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ELKIN, N. 0., THURSDAY. APRIL 23, 189G.
HUSSARS & ROTH, Publishers- NO. 28.
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SPANISH BADLY BEATEN,
r, . , in
Colonel Debos's Battalion Meets Ma
ceo and is Defeated..
A GUNBOAT TO THE RESCUE,
UNIFORM OF THE "VOLUNTEERS."
How (he Women Foldlers of the Mew
American Salvatlou Army Will Dress,
The women soldiers tn Ballington Booth's
new army, "Tho Volunteers,1" wear a unl-
form varying considerably from that which
clothes the forms of their sisters In the
old .Salvation Army. It Is thought by
many to be prettier than the old uniform,
although there are others who will pre-
IHORTH STATE
CULLINGS.
THE BIO NUGGET.
liAUiliG, TIKS AND BALING.
(t
Bo
Scheme t3 Force nn Engurement With
the Insurgents Turns Out Disastrously
fnr the King' Troops Enclro'ed by
the Rebels C.innon and an Orderly
betrsat Save the Spanish Column..
Havana, Cuba. April 15. News ha3 been
keeelved here of a b,iillene.ir Leohuza be
tween the Alfonso XIII. battalion, under
oomtmtnd of Colonel Rsbos, itnl the Insur
gents under JIa?eo. Colonel Dabos reports
. that his battalion, wit'i other bodies of
' Spanish troops, loft Marie, In the province
of Pinar del Rio, for the purposeot giving
the enemy battK They met tha advance
guard of the Insurgents, oons!stlng of 203
Cavalry, whj opaned lire upon the Govern
ment oolumn.
(. Vbe Spaniards continuedtbelr maroh
toward Lechuzi, iihou:ji opposod at ev.-ry
step, and every Novation was occupied by
them at the cost of a ft rhf. Upon arriving
In the neigh') 1 1, of Ln-jhuz i they found
tha insurgents g.v.he.ed In strong foroe, and
the patriots made an attempt to surround
the 8panish column.
The Spanish troops fought With (Treat des
peration against heavy odds, says Debos,
but were defeated wiilx losses of many killed
and wounded. Divining the intButic-of tho
jnsmy to encir.-le his column. Colonel D:W;.
ordered a feti-ent. The Spanish c plumn re
tired tt the San Claudio estate on the nor'h
oAt, where tho troops fortified themselves,
watting the arrival of other Government
columns.
General Inclan arrived with his oolumn
very opportunely, and tlr troops under
Colonel Debof. were a'so ppWel by the
gunboat Alerta, which kept tip ensU;, airtav.
Colonel Debos estimates that 'e force of the
insurgenls who charged upon1 his ttimmand
numbered 5000 men. The official report says
that the losses of tho enemy must have Deen
very great, as many men were seen to fall
before the Are of the Spanish troops.
, i ne uovernment column, according to the
tiffloial report, lost four men killed and one
tjffloer and thirteen soldiers wounded; but
the fact is that tha Government lors were
Very heavy, the details being withheld by
the authorities.
A civilian who volunteered t carry the
news of the predicament of the Government
oolumn to the nearest ;fort ran the gauntlet
of the insurgent fire, and was compelled to
Jump into the water twiosto save himself.,
General Inclan reported that upon h.S
arrival at Colonel Debos's camp he com
pelled Maceo to retreat from San Clnudio.
Further details of the engagement show
that the Spanish column occupied two hours
In advanolng from Mavlel to the point where
It met the main bodv of insurgents, The re
treat rto tho San Claudio estate, whioh is
tome distance west of Muriel, occupied seven
hours. On their retreat the
Wised to a constant Are from the insurgents
, iu me rear ana were frequently compelled
form squares. to resist the charges of j
M1MV Tf ifr. n an .A
J nwuuwwmj 1. 1 ma UAUUUU IU
cosn a way for the retreat ot the, vanguard.
. The wounded Spaniards were embarked
upon a schooner under the fire of the Alerta.
Aouording to the military authorities here,
Colonel Sanches Echevarria. who had re
oeived orders to act in combination with
Colonel Debos and General Inolan, tailed to
arrive in time to assist the other two bodies
of Spanish troops. The authorities say that
had he arrived in time Alaceo's force would
have been badly whipped. ' Colonel Eohe
varria has been relieved of bis command and
ordered to appear for trial before a flour;
martial.
! WELCOME TO YAMAGATA. .
apM Modest Military Hero Arrives In
I New York.
