WOBKHEAISr.
Vol. vm.
GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1890.
No. C5.
THE
HEAL ESTATE.
Call Early
FOR SOME 0? THK
Most Valuable
residence lots in the eity.
O.VLY A FEW SHARES OF THE
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LEFT FOB SALE.
SOME VALUABLE
BUSINESS PROPERTY
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-CITY RESIDENCES ONLY
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Agricultural
Insurance Co;
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Ons'of the safest companies in the
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'Respectfully,
W. R. Land,
McAdoo House, Greensboro, N C.
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THE RA.OR-STROP MAN.
Since an inquiry hat been nude for
the whereabouts of the lightning rod
nun, another old-time character comet
into mind. He is the razor itrop man,
who used to attend the courts, ' and,
standing in a buggy or on the head of
a barrel, would announce the virtues
of his strop. What would most im
press the minds of those who listened
to the harangue of the man was the
wonderful effects claimed to follow the
use of the strop. He would tell of
some man whose health had utterly
failed because of the painful operation
of sharing with adullraiur.butthepoor
fellow scarcely able to hobble about on
the court green.hearing of the wonder
ful virtues of the new razor strop, was
induced to try one. The effect was
magical. As the result of a good shave
the poor fellow's health began1 to
mend at one. Presently his heal'h
became fully restored, be became ro
bust and fleshy, and in a year or two
he was out on the plains driving wild
cattle and making thousands of dollars
by the; business. The curious thing
about the matter was that although
the statement was a lie, and intended
to be regarded as such, the people
laughed bought the strop. Another
tack of the razor strop man was, to in
troduce some subject as foreign from
razor strops as possible, and after a five
minutes harangue in that direction, to
haul up with "And that reminds-me
of my trior strops." ' "
The wonderful success that attended
the razor strop man in, his business
makes it worth while to . inquire . to
what feature of the case that success
was attributable ? '
It was not in the excellence of the
strop," for one could buy iW same any
where, and perhaps a: ' a less price.
No particular skill in the use of the
strop was imparted to the buyer.
Then what was it ?.' It was the Fun
of the tftirtg. WhctheHt was always
so we cannot tell, but it is certain that
within our recollection fun has always
carried the day, and that is the reason
why the c'own is the most popular
man in the country. Put the funny
man would soon wear out in any com
munity, hence ths itinerating career
of the razor strop man and the clown.
Just how much fun is good for :a
man we would hot like to say. We
merely state a fact. Men like to be
tickled because it puts them i a good
humorwith themsly,es' and enables
them to forget their troubles. In facf,
anything that entertsins the; mind is
agreeable and becomes popular.
Nearly every body can tell what has
become of the -razor strop man the
wearing of full beard hiving taken his
occupation away from him. The pat
ent medecine man has not gone, how
ever1, and although it would seem dif
ficult, to harmonize phun and physic
together, yet it has been done after a
phasshion, and many phluent phellers
phind phrequent phelicity, phloating
phinely phrom phinancial phailure to
phinal phortune. ' ; ,
Attention
' Members of the Greensboro Hook
and Ladder Co., No. i, meet at your
truck house, tomorrow (Thursday) even
ing at 8:30 o'clock. Regular monthly
business meeting. Let every member
attend. By order of . i
' V -J- ' S. G. HpDGirf, Foreman
R. C. Taylor, Sec. :- '
11 nd Horse.
What there may be in it we do not
pretend to know,but is is true that in
the chapter of strange happenings for
the year the vicious horse has come in
for a large notice, there being 'already
several instances ot horses turning up
on their masters and killing them. In
one case a horse takes his keeper in
his tetth by the shoulder, runs with
him across a field, turns with him
him across a field, turns him loose and
tramples him almost to death, and in
another which occurred in Kansas, s
vicious horse seized his master in the
same way and killed him. ' The man
had received hit death woand, but he
was able to deal a death blow to the
horse with a club before his own death.
These are strange things.
Mr. Penn Wood, a prominent mer-
chant of Asheboro, was here to day,
but what that has to do with gun flints
remains to be told. It happens on this
wise Mr. Penn Wood always took
pride in keeping an assortment of
goods in his store. On one occasion
he wis asked by a customer about the
extent of his stock. Well," said Mr.
Wood, ."I keep everything fom an
old-fashioned gun flint upT" '
"What." said the manf "I bet you
haven't got any gun flints."
"Yes, I have though,'- said, Mr.
Wood, as he reached up to a shelf and
handed down. a,!? oac .cfjMaCiin a Jialf
gross or more of old-fashioneJ gun
flints. . ; '"- '
The man was paralyzed for the mo
ment, and Mr. Wood became promi
nent as the man of gun flints. .
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Down It Came With Crash
Yesterday morning ' about lOi'te
o'clock, the passers-by and employ
ees of the different stores on W. Trace
street between the court hou.e and
the square, were startled , by a loud
crashing . sound in the direction of
Andrew's furniture -store, Tka roof
and portion of the wall of the music
house, a two Story, structure adjoin
ing the furniture store had fallen in,
and was the .cause of the startling
noise.- . ,
No damage was done except to the
building, as Mr; Andrew's fine stock
of pianos and organs were in the
front part of the building. One or
two of tke "clerks were . in the rear
when the crash occurred, but escaped
injury, Char. Chronicle. -
Teiam Terrified By Smallpox.
Waco, Tex., Aug. 2?. Smallpox
prevails to an alarming extent in this
city. . Upon the request ot the Mayor,
Governor Ross ordered Dr. Ruther.
foid, State Health Officer, and Capt.
