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Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21


cried and wrung her hands all the
time she was talking to her."
FOUNTAIN sIRA's EVIDENCE.
Bette Sira's father, Fountain
Sira, then testified: " Bette Sira
is II years old past. She was II
the 9th of last OCTOBER
On cross-examination he testified
she was born in 1872. He said he
had eight other children, but could
not tell how old any of them were
or when they were born, but said
he could remember when Bette
was born because his mother died
in 1878, a year after Bette was
born. "My wife told me when Bet
tie was born. One of my daugh-
ters, 'Mackey,' married when she
was Is years old. This troubled
her a great deal. Bette never
hired out. She worked out for
accommodation. I did hear some
talk about Bette and man named
Barnes. There was nothing in the
talk at all. / never heard this
talk until after this trouble came up.
can't read nor write. Bette
lett my house when she started to
Missouri"
EVIDENCE OF SHERIFF SEE.
R. E. See, sheriff of Montgom-
cry county, testified: ~ captured
Dusenberry in Kansas City on the
Saturday following the trouble
which occurred. He was in the
bar room of the Windsor Hotel
where l arrested him. He said he
wanted to see me privately. He
then asked me to let him go, as no
one would ever know anything
about it. / told him I could not
let him go. He begged like good
fellow and said he would be my
slave if I would let him go. l
refused. He then told NE he had
taken the girl into his saloon, as
charged, but that she was willing
then brought him back to Mont
gomery. He said if / had been
day later he would have been in
Washington Territory. He told me
how he had skipped out of Mont
gomery without being caught. |"
On cross.exarnination See said :
"He did not tell me that Mr..
Hughlett told his friends to tell
him he had better slip off. He did
not mention Mr.. Hughiett's name
at ALL"
DR.. BUCKS EVIDENCE.
DR.. S. T. Buck, of Wellsville.
one of the physicians who exam
ined Bette Sira, testified: Il ex-
amined the girl ten days after the
trouble He then gave an ex-
tended account of the examination.
stating that she was 1acerated
and which, in his opinion, resulted
from brutal treatment of her per-
son.
| Immediately after dinner Friday
the cross examination of DR.. Buck
was completed, during which
as while the testimony of all the
physicians was being given-nearly
every doctor in the county was pres
ent as an interested listener. DR..
Buck was on the stand good
while and showed thoroughly that
he was posted on anatomy.
EVIDENCE OF DR.. GRAVES.
| DR.. James F. Graves, who con-
Quoted the examination of Bette
Sira, testified that he had examin-
ed her ten days after the trouble
and found her lacerated, which, in
| his opinion, resulted from violence.
IDr. Graves evidence was like DR..
Buck's-very interesting to all who
are interested in the construction
of the human body.
| EVIDENCE OF DR.. HUDSON.
/ DR.. D. 0. Hudson, who assisted
| Drs. Buck and Graves in the ex-
animation of Bette Sira, testified
substantially to the same facts as
they did. After DR.. Hudson's evil
dence the State rested and the de-
fense made its statement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21

WHILE everyone is thinking and
talking about the Worlds FAIR,
how many are giving especial
thought or study to the event which
is to commemorate? No American
should allow the year 1892 to find
him without minute knowledge
of the life and the life work of
Columbus or Of the histofyess the
continents which he discovered.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21

long she was on the stand and the
matter In regard to which she
had to testify.
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CRoss-EXAMINATIoN.

On cross-examination the porter
testified 81 noticed Bette :Sira
very particularly. remember
when she got of l don't remem.
Der any other lady on the train or
when any other lady got of. 1
don't remember about any other
stop we made that night except
the one at Montgomery. While
they were asleep there were two
arms of chairs between them that
did not hinder them from holding
hands in each others lap until
conductor Reach woke them up. !
don't know whether the train STOP
ped at WelIsville or not. / don't
remember about having fuss with
a man about stopping at Wellsville
but do remember about Bette
Sira u
Juryman Lewis Phillip thsn ask
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-05-16
GERMANTON GLEANINGS,
[ Condensed from The Times

