Statesville Record and Landmark from Statesville, North Carolina • 3

NEW IKITIS1 MEXTB MEW A DI K11SEJ1ENTS This is the time for Bargains! BARGAIN BAHRAIN BARGAINS BARGAINS BARGAINS BARGAINS Tho Raleigh Neiw and Observer iays BARGAINS BARGAIN BARGAINS BARGAINS BARGAINS BARGAINS 00 DURHAM TOBACCO Tobacco a 9 olcsalc and Retail Statesville May 2 1884 ts at the residence of Mr a ST4TESV1LLE PRODUCE lliliKET A good stock of a Dpi 1 1 dull June 17 MW AnVEitTISEMENTS 'tract adloinlui: the lands ot I JOHIT McROBIE Aii nd ft I IlPle I 1 BAJiGAlNS I SLlSS 12b I 35 1 25i 12H 10 12 15 81 8 SOfftOO 90 5 TO CLOSE OCT STOCK ISH SHOULD CALL EARLY Respectfully Great Reductions Prices throughout our Store A UM 1 1 ua Mackerel! WHICH HE OERS OR SALE Keadwhnt Mi Marrow Hiid teacher hi the savs about She teis North I itnnllUr pianos of the UuU tn 4th day of July ALISON Jttb 4m4 Gf Executor 1Y VIRTUE A MORTGAGE I Gummings and wife Ts27ilth Aurust 1883 and recorded In book dated llth otltcu of Surry count 'we win xeil the court house door lu J)obo On Monday October 6th 1 81 I rk AT lltCq I 40 acres mw I Tho's0WtGxen wi Jackson and others I containing 19 acres Tubms Cash bakek WOODS June I834 4W Mortgnfleee In Charlotte Jum 27lh by Bas well Mr Thus A Wudeworban IMm ttei daughter of nirn Mr and Mrs Nat Cowau tba last or twins born in October last tb year of hi late Rev John Kerr and sister of the lat Hon John Karr Gorroipondeuct! of Th I andinark 4 At 10 laH MondayAbe man ot the local board ascended the rostrum of the college a very neat addrw welcoming too tac ulty of lire Newton btate Nointal aud congratulating the success in securin'? its prerent faculy ho nut the upennten'knt of the nor tual in charge Several addresses were then given by members of Lie faculty telling of their hopes and intentions and of the educations throughout the State One said chat Prof HeGiaff recently as he was traveling from the South tend him that the educational sentiment in North Carolina is far ahead of thu ot any other State Prof 8 Noble superintendent of tho graded schools Wilmington superintendent and also gives bis meth od of teaching geography Prof 'bes superintendent of the graded schools of Goldsboro I nwir in studying the rea lions of the digits To day lie gave us a lesson in marching and calisthenics 1 Those like to oilier school children cir eulate our blood tram our luusv discipline us through what we are ScliaeilerJ'h of Keystone Normal prerenU the principles ami method's ol teaching and school management in a very interesting man n' l'rof AV A Blair Mipriintendenl of the ruded schools of High I'oint is giving language iees ns preparatory to English grammar and English litcr atM A Yariiorcvgh ofllomeis wav graded school Wilmington ami Miaa Cook print pal union "raded School Wilmington have charge resper lively of a primary and a piimaiy advanced claw Tcuchei who intend coming arc losing lime Newton NL July 1SL KrPn1lacl Ths Lumrark 1 have been reading more or less from all Iarik of Bedell county except from this corner ot Cool Spring town slip and whether there le no news or no one to report it is a question yet be decided We have a lively lit burg here and two tores ay two hvtdy men to wit otu ai! 1V8 and while one is constantly bringing up bomethiug new the other is str A ing him to undo Abernethy Bros A Co aie run tdn'T their steam saw mill to peruction amPD Dry is carrying on a wood shop and blacksnilhing while I i'tle from Union cr unty ie carrying on the hoot and shoe business Corn and cotton arc growing won derfully to keep pace with thegrass but harvest is now past and Cap Knox and others aro marshaling their forces to form a regular line of battle to fight Gen Green for "ometime to come io a Iff re 11 4 ll1114llllil" 10 acres of tobacco that will tell a iileuanl tale next winter if mckers and worms grow too ho? in Ion" month of August IS ben they gotlt on the market It will maKO sunie mouth water and then pockets So much for that Some one ha been listening lor me to pop a political clip but I am no I shall close for this time by wishing you great success DE1 5 O7k orest July 2 ISM rPT' 61 I POPULAR the Most uniform IS lllc IflUbt RELIABLE SATISACTORY SMOKING TOBACCO EVER PUT UPON THE MARKET Hence Dealers and Consumers always pro nounce it THE BEST tin In tPTf tirrt VERY BES1 EKnx'nn civ n911 vnu elves entire sutlefavliu It Mw it bs bought tor Ihr Th course is VKlt a4' tboronahly eqnlpi Schoo ounc men ot man mean isut 8eikn toeffin July 30th Eor Catalog' 27 S4 BtyonAM senoor Correspondence ot Tb" LandmnrK I see in Dr letter of accept ance that be says he snail endeavor if elected to restore to the people the right to elect all their county olheers In his speech ul Tuylutbville just bc fuio the Garfield election he upheld tho present sytLmi 01 county gotevn inent be said that it was a great pro tection to the eastern while people from negro rule that it nas the sys tem under which our forctetiiers pros pered and like the old woman and the baby maehiue heir fmred the good old way" But as the doctor bus IMleu in with the negro he doran rniod negro rule 1 1 the negu vote he is after In the same speech ho said he would never Vote for a Rad till Jitrney sounds her last note and the doctor has Um conscience to ask these same "Rads to eh ct him Governor of North Carolina 