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The Smithfield Herald. VOLUME 5. SMITHFIELD, JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 23, 1887. NUMBER 45. "CAROLINA CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HER." SKW ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FRANK THORNTON ftlWftYS OFFERS - FEW WEEKS I hare been in tr.iin : - DRE3S ..i i A M' L I ... 0 c ff . ilp will a Tv- '-:!. Mi I aspect :ilv lor ! mm COLORED DRESS SILKS. articular ileprsmen until the surtittcal is pat :'.o t- pet exactly what 50a wan? is 1 ti a: 1 ll as Frea - i ' AIouthIhb asbmere: aa:lv wante i. mie.i. 1 .i:ve tae Frca - h. It itian . . . 1 . eri in t WASH FABRICS. T i' 1 Imleti Twtic -hi ' at 1 in I'iai-h S i ire I. Crinkled -fserauckitrs in I aswrteent, an I the new Sat is an opliyi ess c - rerj site in til popauur unites. WloTes, . .-. Towell, Cu t tic Goods mm eT-jthin '.-e. BUTTERIGK3 DRESS PATTERNS. OR DERS AND SAMPLES BY MAIL t rfullj fnrwarJed, and orders for $ ere nresent in Hereon. r tti AYETTI WHERE TO BUY 3- 3 J. JDTtTJ GGIST 3 Xi 9 JSi S T I-l remind mv fi K tj j n.-j u Si !ils thai "nis boose ia t - n 1 1 I IT10 11 1 TTVT II A p I I LiUUi I .1 I IjJ I l" ! I : LET S. tf()! lv. , ir ' k J An t t Trtvr t DfAfTJ M i V 1 1 VV 1T1T.RS I HAVE TflE AOKNCY FOR THK CKWBBRATKD I. Ba SEELEY RUBBER TRUSSES! I OUARA.NTKK A PERFECT FIT IN THESE G'JODS. : : PIIISKINGOF PAtKfT&G SOON, CALL AT MY STORE : COI3R SHEET AVD EXAMINE MY I.ARGBS.WK OF ; WHITE T F D OITiS NP COLOR0, H IlllTj liDMU, IUO IXXM. vv. iJKsi , II. I). LLAKK U t tf Williamson A lilake, Smithfield. X. C. BLAKE BBOTHEES, su ' ;rss WILLIAMS OX ill continue the grocery and provisiion business at the old stand Hearv nd fancy groceries, hardware, tin ware, crocKery, AC, ; I. Hour. rd. sugar, collee, mo ris ore d preparation, an grauea cneumM mu touuaiiuj tobaccos, ILil Load Mills, Gail and Ax, Ralph's and Egerton snuffs, at wholesale or retail. ii Itt'ts, Hames, rac a in ; honsand 1 to Jtiv ... - ...... n - , p r v h hmowinsr Kdnibk1 Drawls ot p mill zers Air lLIJ OXT "SPECIAL" for Cotton and Com. 1 1ED1IOXT CiLAX'o. for Tobacco. ,(( i)KE, KDDlf STONE, L. A u L BR A NIX plies will be advanced on crop time where suitable arrange ""''its are made. Very Respectfully, BL.ABLES BHOTHI3FIS vote the Northern :n 1 E wtern Markets makinsr - . " 1 Vi - si"Pb enaaiaraJ s . me of :he Nov- GOODS. i V ' . .. I am :it ll.!li, "im :im mv crl v Hers I on ii show eve- ;t. What move uvtvs 1-een fii'tiiiiat Etuches. Satin ha lame Trioo- 1 I -!ck Goods. :T"'W:r i:ie iav. i:wn- 1 .oue.i .mios 1 V ,. L n jr. Silk Wrap Henrietta i h ts a i . liatiste cloth ripess. i hecks l . . ms. fw 1 '. asrlinm?. material tot- Summer Iv Wit II aiiY tttern lc- of this department, ittdsr" for -:i !i--le- :'re -eieeteil an.l arc neoordeii the BHiae attention a if the THORNTON, I I i i c "YOUR DRUGS T jT I N filled with a celeet st-ck of PIMM I ' l! TlTTAVPHV Mill v 1 8 m ! IjUluIiujJt 0 111 1 UilLLll I AND Ti !'Ai CO, . JOHN B. 15 LAKE, Late of Dewar & Blake, Raleigh, X. C. uts to m AXJ) BLAKE, i las --, 'star lye, Hors- t .i. i... ,i I,:.... ;kbands, Hooks, Single Trees, I her fcltini tlie farmer is bound R. :ID& L. v R. Amoniated. ROBERT K. LEE'S SOX. 'ST lie t'onfpderatc Chieftain's Family TiriBl$ Years ti ter iiie War. t A cottspicuons figure on Broad way to day was Gen. Runy Lee, , son of Robert E. Lee, and Con : gressmanelect from the Eight : Virginia district. He attracted j attention even on crowded Broad ! way. He is nearly six feet tall, ; very round, has a plump face, full beard, and the sparkling blue oo. eA.M.n-aU. f t1w His bearing is military. "A soldier, every incli," any one would pronounce him at sight. ?n Ru"7 of the coming Southern political lenders. It is predicted that he will touch the mark even higher than his cousin, Gov. Fitzhugh. After the war Gen. Runy, who served on his father's staff, went 1 to ploughing. He became one of the most successful farmers in Virginia. He lives on a pretty estate called Raven s wood, in ; Fairfax county, and is said to be worth $100,000 a biir fortune as fortunes iro in Virginia. He took little or no interest in politics until tin- f- o.r.