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KEEP MOVING !
BROWN & RODDICK,
49 Market Street-
Great Am ual Clears Sale,
IT HAS BFKN OUR ANNUAL CUSTOM
during the past f ur years to inau
gurate a
in cider tojjcloee out the balance of our
WINTER STOCK!
at which time we will make a general
Mark Down on all Sur
plus Stock !
Ouf ; a ronn will find every article marked
in pl-iin fiur--, the former price in
Black nnd the MARKED DOWN
PRICE IN RED.
We cannot enumerate every article, as it
would occupy too much of our space
but the following will give quite a
general idea:
WINTER DRESS GOODS,
BLANKETS,
FLANNELS,
CANTON FLANNELS,
Also,;
LADIES', GENTS' AND
CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR.
We mean business and will mark every ar
tiole at buch a pr.ce that cannot fail to satisfy
anv and all who anticipate making any pur
chases in our line and would add, for the
benefit ot our patrons in the country,that they
mav relv on anv orders they may favor us
with being promptly and as faithfully filled
as if they stood at the counter.
One Price to All
SPECIAL SALE.
We have decided to make a CLEAN SWEEP
of all our LINEN GOODS such as
LINEN TABLE DAMASKS,
1 " NAPKINS,
it
DOILIES,
TOWELS.
And
In order to make this a success we have
marked them to the LOWEST NOTCH. Be
assured they are reduced just as represented
You are Invited to Call and See for
Yonrselves.
We have NO desire to deceive or misrepre-
fcent anything. Our policy has NEVER been
to iret as much as we could for ear merchan
dise, but to sell as LOW as possible in order
to increase our outlet and Xeep tne trade A i
UOMK. Call early.
rown & Roddick.
jan 11
Lecture by Col. D. K. McRae
FuR BENEFIT OF THE
t
Wilmington Libraiv Association.
lOL. MeRAE WILL DELIVER his cele-
brated Lecture on "Genius and Talent," un
der the auspices of the Librarv Association
at the Or h.KA UUUoJSi on r it lis A l fliuni,
January 31st.
Tickets 25 cents each. Will be sold at the
Book and Drug Stores, alto by member of
the Committee ot Arrangements, fio Ke
served seats except private boxes, which can
be secured at Heinsberger's Book (store.
jtn 25-eat-mon-wed-thu
e-tr and Sun copy sun-wed-th-fri
There is a Big Rush at
SHRIEK'S
jOR THE BARGAINS NOW so freely
offered there in Winter Clothing and Fur
nish ioe Goods. The entire stock
Must be Sold I
che next thirty day. to make room for
S3 cr i r urtn H- inn i h hv iiul ltci si tipp
get such bargains as you never ne&ra of
- tj u i j i mJ ru L' ti unu I I I mm
Market st
Ummt Shirt in tho Pitv fnr
cts Jan 25
ST BBT BJ - W I U BJ U AJ
TJT I WILL BE PLEASED TO serv
in uu
Book and Stationery Line,
. .
rill endeavor to give yon satisfaction in
transaction at
8. JEWETTS,
i t r oat Street ifoox store.
& Fancy Articles.
r UK CHRISTMAS FRLSfcM'H
ipaons comnnundpd at all nonrs
. ..
Ight.
wete nock to bay rom.
JAMES C. MUNDS, Druggist,
Third street, Opp. City Hall.
The
VOL. 3. WILMINGTON, N. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1879. NO. 311
LOCAL NEWS.
New Advertisements.
Hall 4 Pxamall Seed Potatoes.
Hall Piabsall Good Flour.
Johb W. Gobdob A Bao Life, li.e and
Marine Insurance.
Jambs 0. 8tbvbh80S F.ower and Garden
Seed.
Gilxs A Mobchiso' Direct Importatien.
Gxbhabdt A Co Buggies, Harness and
Baddies.
A. D. Casaux Baltimore 8teamship Line.
A. D. Cazaux Clyde s .New i orx aieam-
ship Line.
Williams A Mubchisox Just Received.
Boatwbismt A McKor To the Pubic this
week.
P. Hbixsbxbobb Pianos and Organs.
Pbsstob Cumming A Co Cora, Hay Ac.
A. Shbibb There is a Big Rush.
8. Jbwbtt Christmas is Over.
J. C. Mdnbb, Druggist. Toilet at d Fancy
Articles.
For other locals see fourth page.
A bard thing to sharpen
-The water's
ed go.
A locomotive drinks forty-five
gallons
a mile,.
The man who has
a; lellow-fcelir.g-
The blind man.
