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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-07-23
An Accident.

'.Dear me,'' gasped Mrs, Knoawl,
..here is terrible item in the paper.
My, how the poor man must have suf-
fered.
What is ftp" asked her husband,
coming to her side.
why, one of these poor walking
match fellows swallowed q SPONGE"
What? Let me see.
After carefully reading the article,
Mr. X. threw the paper down, growing:
''You women amt got a grain Of
sense; it don't say he swallowed 8
sponge
81 know it don't in those exact
words, !" answered his wife; then bright
" continued, .'bnt how could he throw
up the sponge if he didn't swallow it?''
atlanta Constitution.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-07-23

The Lawrence (Mass..) Anerican has
found just one Republican in that city
who will not vote for Blaine. It adds
that for every Republican found who
will not vote the ticket it will find five
not heretofore classed as straight Re-
publicans who will.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-07-23

Inter Ocean July y: After the
nomination yesterday, some one g
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-06-21
Selma Academy.


SpecICL COTTcSiOTtOeflce or ZHe C1lTOUIclc.
SELMA, June 16.-The closing exercises
of the Selma Male and Female Academy,
Selma, N. c., held Thursday and Friday
evenings Of last week, proved highly en-
tertaining to the great number of people
that assembled each evening. The con-
cert of Thursday evening was highly COM
plimented, those taking part in it reflect
ing much credit on themselves and on
their teachers as we'll. On Friday even
ing, long before the exercises commenced,
the academy was overfiowing with people
who came from near and far, from Smith
field, from Goldsboro, from Clayton, from
Princeton and from the country all about,
until nearly a thousand had assembled.
The exercises consisted of music Vocal
and instrumentaD, dialogues, recitations
and calisthenics. 1t is difficult to say who
of the young ladies and gentlemen that
took part in the exercises deserve most
praise. All had thorough knowledge of
their part, were perfectly composed and
by their very graceful manner won the
applause Of the assembled multitude
Prof Smith, the Principal, has cause to
feel proud of his excellent school, and the
school, it's patrons and the people of Sci
ma may well feel proud of their excellent
Principal and his assistants. S.
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TRINITY COLLEGE.
The COmmen cement Exercises Last
W eek--GOod Speaking. an Interesting <
Occasion.

Trinity College Commencement took
place last week. On Sunday the theologi
cal sermon was preached by Rev. DR..
Burkhead, of New Berne On Monday
night members of the Sophomore class
eclaimed-cOntesting for the Gay medal
given by the Rev. ". J. Gay, of the \.
&. Conference The medal was won by
Mr.. L. F. Skeen. of Mt. Gilead- On
Tuesday night members of the Junior
class contested for the Bodie medal-pre
sented by Mr. b. n. Bodie, of South Car
olina The contest excited great interest.
The medal was given to Mr.. {. W Robin
son, of Montgomery. Wednesday morn
ing the annual sermon was preached by
DR.. W. II. Milburn, of New York, and a
wonderful sermon it was In the even
ing Dr. A. W. Mangum, of Chapel Hill,
delivered the annual address. At night
the alumni address was delivered by Rev.
n. NJ. Jurney, of the n. G.. Conference.
His subject was ''SignS of the Times
Good and Bad" and it was handled in a
mastery, telling manner. After him
came Prof. J. d. Hodges with an original
poem about the students, faculty and cit
liens of Trinity in very pleasant and
humorous way.
The graduating speeches were as fol-
lows: Tariff, Alexander Archie Bulla,
Davidson county; ''Heart Life" Andrew
Lee Wynn, Ridgeway, N. c.; college
Life" Elijah Sterling Gum, Ianceyville :;
''QuixOtism," James Monroe Skies, Gran
vile county; ''Esto Homo" Amos MentO
namon Stack, Monroe; 1.-The Claims of
Our Nation" Henry Leonidas Coble, Gull
ford county; North Carolina" Junius
Amyntus Johnson, Trinity; ''The Achieve
ments of Science William Crawford
Earnhardt, Concord; Renovation of the
Earth" Preston Alexander Snider, Win
ston; 1.-The Southern Problem; or, The
Awakened South" Matthew Whitley Nc
Collum, Chapel Hill.
The Literary Societies were represented
by J. Y. Fitzgerald, Hesperian; W. W.
Rose, Columbian Valedictory address
by Bonner Golet Marsh, Beaufort county.
{ The great interest was in the Wiley
Gray medal, given by r. I. Gray, Esq, of
Raleigh, for the best orator of the gradu-
ating class. The committee, consisting of
: NJ. S. Robbins, of Asheboro; DR.. W. NJ.
RObey, of Goldsboro; Prof DOub, of Jones'
boro; Prof. Mangum, of the University,
and F. c. Robbins, of Lexington, after pro
longed study, awarded it to J. A. John
son, of Trinity, and it was presented by
E. r. Stamps, Esq, of Raleigh. The con
testants were, Messrs. Stack, Snidel, Earn
hart and McCollum.
The B. Craven scholarship medal,
awarded to the one receiving the highest
grade during the year, was won by Mr..
J. NJ. DOWnun, of Concord, whose aver
age was 90 81 SO out of a possible 100 1t
was an excellent and creditablc Com
mCncCment.
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\. G. MINES.
4 CHANCE TO ATTRACT MORE
CAPITAL TO THEM.
W e lei N o IN e Corresponde nt's
Views of the State and of the New Or
leans Expeditions.
lspectai Corres1,onde,.ce Of 1he CAror.aeie.

