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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-15
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.

a Terrible Explosion in an English Col.
licry-Elcven Bodies Recovered.
LONDON March 13.-A terrible explosion
occu red in Brynnally colliery, Wrexham.
to-day resulting in the great loss OF life.
Eleven dead bodies have been taken from
the pit Three miners have been rescued.
Later advices say that 20 persons were
killed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-15
COL. WALKER ACCEPTS
The Chairmanship ofthe Interstate Con
merce Railway Association.

merce halfway AssoCIatlon.
CHICAGO, March l2-Col. Aldace f.
Walker has accepted the Craftsmanship Of the
Interstate Commerce Railway association.
He will enter upon the discharge of his new
duties in about three weeks, meanwhile
closing up his business in connection with
the interstate commerce commission. He
will move his family TO Chicago and make
this city his home for an indefinite period.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12
\ DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.
MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND.

By virtue of a mortgage deed executed
to me by. Mary Jane kimbro, dated
April 9th. 1888. and registered in Book
+. page 30s, of the Registers office OF
Orange County, | will sell to the highest
bidder for cash at the court house doc,
in HillSboro, or Monday. February 4th.
1889, Il tract Of iand in HillshorO town
snip. adjoining lands of Thomas Dixon,
William Dixon, CASTOR Workman AM,
Others. containing % acres mo. e or less.
The above sale is made to satisfy said
mortgage and costs.
This LIST day of Jan, 1889.
THOMAS d. TURNER.
MUrtyagec.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12
IFor the Observer.
Obituary.

Departed this life OIL 9th OF De
cember, 1858, Chalmers Moqui,s
Holden, aged % years, son OF +.
Brock and Bette Holden He was
seriously sick but a few days and
had the care OF dear friends TO watch
and administer to his wants. We
miss him, bot hope his sutferngs
here, which we're bat for a moment,
have worked out for him a tar
more exceeding and eternal weigh,
Of glory" eve 10 be; AID always
rejoicing among the angels OF peace.
We wonld not wish him back to
this world Of trouble and distress !;
although he was firmly planted III
our affections. 1t would be a com.
tort TO US, could We have had hinf
with US III his last honrs; "hut Gon.
knows best and took him tor soD,c
purpose, We know Dot;. but We
know This: that He IS al ail-wise
God, and dcelh ali things well.
sweet be Thy rest. dear one. in heaven
above.
WLeIe all is JOY. and happiness and
love;
Borne on angels, wings, to that eternal
SAFE toldcd on thy dear ReIecmcr9
lrta-t.
We miss thee, but the God of love
knows be-t.
Why He should. take thee up among
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12

The State Auditor; recommends
80 cents on the 500 valuation as
the rate Of taxation for 1889 and
1890.
The Richmond & Danville Rail-
road has leased for 80 years the Ok
ford and GAINESVILLE Railroad, and
also the Oxford & Henderson Rail
road.
The Wilmington Mess.nger says /:
OF the Southern United States Sen.
ators who retired from the Senate
on the Withdrawal of their States
rom the Union, in 1861, only Jeffer-
san Davis and Thomas l.. ClinGman
slrvlvc.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois. has in
PRODUCED in the House of Represent
,atives a joint resolution proposing
a constitutional amendment relative
to the election Of President and
Nicc-frcsident AMI Representatives
in Congress. 1t extends the presi.
dental term TO six years, anil makes
the Presidenl ineligible for re-elec.
ton. 1t abolishcs the electoral col.
lesc aud provides for a direct vote
Of the people. Each State shall! i.
entitled to as many votes IN th,
election for President and Vice.
President as Il exc are Senator's and
representatives from such State. al
the popular votes cast in cach.Stale
are to be aggregated and divided
by the number o: The Presidential
votes To which the State is tntjtled
and the quo,ient shall he the ratio Of
q l'%residentla! vote in the State.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12
cH-The Orange County
obSerycT. is the only pa
ncrDuDli.hcI in Orange
County.


