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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-10-13
Notice..

For sale, 900 acres of land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, vhichi is asbestos,
and fine land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L. D. Lowe &
]. +. Furgerson,, Ex'trs. Of
Mrs. "A. P. Galloway, deed.
Bapner, Elk. Nov. II go,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-10-13
.NDlME.,.

Parties putting papers -ip
my hand for execution, will
please advance the fees with
the papers and they will re-
ceive promptattention other
wise. they will be returned
not executed for the want of
fees.~ D. #. BAIRD SHIFT.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-10-13
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NOTICE.
Hotel Property,fO for Sale.

On account Of failing health
of myself and wife,-I offer for sale
nv hotel property in the town Of o.
Boone, North Carolina, and will
sell low for cash and make terms
8 suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex-
change. Apply soon: ", .llsll'e 2
"a III, Fl w. L. BRYAN. e
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-10-13
WAsHINGToNb LErFER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Harrison's private office is
.,wung obligingly open to the
willy republican politician'and
inside the just as willy 0ispen-
ser Of patronage smiles upon
his visitors and makes tile
attempt OF his life to thaw
into something like genial
ty. There will be no new boss
of the republican ma chine;
Mr.. Harrison will steer, the
old and worm-eat ten craft in
to the most CRUSHING coils.
ion of it's existence, unless an
other change for the worse
should take, place in NJ .,
Harrison's condition, an d
tn at everybody sincerely
hopes will not occur. -
Mr.. Harrison realizes much
more fully than do some OF
his associates and would be
,ad visers. that he is managing
the'most desperate fight III
to which his party ever start
ed; that the drift of intelli-
gent public sentiment is a.
gainst the very keystone of
the republican structural
high protective TARIFF n d
that the task he has under
taken is berculenn in it's pro-
portions, but he is fighting
for political life, and he pro-
poses making the best of
a bad cause with the hope,
small and faint though it be,
that "he"may winbyascratch.
Mr.. Harrison's ability as a
political manager has never
been properly appreciated by
democrats, outside the state
Of Indiana, where so many
OF his fightshave been made.
OF course it is undignitied, un
usual and >all that. sort OF
thing. but al the sa me, it is a
fact that his office in t u e
White House il now the re-
publican headquarters and
from il will go the orders up
on which. he most relies for
success, while the pnimpor-
tant orders will be sent out
from New York. city by Tom.
Carter. Democrats will & o
well to keep a careful watch
upon the republicans in their
neighborhoods known to he
in touch with. Mr.. Harrison.
Checkmate them and you de-
ieatl them.
A handsome Cleveland and
Stevenson hannernow swings
above the heads Of passers
by on Pennsylvania Avenue,
Il square below the treasury
department. 1t washing out
lby the District Of Columbia
democratic central commit
tee, the headquarters of
which are opposite. The pic
lures ON the banner are real
|ly good ones, cosequently
they have attracted m ore
than the usual attention Civ
len to such things. q fil b
keeperfrurner, Of the
House Of representatives,
who when he was elected a
member Of the House in 'S8,
came widely known as ''Tur-
ner, the icelnla'h,,u is'ctedited
with being always well post
ed on the condition of politi-
cal feeling in New York city,
especially among, the rank
and file OF the various organ
izati0ns which support Tam
many hall in,scitv politics,
therefore. his opinion was ea-
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-10-13

