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ELK1N, N. 0., THURSDAY. DEQEMBE 11 3, 189G.
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NO. 8.
TMC NLYV3 eriTOMIZCUT
f Washlnrtaa Items.
The Joint Concrress Library Committee baa
deolded not to iuvostlRata the aoeounts of
librarian Kpofford, nrjulnst whomoharKes of
irregularities were made a year ago.
i Consul-Geueral Frederick 0. Penflsld at
Cairo, Ejrypt, lnforraol tb Marina Hospital
Horvice. through the Btnle Dnpnrtmonr, tbat
Evpt bad been officially declurei free of
cholera. Not a case had been roported In the
ten days prior to tho dute on which be
wrote.
A vorJIet u irivpn aenlnst Prince Ttur
hide In his suit to sucure reailmisslon Into
tbe Metropolitan Club, in Washington, from
wmcn ne naa been expoiiej.
The Venezuolan Boundary Commission ti
preparing tbe vast mass of evluenoe oolloct'
d by it for pubiio:ition.
President Cleveland appointed John Henry
Itodrtrsto bn Jit.lns of the District Court
for the Western Dlstrlot of Askansa.
Tho Rooretnry of the Treasury hits dis
mld Willinrn i. Morloy. unirlnnor of tba
i"ubllo HulldliiR at Denver. Ool.,for collect
ing political asjsnvnts from Government
employes In violation of the olvll service
laws. Ills cess bin boon under Investigation
by the Civil Bnrvlce Commission. .
, Julius M. Hunt, a clerk In the cfllceottho
Adjutant-General, War Department, was nr-
Tested at his dt'nk for the theft ft a valuable
collection of stamp3 bolooRintr to Mr. Xhinn,
ehlof o!erk. lie aeknowlodced his euilt.
Hurat is a German and was apnolnted under
ICivil Service rule?, from New lork, in
! Tlie president appointed Charies 0. Nott.
of New York, now Judge of iho Court of
Claims, to be Chief Justice of the Court of
iCIaims.ani Charles B. Howry, of Mississippi,
now aa Assistant Attorney General, to be a
Jiide of the Court of Claims. Judc Nott
was born in Schenectady. N. Y., in 1827.
1 Senator Proctor said in W.ishinston that
meithor Mntk Hmiia nor hinuoif would be
in Hie Cabinet to ba announced by Major
tMcKlnley,
The Comptroller of the Currency has re
ceived information of the failure of the
Dakota National Bank of Sioux Jallf. South
Dakota. The bank has a capital of $50,0(i0,
nnd nt the lime of the last report it had a
'surplus of 1(50.001 and liabilities amounting
jto 42.10.' 00. exclusive of slock. Bank Ex
aminer Firman baa been placed in churgu.
Domestic.
' Tbe steamboat John E. Moore sank on
Romer Shoal. New York Harbor, but in
shallow water, so that tbe 1.00 persons on
board, who took rofugo on tho top dock,
wera easily rescued.
f A blizzard rased in North Dakoia. Bu3i
Bess whs suspended and railroai traffic was
at a standstill.
i Tho Brown University football team de
'feuted the Carlisle Indian School eleven in
New York City by the score of 12 to 12.
s 1 WnltorB. Kue. acej sirtricn. of Brooklyn,
Whs umpiring a football game when ha was
caught in a scrimmage an I was killed.
! Prohibitionists in the town of Alexis, III. ,
blew up with dynamitea liquorsuloon which
was operated without a license.
1 Tha TJr-''.;.ii Slates gunbr,nt Newport was
launched at B;tth, Me., in th. presence of a
large crowd. The oldest unmarried great
gra uddnughter of Commodore Perry,victor of
Lake Ern", Miss La Fargo, the daughter of
John La Farge. the well known artist of Now
York City, christened the vessel.
Alfred Dinisls, alias Frank Williams,
ehirged with burning J. D. Wtnngerfello.v's
barn some months since, and who was ar
rested in Jacksonville, was lynchod about
five miles north ot Gainesville, Flo., having
been taken from the custody ot n deputy
sheriff.
