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We ARE indebted to that energetic must
clan and composer. HrsRr J. FEEEs, for
oopv Of bis lat 81 effort. entitled "susanre'"
words By II. 8. TrszEvASr. The dedics-
ZION Is ,o Miss LoUfsr sxrrHvicK, OF Mem
pbIs. Team. The copyright Is to FErrs q
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sArs the Houston Post; 1T 10 about
time for The independent papers tc become
democratic. This IL campaign year"
The p,st knows how 'tis i,stl,
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Failures.

HUrTireDoN, Pa, March lob. g. Rum.
berger Il Bro, commission merchants. at
Petersburg, this county, have failed. Liza
bilities, S25 600; ossets nominal.
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osE of Boston's dog.catchers has cap
tured and killed &,o52 CANNES during the
past five years. That isl dog-gope good
Allowing.
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EreLaSp viii send special minister to
treat with the Arabs. GRAHAM, GosDoH
and Hrwrrr should bold an indignation
meeting.
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COfSG tOUTii.
No. 2. si' and l. press. caves .,..... 800 p m
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Obituary.

NEW York, March 10 Madam Anra
Bishop, once famous singer, dIod suddenly
last night CT npopieIy.
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THE Cor.icana council adjourned regu
lar sitting to bear MINNIE HAUK. Is Ger
sicsna aspiring to be tbs Cinsinnasi o
Tsxase
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Civil Service Reform in New York

ALBANY, N. Y, March l9.-Tho bill
making 1t IN andstory apon cities OF 20 90
In nabitsnts and upwards to adopt the civil
service rules passed ths assembly to-day
50 TO 81.
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JOHN Swlsros's ticket reads: HENRY
GEORGE, Of California; LOWS F. PosT, OF
New York" It's not transferable.
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IL three wise men OF Gotham" KELLY,
O'BRrEs aud DANA, we're to go to sea In
bowl, the democratic party would breathe
freer
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"CarNA Ready to Treat is the h,ading
over @ csblegrsm. OF course 1t will be to
cold tea.
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Dir. Gould.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, March l9.-Jay
Gould leaves for the north to-day.
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Lawrence Barrett.

NEW Yoay, March 10 -LRwronce Barrett
sailed FOR Liverpool to-day on the Calls.
He plsyp in Irving's Lvceum theatre, Loc-
don, beginning April 10th.
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SOMEBODY suggests RoTHERrEi I'D b.
HAYEs-iug should be positively prohibited
during the coming campaign.
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osxAs DIssA is far from crushed, and
news OF GENERAL GRAKAMs defeat in the
next encounter may not be uDexpe ,ted'
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Denninsssn's psfnultins rostmastsr.
BENRIsGroN, VI, March 10 -PostmasteI
Tifi4ny's default aggregates about 5000.
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No Donbs Of That.
B.nssn's capcine porous plssttrs are
clean. reliable. quick acting and highly mt
d,sdpsi DIR. q. X. SiVNeSa
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All papers Discontinued al the Expiration
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Look AZ the printed label on your paper Ihe
dat ller.ou shows when the subscription OK
plrts, rCfwar he money in pmpie tmo foi
renewal fyou DC lee uubfukcu nlcs na ccAn'
aol HlWays furnish beck numbers
Cubs rNsri desiring The HadIrts ~ Iheif paper
changed viii piece tltie in their CczmunlcA'
iinn both ihe n'd and new address
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nn.a,. stool. and Hand.

