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FRANK THORNTON
H j Cvcftin2 tlio trood people of JeoMJtoffl county, ami congratulate? them upon
T" , jp, HauVoad fiM ilithss. With psmlnttsMe pride we anmunee tlat we have the lar
lfc" cS l u-sret to-k anil the UMBi perfectly arranged establishment in the entire tate.
rty. Jtic at the ins:le pf our Mammoth Store will convince anyone that we carry
"r 1 INK GKKM contained un ler any one toof, south of Ma.on & Dixon's line.
,h' r-'"" ' ' nv show perfect lines in elegant Black Gras' Grain. Striped and Colored
IN 'T-Ls' i,,,r assortment i unsurpassed in benutiful black, colored, striped and mav
1 ' t? '1"T,'1 An unuuallv handsome exhibit is made of .Silk Velvets, strip-
j VVt' Velvet'- ami Brocaded Velvet-. IT MLR PLlrSIIIE9 are seen all
I . ' ... rK FINK DRESS GOODS. All the tuTclties are secured and ex -
. .-. .J .it t.
" ' f i m,rn,r which are Striped Uoucle. AtmaHrt, all WOot suitings, 40 inches wide: Oueko.
n" 1JuitiM 54 tkckea wide: Cashmere Diagonals, Cashmere Sublime Long, all wool Tric
P'ilh vntities. Cashmere PeUtt, Travel. Fancies. Serges, Colored Faille, Colored Rhada-
nie.
, takttttftkl ittattky Felt Hall Edgings. Mohair Mrbottt Trimming. Feathers Mar-
fjV. .' inrs. Beaded Gimps, all colors, entirely new: Hoot Braids. Lu-ings Tords. Bea-
Pst:ituntrie. ana au e 'n-'ru-- "'vr " , . ;
rlmrnt ispetfCC. A iavsre and full line of MoiUmug gdx. mclu ling sitk V rap Hen
"", . Te t'l.th. VaUttra Broehe. Bfcttk tth&dstKe, "etc. In Wraps v e take pleasure in
?'" ' - , mr ttentktt t-' the most complete array ever shown in this part of the country, m
t wi M s, in etotk and E-iocvle silks: Newmarkets in cloth a id Brocade silk, all
r . -i ; .t. ilnTiim UMkl PI twit sficimips 4D inches na satin lined a
l 1 -1. . J.,.. ... Kntt.llW li lll.lT.tl I'lXl.T-nn X 1.1. VI fV ll KIIP.
h.m'l
semelv tritume'i in v vwvi -i c -
teautitullv tlf.
r P- ivovvlieaw and handsome stock is h"wn embracing every .-.vailaMe Novelty in
Canetit in liaid ani Strip, lngrain-;5-p!y?. Tapestry. Tapestry Brussels. Bodv
r ' Uriiohe" Velvet. Axmin-ier. stair Carpet in In-rain in I Brussels. Hemp. vVc. In
h '.- . nr ,Mt.uent is perfect in all grades. We are the sole coutr.dU ig agent in the city
fertile cteftrtitd Zie'ler Bros Fine shvM, and no cue else can buy or sed them in this terri
hTr Taere are tm ui '.iesr'ers' make of shoes, but to get the genttin i nquire and look for
, j . .;,., p.r.-. Kmut$ pair is brauded. We show those goo-H in every -tyle and
,-u,,-ns known to the aristic trade.
We use Our Best Endeavors
in the arrangement and extent of our st-ck to savo the Ladies tnuMe of going from one store
m HMeV comptda their memoraudoms. and we flatter ourselves that we cau. with
" tiU wv memorandum in the Lry Ghs Line, hereby -bviafng to the purchaser
hTm Vu,ee ' FOR THE BKNKFlt Of OUR l.ABV PATRONS we have eoMMCted w;th
.'.r"stV-- diu.ent a han-tsomely furnished PwrlMr, and Toilet Room, a teature in the Pry Goods
h.m u-t re-e l by any . ther IMM in the city
Mtt. ORBF.U5. and orders for tikiplc wdkitud and pntHfttf attendcl to
FRANK THORNON
rAYCTTKVILLS, N. C.
IIIBHMIITaElt-.l'.'r il
ropPoertK tu.p stando
V"h tho LwgKgl Stock of
Staple and Faiisy Groceries
P r ovisions. Etc.,
Kwf rfbrcjj to the purchasing: poWlifbl
Johnston and surrounding counties.
