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The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-10

u,hsE FAIR ND TRoTTNG ON THE 18th
E5fsrH.-We had before us yesterday,
NIe..to in relat; pm to the Horse Fair and
lA Trotting, to- come off at the fair grounds
Mar tbis city orthe 18th and 18th inst. The
s,a.ion will be one of interest to the adj
4sr Of fine stock, and the display will be
Ilent, we have no doubt. The follow
, rider Heterogeneous, has been adopted
published by the parties interested.
tTnst day.-A purse of $1,000 will be
tied for. Mr.. Boylan enters br. m. Kate
tkson Mr.. Paxson enters b. g. Twist,
L three in five to harness, mile heats.
bn the same day there will be trotting
ch for purse of $500, best two in three
harness, mile heats; $500 to first horse,
t$100 to second open to all horses
he'd in the State
bscond ddy.-A match for $500 between
AWAY, Of Virginia, and Mr.. Doyle's b.
Hadelphia's famous chestnut mare Sally
Ks will probably be one of the fastest
les ever trotted in the South.
On the same day, purse of $500, oper
all horses which have never beaten 2:30
10 to first horse and 800 to the second
/ number OF fine blooded horses will b.
at auction; also some fine buggies
los each day between 9 and 10 o'clock.
ADMISSION to grounds so cents, Seaso
Akets $500
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ROBBERY IN OPEN DAY-The house of
William Jordan, some few miles from the
, city, was entered and robbed, one day last
week, in the absence of the family. On
their return, search was made, and a trunk
and other property, was found secreted in
the woods near by. Jordan left the articles,
and with his gun returned, and took a po-
sition where he could see if they were
sought after Late in the night, the thief
returned for his plumber, when, as Jordan
says, "his gun got mad and went off" but
not before leaving twenty-one buckshot in
the back of the robber, who beat hasty
retreat, but his wounds caused his identi-
Ification, and the money purse of Jones was
found on his person, and on the premises, a
dress, belonging to the wife of Jones.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

A gentleman was lately blackballed in an
English club because his wife was in the
habit of dropping her his.
An epidemic has attacked the forest trees
of Pittysylvania county, Va. and it is proba-
BILE that all the trees will die.
An English magazine pathetically propo-
ses the formation of Society for the Sup
preston of Useless Knowledge; good
idea.
All other conditions being the same, the
vigor and richness of vegetation are proper.
tionate to the quantity of light and heat re-
ceived.
Three unfilial pigs of Saline county,
Miss, have abandoned their legitimate mo-
ther and taken up with an accommodating
COW.
Summit county, Colorado. is as large as
South Carolina and half dozen Rhode Is
lands. There are nineteen counties in the
State.
The Mississippi, in the vicinity of the
StonewaW disaster, has been dragged, and
sixty five bodies, ten of which has been iden-
titled, recovered
A wag, speaking of the embarkation of
troops, said: Notwithstanding many of
them leave blooming wives behind, they go
away in transports"
The professors of the Columbia Law Col
| lcge decline to admit ladies as students, on
the ground that their presence would dis
tract the attention of both pupils and pro-
| fessors. -...
The New Jersey Presbyterian Synod has
adopted resolution stating that it belongs
to the office of the pastor to give full in
struction to his congregation upon their
| duties as citizens.
An indianapolis thief entered the kitch-
en- Of citizen of that place, and removed
two chickens from the oven of the stove
| while the cooks back was turned That
was foul proceeding.
An Indiana town boasts giant who has
| by his great size vanquished the aguc.
| That embarrassing affliction attacked him
the other day, and worked four days to
shake him ali over, but failed, and left him
in disgust
AN eminent physician says that the white
rubber used for nursing bottles and infants
toys is very poisonous, causing sore mouth,
skin cruptions, decayei teeth, spinal curva-
ture, and death. In Europe the sale of it
is prohibited by law.
A young lady having asked a gentleman
the size OF his neck, he sent the following
reply:
The size OF my neck +! that's remarkably strange
And admits OF very significant range;
| neck tie, collar, sore throat, halter,
And others, enough to make man falter,
Let this tender reply your anxiety check
The length OF your arm will just 60 round my
neck,
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-10