1 But they Corn crops are looking fine in tbs parof the county but are gettmga liftltt I'riiHSV oWJ? to 90 DQUCn i Pie wheat crop is the largest ever harvested in Ibis (the ii ii nm'hborhood Lho uiiatnam tobacco crop is e'" year and is looking tiro Ne bor Stout las a 12 acre mkh thid looks exceedingly well Neighbor Co also have niL acre patch but is nice 1 know whether they aim to make money or raise worms to fatten their bogs Alexander will give Saes 4 00 ma jority and do her duty iu all Hungs Our first choice for the Legislature Mr A iutosli our second choice is Jones With hope of success an revoir Hard 8hei Democrat Tay lors villo June 3oth 1881 Many Indian the Northwest are reported dying of starvation The public debt decreased ten mil lion dollars in June Mr Thos Neal an old and well known citizen and tobacconist Richmond Va died last week '4r Tohn Bruton lias resigned ti principalship of the graded school of WHsom for the purpose of studying 1 ft IV The population of the United Suites everv ten yta Rds 'rate Rmrd will be 88000000 inlmbitauts 1000 in iKiwnn Indian acent for northern Montana reports that the Indians are dymgt rom Ue ta fut n'shed thirty coffins Within the month but it is believed i that the deaths are fully thrice that number as the Indians have a great dislike to burying their dead Pfeirmg the old custom oi puuu nil 111211 UHH in trees vi cuvmw In another week the supplies i iAMctml nnd the ovvV Juul subsist OU ru'J vuvw Trouble is feared Wore Views ot i CsniUHsw To rhe Editor of The EandmarS In The Landmark of Junc7thm an article entitled 1 am a Can in sentence in second vm ii' the printer makes mo say 'I urn in the attitude of tlio poor widow who knew what she wanted and was ashamed to ask for it I lx latte part of the sentence slicud rec oeui was not ashamed to nsk for it Certainly sliiimcfaccdncss and mod esly me not striking characteristics of said mticle And us a further avoval of my principle as a candidate may not be amiss I will say here that the lat est freedom of thought am! upceeh con Xtent with law and order always have my advocacy One of the great cst prerogatives of an American citizen is to exercise independence of liought ol and action but the prntnple Should not be carried quite so Mr a1 the Irisiimau wished when he saJ is a free country a country where every man can doaslc there OU lu mu tvq cannot turrouder the rigit of mdepeml ent thought ami investigation wiii mt i dtriv liner our manboCG The rank and' file of the Republican party in the South have about made clnneeu bv tuit 8U ruiuwi UAH the fact short tuna since when seemingly the whole party South was almost a unit lor Arthur ow i very 'veil known mside and outside the party that Blaine was a greater fa vorite with the niassus even in the did This circumstance indicates good but a woful lack ot in dependent manhood among Soutliein Republicans There is improvement needed in our party discipline but let us not secure it ot a tbing that is nobler and belt ir cnveiitions are held let us with perfect freedom expressour nrefereuces for this one or that one we can do this without unriccessari trading our views where they wll do4 we exact respect co goou let us as IromotncrB iui uut 4Vr readily yield the same to them tLcul Gam qfntKmeint I they may sec uiu 1 (l froui oui5 1 In llls world there aro over torn teen hundred millions of people and one of the must striking pecularities ti human family is not inind In temperament It fas not that we bhould Bee feel anJ think alke A contemplation of tins fart ou to make us liberal in our views much more so than most of us close by saying I am notas much of a candidate now as I seemed Xe last week Nor am 1 sure I cou say with the immortal Clay I 1 rather be right than President JIu eyer I greatly admire than sentiment At Ln And I 2ue8 mv love of epeakitig out rny rund aud a loo great disregard of the reCNnorki 1U ftllvpr bUtSilCuCU proven is will very mater ullj Je' kOUGU nauntll ror tard tny proves as Democrats we may continue to move upon a nit ac tion that will rebuke find at the same time teach our Republican friends a salutary lesson I am tu ormer Iredell July 1st 1834 9 Has on iiaiid in addition to bls usual large assortment of vn'Tcr A MtmT'rAGE DEW' TV Vn 1a uulHrsu nei bv John Wilf I Wllron lmt son antl duly ngUtred in TG 'g county 1u book NoaCe IDS will soli oly 17 1884 at 1 At the Court House in Statesville nt publ A outcry to tue hinL st bidder for ciih I One Lot of Land Buildings and adjoluins Mie Alexander I JIAIEEY I W1M DULIN liiorigvvs' Au Incident of Elgin ears Ago CorresjKindence ct 1 lie I uudiaark lilit yeartPago when Dr York uud A Bryan were canvassing tor 'tbo'senatorship of this district there was an appointment nt Sloan store in Hharpnshurg township and eeyernl of theimportnntgentlcmen were diere such as York Bryant the Sharpe and Hon Nicholson a 1 iiillof patriotism retidy for fight anu bood shed Dr son was sent out to keep the Doc sfraigbl So they com menced Dr York began on Mo in full! blast but Marsh attacked him with band close to pocket and raid his daddy commanded him to stop t's Mott abuse York said he was a friend to Dr Mott and seme how ae liked him and meant those otbei fel lows the revomwrtj but Mott wm the man all the time York bad a power ful hatred to John Bryant and so had