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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-06-18
fHE TafSDER sToR1.
BY wiiist 3. MILLER.
FOR The Democrat.

preaching. 1t is riven assun
der at almost every minute
by streams OF fiery fluid and
deep groans issue from them.
Yonder a streak of zigzag
lightning rent the cloud and
and now--Horible dictu, the
terrible shock ofatmospherit
has b u RS tie d !,
loose the sound waves. Now
the dark electric cloud has
obscured the sky, and drops
Of rain are FLASHING Upon the
ground. Yonder! look! the
giant oak that has braved
the tempests OF centuries and
withstood the fury OF the
north winds, is shivered and
splinterel from top to boti
tom, and the fragments are
strewn upon the ground, by
the lightning. And from the
same place comes a peal OF
loudest thunder.
Crash! crash! goest the voice
of the elements, while the
rain decends in torrents that,
are dashed furiously about,
with a roar strongly blended
with the thunder's crashing
It is now an hour since the
storm burst. Its loud rever-
berations are growing faint
as the cloud passes. At last
we zee a rent in the clouds,
and through it we see the
deep blue sky, The storm ID
over and the glorious. suns
shine is kissing away therain
drops from the flowers and
grass, and drying vegetation
and earth. The birds at once
pour ont melodies Of praise
to the All-wise Creator who
Hears the ravens when they
cry" Filled with their in
spring rapture, the orchards
seem more than delighted as
we walk about them. d We
saunter along, gazing first
! at Natures beauties, then up
on the distant storm-cloud,
but a short time be-
fore had flashed its frightful
J fires above our heads and
thundered with the voice Of
), heaven. The contrast is so
striking and 30 sigpiRcantf {
. We are now filled with Joy,
and feel that no harm can
) befall us; we were then in
; dread lest we should instan-
d tly be destroyed by a stray
: thunderbolt. But it is pleas
e to realize that God does not
9 forget his people, even when
e their enemies seek to take
I them by storm and flash
= their darts of fiery indigna-
tion and roar the heights oi
= sheir rage, nor does He for
= get to take care Of th nj
u when the elements are stor.
ID my. We are 10 inin g oul
4 praises to God with those o.
i. more thankful inhabitants o
earth. We know from tn,
:, terrible manifestations, thi'
= evening, offhis powert that n
Is has not forsaken us.
ss|, The Allegheny Star says
y that Mr.. Alex, Young, one D
as our prominent citizens wa
IN bitten by q spider about twt
ID weeks aga and has been q
~ seriously i'll from the effect
= that the doctors IN attend
- ence gave up the case Ma
as ture did more than medic6
I'd skin, and for tho last tw'
n days he hasbeea improving
At We have q new Dr. wh
seems to be q liaracter !
1.-THE way of treati1g his "a
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-06-18
Solo, N. c.,
June 10, 1891.


Some time since there ap- ,
in your paper a com |
nunication from Moretz Mills
'E' relativeto thepro-
posed compulsory schoollaw.
| was pleased ohear theoth-
or side of the question, as we
had had an article or two in
favor of such a law: but [
must confess to a sad disap-
pointrnent after reading said
article. Thatconsiderablea ar
can be produced a.
gainst a compulsory school
law, there seems no doubt,
but e. in thecommunication
above referred to 81 G n a allyl
fails to produce any reasona-
BILE grounds why such a law
should not be enacted. True,
he conjures up some imagin-
ary reasons and urges them
against such q law. If the
conditions and reasons he
supposes should really exist,
then 'E' has q plain case IN
his favor; but has any one,
or does any one suppose a
sane set of lawmakers would
enact q law that would re-
quire impossibilities OF the
people?
The compulsory schoollaw
that | would favor would not
be a complicated and mixed
up law that the people could
not understand, nor would |
favor a law that would make
lit an indictable offenss to not
send children to school. But
! favor a law modelled some-
what after the road law. Or
something like this: Let the
school register be evidence OF
the attendance and nOn-at-
tendance of the scholars in a
district, and then the school
committee should be requir-
ed to hold a meeting at which
all who failed to comply with
the requirements of law, in
not having their children in
school, should be allowed tc
give their reasons for failing
to comply with the law. |
the reasons seem to be sufh
cient in the minds OF the ma
ioritylof the committee, fur
ther action will be unnecessa
, ry, but if insufficient, then j
should be their duty to re
port said delinquent to SOM
Justice of the peace, who shal
: issue his judgment agains
the delinquent, and suchjud.
ment should be made collec
: table as taxes.
Now we think thateven +
can see thai where there wer
barriers to prohibit the al
oil tendance OF children upon tn
r schools, there would be ne
/ ther trouble nor expense. Blu
Is we would certainly have
Q much better attendance q
q our schools, and consequent
d " a better educated people.
d 'E', after stating his wild
le experience in teaching, Of
,s serves that in the States
t. his operation he has obser'
d ed this phenomena" OF tt
se small attendance upon II
ID free schools. In my exper
t, ence in school work, whie
Of does not cover so m u G
es ground. scarcely taking
o. two states; | did not obser'
O this as q phenomena, or
be any wise phenomenal (if
holmay be allowed to use tn,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-06-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

