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WINSTON-SALEM, NYC, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1891.
Roanoke College,
SALE1I, VIRGINIA.
THIRTY - NINTH YEAR. Healthfu
Mountain Climate. Choice of Courses
for Desrees; Commercial Department; Id
brarv 17,0y volumes; working laboratory;
Kooil morals: five churches. Expenses for
6 months ?154 to $3i (board, fees, &c.) In
creasing patronage from many States, India
Territorv. Mexico and Japan. North Caro
lina well represented. Next session begins
September tth.
Illustrated Catalogue and illustrated book
about Salem free. Addres3
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FORSYTH COUNTY EXHIBIT
Tb3 Host AttFuCtive at t&8 Sontliern
Exposition.
Nofice of Administration.
HAVING QUALIFIED as administra
trix open the estate of Chas. A. Snipes,
deceased, notice is hereby given to all pur
ties holding claims against said estate to pre
sent them to roe for paymtnent on or before
the 20th day of April, 1892, or this notice
will be plead in bar of their recovery, and
all persons indebted to said estate are here
by notified to make payment at once.
ANNIE SNIPES,
Administratrix.
Watson & Boston, Attorneys.
SHOP- apiU 20th 1891-
SAM'LB.F.SWEHj IProp'r-
Geutleuien who wish a r irit-c!ass Shave
in a white man's F.ln.p shcill call on him.
Everythir-; cr-at and clean
J. L. LUDLOW,
O. 33., IvI. S.,
Member N. C. Board of Health
Ciyij a:sd Sanitary Engineer,
W'KSTOM, n. c.
B B. GLEN'S.
CLEMENT MANLY
Glenn &. Manly,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WIS3TON, - - - - N. C.
Particular attention puid tosetiling estates
and ad vising executors and administrators
Will practice regular! j" in the counties of
Forsvth, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and
Wiles and in the 'Tnited States Courts.
E. A. GRIFFITH,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public.
(Offlce alKve Thompson's drug store.)
WILL PRACTICE in Forsyth and ad
joining counties. Special attention
given to the settlement of estates. All legal
papers carefully drawn, t'tles investigated
and abstracts furnished- Loai3 negotiated
r,n pood security. Special attention given
to the collection of accounts and returns
raade prompt'y. jar.22. ,
FARMERS
furniture
store
BE SURE AND FIND IT
A FULL SKD ACCJESTE MSC61PTI0J
WANTEOJERBIOHTH.
One Hundred Watches to
Repair.
Every fiftieth name on my w atch
repair record I will give one stem
wind anil set me watch, warranted
a good time kcept-r.
All watches, clocks anil jewelry
promptly and neatly repaired and
warranted.
A good assortment of watch
chains and spectacles for sale.
T. J. BAXTER,
In Singer Oifice.
"WHEN TOU
Come to Winston.
Next to llinshaw fcMedearis
store, nearly opposite the
Piedmont Warehouse
THE HEW EXCELSIOR
COOK STOVE
IS THE BEST ON THE
MARKET.
8?It is not a new and untried Store.
It's used by thousands of the best people in
North Carolina.
f3. have sold over 500 and never had a
ingle complaint.
I can eeil you this excellent Stove as
CJeap as any good article on the market.
Tin roofing &nd guttering done promptly
at low prices.
I aai handling car loads of Terra Cotta
Piping for draics and chimney flues. It
makes a che-ip. good chimney. Try it.
GEO, STEWART,
Slain Street. Eatt of Court House.
BROWN'S
PALACE DRUG-STORE
X1T
The Hanes Building!
If you will go there to niake
your purchases yon will find
everything marked down to
live and let live prices.
I have a nice line of furn
iture for you to select from.
The goodar Be pretty and they
are cheap:
Remember the place and
Come and see me.