Special Correspondence Of The C1rortoie.
WASHINGTON, d. c. June 1s-The min
ing interests Of North Carolina are in their
infancy. Granted that il Is a pretty old
infant, but all the same il still wears It's
swaddling clothes. My reason for saving
This Is that the area of mining lands in
your state is so far greater than the de
velopment that You have scarcely touched
the borders Of your immense mining re
sources. This has been brought TO my AT
tention within a few days by some remarks
made by prominent officers of the L. :
Geological Survey, and by the knowledge
that has come to me of the immense ex-
hiblts that are to be made by the National
Government, and by the great mining
States and Territories of the West of their
mineral wealth. | am intensely desirous
that the unequalled resources of North
Carolina in iron, gold, silver. copper and
| tin, and in all those minerals employed in
mechanics ard the arts, should be So
broadly illustrated, first at Raleigh and
then at New Orleans, as that these com
petitorS of hers shall fail to take the first
place in the estimation of the world. =
place that belongs to North Carolina and
that she can hold against all competitors,
provided the needful effort is made
IN looking over the file of the Times
Democrat Of New Orleans recently, l no.
ticed that more than twenty of the great
est iron manufacturing houses of Great
Britain had made applications for space
for the exhibits of their wares and pro-
ducts. 1t is but another indication of
British enterprise, and of the determina-
tion of its shrewd manufacturers to obtain
| permanent foothold in all the markets
of the world. John Bull is very persis-
tent fellow-he is never discouraged
he does not propose to allow the iron
mines of America to interfere with his
aggrandiZement. J. B. aforesaid will
send hundreds of his capitalists to New
Orleans to see what the South has to show
in the way Of raw materials, and it de
dends upon the owners of mining property
in your State whether or no its attractions
shall be presented in such tangible form
to practical British eyes as shall result in
the building up Of such great furnaces
and forges as within a few years have
been erected in Tennessee and Alabama.
The eyes of J. b. always keep a sharp
lookout for the glitter of gold, and the
scintilation of gems. If in addition to
the splendid displays of these things that
| know the State Board of Agriculture
will embrace in the collection made under
its auspices, there shall be furnished it
through the instrumentalities of citizens
engaged in those industries, first class
specimens of all your minerals, ores and
gems, an impetus will be given to the
mining industries of your State that will
add millions of dollars to your vested cap
ital and give steady and remunerative
employment to thousands of your citizens.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-06-21
THE GKAMERCY HEIR
SEEMS TO BE THE PRESENT RE-
FORM GOVERNOR OF n. Y.
The Growing Feeling in Favor of Cleve.
Iand--A Letter Written Before the
New York Convention met.
Special Correspondence Of The Chronicle

Spect0C correspondence Of me CTT-Ontcte.
New YORK, June 18th.-It looks very
much as if Gov. Grover Cleveland would
be the Democratic nominee for the Presi-
dency. When Mr.. Tilden's letter was
published which virtually. and it is taken
for granted here decisively, put him cut Of
the race, there were few days of great
lndeclslon in Democratic opinion. Bayard
lOOmed up as the most gigantic possibility.
Forthwith then came the revival of his
Dover speech, which predicted that the
war for the Union would be a failure. No
one who knows Senator Bayard has ever
doubted or can ever doubt his sincere love
Of the Union and his patriotic life. Yet
this Dover speech, it is feared, might so
strongly appeal to the prejudices of many
people in the doubtful States that his can
didacy might involve some risk of losing
the best opportunity that the Democratic
party has ever had.
In consequence there has been pretty
general turning of popular attention to
Gov. Grover Cleveland When Cleveland
was elected Governor his Presidential pos
sibilities were very thoroughly talked
about. In several ways he has followed
so closely in the footsteps of Tilden that
his chances are better than they would
otherwise have been. He swe}G New York
like cyclone. He has done good Reform
work against Republican rottenness. He
is {; bachelor, too. In fact, there are
many reSemblanceS.
But he is not as great man as Tilden
He has had no long experience in public
life, and is not any way very great man.
He was Mayor of Buffalo, then he became
Governor; and that is almost the extent
of his experience.
Yet he is thoroughly upright man, a
man of popularity and no mean manager.
If the convention were held this week and
the New York delegates were to give color
to it, it is most likely that he would be
nominated
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4 Novel and Interesting ExcursfOn