DEAD-The Republican Gazette, Green's
boro', is dead In its last issue, the editor
writes his own obituary, from which we
make the following extract:
"Being about to die, and supposing no
one but ourself can do justice to our memo
ry, we propose to preach our own funeral
sermon, which we cannot very well do after
our demise We desire to shuttle off this
mortal coil with decency, while we have
assets enough to defray our funeral expen-
ses. We therefore announce to those who
have paid their subscriptions in advance
that their money will be returned to those
who reside abroad, by mail; while the resi-
dents of Greensboro are invited to visit US
at our sanctum where we can be found for
several days subsequent to expiring, laid out
in state, for the purposes of administration.
On this solemn occasion, all our friends,
whether we. owe them anything Or not, are
requested to pass in review around our
corpse; and if they have tears to shed, let
them prepare to shed them then for causing,
regardless of their consciences, our prema-
ture dissolution"
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-10

RUsHlNG TO THE CITY.-In consequence
of the daily growth of our city in numbers
of inhabitants, a lack of houses is becoming
a serious Inconvenience. In many cases,
there are as many as two, and not unfre-
quently three families under one roof We
have suggested on former occasion, that
it would be good policy in our capitalists to
use some of their money in building dwell
.ings. 1t is now good time to put up
fifty or sixty houses for the accommodation
of families every tenement would find a
tenant.
But, after all, are there not among those
coming to the city to reside, many who
ought to remain on their farms and make
bread and meat? We think so; still, we
would not be considered presumptuous in
making the enquiry.
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Great Storms.

The great storms of past times far exceed
any of those of the present century. The
storm which occurred in England Novcm-
Der 26 and 81, 1903, was called the great
Storm" as it was one of the most terrible
that ever ragged there. The devastation on
land was immense, and on the coast and in
the harbors The loss in shipping and in lives
still greater. The loss in London alone was
estimated at two million pounds sterling.
Eight thousand persons were thought to be
drowned in the floods on English rivers and
on the coast. Twelve men-of-war, with
more than 1900 men on board, were lost
within sight of land. In the county of
Kent 1900 trees were torn up. Multitudes
of cattle were destroyed; in one level which
was flooded, $4,000 sheep were drowned.
1t was during this terrific gale that the Ed
dystone light house was carried away, and
its ingenious inventor and his associates
persisted. ...
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MASONIC SCHOOL OF INsTRUcTIoN.-P. G.
NJ, R. W. Best, Esq, has opened school of
Instruction for masons, with class of six
teen. This is, we think, wise step, and
there are many, we doubt not, who belong
to that ancient and honored fraternity who
will avail themselves of this opportunity to
rub the rust of, and brighten themselves in
the mysterious workings of the craft. We
Understand Mr. B. will lecture this evening,
at : o'clock, in Masonic Hall.
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INDUSTRIAL.

A Southern inventor makes paper Of cot
ton stalks. ...l-.,.-. .-----..
Last week 95,797 bushels of wheat were
received at the Winona (Minn) elevator.
The price of lands in some portions OF
Alabama has advanced 100 per cent. in two
years.
Grapes arc selling at fifty cents to five bits
per hundred pounds at Los Angeles, Cali
fornia.
Another paper material has been found.
1t is called tules, and grows in the swamps
of California.
In South Georgia the fields are still white
with cotton, and in many places not half the
crop is yet picked.
The route of Sherman's march through
Georgia, where almost everything was des.
troyed, is built up anew, and the people
raised fine crops this year. ~.
A Sacan proposes to supply carbonic acid
gas to New York, alleging that upon the
occurrence of fire it will only be necessary
to turn stop cock to put it out.
1t is estimated by Supervisor Presbury, Of
Virginia, that the revenue from tobacco in
that State this year will be 100000 more
than the income from the same source last
year.
The Buffalo International Exhibition clos
ed on Saturday. The enterprise has been Il
great success, and the Mechanics Institute
contemplate the erection of building fol
future exhibitions.
The Mechanics Institute Exhibition in
| San Francisco closed on Saturday night
The receipts were over $61 900. The Insti-
tute medal was awarded to the Pacific Roll
ing Mill Company.
The New Orleans Picayune says that all
the hands that can possibly be procured in
Louisville are busily engaged in picking
cotton. Every planter is SO busy picking he
has no time to ship.
The New Orleans Picayune has received
glowing accounts Of the condition of the
crops on the Upper Red River. The pros
poets for an abundant yield were never
known to be better.
The clergymen, according to the Christian
Advocate, cost the United States $4,000
900 annually; the criminals, $4O,OOO,OOO
the lawyers, $S0,OO0,0OO; intoxicating bev-
erages, $780, 0,00O
The japanese colony in Ell Dorado, CAL,
is doing well at last accounts, though many
have been prevented from joining them by
the troubles in Japan. They are having
good success with tea, silk worm and oil
plant culture.
In consequence of the direct steam com.
munication between Copenhagen and New
York, the emigration has increased from
5000 in 1868, to 9,513 in 1869, comprising
5000 males, 1900 females, and 2,135 chill
dren. Nearly 5000 of the emigrants wert
Danes, 3,543 Swedes, and 726 were from va
| rious places.
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The Hempstead Plains. ENTERPRISE,

