North Carolina Newspapers

GERMANY INDIGNANT Trades (iuilds . Act on - Dreyfus v-."-. Outrage v , LOUBEI'SIJN.. ? , EXPECTED COURSE puis win , ae introduced la French . Chamber ( Deputies Abeliat , v ia( - Courtraartials fat - ' - Time ol Peace. " . ', v ..... Cologne, - Sept 18. At a final session of the Trades Guild of atl Germany : last night U mm decided that do member of the UuJlda Union will exhibit at $he Paris Exposition. A reeolutou was f- passed to the effect that the verdict at Rennes was equivalent to slap In the face of Germany -in view of the official declarations of this government in re-- gard to Dreyfus. It wait further declar ed that the verdict-had shaken the very . roots of ths neonle In French iinvtioe and moral credit. '"--'-t ; LOUBQT OPPOSES. Paris, .Sept. 13. The Journal state that the government has not abandoned its Intended action against some General, but the President Is showing- unexpected opposition. Several members of the . - Chamber -of Deputies intend introducing ... bills'' at tiie next v sesxion ' abolishing - court martial in time of peace and modi fying the criminal code. OkEYFUS PAKDOM-U New York, Sept. 13. The Journal has a Paris special which says H can now ..'." be stated that it is almost certain that Dreyfus ha been pardoned. . London,' Sept. 13. The Evening News says H is rumored in this city that the ; Rothschilds are informed that Dreyfus is pardoned. 1 NEW CORPORATIONS Farallttra Factory , for Klnaioa -Qaarry . .' ' ' at Aaberillc " The Klnston furniture factor has been ' incorporated. The following are its In corporators: Messrs. J. W. Grainger, - L. Harvey, J. B. Temple, T. W. Mew born, J. Q. ackjojj, E. T. Moseley, W. O. Moseley, S. H. Abbott, D. V. Dixon, B. W. Caoady and E. R. Bouse. The char ter limits the capital stock of the com pany to not less than $16,000 and not more than $50,000. The value of share I S50. Stock worth 125,000 ha bveu laken so fur. ' The Balfour Quarry : Company, .of Asheville, waa. to-day incorporated for ( the purpose of quarry stone and erecting buildings. The capital stock is $5,000. DEVIL ANSB ARRESTED. Tne Famous Mountain Outlaw uFrls ' oner at Last ' Wharnliffe, W. Vs., Sept, 1. "Dev:i Anse" Hatfield, now fifty-eight years of age, and who for fifteen year has led the clan bearing hi name during their bloody warfare with the McCoys along the border of West Virginia and Ken tucky, was arrested ktfe this afternoon for the first time in hi life. His son . Boh and son-in-raw, John Dmgess, wire -also arrested at the same time. "i ' The Hatfieids' lawlessness is .known all over the country,' but now thst Mingo county Is- becoming more civ . ilhud, the inhabitants are tired' of fueds, and a few weeks ago concerted action was taken by citisenv- to put a stop to mutJawry, Accordingly, a posse fifty strong, composed of the bravest men In this -county, assisted by half .. a doses offictuls of Huntington, W.'Va., to-day boarded a special train at Gray, and came to' this place tor tne purpose of making an attempt to capture all the Hatfield and their kin, against whom indictments have" been 'made either here or In Kentucky. - '. ' ' This la the HatfieWe' stronghold, their fort being located only a short distance ' awuy. When the train stopped ''Devil Anse," his son Bob and John Dingess, who were standing near, got ight of the posse, and all arted rapidly to ward their fort. The posee started In pursuit, and after several shot bad . been fired, the Hatfieids surrendered The posse hurried oa to the big fort with the hope of capturing the noto riou "Oap" Hatfielda. To their disap pointment "Cap" was not there, but : they found enough ammunition and pro visions for a small army, "Oats" bad evidently escaped to the mountains on hearing the firing at his relative, and ' a portion of the posce Is in the mountains . to-night and hope to locate him soon af ter daylight. The prisoner were taken to William son on the special train. Klias ITwtfield, who murdered Dor Elliw on a iwseiger train last nuner, l now on trial at Wultameon. There J great exeWeinnt In Mingo to-night, ai d It is difficult to- predict the outcome of to-day's caiures. At least forty more llarttifieldg and relatives are hiding in this