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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-16
THE GERMAN AT LoUlsBuRG.
Gallant Beaux and Charming Bellies
Who Made it Delightful.

Louisburg, II. c., Feb. Especially
On last evening the Louisburg Ger
man Club gave a german compliment
tary to Mr.. and Mrs. William Bailey,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J.Parham and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Green at the Opera House
Dancing commenced at o'clock sharp
and extended into the wee sma"
hours.
Seldom in the history Of this pretty
village has q more brilliant assemblage
of young people met, and never a more
thoroughly successful and enjoyable
dance. At o'clock Mr.. P. IL. Cooke, the
president of the club, sounded the
whistle and commenced the german.
He then rendered the leadership to
Mr. Robt. Lassiter OF Henderson, who
continued to lead till the daMee ended
with the greatest eclat and artistic
skill. The couples present and dancing
were:
Robt. Lassiter with Miss Lelie
Tucker, Clifton Cheatham with Miss
Daisy Stephens, Gilmore Ware with
Miss Effie Weddin, f. III. Allen with
Miss Edna O'Neill, G.. M. FoOte with
Miss Maggie Stith, Vim. Bailey with
Mrs. Bailey, Asa Parham with Miss
Lizzie Taylor, A. J. Mitchell with Miss
Carrie Holt, Chas. Emery with Mrs.
w. b. Green, Henry Strause with Miss
Fannie Green, J. A. Turner with Miss
Columbia Crudup, b. J. King with
Miss Verde Robards, carleton Brown
with Miss Lucy Clifton, w. M Person
with Mrs p. II. Cooke, p. RI. Cooke
with Mrs. f. S. SpruilI, j L. Webb with
Miss Fannie Clifton
Stags-Ed. Stephens, w. B. Parham,
M. M. Jordan, w. p. Webb, Will Black
ley, w. J.BaITow, Maurice Clifton
Chaperons-Mrs. j. b. Clifton Mrs.
j. NJ. Allen and Mrs III. A. Crenshaw.
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FOR VANCE MEMORIAL FUND.
Sixty. Five Dollars Raised at Rocky Mt
by Miss Worthington.

Rocky Mount, n. G., Feb 15 (Spe-
ciaI) The people OF Rocky Mount are
indebted to Miss Bessie Worthington
for rare musical entertainment and a
contribution TO the Vance Memorial
Fund, OF sixty-fve dollars. The musi-
Gale was given at the opera house last
night under the management OF Miss
Worthington before the largest au-
dience ever assembled here for SINH
lar occasion.
The culture and sweetness Of Miss
Mamie DonneIIy's voice in 'Asthore
and Emani Inyolami," charmed the au-
dience and won their admiration as
the applause and enchores attest.
DR.. w. Paul Moore brought down
the house with his comic songs and
humorous recitals.
The home talent must not be forgot
ten for the entire program was rem
dered with grace and talent.
Little Miss Mary Higgins, as usual,
charmed the audience both with her
beauty and singing.
Mr.. f. 4. Parker in a negro song was
fine
TheRocky Mount orchestra played
several pieces with great skill
The performance closed with 'The
Old North State"
A novel feature was the telephone
connection whereby Tarboro, st. Lewis
and Elm City heard the music.
Mrs. Nancy Calhoun, mother of Mr..
Jno f. Calhoun, Chief of Police, died
yesterday afternoon, ut her residence
IN Edgecombe county.
Mr. Ferrell Mcmahon sustained
quite a painful injury to his hand and
arm caused by the sudden stopping of
a train-on which he was conductor.
The force of the train threw him a
gainst the car
Miss Mamie Donnelly, of Washing
ton, y. c., and Dr. w. Paul Moore, of
Jackson. N. c., are visiting at Col, ID.
WoTthington's
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FaE REPORT BELIEVED.

Lohaon, Feb. 15.-The news of DIR.
NanssR's success has created intense
Interest," in this city. The report re-
ceivs& from Irkutsk, Siberia, was gem
eralIx discredited at first, although
more faith was placed in it than in
the RFevious rumors which have reach
ed Loadon during the past twelve
months. The despatch from the
British consul at Archangel, is re-
garssas as conclusiyely showing that
the Norwegian explorer Is homeward-
bouEs, even If he has not discovered
the pSfe.
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FROM nEwBERN TO NORFOLK.
Reported That the w. NJ. & n. Railroad
is to be Extended.