' Field Marshal Yamagata, tho conqueror of
- China and the Bismarck of Japan, arrived at
New Tork City from tho West, on his way to
Mosoow, where he will represent the Japan
ese Emperor at the coronation of the Ciar of
Russia. .
His Journey through the Empire State
was a continuous weloomo. He was feted In
Buffalo, received by the Governor in Albany
. and esoorted by the military stall of the
State's chief Executive.
His arrival had been anxlouslv awaited hv
ft host of Americans and Japanese. As the
crowd oaught sight of the slender, wiry
urui icnuiuK upon-uie arm oi Aajutant-uen-eral
McAloin. It burst into a rintrlnir ahsnr
and received him with a salvo ot hand dap
ping. The Field Marshal, aooompanled by his
wureiary una me Japanese .Minister, went
lit once to the Waldorf. Fiom the facade of
tbebig hotel hung the flag of Japan. The
State apanments had been prepared. for the
m leia juarsnai ana nis suite ot six persons.
Blender and spare of frame is this Japanese
Bismarck. His features are lined with
strength and determination. The manner
of man be is is shown by the firm jaw, the set
uiuuiu ami me pierciu, eyes. 11 is lace Is
long, and his forehead high. He visited the
United States seven years ago and his wife is
graduate ot Vassar.
o BaAUBOTOS BOOTH.
(Clothed i tast.nutform of the new Amer-
iuA Halvatlon Army.)
fer the familiar hat and simple attire of tho
original, The new uniform Is of cadet blue.
made on lines that fit the figure snugly
around the shoulders, waist and hips. Tho
bodice is made after a pattern somewhat re-
sambling a Norfolk jacket, with thrue flat
plaits baok and front. Tha gored skirt Is
narrow. The sleeves are skin tight and
about the close wrists are set folds of white
Usde, a little fold of which appears at the
throat, giving the costume a dainty, trim,
quakerish aspect. Mrs. Booth looks "charm
ing in her n9w religious livery and her
troops are very proud ot ner.
The Volunteer Gazette, which Is to bo the
organ of Ballingion Booth's offsnoot of the
Halvatlon Army, has made its aDpearance.
Mr. and Mrs, Booth, over their names, dis
claim any purpose to antagonize tns old
army or its work.
DEATH UO HUMAN PLAGUES.
Wonderful Results Got by the Application
, of Roentgen Rays,
Professors W. P. Pratt and Hugh Wight-
man, respectively electro-therapeutist and
bacteriologist of Bennett Medical College,
Chicago, have practically provel that the
Boentgen rays will kill: Bacilli of cholera.
bacilli of diphtheria, bacilli of influenza.
Daciiil of glanders, baoilli ot pneumonia.
uuuiiu oi rypnoia, uuenu oi lUDercuiosis,
uaoun oi anrnrax. .
Hereafter, epidemics will be imnnsslble.
The professors have put the germs of theso
eignt most deadly diseases through the test.
A week has elapsed, and the germs have been
iea ana nurtured witn tne gr-atcst oare, but
they have failed to propagate or spread.
proving tney are dead, or nave been stunned.
Diphtheria was slain outright. There Is no
doubt of the effect in this case.
It Is admitted by the two physicians, who
have spent day and night in the laboratory,
that they have been startled by the discov
eries. They have worked with the germs in
the test tubas. They maintain that suooess
secured under this disadvantage predlots
much more marvelous effects when the same
attnek shall be made upon those enemies lo
cated in the human body. The met will
De inea at once.
Was Carried to Charlotte to
rounded Up and Assayed.
Dr. J. D. Lisle, of Cabnrrus, hns
taken the famous 22 pound nugget
which was found at the Reid gold
mine, to Uhariotte. fie nan aeciaea
to have the gold melted and assayed,
and the bitf nugget is undergoing
transformation, and will leave the
mint in the shape of a gold bar, with
tho government a stamp on it.
Previous to the breaking up of the
rock, a number of plaster casts were
made of it. One of these casts hns
been promised to the State Museum,
and another to the Smithsonian Insti
tnte nt Washington. To prevent the
mint building -from beiug overrun
with curious visitors, .the fact of the
nuggot being there was kept as quiet
as iiossiblo. yet a number of the Uhar
lotte gold miners who were naturally
interested in the find, and to whom it
was a matter of importance, were in
vited to the mint to see and feel the
nugget.
A Lawyer's Pleasant Surprise.