Sharpe for Johnny had drawn a pis tol on Sharpe several days before that That only seemed to increase their fu iyso York wiiton and Johnny would keep disturbing him At last York tut ned round and if you quit bothering mo when the elee 1 4 Ink vrrtl tion la over invwi my knee end ship the puppy watr i tritiino min vou and Hum yuu i put you to lowing home old (hityiow jackass I will Johnny got pretty re 1 then and muttered some thin while wo all were laughing 1 have thought sometimes in seeing Johnny pass that be looked sorter Jacky and badly used up I was a York man then but not now Aquilla rtrsl mkImHIM Ww O'urch at Coil ros lori cs'Oudece ot Tbs Lardraark ifth Sunday of Juno we bad our com munion at Coddle Creek Eervices were in the new church the timber of which was growing in the forest the 20lh of last ebruary Rev Betts of Chester county assit ed the pastor preaching with great power and acccpauue nv Waller of the A mission in Char lotte by request of pastor at 11 clock a Saturday preached a dedication arfi nn nrul offered the dedicatory nUM'w oraver The fecrnon wan appiupuv ru wrra vrrv fmo RUu S3 BOrae putLi vi i delivered were mre specimens ot cio brethren by their preaching and the accompanying circumstances made the occasion worthy of historic remem brance i History shows tins to have been place of preaching in 1755 Itft poctfullyy John Pre3iLV Coddle Creek Cabarrus Co July lot 1881 from To tbt Editor of The landmark rt ir not often I write on politic Tut Leino an old a PhP naybi STATBgvlLLKt May 19 nr 1 TjEONAHP It ran sHelv reconinu nil KXtoKO Another amily Made to Rejoice STATESVILLE al the More of Wallah Hr urniture Caskets Burial Robes We have iu store a very large and varied stock of 'ftyvium Many of her friends in this ec of the tato will be glad to learn that Miss Mary Bell formerly of this place who has been living for a num ber of years in Tcxns has returned to North Carolina mid is living with nor brother Dr Bell in Mocksville Mrs Warren Davis of Columbia and Mi rank Andrews formerly oi Cbarlotlf now of KI Texas both launtcia of the Ituo I Stinson of tilts county am here with their children on a visR to tlieir sister Mrs A Carlton Sbcohcrd Esq of tma cotint) one of iliu allcniatc delegates from this district to the uaicmal Detaocratic convention left home es terdiy rm iug for Chicago le will Join lx North Carolina dmcgntcs in Lashing fon citv at noon to day and they will preceed to Chicago in a body Mrs Octavia a rtfS ton is hero with her daughter for he Iummer on a visit to her sis ers rs nt i i Dr hbutu iipi I nauptf nnd farndVi Oi Vtmura irevo I Goldsboro are In Statesville or the summer and arc boarding with Mias JNerltt I Mr Leuuuru uai family to the Davis Sulphur Spring fimnmnr couuiv ph mv Dr Maxweil of Columbus Miss is hero on a visit and the uest al present of his brethcr la Mr Gregory Mr McGilvary wlio giaduated at Davidson College last month and win is claimed re half way of relate ville has accepted a professot hip in school Rev Edw Wooten left this morning for Georgia in response to a ic request to meet parties at aerrns Mayor Vanelt is confuted at home Mr David Wallace is homo again after a protracted visit North sjirema nrrived hOftJC MiSB ijeLviu this morning from Boston where sho loarn fnr nrnrlv VCUl" plSlt ttlkLHX IUM n6 rnnRvftiory nurse oi OtMlRJC ('llHMtfU Mftll KOMIO" The 1st of July is the the new year with the I ostofllte De rartment ami miwuu taken place on the star routes radiat from Statesville Mr Marcus Lippnrd has wrested the route fionv Statesville to Wilkesboro dally mal from old Brother Yates his emupensa tiou being $091 The new route from Statesville to Yadkinville is open aud service lias been put upon it It sup plies Harmony Hounton ville SeUle and ooteviile The mall leaves ytatcsvn 10 Thursday aud Saturday and arrive Monday Wednesday and bn citizen of Lie District of Columbia has tlrn cou tract i (bit rnnte and ne £Slet VuMnJr Rogers of Ibis county Mr ierce as sub contractor has the route from States ville to Snow urcea uy Sweet Home Mr A Crater for merly of the Snow Creek route ha that from Statesville to A adkin Col leae The service on tho route trom Statesville to HamptonylUe lias been curtailed That route now runs be tween Hamptop Ville aQd Tuniersburg The carrier on the route from hero to Yadkinville delivers to and receives mail at Turnersburg from the Hamp ton ville man who as heretofore serves ini r1 a nn 1 I1R OUn Eatne and Williamsburg On none of the routes named lias there been any change of schedule Nonce or NTAilveriHenim Mr A Conner oilers a dwelling bouse on Race street for sale i i cr inn I'ui' iv i tan VieUiLULB VI wiv 1 Mills must present their claims to Mi A Allisou In the plain straight forward man 11 10 ihnt aeinhlmn ncr which distiUHuuuea ment Messrs Irvin Co tell about their summer recuperation and iiiwim the public they arc ready loi it Sl'ilr Itewis has a number of seasonable articles in liis line owe tbrcbbers aud the like Mr Ramsey oflets fin sale his place on Davie aveuuc Messrs Withers ropcst lwo: eminently worthy young men have opened a sure enough bakery in We hojie they will be abundantly well raMeslrsd'Morrison Bowman offer to soll a house and lot on Bell treet Mr uvercasu utw rent Demaciatic primary conventions Jor Iredell county Saturday July Democratic