Misses Flora Chaffin, Cornelia and
Mildred Hill have returned from
Winston.-The Post office has been
moved to States store DR.. J. P.
Bynum has returned from Baltimore,
having completed his medical course.
Rev. Oscar Haywood, of Mt. Airy,
preached to a big congregation in this
tow, Sunday night-The Cornerstone
OF the new Methodist church at Stokes
burg was laid yesterday-The new
depot at Waddell's on the r. & S. r.
r. will be called Denis.-The Third
Quarterly meeting for Stokes Circuit
will be held at Shiloh on the 1st Sat
urday and Sunday in June.-Mr
Henry Yeates and Miss Lillian Fulton
were married last Wednesday.-The
Baptists will hold an Association ut
Buffalo Church, in this county, on
Saturday and Sunday the 18th and
18th Of this month.-Mr. John A.
Brown, the popular salesman of the
Hardware house of Brown, Rogers &
Co., was in town yesterday-The
following officers were elected last
Monday: Mayor, David Poindexter,
Commissioners, w. &. Glenn, VIM
Campbell and Z. j. Styers; Consta
bic, Marcus II. Ligeon.
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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS
HAPPENINGS IN TIE ADJOINING
COUNTIES.
Reported For The Sentinel by Our
Correspondents Our Neigh
bors Arc Doing.
THE NEWS IN LEAKsVlLLE.
[Cordeasea from the Gazstte.l

Baseball has struck the town.-The
P. 0. has been removed to the store of
Fagg & Hopper-Last Friday there
were betYeen three and five hundred
wagons in town. The Alliance men
were here to buy fertilizer which had
been ordered by their agent direc,
from Baltimore-The LeaksviIle
Bank commenced business last Tues
day. Col, John Lemons was its first
patron, being the first to draw from it
on a negotiable note-Married at
S.oneville, on Thursday night, the I'd
instant, Miss Georgia Lewis, of Stone
Vile, and Mr.. Numa Vaughn, of Wal
nut Cove.-The municipal election
last Monday created very little in
terest, as there was but one ticket in
the field. The officers elected are
Mayor, B. F. Ivie; Commissioners, J.
II. Hampton. D. L. Carter, D. F.
King: Marshal, w. w. Wade.-A
special train will be run to Danville
by Messrs. Patterson & Hopper on
Sunday, the 10Th instant, to hear Rev
Sam Jones preach. Round trip tick
cts. 75cts.
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stories of life in Old Virginia, in
which the pathetic devotion of the old
family negro is idealized, are read with
delight around every freside; Mrs.
Amelie Rives Chanler enjoys the
questionable distinction Of being the
American Ouida; Miss Frances Court
enay Baylor, Miss NJ G.. McCleIland
and Miss Julia Magruder have not
only published volumes which give
faithful pictures of certain phases of
Southern life, but they contribute reg
ularly to the metrop2 2litan magazines.
Perhaps the latest as pirant for liter
Ary fame is Mr.. A. G.. Gordon, who
has written for. The Century some
characteristic sketches which show
decided ability.
Tennessee and Kentucky come in
for their sharesof glory; each contri
butte one story-teller of national re-
putation. Charles Egbeit Craddock's s
stories of mountain life in Tennessee,
which have appeared from time to
to time in the Atlsntit Monthly, are
too well known to require comment.
Mr. James Lane Allen has contributed
to Harper's and the Century several
sketches of Kentucky life which have
the genuine blue grass freshness and
charm.
The limits of this article will not al
low even a notice of the younger poets,
and while there are other story -tellers
whose names deserve to be mentioned 4,
my aim has been to notice only those
who are known to the nation. Others
will doubtless win. their place for
themselves in the near future, but in
the meanwhile enough names have
been mentioned to show that Southern
writer's have been kindly received by
Northern readers, and that the great
magazines have become truly national
by ignoring all sectionalism in the Sc
lection of their literary matter.
1t is needless to add that the reflex
of this magnanimity upon Southern
writer's has been wholesome and graft
tying. While their writings contain
the warmth and color and glow of
Southern lite, they have shaken Sec
tional shackles from their limbs and
have breathed into their work the
| broad spiait of nationality, which is
growing and strengthening every day.
Northern mas azines have become ma
tional magazines, and Southern writers
have become national writers.
A. w. LONG.
Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. G..
April %.
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CAUGHT IN THE TRAP.
How a New York Concern Tried to
SwindIe Davie County Man.
From the StutespiUe Land,nnrk