The excursion from Durham TO Colds
boro last week was one of the successes OF
the season. Messrs. w. Duke Sons a. Co.
closed their factory giving their employees
an opportunity to spend day pleasantly,
indeed 1t might be called Duke excur-
sion. Nearly all OF the thousand people
that were along were the employees OF the
Duke factory, their families and friends.
On each side Of the middle coach was n
large pacard, the full length Of the coach.
telling the people on the way in bold red
letters that Dukes cigarettes were the best
ever made, while a pretty little strcamer
bearing the same inscription with n pic
ture of the smoking Duke, was pinned
to the shoulder of each pretty lassie and
on the lapel Of all the boys coats Mr..
w. Duke went along to see the young pco-
pie enjoy themselves, and no body enjoy
ed the trip more than he. Mr.. j. B. Duke
also left off for while the arduous du-
ties of the mammoth concern and went
along to take in the pleasures Of the trip.
Nothing occurred to make the excursion
anything but a very pleasant affair
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-06-21

To The CHRONICLE 1t will soon be
time to make nominations for members of
our mex: Legislature, and ] think il ought
to be urged upon each candidate, Of what
ever party, to pledge upon every stump
in the State that if elected he will vote
for some measure providing for the sup J..
port Of North Carolina MANNED and dis
abled soldiers. We certainly have been
derelict in this respect. There arc num-
bers of these old veterans now suffering
from wounds received in her defence, and
are unable to work, and have not the
means to buy the needed medicines. let
alone the necessaries of life. 1t i in
their behalf this appeal is made.
! want it understood that this il not
written by one who would be benefited
by the provision referred to, but by q true
NORTH CARoLINiAN.
Wake GOaLzlkN .Ifzlk II
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HOmicides in Moore.
1IO1EIOE EUCS III 4NOOIOs
Special CO1reSDOndeuce of the ChrOui

Special Correspondence of the Chronicle.
MOORE Co., June 16.-The facts about
the killing Of Williams by Cole near Jack
son Springs are these Jno. Williams had
difficulty with a man named Mclean.
Mclean was taken into the house for pro-
lection. Williams, with knife in hand,
then pressed on John Cole, the keeper of
the bar room, when Cole shot him twice
in the chest killing him. 1t is said to
have been done in self defence. Cole gave
bail in the sum Of $500.
At Justices trial last Saturday at Mr.
A. B. Fry's three negroes acknowledged
the stealing Of hog and, while the JUS
tice YVES getting ready to send them to
jail, one of them attempted to escape.
Mr.. Lowder, who had charge of the pris-
oners, ordered him three times TO stop,
then inquired if he must shoot; and on
hearing some one in the crowd exclaim,
''Yes, shoot him." he fired and killed him
dead. Lowder was arrested and commit
ted to jail. These are the facts as they
have been reported to US.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-06-21
Looks Business.Like.

Last week large meeting of Independ-
ent voters was held in Boston, who do not
accept Mr.. Blaine. They met TO decide
whether they should organize third
party The meeting was important be-
cause it consisted of SO many influential
men. Among them was President Eliot,
of Harvard College, Henry L. Pierce, one
of the most high-toned Republicans in the
State, T. W Higginson, Rev. James Free
man Clarke, Charles r. Goldman, J. H.
Seelye, W. H. Forbes. They appointed a
committe of one hundred to devise further
plans, and decided to await the Demo
cratic nominations. Such an organization
of such men, let us hope, means perma-
nent rebellion against machine politics.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-06-21
Sane? Inspired, bv Jupiter!
ELcaaa the Yn1.ha4.0 .NG1xfhpa.ner

A few days since a demented colored
well known politician of this place, In
formed him that the Lord had appeared
unto her and had shown her in visions
that the Republican party had brought by
its sins and corruptions the evils that now
inhict sorely the people. She said that
the Lord had shown her that the white
Republicans were the cause. The sin of
the negro was in following too blindly
these evil-disposed white men. Beyond
doubt the old woman is sane in some res
poets.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-06-21
POLITICAL SPARKS
Struck by Journalistic Lightning and
Got by Other Sources of Inspiration.