Eighteen years ago Thad. Davis,
white, a native of South Carolina, was
indioted and convicted in court, at
Winston, for burglarizing a jewelry
store in Salem. When arraigned in
court, Davis had no money to secure
ponnsel, but B. y. Rayle volunteered
his services, and succeeded in getting
Davis committed to the penitentiary
for a term of years. Before leaving
for the penitentiary Davis assigned to
Mr. Rayle his interest in the estate of
his father and aunt. The latter died,
and Mr. Rayle is just in receipt of let
ters telling him- he will receive $300
with interest, amounting, to $700. Tho
information is a pleasant surprise to
Mf. Rayle, as he had given up all hope
of ever getting the principal.
To Get the College Started.
The committe from Concord and
Mecklenbnrg Presbyteries met in
Charlotte last Friday to - take the ini
tial steps towards establishing tho
Presbyterian College in Charlotte,
The meeting convened in Dr John A,
Preston's study. It is probable that
the doors of this college will be
opened the coming fall. The merer
bers of the committee are: Rev. Dr.
John A. Preston, Rev. Dr. J. Mi
Rose, Rev. Dr. Jethro Rumplo, Rev.
Dr. J. B. Shearer, Rev. J. W. Stagg,
Rev. R. P. Smith, Dr. F. Robinson,
Major G. W. Harper, Professor J. H.
Hill, Mr. A. C. Miller, Mr. John E,
Oats and Capt A. G. Brenizer.
Cotton Shippers Distcuss Important
Matters at Their Augusta
Meeting.
At the South Atlantio Cotton States' meet
ing, in Augusta, the following oltles were
represented: Savannah, Charlotte, Athens,
Charleston and Augusta. The meeting con'
sidered se.veral mutters of great interest to
eotton men and adopted the following set of
resolutions:
Whereas, experience teaches that in most
instances the quality ot the bagging used is
Inferior, and tue manner of covering the
uaio insumeient to moroughly proteot the
cotton from damage during its transit from
iuu plantation 10 me spinner: ana,
Whereas, a uniform bize bale will facilitate
me nuuilliuK auu transportation of cotton
and lull re to the mutual beneut of both pro
ducer and consumer, we recommend to all
gtuuers tho ndoptioh ota press box 28 inches
in wiain ayos in leu-ttn: Be it rsolved.
First, That we recommend t', the producer.
Kiiiner unu paoKor, me use oi nagging welgn
lug not less than two (2) pounds and not
more than two and one-quarter (2) pounds
to the yard, and that sufficient bagging be
usou io cover ine uaio witnout lapping, the
bagglug bo woven and cbalendered so as to
allow for olour and distinct marking.
Besolved, sooond, That six tires to the bale
be used, made of the best material, weighing
not less than -forty-five (45) nor more than
fifty (60) pound i to the bundle of thirty (30)
ties, of eleven (II) to eleven and a half (11)
Resolved, third. That we urge upon far
mers the necessity of the reforms set forth
and request tho manufacturers of bagging,
ties and cotton presses to oonform to these
recommendations.
Besolved, fourth, That a compressed bale
to be considered standard shall have a slih-
sldB density of at least twenty-two and one
half (23)) pounds per cublo foot, and eight
(8) bands, weighing an average of one and
oue-eightth fls) pounds per band.
Resolved, fifth. That in the comnressment
of ootton bales to secure the better condition
of paokages a sample hole patoh is recom
menddod and that only sound material be
used and sufficient in size onlv to cover tlm
Bam pie hole.
Resolved, six, That this Convention urge
upon the railroads that thev decline to re.
ceive any comprossed oottou of a .lessor
density than twenty-two and one-half (22)
Resolved, seventh. As tn the rMnliiilnn nf
the Liverpool Cotton Association that tbey
Will enforce a penalty of 5 per bale after
the 1st of September, wa recommend that the
seorotary communicate with the Liverpool
Cotton Association and Inform them that we
are anxious to assist In anv movement lnnlt.
ma io an improvement In wrapping cotton,
and we endorse the letter of the New Orleans
Cotton Exohange, under date of April C, 1395,
on this snbieot. A reform in the method
now In vogue can only be brought about by
aotion of the various cotton exohanges in
bringing this matter to the attention of the
producers and public ffinnern. and nhnwlno-
them that such practice Inures tv the loss of
ne proauoers themselves in lowering the
value of the staple. To attempt to enforce
suoh an arbitrary rule will only retard every
movement looking to a correction of this
evil, and we hope the Liverpool Cotton As
sociation will see its way clear to rescind Its
action.