FARMERS FDMITUBE STORE
W. T. VOGLER,
Tbe Leading
Offers everything iu the drug
lin8 at low. prices. The stock
w large and varied ' and the
quality of our goods cannot be
surpassed. - v "
: We offer the finest line ot
domestic and foreign cigars ever
shown in Winston.
We make wholesale prices to
Country merchants and others
buying ia large quantities.
C . Your friends,
BROWN & RBOW N
OF WINSTON-SALEM,
Has the largest stock of Jewelry,
Silverware, Clocks, " Gold Pens,
Walking Canes, Umbrellas, &c., in
fact, everything that belongs to a
Jewelry Store. His Spectacle 'De
partment is complete. If you need
a pair of Spectacles you would do
well by calling on him before buying
elsewhere, as he is the only
OPTICIAN
In The Place.
Ho is also prepared to do all
kinds of Engraving, fancy and plain,
and all styles of' Monograms. He
does all kinds of fine
all work warranted.
Dr. Klnr.i Br.sy All tiie "While Showing
and Explaining Other Ex
position Notes.
Raleigh, Oct. 7. This is a gloomy
day to te Forsjtk's special property,
but it is brisrht in that corner o? the
building where Dr. Blum presides
The cereal display is particularly
fine. There ate 13 varieties of whe,t
in its growing state, and 11 varieties
threshed; a fine collection of corn
and. of cats, of potatoes, pumpkins,
beets, squashes, turnips .and gourds.
There are 2G varieties of crasses, and
lo3 varieties ot woods. The products
or the sou are represented by some
fine specimens of pressed brick and
fancy tile from the "Winston Brick
and Tile Company, and the largest
clay pipe m the ouildmar from D. T,
Crouse and Son. Some of the fine
iron vases from Salem Iron Woi'fcs
are very ornamentally and usefully
placed ia holdicgr bouquftts cf grasses.
The de.sigu ia the centre of the ceil
ing made from brooms of the Salem
Steam Broom Works, is universally
admired, v itk the dainty bt-Il suspen
ded from it made of whisk broom
On too of a huge bunch of cereal is
the miniature wagon sent by J. C
Spacii of Waughtown, which is the
envv of all the little folks that enter
the buiidinsr. F. & H. Fries have a
display of flour, and a great namber
of samples of their cotton and wool
en goods most artistically arranged.
Jenkins Bros, have sent specimen
cans of All the fruits and vegetables,
with wh:cn they have been busy all
the summer. The ladies of Forsyth
haye sent the finest display of canned
fruits in glass that is to be found in
the whoie building. There aro also
11 varieties of dried fruit.
As might be expected there is a
fine display of tobacco iiorn Win
ston and neighboring towns, al
though not all of the manufacturers
are represented. The finest mahog
any wrappers are a specialty hero.
Ebert, Pa3-ne & Co., Mr. Ogburn,
Shore, Adkins & Co., and one or
two others have unique designs
made of their tobaccos. B. F.
Hanes has srst several boxes of fine
chewing tobacco, which are to bo
auctioned off and the proceeds given
to the Soldiers' llme.
Two largo gla.ss cases, hold the
embroidery exhibit, principally from
Salem, Femtile Academy, which is
very much admired. Tha cases also
contain specimen exhibits from the
Commercial department of Salem
Female Academy, and several curi
osities in the way of old embroider
ies and one glass case of flowers
made of locks of hair of many for
mer pupils. On the wall hangs Miss i
Dirou's handsome pastel, some
views of S. F. A., several fine pho
tographs of Mr. Theo. Kimel's
house and mcgnificent lily ponds,
and maps of the yarious land com
panies of V mston-Salem.
I noticed besides some of Mr. A.
Reich's patent churns, a patent
pump from Mr. Warner, and the
old Salem fire engine," the oldest in
the United States. The outside dec
oration is very handsome and artis
tic, with a border around the ceiling
of thatch work, which I tope For
syth people will specially notice
when they come, and a border be
low made of the head labels of the
tobacco manufacturers. I notice
the arrivals of Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
Strupe and Dr. Ksruer, Mr. R. L.