A an evidence of our MCMftHIHg bus-
. i LJ
ms. wiae-awae ouvers arc o?id am- ;
rin. tl that tnerchantc who handle one line j
of cd.- oly and buy in larjre lots can 1
civ? bargains.
400 BARRELS FLOUR, !
I
Fresh tr ind out of New Wheat, just received
at Wit t.i umi o Iktnfk
Pri e from 1 to per barrel.
2 Car Loads Salt,
Coarse and tine groand Alum s.nd Clown just
received at Wi IIIHM1I ft Bi. vkk s.
10 Boxes C. R. Sides,
rece-v
?l at
Wut,lVso; It Bt VKKS.
50 Bozes Cakes and Crackers,
At Factory Plttti just received at
tnn iVMsoN Bt.AKF. s.
25 Boxes Tobacco,
' J :?r,ts per poud up. just received at
fflt.l t VMSON Bl VKK S.
Car Load Bagging and Ties,
At reJaee-i prices, just received at
fftuuxau vV Bi.akk s.
80 Boxes Tai ieH Cheese
'Th? F-ne-t on Earth.) and other grades just
rwire,l st OJ i vmsox & P.uke's.
25 CASKS STAR LYE.
J im rewelvo.1 4t WlUJAMSftX & Bi.vki; s.
CASKS HtiHSKFOUD S BREAD
PKF.rAR ATB N mt received at
Wii.uv.' ft Bi.vkks.
Crkerv Wood and WkBoW Ware. QftWB
Who, Imp Qoodkk Tin Ware and a
thousand other thinss; just re
ceived at WifiMnoBM ift Blake's.
They have the oods and the lowest
prices t. nsult your interest by fgivng them
a call befoic hnytng elsewhere.
Vry respectfully,
Williamson & Blake.
STOP AT THE
CUMBERLAND HOUSE,
Near the Depot.
FAVKTTKVrLLK. N. C.
D HBEliL. Proprietor
Tlfti is tiir lar-st li-use in die city, is lo-
c tin al-eauriful prove, hasrvcent improve
Mali and is in ttie business part of the town.
I'olite Mmrtua and inod tare.
A. H Ksrkin. S. C. Bankin . H. Slocomb
A. . Rankin & Go,
Wholesale Grocers and
DEALKRS IN
tikzers, OM Hickory
WAGONS and CARTs.
PwtQKwi Building. Person Street.
b-V KTTE ELLM, N. C.
Busty & Houston
p tn stivck a nice line of
Clocks, Watches,
1KB jKWSLRT.
'pairing done in the host jH-siide manner.
SoMoSUo, Hay St., near Market Piaice,
F WETTEVILLE, N. C
Wc wish to direct the attention of the
public to our large an i well selected stock
of (goods now in Store. We carry the
ianrest stock of Hardware in the country,
and ein and will sell hardware cheaper
vhan eon be s Id by any cencraj dealer.
It von want stoves and tin ware.
Tf you want crockery and dass ware,
It you want wod and willow ware,
If you want builder's hardware.
If jon WmM t-i Imild or repair a wagon.
If you want to hutld OK repair a buszgy,
If you want saddles, bt idles and harness.
It vou want to paint vur house.
If you wan: to dry or preserve your fruit,
It you want to cut voi r wheat, grass anJ
oats,
If you want sa-h dojrf and blinds.
If vou want to run a cotton cinor saw
mill
If you want Slo. oil. h ee leather and
If you want guns aud ammunition, belts.
If you want pocket and taMe cutlery,
If you want, the best mor in tho wor
If you want to fence you farm,
If you want to shoe your horse.
If you want the best plows and cultivators.
If you want the best hoes, rakes and forks,
If you want the best iron and wood pumps
If you want fly traps and fly fans.
If you want to rest whed you arc tired
If you want to be rich and happy.
Buy your goods of
J. & J.8. HOI I
33-ly. Smithfield, K. C.
W. L. Edwards,
SECOND STRKKT
S m i t li li e 1 cl , X. d
Is Heel piarters for Fresh Norfolk Oysters.
Servcl up in sny style and at all hours.
NOTICE!