The General Assembly OF North
Carolina met at Raleigh jar. 9th.
Lieutenant.Go,erno Stedman called
the Senate TO order at noon. Mr..
X. NJ. Furman was reelected chlet
clerk, and ID. b. Nicholson reading
clerk. w. V. Clifton, the old door.
keeper, was reelected, and a. NJ.
Noble was elected assistant door
keeper. Michael Bradshaw, of X n.
dolpb, was elected e~ngrossing clerk.
In the House, Mr.. Augustus
Leazer, Of Iredell, was elected
Speaker T. b. Womack, of Chat
ham, principal clerk II. A. Latham,
of Pasquo;ank, reading clerk W.
+. Crawford, engrossing clerk ID.
X. Julian, dooIkeerer, and Z. J.
fitzpatrick, assistant doorkeepcr.
Ransom, Alexander, Waddeil and
Jarvis-hil anxious to reside a,
Washington at the expense of the
GovernuSent-arc on hand telling
the members how much they have
done .er the party, aud lively times
may be looked for.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12
A COUSIN.
A DOCTORS BILL SAVED
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn,
June %, 1883.
JUIIt C, 1000.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga,

The Swift Specific Co, Atlanta, Ga,
conference.-the the fall of 1887 a
case o: blood poison developed III
me. 1t was extremely bad, and the
glands about my neck became fear
fully enlarged. A friend who had
reaped great benefit from your med.
lcine induced me to try 5. ). S. Be
fore the first bottle was gone the
swelling went down and began to
improve. In less than two months
| vas entirely we'll. My skin is
perfectly clear now, and my blood
absolutely pure. | am absolutely
certain that Swift's Specific not only
cured me, but at the same time
saved me a big doctors blu. | shall
always cheerfulIy recommend your
medicine whenever an opportunity
offers. Gratefully yours,
ADAM SCHERER.
Ill West Sixth street.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed tree.
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer
3, Atlanta, Ga.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12

AT the close Of the session of the
Teachers Assembly at Morehead
City, July End, Que hundred teach.
ers will make a six weeks tour to
Europe, on which the entire expense
OF travel and hotel charges will not
exceed one hundred dollars each
The party will 60 as far as Paris
and Constantinople.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12

POMONA, n. {.
OF GREENSBORO, n. G..

N OF GREENSBORO, \. c.
The main line of the Richmond 4
DanvilIe Rail Road passes through til,
grounds and within 100 feet Of the OF
ice. Salem trains make regular stop
twice dai Y each way. Those interest
ed in fruit and fruit growing are cor
Italy invited to inspect this the laryes'
Nursery in the state and one of tn.
largest in the South. Stock consists O..
Apples. Peach. Pear. Cherry. Plum>
Japanese P"isimmons. .Apricots. Nee
t"rineS. Mnlberric>. Ounce. Grapes
Figs. Raspberries. Currants. Pie Plant
English Walnut>. CheStnuts. Strawbtr
rieS. Roses. EvergrcenS. Shade Trees. &c
All the new and rare varieties rs vel
as the old ones which 10y new Gaia.
logue tor 1883 will show. Give YOU,
order to my authorized Agent. or or.lr.
direct from the Nursery. Correspond
"nce solicited. Descriptive Catalogue
tree to applicants.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12

The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rhenm. Fever Sores. letter, Chap.
ped Hands, Chilbianns, Cons, and
all SKIN Eruptions. and positively
cures Plies. or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed 10 give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price
% c-nts per box. For sale BY w.
y. Hayes, Druggist.
3"Sil>crihe TOR. the Orange
Conntv Observer. Only 81 tor l.
m0nlh-.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12

Col L. c. Fuller will deliver the
address Of welcome to the ax-Con
tolerate veterans at the reception 10
he given them at Raleigh on the
evening OF the pa. The reception
will tie 1T the hall Of the house. to
which the old soldiers will be escort
cd bv the local. veterans association.
Speeches Wi! be made by several
other prominent gentlemen, Gov.
Fo"lr among them. Col l. L. Polk,
Col. Francis III. Cameron and MAJ.
John s. Nea,h~ry COMPOSE the local
committee Of arrangements.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12

This remedy is becoming 50 well
known aud SO popular as TO need 20
SPECIAL mention. All VITO have used
Electric Bi,,ers sing the same song
Of praise. y purer medicine does
not exis, and i, is guaranteed to do
all that is claimed. Electric Bi,ters
will cure all diseases OF the Liver
and Kidneys. will remove Pimples,
Bolls, Sal, Rheum and other atfec-
,ions caused by impure blood. VIII
drive Malaria from the system aud
prevent as we'll as cure all Malarial
fevers. For cure OF Headache, Con.
stipation and Indigestion try Flee
trio Bi,tels. Entire satisfaction guar
anteed, or money refunded. Price
90 cts. and sl.00 per bottle at w.
y. Hayes Drugstore.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12
From the Durham Tobacco Plant.
REV. SAM p. JONES.