Cox and Mr. J. C. Spach from For
syth. Mr. J. A. v ance has just ar
rived with a largo exhibit "which is
being placed in machinery hall.
Narseries la the United States,
The census bureau has issued a bul
letin on nurseries, fom which it ap
pears that there are in the United
States 4,510 nurseries, valued at
$41,799,835 80 and occupying 172,S07
acres of land, with an invested cap
ital of $52,425,099 51, and giving
employment to 45,657 men, 2,279 wo
men and 14,200 animals, using in tho
propagation and cultivation of trees
and plants $990,006 04 worth of im
plements. Of the acreage in nurser
ies 95,035.42 W3re found to be used
in growing trees, plants' shrubs, and
vines of all ages, and the figures bas
ed upon the best estimate of the
nurserymen, make the grand total of
plants and trees 3,375,855,778, of
which 518,016,612 are fruit trees,
685,603,398 grape vines end small
fruits, and the balance nut, decid
uous and evergreen trees, grass and
roses. The largest acreage is devot
ed to the production of apple trees,
viz. ,20. 232. 75 acres, numbering 240.
570,666 young trees, giving an aver
age of 11,896 per acre, while the
plum, pear and peach have, respect
fully, 7,826.5, 6,854.35 and 3,357 ac
res, producing 88,495,367, 77,223,402
and 49,S87,894 young trees, or an
average of 11,307, 11,226 and 14,861
trees to the acre.'
Farnell'a Dying Words. '
During Parnell's delirium, some
hours before he died, he talked con
stantly of Ireland, it is Baid, and told
what he would do for her if he lived.
In a brief lucid interval just before
death he said and they were almost
his last words "Let nay love be conf
veyed to my colleagues and the Irish
people.'.' When these words were
subsequently'-communicated : to a
meeting of the delegates - many of
them burst into tears,
OUTIAHS FOfSDISA CAVE.
fSonav Hleers Aceidently Discover
Their Krnileztoat.
Springfield, Mo., Oct. 8. Depu
ty United States Marshal Thomas of
this city has just returned from
Stone county, Mo., and corrms the
sensational rumor of the adventure
of the Colorado miners who discov
ered a few cays ago a band of out
lajws concealed in a cave at White
River Hills, near the Arkansas bor
der.
They entered one of the numerous
caves in the Fouthern part of Stone
county in search of the traditional
Spanish silver mines f south-west
M:ssouri, which so many silver mi
ners have sought in vain since the
acquisition of this territory by the
United States. While fivnWino' t ho
- - - - i t-.
cave 'the light from the torches of
tuo miners suddenly revealed just
ahead of the party four brieht Win
chester rifles leaning against the
rocky wall of the cavern.
In an instant four well-dressed
men sprang from a place of conceal
ment, and, seizing the guns, levelled
their gloamiug barrels at the ad
vancing party and commanded the
miners to nait. a oriet conference
was held, in whieli the denizens of
the cave informed the miners that
the latter must retire.
The treasure hunters obeyed
promptly, but on reaching the mouth
of tho cave one of tbe party was
left to stand guard while the other
men went out into the country to
summon reenforcenaents for the con
templated seizure. Soon men began
to arrive at the cave, armed to the
teeth, aud a constant guard has been
maintained day and night since that
time Sheriff Bookout of Stone
cosnty was at the oavo yesterday.
A deputy marshal is there with
between thirty and forty well-armed
men, resolved to keep up the siege
till the subtrranfin.ri nnflstwi: nrs
forced by hunger to capitulate.
A Raleitfte Segro Crashed to Deatb.