Mr.. A. T. Stewart has contracted for five
hundred miles of streets and roadways on
his Hampstead Plains purchase, and purpo-
ses erecting thereon next summer, for the
beginning of town of workingmen's homes,
five hundred dwellings, one hundred Of
which are to cost ten thousand dollars each.
What magnificent monument for genera
tions to come will this grand work be to
the chief of our merchant princes May he
live to see his undertaking fully completed
and the forthcoming town a city of fifty
thousand happy and prosperous people
Neao York Herald.
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4 GOOD REPoRT.-Our brethren of the
press who attended the State Fair have all
returned to their homes, and give good re-
port of their trip to our city. of the success
of the Fair, and many, of the superior
beauty of our fair. We believe there is no
sxception-the opinion is unanimous-and
what all say must be so.
Thank you, gentlemen, for your good
0pinion.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-10

The CHEsNUT TREE AND ITS CRoP.-
Travelling through the chestnut region OF
North Carolina in the month of August
asst We discovered that at least four -tiiths of
the trees had died, OF were in decline. 1t
seems that very singular worm, somewhat
different from the peach borer, had gotten
INTO the trees, and were fast killing them.
The cool weather, however, has put a. stop
10 this work of destruction.
The fruit of the tree, though not as abun,
ant as in former years, is free. from worms,
md ola much better quality than usual,
aud may he bought up IN Wilkes at about
81 per bushel 'H.- 81
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FRE-GREAT ExCTrEMENT-Loss ABOUT
s15,0OO.-The Grocery Sore of Mr.. Jordan
Womble, ST., on Hargett street, was destroy
ed by fire last week-the work, no doubt,
of an incendiary. His loss is estimated at
about SIS, 000-his entire stock was lost.
We would be pleased to compliment our
fire companies-and, perhaps, we can do so,
by saying, that there is no praise due to any
one, in the extinguishment of the flames
it consumed all combustible matter within
its reach, and died natural death
The engines refused to work-therc was
not force enough i'll the machines to throw
the water 20 feet from the mouth of the pipe
of course the firemen are not to blame for
this
This is the third time Mr.. Womble has
fallen victim to the devouring element.
Perhaps after this our citizens will see
the necessity Of bringing good supply of
water into the city and procuring a good
steam fre-engine. II there had been any
wind blowing last night the fire would have
swept the street.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-10

The Hillsboro' Recorder says "the dwell
ing house of Dr. William Strudwick, one
mile from town, was burned to the ground
on Tuesday night last. All his out houses
together with 40 bushels wheat and 20
bushels of potatoes were likewise burned.
With but himself and wife and one other
hand he succeeded in saving all in the house
and some old mahogany, 100 years old,
which they were forced to stand and see
burn. The fire was the result of some defect
in the chimney of an out house. DR.. Strud-
wick was not without an expression of tan
gible sympathy from the citizens of this
place. 1t was indeed a severe slam on him.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-10

A correspondent writing from Montgom-
cry county, says "the corn crop in that Sec
ton has been gathered, and will not average
more than one-half the usual yield. The
people of the County are deeply concerned
in regard to the Greensboro and Cheraw R.
R., favoring its construction. While there
is not much animation in political matters,
the County of Montgomery is steadfastly at
tached to the Republican cause-having
triumphed in every township.
"our people are opposed to the present
members holding over after the adjournment
of the next Legislature"
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-10