From a letter received from Rev.
Sam J.. Jones we have been per
United to make the following ex
tract
wife, four children and myself
leave TOR California the S,h Of Jan
uary. California is a new field 10
ne. want you all to pray Gods
blessings npon my work cut there.
You may look for me in Du:ha:
(D. Y at the appointed time this
year. You will never be so poor
that | will not love you and be
ready to do Tor You
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12
OF RE.tL ESTATE.
As GRAY.
Commissioner

Bv virtue OF q ~.!ecree of the Superior
court made in the sa>e of john Nc
f,atkeit. tim:uI~trIi"r oi .i,Ili4,i r..
Wilson,. decreased. against The H.. r--i, :
l.iv III tie sail addison t.. Wilson.
will -eil at the our house siuor III
Hillsboro. on Monday the 4tIl day Of
February. 1889. the real estate of the
said Wilson. consisting ri i tract OF
land on the waters of iiaw Greek i'm
Orange County. adjoining the lands of
Eli sharp. Menere Wilson and Others.
and amin. l:r3 acres mere or less.
subject to the widows dover.
Terms oil sale One-thirsi in cash,
one-third i'm six and twelve months.
bond and security. reserying title until
the purchase money Is paid.
This 3lst day Of Dee. l>>>.
JOHN MCCRACkEE.
Administrator atld Communist l 81.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12

There was a printer VIII" marvel
ed at the money men spent IN tobac'
co and beer. For five years, every
line a companion Dough, a cigar or
drunk. he would put a similar amour,
on n side and depoeIt III the bank.
AT the end OF the fifth year his saw
ings totaIed 1857 %. Tnen the bank
busted, and another useful moral
Vas lost to The world.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12
WHEAT FROM SEED 5000
YEARS OLD.
(Cincinnati Enquirer

A mos, interesting experiment,
eliminated recently in the raising
OF some whea; grown from wheat Is
old as exodus. The esl.erimenter
is David Drew, who las: year re-
ceived from a friend in Alexandra,
Egypt, some grains OF wbea, ,akea
from a mummy exhumed near the
ruins of Memphis, and belonging, it
it believed, to the period of the
ninth dynasty. which would make it
ero~n about 5000 years 3 c., or
nearly 5000 years old. He planted
the seed early iu the spring, and
carefully nursed it. l, grew RAPIDLY
and at the time of cutting measured
from six and a halt TO seven feet high.
The leaves alternate on the stalk like
common wheat, but the product OF
the plant is the most singular part
Of II, fer, instead Ut growing i" a ear
like modern corn, there Is a heavy
cluster of small twigs III place III the
spindle which hangs downward from
IT'S weight, and each ,wlg is th'ck1y
studded with kernels. each OF which
IS in a separate busk From what
is thre-hed , larger crop viii he
grown mex. year. as The result
proves tins TO exceed IN quality any
thing modern gram can grow.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12

- AND BtGGfE> AND SHOES
To ID. =. Hinton Al his home ~ mile
south OF trtiar Grove. Ia b~ repaired.
he will taxi pleasure III rcpalrin. all
kinds Of work. Painrin. ard Varui.h-
in. aill BE- carefully done. and the best
material Will be n>etl. | will try 10 DO
your work Ju-t a. @"@+l u. any one. and
Tor less mollsy. Give me a trial and |
VII do my bet 10 please you. shop
IL mile south of { eslar Grove; y. E.
Respectfully,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-01-12
SALE oFvALUABLE PROPERTY

On Monday, February 4th. 1889. ut
the court house door in HillSboro utl-
der order made in the cause of VIM. X.
Laws aud wife and others against thas.
&. Gray in the Superior Court for sale
of lands of VIM. j.. Gray for Partition
of land among his hers. | will offer tor
sale a tract of about - acres. known as
the Wagner tIact. on the waters of
Little River. and bounded by lands Of
Andrew Po' teriield on the north. Thos.
I.9ws on the east VIM. IL. Jordan on
the south. and James L. Turner on the
West.
Ieim> of sale. One-thild cash and
balance AT six aud twelve mo!ifiis with
interest from day of sale. :ii.l title re-
i..iitcd until full payment : Inile.
This 1T day OF january. 1883.
THOMAS GRAY.
Commissioner.
Evening journal., 1889-02-08
NEWSPAPER OPINION.