reition, :awd nboiild tlie posee come upon them in a body a bloody battle will remitt. The men arrested to-day car ried Winchester. . " A PLAIN TRAIT. l'i .hi TM-P.tts. ' ' ,l,iii) "I imdorstanrl slie comes of a verv o!d run iv." I i y " . - i i -n R"e tin- fiimily cmr in l'"r v 1 " -'v." , AFTER DELINQUENTS Officer Sale Say's About 800 Have Not Paid Tax.' Health Officer T. P. Sale says that there are still about three hundred peo ple who have not yet paid their sanitary tax., ' The first and second wards' con tain seventy-five of the delinquents. Of ficer. Sale says that unless they pay' up warrants will be issued this week. FINE BIOB DROP. - : . Mr. File Arendell returned this morn ing from an inspection trip to the State rice farm at Wilmington. The crops, Mr. Arendeli says, are the finest ever seen. The yield will be between eight and teo thousand bushels. One hundred and twenty-five prisoners will be put to work cutting the rice next month. EXCURSION TO FUQUAY SPRINGS Friday, September 15, 1899. Take a day off before' the busy season and drink fine mineral water and eat Brunswick Stew and Barbecue. Ticket, including dinner. $1.50. Ticket without dinner. 00 cents. Get' your tickets Thursday. VANDtPBILl'j rUNbRL William K. Vanderbili w It Handle the fc.tate of the Dead Millionairv. New York,. Sept. 13.--The late Cor nelius Vanderbitt's funeral will take place Friday morning At ten thirty from St. Bartholomew's church. It is' stated, that Cornelius Vanderb.lt, fr., reconciled to his father and will be ihe head of the family. ... Senator Depew says that in regard to the telaltions of VanderUk with his son, Cornelius, Jr., the only fair infer ence left is that William K. Vande.bl. will handle the deceased's fortune. THE OOEANIOA ARRIVES. . Thin Tremendous Vessel Carried Over Two Thousand Passengers. New York, Sept.13. The Oeoanica, the biggest ship that floats, arrived at eight o'clock this morning. She cirri, d 2,014 passengers and her time was six days, one hour and 24 mines. Over two thousand passes 'were issued to visitor to-day. V MOVING CONVICTS. i Thirty-two convicts were sent from the Central Prison this morning to. the Hali fax, farms. Thirty-four will be sent to the Roanoke farm to-night from the Aberdeen camp. Thirty-five from the sume place will be sent to the WaaVuboro farm.' The movement are made for the harvesting of the crops at the farms. liUILDINQ PEKMIlS - C tlef Mullen Says the Law will be En- rorced-r-L1able to $25 Penalty. Chief of Police Mullen this morning was talking of the failure of contractors and property owners to get building per mits. The fire limit in this city is bounded by Morgan, Salisbury, Blount and Davie streets, and it is necessary to secure a permit before this work can be done. - - : Wherever building k done In the city to cost as much as $100 a buikling per mit is required. These permits cost noth ing yet the law is constantly violated but a penalty of $25 is" imposed for : ail one. Chief of Police Mullen eadd to-day: "This ordinance will be enforced now and a warrant.: will be issued forhe next violation and the penalty Impog.d." , , CONCERT AT PEACE. - The musicale given at Peace Institute last evening by the faculty wis 'largely attended and proved a moat delightful occasion. This famous institution never had an abler corps of teachers than this year and the prospect for a large open ing waa never so good. ' v , - SMALL BOY'S REWARD. The small boy was at last rewarded. He had been standing for . some time watching a man considerably the worse for liquor, and it was evident that he expected something to happen. ' The man Was standing against the side of -a saloon, and a number of person passed him by and went into the saloon. Suddenly the man ga ve a lurch and slow ly sank to' the ground. " . , The boy's face brightened, and' he ilt'ickly ran to the saloon door. Throw in It open he called! out:-, "Say, mister, your sign -ha fell ,down." - - - The saloonkeeper twent out and, look. ing at fcw sign, saw that it was In place, lit looW at Sii boy and . said: ' I thought you Said that m? sign had fallen downr -7 "I did," said the boy, ''there R la," and be pointed to the prostrate man. The saloonkeeper gssed at the boy, 'then at the man and a smile came over his face as he gathered up "the sign" and took It inside. Pittsburg Teleg.aph. POFH SICK. ; Rome, Sept. 13. Dr. lpponi, in re stvoiise to an Inquiry as tiflie Pojie' i:, i, otntd to-day that His lltil'iios bs s 1 t mid. No truce of fever has . " .