The Greensboro patriot [August 17, 1881]

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Hardware, &c.
•-nth Elm
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Books and Stationery.
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E. 3D. STEELS
IITOIIVEV AT LAW
HIGH POINT, N. C.
Will practice in 8tate and Federal Courts
Ear" Collections a Specialty, -fl
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Dr. K. K. Gregory
KE8PECTFULL>
OFFERS BIS
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
to the Citizens of Greensboro.
FEES THE M'li: AS THOSE
Charged by other Practicing
Phyriciant ot the City.
May Ani., l-^Vly.
I.onglnus.
If I wart a railroad brakeman
I'd holier the stationa so plain
That the man who waa going to Texas
Wonld go clear through te Maine.
I d|upen the door of the smoking car
And I'd gire anch a mighty roar
That the passengers back in the sleeper
Would all fall ont on the floor ;
For I couldn't afford a tenor voice,
And I couldn't afford to speak
In the Bweet, soft tones of the .1. ■ilian
hsrps
For eleven dollars a week.
If I were a baggage-master
I'd rattle the trunks about;
I'd Hand them np in the ooroer
And I'd tear their bowels oat.
I would pull the handles out by the roots,
I wonld kick their porners in.
ind etrew their staffing all round the car
And make them lank and thin.
For I couldn't aflord to wear kid gloves
Nor pnt soft pads ou my feet.
Nor to handle things gently, when all my
pay
Jnst kept me in bread and meat.
Hanking Houses.
S. Elm St
Ur) t.iM.il.. BosMa, Sateen, ic.
ti Ih.l.T,.
' Market it.
Hark -t at.
Ml ugglala, tic.
oili Kim st.
l'ii>l<-s«ioiial 4 aril*.
It Law.
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lewetry, Silver-ware,
. a .South Elm st
Etc
Wholesale tinil It. tall l.rvcon
Booth Elm »t.
trust Tree*, \ lues, ate.
H na lii.; Nurseries—
Jobht i. In \olloiia. Ate
•• lb Kim st.
law schools.
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i.irkot Street.
lichmond Business Directory
Wholesale <;rocera. fcc.
I '■! irria, 19th and Dock St
W. B. MURRAY
Is exhibiting an unusually Large
and attractive Stock of Spring and
Summer Goods—FINE DRESS
GOODS—A large lot of Fancy
Lawns, Prints, Cambrics and White
Goods—that is well worth your
special attention and which you
should not fail to see before buying.
Ladies fine Shoes and Fancy Slip-pers,—
Men's new Style Hats,—
Ready-Made clothing—a good
slock of New and Beautiful Wall
l'aper,—Linen and Paper Shades.
First class Goods—Cheap for Cash.
See and be convinced.
Greensboro, g, (J.. Ariril 23rd —tf
N«il ss< tiltl I>1,. G-OOCIM.
The subscriber offers ftnit cans, apple
pellet*, giaas blade*, brans kettles, and a
general aeeoitmenr of hardware, tinware,
woodenware at low prices for cash or good
barter. OHAS O YATES.
Corner, South of Poetofflca,Greensboro,
N. C Aug. 3, lB81,-ly.
If I were a railroad conductor.
As through the train I'd go,
I d have for every question they aeked
I" us answer all ready: -Don't know."
I il miss connections for lota of men,
I'd run lone passengers past;
I'd tell them 'twao eight when I knew 'twaa
ten,
And I'd .wear their watches were fsst.
tor I couldn't afford to be civil
wheu I ka w every man in the load
Would look at my watch and ring and say.
" He stole them thiugs from the road !"
ifar/inotoii Hatri--Ejie.
It Teachers are Poorly Paul
It it u Reproach.
•3 "Rheumatiz" Remedy.
The other day Dr. Washington,
a colored man, was arraigned before
a Jastice of the Peace, charged
with something like medical mal-practice.
He had given a colored
man a dose of medicine, and the
colored man lived bat one hoar
afterward.
The Jastice was a colored man,
and probably knew as much of law
as the doctor did of medicine.
When the doctor had been arraign-ed
the Justice asked:
"Dr. Washington, how long has
yon been practicing medicine T"
"Siuce tie wan, sab."
"What books on de fizicks and
de human reconstruction did ver
study V
"Oh, I stoded 'nnf—Cornstalk's
pholosophy 'mong de number.
Now, Jedge, let me ask yoa one
pint What books ob de law did
yer study !"
