The Lenoir Topic from Lenoir, North Carolina • Page 3

1' UNO! TOPIC THE IW MR IPaDir the delegation went down on the spe.Ial S. C. tram to Chester and spent an hoar very pleasantly in looking over the town. The results of the late cyclone are visiahle in great rolls of tin roofing lyin about in the fhlds, in piles of brick around the cotton eeed oil mill, a three story buildirg, the top story of which was demolished, in the steeple of a lying prone and in various other small bous.s which looked battered and used up. We left Chester about half-past 6 o'clock and reached Hickory at 1 o'olock Friday morning.

From there we came after breakfast on the nar-now gauge to Lovelady and returned to Lenoir in time for dinner. We will sell DDirss Eo(rDall9 (Da 5Bfl Boots and Shops, Clothing, So-tions, ahd mariy other goods at lPllBIICDIBS We propose to sell you goods during thismonth at prices not easily found elsewhere. CJoinc and see and secure bargains! Oixie Plow, Double Shovel plows, steel plows, feed cutters, Patron and Lee stoves, and corn shellers always on hand. Respectfully, COURTNEY BROTHERS. Lenoir, N.

March 1 18 4. 9 and two-horse steel plors Enianuc-1 Dots. Correspondence of The Topic. Emanuel, N. March 20 We are having more rain this season than usual.

Some of our oldest citizens-say they never saw so much rain dur in one season in their lives. We learn that Jim Helton and Lynu lieacb, two desperadoes, were in this neighborhood a few days ago, but have left for other quarters, The Presiding Elder, Rev. L. Hcndren, assisted by the pastor, Rev. M.

V. Sherrill. held the second quar terly meeting for this circuit at this place last Saturday and Sunday. Our neighbors are anxious to know when to come to Lenoir to see the Narrow Gauge. We hear of several cases of scarlet fever in this locality.

Fudge. IX MEilOIUAM. MRS YNTHIA A CK1TCHER. Mrs. Cyiuhia A.

Critcher, wife ot the late Njithaniel Critoher, departed tbte life March 8, 1884. She was barn in 1804 in Orange connty, N. C. She wa3 the mother of seven children, of whom six survive to mourn her loss. She was a constant sufferer from consumption.

She was a devoted member of the Baptist Church an'l died triumphing in the faith and hope she is now enjoying the blessings of that world which knows no sorrow or pain. May the blessings of heaven be with the bereaved children miy they so live that when they one to die they may clasp han her on the other shore. There ia a grave I love to nee And thwe to shed a tcr; For it coutaiuH wUo watt to mi A loving mother dear. C. B.

MltS. POLLY L. SUULL. On Feb. 2G, Polly wife ol J.

M. Shull, of Valle Crucis, crossed over the river and is al "rest under the shade of the She died in triumph of the faith and has gone to meet her father who died when she was about two years old. She was a noble hearted woman, having few if any faults. If bl.e bad an enemy the writer never knew it To the bereaved family precious promises are given Hope and trust. "Be faithful io de ilh vi I I will give the a crown of life." She loaves a busbiiul and two stall children to sncmrn.

her absence, "How short the race our friend ban run, Cut dovvu iu all bloom: The course but yesterday beyuu, Now the Oxk ob' Many Fuiknds. CILLEY NRWLAND, ATTORNEYS AM) REAL ESTATE AGENTS. I.kxoIh? n. c. WE will, iti aJditiou tn aiir lel bubine, act an tor thenale or purchase of LANDS in this and adjoining couutie.

Tartien wiehing to buy will hate such laudu eh they desire promptly placed before them with abstract of title. Thone wiaUiOH; to nell will have their property at pjaced lrt market and purchaser-, p.hhrKV fU'. We are familiar with the title tu a greater portion, of the real estate in this county and have uuUHiial facilities for making abstract rf tit' to all. Moderate commission will be charged aud no fee required until after sale ia made. qiT3dtf CITY HARHER SHOP.