New York. The only cloud
visible is the threat of the
Grace faction to run an indie
pendent municipal ticket and
we are not much worried D.
yer that. We are notsulicit-
ing any but straight demo
cratic votes in New York.
Ii any republicans want to
vote our ticket they can do
SO, but they are not being
run after. Tammany is sol
id for Cleveland and he will
be elected by the stalwartde-
mocracy o, the empire state,
and his majority will besome
where between twelve an d
twenty thousand" Just be-
fore he returned to NewYork
Mr.. Turner said: perhaps
you may think | am Il chas-
er OF rlinbONs when isay our
changes are good forcarrying
New, Hampshire, hut all the
same it is true. The republi-
cans have got t. GO some
lively work to- get New llamp
shire's electoral votes, and [
predict they will be cast for
|. Cleveland" ...,Ia r,f-,
Drowning men catch at
strnws." The republican par
ty is, figura lively speaking,
a drowning man, and it is
frantically catching at every
straw that comes along, ho-
ping thereby to keep ahoat..
Indeed, it is manufacturing
straws to catch at. One OF
the manufactured straNs is
the treasury statement just
made which shows an increase
in the treasury balance OF a.
bout $2, 100000, since t h e
last statement, Sept. 1st.
This statement will becaught
at by republican stumpspea-
kers and editors and enlarg-
ed upon, as showing thepros
porous condition of the treas
ury. As a matter of TACT it
shows no such thing. If all
of the matured cl al m $ a.
gainst the treasury wn 6 h
weres property 3liayable Il n
September had been paid in
,hat month, the statement
would have shown a decrease
in the balances It1i is well
known that 1t has ebeen the
policy OF fthe treasury 10 +
months to defer rallIargp pay
menls as longas possible and
thatrunder that policy prop
erly audited accounts a + G
held back on theH flimsiest
pretexts, and thar the a.
meupt of this class of gov
ernment Indebtedness h q S
been steadily increasing un-
der this policy, which is main
tained in nrderto prevent a
deficit until after the Presi-
Dental election.
Adam Edwards, OF Edge
combe, was opossum hunt
ingwith his son, aged Is,
The dog 'streed" and the tree
was cut. When it eH,a limh
struck Edwards on the head,
punching a hole limshis skull
an d rendering him nmcon.
scious. His . 0 n remained
with him in the woods a 4
night. Next laprning assis.
tance came, burEdwards dil
ed before ne could be taken
home. ~. se,l.
Dublin, Ga, Sept. 29.--A
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-10-13
HdrrisOn's Own Man.

Inc SELECTION OF David Mar
tin by Harrison to succeed
the Infamous Quay as gener.
al manager for him at politi.
cal headquarters is not a sur
prise to any one who has no:
ticed Harrisan's course since
he was nominated in 1888.
H. has from the first shown
a great anxiety to get Office
and to retain office, and has
not refused to countenance
the most depraved and dis
graceful methods. He used
the rascal Quay in ] 858, and
he permitted the high Office
of President to be boughtfor
him as he would buy a hat.
He rewarded the chief boo
dler, Wanamaker. thearrant
hypocrite; with a cabinet apa
pointment. Wary is so CRATE
ful for past favOrs and anx-
ious for new, he is now begin
ming again to bring into ex-
ercise his successful old meth
ods OF raising Doodle by fat
frying and other tried plans:
Wana and Martin are a fine
pair Of political bush-whack-
ers and plug-uglies. There ii
no greater adebt in Quay's
methods than Dave and there
is no one more practiced in
deceiving than Wary. They
constitute the two faithful
and unscrupulous helpers of
the Sabbath breaking Harri-
son.
The installing ofDave Mar
tin, one Of the best KIN ow n
Philadelphia repeaters and
scamps, as boss at headquar
ters is another revelation of
the abandoned life and des-
perate condition uf Benn
Harrison. Martin is a slug
ger Of rare political expert
ence, and if the election i'd to
be carried by the old meth
ods OF the republicans he will
d. the work with zeal and
effectiveness: Here is a brief
biography OF this debauched
wretch W e take from the
World: @'" ~
"Willian Mana,ii.y was on4
of Martins repeaters. He
swore chat he vas hired to-
go from poll to poll voting
on other mems names. He
made affidavit that one year
he was employed by a man
named Rittenhouse, who af-
ter the election gave him d
"due bill which was drawn on
David Martin. - ''S,iid Mar
tin," he continued, sis t h e
man who has heretofore paid
said Wit1ess for work Of this
character at elections; the
practice was that for every
fraudulent vote we put in we
got a blue check that was tn
represent 81, and utter cleo
tion, or as soon as the votes
were in. we could 60 and get
$1 apiece for so many blue
checks as we held; that said
checks wer cashed by Dave
Martin." x
William Gnildy swore that
Rittenhouse hired him In '61
and agreed to pay him 81. $50
1 for, every fraudulent vote he
put in. This was the order.
he received, ..a.,d 49,, ,,t,
"Mr. David Martin, please
!, pay to bearer for your yotess
| p. RI 5 S., u Il
/ The orders that are dratsri
i lLL.fll s-.s.sA 4 4
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-10-13
A Trip Through Aslle, Wilkes, .Surry
and Yadkin Counties.

