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1 1 I f f 1 ! I A. M. Woodatl, Editor. CAROLINA, CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S DLESSINC ATTEND HER !" Subscription SI.OO Per Year. VOLUME 12 SMITHFIELD, K C, THURSDAY AUGUST 17, 1893. NUMBER 16' THE jOLLVil Ji Jl Ji.JLLL 11 Jl J-LyJ-L Ji 11 II yliv ii y 11 ir. i i V : i i f f hi V L : I ( i 4 f' ' I 1 t I s If i: Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. mm 9 Li V. ABSOULTiTEDf PUBB DIRECTORY COT NT Y O F F I C E U Sheriff J T. F.lliniitou. office in Court llou. u.Mrior Court Clerk W flie in Court House. Stevens, of- Ueititer of J Pnlrl Mature. l"y Oliver, office In Treasurer E. J. Holt, office in the itore of K. J. Holt A Co. Coron r I- I.. Sstswer- Surveyor Uonui.usLin!ert . Superintendent of Health Dr. K. J. ..ble. office on S-voml street. r.oar.l Count v fomniissioner I). T. Honevctitt. Chairman. Jos. J. Youn. I. W. Hoeutt.W. S. EKlri.lsre aul L. I. Creevh. County ltoanl of Kluc:ition J. 11. Hardee, W k. tierald nn.l H. M. Johnson. County Superintendent of l'utrile Instrnc tlon. I'rof. Ira T. Turlinciou. TOWN OFFICERS. 11 ay or Seth Wootlall Commissioners J. A. Morpan Woodall. First ffanl: W. M V. L. Fuller, Second Ward : A. ami W. I. slniTh and Waniel Thomas. Thinl W aril: J. I.. Havis ami J. It. Hu.lson F. J. N imams, Fourth aril t'lerk A. M. Woo Jail Treasurer lolin E. IloJ. Tax Collevtir . N. Feai-oik Foliieman J- C. lUntfhani. Town Const ;M 1- -v- Coats. CHl'KCHES. Methodist chun-h on second street, iiev. 1 Vuckett. Castor. Services at 11 (,n,l Similar of eaih month. Sunday school everv Svimlav moriifnc at l-3i o clock. lr. j It" lteek'wfth SuiH-rintemlent. Frarer iiM.tir.iT everr WednesJay evenins at o'clock All are cordially invited attend " MW-ion rr UaPti-t- hurch on Second j .t'r.t. K.r. r. ii. l'ton. iv tor. rvi : at 11 o clock a. m. and . o t lo W .- ni. on the fourth Sunday la each month. Sunday School every runuay iin.riMini mi .j-- " J. M. lleatr. SMH-riutendnt. Vrayer nieet-, late everv f imrsday erenir.yat o clock. AU are cordially invited to at tend these services. School everv Sunday mormniar.i-o" o m Jones. 1'ustor. Services every tirst Sunday ; and Saturday liefore at lot o'clock .n each, month. All are cordially iuvitel to attend these services. j l.:.;ii. I'. m.ini hur. Ii t-iiler J. A. i. Presbvterian Church. Kev. Jno. A. Mi - . tutll i tikC everr Thir.l Sabbath, mori.inc ami evrninir. Sabbath schocd every Sabath at ii-ii o'iKh k a m.. M,.rrr n:u-li.r Srv i.-es. in t he tH.I Academy : .... m SCHOOLS. Turlincton Institute Male and female, rlinston. Ph. B . tU. N.C.I Priucl J. L- Davis, A. M., tTrinitr College As tlstant. Prof. T. K. Crocker. (Wake Fort Latin & Greek. Capt. E. L. Crcwh. Millitarr Tactics and E. B- Grantham. Penmanship. J. W, lVnninr. Telesrraphr. T. J. Lassiter teacher in Primary Departmtnt. Mrs. Ira T. Turlington. Music. LODGES. 01ivi Hr.iiii !i I.odire. No. 3" I. O. O. F.. E. S. Sanders. N. 4. D. liers. t. lr. K. J. Sobie. Sec y. Meets in the MMMk , Hall everr Mondar evening at mo ciock. u odd Fellow s are cordially invited. Hail on Second street. Llias l.oe. N . M.. Thos. S Thain. Secretary. Meet a the second Saturday and Fourth Tuesday nicht in each month. "All Maona are respectfully iurite.1. COUNTY FARMERS' ALLIANCE. OFFICERS : R Creech. President: Jos. Fuller Vice ii.int- r. 1. SneaH. Secretary: B. A. v el W. loos Treasurer: I). K Staffoid. Chaplain; N m Kk-hanUon. Lecturer. Reular time ot meet mr. the second Thursdaj in January. April July and October. A. M. E. CHURCH On nancock Street, Rer. J. B McGee Ta tor. Services at 11 o'clock a. ni. and at o'clock p. m. on each Second Sunday cf each month. Sundar School everr Sunday morn Id at t:3 o'clock. W. R. Holt Superinten dent. Claaa meeting erery Thursday nig:ht at s o'clock. All are cordially itrited to at tend these services. Missionary Baptist Church (colored.) Rer W. T. H. Woodward. A. M. Pastor. Services at 11 o'clock a. in. and H p. ni. on first and third Sunday in each month. Prayer meet t on Wednesday nijcht of each week at S p. m. Sundar Schiwd every Sunday evening at 2;0 o'clock. William G. Sander. Sup't. Send us Your Subscription. We are fiequently asked by busy men what periodical will best give them the news of the day, boiled down so that, with the limited time at their com- mourl fVivr enn lrr nrirnr of the thought and progress of the dav There is but one such The Review of Reviews. This marrazine fills the bjjl j exactly. Its illustrations alone, especially its portraits of promi nent persons, are worth many times its subscription price of $2.50 per year. We will furnish The Review of Reviews and The Smithfield Herald for S3.00. Thi3 is a model combination of reading matter for any family. Address The Herald, Smithfield, N. C. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Tetters, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Chaped Hands, Chilblains Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and pos itively cures Piles, or no pay re quired. It is guarantd to give perfect satisfaction, or money re funded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hood Bros. Smith field.and J. Y. Benson, at Benson, N. C. IN ONE HUNDRED YEARS. Great Things Shall Come to 1993- Pass in Man, having conquered the earth and the sea, will complete his dominion over nature by the subjugation of the atmosphere. This will be the crowning tri umph of the coming century. Long before 1993 the journey i from New York to San Francis ico, across the continent, and i from Xew York to London i across the sea, will be made be ; tween the sunrise and sunset of ! a summer day. The railway and I the steamship will be as obsolete i as the stage coach, and it will be as common for the citizen to call for his dirigible balloon as J it now is for his buggy or his 'boots. Electricity will be the motive power and aluminum or ! gQjjjg lighter metal the material O of the aerial cars which aie to navigate the abyss of the sky. The electric telegraph will be : suonlanted bv the ttle-, phone, which Will be SO perfected d simplified that instruments r in everv hOUSe and OIIlCC Will VCT- . , . - c mit the Communication Ot . . . i ; neSS and SOCiety tO be COtld ... - t busi- ucted by the voice at will Irom Boston to Moscow and Hoang-Ho as readdvas now between neigh-, l : :il iiiii iiiw viu.itrN ---J-. This will dispose of the agita tion of the proposition to take the railroads and telegraphs away from them those who own them and give them to tliose who do not. Domestic life and avocations will be rendered easier, less cost lv and complex bv the distribu- jtion.of light, heat and energy ! through storage ceils or from j central electric station?, so that the servant problem will cease disturb, and IVOmatl haVlHET ' , more leisure her political and so- cial status will be elevated from subordination to equality with man. The contest bstween brains and numbers, which began with the birth of the race, will con tinue to its extinction. The struggle will be fierce and more relentless in the coming century than ever before in the history of humanity, but brains will keep on top as usual. Those who fail will out number those who succeed. Wealth will accumulate, business will combine, and the gulf between the rich and poor will be more profound. But wid er education and greater activity of the moral forces of the race will ultimately compel recogni tion of the fact that the differ ences between men are organic and fundamental that they re sult from an act of God and can not be changed by an act of Con gress. The attempt to abolish pover ty, pav debts and cure the ills of societv bv statute will be the fa- vorite prescription of i ignorance, incapacity ana creaunry ior i.ne next hundred years, as it has Deen irom xne oeginning 01 tiviu- r . v - ? r zation. lhe condition in tne United States is unprecedented, from the fact that all the impla cables and malcontents are arm ed with the ballot, and if they are unanimous they can control the purse and the sword by legis lation, but the perception that the social and political condition here, with all its infirmities, is immeasurably the best will un doubtedly make our system per manent and preserve it even against essential modifications. Our greatest city in 1993? Chi cago! It is a vortex, with a con stantlv increasing circumference. into wnich the wealtli and pop ulation of the richest and most fertile area of the earth's surface is constantly concentrating. When this anniversary returns Chicago who will not only be 0 .t it' TiJ the greatest city in me unutu States, but in the