Washington, y C.. Feb. 15.-lSpe-
cial While it can't be said that this
town is on a boom, yet there is a good
deal Of hustling going on. Since my
last visit, several new residences nave
been built here, and others are nov in
course of erection. The Missionary
Baptist church is undergoing repairs
inside and out, indeed it might he said
that it is being rebuilt. 1t will b
handsome structure when finished.
The Methodists will begin work this
spring renoVating, enlarging. and 9TH
erWise improving their scIFWPch. The
district conference will be held here
IN April.
A dramatic entertainment, all home
talent, was given at the opera house
Wednesday night under the auspices
of the ladies of the Episcopal church,
for the benefit Of that church. The
proceeds were $50.
The Christian denomination will hold
their State convention here next Octo-
Der.
There are ten saw mills now in and
near Washington, all at work, except
one planning mill, which is being en-
larged to double its present capacity.
One day last week 2,700, 900 feet Of
lumber were loaded on barges to be
carried to Northern markets.
The cool weather has somewhat i'm
terfered with the catch Of fish; still
this is a good fish market, and quite
large shipment is made from here
every morning.
Truckers are very busy looking
after the crop already growing, and
preparing land for potatoes and other
crops yet to be planted. ] am told that
the acreage in potatoes will be reduced
very much his season as compared
with last season. Peas are doing well.
Much interest is being manifested
here in the organization Of a telephone
exchange to run to Bath, PantegO,
Pinetown, and other towns through
out this section Ii they succeed with
this plan they propose to extend the
line down through Hyde and Pamlico
counties.
The hotel Nichols has recently been
very much improved. 1t now has a
large office, new dining room, several
new bed rooms, and all modern inn
proyements. Mr.. j. A. Burgess is in
charge, and he is keeping tirst-class
house.
Court will meet here next week
One murder case is to be tried negro
by the name of Stephen Barfield, for
killing his wife. This occurred while
the Bonner case was being tried here.
The murder was committed near
Aurora
The new steamer Tar River" own
ed by the Old Dominion Company,
made her first trip from here to Tar
boro last Monday Returning she made
the trip from Tarboro to Washington
in Az hours.
1t is thirty miles from here to Ply
mouth, and the citizens here are hope
full that the rumored report of the w.
N. q N. road extending its line from
Newbern to Norforlk will prove true.
1t is believed here that il the w, N. u
N. win build from Newbern to Wash
ington, the Norfolk and Southern will
build from Plymouth to Washington;
this would give through line from
Norfolk to Wilmington, a distance Of
about 230 miles.
The steamer Alpha, = owned by Capt.
y. u. Clark, which has been running
between Washington and Philadelphia,
will leave here in few days for Mo-
bile. Her run win be from Mobile to
Pensacola, Fla.
II. b. ii.
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STILL cRlTIclsING MORTON.
Not Voice Raised in the House in the
Secretary's Defense.

Washington, Feb. 15.-The attack on
Secretary Morton for his refusal to ex-
pend the appropriation for seed in the
present agricultural appropriation bill
was transferred from the Senate to the
House to-day and furnished the fea-
ture Of the proceedings N the lower
House. 1t was led by Mr.. Baker (Rep.)
and was supported by Messrs. Moses
and Livingston (Dems. Ga,), Mr..
Boatner (Dem. La and Mr.. Merritt
(Dem. Na.)
Some very harsh things were said
and applauded, and especially by Mr..
Boatner, who referred TO Mr.. Morton
contemptuously as that individual, -
and not voice was raised in his de
fense. The general debate on the agri-
cultural bill, during the consideration
of which the attack was made, was
closed before adjournment.
Several bills of minor importance
were passed, and a resolution was
adopted directing the Judiciary COM
mittee to inquire into the right Of an
executive officer to refuse to execute a
law on the ground of its unconstitu-
tionality, and report by bill or other
wise. This investigation grows out of
Comptroller Bowler's decision in the
sugar bounty cases. Mr.. Redy, of
New York, in presenting the resolu-
ton said that Mr.. Bowler's right to
question the constitutionality of a law
was admitted on all hands to be of
doubtful legality. Mr.. Terry, of
Arkansas, on the other hand, expressed
the opinion that an executive officer
executed an unconstitutional law at
his peril.
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BLACKBURN NOW LEADS.

