North Carolina Newspapers

SVINSTOiN-SALEM, N. C. HUKSI)A Y. JANUARY 4X99. ritlCE FIVE CENTS. MANY IN NORTHERN STATES. Oye. i2,OOOConfedera peHurled lu Northern States. ATI. vnta, OA., January S.-Geteral Cleineut A. Evans, of tbis i-il , who was chu niian of the coaiinit-sioii ap pointed by tl.e governor iu iesi,iie to a resolution adnpit d by Die lad legis laturc requiring the member In centre information as to the loeaiioii of the graves of Confederate soldit rs wbi died in northern unliury prisons, Irsneuta copy Of their repoit to Get rral Marcus , J. Wright, the ageult f the ur depart meut, whose lel.er to the adjutant general of Georgia h8 already been made public. - Thin report in by no means complete, audit is lacking in essential details because the work of the cominis-lon was hampered by the lack of suitable appropriation funds to meet uecesaary expenses, but It shows nearly 22,000 Confederate dead are busied iu northern cities. The January Forecast Washington, 1). C, Jan. 8. The naval hydrogapblc oillce, in the pilot chart of the North Atlantic ocean, makes the followlug forecast for Jan uary: "Htormy weather along the Trans-Atlantic routes with frequent westerly and northwesterly gales. Fre quent gales north if the 85th parallel, extending southward to the 80th para llel went of the 60th meridian; occa sional gales as farsoutb as latitude 25. Northern in the Gulf of Mexico. Occa sional fog along aud to the northward of tin' Trans-Atlantic routes, longitude 47, 7i, w , as shown. Ice probable as far south as Cape Ilace toward the end of the mouth." - Battleship Ohio. Ban Francisco, January 3 Work ou tb battleship Ohio has oeen begun at the Uulou Irou Works. The Ohio will be the largest ship ever built on the coaBt, aud one of the three lamest ever built for the American navy. She will have a displacement of 12,500 tons and her dimensions will bt as follows: Length 388 feet, breadth 72 feet and 3 inches, draught 73 feet 9 inches. The new battleship will be 20 feet, longer thau the Wisconsin and 40 teet longer tha-i the Oregon. Bhe will hsve a greater displacement tbau the Wiscon sin by 1,000 tons, aud 2,000 tons more tbau the Oregon. The Ohio's coutraCt speed is two knots faster than the Wisconsin and three knots faster thau Two Women Injured. Norfolk, Jan 3.-One woman lost her lire and another was badly hurt while driving yesterday near Dtep Creek, Norfolk county. Their hoise became unmauageab eaud backed into a ditch. The buggy was overturned, the occupants tailing beneath and h e horse' upon it. One of the women, Agnes Jobuson, was1 crushed to death, the other May Mitchell, was subse quently discovered lying In an uncon scious coudlti n beneath the buggy. Both were rtsldeuts of Norfolk. It May be a Tie. Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan, t. A Charleston, W. Va., special to "the Times-Star, says: "The supreme court baa refused to grant the writ of manda mus aBked lor by Deut, Democratic, to compel issuance of a -certificate to him at Representative from Taylor .county. If he is denied a seat in the House of Delt gates, there will be In that body." tie U urnn Ml'VeUull 111. Washington, January, 3. Wayne McVeagb, who was attorney general in Pieldeut Garfield's cabinet, and am bassador to Italy under the last Cleve land administration, is lying very ill at his residence in tBIs city, No. 1000 Vermont avenue. His family physi cian has been summoned from Phila delphia to assist in the treatment of his case. A JMflr Franchise Paid Out. -Lansing, Mich, January 8 Article of Incorporation of .the Continental Tobacco Company of New Jersey have been filed with the secretary of state. The trust paid a tranchlse fee of 37,500, the largest ever paid in this state. Will lie a Pleaant Time. Hon. J 8 Carr, president of the State Confcderi Veteran Association, has issued I be fnitor.uf notice: The Con federate VeteranB Association of North Carolina will