A Italeijrh special says : A colored
man named Tom Robinson was kill
ed in a shocking manner by a Rich
mond and Danville shifting engine
here last wet-k. The victim, who
worked at tne Jbxposition srrounda.
had starred to his work and was
walking on th track of the Raleigh
and Auruata Air Line railroad. An
early freijrht started out and over
took hini and signalled him, when he
stepped off that track into the Rich
mond and Danville track. The yard
engine of the latter road was eroinjr
out at the time to bring in signal
lamps. Seeing the man on his track
about thirty yards in advance the
engineer also signalled and rang his
bell, but ivobinson must evidently
have thought it the Raleigh and Au
gusta engine, for he paid no atten
tion to it, l.'Ut stm continued walking
till struck by tho tender, knocked
down and run over. Robinson was
instantlj- ki'h'd and torn to frag
ments, ihe coroner s lurv at once
held an inquest aad exonerated the
railroad from blame.
A Mn Living; with Broken Nark.
What is stated to be among the
most remarkable instances in the an
nals of surgery is Miat of a man now
being treated at the Jefferson Medi
cal College Hospital. The man is
Albert Patterson, aged thirty-three
years. He was born in Bavarie, but
came to this country about sixteen
years ago. Some two years since he
received employment as a waiter in a
restaurant at Galveston, Texas.
While attempting to climb tip the
stairs one day he fell a distance of
about twelve feet on his side, ruptu
ring the sixth and seventh vertebra;
below the neck. When picked up his
wholebody was paralyzed. He'was
taken to a hospital, where, upon ex
amination, it was found he was alive.
This was on May 23, 1891. The
surgeon there, knowing the case to
be desperate, decided on the bold plan
to operate. He did so, and, after
opening the back of the neck, inserted
silver wires in a position by which
the vertebrae were held .together.
Strange to say, the man recovered,
and his rgans again resumed their
motion. He left the hospital.
Is It Possible That Raleigh Can't
Raise It?
The trustees of the proposed Bap
tist State Female University, to be
erected in Raleigh, met in that city
Wednesday and discussed the fail
ure on the part of the city to raise
the money subscribed and looked to
steps in other .directions. After
considerable discussion the question
was talked .'till the Baptist State
Convention in Goldsboro, when' it
will be brought up and fully deter
mined upon. It is strange that a
city of Raleigh's size and dignity
should make an appropriation and
then fail to come to time with it.
Other cities can and will, if she will
move out.
Tbe Motz 3f urder Case.
This famous case came up from the
grand jury of Lincoln county, on
Tuesday, in the form of a true bill
against the Motz brothers for killing
their cousin, Samuel C. Motz. After
formal arraignment of the defend
ants, motion was made by their
connsel for change of venue, which
was gran ted. The judge has not yet
designated a place for the trial, but
a report in the Charlotte Chronicle
says it is likely that Mecklenburg or
Cleveland-will be the place. ,
The next Civil Service examination
of applicants for positions in the
Government service-will be held at
Charlotte on the 22nd inst. '
The Court House Question.
l?TV-rmvn O . -r, . -
jjjjjii utc ojswxihel.: it would in
deed be a fearful set-back to the
prosperity and forward march of
Winston-Salem if the proposition
now pending should be defeated
It has been said that Forsyth
county is bo nave a new court bouse;
Winston-Salem has been published
as saying so.
Now let the matter be defeated by
apathy or indifference and the dam
aging effect will fall upon this pro
gressive city, ard may seriously re-
iara its progrcia .
It won't do to "rock -along" and
take it for granted that matters will
be all right if the result should be
adverse, and the proposition voted
down, there will be many found
ready to say "I told you so," while
othprs who are apparently indiffer
ent nou- will admit that they thought
the election should have been can
vassed and properly worked up, so
as to nuke success certain,, but it
will tb ti be too late. These "sfter
thougt.1"' people are generally clogs
to the growth and prosperity of any
community. We do not mean that
there are any such here they live
elsewhere; such do not flourish in
the climate of Winston-Salem. But
the fact still remains that this im
portant matter should be put before
the people of Forsyth county in its
Tr:i!" ' Sight and it should be done
&: r. e.
yr.'s.v reasonable man can or will
object to the new court house? Here
is a county that stands little, if any,
below any other in the entire State,
in wealth and material prosperity
a county entirely free from debt.