Frankfort, Ky, Feb. 15.- The roll
call for the twenty-third Senatorial
ballot showed 116 members present,
necessary to a choice &c. Senator
Boating joins the three Republican
Senators who have left Dr. Hunter and
this, with the pair of Walker with
Garrard, gave Blackburn more votes
than Hunter. The ballot resulted:
Hunter, SO; Blackburn, 54; Carlisle, 3;
Holt, 3; McCreary, ] Cochran, l. Bate,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-16
A TERRIBLE MINE ACCIDENT.
-Four Men Killed and Four injured by a
Skip Jumping the Track

Republic, Mich, Feb. 15.-A terrible
accident occurred this morning in the
Republic mine, while the men were
coming up in the skip from work out
of number / shaft, the skip jumped
the track and it was pulled on until it
caught and turned over on the men.
The killed are:
WILLIAM McGRAW.
JAMES DODGE.
AD0LpH POTEL4
MATTHIAS TEGELBEBG.
Injured:
CHARLES ANDERSON, three ribs
broken
ERICK AIARTI, leg broken.
JAMES McGRAW, back hurt.
ANDREW PETERSON, hurt inter
nally recovery doubtful.
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MURDERER AND THEN BURNED.

Augusta, Ky, Feb. 15. Robert Laugh
lin, a prominent farmer living three
miles from this place, was assaulted
last night by unknown assassins who
stabbed him several times. His wife,
and her fourteen-year-old niece, were
murdered and their bodies cremated by
burning the house. Laughlin escaped
in the darkness The people are great
ly excited, and the affair is wrapped
in mystery, as there is no clue to the
murderers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-16
KILLED BY DRUNKEN RowDIEs
Brutal Treatment of an indian in Swain
County.

Canton, n c., Feb. Special -
The other night ''Bloom" Ballerand one
Rose White and a negro, whose name
could not be learned, went to the still
house of Nelson Bros, near Whittier,
in Swain county, and filed up on mean
whiskey. Becoming hilarious, they
began teasing an Indian present named
Ned Will-not, taking some whiskey
from him and finally running him off
with rocks. They followed him and,
appears, the Indian resisted when they
cut him terribly, from which he died
within an hour or so.
The men fled, but the negro was
captured and put in Jail at Bryson
City. There is a reward of 5000 each
for Baker and Rose.
Baker was a deputy marshal under
the last administration.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-16
4 BIG TOBACCO FIRE.

CIarksville, Tenn, Feb. I5.-Tobacco
stemmery Of IT, ID. Luckett Sc Co., one of
the largest concerns in ClarIsville, was
destroyed by fire last night and about
100000 pounds of tobacco stock was
destroyed or seriously injured. The
plant was valued at $4,000 and the to-
bacco at 100000. The loss was entirely
covered by insurance, Incendiarism is
suspected
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-16
Gele FROM SALE or BONDS.

Washington, Feb. 15 The Treasury
department announced this afternoon
that tbe total receipts on account Of
bond sales aggregated $62, ,985. 1866,
syhisk will be taken up by the various
sub MEASURES and repositories as
rapisIy as possible.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-16
DR.. GEORGE FARRlER SUICIDES
He Had Gone to Columbia for Medical
Treatment.

Columbia, S. C., Feb. u.s. DR.. George
Farrier, Of Kenansyille, m. c., commit
ted suicide here this afternoon by
shooting himself through the heart
with a revolver, lie died instantly,
Farrier came to this city yesterday
for medical treatment and was appar-
emily getting along very we'll. lie, was
a prominent physician at Kenansville.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-16
POSTPONED UNTI FRIDAY.

El Paso, Tex, Feb. 15.--Joe Nendig
has announced officially that the fight
is postponed until next Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-09
USE OF THE SENSES. =
Habit and Experience Play . Part In See.
Ing and Hearing.

| If we ask ourselves just how 1t IL that
we see, hear and receive impressions from
the Senses, we shall soon discover two
| things. The first Is that the explanations
''we see with our eyes, I'VE hear with
our ears, etc, is not quite satisfactory.
1t Is easy enough to explain how certain
rays Of light iInpinge on the retina Of the
eye and certain waves of air on the drum
of the car, but how these purely physical
things are converted into purely psychical
things Of sight and hearing no one can ex-
plain.
Our second discovery will be that It is
not by the eye alone that we see or by the
ear alone that We hear. Memory, or rather
experience or habit, plays great part in
all sensations, though we do not often
notice it unless our attention Is drawn to
the fact by some circumstance that puts
experience at fault and thus produces
sense illusion.
Have you ever noticed, for instance, how
experience helps you to recognize the posi-
ton Of sounds? If one made noise at a
little distance from you, you could instant
ly tell from what direction 1t came. because
experience has taught you to Judge of this
matter through the very slight difference
In the intensity of sound in your two ears.
An experiment will readily prove this.
stop up the left car firmly with cotton
wool and go into a dark room with some
one else who carries bell. Let the other
person strike the bell in different parts Of
the room, yourself remaining still. No
matter where the bell is, it will always
seem to you to sound on your right side,
even though it may actually be near the
left ear. Persons deaf in one car can never
tell whence sound comes. 1t takes two
ears to do this.
How far experience is our helper in
vision may be appreciated when it Is re-
mcmbcred that the image Of anything we
soc is received by the eye upside down, vet
our constant experience has so habituated
Us to the fact that we never know it.
1t is sort of experience illusion which
makes the telegraph posts during a rail-
way journey appear to move backward, as
though they, too were in motion. We are
not accustomed to move SO fast 1t Is
easier for the brain to think that some-
thing else moves. OF course the most IA
miliar instance of this class Of illusion,
however, is the phenomena Of sunrise and
sunsct-the apparent daily motion of the
sun across our sky. For all terrestrial
purposes it is true to say that the sun Is
motionlcss. This apparent motion of it ia
due to the revolution OF the earth itself,
not to any motion of the esun.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-09
BlLLYGOATS HARD TO KILL
Their TantaIixing Ways, as y Railroad
Engineer Describes Them.