By virture of the authority contained in a
mrtpice ileel exe;utel to J, W Temple on
the .'th day of June. lNi. hy C. J. Teuiple
and wife, and transferred to Sanders & Mas
sengiri on the l-tii day of November. 1S8i.
and duly registered in the Besrister's office of
Johnston county, in Bo, k "V." Nv. 4. pasres
371 and -j7" m shall sell at public auction for
caafc at tlie court kansa dowr in the town of
Sniithficld. on the lMh day lecember. 1886,
a certain tract of land in Ingram? Township.
Johnston county, knowi as the Nicholas Stan
ley land, containing 18 across and fully de
scribed in said mortgage. This 18th day of
Nove'-ibe-. 1886,
SANDERS ft MAYING ILL. Mortagees.
Ca x'l'iairo Ml mi lac turers
AND
UNDERTAKER
fEHICLES at Rock Bottom
Prices.
Dealers in Caframboa anrf Cincinnati Itujf
is. Bursry and Wagon Harness, Saddles,
Bri'inis. etc", kept in stick, very low for cash-
Coffins and Burial Cases furnished on snort
notice
Consult your interest and five them a call
ksd examine their Sti ck before purchasing
invwliere Sausfactio i puiranted.
K- W POU. Sr. P- T M.V5SEY
pOU & lJASSEY,
AttQriieys-at-Law and Beal Estate
Agents.
BMHITFIKLD, N. C.
If you wish tc buy i tna or to sett iand. per j
baps we can am you.
We can negotiate lfn. for long or short
terms on real estate in Johnston county
Persons wishing to li-nd money or to borrow
money on mortgage of land may find it to their
atsrestto call on u v
mm
SMITHFIELD, N.
TO MY DEPARTED FATHER
The following beautiful verses were
written by t be celebrated "StonewallJac k
son.M They breathe the very essence of
poetry:
As die the embers on the hearth
And o er the floor the shadows fall,
And creeps the chirping cricket forth,
And ticks the death-wa'ek on the wall.
I se a form in yonder chair.
That grows beneath the waning liiht.
There are the wan. sad features there
The pallid brow and locks of white.
My'fatber ! when they laid thee dowr,
And heaped the clay upon thy breast,
And left thee sleeping all alone,
Upon thy n i r row couch of rest:
I know not why I cold not weep,
The oothiug drops refused to roll,
lf"i. that gr,ef is viid and deep
Which ct(lr.t t,-arl?s on the soul.
But when T saw thy vacant" chair.
Thine idle hat upon the wall,
The book the pencil'd passage there
Thine eye had rested last of all:
The tree beneath whose fyiendly siiades
Thy trembling feet had wander'd forth;
Tiievery print those feet bad made
Wheu 1- st they teebiy trod the earth.
I thought while -count less ages fled
Thy vacant chair would vacant stand,
Unworn thy hat. thv book unread
Effaced thy foot-teps from the sand :
And widow' d in this cheerless world
The heart that gave its love to thee;
Torn tik the rinr (cA tendril curl' d
.Wor- c!of!i( ro icij thr falling trtr.
Oh. father; then for her and ttiee,
Gush "d madly forth the scalding tears.
And oft. and long, and bitterly.
Those tears hive gush'd in latter years.
For as the world grows oold around.
And things assume their own real lute,
Tis sad to find tha'. lve is found
Alone above the stars with you.
THE MlSTERIOI S WOMAN
One cold night in November there came
over me that strange feeling which always
indicates that soiuethiug unusual is at
hand. I believe there is some mysterious
atrenoy which warns people of the approach
of danger anJ of the approach of strange
and unusual events I remember the very
strange seusation I experienced just before
the earthquake, and then too I remember
that the earthquake seemed to be a premo
nition ot an affliction which I suffered but
a few hours afterwards.
On this November night I felt peculiarly j
strange. Some power seemed to be silently
urgicg me to seek the old garret which is in j
the third story of our home. I determined
to obey. It was with much difficulty that i
I climbed the autiquated stairway, bit at j
last I reached the trap door, which was j
soon BQ bitched; and I entered the dismal
abode of the rats and the haunts. But I
found neither rat nor haunt , sitting quietly
to an old cli air which had been cast up
there years before I saw a woman, a pret
ty woman with jplden hay- soniewba dis
hevelled a it hung losely over her shoul
ders. Strange to say I was not much sur
prised, and I was not one bit afraid, as I
scon found myself conversing with her.
She seemed rational and well contented in
her solitarv confinement, for in all thase
long vears that trap doer had not beeg un- ;
latched.