-k nrKttll li - , , .... loomed up as ail aspirant tor . Congressional honors. Last fall , he was elected to Congress almost without opposition. It is said that he will enter the field for Riddleberger,s place in tlie Sen- ate in case the Democrats carry tho State next November. His brother, Gen George Wash- i i- jsst perfect- mgtou I'arKe t nsu jee, is 1 res ident of the Univereity at Lex- ington, Ya., having succeeded his father in that position. Gen. ' Custis is a auiet student, cares ear. Table Linens, nothing for politics, and is devo ted to Ids college duties. Robert I Eee"- nephew, Gen. Fitzhngh, is ( fovernor f Virginia and is the most ambitions of the Lee family living. He was a i farmer until his election to the Governorship. Now he has en tered politics as a profession, having sold ont his farm and evrything on it a few months ago. He allows a Vice Presiden tial bee to buzz. about his head. The United states Senate has charms for him. too, and he litis ; an excellent chance of getting there. Fitzhngh's brother, Maj. Lee, a brave cavalry leader in the war, i also exchanged the sword for the plough after Appomattox. He is looming up in politics, and will probably go to the Virginia State Senate next year. Robert E. Lee's daughter, Miss Gary, is a great traveller. She has travelled in nearly every ; civilized country int lie world, and is seldom seen in her native State. It will be remembered she was one of thefew Amer- :irau ladiea in Kome who were present at the hatting of Cardi- rial tri boons a tew weeks ago. She and the Cardinal are old friends, havinsr known each other well while lie was Bishop top of Richmond. If. V. Sun. TISK 8. VOTE. ilnitagtofi .S'trtr. Lite politicians in the North te South would do well not to try to close their eyes to the fact that stands out in bold relief aainst the plitical sk- u ig that fche working-men of j this country have united and I have become already a most po- tent factor. The recent elections . : in some Northern cities show : thi beyond the power of a blind j man to observe it. The vote poll : ed by the Labor party was sur t pri singly large in some places, : ii'L I Lk ini(A-ittol Kr c-i noil 711 Jill' lillVA I FT L IA H 1 V nilKtll All others .,. ,e , showed vigor and power. All remember what a large vote Mr. Georire received in Xew York. in Chicago, uiucmnati, Jvansas C ity, Milwaukee, St. Louis and ! perhaps other points the Labor party showed activity and ; strength. Milwaukee was cap- 1 tnred. The Democrats suffered much. W hat will lie the effect of the Labor party in the election in 1888 Thisis a very important matter for the two old parties. If the Labor party runs inde- uendent n wm be sure to hurt the Democrats most. If it affi- u.,t ,,-iti. ,.itm,. tK w mr. ties it will settle the election in favor of the one it selects. If the Democrats can placate and win over the working vote then they can sweep the platter. But , how if the Labor vote goes for the Republican candidate? A WESTERN TERROR. THE STORY OF A WESTERN HIGH WAYMAN AND A MOUNTAIN. I.ION. Chicago News J An amusing story comes to us from the far west. Xbt a long time an outlaw, named Roach the Terror, had been the scourge of the mountain districts of Ida ho, and last month he waylid and proceeded to rob one Bivens, a wealthy gentleman who was traveling through the Territory on mining business. While the two were thus employed the one in robbing and the other in being robbed they suddenly be caane aware of the approach of a mountain lion, one of these steal thy, cruel monsters that inhabit and lay waste fastnesses of the Rocky mountain region. Roach immediately dropped his booty and skinned up a tree as nimbly as he ever could; as for the other man, he didn't stop to pick up his property he followed Roach up the tree with marked rapidity. The fierce lion, flaunting his tail savagely, licking his hideous fangs and rolling its glassy eye balls suggestively, looked up at the two men in the tree and pre pared to join them. Have you a pistol ? asked Roach. No, said Bivens, the traveller, 'nit- in my belt I carry a knife fourteen inches long. Then, suggested the Terror, suppose you stick the knife into that vermint when he reaches out for us. Yes, but if I leave the knife in the lion, said Bivens and if he falls with it, what protection have I from yon? Xo, Pll keep the knife and let you shoot the critter with your pistol. Yes, but supposing I do shoot him, said Roach, what protec tion have I against your knife when my pistol is empty ? Mean while the lion was com ing up the tree with alarming rapidity. He seemed to grow three feet every way as he ad vanced