did you ever hear of locomotive hit
ling and killing q hillyeoat?" was tile
question which John Van Nuys, Penn
'ylyania railroad engineer, put to a re,
,orter. "Weil, when you do, let me know
please, for want to make a note of IL.
have been riding an onginc over this road
or 16 years, and though have often seen
goats on the tract, and have often thought
that had surely hit one yet have always
found that Mr.. Goat was like the famous
lea of the Dutchman-not there
"We most often see them on the tracks
Il East Newark or at East Railway, where
hey stray over from Goat hill. Now nc
'ngineers want to hit or kill anything, but
many of them have wished they could
atch billy for he is so tantalizing He'll
'tand on the tracks, generally ut right
angles with the rails. chewing his cud, and
Will pay no more attention TO tho whistle
han to the ballast on the roadbod
Sometimes he will turn his eyes toward
he iron horse speeding toward him, but Il
seems to have 10 terrols for him. and he
Iolds his ground until you cannot see him
rom the cab on account of your prox
unity, when, presto. he is gone. and if you
look out of the cab at the roadside you'll
see Mr.. Billy standing there waiting for
sou to pass.
1.-The other day, at East Newark, I saw
big black one standing on No. ahead
of us as we were Ell route for Jersey City
10 give him warning l footed the whistle
He never stirred. lie was chewing away
md gazing down toward Newark bay. He
had an elegant goatce, which the east wind
was toying with. We were running at o
lively rate and were soon within hundred
feet of him. Now, said to myself, I'm
going to get billy sure. In an instant we
had passed tho spot. l saw no goat shoot
up in the air, nor did l feel any jar nor
any resistance communicated to the SEN
sitive throttle, as we usually do Then
looked out of the cab window. Sure
enough, as usual there was billy at the
roadside, looking up at us and wagging
his tail When you hear of goat being
killed on this road by u locomotive, just
let me know about it. New York Sun
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-09
Climate of British Guiana.

Something should be said about the eli
mate OF British Guiana, which has been
badly maligned. 1t is no worse and no bet.
ter than that of any other primeval tropical
tract. Malarial fevers exist, OF course
they are inevitable in the tropics-but se-
we're attacks may certainly be avoided by
prudent living. If a European fresh from
homo walks about at MONDAY without an
umbrella or works mt a paddle with the
Indian boatmen on the rivers or indulges
In other continuous exertion without pro.
lection from the sun, the chances ure that
he Will get an attack of malarial fever.
and ho deserves to get 1t for his folly. But
II he takes lifo easily, hos sufilciency Of
good nourishing food and as little alcohol
as possible, he may live to ripe old age
with nothing worse than an occasional
feverish cold.
1t Is an absolute error to call the country
pestiferous fever den. The impression
has probably arisen from the occasional
appearances Of yellow fever in On epidemic
form. Now yellow fever is very terrible
maiady, striking fear to the boldest heart
by the rapldity with which it carries off
Its victims, but 1t Is no more terrible than
smallpox, and an epidemic Of the disease
Is about 90 rare In Guiana as smallpox is
IN the better quarters Of London. 1t has
net been known In the country since 1881.
and then itwsS imported. 1t appears only
at long Intervals, and when It does appear
is confined to the mouths Of the rivers.
rarely extending inland. - Macmillan,s r
Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-09
How Bicycle. As> no..A.