county ctmww day July 31 Democratic congressional district convention Thursday August 1th Bill Letter and Note Head Dive lopee la all colors atTmt Lasduss Jo omce NOTICE! OY VIRTUE A DECREE ol the soperl Thursday July 31st 1884 3000 Acres of Land on or Posd Mow lamln A sb near bW Irfc Tennessee lines biuu rUntH in the tracts to Tbese are tlno Grassland0 nLand and wRhout Im 'TsWteb a credit ot six and welve Vzw ii hpr'iuirtlcti iitrs lorfurt TUCKER Commissioner Statesville irnovUleTenn Dmpuick Wythe 4 weeks weekly and smd bill to this oJliee JH LJ £tl Aa ssr 7 "Rwrial Cases and ZBnrial Col Hndtln liealh une day last riday I we a Miss Hamilton a maid en lady who lives near Latawba feta tion came to her death very suddenly She iiad been oitling on the poreb tlio evening and remarking that she felt cool got up and went into the hotuc She sat down on tlie sale ot a bed and had no sooner done so than she indantly died Tlio Itllloj Spoil Wc liayo bad for the past four a spell of extraordinary weather foi the lime of year Kains have hc quctil and nt times heavy wa the first day in ever so long inat we have not bud rain in Statesville it is not so much that the wheat was liar vested will difficulty and between showeis The trouble is that it has been standing in the fields ever since it was cut evd have reud it would be utterly ruined The dam the crop has been rated ho r6 pci cent dow Our opinion after diligent inquiry among that the damage inuu casA where the wheat was well shocked it amounts to next to noth in where it was poorly shocked or as been blown it has sprouted some but fo no event faking one field with other nun swell was now ended co we put the damage above 5 Ppr Ti South Yadkin and some of the creeks in thia county have been out of their banks and bottom corn has been damaged within the past four weulte Some of tins damage will be ha i repair but the prospect might bi muc i worse thar it is Oats 1ms probably suffered more than wheat but none of the crops probably have sufiered as much ns the majority people sup pls The likelihood is that wo are mbro scared than hurt Caniumi' rer'lbu Poopl Local politics is beginning to be in Icrestins Messrs Dotson Leaser and Tomlin who served us in the Leg islature at its last session will consent it is understood to represent us again i the same ncity though none of them are seeking A Krr rb 01 jviubih 1 would not be averse b) Gon Cr Htft knlfllaturc but will abide by the will of the part) These Hire Un: names most frequently heard in connection with legialativo honors the sheriffalty names ot the present ircQipbent A sq and Allison Esq arc prominent Sheriff Watts lias not yet announced definitely we arc toL whether or not he is an aspirant for rc nomimition Mr Al iion is under stood to be fairly on the rack or tbe treasurership the people 1 1 have to decide between Maj Lie the present incumbent Messrs 1 Tomlinson and A Carlton three arc avowed candidates heretofore stated wc elect no clerk this year There seems to be no com petition for the offices of coroner and county surveyor or register of deeds no one has tbe hardihood lo offer against the present 'ucul 1 siiminwih Ksl everybody that lie will no doubt be re nominated by scuauiuiw" TU0 UUlte uHr Culley Publications recently made conccrn 1 Davidson College which the postmaster at that place was involved tended to give a political si mificancc to the circumstance and to show that th postmaster was a per secuted individual pon readn these accounts a citizen of Matesv iile addressed a letter to a kinsman at Da vidson College asking him for a true of the facts and in response rcceved the letter which is prmi ted be low It not originadv canned for publication indeed the writer eii juiiicd that it be not I ho aflerwaids consented in the incr of truth that it boglven to Ute pub lie aud it has been handed to us It is us follows we omitting only the name of the writer Yours of tbe 21st inst to band and 1 in reply 1 shall endeavor to give you a truthful statement ot the dill cu ty be tween i vuubs The trouble grew out of a trouble fr Gou bad with ti students in regard to mailing tlieir commencement invi tations He (Gov ger) claimed that they must put 2 cent stamps on each invitation if there was more than one Kulu namA sent With the IDVltUtU and refused to send the invitatvm un less they compVed The Btd iuuu tahateil by sending their invitations to Center Caldwell fetation ami Char olte to bo mailed and by tire letters at Ute train Mr Uteii re taliated by closing the an and opening at MU a You win see thai Ute mail was in the office nearly 12 hours before it was de fiTerei I which was a great inconve nience to Uie business men he acre Brown abkeu Mru 155 1T ty to close and open the Botofflceat limes mentioned above and he (Mr replied that he bad tlio authority Mr then asked him to be so kind as to Mr nnmeoiately became angry aud replied that bV 11 nn authority in ids office but would not show asked Mr what ug vml giving Ins author replied (Mr B) on one occasioti informed Mr lizard in regard to tbe postoffice Mr replied that he(G) had promised not to ask for his author but as he now do manded it lie would give and I so Mr tbeu demanded of Mi Gouger his author for the charge tai had made against lnm Ir ed to 2ive it vmw VU LU 4 Irvin nnrnaRIlI tO me vour author