.Vorth Carolina an a
Stale.
New Series No. 695
totion
The development and growth ol
the cotton interest in North Caroli
na is not to be overlooked. A little
while ago—only a lew years_th^
crop was bat little, more than 100,
"Jft i« 1879 it had grown
crop of ISoO exceeded this aud
more than 400.000 bales were pro
duced. With the iucrease of the
cotton crop there is an increase ol
cotton factories. Bat the iucreas,
of the latter is not by a long wav
in proportion to the increase of th*
former It. onght to be. Every
report from the factories South t'l
as is encouraging; some of the
reports are astonishingly encourae
log. 6
Bnt the strangest thing to nx
aoont the cotton crop in our State
is the Jistribation of prodnotive-
!ss. mere are counties like
f,eree,l through the Body
of a Ramroa.
• From the Portland ,Me) Argus, Aug. 1.]
Three
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J.F.YATES&Co.
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FAMILY FLOIR A SPECIALTY.
We keep he best made in the United
States.
July r*ih d 2w.
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W. J. BLACK'BIIBN
W. E. BEVILL,
RETAIL DEALER IN STAPLE
Dry Good* llats. Boots. Shoes, NoiioDi,
Hardware, Crockery, GUsawain, Wooden
Ware, Tinware, Powder, Shot, Hope*,
Axle Graane. Table Oil Clotba.tSoaos, Ala-lim
Oil; f*s > c-rit's ^oDHirtting in SQgar,
C'offiH> Spicfi, Pepper, Baking powders
■UN TobeMOo and Cigars.
Having bought strictly fur CM*', I am
prppan-d to olfVr them st Low Prices
••itber tor CH-ifi or Barter. Giveinoa c*ll
beton buy IU^,--East Market street
Greensboro, N C.
Valuable City Property
FOR, SALE.
Parties desiring to porcbase lots for the
•-r«-rti>>n of Cotton or Tobacco Factories,
Tobacco Warrhousfs, or dwellings in lbs
CITY OF GREENSBORO,
would do well to call on the undersigned.
I li:i ■>ni!vrn*; very «lesirab!t> lots well lo-
•KJed fur the puri'i.-r"* nainml which I will
DUVlt* BgorM.Mld Upon eawy 1 ' i ■•. ('VH'fir MKNUMMIAU.
*> Mboro.N. C. June '29, I8i-l-da-wlw
HARDWARE.
van aiid rt'p^it'ug for the thousand.
Good liuav>, a>so coniiuuu tinware, by
retail aud wholnHalj Ait in want ot goodH
in my line hhotiUl call oti ni«' before bu ing.
K'-specitulU Yours.
CHAa G. YATKS.
August 3, IrvSI.ly.
THE ORIGINAL AND
Genuine Durham Long Cut,
Durham Cut Plug,
AND DURHAM TWIST.
Also
Sitting Bull Smoking Tobacco
Are Mannfactured nuly by
B. II. POGUE, Durham, N. C
For sale bv all dealers in Qreeusboro.
April XB.—dim
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'••'iBSu "SS" " DH.I.AKI.,
KUIltUT P UlLK.
MEETING OF
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY.
There will be a meeting of the Trustees
of the 1,'niversity of North Carolina, in
the Executive Office, in Raleigh, on
Tuesday, the lUth July, l-M, at 4{ o'clock
P. M., at which a Professor of Natural
llieiory will be chosen in the place of Dr.
K. W, Simouile, resigned on account of ill-health.
Applications should be addreaaed
to PHKSIUKNT Blltlli.
Jaly 3, dw 2-w. Chapel Bill, N. C.
The qualified teachers of North
Carolina should be better paid.—
The people—the parents who have
children to be educated should
place a high estimate upon the
faitblul teachers ol their children.
Good pay is absolutely essential to
secure good teaching. The men
who are serving North Carolina
better than any other class, save
the ministry, are the teachers who
are furnished amply aud are de-voted
to their work. Surely the
workman is worthy ol bis hire.
It paini us to know that so mauy
fdiibto! instructors of jouih aie
appreciated so little. The few faith-
(ul teachers of our boyhood hav:' a
very teDder place in our memories.
When we think over their names
blessings and thanksgiving arise
instantly in their behalf from our
lips and from our hearts. The faith
ful teacher! God bless him always!