meet in special session, Wednesday, Uanuary 25th next, in Raielnh. All cainpa cf United Confed erate Veterans an requested to send representative, and also confederate organisations of every character In the several counties. Confederate soldiers who may not be member of any camp will also be cordially welcomed. Special rates are expected from the railroads, and a large attendance Is requested, for Important objects. Fruit Growers Convention. The North Carolina Bute Horticul tural Association, will bo.d a conven tion at Southern Pines, N C, oa Friday nd Saturday, January 6th and 7th, 1889. All farmers are invited to attend that they may learn what has beeu and ran be done in the cultivation of fruit Just now this is a very important sub ject to the tanners, ou account of the low price of cotton. It can be shown that there is much more money to be made grow. ug fruitslbau cotton. Oue fruit orchard in the Southern Pine section produced fruit enough to give the owners more thau ten thousand dollars profit. Mr J Van Liudley, the largest fruit grower iu North C'aroliua, will preside at the meeting. Gave Vlellm'n Widnw Jloiicj'. A special from Chadron, Neb., says tbut as a sequel to the court scene at Holly Springs, Huu Ih Dakota, lost week iu which 82 cattlemen wera ac quitted of killing Johu Ekuian, a sheep herder, iu Fall Jiiver county, Boutb Dakota, last August, a cavalcade com posed of the-exbouorated cattlemen rode up to the little cabin occupied by the destitute family of the dead man. The leader knocked at the door and Mrs. Ekniau responded. Her face grew pale aud she trembled. "Mrs. Kkinan," said the leader, "we have come to make you a little Christ mas present. We shot your husband, but It was iu self deftuse. We know you are without funds. We would gladly restore your husband, but that is impolblj, so we do the next best t Mug give you i lie means to support yourself aud children. If you need more call on us," and he handed her a bag containing $1 000 in gold. The plaiusmeu raised I lief r hats, mounted their horses aud roue away Cordial and Hospitable. Much cordial demonstration aud hospitality marked the president's progress thiough Georgia aud Ala baina. He was made most -welcome in w hat were once strongholds of the Confederacy, and the enthusiasm of his reception was genuine. The war with Bpaiu and the prominent part taken by Southern soldiers aud leaders proclaimed a full measure of patriotism In that section. Beyond all question the Bouth did its full duty In that time of national trial, promptly aud nobly. The pres ident was glad to acknowledge it lu person. His speeches iu the Bouth were full of broad devotion to the whole country. They were those of an earnest friend and well wisher of every state and territory. Bt. Louis Globe-Demo crat. CKod Samarltuns. Speaking of a good heiguborhoodaud kind-heartedness, au exampleisiallbred at Heading, Pa., that helps man to think well of his kind. A fanner, Washington Band, had a large Held of corn that needed cutting. He was ill and help was scarce. He left bis sick bed Friday and cut a' few shocks of corn. Neighbors saw him at work and knew he ought to be in bed At night, which the full mooniiiade almost day, Mr. Baud's neighbors weut into bis corn field, aud before they left they had cut and shocked his crop.' Whea the sick farmer went out to resume bis labors the next morning it would have been difficult to couviuce him that the days of mlriacles have passed. Moral; Bo live that you may deceive Hie good will of your neighbors. I'lica Her a'd. ' French Ben tl mentality. The Jour, which is oue of the loudest and most luflueutlal of latter-day French newspapers, published ou No vember 13 a paragraphoua duel which a member of its staff had fought with a lawyer named M. Morel, and the terms employed by that journal throw a curious sidelight upou the chivalry of some of the writing aud lighting classes iu France: -'We have had the happiness tolearu that the wound re celved yesterday by Lawyer Morel is more serious tbau was supposed at first. Considering that It is complicated with a bad disease, there are good, grounds for hoping that this wound will have serious consequences." Felt Like a Fool. Rev. Bam Jones weut hunting a few days ago, but he wouid not tell what luck be bad. He gave an intimation of it, however, by stating that aiter walking Ten miles andgetting to a rail road station, be felt like J he Bap IU girl who went up four or five times to be rayed for. Finally the preacher, meauing to souud ber heart, asked ber how she felt, Vud she answered: ' "I feel like a fool;" Less Work for Millionaires. In view of tbe constantly declining earning power of money, tbe question ia asked, What is to become of our mil lionaires? Tbe question is a serious one, but they might try resigning. If tbey band in their resignations promptly their places can still be filled. tales tor Uecember. The revenue collections, at tbe Win ston revenue office, for tbe month of December, ran as follows: War stamps $711.74, spirits $8,052.33, cigars and cigarettes $077.94, tobacco $118,981.20, total collections $128,726.21. THK ATLANTIC AND YADKIN. To He the New Name for the C. F fc Y. V. Konel "President Walters, of I hi; latter compauy, is well pleised with the pur chase. 'Kefore the sale I made a thor ough examination of the t ape Kear and Yadkin,' be said, 'and am con vinced that it w ill be a valuable adjunct to our system. I found that under cur management we v ill be able to save foO.CtiU a year iu operating expeutes. For that reason we were able to pay what we did for the road. " 'We willdiscoutiuue the CapeFear and Yadkin's present terminals, at Wilmington, N. ('., and will turu the tracks if tbut road Into the Atlautic Coast Due terminals there. This iu iiself will effect a' considerable econ omy, as the Cape Fear aud Yadkin ter minals are uot uow couveuieoily local ed, aud require the mainleuauce of a water ferry. Instead of having two sets of ofl'cers at Fayetteville, jts now we will have only oue set, and we wid close the Cape Fear aud Yadkin shops and use our shots. We will be able to introduce a number of other economic of a like nature and ejterate the road to the best advantage at tiie least pos sible cost. We will assume coutrol of the property as sooii as it is tu.ned over to us by the court.' " SOT IN COl l.t'SION Willi THK NOl'TH- KR.N. ' The Noi lb State Improvement com puny, of Greeusooro, w hich iu IS:! un- de.v.ok toe lesk of ope.Riiig the C.-.te Fear and Yadkin Valley ra'lwsy, Is oi-l over $o00,KK). For nil its lut'eiesi it gets only fjd 00,000 out of"t;ie .ecenl se.le. It built lliirty-linee mile, of branch line. The clusa A boudiioldca of the C F & V V, it is llgu.ed, lose S3 iter ceot.; clas- 11 53, and class C 00 per ctut. Toe Atlantic Coast Line has Tor yea's desked a eouoee.loii vtitb toe Norfolk acd wes-ero, o.jim to haud'e coal. This it now Leis. Its bid was the.e'oie tioi in eo.ic'usioii with the Southern, though the lelniions between the Const Line and the Southern have for several years beeu panlculariy close." THE HONDKI) IK!KBTK1NKSS. "The boudeu Indebtedness of the C F & Y V is as follows: $3,5-!0,00O A It and C bonds, interest due since De cember 1st, 1803, payable semi-annually, aruoi'Uiing to 183,2J0a yeto. Con solidated bonds outstanding fl, 808.000 .Wilh I rlim from Ap.ll Jji, 18S0. "Under liie division ordered by the deciee of court A bonds will receive 65 er cent, of proceeds of sale, U bonds 19 per Pent', and C bonds 19 4-10 per ceut. Tl'e lemaiolng 6 0-10 is applica ble to tbe consol'daied itoiids. These bonds was pledged by the N. B. I in. proveilieut company as collateral for money owed by said company tosecure the iiidlvldi'al endorsements upon the North Stale Improvement Company's nines. ''Bo after paying the ex peuses of liii- gtiou, allowances