The Lenoir Topic from Lenoir, North Carolina • Page 3

IM i SSBSSBSSBSMeiBnmaTSeneMefraSaSMaeiaBaaaMMe'aWSjaaiSa I IFoir the III Wc will m9 Oeal08 Boots and Shoes, Clothing, tions, ahd many other goods at IP We propose to svll during this month ni easily found elsewhere. see and secure bargains! Iixie Plov, plows, steel plows, Iced patent "Lee" stoves, and shellers always on hand. Respectfully, COURTNEY Lenoir, 'N. March 13, Ln3t week a syndicate composed of merchants, manufacturers, law yr, editors and others was formed in Lsnoir and walked ont to the tanyard to select a sitete for the depot. A place has not been settled upon.

Among the railroad possibilities in store for Lenoir we may mention the building of the Cranberry road. of Gen. Imboden's bridging the gap in the narrow gaugu system from Danury to Lenoir nd the completion ct the C. F. V.

R. R. We are pleased to note that the instructive articles upon carp culture lately furnished by our accomplished contributor, Dr. R. L.

Beall, have attracted attention abroad and hav been republished by the Shelby Ah rom and Asheville Citizen and pro' ably by others. Died, Thursday, March 6, after a lingering illness, Mr. Jackson Eli Underdown, aged over sixty years. The funeral took place at Colliei's Church on Friday evening and the services were conducted by Rev. L.

Nolan. In the death of Mr. Un dtrdown is broken one of the links that connected us with olden days. Of all papers we suppose the Topic would be the last to be accrued of the barbarous practice of sending news items the waste basket and yet our esteemed and welcome oor respondent, "Monitor," fiom the State of Wilkes, makes that grave charge. "MoiitorV statement ust be taken am grano salis ftr the Topic is not guilty.

Mr. N. A. Powell $hol the other day, a beautiful cane 'e out of tbe sweet lemon wood c-f F.r ida and ha via upon the ciuvcd handle a most perfect figure of- an alligator, capved by thp adep hand, of Dr. late loweU, his nephew, who is located at he is succefully engaged in the of medicine and owns a prosperous drugstore.

From the Mountaineer we learn that Brittain Bristol havt made an assignment; th-t twenty tight lawyers attended Catawba that the suit of Kidd vs. the tMeen Mining Company pas comproi! at Catawba court; that Mr. Joseph Johnson, a very aged citizen of Ca' tawba county; is dead. Mr. Johnson married Mrs.

Nancy Abemethy Per. kins, widow of the late John Perkins of Burke. The wrk on tlje railroad, has been greatly retarded by the bad weather. They have reached Jones' and the work of removing the dirt in the cut at that place progresses. We are not officially informed as to whether the time will be extended by i I i uie stockholders dui we can assure our readers that it will baseless to expect trains, to mn to Lenoir upon schedule time before the middle of i.pril at any rate.

Our brother Ervin, of the Mountaineer, who writes verses of faultless rhythm and found that. Li.s talents win for him ducats ae well as applause. There lately appeared an effusion of his in the Texus Silings for which he received handsome price, ljis modpsty, however, has never allowed the secret to leak out through the col nns of the Mountaineer and we got ear of it through a mutual friend. There was no formal call a meeting in Lenoir on the first Monday in April, but it was simply suggested by The Topic and the has been takep up by the people and is universally approved. The Topic has the pleasure of making the same ingestion to its good fr ends Ws, tauga and would advise that with one accord they come together in Boone on the first Monday in April and hold as enthusiastic a meeting as will be held in Caldwell.

We are informed by a letter received by Mr. W. H. Powell, from Mr. W.

P. Clarke, who is located at Dark Blge, Watauga couty, that Gen. Imboden's railroad has been purchased by an English company which bas two years in which to finish it. We shall certainly be grat ified to learn that this is stnetly business." If it is our patient and hopeful friends in tbe moan tains will yet be rejoiced by hearing the echoes of the railroad whistle in their vallies -A sensational dispatch from reran ton to the Charleston Newt and Courier gives a most blood curdling account of the escape of Joe Wilson frorn Watauga jail. It says that he t'feigned to be laid ont, the cofQh ordered and prep arations made for burial.