He is the best friend of youth next
to mother and father. Let him be
honored always! What is ot su-preme
importance, let him be well
paid.
We are reminded of this when
we read a passage in a private let-ter
from a distinguished teacber
who bas had charge ol one ol the
State Normal schools lately. Tbe
Star bus tried to aid the canse of
education in the past and it will
work in the same direction in the
future It is not weary of well do-ing.
Bat to the passage in the let-ter.
It is too touching and import-ant
to be ibrown aside. Although
ioteuded for our eye only we lay it
before the eye of a discerning and
an interested public. Ojr trieud
writes:
" It is one of the greatest needs
of North Carolina that ber people
should be stirred up on the subject
of education, aud such result seems
impossible without the aid of the
press.
Several of the teachers who at-tended
onr Normal School were so
miserably paid lor their services
that they could not raise the ntnall
pittance ttqnired to pay theii buard
for one month timing its session,
and tlieieloie bad lo leave before
the clone ot the school. Oue ot
them—the vwtt earneit Norinalite
we had—told me that liia patrons
seemed to tbiuk that he was cheat
ing i heiu if be obtained, for his ser-vices,
one cent more than hit victuals
and clothtt. The cause ot Educa-tion
among us sadly needs the aid
of onr powerful State press/'-iStar,
.1 Horte tf'hirh Didn't "Colch
On."
"I se hear, prisoner afore de bar, Cumberland, Montgomerv Bladen
r try dis case, an' not ter stan' Onslow and Brunswick that oucht
z-tminashau. Coming' down 'o produce mnch more cotton ti*.,,
ter
a
from de low language ter plain
uigger and male, what de h—I
made yoa kill dat man t 'Splain
yerself, sah, or I'll put de damns ol
my 'rhority on yer."
'•Ef dar's a man in dis country
what can 'splain hisself, I'se de
man,' said the doctor arising.
'Some few days ago I 'vented a
new medicine from roots dag otiten
de groaud.' Hit struck me dat de
medicine would cure de rheumatiz,
an' when I went ter see the man
what is ded now, I 'clnded ter
'sperimeut on him. No medicin'
ain't no 'connt till you 'speriment
wid hit. All medical 'ventions has
ter be proved. When Bright
vented de kidney zease, be didn't
thiuk it wonld work till be tried it.
I figer it npjes' dis way: Say I
ter myself, if dis medicine cures dis
man, hit's good; bat if hit kills
him, hit won't do to temper wid or
let loose :moug children. Well, I
gin him the medicine and 'hunt a
hour afterwards he were ded. Now
how'd I a 'nowed dat de medicine
WMt fltten for use ef I hadn't a
tried it I Don't >er see de geogafy
ol my judgment t Science must
be 'vinced, yer know."
'•Dat's a fac," said the Justice,
after musing awhile; "de pint aie
well sustained. Mr. Constable,
turn dat man loose, and caution
bim not to 'vent any moah medicin'
in my towimhip."—Ex
Two or three days ago a colored
man drove a borse and wagon up
to the passenger depot on Wood-wa-
d avenue and asked how long
before a train wonld pass. He wan
told that he had only eight minutes
to wait and he exclaimed:
"DiB jere hosp am au antmile
dat I got hold of din mawuiu', an' I
want to «ee how he will stan' de
railroad."
The equine had seen about tweu-ty
summers and was as thin as
sheet iron, and there was a general
laugh at the idea of his being
afraid ot anything. Nevertheless,
as a Lake Shore train booted in
tbe distauce, the old borse lifted
his head, pricked up bis ears and
eviuced considerable animation. As
the train came in sight he began to
dance and tbe driver held a stiff
line and called out:
"Whoa! Napoleon! Dat's only
de Lake Sho' Railroad comin' io !
Steady, sah—what's de use o' pat-tin'
on style!"
As the train tbnndered in, tbe
horse reared up and pawed the air,
shook off a man who giabbed tbe
bridle, and, wheeling arouud, he
npeet the wagon and ditched it and
went np the I'ontiac pike with the
forward wheels jumping after. The
owner was picked np in a dazed
condition, more amazed than mjur
ed, aud when one of the crowd
'^marked that tbe horse didu't
stand the railroad very well, the
man replied:
"Well, I dnnno. He 'peared to
stan' de railroad all rigbi; but it
waa dat bnllgine an' de kivered
kyars which be didu't co'ch ou to.
I 'spect Irom de way he acted dat
he's bin ran ober lree or to' times."
