The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 21, 1907, Page 7, Image 7
^ The Falling of Big Meteor Pen
in North Carolina Many rn
Years Ago Recalled. al
Ou the 31st of last October
The Observer contained the Crin
following statement among its ag*?n
Historical items tor ute day : "A in til
remarkable meteoric S:one 1 ell conn
at Charlotte, North Carolina, in ailii
1849" nia's
Mr. William M. Paiks, of recoi
Poortith, Union county, was a! 0f tli
Davidson, visiting Prof. W. R. miss
Gray and read the notice. Being toda
a man of information and learn- nam
ing Mr. Parks made a note of volv
the date so that lie could a-cer- tioni
tain where The Observer got its thro
information. An opportunity to to a
get at a reporter did not arrive nam
until yesterday, when Mr. Parks crim
came to the city. ''The 31st of are
October, 1849, I was gathering lorn
corn with a number ol negroes Con
on Mr. Moses Allen Parks place, pres
17 miles south of the city, in supi
Providence township. We heard turn
a great roaring sound as it a fire
were consuming a tug building. Pec
The mules to the wagons become ->
frightened. J
"The m'teor was falling but
my understanding is that it A
dropped in Cabarrus county and low
not here. Mr. James Ilarty, one ?
of your oldest citizens, recalls a gi
the occurrence and says that it aboi
fell in Cabarrus. T.'ie reporter will
looked np a Gauriug's jAstron- Eas
omy and found the following ped
record: Since 1800 about 250 hay
meleors have fallen. Among the p0li
most reuiirkahle ones in the and
United States fell in Connecticut, oer
in 1807; Sou'h Carolina, 134jl; ioui
Cabarrus county, North Carolina, clat
1849 ; Ohio, 1SG0 and Iowa, 1875 had
and 1879. wh<
It would be interesting to brie
know exactly where the meteor u?lc
fell and all about it. Some old bye
Cabarrus citizer c mid give a 8tai
vivid account of his experience ine]
on that day. It is said that the dau
meteor fell near E asttield, the <rjrl
present home of Col. Hob Wal- ()f \
lace.
Dr. E. II. Andrews, a dentist
here for years, is said to have
had a horseshoe made Irom met
al Irom the meteor.?The Obser
T ver. an,
" "" " yen
"Woman and Grandson Kill- ,ne
ed in Mica Tunnel. Ort
noci
Asheville special in Charlotte j
Observer: A communication re- wa
ceived here today Irom Sylva, tjla
Jackson county, tells of a dis the
tressingly fatal accident that oc- ii [
curred in Canada township, that 8oo
county, Monday. The com muni- in ;
cation says: pia
News has reached here of the jnt
tragic death on Monday of this
week of Mrs. Susan Dills and ter
her grandson, a boy named Cope,
a youth of about 16 yeirs, in H
Canada, this county. H
Kd Dill, husband of the de- j n
... I tnat
ceased woman, ami his two flat
rro'
grandsons, the Cope boys, were hut
engaged in mining lor mica on the ! ^
illDs property, and were driving 7hp
a tunnel. Mrs. I)i 11 a for some Im!
reason, visited the scene of op- mu<
, Wftl
erations an! was in the tunnel. ?n<i
Irec
The walling gave way, procipi- j ^
taling ft eras':, killing Mrs. Dills i
j instantly and closing the tunnel, ou$
enca-ing the Cope boy in a pre-J
mature grave, smothering him to
death before ftn exeavacation f\
could be made and air admit j |f
ted. '
TJE
nsyvania's Capitol Comission
Makes SensationReport.
arrisburg, Pa., Ana. 19?
linal and civil proceedings
ist all persons concerned
le fraudulent transactions io
eetion with the construction
furnishings of Pennsylvai
$13,000,000 Capitol, are
!tl tvt Uli i 1 ? I i it fi ?? .? I ^??4.
in tnu nil 11 irpm t
ie Capitol investigating com
ion made toGovernor Stewart
y. Eighteen persons are
ed in the report as being ined
in the irregular transac
3, and the Attorney General,
ugh the Governor, is urged
ict at once. Toe persons
ed and against whom either
dual or civil hii ts are urged,
aichitects, contractors and
ier State officials, including
gres-man U. Burd Cassel,
ident ot the company which
ii.? ?: 1
'lieu inc nioinun. Ull't
iture.
uliar Stunt of Pretty Girl
-Rode Bicycle "While
Asleep.