. Yesterday was one of the
days of tho season.
bHtter cold
Some men are like
ways murmuring.
brooks. tl:ey are al-
Nolhing can constitote good bteediug
that has not good nature for its founds
tion. People who are in' tha habit of flying
into a passion should have their wings
clipped.
The indications are that there will be
a big house to see Griofla-Griofle to-night.
So mote it be !
The cornet is becormug popular
instrument of church music,
wicked man desires to know if
as an
Some
this is
praising the Lord in a horn?
Before the war the fashionable styles
in ladies' dresses reminded us of an um
brella hoisted; now they remind us of an
umbrella let down and buttoned.
Nothing does a doctor so much good
as to prescribe an ocean voyage for a sick
man who can't raise money enough to
pay his s(reet-car fare down town.
The number of heart beats is estimated
durine the year at 2,360.800.000. A
V v www,
young lady on Fourth street wants to know
who can estimate the estimate the number
of heartaches ?
it is simply astonisning bow many
people in town are laid up sick at this
time, with ills, resulting from the recent
sudden and peculiar changes in the
weather.
There is- but one verdict, and that is
that in thirty-three 5 cars Dr. Bull's
Cough Hyrup has never tailed to cure a
Cough. Cold or General Hoarseness. At
Drug stores. Price 25 cents; five bottles,
$1.
4
Simple and Useful.
A practical truck gardener in this
f
vicinity says .Perhaps one 6 fthe most ap
propriate uses of an old fruit can that
can be devised, is to make it contribute
to the growth of new fruit to fill nsw
cans. This is done in tbe following man
ner : The can is pierced with one or
more pin holes, and then sunk in the
earth near the roots of the strawberry or
tomato or other plants. The pin holes
are to be of such size that when the can
is filled with water, tbe 'fluid can only
escape into the ground very slowly. Thus
a quart can, properly arranged, will ex
tend its irrigation to the plant for a
period of several days; the can is then
refilled. Practical trials of this method
of irrigation leave no doubt of its success.
Plants thus watered flourish and yield
the most bounteous returns throughout
the longest drouths. In all warm local
ities where water is scarce, the planting
of old fruit cans, as here indicated, will
be found profitable as a regular gardening
operation.
The Thermometer.
From the United States Signal Office at
his place we obtain the following report
of the thermometer, as taken this morn
ing at 7:31 o'clock :
Augusta, Ga. 31
Cairo, III 31
Charleston, S. C....32
Cincinnati 31
Corsicana,' Tex 36
Fort Gibson, C. N.'i9
Galveston 46
Indianola 46
Jacksonville, FU...37
Enoxville.............23
Lynch bare. - V
Memphis, Tenn.. ...33
Mobile, Ala.. 34
Montgomery Ala.. .32
Nashville 28
New Orleans. 44
New York!. 32
Savannah, Ga 36
Shreveport..... 36
St. Louis Mo 3?
St. Marks, Fla..
Yickaburg, Miss... .33
Washington. 38
Wilmington. 27
Daily
Yesterday Morning's Fire.
Yesterday morning, about 3.80 o'clock,
one of the female members of Mr. J. W.
Moody's family, residing on the corner of
Fourth and Brunswick streets, was
awakened by the dense smoke which filled
her room. She woke the family, who had
barely time to escape in their night
clothes. The alarm of fire was sounded,
but so rapidly did the flames consume the
building that it was too far gone to be
saved. The fire originated in the store at
tached to the dwelling ol Mr. Moody and
owned by Mr. Christian Hussell. The
first bnilding consumed was that occupied
bv Mr. Moodv as a store and dwelling. A
one-story f.ame building occupied by
wr l t . A
aamfl timft tlm burninir of th Strode
. .. , .
DUUUIDZ. LDti rUOKlVU UliU&Cb UUUW
caught fire a'id was soon destroyed. A
building opposite the market, owned by
Allan fcvans, and occupied Dy iarne mc-
Koy, was next ignited, and a house East of
siroae's resiience soon ioiiowcu sin;, um
. , . i m m f l l j . : i.
the fire on these two dwellings was extiD
guished by the fire department
Mr tiussell had $2,260 insurance on
his DroDertv in the Frasklin Insurance
A A
Company, represented in this city by Mr
Norwood Giles as fellows; On Moody
store and dwelling, $1,460: $40 on store
fixturec; on the Strode building $400;
on the house next east of Strodes- which
was damaged agaoU. 1 tie Uity bad no
insurance on the Market House nor had
! Allen Evans on his pronertv. Ha esti
mates his loss at about $50. On Mr
Moody's stock there was 8850; in a com
pany represented by Jno. W
Gordon k
Bro . a
nd $500 in a company represented
by Atkinson & Manning, s200 on store
and bar fixtures and $450 on household
and kitchen furniture and wearing ap
parel with Gordon & Bro. Mr. Moody
estimates his loss at $1,000 and Mr.