to auo.ueys snu re ceivei. tiie oaiaoce of prnceeds Is to be divided among booduolders Uun the peiceutages acove givcu. It is estimated that A bonds with uccuuiulaleU Inttrsst will receive (115 aud that li aud C bonds will'getljOoii the bundled. A bouds sold iu llahi inore a tew days ago at 90c. ou the dol lar aud It and C at 00c. There will oe no contest over the sle. Just before the several panic It-ft for their dtiiiiai"ious Mr Withers found all the allorneys of the several iuleiestS chatt'tig in a car together and he produced a papei.with a primed siateuieot setting forth that the sale was legal aud that the signets ngreed uot to couiest the matter fun her. He asked ad those p cedent to sign, it and they did so." Vuung Men's New Year I'exolu- tlollh. 'To be pe-fectly ftank, I have very little faith '.o New Yeai's resoiuilooa which are made at the beginning of a yeai',' write ruawaru ioa in oe December Ladles Horne.'Joruiial. "At the aaaje lime, tbeie aie .people who fnocy the idea of making lesuM'oos at some aioiiraiy division of time, such as thfc firet day of a new" year. But tbe chaiaciets of those i solves should ema nate from one's owu heart, aud not be suggested by another. Yet an excel lent resolution for young man to make is tbis triangular one: Be iuduttrou, shun all intoxicating liquors, aud pUt lutn a good saving bauk at iesst fifteen cents of every dollar earued during the., year." Church Uells. Time is an Iconoclast, breaking down old Idols," annihilating customs once dear to the hearts of a whole people, aud mow log down with remorseless scythe those things which a past gen eration took to be flower, but which their descendants look upon but as so many cumbering weed. Tbe changing needs and tastes of the world necessi tates a change of habits, and so one by oue tbe old customs are paseiug away and new ones taking their places. One of these ancient usage oir which war I bow being made ia tbe ringing of church bell. About the tender chime which have ruug through ,'lgea a ro mautic seutimeut clings wbjon It will be hard to kill. Charles Laorbaaid the souud of cburch-calliug belta was "the music highest bordering upott heaven," but the iucouoclast of today. ajs that the bells' time of usefulneax'-Ia passed, since every household hasitowu time piece to tell the hour of wtihhip, and that the cealess riugiug In the Sab bath mornings becomes an' VAoIcratjIe uuisauce. It Is, however nkled that it is uot the ttorking classes wfeo rise this ol.jtclion, but the self-indulgent "upper ten," who turn uigbt into day for pleasure auduay hAo uigbyTor rest. UILTMOUK TO UK CMSKn. A New Yorlf Iupir S$'fi It May IU' l it veil to tbe State an a Museum. The following interest lnfr,mt ut gtw sip about George YauderUiit and hja bride appeals tbis week in "(lf aociely column of tbe New York Jflrnal: "The Geoige Vaoderbilta have Bailed They made a very short slry iu New York: Mr VaudetbiU dis'lkiaa Auex ic.t, but New York most tOf all. She has beeu b, ought up abrofl and she prefers tbe life over there. 1 "1 hear that Biltinore wiD be closed after th's year for good.Mra. Vau- deroilt finds it too glooiy and. she looifty ana she tu.iWhat will 'Do. ' Perhaps ' giv it to the nrefeisa Fit'm h chateau become of it I do uot k George Vanderbilt may Stale for a musei'm of wre'e 'descrip tion. He used to be devoted 10 the place, liut he 'eaves it just bow w abiu the height of i'S glory. jt - "Tiiere were house partjf and prt vate theauicals aud heeu tuow what all. Hut all of therAaeemad to oore toe new Mrs. VauduIlL Who, btii(es, did not -stein sake, very kindly to ber Vaodeioilt r itves. At It nsi, there Mere not mauy arge family house parties duiiug the leigu." rst year of CON f ''KDKUA'l'K WTEIMKS. The subject ol liiqiil'y by an Ofllcec of the GoveKim it.. Geo. Mcorman, adjuliMt 'general, has issued a circular to in I ted 'Con federate Velernn division Qimroudtt in each soulheru