Curiousity soon ot me to searching j
among some old dingy papers in the gar-
ret. 1 came across the will ot the man
who had lived in the house lonz years be
fore. This stnnge woman was his daugh
ter. In his will he declared that she must
spend the remainder of her life in this attic.
He must have been an aceentric man to
have made such a will and his daughter
must have been an obedient child to have j
obeyed so lone. "While I was looking over
I the paj er. the young woman she certainly j
; looked yeaeg) carelessly asked me to open '
I the door that she might look out. I had
hoitlj raised it when quick as a flash she
I was cone. With great acilitv I saw her ',
spring upon an out-stretehed limb of one of
the largo oaks near the house, and half
hopping, half flying she quickly passed
through the tree tops and was gone.
I was surprised, bewildered and some
what vesed with mvself for what I had
done.
Excited and dazed about this time I
waked up. All this was one of those
never explained visitations which we some
times underLTO. called a dream ! .
TARIFF LKGI$I.TIO..
Mr. Morrison Witt Call fp
Ills Rill uria$rThe
Coming? Week..
Mr. Morrison has decidetlto call up the
Tariff hi! in the House the "latter part of
nest week. Tariff reformers in the House
are confident that they will be able to get
the matter up for consideration, and many
believe that there wiil ne tariff legislation
of some sort at this session. They are pre
pared to take advantage of every circum
stance in their favor. It is generally con
ceded that Mr Randall has placed himself
at a ureat disadvantage by the. introduc
tion of his bill last session. By so doing he
committed himself to the acknowledge
ment that a revision of the tariff is necea
ary, and the friends of revision say he can
not refuse to consider the question. They
urge, too. that no man in the House dis
putes that the revenues of the government
must he reduced, and they can no longer
refuse to attempt the reduction. The op
ponenta of the measure are invited to con
sider the proposition in a spirit pf fairness
aud to amend the bill in any Way that they
have the power to do. Many Republicans,
it is believed, are disposed to do this. Mr.
Hiscoek and others of the Republican
leaders would favor taking up the question
and fighting the Morrison proposition with
a substitute taking the tax off tobacco and
fruit brandies and placing sugar upon the
free list. Such a proposition, it is believed
would get the votes of the Virginia, North
Carolina and South Carolina delegations.
A pecan tree in Elizabeth city this sea
son produced six bush Is of pecans which
were worth forty-four dollars in that
HI til'
C, JOHNSTON COUNTY, DECEMBER
9IIRRORISGS.
T
Written by Henry Blouni, the
Inspired Genius of tue
Wilson Mirror.
' Words of theer.
Few persons realize how much happiness
may be promoted by a few words of cheer
spoken in moments of despondency, by
by words of encouragement in seasons of
difficulty, by words of commendation when
r obstacles havo been overcome by effort and
perseverance. Wordh fitly spoken often
sink so deeply into the mind and the heart
of the person to whom they are addressed
that thfey remain a fixed, precious, and-often
recurring memory a continuous sun
shine lighting up the ,eara, perhaps, after
the lips that have uttertd them are sealed
in death. A whole life has been changed
exalted, expanded, and illumed by a single
expression of approval falling timely upon
a sensitive and ambitious-nature. We know
from the experience of this and last week
the truth of tlrs assertion, for our own
life has been made brighter and happier by
the kind and generous expressions which
have rewarded our efforts on the Mirror.
and which are as refreshing to us as the
splashing of sjpiria atrrto'.tKe thirsty
traveler oh a : hbranf dtfsry ' Tdnd. Yes
they do us good; they make us stronger
and encouragbWfortmf work, for We are
thus made to feel-tshafc willing bands are
ever ready to w,ave a sweet, and fresh and
radiant garland :arotmd-the brow of honest
effort, tnd that if .we wiil but faithfully
strive true hearts are ever willing to crown
us with the coronal of ah Unstinted appre
ciation, v ' j:
Another death- grasp' bas been made,
another wail of ;jkeguish has been heard,
and another mound tells that the drama of
of death has been enacted again. And in
this tragic play.- for cverj death is a trag
edy, all play their parts. alike. From the
palace and from the hovel, from luxury and
from want, from wealth and from poverty,
they all come at the call, and it is then seen
that death makes no distinction in the cast
of the characters and that the shephard's
crook is then placed ty the side of the
monarch's scepter. Yes every death is a
tra-redv. 'We stand bv the open grave,
mutter a few prayers, ani rush back to the
struggle and meanness of life. A few loy
al and loving hearts may throb with agony
but time dulls the pain, obscures the mem
ory, until the cold pulseless marble alone
keeps' watch above the dead. Every death
is a tragedy, because it end a life's history
full of asperation. iove, hate, temptation,
struggle and suffering. And the truth
will never be known, er justice done, until
the Great Chancellor shall judge the secret
intents of cash heart. When the Phar
isees of this world, who '-thank God they
are not Ike yonder Publican,'' and who
have been followed to their last resting
place with all the pageantry of woe. wiil
be thrust aside, spotted, like toads with
pretense and hypocrisy, whilst many des
pised and condemned bv inen.will be bound
to have had noble aspiration way down in
the heart which under proper cultivation
and necessjirv encouragement would have
born ripe fruit; and God knowing all this, ;
and all the surroundings, and all the strug-
gles and all the temptations and all the j
frailties of poor weak human nature, will
Open the flood gates of His mercy and His j
justice, and wait them into His Kingdom ;
of peace and rest.