LATEST NEWS
IN BRIEF.
GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS
Important Happenings, Both Home
and Foreign, Blefly Told.
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH.
of the
Attractive Mile Posts.
Charlotte township has made anoth
er move in good rood improvements;
and along the broad level macadam
roads iron mile posts have been
placed. The distance is measured
from Independence square, so the
first mile posts are really in town. The
posts were designed and cast at the
Mecklenburg Iron Works and are very
substantial and attractive. The post
is surmounted by a large oval face in
the center of which is a hornets nest
in relief. On the nest is a large figure
indicating the distance to town.
CHICAGO CIRL'S DOUBLE CRIME.
KILLED HIS OWN BABES.
Lehman Shot Three Children and Com
mitted Sniolde.
While brooding over a hallucination that
hit family would die from want. John Leh
man, a well-to-do man, shot and killed his
three ohildren In Chicago. Then Lehman
killed himself.
Lehman had sent his wife and his two
step-children from tne house on various pre
texts, and his crime was not discovered until
they returned. The names of the dead are:
John Lehman, thirty-eight years oldj Clara
Lehman, five years old; Bertha Lehman,
three years oldj an Infant four months old
not yet named. '
For eight years Lehman had been in the
employ of the West Chicago Street Railway
Compaow. Through economy be saved
fe'iOO, whioh is lent on mortgages.
.This is the fourth crime of the same
character that has been oommitted in Chi
cago within nine months. The death list
bow numbers twenty-four.
! Train Gorl Through a (Trestle.
I Passenger train No. 1 on the Kew Orleans
and Northwestern BaiJoad went throngh a
mall trrstle three miles north of Tosbnrg.
Miss. The entire train, save the engine and
tender, was wrecked. The passenger ooaobes
were well filled, bnt, strange to ur, nobody
was killed outright
Shoots Her Frlond and Then Commit.
Sniolde on the Street.
Miss Mary Linnet, of Chicago, shot and In
stantly killed Miss Elizabeth Trowbridge, a
prominent young woman of Elgin, 111., and
then killed herself, shortly after 8 o'clock
the other evening. The double tragedy took
place in South State street, the principal
residential street of Elgin, and when the
folice reached the spot b Jth girls were .uund
ying dead onthesidewalklnapool of blood,
while in the hand ot the murderess was
grasped a large revolver.
Miss Linnet was sent to the insane hospi
tal less than a year ago and was discharged
from the institution as oured in December
list. Miss Trowbridge was an attendant at
the hospital and had charge of Miss Linnet,
who became attached to her. Her groat re
gret in leaving Elgin was that she must leave
ner rriena Denind. She returned to Chicio
where she remained at her home. Her ft lends
believed her entirely cured of her mental
trouDies.
Monroe Johnston, the negro found
guilty of the burglary of Mr. Shields'
house and the attempt to kill him and
his daughter, has been sentenced to
death in the Criminal Court for Meck
lenburg county. The day is set for
May 23. An appeal has been taken.
The brick-layers at work on the new
Southern Railway shops at Salisbury,
struck, Wednesday, for higher wages,
and because their demands were not
acceded to quit work. They were get
ting $2 a day.
LYNCHED ON SUSKCION.
A White Farmer Fonnd Hanging to a Tree
in Tennessee.
Tork Douglas, a white farmer late of Mo-
Minn County, was found hanging to a tree
on Long Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tenn.
The lynohers are unknown.
Many horses, cattle and mules have died
the past winter, all showing symptoms of
having been poisoned. Strong suspicion
restea on xjouiriag, iiecenr va nne barn hn-
longlng to the Douglas Brothers was burned
and cirenmstenoes seemed to fix upon York
tne crime oi incenaiansm. He was decoyed
irom uis noma ana carrien into tne moun
tains. Another theory is that he had in
curred the anger of moonshiners by inform
ing officers of their hiding places. -
The New Jersey Elections.
The elections held In the first and second-
class olties of Kew Jersey result in gains for
the Demoorats. They recaptured all de
partments of government in the two flrst
class oitiee of the 8tate, Newark and Jersey
City. In most of the other places the result
was the eame.as a year ago. James M. Sey-
ark over Julius A. Lebkuecher, Bepublioap,
uj iwut iw plurality,
To D.rend the ge Coast.