stale iS w hit fc hj says: K $:.'f y ' Olllcial retmest has belt made by an olllcer of the govern il lit, asklog the aaid4um4e9 tvi jlaMsAjaasi list of all graveyards or ceuetei ies where confederate soldieie are huriid, and as far as possible number of inter ments." WHI you please send at once names of of cemeteries, location nod lumber imerted as far ns you are able and at once take means to ascertain and repot t at your very earliest con venieuce all iu your division. I yiieliluK in Indiana, The lynching hnbit, as bas beeu. fie quently puttied oui, is not confined to any particular secliou of this country, au nbservaliou that is once more reu dcred approptiaie by the hanging of Marion Tyler, a few days ago, atSeotts- burg, Ind , by a mob, which took him out of jail and suspeuded him from a trce iu the courtyard. He- begged the mob as a special favor to hang him In the jail, but no attention Was paid to I uis expression of preference. Tyleron November 3rd shot and seriously wounded bis wife, to whom be bed been man led less than a year, because she refused to live with him afcaiu. His trial had been set for Januory 1.1. In the Bouth lyiichiugs iu the great majority of cases are for one crime. Iu other sections mob law asserts itself frequently lu regard to other ofleuses. lialtimore Buu. Fait h liawU of linking. Faith is, after all, the basis of bank ing, aud, if there be no faith, there cau be no banking. For that reason, it is possible for those who are skilled iu bookkeeping, but who are dishonest , to carr; on, sometimes for a series of mouths or even years, dlshouest meth ods, by wbicb even the most expert ac countants are deceived, and can be deceived as long as this dishonest man can have access to the books. The re cent ecord of embarrassments or fail ures lias, in almost every instance, made clear, Uhu emaminat ion, that dishonest methods of this sind were cairii d on by those ho had daily ac cess In the books in one case, for a period covering at least fifteen yes is. In that case, the dishonest employee, knowing that bis safety depended upon his ability to reach the bt oks, refused to take a vacation. If the officers of the bauk are unabla to deteit dishon esty of tbis klod-eveil if tbey adopted the most approved sod scientific meth od of bookkeeping it is Iteyood reason to expect tbat a national bank exam- aminercan do it. x Leaf Tobacco I receipt. Receipts of leaf tobacco ou tbe Win ston market for December, 1,727,4. piuuds, making a total of 5,793,171 p unds fortbe first three months of 41 tobacco year of 1808-99. W. B. Pol l ABD, President Wiustou Tobacco Associa tion. THE C. F. & V. ur l'eople Take Great Intl rist In the Itetiult ol the sale. Winston, like Greensboro, feels great interest iu the result of the sale of the Cape KeM it Yadkiu Valley railroad. If, as the fact of great rivalry iu the biddiug between the Coast Line and the Southern would seem to denote, the Coast Line is au Independent pur chaser of Ibis property, and that great corporation means business, we may look for a splendid system and for sev eral more branch roads as feeders to It, oue of blch will Inevitably be Win ston aud another from Mt Airy to Wilkesboro. From what we could learn iu iial eigb yesterday there is a great deal of mystery over the w hole matter, a good mauy predicting au arrangement batwam lb euthexu and Uoast Liua lu this purchase. . The following account from the Greensboro Record of the status of the enodition the sale leave tbe projectors and buljder of tbe rond in, will be interesting: . ' j Tbe bonded debt of tbe mad was: A Division,. $1,500,000 and $495,000 past due ou " unpaid, i coupons, making $1 ,965,000 under the decree of the court. A bonds were to have 55 per ceut. of tbe proceed after expens were paid, to tbe A bouds would realize 67 per cent., less expense. The 15 bo-ids-$734,000-get 10 er ceut. of the proceeds, or 47 ier cent of ' their face