How New York Concern Tried to
SwindIe a Davie County Man.
From the Statesuile Landmark1
The case of Mr.. J. T. Eaton, post
master and merchant at County Line,
Davie county, is exactly on all -fours
with that of the Yancey county man,
told of by the Marion Times Register,
few weeks ago, who wrote for jewelry
and got a block of wood. Mr.. Eaton
got into correspondence some weeks
ago with morris & Miller" of New
York or the vicinity, in regard to the
purchase of lot of jewelry, and sent
them $50, writing that if the goods
came mp to the representations he
would order 5000 worth more. They
replied acknowledging receipt of the
letter anu money and saying that as
they had some very choice jewelry on
hand which they might not have
when he wrote again, they would take
the liberty of sending him 5000 worth
at once, instead of the $50 worth he had
ordered. The goods came by express
to Statesville, charges $3.50. G. o. d.
"Morris & Miller" advised Mr.. Eaton
when they were shipped and Mr..
R. K. Murdock, express agent here,
advised him when they arrived. He
raked together $3.50, came here, paid
it over and received his package. The
paper wrapping being removed re-
vealed tin cash box, 53x8 inches,
painted black with pretty trimming
but the box was locked aud no key
accompanied it. Mr.. Eaton carried
it to Mr.. j. q. Lamprecht to have a
key fitted to the lock, buL he had
none which would fl it and as it was
late in the evening Mr.. Lamprecht
That night in 10. Whites barber shop
Mr.. Eaton's curiosity mastered him,
and securing pair of pinchers he
pried the box open. 1t contained I,
block of white pine wood. with scraps
of newspaper stuck in to fill up the
cracks between it and the box.
Mr.. Eaton saw that he had been
scooped, He secured the services oi
Maj. H. Bingham, as counsel. and
the same night swore out warrant Of
attachment for his $3.50, which was
still IN the hands of the express agent
The money was attached, advertise
ment was-made for 80 days for "Mor.
ris d Miller" To appear aud establish
theirclaim to it, and the 80 days ex
pired last Friday. The honorable
shippers did not appear either III per
SON or by proxy, and the money wa.
awarded to MIR. Eaton, but his $5(
are gone forever and he was so dis
gusted with his tin cash box and hi
block Of wood that he left them will
Justice Stimssn on whose shelf thel
stand for an everlasting memorial
| Suckers seem to be biting unusuall,
we'll this spring.
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HIGH POINT BRIEFS.
tCondcased from the Enterprise.l

The telegraph line between here
The furniture factory is getting well
under way and expects to commence
work al an early day.-A good many
Randolph people take advantage of
the construction train and pay US fly
ing visits daily.-Gov. Scales, Judge
John A Gilmer, Mr.. Julius A. Gray,
Hon. D. f, Caldwell and Mrs. A. l..
Wright have subscribed 81 900 each
towards building $4,000 Presby-
terian church in reensboro.-At the
election last week the following ticket
was elected: Mayor, Z. ID. Steele ;
Commissioners, r. J Lindsay. E. A.
Snow, " P. Pickett, I. A. Sechrest,
w P Pickett is Sec'y. and Z. A.
Snow is Treas.-Col. Andrews came
here last Friday and, owing to the bad
weather the previous week, he did not
find as much track on the new road as
he expected to see. The road was
within 5 miles Of New Market and
Col Andrews WAS just compelled tt
have the road there bJ Saturday
night. Capt. Nichols was equal tt
the occasion. He sent to Greensboro
for another engine, conscripted A
negroes from the Winston road, hireG
thirteen wagons to haul rails aheao
and with his indomitable energy wen
to work. At sundown the next day
he was at New Market 81 miles o
track in two days. Who can beat it !
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He Did His Best.

