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BEST ADYERTiSM HEDIDH.
VOLUME XXVII.
WILSON, X. C, FEB. 25, 1 89 7.
NUMBER 8.
T3EOUEST you to be present at their store on Tar---V
boro Street on any day' during the coming week
to examine the most perfect Bicycle ever put upon any
market in the world. f "
We have secured the agency for the COLUMBIA.
WHEEL and will take pleasure in showing it to you.
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WE ALSO CARRY A SELECT LINE OF
BIG FIRE AT WILMINGTON.
It Brok Out on the Anniversary of the
RiT"Fire Eleven Years Ago.
Wilmington suffered a seribus fire
on Tuesday night, exactly! eleven
years since its big fire that corhsumed
most of the businoss I part of the
tOA-n. It originated in the rerr of
Mark's clothing store. !A whjite man
named Cox is supposed; to have ptr
ished in the flames, f he A. L.
office was damaged, "and the Y. M.
OA. building was saved only with
great effort. The losses are thus
given bv the Star: . j
Mr. Marks, store, $i,ooo, furni
ture $500; Breckenridge & Beery,
stock, $300; Jos. H. j Lucas, store
fixtures, $250; I. Shrier, building oc
cupied by Lucas & Jacobs, jinsured;
C. D. Jacobs, stock and fixtures,
$800; A: S. Holden, furniture, $600;
John Maunder, building occupied by
Sternberger Bros, and marble yard,
$600; Sternberger ' Bros., stock and
fixtures, $300; F. A. Nswbeny,
building $1,000, stock 300; Mrs.
M. C. Williamson, household effects
$500; T. J. Denan, building occu
pied by Mrs. Williamson, $3,300.-
News & Observer. i : l
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The Physical Napoleon.
The many current articles on Na
poleon the First attract renewed at
ttention to the great Emperor. He
has been viewed from every stand
point except an unbiased and impar
tial one. Possibly the timehas come
directory;
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local trains:
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Tarboro street-
BAR CAIN
Tar Heel Lovers Klope
Mussulmans and Christians Engaged in
. . Hat tie.
Petersburg, Va., Feh. i8(Spec
ral) There has been much gossip in
fashionable society circles here to-day
on account of an elopement which
occured last night and which became
known this morning. The couple
were Mr Jacob Batile and Miss Mat
tie Nash Wright, who' went to Wash
ington, D. C. to have the nuptial
knot tied. The marriage took place
to-day. The groom is a resident of
South Carolina and a son of Judge
Jacob Battle, of Rocky Moupt. N. C
He is about 21 years of age, and at
one time was a student at the Uni
versity school here. The bride is
a daughter of Mrs. Wiliam White, a
widowed lady, who lives with her
father, Mr. Richard T. Arrington, a
phominent business man here. She-
is 17. years of age and quite pretty.
Mrs. Wright received a telegrath
this afternoon from the couple in-
Jorming her of the marriage and stat
ing that a letter had been maileti
Here explaining matsers. Mr. Ar
lington telegraphed the couple thi
afternoon that they would be wel-
corned to his home. The elopement
was a great surprise to the relative
and friends of the parties Tiere.
Xews and Observer.
Mr. Goodel. a member oft the Leg
islature from Wayne county, Mich.,
while in Chicago recently, was hand
ed, in the dining room of a hotel, a
bill of fare' printed in KrencfJ. Being
unfamiliar with the language, he or
dered five articles on the bill which
had an aggregate value of 8o cents.
When the order was delivered he
i 1 -
found that he had potatoes Rooked in
five different styles and nothing else.
He has introduced a bill in the Leg
islature providing that Lills; of fare, of
public dining rooms must be printed
only in the English language. Ex.
The entering wedge jof a fatal com
plaint is often a slight colcl, which a
dose or two Ayer,s Cherry Pectoral
might have cured at the Commencement-
Therefore, it is advisable to
have this prompt and sure remedy al
ways to meet an immergency.
Minister Ransom's Return.
i
Canea, February 20.- The Mus
sulmans at Relimo became greatly
excited when they learned of the
massacre of their co-relieionists at Hon. M. W. Ransom, United
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Sitia, and to-day, fully armed, they States jn mister to Mexico, passed
made a sortie from1 the town, and through Charlotte last night on his
attacked the insurgents who were j way home. He came ijn on the
gathered in forces in the vicinity, j Southern vestibule trpm Alanta, and
The fighting was still proceeding was seen at' the depot by an Observer
this evening without apparent ad van- representative. Mr. Ransom is look
tage to either side. The Mussul j ing well, and was cheerful, despite
mans.actuated by the spirit of t eveng j the nervous strain he has undergone.
re reported to be making a most de- It has been announced in jthis' paper
termined effort to severely chastise, that he was called home by a tele
the Christian, but the latter by their
superior knowledge of guerrilla war-
well established now that the Greeks
are masters of the island, except
three of the towns.
gram announcing the serious illness
of his wife. He left the city of
fare are easily able to hold their own i Mexico last Sunday pight At San
against the attacking forces, it is ; Antonio he received a dijspatch tel
ling him that his wife; was
he remained over mere a
muchneeded rest
Mr. Ransom was ask if.
return to Mexico. "Tha
plied, "I cannot say.! 1 only wish I
11 1 r tS 1
Knew. iVir. transom expressea re-
gret that he would miss the North
but said
he was compelled to,' return home.