We lett Boone on the 24th
ult. for Huntsville, passing
through a part of the above
named counties. We made
observations along theroute
as to Farming particularly,
and other matters coming
under our observation. AS
to politics we obtained only
general Information.
We crossed the Blue Ridge
ut Reddy's River Gap; stayed
over night with Mr.. Abshpr
in Ashe, found him thriving
in farming and merchandi-
sing. Mr.. A. is a solid demo
crat and says this part OF
Ashe is usually good for the
ticket. Along Reddy's River,
in Wilkes, the corn crops are
only tolerably good. The
country is hilly and rough,
and the public roads are bad
ly graded and badly worked.
We went across INTO Suriy
county-lands poor and far
ming bad. TIE face of the
country unoJiectional forfar
ming. At Elkin we struck
with more enterprise and ac-
tivity among the people, caus
ed, in Il great measure, by the
rail road. We met, at Elkin,
with Mr.. Lillnrd formerly of
Creston, busily engaged in
his Office ofthe Elkiu Manu-
Ifacturlng Go. We also met
Mr.. II. II. Gwyn, who did us
special favors. Crossing over
the Yadkin River on an excel
lent bridge, we entered Jones
vile arnold town somewhat
nnder par owing to it's near
neighbor Elkin. Here we met
our old friend Tom Hamp-
ton, who took special care OF
us for dinner and until t h e
next morning. We werenow
"a miles from Huntsville. We
made this distance by dinner
over an excellent road. We
remained over night at DR..
CIingman's, a nephew of Gen.
Clingman. The DR.. showed
us a house now standing
that was built long before
the Revolutionary war, by a
man named Capt. Goldman
Kimber, who was engaged in
the battle fought at this
place. In R;tlnsey's History
of North Carolina, it is call
ed the battle of Shall, ow Ford
if we mistake not, DR.. Cling
man showed us the b a t | e
ground on a branch near the
: town; which is now called the
: battle branch. Gen. Cling
man was born in this Old
, Klmber holise over 80 years
ago, and perhaps bis father
before him. The house is a
: MISUNDERSTANDING, wealth
erboarded and painted. We
could get up an interesting
history CT this section, which
we will do herafter.
We returned by way Of
Haurptonyille. a II d Wilkes.
boro, crossing the Blue Ridge
i at Phillips Gap. Yadkin Co.
has for the most part a level
/ surfa"e and farming could be
made easy. The roads a re
generally good andesf 0 m
Huntsville'to HaniptohvilIe
!, lit.is sp'endid. We have oe.
acOme, interested ilrthes gold
prospects oL8Yadkin5 county
and will return there n e X I
month in, order to- prospect
. 1 IS
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-10-13

Atlanta, Sept. 90 'i'lIe egg
ing Of Gen. Weaver was the
work Of radicals and third
partyites, by prearrange--
ment, to create a feeling Of
sympathy, and turn back, il
possible, the public indigna-
tion against len. Weaver.
All egg struck Mrs. Weaver
in the forehead.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-10-13
J. II. MORPHEW,a
ATTORNEY Al Law, Z, :
MARION, N,-.-------=--N.( N. \
.-(o)-i

Will practice in the courts OF
Watauga, Ashe, Mitchell, Mellow
III and all other counties in the
western district s%Special atten
ton given to the collection OF
claims. To- AY n N
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04

to see him. could not learn from the
prison authorities on what charge he was
imprisoned. G. P. Warehouse, who lie
interested with Burns in the Candelaria,
said he thought Burns would soon be re-
leased. Mr.. Burns, after his arrest, sent
many kilograms to his friends in the
United States, including Secretary Blaine,
explaining his awkward predicament
Birmingham, the accuser OF Burns, said
Wednesday night that the charge he
brought against him was the fraudulent
conduct of the Candelaria mines while he
was superintendent. The company was
then known rs the Warehouse Mining
Company Of California. the president be-
ing Col. Waterhouse, an uncle of Water
house. birmingham further stated that
he had filed snit against Burns forisev.
.ral millions Of dollars, or the amount
the Candelaria mines had yielded for he
time it had been under the latter's ad.
ninistration and his company.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04