The House of Representatives at Washing
ton passel the Fortifications Appropriation
bill without a division, and In the form rec
ommended by the Appropriations Commit
tee. The bill carries a total of 5,8a,837. of
Which tl,885.000 is for the construction of
fan and mortar batteries and fortifications,
and 1.T29.0OO for armament of fortifica
tions, in addition to the total direct appro
priation carried by 'be bill, the Secretary of
War is authorised to enter into contracts to
the total smoant of 45,642,274 for materials
and construction of fortifications and arma
ment, taking the azgret-ate amount appro
priated dauthorized tU.SMi.eiS.
The Wcathsv Bureau. Crop XUnnrt.
The Weather Bureau Issued its first weekly
telegraphio crop report of the season. Cot
ton planting Is now well advanoed. Winter
wheat is reported in excellent condition
in Nebraska and Eastern Kansas, and la
much Improved and looking well In Iowa,
Missouri. Arkansas, Tennessee and Northern
Illinois. Less fivoratlc reports are received
from Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and portions of New
York, in some of whioh States it has been
badly winter-killed and is eenerallv in noor
to fair condition. No corn has yet been
planted north of the Ohio River, in th
(Southern Statee corn planting is practically
completed, . i ' .i -W
The Battery Park Hotel, at Ashe-
ville, N. C, has suffered a loss of
$20,000 by fire. The fire originated
iu the kitohen. The 210 guests will
remain, and the hotel will go on as
usual.
Tho stables of A. B. Shaw, of Lau-
rinburg, has been . destroyed by fire,
together with one horse and nine
mules.
Chas. N. Vance, son of the late
Senator Vance, is a oandidate for the
Democratic Congressional, Nomination
in the Ninth District.
Rey. Dr. P. H. Hoge, of WilmingJ
ton, has been called to the pastorate.
of tho Independent Presbyterian
inarcn, savannan, us,
oneiny will proDaoiy nave a new
cotton factory in the near future. The
major part of the stock has already
Deen subscribed.
Guilford county contibutes two pro
fessional ball players to league clubs.
Bub Stafford to - Millwaukee and
liucien Smith to New- Orleans.
Kucouraging Weekly Report
Baltimore Manufacturers'
Record,
The Manufacturers' Record says that
during the past week there has been
no diminution of the activity
which has been a feature of industrial de
velopment in the Southern States for some
time past. The formation and announce
ment of new cotton mill companies oontlnues,
although a decrease in number is noted, but
the many that have been organized during
the earlv part of the year are busily occupied
in the election of their bnildlugs.
Principal among the industrial announce
ments of the week is the statement of details
for the formation of the much-talked of
steel plant which is to be controlled by the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company,
of Birmingham. The Tennessee Oomnanv is
to subscribe 700.000, the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad $100,000, the Southern
Railway $100,000, and the citizens or Bir
mingham the other 100,000, and this latter
has been about secured. The mill is plan-
nea to proaueo rails and mercantile iron
from the low silicon ores of the Birmingham
district, Another Important announcement
in me iron traue is contalnea In tne incor
poration of tho Cumberland Iron and Steel
Company, of Norfolk, Va. The president is
mr. unas. jr. j-nniips. of iirookWn. N. Y
who claims that the oomnanv will build a
largo iron and steel plant in the vicinity of
fionoiK.
Among other industrial enterprises renort-
ou ior me ween are me Montgomery, Ala.,
Cotton Mills. 3000 spindles, doubling capaci
ty; me vy. it, tuuaiy (Jotton Mill Company.
of Mount Pleasant, N. C, capital $30,000;
iuu xaman express uomoanv. Aususta. ua
to build compress, capital $200,000; the Se
curity-Bakery Company, capital tlS.OOO
New Orleans Furniture company, capitai
So4,000; woodenware faotorv bv Chicago
jjasKei uompany, and Collins Co., capital
$26,800, saddlery manufacturers, all 'formed
in New Orleans, Garland Cahal
Company, capital 118.000. at Orow.
ley, La.j the Chattanooga. Tenn.
Foundery and Pipe Works to build $100,000
new plant; the Milburn Brass Wsson Com
pany, t'hattanoona. Tenn.. capital A 100 000
to build new plant; the Cookeville Canning
Company, of Cookevllle, to build cannery,
capital 410,000; the Ballinger Live Stock
and Trading Comnanv. of Ballincrer. Tex.
capital $20,000; the Calvert Compress Com
pany, of Calvert, Texas; capital $10,000;
the Hanway Marble and Granite comnanv
!of Dallas, Texas, capital $10,000i the Inde
pendent Peanut company, of Smlthfleld, Va.,
to erect $26,000 plant the Lambert's Point
ITow Boat comnanv. of Lambert's Point.
