucis, spent a few day,s here
Jast week.
There wasja pleasant sur
prise party at Esq. Staley's one
night last week.
Best bargains in Coffee to
be found on the market at
Call's.
The commencement exer
cises at North Wilkesboro., the
soth. :
John Shelton, a grocery
drummer, ot Greensboro, was
In the city last week.
-Misses Janie and Bettie
iSpicer, of Kendall, spent :Sun
,-yday night with relatives here.
May berry is getting in a nice line
jof Straw hats for men and boys; also
slipper shoes for men, woman and
children.
Esq. E, A. Ebert, of Salem,
was in Wilkesboro last week,
looking after the insurance
business.
Remember the Teachers'
Association meeting a t .the
.court house on Saturday, the
Sth.
C. M. Perry, of Statesville,
has accepted a position at the
lepot. He is a nephew of Drf
Greene, of this place.
Esq. Joe Holbrook, of
Traphill, was among our pleas
ant callers Monday. Always
glad to see uncle Joe.
Mr. C H.' Cowles, who has
been at Charlotte for a few
weeks, returned to Wilkesboro
Friday. f " '
Esq. A. L. Hendrhe:, of
New Castle township, h a s
moved to.his ew;home at. El
fcin, says The Times.
Some holes in; the -bridges
And trunks across the streets
should be looked after before a
horse or a man gets crippled.
E. D. . Harris, Esq., has
been appointed post master I at
Klkin, in place of - Mr. . J. ; S.
JSeli whose time has expired.
:r Mr; uaitner nail, oi JtuiK-
ville. passed through the- city
iaat week, returning from a
visit to relatives in Iredell.
William Anderson, of Hun
ting Creek, who has been suf
fering go long with typhoid jfe.
ver, ja hardly expected to "re
cover. '
-rMr. W. M. Henry, of Tran
sylvania county, arrived in the
city last week;- He is connect
ed with tie- Internal Revenue
Service. -n -- - '
. --Mrs. K'M. I,uan and Mr.
ana Mrs. W. C. Atkins, 'of a Da
vie county, arrived in the; city
Friday night and -spent, a few
days visiting Mr. C..Y Miller's
-lamily .. Mrs ;J-unn-, is sMrsV
Miller's mpther. : '
pev. C. F. Fields, of Ed-.
wards township, has a lamb o
lmprovea stoeK, tnree nionjm&i
that weighs 58 pounds.
That's hard to beat.
Measles all gone from Maiberry?s.
No clanger now. Come back ancTbuy
your goods as usual and save money on
coffee sugar, flour, bacon, pant goods,
dressr goods, hats, shoes,-and every
thing ; you need..
That was , .a nice "April
shower" Friday the last day
of
it
' SAVED BY A SUN GLEAM.
Dr. J. W. White.
April and we suppose
was a "May Sweat" Saturday,
it being the first day of May,
The Hustler says that Mr.
F. Forester an Miss Gene
va Adams were married last
.week. The Chronicle ex
tends its best wishes.
--W. P. Wingler, of this
coi; nty, and Hannah 3urge&s,
of Ashe, were married recent
ly. He is 61 years old, and this
is 1 is fourth marriage.
-t-Mj. R A. Spaihhour and
far lily'move back to Moravian
Fa Is tiis week. Mr. J. E.
Spainhoiir will remain in the
house from which his father
mcves.
The Board of Trustees of
th! Academy met Saturday and
rescinded the lease granted
Prof. Nicholson, and agreed to
pay the Prof. $100 for improve
ments made by him.
Mr. N. W. Powell, of Ra
leigh, was in the city last week.
was up looking at our farm
in j lands with the purpose of
moving to our county. We
hope he will come among us.
The Odd Fellows pic hie ; at
NortrZFPiikesboro was a very
pleasant occasion, but was not
very largely attended. The
amount of the receipts was not
very large.