• IVini the Big Syndicate Ion.
Irolt.
The Richmond and Danville
"8) stem" comprises at present the
following properties, all of whieh
nro either controlled hy tbaU com
pauy by owuersbip, leases or other
contract arrangement for long
periods, or are owned by tbe parties
who hold the majority interest in
the Richmond and Danville rail-road:
Miles.
A fleet of vessels running
between West 1'oint aud
Baltimore
The Richmond, York River
and Chesapeake railroad-
Richmond to West Point.
Richmond and Dauville rail-road—
Richmond to Dan-ville
Piedmont railroad —Dauville
to Greensboro, N C
North Caroliua railroad—
Goldsbo'ro via Greeusboro
to Charlotte. N C
Northwestern Snnb Caroli-na
railroad—Greensboro
to Salem, N. C
Atlanta and Charlotte Air-
Line- Charlotte to Atlanta
Atlauta and Charlotte Air-
I.ine NarrowOauge branch-es
Northeastern railroad of
Georgia—Athens to Tololu
station on the A. & (J
Charlotte, Colombia aud
Augusta railroad—Char-lotte
to Augusta 191
Columbia & Greenville rail-road—
Columbia to Green-ville
Abbeville Branch
Anderson Branch
Blue Ridge railroad
Laurens railroad
Spartanburg, Union aud
Columbia railroad—Alston
to Spartanburg
Western N. C. railroad (com-pleted,)
SaliHbury to Ash
vilie
they do You find counties like
Vtake .Tohnstou, Mecklenburg
even Cleveland and Gaston, grow-ing
a great deal more cotton than
you would have thought. Whilsl
Randolph, Rockingham, Fornjth.
and other counties produce bur
few bales. Tbe statistics show
that nearly all the counties produce
the great staple, aud that most of
the counties are capable of doing a
great deal more if tbe demand and
price should autboiize it. We can
see no reason for not expecting the
crop ol North Carolina to reach
some lime in the future TOO 000
bales. This will depend on simul-taneous
prices to some extent. We
must believe that piauters will not
continue to raise cotton at au
actual loss. We have given our
views at leugth ou the necessity
and wisdom of a variety of crop's
and we need not say anything
ttutner now. Supposing that the
cottou interest of the State contin-ues
to grow during the next decade
HS it has during the last decade,
and there is good reason to expect
the crop to equ .1 C50.000 or 700,0011
by 1890 At any tale the State is
capable of producing that amount
—Morning Star.
am .i,,, On .Umli rn t'oiirl-
38
140
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223
2CSI
7o
39
143
VI
10
32
31
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140
Total 1.480
The Atlanta and Charlotte rail
road has valuable feeders in the
system of uarrow gauge roads
touching it at various points, ot
which the E'bertou Air Line rail-road
liom Toccoa Station to Elber-ton,
Ge., (fifty-one miles,) is the
most important. The other roads
are the Laurenceville (ten miles)
aud the Boswell (nine miles long,)
and tbe Hartwell railroad from
Bowersville, on tbe Eli.erton rail-road,
to Hartwell, near tbe Savan-nah
river. *
.1 Pretcription for Burglars.
In view of the repeated attempts
at burglary in the city of late tbe
advice of a celebrated English
burglar while makiug his confession
before execution may prove uselul.
He said tbe best protection to a
bouse was a small dog kept inside.
It required more nerve tbau most
men bad, he said, to enter a bouse
at nigbt with a small dog barking
in tbe obscurity of a daik room.
The dog could be very easily got
rid of on tbe outside.— Charlotte
Obterrer.
Graiued wood should be washed
with cold tea.
I am sorry for the little chaps of
this generation, for they are stuffed
and crammed with every good
thing before they get old enough
to enjoy it, and their very cradles
are tilled with marbles, and tops,
and pocket-knives, and balls, until
they get lired of everything and go
about uubapuy »r.d whltiiog lor
something else. Children ain't
children now. Tbe boys don't plav
bull pen, nor town ball, nor eat,
nor chiukapins, and string Vtn, ami
put 'em arouud then- sweetheart's
necks and steal a kiss lor pay. I
I remember—I well remember—I
will always remember the first
sweet kiss 1 got Irom mine. Ginger
cakes were mighty good in then
way, but they never thrilled me,
nor waked up the elysiau joys tha'
slumbered in my astonished bosom.