value after interest Is paid, less expenses. l iie C bonds $820,000-will pan out 40preut. after paying interest, less expense. Tbe North State Improvement Com pany get "bothlng out of the niniu Hue, aud ouly got $103,000 for their 33 mile of branch Jiues, wbicb would, hiveio hive brought over six times that sinn o have mat their obligation. While t he sale amounted to a fair auction price, all who invested In IU eunstiucUou came out looser. The A bondholders lost about S3 per cent; Ibe B Londboldei about o3 per cent: tbe' C bondholders about 60 per ceui, and the shareholders in the North Bute., Improvement Company Jot tbelr whl oapltal, ' Invested in '83, and are' (a debt over a half million basirles. ,It Is bad on them, but we have the soad and It baa done ut Rood ijnuVMB, ' (lie. Atlantic Coast Line bas oougbt !,t we think we reflect the geu- Piai'HraiTOtTU'dT'wil aillll fTrrfW oily wheti we say we are in good hands and will never know the dill'cr ence In . ownership except when' we reflect that some of our best meu have lost so much to build this road and help (his town. The Coast Line has long sought a connection with the N & W aud now it is accomplished This explains the purchase and wbyThe. Atlantic Coast Line was uot "sending in" with the Southern. The Cape Fear and Yadkin Vaflcy IUII road sale at Faayetteville Thursday was one of the most- remaikable ever known in the South. - "It's the first one I ever kuew," said Hon. Clement Alauly, one of Die Com missioners who sold It under order of court, "iu whicfi there was tin re than oue bidder. It is not often that three or even two competing systems will come to a public sale like this and bid against each other. I'sually tbey settle the matter in private between them selves, audi wheu thel sale comes of!" they know exactly how things are going. Yesterday I don't think any of the bidders for the road knew anything a Unit the plans or intentions of the others. The bidding was spirited last ing exactly an hour aud a half, aud I was most agreeably surpiised at, liie price the road brought. Tbe Coast Llue aud tbe Southern may make some arrangement for.driviug up the prop erty, but I saw nothing at tbeVsale to indicate that such au arrangement had already been made. Bpencerand Wal ters run tbe property up on one another at a pretty rapid rate toward the last." News and Observer. A Glimpse of Store Lire. "It would surprise au outsider to know how much a ereat retail store resembles a town," remarked a clerk in such au establishment. "It bas all the familiar characters of a small com munity aud all of Its gossip, lis circles and Inner circles, and its class distinc tions. Iu a modern department House you'will find certain social leaders and their legulalion system of saleliles, are fully developed. there will be oue group that goes iu for frivolity, and another group tbat goes iu for litera- lure and art, and people who are plot ting and scnemiug to eel into this set or tbat, just as they do iu the outer world. It is very quaint aud amusing.- One employe will have a gieat reputa tion as a wit and another is spoken of as a remarkable musical geuius; certaiu sections of the establishment will be regarded as aristocratic, while others -e looked niton as rarher plebeian." In short, , he store is ajiltle municipality withln'ltself, aud its people are curi oa y inflated from tbe outside public They revolve iu "their -own particular orbits, the golp that flies about the place deals w ith the people inside its walls, aud they care very little for any other news. Their feeling toward another establishment Is a good deal like tbe feeling between two rival towns and the other folks in the city are all more or less allies aud outlauders. It's a very curious life, and bas to be seeu from the inside to be fully understood. Zola tried to paint it In one of his uovels.but hemNsed it by miles." -New Orleans Times-Democrat. HON.I). F. CALOWKI.L