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CROPS RUINED BY HAIL.
Destructive Storm sweeps Through
stevens County.

Morris. Mimi, July 31-A severe hail
and rain storm struck this (Stevens)
county on the Pope county line to-day,
lasting for an hour. Hailstones as large
as hens eggs fell il the village for over
half an hour, thick and fast destroying
all window glass on the north side Of
buildings. At the present writing over
Il thousand window lights are reported
broken, and the gardens in the town are
ruined. In the surrounding country much
damage to crops is reported The storm
ran in streaks and did not go half mile
Eorth and the same distance west. The
principal damage to crops, as far as has
feen learned, is in the towns Of Fra mnas,
Swan Lake. Darncn and south toward
Hancock. Several farms north Of the
village were totally stripped. Probably
from five 70 ten thousand acres were de-
stroyed totally. and corresponding
amount partially A hail storm has Wis
tied this locality for three successive
years.
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NOT HARMONIOUS.
Trouble Over the Nomination Tor
Governor of Michigan.

Grand Rapids July 3l-Nearly all the
delegates TO the Republican state eon-
vcntion, to be held here tomorrow. and
u large number OF other politicians ale
IN the city LII fact most of them have
been here since early III tie day, and
Mayor Pingree of Detroit who has been
in the race for The guhernatoriai aomna-
tion has been here since Sunday room.
There has bcec a great strife and much
bitterness between the Plngree forces AID
friends of Gov. Rich, and il is expected
the convention will be lively and inter
estins but the greatest element of az
ctement has been taken out of the con-
test by to-day's de, elopments Ii is evil
dent that Rich VIII have an oyerwhelm-
ing na ajority in the convention. and
Mayor Pingr"e has written letter to
the Republicans Of Michigan in which
be announces that his name will not be
presented to the convention. He de-
clares his loyalty to the party and its
principles, but denounces the methods by
which the governor has secured a ma
jority Of the delegates to favor his re-.
q mination. Nrarly all the state officers,
elective and appeiI tive, are here rs del
egatcs or ~ workers for Gov. Rich lt
is understood that the Pingree men have
decided 10 east blank bsll.ts on the EclE-
ination for governor, and then to help
nominate the remainder Of the ticket and
adopt the platform. After the convention
mass meetings will BE- ied in all sections
of the state and Pingree will be asked
to rlln as an independent Republican can
didate. H. will accept and his name
will be substituted for that OF Gcv. Rlch
at the b. 3d Of the ti.ket.
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Des Moines. July 31.-Judge Balliett
sentenced John Hommill and George
Weems to hang Aug. 23. 1895, for the
murder Of Conductor Redpath last May
The Iowa law makes it necessary to
postpone the hanging at least one year
rom the conviction.
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ArbitrRtOrs Meet TO-MOrrON

Washington, July 3l.-Owing to the de-
lay of John ID. Herman in reaching Wash
ington the meeting of the commission to
investigate the causes of the recent rail
road strike did not take place to-day. Mr.
Herman has wired Chairman Wright that
he expects to be here tonight. and the
cammis sion will on, en. ut 10 O'Clock
to morrow. The preliminary meetings Of
the commission will be for the purDose
OF outlining course of procedure and
will be serrat
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RedyYOOd's Gold.

Redwood Falls, Mimi. July 1.-The
gold quartz which was sent TO Kansas
City by Alfred I1ul nd. the geologist,
went to SGS per ton. This is |; rger than
expected. and every, ore is highly pleased
Tie Second car which was sent to be
crushed was lost. A tracer has been sent
after it. Active work will commence al:
soon as Edlund returns on an extensive
scale There are large quantities Of val:
liable metal west Of this esty.
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Revenue Districts Changed.

Minneapolis. July :i1.-Capt Harries,
the collector Of internal revenue. has
changed the boundaries of the revenue
districts in the state so that they will
hereafter correspond with the congression-
al districts, seven in nun her. IL. J..
Henry Of New Tim has been appointed
e Hector for the Seeepd district. The
change is rnade for convenience only. as
low the bl.rdares of the subdistrists
will be well defined.
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Youthful RoEues.