The extra tax for the new building
would hardly exceed, if as much as
one tenth one per cent. The tax
payer would hardly feel the addi
tional increase, nor would he recog
nize the difference in the aggrega
tion of his State and county taxes if
the tax list and his receipt did not
show the specific levy.
There were men who lived in
North Carolina, in the long ago, who
opposed the building of railroads,
and who were 'against" internal
improvements of any kind, and the
descendants of all such have lived
to see the folly of such a course.
Ihe towns and communities who
vejected railroads, and took plank
roads in lieu thereof, have had the
bitter reflection upon the mistake
they made, while they have seen
other places in favor of internal im
provements sweep forward and keep
time to the music of progress.
The county of Forsyth will have
vers' soon the metropolis of North
Carolina as her (its) county seat.
Winston-Salem is to-day one of the
leading cities of the South.
liet no sordid spirit, sentimental
objection, or prejudice, have place
in the minds of the good people of
this county. Her people are patri
otic, liberal minded, broad-guaged. !
It is their court bouse their enter
prise. Jvery emotion of patriotic
county pride should move ' them to
carry on this work to successsul
completion by voting for the propo
sition to be submitted. Let the vote
be as a unit on this all-important
question, and let that vote be in fa-;
vor of a court house building suita
ble and commensurate with the
name the fame the pride and the
prosperity of Forsyth county.
Citizen.
Oillion and O'Brien Refuse to Talk.
A London special states that John
Dillion, a member of Parlaiment for
East Mayo and William O'Brien,
member of Perliament for East Cork
who are both in Ireland, were seen
yesterday and asked for an expres
sing of views for publication in re
gard to the death of Mr. Parnell.
Both the gentlemen, referred to dis
tinctly ref used to say anything upon
tne subject.
Mr. Timothy M. Healy, member of
Parliament for North Longford, and
probably Mr. Parnell's most bitter
opponent, was asked to-day for an
expression of opinion upon the polit
ical situation, lie declined to say
anythiBg regarding politics, remark
ing: "As Mr. Harrington has declin
ed to make a statement concerning
the intention of i his party, we, for
our part, are determined to main
tain a truce for the present."
Is Balmaceda Dead ?
Is Balmaceda dead? This is the
question raised by the Santiago cor
respondent of Galignat's Messenger.
The minor that the American minis
ter put out the story in order the bet
ter to conceal the fugitive Chilian
president and that the latter is still
alive and at the American legation
may have important consequences.
The story seems wholly improbable,
but if it is believed, as stated, by the
friends of the new administration, it
may cause the mob to attack the le
gation. Such an event would render
very serious a situation already
greatly complicated.
Improvement in Electricity.
Mr. Edison announces that he has
solved the problem of the application
of electricity as a motive power and
expects to show the world how to
run electric street, cars without
either trolleys or storage" batteries.
Mr. Edison has from timee to tim an
nounced so many, important inven
tions that never materialized that
the news 'that he has put in his claim
in this field also will have a discour
aging effect. Still there can be no
doubt that somebody will reach this
result and it may as well be Edison
as another. '" . - . : .
The advent of the "Veiled' Proph
ets" in St. Louis last night; was at
tended by a gorgeousness never be-
fore excelled. - , ' - ..,
THE CALL HAS BfflBSOED
For a Hsstlag cf Ge Fatioaa! Republican
Committee.
NORTH CAR0L1SIMS IN WASHISGTOJ.
Members to Visit tiie Southern Expo
sition Tho Condition of Gen.
L.3o-Oth3r Notes.
i . -
Washin-gtox, D. C, Oct. 9. Mr.
John McCarthy, private secretary to
Senator Leland Stanford, leaves this
city to-morrow morning to attend
tha Exposition at Raleigh. It will
be well for our people to show him
especial attention.