Got by other Sources of Inspiration.
-Pender endorses Major Stedman.
The Chowan Democrats declared for
Capt. Coke.
The Texas Democrats oppose National
aid to education.
Texas is for Tilden and Hendricks in
spite of everything.
The Neaus and Courier, of Charleston,
S. c., is for Cleveland.
Mr.. Ferguson is strongly urged for
Congress from the Westermost district.
The Charlotte Observer has Cleveland
and Pendleton for its Presidential ticket,
-Tilden and the fish bill were COM
mended by the Democracy of Pitt county.
The worst that can be said Of Cover
nor Cleveland, of New York, is that he is
a bachelor.
Capt. W. H. Ballard is spoken of as a
Democratic candidate for the Legislature
from Franklin county.
Prof Graham, Superintendent of the
Fayetteville Graded School, has been
spoken Of as candidate for Superintend
ent of Public Instruction.
Mr. Duncan Cameron, in communi-
cation to the Durham Recorder, has for
purely personal reasons refused to become
a candidate for the Legislature.
Robson county, in convention, last
Saturday instructed for her own Col. Row
land for Congress, and endorsed Col. w.
L. Saunders for Secretary of State.
Mr.. j. w. Harden, of Alamance, is
nominated by correspondent of The
North State for the candidate for State
Treasurer, Uice Mr.. W. Duke, declined.
The Halifax delegation to the State
Convention is reported seven for Coke and
seven for Scales For the Senate j. NJ
Mullen was nominated; for the House, A.
J. Burton and David Bell, Jr.
The New Hanover County Convention
''ResOIced, hOaUecer, That inasmuch as
Major Stedmans name will not be before
the convention for that high office Gov
ernOr but because our people and our sec
ton greatly desire the benefit of his able
and useful services in behalf of the State,
we do present him for the Office of Lieu
tenant Governor and our delegates are
hereby requested to urge his nomination
as fit and worthy to be made, and to use
their best endeavOrs to effect the same" "
The same convention passed resolution
favorable to Col A NJ Waddell for Con-
gress.
Wilson Graded School, and Superintend-
ent Of the University Normal School, his
friends seem determined, shall have
strong backing for superintendent of Pub
lie instruction in the Convention, if he
will consent to allow his name to be pre-
sented. Randolph county has instructed
its delegates to vote for him; and Forsyth
and Davidson and Wilson, besides other
counties, send delegates who are said to fa-
vor him. The press has very strongly insist
ed on his nomination. The following papers
have editorially expressed a preference for
his nomination: The Winston Sentinel, the
Washington Gazette, the Stonewall Enter
price, the Edenton Enquirer, the Snow
Hill Telegraph, the Beaufort Telephone,
the Wilson Adronce, the Wilson Mirror,
the Asheboro Courier, the Kinston Free
Press, the Kernersville Neacs, the Winston
Leader, the Henderson GOld-Ledf
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-06-21
OLD SOLDIERS, HOME.
The Plan Adopted for Raising $780,
600 to Ruild it.