Frofossor Witthaus found no knookout
drops in the stomach of Frank P. Arbnekle,
I he Dt-nvor mine owner found dead at High
bridge Heights, New York City.
! Professor Benjamin Apthorp Gould, the
distinguished ruitronomer, died at his resi
dence in Cambridge, Mass., at the age of
eeventy-two. He was preparing to leave the
bouse in tho evening when ho fell down
stairs and receive I injuries from. which he
died two hours later.
Three men were fatally shot and several
others more or less seriously wounded in a
drunken riot at Duryea. Duryen is a small
mining village near Piltslou, Penn. There
Is a Inrga colony of foreigners there who
work in the mines.
Q. W. Nelson, leading tenor In the choir at
ThnnKsgiving service nt tho First Baptis
Church, Cbatlttnoogu, Tenn., dropped dead
in the choir. Apoplexy was tho causa of his
death.
Henry A. Jones, known as the "Lightning
Calculator," died nt Kouthington. Conn.,
iiged sixlv-six years. He could add in an
Instant columns of eight and ten llgures as
quickly as he could pass bis hand over the
page.
John S. Bnnkin, a wenltby limber dealer
tof Detroit, Mich., was found dead on Fitz-
William Island, Ueorgia Bay, and it was
feared Thomas J. Austin, bis oompanion,
was drowned.
The gun trial of the United States battle
ship Oregon was highly successful, accord
ing to reports made at San Francisco.
. By the overturning of a gasoline lamp, an
rx plosion occurred at the residence of F. A.
Walker, Minneapolis. Minn. Mrs. Walker,
her daughter Mabel, aged thirteen, and tbe
domestic, Mary Overland, wore probably
fatally burned.
1 J, Plerpont Morgan, Kidder, Peabodv &
Co. and others obtained oontrol of the West
End liallroad In Boston with the reported
Intention ot changing it to an elevatod
road.
' Major MKinlov and Oarret A.Hobart ent
letters to the meeting of the Pennsylvania
Poaie flocleiy expressing their grotillcation
at the settlement of the Venezuelan dispute,
' Tbe Bov. James Miller, ot Bloomlngton,
III., was murdered, mysteriously, in Decatur,
The Rilver Democratic-State Committee of
Eentucky decided to continue Its con test for
the electoral vote of the State.
1 W. J. Bryan visited Denver. Col., and was
received with enthusiasm. He spoke several
times to large crowds.
' J. K. Parks, of Boston, the organizer of the
Nail Trust, admitted that the combination
bad practically been dissolved.
1 Chauncey M. Depew spoke before the Ver
mont Society ot tbe Sons ot tbe American
Bevolutlon in Hontpeller, Vt,
l The annual Live Stock Show was opened
I Uaduton Square Garden, New York City,
j After an absence ot thirty years Richard
Jordan returned to his aged parents at Vine
land, N. J.
! A murder and suicide near Mayfleld, Ky.,
' Is reported. T.B. Baker and his wire sep
arated some time ago, and Mrs. Baker bad
Islnea Instituted suit for divorce In the
'Graves County Clrouit Court. It Is supposed
this provoi.ed the tragedy. Baker, after
killing his wife instantly turned the pistol
'upon himself, shooting himself through the
heart.
Geore W. O. Ferris. Inventor and builder
ot tba Ferris Wheel, which was exhibited at
the Chicago World's Fair, died in Pittsburg,
Penn,
Forelcn Notes. '
A dlsriatch from Manila "saya that the
fliiADish troops under Major Artega bava
defeated a body of Philippine insurgents,
whose losses and killed In woanded were
.Upward ot 100 men. ,
I Thanksgiving Day was observed by Ameri
cans In Berbn, Germany, by a grand ban
cnet at the Kaiserhof. Two hundred and
thirty guests were present. Embassador
Uhi, who presided, made a brief speech. In
whioh he testified to the Importance of the
parts German-Americana had played in tbe
history of the United Stale. He then railed
Uor three eheers for Emperor William, which
were given with nearly good will.
Limont Makes His Aiv
.nual Report.
STATE OF OUR FIGHTING FORCE.
