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GREENSBORO, N. THURSDAY AFTEBNOON. AUG. ti 1892
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. A BIO TRAIN LOAD OF GOLD
A Uhiow Pacific Special Bacls
Twecty Million Doluss
New Yoik, ug.. io.-A .train on
the Union Faoific ,rod has been on
its way for the last few days fom
Sac Francisco to New York loaded
with $10,000,000 in gold from the
San Francisoo mint.
It arrived hero yesterday afternoon,
caroms bv war of Umaha ana UN'
9 0 '
cago.
. The train wu a Union Pacific spe
cial, which has coma fjora the mint
at San Francisco aa fart a it , could
turn on wnccn. ii iwii;ii 'uu
oyer the road, and ' everything else
had to get ont of the way to facili
tate the progress of the cargo of jtold
en metal. The gold waa in coin, and
twenty million dollars worth of it was
Tailed on the floors of the cats. A
squid of forty men ol the regular
army was on duty goards. They
were armed with Springfield rifles,
and two Gatling guns were, also
among the weapons of defense on
board.
The train consisted of one private
car, one mill car and three express
cars. The bag cf coin were piled
- up in these three latter cars. It was
,in efc ' .of General Superintendent
J."...! . . Wh te, of the railway mail
- service, & . ' -:stnt were Lewis
Tr-y, V- f tk western
i i sVire,
jluJ Supe:in:cjju,,i :r WT
' land, in charge of tha eastern railway
. mail service. .):- .
It bar one of ibe largest ship
ments of specie ever made on one
train in this country,' the va ue of the
. gold bars aggregating $10,000,000.
The shipment was made by Secretary
Foster in view of the fact that the
San Francisco sub treasury bad a
plctboiaot gold iu store, the excess
over all probable requirements reach
ing $60,000,000, while the recent de
mands -for gold r for shipment ' (0
Europe made .upon the New York
' sub treasury have reduced ihe supply
00. hand below the demands of pru
dant management. ' The treasury:
. officials! ere averse to telling of the
shipment or telling any details of tbe
movements of the train, beini anima
ted by a deire to avoid furnishing
any lnformalion. that might stimulate
desperadoes, to make, an attempt at
' train robbery. ... ,t y ' y
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GOV. ' NORTHEN RBJNOMI
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No Oppositioh to Him at thb Gior
. oia. Democratic Qonvbhtiok. ;
. A'lanta, Ga, Auj?.', i'o.--tbe State
Democratic : Convention wits called to
order at noon today bj W. Y. Atkin
son, ch.irmin pf the State committee
Pleasant A- Sty all was "unanimously
elected temporary chairman, by firt'ue
of which . h4 continues ex-ofRcio.ies
chairman o the State committe for
the next two years. The following
State t'cVet w s nominated
Gor Gov rcor, J. .Nortben ;
for Secretary of State, Gen. Phil
Cook for Comptroller, W. . . A,
Wrieht ; for Treasurer' R. U-' Ilurde
man y tot. Commissipm r of Asricul.
ture' R. T 'e-bitt, and for! Attorney
Ge nerat, J . Terrell. ; h An elector
ate ticket .pl-dged to Oleteland and
Stevenson , ias also placed in the
field. ;V"'
Sivasnah, ', Aug. 10. W. It.
Komp, of Emnr.uel county, was nora
nated for Congress today by the Peo
pit's party of the First Congressional
district The Rep iblicans are trying
to form a coa'ition with the Third par
ly. There was one negro dlfgate in
the convention. '
THE YEARLY MEETING
The Friend ar having an interest
injj session of tbir Yearly Meeting
at High Point this weak, and yester
day waa. an .important day, notwith
standing the great heat prevailing.
The morning session yesterday had
relation chiefly to b'usines affairs, and
was presided over by Prof. F. S.
Blair.
In this meeting were delegates from
the various quarterly meetings of the
State. There is also a branch of the
Year! Meeting known as the meeting
of ministers and elders, which met in
the afternoon, with Hu4h W. Dixon,
of Saow Camp, as Clerk. Messrs.
Geo. Grubb, of Cork, Ireland, Jen
kins, of Kansas City, Daniel Hill, edi
tor of the Messenger ol Peace, Rich'
mond, Indiana, Wales, of Minneapolis,
Samuel Miles, of Faresburg, Vermont,
Reynolds, ot New York, and Baldwin,
of Indiana, were visiting ministers to
the meeting, whicn is a very interest
ine feature and full of edification to
one and all
One peculiarity among the Friends
in their Yearly Meeting is the empha
sis which they put upon the devotional
exercises and the relation ot Christian
exprrience. The presence of several
iiiinu'.erj who emipraied. fro"i North
Carolina in early youth was aa evi
dent of marked interest, and of which
a minute was made.