Va, capital $100JpOe,
The Cottt n Exchange Statement.
The cotton exohance Rtatemnnt r.1 Nt
Orleans from September 1. 1893. to April 17.
il896, is as folows: Port receipts 4.W6.888
;asninst 7,601,711 last year, 6,692,673 year be
fore last and 4.CS8.928 for the same time In
i'93; overlnnd to mills and Canada 783.442
agcinst 106,366, 768,773 and 788,108; interior
stocks in excess of September 1st, 218,978
against 161,477, 123,835 and 186,893; Southern
mill takines 699.922 aaalnst 64fi 2KS fiftf Of.7
land 647.925; crop brought into sight from
beptember 1st, to date 6,557,726 gainst
9.406.817. 7.0j0.743 and 6.180 mi, nrnn
(brought into sight forthe week 88,424agalnst
70,815 for soven davs ending April 17th, last
ear, 63,612 and 42,182; orop brought Into
(Bight for the first 17 days of April 130,118
against aio,ow, 133,197 ana 110,K49,
Southern News Notes.
Thomas Jeffersen's birthday cele
brated at Montioello, Va., by distin
guished Demoorats.
Third Vioe-Prosident W. W. Finley,
of the Southern Railroad, has resigned
to go with the Great Northern Rail
road. -
The Atlanta Exposition Company
will sell the buildings of the Cotton
States Exposition at publio auction
on May 7.
Eleven persons were injured by a
Queen & Crescent train,, consisting of
four oars, plunging through a trestle
in .Louisiana.
W, H. Stewart, whose home is in
Winston, N. 0., while beating a ride
on a train in Tennessee, attempted to
jump off, and was instantly killed.
Gen. John D. Kennedy, who was
consul general at Shanghai, China,
under President Cleveland's first ad
ministration, died at Camden, S. C,
last Tuesday of apoplexy.
A Duotown speoial to the Knoxville
Journal says that John Smith and Ben
Wehunt fell 200 feet into a shaft at the
copper mines. Smith was killed and
Wehunt was fatally hurt.
Col. Jas. E. Pepper, the well-known
distiller and race-horse man, has filed
a deed of trust to the Security Safety
Trust and Vault Company, of Lexing
ton, Ky. The suit is in favor of
large whisky firm in New York.
The Circuit Court at Pensacola, Fla..
gave Mrs. Anna O'Brien $26,260
damages from the Louisville & Nash
ville road, as the result of the killing
of her husband on the Escambia
trestle in 1890.
The First National Bank of Bedford
City, Va., has failed. Its capital
was $50,000 and surplus and profits
$23,000. Its individual deposits
amounted to $68,000, and the bank
owed $55,000 borrowed money.
Bank Examiner Burgwyn has been
placed in oharge of the bank.
What is
Castoria Is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine Dor
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing-- Syrups, and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhoea . and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency.
Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural fc'usep. Cas
toria is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend.
Castoria.
Castoria.
Northern News Items.
Mayor Strong has vetoed the Great
er New York bill.
Two men killed and two others seri
ously injured by a freight train wreck
in Pennsylvania.
Charles Morris, a condemned mur
derer in jail at Xenia, Ohio, oommitted
suicide just before the time for execu
tlOUi
The President has nominated Leo,
Bergholz( of New York, to be Consul
of the United States at Erzeronm
Armenia.
Baron Constantino de Grimm, the
well-known cortoonist, died in New
York. He suffered from pneumonia
ana complication of kidney disease.
Capital stock of the Lawrence Manu
facturing Co., at Lowell. Mass.. re
duced from $1,500,000 to $75,000, be
cause oi Southern competition.
Wm. Graves, of New York, files a
petition for maudamus compelling
oeoretary uariisle to deliver him $100.
000,000 of 30-year 4 per cent, bonds.
The Watetbury Watch Co. cuts
down its force from 600 to 290, and
reduced its daily output of watches
from 1,700 to 1,000, on account of
diminished foreign trade,
The Chicago Fire Works Company,
at Orross Point, fourteen miles north
of Chiougo, 111., blew up, resulting
in the death of two employes and the
serious injury of six more. The cause
is supposed to have oocurred by oon-
: . i, . i
cusBion in me macninery used in
making fireworks.
"Castoria Is an excellent medicine tor chil
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children."
Dr. G. C. Osgood,
Lowell, Mass.