-ops hnve been s , is 1 r -t i- l - IRISHMEN WILL HELP TRANSVAAL Kruger Sees ihat War has Come ULTIMATUM MAKES IT INEVITABLE Safe Coaouct 6r 'Protectioa Olloied by Traosvaal to tba Italian Min. era There. Pretoria,. Sept. 12. (Delajed in trans mission.) The latest understanding lure in regard' to the British reply is that Great Britain asks' an answer fr-,m Tranarall within forty-eight hiurs. . Thn executive lwq already delibaraled on the matter, and has been in telegraph om niiiuicui(iii with the, Orau,- l'ree St ilt government, which Kruger consulted in regard to his reply1, which will be draft ed to-morrows after the views of the Orange Free State are ascertained. Then the reply will be submitted to Volkuraad. 1'lie situation, is regarded as grave, but Secretary of State Reitz has declared that he does not regard it as hopeless. , MEANS WAR. London, Sept. 13. Secretary Chamber lain's message to the Transvaa) days the franchise concessions will be accepted .f the Court of Inquiry shows them ade quate. The Outlander meiuturs of the Rnad mustbe permitted to use their own language. . An immediate reply is requested in order to relieve their pres ent tension. - The all Mall Gaseite's Cape Town special itays that the Britislfreply is re garded as the equivalent of an ultima tum, and its correspondent's adv.cei from Pretoria Indicate that wa-s is in evitable, - -r:- ." ' . . A Pretoria: special from Cape Town says the Transvaal has notified the min ers of Italy that it will give them safe conduct and protection, in case they wish to remain in Transvaal. The report that Rand, an Irishman, has formed, a corps to help Kruger, I confirmed. , ,v - . It i said at Cape Town that a tele gram waa received from New York say ing that ten thousand Irishmen are ready to help Transvaal. The Orange Free State Burghers are reported as bitterly divded on the merits of the controversy and their probable course is uncertain. ABSOLUTE REFUSAL. Brussels, Sept, 13, A legation from the African Republic here has received a copy of Chamberlain's reply, which says that Great Britain absolutely re jects all Boer proposals and bases It on the assumption that Transvaal is a foreign international state, A despatch saysr "Her majesty's government ha absolutely repudiated this view of the political status of Transvaal." . fcX AMINE OUR SYSI hM Durham County' Representatives Visit Convict Camp. County Road Supervisor A. H. Stokes, Contractor T. S. Christian and County Road Foreman J. S. Durham, all . of Durham, spent yesterday here. They were sent by the board? of county com missioners to see the Wake county con vict camp with 'a view of having one built for that county. What Durham wanted was a house built in sections so that it may be taken down, placed on wagons and moyed from place to place so thatjvheo It (s necessary to move from one part of the county to another, the stockade, as well as the other fix tures necessary for 'Ihe safe keeping of the convict) may be taken along and set up, - . However, the gentlemen were very much pleased with Wake's plan of hav ing a convict camp when it waa explain ed byMr. McMacktn. It la probable that Durham will adopt the plan used In this county. . " CARRIED TO, PUT Elijah Juyntr tha Murderer lo Trie There. y'' This morning Sheriff Moring ' from Pitt arrived here and carried the negro Elijah Joyner, who has been kept In the jaU for safe keeping, back to PIN county for trial Joyner is the self -confessed murderer and robber" of a merchant In Pitt and then burning the building. Joyner will be placed on trianext week. There seems tS be no question of his conviction. ' GOWNED IN BLACK AT A WEJD , DING. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. . '" - Wins Belle Stebliki and Douglas! Newell were married the other evening at the home of the bride' father on Park'-avenue," Kenosha, Wis. The Old Maids'. League, of which the bride is a meuilier,' attended the wedding In a !m!j-, all u .n tx 1 in black, tin typical of r t' ' :' y f. 