foot by foot. Unless we can come to a com promise, said Roach, the vermint will eat us both : Let's agree to this: You stab him and I'll shoot him at any rate, either we folks or that critter has got to die. That's -o, said Bivens, and I accept the compromise. So when the lion got within range Roach blazed away at it and Bivens reached down and drove his knife clean up to the hilt in the monster's breast. The lion fell to the ground with a bullet hole in his head and elev en inches of steel in his lungs. Then Roach and Bivens descen ded from the tree. They had es caped so narrowly that they could not be other than friends Each was indebted to the other for his life. They resolved not to separate, and now they are en gaged in the bandit business to gether in the IdaiiO fastness. A .11 t S1KI IkO E B IX. I got acquainted with a young widow, observes a recent writer, who lived with her stepdaughter in the same house. I married the widow. Shortly afterward my father fell in love with the step daughter of my wife and married her. My wife became the mother-in-law and also the daughter-in-law of my own father; my Avife's stepdaughter of my wife. My father's wife has a boy; he is natutally my stepbrother because he is the son of my father and of my stepmother ; and because he is the son of my wife's step daughter, so is my wife the grand mot her of the little boy, and I am the grandfather of my step brother. My wife also has a boy; my stepmother is consequently the stepsister of my boy, and is also his grandmother, because he is the child of her stepson; and my father is the brother-in-law of my son, because he has got his stepsister for a wife. I am the brother-in-law of my mother,my wife is the aunt of her own son, my son is the grandson of my father, and I am my own grand father. The Treasury Department lias refused to accept trade dollars in payment of dues, although they are temporarily receiva ble in exchange for standard dol lars. He siys they are deprived by law of any legal tender quality. GEEU fVOOO HOTES. Smoke, smoke ; everywhere dense volumes of it rise at all points of the compass, betoken ing a forward movement among farmers, preparing to plant and occasionally, to pull down a thou sand rails to prevent them from being consumed by the fire fiend ! We had a "spell" on the school grounds, last Saturday, burning trash, and clearing up things generally for our school close. AYhile firing the grove, we were fortunate enough to find a nest of eggs (eleven), in a stump hole, it being Easter eve, of course we felt much elated over the find. Our great exhibition tent will be erected next week ; and the rehearsals of parts will go for ward in a manner to familiarize all the pupils, engaged on any selection with their places. The Herald missed us last week all the other offices seem ed to be supplied. It is hard to say where the fault lies in this matter of slowT transit of mail matter. Letters mailed, in Smith field, to this office, recently, were two weeks reaching their desti nation abundantly long enough for communication between N. Y. tfc London. We may expect to have this state of affairs so long as we retain in our small offi ces men who are so stupid that they do not know enough to come in doors when it rains. Time is of the utmost importance to us and it is simply outrageous to have valuable mail matter de layed for two weeks on account of the gourd headed incompe tency of some postal official along our "Star Routes ;" and it will afford us a large measure of sat isfaction to report the first case of non performance of duty, by any postmaster that falls under our notice, to the Department at Washington. In this connection we cannot refrain from express ing our admiration for the post master at Glen wood, Mr. McNeil is i man that knows his business and he makes it his business to attend to his business. His office is always cleared of all matter that can be forwarded every mail day ; and the patrons of this of fice are always assured that, when any mail is entrusted to our post master, it will be forwarded by the earliest post. The concert on the evening of May 4th, by Miss Carver's Music Class will be a very attractive, feature of our closing exercises at Glenwood High School. A crowded house (tent) will no doubt greet the young ladies on that occasion. Our friend Mr. H. C. McNeil, succeeded in bagging a very fine old "Gobbler" of the wild Turkey