Charlotte Observer, j j
Original Observation..
better, and
day for a
he would
." he re-
Orie of the best ways to be loved
is by refusing to hear and retail gos
.s:p, by fair, kind generous and help
ful action, by .showing respect to ,
others1 opinions, by expressing one's
own in a polite but firm way, and by
discharging duty with courtesy, con
siderateness and fidelity. Ex.
Its sneezy thing to catch a cold
how-a-days and everybody hose it.
And it will not be long before Carolina editors in Mexico
Grover will March 4th. No. tears: .
When lovely women sweetly
smilis, inan is caught m witchery's
wiles.
The 'favorite flowers with Repub
lican office-seekers just now is the
forget-me-not.
Money may be. "close," bat it is
Novel Showing of Faster Has and Ron
. nets!. "'!''""'
A novel method of- presenting the
newest and freshest Eastertide creat-
His. phe
nomenal intelectual capacityj-Js admit
ted on all hands. Small attention
has been directed, however, to his
physical developement, which alone
enabled him to bear the fatigues and
labors necessary to such a career.
Indeed it was no less wonderful than
his mental characteristics. He had a
"frame of adamant" as well as "a soul
of fire." His labors would have'worn
out physically half a dozen ordinary
men. He was insensible to heat or
cold or fatigue.
Attention has. been called to the
great capacity of his skull, but anoth
er physiological fact, which probably
had a most important bearing on his
succcess, has passed almost unnoted.
His normal pulse, or heart beat, was
only , 40 to the n i.mte. Doubtless
this had a djrect influence in enabling
him to stand fatigue and to think
cooly under the pressure of the most
trying circumstances. It was noted
that he rarely perspired, and, toiling
along under the summer's sun
through the desert in , the Egyp
tian campaign, not a drop of per
spiration was seen on his brow.
Physiologists may, perhaps be, able
to determine other effects upon his
physical and mental activity from this
abnormal slowness of circulation. His
chest measurement was as phenome
nal as that ot his skull. Both were
extraordinary for a man of his height
He . wore a No. 8 hat and his scalp
was so tender that the hat had to al
ways be very soft anct padded. By
the way, his height has been differ
ently stated as 5 feet 3 inches and 5
feet 6 inches. The tiuth. is, both
are correct, lor 5 leet 3 inches old
French measurement is 5 feet 6 inch
es English measurment. A forgetful -ness
of this fact has caused the appar
rent conflict of statement. :
His marvellous good health was an
indispensible lact'or in his success. -It
was noted by his teachers at school. It
did not fail him once in his long and
eyentlul career, till the close of the
great battle of Borodino, under the
walls of Mosc6w, in 18 12, when, . the
victory being won, his Marshal and
Generals were amazed to see him fail
to crush the flying enemy.
The Emperor seemed to be in a
daze. In truth, three days arid nights
of constant watchfulness had for the
first time overcome that iron frame,
and, his physical man failing, the em
pire of the world was then and there
wrenched from his grasp.
The fatal retreat from Russia was
the inevitable consequence of these
two or three hours of inactivity at the
crisis and acme of his Wonderful ca
reer. . 'v ' ' . .
The next failure was after the bat
tle of Dresden,. in iS 13, When a lew
hours of indisposition saved the allied
foe and probably cost him his empire.
His physical deretoriation lost him the
Waterloo campaign. His mind was
as bright as ever. His planning was
never better, but there was a lack of.
vigor 'in execution, and the. physical
Between Florence and AVeldon.
No. 78. No. 2$.
1:42 P. M. Leaves Wilson 2:05 P. M.
Betjveen Wilmington and Norfolk:
No jS. No. 49.
12:4s P. M. Leaves Wilson, 2:12 P. M.
"Shoo"; Fly" Wilmington to Rocky
'Mount:
No. 40. No. 41.
10:23 P Leaves Wilson, 6:15 A..M
THROUGH TRAINS:
BetweerNFlorence and Weldon:
No. 32. ( . ; No. 35.
12:22 A. M. Leaves .Wilson, ii:iS P. M.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
HOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
Rk S. Clark, Chairman.