= e o.
Once in a while you will
find nm honest and conscien-
t;ous republican who does
not believe that the financial
policy ofsthe administration
is dictated from Wall Street.
Well, perhaps it isn't, but
appearances certainly give
one that impression. For in
stance: Secretary F o 8 ter
sends out a circular letter
notifying the holders OF the
Ak per cent bonds that will
mature next September that
they may be extended at l
or 1H percent interest. AS
soon as that letter is made
public he goes to New York,
where for four days he was
a guest of one of the Wall
Street money kings, and now,
he thinks that it will only be
Justice to the banks which al
ready own about half of the
$50, 900, 900 of these bonds
and which will take all that
are surrendered by otherpar-
ties, to make the interest 2
per cent, which was the figure
mentioned by the Wall Street
men. Doesn't that look sus-
picious..
/ BY the way, Secretary Fos-
ter is inclined to indulge in
self glorifieation over the
fact that he can sell a govern
ment bond bearing as low
rate cf interest as 2 per cent.
i He does not tell that these
lbontlsare absolutely neces-
sary to the banks which pro-
) pose to take them to be used
: as security for their circula-
tion. His talk in this respect
has been ON q par with his
trying to make the public be-
lieve that the Treasury was
not cramped for ready cash,
and then following up his
boasts with a callfor $3, ,O00.'
600 from the banks in which
J, government funds are depos
!: lited, .,..;t.,..,..,a.5t
n Secretary Noble will 'fint
when he returns to duty
:, which will probably be thi'
week, a very much mixed "
condition of affairs in his de
: partment. Assistant Secre
2 tary Bussey has white-wash
:, ed a crooked chief OF a divis
ion in the Pension Office, ant
}. Assistant Secretary Chandle
}. is gathering facts to prov
Bussey's favoritism and th
= -|crookedness of the aforesai'
chief, and it may end in on
n or the other Of the Assistan
II Secretaries having to &c
b G h a dIer il an honest
E straightforward sort of |
= fellow, who believes the
81 rookedness ought to bepur
ished no matter who are th
-(iriends Of the crook; it wa
he who endorsed the paper
lin the case of young Raul
"Immediate Dismissal" an
he only agreed to let the di
dsIposition of the case made b
ng Bussey stand when told the
nd such were the orders ofSecr
tary Noble.
Another trouble for N
4 Noble will be to assist M
ISL Harrison in finding an0th
victim to take Raum's pla
! at the head of the Pensic
all Office, as it seems to be CO
uD- no.1nd ~ oil osdnc thot ri
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-06-18
MILLINERY.

u 80 Y $50 'fi .-tsf VIZ. -
Iwould liket tosay tomyffiends
in WatalEa and surron nuding
counties, that / have now onhand
and anf-receiving every week, 9
81 mice Hne Of
sPRIN G. AADsBMMFR R
MILLINERY AND MOTIONS
When you come to Lepoir, !
would BE- pleased for YOU to call
and isee me. II solicit your GUS
tom. Orders 6lled promptly by
mail. Most Resp,
Z MRS..M N. HORTON.
Lenoir. N. G., May a.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-06-18
IF. Merphew. E. s. Blackburn
Marion, NC. Je erson' NJ.
MORPHEW & BLACKBURN

Will practice in the courts
of Ashe, Watauga and Mitch
ell counties, also in the Fed:
raj courts of the Dist. and
Supreme Court Of the State.
Collection OF claims solicited.
April, 10.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17

Mike Kelly has doomed I'D as star
at signing players.
Cornell has challenged the Yale and
Harvard freshmen to dip oars with
them.
Edward Garrison, (snapper) the ia
nous jockey has sold his running
horses.
Jackson viii train for a go pound
trim and Corbett for ls5 pounds on
their May fight.
The offer 10y the Kentdcky Trotting
Horse Breeders Associa ton OF a SOS. 900
stake has resulted in 1908 mares being
nominated.
Fortv-fve pedestrians, including the
most celebrated started in sx day
race at Madison Square Garden, New
York, Sunday night.
Powers of New York, by his defeat OF
DeOro, the Cuban, is the National
champion at fifteen ball pool. He won
by four balls IN a 15o contest
From the artistic way in which Ted
Pritchard, nov champion middle
weight of New England did up Jack
Burke, some think that the winner OF
the Fitzsmmons-Hsll fight will have
no snap With him.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17