Coast Defenses Bains Improrod With
Great Rapidity Moro Artillerists
Needed Work at West Point Is Highly
Commended yw Ideas About K
tlonal Guard Kstlmatot for the Tear.
Wasiii!oto.t, D. 0. (8pe;lal). Socretnry
Lamont's report of the operations ot the
War Department for 1830 shows total ex
penditures aggregating t51,803,299, of which
13,505,003 was for pay ot the army, 1,488,.
236 for subsistence, 3,8G7,iCi for seaooast
defonses and 117,811,603 for river and har
bor improvements.
The unexpended appropriation turned
back Into the Treasury at tha end of last
yunr was 11.975,033, makinir, with two pre
vious years, more lhaa t5,OX),000.
Much of tbe report Is devoted to a detailed
exhibit of the work ncoomollshed and now
uuder way on thn ooat defenses.
On July 1, 1893, ot our modern defense
but one hlgtipower gun was mounted. By
July 1 next seventy bighpower breech-loading
guns and ninoty-five breech-loading
mortars of modern design will be iu position,
and by the following Julyl 128 guns, 153
mortaw. A battery or two or threo of
these guns lakes thn placo of the former
pretentions fort, and is vastly more effective.
The subjeot of coast rletenes is elaborate
ly discussed, and the statement is made that
theEndioott project, modified by the Engi
neer Corps, is in a fair way to be carried out,
providing batteries and mines that are cal
culated to protoet Amerioan ports from any
fleet that could assail them.
Since tho adoption of the present coast
defense scheme 26,157,lSiJ has been appro
priated, moro than one-third of which was
provided lit the last session of Congress.
The armament of troops with the new
magazine arms was oompletod in May, and
the armory is turning out 125 rifles or car
riages per day. Ail the ammunition for
small arms now mndj is supplied with
smokeless powder of America.! niannfnolure.
But little chnuge bos occurred in the water
levels of tbo Great Lake3 during the past
year, and as no water has yet been drawn
for uso in tho Chicago Drainage Canal, no
further facts can be given as to the probable
effect of abstracting 10.000 oublo feet of
walor per second from Lake Michigan. The
SECntTAtlY DANIEL S. LAItOKT.
importance of providing reliable data con
cerning tho probable effect of this atd the
opening of connecting channels is urged up
on Congre33.
The army consists of 25,420 officers and
men, or 281 bolo if tbe legal maximum. Tue
effective field strength on October 81 was
23,882.
Secretary Lumont calls attention to the
tact that moro line officers are now serving
with their reglmenls than at uuy time since
the war.
The disolplino of tho Iroops was nover bet
ter than now. The trials by general courts
martial decreased fifteen per oent. during
tnevear, and never, has the health of tae
troops been so good.
Undor the new ie:ruitfng system 8193 men
were enlisted lest year, one-hnlf at garri
son posts without expense. Desertion in de
creasing. Desr r.ers in 1883 numbered 3578,
in 1893 only 1G8J and last year 1355.
The excellence in military exercises of the
corps or caaets at west l'olnt has never been
surpassed, and tbe corps numbers 322. the
largest number ever attending at ona time.
The thirty-five army officers assigned to
duty with tbe National Guard report steady
improvement. Camps of Instruction ware
held in thirty-one States and in several in
stance regular troops were encamped with
the militia. Tbe National Guard aggregate
lll,B87 ontnersand men. To maintain this
force the States appropriate 2,880,000 and
tbe Government t tOO.O'lO.
Investigation this year has shown serious
dnficleuoies in the arms and equipment of the
miinia. secretary i,amnntreoommrtnusthat
tb Springfield ritle, calibre forty-flve, be is
sued; that tho States bn allowed to return to
tbe War Department obsolete firms.
Tho 810 Apache prlsouers ot Geronimn's
band at Fort Sill nave reached self-sup,
porting condition. Seerttary Lamont recom
mends that tho 86,000 acres they occupy be
acquired by the Government, and that they
tnen oe placed nnder control ol tbe Indian
Bureau.
The estimates for the year ending Jane 30.
1893. for permanent defenses and tcelr arma
ment, amount to iu,4ai','ib8, in addition to
tiouu.uoo required to meet contracts au
thorized by the Fortification act ot June
6, 1US6.
