The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-07-09

FRIDAY morning
palla, current NJ, Ma, l.h...
mother IN law # uur tosuStuau NJ
Patrick. took twelve grams - opum
through mistake and accurl4us ta tas
opinion Of her physfr'.,n has ut.', 5 80
hours tu 1--we
William prummoud "H,, th..t
Justice Of | tah where hc wascd hitter
warfarc Oh Brigham Dung. has been nucd
= by Chicago Police Justice for stealing
papers from the top of letter h"N -
70 obtain the stamps
Wilmington star Mr. Archie Ma
rlne attempted to commit sulcid. W educ-
day evening, by Junplng overheard and
drowning himself The attempt na- tru-
trated b, a friend Who jumped 10 the rver
and rescued him al the imminent rlsk of
his own life
State>ville Landmark Mis- MoiIc
Swami daughter II Mr. Wilson swami.
committed suicide IN her bed at her home
a few miles below Troutm.,n~ on ~hcr
rll'o Ford read III tins county At au early
hour Tuesday morning, ~ cutting her
throat with razor She had htou ~I,k "a
bed with fever about a wcck
Little girl from Chicago our fam
lily Is u more ari>tocrttlc family than
yours
Little girl from Boston No ui-ut
My mother can boast of her forcfai hcr- te
the last two centuries
Little glrl from Chicago tOh, that t.
nothing. Ny mother can boast 81 iour
husbands in the last two years
@ In North Carolina, where the Leg
islature recently appropriated $50, 600 for
the benefit Of disabled soldiers who had
served in the Confederate army on the
Supposition that there would be- about
| 900 applicants. each of whom would r.
ceive $50, over 1900 applicants have
already presented their claims. and it Is
thought that the whole number viii reach
1000. If this expectation is realized. each
disabled veteran Will receive the muuth
cent gift of :. -.
. A firm, composed Of culorrd men
merchandising, Thomas X stockton ~
name, made an assignment last week /.
b. kerner assignee. Liabilities about
81 900. .--One hundred years old This
is the &C ntennial year of the salem FIRE
Company. The first fire engine was i'm
ported from Europe To our neighbor in
1885. They have the engine yet -
report is iii circulation that a newspaper
Is to be started in Greensboro oStcnslbly
/
Leader.
My dear, said father To- his
! daughter, how long ago was ii that
George Jackson Went west to seek his for
/ tune
'Just a year" the girl replied with a
] blush
/ Was there anything between YOU and
George sometimes thought that he WAS
fond of YOU
He was, papa, and the girl hid her
face on the old man shoulder :" | prom
iSed George when he went away that |
would wait for him for years if necessary
! II have a letter from him
''Oh, papa - she exclaimed ''Dor.
/ he has he oh, tell me, what does he
/ saw
.He wants twenty dollar, 10 gct home
! with. New York un
-. Washington, July , Editor Bon
/ itz of the Goldsboro Messenger called
+ upon the President Yesterday He Wa
accompanied by senator Ransom. MFR
Bonitz told the President that his admin
/ istration was giving very general ati,tac
! ton i'll North Carolina Oilicc seekers aud
/ some others were dissatisfied with the Dc
lay i'll making removals But hc thought
/ that most of the people were not only
! friendly but Jealous IN behalf of the Dem
I ocratic administration.
Lieutenant Gov Robinson has acccl lfrd
an agent Y in the land office the salal4 OF
/ which is - 600 and expenses The posi-
ton requires him to do some trauelin.
Representative Johnson came TUESDAY
4 night Among the work he intends to ac
+ compliSh Is the removal If Gudgrr and the
appointment of a Democrat as postmaster
+ at Ashcyille. Mr. Johnston Is supporting
! Weaver, Senator Vance another person
/ The feeling III favor of the action j, very
. str 0ng.
Capt. Jno. B IIu-,el Ia. rented hou,c
on Capitol Hill and removed his family
from Greensboro.
OF the sixty two pension office cAamiu-
ers discharged under the proN i,ions of the
act of July :, 1884, Is Il North CarohnIau.
Mr. f. &. olds Mr.. j. IIorah has been re
tanned
..A reporter of the Macon (GaJ Tel
egraph" gives the following account Of !,
visit to the willow farm Of Mr. / c. Plant.
| which is only few miles from Macon
In "a building on the premises, SAYS Tia.
reporter, were number Of negro women
and boys At work stripping the bark and
leaves from the willow switches This I-
the first cutting Of the crop Of two years
growth and the Weld will be- two or three
tons These switches are from four to
seven feet long and are cut and placed III
bundles like shcayes Of wheat Thcy are
then taken 10 the stripping building and
placed III vat filled with water he
large ends are then placed ii Il peculiar
little machine which loo.. ~ the bark fur
4 couple Of inches Pa--iuy along on the
table they are placed one ~ one I'm h'
,trippcrS, a little machine the iutrufIou
If Mr.. Plant, and with pair o' pli.r ARE
pulled through with one jerk This pro
cess takes of All tn" bar. and lcaye- ih,
switch = are then wiped oil with Wopicr
cloth by passing them through the hand
They are then bundled ard LAID a"ay I,
dry. The little cOutriyancr ascd tDr strip
ping forms its work admirably. Mr. Plant
sent Switzerland and the willow farms ID
the North and West for nachinc-. but al
We're crude and worked unsatisfactory
He sci about and soon made one 81 tA,
purpose. which does its work rapidly auo
effectually. All the leave, aud bark ar.
dried and baIed, and command price o
twenty three cents per pound. They ar
used for il certain kind Of medicine Mr.
Plant has 400 900 willows now growing oi
his farm. He has within the last year s.
out 81, 900 and they are growing finely
He will set ont his entire levce with them
and will then have sixty acres III willow
alone ton TO the acre is the avera z
Weld, and he willows when shipp.-
dried command 5000 per ton in doze
markets. In three years all he has set ou
8 now Will be high enough to cut The vi
. low farm is a success throughout, and Co
f. c. Grier, who was looking al il recent
ly, says the bark and leaves alone, 10 "a