Women cannot live without love and by
love, we mean love expressed in words and
honeyed endearment, and not merely felt
as is too often the case. Married men so of
ten lose sight of those little acts of attentions
and kind notices, which are so dearly ap
preciated by the wife, and though they
love just as well they seem to think they
may take it for grated, and hence it is we
sec so many homes dark and rayless. If
husbands would only make their feelings
speak out in eloquent expression of de
monstration memories now so sacred to
those dear old hours of "wooing and win
ning." would come back to their hearts aud
brighten their lives with Heaven-borrowed
radience. A husband's cxibition of love
is to a woman a glorious even of rapture,
and with no forbidden fruit in its bliss
fringed borders. Through it are forever
flowing those rippling brooklets of mur
merinc joy which makes life ebb away in
a thrilling and a beauteous rythm. Love
expressed in honeyed endearments is to
her of all things on earth the tendercst,
the holiest, the purest and the best. It is
the very soul of contentment, affection's
ministry and sunny dreams. It is the
guardian Anjel of the fire-side, and is ever
slipping from its richly jeweled fingers
those precious gems of endearment that
forever makes beastilul and glorious the
grand paradise of heme. And in return
ior these exhibitions of affection the wife's
ministry will distil for that appreciative
husband a thousand sweeter wicheries, for
like the growing aud beauteous flower in
spring, when wooing sunbeams are kissing
its blushing face and causing it to unfold
new and fresher leaflets, and each deligh
fully laden with richer and swoeter fra
grance, her heart that ever growing and
ever expauding flower ot affection when
the right kind of seasons is tending and
nursing it will unfold its leaves of en
dearment in reiser tintings of beauty, and
distil a perfume which will sweeten all the
walks of trials and disappointments through
the distracting marts of business. Now
husbands, "just try it on, and see how
nicely it will tit, and oh how beautifully
becoming,"
Patience has its charms as well as its re
puted virtue. The charm is in its cheer
fulness; the virtue in its quist fortitude to
wait and trust. One adds to the other's
beauty, just as a moonbeam resting upon
a placid sea adds to the beauty of the peace
ful waters.
Reported for tine Herald by Our
Regular Reporter.
"The snow, the snow, the beautiful
snow;'' this sounds very well to a man who
has no occasion'to get out into the beauti
ful snow; but to the poor man who takes
lady boarders and has to go to millone day
and to haul wood the next, and chop wood
and build fires, in the mean time, we
imagine that most of the poetry is knocked
out pf it,after a few days experience of car
rying wood on one's shoulders for half a
mile (the initiated will understand this
enigma").
Apropos of snow, we did sot fcopw '
fore that we had any Cannibals in this
j country, but last week we saw a number
j of boys and girls eat part of a woman, the
I late consort of Mr. ; and the remainder
of th 3 bedy was scattered to the four winds
of the heavens we forgot to mention that
the woman was made of snow ! A chilly
comforter, surely.
Next Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock,
the Principal of Glenwood school will lec
ture, at the Academy, on "The Beauties of
Literature." Wc hope every body will
come.
A pair of large antlers,taken from a stag
killed by Mr. H. C. McNeill, who, by the
way is a notable disciple of Ntmrod, now
adorns the front of our Musoum case.
Mr. J. Frank Westbrook, has furnished us
some curiosities, in the way of corn,
for the Museum one ear is half red
grains, and the other half is of a different
color. Mr. Westbrook, also brought some
curious corn stalks taken altogether, we
never before knew so many curious things
to be produced on one farm as on Mr.
