The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-16

An ArmlesS Wonder
and Oth"r
Wonderful Stories.
There are some wonderful stories now
going the rounds of the press about won

derful Things tHae
| FOLKS YOU armless wonders are
| WOULDN'T, doing with their toes.
LIE ABOUT. No doubt they are
every one true, for no
man ought to lie about a man who has
no lists to resent it. But none of these
| stories are more wonderful than the won
derful one related this week by the Cleve-
| land Star, which says that DR.. r. c. Ellis
says that he saw a quilt the other day
| at the home of Mr.. Mat Brooks, in No.
township, which was pieced by Miss
Julia McSwain, an aged maiden lady, with
her toes Her arms were both gone
and she had only stubs, but she was full
OF energy and determination and she ac-
complished a great deal with her toes.
Her sewing was neatly executed and the
quilt is not different from the hand made
ones. She was quite a remarkable woman
in many respects.
DR.. Samuel Galley, prominent homco-
pathic physician. was found some weeks
ago dead in Garden street, Mount Holly,
N. j., near his home. Death had resulted
from apoplexy. Dr. Galley invented an in
strument for locating gold 1t was used
in the search for Captain Kids treas
Successful tests made with the instru
ment attracted attention all over the
country and many persons made use of
it. DR.. Galley gave up his practice at
Mount Holly and came to North Carolina
to engage in gold mining. The machin
cry buildings he here erected were washed
away in a flood however, and he re-
, turned 20 Mount Holly four months ago
and resumed his practice.
Rev. w. II. H. Lawhon, a Prjm-
tive Baptist preacher and the former
member of the General Assembly
from Moore county,
A FAITHFUL tells the Carthage
HORSE Blade that old Pratt.
PASSES AWAY. his faithful buggy
horse, died August 6.
at the good old age of 80 years, OF these
80 years, Mr.. Lawhon owned the horse q
years, and drove him in that time
forty Ave thousand miles in his travels
as minister and as pastor of various
churches in Moore, Richmond, Montgom
cry and Cha than counties Mr.. Law
hon said that he raised five boys to be
grown men and that old Pratt was the
first horse the oldest ever plowed and
the last horse that the youngest ever
plOwed
In Mcdowell court the Southern Rail-
way seems to be getting it where the
rapist will get the rope. The case o.
whistles VS.. Southern Railway was tried
there Tuesday. The jury gave the plain
tiff $500. Wednesday the suit of Whitley
Dobson and Insurance Co. VS.. the South-
er1 for burning mill at Old Fort about
a year ago, was tried. The jury brought
in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
$4,000 damages. There is one other case
against the road on the docket, but the
railroad will get it postponed, if possible.
The official crop report for the State
spreads before us most discouraging
fruit crop prospect,
SURE INDEX and there is reason to
TO THE believe that therein
FRUIT CROP it is not far wrong
One of the surest in
dications of the size of the fruit crop is
the number of brandy distillers taking
out license each year. Last year there
were nearly 500 in the eastern (Ralegh)
revenue district Thus far there are only
about fifty, and revenue officials say that
there will not be half as many as were
licensed last year
North Carolina can boast the largest
gra pevine in the world 1t is on the
farm of B. F. Meelins, Roanoke Island
not far from the site of Fort Raleigh
and near the birthplace of Virginia Dare
1t is claimed that the vine was planted
by Sir Walter Raleighs i'll fated colony
in 1887 1t IS of the scuppernong variety,
covers an acre of ground and yields about
a ton of grapes annually
Four birds who flew from their perch in
Craven county Jail last Sunday afternoon
are still basking in
CASE OF THE the sunlight of libcr
BITTER ty and glorious self
BITTEN. government some
where in the Vastly
unknown. Six of them were caught in Ons-
low county and taken back to Newbern
Wednesday afternoon. Several scouting
parties had been sent ont but all save
one. returned empty handed One search
ing party was composed entirely OF q
colored man named Jim Simmons. who
claimed to know where to locate some of
the escaped men. So positive was Jim
that he could make captures that on Mon
cay night he was provided with two pairs
of hand cuffs and some cash in hand to
defray expenses. Jim determined to make
his start from down town saloon where
he proceeded to spend the money. His
good time lasted all night so that by
morning he was very drunk. Tuesday
morning he appeared near the A. and n.
c. station and proceeded to business by
shooting off his revolver in dangerous
proximity to crowd of people. The po-
lice appeared and took him in charge.
Jim resisted the officers vigorously, being
under the impression that he was cap
turing number of the escaped prisoners
he had started out to bag the night before.
He was tried later by the mayor and
fined So