-
Floods In Martinique.
Advices from Fort da France, capital of
the island of Martinique, are to the effeot
that heavy ralna throughout the island have
caused all the streams to overflow their
banks anl Immense damage has been done
to property. A number of persons in the
interior, all of whom are believed to have
been Africans, have been drowned.
The Marblchead at Horns.
The United 8tatei cruiser Harblehead
cams into the Port of New York front a
twenty months' cruise In European waters.
Her presence In the Turkish port of Messina
led to the release of an American missionary,
theBov. Mr. Knapp.
Dollar Wheat la Sight. '
May wheat has the call on the Exchange
at St Louis, Ho. It startel right In to break
a record, and by noon bad touched Mo.f
the highest figure slnoe 1891. Unless pre
vailing conditions are upset, dollar wheat
will soon do longer be a subject ot specula
tion. Cash wheat in tba New York market
bumped a dollar. No. 3 red, tbe standard
grade, "free oa board," got np to 99) nntt
a bushel, or one-half eent above any pre.
vious price. The closing quotation was
Thirty Killed In a Mine.
k despatoh from Brestaa says tbat thirty
persons were killed in a colliery explosion
at Zengorze, Russian Poland.
Secretary
CEORCIA'S NEW. SENATOR.
Alexander S. Clny Elected to Succeed Gen
inl John B. Gordon,
Alexander Stephens Clay, who has Just
been elected to the United States Senate
by the Legislature ot Georgia, was a poor
boy, the son of a poor farmer. He paid for
his education with the money he earned, and
by the same process educated himself in tbe
law. On his father's side Mr. Clay Is of
Hootch descent. His great-grandfat her came
ALEXASDZB 8. CLiT,
from Scotland In the middle of the last cen
tury and snttled in Virginia. His grand
father came to Georgia and lived on a farm
in Washington Couutv. His father was a
Confederate soldier. Senator-elect Clay was
graduated in law In 1876 and has been en
gaged in the practio 01 nis proiession at
Marietta ever since. Ha bos always been an
activo Democrat and has been prominent in
Georgia polities for many years. In 1881
Mr, Clay was eleoted to the Legislature and
his ability was at once reoognized. In 1888
he was unanimously Speaker of the lower
House. Mr. Clay is a free trader and a sil
ver man.
CLEVELAND'S NEW HOME.
The President Bays Colonial Mansion
li Princeton, N. J.
President Cleveland has deoided to make
Princeton. N. J., his permanent home after
March 4, 1S97. Professor West returned to
Princeton from Washington, D. C, and
authorized the following statement for pub
lication:
"President Cleveland lias purchased the
re-ideuce ot Mrs. Slidoll, on Bayard avenue,
Princeton, and will make rrlnceton his
permanent home soon nfier the expiration of
ills term as President. Negotiations looking
to this end have been in progress about
three weeks and were consummated to-day
bythe puronaseof the property.
"A number of reasons have attracted Pres
ident and Mrs. Cleveland to Princeton. The
President's father was educated for the Pres
byterian ministry there. Tho quiet and in
dependenthome life of the place, its health
ftifness, its conveuienoe to New York, the at
tractions of a unlvenity society, as well as
other reasons, have been Influential In form
ing this (Incision."
Tbe Slidell mansion, purobased by Presi
dent Cleveland. Is considered to be tne finest
place of resident in Prinoeton. The house
is a two-r -Tenons building, in old colonial
style. There are steps on toree sides, with
five pillars in front. The building is forty
seven feet square, and there are five win
dows in front. A beautiful drive reaches
around two sides of the house. The whole
property consists of Ave aores. and the yard
is shaded by pine and maple trees. It Is
rumored 150 ,000 was the price paid. Tha
town and college are elated over the news.
' WEYLER AGAIN A-FIELD.
In Personal Command of 38,000 Men Be
Starts Alter M.oej.
. Havaxa. Cuba. (By Cable). Oaptain
Gcneral Weylef left on the gunboat Legozpl
t midnight for Mariel to resume personal
command of the military operations lnPinar
del P.io Province.