Wonder if the like ot this is to
come back to mail in heaven f 1
hope, lor love is Heaven, and tliat
kind of love was innocent and pure.
I honestly believe the boys of the
olden times loved girls a heap bet-ter
tbau the boys do now, and
versa visia. There wasn't so man\
things lo tlistract their attention
and seal let it around promiscuous.
Why, wheu of them old tune boys
loved a girl be lovi d her as
haul as a mule could kick. Loved
her all over, be just li-lt iike lie
could wade through bloody seas to
get to her. But now I here ate so
many fine clothes, so iDacbjewelrj
to distract a young girl's attention,
that she thinks more of laslnon
aud clothes than she does ot 'he
boy, and tlieu there ate so many
balls aud round dances aud sol
mauy promiscuous arms swinging
her around that she likes one fellow
as well as another, aud the trouble
is after she gets manied she keeps
ou loving 'em. If 1 was a young
man now I don't think I would
mate wiih that sort ol a girl,
mi ticy or no money; that is, il any
other sort were in marrying die
tance: and if I was a girl I would
say, bands oil, young gent Ionian,
until the preacher makes us better
acquainted. These are old fashion-ed
itleas I know, bnt somehow old
lolka can't gel rid of Vm.
young men, one named
Richardson, and tbe others twin
brothers naaiej Jackson, came to
fcj«t Baldwin from Boston last
Monday for a week's vacation,
•ntendiug to return Saturday. Tbev
were stopping at Mr. D. t. Rich
itrdsous. Friday they were oat
Biniuin*, a„d j0ung Richardson's
ramrod stuck in his gun. He
decided to blow it out, and had
ocked the piece, but one of tbe
Jacksotis, I'red, thought he could
draw the rod, aud took hold of the
-»<l ol it, Richardsoo holdiag the
gun. While they were pulling.the
gun was discharged, driving the
lion ramrod completely through
Jackson s body, so that it held
<mly by the knob on the end. The
.young nian walked a mile to Dr.
James Norton's, while the Richard
sou boy held up the protruding end
"» the rod. Arriving at ,be Doc.
"its, be lay on his lounge, saying
"Cut her oat, Doctor; I gaeg8 j,
won t more than kill me." a„d had
'he rod cut out without dinching.
l>r. Uabry was called, aud in
about two hours Dr. Cobb, of
Hi and lab, arrived. The rod passed
through the abdomen, about three
and one hall iuches above the crest
ol the hip-boiie. The periioneum
was severely wounded, but proba
bly there was no laceration of the
■ni.'si.iies or bladder- At present
lira. Cobb and M-tbrv ure la aiten
dance with Dr. Norton. A special
dispatch received Saturday even,
iog says: "Tetniieiature, 100 •'
degrees; pulse 87; no great swell
ing compared wiia the severity of
the wound. Wound ferv severe
but not without some degree
hope."
ol
Tom Siltertooth.
The '• King of the Moonshiners" of
Arkansas Captured ttml in Uur-a
nee.
••Papa. Don't Bury .We Deep.'
In the spring of 1869, a little girl
died of consumption in Frederick
City, aged 8 years and 3 months
A tew days before she died she
called her father to her bedside and
said: 'Papa, when I die don't bun
me deep—not more than so deep*,'
bottling np ber tender and emaciat
ed arm and measuring from her
shoulder ont. 'Oh, it is so hard to
he put down so deep in the cold,
damp gronnd.and please don't place
any marble slab on my grave, it
will be so dark under it; and
will press so heavy upon my little
breast. Sod my grave nicely, and
plant a tree at its head, so that the
wild birds can gather in its branch
es and sing for me' After a pause
she continued, 'But it seems to me
I would rather have onr own bird
sing for me than the wild birds.
Couldn't you let brother Willie and
sister Emma bring onr cage ol
little birds out to tbe cemetery
every Sunday morniug and leave
them to sing for me all day I When
you are all at church in town it
won't seem so lonesome oat by
myself.' A few days alter this
Anna died, and her affectionate
parent did everything she request
ed. She was buried shallow, the
grave nicely sodded and a tiee
plauted at its head. And still
every Sunday morning Willie and
Emma can be seen going out to tb.
cemetery with their cage of lilt
birds to Anna's grave.
[From 'he Little K..tk (Ark.) Democrat.)