wonder whcSo OF earth tho monsv
comes from to pay Tor all these wheelss"
saiu tlle hrst passenger.
You are not tho only one who wonders
apout it, , said the other passenger at.
an everyday conunslrum with n host If
people. wondered at it myself untfl =
Gay or two ago. Then found out come.
thing that set me to calculatine. We h.v.
nm ofiice boy and pay him q : week-averv
cent he's worth. A day or two aro h.
came, came up stairs cassylns . brand new "
Yhosc wheel, Jimmies' I asko.i i
Nine, he answered. .Ain's .h.
outes high grade. you know. Cost y hfr.
dretl plunks., s = nun
Young I echoed. How can Won A..
ford a 500 whccls sou ~
hasys he seswcrc,l Installmcrs ron
anow. Five plunks down and Ave- :
EsMth ~ shes paisi for 4.
- q nu limits how it happsss TINT = ~ a
week Doy can secure u $l0sA wheel Anil
suess you'll find thas's only one case I'M y
n,o. snoasand q ths sAans sort '-Cleyclana
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-09

Mark the frankfort and fruit ped
dler, was arrested, yesterday after
noon, by Deputy Connor of Randolph
and brought to Gardiner, to answer to
the charge of peddling without a
license. The warrant was sworn out
by a rival dealer and when brought be-
fore Judge Larrabee. he was allowed to
go on the payment of costs as the boy S
past reputation has been most excel
lent and it was partly on a misunder-
standing that he was arrested. He
having a license to peddle in Gardiner
but not in Togus, where he was found
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-09

The funeral of the late Mr.. John E
Dumphy was held at his fathers home
on Lincoln avenue. Wednesday after
noon, at 2 o'clock, Rev. R. w. Plant
officiating. A large number of friends
were present and the floral tributes
were very beautiful. The bearers Were
Lewis Black and J. S. Barstow of the
Gardiner Lodge, Knights of Pythias
f. S. Bussell, Frank Goodrich from the
Gardiner Lodge, l. 0. o. F., of which
orders he was an active member and
Lee Moore and Geo. Hathaway. The
interment was in the family lot in
Oak Grove cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-09

person who knows exactly the right
thing to Go in sudden emergency, without
stopping to think at ALL deserves to have
his presence of mind noted and commend
ell. A German drum major has lately
attained such distinction, with good rea-
son.
"A regiment of the imperial army, rest
ing on country road, was appalled, to seq
great bull madly pursuing little child
In field which was near by and yet so
far away that the child could not be reach
cyl III time To save it, nor yet saved by the
shooting of the animal.
The bull had his horns down, and all
the soldiers were Mortified to see that in
another moment the child must be gored
to death. For an instant no one seemed
to know what to do, and then the drum
major shouted to the buglcrs of the band,
who stood near with their Instruments
in their hands to sound u loud blast. They
looked aghast.
sound, l say, for Gods sake, to savs
the childp' he repeated
Then the buglers blew blast at the top
of their lungs. The drum major knew
that animals Of the COW kind are SO much
affected by strange and high pitched mu.
steal sounds that they seem compelled to
initiate them. This bull proved 10 be no
exception to the rule.
As soon as he heard the buglc blast he
paused in his pursuit of the child, QlancoA
toward the band, raised his head and b..
gan to below madly. The buglers kent
up as high and discorlant a tunlult as they
could and meantime soldiers were run
ming to the rescue OF tho child.
Before the bull had finished his lafter.
tion to the buglcs the child was IA a pl.ce
Of safety.-Youth's Companicd.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-09
IA SChoolroom IdYl.

Teacher. / cannot answer that ques
tion.'
Robert, your reasons for this surpris
Ing refusal to answer mel Did Thomas
Jones throw that marble?"
1t was thrilling moment. Across his
desk the tall, powerful master glared
sternly at the pale, determined face of the
little fellow before him. From their seats
the scholars watched the scene with bated
breath. An ninvestigative youth in the back
of the room dropped pin and was fright
cned at the noise it made. The big green
tly stopped buzzing against the window
pane. The boughs Of the old elm beside the
door ceased their rustling to catch the
brave boys answer. At last it came. The
noble little fellow burst into tears.
II don't want to-" he sobbed, g cause
Tommy Jones says If I blab on him he'll
lick do stuffiu outer me. London Tit
Bits
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-09

Tuesday. Joseph Fortier went astray,
assisted by too much imbibing. He
went home and kicked up q fuss with
his family. the members of which We're
finally compelled to fly from the house
Officer Gilblair came around and roped
Fortier placing him in the corral.
Judge Priest fined him S. and costs and
sentenced him To 80 days in Jail ad-
ditional. Fortier told the court that he
got his liquor at the Hezelton house.
and SO the proprietor responded to
Judge Priests call On evidence of
single sale respondent was fined $50
and costs, from which sentence he ap-
pealed and gave bonds in $500 for his
appearance in September