AS the mayor of city is It's repre-
sentative, live city should have a live
mayor. The time approaches when the
citizens will be called upon To choose
new one. The TELEGRAM-HERALD
proposes TO give every citizen OF Grad
Rapids i chance TO name his choice.
The polls VIII be opened at once and
citizens are requested to name their
candidates on the form of ballot
printed herewith. No other form Of
ballot will be received The polls will
close at noon, March 81. and the result
will be announced in the TELEGRAM
HERALD Of April j. This balloting GER
tainly ought to bring out the people
choice. Cut the ballot from the paper,
fill in the name of your favorite and
mail to Editor Mayors Ballot, TELeRAM.
HERALD, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The
result will be announced from time TO
time as occasion seems to demand.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17
RAILROAD EUMBLINGS.

The pay car of the G.. X. & l. is north
today with paymaster Sullivan.
Chief Engineer McVean, of the G. &
w. NJ, is out of the city on company
business.
p. Conley, OF Holland. assistant SUD-
erintendent OF the c. q W. NJ, is IN the
city today.
Chief Engineer G. Stewart Johnson,
of the G.. r. & l., went 10 Richmond.
Indiana, yesterday, on company busi-
ness.
Assistant Treasurer G.. +. Howard, of
the T.. * W. NJ, has returned from a
two weeks trip TO Detroit and other
points.
Mr.. J. w. Braam, day operator in
the Grand Rapids and In ANA railway
Offices, has resigned hi position. and
has been succeeded toy ar. G. j. Baily,
former night operator, &. ". Thorn
ton succeeds Mr.. Bailey.
The Detroit, Lansing and Northern
baggage rooms, at Greenville, were to-
tally destroyed by lire little after IL
O'Clock Sunday morning. The fire
caught on the roof, il is supposed from
a spark of train No. l3. Damage about
S75.
The auditors OF the Chicago and West
Michigan and OF the Detroit, Lansing
and Northern railroads were IN the city
yesterday. and transferred ticket Offices
at the Union depot. James Hawkins,
| formerly ticket agent of the Michigan
Central railroad and of the Chicago and
West Michigan and Detroit. Lansing
and Northern: Mr.. A. Almguisf, form
| erly ticket agent of the Grand Ia pius
and Indiana and OF the Detroit, Lans.
ing and Northern. IS now the agent OF
the Grand Rapids and Indiana and
Michigan Central. The two agents have
changed offices also.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17
Two Made Four.

Harmina Nsua, kamer became tired
Of her non-euphcmistic surname and
applied to the court for relief via tie
divorce route. Her prayer was that
Marinus, her husband, was extremely
cruel and failed 10 Put up either beer
or sausage money. and II prevailed.
Judge Grove yesterday signed the oe-
cree that sci Harmina at liberty, and
she can now resume her maiden name.
Judge Grove yesterday signed a de-
cree separating Ida NJ. Anderson from
Franklin ]. Anderson, because Frank
I'm deserted Ida II. and has sI-c~ '1r~-
l.cted 60 como around and spl. and
Ing or otherwise provide for her.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17
"ONE BY ONE"
five saloon Cases In which the peo?i.
are Nictors.

Five saloon Cases In Which the People
are Nictors.
When the Superior Court judge, jury
and attorneys were fling out OF the
court room, after the days work. last
evening, Prosecutor John Fairfield was
overheard intoning the lines, zone by
one the roses fell" The occasion was
the recently rendered verdict in the
Tim Crowley saloon case. There were
five saloon cases before the court. and
four OF them carried on the record YER
diets of guilty, and IN the fifth there
was no verdict of any kind possible, be-
cause the respondent has skipped to
Tennessee.
John b. Hughes, in one case, pad
5000, and took All appeal on another
case. c. W. Wernette paid 1896.
The bail Of Joseph Newman was es-
I, treated, and a bench warrant wac -
sued for his arrest. Deputy
Murphy took the warrant AID tped 70
find Newman. but he learned that BIS
man Is now making a tour OF tie
| Southern states.
The last work e the day was the
conviction OF CT wiev, and sentence
was suspended undl tomorrow.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17
WHO'LL BE MAYOR !?
Is Question Of Absorbing Interest
10 q Progressive City
EVERYONE ENTITLED TO HIS CHOICE
The Telegram HERALD Iusites Every tfta-
xen 10 Assist in Settling ths SreAs
paesli sn-N 40 a. tbe feo-
pies tAoIcee