The following call for a meeting
of the Republican National Com
mittee was issued yesterday after
noon: "Washington, D. C, Oct. 8, '91.
'A meeting of the Republican
Actional Committee is herebv called,
to meet at the Arlington Hotel, in
the city of Washington, oa Monday,
the 23rd day of November, 1891, at
the hour of 11 o'clock a. m. The
duties of the committee at thi3
meeting will b-3 to act upon the res
ignation of Hon. 7,1. S. Quay as
chairman, fill thn va.cn.Twi.- nno.i.i i.-n-
his resignation, to determine the
time and place for holding the nest
National IieDublic
and to transact such other business
a may propeny come before it. The
committee is rtl!f--r1 moot ;n xr.-.
vember instead of December, as
heretofore, iu order that the Na
tional Convention may bo held at an
earlier date, or in the last week of
the mocth cf May. if it shall bo
deemed proper to do so, the rules
imposed by the last National Con
vention reauirin? that H pr.ll
the convention shall be issued six
months iu advance of the time set
for its session.
"J. S. Clarkson,
"Chairman of tho Executive Com.
'J. Q. Fassett
"Secretary of the National Com."
"The bier ilpmwratiri n, r.nt n in
New York rn'nvfts that PlBroUn.i'o
star is stili in the ascendant," said a
lxortn Carolina politician to me yes
terday. He is SlK'h a strnn.,
land man that ha added, "I hope
oven tne oauy will oe used as a fac
tor to make him more popular!"
The liilht house hoard lm nrmn1t-
ed its estimates for tho expenses of
the establishment for the iiscalyear
1893. They aggregate $2,233,900
and intlud.'d tha follon-ino- itoma
Mantuckot, New South Shoals, light-
snip, 5u,i;u; completing pedestal
Statue of Liberty LirrM, New York
Harbor, 50,000; St a ten Island
ljigrimoiiso depot, .viO.OiiO; Hog
Island station. Va.. $1 2u OOO- R..UL
more station, $';o,60O; Cape Fear
station, ;. u., :5i.J,0;u; Mount Cor
nelia station, Fla., $175,000; tender
for the ninth district, $95,000; Gray's
Harbor station, Wash., ?(50,000,
and St. Mary's station. Ai-jsfcn.. SHft -
ooo. '
TCt-Minister t r T,i:r-Ir RinJtVi
Bishnr .T. V.' TTors'l jit '.Tnl,,, r'
Dr.ncv. ofNorMi Carihinn enlr.rtvl
called upon Secretary Foster yester
day morning to pry thfir respects.
Congressman W. II. F. Lee it? much
tetter. rx-uovernor u on a
visit to him, and speaks encourag
ingly of his condition.
OFF TSiK COAST.
Stemacr Asfiojrc la rpat P'rii Secre
tary 'frocy r.n Eossrd.
Baltimore, Oct. 10. Tho U.S.
Steamer Dispatch i. ashore near Cape
Charles on east coast of Virginia,.
Secretary Tracy is on board. It in
impossible to reach th steamer, and
it is in great peril. It ia highly prob
able now that the etea'mer will be
wrecked and the c rew and passengers
lost. '. 'v
Sorrow Jii irelirnl.
Dublin, Oct. 9. At a meeting to
day of the corporation of the city of
Dublin resolutions of regret at the
death of Mr. Parnell were passed and
the lord raavor and members of cor
poration were empowered to attend
the funeral to-morrow in their robes
of State.
American Enterprise in Nicaragua.
"i. tie Nicaragua Canal is a suc
cess. .Work is being carried en
steadily, and if American capital
refuses to complete the enterprise it
will be done by the British capital
ists, who. are only too eager to gain
control' of this commercial Gibral-
ter," said H. J. Strong, of -Nicara
gua, in Chicago on. Sunday, accord
ing to a dispatch to the New , York
Tribune.
Only One Joint Debate.