Nav YohK, March l9.--Money, | l-2 IN
.. closing 2; prime mercantile paper. s.,
sterling exchange, B. b., firm; isT; sight,
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Coughs and Colds.
Those who are suffering from coughs,
colds, sore throat, ETC., should try Browns
| Bronchial troches. Sold only in boxes.
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Remit by DRAFT ON Dallas posloiice money or
der ur Tpglitsred letter lfsent otherwise, We
will NO. 81 responsible ior mlsegrflagos. Ad'
troia IlTE HtRALn. Dallas, Texas,
spcclmsu copies sent nee on application.
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Ccmpiii r.sht pngos ~ hNy-ti2 cllumw
made un finm thr 81 an Of tie d,iy eiiuuns,
fftlH SRI NO unI phHA srtt noNtpapef Ia the
state aai hnlN offered ~ tho following 10
dufsd faIts
One Cory, one Nenr,,,,,,,t,....,.s.,s. NJ 80
FROM March "a November 10, 1884 10
IsYARtAnLY M pvANck
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WYE AR Authorized 40 ASNOI MOI
w SIR } ACOB i UGH as o. candidate fo
Coun'm % Do toe Third Ward Election, 81
OF Anti.
WE ANS AuTHomzgD 10 ANNOUNCE
w CT u D.. A WI LIAMs as a candidate
for Al rmau tom Fitst Ward
\AK . r At1 HORNED 10 ANNOUNCE
W j VI RiNkf a. ardi1Hio tor rc-rleo'
lion ~ ,ile, Of Al1.rmen Of tho Second
NE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
W Mr. JOHN srELLM An FOR rG-elentien IN
The fiCe yl c. nOilinan In he second Ward Of
che city flncii' sth ~ Anril
WE AIRS AUTHOR ZtD TO ANNpu NOE
w Captain ROBERT H. sEAY as q candidate
for Aldoimsnin Third Wsrd.
I'VE ARR AUTHOR ZEO TO ANNOUNCE
w Captain ROBERT GIBSON an "A candidate
IN Alderman of the 18th Ward.
NE. ARR AUTHoRlzED TO ANNou CT
~ csBdidata for the ofios Of Alderman from
tbs seco1i Ward
f7roN fHE CALL OF A L ROE NrMBER
Y Of citizens OF tho sixth Ward JOHN HENRY
BR0WNisa candidate for A derman Of tha same
w r. =. C0CKRELL rs a candidate for Al
6exmsn from the First ward.
NE AXE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
" M. Il RowLEY rs candidate for AL
dfrman rom the Fourth Ward.
I'VE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE ].
W d CARTER as a candidate for Alderman
IN the Sixth waid
ftTE AXE Az rHpBIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w DR.. ~ ". NEWsOM AS n candidate for
AldermGn Of N. Fourth Ward. Election. 2nd
Tuesday In nj
Y HERkBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS a CAN.
Il didae Ter Alderman Of the Firth Ward
Election, md Tuesday Ia April >TEWAkT.
N1E AR REQUESTED TO ANNOUNCE ].
w " PORTER FOR Alderman OF tho Second
Ward Election. 2nd Tuesday IN Arril.
hTE ARB sUTHUnIZ % 10 ANNOUNCE
w Mr.. SlGMuED LOEB as n candidate for
re-elcoh for Alderman TO represent the Fourth
Ward i cotton. 2nd rne.dav In Aprll.
tNTE ARE AVIhUkiZED To ANNOUNCE
w Mr. G. BOGEL rs candidate for re-
election IN the Office of City Assessor and 4.
lector III riinn. 2nd Tresda in ri
I'VE ARE AUTHORIZED 10 ANNOUNCE
~ the II nmeof Cplone' J. G.. WILLIAMSON
as q csnfitat fer the office Of AID, rmsn from
the Fis, Wrd
N7EA ARE AUTHORIZED 10 AMMO UNU1
w ED g. SMITH Ms a candidate for Alderman
Of the Fourth Ward Election, Rad tuesday, IN
April.
WE ARE AUTHORIZED ASD REQUESTED
w To announce Mr. @ ARNOLD az can
didate for re.eleotOn TO the oflce OF City Mar
shall. hleciisn 2ud tuesday In April.
y1II ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w p j. sHEEHAN as an independent can
dideta for City Marshal Election 2nd Tuesday
inAprIl
I'VE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE ".
w J.. VAUGHAN as candidate for City As.
lessor sni Collector. Election, Ind Tuesday In
April.
VITEARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w the name OF Captain W. y. MORTON AZ
candidate f.r City Marshal. Elecuon,2nd Iues'
dsy In A nrll
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w Mr. y g. ROGEL rs candidate for re-
election 70 the olice Of City Assessor and @ IL
lector Ll ulinn. 2rn Tmesdn in A ~
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MJs nRt sUrHOalZ % 10 ANNOUSCE
w Mr. SlGMuED LOEB as q candidate for
re-elcoi y for Aldermen TO represent the Fourth
Ward cotton 2nd Tuesday In APRIL
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THyE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
~ the Emeof CDlone' J. G.. WILLIAMSON
IA candidate fer the office Of AID, rman from
Tho Viset W I'd
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THURSDAY, MARCH 20. 1884.