" Tom" Silvertooth arrived a few
days ago in the custody of United
States Marshal Haughawout, of
SpriugnVId, Mo. •'Tom's" real
name is Thomas Andrews, but he
sails under a dozen aliases, the
principal one being Silvertooth.—
He is a notorious moonshiner and
was captured in Baxter county,
where he has for a loug time been
engaged in the cultivation ot
•• mountain dew.'' He is sharp to
au extraordinary degree and as
canoing and crafty as a fox. The
trouble he has given the goveru-ment
cannot be told. He i.* as fear-less
as a man can be, an expert
hotseman aud a •' dead shot." Va-rious
schemes were laid to entrap
bim, Many traps were sprung to
catch him, but all in vain. His
cap'nre at last is a source of iu-teuse
gratification. Those who
know him say he has at one time
coudncted as many as four illicit
stills in Northwest Arkansas. Bax
ter aud Sharp couuties were tbe
scene ol bis exploits, although oc-casionally
be went beyoud. He has
many friends, and to them he no
doubt owes more than one escape.
With his capture the " King of the
Moousbiners," as h-- is called, steps
from throne tobastile. Tbe stories
ol hia adventurous career would
make a library. HeuametoAik-ansas
from Tennessee, where be fol-lowed
tbe s..me business on full} as
giainl a scale, and where, 11 is said,
to- killed a deputy marshal who at-lempted
to capture him. lie is
■"»■ I" 'I pen," and will remain
there uulil his ttul it, October next.
The .'lull,11,il .Yorlh Carolina
Railway.
Being down at Morehcad, on the
recently leased portion of this
road, we gathered a few points in
regard to it. Mr. W. J. Best, the
president, has just had completed
a private car. It waa constructed
iu thirty two days. In tbe past
fourteen days two firstclass coaches
have been turned oat ol the shops,
and will be put on the road this
week. In September a new engine
will bo added to tbe rolling stock,
aud two others will be purchased
this fall. The water tanks aud
stations are being overhauled. An
iron draw will within niuety days
replace the wooden one at the
Trent River bridge. The new cars
on this road are of a lemon color
and bear the words "Midland North
Carolina Railway." \bout the
-3d ins;. Mr. BeBt will give a com-plimentary
excursion, and run five
coaches from Goldsboro to More-head.
In regard to the progress of work
00 the extension of tbe road from
Goldsboro, we leutn that the survey
will be completed this week.
Ground will be broken perhaps
tiotb at Salisbury and Goldsboro,
perhr.ps at the Salisbury end alone,
between tbe 1st and 15th of Sep-tember.—
Netcs-Obierver.
from i'orerly lo Winiili.
Lieutenant Governor Tabor, of
<,''.'l"'f io' ow'm fr"m •*.«».«» "' eat'baa ca*ptur^d"Vwo roWuTto h
18,000,000, all acquired within lour
years. But his sudden wealth was
preceded by eighteen years ot pov-erty,
deprivation and struggle foi
ii il,-. ! t.nd his wife. They wentwest
Irom iiaiiie daring the Pike's Peak
excitement, spent all their money,
found no gold, anil thereatirr rough
ed it in the border settlements,
working lor small wages at first,
ami afterward keeping small stores
in mining camps In 1877 he bought
111 Denver 92,500 wonb of goods
lor a Leadville siore, antl tried to
induce the firm lo take half of the
Little Pittsburg claim iu payment,
but 1 be> pieferred to take his note.
Thai mine yielded him 1150.000 in
thtee mouths, and eventualli H.-
300.000. The ong'nal cost was
••grub stakes" for the two pros-pectors,
the bargain being thai he
should have hall of whatever they
discovered on.the trip.
Gh tor a refreshing shower ! A
real " galley-washer aud trash-
.# Singing tat.
Jacob C. Scbnffer, a mach::.ist ot
this city, is tbe owner ot a white
cat three years old that has lately
developed a- faculty ot which the
natural historians make in. meiiliou
as au atmiiiite ol ihe feline lace.
A lew days ago Mr. Sobuffer was
eating his dinner, when Ins atten-tion
was attracted by a noise as ol
a bird in distress, lie went into
the yard to learn the cause, and
11.ere saw his cut stretched on the
giouud, his body drav.n out lo au
unusual length, ami from its throat
the creature was emitting sonnds
closeiy resembling the call of 11
robin. A short distance from the
Cat a robin was on the lawn moving
toward her apparently fascinated.
lire cat itself was so intent on its
pin pose that it was not distracted
by tbe approach ot Mr. Schaller,
« bo alarmed the bird and saved its
lie. Mrs. Schaffer states thai the
er
From .11,11 Oil:
A Mississippi correspondent ot
the New York Herald .-ay - :
"North Carolina is mukiiig rapid
strides in the liue of factories. The
manufacturing company in opera-tion
at Graham, N. C, are building
a new mill, to be called the Glennu.