't ait l..-s of one FUNERAL OF MRS. 1USNN. Iteniains Laid to Rest in Oakwood Cemetery, The body of the late Mrs. Henrietta A. Renn was brought to thi city from Durham at ten forty this morning and the service was conducted in tlie Chapel at Oakwood Cemetery, where the body was interred. Rev. Dr. W. O. Norman conducted the service. Many friends of the family attended and the floral tri butes' were profuse. The pall-bearers were Messrs. W. H. Hughes, W. B. Ashley, L. P. Duncan, Virtruvius Royeter, H. M. Ivey, Dr. J. R. Rogers and Dr. Janiea McGee, Jr. ' SUIT POSSIBLE The Lily and County Have not Agreed on a Settlement of the Small Pax Bill of I at Spring;. The city and county dsagree about the payment of the money expended in the small pox business here last spring, and it Is possible that a law suit may re milt. The city claims that the county agreed to defray half of the expense while the county says that it will pay only it propontionate part. The total expended in suppressing the disease and the maintenance of the pest honse is about f 7,000. The county com missioners had the matter up at their last meeting and referred it to Chair .man Lewis and County Attorney Jones Mayor Powell to-day called on Chair man Lewis and the latter informed him that the county would pay only its pro perilunate part. Mayor Powell stated afterwards to a reporter that he and the City Attorney made an agreement with the chairman of the county commissioners mud the couaty attorney last spring that the county was to pay half of the costs am1 in consideration of this under.-Jtamliiin the city health officer went to even the remote parts of the couiuty after eases and suspects and the pest house win kept up nearly six weeks longer than the city needed it in order to care for a county patient. The city vaccinator also worked outside of the city limits. He says that this was only done after the agreement was made, . Chairman. Lewis . was seta and said that Attorney Jones was out of the city and he would have to ejct witli him The county is willing to bear its pnrt of the expense but, he says, that is no agreement to pay half. The county physician did some vaccinating in the county and another physician was em ployed for seven days. OFFER SPURNFD Filipino Congress Will Not Accept Auto, nomoug Government. Manila, Sept. 13. A reply of the Fili pino Congress to the American offer of an autonomous government says that they willjiot accept it because alarmed by race prejudice shown to Amtricaiin and the high handed methods employed. WESTON R. GALES. Has Accepted Management of the Moun tain Retreat Association. Weston Rt Gales, the well known evangelist, has concluded to accept the management of the Mountain Retreat Association and will assume" his dutie on the first of next month. Mr. Gale"' will have entire charge of the religious, educational and secrilar interests of the association. Those interested in the welfare of the association are greatly pleased over the decision of Mr. Gal. s to accept the position. A large force of men are - at work on the road leading from Black Mountain station to the property of the associa tion. When completed the road will l.e great convenience to every one in the vicinity. Asheville Gazette. DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFED ERACY. There will be a called meeting of the Daughters at Mrs. Annie Parker's, in East Edenton street to-morrow (Thurs day) afternoon at 5:80 o'clock. Delegates to the State convention are to be chosen and a full meeting is dtv ilred. ' v -a ' ' i 1 . MRS. J. W. HINSDALE, Pres. , MRS. F. A. OLDS; Rec Sec. AJIERO. From the Indianapolis Journal.' , (- : "Wasn't It brave of Chollie to rescue that child front drowning in the creek?'' ' "Brave? the water wasn't , more than four feet deep anywhere, and Chollie knew It." ' "Yes, -but that was deep enough to ut terly ruin the crease In this trousers.!' NO CREDIT FOR GOOD INTEN TIONS. From the Chicago Tribune. ' "Some people,", said the boy with the dirty, face, "never thank ye, no matter what ye do fur 'em. A feller put a bent pin on tlie teacher' chnir th other day,; and when the teacher was bont to set down