" Castoria Is the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted, I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the
real interest of their children, and use Castoria
Instead of the various quack nostrums which
are destroying their loved ones, by forcing
opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other
hurtful agents down their throats, thereby
sending them to premature graves."
Da. J. F. KlNCHL'LOE,
Conway, Ark.
" Castoria Is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me."
H. A. Archer, M. D
hi So. OxJord St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
" Our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly of their experi
ence in their outside practice with Castoria
and although we only have among out
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won' us to look with
favor upon it."
United Hubt-ITAL M iiropiiXSARY,
Boston, Mass.
Allen C Smith, Pres.
The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New York City.
Washington.
Ex-Mayor W. W. Gilreath, of
Greenville, S. C, was found dead in
Washington in his office. It is sun-
posed that it was a case of suicide.
The President has issued his annual
Behring Sea proclamation, warning
sealers from plying their vocation dur
ing the pelogio season, from May 1st
to August let.
Senor A. Lazo Arriatro. minister in
Washington from Guatemala and Hon
duras, has informed the Stato depart
ment that a Central American Expo
sition will take place in Guatemala
City from March 15 to July 15, 1897.
Postmaster-General Wilson has
declared that the "United States ex-slave-
owners' registration bureau of
Washington D. C," wus in Tiolation
of the postal regulations, and was not
entitled to the privileges of the mails.
Shelby has recently
$3,000 fire.
experienced a
Governor Holt's estate is said to be
worth 8750.000. - .
Revenue from Tobacco and Beer.
Internal revenue certificates for the n!n
months of the current fiscal year, from of
ficial figures made by Commissioner Miller
of Washington, aggregated $110,179,075. an
TV?s 56 responding rfionthi of
1896 ot $183,667. nc nalv.W AiA ,
tobacco and beer. The principal Items of
revenue were: Snlrlta t r.m aa .
Jt llfrl'Vl' t.b&OCO s2t257.'607;an increase
of $l,lvl.l80; fermented liquors 404.068 737
SV-"1 "'Mil "'oomargarine
" ' - nr-n til tion.n ri
oehaneous $340,049, decrease of $128,987
Carloads of Cork Legs.
Two carloads of artificial limbs left Berlin,
for Naples, destined for the unfortunate
Italian prisoners whom Menelek abandoned
after frightfully mutilating them. The
doughty Abyssinian warrior is declared not
only to have amputated their legs from a
point just above the knees, but also, to have
practiced still worse barbarities on the
wretched men. It is raid that because of
their mutulatlons the m&n are unwilling to
return to Italy and that the government is
trying to find homes for them in Africa,
New Edition of the Bible.
At the meeting of the Rochester rreeby-
tory at Rochester, N. Y., a memorial was
adopted looking toward the publication of
a new edition of the King Jamer ve-sicn ot
the Scriptures, which shall contain in th s
margin all tha important alterations made
by the rt-vi? ed version. The memorial will
Jl Biii to jhe Crar.erai Assembly for actloa.
Foreign.
Election ruturiis in Spain ehow 318
Conservatives to 106 Opposition. .
Two hundred Matabeles killed by an
explosion of dynamite in South Africa.
AtDannemora, N. Y., Joset Zelnmel,
murderer of Teresa Knmora, was
electrocuted at Clinton prison.
Rev. George P. Knapp, the Ameri
can missionary who was recently ex
pelled from Bitlis by the Turkish
authorities, has arrived at Aleppo.
Gentle Kemlp.acr.
"Uncle" Peter Bates was a local ce
lebrity who kept the tavern in Ran
dolph, Vt., In the old staging days.
He was noted for his dry humor-, and
wa never at a loss for-a retort or for
a method of expressing his ideas.
One morning, after breakfast, ns a
stranger was about to dt part without
paying his bill. Vncle Peter walked up
to him and blandly enld.
"XIi8, !f you should lose your pook
rtboolt between here and Montpoli?r,
rcmemoer ;-cu dioni take it out here,"
CAPE FEAR 4 YADKIN TtoLEI H'l
Jobk Gill. Recelvor.
CONDENSE tTscHEDULE.
In Effect Deo'r. 8th, 1883.
NO.HH BOUND.
No. 2. Dully.
Xeave Wilmington 7 25 a. ni.