A few years ago the falling waters
ol the Little North River, tlowiug
through Gaston county, N. C,
rolled ou uninterrupted through
'be beautiful valley, their roai
making the only music that l.-l.
ii pou the ear ot the honest larmei
■ '■'», withiu a radius of seven
.niies and iu the triaugle of thrtx
lailroaas, those same waters an
unlizid to make thuusauds of spin
dies bum, .inn the six cotton facto-ries
arc all prosperous, uiaki 1.
Irom filteeti to twenty pet cent
upon their investment. Ten thou
sand spindles began to sing 111
beaut 11111 new mill at Charlotte, N
C, .-any ihe past sprlug. Ail 111.
uiachtoeiy embraces th- very laies
improved, ami il is it-ally a tbiiif
ol beauty A much larger mill le
being built near ihe same city."
Although the correspondent has
got the wrong river be evidently
no-a: 1.- well.
•* Ferocious Coon.
Yiittle Henry Cooper, while fish-in
• in the Alapaha river a few
days ago bad bis attention attract-ed,
aud on looking behind bim
discovered a large coon approach
1 tig stealthily with bis ears turned
back. Before he had timetocou-sider
the situutiou the coon sprang
at bim and seized him by the leg,
ami began biting aud squalling a
a terrible rate. The boy was being
badly hurt as well as frightened.
knowledge by the process above and set np a tremendous squall
described.—Rochester, (A". Y.) Ad- ' inmsell, at the same time making
rertiter. i all the resistance possible again*
Ins unwelcome visitor. He liis'
seized the Intruder with his hand,
whereupon the coon bit bim severe
ly iu the arm. The fight was kepi
tip some little time, during which
tile coon got iu his woik oi lacera-tion
on the arms, bunds ami legs,
alternately, until the boy's mother,
who bappeued to be about one
bundled yards lioui tbe interesting
scene arrived. Tbe anxious mothei.
in order to relieve the boy, seized
the Coon with her hands, wberenp
ou be lastened his teeth in hei
wrist, and for a little while ihi
;ontest was lively between the
three. The desperate coon in tin
meantime, seized upon the boy's
aim again, whereupon Ihe motbel
took Iron the boy's pocket his
knite aud after tlisembow. ling ib»
coon he Still held ou lit mly to hie
victim, and not until his throat WH-eol
did he relHX his hold.—Berritn
County (da) Xtiet.
Tbea following stoiy is vouched
loi by u prominent professional
geutleman ol our town: As be was
getting over a fence on his farm be
saw a Inge black snake, head
erect, just at bis leet. He jumped
down and noticed that tbe snake
tried to gel through 1 be fence ami
ciiuldn'l go one way or the other.
He killed the reptile, and on exam-ination,
t.und two rabbits hi him.
His suakesblp had evidently swal-lowed
a rabbit and crawled through
a crank between the rails until be
reached ihe place where the rabbit
bad lodged, and being a lamp iu
In- bo 1;,. be couldn't pa.-s. While
testing, before crawling backwards
atoMier rabbit had come aloug and
be took him 111 on Ihe other side
Tins made another lump and there
Hie snake was with a big lump on
bob ends ami securely fastened in
the crack.—Greenville Exiireti.
MffV ITE.JLS.
Ceilings that have been smoked
bv ' kerosene lamp should be wash-ed
oil with soda water.
Iu boiling eggs put them io boil-ing
water. It will prevent the yolk
from coloring black.
Cabbage heads are solid, which
is considerably more than some men
cau say for themselves.
The entire vole for prohibition
I will not equal one-third of the
Democratic vote of the State.
The North Carolina Railroad has
declared a dividend of 3 per cent,
pa'able on the 1st ol September
next.
Salt extracts the juices of meat
in cooking. Steaks ought there
fore not to be salted until thev have
been broiled.
To beat the white ol" eggs quick
ly put in a pinch ol salt. The cool-er
the eggs the quicker thev will
• roth. Sjlt cools and also freshens
them.