Hussell says his will be very heavy. The
origin of the fire is supposed to be the ex
plosion of a kerosene lamp.
Fire in Bladen.
On the night of Thursday, the 22dinst.
the barn with the whole of its contents, of
Mr. F. J. Anders", residing npar TWttV. I
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1
Bridge, was totally destroyed by fire.
Everything was perfectly safe when the
family retired to rest at 11 o:cleck. but
when the alarm was raised, at midnight,
by some colored people living on the
plantation it was found that the torch had
been so fiendishly and effectually applied
that by that time the roof had fallen in so
that nothing could be saved, and it was
with the most utmost difficulty that the
horses and mules in the stables, closely
adjacent, could be rescued. This entails
a severe loss, estimated at $800, as all
the com, peas and forage, with a large
nor-Mon of Mr. Andrews' farmins? imnli-
ments, were
No insurance.
stored in the building.
Nat Just Now.
For the past two weeks there has been
a very general rumor afloat in this ccm-
munity to the effect that the Wilmington
& Weldon and Wilmington, Columbia &
Augusta Railroad Companies were going
to erect a new and handsome iron bridge
. .
across the tracks at the head of Front
street, to take the place of the wooden
structure now in use. From Capt. John
F. Divine, the General Superintendent of
both roads, we learn that is not the in-
tention oithe compaay to build at present,
An iron bridge builder has been in the
city and has furnished estimates of the
cost of erecting a bridge, but no steps
tending towards its erection will be taken
just now.
Is It the Same 1
It was rumored at tbe City Hall this
: 1U.1 t a 1 1
Luoiu-ug mat uamej. Auusrsua. woo WSS
o t y, I
arrcBieu on jur. insoa s piazza on aunaay
..j r. wr:u L i
morning before day, is the same who
some seven or eight years ago, when a lit
tie boy, conspired with the little villain
David Martin and two or three other
colored boys to murder the ' lad Willie
Carter. The photographs are all hang
ing up in a private apartment (and a
very suitable place it is) in the City Hall
and it was thought by ' some who
rrktr- of it. th'.m mnrninn tViaf 1!W.
ness between the picture and the defen-
dant was discernible.
Death or a Worthy Young Maa.
Mr. Edward D. Sdiriver, a very prom
ising young man, and one who was held
in very high esteem, died at his fathers,
residence, at Castle Hayng, eariy this
morning. Mr. Schryer was Postmaster j
and Static Agent at Cattle Hayne, posi
tions which he had held with great accep.
tability. He wis only 23 years old and
had been ill only about ten days.
Review.
Personal.
We understand that Gen. M. P. Tay-
lor has accepted the general agency of the
Jil i 1 Ml
sown Auanzic magazine, ana win canvas
Wilmington and other cities in the inter
est of that publication. Gen. Taylor is a
genial gentleman and a very popular one
withal and if anybody can succeed at the
business most assuredly be will.
Another importation.
1 JT r I n m
mesnrs. uues iK Murchison have jus
received another importation of earthen
ware troin the English potteries by the
British barque Nancy Molt. The above
named gentlemen are the .pioneers in this
C'ltrmisj aW rinHi e libAial .l.uam for
-.1 i "
, . ? .
direct importers ot the articles named in
Going Back to Raieigb
We believe that the gentlemen from this
cit wh. Wfint lUM h , t k
as
delegates in the interest of the oity re
turn to the orate Capital to-morrow
morning, or at least a majority of the
deiegatiou, we understand, will return
and among them Major C. M. Stedman
who we are informed by gentlemen pres
ent at the time made a very fine effort
before tbo committee and outstripped all
of his opponents in the speech he made,
both in point of rhetoric and in logic.
Harbor Master's Report.
From Captain Joseph Price, Harbor
Master at this port, we have the following
rePort of tbe vessel arrived at Wiiming-
ton during the month of January, 1879:
American Arrived Tonnage.
Schooners 13 ....2.C85
Brigs 1 249
Steamers 6 .4,199
Total 20 7,088
Foreign Arrived Tonnage.
Schooners 2 379
Brigs. 12 8,491
Barquentines 6 1,603
Barques 11 3,812
Total 80
Total number of vessels
9,285
American and
Vnrm ah rp, . r ..
A. V 1 V 1 U . W - 1 IllitVI M I 111 III I I t. Ill II III IIM
tJJf - m mmm V b u f V W M U M . V
16,368.