The Ohio executive Democratic
committee have solicited-eight more
joint debates between Campbell and
McKinley after the one at Ada, .Oo
tober 8thV The " Republican execu
tive committee have declined. It is
surmised that the main, reason was
that Major Mckinley did not want
his silver record on the short dollar
drawn upon him in the presence of
so many Republicans, who, of course,
would attend all such meetings.
. No 'Cause for Kerret. ..'
An Irishman who was .shingling a
barn, got too near the edge and roll
ed off and fell td the 'ground; "Oi
wnz coomin1 down onvwav." he re
plied. "Oi wug jist out o' nails." .
Price 5 Cents
The Great Chicago Fire, Twenty Years
Ago Friaay.
Twenty years ago Friday, on
October 9lh, 1871, a combination of
a broken lantern in a cow shed, high
winds and fire-trap structures,
brought the city of Chicago into a
bright and blazing prominence,
which is still referred to as "tne
great fire;" the one seething, surg
ing, sweeping baptism of flame
which dimmed the historic splendor
of the great fire of London, and
which Boston, Lynn and other cen
tres have since then vainly tried to
emulate. But as there is only one
Chicago the one Queen City of the
West so there has only been one
Chicago fire to go thundering down
the ages as the greatest pyrotechnic
effect since the time of Nero.
It was on a Sunday evening, just
a couple of decades ago, when the
first spark sputtered into a flame
that was to light a great and grow
ing city to a temporary desolation
and shroud its glories iu an ava
lanche of ashes. Bright, breezy
and pleasant had been that Indian
summer Sabbath. People were re
turning to their homes from joyous
excursions and tho nh Tl T" Vi cu Via?
just discharged their congregations
aiter tne last services of the day,
when the fire broke out, the alarm
was sounded and a few firemen trot
ted off laughingly to drown out a bit
of a blaze which had started up in
an old barn. But, as great events
spring from small causes, so the mis
erable little blaze which firt attract
ed notice spread until it became a
connagration over waich the world
Stood aWAll anrl lialnloce ir tl
sence of the demon of destruction.
From the Sunday evening until
tho following Tuesdav th rf.ot fim
set human bravery and tried appli-
ituoes at uenance. it swept on, un
imneded in its tidn.1 vmrn nf luat.nA
tion, until 2,100 acres of the heart
ui tne city nad Deen reduced to rum;
until 17,450 buildings had
eled to the ground; until 98,500 per
sons had been rendered homeless,
and until 200 lives had been lost.
Property amounting to upwards of
$200,000,000 in value, and repre
senting about one third of the entire
property in the city, had vanished
entirely; and a population of 320,000
became the obiacttt nf
the civilized world, and their mis-
iorrnnes opened a floodgate of help
which, in its extent of hritv hue
had no equal in its warmth and
spontaneity.
But Well Snfiftta tho PhMartolViIo
Times, when it says: "Chicago did
not snrinii or wituer under that dire
affliction. Tho misfnrtnno xpViir.li
had fallen upon her only seemed to
orace ner to mgber and more ambi
tious efforts. Troiihla nnlv Wnf
out her mere heroic nature, and ere
tne asnes ot ner liery cyclone had
become cold she was busy at work
rebuilding, expanding, growing big
ger and brighter, and once more as
suming her old proud position as the
Queen of , the West.' "
Prohibition in Iowa.
Governor Boies squarely faces the
prohibitory liquor law in his canvass
t hrough Iowa. He says that the law
has been fully and fairly tried, and
that it must be pronounced ineffective.
Its application is not, felt at all in
many places and the efforts to enforce
it anywhere are farcical. He believes
that the people are tired of the
burlesque business.
Our Coal Product.
Extra Census Bulletin No. 10 pla
ces the total coal product of the
United Slates in 1890 at 141,229,513
short tons, worth at the mines $160,
220,323, the increase in product over
18S0 being 97.5 per cent and in val
ue 07.5 per cent. There were 45,
000,4S7 tons of anthracite, worth
$05,879,514, and 95,629,020 tons of
b:tuminous coal, worth $94,346,809.