in ito construction Of the const;t,.;
its decision in the Leisey va I 10
case, the original package cs.. i1srdin
principle laid down in that cas- '' The
danger to the security Of tho , n. we .
the individual states. We wsrp oPie 10
who could never live under people
dated form Of government anv ~ .onsoli'
under o aggregated form of covs,n e 'haa
such AZ that provided for by the nIi1nent,
ticles OF confederation. He thornua r.
court had not in the Leisey case asn1 the
lished the clear and plain line os !. eetab-
alton to be drawn between the r; S1Smarc
the states OF the nation. The trna s J. Ut
OF what was subject to the nroh ie !ilne
OF the constitution as respects The yMt'ons
on interstate commerce to the con-. .'mrs
that when goods have reached ths;. a. xas
destination, when they are to ha nns'
sumed or remain where thew o,s con.
they are subject TO the law, lust 40 TIM, .nst
raised in the state, or made in tho s,o.I
or born in the state. He apolopizsd" u :,
the court for criticising their on;u; 70
and asked them to restore the I; na .:
demarcation by return to the trna a.. VI
trine. The proper line had not h W.
laid down in the Lesley case. ana 10s IL
urged the court to go back to tho no
doctrine in this case while there ws, rug ue
time. was yet
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
THE JUDGES LECTURED.
ex-senator Edmunds Astonishes M ent
OF the supreme bench,

ex-senator Edmunds Ast0nislies M emb.rs
ofthe supreme bench.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The Justices n,
the supreme court OF the United States
were astonished today BY the manner in
which ex-United States Senator Ed.
munds, who was counsel in case nnder
argument. criticised The court and stated
his opinion that it was entirely wrong in
It's decision of the celebrated original.
package case from Iowa. The case nnde,
argument in some OF its features inyol ved
the question decided by the court in Tho
or'g,nal-package case. MIR. Edmunds
was counsel for the state of Vermont
and ex. United States Attorney. g enarai
Garland was counsel on the other aide as
attorney for John O'Neill, q WhitehaiI
N. Y. liquor dealer. whom Vermont had
prosecuted for shipping jugs Of LIQUOR
across Lake Champlain into Vermont on
orders OF citizens Of Rutland. The nros.
ecutlon ante-dated the Iowa case. M
Edmunds' remarks in closing his arOn.
ment opened wide the eyes Of the lsw.
yers present. The ex senator was in
excellent spirits. and he lectured the
court IN the benienant, amisble manner
familiar to his colleagues on the senate
Moor. whom he had more than once told
quietly, but with profound Conviction
That they we're altogether wrong In vhat
they had said or done. With Srast difi;.
dence he said that he felt It his dntv 10
tell the court that it it had gone WING
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
KILLED BY A CABLE CAR
The Boy Was Deaf and Did Not Hear
the Bell.
HIS HEAD SEVERED FROM HIS BODY
RaYases Of q Grew Of Villains In the South
Seas-A PIucky Woman Horse
Whips Her Traducer.

PORTLAND, Jan. -. "A young boy had
his head completely severed from his
body by one OF the Waverly line street
cars at Fifth and U streets, East Side,
yesterday afternoon:
His name was Walter Sturgill, the g.
year-old son Of J. l. Sturgill, of Baker
City, whose wife and son were visiting
Mrs. Lewellyn, at the northeast corner
of Fifth and o streets. Walter was
afflicted with deafness since his birth,
and that was the probable cause OF his
accident.
He was sent to the bakery to buy some
crackers, and started to run across Fifth
street in front of a car which he evidently
did not see, and could not hear.
The motorman yelled TO him; but as
the boy twas deaf he did not hear the
calls nor the bell. which was rung hard.
The car struck him and knocked him
down in front of the wheels, which
passed over his neck, completely sever
ing his head from his body.
The brakes were set hard and the
motorman apparently did his utmost to
stop the Car, but SO high was the rate Of
speed that this was impossible until too
late and casualty had resulted.
A number OF spectators saw the sad
a affair, but made no effort to rescue the
little fellow from his awful fate.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
WANT HIM TO SURRENDER.