world. John J. Ixgalls Pay up your subscription. NATIONAL. BANK FAILURES. Comptroller Eckles has pre pared the following statement which willundoubtedIy strength en public confidence: Recent dispatches having appeared in the newspapers to the effect that since Jan. 1, 1893, 200 banks have failed, the following state meat has been prepared that the public may be properlv informed: "Instead of the 200 having closed their doors, but 105 have gone into the hands of the Comp troller of the Currency. Fourteen of this number have already re sumed business under favorable conditions and possessed of the confidence of the communities where located, and during the ensuing week it is expected sev eral others will have complied with the requirements of the Comptroller and reopen, while prior to Sept. 1 an equal number will resume. "Out of the total of 105 closed, but 37 have gone into the hands of receivers, the balance either having reopened or are still in the hands of the examiners with strong prospects of reopening. Five of the 105 banks are capi talized in the amount of $1,000,- 000 cash, 1 at $600,000, 6 at $500,000, 36 at $50,000, and the remaining at $300,000, $250,000, $100,000, and less, but more than $50,000; the greater number, however, being from $100,000 to $150,000. "By geographical sections the failures are distributed as fol lows: Xew England States, 2; Eastern States. 2; Middle and Mississippi Valley States, 15; Northwestern States, 6; Western States, 55; Southern States. 25; : totnl 1 fl."i T Iprpivi t Vl ic n , schedule showing the national ; bank failurcs bv StaUs. and also f. ,u 'c ti. yet in operation in each State in the Union; NuiiiIhi ia Nuiutter State. O(eration. Suspended Alabama, 29 1 Alaska, 0 0 Arizona, 5 0 Arkansas, 10 0 California, 36 6 Colorado, 38 15 Connecticut, 84- 0 Dele.vare, 18 0 District of Columbia, 13 0 Florida, 17 2 Georgia, 29 3 Idaho, 13 0 Illinois, - 213 3 Indiana, 115 3 Indian Territory, 6 0 Iowa, 168 2 Kansas. 136 6 , Kentucky, 81 6 Louisiana, 20 0 Maine, 83 0 Maryland, 68 0 Massachusetts, 269 () Michigan. 101 2 Minnesota, 77 0 Mississippi, 12 1 Missouri, 76 3 Montana, 31 6 Nebraska, 132 5 Nevada, 2 0 New Hampshire, 51 2 New Jersey, 102 0 New Mexico, 10 1 New York. 335 2 North Carolina, 23 1 North Dakota, 32 3 Ohio, 241 2 Oklahoma Territory, 5 1 Oregon, 28 2 Pennsvlvania, 397 0 Rhode" Island, 59 0 South Carolina, 14 0 South Dakota, 40 2 Tennessee, 53 3 Texas, 223 7 Utah, 10 3 Vermont, 49 0 Virginia, 36 0 Washington, 61 10 West Virginia, 30 0 Wisconsin, 80 1 Wyoming, 12 1 Total, 3,785 105 "It is to be observed that in these States and territories there have been no failures of national banks, viz: in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Dele- ware, District of Columbia, Ida ho, Indian Territory. Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachu setts, Minnesota, Nevada, New lersev. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia. Poe always wrote with a bran dy bottle at his elbow. Weber wrote best In the beer garden with plenty of liquid re freshment. Jefferson Davis was Once Arrested in Atlanta as a Pickpocket. It is not generally known that Jefferson Davis was once arrest ed and held prisoner in Atlanta charged with being a pickpocket. In 1857 or 1858 Mr. DaVis, vvho was then secretary of war, was traveling from Richmond to Mississippi. On the same train was Sam Noble, the founder of the big iron works in Rome and Anniston. Mr. Noble had -but recently come over from England and was on a prospecting tour. . He had with him a small hand satchel containing $1,000 in gold. When Atlanta was reach ed, the dismay of Mr. Noble may be imagined when he found his satchel gone. He gave the alarm and city marshal E. P. Hunni cut and his deputy, Ben Willi ford, responded at once. They learned that a quiet, unassum ing man had occupied the seat with Noble and after a short search they found, placed him under arrest and carried him to Washington Hall. The stranger took his an est very quietly and said : "Is not Allison Nelson the mayor of your town ? Wei', I think if you will bring him here I can be identified. The arrest of a person charged with picking pockets was un usual in Atlanta, aud the pris oner was surrounded by a 'gap ing, staring crowd. The mayor came, and as he crossed the threshold he glanced