The eyes were wide open and glaaed in death. A minister had been sent for to officiate at the funeral and while the disant, so to speak, dead man lay in uta. he resuscitated and. leaning Tux Topic's good friends are so omplaisant that they praise it till it blushes, and are always ready to make excuses for its shortcomings. The Tomo is ever grateful for these good offices and is thereby- spurred on to make itself more and more worthy of the esteem of it thousands or readers.

And here it begs that the paleness of print which has affec ted it for a few weeks may toe overlooked, foi mew rollers are on the way, and in a week er two it will be as bright as a dollar and much im proved in appearance. Tke counties are falling into line and the list of those whose boards of mtgistates and commissioners have made appropriations for exhib its at the State Exposition steadily We are certain that Cald well will not be left behind in the race, for the people are becoming entbusiastic and will insist that the county be advertised to the world. Let everybody in the county drop work on the first Monday in April and come to Lenoir prepared to give the weight of their influence in favor of the good work. Every body should lose one day's work and give one to the county. ESCAPE OF" LUCKY" JOB WILSOX Before Vesuvius, Etna and otber volcanes break out inte full eruption and Illuminate tbe heavens with jets and abowcts of burning laver they alwaysjndulge in some preliminary and quaking.

Just so, for several weeks, our Watauga corrts-pondentig baye been telliojr of tbe finding, at various times, upon tbe person of Lucky Joe Wilson, confined in Watauga jail Tor horse stealing, of files and other implements for sawing put the bars pf a iron These were only tbe precurs ry stages up to tbe brilliant bt so, successfully made on Sunday of last wef Qa Friday evening Joe Wilson pretended be dying of cold and lay ia bis cell speechless and apparently in a comatose state. Medical attendance was called in and, as the jail was not easily warmed it was advised that be be removed to mure comfortable quartors Accordingly he wes can led to one ef tbe brick offices connected irilb, Corey's te), and whiskey aud other restoratives administered under wli'c'i treatment! rapidly revived A guard. ptapd oyer bira night and day. One statement is to tbe ettvcl that Wilson eluded tbe vig lanca of bis guard Saturday night and escaped but was was retaken, At was retaken, At any rate, on Sunday nbt. Jd.

Austin was guarding bid and. needing wood to replenish the fire, went out after it, locking the dqgr qftex ypoa return wita tbe wool he discover ed that Wilson bad made his escape through tbe back window. As the show was ten or eleven inches in depth on a level the fugitive was tracked as far as tbe hraach in rear of Coffey's stables, but no other trace could be foand of him. It is snppos ed, as cold as it was, be entered the branch and waied eoin.e distance up or down and was met by confederates who assisted hiaa (a his flight. Although parties went out to search for bim be had not yet been captured up to tne latest advices and it 's probable tbut be bas uade good bis escape into Tennessee.

Death of Leijqir. Died at Lenoirs, Mircii 6, XJr. Avery Lenoir, a prominent merchant of that town. Me was about 70 years old, the father in-law ol as. W.

Nor wood, and related to our Le noirs. Northwest Wllk. CorreipondeiKM of Tka topic. Stout Hill, Feb. 29 Sn covers tbe surrounding peaks of sublimity, this nnrning.

Mr. James C. Miller, ot Watauga, Is in the neigborhood buying cattle. Mr, Frank D. Hackef, of Gd ureeK, nas connected tn business with firm of Graham, of Asheville.

Married Feb. 14, at the residence of Mr. Cborcb, Mr. Myres to Miss Nelia Church, of Rock Creek I township. Married Feb.

17, in tbe public oad, Mr. Arthur McNeil to Miss Janie Eller, To tbe hapnv ones we hasten to offer ear oust sincere congratulations, and hearty (rood wishes. The waste basket now contains several of my former snaps. But friendship consists not in saying, iWhat'a the best newsf" And all whe were born with two eyes and bot one tongue, should see twice as much as they say, But I have often heard valte a friend, you hlin Id I bthte: cotrespondeuts would -t rt cat: Good day, Qerlerl Tli Tfm from Heat Cai Correspondence of Tbe Topic Moretz Mills, March 3. We are having tbe most disagreeable weather of this winter.