persuasion, a few days ago. The bird was in quite good condition for food, weighing 22 lbs gross a veritable old "Blue Beard," his beard being ten and a half inch es long. Mr. McXeil is famous as a hunter, and has killed as high as sixty pounds of wild Turkeys in one morning. Whatever you do, do not for get that May 4th comes on Wed nesday, this year, and that May 4th brings Maj. S. M. Finger and a host of other delightful feature to Glenwood come, and bring all your children, brothers, sis ters, cousins, aunts, uncles and acquaintances, and don't forget that "Grub Basket," E. 3f AST'S INDORSEMENT O F CLEVELAND. The noted cartoonist, Thomas Xast, is quoted in an interview at Atlanta, Ga., as expressing himself concerning President Cleveland as follows : "When the mugwumps voted for him three years ago Cleveland was an experiment ; now he is a proved success. Besides, the thousands of business men in the North who were afraid to trust the Demo crats with power have been won over by the conversative, safe and successful administration. All fears about the Democratic party revolutionizing the finan cial affairs and overturning the established ins (i tut ions and wrecking the government have happily been dissipated. The solid business men will support Cleveland because he has demon strated his ability to ser,ve the Whole country. My own opinion is that Cleveland will be nomi nated, and that he will be trium phantly elected. One thing cer tain, I will do all I can for him. I will support him vigorously." GENERAL NEWS. ii eancd From Our Exchanges in Different Sctlon of the Country. Fire at Ocoancock, Va., caus ed a loss of $50,000. Over 8,000 cotton handlers are on a strike in New Orleans. John T. Raymond, the cel ebrated actor, died at Evansville, Ind. Longshoremen in Williams burg, V. Y., struck for union wages. Clapp & Davis, wholesale jewelers, Chicago, failed for $1 37,000. Wm. F. Cochrane, wholesale tobacco dealer of Baltimore, Md., made an assignment today. Knights of Labor at Pitts burg, Pa., have formed a nation al assembly of iron and steel workers. Several persons were killed and a number of others injured in a railroad accident near Park ersburg, W. Va. An immense area in Texas is suffering from draught ; the crop outlook is bad and great anxiety is felt. The last trial trip of the government cruiser Atlanta is said to be a success so far as speed is concerned. The entire business portion of Tempeleau, a village twenty miles from La Crosse, Wis., has been destroyed by fire. Loss, $40,000. The Supreme Court of Kan sas has decided that when a woman marries she need not take her husband's name unless she chooses. A Nevada man lias been ab sent from home three months hunting a bear. His relatives are beginning to believe that he found the bear. Terrific explosions at nitro glycerine works at Plattsburg, N. Y., completely destroyed the building ; the shocks were felt at Burlington, Vt. Sir Edward Thornton is com ing from England to meet the Virginia commissioners and con fer upon the subject of settle ment of the State debt. In the State of Xew York the parties are divided on the prohibition question ; the Re publicans tavor prohibition and the Democrats oppose it. The U. S. Treasury refused to receive a number of notes sent for redemption which had a hole punched in them by the senders or the express company. The exportation of bread stuffs from the United States du ring the month of March past aggregated $14,908,668, against 111,137,610 in March, 1886. Gen. Jubal A. Early has con tributed $50 towards the erection of a monument in honor of the memory of Stonewall Jackson on the Spotsylvania battle field. Hundreds of the employes on the Pan-Handle Railroad have been arrested, charged with sys tematic robberies that have been carried on for years ; nearly all the freight men of the line are implicated ; quantities of stolen freights have been recovered. So many robberies and bur glaries have recently occured in Jamestown, N. Y., that the inhab itants are thoroughly frightened, and many women and children have not gone to bed for many nights. The town is overrun with gamblers, thieves, and crooks. Mrs. Sarah E. Howe, of the woman's Band notoriety, and who upon her release from prison re sumed operations in Boston, is missing, and it is said she has taken with her at least $50, 000 deposited by credulus fe males, who expected to receive seven per