;The night session, which was pre
sided over by Rev. J. R. Jones, of
Greensboro, with Mary Peel a Secre
tary, wu one chiefly of inquiring.and
related to -the present syrem cf
evangelistio work. Priscilla Hackney
opened the discussion, followed by
James Potts, David- Fallow, Abrain
Fisher and Jfrances Tenkins, the last
named a visitor 'f torn Kansas City.
A' number of the questions raised
were importantnd led to interesting
discussion and the development of
much information for future service.
The meeting will continue throughout
the week." -
Kolb Olalme- Hla Election.
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..Washiiwtos, Aug. 10. A special
to thu Evening Star from Montgom
ery, Ala., 1 ays ':'. .
WE Commissioner Kolb, the Alli
ance candidate ror overnor, is oui
in a published letter this morning dis
puting the claims of Jones' election.
The letter conclodesi I have teen
fsir 7 and honestly eWcted by over
43,000 majority and the people of my
native State recognize the fact and
will see tht justice is accorded me
by lacing me' at . the . head ot pqr
State government ior mc ni mw
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yearM. ' , . R. F. Kolb."
Toe letter creates a sensation and
is regarded as n evidence of Kolb's
intention to challepge v th official
count, which is nearly finished,, and
fixes jQneB majority at between 9,000
and ii,ooo. '
' UrKVCb IteuomlnMedt
; Edenton'i N. C , August io.-tW
A. B . Branch was nominated for Con
gress from the first district by acclama
tion andL' L.r Smith for elector br
acclamation. Convention harmom
ous and enthusiastic
: ' The tfofld' NW Editor. '
New York, Augv 10 Mt. George
B. M, Harvey, whrt has been macag
icg editor the New York World, baa
been appointed editor of that paper
vice Mr. Ballard Smith, resigned.
SPEAKING OF YOU
Thos. D. Cleg?, of the City of
Mexico.is visiting telatives and friends
in the city.
Miss Lillie King, of Winston, is
visiting Miss Maggie Clegg.
Mrs. B. E. Sergeant, of this city, is
at Concord and will remain at F.lbeth
during the absence of Mr. W. R.
Odell and Mrs Odell in Europe.
Mr. Lewis, of ReidsviUe, who is
here today says there will be a' Metho
dist Sunday School excursion from
Reidsville to Mount Airy. Aueust
35th. Fare from rteidiville $.oo(
from Greensboro, $1.50. Free dinner
to all. '
Hon. J . O. Buxton returned home
from Richmond this morning.
f!riL I. A. Dodson. 'Vriosa home
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now is in Atlanta, pasie through ths
morning on bis way through north
ward. ,
Rev. Dr. Yates, pf Durham, went
down home today from a visit to his
daughter at. Mount Airy.
Professor Powell, who has been in
the city fot, some time operating as a
stencil cotter, having done quite an
amount of work, went to his home at
Reidsville on a vacation this morning.
The Professor understands h'S busi
ness well. . . ' '
Mr. O. S. Cauiey went to the
Yearly Meeting s; High Point today.
Prof. N.'c. English, of Trinity
College, wi 1 this morning.
ir. it. . i. ot mgn.romt,
weaf to Alt. ATiyioaay; nTys
that Mr. W. P.V Pickett, . whom
he accompanied to Rid Sulphur
Springs, ,,; West Va., . some 'two
weeks ago, is tepidly improving, in
health.- '
The Durham Globe speaks in flat.
tering terms of the work of Mr.. C.
IL Donehty, of Greensboro, who has
be'eoi taking orders for shoes amongst
Durham people. - t ,
How D. F. Caldwell went to Gib
sonville this morning to attend the
annual meetine 01 uie stocano:aers 01
the fclaid,. Mills, which' occurred , there
today; ". ; -s;-f:
Colored Firemen's Tournament
la the Colored Firemen's Tourna
ment at Raleigh yesterday, Greens.
borq bore off quite a number of the
prizes : - The Urab icice was won ny
the Greensboro Company:!. The .ipo
yard' foot, race wa won Jby Joseph
McCobnell.' ': of :. Greensboro.' . The
Petato race" was-won by Wm. Clai
bornei of" Greensboro. V Only one
other ' prize was won, and that, was
taken b Victor, of Raleigh, in a race
ol 150 yards, So it wilj be seen that
Greensboro is immense on a run. She
is hard to catch. - ' .
Death of Mrs JW Gilmer
Mrs. Nancy 'Gilmer,. wife of Mr. T.
W. -Gilmer, of this county, d'ed
her home this morning at 10 o'clock.