I pulled tlie chair out from under In :n to snve him from the pin. An', bv Gcoisro, he li' ' .1 me fur It." AROUND AND ABOUT Ileitis of Interest Gleaned by the Wayside SHORT STATEMENTS Familiar Faces From the Passing . Throng Movements ol People Vou know Snatches of Street GossipToday. Lieutenant Settle returned to the city this morning. .Mr. Sam Watts returned to Auburn this morning. . ',- Mr. H. S. Leard, of the Seaboard Air L4ne, retiurned from, a trip south this morning. Mr. I.. C. Bagwell returned to the city this morning where he was summoned by sickness in his family. Messrs. J. L. O'Quinu and Company are building an up-to-date green house at their place, corner Polk and Swain streets. Mr. H. D. Carstai-phen, the represen tative of Austin, Nichols and Company, of New York, is in the city. The gutters on east Edenton street and on Oakwood avenue are now being paved. The government inspector is expected here to-morrow to look after tlie work in the postoffice building. Capt. W. B. Kendrick, wlio has been confined to his home for several weeks with carbuncles, is able to be out. M. N. Dunstou to-day qualified before Olerk of the Court Rmss as administra tor of the estate of Margaret Durban deceased. Tlie estate is valued at $675. Mr. W. C. McMackin is moving from his residence, corner of Hillsboro and McDowell streets, to the Tucker farm out on the Hillsboro road. Architects were to-day at the Capitol looking for the original plans of the building. The plans must have been misplaced since they could not be found. Miss Bessie Wyatt has gone to Dur ham to attend the Southern Conservato ry of Music. The ladies of West Raleigh Baptist church will give another Iswn party on the church lawn Thursday . evening, September 14th. The public is cordial ly invited to Attend and aid in a worthy cause.v Miss Vass last evening delightfully entertained some friends in hianor of Miss Sharp, Miss Bryan, guests of Mrs. A. P. C. Bryan, Misses ohiison, guests of Miss Shipp, and Miss Jones, guest of Mins Mary Armistead Jones. Music and games were enjoyed and refreshments served. Mrs. Lena Watson, the matron of the Baptist Female University, arrived this afternoon. She is stopping at Mr. Fred A. Watson's. Mrs. William Grimes and Miss Nelln Grimes, who have been spending the summer at Saratoga, returned this af ternoon. Mr, and Mrs. H. H. Crocker, who have been on a trip to Philadelphia and other northern cities, returned this afternoon. Mr. G. Rosenthal returned from Rnn dleman this afternoon, Mr. Ned Ford, of Louisburg, is hi the city. " . Miss Ins Horton returned to the city this afternoon. A MECHANICAL PRODIGY. Latest Addition to the Equipment' of tlie Boston, Elevated Railroad. Another mechanical prodigy has been added by the Boston Elevated Railroad Company to its magnificent equirmi lit cays the New York Sun. This is a new steel shaft reported to be the largest' ever cast to form part of a new vertical cross-compound engine, which is being put in place in the company's central power station, an engine 4,000-home power, at ordinary speed. The shaft is twienty-eighit feet in length, over all, thirty-eight inches diameter in the cen ter and weighs In its finished state about 75,000 pounds; as a tough casting its was much heavier,- of. course, a hole fif teen inches in diameter having to be bored , in the center. In the journals, which are each fifty inches in length, leaving a length of some twenty feet be tween the centres, the diameter is thirty inches. The vast proportions characUr lxtng all the other features of this un dertaking will . be further ttndinro d when It is stated thai the flywheel cast ing weighs seventy-five ton. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Hawing qualified as the administrator of Margaret Durham- deceased, this is to notify aU persons indebted to her es tate to settle their indebtedness; and all , persons holding claims against her estate are notified to present the same for payment on or before the 13th day of September, 1900, or this notice will be plroid in bar of their recovery. . N. M. DVNSTON, Administrator. . PEKLE & MAY YARD, Attorneys. . September 13, 1 i. FIGHT A FLUKE. Pedlar Palmer Says That He Will Fight Again. New York, Sept. 13. Pedlar Palmer sailed on the steamer New ork to-day. Before sailing he told a repoitor that tlie fight was a fluke. ''McGoveru can't whip me. I aia coming back soon to fight him for live thousand on a side." NEW YORK DISABLED, New York, Sept. 13. The Olyde Liner New York from Jacksonville came in with her rudder disabled and unable to steer. Algonquin acted a a rudder for her, the New York using steam. COTTON. New York, Sept 13.