SCENE First, Country School room,
Young Lady Teacher-"Tommy, you
had better go out and wash your
face"
SCENE SECOND, The room, taco min-
utes and half later: Young Lady
Teacher-sTommy, you've washed
your face we'll, but you've not wiped
it nicely; your forehead is al wet"
Tommy LOUDLY, being aggrauoted at
anappreciatad efforts )-"Wiped it as
high as my shirt'ud reach !"
Young lady teachers attention is
suddenly demanded elsewhere.
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Tha, is tie Size of 1t.
[ From the Gastonia Ga-ctfe.l !

When Democrat nova days an
nounces that, after careIua and pray
erful deiiheratiou, he has come to the
honest conclusion that he has been
mistaken and has determined to
change his political affiliations, then
you may know that he is smelling
after storekeepership in distillery-
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TAR-HEEL YARNS.

The Gov. Of N. G. to the Gov. of SEA
Test of characteristics on jarvis.
Bro. Bailey, of the Biblical Recorder
has q good joke on the Presbyterian
SynJd of 1888. In an obituary of enc
of their dead brethren they say .sThe
Synod regrets that it has not had the
opportunity before this to place his
name on the register of its honored
dead" d."-Ashebor0 C0,7.ier
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This is what you ought to have, in fact, You
must have it, to fully enjoy life. Thousands
are searching for It daily, and mourning be-
cause they find it not. Thousands upon thou
sands Of dollars are spent annually by our
people in the hope that they may attain this
boom And yet it may be had by all. We
guarantee that Electric Bitters, If used. accord
ing TO directions and the use persisted in, will
bring you Good Digestion and outset the
dearnon Dyspepsia and install instead Eupepsy.
We recommend Electric Bitten for Dyspepsia
and all diseases of Liver, Stomach and Kid
neys. Sold at SOC. and 100 per bottle BY
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wINsTON-sALEM N. G, THURSDAY, 1880

that the rebel war cry should trace its
origin to Tennessee-which above all
others is the rebel state-the only
state of the second rebellious confed-
eracy which waived all discussion of
the constitutional rights of secession
and standing squarely on its rebeilious
record against England and North
Carolina, rehelled out of the Union
instead of seeding out of it.
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A scrap Of paper Saves Her Life.

1t was just an ordinary scrap of wrappil g
paper, but it saved her life She was in the
last stages of consumption, told by physicians
that she was incurable and could live only
short time; she weighed less than seventy
pounds. On piece of wrapping paper she
read of DIR. Kings New Discovery, and got a
sample bottle; it helped her, she bought large
grow better fast, continued its use and is now
strong, healthy, rosy, plump, weighing I40
pounds. For full particulars send stamp to
w. H. Cole, Druggist, Fort Smith. Trial Bot
ties Of this wonderful Discovery Free at v. o.
Thompeon,s Drug store
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Mosquitoes and -.s:ch.v
[Eum he .statespilie Landmark

Summer is coming along and Gen
eral Order No" is beginning to be
issued by the military men Of the
State about the encampment and the
like They make the readers of the
nsvs1tosrs pretty 5ics but we
have to take them along with the dust
and flies sand other incidents of sum-
mer.
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You Havn,t seen win ston.

LFrom tie Salisbury Watchnaam.]
They say that no other city in North
Carolina can boast of as pretty girls
as Salisbury.
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sugar read what he says.
TOLEDO, O Jan 10, 1887.
Messrs. F. J. Cheney & Co-Gen
tlcmen Il have been 10 the general
practice of medicine for mo- 40 years
and would say that in all my practice
and experience, have never seen a
prescription that [ could prescribe
with as much confidence of success as
l can Halls Catarrh Cure, mannfac
tured by you. Have prescribed it a
great many times and it effects are
wonderful, and would say in connec
tion that 1 have yet to find case Of
Catarrh that it would not cure, if they
would take it according to directions.
Yonrs Truly,
L. L. GORSUCH, NJ. D.,
Office, 215 Summit St.
We will give 500 for any case of
Catarrh that cannot be cured with
Halls Catarrh Cure. Taken inter
nally. F. J. CHENEY 81 Co,
Props, Toledo, o.
pagSold by Druggists, Zoe
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Severe Scalp Disease Cured.