Upon the ehosce Of mayor much OF
the ciiy's welfare depends Under the
impulse of many, vigorous admins
tration OF affairs. Grand Rapids may
be gwen a good start or the hlgn road
10 prosperity. Its citizens are second
TO those of no city IN tie West IN
energy, pluck, perseverance,. lnteisi-
gence and public spirit. They are
anxious and willing TO push the city 10
the front even more vigorously than
ever before.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17

Hugh Miller, charged with criminal
assault uYon Mrs Florence Bowers, Of
Casnovia. was before Justice Westfsii
yesterday and he ersrninstsen wss
postponed - March ~. lie vas Pc
quired - zuFnish bonds ia the SUM ~
s. 100 fof his appearance when vanted,
lut "a affaulE of whicn hs vac returned
70 jaA.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17

The following unique description OF
property situate in the Third Ward. ha.
found its way to the assessment roii:
"A piece Of land IN the south east one
quarter Of section %. bounded on the
west SIDE hy Dudley's land, on toe
south bv the Jhornspple road, on the
north 10y line running parallel with
Dudley's north line ard extending
eastward 10 make an acre Of land.
Who can locate the tract
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17

JnstIce HydOrn yesterday oficiat
st the wedding II James Horuing. .
dashfng military hero Of IS summers,
en- inmate st the Soldiers Home, and
Julia Champion, 3 biushlng mad O. -
winters. TIE young couple. flled win
the exuberance or then youthful spirits,
viii revei together the bslanee d their
GAYS IA npnnnlgla. hllss
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17

This list is furnished by Tuttie Bros. real
estate deN4srs Pearl-sf.. over Arcade. Tele-
phone No. 1851.
IN THE CITY.
Geo Peeps and wife to John ouilIan.
part hk 2. Drew 4 Brogp's add. near
cor College ave and Leonard SIS 400
Martin Jelsema TO Sigh Furniture Co.
e3J II LOT :. bk ]. Ten HAIRS AID. -
# front n side Martha al. ID n " Of -
Ezra Il stafford 70 Mary schmidt. part
lot 1. hkS colt Cos add. v side OF
y LAFAYETTE St % Hastings II ...-....~ 700
klaas Posiuraas to Seis Person. lot 8.
bgL Il Eversifs' add. 4 IT froat "
side Fvarait ave a. of North st &c. 40
Jchu u Riehens 10 alter J fracy. lot
l4tkg Ninsof add. a u front side
Patton ST Is2 n . Of Wooilswn ave 400
Margaret Large to Mary II Large iots
Is ard a. ~ I. and Its ADD 8 bk z.
Lagos cable road add. 800 n front n
side Cumiag a.. pa T. ~ House ran
st ~ n franis side Cunning s.. 10 Il
. 81 Hosssnsn - ......-....--....... 1.soo
Margaret Large r. ,Joserhi ne Large;
lots and 2. BIZ 4. Larges lssie road
AID. ieYl25 n e. cor 7 Bridge ard
HouseTaan ...-.--...--------. 20
klaas NsndlIFeen 70 Aun Anaemn.
der lot H. "a 4 Parih acd. g. II trent
n SIDE Logan 81. - n u 81 bstth 81 81
! Leonard Nsndersfoipe 70 Cor wander
Boigh. lot Z. NaRder<faipts n s1a
/ saxls1 n NJ cor Grand vie ave snd
| GerriI ] Koi4en 70 Gerrii Lnserman.
lot ~ RnffeTwsrth add. - y front
SIDE Ho.s3obs ave. n Bufterzefth
ave ..-.--.-.-..-...- -
! Cara = AverH - Elmer a Cortan. Dot
| O. * 2 Noadvs add. a II front Sae
/ seventh ave- II n 9 81 Neiand ST. Awf
Vim 3 Hsezs 20 Albert Duimf IS lot
l. - Can pans n add. 8 y iiSnf
siae Ninfh swe. - = = - Ionia II. lts
IN THE COUNTY,
wrn : Reed - geo II Hfchar6son So
~ ~ p. 80 i and "a - 9 = So.
I 81 T iIsiufeid 1.ss
I Hester A var Dr 49, - bsnfHl II fsn-
1 net ne = - = Sad ~ 3 - = -
1 So ~ Tyrone Asss
/ nsfrr efserf So u Ctss b1fier
4 ! 90 Z. n Z. 80 81 els0r =.
I Z Insx = I BfFfies O VI Mecasf.
+ pat = - ser l. NfefninE ~
, Fresre HsfSh ~ fas II feian. part
4 r. So a. wen nT --+-...-- y
Teenssr Farfers +ss're - ~@nsHf Ny
4 fn~. lnf q Kanaersfsf ns's - $40. aaf
I rer4 ~ w ~ ~ -
1 W. FlsrA "a ftftserr 3 fsffeaf rats
I = - - see = EeT1s ~
/ Dent wexsr IRE u At = - Ra'f
! roaef ev~sf - ones e. gefr uzt - ~oid
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17
Jewelry auction sale, Monroe-st.