ALEXANDEH RE1D, PH0PRIETOU. This Shop is located iu the old Hamilton Store building cpposite ine lopic Office-. He will cut your hair and dq it hu. Will nhavH your face unii make it ah me; Do anythiu.g lu the liarber'a line, Aud always ready to take "that dime." mri6. ILannmilbefl0 1 1 ose of the Caldwell county men ployed at the Pocahontas mine wi re Larkin EarnestohnBrook ahireand Marion Carlton and have been heard from since the accident.

The first two were sick and Carlton had hurt himself the day before, otherwise ihey would have been in the mine when the accident occurred. The editor begs to return his thankB to some kind friend connected with the drug house of Po and Miller, Starke, Florida, for a much appreciated present received last week. It came in a box by mail which, when opened, revealed a lsrgo and beautiful bouquet of the sweetest and fairest flowerrs that flourish in that land of perpetual bloom. We assure the donor that the gift was much enjoyed. 'Oceola," a Meat Camp correa pondent, must remember that our rule is to print nothing that comes to us without a responsible name.

We will, however, publish his suggestion that Joe Wilson be nominated for Governor. That will do, "Oceola," provided you can catch him and keep him during the canvass. If he will only come in we assure him that there is no doubt but he will be elected to io to -Raleigh, The absence of the editor last week and the failure of the mails on r.cf mut of the non running of trains on the Western Road for several days causes The Tone to depend, tins week upon its correspondents for its make There was nc mail here after last Wednesday uutil 'Sakvrdi'v, in consequence of which what little outside news we print came in alter tuft bulk of the paper was set in type ana is condensed accordingly. In Abbeville and Salisbury the Female college buildings are rented. during the summer vacation, as boarding houses for summer visitors.

Tins fact suggests the happy thought that the trustees of Davenport might add to its wealth by using it for a similar purpose nex't summer. learned upon our trip to South Carolina, last week, that there is every probability of a rush of visitors from that section to Lenoir during the coming summer and it is incumbent upon us to make preparation for their entertainment. From the Mo i-ataineer we learn that Reubin and Hardin Sparks have been trrested and lodged in Bakers-ville iail charged with complicity in the mica mine murderers; that there was a mistrial in the case of Salisbury vs the N. R. It, because several of the jurors went home across the Catawba river on Tuesday night, and could not get to town on account of high water next morning; that the commissioners have decided to run the road from Rooky Ford around the hill and that they have appropriated 250 to build a bridge across John's River at the Lenoir road ford, that Judge Shipp has made a splendid impression.

The first part of last week was prolitic of land slides on lhe mouu tain part of the Western road. There were several betweenjlenry 's and Black Mountain Station on. Tuesday, that blockaded the pastern bound train and, after the heavy rain of Tuesday night and after the Western bound train had passed over the mountain, the largest slide ever known on the road occurred at Swannanoa tunnel. It was reported that a hole was made from the top of the tunnel Ihrough and that great blocks of dirt and rock tumbled into the tunnel. As all of the trains were west of the slides we had no mail from Wednesday until Saturday.

lUverhlflc, Alie i'ounljr. CorrfHponlencc of The I'oylo. Hi vjiusidk, March 17 As I see noting in Uje poluwnf of your good iper, The Topic, from this section, I will write a Tew lines. Grain is scarce and feed general'y gone. I know oi families who have f-f ft arain of earn nor a cent of I money to buy with.

Those who have money are going to North Fork, in Ibis un'y, and bqying it, and it is getting scarce there. This looks like old bird times, bqt it is due to the crnns which resulted from the exceoiionallv dry summer last year. Smalb grain looks well, Some of the neighbors are selling out and going Land oella froaa three to Ave dollars per acre. Scarlet fever has been raging in this section during the winter bat about subsided now. Arrested and brought before Hon arables Caleb Greer and Lee Horton, one Jnrnes Cjard.qer charged with carrying concealed weapons! Mr.