--Ootton: Oct 603; Dec. 14; Jan. 19; March 25; May 33. YAM KUPPER Beginning this afternoon at six o'clock the Hebrew stores in the city will be closed until six o'clock to-morrow after noon to commemorate Yam Kuppcr, the day of the atonement. NEW BRIDGES Fine Iron Bridge Over Neuse River Com. plcte Morrisville Bridge. The splendid iron bridge which the county liais built attihe Falls of Neuse over Neuse river is now complete. It is four hundred feet long and a credit tothe county. It is heevy iron and has firm foundation of strong rock fires. Superintendent Alleu says that there Is no more secured or better bridge in the county. The county is building a good wooden bridge over Crabtree at Morrisville. This bridge will be complete by Satur day. It is an exceedingly good bridge, one of the very best wooden bridges in the county. MR. UPCHUROH IN NEW YORK. The New York Commercial prints a cut of Sir. W. Garland Upchureh, o! this city, and tells of his achievements in tht city. The account is doubtless true and would interest Mr. Cpchur.-h's friends. In speaking of his trip to New York to-day Mr. Unchurch said the grocery men were commenting on the large num ber of buyers from North Carolina. There were nine North Carolina nier chants on the floor of one establishment one day. Mr. Unchurch laid in a i.-hoice Hue of goods for fall trade. FAIR AND COOL. For Raleigh and vicinity: Fair, eon tinued cool to-night and Thursday. The pressure is still low ulong the en tire Atlantic coast, but light rains were reported at only four eastern stations. The pressure is high throughout the west with fair, cool weather, which will continue to advance eastward. The lowest minimum temperature this moru ing was 38 degrees at Huron, South Dakota. DIED. In Garner, Saturday, September 9th, 1809, little Everett, the thirteen moniths old son of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Dupree. Little Everett was an unusually bright child, and the grief of the parents was truly heart-rending, and the sympathy of the entire community go out to them in their great bereavement. THE MAUSER PISTOL A WONDER Shoots Ten Times in Three Seconds, and Will Kill at 600 Yards. By Associated Press. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 11. Dr. J I). Griffith, of this city, -has just com pleted for the Government an officii! I test of the Mauser pistol In use by Ger man cavalry, and under considleration for adoption by the United States. The test was made riot only with targets, but with human cadavers also, and Dr. Grif fiths says it was proved at ranges of from 50 to 500 yards. The Mauser pis tol is the most effective and deadly weapon of its kind ever invented, and up to the maximum range tried it is practically as good in the hands, of marksmen as. a Krag-Jorgensen, a Lee or a. Mauser rifle. When nothing but flesh resists the pas sage of the bullet It makes a . small, round incision where It enters; a knife like cut where it depart If bone I in the way it ia often shattered Into frag ments The pistol with a shoulder at tachment shoots accurately and will.kiil at range of 500 yards. . ' - Several' surgeons' who witnessed . the test said It was a humane Weapon, : be cause it would kill man inotantiy if the bullet hit a vital organ, or would incapacitate a soldier if it struck a bone. The pistol fires ten shots, without re loading,, and can be emptied with, ac curacy of aim in lew than three seconds. The cartridges are .30 calibre, and are propelled by : smokeless nitro-powder. The bullets weigh 85 grain each, and have a lead core, surrounded by a nickel plated copper Jacket. Three rooms for rent near V. Bride. A.r -es T.. care T A SQUATTER IN RALEM 4f v From Colorado and Pitches Tent by Brooklyn Church HAS A DEED FROM DR. EUGENE GRISSOM The Land