Mr. John Miles, of Alle
ghany, and Miss Maryann,
daughter of Martin McBride,
o "God's Country," were mar
riad last Sunday. It is report
ea as a very pleasant occasion,
Dr. York, of Traphill, was
it the city the first of the week,
lcbking after the effects of-Mc-Kinley's
first wave of prosperi
ty, and helping some of the
poor fellows pay off their taxes
to keep their lands from being
sild. v '
-The money question has
been solved and by a Wilkes
man. He assures us that if the
b'ees make plenty of honey this
season, money will be plenti
ful, almost growing on the
tfeee. But if the bees fail, our
I eople may suffer for money.
Fire caught out from the
i pper end of Call's bottom
Thursday and created quite an
excitement for a while. It
urned over 75 acres before it
c ouid b e conquered Some
fencing was destroyed. Peo
ple should be extremely care
ful about fire now. ; ,1
T h e Chronicle thanks
jiisses Beulah Ferguson arid
Sdna Walker tor a ; neat mvi
ation rto the commencement
xercises of the State; Normal
a n d Industrial School a t
i Greensboro, May 18th and 19th.
; t is the 5th annuaf commence
ment. ' - .
Dr. Messick, of Lewis Fork,:
who was: in town . last week,
jays McKinley has r refused to
;ive him the ; office ; which he
promised him ; the" last time
e spent the ;night witli ; mm.
cKinley gives as the reason,
hat the Dr. didn't come to his
naucruration. The office prom
sed was superintendent of the
og path frorit . Dick's Hollow
ito Chnrch's; distillery. . Some
aellow, who attended the inau
guration will no doubt get the
tiob . j T ' - ' - - '
J. Baffin Henderson Attempts to Kill
- Richard N. Hackett.
On last Wednesday morning,
in fronl: of the hotel, J. R. Hen'
dersonf republican candidate
for Auditor for Aa' time during;
the last campaign, shot at LaW.
yer H. Nf Hackett with - intent
to kill. , . . -i "
Henderson was sitting in the.
edge of the street in front Cdf
the hotel. Hackett was going,
to breakfast and was pass
ing down by the porch to see
Esq. Somers to whom he had
called. As he was about b,
Henderson, without saying; a
word or giving a varning - a
warning, drew his pistol and
fired at Hackett. The aim
was correct, and but "for a
gleam of sunshine reflected
from the pistol barrel as it, was
brought to a level, it would
have been fatal. Hackett
taught the gleam and jumped
around and the ball passed be
tween the arm and body,
scorching the coat. As Hen
derson attempted to fire again,
Hackett jumped at him, caught
the pistol and, prevented anoth
er shot. Several parties pres
ent parted them, taking the
pistol from Henderson.
A warrant was issued for
Henderson charging him with
a secret or felonious assault.
He waived examination and
ras bound over to court, Sher
iff Call and John Carrigan go-
ing on his bond.
It seems that it was -some
kind of an old feud mixed with
"liver regulator" that caused
the assault.
The newspaper reports are
mistaken about Hackett being
a cadidate for mayor. He was
not a candidate. f
W. C. Fletcher Dead.
Esq. William C. Fletcher, of
Purlear, died on Tuesday night
of last week, after a lingering
illness of 18 months. He suff
ered from a complication of
diseases, but dropsy 'was the
immediate cause of death. - He
was 56 years, 10 months arid 16
days old, and he leaves a wife
and seven children. Four of
his children preceded him
across thc( silent river. He
was a member of the Baptist
church at New Hope, having
connected himself with that
church in 1869. His burial
took place at New Hope on
Thursday with masonic hon
ors. Rev. M. McNeill, of this
place, conducted the services.
There was an immense corigre
gatioii present over 300 -ipeo-'
ple-pto pay the last tribute , of
respect to the deceased, testi
fying the high, esteem in which
he was held by: his neighbors.
One by one they pass away.
Additional Locals.
The Sanfer StilLEating Cats.