DKAD. He Pnsnel Away at His Home In Greensboro Tii urxtlay Night. At 8 o'clock Thursday night at his home lu Greeusbory, Hon. David rrankiin Caldwell died at the age of 84 years. Borne months ago be was Btrtcken with paralysis but la measure wrilted. He did not, however, regain his ""inner vigor and on Weduesday he suffered a second stroke. No man was belter known in North Carolina than Mr. Caldwell, having been in public life for many years. His bold upon the- people of bis native county was wonderful aud i)a matter upon what issue he rau iu a contest he wh successful and it came to be a com mon saying tbat be could not be de feated, aud it was not until 1HS8 tbat he was aquaiely jieateu at Ibe polls and then the eutire Democratic ticket went down with him. His honesty was always unquestioned, his Christianity deep aud lasting. A devout Presby terian, he bad the greatest love fo all branches of Ibe church aud iiumbeied among his Is st friends ministers aud members of all denominalious, though be was tbe especial friend of those in the humbler walks of 1 fe, hating and despising all shams aud hypoeracy. . He was the founder of the Bank, of Guilford, a scheme be hid iu mind 'for. year before It was matured aud In hleb, be took a lively iuterest until bla Ulueae precluded it. ' Mr. Caldwell Was pever married and hi nearest' relative are niece and nephew, two of whom live in Green boro, and fiav.'R K Caldwell who live, in thia-c'iuy, and th, other being nK deut of Tennessee., . ' ' He leave a considerable estate, for be was Micoeasfnl in his business enter prises and prudent In all hi dealing, hi want being simple and few. The following is a list of dead letters remaining in the postollice at Wiu N. C, December 31, lHMb: S .K Alspaugh, It S Bailey, H L Bailey, Miss Sallie Bennett, Miss' Keltic Bess, Miss Kliabeeh Bun-belt, Miss Bertha Crs n, J F. Coleman, lii.zie Davis, Kev Samuel D Douglas, Win F.bert, Miss Kullie Evans, Liunie Ferguson, Miss Ant Fulwight, J YV Hayes, Mrs F.li.a .1 ledrick, Miss Li.er Hill, I) M lllmiiaii & Co, Oaval Jack son, J 11 ,Karsuer, Albert Landers, Miss By Lash, Mrs James Lint-Lacs, liss Jane Long, W A L ice, Will H Meroney, Miss M C Morehead 3, .Mrs Tom Moigau, William Moore, Jn: Nk-kols, James Owens, Miss Tildy i'orks, Miss- Maggie Held. I Bunnell, Mrs Pattie Shepherd, Keltic Bhepherd, .Sirs Measy Sanson, KM Strong, Gaston .Swim.jl W'Turubtill, James Weathers, Luther Wood. W lieu calling for the above letters please' say they were advertised. - 1', H. LvmiooK, V. M. SAI.K.M. List of' letters remaining unclaiuit d iu jsisiofllce at Salem, N C, at close of busiuess, Saturday lec 31, ib(8: Miss Lula Bunker, Ktla Parker, C C 'league, Mrs Susanna Willark. Wheu calling for above please call for advertised letters. . W. I. Obmsiiv, P. M. A Christmas Present. In glancing over some express pack ages lu tbe Southern Express Co's office this morning our local mau stumbled over tbe fullowiug, an image of a little uegro which was addressed as follow s: Hon Bteptoe Holton Wiustou, N C, t'hriu Kep Ex Com Pd ix-. Ou l he reverse side was: ' Compliments ol Scotland Neck Democratic Club. " A Sterry Christmas, . "Is disyer Mr Holton? - ."I'se little. Kenny Bteptoe, Jr. .'Par noze yu. "Par, he say, yu done turu 'gin him since de 'lectiou." -'Par, he done gone, aud Mur, she say, yu orter 'dop me as yer CHI LD." En route to Europe. Mr. aud Mrs. George Vauderbilt and a number of their Christmas guests passed through heie this morning on tbe "Swanuauoa," going from Baltic more to New York. Mr. Vauderbilt and w ife will sail iu a day or two, for Euuipe aud will spend tbe winter iu Italy. At the depot here Mr. Vauder bilt made a couple ofieweboya hapjty by f reset. ting them with a number of oranges. Salisbury Sun. RUNAWAY COUPLE. A Marriage Ceremony Was Sol emnized Here Friday. There was another marriage in Wln atou Friday, the contracting part ies being