atid you still n( vnu narulCf Lt51UblUM publicly as a liar and Mr veimuu (meaning that Mr was a inn and scoundrel) Mr then struck at Mr He dodged the bow then jerked him down and said Mt Gourer you ought not to have forced me to have done and let him up Mr Gouger replied "you are a 'u Mr then struck at him again Mr wt Um blow grazed bls cai Mr Bathen jerked him down again and immediately walked oil him This is a tiutuful histoiy ot the trouble which can be shown the testimony recorded Uie inayoi office wplf ns Mr lias seen uviu be deserves He has not one pm tide "2 na uostmasier oi accouimouiv but is often insulting to those who oL their mail at his ofliec which cair be ostablislied by our best citizens of both political parties regardtess of color As to Mr Gouger being ofitraciseil I will state that four of the leading ti zeus who are Democrats are on 1ns bond and that three months ago assisted money to pay up a deficiency (Mr G) claims he had to mike by being a defaulter Very truly yours Democratic primary conventions for Iredell county Saturday July Democratic county convention Thurs day July 31 Democratic congressional district contention Thursday August 1th A NOUNCEMEN We are authorized a a CAUd ldtL9 fO QiLluf Ol object to lire action of Hie coonij Toot to Alli Saturday Stet lnl ALL KINDS NOTICE I B1 virtue of an order of the So rerior Conn of Iredelf county Uw lie mtHiraor ol the vHat of 1h' ceased will sell to tho bidder I courthouse in SutU vl1le Monday the 14th of July 1884 out undivided halblntereel in In said vouilly rr bUTK lot lull tninlniff l(Ki ncns more or said ntn I zt rPht of ix months With bondAud 1 ktvforthc payment of tho pureha mon vari tiufii tMirrhAso is ih iveviv I '1'11 I LIVENGOOD Ahnr of Motley Juno 2u Il ifyouwant YT'IING In III" SEWING jo on eret Culler Annnnmn of nil kllH LOCAL ENT MISOH MAT I EKS raimcrs me now priming tobacco Year half gone and days shortening our months from to till the clue lion Rev Winn will preach at Clio Miuday at 11 a 'The colored masons here arc cclc to day This ia the only de monstration in honor oi the oui th of July The people of north Iredell arc be 4 inuiug to be impatient for the comple tion of Urn bridge at ford and we do not wonder Is it nevci to be finished A mvri 'round which was set up on" the vacant square Centre and Broad streets Wednesday has iur nirlied no end of amusement fm tlie idle this week This week it is on interesting letter a A lovunilpr AO 11 fit trOID LCudl ItUUf Viorel I which goes to tlie a te basket beeati' there is nothing about it to indicate who wrote it whose business ft is to go around periodically with little bill rciR'rt Hurt they have hardly ev er known money as scarce as they have found it this week List takers are reminded that they aro required by law to return their 'lists to tlie clerk of tbe barn ot coun ty commissioners liy the second Mon day of tlie present month Tho weather lias been such tor sev eral weeks past as to hinder tlie drying of the fruit crop It will however be on market shortly and then wo will see a brightening up in business Messrs A Wasson and Jolm 1 ewis have bought out Mr Misen livery stable outfit aud I good will the consideration being 3000 They took charge Wednesday Prof Mousscmi has a very good mu e1iol at the college tbe members of which aro P'vyrcssmg nicely He will begin a night school at the couit house Monday ught ni Um nominations 1 Li UHC OVV41 made at Raleigh last week give the moat thorough satisfaction among Democrats AU hands are now on their heads for news from Chicago who have occasion to travel them say that rarely eveu in mid wm ter are tho public roads worse than they aro now Arc they to continue to go from bad to worse year after year I Tho great demand 1'or vegetables thia spring and summer aud the prices which they have commanded afiord convincing proof tlirvt there atn tilings which would pay better than a well conducted truck farm near fetates villo Mr IL Gregory a famous gardener and a conspicuous success as a raiser of tomatoes is the first on deck this season with home niiide to matoes He brought a ripe one into town ns far back us Tuesday ot lu week Several citizens of good character for veracity aver that they saw a rain bow running north and south between 10 aud 11 Wednesday night It had nil the usual colore but they were not as bright as iu tlc ordinary day timo rainbow Mr fe A Lowrance of Mooresville in the month rf September 183 planted ore and three quarter pounds of White and reap ed and threshed from it three hundred and tliirty pounds (51 bushels) of per fectly clean and finely developed wheat Tho Masonic lodge ot ibis place hire appointed Messrs II Scott Lamprecht and Leonard re ceive any vontributions for Hie Oxford 1 Orphan Asylum Contributions may be left with auyof the parties named llr Alllfl feWfitPt QtiflLlllf 0 mm ui iu' na'' trut that all of them may be speedily overrun with offerings for tins rioMo in stitution We heartily concur the sugges gculion made by a correspondent on first page that a public meetmg for he purpose Of nliating interest in the State Expoaitioii be Held in fetntcavillc Urn first Tuesday of August court Il will never do in tlie world for Iredell a sluice iu tlie exposition building to go unfilled and if this misfortune is to be averted it is time we were