cent, a month on their deposits. A warrant has been issued for her arrest. A negro woman named Mary Robinson, living in Richmond, Va., has taken a great fancy to Mrs. Gallagher, and has given her $7,000 in money and also a house and lot. She is said to be very rich. She came to Mrs. G.'s seeking work and began labor at $2 a month. An account says : "Shortly afterwards the woman asked Mrs. Gallagher to lend her 10 cents. This was given her, and she started out. As she passed through a room in which was one of the children of the household, the woman remarked : "Your mother has given me 10 cents, but I will pay her ten thousand fold, as I am a rich woman." STATE NEWS. Charlotte is to have a Cath olic Convent. Mr. John Carter, near Went worth, has two turkey hens which he says lay three eggs each every day. Columbus Jetter, colored, who made an assault upon a child 9 years old in Charlotte, has been captured at Rock Hill, S. C. Wilson Advance : Mr. McKeel, the policeman at Snow Hill, fell dead in a bar room in that place on Wednsday of last week. A drunken man would be quite a show on our streets, and would create as much, excite ment as a dog fight. Leakville Echo. Patrick H. Winston, land agent of, Lewiston Idaho, has re signed the position and will re turn to his forme home in Win ston, this State. Parties in Raleigh will build a horse car railroad across Bogue beach, from the landing on the sound. This will add greatly to the many new attractions of the Atlantic Hotel the coming season. Weekly Record. The sale of commercial fer tilizers here this season is as nothing compared with that of past seasons. The farmers, during the fall winter and spring, have made more compost some with and some without the use of acid than they ever made before States mile Landmark. The truckers near Newberne now begin to entertain a hope that they will be able to pay ex penses this season. The pros pects are somewhat brighter for them. The fields of peas are white with blossoms. Some peas are nearly ripe. In a fortnight some will be shipped. The Republicans are talking a little about their candidate for Governor, and half a dozen men are named. Among them are Charlie Price, of Salisbury ; John Nichols, of Raleigh ; Elihu White of Perquimans ; Senator Cooke, of Warren ; Daniel L. Russell, of Wilmington, aud James E. Boyd, of Greensboro. Mr. F. H. Fries, of Salem, has among his numerous collec tions of curiosities and memen tos of a recent pleasure trip o foreign lands o copper cent, par tially imbedded in lava, which was so surrounded in his pres ence, while standing near the crater of Ms. Versuvius, with burning, seething lava flowing at his feet. Winston Republican. People of part of Buncombe and Henderson counties are very angry at the arrival of a party of Mormon elders, and propose to use violent methods to drive them from that section. The Mormons are twelve in number, and came from Tennesee. They are working hard in making con verts to their faith, particularly among the women. They have been formally notified to leave at once or else expect tar and feathers, or even worse treatment. Mr. Joseph P. Caldwell, edi tor of the Statesville Landmarkf than whom there is no more de termined man in the profession, will face the music and test the law passed by the late Legisla ture imposing a heavy penalty for the publication of a lottery advertisement. Last week's is sue of the Landmark, contains the proscribed advertisement. Editor Caldwell has retained counsel. His view of the matter is tha t the act is unconstitutional, in that it restrains the liberty of the press guaranteed by the Con stitution. Of course there will be be a suit and a fair and square fight. Gov. Steele went from Fay etteville, N. C, to New Hamp shire. He was a workman, either as a journeman or an apprentice, in a carriagemaking establish ment at Fayetteville in first part of the present century; when Gen. lin Pierce was a candidate for the Presidency in '52, Gov. Steele wrote letters to his old acquain tances in Fayetteville (among others Mrs. Nellie Mclntyre) praising Gen. Pierce. Mr. A. A. McKethen, Sr., of Fayetteville, if still living, can give more in formation about Gov. Steele than any other man in the State. We think Gov. Steele worked at the same bench with the father of the writer of this paragraph, though our old friend, Mr. Mc Kethan, knows more about it than we do. Charlotte Home-Democrat. L