General Calixto Ruiz, Chief of Cavalry;
Dr. Justo Martinex. ot the hospital corps,
and various staff officers and adjutants left
by rail for Artemlsa to join Goneral Weyler,
with his 3o,000 men. In the lleld.
Indications point to an active resumption
of operations and the continued crude perse
cution ot the rebels. More Havana volun
teers have been ordered into active service
for Pinar del Rio, and are leaving Havana
dally by rail fcr Artemisa. '
The military hospital reports show 10,855
Spanish soldiers ill In Havana alone. The
wounded are not inoluded. Fourteen officers
and 183 privates, all sick, arrived by rail
from Cayajabos and Artemlsa. Tbe trans
port Bolivar arrived from Bahla, Honda and
other ports on therinardel Rio north coast
with eight officers and 213 privates ill.
SHAVED MEN FOR A LIVINC
Satan Ashley, One. a Rich Woman, Burled
at Westfteld, Mass.
Cusan Ashley was burled at Westfleld,
Mass., a few days ago, so quietly that few
peoplo knew about tbe plain little funeral.
Yet when she was born there, forty year ago
the news bad been sent out that a daughter
hnd been born to tho Ashleys, one of the
richest and most Influential familletin Mass
achusetts. Her mother died, leaving her
5.000,000.
She married J: C. White, once United
States Minister to Brazil, and spent the
honeymoon in Europe, living in luxury audi
being presented to the Queen. Then husband
and wife became estranged and separated,
she resuming her maiden name and going to
Chicago with her daughter. Her torture
was swept away by bad Investments, and to
make a living tbe ex-society leader opened a
shop on Madison street and hung out tbe
sign, "L,aay tsarner. it was a successful
enterprise, although Miss Ashley's relatives
wore properly scandalized. Hur darghter
Florence still carries on the basinets and
shaves all comers.
Campantni, the Tenor, Dead.
Italo Campanlnl, the tenor singer, who was
well known in the United. States, died near
Parma, Italy, a few days ago. He was born
at Parma in 1816.
Woman Baffles a Mob.
A woman In Richmond, Mo., held a mcb
at bay which was bent on lynching two men
confined la a Jail on the charge ot murder.
The woman was the Sheriff's wife.
Strang Woathor Conditions.
Blizzards were reported in Minnesota, the
two Dakotas, Oregon and Manitoba. In Mis
sissippi, Texas and Kentooty destructive
wina Atorms wera piecedd by almost sum
mer warmth, Kansas bad a modified bliz
zard. At the same time, la New York City
summer-like weather prevailed. November
27 was tbe hctost of that date on record, tha
top point registered being 7L
Filibusters Trlod.
The Competitor filibusters were quietly
tnea cy court-martial in Havana, wuoa, in
spite ot official protects fro a fie United
States. - -
i BLENHEIM CASTLE FETES
The 'Marlboroughs Entertain tho"
Prince and Princess of Wales.
BRILLIANT PROGRAM ARRANGED.'
The Young American Duchess Honored by
the Brltlah Koyal Family Blenheim
and the VilluES or Woodstock Wera
Bosntirully Decorated to Grae tha
Prince's Visit Other Titled Guests.
BLzxnziM, England. (By Cablo).-ThS
Prince and rrlneoss of Wales and the die
tlgnulsbod guests invltod by tbe Duke and
Duohess ot Marlborough (formorly Miss Con
suelo Vandorbilt.of New York,) to meet their
Royal Highnesses are now assembled at
Blouholin Palace. It Is twenty-one years
since tbe holr apparent to the British throne
bos visited the historical palace ot the Marl
boroughs. At that time the bead ot the
house was John Wlnstone Churchill, grand,
father of the present Duke,
DUCHESS Of M4BLB0R0U3B.
The I rlnce and Princess of Wales left Pad
Qlugton Station, London, during tho after
noon for Woodstock to pay a visit to the Duke
and Duchess of Marlborough at Blenheim
Palace. Tlielr Koyal Highnesses w.re ac
companied by their daughters, Princess Vlo
torla of Wales and Princess Maud of Den
maik, and Prince Charles ot Denmark, hus
band of Princess Maud.