John C. Hadlev, : Tuosl Felton.
Shade Felton, J. H. Newsom
W.J. Cherry, Sheriff,
J. 1). Bar din, Clerk of Suptrior Court.
J. H. Griffin, Register of Deed,
S. H. 'Tyson, Treasurer,
Wm. HARRiss.Corontr,
J. T. Revel, Surveyor.
TOWN OFFIC E K
aldermen:
J. D. Lee,
J. A. Clark,
U. H. Cozart, .
Geo. Hackney,
J. T. Ellis,
Tst
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Ward.
P. B. Deans, Mayor;
Jno. R. . Moore, Town Clerk;
W. E." Deans, Collector.
police:
D. P. Christman, Chief.
Ephriam Harrelp, Frank Felton
James Marshbourne.
ions of Paris milliners
has been
not yet close enough fqr most peo- adopted by The Ladies' Home
pie to reach it.
Woman seldom
Journal for March.
understands her- ; zine the new French
In that maga
hats and bon-
self, but she can see clear through . nets will be pictured aS they are
every other woman. - worn. This unique display is useful.
From the Gage ol McKinley's cab- ( therefore, in pointing;. out c"learly not
fAION DER FU L are the cures, by inet the people needn t expect any only Fashions decree, butjthe styles
ItoOfl's Siarconoi'illo o -rwl -irof fVifV I Si 1 U .
CHUKCHES?.
St. Timothy's Episcopal churchy
Rev, F. C. Bayliss, Priest-in-charge.
Serv;ices:Sundays, at 11 a. hi; and 7:30
p. m.", Sunday School at 3 p". m.,-Wek-- -days
Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 p.'
m. Holy days at 10 a. m. Celebra
tion of Holy Communion on 1st Sun-
day in each month at ii a. m., other
Sundays at 7:45 a. m.
Methodist Church, Rev. J. B. Hurley
Pastor; services t 11 a. m. and 7:30'
p.'m. Sunday School, 5 p. m., J. F.
Bruton, Supt. Prayer meeting Wed- ,
nesday night at 7:30.
Disciples Church, Rev. D. W. Davis,
Pastor; services on Second, Third and
Fourth Sundays at 11 a. ni. and 7:30 p.
m. Prayer meeting every Thursday
night. Sunday School at 3 o'clock, p.
m., Geo. Hackney, Supt.
Presbyterian Church, Rev. James'
Thomas, Pastor; services on the First,
Second and Third Sunday in every
month and at Strickland's, church
every Fourth Sunday. Sunday School
at 5 o'clock, P. M. . ' v
Baptist Church, service as follows:
Preaching Sunday morning at 11:00
o'clock and 8:30 p. m. Rev. J, A. Rood
Pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at 8.0'clock. Sunday School
at 5 p. m., D. S. Boykin Supt.
Primitive Baptist Church, preaching
on 2nd. Sunday b Elder Jas. Bass; on
3rd Sunday by Elder Jas S. Woodard;
on the 4th Sunday and Saturday before
by the pastor, Elder P. D. Gold. Ser-
vicesbegin at 11 a. m. .
LODGK5.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Lodge No. 117 A.VF. & A. M. are held
in their hall, corner of Nash and Golds
boro streets on the 1st and 3rd Monday
nights at 7:30 o'clock p. m. each month. -J.
D. Bullock, W. M.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Chapter No. 27 are held in the Masonic
Hall every 2nd Monday night at 7:30
o'clock p. m. each month.
Lat Williams, II. P.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Commandery No. 7 are held in the
Masonic hall every 4th Monday night
man. which had aided him in so many
v.;,- d;. I at 7:30 o'clock-each 'month. '
successes, was wanting to him. By W. H. Applewhite, E. C.
Walter C 1 a rk, Associate J ustice
North Carolina Supreme Court. In
Godey's for Feb.
Hood's Sarsaparilla, and yet they
are simple and natural. Hood's Sarsa
Iarilla makes PURE BLOOD.
relief from the next administration.-
Ornge(Ga)Observer. "
in headdress best suited to several
contrast types and faces. 1
Hittinq: at a Hole
So . fight the Spanish Weyler, -'
As one who biffs the air,
For when he swats old Gcmez,
. Old Gomez isn't there.
Raleigh Tribune.
Regular meetings of Wilson Lodge,
K. of H. No. 1694 are held in their hall
over the.ist National Bank every 1st
Thursday, evening at 3-.30 o'clock, p. m.
B. F. Briggs, Director.
Regular meetings of Contentneas
Lodge. No. 87, K. of P., are held in
Odd Fellows' Hall every Thursday
night. Visiting members always wel
come. Regular meetings of Enterprise
' Lodge, No. 44, are held every Frdav
! night in Odd Fellows Hall.