A Political smasher.
Dover Index.
The Hon. NJ b. Smithers says that he
did all that he could to stimulate the
fractional strife in the Democratic party
which resulted in its defeat last fall II
is a great pity that Mr.. Smithers did not
reserve some of his power to stimulate
more interest in his own party in behalf
Of his senatorial aspirations. If he had
done so perhaps his little boomlet for the
Senate would not have SO ingloriously
collapsed. Hereafter he will do well
TO look after the composition Of the Re
publican ticket instead of fostering in
the Democratic party internal dissen-
sions.
Mr. Smithers also says that he has laid
the plans for the perpetuation of Repub.
lican ascendancy in this state. He is
q ute an adept In the formation Of plans
He doubtless remembers the plan by
which he was appointed to Congress in
1858, through the instrumentality Of Gen
sral Schenck's military order, and how at
the following election the same kind of a
/ plan was so completely thwarted by the
ballots of the people. He may be fifty
denominated the Great Political Smasher
of Delaware In 1852 he smashed the
old Wing party; in 1856 he smashed the
Knownothing or Peoples party-and he
now claims the credit of smashing the
Democratic party in 1888, and in 1889 he
prides himself on smashing the pros
poets Of several Senatorial candidates,
together with his own.
Mr.. Smithers during his political ca
reer has shown that he possesses in an
eminent degree the destructive talent.
but has exhibited in corresponding de-
gree deficiency Of constructive talent.
He can only point to 1868 as the one
triumph Of his life. and that Is only
lighted up by the sheen of glittering
bayonets.
He had better take consolation in an.
ticipation for the plans Of which he now
makes such loud boast will be smashed
in 1890 by the people as they wer,
| smashed In 1854
Evening journal., 1889-02-08
wELL-KNowN PERSONS.

On his way down Chestnut street in
Philadelphia, Mr. Morgan and Mr..
Drexel stopped at John Wanamaker's and
paid the great merchant short visit.
Mr.. Morton looked around the immense
building for the first time and warmly
complimented Mr. Wanamakers enter
prise.
The report that Judge Lambert Tree.
United States Minister to Russia. is act.
ing as the representative Of Mr.. George
II. Pendleton, the American Minister IN
Berlin, is without foundation. Mr.. Pen.
dleton though ailing, is constantly AZ
work He has not been required to call
at the foreign office for some time.
Captain James e. Waller. private sec
rotary to Governor Lee. was found dead
in his Office at the State Capitol building
In Richmond, Va. this morning with i
bullet hole in the right side of his head
A Smith & Wesson pistol lay on the floor
The deceased was thirty-two years OF az,
and a native of Stafford county. N,
cause is assigned for the deed.
Mrs. Maria F. Montgomery, widow Of
the late General Bacon Montgomery. VIII
died in st. Joseph, Mo-, last night, wa
the daughter Of George A. Romans o
Beverly, Mass. During the late war sh
distinguished herself by carrying dis
patches across the state to General Lyons
She was taken prisoner by the rebel
and searched, but she had the despatche
hidden between the sole of her foot an
her stocking, and they were not found
She afterward delivered them to Genera
Lyons in person.
Evening journal., 1889-02-08

widowed, and who, IL Is understood, had
intended to apply for a divorce, has al
ways been spoken of as beautiful and
pure woman. There were rumors that
the prince worked at one time to put the
princess aside, the reason being that
their daughter could not inherit the
throne of Austria, though she could be
queen of Hungary.
1t was the crown princes fault that he
did not treat his wife with sufficient con
sideration to admit of her living with
him, thus preventing male heir. After
one of the breaks of the princely pair,
the government interfered and the prin-
cess agreed to overlook her husbands
part and resume her wifely relations
with him in order to secure an heir, but
the prince behaved so badly that she was
again driven away. One would suppose
that reasons of state alone would have
been sufficiently strong to keep the prince
from SHINING again, but it was fated that
Prince Rudolph was not to reign and
doubtless not to leave a son to succeed
him. -
Carl Ludwig. who stood next heir to
the throne after the death of Rudolph.
and who has waived his right in favor
Of his son, is now about 50 years of age.
He is a good natured man, with no taste
for politics. and devout Catholic. His
son Franz, who has been made heir APP
parent, is still unmarried. His brother
Otto married the Princess Maria Josia,
the haatrfifnl and ageopn nlfshol dauohtar
of Prince George Of Saxony. The arch
dukes conduct was so bad that his wife
was obliged to leave him.
Evening journal., 1889-02-08
Another Nerro rurnIng whIte.