10 the People OF North C01Oti1l0 The
Confederate Home Association of North
Carolina was organized at Charlotte on
May Goth, 1884, for the purpose of rails
ing the means and establishing in North
Carolina a suitable home for such of our
tain themselves by reason of wounds dis
ease or age.
The Association elected the following
Directors: Gov. T. J. Jarvis, Gen. r. F.
Hoke, Gen. A. NJ Scales, Gen. Rufus Bar
ringer, Capt E. r. Stamps, Lieut.. 7. G.
Skinner, Maj. Elias Carr, Col. Wharton j.
Green, Capt. Oct. Coke, Col. J. \. Gilmer,
Senator Z. B. Vance, Col. r. F. ArmfeId,
Maj. w. A. Graham and Capt. James L.
Robinson. The Hon. Joseph J. Davis, of
Franklin county, with State Treasurer j.
NJ. Worth, and Julian S. Carr, of Durham
county, were elected Trustees * x x
Samuel G. White, Cashier State National
Bank, Raleigh, N. c., has been made
Treasurer, and Charles w. Lambeth, Sec
retary.
All contributions in money should be
forwarded to the Treasurer, and all other
communications should be addressed to
the President of the Association, Raleigh,
n. G. The amount required to carry out
the plans of the Association is one hun
dred thousand dollars, and the hope is en-
tertaned by the Directors and President
that every dollar of this sum will be con-
tribnted by the people of North Carolina
Organizations in every part of the State
should be formed for collecting money,
and every contribution offered should be
gratefully accepted. 1t will only require
an average of ten cents from each white
person in the State to build and fully
equip the Home. Every five cents con
tributed will make and place at least one
brick in the Home. To collect an average
of ten cents from each white person would
prove an easy task if the people generally,
or the old soldiers and ladies, will organ
ize in each township and earnestly under
take the work. No form of organization
is necessary; simply meet, agree to go to
work-and go to work-and it will not re-
quire very long for us to raise the sum
needed to provide for our unfortunate de-
tenders. Can you not, and will you not,
organize at once, and collect this money
before the State Exposition, that we may
have the double exhibition in October of
our grand resources and of our character
as great and generous people The men
at the head Of this Association have been
honored by you in many ways and on
many occasions, but l venture to say no
prOuder moment has ever occurred, or will
ever occur, in their lives than will be that
one which witnesses the laying of the
corner stone of this Home that is to shell
ter and support our needy and deserving
veterans.
When a sufficient amount has been con-
tributed the Trustees, Directors and Pres
ident will meet, select site and plan and
commence the erection of the Home.
Shall this time be in 1884 :? * * X
w. F. BEAsLEY, President.
Raleigh, June IA.
Col. Beasley has published commen-
dation of the plan given by all the North
Carolina members of Congress and all the
State officers.
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The First Normal Opened.

The Wilson Normal School opened
promptly on Thursday of last week, and
is going with full enthusiasm, doing good
work. There is good attendance. The
excellent Faculty consists of Sylvester
Hassell, A. NJ, Superintendent; Henry
Houck, A. NJ, Principal, and Lecturer on
School Organization, Discipline and Meth
DDS of Instruction; Henry Z. Shepard,
LII. D., Lecturer on History English Ian
guage and Literature: James II. Rayhill,
Teacher of Reading and Elocution; W. j..
Scroggs, A. NJ, Teacher of Arithmetic,
Grammar and Geography; P. P. Claxton,
Elementary Science; J. G. Meares, Teacher
of Vocal Music: Mrs. J. A. Mcdonald,
Teacher of Model Glass; Miss Jane +.
Ward, Teacher of Calesthenics; James W.
Hays, Secretary, and Teacher Of Pennman-
ship and Drawing
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Let's Insist on Bayard, Then.

A St. Louis newspaper telegraphcd to
Mr.. Tilden asking in very pointed Ian
guage whether if he were nominated he
would refuse the nomination. The tele-
gram was referred by Mr.. Tilden to Daniel
Manning, Chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee, to whom his let
ter was addressed, and Mr.. Manning sent
the following reply: ''Mr. Tildens letter
means what it says. His declination is
absolute Under no circumstances will he
be a candidate. DANIEL MANNING' =
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Brave and Successful.

The Commencement exercises of the
Statesville Female College showed the
solid work that Miss Everitt has done dur
ing her first year as Principal. The schol-
astic exercises were both pleasant and sig
nifcant. Rev. Dr. 3. F. Marable preach
ed the sermon to the graduating class.
Miss Everitt before her first years work
was done purchased this instution and has
placed 1t on firm basis financially and
not less firm in every other way The
following young ladies composed the grad
uating class, and received diplomas ::
Misses Louise Hall, Jettie Harrill, Minnie
Hampton and Maggie Allison.
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The Early Bird Catches the Insect.
From the Lincoln Press.

While he was propping up peach tree
on his place last Monday, Mr. Hosea White
ner, of this county, accomplished the un-
usual feat of swallowing a live spider. 1t
fell into his mouth as he was looking up
the tree and Immediately beat a retreat
down his throat. Mr. Whitener was des-
perately i'll for a short time, but has near
ly recovered.
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Wake County, .une II.
That's the Safe Way..WFite it Down.
From The FuL exevtHe Ohseyrer

Our distinguished Republican towns
man, Mr.. W. A. Guthrie, is a political
Vennor. He predicted the nomination of
the unexpected Garfield, and three weeks
before the late nomination at Chicago he
made due record in writing, and placed it
in the hands of other parties, Of his pre-
dlction that the nominees would be Blaine
and Lincoln-his idea being that RlaiDa
would be qualified by an Illinois mar.
And sure enough he is, Logan being net
only an Illinois man, but s'their namA
both begin with" L.