Westbrook's. Mrs. F. F. Ellis, of Smith
field, sends us quite a novelty; a relict of
the days that ''tried men's souls" a fan.
made of wood. This fan was whittled out
of a piece ot soft pine by a Confederate
soldier, then sick at Columbia and sent to
North Carolina as a gift to the lady in
question she has only loaned it to the
Museum.
Don't forget the raffle, at the Academy,
on 22nd. A fine chanoc to get a six dol
lar hog for 25 cents, and a good opportuni
ty to help on a worthy enterprise, the Li
brary. Look out for the Holiday number of the
Monthly, next week, send in your sub
scription. We are glad to learn that Dr. M. W.
Harper is soon to move into our Glenwood
community. Welcome, Dr. ! Your genial
face and hearty manner are soverign reme
dies for chills and fevers and "heart burn".
(We have a large numDer of patients for
you sufferiug from the last complaint; we
have it a little ourself. E.
AXOTIIER LETTER.
The following letter was received by the
Chief of Police of Richmond. Ya., to-day
from Superintendent Murray, of New
York :
1)ECE.MBER 8, 1SS6.
Superintendent Hurry ;
Dear Sir: I am sorry that the au
thorises of Richmond are making a great
mistake about Cluvcrius's case. He is the
wrong man. Sorry he could not prove an
alibi. I had hoped he could, and now
there is nothing left lor me but to surren
der myselt as the murderer of Lillian Mad
ison. I will surrender on the morning of
Cluvcrius's execution at your headquar
ters. It is unnecessary to give you
further particulars as my case will
show clearly about the murderer at
my trial. I cannot wait any longer of con
fessing my crime as my conscience has
troubledme enough. I will prove all when
I surrender and there is nothing left for
me but to surrender, get a trial and pro
bably hang.
Lillian Madison's Murderer.
The police here regard the letter as the
effusion of a crank. Wilmington Star.
A WORD FOR THE FARMERS.
Rev. Joseph Wheeler, in his sermon last
Sunday mornming, said in substance this :
"Many tillers of the soil seem to be dis
pleased with their occupation. They are
not satisfied with being simply a farmer
aud are disposed to want a change in pur
suit. But the farmer is the monarch of
the land. He is freer, happier, and bet
ter off in almost every way than those en
gaged in other pursuits. The merchant
reaps the reward of his toil in silver and
gold, but these are net essential to the en
joyment of human life The farmer furn
ishes food for his neighbor and for the world
and there is in this thought a Satisfaction
that does not come from being engaged in
other occupations." Let those farmers who
aie disposed to be dissatisfied from the
humbleaess of their lot. or from short crops,
or other causes take courage and remem
ber that they are inded the "monarchs of
the land," and that to them the world owes
a living. There is no more independent
being on earth than an honest, systematic,
industrious, frugal farmer.-Conccnrd Times.
Blaine's Audacity.
In speaking of the late faux pas of Mr
Blaine, a Washington writer notes the
fact that the public career of Mr. Blaine is
filled with instances of dash and indiscre
tiou. His controversy with Ben Hill in
the Senate about Jefferson Davis was a
timely stimulation of the lagging enthusi
asm of his friends. The occasion of his
bold charge upon his Democratic prosecu
tors in the House on account of the Mul
ligan letters was one of the most extraor
dinary scenes in the annals of the House.
Having procured the letters -he rushed
down the aisle of the House, shaking them
in the faces of his opponents. He cuimi-
miuatcd the dramatic scenes by reading
them to suit himself. Proctor Knott and I
bis committee were dumfounded by the j
bolduess aud defiance of bis assaults.
li; 1886.
DEMOCRATIfrSIMPLICSTY
Tlie Humble Quarters Occupied
by Many of the Nation's n
Solons-
Perhaps the most"' modest liver among
j the public men here is Senator Vest of
I Missouri, says a Washington letter to the
! Philadelphia Times. Though he is not so
poor as some of his colleagues he lives in
one the meanest looking little houses in
Washington. It is on the very unfashion
able Delewaro avenue, is a frame building
and two stories high. Here the Senator
lives with his two servants. His friends
say that his style of living should not be at
tributed to parsimony, but to au eccentric
'.-..v Lo u.iu, iu'a house with other oc
cupants. He proposes to stay where he is
until Iiq is able to buy a house for himself
and family, and nothing can induce him to
put up at a hotel or apartment house. Tn
the mean time his family remain at their
Missburi home.