Tbls is the sixth day that it bas been pnowing so thick that tbe air bas been full emw now about six inches deep, and tbe wind blowing a considerable gale, carrying the in every direction. he tbermomt' has sunk nearly to zero for the last, several niguts. Health somewhat better than a few necks back. Scarlet fever Bot so prevalent. Mr, McEen commences a term school today at Mt.

Pleasant Churcjr. near Soda H'll. The initial steps a being taken to build an academy near there sooo. No beitT situation could be found, and we hope the good wink will prosper. Mr.

McEwen is an ceedingly popular and most successful teacher. 814. A Historical Incident. Correspondence of Th Topic. One fine morning ia tbe long ago, that is to say some time between tbe years 1833 '36, a tall ungainly specimen cf Yankee land applied- to tbe Rector of the, Episcopal Church in the old town of Pittsborroagb, Chat-bam county, N.

C. to go to his ohurc', and marry him and his laly love, a daughter of fair New Eagland, who having previously come Sotjtb, was at that time teaching school fa the town. Cburob marriages were rare ia those days, and quite a little crowd of citizens congregated to witness the nuptials, of tbe unknown strnDger, There in their presence was man led a man destined in years to come to make a mark on the page of American history. Philanthropist, journalist, statesmas, Democratic candidate tor president, the groom was Iiorace Greeley tbe rec-or was Rev. William Norwood, D.

brother of oar late townsman usepb C. Narwool. When at tbe close of our civil war Mr. Greelty came to Riohmond io go bail fr President Pay is, be did not fail to attend 8 Jubn's Cuurcb, of which Dr. Norwood is now rector and seek out tbe veqeahle man of God to, him, of that ceremony 30 years before.

X. Correspondence Kaleiga. Register, Hon. Edmund Jones, native of tie Yadkin Valley, and kng a resident over there, has ome to town to live. aa uang8 out PYer tbe door of an office in the "Jones "nron.

erty, once owned by bis father, EDMUND JON1S, ATTORNEY AT LAW. John Rainy, who has painted signs, locomotives and sucb, all over North Carolina and in Ssuth Carqlina, got i a up that shingle in best gold leaf, John is still alive. i growing old and very gray. appreciation of good things is Qndimmcd by time, and I commit bim and, Jones te the patronizing rbbo. Mr.

Jon. is well known, not only in Ra'eigh and elsewhere in tbe Ate, but bis name is not unfamiliar and nnbonored cbe yond our State lines. Parties wani ing legal husinesi attended to here will find no more zealous and faithful attorney. Mr, W. Horton Bower, another Yadkin boy (he is a mag of size about pounds, I should gues), comes to town on to practice his profession, the law, and possibly litics also, for -Horv' I a winning ways, and has already hern to the Legislature.

It is said that he is ambitious of 'higher honors, and his name has been mentioned in coontc-tion with the L'eutt nant Governorship. He Ulks equally well politics temperance. California, pedagoguery and law. I think be ought to marry, but I have no means of ascertaining hat the girl thinks about it. rsr Any person wisiung to sell a good cow.

priving milk, will please call at Maj Harper's store and make it known. 2 t. EPTon Sale. In Lenoir, a val uable Lot with comfortable dwelling nouse (o rooms) good well and out houses. For terms and price apply to Feb 13.

4t. MRS. M. Whittsd. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.

OFFICE OJF THB CHESTER LENOIB NGRB CO. Chester, S. March 6tb 1384, A ma tini of tbe Stockholde a of Checter and Lenoir K. O. R.

K. hereby Ci' to asmmhl astoaia, N. C. on (he 30 Ji day of Maitsh 1884 at 19 qxioc in, io coiui un sxpeoiency ox exlSDdinff the time for the completion of aad road to. Lenoir not later t'aan vhe 1st of Jane ne-t, aa under tae ae! venty ox me winder wora oaa oeen aeiayed aad if the road ia now pushed forward too rapidly ft auf.

nciency ior summer travel wui na lOkpalrM. By ordeof W. HOLMES HABDIX, President. JAMES MASON, Secretary. SOBTH CAEOLLNA.