Cit j Court.
Tne fir8t case called thia morning was
JaC0D Ihompson, colored, charged with
dl8orderly conduct. The defendant ap-
Peared before His Honor and prayed a
continuance of the case until to-morrow
to afford hlm aa opportunity to summon
witnesses, which was granted and the
case contmued until to-morrow morning
at naIt Past mne-
James Anderson, colored, was the
next case caUed, when after hearing the
testimony of the officers who made the
arrest, the Mayor directed that a war
rant be made out against the defendant
for attempting to break into Mr. Wm. A.
Willson's house on Nun, bet ween Fourth
and Fifth streets. The warrant was duly
executed and served on the defendant.and
be was bound over to the Criminal Court
m the sum of $200 justified bond,
after which the prisoner was committed
mto the hands of the Sneriff who in turn
1 -1 -, . . . .
nanaea him over to the tender mercies
of Dan. Howard, the jailor.
The testimony proved that the prisoner
waa found on Mr. Willson's piazza
about 4 o'clock Sunday morning in bis
stocking feet, and evidently trying to ef
'set an entrance through a window into
the house. The bandog of his yard dog
aroused Mr. Willson and about the time
he reached the front door,Officers Gordon
and Biddle of the police force made their
appearance and escorted the individual to
the Guard House.
a it.. t 1 i
Alter twenr.v vanra in tha hn.inr. t nn
. J J ,
manufacturers of Dooley s Yeast Pow
1)811 have succeeded in giving the public
the nonpareil of chemical skill , the per
fect solution of delicious bakinrr. It's
now only the fault of the housewife if
hread, cakes smd pastry are not luxuries
as well as necessities, the crownins
pleasure of the table.
The City Police were paid off to-day
MARRIED.
January 30th, 1879, by the Rev. J . B. Wil-
mu,x. MJ MIT. nutria K JBUKKUSS to
m 1 ft I m ft M T71 I v TTT v mv , . -. - - -.
Mus ELIZABETH, daughter cftha Ute
Isaac Northrop, all of this eity.
DIED.
ttOHRIVERAt Caatlo Hayn. New
t no7 County, at 5 o'clock, on the morn
ing ; pf February 3d, of hemorrhagic mala
rial fever. ED VVARD D. SCHBIVEr; aged,
23 years, 6 months and l2 days.
The funeral will take place at 9 o'clock
TrrxMJwUy aborning, from his
F.'Bre?De Vf Hayne, thence
to Oakdale Cemetery, In this rtty. Friends
toattSS? 1Kie re re,pectn"y invited
New Advertisements.
JOHN W. GORDON
I
GOOD COMPANIES
i PAIfi BATES.
I Prompt Adjustments.
i , I
efc w cwCIVCUi
ANOTHER SUPPLY of that Celebratec
B rand of
JACK FROST FLOUR I
Awarded a Gold Medal at the Paris Ex
position. It has no equal. Tbe
very finest made. Also
1000 BBL FLOtJR 411 -Trades,
I
OA A Boxes Dry Salted and
OW Smoked Bacon,
OCA Sacks Java, Laguyra
"OV aad Kio Coffee.
1 tfi Bbl' Crushed, Granulated, Stand
OV ard A, Ex C, and C Sugars,
Q r A Bbls Porto Rico, Cuba, JT. O.
OOU and S. H. Molasses
5Q Bbls. City Mess Pork,
100 Tuba ohoic Laaf Lrd
OA A A New and Seoond Hand
&JJJ Mnirit Rrreli.
- r .
Lake George and Lebanon Sheetings,
Manchester and Randolph Yarns.
Crackers,. Candy, Soap, Starch, Soda,
Fotaah, Lye, 8nuff, Matches. Com,
Hay, Oats, Glue. Bunes. Nail.
.Hoep Iron, Ac, Ac.
For sale low by
Williams i& Murchiion
feb 3-dAw.
PIANOS AND ORGANS
NEW AND 8E0OND HAND,
Sold for Cash or nn the
Instalment Plan, at the
LIVE BOOK STORS.
V "b, uuun, ua unersl Musical
T "TTftT T VTn rt . -. .
I W MI -. -J-
I W III nn.ll LIIII 1 IH.
-Dealers in Violin Strings
ana inmmings will do well to call at
HEINSBERGER'S.
VALENTINES, Connie and Sentimental,
to suit all. For sale at
HEINSBERGER'S,
feb 3
Nob. 39 and 41 Market at.
Buggies,
Buggies,
. Harness & Saddles,
FOR SALE AT
GERHAB.DT & CO S
3rd st., opposite City Hall.