Anoka, Mimi, July 31-Judge Finch
this morning sentenced two boys named
Matterson. aged eight and eleven, to the
reform school at Red Wing for breaking
in and stealing from the home of Mrs.
Leeman during her absence. The boys
were found in bed smoking
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Sending out More Deputies.

Denver. July :;1.-Dn account of the
burning of the railroad bridges and de-
pots United States Marshal Israel is
preparing To send ont more deputies to
guard the properties Of railroads that are
in the hards Of receivers Twelve depu
ties have been sent to Trinidad. where
five more eN-Santa Fe employees have
been arrested on the charge III intmi
dating engineers and tireiaCn.
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Terrible Fire.

Sofia. July 31.-A disastrous confiagra-
tion has destroyed 1000 hous IS at Cottel
Hr'garia. Full details OF tho disaster
have not been received hut it is believed
that many persons persisted, Tie towns
people whose houses were burned are
camping out in the fields
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Engineer shot.

Danville, H., July 81 Several at
tempts have been made to shoot the new
engineers on the Chicago & Eastern Hi
nols who took the places of strikers.
Cabs have been fired into the past weck
Last night an engineer whose home is at
Galesburg. but whose identity the coro-
ner's jury has not yet discovered, was
shot in his cab at the Junction dying
shortly afterward
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Banks as Reserve Agents.

Washington. Jnl. 31.-The cpn,r l"s
of the currency has approved the fnll.a-
in. banks as reserve agents for the ma
tiGna! banks Of K:s son, MINI: Ninth
National bank, New York; National Bank
Of America, Chicago: First National
Bank of ST Paul and Flour City Ma
tioral bank. Mime: re.is
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Train Of Empties Wrecked.

West Superior, Wis, July 31.-An at
tempt to run train of coal cars into the
bay was made this morning by the strik-
ing coal handlers. The train Of cars
standing near the end of the dock and
a train of empties was started down
grade with the intention of forcing the
loaded cars into the water. The empties
were all wrecked but the loaded cars
were not damaged
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A Small Cyclone.

Nakasp, B. c.. July 31-A terrific wind
s.trM swept over Arrow lake yesterday.
The steamer Iilicillwaot. lying in Naknsp
harbor. was broken in two. The steani-
er Lytton. unloading railroad iron here,
was driven ashore and badly damaged.
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The Body Of Can't. Ruley,

Red Wing. MINI. July 31.-The man
found in the river Saturday weighed
DOWN with stones is. without doubt, Rus
sell Ruley of Prescott. Wis. an old river
captain. An inquest will be held.
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lUNtE.
Washington, July 3O.-The day in the
senate is teing given up to the sundry
civil appropriation bill This always
arouses mere or less debate The bill
this year will probably prove no excep-
ton, and it IL likely that two or three
days will be devoted to il unless il should
be side-tracked by the tariff With the
sundry civil bill disposed of, the general
deficiency bill will be the only appro-
priation bill remaining uraeted upon by
the senate. 1t has not yet been consid
cred by the committee Oh appropriations
but Will be taken up as soon as the sun
dry civil bill shall be reported and will
probably be IN shape to bs considered by
the senate by the time the sundry civil
bill Is out of the way. -Four Of the ap-
preparation bills are in conference, and
reports upon these may be expected dur
ing the week, with the possibility of more
or less debate upon each. If time per
mits the general calendar presents a
great variety of matter for the considera-
ton of the senate
Washington, July il.-The senate wore
an aspect of peace and serenity to-day
i'll striking contrast To the excitement Of
last week Vice President Stevenson had
returned and occupied his accustomed
seat. Among tn. bills introduced was one
by Nj Allen providing for the issue Of
SJ 100000 III treasury notes To be dis
trihuted pro rata among the states for
the relief Of the worthy poor 1t was
referred 10 the finance committee. The
report Of the oonferee5 on the agricultural
app. ol., iation bill announcing agreement
on all the Il, endmentS but the one ap
proi,iat,ng Sl,OoO,NW for the .xtermina
ton of tho Russian thistle was agreed to.
The senate formally insisted on this
amendment and sent the bill back for
con erence The sundry civil bill was
presented to the senate and will bc con-
sidered tomorrow, and Mr.. Coekrell gave
notice that the deficiency bill would be
reported tomorrow
Beyond the passage Of few unimpor-
tant bills by unanimous consent nothing
was done in the house. Mr.. Boutele of
fered a resolution congratulating and
recognizing the Hawaiian republic but
on Il point of order it was referred to
the committee on fore lgn affairs. Two
hours were spent IN an attempt 10 Sc.
Gre the adol ion of Il speH Hial order for
the consideration of Mr. MCDae bill to
protect public f, .>t reservations. but the
ce,.ied ID forcing III Adjournment
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TROUBLE FOR JAPS
ENGLAND NAY CALL THE JAPAN
ESE DOWN.
The Transport sunk by Japnneee
War Vessel Was Flying the Brit
!sh Flag-NO Quarter Is Given by
the .JaE~.