Ina Alliance Orgran In Mecklenburg'.
The Charlotte News states that the
eforts for a weekly Alliance organ in
Mecklenburg are about to material
ize and that the organ will be started
in a few days, the matter now being
in the bauds of its editor, manager,
etc.
Tne Teachers Trip to Cab.
Col. E. G. Harrell, ot Raleigh,
will take charge of a very pleasant
party during the holidays, which
will go to Cuba. The trip will oc
cupy fifteen days and the total cost
will be $75. That is certainly a
cheap rate.
Judge Ralph P. Buxton, of Fay
etteville; is being recommended for
Judge Seymour's position as Circuit
Judge by his friends In this State
irrespective of party. Judge Buxton
is a pure man, learned in the law.
An Asbevllle Family Polaened.
The family of Mr. James Brown,
of Asheville, including Miss Annie
Gowan,. adopted daughter of Capt.
William Brown, of Salisbury, who
is boarding with them, were poisoned
one day this week by eating padding.
All of them are now doing well ex
cept Mr. Brown and Miss Annie Gow
an, who are still quite sick. Ex.
The first joint meeting between
Governor Campbell and Mr. McKin
ley took plate this" a. m. at Ada, O.
From the way Mr. Campbell handles
Mr. McKinley this ought to add
considerable to the Democratic
vote. ' ' ' '
This seems to be a bad year for the
B's, Balmaceda, Boulanger, and
about a dozen balloonists have taken
sudden departures. -
TOTER
MILLINERY
Is nosv Arriving Daily at
MRS. ADA MASTEN'S
Its New and Pretty
Come and See.
iyrhe Latest New York
styles.
SCHOULER'S
Milliitry Estiiikit.
THIRD ST., SOUTH OF COURT HOC3S
Millinerv ! The central fi
the occasion. Every day this week,
will be Millinery days here for we
can no more crowd them all into the
showings of three days, or even three
weeks, than we can condense the
panoramic glories ot Autumn. .Nev
er have we more guccessfnllv. nmn-
erly, and at all points happily caught
Fashion's brightest Irion thn n in tlif
Grand Showing we greet you with
tnis week. Ihe choicest gems of
the Millinery's Art are hero. The
field is covered at every point ; ev
erything the unique conceits or
Paris Millinery, side by side with
the product of our own skilled Mil-
1 ai-a -
liners. 1'rices, you'll unci, are graded
marvelously low.
A. F.. ARNOLD,
(Zcfe of Elgin Watch Co.)
Watch-Maker
-AND-
(bnccessor to I. 31. Roberts Co.)
mm i m prices.
WArCHES, CLOCKS, CHAINS
CHARMS, RINGS, BRACE
LETS, NECKLACES,
ETC., ETC.
SILVERWARE
Of all kinds and of be?t quality.
Next door to Eaiiy's Ha
and Shoe Store, opposite Court
House,
WINSTON, N C-
FOE SALE !
A GOOD JOB OFFICE .OUTFIT
ISCLXTDTSa
Two Good Job Presses
AND ALL XECS3AIiY
TYPE AND MATERIAL
Or will consider propositions to
run the office on shares from proper
y accredited parties.
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For the best Coffee, Sugar, Syrups, Molas
ses, Hay, Com, Meal, Kehlor Bros. Ship
Stuffand Flour, Lime, Salt, best sola and
upper Leather, colored and white Carpet
Warp. Bod Laps, Pound Prints and five
ondred yard Spool Cotton.
-:- Just Received.
Forty cases Mason's White Top Glass Fruit
Cans, in three dozen tackrr. nt 1 m l
' o I - -
81.26 per dozen. '
JVe have the (oodj you need and a
the right Drice. Come and see i and nnd
your orders.
H. U. rUINUtATER,
WNSTON. - - - N. CAROLINA.