Miss Lula Tyree, a beautiful young lady of Rocky Mount, Va., and Mr. Albert Mooney, a prominent coal dealer of Worth, W. Va. It was a runaway "match," for the reason that the young lady's parents objected. The coin pie arrived ou the 9:35 p. m. train aud were escorted to Hotel Jones by Itev. J A t Fry, who performed the ceremony iu the hole) parlor at 11:45 p. m. ' Immediately after reaching Hotel Jones, a messenger was sent after Register of Deeds Uyerly, wl.ose home is three miles uot th of the city,, aud - w ho, after considerable parleying, is sued tbe necessary papers. The couple left op tbe Norfolk A Western train next morning' for Worth. T ll. . w . a., where they will reside In the future. They said they would not atop at Kocky Mount except by special Invita tion of the "old folks." j AVERAGB, WEA-TflKUf For the Month of January, 8u Foreeawier Mn'-'-'-'y "C'feuows What to Kxpeet. Acting upon the old axiom that the ouly way to judge the future is by tbe past, Forecaster Marbury of Atlauta, Geoigia, bas compiled aud issued a form, ehowlog all tbe detail of the t weather in tbe month of January for -twenty year past. Wilb tbia paper, any man can be bis own weather prophet by aimply figoa lug out tbe average oY whatever ooodl tlou he desire to foretell,, andpromul gaUtheresult'ashAtowfl ropbecy. It may come right;: and It may not. One cannot always rely upou i average In ueklugu solved a weather problem. Tbe paper, however, does give a cleat aud useful Idea of the normal weather condition of the month, a figured from observations for two decade,.' It,'- la a follow: ti":- f-- .j'" i Month of Januarv fnr tt,ftr imw'V. . rartneat VMU 'wa that of IOrl'wIlh avpratra .f XI . I The coldest month was that of 1884, a u average of, 36 degress. The highest temperature was 75 de grees on the 12th, 1890. The lowest temperature was 2 de-, grees, on the 11th, 188(1. Aveiage date on which first 'killing' frosl occurred in autumn, November, 4th. Average date ou which last 'killing' frost occurred in the spring, March ' 3Mth. l-RKt I IMTATION. Average for the month, 5.71 inches. Average number o (days with .01 of an inch or more, 13. Tbe greatest monthly precipitation w as 15.82 Inches iu 18a3. T -e least monthly precipitation was 1 m inches iu 1880. The greatest amount of precipitation recoidt-d in any twenty-four consecu tive hours was 4 03 inches ou the Uh, 1S83. The ;;re tteit amount of sntmfitll re, 1 corded iu any H consecutive. Iho-jrs (record extending to winter of In4-S)i was seven inches on 1 HI It, 18113. rl.ol is AM) W KA I'll KR. Average number of clear d:tys, !: partly c tmtly days, 10, aud cloudy tl tys, :;. WIND. The prevailing wiiitls have been from tl.e northwest. The highest velocity of the uiiid was 44 miiws from the west ou SHh, 1889. ' A Fifty Thousand-Dollar Suit. NkwjmKt Nkws, Va., January 1.' The Knickerbocker Steamboat Com pany, of New York bas entered suit iu the circuit court against the Atlantic TransK.-ttatiou Compauy, " operating jt this port, for the recovery on a note ol H ,ooo auu ?o,uou uamages. Ail attachment was obtained for the amount aud placed iu the hands of prope"r o nicer to be served on t be com pany's properly in this itort. 1 be con cern is oue of the largest of tbe sort lu the world, doing a busiuess of 5,000,000 tous of coal annually .between this (stint aud New York, Providence and Boston. It eustalued immense dam ages in the recent great storm. De velopments are awaited with interest. A New Oil Trust. We have beeu expectUig it. Oil bas be- u struck at Keruersville, up in Mr. Cy Watson's country.- The output is without' a parallel, and much, excite ment naturally prevails. Dr. B J Sapp, of iharplace killed a turkey for Christmas, wbicb weighed when un dressed 31 pounds, aud the Wiustou Journal adds "one gallon "of oil wa takeu from It." A bushel of pea-outs could'nt do a well. Now for a turkey oil trust. Raleigh PosL ; air?- i -1