REPAIRING DONE WITH NEATNE88
AND DISPATCH.
HORSE-SHOEING A SPECIALTY,
feb 3-tf
Flower and Garden
THE CHOICEST VARIETIES .TTTST
FROM THE GROWERS AND
GUARANTEED NEW.
N. C. HAMS, SUG AR-C CJRED HAMS
SHOULDERS and STRIPS.
Fine Assor.znent of CAKES and
CRACKERS.
FRESH GOODS RECEIVED by every
Steamer.
BUTTER at 20c, 25 and 30c per pound, all
guaranteed Fresh and Sweet.
James C. Stevenson
feb 3
Seed Potatoes.
BtlsEAKLT ROSE.
For sale by
feb 3 DAWtf HALL FEARSALL:
Good Flour.
1 Q00BWaK)ODFLOUBon bMDd
And for sale by
OD&Wtf HALL & FEARSALL.
PLEASE NOTICE.
will be glad to recel ve communications
from ov friends on any and all subjects of
general interest but :
The name of the writer must always be ft
nishsd to the Editor.
Communications most be written on only
one side of the paper.
Personalities must be avoided.
And it is especially and particularly unde r
atood that the Editor does not always endorse
the views of correspondents, unless so stated
in the editorial columns.
New Advertisements.
WM. J. GORDON.
JOHN W. GORDON & BRO.,
General Insurance Agents and
AJju8ters, n
REPRESENTING Over $50,000,000
Assets, 1
LIFE, FIRE AND MARINE.
NORTH WATER ST.
Boat Wright
& McKov
OFFER
To the Public Uris Week
A FRE8H SUPPLY OF
Choice Groceries
Consi ting in part of
Bbls Flour, from A Super
U to Plant's Extra
50 Bblagur all grades,
00 Bg" Coffee Ri'' Mujcovada,
Lagayra and Java,
100 fack"8- Butter,
12 000 Urd' Firbn'e
' free from water,
25 000 Lb" No 1 CIetr Bib fiide.
r
i
5,000 Lb,Choiee EmB
100 Bbli Molasses, Cuba and
New Orleans,
25 BblRice,
500 Cases Canned Goods,
of every description,
200 PckM Wne, Brandies
and Whiskeyf,
20 Basket! Champsgne,
All Imported ,
Also Porter and Larger
In abundance t
200 Boxes Soap.
We
9 can fnrnieh Wholesale Boyers
kept in the Grocery Line.
any article
t" To the citixene of Wilmington w will
state that we can furnish Family Supplies of
every description (we mean Good Goods, to
say the least,) as LOW as any House in the
City.
Prompt deliverv free. Everr arftl!a
sen from store guaranteed.
Boatwright & McKov.
5, 7 at 8 Noi th Front St.
feb 3
Direct Importation.
NOW LANDING Ex-Britiih Barque Nan
cy Holt, another lot of EARTH KJ
WARE, DIRECT from the E glitb Potter
ies, which we are offering at Baltimore and
New York prices, thereby saving the Coun
try Merchant freight and charget betwe n
this port and Northern cities. We dup i
cate Northern bills.
GILFH A MURCHISON,
feb 3-d&w 38 & 40 Murchison Block.
In Store and to Arrive.
15,000 Buehel, White Co
1 000 Ble Tlmoth7 Hay,
5 000 Bnsbei8 Wbitc "dBlaek Oats.
Q Barrels Pearl Hominy.
We offer the above at
cl -se figures to
prompt pa? in customer!.
reD d-it PRKjhiON COMMING A
CO.
Annual Meeting.
rpHE ANNUiL MEETING of tbe Stock-
holders of the Bsok of New Hanover will be
held at their Banking House, ia this city, cn
THURSDAY, ebnarj 13, at 11 d'elock,
M. e. d. WALLACE,
jan 31-tda. Cashier.
OPERA HOUSE.
Monday and Tuesday Feb. 3 and 4-
First appearance in this city of the world
renowned
Adah Richmond
English Opera Troupe !
FULL CHORUS.
Tbe Artists comprising this Cons bi
nation are the principal members of the Kel
logg, Carey, Oates, Dimorska and Aimee
Opera Troupes,
Monday, Feb 3, Girofle-Girofla !
Tuesday, Feb. 4, La Grande Duchess !
Popular prices. Swerved seats for sale a
Heinsbergar's Live Book Store,
ian 3Ut
Wanted-A Hall.
rpo BE USED AS A SKATING SINK.
Good rent paid.
feb l-2t PBOF. v if. anmrrrwr.