United States Troops Anxious to Secure
the Person OF CARA.
AUSTIN, Tex, Jan. 22.-General Nav.
Dry has just returned from the Rio
Grande. He called on Garza's father-in-
law and urged him to use his influence
to have Cara surrender to the United
states troops. General May bry argued
that II he surrendered to the American
troops this government can demand that
he have fair trial should he be extra
dited and turned over to Mexico, but
that. ii he does not surrender he will be
captured within ten days. Garza's wife.
General Maybry says, is quite pretty and
rather pa'rician in appearance. She
seems to be very proud Of her husband
who evidently has Impressed her with
the notion that he will eventually be the
ruler OF Mexico. The Young wife does
not doubt his success. CARA was nm.
doubtedly traced to Corpus Cristi last
week audit is barely possible that he NAV
have been in San Antonio, though Gen.
eral Maybry doubts it. The great major
ity OF the people near the Rio Grande sre
in sympathy with him CARA keeps bis
men so we'll scattered in squads Of not
over twenty or thirty, that General Nav
Dry thinks it is not likely that they can
be forced together for general engage
ment OF much consequence.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
DEBr.DUKDENED COUNTIES.
An Attempt In Kansas to Disorr sn,x
Several Of Them.

An Attempt In Kansas to Disorg sn,xa
Several OfTnem.
TOPEKA, KAN, Jan. % The adiutaut-
generals office was notified today that
Eminence and Ravenna, rival candi-
dates for the county seat in Garfield
county. were making threats against
each other, and the state authorities were
urged to take immediate steps to pre-
vent an outbreak Attorney General
Ives has caused ono warranto proceed
ings to be Instituted in the supreme
curt, and an attempt will be made to
disoreanixe the county. At the last cleo
ton tor the county seat Eminence got q
majority, and q contract was awarded
for moving the county seat at a cost of
$500. The people Of Ravenna will con.
test this paper. An examination into
the finances of the county revealed the
fact that 1t had debt of 800, 600, and the
assessed valuation OF it's property is only
$4OO 900. Under the law the assess.
msnt for county purposes cannot ex.
coed s miles on the dollar. The Gar.
Held suit will be made q test case, and
II the attorney general is successful, q
nnmb-r OF counties in similar copdi.
ton will be disorgsnized. In this way it
is hoped to abolish the small south west.
ern counties which have given 90 much
trouble.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
COULD NOT LIVE TOGErHER.
A Delaware Millionaire and His wife
Agree to Separate.

Agree to Separate.
WILMINGTON, Del, Jan. William
Dupont, son of the late Colonel Henry
Dupont, head of the great powder firm
OF this state, today transferred all his real
and personal property to ex-Secretary OF
State Thomas +. Bayard for the sum OF
81. The value of the estate is put at sew
eral millions of dollars. and the transfer
has created hubbub here. For several
months it has been rumored that Mr..
Dupont had instituted proceedings for
An alb .olute divorce from his wife, his
own first cousin and daughter of one of
the most famous lawyers in the state.
Dupont many months ago left his home
in the night and took refuge with his
aged mother. who lives at the old home
stead about three miles from this city
1t was alleged then that his wife went to
her mothers home. The deed of trpnsfcr
was drawn in Minnehsha county, South
Dakota, on January II, and was atteeted
before p. j. Rodge. a notary public. Mrs.
Dupont does not join in the deed. The
laws Of this state provide that in giving q
fee simple title. the wife shall jim with
the husband in the deed, if she be living
and not divorced. This last move on the
part OF Mr.. Dupont has set the tongues
going again, and the fact that his ~ife's
name does not appear in the deed leads
to the supposition that he has gone to
South Dakota, secured his divorce and
will locate there in the powder business.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-04
GRAVES STILL HOPES.
discoveries Made That Will Probably
rrr~ All,,, -

discoveries Made That viii Probably So.
cure him y New Trial.
DENVER. Colo, Jan 22.-The counsel
for DR. Graves claimed yesterday to have
made discovery which, il true, would
have secured the the doctor new trial
from Judge Rising, instead OF be lg
MED re"pentng, as was the ca e. they
assert that one OF the jurors who con-
victed DIR. Graves made the remark be.
fore being drawn on the jury that if he
was selected az a jurymsn he would hang
the doctor. The counsel would not d.
rulye this mans name. but they are at
work On the matter. Mrs Graves has
a!most recovered from the shock brought
about by her husbands conviction, and
Will shortly visit the doctor at Canyon
City. She is still unaware that DIR.
Graves is sentenced TO death, thinking
that he is in the penitentiary charged
with a minor misdemeanor, The cause
OF his being there will not be told her
unless his attorneys efforts before the
supreme court fail. Mrs. Graves will
start east af'er visiting the doctor, going
to her old home in Massachusetts,.