The editor of the Democrat has been shown
letter from friend in Stanly county, which
stated that gold mine had been discovered
three miles from Gold Hill yielding eight
and ten hundred dollars to the bushel OF
ore. That is uncommonly rich, and if fur.
ther Investigation proves that the mine con-
tinues to pan out that way, it Will be vast
fortune to the owner, an old gentleman
named BarrinGer.n
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An excursion train from Indiana, in charge
of Mr.. Addison Coffin, arrived here on Fri
day morning last, with 2O2 passengers. The
passengers we've mostly persons who had emf
grated from this section, on a visit back to
see their relatives and friends Greensboro
Register.
We are left in doubt as to the train
portion of the above item-whether it was
wagon tram or train of cars. A pretty
heavy visitation, notwithstanding. Wonder
if the 202 are not the Friends who come to
attend the yearly meeting2
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-10

A curious scene was witnessed the other
day at st. Petersburg, in Russia. The First
Regiment of the Imperial Horse Guards was
drawn up in line, when young officer,
dressed in full regimentals, was led up to
the Colonel of the regiment, who struck
him in the face, took his sword away from
him, ordered him to kneel down, broke his
sword over him, told the two officers to tear
off his Uniform, and then had him clad in
the coarse uniform of private in the line.
The officer thus degraded had stolen money
from one of his comrades, and committed a
number of forgeries. He was reduced to the
position of private in the line, and to serve
for life as such in one of the Eastern Districts
of the Empire
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Company B. sth U. s. Infantry, Bvt. Lieut..
Col. RITTER commanding, has been ordered
to Chapel Hill, where it will he stationed in
readiness to operate throughout the sur
rounding country. The Ku Klux who run
against this company will be apt to have a
hard time of it. Company *" comman-
ded by Brevet Major W. S. WORTH, will re-
main in this city.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-10

A gentleman from Johnston county was
in our office last week, and informed us that
party OF men, number not known, from
the county Of Chatham, passed through
Johnston county night or two since, stop
ping In Smithfeld, and pressing into theil
service valuable horse, which they rode
down, it is thought, as low as Goldsboro'
and on their return, the horse was turned
loose and died from exhaustion.
There is mystery connected with this
mission which our informant is unable tc
solve-but it is presumed it had something
to do with the Ku Klux movement in Chat
ham. I.f--.-, .....1.s ...,..t .-.--s
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-10

FESTIVAL AND FAIR.-The ladies connec-
ted with the M. E. Church in this City will
hold Festival and Fair, about the 25th
inst, for the purpose of raising funds to re-
furnish and fit up their parsonage. A very
worthy object, and we hope they will meet
with abundant success.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-10

The Vindicator regrets to learn that a son
OF MIR. Hadu, of Rutherforhton, was seri-
ously wounded by the accidental discharge
OF pistol on Sunday night. 1t learns that
MIR. H. was making preparations to follow a
thief who had stolen one of his horses, and
dropping the pistol, which he, Mr.. H., was
loading, it was disch rged, and the ball en-
tered the thigh of his little son, SCATTERING
the bone fearfully.
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pl,amotins tie Ef6tiency of the Raw.

Promoting the Efficiency Of the Navy.
Secretary Robson has issued an order In
which he says that "To make the navy pc
culiar with seamen, and overcome, as tar as
may be, difficulty of obtaining men who
will make it their permanent home, 1t is nee
cssary that they should never be needless,ly
denied such indulgencies as may be consis-
tent with the efficiency and discipline of the
service. Liberty on shore should be used
as an encouragement and reward for good
conduct. 1t is therefore suggested that
hereafter commanding officers shall give
to such of their men as by uniform good
conduct may deserve it, every indulgences
in this respect compatible with the perform
ancc of the necessary duties and the main
,enancc on board their ships. Command
ing officers are directed, instead of with
holding all the pay of the men until the end
of the cruise, when it is liable to be spent in
a short time, to allow such of their crew as
desire to draw it, one-ffth of their monthly
pay at the end of each month. The Depart
ment is of the opinion that the custom of
taking away the pay of seamen by summary
court marshal is an injudicious one, and cal
culated to punish the families of offenders
rather than themselves"
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-10