The leaders in both branches of Congress
live in a comparatively inexpensive style.
Speaker Carlisle is a poor man. Hedias a
small suite of rooms at the Rimrs and rides
in a hired carriage. His family is usually
here for only a small part of the season
and he does little in the way of entertain -
Mr. Morrison has a couple of rooms at
Willard's, which are situated on the third
story back and have a brick courtyard for
an outlook. The great free trader lives in
a most economical way and, it is said,
saves half of his salary yearly. As his
whole fortune is estimated at 823,000 it
should hardly be expected that his family
should be among the leaders in the gilded
society here.
Mr. Randall has a house of his own, but
it is a fcry modest one. He lives over on
Capital Hill, far from the fashionable
Northwest. His little home is one of the
most comfortable at the capital, but it is
by no means adapted for entertaining on a
large scale. Mr. Randall has a carriage of
his own, too, but the least said about that
the better, for it is a genuine eighteenth
centuary affair. Mr. Randall's fortune is
hardly greafer than Morrison's. Although
he has been in Congress over twenty years,
he sadly lacks the business tact of Senator
Sherman and other statesmen, who have
been able to save a million or two out of a
total salary of 100,000.
The Senators, generally, live in better
style, but some of them are quite poor men.
Whitthorn, of Tennesse, has not a dollar,
and is nearly a hundred thousand in debt.
He has one little room at the Ebbitt and
Caunot afford to bring his family to Wash
ington. Ransom, of North Carolina is Worih
nothing, and usually draws part of his sal
ary every few weeks. Hampton, of South
Carolina, owns a two -story brick residence
at Columbia, and his total wealth is esti
mated at $10,000. He has one room at
the Metropolitan and leaves his family at
home.
Pugh of Alabama is never seen in so
ciety. Coke of Texas lives in a third-class
hotel on E street. Wilson of Maryland
has two modest rooms on N street. Rid
dlebergcr of Virginia stays at the Arling
ton. The rest Southern Senators, except
ing Mahone, Gibson, Brown and Camden,
are also poor men and live cheaply.
THE W ATC OKEf OPEN E
AXD IDENTIFIED.
Richmond Dispatch.
After failing in all of the above inquiries
the Dispatch was able to ascertain with
absolute certainty that tlue key had been
opened, and that Joel had identified it as
the one repaired by him for Cluverius.
As shown in the trial, this old-fashioned
gold watch key was found by a little boy
on the reservoir grounds near the hole in
the fence through which Cluverius and
Lillian entered the premises. Before the
jury Joel did not identify the key with
positivencss. He always said that he would
have to open the key belore he could be
absolutely certain; that were that permitted
he would recognize the work. The Com
monwealth proposed to allow Joel to
open the key. Defeuce objected and the
Commonwealth did not press the point
very hotly.
So the matter was dropped until appli
cation was made to ihe Governor to extend
executive clemency to the prisoner, and
some eight or ten days ago, in conversation
with the Attorney .General, the Governor
expressed a desire to have the key opened.
It was finally agreed that it could be law
fully done, and the Attorney-General told
the Governor that if it was to be done it
had better be done at once. Accordingly,
Joel was sent for to come to the Governor's
residence, and he came immediately. Theu
he was told what was wanted of him. He
remained in conversation with the Gover
nor while proper tools were sent for. In
the meanwhile the Governor asked Joel if
the key were opened w7hat he (Joel) would
find ther. in by which to identify it. Joel
said in substance: "If it is the key I re
paired there are too little file marks inside
and a little lump of white solder inside of
the barrell of the key."
The key was opened aud there was his
work just as he said that he expected to
find it; the work he had done for Cluverius
at Centreville.
The above are the facts in the ease. The
proof is therefore conclusive that the watch
key found at the scene of the murder is
the property of Cluverius, and that it l
the same key in which Joel, while at work
at Centreville, placed a new barrell; said
work having been done for Cluverius by
Joel.
Since the decision of the Supreme court
restraining the sale of spirituous liquors in
the Capisal Club, the club has gained nu
merically. News and Observer.
Tobacco is commanding high prices at
the Raleigh warehouses.
NO. 28
NEWS IN GENERAL.
From Different Portions of The
Country.