moving There was a very large gathering of zv mi zt i i 1 Carlton Inst Monday evening to help celebrate the twenty first anni versary of Mr lake Carlton An elegant suppvr vras nerved and a cry joyous evening spent Many friends it one of the most popular and deserv ing of our young men unite in wishing Lim verv manv returns of the anniver sary which marks his entrance upon the threshold of manhood Huidy for ChKkeu cholera Cholera is the pest of the chicken family ami any method of prevention or cure will be heard of with pleasure bv chicken misers and tlie public Mr II Howard of Shiloh townshipInforms us that bis people havenot lost a cliiekeu from cholera flftetn years though hundreds have died in the neighborhood His treatment a lump of assafietida about the size of the end of thumb and a handfu ot lime putin the water trough Hesavs he has tested this treatment fully and has found it cither a preventive or a cure Hinrtn rrst znwn SnndaV JUQC 22u which was bo general ibis State did not allow this county to escape without damage A storm cloud Irom the northeast seemed to connect near Shady Grove church in the southern nnrl of Chambersburg township with one coming up creek tlie two then taking a direct Ctn toward Berth church in tallstown The storm contained wind ram hail and thunder Mr Robert felavcn barn was blown down a crib at Mr I Jake Arthurs blown down tree was I blown on Mr Dau Berry barn and I Monroe col 1 dwell I iug was injured Orchards aud the fot I cst Buffered much KI nVtvtfGl Him Ul KI a Izx rrrorl iT 'nil flillcrfltC BOlulCT horn one of tlie mountain counties was in Statesville a few days ago on business and iu one ot our wlioiesae stores was engaged in conversation on tlie subject of politics He expressed his perfect satisfaction with the Dcmo cialic fetatc ticket and announced bis purpose to vote it throughout Con Im said be bad been cured in Tery singular manner of voting for Radicals' and brindle tails He has al ways been a Democrat aud though in 1882 a little cold on tlie trail he still expected to voto tbe Democratic ticket but a parcel of fellows got around him at the polls over persuaded him and almost before be knew it bad voted for York said he I A IZN dift lftr Hint I lost at tb(i battle of fehariwsburg got up out of its crave aud kicked me all over the eoun fv 'l had tlie same dream two or thiee nights in succession and so help me that lest leg having let up CD me at last will never have reason to ck me for the sa ne cause again f8 tounhMihh I starve tol iDflanMRpttlerp It removes and 8eiueL prevents rnalv rial fver con etipntion dye pepsin neatuu KTs bladder and Ml i 3 SSn rl bwas well as pnrtea Use blood wU: Ind whether ourc of renewed sale by Ml Drug gists and lealra generally As tlie season io advancing and our heavy o' ock h' re'j enumerated which comprises everything La lc Warn and stock of Genual vr chaudisc must be sold to avoid carrying over we call the attention to our having re marked our goods and are now sell at considerably reduced prices make room for fall and winter purchases To accomplish this end we willell at such worth bought ill be a worthy the attention of all buyers BUY warms 101 Very Respectfully I A MOSES CO Agents for and ine Cnstcrn nade Shoes AvA Jas A Hand Sewed Shbos I Statesville' Kr cr 18841 NEW ABVEKT1SEMNTS House and Lot for Sale eliLwn own ot Slauwvlllo ene wry building lx rooms nicely linlsbod Good water and good loca tion La'SisON BOWMAN Statesville NC July 4 lbS4 lt Bakery Confectionery Wn tak 4 pb asnre In announcing that we have Ol'ened at Davis's old stand in Statesville a SURE ENOUGH BAKERY Wbld Orol riUSMI BREAD KI HUS 1 MAAJ plain rolls french rolls BATH BUN'S CURRENT VIES of nil kinds OAKKS of every size and shape plain and ornamented A NEW IEM WITH NEW GOODS We have opened a full stock of IRST CLASS CONECTIONERIES The flnsst asort meut ot PLAIN and ANCY CAN DIES over brought to the city Troulcal ruits Note Ralslne Ac Ac ancy GrSerlee Canned ruits Beet Cream Chi ino resh Soda Crackers Sc tobaccos and cigars All orders for Weddings and aroe will re A caive prompt attention Goods delivered REE to any part of the city We solicit a rea WITIIERfe ROL Efed July 4 1RS4 zM alTOvranted for The Lives of all the AG 1 OPrefeldents of the US Iv HaBt hook ever sold for less Intelligent people want I Anyone can eonte Uj SI 14 IDE COL LONG It Ulows Hie Top MW Hcatl Oil with ni Old Morn Pistol Col Thomas Long of Catawba Station committed suicide at an early hour last Sunday morning He bad been sleeping in a room alone and left the house by a side door without arousing any of the family iutT been missed no special attention was paid to the inufficd report of a pis tol which was heard between ay break and cuurise holy afl sun rise a young son of Col Loug who lives with Ins brother Mr Long in another part of tlie village went to bis house to enqu'ic after his mother who is in a very low state of lieillli 1 mdmg las father not in ami asking for him a servant cirl indicated an out building in which he might bo found aud tlio youth re paired to it There be found the body ol his ft llier sittine upright tlio head or SO much as remained oi it leaning iiguinst the wall Deceireeil hal slip ped on his shoes and socks and left the dwelling in his n'g't clothes lho i I hu ini I wiiR none in WtHMU tUM