Tbo town of Woodstock was beautifully
decorated wilh flags, banners, triumphal
arches, etc, in their honor, ana Iho Grand
avenue in Blenheim Park was lighted by
electricity.
The program for the entertainment ot
the royal guests Is n brilliant one. The
Prince and Priucees of Wales and the other
Huests will remain a week, during which
timo there will bo a succession of fetes,
torchlight processions, etc In addition to
this tli j Prince will make sbooling excursions
into the Blenheim g ime preserves dally.
Owing to the recent death in New York of
Mrs. W. II. Vanilerbilt, grandmother of the
Duchess of Marlborough, the annual county
ball will bo abandoned, but public celebra
tions will cont nue throughout the week, In
cluding a graud reception given by tho
Duchess ot Marlborough, at which most ot
Iho lauding aristocrats will assemble.
raiser, or walks.
The Prince of Wales's special train, with
I he royal visitor, wai met bythe Duke ot ,
jnauuorougn, wno was waiting it at tue sta
tion. A large crowd ot peoplo assembled
outside. The royal parly were greeted with
cheers as they made their way to tbe car
riages In which they were driven to Blenheim
Palace. The carriages were escorted by the'
mayor and the town council on foot, and thn
Woodstock Are brigade acted as a guard ot
honor, marching behind the carriages to the
gates ot B enh-lm Park. The Prince and
Prineess of Wales were enthusiastically
cheered by the people wno lined the road
way. Among the guests, other than those of
the royal party, nre Lady Randolph Church
Ill and' Mr. and Mrs. George N. Curzon.
Set Fire to the Jail.
'a ioaas Carey and "Hoppy" Hopkins wera
locked in jail at Mena, Ark., charged with
disordely condnct, and shortly afterwards
the Jail was discovered to be on fire and ba-'
fore Carey and Hoppy buld be rescued they
were burned to death. It Is believed they
set fire to the jail, hoping to escape.
Southern Express OHlcers.
At Savannah, Gs., The Southern Express
company held its annual meeting last week
and tbo iollowlng officers were elected: H.
B. Plant, president; iL 7. Plant, vice presi
dent; M. J. O'Brien, vice president and gen
eral manager; George H. Tiliey, secretary
and treasurer. ,
A Great Lock.
A German has, It Is said, Invented a safe
that on iu lock beb g tampered with, throws
open its doors, seizes and drags and lot ks In
tbe burglar, and handcuffs and holds him In
readiness to be conducted totbe police eonrt
in the morning. A man in Manchester Is go
ing to Improve upon tbis, and is experiment
ing upon an automation that will fix tne
burglar across its knee, and amuse him with
stick ucUUhejelice .arrive.
Sim, mss
A Mi MSr
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NEWSY CLEANINGS.
Japan has 2570 mites of railway.
Montana leads in wool growing.
California is raising Japanese hemp,
Pennsylvania contains 11,111 saloons.
New Yorkers pay $30,000,009 a year for
Beer.
Rich oil fields have been discoverel in the
Trims van 1.
Horses in San Diego County, California,
offered at 40 apiece, go begging for buyers.
Over 200 stands ot arms have been taken
from trespassers iu Yosomlte Park during
1396.
Twenty-three orders for new steamers were
lately lucoivud at Glasgow, Scotland, in one
week.
During Iho last ten years Yale Las scored
4313 points at football to 118 for her oppo
nent. During thn first ni'io months of 1896 586.
612 ounces of gold were mined iu Victoria,
AuitralliL
Uho Supervising Special Agent ot thn
Treasury roporls u large decrease In opium
fcmuggllor-.
Iu Victoria Ilia Women's Suffrago bill has
passe t by a largo majority, und ulso tho
'Oao Man Ouu Volu bill."
W'lirly 001 new men have been added dur
ing IS'Jii to the Nhw York pollco force, and
kii more nro to bo appoiutod.
Three thousand freight cars will befitted
with automatic couplers during 1897 to meet
tbo requirements of tho interstate Com
merce law.