Dos'T tell long. horn to Ego TO grass"
MANY candidate Is defeated by scratch.
"BucK BEER IL coming sign OF the
times.
THE Black Watch IS composed OF sombre
tart-uns.
BLAINE sin leaves Us in suspense as to
his book.
Frrz-JoHs PoErxR vii. ba the death Of
somebody yet.
PRrL.rK purple is announced. Cardinal
red must 20.
uApruuR chances OF = second term"
1.-The President:
A THURMAN club has been started al
Eureka, Celifcrpis.
Avr.,r. In Europe are Frightening mp 10
the newsmoneer.
80 f,,. mail 10 suspected o, belrf
an eiectionesring dodge
wr,cH Of the two polls win knock TIL
rcsic entail persimnon7
..,.
Rsrp Of Maine. meyer makes di'Ioin'e'
rsrjy. AK TowsshrsD.
Ixras trust that the LasKrs incident ha
bssn Ell uslly exefc'se'.
Psrxr.cs TnLEz will now have On op
portan.ty t. serve out bis time.
rnr dirty shlrt end not the enssnsuioe'
one IA gong 10 be TIE campaign gufccn.
Xrsuesczt that CAnrEz HzErfsos ~e-
nIzzi. .: u. ~ psosciins Ircquois cirl
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Psrxr.cs TnLrz will now have on op-
pcrtanity tc serve out bis time.
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TI1E ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNoUNUs
w ED O. SMITH as a candidate for Alderman
OF the Fourth Ward Election, Rad 2 tuesday, In
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rr,e Of pastnge 10 all Parts OF the United
States aud Canada.
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Lzr as trust that the LssKrs incident has
bssn effsc, asily exefc'se'.
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rnr dirty sh.rt end not the enssnsuioe'
one Ia going TO be The campaign su'dcn.
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RAN Of Maine. meyer makes di'join'e'
reply. AK Tossshrsp.
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w to announce Mr. J @ ARNOLD AZ n can
didatc for Tc.eleotio to the Office OF City Mar
ahal. Iiuntlan pnh runEdaY In mil
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vx.uescst that cAnrEa HlEsfsos ~e-r
= aud. .: u. - psosciine ifcquos CUB
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T7roN fHE CALL OF L ROE NUMBER
~ Of citizens OF tho sixth Ward JOHN HENRY
BROWNS a candidate for A dermsn Of the same
NE ARE AUTHORIZED 70 ANNOUNCE
w r. y. C0CKRELL rs q candidate for Al
an frnrr tho First Wand
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ME ar REoUe STEb TO ANNOUNCE j.
w II PORTER FOR Alderman of tho Second
Ward Election 2nd TUESDAY IN Arril
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ItTE A9g AUTHORIZED 10 ANNOUNCE
w DR.. ". ". NEWsOM as n candidate for
AldermGn OF N. Fourth Ward. Election. 2ud
Tuesday In afrfi
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Dos'T tell a long horn to "go TO grass"
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BLAINE sin leaves us in suspense as ia
his book.
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WE AXE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
" M. L Il RowLEY rs candidate for AL
derman rom The Fnurih Ward.
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w.,cH Of the two polls viii knock the
rcsic entail persimnon9
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TEE new fss. mail 10 suspected OF beirs
an eiectlonesring dodge
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The Black Watch Is composed Of sombre
tsrt-una.
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7 IERkBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS a CAN
Il didae fnr Aldermen OF the Fifth Ward
Election End Tuesday ia Apri NJ STEW HT.
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yITI ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w p. j. sHEEHAN as an independent can
didets for City Marshal Election Ind Tuesday
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IVE ARE ArTH0kIZED TO ANNOUNCE j.
W D CARTER a. a candidate for Alderman
In the Sixth Ward
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CARPET DEPARTMENT.
BODY BRUSSELS
AT e1.15 PER YARD.