Morphew appeared in his behalf and, while on trial, the prisoner broke custedy and escaped, snatching op as ran, his attorneys aocl wiaxjng it otf. Base ingratitude, II ENTER A Rl LENOIR BAII.RO AD. Th Mlla stekhMra bld at atnla, lat Th a radar, Extondod ibtTIm for lha eooaplatlan al ttaa Raad to Laaolr natll Jna 1. Last Wednesday afternoon a party, composed of Messrs Q. W.

F. Harper, F. VViesenfeld, M. M. Courtney, C.

B. Webb, Edmund Jones and W. W. Scott, left Lenoir on horseback for the head of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad when they took ti train en route to Gastonia to attend the meeting of I Stockholders at that place next day. At Lovelady station Mr.

N. H. Gwyn and Dr. Samuel Jones joined the party which went to Hickory and spent the night. The heavy rain of the night before had raised the Catawba river to an unusual height and the water in it was estimated to be 20 feet above low water mark 6 feet lower than the high water mark.

As the train crossed the railroad bridge the seething current and the broad expanse of water afforded a view both grand and beautiful. The usually placid Catawba came roaring down with the fury of a torrent bear ing upon the bosom of its rushing waters whole trees and logs and great accumulations of drift and the deaftning roar was a good illustra tion of "how the water camo down at Lodoie." The track from the bridge down the river; was not reached by the water in any place and we made our trip safely and commodiouply. We left Hickory Thursday morning the regular passenger train, taking on at station representa tives of the stockholders at these points. We reaohed Gistonia about half-past eleven o'clock. A special train from Chestor, S.

brintrinjr the South Carolina stockholders, bad reached Gastonia just before our train got there. At 12 o'clock the meeting was called to order in a roemi in the Falls House and was organised by the election qf Mr. A. Mason, Chair man and Messrs. James ason and J.

T. Wallaoe, Secretaries. Upon motion of Mr. Grist, of York, a committee of three composed of Messrs. Finger, of Newton, Mason of York, and Carter, of Chester, was appointed to verify proxies.

The whole number of shares in the road is 3,403 and the committee reported that a majority of the shares were represented, 1,823 shares by proyy and 1,952 in person 2,875 in all, i Judge Haskell, President of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, the lesses, made a state ment in which he informed the meeting that his company, in leasing the road, had always meant in good faith to complete the road to Lenoir by the 22nd day of March, the day named in the lease. He reminded the stockholders that the iron for laying the whole length of track had been bought, paid for and delivered last Sept amber, that i-rossties enough to make the road ready for the iron Lad been bought and paid for and that, a substantial bridge across the Catawba river had been built. These facts are positive proof that the lessees aye earnestly pushing their, way on to Lenoir. The very incle ment. weather during the whole winter and especially during the latter part of it has greatly retarded the work of building the road in the direction of Lenoir and hail made it impossible for the lessees to carry out that part of the contract relative to the completion of the road to Lenoir by the 22nd of March.

Rely ing upon the liberality aqd justiee of the stockholders he respectfully asked an Extension ot time until June 1, promising that the work should be pushed vigorously and being fully confident that, if the weather is propitious, the road -will be completed before that date. M'. J. F. Wallace offered a motion which was seconded, to extend the time for the completion of the rod to Lenoir until June 1.

Messrs. lmucd Jones, of Lenoir, and B. C.Cobb, of Lincolnton. offered amendments, wbiph, were accepted by Mr. Wallace, looking to the ratification of the extension by the officers Qf both companies, Mr.

MqBee, af Lincolnton, offered an amendment which was seconded by Mr. Cobb, making the extension of time conditional upon the agreement of the lessees to increase the per oeqt paid the s'uare-hplderj tmon their stock from 1 to 3 per cent par annum. As the amendment was not discussed Mr. McBee withdrew itj Upom putting the motion as amend-de before the meeting; It was carried unanimously. 2 Af the couclosiOD, of the meeting lodge Haskell invited the stockholders to a dinner prepared, at hs expense by the proprietor of the Falls House, AfUr dinner moat of the Caldwell WEDNESDAY.