AJA ure ra chiding his eyes mid all that part of bls skull on ii lino with his ears Ait his left side lay an old li nt and steel ni tol This had been loaded it seems 1 4 tln tyiUZzIPa itll protiauio aiinuo shot aud a new llmt put 1 'Rts of tlio skull liml been blown through the top of the building and other parts together with brains and blood were spattered against the walls of the building and lay all around His clothing wire butlied in blood 1 iotn tbe situation it appeared that the sui cide had ilnced the pistol with bis it leud in thorentia of tlie where it joins tlie nose and bad pn llip trigger with bis right banu A pby who saw the body shortly niter its discovery describes the scene as having been horrible iu the extreme Long had all lD life been quite a heavy drinker until about two months Bg0 when one morning under the influence of drink he attempted 0 take Lis life by cutting bis throat I situation was discovered before he bad time to bleed to death aud bialfc waa saved Since then he had drank no spirits but had been addicted to tio ute Lt ttw cn rwln wa Gviurnlly MZk Aremaric wlHciiltedroB bed two tciore sudden death of a neighbor lady iin1 ciited that ho was probably contem platin' tlie fatal step He left no note so far'as we are informed R'D reason tor bis suiciuc nut and reduced financial circumstances arc ascribed ns tire causes Ho was about 50 years of age and Lad formerly been a man of large means but ba I lo Ills properly aud was of late a pen sinner upon his sons A proud man this condition galled him very much and probably had more than anjlliuft else to do with his act ol eclf destruc Hon or is noy u's a any other topte nut uemg Ion Democrat I wish to maxe one predictfon and time will soon prove its correctness It is this that no man a native of any of the New Ln land States can ever be elected Ires dent of the United States for the sm reason among thousands of oticrs that the New England States were the originators of sectional parties in the lilted States AN Oid Democrat York Institute June 28 riR Cure In 01)10 Church circles in Cleveland Ohio ate just it this lime greatly excitedvc several remarkable cures said to beiu answer to prayer Dr IticK man pastor ol Woodland Methouist nunil ZvUicock was euluCtJy cured of sciatica Mrs Mansfield walk 1 frti rvvn in IBVetl Xcars OU lur WU IHCtr ter a fervent prayer and a special effort (f faith But tbe most remarkable easels that of Mise Rebecca Kerby I She has beeti bedridden for 40 cart i DO nem rIirfl with a ep nal complain in nre tion of maladies or 28 years she has rot ent up once I Ihcxman and Ire people took her ca hand febe be gan to have faith and a few days ago troe in her bed sat in her chair for an hour and walked across the room and has repeated it several tiinoBMnce Site says that shc not a eventually being made strong and well Her case has excited great interest and attention NKW ADVERTISEMENTS emale CeUege bSu nd home eomfvru nr a offered al modrtee rali orreudoremMG EVERITT wisu Principal To the need ot lhtoarVt com xrerefsl traveler and new settler Stom ich Bitter is fDcnUarly adapted it strengthens tho digestive organs To th 3 Htor of The Landmark 1 must ventnro a tew lints more but I uni fearing you will rej cut but there will be nothing lost bu a small portion of night and paper and scarce ot news only that wc aro through our wheat liarvi st and arc now harvesting llie wiuter oat rbey are not eo good us wus 1 are pretty good but all that were sown in tho spring seem I Ls a perfect failure 1 Hey con seem L'Mletohead The wheat crop splendid Some of nr fync railed large crops for ti farms Mr Laurence and tenants have 1 00 or 1500 shocks that can be beat most of it drilled with fertilizer bom more have large Mr Bowl undson have a large crop of wheat I say bow much I 'l aie proud of our crops Corn looks line but lho low lacdj areBuffer mg with too much ra'n Colton looks pretty fair Owing to Ute change it is 1 1 a sen 1 1 S(7 am encouraged lo write for one man told me to day that my las etter made Lim If I could do that much every time 1 think it would pay our country I was thinking that some one ought to tell the country La we were aud what wo had I intend from this time to write about our best and worst farmers and draw the contrast between tbe two We a sot nor vagabond in all of our district and but one and ho is a gentleman a nice man es blacks! But you know that is sure as sprouts in an oats field I Thev are a sure crop But 1 can tell you the Democrats aro plenty and of as good raatenul the world cun afford Vie will si yon when we come to vote for bcalos for Governor and Armfield for Co grCR8 and all of Die others wont say who ior leat lhu lews will become excited again xui them to keep cool and in their shirts for they shall be protected by our law They be hurt Their tax be mnen a Qnr country lias a good cta'ol da and three Sunday Hchools ad DLar gather and we have one ot tbe JBt preachers the Conference has in tho person of Mr Rowe A Bird Snow Crock June 28 1884 or The Landmarli rnlllc WmiiKAS On tho 24th day of last refusing 1 will brand you eijruary our church was consumea reiusiug nr opi i it wan rcsolv wivn lire cd to build in part AND WiiEREAii By the very liber al and timely assistance of tbe RcncJa iii mnnPV LkUU 8Ut scriptione wc" baio been enabled