Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-06-02
L~-Commencemcnt Exercises at
|pel Hill next week.

.-CommeDcemcnt Exercises at I
pei Hill next week. [
The coronation of the Gar OF
took place Sunday, at Mos.
COW. There was no disturbance or
disorder. T
General Crook is reported 20
have had a battle with the Apaches
in which fifty Indians YER killed
Crooks loss is not stated.
There is no danger of a tam.
Inc in this country. The secretary
of the Kansas State board of agri-
culture reports that the farmers OF
that State hold over 100000 bush
els of old wheat and owe 37,O00,0 900
bushels of old corn.
The Wilmington Star says
"Queeo Victoria was sixty-tour years
old last Thursday. She will have
been on the throne forty-six years in
June. She has had long reign and
she has deserved the confidence and
affection of her people. Only Henry
I'LL, Edward ILL.,, and George ILL.,,
her grandfather, reigned longer than
she has. Her grandfather was 81
when he died. It may be that Vic
,oria will reign longer than any of
her thirty.6ve predecessors"
The great Southern Exhibi-
ton will be opened at Louisville,
Kentucky, on the first Of next
August. Only three events will
probably surpass 1.-THE London
Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862 and
the Philadelphia Centennial of 1876.
WA A-:ia:-es mill = ST.. 400
square feet. This Exhibition will
show the South is now on the high
road to prosperity. Free labor has
infused new life into the land. The
cotton crop last year was the great.
est ever known, reaching fully L.
OOO, 900 bales. Our industries are
becoming divers,6ed. This Exposi,
ton at Louisville will proclaim the
wonderful progress and development
of the South since the war.
MOI arthy's Detailed Mi
nutie OF Soldier Life from 1861 te
1865" is a valuable contribution &c
our war literature, and a fitting me
mortal Of the gallant men who, fol
four years, fought the balance of The
world and were finally overpowered
The Neacs and Courier, Charleston
$. c., says:
"Of the private soldier too little
has been said, and unless Mr.. Nc
Carthy had happily come to tn
rescue the Confederate private, a
he WAS, would have been unknow,
TO the rising generation, and woul'
have passed out Of remembrance a
one by one, the soldiers 10 the rank
joined the majority. 1t is writer
throughout with intense feeling, o
course, and with q. complete under
standing Of the subject. For ex
tracts from it we have little room
but we oau say that it will bring
smile 70 the lips and Q teal to ID
eyes Of those who were in the q,
mics OF which Mr.. Mccarthy writes
and that it will give 70 the men an
women and children Of to-day
better idea than they ever had be
fore, or could get in any other way
Of what the Confederate soldier was.
The book is q l2mo. OF $50 page,
on handsome paper, printed an
bound in the best manner, with /
full.page and Is smaller illustration
including Confederate b~attle-fags i
colors and gold. Mr.. Sheppar,
who illustrates the book, now rank
~ one Of the fret illustrators in th'
country, and, having served in I'll
Confederate army, is thorough
competent to make faithful an
characteristic sketches of Confed.
ate soldier life. Price, Cloth, STAN,
ed in gold and colors, $3.50; HIS
turkey morocco, gilt, $500; Ha
calf, gilt, $3.50; Tree calf, gil
$500 Silk plueh, gilt, $500; Sati
stamped in gold and c~olors, $50
Address, Miss E. Cameron, Be
80, Hillsboro, N. c.