London. July 5l.-The news that the
No" Shnng was flying the British flag
was received with great satisfaction at
the Chinese legation, where it was pre-
dicted that the sinking of the steamer
by Il Japanese cruiser would give IN en-
tirey fresh turn to the Corean affairs.
Ii was said that Great Britain and Ger
many were bound to notice this breach
of neutrality. The Globe takes similar
view of the case, and says Japan had
no excuse for firing on the English flag.
War was not declared, and the carrying
OF troops was in no way breach of
T., neutrality.
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.>"es-Antn, Ainricn, Allison, Carey,
Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, DolpI.
Dubois, Frye, Gallh ger, Hale, Hans.
bro ugh, Hawley, Hill. Higgins. Jones
tNevl. Kyle. Ledge, Mcmillan, Manter.
son, Mitchell (Or). Patton, PETER, Perk-
ms. iiatt, Proctor Sh,up. Squire, Teller,
WasLburn-32
Stewart did not vote. The pairs were
as follows, those first named l., each pa;r
fSHcring the motion AID those la st named
opposing it Gordon end Wilson, Jarvi,
and Hoar. Butler and Cameron. Harri,
and Sherman, Mcpherson and Mor,
Morgan and Quay, Smith and Irby (both
DemocTats>, Camden and Pettigrew,
Voorhees, and Wolcott and Cnfferv and
Power
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neutrality.
Shanghai. July sl.-~The following is
The latest Chinese version of the sinking
Of the troop ship kow Shung chartered
hy China from the Chinese Merchants
Trading and Steamship company:
When the Kow Shung was overhauied
10y the Japane", cruiser the latter sent II
boat alongside the transport with u prize
crew to convey her to Japan. The Jap
anese boarded the Row Shung and or
dered the commander, Capt Galesvorthy,
an Engishman, to proceed to Japan.
The captain refused and the Japanese
withdrew TO report to the commander of
their cruiser. The latter then opened
tire upon the transport, using the ma
chine guns mounted in the tops Of the
Japanese warship The FIRE was so well
directed that it soon cleared the kow
Shunys decks The cruiser then dis
charged two toIpedoes at the transport,
sinking her and drowning nearly all Oh
board, about 1000 souls.
Col Won HannekeI,, IA German, former
ly the yiceroy's aide-de-camp, and a num-
Der of other foreign officers were among
those killed by the fire from the tops
of the cruiser before the torpedoes were
discharged. The effect Of the explosion
of the torpedoes is said to have been ter
rife. Gaping holes large enough to pull
a boat thrC Ugh We're torn in the steamers
side, and through these the water poured,
drowning between decks those who did
not leap overheard.
According to the reports received here,
two German passengers who were on
their way to Corea in order to settle up
business affairs before the war broke out
in earnest jumped overheard when the
transport began to sink and succeeded
in swimming to the japanese cruiser But
in spite Of their appeals to be taken on
board and their announcement that they
were -combatants the two Germans
were shot by the japanese marines. A
number of Chinese who swan to the
cruiser shared the same fate. The Jap
anese absolutely refused to give quarter.
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County Government.
ICOmmunicated.1