\ few weeks ago my wife suffered very much
from disease of the scalp, and received
relief from the various remedies she used until
she tried CUTIcURA. The disease promptly yielded
to this treatment, and in n short while she was
entirely well. There has been no return OF the
disease, and CUTIcURA ranks No. in our estiina
lion Tor diseases of the skin.
REV. J. PRESLEY BARRETT, D. D.,
Raleigh, N g.
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Cuticura Remedies

Are positive cure for every form of skin. scalp,
and blood disease with loss of hair. from pimplcs
to scHotula, except possibly ichthyosis.
Sold evet ywhcrc. Price, CUTicUI;A, SOC. SOAR,
25c.; HtsoLy1NF. ST. Prepared by the POTTER
DRC5i AID Clt1'',ciI. CoE:PoRATIoN, Boston.
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81 s2f'g Skin and scalp preserved and beaatifed
- : t- CCTICURA SOAR. Absolutely pure.
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a Fever sora Eight Years Cured.

7 must extend to you the thanks of one of my
customers, who has been cured by using the CUrI-
cUIiA REMEDIES, of old sore, c1uS. Il by long
spell of sickness fever eight years ago. He was
So bad he fearful he would have to have his
leg anlputateti, but is happy to say he is row
treIy well, - sound as a dollar. lie requests
use his name, which ia II. II. CAsoN. merchant
of this place. JOHN V. MINOR. Druggist,
Gainsboro, Tenn.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-05-16

Did you ever hear of dog catch
ing fish with a hook and line? Well,
such a thing has happened in Chat
ham. On Easter Monday, Mr.. Joseph
Green, of Hickory Mountain township
was fishing in Rocky river when sud-
denly his pole was jerkcd into the
water and his dog jumped into the
river, caught the pole il his mouth
and swan with it to the bank and
safely landed big catfish! Next
-PiHsboro Record.
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"a The SENTINEL is emphatically
the Farmers paper.
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Daniel G. Fowle, Governor of North
Carolina, and John P. Richardson,
Governor of South Carolina both
these gentlemen, each with his staff,
were at the Hoffman House. One of
the staff from South Carolina reports
that when the distinguished Execu-
tives met, Gov. Fowle said:
"This is an auspicious and sugges
tive occasion. If it were not that to-
day is Sunday
Whereupon Gov. Richardson inter-
rupted:
"Gov. Fowle the best we can do is
to compromise. Have some soda
with me"
The Governors were within easy
reach of each other for the whole cen
tennial period.-N. Y. Sun.
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a man who has practiced medicine
for 40 years, ought to know salt from
sugar read what he says.
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Mt A PImPLE On t!lal HOW.

covered with eruptions. Thought his
hair would never grow. Cured by Catf-
eura Remedies. Hair splendid and not
pimpIo on him.
cannot say enough in praise of the CUTICURA
REMEDIES. My boy, when year of age, was
bad with eczema th8t lie lost all OF his hair. His
scalp was covered with eruptions, which the doc
tors said &ras ...sI head, and that his hair would
never grow as,ssiE. Despairing of cure from
physicians, began the usc OF the CUTIcURA RENE
DIES, and, happy to say, with the most perfect
success. His hair splendid, ard there is
not 4 pinple on him. l recommend the CUTICCRA
REMEDIES to mothers the most speedy, econom-
ic :,i sure for all skin diseases of infants
and children, and feel that every mother who has
al afflicted child will thank ne for doing.
Mrs. NJ. Z. WOODSUM, Norway, Me.
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What constitutes bad character has
often puzzled judges and jurors. In
the last term of Wake Superior Court,
according to the Goidsboro Messenger,
a witness swore that the plaintiffs s
was bau. He WAS asked in what par
ticular it was bad. He replied that
the old man was curious and comical,' >
that he wculd not visit any one and
would allow no one to visit him; and
and this was Smiths bad character
State Chronicle.
About the juiciest testimony as to
character ever given in this State was
that of Judge Clark's witness in
Wilkes court about two years ago.
Being asked if he knew the general
character of A. B, he answered that
he did. What is it? "Well, passing
and re passing, entertaining. it is good;
but in financial matters, and especial
ly in matters of winding up dead
mems estates, it is bad .''-Statesville
Landmark
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