Sugar beeis have thrived so this season
near Grand Island, Neb., that araion have
ciearol on their crops twice the amount
needed to pay for the land on which they
were grown.
John 11. Gentry, the fastest harness raej
liorsn iu tiiu worln, wf ..Id iu New York for
19,9TO ty Lewi;i J. Tewksburv, owner of
tli cdeJrate I padr. Robert J. Gentry'
jweorlioL'.O.i;,
Duriu - Ociohcr thrro were shipped from
nunur.ru una eastern Maine Ji Dear?, 1
lyiix, iU;J t.eer, 79 moose and 57 caribou,
whicu is :.bou: 400 moro deer than, iu
October, 1893, and u large increase iu moose
uuJ aununu.
''Williu'' Haas, aged seventeen, wiio cut
tbetliioat oOIrtf. Kmma iiraddook, bis em
ployer'j wiie, at Coveda 1, July 3, was cou.
vicied nt (JIu inuatl of ilrst -dugreo murder,
nnt' will be tbo llrat victim ot theeleotrio
chair-in Ci:ii
Animal Lire.
Humboldt estimates that the number
of animals ot the mammalia kind
(those that suckle their young) is about
500; of birds, 4,000; of Insects, 44,000;
of leptiles, 70O; or In. all about 50,000.
To Europe belong eighty of the mam
malia, 400 birds and thiry reptiles. In
the southern hemisphere, more particu
larly In South America and Africa,
birds aro five times more numerous
than the mammalia. In all countries it
has been noticed that birds and reptiles
increase in number toward the equator.
"Hannah, what are you etandlng
there staring at me for? Didn't I tell
you I was not to be Interrupted unless
the house was on fire?" "Well, taum,
that's It. It do be burning this half
hour."Indlanapolis Journal.
CAPE FEAR & YADKIN VALLEY RT.
Jobs Gill, Receiver.
CONDENSEUJSCHEDULE.
In Effect November 13th, 1890.
NOUTH BOUND.
No. 2. Daily.
Leave Wilmington 7 50 a. ra.
Arrive Fayettevllle 110 "
Leave I'ayetteville .....11 21
Leave Fayetteville Junction 11 27
Leave Sanford 1 00 P-
Leave Climax. 2 50 "
Arrive Greensboro 8 18
Leave Greensboro 8 25
Lenve Stokesdale 4 10 "
Leave Walnut Cove 4 40 "
Leave Rural Hall 510 "
Arrive Mt. Airy 6 35 "
SODin EOCND.
No. 1. Dally.
Leave Mt. Airy 8 40 a. m.
Leave Rural Hall 10 04 '
Leave Wainut Cove 10 32 "
Leave Stokosdale 1 1 07 '
Arrive Greonsboro 11 65 "
Leave Greensboro 12 10 p. m,
Leave Climax . 12 41 "
Leave Sanford 2 55 "
Arrive Fayetteville Junction 4 12 "
Arrive Fayetteville 4 18 "
Leave Fayetteville 4 35 "
Arrive Wilmington 7 45 "
NOUTH BOUND
No. 4. Daily.
... 8 30 a. m.
... 9 40 "
... 9 50 "
Leave Bcnnettsville
Arrive Maxton
Leave Maxton
Leave Red Springs 10 18 "
Leave Lumber Bridge 10 33 "
Leave Hope Mills 1101 "
Arrive Fuyutteville 11 19 "
SOUTH DOUMD,
No. S. Daily.
Leave Fayetteville 4 28 p. in.
Leave Hope Mills 4 4!) '
Leave Bed 8prings 6 36 "
Arrive Maxton 8 09 "
Leave Maxton 6 17 "
Arrive Benncttsville 7 25 "
WORTH BOUND.
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 18, Mixed.
Leave Ramsour 6 45 a. m.
Leave Climax 8 35 '
Arrive Greensboro 9 20 "
Leave Greensboro 9 35 "
Leave Stokesdale 1107 "
Arrive Madison 11 65 "
SOUTH JOtTKD.
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 15, Mixed.
Leave Madison 12 SO p. ra.