:MA.U. 20, 1884 LOCAL XfcWS. McDowell t'ourt Read the WuWugi court notice. ari sorry to ltHin that Mrs-n is very ill. Miss Kya Puttt his gone oa a visit to her sister, Mrs.

Cochrane in Newton- In another coliimn is chronicled the death of Ex'Sheritf Horton, of Watauga. A large tobacco factory it Lovelady station on the L. Rail road is talked of. Dr. C.

Newland has sold his McDowell lira to a Mr. Procter, oi Lincoln County, for Mr. Lncir Hiitoin withdrew from the firm of Baldwin druggists, several weeks ago. A very pleasant club was held at Fairiield, hist week. It will meet, tomorrow evening, at Kirk wood.

Tna Tori5 said last week that Miss Wilson? was married in JeiVt rton when it should havi: been Miss Wilbur- Mr. W. H. Cloyd, of the linn of Cloyd, Nelson left for New York last Thursday tol ty in a spring stock of goods. 4 The new' ink rollers will be here tomorrow and nest week's ric will come out of the clouds ai tie weather will probably clear up, j.

Two new post, offices have I ctu established in this eor.nty: Uudson-ville and the latter being at Palmyra, the residence of Mr. S. L. Patterson. -We call attention to the advertisement in another column of Messrs.

Cilley No a laud, wLo state that they have opened a real estate agency. An editor without exchanges like a carpenter without tools. A bright paper, indeed, this week's Topic is with no papers to steal from uader a week old. We regret to leirn that on Tuesday of last week Mr. Joseph Wilson, aged about 50.

died suddenly of heart disease. His funeral took p'ace cn Wednesday at llolloway's chapel, we believe. Mr. Jor.es, of Oxford came to Lenoir last Friday and went up to Blowing Rock, Saturday, with Mr. S.

M. Claike to look at some lands situated there. He proposes to pur-phase and settle among us. We are obliged to r. C.

C. Hilliard, an energetic merchant on Beaver Dams, Watauga, for an appreciated favor. He informs us that he is about to establish a shoe factory in connection with his stere. There is a very gentlemanly set of officers with the con struction department of the hester and Lenoir Railroad at this end of fhfl marl The citizens arountT LoyeJady speak in the highest terms thein. The railroad trestles are now all finished with the exception of llutv across Lower Cre'k.

Ihe of track laying is being pushed forward and Capt Waddill informs that he reach the Woods trestle by Saturday night provided the weather ig good. While the time for the completion of the railroad to Lenoir has been extended until June 1st the railroad men will not therefore make any delay in their work. Th ey keep the date of May 1 steadily in view and by that time the road will not be far fr6m us. The mass meeting in Lenoir on the first Monday in April, which The Topic has been, advocating, is not a railroad meeting but a convention of the people to express their approval pf the scheme to have the county well represented at the State Exposition. Let every body come.

r-Qn apot.her page we print a jshort account of the Family of Daniel Boone. It really ways very little about Daniel's immediate family. He has many relatives living in Caldwell, among them theClarkn, Coffey, Moores. Graggs and others. We will get up his genealogical Lee in Jihis county before long.

Maior Bomar, engineer of the W. N. C. R. R.f is engaged in draw ing plans for a large hotel with 30 rooms, which Dr.

Newland has some idea of constructing. It is not cer tain that he will build the hotel but we hope that, after inspecting the plans, he will be convinced that it will be a paying investment. Jn our South Carolina trip we were struck with the forwardness of vegetation down there as compared with this section. Peach trees were full bloom. We were surprised to find so much land eown in small crain which was looking well.