This department will be en-
larged, and before the altera-
tons will take place we have
concluded to make another re-
duction on Odds and Ends.
Tapestries at Csc and 75c, well
worth 90 and 81. Extra SUI
pers at 75c.
In New Goods we are
showing a great variety of
Moquettes, Body Brussels, Ia
pestries, Three-ply Extra Su.
per Ingrains, Straw Mattings,
Lace Curtains, Turcoman and
Raw Silk and every novelty
which is apt to ornate your
house.
BODY BRUSSELS
AT si.Is PER YARD.
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WE Ar Authorized 10 AcSOI NOE
w SIR AtOB UCH as r candidate for
Councl'm % On tbe Third Ward Election, sth
n A.
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NE AIRS AUTHOR ZED TO ANNOUNCE
w Captain ROBERT y. sEAY as candidate
for Aidcttuan In I . TLlrd MArh
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"BuoK BEER" ia coming sign Of tho
tiraoS
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Frrz-JoHS Porter vii: be the death o
somfbody yet.
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AyrArs, In Europe are Frightening mp 10
the newsmonger.
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I'VE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE W.
w l.. VAUGHAN as . candidate for City AS.
lessor snd Collector. Election, md Tuesday In
April.
I'VE AXE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w the name OF Captain w. y. MORTON AZ
candidate f.r City Marshal. Election nd Iues'
daY In A nrll
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W Mr. JOHN spELLMA AZ Tor Tg-clcoiien Ia
the GiCe ,f G, noilinan In he Second Ward Of
ss,a cfiy rinnti. d sth ~ 4nrii
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ME ARR AUTHORIZED TO ANNoU p CE
w the name Of Colol W. Is. GREENLAW
~ caBdidata for the ofios OF Alderman from
.ha Second Ward
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A Trunx.s club has been started
Eureka. California.
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MANY candidates. defeatei BY scraic
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NNE t.E Al UOKlZkD TO ANNOUNCE
w J. NJ RuNEI a. cardidato tor ro-tlca.
iioh tHe ollo, If AldtrmHn Of tho Second
NNa,d NJ Ii o .lInr Mnl lnnl nlant ON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-17
CamoaiQn Currency.

Stokes Republicans nominated John
II. Lowe for the House.
Col Paul B. Means has secured the
Senatorial nomination in Cabarrus.
Mr.. III. w. Dixon is an Independent
candidate for the House in Chatham.
Person county Democrats nomIna-
ted Nj. j. A. Long for the House
Col. Sam Tate was nominated for
the House in Burke. Mr.. Geo. H. Gar.
din was nominated 10 Mcdowell.
john L. Scott, Esq, of Graham,
was nominated for tie Senate from
Alamance and Chatham.
-Messrs. ]. s. Brown Of Mcdowell
and W. II. Bower Of Caldwell were nom.
mated for the Senate in their District.
The Republicans Of Nash have nom
mated Mr.. George Robbins, whom VIII
son Mirror describes as a clever man, as
one of the Senators from the Nash
Franklin-WiIson District.
Cleveland county Democrats adopted
the Primary Election plan, and nearly
everybody turned out to vote for hi:
nominee. Young Tom Dixon, the Wax;
Forest orator, and brother Of Rev. A. Z.
Dixon, was chosen by a large majority.
He studied for the pulpit, and then fol
the stage, and is said TO be a fine speaker
Mr.. John w. Nicholson, Register O.
Vance county. aud recently renominated
prints a card IN the Cold Iedf. declaring
that he is done with politics forever, ana
regrets that he ever had anything to dc
with public office. He will remove OF
the lst of November to Texas, where he
has formed business arrangements.
Pit county Democrats nominated
Willis r. Williams for the Senate r.
+. Mayo and e.. w. venters for the
House. Or. Chas. j. O'Hagan was call
ed out, and made a spirited speech. f.
Ward was chosen for Register and Jas
Il. Cherry for Treas.
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Mess. A. W. Graham and James
Holman were chosen, Democratic nom
mess for the Senate, from the Goth Dis
trict
DR.. Robert Williams, OF Char
lotte. died on Monday from the effects oil
aconite taken to reduce his pulse, as a
preliminary TO getting an insurance poll
CT on his life.
Only % cents will pay for the Far
mer md Mechanic a Trial Trip until
Election Day. Send your quarter n
keep up with the Exposition News.
The present faculty of Durham
Graded school Is as follows: Prof. T..
w. Kennedy, superintendent, Profess
ors Il. j. Simmons and T.. ID. Monroe,
Misses Bessie Tanning, Lula Freeland,
Dora Tanning and Eva Cox.
"A Catholic priest at Browns Mills,
y. j., happened to pass a lake where
six giddy girls were drowning they
having firted their boat under water.
He plunged in and rescued four, one OF
whom he got by diving to the bottom OF
the water. PC feet deep. Another man
saved two. The brave priest hurried
away to escape being lionized.
A new phase in the mystery at At
lanta last year recently transpired. The
wife Of policeman Rose, while sleeping
with a Miss Frazier, was killed by parties
unknown. Her husband was tried for
the murder and acquitted. 1t was said
he plotted the crime with the girl Frazier.
She died last week in chiid-bed. This is
considered corroborative Of the suspi.
cions which formerly prevailed.
Geo. w. Kirk. of Kirk & Bergen's
outlaws, was in Wayncsville last week,
week,-supposed to be working mp some
deed of deviltry. The News says the
citizens declined to accept an introduc-
ton to him. This is to the credit OF
Waynesyille. Kinks conduct in Ala
nance and Caswell was bad enough:
but his previous record was still worse.
Kirk and McLindsay lodging about the
the State signifies SEINE scheme o.
skunkery.
Miss katherine Hamilton, of Hills.
boro, and Miss Caroline P~ettigrew, Of
Oxford, who passed the Civil Service
examination last November, have re-
Gently been appointed to positions N
the Treasury Department. 1.-THE Iron
clad'' oath is rendered to them, they
can now safely decline it on the ground
that they are not a~ntiquarians in search
of such relics of barbarism. To men Of
Grover Cleveland's stamp the country is
indebted for decently burying that skel-
eton.
The Board of Agriculture Was IN se2-
sion yesterday: Messrs. Holt, Glenn. Rob.
inson, Leazar, and others present.
Col. Robinson, In the course of a pleas
ant visit, said he felt assured that the
dog which bit his son was not rabid.
The wound is healing steadily.
Col. Robinson recently passed Cash's
Depot, and accidentally met the famous
old man, whom he describes as much
broken, and exhibiting none of the bra
vado reported in the dispatches from
Cheraw.
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TO BE CONTINUED.
GIRLS TAKE DESPERATE CHANCE