The Santer; or whatever it is,
is s till making inroads upon
the cat population about Roar
ing River. We gave an ac
count of its ravages some time
ago. It seems to live on cats,
and there's no' cat in that sec
tion that can feel safe unless
Well housed1 up. We are- in
formed ; that last year when
the circus exhibited at Elkin a
Xynx escaped, and it is sup-'
posed that the cat-eating san
ter is that Lynx! A Lynx is
akin to the wild cat and loves
cat meat. 1 . ,
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JIBS.-WiHblow's gooTHiirei STTRor haa been us
ed lor over fifty years by millions of mothers for
iteeir children while teetbingr with perfect uces
It soothes the child, softens the ans, allays aU
jjaln, cures wind coJlo, and is the best .remedy for
Diarrhoea- It will reliere the poor little sufferer
immediatelyi- Sold bydru'gglKts in every part of
the world Twenty-flra cents a bottlej Be sure,
and asltor:,,Mrs..Wlnslpw'sj:Soothlii:Syrup
andfaHkexoj3therind .c '
k Maggie Owens, an inmate
of the Poor House, is very sick.
--Lawyer H. L. Greene-is at
feuding Federal court at Ashe
ville this ireek.
eThe effect of. an earth
quake was felt here Monday
y several of our people. The
quivering was only? slight
-Application has been made
0r the admission . of Litisha
Qudson, of Boomer township,
tC the Morgan ton Hospital.
i Mrs. J. EV McEwen and
daughter Minnie, and Mrs. W.
y. JfcEwen are attending the
commencement at Traphill In '
Ititute.
I -i. ' . , .
ah, and L. W. Holbrook have
Been appointed stock law com
missioneis in Traphill and Ed
wards townships.
Mrs. Dawson, by mistake,
took an overdose of nitro-glye
erine Monday, and but for the
immediate aid rendered ' Dr.
Turner, the result would have
probably proved fatal.
G. W. Iseley, who is miller
at the Turner & Wyatt -roller
mills, came very nearly getting
fatally injured last week. He
fell from one ottne gangways
whila carrying a sack of flour
and received serious injuries.
Nathan Ingool, of Rock
Creek, fell dead cue day last
week. Fire had broke out in
the woods and Ingool went to
where the. fire was and about
the time he reached there he
fell over dead.
; Esq. P. H. Moore, of Hunt
ing Creek, has a curiosity
which he showed Us this week.
It is a twin egg, the two being
connected by a little tube or
valve, The, shell is soft, but
can be handled without injury.
It is another Wilkes curiosity.
Prof. S. F. Conrad, exhib
ited his stereopticon-grapho-phonic-phantastic-megora
pam-ram-kleptomaniac-magic-1
a n
tern performance, (or whatev
er you call it) here last Wednes
day night. It was right good
in some respects, and was for
a charitable purpose.
Mr; S. D. Lewis, cf Os
bornville, advertises . that he
will sell at public j auction all
his personal property, house
hold and kitchen! furniture,
farming utensils, arid so forth,
on May the 13th, preparatory
to moving to California.
Our friend R j-A. Stroud,
who is engaged in the tan bark
business, felled a chestnut oak
last week which measured -6
feet and 4 inches in circumfer
ence, arid he I pealed the bark
from it for; 106 feet. That is
ahead of anything we have
heard of. j . 1 r
R. N. Garner; Esq., of
Hunting Creek, J Democratic
candidate for sheriff at the
last election, was in the city
Friday, and says the people
down in his section are through
planting' corn, -that some of
them are working over their
com the first time, and that he
actually saw one man stacking!
fodder. That seems to ;be the
"most up to date" part of the
country, "so far as heard . from.
I One; o f -our young men
dreamed Sunday night that -his
fortune was told in Genesis,
31st chapter and the 8th; verse,
and he is now looking- for! an
interpreter. .::Here is what the
yerWsayst. - :s'sJ: : ,
l If he said thus, The speckled shalfcbe
thy wdges j then all the cattle bare speck
led; and if he said thus Th ringstreak
ed shall be thyJnreY then bare all v the
W.-a Winkler.
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