The prohibition vote in Pennsylvania, at
tlie reoent election, was about 35,000.
The
; the new law, it is .-aid, will reach $1,500.
! 000.
The Knights of Labor propose to do
away with strikes by a system of arbitra
tion. Minor coins are being now turned out at
the mint at Philadelphia at the rate of
$2,000 per day.
A white buzzard has been seen by the
colored people of Anderson county, South
Carolina.
William M. TT,mHn o j
t jiumiu cut ury
goods merchant of LvnhWo- l jl.
i j "J, uoo maue
! an assignment. Liabilities 827,000; assets
uvl aiaieu.
The report that Henry George is to ac
tively support Carter Harrison for re-election
as Mayor of Chicago is a political sen
sation which, if true, will cause a lively
stir in the Lake metropolis.
C. II. F. Duerring, who tried to bribe
Joel not to tell Governor Lae what he
knew about the Cluverius watch key, has
been arrested and is now in jail. Joel re
ceived the 850, and then took it to Gov.
Lee.
A Louisiana judge decides that a man
wno loses money at poker may recover
from the man who calls him the chips.
Of all the executive officers Attorney
General Garland writes the shortest exec
utive communications.
- Ruftn V. Garland, brother of Attorney
General Garland, died at his home near
Prescott, Arkansas.
Hon. W. R. Cox has introduced a bill
in the U. S. House of Representatives
fixing the salary of the civil service com
missioners at 85,000.
STATE NEWS.
GATHERED FROM OUR EXCHANGES,
There are 38 prisoners in Guilford
county jail.
The Kinston Free Press says Judge
Clark is the best worker it ever saw on the
bench.
Senator Yance is said to be the only
member o? the U. S. Senate that takes a
religious newspaper.
Mr. George A, Frick, formerly of the
Shelby New Era, is to become political
editor of the Charlotte Observer.
Oysters ten inches long and four and
a half wide have been taken ner Swans
boro. Ex-Gov. Reid is confined to his bed at
his home in Reidsville, from the effects of
paralysis. It is thought he is in a critical
condition.
The cotton gin and cotton of W. R.
Whichard, of Pactolus, have been burned ;
loss, $2,009.
Trhile T. N. Keel, a white mau of Pitt
county, was digging marl from a pit on his
plantation tlu sides ot the pit caved in on
mm anu two negro men. JJoth. negroes
were badly hurt, and Keel was sufficated.
The eotton gin of J. T. John, of Rich
mond county, with a quantity of cotton,
was burned recently loss, $2,500 : no in
surance. Mr. John Wadsworth recently killed 8
hogs, the total weight of which when
dressed, cut up and packed away was
3,700 pounds. The largest hog in the lot
netted G22 pounds. The hogs were ot the
red Jersey breed. Wilmington Star.
Branch & Pope, of Enfield, have as
signed. Their liabilities are not known.
Efforts are being made to continue the
firm in business.
E. A Cuthrell, of Weldon, has made
an assignment.
In Iredell county the accidental dis
charge of the rifle in the hands of William
Campbell sent a bullet through the side of
a house and killed his younger brother,
Lemuel. The boy fell m mother's arms
and died in a few minutes.
A fire at Hasty burned the store and
dwelling of S. A. McQueen and the store
owned by J. IT. Hasty, with the stock
ewned by Dr. J. W. Fry. The loss is
thought to be 5.000.
One firm of grocers in this city had on
sale yesterday three hundred quail, receiv
ed from the Western part ot the State.
The birds sold freely at 81.00 per dezen.
Wilmington Star.
As an evidence of the stringency of the
money market, a whole barn of tobacco
brought 82.50 at a mortgage sale Tuesday.
Lcaksville Echo.
An eleven year old white girl of Meck
lenburg county, died last week from the
use of chewing gum.
Mr. David Jordan, a prominent citizen
of High Point, fell dead fast Saturday.
The formation of a tobacco club is being
discussed by the farmers of Robeson
county.
An Asheville inferior-court judge,
named Shuford, raised a great sensation
last summer by having the three editors of
the Asheville Citizen arrested on a charge
of contempt of court, his anger being ex
cited by the publication of a humorous
paragraph about his court. The case has,
after all the stir, slumbered quietly. A day
or two ago Judge Shuford, by counsel,
discharged the rule for contempt, and re
ferred tLe matter to a refferee, that costs,
which fall upon the editors, may bo
awarded.
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