She Waves a husband, three sons and
one daoghter to .mourn her death
The sons are: J. H. , R. A. and , John
A. Gilmer. The daughter ia, Mrs R
S. PhiDDs. The funeral will take
place tomorrow at 1 1 o'clock at Ala
mance church. .1 '
The Colored Firemen's Association
of N. C, vesterday elected tha follow
ing officers for the year:
President, W. M. Loian, Greens,
bora . Secretary, II. Johasor,
Charlotte. ! Treasurer, J.. W Patter
son, Greensboro. Chapln, J. H.
Jones, Raleigh.
A squat of soldiers from the En
cempmrnt at WrighUville, who left
Wilmington at 4 o'clock, p. m., yester
day passed through this morning on
their way home at Charlotte. They
said the camp would break up tomor
row evening.
Col R. M. Doug lee, of this city,
made the report of the programme
committee in the Business Men's Coa
ventkra at Morehead yesterday, which
was adopted. This report recom.
mended the election of A. A Tbomp
son, of Raleigh, for President, and
H. W. Ayr, of Raleigh for Secre
tary.
An address was made br Gen. W,
R. Cox on Cotton Raiaing in North
Carolina and the Sooth.
Alderman Mc Masters, of Pittsburg)
has rereived an anooynous letter in
which' there is a threA against his life.1
The bad thine about it is that iU'
though the fellow who writes the
the threat may not be able to carry it
out, the woods around Pittsburg are
full of fellows who wouldn't hesitate'
to shoot an alderman any more than
they would hesitate to shoot a wild
pigeon. '
Editor Charlotte ot the Elkin Cour
ier will remove his paper from Elkin
to Littleton,, N. C He goes from
one good place to another good place,
and can probably I ell in the course of
few, months - which v for him' the
boUerpL.ce of the ta.-Elkin is a
manufacturing town, but Littleton',
wfaile it is no 'so, is the seat of A pop
a ar literary institutioa ana the centre
of an excellent population. .
GXLEAGP OliOSINCJ OUT!
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Having decided osiljvely to sell ont oar ENflRE STOCK of CLOTH
ING and qnit the dothiDg bnainess, we will begin a GRAND CLOS
ING OUT SALE of eyerything in that line TO DAY," (M on
, dayJnne 6tb) .In order to wind np this branch of our
,' unsifless as rapidly aa oopsible we will offer IEXTRAOR,,v.-."---': 'f
, ; ' DINARYINDUCEMENTS in prices.
New Goudis including n latest Spring and Summer purchases, some of
them jant opened ip, will be sold AT COST.. Winter goods, goods carried
over from last season, ud gumts slightly shop worn, will be sold regardless
of tfoat, aome at half prior. Everything! in the way ot Clothing goes in this .
GREAT SLAUGHTER SALE. ; Men', yontbc, boys and ohil Iren goods ;
of U grades and sizes. .. ; i", v
We have a' limited -number of GOOD OVERCOATS and a consider
able. stock of Winter and Mfldiam Weight Clotbiug; all of which will be
nffHred at ftii'I Mow co. ' ' : ' ' ' , , ; " , : . ' .... ,
v Remcr.b'r, we are ponnvely gome ont of theOlotiMnnpiness, and want
to close out th entire etuck as rapidly as possible. Prices no object, goods
mnst go and go at once. Don't neglect this opportunity of buyinar at cost
from one of tne largest mt bt-cl stocks of fine and medimn grade Clotuing
in the State, incla-liua o'erythinrf from fine twlor ma auits, worth $2j)
and $25, diwn ti the cboip'-Bt every dftj" Suits at $3, $4 and 5.
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NEWS NOTES.
It ia said that the heat is so great
in Washington that the- knobs have
been melted on the weather bureau
drawers, so that no rain predictions
can be fixed up.
Durham Globe. A little boy who
lives in Durham and whose parents
are clever people, but nut accustomed
to giving much attention to religious
ceremonies, is now v siting his grand.
parents in a mountain city. When
they aat down to dinner after the
boy's arrival, the old grandsire asked
a blessing. The boy, in astonishment,
said : Grand-pa, what did fjou tead
off your plate ? many children might
ask the same question. A young lady
of this town gives us this informs,
tion "
Mr. Sol. C. Well, who was nomina
ted for elector in the Democratic Con
vention at Lnmberton yesterday is a
nephew of Mr E. R. Fishblate, of this
city, and is said to be a talented
young man. ,
. STRAWS
Such straws as the Force bill and
the Tariff are too insignificant for the
notice of the Third party. They are
on a rade tht :-a rien ihem the
oiher way wuuu w ,j u c.ncd ty .
reference to the platform of the Re
publican party. Under the guise of
wanting to buy the railroads they
have other matters of exchange.
tYasstory A Co. would say to the'
public that they have In a bran . new,
stock of umbrellas which they are sell
ing at next to nothing, Yon oaat beat ,
'em. ' - VI
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