The county of Vance was formed by
the Legislature of North Carolina i'll
1881 out of parts of the counties of
Granville, Warren and Franklin and
although a small county, furnishes an
object lesson on the QUESTION of county
government and strong plea for the
present system. AS is we'll known to
many of us, under the old system, in
the old counties, although the taxes
were high, the money was badly squan-
dered and county credit and county
paper were at a discount. The writer
remembers when in Granville county.
under the old system, orders were
bought and sold at 80 and 40 cents on
the dollar of their face value.
How has it been under the new or
present system Of county government:
Let us review the affairs in Vance
county. For the years 1881 to 1886
inclusire the tax levy was only the con-
stltutional limit Cos cents. For the
years 1887 and 1883 the levy was 50
cents and for 1889 it was - cents. In
1890 the levy was G5 cents. In 1898
the levy was G65 cents, and in 1894
the levy was IS cents. Now kindly
bear in mind that in these figures are
included the levy of the State which
IL cents, while the amount levied for
public schools has run from 10 cents
in the earlier years to lG cents in
ls93-'94. The average county levy
has been 26 cents and in only four
years has there been any special levy
and this only at an avetage of 10
cents.
There were low levies and light taxes
and yet during that time the county
government has been run and run well.
y new court house, which would do
credit to any county, has been built.
y new jail. with steel cages, has been
erected. y county Home for the Aged
and lntirm, with all necessary substan-
tlal buildings on a good farm of nearly
800 acres Of land, i'll > miles of Hen
derson has been bought. The new
county's part (over 0,OO0) of the old
debts of the counties OF Granville and
Franklin has been paid. There has
never been time when county orders
were not only worth dollar for dollar
but would have been paid on demand.
To-day the county owes nothing and
has about $4,000 in her treasury
Are the good citizens and property
holders Of Vance county ready in view
OF these Facts to Join in the mad race
to destroy the present safe and efficient
system of county government:
J. Il. YOUNG.
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A Rare Treat in Store For Henderson
Folks.

The people of Henderson have rare
treat in store for Friday evening of next
week. AS heretofore announced that
genial and accomplished Virginia gen.
tleman and celebrated dialectician and
renconteur, Mr.. Polk Miller, will give
one of his inimitable entertainments
at Burwell Hall. To hear him tell his
negro dialect stories and sing his famil-
lar plantation melodies, accompanied
By his sweet toned banjo, the favorite
musical instrument of the negro, as
only he can do, is a pleasure and en-
,ioyment no one should miss.
Thomas Nelson Page says: ''Polk
Miller can tell negro story and give
the frye negro dialect better than any
man living" Joel Chandler Harris
says IS There is live negro hidden
somewhere in Polk Miller's banjo and
you look for him to jump out and 60 to
dancing when Miller strikes a string.'
Mark Twain says: g The stories | have
heard him tell are the best | ever
heard.' The Norfolk tVa.) Landmark
says: AN evening with Mr.. Miller
is like day in the woods when the
buds are bursting, and the birds are
singing" The New York Tribune
says: "Polk Miller kept his audience
convulsed with laughter for full hour"
The Richmond Dispatch says: "A
better delineator of the true negro dia
lect and character than this charming
Virginia gentleman never graced the
stage" Charles Pierre Goldey. Editor
Sportsman's Fear Book, says: Prob
ably no man in America is more gifted
than Polk Miller in delineating the
peculiar characteristics of the Southern
negro
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Letter From RingwoOd.