around the room until his ees rested on the prisoner. With a shout o' joy, his arms outstretched, he sprang forward. "Jeff Davis, God bless your soul ! Where did you come from? Gentlemen, I fought un der this man in the Mexican war. He is the secretary of war." Introductions and explana tions folio ;ved. The officers be gan another investigation and finally recovered the money from the negro train porter. Messrs Hunnicut and Williford are still alive; Mr. Noble and Mayor Nilson are dead, but there arj; many old men in At lanta to day who were present in Washington Hall when the affair occurrd Atlanta Herald. Odd Names. There are a great variety in the names which men, willingly or unwilling, carry with them through life.. Sometimes they dignity the bearer, but oftener they burlesque him. A man of an irreligious turn of mind finds it hard to uphold Christian re ligion as it deserves to be upheld; and it is impossible for Lone Liar to inspire universal respect, if known only by his cognomen. Christian seems to be a favorite name in the West and South. There are Christian Canary and Christian Gall while Christian Fingers in the list. Lizzie Bare foot, Charity Tom, Peter Men agerie, Clean Berry, Brazil Pep per, John Duck, Millie Drake, John Chicken, Rose Cardinal Winter Green, John Roselip. Joseph Goodpasture, Eliza Stone- cipher, Amelia A. Turnipseed, Saadv Beard, Bad Temper, Adam Apple, and Pleasant Ladd offer examples of yery curious combinations. George Wash ington Ananias suggests an in congruity, bo does leraperance Rumv, while Day Night and August Blizzary are not far be hind. Smith Corns, Lean Red man, C. W. Hcavystride, Daniel Death, Henry Fivecoats, Bird song Crow, Henry Pancake, and Fred Coldshow, are all names to attract attention on a signboard. Geography evidently was re spected in the family of Tennessee Texas Bowman, while patriotism must have assisted in the selec tion of America Cannon. Ameri ca England, and America Pat rick. Adam Skunk would naturally ask to nave his name spoken with the accent in the right place. Welcome Home is a pleasing, title, while there is sotnethiner curious about the sound of Seneca Sly and Betsv Dump. Ripus Uptheback should run no danger of having his mail delivered to somebody else. Diamond Stone, Peter Pence, aud John hr sold arc all queer names. -Truly the ways of the American chiistencr are past , finding out. Ex. PHASES OF POLITENESS. The Swedes are a quiet, trci turn people. There is no jost ling even among the lowest classes. When a tram leaves a platform or a steamboat a pier the lookers-on lift their hats to the departing passengers and bow to them, a compliment which is returned by the pass engers. You are expected to lift your hat to the shabbiest per son you meet in the street ; and to enter a shop, office or bank with the hat on is considered a breach of good manners. In re tiring from a restaurant you are expected to bow to the oc cupants. Bowing and hat-lifting is so common that the peo pie seem to move around more slowly than elsewhere, in order to observe the courtesy. In Holland a woman is a sec ondary consideration and a poor consideration at that. No Dutch gentleman, when walking on the sidewalk, will move out of his way for a lady. The lat ter turns out invariably, how ever muddy or dangerous the street. Ladies very rarely make any requests of the lords of cre ation. An American woman asked a Holland gentleman, at a party, to bring her a certain book fiom. a table. The be wildered stare with which he fa yored her convinced her that she had committed a conventional offence. He brought the book, but quietly informed her that a Hollander would never have asked such a favor. An Italian lady does not allow her politeness to suggest a pos sibility of future intimacy. She will shake hands with an Ameri can when introduced to her for the first time; after that she con siders a graceful courtesy suf ficient. Should she be sick the Italian lady will visit her and express her sympathy by taking her hand and pressing it against her heart, but there is no free, ca:essing intimacy about it. "Never touch the person it is sacred," is a proverb among the Italians, however warm-hearted and sociable they may seem. The English ar.d American custom of handshaking first came into fashion, it is said, in the