. dispatch Iroui Fort Dodge,
a, says:
The ghost like apparition of
rl astride a bicycle, flitting
Lit the stree's atter midnight,
not startle residents 111 the
t End any longer. For weeks
esirians abroad late at night
0 i/^v;II 3VyiU UU. 1J IM infill it
ceman, attracted by a crash
a sere un, ran around a corand
solved the mystery. lie
nd a young and pretty girl,
1 in a thin night dre-s, which
suffered severely when the
;el she was riding struck a
:k. The girl was dazed, but
I the policeman where she
>ii He escrted her home and
tied her father, a well known
reliant, who thought his
ighter was safe in Led. The
said she had no recollection
ier night ride."
derson Boy Meets with
Peculiar Death.
Vn lerson special 1 n the iNews
1 Courier: A little eightir-old
boy, bv name of Bryan,
I with a peculiar death at the
Mills, tins city, this alterin.
t seems that the little fell >w
a playing with an air lio.se,
,t is use to blow off looms in
mill, and in some w.?v he got
II his mouth. His body was
ii filled with air and he died
\ few minutes. The boy wa9
ying with the hose and put it
0 his mouth not knowing the
liter His body was swollen
'ibly.
Iheumatism
have found a tried and tested cure for Rhoti
ism I Not a renvslf that will straighten th<
orted limb* of chronic cripple?, nor turn hon]
Frtha back to flesh again. That Is Impossible
1 can now surely kill the pains and pangs o
deplorable disease.
i German/?with a Chemist In the City o
mstadt?I found the last ingrwllent wltl
cii IT. b aiitiuiiui?iu ni? iuumi
erfected, dependable prescription. Wlthou
I lait Ingredient, I successfully treated many
iv cases of Rheumatism: but now, at last. It mil
iiljr cures all curable rases of this here to for
h dreaded disease. Those sand-like granula.
tee. found in Rheumatic Mood seem todlseolv
pass away under the action of this retnody a
ly as does sugar when added to pure watoi
I then, when dissolved, these poisonous waste
ily pass from the system, and tho cause o
lumatlsrn is gone forever. There is now ni
I need?no actual excuse to suffer longer wltb
help. Wo sell, and In confidence rooummers
Dr. Shoop's
heumatic Remedy
J. F. MACKEY & CO.
LAN'J AS. Eii NEWS, AUGUST 21, 1"<>
AGRICULTUF
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Brave Lad Saves Girl from Dr
Drowning.
Mew York, Aug. 18. ? Lewis Oflice
Wilding, 11 years old, an inmate posit
of an orphanage, lias, by his i'hoi
bravery, won lor himself a home J
and probably a good future He
jumped into the river yesterday
, and saved the life of Rose Mc- TUjo
[ Gown, 13 years old, the daugh- 1111D
ter of a contractor, who had falm
* len into the water while gather1
ing moss along the river's bank. Pi
f Wilding, who happened to bo Y ^
| picnicking in the vicinity with able ins
>| the children from the orphanage. ' Thir i
I went to the rescue, while several witliqu
* _ , , , Our R
s men stood apparently a raid to u.sble ti
* make the venture. term^
o The girl's lather says he will Mai
?,care for the orphan in the future!
land will also bring the act to
the attention of those in charge
l of the Carnegie hero medal J
'I'und- can't v
We have <
Complete st
Farming; Ut
buying the
Avill need tli
minute. W
MOWEB
And in
tiling a la
things you1
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RAKES,
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fact avc carry
rmer wants,
will soon need.
ICK MOWE]
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US for riltnldor, iirii-uu i.twl tf
one's Music House,
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RJLWARD!
We will pay a liberal reward
the person or persons finding
the city of Lancanster a more
>iupieie una up-io-uuie uvery
isiness than ours. Rubber
pe buggies and stylish horses.
We have a few mules left.
BUGGIES
We sell the folio wing buggies:
iedmont, Rock Hill, Ratteran,
A. Wrenn & Sons, Taylor
annedy and Tyson & Jones.
very one 01 tnem guaranteed
>r 12 months.
WAGONS
We sell the Virginia, Nissen
nd Carver.
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