Ehricson, the tJhief tiarantine- Urn
cer of the State Health Department,
here to investigate the malady. They
arrived yesterday, and after a careful
investigation' have decided that the
prevailing epidemic is a malignant
type of smallpox. 'Sanitary guards
have' been dispatched here to take
charge ot patients, and every effort
II.. .. -1. . r .1 i'
win oe maae 10 connne me aisease to
the persons now affected. : ,
i It Tays to Adrertise- ,
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First . Burelar WelL vou are a
bright'un.
Second Bur?lar What's the matter?
, , 0 .
',;The paper says there was $500 in
money in uie a rawer you got mat goia
watch from, an you missea it."
-"That so? I'll go back sfter it to
night." Epoch'., , , r 4 -'
ForMaiaria, Liver Trou-:
blejOrlndigestionuoe
BROWN S IRON BITTERS
Contract Clotted.
The meeting of the committees ef
the First Presbyterian church, held in
the rooms of the Chamber of Com
mere ast night, resulted in the closing
of the contract with Mrssrs Porter Si
Godwin, of Goldsboro, for the erection
of the building, a drawing of wWh
shows it to be an imposing affair. It
is believed that the work of tearing
down the old building will begin next
week, though this is not .certain We
learn also that while the new. building
will be put up with more or less of dis
patch, there is no specified time fixed
for its completion. Winter will soon
be here, and the state of the weather
during the winter months is altogether
uncertain. If the weather be extreme
ly unfavorable the work will be sus
pended on that account, otherwise
much of it can and will proceed The
plan of the church will be a modifica
tion of the one shown in the drawing.
Would Stand no I'hancf .
Chicago, August 16 About eighty
switchmen in the employ of the Chi
cago tt Alton Railroad in this city
went out on strike this morning. The
pisse.icer traffic is not being inter
fered with, but freight traffic in the
yards has been entirely suspended.
1 he company has called upon Super
intendent Marsh for police force for
protection for its property. ;
some months ago, a foreman in the
Chicago & Alton yards left the com
pany s employ, and went to work for
another road, Today the company
reemployed him, and attempted to in-
Mall nun in lug olj cosiuon. Th
"mill.'.n tnc mean lime, had become
attached to-' the. new foreman who
succeeded him, and struck this moin
inn against any qhange.
The trade done in the rticle or to
bacco flues at this time,' from the loads
seen going elong-the streets, must be
immense, and a decided increase on
the'trade of former years. , It is cal
culated that the "tobacco crop of 1890
will oe much heavier than that of last
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V.nnutm tm Hcpabllca CoaraaUaa.
CoL W. F. Henderson, of Lexington,
Col. Tom ' Cooper,' of Transylvania,
CoL R. M. Douglas, of Greensboro,
Mr. Gozleri, of Winston, Mr. Bean, of
Asheboro,' were among the fiumber
going to the Republican State Conven
tion, at Raleigh this morning. A large
number went down last night.
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A Hundred Wort men Strike.
Pittsburg, Pa.,' Aug.' a6. About
one hundred workmen carpenters,
tinners and painters, employed at th
Exposition building, struck work yes
terday because the Westinghouse Elec-
Sic people had some non-union men
work on their exhibit. 1
' I'M third international iiborthand con
gTHM will be heM at- Munich from Aug. 7
to 17. Tbe cjntenary o( F. X. Gabels
berger, the originator of modern Grman
shorthand, win be celebrated bjrthoiw who
attend the meetings, and a bronze statue
of him will be unveiled.
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'.The distinctive, feature of Hill's patent
sysfm of refrigerating appliances now on
exhibition ' in I-oodon in, according to
Science, Uxnt no machltiety is in iw, the
cold air beiuK proilnced from the distilla
tion ot ammonia gas, a principle which is
not by any means new. The apparatus
consists of steam Biirator, ammonia
boiler, separator and oondeoser for pro-;
Quciug cold, and a .refrigerator or cow
chamber , .
Smcfelen's Arnica a.
The best Salve inthe world far Cnta,
Bruisoa, Sores, TJIoorn, Bait. Rheum, Fe
Ter Sores, Tetter, Ohaupeii Hands, Ohil
blaina, Oora,ind all Skin Krnptions,
tnd positively oures PiIas, or ,901 pay
required. It is guaranteed to (five pert
feot satisfaction, or money rafunded'
Prioe-2.5 oents per box.' for sale by
tferlQ lyda . . a E. Hollan.
LAND EXCHANGE !
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As agent for the ownerI offer some
Faiining -:- Lands
2 to la miles from Greensboro,
exchange for city property.
For Sale5!
I lot r a feet front on East With.
ton St., price $800 00 ;,
I houae ano int nn Virmmn Rt .
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tirely new, 8 rooms, $1,000.00.
' 1 house and lot on Pearaon St.. In
South Grensboro, j rooms, hand-
ome- piace, eoiy Jo, worth
$3,000.00. . ;
S. S.; BROWN.
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JOHN; O'CONNOR
STAPLE-,-Al.D-:-FANCY, , .
GREENSBORO, C. 1
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MODEL BAKERY,
PRICK LIST OP BREADS v
i loaf steam bread 3 cts.
8 " " 2$ cts.
16 " 50 cts.
it " " " S1.00
35 Ticketsjfor $1- ),
Mv waeon will deliver to anv nart
of the citv tree, dailv. Leave vour
orders at my store, 333. South Elm t
areet. ,
-Soliciting a - t:ontinuenoe of vour
patronage, I am i . .
Very 'Respectfully, - '
John O'Connor.
E. S.-Owine to several parties
cutting on prioe of bread I desire to
say to my customers that I am pel-
fectly willing to supply all in need
of Bread, Cakes, &c, at (bo same
price or even lower than any of my
competitors. A fiva llar book free
to all o'ir CustomersX.EIlvand get a '
ticket..-" fl
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