time of Henry II. Previous to that the embrace and the kics were in vogue, a relic of an an cient oriental method of greet ing. The people least wasteful of salutations among the na tion of Europe are the English. On the Continent thev declare that an Englishman says "good day" to you as if he were ing a bone to a dcg. fiinsr- In Spain a person who seats himself at a tabic where there are others seated, salutes them on sitting down and rising Even hen seating himself in a park or garden, near to others, he hits his hat, and repeats the courtesy when he leaves. An Afghan is bound by Custom to grant a stranger who crosses his threshold and claims protection any favor he may ask, even at the risk o! his own lite. et, apart horn this, he is cruel and revengeful, never forgiving a wrong, and retaliating at the first opportunity. Our salutations are like those of other English-speaking coun tries: "Good bye" God be with you; "fareweli" go well; and "welcome" an ellipsis for you are welcome. Then we have "good day, "good morning, "good evening" and "good night." We have no word in Engnh that corresponds in hear'v hopefulness with the "au revoir" of the French and the "nuf wiedershen" of the Ger mans. The lattei also say "guteu tag" good dav, and "guten abend" good evening", and with the country people the guten abend begins earl v m the alter noon. The domestics about the hotels constantly salute you in that way, suddenly but not ex plosively, and generally with a comical vacuity ot expression. The Germans also say: "How do you find yourself?" and -May you live well," and "How goes it." The Ar.b salutes you with, "Mav God strengthen your morning"; the Oriental says, "Mav your shadows never grow less"; the Hebrew says, "May neace be with you," while the Chi ne?c ask, "Have you eaten your rice?" In addition to this they have a whole series of salutes, fi om merely bending the knee to complete prostration. The peo ple of Cairo salute you with an odd question. It means "Do you perspire?" It is explained by the fact that they regard a dry skin as the symptom of a mortal malady. The black kings of the African coast press vour middle finder three times as a sign of salution, the Japanese takt s off his slip pers, while the Laplander pushes his nose vigorously against you. In Hindostan they salute a man by taking him by the beard, while the people of the Philippine Islands take vour hand and rub their faces with it. inekineot lernate rises to re ceive his subjects, and they sit down to salute him. Frank H. Stanfer in Kate Field's Wash ington. Seventy Years Ago. Two North Carolina papers, the Wilmington Messenger and the Warrengton Rtcord, have been looking backward to see how the Southern farmers lived seventy years ago. At that time cotton wes sold in the seed and averaged two cents a pound or a little under. It was hauled by wagon and the freight was high. Tobacco sold at from $3 to $4 per hundred, th same grade which now brings $50 per hundred. What did these farmers pay for their supplies? They bought calico at twenty-five cents a yard, iron at six to ten cents a pound, salt at $3 50 a sack, brown sugar at ten or twelve cents a pouud, loaf sugar at twenty or twenty five cents, blankets at from $5 to $15 a pair. Yet they lived well and pros pered. '.Che people steadily jrew rich, bought slavei, built fire houses and had money to lend. There is only one way to ac count for it. The farmers made their own provisions atd lived at home. Their lives were simple and their wants fewer than at tle present time. A return to the old policy of producing our food stuffs would make the south rich. The in debtedness of our people has been greatly reduced in the past few years and there is no reason why they should not forge rap idly ahead. Greenville Reflector. Miss Helen Gould to make her Debut. Among the many social debuts that are coming in New York city, the one that will excite the most interest is that of Helen M. Gould, only daughter of the great financer, and his favorite among all his children. The entrance into society of this voung woman is likely to be accompanied bv not a little stir and comment. Miss Gould has passed the age when young women are as a rule introduced to the social world in a formal way. She is no longer a voung girl, in the strict sense of the