waa Supposed to Belonj to the State The Straafer Paid $750, For Three and Half "Acre :': It was learned tbla moraine that , a stranger had quartered fcjmself on the property in front -"f the Brooklyn Methodist church on the northwestern suburb of tha Hy and claimed owner ship. ' "Y jf t YorX can imagine the surprise of the Brooklynites when the stranger appeared and erected hi little tent on the ground which they supposed the city bought for the A. and M. College. But as will ap pear below it seem . that Dr. Griasom owned over half of the field in front of the church. i A Times-Visitor reporter went out this afternoon and had an Interview with the stranger who was laying down1 trader the shade of trees and taking things quite easy. On the hill side waa a little white tent in which he sleeps. Beside the tend was a large substamitial trunk. He greeted the reporter pleasantly and gave his nam4 as Andrew W. Hunter, of Pueblo, Colorado. He was very reticent when questioned as to his ownership of the property on which he was quartered, saying that he was here for "hiB health and did not care to talk for publication." However, he has a very genial disposition and tha reporter managed to worm tha informa tion .desired out of him. He is a native of Pennsylvania and has lived in Colorado for the past throe and a half years, holding a position ta the Colorado State Insane Asylum. He wast outsed from this position th first of the month owing to the fusion party which gained control in the last election. He showed a high recommendaition from Dr. Thorn be, whom he stated had been superintendent of the asylum for tha past nineteen years, but who had also been politically decapitated. Mr. Hunter stated that Dr. Eugene Grissom, of whom he bought the prop erty, was assistant! physician at the Colorado State Insane Asylum, and wa getting along splendidly. Mr. Hunter say he likes the country here and will probably build on the tract on which he is now quartered. The date of the deed to the property I July 13, 1890, and is properly recorded at the court house here by Register Hood. The price is $725. The tract contains 3 acres in front of the Brook lyn church. Dr. Grissom sold him the property while in Colorado. Mr. Hunter is a large man,, weighing perhaps 180 or 190 pounds, and appear to be about 45 years of age. He stated that he owned other prop erty in the State which he intended to look after. Mr. Hunter says that Dr. Grissom 1 coming to this State next spring. ' SEABOARD AIR LINE. Evidence is Multiplying that it is Com ing to Greensboro. Where there is so much smoke there I sure to be some fire. CoL Fred Olds, in his Raleigh correspondence of the Char lotte Observer, this morning makes re ference to a probability of the Seaboard Air lane finding Its way Into Greerjsboro via what is known as the Carthage Branch. The Seaboard has a Has from Cameron to Carthage and Mr. Petty, an extensive lumber leader of that section, has a branch leading from Carthage about twenty mile into the lumber belt and in the direction of ' Greensboro. From this point it is only about fifty miles to the Gate City, the route be ing a comparatively ey one to build by reason of the lay of the country. While no public notice has been given, except through a few newspaper no-, tices, it is nevertheless a. fact that th Seaboard people are fully alive to the situation and while they are making no noise they are at work and have been for . some time. It will not be a great whit before some formal notice will he made of the matter, at which time the people of Greensboro will have a hanc to show whether they are ia earnest or not about wanting another road Greensboro Record. - QUEEN VICTORIA'S CROWNS. Queen Victoria ha three crown,, bat k I very seldom, tndeedv that she wear one of them. During the long: series of functions that accompanied the celebra tion of her last birthday, for instance, there was only one occasion on which the royal head waa' graced with the crown. - This was the drawing room, which her majesty attended. The flora which the queen then wore was made nearly forty year ago and weighs about eighty troy ounce. It is a l! ',t '.I of (told, thickly encrusted wi'h ' ', t 1 '.tig no !-" t' i V. '