1 In 8nperlor Court Fe. 6 84 urn Jamea Eller Admio, Haifa at law of John Khni. -It appeara to the aatiaf action of the eatui that Tlix Ehoad" ona of the abore dafenuanti intha above entitled uhn ia a noo. resident arred with remmoaa it is therefore ordered by the I wdait defendant to tppur Wowth. a of Leneir the non- tax noooe uac no iaua to m.A jnagment wiu I'M or ui relief prarnd m- Conrt or the coonty of Aahe and answer the satttion whloh ia Sicd in id affloe and let the amid WEDNESDAY, 12, 1884 LOCAL NEWS.

iiurks Court this week. The count safes bare bet-n paid for. Mr. W. J.

orris, of Blowing was in Lenoir last Friday, Mr. W. Downs, of Blowing Rock, gave us a call last Saturday. --Our young friend, Ed. C.

Coffey, of Boone, wis down on a visit last week Dr II mek Las returned from Baltimore with his license practice and will settle in Lenoir. We understand that a Mr Miller, of Loufevill. Ky has purchased a lot of mineral 1 ind near II trtland Married, near Downsville, Sun- daj, March 9, by S. H.Oxford, Mr. Downs to Miss Lily Med-iock.

We call attintion to the adver tisement of Dr. C. Newland, who has opened a new store on the Ballew corner. Miss Kate Long, of Little River, Alexander (oanty, was on a visit, laft week, to Misses Emma and Florence Scrjggs. Died, Thursday, Much 6, Mr.

JLeander King, aged about 70 yeors. The funeral took place Friday, at Little john's Church. Quarterly meeling at Mount on Saturday and Sunday. The jiv siding elder will probably preacu Lenoir Sunday night. Ve were pleated to meet, last week, B.

G. Ciisp, an old Lenoir boy, who is now travelling for a Wilmington grocery house. The commissioners did not gree to the application mad to phem at their Ias meeting to offer a bounty for foxes and other game. Mr, R. K.

Bryan, editor of the fiipkory has been engaged tp teach the school at Highlands Academy formerly taught by the late Rev. T. O. Thurston. We have neglected through inadvertence to mem lion the fact that last week Mr.

Ed. Echerd, of Lenoir. effc for Wjscopsjn where he 'iil make his future home. -The writer of an interesting letter about Lenoir in the Ilakigh Register makes the startling statement that we have four candidates for Congress in our midst. The Neics and Observer is right in giving the Cranberry road credit for being only 3 miles long.

Its list takes account only of the length that traverses North Carolina soil. is the ue to about weather? With snow 19 inches deep in Watanga, a sleet, a freshet and i spring weather all in one week is a pretty good sprinkling of weather. We' call attention to the new advertisement on the first p3ge of that go ahead Statesville institution, Wallace Brothers, who state, that they are in the wholesale line only. It is well very to remember that if the depot is located on the Mulberry tree lot the piece of road frpm the town branch to ths tnyrd will have to be macadamized next fall. r-A private letter from Bakersvillo to a gentleman of Lenoir states that Mr.

J. Milton English, of ttitel killed a negro named Mathee on Toe River en Saturday of week before last At the last meeting of tbe Lenoir Literary dub the time of holding it meetings was changed to Friday night. The next meeting will be held at the residence of Iiev. M. V.

Sherrill. "Caldwell," a Lenoir correspon -dent of the Morganton Mountaineer, comes out in favor of Col. Samuel McDowell Tate for the Democratic candidacy for the Lieutenant-Governorship. Last Sunday a young man named Pop-, living near Cedtr Valley shot himself in the left hand carelessly handling a pistol. Dootor Flowes was called in and will save Pope's hand with the loss of ope or two fingers.

Mr, Ramsour, the photographer, has been taking a lot more of inter esting street scenes. He took a view of the town from Rectory Hill last week which is said to be the best stereoscopic view of Lenoir that has ever been published, Mr. F. A. Clinard, proprietor of the Farmers' arehouse, Hickory was in Lenoir Saturday and was even mpre gay and debonaire than usual.