Mss Efe Bartboleuew, bead nil
liner at NJ. NJ. Morse 4 Cos, snd her
abe assistant Mss Gussss Becsman
have returned from AZ exief16ed TRIP
10 New York and Rosto0, where they
went 10 study tie late styles.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17

Made ~ Valley City M1Hng Co, Grams
Rap.ds, 4 : family isvor.te. Try II
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17

Every sack OF LILY WHITE FLOUR
has picture of our mill. None genuine
without It.
VALLEY Cry MEIHdNa Go.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17

Jswelry at auction for two weeks
Only.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17

T.srf ursxse r~e q AI e. - Paffs
foaeR S,~tsp =, encs &C. gefr c-tzt - ~oid
Neeafe ~ frfa go Taet fhe .saEtns
S2lFss58r ~ fff r5g hescbrbs. ecnts.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17

This list is furnished by Tuttie Bros. real
estate deN.srs Pearl ST.. over Arcade. Tele-
phone No. 1851.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-17

Gt.es such harmless remedies aW the cause Of
disease and pains and SYMPTOMS 7unsh like ohaH he
the 7olud, and the patient soon finds AlwseH as
7eeN as he 7vas hs/ore he had the COMPLAINT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-13
General Gleanings.

The Pythian sisters ball comes of in
castle hall tonight.
F. H. Beatty, of the City hotel, Brigham
City, was in the junction city yesterday.
Nat Goodwin will appear in The Nom
ineen at the Grand opera house Thursday
evening.
Judge H. o. Hardness, of McCammon,
Idaho, came down from the bordering state
yesterday and registered at the Reed.
The Ogden Athletic club held meeting
in the club rooms in the old Union opera
house last evening for the purpose of elect
ing officers for the ensuing term.
There are undelivered messages at the
Western Union telegraph office for the fol-
lowing parties: Bob Heslop, Jake Mussel
S. ID. Mcintyre, M. Il. c. Phelps, F. Nj
Ellis, Frank McGaw, Lena Chamberlain
and James Noonan.
Captain J. Wetherel, the founder of the
new secret order OF knights of the Trail,
which was Instituted in this city few
weeks ago. is receiving communications
from almost every portion of the United
States from parties inquiring into the OBJ
iect of the order.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-13
THE DAILY HERALD.
The First District Court.

The following cases were disposed Of in
the First district court yesterday:
Robert ]. Hawthorne VS.. r. Wolfe ct
al. defendant required to elect on which
he relies, joint or separate answer, within
ten days. Ii he makes no election, the
separate answer shall be stricken out and
demurrer sustained. with q right for de-
PENDANT to file an amended answer within
ten days. Petition in intervention allowed
to be filed.
The People, ETC., VS.. Anna 10 nston;
motion to reinstate appeal denied with S5
costs, papers to be transmitted TO the COM
missioner and the previous order staying
execution is hereby reinstated.
Michigan Stove company VS.. James
Thompson; motion for new trial denied.
Utah National Bank VS.. f. j. annon;
order granting motion to quash Summons
as to A. G. Fisk and the Am rican Trust
company. On motion s. costs to defendant
David Kay VS.. A q. Fisk; order grant
ing motion TO Quash summons and return
OF summons as 10 A. Z. Fisk.
Charles Cornley VS.. w. G. Warren ct al. :;
trial continued. Verdict for plaintiff, SIX
cents damages.
James A. Calvert VS.. First Methodist
Episcopal church ct al; motion TO file an
smended complaint submitted and taken
under advisement.
Ogden City VS.. w. A. Hathaway; on
mouon of James n Klmball order dismiss
ing at cost of plaintiff, releasing defendant
and generating sureUies.
James Iversou VS.. >. w. OFT; trial;
Evans & Rogers for plaintiff, T. j. Hudson
for defendant, case continued until Novem-
Der 3.
E. w. Campbell ct al. VS.. H. H. Hender-
son ct al. on fling affidavit of defendant it
is ordered that all proceedings herein be
stayed until security for costs be given by
plaintiff.
Willard L. Coffin VS.. j. T. Mcintosh;
trial pending.