The appearance of a negro man with
the body and hair of an Ethiopian and
the face Of a white man in the corpora
ton court here caused a sensation. The
man gives his name as Pauldo White
and tells a strange tale. He says he was
until few years ago a very black negro,
and that while at work in a potato patch
he received a sunstroke, and his face inn
mediately began to turn white. Since
then his skin has been getting fairer
daily, and now, with tho exception Of a
few dark blotches, his face presents the
appearance of that Of a white man.
He says those blotches are slowly fading
and the white is extending down his
neck 70 his body.-Norfolk Landmark.
Evening journal., 1889-02-08

THE Chicago Times has just won q
triumph in causing the suspension OF
Inspector Bonfeld, Captain Setback and
subordinate officer. all of the police
force of Chicago This triumvirate has
been ruling Chicago with rod Of iron
till the Times made charges of collision
between them and the thieves, gamblers
and demi monde. The triumvirate sued
the Times fer 500, 600 but the pluclSy
newspaper repeated and expanded the
charges till at last the mayor has been
forced to suspend the officers, pending
trial This brings to memory similar
case between Judge Cummins and the
EVENING JOURNAL, in which the EVEN
ING JOURNAL, the only newspaper in the
city having courage to expose fraud.
finally compelled the Judge to vacate
the bench he was disgracing.
Evening journal., 1889-02-08


right one the lady steps forth; if the
wrong one the tiger is let loose. The
girl in the audience knows in which cell
the lady is confined. The man looks at
her to give him a sign. She gives it, and
out steps Here the story abruptly
ends, the point Of which is, did the girl
love the man enough to give him up to
her rival, or did she give him up to the
tiger?
Mr.. Stockton received a bushel of let
tiers asking him to answer the question
The singular story, its ending. the curl
osity excited, all tended to bring the
author to the front, and from that time
forward his work began to be in demand.
THE Casting Away Of Mrs Lecks and
Mrs. Aleshine" was Mr.. Stocktons next
great hit. Here, as in his other works.
the humor is solely in the situations, but
the story is also calculated to awaken
unsatistied curiosity. These ladies are
saved from shipwreck by a man who
succeeds in landing them on an uninhab-
tied island. They occupy house which
the family have evidently temporarily
left. After specializing through the
whole story as to who these people may
be, the author concludes without giving
any information. Again he was flooded
with letters. He answered the numerous
inquiries by writing THE Dusantes," a
sequel.
Fir. Stockton's last hit. "The Great
War Syndicate first published in Col
lier's Once a Week, is just now being
very widely read. This story differs
very materially from his earlier efforts.
A war breaks out during the latter part
Of the present century between the
United States and England. The United
States has no navy of consequence, and
a syndicate of capitalists take the con
tract of carrying on the war for the
United States. By means of various
wonderful inventions the syndicate wins.
and wins, too, without sacrificing a single
life. One man is killed while employed
by the syndicate, but he is not a com
Blatant, and his death is caused by the
fall Of derrick, and the people Of the
United States raise a monument to his
memory. The Great War Syndicate" il
not a funny book, though there is a sort
of humor Of a grand sort in the idea of
war being fought bioodlessly and by
contract.
Mr.. Stockton is the originator Of a new
vein of humor. in which the reader is
gradually led into peculiar situations
which sooner or later, from their alb
surdity, strike the reader as being ex-
tremely funny.
Mr.. Stockton's other principal works
are, III short stories: The Wreck Of the
Thomas Hyke,p "A Tale of Negative
Gravity" My Wife's Deceased Sister"
My Bull Calf" and one, an encore for
1.-THE Lady or the Tiger called THE
Discourager Of Hesitancy." His longest
work is 1.-THE Late Mrs. Null" The
reader Of this story can hardly fail to
see a satire on the modern interpretive
school Of novel writing.
Evening journal., 1889-02-08
: RULERS OF AUSTRIA. :
FACTS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE
ROYAL HOUSE OF HAPsBuRG.

They Are Timely because OF the Recent
Violent Death Of the Crown Prince Ru-
doIph-The Notwithstanding Of the
Hapsburg Ancestry.
The house of Hapsburg, of which the
Crown Prince Rudolph was scion,
dates back to the Eleventh century.
During the present century there have
been several designations or abdications.
Francis ! resigned in 1906, and was sue
ceeded by Ferdinand l, who also re-
signed, and his nephew Francis Joseph,
the present emperor, took his place.
This was in 1913. The young emperor
was then IS years old. At the age of
% marriage had been negotiated for
him. He went to the castle of his
future father-in-law, Duke Max of Ba-
varia, In order to be officially betrothed.
But the imperial match makers had been
making wedding arrangements without
having taken the little god that rules
SO despotically in our lives into their
confidence. For as soon as the young
monarch caught sight Of his intended
BRIDES younger sister, then a girl in
short dresses. he fell madly in love with
her, and 50 Princess Elizabeth was chosen
instead of Princess Helene.
The marriage took place in 1854 1t
was not considered al appropriate ALI
ance for the emperor, and was very I'M
popular. For dozen years the young en-