to wo extend our cor dial sincere thanks to all who hav as sisted in any way and that tbe same be acknowledged in the Associate II formed Dresbytcnan and Hie papeis of Burroudding counties Coddle Creek CoNGRiaATo StaiY svilie March 7 1SS4 XIOlMC GOOD NEWS RnvUc Pric EXTRA LOUR ssck AMILY ack MEAL btad 44 Bs per bn unbolted 48 'e ths per bus 3 PEANUTS ONIONS Irish Hot per th Sides Shoulders tallow frown No 8 Pucks per pair choice yellow (rood comb zGGS mixed 60 lbs per bus new per lb HIDES Ar ih green WOOL washed WHlSKEY reCom I ioi Il ln good demand al quotation I i Povcrnv Grown fowU and print chteK ne No 1 and 2 find ready sale I i frtu tei trpsh butur easlh PO1 1 I IOE! LZr traded wanted I I E((iS Market well stippbcu lot I HAVE ON HAND AND VILL KEP I caasolldCHne I throuahout Uie ran be irn Good country lar In request NOKTHERN IDE and cm to to a jl0NBYDnll Market well supplied 3 ved by ram ng 5 6 ja wn a1 klnds mfroml1'tolllmnT to dispose of Statesville May 1864 VitGKTABLES Markei well euppled pn 1 I thoiiah email lots can easily be old OUlMIEDSrSutorof lhel wnpKEY In flood demand Brandy HwVl dee'dIimufyall I but neteaejewjerop rbJmre me for jmymenon or before Cottou Mark4 ol David Setzer I Good Middling June 13 183461 I Middling Low Middling Gr 1a IL I Stain with a larger stock of Market steady WATCHES CLOCKS JEWELRY 1 than ever before I My shoasra a DHljI ireoGs eff Jew elry I will sell Rl lowest PUtPdVaie whicn CWOKOBE i iz a 4 4 i i i IS LiTVIn They are prepared ro furnish a tv iwvns I VATTIUL AND BUILD AT Alli NOTICE bonds OR TITLE I Jah 1884 A NICE NEW DWELLING on ront street west StatefeviUe or ationL77OOVE1'CASH uly 4 gm JEX good6 well of water Term reasonable Call on or addrass A ootNEn July 4 1884:1 Statesville OH SALE! 1 WILL SELL AT REASONABLE price ami on easy terms my residence on Davie avenue haMSKV Statesville July 4 It rIE LA I2M All JULY 4 18SL pOUTlCAlff OI MTS friends in Washington are not hopeful The Democrats of Indiana nominat ed Isaac Gray for Governor 'lic Massaclwetts independents have gone actively to work Carl Schurz announces bis purpose to take the slump against Blaine and'fjbscrcer says the tick Lomiuated at Raleigh last week 1 cen christened cyclone ticket Tlie South Carolina Dcmmratic Stalo convention last reek ic nomi naled the Statu officers nickname is Jack tniddte name Gillespie they call them at'l ilr Jones of Pennsylvania has been elected chairman of tbe na tional Republican committee The Democratic national convention will consist of 802 delegates and by reason of the two thirds rufe ofa5 will required to nominate the four delegates at large from this 1 State to Chicago favor Cleveland on the ground "1 expeuieucy tn tin flbin Democratic convention latweek a resolution was unanimous ly adopted that Tilden should re ceive the nomination for the presiden cy The Weirs and Observer the Re publicans are all frank to admit that tbe State Democratic convention beat any thing they ever saw in the State na re et is a powerful one ten A' nte Gen I BARGAINS me noByju Neal Dow as authority for the state ment that Mr Blaine recently said that be is a total abstinence man and bo far iu favor of prohibition that lie would vole for a prohibitory clause in tbe Maine State constitution In a loiter to an acquaintance in Al abama Governor Cleveland states ho is now occupying a position bis own State hUh enough for Ins amjition that hG hi ug and that lie thinks above all things that tbe people ebouiu nave ue" the matter of the presidency Gov friends make the claim i creditable ooe wnicn ib a vtn i that lio baa never sought office but has been nominated and elected ev cry instance without his own solicita tion The North Carolina delegates to the national Democratic convention meet in Washington City bday weace thev will proceed in a body to Cliica uiey I aud iiiey Dfivu a naid for their quarters and tbeir head quarters will be room No 20 House They aro divided i personal preference between Cleveland and i zx mntnntv lean to isayarus uuu Cleveland on the ground of availabili 1 tv The reaionaoio pivsuuzVv that Judge Ruffin will be the chairman oi the delegation Jones Hie new chairman of national Republican executive committee says his commlteeas ot ot a 'reed upon nny cf tbe detauS ci the campuigu nnd cannot until after he mee iug of tho Democratic nation al con tn ton A prominent ssue Hr tho As 3 Uu lional question it will enter largely into 4Ia afnmn nn(l ml I he dlcCUSblOIl upon urj aMMMi the press in all the doubtul tates and will receive special a the hands of the commit tee The be names as douutiu but tho expects to carry arc New York Mew Jersey Indiana and po Gbly West Virginia The latter he counts sure unless Bayard is uommateu as Lc would be ery strong tLere 200 Kegs Nails 1500 feet Belting i 4 8 AND 10 INCH Largest and Best Selected Stock I Iron and Eve: kr i1 Uli market Basle No I Quality 23i 90 90 vO 100 on lo 10 8 12H 7 25 and Varnishes Linseed Oil Spirits Turpentine Machine Oil Tanners Oil and Coal Oil a good stock A WELL SELECTED STOCK Cooking Stoves Rgmingtoii I Household Sowing Mich' ues A nd a well selected stock or HARDWARE I At'ail limes mid price as Imv as I can be iught atijwher I fi come rrii see me when wa nrel 0 11P above ods LAMGAN 'I SintravineN Jnne 2" lsfi nil I L4 uo HAM nomi I Ctgigail GKtOOTL.