RING WOOD. y. c., Aug. 81, '94.
John I. Bishop, Esq, aged about
GO years, was stricken with paralysis
last Thursday and died Oh Sunday.
He had been resident Of Ringwood
for many years, and at the time of his
death was clerking for Mr.. House at
Littleton. Mr.. Bishops wife and son
Johnny, his only child, survive him.
They have the sympathies ofthe whole
community in the sudden death of the
husband and father. The remains
were brought down from Littleton
yesterday and buried by his friends at
the old homestead near Ringwood.
Genial and friendly and kindly disposed
to others, may he rest in great peace.
Rev. John Michaux, of Greensboro,
after an absence Of 25 years from this
section, preached at Union Sunday.
There is protracted meeting in prog
ress there.
The nomination of Hon. +. A.
Woodland was the correct thing. Let
us go to work and elect him by rous-
ing majority.
Misses Annie Simpson, Pace and
Prince, OF Warrenton, are visiting at
NOOdlawn, the home of Mr.. James l.,
Tyree.
Mr.. J. y. Lewis and wife, and Miss
Clara Crews and Wilmot Crews, of
OF Oxford, are on visit to Capt. W.
ID. Lewis and family.
Our little village had quite a number
OF visitors this summer on account of
our mineral waters and healthfulness
of climate.
Paul V. Matthews will return to
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege next week. and several boys from
this county will attend that admirable
and fast growing institution.
At Halifax Inferior Court last week
many important cases were disposed
Of. Judge Hill is a painstaking and
prompt iurist and his associates are
likewise.
Col. d. d. Bryan. of the Southern
Hotel. was dispensing tirst-class fare
and good feelings among his guests. He
has the sympathy Of a host of friends
III the recent loss Of an interesting
daughter just budding into sweet and
lovely womanhood.
Many regrets are expressed that the
genial and prompt and accommodating
Judge Gregory was defeated for re-
nomination for his position-clerk of
the Superior Court. While the nomi-
nee Mr.. Gary is clever and compe-
tent young man. Mr.. Gregory has been
clerk so long and made such a record
tor his correctness and fitness espe-
eially for the work all regret to see him
leave position that fits him so evenly
and which he graces SO fittinsly.
G. f. NJ.
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Free Copies.

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the GOLD LEAF this week. If you are
not a subscriber and copy is mailed
To your address it has been paid for
and sent to you with the compliments
of our advertisers. All we ask you to
do is to read the paper carefully
advertisements and all, for these are
usually the most interesting and i'm
portant part to those who have any
thing to buy or sell-and then remem-
Der our merchants and warehousemen
when You have any business in their
line. We make this request in justice
not only to them but to yourself.
believing that it will be to your interest
TO patronize the Henderson market
Our merchants carry large stocks and
sell goods at very low figures while the
warehousemen pay the highest prices
for all grades of tobacco.
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THURSDAY, SEPT. q, 1894.
Zz<
M: E2gl11 g ]&};gS

FARMERS have learned one valuable
lesson, and that is that it IS neither
safe nor wise to follow the one-Crop
plan of farming. 1t makes no difference
whether it be cotton, tobacco, corn
or wheat that is his money crop a man
should not depend on one thing alone.
BY diversifying his crops, the farmer
can make success doubly easy Of
accomplishment, Don't depend on
one or two crops, when you can plant
a dozen. Each added crop lessons the
risk and makes the living not only
contain, but paves the way for bank
account. The reason why many
farmers are not more prosperous IS
because they have failed in this most
important matter.
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The space in newspaper is to the
publisher what the goods on his shelves
are to the merchant; it is his stock in
trade, out of which he has to pay ex-
penses and support his family, and yet
he is expected to use this space to
boom everything, without any remuner-
alton and often. if he does not boom
everything. every week. he is blamed
for it. There is no man in any COM
munity who does as much to advance
all its interests. for as little pay, as the
editor of the local paper .-Warrenton
Rec0rd