n" DED' n
baltimore, Sept. l0.-Three girls at
tempted to escape from the female
house of refuge, on Carey street, this
morning. All were about Is years of
age. and their room was on the third
story. They had torn their bed cloth
ing into strips and made a rope leading
to the ground. Two of the girls were
light and slender, and they reached the
ground in safety. The third girl was
not so fortunate. She fell about ten
feet, receiving internal injuries of a seri-
u nature. and also sustaining a COM
pound fracture of the left leg. Her
companions. when they learned how
badly She was hunt, thinking she was
killed, raised a noise, and all were taken
back into the institution.
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KILLING THEMSELVES BY HUNDREDS
1t will seem incredible by those who
do not see papers from al parts of the
country, when we estimate the number
ofcases Of self-destruction at fully FIFTY
per week for several weeks past! The
intense heat, Joined with financial trou-
bic, made a perfect shower of suicides
last week. The two bank men at Bruins
wick, n. j., were not cold before J. II.
Squier, a banker Ct Washington City,
followed suit. Then came the hanging
of John Shipherd at Cleveland, Ohio.
He was the sou Of the founder Of O5er-
lin College. Then VIM Messer of Boon
ton, \. j., a wealthy merchant for
whom Blaine used to keep books, killed
his wife and his daugh;e-, and then
himself. l.. u Minor, a Broadway mer>
chant, blew out his brains. Frances
F. Taylor a leading s~tationer, drown
ed himself 10 the Niagara Falls. Geo.
A. Latham, Editor of the Statesv'lle
imcytcaa, was found. dead in bed at his
hotel ia S.atesville Saturday morning.
Death was supposed 20 have ensued from
an over dose of laudanum. Several empty
bottles wor2 found in his room. He had
just returned from Newborn. where his
old friend. aui acquaintance doubtless
gave him the e)ld shoulder. owing to his
change to RepublIcani>m and his violence
in the new direction. He left a note for
a neighbor saying--'You are a gentleman:
all the rest of the S~tatesvilliaps NAV 90
to hell" La early life, he aud his broth
err became involved 10 a street-fight in
Washington, y. c.. which resulted in
the death of the Messr5. Grist. Latham
vas convictel !, but the outbreak of the
war led to his pard IN, an5 he made a
good soldier. He had traits or character
which Won for him warm friends, and
there will regret for his untimely fate
George T.. Williams. of Ogden, Utah.
sCn of Or. Williams, of Harrisburg, Va.
committed suicid. on Friday night at
New York by shooting himself in the head
at the house of Rev. DR.. tiubbell -
Judge Thomas 4. Spicer of Albany, Ga,
killed himself with poison.
A telegram to the Observer says John
Campbell, white, and Tom Dorsett, and
Dan Marsden, colored, were suffocated bv
foul gases il a well near Pittsboro.
The steamer Herman o; sank near
Smithviile, \. c., on Sunday. Five lives
were lost.
The explosion of a cotton ompres at
Eufala, Ala. is said to have killed. d
men. More than 200 bales of cotton were
burned.
The deaths at Naples have reached
1000 since the cholera epidemic began
But the cool weather has improved things
somewhat.