Leave Stokesdalo 1 28 "
Arrive Greensboro 2 40
Leave Greensboro 3 20 "
Leave Climax 4 15 "
Arrive Bamseur 6 00 "
KOPTH BOUKD COKKICTIONS
at Fnyettevilie with Atlantic Coast Line for
ail points North and East, at Sanford with
tbe Seaboard Air Line, at Greensboro with
tbe Southern Railway Company, at Walnut
Cove with the Norfolk A Western Railroad
for Winston-Salem.
SOUTH BOUKD COISNECTIOHS
at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk A Western
Railroad for Roanoke and points north and
weet, at Greensboro with the Southern Rail
way Company for Raleigh, Richmond and
11 points north and east; at Fayetteville
with the Atlantio C'-ast Line for ail points
South; at Maxton with the Seaboard Air Line
for Charlotte, Atlanta and all points south
and southwest. W. E. KYLE,
J. W. FRY, Gea'l Pass. Agent.
Gen'l Manager.
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B. P. Howell, Jonathan Creek, 190 00
J. n. Hales A Co., Kcnly, 218 00
W.D. Sadler & Co., Leech ville,$ 20 19
Layden & Yarboro, Lexington, 92 45
James H.Sandford, Louiuburg, 303 74
Perry.Benfrow&Son.Lnoama, 864 00
Isaao Williamson, Lucama, 159 57
J. A, Earles, Manson, 160 05
R. L. Bennett, Middlcbnrg, 30 44
W. J. Bradshaw, Monoure, 345 90
John Bell, Monoure, 506 03
Biddle & Johnson, Monteznma, 97 13
M.M.Mnson&Co.,Moreh'dO,y, 124 00
R. R. Moore, Moriah 94 10
J. V. Mitchell & Son, Mt.Airy, 114 25
J. H. Cohen, Newborn, 180 45
B. J. Smith & Co., Newbern, 911 10
S. J. Jarrell, Oxford, 403 23
R. H. MoGnire, Oxford, 443 60
S. O. Snorender, Pantego, 136 25
Wm. B. Hutchins, Raleigh, 223 91
Thos. O. Jenkins, Raleigh, 181 18
RioeBros.. Beidsville. 227 43
R. L. Bennett, Ridgeway. 99 00
i Vaognan, Hidgeway, ioo uu
A. M. Long, Rockingham, 143 90
V. T. Shore. Salem. 22 68
H. P. Duke & Co., Seaboard, 16 50
0. V. Skiles & Co., Seaboard, 44 00
Fuller 4 Hyman, Smith field, 24 33
O. M. Oonley, Statesville, 99 SO
E. P. Manson, Swnnsboro, 65 00
T.W. Harris, Jr., Swanqnarter, 54 99
T,. TTflilhronor A Bro.. Tarboro. 139 BO
L, Heilbroner&Bro., Tarboro, 189 00
J. J. Wilson, Talbot, 211 82
Dnoker & Oarren. Tweed. 37 22
Wheeler Bros.. Warrenton. ' 93 25
J. O. Morton, Washington, 123 40
Boston Shoe Btore, weiaon, 4f ua
JohnF.nardison, Williamston, 109 15
W. J. Harris, Wilson, 809 81
W. Corbett.' Wilson, 764 60
Wm. Harris, Wilson, VI U
Mitchell & Askew, Winston, 33 09
King Bros. Pure Food Co., Win
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Anderson k Co., Woodleaf, 286 00
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W. T. Irwin, Ashevillo, 33 66
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R. B. Burden & Bro., Aulander, 47 48
B. F. Mayo, Aurora, 63 40
R. B. .Weston, Auioro, 187 62
J. J. Smith, Bath, 61 67
Jones & Hancock, Beaufort, 100 00
L. Manguru, Benson, 200 00
T. G. Carson, Bethel, 25 00
E. Woolard, Bunynn,. 372 00
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C. A. Rnby, Bryson City,
203 29
89 34
72 60
478 89
170 1
73 70
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J. W. Markbum, Chapel Hill,
W. T. Williamson, Clinton,
T. E. Beasley, Colernin,
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J. M. Chadwiek, Fairfield, 00 38
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J. C. Hoard & Co., Hamilton, 3dl 97
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