The cropa were not good there last year. and consequently business was flat this winder which has chronicled is upon us, and PENROSE BALDWIN prop't of the NEW DRUG STORE, send greeting to the citizens of Lenoir and vicinity, and promise to keep on sale during the comingyear all the articles usually found in a FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE- Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Grlass, Putty, full line of cigars, chewing and smokin Tobaccos, Country Mer chants and JPhy sicians furnished with outfits at low prices. Prescriptions compounded at all hours day and night. 1 PENROSE BALDWIN CO. LENOIR, C.

MORE BOOM WANTED BT Wittkowsky Barncft, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Notwithstanding the extensive art; ditions made to our Retail Depart ment last season, which bI tbe lime seemed ample by the most sanguine for all ttme to come, yet such has been tbe UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE In our business and tbe commensurate of stock that we already find ourvelves so cramped for tbe want of room that we have determined at as eorly a time a possible to add to what ia now the laige ReMl Deyartmeat tbe first ffoor now WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT (neceatiit a ting of coarse tbe removal of tbe Wholesale Department to the store above). And as we cannot fet poaatasion of the upper store in time for the Spring's busisessa, we know of no better way to make room for the immense Spring Stock which va are about to receive than to endeavor to dispose of bysome means and at some price goods carried ever from the Winter's stack. We therefore announoo that FOR T11E NEXT 30 DAYS WE 8HAIX INAUGURATE Tne Greatest Clearing-out Sale Erer Attempted in tie Carollnas.

1 -COMPRISING THE FOLLOWING SILKS, BATIKS, VEX VETS, BROCADES, DRESg GOODS, WHITE QOODH, LINENS AND DOMESTICS, FLANNELS, BLANKETS, HOSIERY, LACES, FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, MILLINEBY, CLOAKS, DOLAfav ULSTERS LADIES MUSLIN CNftEEAR, CORSETS, CARPETS, CLCffHNG4 HATS AND. CAPS, BOOTS BQE to, he, fcc. aTLook out for onr advertisements in this paper, as It 11 pay you (a keep track cf tbe oar. galos we offer from time to time, and which shall duly announced through the column of tbe press throughout tbe Btte, Send for sanjUea, estimate oa Dreaemaing, Rridl Troasesux, Hoaaefurnlscdnga, or any information oar patrcaa maj desire, which will be furnished on app'lcsttoau P. Ordon ia anawsr to this advertisement please addrtn to th "Satail Departmeat." WITTKOWSKY BARUCH Have in stock Haimau's one and double and single stock 10 Remington's handled hoes, best in the world' A largo stock of steel turn plows, scooters, bull tongues, cora shovels, Ames7 and Holland's shovels, dpad3s.

Single trees, devices, heel bolts, grass rods, trace chains, aid hames. Clover and orchard grass seeds, farm aud gardeu seeds. All of these can be had and will be sold at the lowest prices it Marper fc Bernhardt'. A QUANTITY OF FL00R-ng, Ceiling, Weather-boardiog, Fencing also a large lot of fine Walnut lumber for sale, by J. R.

ERVflf Lenoir, N. C. Orders for any kind of lumber filled promptly. tf. L.

L. GBEENE. L. D. LOWE T.

L. LOW GREENE LOWE, ATTORNEYS COUNSELLORS, Office at BOOXE, and ELK PARK, 2i. C. NORTH CAROLINA, CALD.WELT. COUNTY.

IN HUPERIOR, COURT- .1. It Dickson ad, wife. 1 it appearing to the witiaiaotkra of the Court that a. lUgaman. one ot the defendants, is non resides of thin State, it is ordered that publication of tuts summons in THE LENOIR TOPIC for six sue--iv M.

R. SHELL, O.8.O. Leaatrt ft Mwth Xt, Ittt, I thank my customers for coming up so promptly and payingthair accounts, and I hope those who. have not donee wilh a ail pijr up at once, as I must close up my book. Respectfully, G.

W. F. Harper. W. Mar.

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