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WEsT.-The Ashe-
File Pioneer is ''glad to learn that there is a
|'Olect on foot among several of our enter
Using citizens, to commence building ope
Ftions in short while. One speaks of cree
tFecting, another public hall for offices,
Ind others residences. No one, however, 1t
eems, will venture to expend dollar in
hprOyements until the depot of the Yves
I'm North Carolina railroad, and its con-
Fetions is established or definitely located.
ie hope the depot in question will soon be
Gated, and that those of our citizens who
Re anxious to build will do so at once"
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A Madman in a Bank-Attempt to Assas.
sinate the Paying Teller of the Cit
izens' Savings Bank-Seizure
Of the Funds of the
Bank-A Struggle
and Narrow

ana NdllOW
Nod Escape. ~.
At about II o'clock on Tuesday morning
the public office of the Citizens Savings
Bank, at Canal street and Bowery, was the
scene of an attempt to commit murder. Re-
Gently James Lillias, o depositor in the bank,
called on the paying teller, Mr. Charles w.
Held, and prolessed that he had lost his
bank book, adding that he wanted to draw
his money. The teller informed him that it
would be necessary to advertise, and he did
advertise in the San of last Sunday. HAY
ing done which, he went to the bank and
demanded his money. The teller then in
formed him that it would be necessary to
make an affidavit of his loss and get new
book before he could draw the money due
him. Lillias did not understand this, and
went from the bank in i'll humor. fl na
Yesterday forenoon he returned to the
bank and again demanded his money, and
when told the proper course to adopt, he
lost his temper, and swearing that he would
have his money, drew four barreled pistol,
and pointing it at Mr.. Held, discharged it.
Fortunately at that moment Mr.. Held NOV
ed on one side to close book, and the bull
let entered his coat sleeve above the elbow,
merely cutting the cloth. Lillias discharg-
ed second shot, which struck the handle
of one of the drawers under the charge of
the receiving teller, Charles Regnault. and
then fell to the floor. Lillias then seized the
top of the glass screen, male spring, and
with bound cleared counter, screen, and
all, altogether seven feet high, landing on
the counter On the inside, and then spring
ing to the floor. ...
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MILLS BURNED.-We regret to learn that
the valuable mills, known us the old Foulk's
Mills, ten miles north of Greensboro, were
destroyed by fire on Tuesday night last.
This is heavy loss, both upon the commu-
nifty and Mr.. James Foulks, who had Just
put the mill in the very best repair. There
were several hundred bushels of grain stor-
ed in the mill. It is supposed to be the
work of an Neutrality-suspicious.,
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Thomas Lloyd, John Lloyd, Morris King,
ohm Andrews, and John Moore, with their
smiles, left the Cane Creek section of this
county last week for Tennessee They went
BY wagon, and lot of young men went
with them. Some families have also gone
trum the New Hope section.-Hills6orO' Re
nrler.
We would inquire of the Recorder if this
movement is the result of the unsettled state
Of affairs in Orange? We should not be
surprised.
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The american says the mail rider, accused
Il robbing the mail-bags of money letters,
oatween Stdtesyille and Wilkesboro, has,
sfter an examination before Judge Mitchell,
een sent for trial before the T. S. CT cult
,ourt. The evidence was very strong
E,ainst him.
The same paper is pleased to receive con-
ilued reports of the good prospect Of the
On crop in Iredell county and the surround
lg country. 1t is turning out much better
iin was at one time anticipated. There is
10 large masts and hogs are doing finely,
/ VILE beef cattle are abundant.
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The Western Vindicator is informed that
no less than four colored laborers have been
killed on the Eastern Division of the W. N
G. R. R., within few weeks. all the result
of accident from falling rocks in the tun-
mel, or in deep cuts on the unfinished con.
tracts
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The submarine cable between Sweden and
Finland is completed, securing communica-
ton with the whole Russian empire. Com
mercial relations between Sweden and Rus
STA are rapidly increasing. The first ship
mcnt of nails ever made from the former to
the latter country has been recently de-
spatched from Gutenberg to Riga.