'Arrive Fayfcttev'lle.....7r........l0 35 "
'Leave FayerCeville .10 65 "
Leave FayettevUlo Junction 10 67 ''
Leave Banford 12 19 p. ra,
Leave Climax....,...,,,.,. 2 25 "
'Arrive Oreensbord. 2 66 "
Leave Greensboro.,... 8 05 "
Leave Btokesdale 8 69 "
Arrive Walnut Cove... i'; i-... 4 81 "
Leave Walnut OoVs 4 38 "
Leave Rural Bali 617 "
Arrive lit. Airy .'. 6 45 "
SOUIB 80CKB.
No. 1. Dally.
Leave Mt. Airy. 8 35 a. m
Leave Rural BalT.;.;.;..;,...ll 05 "
Arrive Walnut Cote. 1 1 85 "
Leave Walnut Cove,.,, ...1145 "
Leave Stokesdale ,,,,..,.,..12 13 p. m,
Arrive Greensboro.'..... .12 68 "
Leave Greensboro,... .,,.,103 "
Leave Climax 182 "
Leave Satiford....'.... 819 "
Arrive Fayette vili 9 Junction .... 4 30 "
Arrive' Fuyetteville 4 33 "
Leave Fayette Till 8.... 4 45 "
g"-.J Wilmington 7 65 "
Dun i a ovuiivi
No. 4. Dally,
Leave Bennettsville 8 25 a. m,
Arrive Maxton....'. 9 23 "
Leave Maxton 9 29 "
Leave Red Springs 9 65 "
Leave Lumber Bridge . . ; 10 12 "
Leave Hope Mills 10 85 "
Arriv jTayetteville 10 52 "
SOCTH BtJOND,
Southern Railway.
PIEDMONT AIR LINO.
CendMsed Schedule of Pssssng-er Trains.
No. S. Daily.
. . 4 38 p. m,
.. 4 68 "
.. 6 20 "
.. 642 "
6 12
Leave Fnyettevllle
Leave Hope Mills
Leave Lumber Bridge. . . . .
Leave Rod Springs
Arrive Maxton.
Leave Maxton '. 6 13
Arrive Beunettsvllle 7 20 "
- NORTH 800N0.
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 10, Mixed.
Leave Ramseur 6 45 u. m.
Leave Climax 8 35 "
Arrive Greensboro 9 20 '
ieuvo Greensboro , 9 35 "
Leave Stokeedalo 10 60 "
Arrive Madison 1160 "
SOUTH BOUND.
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 15, lllxcl
Leave Madison 12 25 p.m.
Leave Btokesdale I 28
Arrive Greensboro 2 85 "
Leave Greensboro 8 10 "
Leave Climax , 8 55 "
Arrive Ramseur 6 50 "
HOSTS BOCRD CONNECTIONS
at Fayettevllie with Atlantic Coast Llner
all points North and East, at Banford ..b
the Seuboard Air Line, at Greensboro with
the Soutbel-n Railway ComWtny, at fftlnut
tove with tho Norfolk 4 Westell Pilroad
for Wiuston-8alem.
SOUTHBOUND COHKBOTIOllf.
at Walnvt Cove with the Norfolk A Wj$irn
RuilC"i lor Roanoke aud points north anr
h( aM.n.)MMvlli th. fl'Mifhnrn Prt.ll
way Company fof Raleigh, Richmond and
all X-lnts north and easti ct FaVitteviUe
with tliA AtlnoLin ft. art T ln fnr aS nnlntf.
South; at Ma'Sbn with tho eaboari kirLlnr
lor Cburlotte, Atlanta tJid all points souu.
and southwest. W. E. Ki'LE,
J. W. FllY, Gen'l Pass. Agent
wil l Mi1ffr
Northkoand.
Jan. 8, 1890.
Lv. Atlanta, C. T
Atlanta, K.T
Morcross. . .
Buford ....
" Gainesville
" Lula.
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- Mt. Airy...
M Tooooa
" Westminster
Sense
M Central
" GraonTille..
- Spartanburg
Uaffnevs....
Blacksburg
" King's Mt..,
' Oasfonla ....
Ar. Charlotte ....
Danville
Ar. Richmond.,
Ar. Washington
Baltm'e.JPRa
- rhiladelphia
NswYork....
Soathbeuad.
" Philadelphia.)
" Baltimore...
" Washington
Ves.
No. 38
Dally
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225 p
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820p
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6 42 a
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Lv. Richmond .
Lt. Danville
Charlotte....
" Gastonla
King's Mt...
" ltlacksburg..
Gatfnsys
" Spartanburg
Greenville....
" Csuiral
" Beneoa.
- Westminster
M Toccoa
Mt. Airy
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