The government has fixed the
value ot coins wi'h ,,olea in them.
Dollars. 05 cents; hall dollars, J.,
-"ins; quarters, IS oents; dimes.
0 cents.
The nickel is actually worth
about a ceut aud a half or two
cents. There seems to he consider-able
in.11 gin for profit to the govern
nient iu ihe coining ot them.
There have been twenty-two mur-ders
in Chintgo since Janaary I.
The /nfer Ocean says there has not
been <,ue tor several months that
cannot be traced to whiskey.
Virginia Nulteo, dressed i, male
attire, went our to hunt her brother
111 Richmond. Va. Two policemen
spotted her, arrested her, and the'
justice sent her to jail in defmilt of
surely.
Ben Haralson, a church exhorter
eloped with Mrs. George Taylor, iu
Gibson county, Tent, , last week.—
Mrs. Taylor is -he mother of six
children, whom she left with her
deserted husband.
Dr. E. M. Boykin, Superintend-ent
ol Immigration for Snath Caro-lina,
savs ho can find employment
in bis State for a thousand German
working families before January
1, 18SL'. J
Oliver and Turner, who are niak
>ng the trip across the ocean in the
little bo.t City of Bath, were cap-siZ'd
on the 28th nit., and lost all
their provisions, bnt got a supply
Irom a French vessel and went on.
The Parisian method of eleaniug
black sPk is to brush and wipe it
thoroughly, lay it 011 a Hit table
with the side up which is iutended
to show, and sponge with hot coffee
strained through muslin. Allow it
to become partially dry, then iron.
CarnPna Spartan 10th inst.: The
famous i.ewis B. Redmond WM a
guest ot tiie Windsor House Tues-day.
He was on his way, under
escort, irom Ashevilla to Greenville,
where he will stand bis trial in the
United States court.
A pompous lawyer, who supposed
himself to be very sarcastic, said to
the keeper of au applestand : " It
seems to me that you should quit
this tryinc business and go ataoma-thing
which is not so wearing on
ihe brain." •• Oh, '(ain't business,"
said the apple seller. "I; is lyiu'
awake nights fryin'to decide wheth-er
to leave my fortaue to a orphan
'aylam or to a home for played-oul
otd lawyers, as is a kil in' me."
Onion! Torchliijhl 1 When an
rtitor carefully contemplates bis
subscription book and views Un-as'
iiuiniier of delinquent sub-
•critters enrolled thereon, be buries
us lace in his hands, heaves a sigh
Hal sounds like tbe sighing ol ihe
* Hols auio-ig the |ines on the
mooniaiu side, and wishes thai he
•• was in heaven and had tin- in mej
lor bis old clothe- !
A pugnacious preacher ol ihe
Liibeiau denomination, in Pbilad
eiphia, got mto a difficulty With
some 01 the members ol his Hock
ami addressed a note tooneol them
informing bim that he was a " liar
and a villain," .-.nil that his address
Che preacher's) was so and so.—
Lie astonished man took tins lor a
challenge to a duel and declined to
call.
A gang ol lynchera attacked the
{ail ai Predooia, Kansas, on the 8th
met., broke in tbe outm door and
overpowered tbe two gnaids. One
ol tbe guards had passed bis pistol
to ihe man iu the cell, whom tbej
wanted and when tbey began to
baiter Ihe door ol lli- cell he pep
pered away, killing the leader, when
be Ol hers concluded to give up the
j >b ami unceremoniously, tied, tak-ing
then dead leader with tl
Ou ihe 8 h inst., Mr. Phil Mc-tjheiry,
an Irishman bj birth, who
resides near town nn the other side
ol the Din in 1'itisylvania, Va.,
came to town and spem the day
inbiblog liquor freely : ..bout
set Ite started home and aimed to
cross the railroad bridge at tins
place. He bad walked the ties' ing
•11 wi'ii'ii a step or tWO ol tlie.
bridge when be fell oil to a distance
oi 30 leet ami broke in- neck ! The
deceased had frequently walked
over it when under the influi ice
quor, and bad been beard lo say
be could walk over better when he
A.IS iiiunk than sober. Mr. Mo-
Sherry was 50 ■■: iiti years old, and
1 capital lamier He leaves a wile
ind a latge nnmber ol cbiuiten to
grieve over his loss, and it is 10 be
hoped this sad casually will be a
warning to whisky gulpers.—Lltion-ick.