word, for in the matter of years she is very fairlv into the twen ties, and is grave and wonanly beyond her years. She will represent $15,000,000 or more of her own, all good hard cash, or, what is as good, railroatl securities whose ten dency is ever upward, and prop erty that is always stcadnv in creasing in value. She cwns the splendid Fifth avenue residen e her lather so long occupied, and the great mansion at Irvington on the Hudson, where the Gould family spent the suminer. These great properties are theexclusive possession of Miss Gould, and they are gorgeously and com pletely furnished throughout. To gether they arc worth quite $1, 300,000. Miss Helen Gould is not strikingly handsome, but she io very sweet and womanlv in her manners, and she has $10,000, 000 and more in money that is absolutely her own and that will compound as the years goby. So she ne.'d not fear that she will become a languishing wallflower in the ball and rtception rooms that she will figure in during the social season now drawing near. Her recommendations to, favor trc too many ar.d too weightv. Shelly wrote very rapidly but revised carefully and spent much time in polishing his verses. $0$ 1 ""V'J KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort mid improvement and tends to personal enjoyme'nt when rightly u?od. The r.i:iny, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with le.-;3 expenditure, ly more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a orfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and levers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it i3 perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in 50c and' $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every packagCi also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. STATE NEWS. A negro barber named Fletcher Pittman was arrested in Wil mington Monday charged with stealing $500 in gold from a ne gro woman named Frai cis Brown. The citv of Wilmington has quarantined all ports and : rail roads entering the citv nirainst yellow fever. The Board of Health held "a meeting Sunday night and decided to place quar antine officers at all points where travellers were expected to change cars for that city. Concord Standard: During the war a man by the name ot Parham Kirk, of this county, deserted the Confederacy and took the oath of allegiance. He has not been heard of since. His wife, believing him dead, tried to get a pension. It turns up that Kirk has gotten to Montgomery county aud is expected here any time. The Jonesboro Journal, of the 8th, tells as follows of a rather remarkable double accident in Chatham county: A train knock ed a cow off the track this side of Egypt last evening and the cow struck a man and injured him so badly that he will proba bly die. One of the cow's horns struck htm in the forehead, one of his arms was broken and his shoulder knocked out of joint. Henderson Gold Leaf: Last Thursdny morning a negro man named Colonel Lewis, who be longed in Raleigh, was found on the Raleigh & Gaston railroad in the southern edge of the town, s?ith his head severely cut and the left arm severed fiom the body just .below the shoulder. The cause that led to Lewis' death is somewhat shrouded in mystery. The evening before he was here drunk. At the State Alliance meeting held in Greensboro last week the following officers vere elected for the ensuing year : President, J. M. Mewborne; Vice-President, J. S. Bridgers; Secretary and Treasurer, W. S. Barnes; Busi ness Agent, W. H. Worth; Trus tee, W. II. Graham; Chaplain, Rev. J. A. Speight; Lecturer, Cyrus Thompson; Stewart, . Q. B. Hoover; Executive Commit tee, J. J.. Long, Marion Butler and A. F. Pilemon. Daniel Williams, a colored boy about 14- years old, set fire to about half a pound of gun poweler yesterday morning at the corner of Seventh ar.d Queen streets. After the explosion which occurred Williams was found lying upon the ground un conscious. He was taken to bis home, near the corner of Eighth and Nun streets, and medical at tention secured. His face was burned and it is not certain that lie will recover from the effects of f !' fvfdosion: if he does it is i m-.n.- than likely th it he will be j totaiiy blind. Wilmington Star j of the 15th. 5& A . v dV
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