He is probably elated over the stead ily increasing prices he is enabled to get for the tobacco of his friends. Tot Topic job office has just turned out ont a large lot of neat circulars gotten ont by Honk and von Ringharz, real state agents, aad entitled "The Land of The Sky." iney give a full description of the mineral and timber resources of Gold well, Watauga, Bark And Mitchell THE HEW IE lit is upon us, and PENR03E BALDWIN prop's of the NEW DRUG STORE, send greeting to the citizens of Lenoir and vicinity, and promise to keep on sale during the comingye ar all the articles usually found in a FIRST-CLASS DRUGSTORE Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass, Putty, full line of cigars, chewing and smoking Tobaccos. Country Mer chants and Phy sicians furnished with outfits at low prices. 41 Prescriptions compounded at all hours day and night. PENROSE BALDWIN CO.

LENOIR, N. C. SfoncRoesi wanted bt Wittkowsky Baracb, CHARLOITE, N. C. qLwithandtng tbe extensive ditioDS made to our Retail Depart ment last season, which st tbe lime seemed ample by the most sanguine forallttmeto come.

et such bas been tbe UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE in our business and the commensurate increase of stock that we already find ourselves so cramped for the want of room that we have determined at aa eerly a time as possible to add to what ia now the large Retail Department the first floor now oecn-pled WHOLESALE DEPARTME (necessitating of coarse the removal of the Wholesale Department to the store above). And as we cannot get poas ssion of the upper store in time for the Spring's Irasineaes, we know of no better way to make room for the immense Spring Stock which ve are about to receive than to en leaver to dispose of hyaome means and at some price goods carried ever from the Winter's stack. We therefore announce that FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS -WE SHALL INAUGURATE flu Greatest Glearing-ont Sale Attempted ni tne Carolinas. COMPBISIKG THB FOLLOWING SILKS, SATINS, VELVETS, BROCADES, DBESg GOODS, WHITE OOODS, LINENS AND DOMESTICS, TLANNELS, BLANKETS, HOSIERY, LACES, FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, MILLINERY, CLOAKS, DOLMANS. ULSTERS LADIES MUSLIN UNDERWEAR CORSETS, CARPETS, CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS, BOOTS SHOES, fcc, fruov.

ont tor em? adTCruaamenU in this paper, aa 11 pay ywu to keep track cf the bar gains we offer from time to time, and which shall fca Anf aniMHinaad ibjongfc ta-t anln-j. fr throughout the Stata. and for samplaa. Mtimatss a OMsemA.inff, snau iNMrax, tumximlMhiag, or any infor. mi oar patxona may Cmlr which wfll be fur niehedonapplotto.

P. S. Ordon hi answer to thia dvirtisemuit pleMMdrewtotno'eMlDepataast.) WJf TKQWSIff BABUf IT, No- VOU goods prices not lomc and Souh Shovel cutlers, corn f5 '1 5i 'i if3 3 i uj 1 i I )ir en for.n3i part 1 tnier agea3ral mjrai itib bt i as possible to a I I The undersigned this 1 iy ck)SH tiii niii-ci iul i bismoss his individuvil account. All persons inuobte I nun by nit or account are requested to make payment. Tns subscriber returns thanke to his many friends and to tin 1bli3 geaerallj for a large bhare of patronage in tin past, and solicits a contin uance of that trust 11 I 11 i iti joyed for his successors in business.

Revspeotlu.ly, Lenoir. N. Jan. 1, 1884. rvn JVI Theuniersigaad ive this diy thestyle of or the purpose of conducting fait? to mm They expect to buy exclusively for cish, and inUntl confine their business as closely PAY OflWI SYSTB1I, believing this to the advautige pf all parties coaceraed.

Soliciting a fair sharejof the patrj nge of.pro.upt -pjyJag customers, which they will eudearor ro mjnt by fair dwsiKig strict attention to business, low prioj, liospectfullj G. W.F. HAltPKU; ii. L. JiJiliAUAA'DT, up, escaped." This aU WaW r.

i v. n. i 1 tha dltor bM a.fn th. mmU and tne oniy reyaDie account oi colama of Ths Tong, lieuolr.Ni 0., January.